Milestones

As a franchise, Kamen Rider is constantly evolving and changing, with new ideas and concepts emerging with each series.
==Kamen Rider==
*First series of the franchise.
*First and second ever Kamen Riders (1 and 2).
*First and only series to change the primary protagonist for an extended period of time.
*First use of the Rider Kick and Rider Punch.
*Longest running entry in the franchise (98 episodes).
*First series to change the opening theme.
*Highest rated show in the franchise overall, with episode 41 being viewed by 30.1% of Japan's TV audience and averaging 21.2% throughout its run.
*First Rider series to have a movie-only reboot (Kamen Rider The First).
*Only Rider series to have multiple reboots.
*First full Showa series to stream online in the USA via TokuShoutsu and Shout Factory TV.
==Kamen Rider V3==
*First direct sequel to a previous Rider series.
*First Rider to be created for non-evil intentions (V3).
*First (and only official TV) Rider to show part of their face when transformed (Riderman).
**In the previous series, their hair could have been seen in some scenes.
*4th longest-running show in the franchise (52 episodes).
*100th episode of the Kamen Rider Series: Last Testament of the Double Riders.
*First Rider TV series to get a home video release in the USA.
==Kamen Rider X==
*First series to be broadcast without surpassing a year.
*First series to feature only one Rider.
*First series to have the Rider armed with a default weapon (Ridol).
*First default Rider weapon to have multiple forms/states.
*4th shortest running show in the franchise (35 episodes).
==Kamen Rider Amazon==
*First non-insect themed Rider.
*The only Rider TV series which contained graphic violence such as excessive amounts of blood and scenes of decapitation and dismemberment.
*Shortest series in the franchise (24 episodes).
*First Bio-Type Rider.
*First Mystic-Type Rider.
*First Rider whose powers aren't technology-based.
*First series to not feature the previous Riders.
*First Rider that doesn't use a belt to transform 
*First Monster to aid a Rider.
*Final series to air before the start of the Super Sentai series.
*200th episode of the Kamen Rider Series: He Came Forth! The Terrible Zero the Great.
*First Rider series to have a full-series reboot instead of just movies (Kamen Rider Amazons).
==Kamen Rider Stronger==
*First Female Hero of the series.
*First series to air on another network (TBS rather than NET).
*First Rider to have a beetle motif.
*A prototype example of Form Changing/Final Form.
*First series to air at the same time as a Super Sentai series (Himitsu Sentai Gorenger).
*Last series to feature Tobei Tachibana.
*Last series of the original run of the Kamen Rider Series, the five series of the Seven Legendary Riders collectively lasting from April 3rd, 1971, to January 3rd, 1976.
*5th shortest show in the franchise (39 episodes).
==Kamen Rider (Skyrider)==
*2nd longest-running show of the franchise (54 episodes).
*First Rider to have the ability of flight as a superpower.
*Was meant to be a reboot but was later changed to be a continuation of the series.
*Second series to change the opening theme.
*300th Episode of the Kamen Rider Series: Hiroshi's Father Had Lived! As Altered Human FX777?.
==Kamen Rider Super-1==
*First villains that come from space (Dogma Kingdom).
*Only Rider to use an American brand motorcycle.
*Most Rider Kick variations used by a single Rider (26).
*Only Showa Series in which the previous Riders only appear in the movie, but none of the episodes.
==Kamen Rider ZX==
*First Rider to debut in a Manga & TV Special.
*First Rider to not get his own TV series.
*First combined villain group.
*Last appearance of the original TV actors out of costume (until Heisei Era Phase 2 crossover movies for several of the Riders).
==Kamen Rider Black==
*First standalone series, with no connection to the previous Riders.
*First Rider to not wear a scarf.
*First set of villains without Foot Soldiers.
*Second Monster to aid a Rider.
*First series in which a Rider dies but comes back to life.
*First purely original evil Rider.
*400th Episode of the Kamen Rider Series: The Creation King's True Identity?.
==Kamen Rider Black RX==
*First in the series to fully utilize the concept of form changing, Form-exclusive Weapons and Form-exclusive Rider Machines.
*First Rider to be the same person as a previous one.
*The first series and the only one in the Showa Era where a Rider drives a car.
*Final Rider series to be created and produced by Shotaro Ishinomori before his death in 1998.
*This series is both a Showa and Heisei one due to the passing of Emperor Hirohito taking place during its original broadcast.
*Final crossover team-up of the Ishinomori Rider series.
*Final villains to utilize Foot Soldiers in the Showa Era.
*First Rider series to be adapted in the USA (Saban's Masked Rider).
*Final Rider Series to air on TBS, all future Kamen Rider shows would return to being broadcast on its original network, TV Asahi.
==Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue==
*Labeled as the 20th anniversary of the franchise, when in fact it was in its 21st year.
*First Rider not to use a belt in any way.
*The only Bio-Type Rider whose powers don't come from a mystical source.
*First Rider of the 90's Movie Rider Trio.
*First Rider feature to be aimed at an older audience.
==Kamen Rider ZO==
*Labeled as a 20th anniversary production, when in fact it was the 22nd year of the franchise.
*Second Rider not to use a belt in any way.
*Second Rider in the 90's Movie Rider Trio.
*Second Rider of the franchise to not get a proposed TV series spinoff.
==Kamen Rider J==
*First Rider to have size manipulation as a superpower.
*First pure Mystic-type Rider.
*Third Rider in the 90's Movie Rider Trio.
*The last Kamen Rider production of Shotaro Ishinomori's career before his death in 1998.
==Kamen Rider Kuuga==
*First Kamen Rider Series to be produced after the death of Shotaro Ishinomori and thus the official start of the Heisei era, introducing the following trends:
**First series to air with a Super Sentai series on TV Asahi.
**The first villain group to be a race as opposed to an evil organization.
**The debut of the Super Form.
**The debut of the Final Form.
**The first series to have a Hyper Battle special.
*First installment not to use the term "Kamen Rider" to refer to its transformed heroes in-universe.
*First Rider to have a pre-Form to the Rider's main form.
*First (and currently only) main Rider whose final form does not wield a weapon.
*The last series to feature only one Rider throughout the entire run of the show.
*The first series to have a standardized format for its episodes' titles (one word each).
*The 10th TV series entry in the franchise.
==Kamen Rider Agito==
*30th anniversary of the franchise.
*First series to have more than two Riders.
*First series where the Secondary Rider appears before the Primary Rider.
*First Series to have at least one of each kind of Rider type:
**Agito & Another Agito: Mystic Riders
**G3/G3-X & G4: Tech Riders
**Gills: Bio/Mystic Rider.
*First main Rider whose final form weapon is a new state of a previous weapon.
*2nd longest Heisei series (51 episodes).
*First series with a summer movie shown alongside those of Super Sentai.
*First series to replace its theme song with a remixed version of itself instead of a new song.
*Last series to use the traditional transformation belt.
*First series that uses a voiced weapon.
*First series in which a Rider dies and doesn't come back to life (Kamen Rider Another Agito).
*First Heisei Rider to reappear in a production with the following Rider.
*First time a Rider is not referred to as "Kamen Rider" in their own series and is referred to as such in a production from another series.
*First Heisei Phase 1 Rider to have "Masked Rider" in the title.
*Highest rated show of the Heisei Era averaging at 11.7% of the Japanese TV viewing audience.
*500th episode of the Kamen Rider Series: My Transformation.
==Kamen Rider Ryuki==
*First Heisei series where the term "Kamen Rider" is used to describe the transformed warriors in-universe.
*First series where the Riders commonly use cards.
*First Heisei series that foregoes the traditional Ishinomori transformation belt, introducing a modular system.
*The first series to explicitly have a variety of animals for the Riders' respective motifs.
*First series where Kamen Riders use monsters to aid them in battle and enhance their fighting capabilities.
*First Heisei Riders to battle a giant monster.
*First series to feature a female Rider (Kamen Rider Femme).
*First series to feature Evil Riders that aren't just clones of the main Rider and one that is.
*First series to feature a Rider that isn't human (Kamen Rider Odin).
*First series where the Riders' powers are based on a point system.
*First series where all Riders have voiced equipment.
*Second Rider series to be adapted in the USA (Kamen Rider Dragon Knight).
*The first series to have a Rider as the final opponent.
*First Heisei series to include the Primary Rider meeting a previous Heisei Primary Rider.
*First main Rider whose final form weapon is an altered state of something that was not previously a weapon.
*First and only series where the Primary Kamen Rider doesn't win because he was killed, but the Secondary Kamen Rider does.
==Kamen Rider 555==
*First Kamen Rider series to air in the Super Hero Time block with a Super Sentai .
*First series to feature Riders that are also Monsters (Orphnochs).
*First series to feature a Rider that doesn't speak Japanese (Kamen Rider Psyga).
*First Heisei series to feature an evil organization (Smart Brain).
*First Heisei Rider to battle a giant monster that had first been a regular-sized monster.
*Second series to feature voiced transformation equipment.
*First series to refer to its transformation belts as "Drivers".
*First main Rider whose final form weapon is a truly new piece of equipment.
*600th episode of the Kamen Rider Series and 200th episode of the Heisei Kamen Rider Series.
==Kamen Rider Blade==
*Second Heisei series where the term "Kamen Rider" is used to describe the transformed warriors in-universe.
*Second series where the Riders commonly use cards.
*Second series where the Riders' powers are based on a point system.
*Second series to feature a female Rider (Kamen Rider Larc).
*Second series to feature Riders that are also Monsters.
*Second series to have a Rider as the final opponent.
*First series where the hero does not kill the monster-of-the-week.
*First series to have a Rider under 18 years of age (Kamen Rider Leangle).
*Third series to change the opening theme.
*First series where a Supporting Rider gains a Super Form (if only prior to an S.I.C.-only Final Form).
==Kamen Rider Hibiki==
*The only series that does not feature the Rider Kick as a primary finisher.
*The first series to use music and Japanese folklore as a theme.
*A prototype example of the Support Robots.
*First Rider to use a breath attack.
*First Heisei Rider to fight giant monsters on a regular basis.
*Fourth and last series to change the opening theme.
*Second Heisei season to not have "Masked Rider" in the title
*700th episode of the Kamen Rider Series: The Howling Spider
*15th entry in the franchise.
==Kamen Rider Kabuto==
*35th anniversary of the franchise.
*First Heisei series to feature an enemy from space.
*First series where the Primary Rider always first transforms into a pre-form before changing to their Base Form.
*Third series to feature Riders that are also Monsters.
*First, Second, Third, and Fourth Riders in space (Kabuto, Ketaros, Gatack, and Caucasus).
*First Rider to time travel.
*Last Heisei season to not have "Masked Rider" in the title.
*300th episode of the Heisei era Kamen Rider Series: I am Justice!!.
==Kamen Rider Den-O==
*Most popular and successful entry in the franchise with 49 episodes, six movies, an anime spin-off, and numerous cameos and crossovers with other Riders many series later.
*First series to use time travel as a recurring plot element.
*First series that the Riders use a pre-battle catchphrase.
*Second series to use elements of Japanese folklore as a theme.
*First Heisei Rider to have a special armament to fight giant monsters.
*First Heisei series whose summer movie is clearly in continuity with the main show.
*First Heisei Rider to have a crossover movie with the following Rider.
*First series to release a movie only featuring its own story elements during the run of a later series.
==Kamen Rider Kiva==
*This series aired on the year of what would have been Shotaro Ishinomori's 70th birthday.
*First Rider to have a horror-themed motif inspired by the classic (Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, The Wolfman, and The Creature from the Black Lagoon).
*First series to have a collection of Net Movies attached to its summer movie.
*First Rider of the Heisei Era to meet one of his predecessors in a movie.
*Third Rider to time travel.
*First Heisei series to make use of stock footage sequences on a CGI backdrop, for Kiva's Arms Monster form changes and Rising Ixa.
==Kamen Rider G==
*Second (and only Heisei) Kamen Rider to debut in a Movie or TV Special.
*Aired on the 50th year of TV Asahi in service. Said broadcasting group was featured in this special as a plot element.
*First returning antagonists from the Heisei era.
*First prototype instance of a Rider using a beverage (wine) as a motif and henshin device. (Kamen Rider Gaim would later further elaborate this concept by also using food and plants).
==Kamen Rider Decade==
*3rd shortest running series in the franchise and shortest Heisei series (31 episodes).
*10th Heisei era entry
*First crossover with its sister franchise .
*Most Riders featured in a single season (41 Riders).
*First main Rider whose final form uses the same weapon as their main form.
*First Heisei series to feature Showa Riders.
*Third series where the Riders commonly use cards.
*First series to establish the concept of parallel universes.
*Kamen Rider Hibiki's Rider Kick is shown.
*First series in which the next Rider saves the current one. This becomes a standard in most future Rider series.
*Introduces the arcade game Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbaride which as well as includes past Kamen Riders, is also updated to include shows after Decade.
*First series to have a Climax Heroes video game.
*Last Heisei season to have "Masked Rider" in the title.
==Kamen Rider W==
*First series of the Heisei Era Phase 2, introducing the following trends:
**First Rider to debut in the summer movie from the previous series.
**First series to have a Movie War film with the previous series.
**First series to fully utilize Support Robots. This becomes a standard for all future Rider series, except Kamen Rider Gaim.
*20th entry in the franchise.
*First time in the Heisei Era that the second season in a row has used the term "Kamen Rider" to describe the transformed warriors in-universe.
*First Rider to be two people.
*Second series where the hero does not kill the monster-of-the-week.
*First use of partial Form Changes where multiple powers can be used at once and switched individually.
**Therefore the first series where the main Rider needs more than one collectible device at once to transform at all.
*First series where the collectible devices that cause transformations can be moved from the belt to the weapon(or to a hip mounted slot)and trigger a finishing move.
*First series to have follow-up adventures of non-Primary Riders.
==Kamen Rider OOO==
*40th anniversary of the franchise.
**The series reached its 1,000th episode on the day of its 40th anniversary, albeit due to a previous episode getting postponed a week.
*2nd Largest number of form changes in a Rider series with 131 forms in total (OOO's 129 forms + Birth's 2 forms).
**Also, the first Rider to surpass 100 forms.
*First Rider to be made with only CGI (Kamen Rider Core).
*First series to have three movies during its run.
*First series to have a handheld video game which teamed-up with All Primary Riders.
*First series with a 10th anniversary commemoration movie.
==Kamen Rider Fourze==
*First Rider to have a base of operations in space.
*First series to have a Super Hero Taisen movie during its run.
*Third series where the hero does not kill the monster-of-the-week.
*First series in which the main Rider is under 18.
*The only series to use the ending song from a video game on two occasions.
==Kamen Rider Wizard==
*First series where the protagonists' powers are purely magic based.
*First team-up with other Ishinomori heroes not from Kamen Rider or Super Sentai.
*First Rider whose Super Form is completely computer-generated instead of a suit.
*3rd longest running show of the franchise and longest Heisei series (53 episodes).
*First to have a new game to team up with all Heisei Riders (Battride War).
*Last series to have a Director's Cut of the movies.
*First Neo Heisei collectible device to not directly attach to the transformation belt.
*First series in the entire franchise to have an LGBTQ character, and cast member.
==Kamen Rider Gaim==
*First series in the Neo Heisei Era to not use the two-part episode format.
*First Rider series to use food and plants as a motif (fruits, nuts, and flowers).
*Only series since Decade to not use Support Robots.
*First series where a Secondary Rider gains a Super Form.
*First series where a Secondary Rider doesn't gain a Final Form (although Kaito gains the pseudo-Final Form: Lord Baron).
*First series since Agito to have a Supporting Rider gain a Final Form.
*First series where an Evil Rider gains a Final Form.
*First series to show Riders being recklessly transformed into Monsters.
*3rd shortest Heisei series (47 episodes).
*First time since Den-O to not feature a series of Net Movies to promote the films.
*First series where the main Rider can use either one collectible device to take a main form, or two at once to take a stronger form (Jimber Arms).
*First series to steer away from the Monster-of-the-Week concept after the first few episodes and subsequently focus on conflicts between Riders, followed by Ex-Aid, Build and Zero-One.
==Kamen Rider Drive==
*The 25th entry in the franchise and the 16th Heisei Era series.
*First series to use cars and road signs as a motif.
*The second protagonist in the franchise and the first in the Heisei Era to use a car as a Rider Machine.
*First protagonist in the franchise not to use a motorcycle at all as a Rider Machine.
*The first series to have the titular character debut in his own series since Decade.
*First Rider Machine car to be made by a European company rather than a Japanese brand.
*First series where the main protagonist is a police officer and works within the boundaries of the law rather than as a vigilante.
*First Rider to fuse with their Rider Machine to access a form.
*The first time a transformation device was both a belt and a bracelet.
**The first time the transformation device's DX toy used Infrared to connect its components.
*The first series to prominently feature androids.
==Kamen Rider Ghost==
*45th anniversary of the franchise.
*First Rider Series whose motif is based on actual real-world historical figures (and one ), spirits, eyeballs, and fashion.
*First Riders to wear an article of clothing that is part of all their main forms and covers the masks (in this case, a ).
*The first protagonist that is a non-corporeal member of the deceased to become a Rider.
*First Secondary Rider to fuse with their Rider Machine to create a new form.
*First Heisei series to make use of stock footage sequences on a CGI backdrop for the initial transformation, though also using the Rider-standard on-location transformations.
*Second time in the Heisei Era that the second season in a row has used the term "Kamen Rider" to describe the transformed warriors in-universe.
*First series since 555 to end with exactly 50 episodes.
==Kamen Rider Amazons==
*First unnumbered entry to be a full series instead of one or more movies or specials.
*First full Kamen Rider series to debut during the run of another Rider series (Ghost).
*Second standalone production based on a Showa Era Rider produced during the Heisei Era (after the Reboot movies).
*First full series based on a Showa Era Rider produced during the Heisei Era.
*First series to debut on instead of on television.
**Given the reduced censorship restrictions of online streaming, this is also the first series to graphically depict cannibalism and the second overall to feature intense graphic violence and body dismemberment.
*First series to get a true second season of the same show with the same name.
*Shortest single season of a Kamen Rider series (13 episodes).
*2nd shortest Rider series (26 episodes, including season 2).
*Only series to have episodes longer than 24-25 minutes (standard of 30 minutes, but as long as 46 and 40 minutes for episodes 1 and 2; therefore also the only series to have episodes of wildly varying lengths).
*First series to feature multiple central Riders named after the show's title (Kamen Rider Amazon Alpha, Amazon Omega, Amazon Sigma, and Amazon Neo).
==Kamen Rider Ex-Aid==
*First Rider Series to have a theme revolving around retro video games and video game genres.
*Fourth time in the Neo Heisei Era that the term "Kamen Rider" to describe the transformed warriors in-universe.
*First ever Heisei Series to use the Showa era concept of using surgery to become Kamen Riders.
*First series to incorporate medical drama stories as the weekly focus.
*First series to use the Summer movie as a definitive ending to the show.
*First crossover with a non-tokusatsu Bandai property.
*First series since 555 to not have any secondary writers.
*First series to have the main villain commit suicide instead of being killed off by the heroes.
*2nd shortest Heisei series (45 episodes).
==Kamen Rider Build==
*First series to air through the year of what would have been Shotaro Ishinomori's 80th birthday (2018).
*First series since Wizard to premiere in September.
*Last series to have its full run during the real-world Heisei Period.
*This is the 3rd series with Mix and Match forms after W and OOO.
*This is the 2nd double-sided rider after Kamen Rider Double.
*First series in the entire franchise to have a Non-Native Japanese singer sing the intro.
*First Bat-themed Rider since Kamen Rider Knight.
*First Crocodile-themed Rider since Kamen Rider Gaoh.
*First Rider to have a full Robot motif as his main form.
*First Cobra-themed Rider since Kamen Rider Ouja.
*First Secondary Rider to have a full Dragon Motif as his main form
**First Dragon-themed Rider since Kamen Rider Ryugen.
==Kamen Rider Zi-O==
*First protagonists to have clocks and hiragana as a costume motif and the second to use the powers of past Riders as their main abilities after Decade and Diend.
*First Rider to use the power of a previous anniversary Kamen Rider to access an enhanced form and use enhanced, unique variants of past weapons and gear from the Heisei Rider franchise as part of their main arsenal.
*20th Heisei Rider protagonist and last.
*First series to run past the abdication of Emperor Akihito into a new era.
*First secondary protagonist to be from the future
*First use of a scythe as a Rider weapon.
*First Rider to have a full ninja motif as their main form rather than as an alternate combat form or a secondary motif.
*First Riders to use piloted robot mecha on a semi-regular basis that has collectible trinket based alternate configurations.
==Kamen Rider Zero-One==
*First full season to air in the Reiwa Era.
*30th televised entry of the franchise.
*30th series protagonist.
*First Riders to use forms based on a mammoth.
**First Rider forms entirely based on a giraffe and a hedgehog (toy-exclusive).
*First Rider to use a dodo motif.
*The first series since Black RX to have a protagonist with a full grasshopper motif as his base form. This also makes Zero-One the first insect-themed Rider of the Reiwa era.
*Zero-One is the first primary Rider to have a main form colored in yellow, not counting Agito since gold is within the shade of yellow, not the hue.
*First series to utilize singular animal motifs for forms since Ryuki.
*First female Rider of the Reiwa Era.
**First female Vespa motif Rider form.
*First primary female Rider ever
**First primary female Rider of the Reiwa Era.
**First Female Rider ever to gain a Final Form.
*First Scorpion-themed rider since Kamen Rider Sasword.
*First time since Drive that the secondary Rider's belt is completely different from the main Rider's belt.
*First time since Hibiki where Seiji Takaiwa is not the main hero's suit actor.
*The second series to prominently feature androids.
*First series to use a text-to-speech program for gear announcements.  
*First genderless Kamen Rider in the entire franchise.
*The second series to have 45 Episodes after Ex-Aid.
*First series to have 11 transformation devices.
*The second series that has a villain who can possess other characters in order to gain their Rider forms after Build.
*First series to be disrupted by real world events for longer than two weeks, as the COVID-19 pandemic halted production, resulting in the show being cut short by 5 episodes.
*First Reiwa Kamen Rider show to get a home video release in the Region 1 area.
*First Rider film to be showcased at SDCC.
==Kamen Rider Saber==
*Second Reiwa series.
*50th anniversary of the franchise.
*First series since Drive to have Episode 0.
**First Reiwa Era series to have Episode 0.
*First Rider series whose motif is based on books.
*Second series after Den-O whose motif is based on fairy tales.
*First series since Ghost to be fantasy-based.
**First series to have both the writer and the director from the previous series.
*Second series after Wizard to have a dragon-motif main Rider and a lion-motif Secondary Rider.
*First series since Super-1 to have an eyecatch.
*First series to name its episodes with a special nomenclature ("chapters").
*First series since Hibiki to have an ending theme.
**First Reiwa Era series to have an ending theme.
*Second Lightning element-themed Rider after Kamen Rider Ikazuchi.
*First Main Rider since Kamen Rider Ryuki to have both a Dragon motif and Fire element as his Main Form.
**First Main Rider since Kamen Rider Wizard to have a Fire element as his main power.
*First Secondary Rider since Kamen Rider Beast to have a Lion motif as Main Form.
**First Blue Rider since Kamen Rider Aqua to have Water elemental powers.
*First Turtle-themed Rider since Kamen Rider Den-O Rod form.
*First series to place several mixed-race actors and actresses in predominant roles:
**Hiroaki Oka (Tetsuo Daishinji) is Japanese-Chinese.
**Robin Furuya (Storious), Kyle Takano (Legeiel), and Koji Saikawa (Zooous) are Japanese-American.
**Mei Angela (Reika Shindai) is Japanese-Filipino.
* First series in the entire franchise to have two predominant Riders in a brother-sister sibling relationship, and the first series since Gaim to have two sibling Riders.
* First series since Ex-Aid to have a crossover with Super Sentai. This series also sees the return of the crossover TV specials to promote the feature film crossover in theaters.
*First Kamen Rider/Super Sentai crossover with an exclusive Rider-Ranger fusion form.
*First time a Reiwa era Kamen Rider has visited an Earth in the Super Sentai multiverse.
*First series in the Reiwa era to debut two female Riders instead of just one. (One in the TV show and one in a crossover)
*First series since Drive where all members of the monster race are deceased by the end of the series.
==Kamen Rider Revice==
*First Rider series to explicitly use dinosaurs as a motif and utilize stamps as a gimmick.
*Continuation of Kamen Rider’s 50th Anniversary. 
*First Kamen Rider with a full Tyrannosaur motif as his main form.
*First use of a Megalodon and Brontosaur as an animal motif.
*First Rider season whose show title doesn’t consist of a singular protagonist’s name and is instead a mashup of the names of two main characters.
*First Rider to use an actual hover bike as opposed to a CGI effect in filming certain scenes.
*Second Rider season where the protagonist Rider does not use a motorcycle at all as a Rider Machine, using instead a hover bike.
*First Rider to use a skateboard as a mode of transport.
*First Rider series where two Kamen Riders fuse into alternate beast forms.
*First Rider anniversary season that fuses the Legend Rider gimmick with an animal motif, in this case, fusing a past Kamen Rider’s powers with animal DNA.
*First series since Wizard to have Kotaro Nakagawa as sole composer.
*Second series where a Female Rider gains a Final Form.
==Kamen Rider Geats==
*First Polar Bear, Sheep, Fox, Tanuki, Penguin, Panda, Goat, Sparrow, and Masked Palm Civet themed Riders.
*Aired during 2023, the year of what would have been Shotaro Ishinomori’s 85th birthday.
*Final series to take place during the multi-year long celebration of the franchise’s 50th anniversary.
*First series where the main heroine is introduced as a rider from the start, beating Valkyrie by an episode.
*Third series where a Female Rider gains a Final Form.
*First time a Kamen Rider dies onscreen in the pilot episode, and the quickest to die as well.
*Most Riders to debut in one episode.
*First Reiwa series to have a performance street motorcycle instead of a dual sport for the main hero.
*First series since Ex-Aid to not have the collectible devices included in the Closing Screens.
*First series since Build to have all the TV episodes written by one writer.
== Kamen Rider Gotchard ==
*First Reiwa Era Card Rider, with the series coincidentally running during the 20th anniversary of Kamen Rider Blade.
*First series since Decade to feature cards as the main collectible items.
*First series with an all female team of evil generals.
*First series where suit actor Eitoku takes on the costume of the lead role instead of being the Secondary Rider or a monster of the week.
*First Reiwa series set in a high school and the second overall since Fourze.
*First series to have a female secondary Rider.
== Kamen Rider Gavv ==
*First Kamen Rider to be themed after snacks.
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