Kamen Rider Black

For the series’ main character, see .

Kamen Rider Black (仮面ライダーBLACK Kamen Raidā Burakku, translated as “Masked Rider Black”), (known as Ksatria Baja Hitam in Indonesia) is a superhero television series. It is the eighth installment in the famous of tokusatsu shows. It is a joint collaboration between and , and aired on the and the from October 4, 1987 to October 9, 1988, with a total of 51 episodes. With its very dramatic storyline and its twist of the Kamen Rider having a tragic relationship with his arch-nemesis, the installment not only became very popular in Japan, but also in many countries where it was aired. The series is often regarded as a TV classic and is considered by many as the most popular Kamen Rider show of the late 80s, as well as the most famous of all Kamen Riders in the . was a direct sequel to this series. A manga adaptation of the series is entitled (仮面ライダーBlack Kamen Raidā Burakku).

Story

After being kidnapped by the cult on the night of their 19th birthday, stepbrothers Kohtaro Minami and Nobuhiko Akizuki were submitted to a cyborg surgery with the purpose of becoming the candidates for the next Gorgom Creation King. Both of them are called Century Kings and are destined to best each other in a final battle – whoever wins will become the next Creation King. Kohtaro escaped before getting brainwashed (which is the final step in the surgery), with help from his , and turned against Gorgom. He soon finds out the horrific truth from his stepfather: Gorgom originally killed his true parents and, since both Kohtaro and Nobuhiko were born on the day of a solar eclipse, referred as “Black Sun” and “Shadow Moon”. Kohtaro, taking on the name of , was determined to rescue his stepbrother from Gorgom while protecting Japan. However, later in the series, Nobuhiko emerged as to fight Kohtaro with the survivor becoming the next Creation King.

Characters

Kamen Riders

TV Show

Manga-exclusive

Allies

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Villains

List of episodes

Main article:
  1. (ＢＬＡＣＫ！！変身 Burakku!! Henshin)
  2. (怪人パーティ Kaijin Pāti)
  3. (怪？怪・改造人間 Kai? Kai Kaizō Ningen)
  4. (悪魔の実験室 Akuma no Jikkenshitsu)
  5. (迷路を走る光太郎 Meiro o Hashiru Kōtarō)
  6. (秘密透視のなぞ Himitsu Tōshi no Nazo)
  7. (復元する生体メカ Fukugen Suru Seitai Meka)
  8. (悪魔のトリル Akuma no Toriru)
  9. (ビシュムの紅い唇 Bishumu no Akai Kuchibiru)
  10. (信彦はどこに？ Nobuhiko wa Doko ni?)
  11. (飢えた怪人たち Ueta Kaijin-tachi)
  12. (超マシン伝説誕生 Chō Mashin Densetsu Tanjō)
  13. (ママは怪人養育係 Mama wa Kaijin Yōikugakari)
  14. (マグロが消えた日 Maguro ga Kieta Hi)
  15. (狙われた怪奇学園 Newareta Kaiki Gakuen)
  16. (友よ！海を越えて Tomo yo! Umi o Koete)
  17. (杏子の不思議な夢 Kyōko no Fushigi na Yume)
  18. (剣聖ビルゲニア！！ Kensei Birugenia!!)
  19. (息づまる地獄の罠 Ikidzumaru Jigoku no Wana)
  20. (ライダーの墓場 Raidā no Hakaba)
  21. (激突！二大マシン Gekitotsu! Ni Dai Mashin)
  22. (パパを襲う黒い影 Papa o Osō Kuroi Kage)
  23. (マルモの魔法の力 Marumo no Mahō no Chikara)
  24. (女子大生の悪夢 Joshidaisei no Akumu)
  25. (爆走する武装メカ Bakusō Suru Busō Meka)
  26. (超能力少女を救え Chōnōryoku Shōjo o Sukue)
  27. (火を噴く危険道路 Hi o Fuku Kiken Dōro)
  28. (地獄へ誘う黄金虫 Jigoku e Sasō Koganemushi)
  29. (獲物はデスマスク？ Emono wa Desumasuku?)
  30. (暗殺者にアロハ！ Ansatsusha ni Aroha!)
  31. (燃えよ！少年戦士 Moe yo! Shōnen Senshi)
  32. (夢少女・ユキ Yume Shōjo Yuki)
  33. (父と子の愛の河 Chichi to Ko no Ai no Kawa)
  34. (復活？！地獄王子 Fukkatsu?! Jigoku Ōji)
  35. (対決！二人の王子 Taiketsu! Futari no Ōji)
  36. (愛と死の宣戦布告 Ai to Shi no Sensen Fukoku)
  37. (想い出は夕張の空 Omoide wa Yūbari no Sora)
  38. (謎！？ＥＰ党少年隊 Nazo!? Ī Pī Tō Shōnen Tai)
  39. (アイドルの毒牙 Aidoru no Dokuga)
  40. (カラテ名人の秘密 Karate Meijin no Himitsu)
  41. (あぶない時間泥棒 Abunai Jikan Dorobō)
  42. (東京-怪人大集合 Tōkyō – Kaijin Dai Shūgō)
  43. (怪人牧場の決闘！ Kaijin Bokujō no Kettō!)
  44. (タンスの中は海！ Tansu no Naka wa Umi)
  45. (妖花ビシュムの死 Yōka Bishumu no Shi)
  46. (壮絶バラオムの死 Sōzetsu Baraomu no Shi)
  47. (ライダー死す！ Raidā Shisu!)
  48. (海に追憶の花束を Umi ni Tsuioku no Hanataba o)
  49. (激闘！ダロムの死 Gekitō! Daromu no Shi)
  50. (創世王の正体は？ Sōsei Ō no Shōtai wa?)
  51. (ゴルゴム最期の日 Gorugomu Saigo no Hi)

Movies

  1. (仮面ライダーＢＬＡＣＫ　鬼ヶ島へ急行せよ Kamen Raidā Burakku Onigashima e Kyūkō seyo)
  2. (仮面ライダーＢＬＡＣＫ　恐怖!悪魔峠の怪人館 Kamen Raidā Burakku Kyōfu! Akumatōge no Kaijinkan)
  3. Icon-crosswiki (スーパーヒーロー大戦グランプリ仮面ライダー3号 Supā Hīrō Taisen Guran Puri Kamen Raidā Sangō)

Specials

  1. (これが仮面ライダーＢＬＡＣＫだ!! Kore ga Kamen Raidā Burakku da!!)
  2. (仮面ライダー１号～ＲＸ大集合 Kamen Raidā Ichigō~Āru Ekkusu Daishūgō)

Other media

Manga

  1. (仮面ライダーBLACK Kamen Raidā Burakku)
  2. (仮面ライダーBLACK Kamen Raidā Burakku)
  3. (仮面ライダーBLACK Kamen Raidā Burakku)
  4. (仮面ライダーBLACK Kamen Raidā Burakku)
  5. (仮面ライダーBLACK Kamen Raidā Burakku)
  6. (仮面ライダーBLACK Kamen Raidā Burakku)
  7. (仮面ライダーBLACK 世紀王・南光太郎 Kamen Raidā Burakku Seiki Ō Minami Kōtarō)
  8. (たたかえ仮面ライダーBLACK Tatakae Kamen Raidā Burakku)
  9. (仮面ライダーBLACK 信彦・鬼神の影!! Kamen Raidā Burakku Nobuhiko Kishin no Kage!!)
  10. (仮面ライダーBlack PART X イミテーション7 Kamen Raidā Black PART X Imitēshon 7)

Novel

  1. (仮面ライダーBLACK MADソルジャー計画 Kamen Raidā Burakku Maddo Sorujā Keikaku)
  2. (仮面ライダーBLACK 魔軍のバトル Kamen Raidā Burakku Magun no Batoru)

Video games

  • (仮面ライダーBLACK 対決シャドームーン Kamen Raidā Burakku: Taiketsu Shadōmūn, “Showdown with Shadow Moon”)
Side-scrolling action game released by for the on April 15, 1988. Player takes control of Kamen Rider Black, who must defeat numerous Gorgom mutants. The player gets to ride Battle Hopper in addition to controlling Black on foot.
Kamen Rider Black appears as the main character of the 1988 storyline in this 3D action game for the . Lead to an old Shocker hideout believing it to be Gorgom, Kohtaro is forced to fight various kaijin and Gelshocker soldiers, only to learn the game’s true villain is after the Kingstone inside of him. Eventually, , and travel to 1988 to assist him in the game’s final battle. Tetsuo Kurata returns to voice the character. Shadow Moon makes a brief cameo as a non-playable character as well.
Kamen Rider Black appeared as a playable character in the fighting game. He is the only playable Showa Rider in the game, due to the game being released on the 30th anniversary of the TV series in 2017.

Cast

  • (南　光太郎 Minami Kōtarō): (倉田 てつを Kurata Tetsuo)
  • (秋月 信彦 Akizuki Nobuhiko): (堀内 孝人 Horiuchi Takahito)
    • (シャドームーン Shadō Mūn, Voice): (寺杣 昌紀 Terasoma Masaki)
  • (秋月 杏子 Akizuki Kyōko): (井上 明美 Inoue Akemi)
  • (紀田 克美 Kida Katsumi): (田口 あゆみ Taguchi Ayumi)
  • (創世王 Sōsei Ō, Voice): (渡部 猛 Watabe Takeshi)
  • (ダロム Daromu, Voice): (飯塚 昭三 Iizuka Shōzō)
  • (バラオム Baraomu, Voice): (高橋 利道 Takahashi Toshimichi)
  • (ビシュム Bishumu): (好井 ひとみ Yoshii Hitomi)
  • (ビルゲニア Birugenia): (吉田 淳 Yoshida Jun)
  • (ナレーター Narētā): (小林 清志 Kobayashi Kiyoshi, 1-39) and (寺杣 昌紀 Terasoma Masaki, 40-51)

Guest actors

  • (東堂 勝 Tōdō Masaru): (セント Sento)
  • (黒松 英臣 Kuromatsu Hideomi): (黒部 進 Kurobe Susumu)
  • : (広瀬 裕 Hirose Yutaka)
  • : (阪本 良介 Sakamoto Ryōsuke)
  • : (長門美 由樹 Nagato Miyuki)
  • : (中田 譲治 Nakata Jōji)
  • (滝 竜介 Taki Ryūsuke): (京本 政樹 Kyōmoto Masaki)
  • (Human Form): (卯木 浩二 Unogi Kōji)
  • : (西本 ひろ子 Nisjimoto Hiroko)
  • Kenichi’s Sister: (吉田 真弓 Yoshida Mayumi)
  • : (石橋 雅史 Ishibashi Masashi)
  • (Human Form): (うえだ 峻 Ueda Shun)
  • (クジラ怪人 Kujira Kaijin, Voice): (依田英助 Yoda Eisuke)

Suit actors

  • : (岡元 次郎 Okamoto Jirō)
  • (1): (倉田 てつを Kurata Tetsuo)
  • : (岩田 時男 Iwata Tokio), (菊地 寿幸 Kikuchi Toshiyuki)
  • : (庄司 浩和 Shōji Hirokazu)
  • : (高橋 利道 Takahashi Toshimichi)
  • : (山本 貴浩 Yamamoto Takahiro)
  • : (坂田 佳枝 Sakata Yoshie)
  • : (神田 真理 Kanda Mari)

Songs

Opening theme
  • “” (仮面ライダーBLACK Kamen Raidā Burakku)
    • Lyrics: (阿木 燿子 Aki Yōko)
    • Composition: (宇崎 竜童 Uzaki Ryūdō)
    • Arrangement: (川村 栄二 Kawamura Eiji)
    • Artist:
Ending theme
  • “”
    • Lyrics: Yoko Aki
    • Composition: Ryudo Uzaki
    • Arrangement: Eiji Kawamura
    • Artist:

Other Songs

  • “”
    • Lyrics: Ishinomori Shoutarou
    • Composition: Watanabe Michiaki
    • Arranger: Ishida Katsunori
    • Artist: Igarashi Toshiya

Notes

  • Black is so far the only Kamen Rider TV Series that had .

External links

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