1. Masked Rider Black

. Chika Hamada (TV Asahi). Shinichiro Shirakura (Toei). Naomi Takebe (Toei). Takaaki Utsunomiya (Toei) Running time 24-25 minutes (per episode) Production company(s) Distributor Release Original network Original release January 26, 2003 ( 2003-01-26) – January 18, 2004 ( 2004-01-18) Chronology Preceded by Followed by External links Kamen Rider 555 ( 仮面ライダー555（ファイズ）, Kamen Raidā Faizu, officially Masked Rider Φ's, also read Kamen Rider Faiz or Phi's) is a Japanese television series. It is the 13th installment in the. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and, and was broadcast on from January 26, 2003 to January 18, 2004.

And it was the first series to use. Main article: The Smart Brain corporation, the world's most powerful corporation, is trying to take over the world using, the 'next stage in humanity's evolution', to covertly kill off the human population.

In pursuit of this, they develop three suits of power armor, called Rider Gears (each for, and ), to find and protect the Orphnoch King, who can fix a defect within Orphnoch DNA which causes their genetic structure to break down, leading to death. The Rider Gears are stolen by Hanagata, the Goat Orphnoch and former chief of Smart Brain. He sends them to his foster children (dubbed the 'Ryuseiji', after the school they attended) so they can stop the Orphnoch from achieving their goal. However, Rider Gears were designed to be worn by Orphnoch, and humans are unable to activate the systems without undergoing genetic modification. A young loner, Takumi Inui, is unwittingly drawn into the conflict between the Orphnoch and humans and becomes to save the life of Mari Sonoda, one of the Ryuseiji. Smart Brain begins targeting him in an attempt to retrieve the. However, there is division amongst the Orphnoch, as those who wish to co-exist with humans rather than kill them, begin resisting the Smart Brain, who in turn targets them as well.

Most of these 'renegade' Orphnochs are either killed, remain neutral or begin siding with the Ryuseiji against the Smart Brain. When the police discover the Orphnoch are behind a series of bizarre murders, they begin operations to defeat the creatures, largely unaware of the various factions involved. They even begin performing experiments on captured Orphnoch in an attempt to find ways of destroying them, though this does not go well. The Orphnoch King eventually awakens within a young boy named Teruo Suzuki, whom Naoya Kaido and Keitaro Kikuchi saved and befriended. Now, it is up to the holders of the Rider Gears to band together and fight for humanity's survival. Rider Gears.

Rider Gears Belt Greek letter Notable wearer TV Series Takumi Inui Masato Kusaka Shuji Mihara Naoya Kaido Movie Leo Yuji Kiba Stage Show Alpha Gear Female Performer Beta Gear Male Performer Gamma Gear Male Performer The equipment used in the series to transform is referred to as Rider Gear. It was created to be worn by the Orphenoch to protect their Orphenoch King. Each Rider Gear contains a belt known as a Driver used to form armor that protects the wearer and amplifies their strengths and abilities. The armor's theme is based on a letter from the, and contains the letter somehow within the aesthetic design.

The Gears also have a method to input command codes, a cell phone number keypad for most, which can activate armor and various weapons. The sound effects of a dialing in any of the Rider Gear phones were later referenced in episode 17 of. The TV series focused on three sets of Rider Gear:, and.

During the TV series, Hanagata, the foster father of the Ryuseiji and former chief executive of Smart Brain, attempted to create several new Rider Gears, using two lost people to test out the first two. The two belts failed to create Rider armor, resulting in the wearer’s deaths. When Itsuro Takuma of Lucky Clover wore the third one it disabled him for a few seconds before it dissolved. The fourth dissolved without ever being worn. The Kamen Rider 555 movie, Paradise Lost, introduced two additional sets of Rider Gear: and Riotrooper Army.

See also: The show featured a series of mass-produced transformation belts called Smart Buckle, which enabled the wearer to transform into a generic Riotrooper. The Riotroopers were introduced in the movie, and later added at the end of the TV series. Live Stage-Show A live stage-show of Kamen Rider Faiz featured three unique riders named Alpha, Beta, and Gamma. Naming Conventions Each set of Rider Gear is code-locked, in addition to being only usable by Orphenoch. These codes, input through the phone of each Gear, are a set of numbers that relate to the theme of each Gear. For the Faiz Gear, the code is 5-5-5, or 'fives', phonetically similar to the word Faiz. For the Kaixa Gear, the code is 9-1-3, which is read in as 'Ka-I-Sa'.

Delta Gear's phone was voice-activated, yet nonetheless also was coded with 3-3-3, a reference to the Greek letter delta, a triangle. The goroawase system was also used for the Psyga Gear, where the code 3-1-5 is read as 'Sa-I-Go'.

The Orga Gear, patterned after Greek Omega, the final letter, is code-locked to 0-0-0. Orphnoch.

Main article: Ep# Title Original airdate 1 'The Start of a Trip' 'Tabi no Hajimari' (旅の始まり) January 26, 2003 2 'The Belt's Power' 'Beruto no Chikara' (ベルトの力) February 2, 2003 3 'The King's Sleep.' 'Ō no Nemuri.' (王の眠り･･･) February 9, 2003 4 'My Name' 'Ore no Namae' (おれの名前) February 16, 2003 5 'Original' 'Orijinaru' (オリジナル) February 23, 2003 6 'Trio × Trio' 'Sannin × Sannin' (３人×３人) March 2, 2003 7 'The Power of Dreams' 'Yume no Chikara' (夢の力) March 9, 2003 8 'The Protector of Dreams' 'Yume no Mamoribito' (夢の守り人) March 16, 2003 9 'Enter, the President' 'Shachō Tōjō' (社長登場) March 23, 2003 10 'The Enigmatic Rider' 'Nazo no Raidā' (謎のライダー) March 30, 2003 11 'The Enigmatic Belt' 'Nazo no Beruto' (謎のベルト) April 6, 2003 12 'Ryūsei School' 'Ryūsei-juku' (流星塾) April 13, 2003 13 'Friend of Foe?' 'Teki ka Mikata ka' (敵か味方か) April 20, 2003 14 'Takumi's Spirit' 'Takumi no Iji' (巧の意地) April 27, 2003 15 'The Fallen Idol φ's vs. Main article: Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3 ( スーパーヒーロー大戦GP 仮面ライダー3号, Supā Hīrō Taisen Guranpuri Kamen Raidā Sangō) is the 2015 entry of the 'Super Hero Taisen' film series, featuring the cast of Kamen Rider Drive and the appearance of Kamen Rider 3, which was originally created by Shotaro Ishinomori for the one-shot 1972 manga Rider #3 VS. General Black ( 3ごうライダーたい ブラックしょうぐんのまき, Sangō Raidā Tai Burakku Shōgun no Maki).

Reprise their roles in the film, which is scheduled to open in theaters on March 21, 2015, and its sequel Kamen Rider 4 ( 仮面ライダー4号, Kamen Raidā Yongō), which has reprises his role. In Kamen Rider 4, it reveals the truth after the end of Kamen Rider 555 TV series, especially on Takumi himself. Hyper Battle Video Kamen Rider 555: Hyper Battle Video ( 仮面ライダー555（ファイズ） ハイパーバトルビデオ, Kamen Raidā Faizu Haipā Batoru Bideo) features a boom box called the Faiz Sounder developed by the Smart Brain corporation appearing at the laundromat where Takumi, Mari, and Keitaro work at, causing them and everyone else to break into song and dance. The Faiz Sounder was created as a result of a contest for Televi Magazine for a new weapon for Kamen Rider Faiz.

Lost World The Hero Saga side story for 555 published in Monthly Hobby Japan magazine was titled Masked Rider 555: Lost World ( MASKED RIDER 555 -ロスト・ワールド-, Kamen Raidā Faizu -Rosuto Wārudo-). It serves as a prologue to the alternate story that was 555: Paradise Lost, and features the new character Riotrooper Ver. 2 ( ライオトルーパーver.2, Raiotorūpā ver.2). The story ran from October 2005 to January 2006. Chapter titles.

Faiz ( ファイズ, Faizu). Kaixa ( カイザ, Kaiza). Delta ( デルタ, Deruta). Psyga ( サイガ, Saiga) Video game A video game based on the series was produced by for the. It was a fighting game which featured many of the characters from the TV series. There were several modes of gameplay for either a single play and two players.

It was released only in Japan near the end of the TV series on December 18, 2003. Blu-ray release In 2014, 555 will receive a three-part Blu-ray release. To promote the release, the cast reunited after 10 years, but they remarked that not much has changed, other than Yoshika Kato changing her stage name to and her new life in and series lead 's recent popularity on the variety show where he has surprised guests with his knowledge of high-rise buildings and.

. Chika Hamada (TV Asahi). Shinichiro Shirakura (Toei). Naomi Takebe (Toei).

Takaaki Utsunomiya (Toei) Running time 24-25 minutes (per episode) Production company(s) Distributor Release Original network Original release January 26, 2003 ( 2003-01-26) – January 18, 2004 ( 2004-01-18) Chronology Preceded by Followed by External links Kamen Rider 555 ( 仮面ライダー555（ファイズ）, Kamen Raidā Faizu, officially Masked Rider Φ's, also read Kamen Rider Faiz or Phi's) is a Japanese television series. It is the 13th installment in the. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and, and was broadcast on from January 26, 2003 to January 18, 2004. And it was the first series to use. Main article: The Smart Brain corporation, the world's most powerful corporation, is trying to take over the world using, the 'next stage in humanity's evolution', to covertly kill off the human population. In pursuit of this, they develop three suits of power armor, called Rider Gears (each for, and ), to find and protect the Orphnoch King, who can fix a defect within Orphnoch DNA which causes their genetic structure to break down, leading to death.

The Rider Gears are stolen by Hanagata, the Goat Orphnoch and former chief of Smart Brain. He sends them to his foster children (dubbed the 'Ryuseiji', after the school they attended) so they can stop the Orphnoch from achieving their goal. However, Rider Gears were designed to be worn by Orphnoch, and humans are unable to activate the systems without undergoing genetic modification. A young loner, Takumi Inui, is unwittingly drawn into the conflict between the Orphnoch and humans and becomes to save the life of Mari Sonoda, one of the Ryuseiji. Smart Brain begins targeting him in an attempt to retrieve the. However, there is division amongst the Orphnoch, as those who wish to co-exist with humans rather than kill them, begin resisting the Smart Brain, who in turn targets them as well.

Most of these 'renegade' Orphnochs are either killed, remain neutral or begin siding with the Ryuseiji against the Smart Brain. When the police discover the Orphnoch are behind a series of bizarre murders, they begin operations to defeat the creatures, largely unaware of the various factions involved. They even begin performing experiments on captured Orphnoch in an attempt to find ways of destroying them, though this does not go well. The Orphnoch King eventually awakens within a young boy named Teruo Suzuki, whom Naoya Kaido and Keitaro Kikuchi saved and befriended. Now, it is up to the holders of the Rider Gears to band together and fight for humanity's survival. Rider Gears. Rider Gears Belt Greek letter Notable wearer TV Series Takumi Inui Masato Kusaka Shuji Mihara Naoya Kaido Movie Leo Yuji Kiba Stage Show Alpha Gear Female Performer Beta Gear Male Performer Gamma Gear Male Performer The equipment used in the series to transform is referred to as Rider Gear.

It was created to be worn by the Orphenoch to protect their Orphenoch King. Each Rider Gear contains a belt known as a Driver used to form armor that protects the wearer and amplifies their strengths and abilities. The armor's theme is based on a letter from the, and contains the letter somehow within the aesthetic design. The Gears also have a method to input command codes, a cell phone number keypad for most, which can activate armor and various weapons. The sound effects of a dialing in any of the Rider Gear phones were later referenced in episode 17 of. The TV series focused on three sets of Rider Gear:, and.

During the TV series, Hanagata, the foster father of the Ryuseiji and former chief executive of Smart Brain, attempted to create several new Rider Gears, using two lost people to test out the first two. The two belts failed to create Rider armor, resulting in the wearer’s deaths. When Itsuro Takuma of Lucky Clover wore the third one it disabled him for a few seconds before it dissolved. The fourth dissolved without ever being worn. The Kamen Rider 555 movie, Paradise Lost, introduced two additional sets of Rider Gear: and Riotrooper Army. See also: The show featured a series of mass-produced transformation belts called Smart Buckle, which enabled the wearer to transform into a generic Riotrooper.

Masked Rider Black

The Riotroopers were introduced in the movie, and later added at the end of the TV series. Live Stage-Show A live stage-show of Kamen Rider Faiz featured three unique riders named Alpha, Beta, and Gamma. Naming Conventions Each set of Rider Gear is code-locked, in addition to being only usable by Orphenoch.

These codes, input through the phone of each Gear, are a set of numbers that relate to the theme of each Gear. For the Faiz Gear, the code is 5-5-5, or 'fives', phonetically similar to the word Faiz. For the Kaixa Gear, the code is 9-1-3, which is read in as 'Ka-I-Sa'. Delta Gear's phone was voice-activated, yet nonetheless also was coded with 3-3-3, a reference to the Greek letter delta, a triangle. The goroawase system was also used for the Psyga Gear, where the code 3-1-5 is read as 'Sa-I-Go'.

The Orga Gear, patterned after Greek Omega, the final letter, is code-locked to 0-0-0. Orphnoch. Main article: Ep# Title Original airdate 1 'The Start of a Trip' 'Tabi no Hajimari' (旅の始まり) January 26, 2003 2 'The Belt's Power' 'Beruto no Chikara' (ベルトの力) February 2, 2003 3 'The King's Sleep.'

'Ō no Nemuri.' (王の眠り･･･) February 9, 2003 4 'My Name' 'Ore no Namae' (おれの名前) February 16, 2003 5 'Original' 'Orijinaru' (オリジナル) February 23, 2003 6 'Trio × Trio' 'Sannin × Sannin' (３人×３人) March 2, 2003 7 'The Power of Dreams' 'Yume no Chikara' (夢の力) March 9, 2003 8 'The Protector of Dreams' 'Yume no Mamoribito' (夢の守り人) March 16, 2003 9 'Enter, the President' 'Shachō Tōjō' (社長登場) March 23, 2003 10 'The Enigmatic Rider' 'Nazo no Raidā' (謎のライダー) March 30, 2003 11 'The Enigmatic Belt' 'Nazo no Beruto' (謎のベルト) April 6, 2003 12 'Ryūsei School' 'Ryūsei-juku' (流星塾) April 13, 2003 13 'Friend of Foe?' 'Teki ka Mikata ka' (敵か味方か) April 20, 2003 14 'Takumi's Spirit' 'Takumi no Iji' (巧の意地) April 27, 2003 15 'The Fallen Idol φ's vs. Main article: Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3 ( スーパーヒーロー大戦GP 仮面ライダー3号, Supā Hīrō Taisen Guranpuri Kamen Raidā Sangō) is the 2015 entry of the 'Super Hero Taisen' film series, featuring the cast of Kamen Rider Drive and the appearance of Kamen Rider 3, which was originally created by Shotaro Ishinomori for the one-shot 1972 manga Rider #3 VS. General Black ( 3ごうライダーたい ブラックしょうぐんのまき, Sangō Raidā Tai Burakku Shōgun no Maki).

Reprise their roles in the film, which is scheduled to open in theaters on March 21, 2015, and its sequel Kamen Rider 4 ( 仮面ライダー4号, Kamen Raidā Yongō), which has reprises his role. In Kamen Rider 4, it reveals the truth after the end of Kamen Rider 555 TV series, especially on Takumi himself. Hyper Battle Video Kamen Rider 555: Hyper Battle Video ( 仮面ライダー555（ファイズ） ハイパーバトルビデオ, Kamen Raidā Faizu Haipā Batoru Bideo) features a boom box called the Faiz Sounder developed by the Smart Brain corporation appearing at the laundromat where Takumi, Mari, and Keitaro work at, causing them and everyone else to break into song and dance. The Faiz Sounder was created as a result of a contest for Televi Magazine for a new weapon for Kamen Rider Faiz. Lost World The Hero Saga side story for 555 published in Monthly Hobby Japan magazine was titled Masked Rider 555: Lost World ( MASKED RIDER 555 -ロスト・ワールド-, Kamen Raidā Faizu -Rosuto Wārudo-).

It serves as a prologue to the alternate story that was 555: Paradise Lost, and features the new character Riotrooper Ver. 2 ( ライオトルーパーver.2, Raiotorūpā ver.2). The story ran from October 2005 to January 2006. Chapter titles. Faiz ( ファイズ, Faizu).

Kaixa ( カイザ, Kaiza). Delta ( デルタ, Deruta). Psyga ( サイガ, Saiga) Video game A video game based on the series was produced by for the.

It was a fighting game which featured many of the characters from the TV series. There were several modes of gameplay for either a single play and two players. It was released only in Japan near the end of the TV series on December 18, 2003. Blu-ray release In 2014, 555 will receive a three-part Blu-ray release. To promote the release, the cast reunited after 10 years, but they remarked that not much has changed, other than Yoshika Kato changing her stage name to and her new life in and series lead 's recent popularity on the variety show where he has surprised guests with his knowledge of high-rise buildings and.