Kamen Rider Super-1 Explained
is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series. It is the seventh installment in the Kamen Rider Series. The series was broadcast on the Mainichi Broadcasting System from October 17, 1980, to October 3, 1981. The series production of Toei, and was created by Shōtarō Ishinomori.
Story
Kazuya Oki volunteers to undergo cybernetic surgery in the International Space Development Program in the United States to become an astronaut who can survive in outer space without the need for a bulky external suit. After a successful operation, he is given the codename "Super-1". Before he can depart for space, however, the base where he received his operation is attacked by the Dogma Kingdom. Only Kazuya can escape and is determined to avenge the deaths of the scientists, he returns to Japan and is trained by a martial arts expert, Master Genkai. With this knowledge, he can transform into the powerful Kamen Rider Super-1 to fight the evil Dogma Kingdom and later Jin Dogma.
Cast and characters
- Shunsuke Takasugi as /Kamen Rider Super-1
- Nobuo Tsukamoto as
- Teru Satō (Played as) as
- Yumiko Tanaka as
- Katsuya Hayakawa as
- Munemaru Kōda as : Kazuya's master and practitioner of the Sekishin Shaolin Fist martial arts.
- Kenji Nishiyama as
- Rieko Nagatsuka as
- Kazunori Tanaka as
- Tadaomi Watanabe as
- Ayumu Iwaki as
- Moriyuki Ogidō as
- Izumi Nakamura as
- Hitoshi Hagiwara as
- Ulf Ōtsuki as
- Shinji Nakae as The Narrator
Dogma Kingdom
The is a secret extremist organization originating from Dark-Nebula B-26 who are seeking to kill Super-1 and rule the earth with their cyborgs, purging all those deemed unworthy of the utopia.
- Akira Shioji as : The leader of the Dogma Kingdom, an ancient-looking man who surrounds himself with bodyguards. The bells that hang down under his throne ring to announce his arrival, and also serve as a means of discipline. After General Megirl's failure to destroy Super-1, he transforms into Kaiser Crow to fight him personally and is destroyed by Super-1's Super Rider Moon Surface Kick.
- Toshihiko Miki as : The Dogma Kingdom's only eminent chief, he was a human named until an event five years prior resulted in his joining Dogma. He rides the horse and is a master of the sword. After all of his subordinates are killed, he transforms into Death Buffalo to fight Kamen Rider Super-1 and is destroyed by Super-1's Super Rider Spark Kick.
- : As their name states, they won't let anyone get too close to Terror Macro. They are higher ranks than General Megirl.
- : The Dogma Kingdom's foot soldiers. Scientists wear white gowns.
Jin Dogma
After the destruction of the Dogma Kingdom, the organization appeared to take its place in terrorizing Japan.
- Kentarō Kachi as : The leader of the Jin Dogma, a coldhearted cyborg fighter who praises the glory of cybernetics. After his servants were killed by Kamen Rider Super-1, he transformed into Satan Snake to fight Kamen Rider Super-1. He was destroyed by Super-1 with the .
- Yuki Yoshizawa as : Wearing a butterfly mask, she has no interest in Jin Dogma's affairs. She was destroyed by Super-1's Super Rider Horizon Kick.
- Hiroo Kawarazaki as : A quick-tempered character. He was destroyed by Super-1's Super Rider Horizon Kick.
- Kazuo Suzuki as : An unusual figure. He was destroyed by Super Rider's Sky Continual Kick.
- Yōko Tōdō as : A voluptuous sorceress. Assuming the form of Majoringa, she was destroyed fighting Super-1 with the Lightning Sword while praising Jin Dogma with her last breath.
- : The Jin Dogma's foot soldiers who brainwashed and upgraded the Dogma Fighters of the Dogma Kingdom. Footsoldiers have a silver mask and silver lines, and bodyguards have a golden mask and golden lines.
Kamen Rider Super-1: The Movie
The film was released on March 14, 1981, and was produced by Tōru Hirayama.
- PlotThe Dogma Kingdom attacks the Matagi (mountain tribe) village of Yamabiko to steal the sacred Flying Dragon Fortress and wreak havoc all over Japan. Six children from the fallen village take refuge in a nearby town, keeping their identities as Matagi citizens a secret. Kamen Rider Super-1 must protect these kids from the Dogma Kingdom, as they hold the secret to the Flying Dragon Fortress' weakness.
- Cast
- Shunsuke Takasugi as Kamen Rider Super-1
- Nobuo Tsukamoto as Jiro Tanihara
- Hiroshi Miyauchi as Shiro Kazami / Kamen Rider V3 (Voice)
Songs
- Opening theme
- Ending themes
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- Composition: Shunsuke Kikuchi
- Artist: Shunsuke Takasugi with Korōgi '73
- Episodes: 1-23
- Composition: Shunsuke Kikuchi
- Artist: Ichirou Mizuki with the Columbia Yurikago-kai and Kōrogi '73
- Episodes: 24-48
International broadcasts
- In the Philippines, it was aired on RPN-9 as Masked Rider Super-1 from 1983 to 1984 with an English dub.
- Super-1 aired in Indonesia in 1995 via RCTI. In this version, the opening and ending songs were changed into two other ones (not a dubbed soundtrack). First, Super One for the opening theme and Kuserahkan for the ending song.
