Kamen Rider Amazon

is a Japanese tokusatsu drama and the fourth installment of the Kamen Rider Series. Debuting as the forth entry of the Showa Era, the series aired from October 19, 1974 to March 29, 1975 on NET and the Mainichi Broadcasting System. With 24 episodes produced and aired, it is the shortest Kamen Rider series ever. 
Today Kamen Rider Amazon is considered to be a cult classic due to its violence, which attributed to its short run. A modern-day re-imagination, titled Kamen Rider Amazons, was released in 2016 to commemorate the franchise's 45th anniversary. 
==Story==
A plane crashes in the Amazon rainforest, leaving young Amazon (Daisuke Yamamoto) stranded without his parents. Soon adopted by an Incan tribe, Amazon becomes a wild child, living off the land. However, Amazon's idyllic existence is cut short when Golgos, the Jyumenki, massacres his village, slaughtering everyone except himself in search for the powerful "GiGi Armlet", which gives the bearer fantastic power. Elder Bago, last of the Incas, gives the GiGi Armlet to Amazon for safekeeping while using his knowledge of Incan science and magic to perform a mystical "operation" on Daisuke, transforming him into the powerful "Kamen Rider Amazon" before he died. Arriving at Japan, Amazon battles Gedon without full knowledge of their reason of pursuing him. Befriending the nephew and niece of Professor Kousaka, Amazon learns the nature of the GiGi Armlet as he defeats Gedon and then the Garander Empire.
==Characters==
===Kamen Riders===
Kamen Rider Amazon	Amazon (Daisuke Yamamoto)
===Debatable Riders===
Fake Amazon	Salamander Beastman
===Allies===
*Tobee Tachibana
*Masahiko Okamura
*Ritsuko Okamura
*Mole Beastman
*Elder Bago
*Professor Kōsaka
===Villains===
====Gedon====
*Jyumenki Golgos (1-14)
**Red Followers
====Garander Empire====
*Ruler (Real Zero the Great)
*"Zero the Great" (14-24)
**Black Followers
==Episodes==
==Other media==
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==Cast==
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*Kamen Rider Amazon (sub), Golgos' rock face, Beastmen, Black Follower: 
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*Mole Beastman, Golgos' rock face: 
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==Songs==
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**Lyrics: Shotaro Ishinomori
**Composition: Shunsuke Kikuchi
**Artist: Masato Shimon
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**Lyrics: Saburō Yatsude
**Composition: Shunsuke Kikuchi
**Artist: Masato Shimon with the Columbia Yurikago-kai
**Episodes: 1-14 (1st Verse); 15-24 (2nd Verse)
==Other Songs==
*Amazon Rider Action
*Amazon Hitori
*Amazon Issho Ni Tatakaou
*Amazon Oshiete Okure
*Amazon Taose
*Boku-Ra No Amazon Rider
*Sono Na Wa Amazon
*Hashire Honoo No Jungler
*Tokyo Jungle
*Ore Wa Tachibana Tobee
==Release==
===Broadcast===
*The series premiered on the Mainichi Broadcasting System and NET TV (now TV Asahi) on October 19, 1974. It ran for 24 episodes, with the final episode airing on March 29, 1975.
===Home Media===
==Notes==
*This is the first season to not feature previous Riders appearing.
*This would be the last Kamen Rider season to air on NET until the series' revival in 2000 with Kamen Rider Kuuga, which aired on the channel now known as TV Asahi. The Kamen Rider franchise would move to TBS starting from Kamen Rider Stronger until Kamen Rider Black RX.
*This is the last Kamen Rider Series to not have a Sentai episode air alongside.
*This is the shortest Kamen Rider season, running for only 24 episodes.
==External links==
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*Kamen Rider Amazon at Japanese Wikipedia
*Official website at Kamen-Rider-Official
Category:Kamen Rider Series
Category:Showa era