Kamen Rider

Kamen Rider
A statue of Kamen Rider 1 outside of Bandai Corporate Headquarters in Taitō, Tokyo
Created by	Shotaro Ishinomori Ishimori Productions Toei Company
Original work	Kamen Rider
Owner	Ishimori Productions Toei Company MBS/NET (1971–1975, up to Amazon) MBS/TBS (1975–1989, from Stronger up to Black RX) TV Asahi (2000–present) ADK (2000–present)
Years	1971–present
Films and television
Film(s)	See below
Television series	See below
Games
Traditional	Rangers Strike
Video game(s)	Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbaride Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation Kamen Rider: Battride War
Audio
Original music	Rider Chips Kamen Rider Girls
Miscellaneous
Toy(s)	DX Henshin Belts Complete Selection Modification Super Imaginative Chogokin Souchaku Henshin Series S.H. Figuarts Rider Kick's Figure Series
Mainly sponsored by	Bandai McDonald's Seiban Ltd. (for Seiban-branded backpacks) Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company (for Oronamin C) Shogakukan Kodansha
Official website
www.kamen-rider-official.com

The Kamen Rider Series (Japanese: 仮面ライダーシリーズ, Hepburn: Kamen Raidā Shirīzu), also known as Masked Rider Series (until Decade), is a Japanese superhero media franchise consisting of tokusatsu television programs, films, manga, and anime, created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. Kamen Rider media generally features a motorcycle-riding superhero with an insect motif who fights supervillains, often known as kaijin (怪人, lit. strange person).

The franchise began in 1971 with the Kamen Rider television series, which followed college student Takeshi Hongo and his quest to defeat the world-conquering Shocker organization. The original series spawned television and film sequels and launched the Second Kaiju Boom (also known as the Henshin Boom) on Japanese television during the early 1970s, impacting the superhero and action-adventure genres in Japan.^[1]

Bandai owns the toy rights to Kamen Rider in Japan and other Asian regions. Bandai Collectables, a subsidiary of Bandai Namco, distributes Kamen Rider merchandise in North America.^[2]