2001 - Kamen Rider Agito (Series) - Ultimate Riders Review

Kamen Rider Agito, Masked Rider ΑGITΩ), is the eleventh installment in the popular Kamen Rider tokusatsu franchise. The series represented the 30th Anniversary of the Kamen Rider Series. The series was also a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei and was shown on TV Asahi from January 28, 2001 to January 27, 2002.

The series served as an indirect sequel to Kamen Rider Kuuga. A man named Shouichi Tsugami has lost his memories. He doesn't know who he is, where he came from, or how he came upon his peculiar circumstances. Tsugami, seemingly for no reason, transforms into a powerful superhuman, Kamen Rider Agito, whenever in the presence of the beings referred by the police as the "Unknown", a race of powerful monsters that have been causing murders around Tokyo, targeting certain people as their prey. In response, the police department unleash their newest weapon: the Kamen Rider G3 powersuit, originally developed to fight against the "Unidentified Lifeforms", the enemies of No.4 (Kamen Rider Kuuga). G3 and Agito don't know whether they should join up and defeat the Unknowns.

Publication Information

Title : Kamen Rider AGITΩ
Japanese : 仮面ライダーアギト
Genre : Tokusatsu
Created by : Shotaro Ishinomori
Written by :
- Toshiki Inoue
- Yasuko Kobayashi
Composer(s) : Toshihiko Sahashi
Country of origin : Japan
No. of episodes : 51
Producer(s) :
- Saeko Matsuda
- Shinichiro Shirakura
- Naomi Takebe
- Hideaki Tsukada
Running time : 23-25 minutes per episode
Production company(s) : Toei Company
Distributor : Toei Company
Original channel : TV Asahi
Original run : January 28, 2001 – January 27, 2002
Preceded by : Kamen Rider Kuuga
Followed by : Kamen Rider Ryuki

Their common enemy, or to combat each other, keeping the mysteries that entwine them separate. Ultimately, even more mysteries unfold, with the appearance of Kamen Rider Gills, who is on a search to uncover why his father committed suicide. These mysteries and others collide, as the true nature of Agito would ultimately determine the fate of humanity.

Episodes

The Warrior's Awakening
Blue Storm
My Transformation
Puzzle Decoding
The Third Warrior
Sorrowful Monstrous Fist
A Piece of a Memory
Sword of Red Flames
The Two G3s
Silver Points and Lines
The Past Tied Together
The Crash in the Lake!
Dad's Clue
The Strongest Kick
A Trap Begins
A Suspicious Woman
Capture Tactics!
The New Boss
Breakup Decision?
That Awakening
Rampaging Power
Fateful Showdown
The Qualified Person
The Flawless Machine
Another Clash!
Restored Memories
Ryō Dies
That Summer Day
A Numerical Mystery?!
Hidden Power
A Person's Whereabouts
Gills Resurrection
The Enemy Who Appeared
Summoning Souls to Meet
The Mysterious Messiah
The Fourth Man
The Warrior of Darkness
The True Form
Gills Howl
United Front!
Light and Darkness
The Akatsuki
The Darkness That Begins to Move
Dad and Older Sister and
Stolen Power
Warriors, Those Bonds
The Mystery of the Sky!
The Governor of Stars
Footsteps of Destruction
Now, Time to Battle
AGITΩ

Movies

Special

Kamen Rider Agito Special : A New Transformation

Cast

Shouichi Tsugami / Kamen Rider AGITΩ : Toshiki Kashu
Makoto Hikawa / Kamen Rider G3 : Jun Kaname
Ryō Ashihara / Kamen Rider Gills : Yūsuke Tomoi
Mana Kazaya : Rina Akiyama
Tōru Hōjō / Victory One System : Jun Yamasaki
Kaoru Kino / Another Agito : Takanori Kikuchi
Takahiro Omuro / Kamen Rider G3 Mild : Akiyoshi Shibata
Kana Okamura : Eriko Moriwaki
Yukina Sawaki / First Agito : Ayumi Kasama
Kōji Majima : Yoshikazu Kotani
Shiro Mizuki / Kamen Rider G4 : Ryo Karato
Sumiko Ozawa : Tōko Fujita
Risa Fukami : Maju Ozawa
Yoshihiko Misugi : Takeshi Masu
Taichi Misugi : Tokimasa Tanabe
Tetsuya Sawaki : Atsushi Ogawa
OverLord : Rei Haneo
Kōji Kōno : Kazumasa Taguchi
Aki Sakaki : Masako Sakuma
Azuma Kunieda : Masaki Kyomoto
Hiroki Kunieda : Hiroto Horibe
Sayaka Kahara : Akane Kimura
Rei Motoki : Rikiya Otaka
Customer in Hamburger Shop : Shunsuke Nakamura
Sayaka's Father : Tsuyoshi Ujiki
Sayaka's Mother : Noriko Watanabe
MPD Superintendent General : Hiroshi Fujioka
Narration : Eiichiro Suzuki

Songs

Opening themes

Kamen Rider AGITO
- Lyrics : Shoko Fujibayashi
- Composition & Arrangement : Kazunori Miyake
- Chorus : Lisa Ooki
- Artist : Shinichi Ishihara
- Episodes : 2-35
Kamen Rider AGITO ~24.7 version~
- Lyrics : Shoko Fujibayashi
- Composition & Arrangement : Kazunori Miyake
- Remix : Kazunori Miyake, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Takashi Sasaki
- Chorus : Lisa Ooki
- Artist : Shinichi Ishihara
- Episodes : 36-50, TV Special

Ending themes

BELIEVE YOURSELF
- Lyrics : Shoko Fujibayashi
- Composition & Arrangement : Kazunori Miyake
- Artist : Naoto Fuuga
- Episodes : 1-8, 10-13, 15-25, TV Special
STRANGER IN THE DARK
- Lyrics : Shoko Fujibayashi
- Composition & Arrangement : Toshihiko Sahashi
- Artist : Norio Sakai
- Episodes : 9
MACHINE TORNADER
- Lyrics : Shoko Fujibayashi
- Composition & Arrangement : Kazunori Miyake
- Artist : Shinichi Ishihara
- Episodes : 14, 31, 40
DEEP BREATH
- Lyrics : Shoko Fujibayashi
- Composition : Yoshio Nomura
- Arrangement : RIDER CHIPS
- Artist : RIDER CHIPS featuring ROLLY
- Episodes : 26-30, 32-39, 41, 43-50
OVERLORD
- Artist : Overlord Choir
- Episodes : 42