Kamen Rider Stronger

is a Japanese tokusatsu drama and the fifth installment of the Kamen Rider Series. Debuting as the 5th entry of the Showa Era, the series aired from April 5, 1975 to December 27, 1975 on TBS and MBS. Lasting 39 episodes, the series was a joint collaboration between Toei Company and Ishinomori Productions.
While the series is relatively popular among tokusatsu fans, it has not garnered much mainstream attention. However, the series is unique in several respects, and has influenced other series in the franchise in many ways.
==Story==
Shigeru Jo joins the evil organization Black Satan after the death of his close friend Goro Numata, who he considered his mentor. He, promised power, and fueled by a desire for revenge, undergoes surgery to become one of Black Satan's super warriors. However, Shigeru knows that Black Satan were in fact the murderers of his friend; he was using Black Satan in order to gain new powers. The newly powered up Shigeru escapes from the Black Satan headquarters before they can brainwash him into following their campaign of evil and becomes Kamen Rider Stronger. While escaping from Black Satan, Stronger meets Yuriko Misaki another cyborg warrior created by Black Satan who has the ability to transform into Electronic Wave Humanoid Tackle. Together they fight the evil Black Satan and later the Delzer Army to restore peace in Japan.
== Overview ==
Shigeru Jō, played by the late Shigeru Araki, joins the evil organization Black Satan after the death of a close friend, one whom he considered his mentor. Promised power, and fueled by a desire for revenge, he undergoes surgery to become one of Black Satan's super warriors. However, Shigeru knows that Black Satan were in fact the murderers of his friend; he was using Black Satan in order to gain new powers. The newly powered up Shigeru escapes from the Black Satan headquarters before they can brainwash him into following their campaign of evil.
Frustrated, Black Satan scientists devise a plan to capture and kill the warrior they have just created, along with continuing the goal they've had all along—world domination. Shigeru plans on fighting back in his new form, Kamen Rider Stronger. While escaping from Black Satan, Stronger meets Yuriko Misaki (played by Kyōko Okada) another cyborg warrior created by Black Satan. They team up, with Yuriko now becoming Electronic Wave Humanoid Tackle. The two eventually meet Tobee Tachibana as well.
Stronger, Tackle, and Tobee fight valiantly against the evil cyborg forces of Black Satan, continually meeting the head agents General Shadow, and the Hitotsume Titan. The Titan is defeated in episode 13, but manages to return in episode 17 as the One-Hundred Eyed Titan, posing an even greater threat than before. Despite sharing the similar goals of defeating Stronger and conquering the world, General Shadow and the Titan cannot seem to agree on a few other issues—for instance, which one of them gets to kill Stronger. Often, their bickering inadvertently allows him to escape their wrath.
In episode 26, Stronger is able to topple Black Satan once and for all. With his former organization in ruins, General Shadow forms the "Delzer Army" to continue his malicious goals. There were two further defining moments for the series: first, in episode 30, Tackle sacrifices herself to save Stronger from Dr. Kate, a Delzer Army general. Her death affects Stronger greatly, and he vows to keep fighting until evil is defeated. In the following episode, Stronger's fight against evil is greatly assisted when he undergoes surgery and gains a devastating new power—the ability to power up into a new, stronger, form—"Charge Up!".
Ultimately, all the former Riders, Kamen Rider 1, 2 from the original Kamen Rider, V3 from Kamen Rider V3, X from Kamen Rider X, and Amazon from Kamen Rider Amazon, all appear in the final few episodes to help Stronger finally defeat the Delzer Army and General Shadow. This sequence of episodes has attracted some praise from fans.
==Characters==
===Kamen Riders===
Kamen Rider Stronger	Shigeru Jo
===Debatable Riders===
====TV Show====
Electro-Wave Human Tackle	Yuriko Misaki
====Other media====
Dark 1 	Dark 1
Dark 2 	Dark 2
Dark V3 	Dark V3
Dark Riderman	Dark Riderman
Dark X 	Dark X
Dark Amazon 	Dark Amazon
Dark Stronger	Dark Stronger
===Allies===
*Tobee Tachibana
====Kamen Riders====
Kamen Rider 1 	Takeshi Hongo
Kamen Rider 2 	Hayato Ichimonji
Kamen Rider V3 	Shiro Kazami
Riderman 	Joji Yuki
Kamen Rider X 	Keisuke Jin
Kamen Rider Amazon	Daisuke Yamamoto
===Villains===
====Black Satan====
*Great Leader of Black Satan
*Titan (Mr. Titan) / Hitotsume Titan 
*General Shadow 
*Dead Lion 
*Black Satan Soldiers
====Delzer Army====
*Great Leader of Delzer Army
*General Shadow 
*Delzer Army Corps
*Staff Officer Steel 
*Division Commander Wild Eagle 
*Dr. Kate 
*Major Skull 
*Baron Rock 
*General Wolf
*Commanding Officer Frank 
*Snake Woman 
*Marshal Machine 
*Commander Jijaku
*Armored Knight
==Episodes==
==Other media==
===Manga===
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==Cast==
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===Suit Actors===
*Kamen Rider Stronger: 
*Kamen Rider Stronger (understudy), Kamen Rider X: 
*Kamen Rider Stronger (trampoline), Kamen Rider Amazon: 
*Electronic Wave Humanoid Tackle: 
*Electronic Wave Humanoid Tackle (Action): , 
*Kamen Rider 1: 
*Riderman, Great Leader of Delzer Army (Rock Great Leader): 
*Mr. Titan: 
*General Shadow, Kamen Rider V3: 
*General Shadow (trampoline), Division Commander Wild Eagle, Major Skull, General Wolf, Armored Knight, Monsters (trampoline), Combatmen: 
*Monsters, Great Leader of Black Satan: 
*Dead Lion, Staff Officer Steel, Dr. Kate, Baron Rock, Commanding Officer Brank, Marshal Machine, Great Leader of Delzer Army (Rock Great Leader), Combatmen: 
*Snake Woman: 
==Songs==
;Opening theme
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**Lyrics: Saburō Yatsude
**Composition: Shunsuke Kikuchi
**Artist: Ichirou Mizuki
;Ending theme
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**Lyrics: Saburō Yatsude
**Composition: Shunsuke Kikuchi
**Artists: Masato Shimon & Mitsuko Horie (1 & 2)/Ichirou Mizuki & Mitsuko Horie (3-31)
**Episodes: 1-31
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**Lyrics: Shotaro Ishinomori
**Composition: Shunsuke Kikuchi
**Artists: Ichirou Mizuki & Mitsuko Horie
**Episodes 32-39
==Other Songs==
*Kabutorow Boogie
*Stronger Ekaki Uta
*Stronger Kazoe Uta
*Miyo! Kamen Rider Stronger
*Mune Ni Kagayaku S Mark
*Sakuru Zo Kyofu No Kuni Wo
*Boku-Ra No Aniki, Jou Shigeru
*Sore Yuke Tackle-Chan
*Tatakae! Shichinin Rider
==Release==
===Broadcast===
*The series premiered on the Tokyo Broadcasting System and the Mainichi Broadcasting System on April 5, 1975. It ran for 39 episodes, with the final episode airing on December 27, 1975. 
===Home Media===
==Notes==
*The original name for this show was planned as Kamen Rider Spark, however, due to Spark being a registered trademark in Japan at the time, the title was soon changed to Stronger.
*The show replaced Ultraman Leo on TBS being one of the few times Kamen Rider and Ultraman air on the same network.
**It aired on TBS instead of it's former network of NET due to it's former network passing on the next Rider season after Amazon to air the start of a new series spun off from the Kamen Rider franchise, .
==External links==
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*Kamen Rider Stronger at Japanese Wikipedia
*Official website at Kamen-Rider-Official
Category:Kamen Rider Series
Category:Showa era