Kamen Rider Stronger


Kamen Rider Stronger is a Japanese Tokusatsu television show. It is the fifth entry in the Kamen Rider Series, the show was broadcast on TBS and MBS from April 5, 1975 to December 27, 1975. Stronger is a co-production between Ishinomori Productions and Toei, and was created by Shōtarō Ishinomori.

Story

Following the death of his close friend and mentor Gorō Numata, Shigeru Jō 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 supersoldiers. Secretly, Shigeru 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 Shigeru 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 soldier 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 six previous Kamen Riders return to Japan and join Stronger to finally topple the evil Delza Army.

Characters

Black Satan is a terrorist organization formed by the remnants of Shocker.
General Shadow is a high-ranking officer who is rivals with Titan. Armed with the Shadow Sword, his trademark attack is Trump Shoot. After abandoning Black Satan, he forms the Delza Army. Destroyed by Stronger 's Super Electro Lightning Kick.

Delza Army

The Delza Army is created by General Shadow after he leaves Black Satan. After its destruction, he forms the Delza Army to fight Kamen Rider Stronger. The first eight of his officers schemed against him, but never challenged General Shadow, but soon General Shadow was overthrown by Great Mashal Machine. The organization was destroyed by the combined efforts of Kamen Rider Stronger and the six previous Riders.
  1. I am the Electric Human Stronger!!
  2. The Secret of Stronger and Tackle!
  3. The Thriller House Calls for Children!!
  4. The Demonic Motorbike Reckless Driving Operation!
  5. Black Satan's School Lunch!?
  6. The Jellyfish Kikkaijin Who Took the Form of a Teacher!
  7. Rider Great Reversal!!
  8. Don't Melt, Rider! The Final Blow, Electro Kick!!
  9. The Band of Demons Has Come!!
  10. The Frightful Gummer Bug! It Targets Humans!!
  11. Chameleorn! Demonic Film!?
  12. Duel! Stronger's Grave!?
  13. The One-Eyed Titan! The Final Counter Attack!!
  14. The Appearance of Enigmatic Chief Executive Shadow!
  15. Shadow's Trump That Calls Death!!
  16. The Bloodsucking Bubunger's Demonic Present!
  17. Ghost Story, The Demonic Easter
  18. Ghost Story, The Bottomless Swamp
  19. Ghost Story: The Cursed Old Castle!
  20. The Great Scary Desert! Two Tōbeis?!
  21. Samegashima, Decisive Battle in the Sea!
  22. Rider Execution at 12:00!?
  23. The Devil of the Underground Kingdom!!
  24. Bizarre! The Unmanned Train Runs!!
  25. Don't Die!! Shigeru Jō in the Electric Chair
  26. Seen!! The Great Leader's True Identity!!
  27. Remodelled Majin! The Delza Army Appears!!
  28. Oh! Stronger...into Small Pieces?!
  29. The Curse of Majin Kate's Blood!
  30. Goodbye, Tackle! Her Last Activity!!
  31. Stronger's Great Remodelling!!
  32. Deadly! Super Electro Three-step Kick!!
  33. Stronger Dies in the Full Moon!?
  34. The Snake Woman's Bloodsucking Hell!
  35. The Man Who Returned! The Name is V3!!
  36. Three Riders Vs. The Powerful Delza Army!
  37. Riders Captured! Long Live Delza!!
  38. Appearance! Riders 1, 2!!
  39. Goodbye! The Glorious Seven Riders!

    Movie

Kamen Rider Stronger
A reedited episode 7. Waniida from Black Satan attacks a young boy and long-time Kamen Rider ally Tōbei Tachibana, but Kamen Rider Stronger and Electro-Wave Human Tackle run in to make the save. However, Shigeru and Yuriko fall into separate traps and are captured by Black Satan. Yuriko fights for her life as Shigeru is brainwashed by the organization.

Special

The 45-minute All Together! Seven Kamen Riders!!, first broadcast on January 3, 1976 opens with Tōbei Tachibana taking some children to a Kamen Rider roadshow. Just as he's reminiscing about all the heroic modified humans he's lived alongside: Ichigō, Nigō, V3, Riderman, X, Amazon, Stronger and Tackle, the first seven Riders gradually show up to greet him in their human guises, unrecognized by the crowds. When it's revealed that the kaijin onstage are real and not actors, the Riders transform to save the crowd and Rider actors, uniting their power to defeat the Delza Army's true leader, the Great General of Darkness in his hideout beneath the stadium.

Cast

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