Kamen Rider J

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***Kamen Rider J*** (仮面ライダーJ, *Kamen Raidā Jei*) (*Masked Rider J*) is a 1994 Japanese tokusatsu superhero movie produced by Toei and loosely based on their *Kamen Rider Series*.

As part of the media franchise's 40th anniversary, *J* was shown on Toei's pay-per-view channel in September 2011. The film's protagonist, Kamen Rider J, appears in the film versions of the *Kamen Rider Decade* television series (most notably in the climax of All Riders vs. Dai Shocker*.* where he enables the heroes to defeat the film's antagonist. He is also a playable character in the 2011 Nintendo DS video game, *All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation*.

## Plot

After fulfilling the praying ceremony, the three oldest children of the alien Fog Mother hunt an ideal human, in order to feed that person to their newly hatched siblings. They find such a person in Kana, the young friend of environmentalist reporter Kouji Segawa as he was investigating the pollution by the lake.

Protecting his young friend from the fiends as they escape them, Kouji is thrown over the cliff by the reptilian Agito as Kana is taken by the insectoid Zu. However, Kouji is resurrected by the Earth Spirits as a J-Powered Warrior, Kamen Rider J, acting on their will to fight the Fog with their emissary Berry as his guide. With Fog Mother sensing Kouji's presence, Agito attempts to finish the job in his true form, only to be killed by J. Hurrying to Kana, Kouji enters their domain and faces Zu as she assumes her true form. Facing her, J manages to mortally wound Zu as she grabs him, taking him, before they crash into the fortress which is Fog Mother.

After she dies, Kouji learns of Fog's intention of feeding humanity to them as Garai completes the ritual and sends Kana to the hatching chamber while manhandling Kouji. Berry intervenes to free Kana from Fog's spell before being struck down by Garai as Kana is sent down to her death while Fog Mother begins attacking a nearby city to prepare for her children's awakening. Assuming his Rider form, J fights Garai in his true form, Cobra Man, in a heated battle.

After killing Garai, J is almost digested by Fog Mother as he attempts to save Kana. However, by absorbing the life energy around him, J kills off Fog's newly born spawn as he escapes the bowels of Fog Mother and assumes Jumbo Formation. After ripping Kana out of Fog Mother, J battles the monster before killing her as she attempted to take him down with her. Escaping Fog Mother's destruction, Kouji takes Kana to a serene environment with Berry watching from a distance.

## Cast

* Yūta Mochizuki as Koji Segawa
* Yuka Nomura as Kana Kimura
* Rikako Aikawa as Berry
* Kyoji Kamui as Garai
* Yoko Marai as Zu
* Maho Maruyama as Fog Mother
* Shōzō Iizuka as the Narrator

## Masked Rider

Saban Entertainment used monster footage from the film in their Masked Rider TV show. Hachi Woman became Hydrasect, appearing in the episode "Stranger from the North" with a monster from the previous film Kamen Rider ZO. Fog Mother became Ultivore, appearing in the episode "Saturday Morning Invasion", and Tokage Man became Cyborgator and appeared in the episode "Ectophase Albee".