Kamen Rider Stronger

**Kamen Rider Stronger** (仮面ライダーストロンガー, *Kamen Raidā Sutorongā*?, translated as **Masked Rider Stronger**) is the fifth entry of the *Kamen Rider Series*.

The show was broadcast on TBS and MBS from April 5, 1975 to December 27, 1975, lasting 39 episodes, and aired every Saturday at 7:00 p.m. *Stronger* was a co-production between Ishinomori Productions and Toei, and was created by Shotaro Ishinomori.

## Plot

Following the death of his close friend and mentor Goro Numata (沼田 五郎, *Numata Gorō*?), Shigeru Jo joins the evil organization Black Satan. With the promise of great power, and fueled by a desire for revenge, Jō undergoes surgery to become one of Black Satan's super-warriors. Secretly, Jo knows that Black Satan were in fact responsible for Numata's murder, and he uses the organization as a means to gain the power he needs to exact his vengeance. The newly transformed Jo escapes from the Black Satan headquarters before they can brainwash him, and becomes Kamen Rider Stronger.

Shortly after his escape, Stronger meets Yuriko Misaki, another cyborg warrior created by Black Satan who has the ability to transform into Electro-Wave Human Tackle. Together they combat Black Satan, and later the Delza Army, to restore peace in Japan. During battle against the Delza Army, Tackle sacrifices herself to protect Stronger, and Stronger performs a special procedure on himself to achieve his "Charge-Up Form". Later, the previous riders (Kamen Rider 1, Kamen Rider 2, Kamen Rider V3, Riderman, Kamen Rider X, and Kamen Rider Amazon) return to Japan and join Stronger to finally topple the evil Delza Army.

## Characters

### Allies

* Goro Numata
* Yoichiro Masaki
* Tobei Tachibana
* Kamen Riders

### Black Satan

* Great Leader of Black Satan
* Titan (Mr. Titan)/One-Eyed Titan
* General Shadow
* Dead Lion
* Black Satan Soldiers

### Delza Army

* Great Leader of Delza Army
* Delza Army General
* General Shadow
* Delza Army Corps
* Staff Officer Steel
* Division Commander Wild Eagle
* Doctor Kate
* Major Skull
* Baron Rock
* General Wolf
* Commanding Officer Frank
* Snake Woman
* Marshal Machine
* Commander Jishaku
* Armored Knight

## Episodes

*Main article: Kamen Rider Stronger Episodes*
1. I am the Electric Human Stronger!! (おれは電気人間ストロンガー！！, *Ore wa Denki Ningen Sutorongā!!*?)
2. The Secret of Stronger and Tackle! (ストロンガーとタックルの秘密！, *Sutorongā to Takkuru no Himitsu!*?)
3. The Thriller House Calls for Children!! (スリラーハウスが子どもを呼ぶ！！, *Surirā Hausu ga Kodomo o Yobu!!*?)
4. The Demonic Motorbike Reckless Driving Operation! (悪魔のオートバイ暴走作戦！！, *Akuma no Ōtobai Bōsō Sakusen!!*?)
5. Black Satan's School Lunch!? (ブラックサタンの学校給食！？, *Burakku Satan no Gakkō Kyūshoku!?*?)
6. The Jellyfish Kikkaijin Who Took the Form of a Teacher! (先生に化けたクラゲ奇械人！, *Sensei ni Baketa Kurage Kikkaijin!*?)
7. Rider Great Reversal!! (ライダー大逆転！！, *Raidā Dai Gyakuten!!*?)
8. Don't Melt, Rider! The Final Blow, Electro Kick!! (溶けるなライダー！とどめの電キック！！, *Tokeru na Raidā! Todome no Den Kikku!!*?)
9. The Band of Demons Has Come!! (悪魔の音楽隊がやって来た！！, *Akuma no Ongakutai ga Yattekita!!*?)
10. The Frightful Gummer Bug! It Targets Humans!! (恐怖のガンマー虫！人間を狙う！！, *Kyōfu no Ganmā Mushi! Ningen o Nerau!!*?)
11. Chameleorn! Demonic Film!? (カメレオーン！悪魔のフィルム！？, *Kamereōn! Akuma no Firumu!?*?)
12. Duel! Stronger's Grave!? (決闘！ストロンガーの墓場！？, *Kettō! Sutorongā no Hakaba!?*?)
13. The One-Eyed Titan! The Final Counter Attack!! (一ツ目タイタン！最後の逆襲！！, *Hitotsume Taitan! Saigo no Gyakushū!!*?)
14. The Appearance of Enigmatic Chief Executive Shadow! (謎の大幹部シャドウの出現！, *Nazo no Dai Kanbu Shadō no Shutsugen!*?)
15. Shadow's Trump That Calls Death!! (死を呼ぶシャドウのトランプ！！, *Shi o Yobu Shadō no Toranpu!!*?)
16. The Bloodsucking Bubunger's Demonic Present! (吸血ブブンガー悪魔のプレゼント！, *Kyūketsu Bubungā Akuma no Purezento!*?)
17. Ghost Story, The Demonic Easter (怪談 悪魔の復活祭, *Kaidan Akuma no Fukkatsusai*?)
18. Ghost Story, The Bottomless Swamp (怪談 底なし沼, *Kaidan Sokonashi Numa*?)
19. Ghost Story: The Cursed Old Castle! (怪談 呪われた古城！, *Kaidan Norowareta Kojō!*?)
20. The Great Scary Desert! Two Tōbeis?! (恐怖の大砂漠！二人の藤兵衛！？, *Kyōfu no Dai Sabaku! Futari no Tōbei!?*?)
21. Samegashima, Decisive Battle in the Sea! (鮫ヶ島海中大決戦！, *Samegashima Kaichū Dai Kessen!*?)
22. Rider Execution at 12:00!? (１２時００分ライダー処刑！？, *Jūniji Zerofun Raidā Shokei!?*?)
23. The Devil of the Underground Kingdom!! (地底王国の魔王！！, *Chitei Ōkoku no Maō!!*?)
24. Bizarre! The Unmanned Train Runs!! (怪奇！無人電車が走る！！, *Kaiki! Mujin Densha ga Hashiru!!*?)
25. Don't Die!! Shigeru Jō in the Electric Chair (死ぬな！！電気椅子の城茂, *Shinu na!! Denki Isu no Jō Shigeru*?)
26. Seen!! The Great Leader's True Identity!! (見た！！大首領の正体！！, *Mita!! Dai Shuryō no Shōtai!!*?)
27. Remodelled Majin! The Delza Army Appears!! (改造魔人！デルザー軍団現わる！！, *Kaizō Majin! Deruzā Gundan Arawareru!!*?)
28. Oh! Stronger...into Small Pieces?! (あ！ストロンガーがこなごなに…？！, *A! Sutorongā ga Konagona ni...?!*?)
29. The Curse of Majin Kate's Blood! (魔人ケイト血ののろい！, *Majin Keito Chi no Noroi!*?)
30. Goodbye, Tackle! Her Last Activity!! (さようならタックル！最後の活躍！！, *Sayōnara Takkuru! Saigo no Katsuyaku!!*?)
31. Stronger's Great Remodelling!! (ストロンガー大改造！！, *Sutorongā Dai Kaizō!!*?)
32. Deadly! Super Electro Three-step Kick!! (必殺！超電三段キック！！, *Hissatsu! Chō Den Sandan Kikku!!*?)
33. Stronger Dies in the Full Moon!? (ストロンガー満月に死す！？, *Sutorongā Mangetsu ni Shisu!?*?)
34. The Snake Woman's Bloodsucking Hell! (ヘビ女の吸血地獄！, *Hebi Onna no Kyūketsu Jigoku!*?)
35. The Man Who Returned! The Name is V3!! (帰って来た男！その名はＶ３！！, *Kaettekita Otoko! Sono Na wa Bui Surī!!*?)
36. Three Riders Vs. The Powerful Delza Army! (三人ライダー対強力デルザー軍団！, *Sannin Raidā Tai Kyōryoku Deruzā Gundan!*?)
37. Riders Captured! Long Live Delza!! (ライダー捕らわる！デルザー万才！！, *Raidā Torawaru! Deruzā Banzai!!*?)
38. Appearance! Riders 1, 2!! (出現！ライダー１号２号！！, *Shutsugen! Raidā Ichigō Nigō!!*?)
39. Goodbye! The Glorious Seven Riders! (さようなら！栄光の七人ライダー！, *Sayōnara! Eigō no Shichinin Raidā!*?)

**Movies**

1. *Kamen Rider Stronger* (movie version of episode 7)

## Cast

* Shigeru Jo (城 茂, *Jō Shigeru*?): Shigeru Araki (荒木 茂, *Araki Shigeru*?)
* Yuriko Misaki (岬 ユリ子, *Misaki Yuriko*?): Kyoko Okada (岡田 京子, *Okada Kyōko*?)
* Tobei Tachibana (立花 藤兵衛, *Tachibana Tōbee*?): Akiji Kobayashi (小林 昭二, *Kobayashi Akiji*?)
* Yoichiro Masaki (正木 洋一郎, *Masaki Yōichirō*?): Hiroshi Ogasawara (小笠原 弘, *Ogasawara Hiroshi*?)
* Titan (タイタン, *Taitan*?): Akira Hamada (浜田 晃, *Hamada Akira*?)
* Dead Lion (デッドライオン, *Deddo Raion*?, Voice): Mahito Tsujimura (辻村 真人, *Tsujimura Mahito*?)
* Great Leader of Black Satan, Great Leader of Delza Army, Delza Army General (ブラックサタン大首領, デルザー軍団大首領, 岩石大首領, *Burakku Satan Daishuryō, Deruzā Gundan Daishuryō, Ganseki Daishuryō*?, Voice): Goro Naya (納谷 悟朗, *Naya Gorō*?)
* General Shadow (ジェネラルシャドウ, *Jeneraru Shadō*?, Voice): Hidekatsu Shibata (柴田 秀勝, *Shibata Hidekatsu*?)
* Marshal Machine (マシーン大元帥, *Mashīn Daigensui*?, Voice): Osamu Ichikawa (市川 治, *Ichikawa Osamu*?)
* Narrator (ナレーター, *Narētā*?): Shinji Nakae (中江 真司, *Nakae Shinji*?)

### Suit actors

* Kamen Rider Stronger: Tetsuya Nakayashiki
* Kamen Rider Stronger (understudy), Kamen Rider X: Kazuo Niibori
* Kamen Rider Stronger (trampoline), Kamen Rider Amazon: Yasuo Yukawa
* Electro-Wave Human Tackle: Kyoko Okada
* Electro-Wave Human Tackle (Action) : Kiyota Maki
* Electro-Wave Human Tackle (Action): Ryoji Kurihara
* Kamen Rider #1: Haruhiko Hashimoto
* Riderman: Fumiya Nakamura
* Mr. Titan: Keisuke Chiyoda
* General Shadow, Kamen Rider V3: Hiroo Kawarazaki
* General Shadow (trampoline), Monsters (trampoline), combatmen: Hiroshi Ueda
* Great Leader of Delza Army (Rock Great Leader), combatmen: Nobuyuki Ishizuka

## Songs

Opening theme
* "Kamen Rider Stronger no Uta" (仮面ライダーストロンガーの歌, *Kamen Raidā Sutorongā no Uta*?, The Song of Kamen Rider Stronger)
	+ Lyrics: Saburo Yatsude
	+ Composition: Shunsuke Kikuchi
	+ Artist: Ichiro Mizuki

Ending theme
* "Kyo mo Tatakau Stronger" (今日もたたかうストロンガー, *Kyō mo Tatakau Sutorongā*?, Stronger Fights Today)
	+ Lyrics: Saburo Yatsude
	+ Composition: Shunsuke Kikuchi
	+ Artists: Masato Shimon & Mitsuko Horie, Ichiro Mizuki & Mitsuko Horie
	+ Episodes: 1-31

* "Stronger Action" (ストロンガーアクション, *Sutorongā Akushon*?)
	+ Lyrics: Shotaro Ishinomori
	+ Composition: Shunsuke Kikuchi
	+ Artists: Ichiro Mizuki & Mitsuko Horie
	+ Episodes 32-39

## Notes

* The original name for this show was *Kamen Rider Spark*.

## External links

* *Kamen Rider Stronger* at Wikipedia
* *Kamen Rider Stronger* at Japanese Wikipedia