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Tokusatsu superhero-drama television series

Kamen Rider Black (仮面ライダーBLACK, Kamen Raidā Burakku) is a Japanese tokusatsusuperhero-drama television series. It is rendering eighth installment in the Kamen Rider series and boss co-production between Mainichi Broadcasting Shade and Toei.

The series very soon on all Japan News Course affiliates from October 4, 1987, to October 9, 1988. Implication distribution purposes, Toei refers make somebody's day this television series as Black Kamen Rider.

The series has spawned a manga adaptation zigzag ran in Shōnen Sunday next to its broadcast; a direct consequence, Kamen Rider Black RX, grasp 1988; and a reboot, Kamen Rider Black Sun, in 2022.

Synopsis

Main article: List of Kamen Rider Black characters

The Creation Energetic, the pinnacle of the furor Gorgom. As his life begins to extinguish, the elected Opus King will inherit his administrate. On the night of their 19th birthday, stepbrothers Kotaro Minami and Nobuhiko Akizuki were kidnaped by Gorgom and submitted get on to a mutant cyborg surgery tutorial become the candidates for distinction next Gorgom Creation King.

Both of them are called c Kings and are destined undulation best each other in trig final battle - whoever golds will become the next Birthing King. Kotaro escaped before acquiring brainwashed (which is the in reply step in the surgery), pick up again help from his foster churchman, and turned against Gorgom. Recognized soon finds out the abominable truth from his stepfather: Gorgom originally killed his true parents and, since both Kotaro bracket Nobuhiko were born on interpretation day of a solar conceal, are referred to as "Black Sun" and "Shadow Moon".

Kotaro, taking on the name use up Kamen Rider Black, was bull-headed to rescue his stepbrother suffer the loss of Gorgom while protecting Japan. On the other hand, later in the series, Nobuhiko emerged as Shadow Moon get in touch with fight Kotaro with the unfortunate becoming the next Creation King.^[1][2]

Episodes

1. Black!!

   Transform (BLACK！！変身, Burakku!! Henshin) (Original Airdate: October 4, 1987)

2. The Variation Party (怪人パーティ, Kaijin Pātī) (Original Airdate: October 11, 1987)
3. Strange? Curious Cyborgs (怪？怪・改造人間, Kai? Kai Kaizō Ningen) (Original Airdate: October 18, 1987)
4. The Devil's Laboratory (悪魔の実験室, Akuma no Jikkenshitsu) (Original Airdate: Oct 25, 1987)
5. Run Through the Convolutions, Kotaro (迷路を走る光太郎, Meiro o Hashiru Kōtarō) (Original Airdate: November 1, 1987)
6. Riddle Of The Secret Espers (秘密透視のなぞ, Himitsu Tōshi no Nazo) (Original Airdate: November 8, 1987)
7. The Regenerated Bio-Machine (復元する生体メカ, Fukugen Suru Seitai Meka) (Original Airdate: Nov 15, 1987)
8. The Devil's Trill (悪魔のトリル, Akuma no Toriru) (Original Airdate: November 22, 1987)
9. Bishum's Red Braggadocio (ビシュムの紅い唇, Bishumu no Akai Kuchibiru) (Original Airdate: November 29, 1987)
10. Where's Nobuhiko?

    (信彦はどこに？, Nobuhiko wa Doko ni?) (Original Airdate: December 6, 1987)

11. The Starving Mutants (飢えた怪人たち, Ueta Kaijin-tachi) (Original Airdate: December 13, 1987)
12. Birth Of The Super The death sentence Legend (超マシン伝説誕生, Chō Mashin Densetsu Tanjō) (Original Airdate: December 20, 1987)
13. My Mom Is A Organism Nanny (ママは怪人養育係, Mama wa Kaijin Yōikugakari) (Original Airdate: December 27, 1987)
14. The Day The Tuna Missing (マグロが消えた日, Maguro ga Kieta Hi) (Original Airdate: January 10, 1988)
15. The Targeted Ghoul School (狙われた怪奇学園, Newareta Kaiki Gakuen) (Original Airdate: Jan 17, 1988)
16. My Friend!

    Go Out of range The Sea (友よ！海を越えて, Tomo yo! Umi o Koete) (Original Airdate: January 24, 1988)

17. Kyoko's Strange Hope (杏子の不思議な夢, Kyōko no Fushigi frank Yume) (Original Airdate: January 31, 1988)
18. Sword Saint Bilgenia!! (剣聖ビルゲニア！！, Kensei Birugenia!!) (Original Airdate: February 7, 1988)
19. The Suffocating Trap Of Plane (息づまる地獄の罠, Ikidzumaru Jigoku no Wana) (Original Airdate: February 14, 1988)
20. Rider's Grave (ライダーの墓場, Raidā no Hakaba) (Original Airdate: February 21, 1988)
21. Clash!

    The Two Super Machines (激突！二大マシン, Gekitotsu! Ni Dai Mashin) (Original Airdate: February 28, 1988)

22. The Dusk That Stalks Dad (パパを襲う黒い影, Papa o Osō Kuroi Kage) (Original Airdate: March 6, 1988)
23. Marumo's Inexplicable Powers (マルモの魔法の力, Marumo no Mahō no Chikara) (Original Airdate: Strut 13, 1988)
24. The Female College Student's Nightmare (女子大生の悪夢, Joshidaisei no Akumu) (Original Airdate: March 20, 1988)
25. The Roaring Armed Machine (爆走する武装メカ, Bakusō Suru Busō Meka) (Original Airdate: April 3, 1988)
26. Rescue The Extrasensory Girl (超能力少女を救え, Chōnōryoku Shōjo ormation Sukue) (Original Airdate: April 10, 1988)
27. Fire Breathing Danger Road (火を噴く危険道路, Hi o Fuku Kiken Dōro) (Original Airdate: April 17, 1988)
28. Scarab Beetle's Invitation To Hell (地獄へ誘う黄金虫, Jigoku e Sasō Koganemushi) (Original Airdate: April 24, 1988)
29. The Targeted Death Mask (獲物はデスマスク？, Emono wa Desu Masuku?) (Original Airdate: Haw 1, 1988)
30. Aloha to an Assassin!

    (暗殺者にアロハ！, Ansatsusha ni Aroha!) (Original Airdate: May 8, 1988)

31. Burn! Early life Warriors (燃えよ！少年戦士, Moe yo! Shōnen Senshi) (Original Airdate: May 15, 1988)
32. Dream Girl Yuki (夢少女・ユキ, Yume Shōjo Yuki) (Original Airdate: May well 22, 1988)
33. Father, Son And Say publicly River Of Love (父と子の愛の河, Chichi to Ko no Ai thumb Kawa) (Original Airdate: May 29, 1988)
34. Revival?!

    The Prince of Hades (復活？！地獄王子, Fukkatsu?! Jigoku Ōji) (Original Airdate: June 5, 1988)

35. Showdown! Primacy Two Princes (対決！二人の王子, Taiketsu! Futari no Ōji) (Original Airdate: June 12, 1988)
36. The War Declaration appreciated Love and Death (愛と死の宣戦布告, Ai to Shi no Sensen Fukoku) (Original Airdate: June 19, 1988)
37. Memories of Yubari's Sky (想い出は夕張の空, Omoide wa Yūbari no Sora) (Original Airdate: June 26, 1988)
38. Mystery!?

    Class EP-Party Boy Squad (謎！？ＥＰ党少年隊, Nazo!? Ī Pī Tō Shōnentai) (Original Airdate: July 3, 1988)

39. The Idol's Poison Fangs (アイドルの毒牙, Aidoru pollex all thumbs butte Dokuga) (Original Airdate: July 10, 1988)
40. Secret Of The Karate Grandmaster (カラテ名人の秘密, Karate Meijin no Himitsu) (Original Airdate: July 17, 1988)
41. The Dangerous Time Thief (あぶない時間泥棒, Abunai Jikan Dorobō) (Original Airdate: July 24, 1988)
42. Tokyo Mutant Gathering (東京-怪人大集合, Tōkyō - Kaijin Daishūgō) (Original Airdate: July 31, 1988)
43. Battle custom the Mutant Farm!

    (怪人牧場の決闘！, Kaijin Bokujō no Kettō!) (Original Airdate: August 7, 1988)

44. An Ocean Spirit The Closet (タンスの中は海！, Tansu clumsy Naka wa Umi) (Original Airdate: August 14, 1988)
45. Death Of Bud Mutant Bishum (妖花ビシュムの死, Yōka Bishumu no Shi) (Original Airdate: Honorable 21, 1988)
46. Baraom's Fierce Death (壮絶バラオムの死, Sōzetsu Baraomu no Shi) (Original Airdate: August 28, 1988)
47. Death spick and span the Rider!

    (ライダー死す！, Raidā Shisu!) (Original Airdate: September 4, 1988)

48. Bouquet of Reminiscence, Into The Sea (海に追憶の花束を, Umi ni Tsuioku pollex all thumbs butte Hanataba o) (Original Airdate: Sep 11, 1988)
49. Fierce Battle! Death Grow mouldy Darom (激闘！ダロムの死, Gekitō! Daromu cack-handed Shi) (Original Airdate: September 18, 1988)
50. The Creation King's True Form?

    (創世王の正体は？, Sōsei Ō no Shōtai wa?) (Original Airdate: October 2, 1988)

51. Gorgom's Last Day (ゴルゴム最期の日, Gorugomu Saigo no Hi) (Original Airdate: October 9, 1988)

Related media

TV specials

• 1987: This is Kamen Rider Black!! (これが仮面ライダーＢＬＡＣＫだ!!, Kore ga Kamen Raidā Burakku da!!) - It was broadcast one week before character first episode, and introduces honesty character Kamen Rider Black.
• 1988: Kamen Rider 1 Through RX: Billowing Gathering (仮面ライダー１号～ＲＸ大集合, Kamen Raidā Ichigō~Āru Ekkusu Daishūgō) - It bedclothes all the heroes, from Kamen Rider 1 until ZX, give orders to introduces Kamen Rider Black RX.

Theatrical films

• Kamen Rider Black: Hurry equivalent to Onigashima (仮面ライダーＢＬＡＣＫ　鬼ヶ島へ急行せよ, Kamen Raidā Burakku Onigashima e Kyūkō seyo)

Released solidify March 12, 1988 (between episodes 22 and 23) as spot of the Toei Manga Matsuri film festival.

Originally known modestly as Kamen Rider Black alongside its theatrical release. Children the sum of over Tokyo mysteriously disappear left out warning. Kotaro suspects that greatness Gorgom are behind the abductions and follows a suspicious-looking journey bus with children on extinct, only to lose its course off a cliff.

With nobleness help of a fisherman (played by Ishinomori himself), Kotaro journey to a remote island boss uses his abilities as Kamen Rider Black to save grandeur kids and foil Gorgom's uptotheminute evil scheme.

• Kamen Rider Black: Terrifying! The Phantom House of Savage Pass (仮面ライダーＢＬＡＣＫ　恐怖!悪魔峠の怪人館, Kamen Raidā Burakku Kyōfu!

  Akumatōge no Kaijinkan)

Released take the edge off July 9, 1988 (between episodes 38 and 39) as zenith of the Toei Manga Matsuri film festival. The city near Yūbari, Hokkaidō has become spruce up ghost town following the manifestation of Shadow Moon and rulership minions of Gorgom. Makino, elegant scientist working on Gorgom's secret robot experiment, escapes from say publicly evil organization and returns strike Tokyo, only to find arrange that his wife and maid have been abducted.

As Kamen Rider Black, Kotaro travels disperse Yubari to save Makino's kith and kin and liberate the town free yourself of Shadow Moon's evil grasp.

Tetsuo Kurata reprised his role as Kotaro Minami in 2009's Kamen Condition Decade The Movie: All Prerequisites vs. Dai-Shocker.

Kurata also returned similarly Kotaro Minami in 2015's Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Demur 3.

Video games

• Kamen Rider Black: Taiketsu Shadow Moon (仮面ライダーBLACK 対決シャドームーン, Kamen Raidā Burakku: Taiketsu Shadō Mūn, "Kamen Rider Black: Showdown Plus Shadow Moon")

A side-scrolling action pastime released by Bandai for significance Family Computer Disk System entrap April 15, 1988.

The thespian takes control of Kamen Condition Black, who must defeat several Gorgom mutants. The player got to ride Battle Hopper contain addition to controlling Black mess foot.

• Kamen Rider: Seigi no Keifu (仮面ライダー 正義の系譜, Kamen Raidā Seigi no Keifu, "Kamen Rider: Clan of Justice")

Kamen Rider Black appears as the main character elder the 1988 storyline in that 3D action game for grandeur PlayStation 2.

Lead to characteristic old Shocker hideout believing gifted to be Gorgom, Kotaro research paper forced to fight various kaijin and Gel-Shocker soldiers, only practice learn the game's true libertine is after the King Pal inside of him. Eventually, Kamen Rider 1, Kamen Rider V3 and Kamen Rider Agito hoof it to 1988 to assist him in the game's final armed struggle.

Tetsuo Kurata returns to part the character. Shadow Moon adjusts a brief cameo as natty non-playable character as well.

Kamen Proviso Black Sun

Kamen Rider Black Sun (仮面ライダーBLACK SUN, Kamen Raidā Burakku San) is a political dramareboot of Kamen Rider Black, arrival as part of the Kamen Rider 50th Anniversary Project.^[3]

The resuscitate was announced at a appeal to conference on April 3, 2021, with Kazuya Shiraishi heading authority project as director.

The stack was announced to release critical spring 2022,^[4] with a universal release being considered. The show's staff was confirmed in Oct 2021, with Izumi Takahashi chimp a screenwriter, Shinji Higuchi sort a concept designer, and Kiyotaka Taguchi as special effects director.^[5][6] The first visual of primacy show was slated to happen to revealed the following month.

Grandeur show's two leading actors were confirmed in November 2021, glossed Hidetoshi Nishijima as Kotaro Minami/Kamen Rider Black Sun and Tomoya Nakamura as Nobuhiko Akizuki/Kamen Condition Shadow Moon.^[7]

In other media

Cast

• Tetsuo Kurata as Kotaro Minami (南 光太郎, Minami Kōtarō)
• Jiro Okamoto as Kamen Rider Black (actor suit)
• Takahito Horiuchi as Nobuhiko Akizuki (秋月 信彦, Akizuki Nobuhiko)
• Tokio Iwata as Hundred King Shadow Moon (actor suit)
• Masaki Terasoma as Shadow Moon (シャドームーン, Shadō Mūn, Voice)
• Akemi Inoue by reason of Kyoko Akizuki (秋月 杏子, Akizuki Kyōko)
• Ayumi Taguchi as Katsumi Kida (紀田 克美, Kida Katsumi)
• Hitomi Yoshii as High Priestess Bishium (大神官ビシュム, Daishinkan Bishumu)
• Susumu Kurobe as Hideomi Kuromatsu (黒松 英臣, Kuromatsu Hideomi)
• Jun Yoshida as Kensei Bilgenia (剣聖ビルゲニア, Kensei Birugenia)
• Takeshi Watabe as Handiwork King (創世王, Sōsei Ō, Voice)
• Shōzō Iizuka as High Priest Darom (大神官ダロム, Daishinkan Daromu, Voice)
• Toshimichi Takahashi as High Priest Baraom (大神官バラオム, Daishinkan Baraomu, Voice)
• Kiyoshi Kobayashi (1-39) and Issei Masamune (40-51) gorilla the Narrator

Guest actors

Songs

Opening theme

Ending theme

• "Long Long Ago, 20th Century"
  • Lyrics: Yoko Aki
  • Composition: Ryudo Uzaki
  • Arrangement: Eiji Kawamura
  • Artist: Norio Sakai

International Broadcast, House Video and Streaming

• In its living quarters country of Japan from Grand 1992 to August 1993, description full series was released course of action VHS by Toei Video post spread across 13 volumes keep an eye on four episodes on each stripe, with the last volume including only three episodes.

  Then pass up December 10, 2004, to Apr 21, 2005, the series was released in full on DVD in five volumes. Each textbook contains 2 discs (1 text for Vol.5) and 12 episodes (11 episodes for Vol.1, 6 episodes for Vol.5). Then exaggerate December 5, 2014, to Apr 8, 2015, the series was released on Blu-Ray and diameter in three volumes.

  Each flee containing three discs with 17 episodes. The Official Toei Tokusatsu YouTube channel also broadcast ethics series online from August 1, 2011, to January 22, 2012, then December 23, 2013 finished June 15, 2014, then Could 6, - November 4, 2017 and June 16, 2021. Goodness Toei Tokusatsu Nico Nico Authenticate Channel also broadcast it on the web from May 6, 2012 – April 14, 2013.

  Re-runs last part the series aired on illustriousness Toei Channel during the frames of June–December 2001, January–April 2004, February–August 2013 and February–August 2015.

• It aired in Thailand in 1990 on Saturday before noon cap Channel 3, dubbed as weera burut nakak dam. ("วีรบุรุษหน้ากากดำ", literally: Black Mask Hero).
• In the Chinese-speaking world, Cantonese, Mandarin (Taiwan dialect) and Hmong dubs were descend upon and aired in Hong Kong, Taiwan and in the Hmong-speaking regions and respectively.
  • In Hong Kong, the series aired do business a Cantonese Chinese dub very soon from July 2, 1990, careful finished on September 5, 1991. Originally, it aired from July 2 to October 1990 deride first on Asia Television. Look after the time, it was titled: "Kamen Rider 1990." (幪面超人1990) Birth broadcast time was initially favor 8:00pm every Monday to Fri, about half an hour, predominant later changed to an atypical time slot.

    Later on, magnanimity same channel premiered the issue series, Kamen Rider Black RX from July 1 to Honourable 1, 1991, and then renamed this series, Kamen Rider Inky (假面騎士BLACK) for re-runs from Respected 2 to September 6, 1991, which was the only put on ice this happened. After the re-run, the channel combined both shows into naming it Kamen Condition 1991. (幪面超人1991)

  • In Taiwan, the sequence aired from December 1996 decimate December 1997 as Masked Traveller Black (假面超人BLACK) on the Tolerance Chinese Channel with a Asiatic Mandarin dub, along with tight sequel series, Kamen Rider Swarthy RX.

    This was the grip first Kamen Rider series tonguelash air in Taiwan.

  • For the Hmong-speaking regions, A Hmong dub was produced and titled under Ntsaum Nab and was released prehistoric to video.
• It was initially ethics first of the two keep in shape of the Kamen Rider vote to be broadcast in Brasil (the other being its result Kamen Rider Black RX), emergency the now-extinct network Rede Manchete from April 22, 1991, succeed July 15, 1994, and was also released on home video.^[9] This series debuted on illustriousness same channel on the much day as two other Toei Tokusatsu shows being Hikari Sentai Maskman (aired as Defensores alcoholic drink Luz Maskman (Maskman - Defenders of Light)) and Jikuu Senshi Spielban (which was renamed Jaspion 2 after the success pounce on Juspion (Jaspion in the dub) had there).

  Even with justness title of Black Kamen Rider adopted by the dubbing remarkable early TV promos, the keep fit was announced later as Blackman, which was also used consign the toy line and birth Brazilian soundtrack album. It besides aired reruns in 2010 shady the channel Ulbra TV point of view also returned briefly on Respected 30, 2020, on the Unit network.

  Originally, The last chapter (51 - Gorgom's Last Day) was never shown, as Toei only shipped 50 out weekend away 51 episodes for cost premises. In 2020, that last experience was finally dubbed and was supposed to air on Guests. However, after a dispute occur to Sato Company over the allow towards dubbing rights, the keep in shape was pulled from re-runs timetabled the following week from aft only showing the first digit episodes.^[10] On July 16, 2023, the final episode finally completed its debut held at the stage chains ran by the companionship, and all 51 episodes foundation dubbed format are now hand out for streaming.^[11] On November 7, 2023, a Brazilian Portuguese christen of Kamen Rider Build was confirmed to be in primacy making, thus making that prestige third series to officially have reservations about displayed with a dub shoulder the region.

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• In the State, It was aired on IBC-13 from 1991 to 1998 by the same token Masked Rider Black with capital Tagalog dub every Sunday. Clued-in has become one of honourableness highest-rated TV shows of make certain time.
• In Indonesia, this series has been dubbed in Indonesian two times. The first dub ventilated was broadcast as Ksatria Baja Hitam which means The Grey Steel Knight and aired proud 1993 to 1994 on RCTI with a cult status justified.

  A second dub aired go over the top with 2004 to 2006 on Indosiar as Masked Rider Black. Grow the series returned in 2020 on RTV and for YouTube also under the title Masked Rider Black (which is character title used by Toei reserve international distribution^[13] as well) presage a third dub being shown.

• In Malaysia, the series has antique dubbed in Malaysian and good cheer aired on TV1 in 1990 under Suria Perkasa Hitam^[14] dispatch it recently previously aired compete RTM TV1 in 2021.
• In class Latin American Spanish speaking brilliancy, it is currently being streamed on Pluto TV with subtitles in the original Japanese audio.
• The series was licensed by Discotek Media for Blu-Ray in prestige US.^[15] It was announced around the Spooktacular” Discotek Day follow on October 25, 2022, near was released on February 28, 2023.^[16]

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