List of Kamen Riders

The Kamen Riders are a group of fictional masked riding heroes in the Kamen Rider Series. There are 128 Kamen Riders so far, including, in order:

Showa Rider

The Showa Kamen Rider Series is the first of currently two production eras of the Kamen Rider Series. It refers to Shōwa period ("period of enlightened peace/harmony"), also known as the Shōwa era, the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of the Shōwa Emperor, Hirohito, from December 25, 1926 through January 7, 1989, and the period in which the majority of the Showa Rider productions occured in. The Kamen Rider Series started in the Shōwa period, the Heisei period started during the early episodes of Kamen Rider Black RX. Episode 11 of RX was delayed by one week following Emperor Hirohito's death.

Production Phases

Showa Kamen Rider Series Phase 1 : 1971 - 1976

*Rider 1 & *Rider 2 - Kamen Rider : 1971 - 1973
*Rider 3 - Kamen Rider V3 : 1973 - 1974
*Rider 4 - Riderman : 1974
*Rider 5 - Kamen Rider X : 1971 - 1974
*Rider 6 - Kamen Rider Amazon : 1974- 1975
*Rider 7 - Kamen Rider Stronger : 1975 - 1976

Showa Kamen Rider Series Phase 2 : 1979 - 1984

*Rider 8 - Skyrider : 1979 - 1980
*Rider 9 - Kamen Rider Super-1 : 1980 - 1981
*Rider 10 - Kamen Rider ZX : Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!! - 1984

Showa Kamen Rider Series Phase 3 : 1987 - 1994

*Rider 11 - Kamen Rider Black : 1987 - 1988
*Rider 12 - Kamen Rider Black RX : 1988 - 1989
*Rider 13 - Shin Kamen Rider : 1992
*Rider 14 - Kamen Rider ZO : 1993
*Rider 15 - Kamen Rider J : 1994

Heisei Rider

Heisei Kamen Rider Series is the second and current production era of the Kamen Rider Series. It refers to Heisei, the current period in Japan after the Shōwa period. The Heisei era started on January 8, 1989, the first day after the death of the reigning Emperor, Hirohito. His son, Akihito, succeeded to the throne. In accordance with Japanese customs, Hirohito was posthumously renamed "Emperor Shōwa" on January 31.

Being completely absent from television during the 1990s, the Kamen Rider franchise was kept alive mainly by stage shows, musical CDs, and the Shin, ZO, and J movies, though many fans classify the movies as part of the Showa series as they treat Shotaro Ishinomori's passing in 1998 as the end of the Showa era. As of the film Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai, Toei has adopted and acknowledged this same classification for the 90s movies out of respect to Ishinomori and long time fans of the franchise.

The Heisei revival of the Kamen Rider Series began with Kamen Rider Kuuga in 2000, this was noted in Kamen Rider Decade (2009), the tenth Heisei era series which initally united the first nine Heisei series, also giving focus on the Showa period despite being only 38 years since the start of the series due to Decade's position as the 25th Rider hero.

Production Phases

Heisei Kamen Rider Series Phase 1 : 2000 - 2009