Kamen Rider Kabuto, stylized in English as Masked Rider Kabuto, is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series. It is the sixteenth installment in the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu programs. It is a joint collaboration between Asatsu-DK and Toei. The series was broadcast on TV Asahi. The first episode aired on January 29, 2006, and with the final episode airing on January 21, 2007, completing the series with 49 episodes. It aired as a part of the Super Hero Time slot alongside GoGo Sentai Boukenger. It is the series that revolves around insects, fate, and the theme of "the chosen one." The series blends action, dramatic tension, and philosophical elements with a focus on the battle between humanity and the mysterious ZECT organization, which defends the Earth from alien insect-like creatures known as the Worms. The story follows Souji Tendo, who transforms into Kamen Rider Kabuto, and his quest to protect the world while struggling with his own destiny.
Kamen Rider Kabuto the Movie: God Speed Love is the theatrical film adaptation of the Kamen Rider Kabuto TV series directed by Hidenori Ishida and written by Shōji Yonemura. Unlike previous Kamen Rider movies, its serves a prologue of sorts to the TV series rather than following its storyline. The movie shows a previous timeline where the close relations between Riders did not exist and the impact of the first meteor evaporated all of Earth's oceans. Seven years after the meteor hit Earth, ZECT pretends to use a passing comet to refill the Earth's oceans, while in fact they are pulling another meteor to crash on Earth, one large enough to wipeout all of humanity.
Miku Ishida is a Japanese female singer and used to be a gravure idol, actress and a teen idol, had belonged to the show-business production LesPros Entertainment from 1999 to 2008. She is from Komaki, Aichi, and graduated from Hinode High School in March 2007. Then, on 9 October 2008, she retired as an actress. On June 17, 2009, she returned to the entertainment industry through her musical activities.
Super Hero Time is a programming block on the Japanese television network TV Asahi featuring new episodes of tokusatsu television series from Super Sentai and Kamen Rider. Both series have decades of history and have been intertwined in the public imagination for some time, not least of all because the driving creative force behind both was manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori and both were produced by the same production company, Toei Company; however, they did not air together until 2000 with Kamen Rider Kuuga and Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive, though at the time they were not acknowledged together. Super Hero Time airs every Sunday morning, from 9:00 to 10:00 JST. The block is shown all over Japan via the All-Nippon News Network. Though, in other prefectures, one or both shows can be seen on other stations which are not affiliated with ANN.
Mirai Shida is a Japanese actress. She became recognized after her breakthrough role as Kazumi Kanda in "Joō no Kyōshitsu" leading her to more prominent roles, such as Miki Ichinose in 14-year-old Mother.
Masato Uchiyama is a Japanese actor.
Isao Sasaki is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and singer.
Yuma Ishigaki is a Japanese actor from Gifu Prefecture and raised in Nerima, Tokyo.
Mitsu Murata is a Japanese actor, fashion model and DJ/music producer, best known for his roles as Douji in the 2005 tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Hibiki and Bishop in the 2008 series Kamen Rider Kiva. As a DJ, Murata goes under the name "Mitsuu", having released remixes for some musicians, including High and Mighty Color and Jyongri. He is currently employed by Orions Belt.
Tomoka Kurokawa, is a Japanese actress. She graduated from Horikoshi High School on February 18, 2008. She began attending Asia University in April 2008.
Nana Katase is a Japanese actress, singer, and fashion model. She is known for acting in Death Note 2: The Last Name (2006), Arakawa Under the Bridge (2010) and 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008).
Engine Sentai Go-onger: Boom Boom! Bang Bang! GekijōBang!! is the theatrical film adaptation of the Japanese 2008 Super Sentai series Engine Sentai Go-onger.
Engine Sentai Go-onger is Toei Company's thirty-second installment in the Super Sentai metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series. It aired from February 17, 2008 to February 8, 2009, replacing Juken Sentai Gekiranger and was replaced by Samurai Sentai Shinkenger. The program was part of TV Asahi's 2008 Super Hero Time block alongside Kamen Rider Kiva. Its footage was used for the American series, Power Rangers RPM and was dubbed into Korean as Power Rangers Engine Force.
Kamen Rider Decade, stylized in English as Masked Rider Decade or Masked Rider DCD, is a Japanese television show and the 2009 installment of the long-running Kamen Rider series of tokusatsu dramas. Decade, as its title suggests, is the tenth anniversary series of Kamen Rider's Heisei era, and the final installment of its first phase. It began broadcasting the week following the finale of Kamen Rider Kiva and was featured in Super Hero Time alongside the 2009 edition of the Super Sentai series, Samurai Sentai Shinkenger. Kamen Rider Zi-O, the last Heisei-era series, broadcast in 2018–2019, acts as a spiritual sequel, where both Decade and Diend play prominent roles as re-occurring side characters who are directly involved in that series's plotline.
Suzuka Morita is a Japanese actress and voice actress. She was a 7th generation member of Hop Club and a 2nd generation member, number 11, of Idoling!!!. She is best known for playing Kotoha Hanaori/Shinken Yellow in the TV series Samurai Sentai Shinkenger.
Riria Baba, known professionally as Riria (梨里杏) and Riria Kojima, is a Japanese actress. She is known for her role as Mio in the 2014 Super Sentai series Ressha Sentai ToQger.
Ai Moritaka is a Japanese actress and model affiliated with the Ten Carat talent agency. She is best known for her role as Kagura in the 2014 Super Sentai series Ressha Sentai ToQger.
Best is the first greatest hits album by Japanese band Garnet Crow. It was released on 26 October 2005 under Giza Studio.
