Kamen Rider The Next

The First movie (which was a film adaptation of the original Kamen Rider series). Actor Kazuki Kato, who had previously portrayed Daisuke Kazama/Kamen Rider Drake in Kamen Rider Kabuto, portrayed Shiro Kazami/Kamen Rider V3. Both Masaya Kikawada and Hassei Takano reprise their roles as Takeshi Hongo/Kamen Rider 1 and Hayato Ichimonji/Kamen Rider 2, respectively. It was given a PG-12 rating for its brief nudity and violence.

Stories

Two years after the events of Kamen Rider The First, a strange series of bizarre murders occur with the victims mutilated in a most gruesome fashion while pop star Chiharu's "Platinum Smile" is being played, becoming an urban legend. Meanwhile, Takeshi Hongo has become a high school science teacher with a troublesome class with one catching his attention, a troubled girl named Kotomi Kikuma who was best friends with Chiharu and is worried about her. By the time Hongo and she find a dying "Chiharu", they learn she's actually an imposter as the Shocker Inhumanoid Chainsaw Lizard arrives with the six Shocker Riders to carry out the task of executing Hongo, forcing him to reveal himself in as Kamen Rider 1 to Kotomi before escaping his hunters. At around the same time, Hayato Ichimonji is shown still alive but slowly weakening due to his body's rejection of the cybernetic changes which made him Kamen Rider 2

Publication Information

Riders : Next Version
Japanese : 仮面ライダー THE NEXT
Version : The Next (2007)
Rider Users : Takeshi Hongo (Reboot), Hayato Ichimonji (Reboot/Katsuhiko Yano)
Gender : Male
HomeWorld : Earth (Main Timeline Continuity)
First Appeareance : Kamen Rider The First
Last Appeareance : Kamen Rider The Next
Number of Appeareance : 2 (Movies)
Potrayer : Masaya Kikawada (Takeshi Hongo (Reboot)), Hassei Takano (Hayato Ichimonji (Reboot/Katsuhiko Yano))

Original

Kamen Rider 1 / Takeshi Hongo / Ichigo

Takeshi Hongo

Main Article : Takeshi Hongo

Kamen Rider 1 / Kamen Rider Ichigo

Main Article : Kamen Rider 1 / Kamen Rider Ichigo

During the course of the series. Hongo's Rider suit has gone through significant changes. The first 13 episodes of the original series had the suit largely in a dark-bluish color with pink eyes. In most of Rider 1's subsequent appearances with Rider 2 he would appear in a mostly dark-green suit with red eyes until the 53rd episode where a new suit design debuted, which would become the most iconic and well-known suit used by Rider 1 up till today. In the 45th anniversary movie, Rider 1 would be given a more modernized look.

Reboot

Takeshi Hongo (Reboot)

Main Article : Takeshi Hongo (Reboot)

Kamen Rider 1 (Reboot) / Ichigo (Reboot)

Kamen Rider 1 (Reboot) / Takeshi Hongo (Reboot) / Ichigo (Reboot)

Main Article : Kamen Rider 1 (Reboot) / Ichigo (Reboot)

In the reboot movies, Kamen Rider 1 was given a sleeker and more modernized design, with the color scheme resembling the suits used in early episodes of the original series.

Original

Kamen Rider 2 / Hayato Ichimonji / Nigo

Hayato Ichimonji

Main Article : Hayato Ichimonji

Kamen Rider 2 / Kamen Rider Nigo

Main Article : Kamen Rider 2 / Kamen Rider Nigo

Just like Hongo, Ichimonji's Rider Suit has gone through significant changes. In Rider 2's initial appearances from episodes 14 up till 52, his suit was slightly similar to Rider 1's but with a silver stripe down the helmet, lines on the sides of the body and a red belt strap to differ from Rider 1. In later appearances, Rider 2 would sport a silver-coloured helmet and red gloves and boots. Rider 2's helmet changed to black from mid-V3 through ZX, to differentiate further from Rider 1, but the original helmet returned from Black RX onwards up till today. The black helmet returned briefly in Movie War Megamax and in Super Hero Taisen.

Reboot

Hayato Ichimonji (Katsuhiko Yano / Reboot)

Main Article : Hayato Ichimonji (Katsuhiko Yano / Reboot)

Kamen Rider 2 / Kamen Rider Nigo (Reboot)

Main Article : Kamen Rider 2 / Kamen Rider Nigo (Reboot)

For the reboot movies, Rider 2 was given a sleeker and more modernized design with a color scheme similar to the old Rider 2 suit used in the original series, though the helmet was given a lighter green instead of the original dark green.

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