Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider

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Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider
Tojima Tanzaburo wa Kamen Rider ni Naritai volume 1 cover.jpg
First tankōbon volume cover
東島丹三郎は仮面ライダーになりたい
(Tōjima Tanzaburō wa Kamen Raidā ni Naritai)
Genre Tokusatsu
Original runMay 1, 2018 – present
Volumes16
2 May 2, 2019 [10] 978-4-86468-642-6
3 September 5, 2019 [11] 978-4-86468-669-3
4 December 5, 2019 [12] 978-4-86468-684-6
5 May 15, 2020 [13] 978-4-86468-721-8
6 August 5, 2020 [14] 978-4-86468-737-9
7 January 9, 2021 [15] 978-4-86468-772-0
8 May 1, 2021 [16] 978-4-86468-802-4
9 September 3, 2021 [17] 978-4-86468-828-4
10 February 4, 2022 [18] 978-4-86468-867-3
11 August 29, 2022 [19] 978-4-86468-121-6
12 February 28, 2023 [20] 978-4-86468-159-9
13 September 5, 2023 [21] 978-4-86468-196-4
14 March 29, 2024 [22] 978-4-86468-246-6
15 September 28, 2024 [23] 978-4-86468-289-3
16 April 4, 2025 [8] 978-4-86805-059-9

Anime

An anime adaptation produced by Aniplex was announced on March 7, 2025, [24] [25] which was later revealed to be a television series that is animated by Liden Films and directed by Takahiro Ikezoe, with series composition by Touko Machida, characters designed by Cindy H. Yamauchi, and music composed by TeddyLoid. The series premiered on October 5, 2025, on Tokyo MX and other networks. [2] [4] [b] The opening theme song is "Wanna be" performed by TeddyLoid featuring Shigeru Matsuzaki and TOPHAMHAT-KYO  [ ja ] of FAKE TYPE.  [ ja ] [26] The ending theme song is "One More Time!" by TeddyLoid featuring Ryoji Tokito. [27] Crunchyroll has licensed the series outside of Asia and is streaming it along with an English dub two weeks after the original airing on its streaming service of the same name. [28] [3] Medialink licensed the series in Southeast Asia. [29]

On September 26, 2025, it was announced that Hiroshi Fujioka would reprise his role as Takashi Hongo aka Kamen Rider 1 in the anime. [30] [31]

To commemorate the broadcast of the second episode, the 30th episode of Kamen Rider Stronger is made available online until 12 noon of October 27, 2025. [32]

Episodes

No.Title  [33] [34] Directed by  [33] Written by  [33] Storyboarded by  [33] Original release date  [35] [b]
1"Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider!"
Transliteration: "Tōjima Tanzaburō wa Kamen Raidā ni Naritai" (Japanese: 東島丹三郎は仮面ライダーになりたい)		Tetsuya Endō Touko Machida Takahiro IkezoeOctober 5, 2025 (2025-10-05)
As a child, Tanzaburo Tojima was inspired by the Kamen Rider show and dreamed of becoming an actual Kamen Rider. However, during his high school years, he beats up an entire high school gang to defend a classmate Emily, only to cause Emily to fear him. Despondent that an enemy like Shocker doesn't exist, Tojima continues to train in seclusion until he turns 40. After selling off his collection of Kamen Rider merchandise, Tojima learns of an increasing trend of criminals emulating Shocker combatants as they commit crimes, but writes them off as nothing more than petty thieves rather than the actual Shocker. As Tojima attends a festival, it's revealed that the Shocker crimes are being instigated by a gangster named Hachiro Nakao, who is a fan of Shocker and forces his underlings to emulate Shocker so he can pretend to be a villain from the show. Nakao orders his men to assault one of the festival stall owners as part of a shakedown. Seeing that nobody is willing to help the stall owner, Tojima dons a Kamen Rider mask and beats down the Shocker criminals. Realizing what he has done, Tojima flees the scene. The next day, a woman is angered at the news a Kamen Rider has foiled a Shocker crime, and she intended to be the first Kamen Rider to do so.
2"I Am Tackle"
Transliteration: "Watashi wa Takkuru" (Japanese: 私はタックル)		Kōji AritomiTouko MachidaTakahiro IkezoeOctober 12, 2025 (2025-10-12)
24-year-old Yuriko Okada, who grew up admiring Electro-Wave Human Tackle from the show Kamen Rider Stronger , works as a high school teacher while training every day to pursue her career as a real-life Kamen Rider. When she sees Tojima make the news after foiling a Shocker crime, she gets frustrated over not being the first Kamen Rider to appear in public. Meanwhile, Nakao and his underlings pull more Shocker-inspired robberies. As Yuriko is being confessed to by one of her students who is in love with her, she witnesses one such robbery taking place and Tojima showing up to stop them again. Yuriko changes into her Tackle costume, knocks out Tojima before he can steal her spotlight a second time, and beats up Nakao and his men. She tells the student in love with her to keep her secret before fleeing, and her debut as Tackle makes the news. Later, Nakao and his men pull another Shocker robbery as a customer live-streams it, and Tojima and Yuriko race to the scene. A man appears to step in to stop the robbery, and he transforms into an actual Shocker combatant.
3"I Love the Moment When Hate Turns to Love"
Transliteration: "Kirai ga Suki ni Naru to Sugoku Suki" (Japanese: 嫌いが好きになるとスゴク好き)		Mari SaitōTouko MachidaTakahiro IkezoeOctober 19, 2025 (2025-10-19)
The Shocker combatant reveals he is a real member of the evil organization. After he easily dispatches Nakao and his men, Tojima and Yuriko inadvertently team up to defeat the combatant. A man with silver hair and monstrous facial features appears and disintegrates the defeated combatant and the customer who was live-streaming the incident before leaving; Tojima and Yuriko believe the man to be another Shocker agent. At a local restaurant, Tojima and Yuriko discuss what they just experienced and come to grips with the fact that the organization they once thought was fictional is actually real. They are joined by the restaurant's manager, Mitsuba Shimamura, who tells them of his own encounter with Shocker when he was a child. Before Mitsuba can say more, Yukarisu, his girlfriend and one of the restaurant waitresses, pulls him away to go back to work. Tojima and Yuriko decide to fight against Shocker wherever they may appear. The next day, at the high school where she works, Yuriko is confronted by Yukarisu, who thinks Yuriko is romantically interested in Mitsuba. Yuriko believes Yukarisu is just an overly jealous high school girl, but Yukarisu reveals that she is an undercover Shocker combatant and prepares to kill Yuriko.
4"Who is the Strongest Kamen Rider?"
Transliteration: "Saikyō no Kamen Raidā wa Dare da" (Japanese: 最強の仮面ライダーは誰だ)		Tarō KuboTouko MachidaTakahiro IkezoeOctober 26, 2025 (2025-10-26)
Yuriko changes into her Tackle costume and defends herself against Yukarisu, eventually knocking her unconscious. She contacts Tojima, and they meet with Mitsuba, who is devastated to learn his girlfriend is a Shocker combatant. Mitsuba tells the rest of his story from the previous episode: when he and his older brother Ichiyo were little, their grandparents were killed by a Shocker monster during what was at first an ordinary home invasion. In the present, Ichiyo himself appears, having been called by Mitsuba. When Tojima introduces himself as Kamen Rider, he and Ichiyo get into a physical brawl over who the strongest Kamen Rider is, with Ichiyo emulating the fighting style of Kamen Rider V3. Despite Ichiyo's mastery of multiple martial arts, Tojima holds his own against him. When Yukarisu wakes up, Ichiyo's hatred for Shocker drives him to attack her, but Mitsuba protects her, saying even though Yukarisu is a member of Shocker, she is still his girlfriend. Yukarisu is moved by Mitsuba's loyalty, but with her undercover mission now compromised, she reluctantly contacts multiple other Shocker combatants to converge on their location and eliminate Tojima and his allies.
5"Let Me Be V3 Too"
Transliteration: "Boku ni mo Buisurī Yarasete yo" (Japanese: 僕にもブイスリーやらせてよ)		Takaaki SuzukiTouko MachidaTakahiro IkezoeNovember 1, 2025 (2025-11-01)
Tojima, Yuriko, and Ichiyo defeat the assembled group of Shocker combatants, much to Yukarisu's surprise. Before Ichiyo can attack Yukarisu, Mitsuba defends her again, and Ichiyo asks him if he intends to marry Yukarisu, though Mitsuba is unable to answer. The silver-haired man that Tojima and Yuriko encountered at the convenience store appears, who Yukarisu identifies as her superior: the Shocker monster named Spider Man. Tojima, Yuriko, and Ichiyo attempt to fight Spider Man, despite his overwhelming strength, while Mitsuba temporarily leaves to retrieve something. As Tojima and his allies fight, Spider Man's appearance becomes more monster-like. Mitsuba returns, wearing a helmet and wielding an arm attachment similar to Riderman from V3, and restrains Spider Man in high-strength wire. Tojima and his allies decide to retreat for now, but Spider Man puts Yukarisu under mind control and forces her to attack Mitsuba. In order to break Spider Man's control, Mitsuba loudly declares his love for Yukarisu and asks her to marry him, returning her to normal. Spider Man breaks out of the wire restraining him and changes into his true form.
6"Order Some Snacks"
Transliteration: "Tsumami o Chūmonshiro" (Japanese: ツマミを注文しろ)		Ryūta YamamotoTouko MachidaKenji KurodaNovember 8, 2025 (2025-11-08)
Spider Man attacks Tojima and the others, but Tojima delivers a Rider Punch that manages to knock Spider Man down. As their fight starts to attract unwanted attention, Spider Man disintegrates the fallen Shocker combatants and retreats. At a bar owned by Ichiyo and Mitsuba's sister Futaba, the group toasts their first major victory over Shocker as well as make Mitsuba and Yukarisu's marriage official; Yukarisu decides to join them in their fight against Shocker. Futaba deeply resents Ichiyo because his lifelong obsession with Kamen Rider has ruined her relationships with other people, but she still congratulates Mitsuba on his marriage. Meanwhile, as a couple of yakuza bosses conduct a drug deal, one boss bets that one of his subordinates can beat the other boss's subordinates in a fight. The first boss's subordinate is Nakao, who easily beats the second boss's subordinates. The second boss brings in one more subordinate for Nakao to fight, who turns out to be Spider Man in his human disguise, going by "Kumota".
7"Let Me Join Shocker"
Transliteration: "Ore o Shokkā ni Shitekure" (Japanese: 俺をショッカーにしてくれ)		Liden FilmsTouko MachidaLiden FilmsNovember 15, 2025 (2025-11-15)
Before Nakao and Kumota can fight, several members of a rival gang burst in, gunning down the two yakuza bosses and seemingly killing Kumota as well. Nakao and his underlings escape, but Nakao goes back to avenge his slain boss. He sees Kumota, who is still alive, transform into Spider Man and brutally murder the rival gang members. As Spider Man prepares to kill Nakao to remove all witnesses, Nakao's life flashes before his eyes, and he thinks about his father who went into debt trying to open a taiyaki stand and eventually abandoned him, causing him to believe heroes don't exist. Spider Man pierces Nakao's stomach, and as Nakao dies, he begs Spider Man to let him join Shocker. He later wakes up on a park bench with no injuries or memory of how he got there. When he goes to meet with his underlings, they are all surprised when he does the Shocker salute and transforms into a combatant. With their boss dead, Nakao believes their gang will soon be dissolved, but his underlings say they will continue to follow him. At a nearby taiyaki stand, Nakao sees a couple gang members shaking down the stand owner, who turns out to be Nakao's now elderly father. Nakao is especially moved to action when he works out that the two gang members were part of the rival gang who sent the raid which resulted in the death of his boss. With his Shocker powers, Nakao easily beats up the gang members and protects his father's business without telling him his true identity. When Nakao's actions later makes the news, Tojima and his allies are incredulous that a member of Shocker would act heroically.
8"When Faced with a Fierce Foe, What Will Kamen Rider Do?"
Transliteration: "Kyōteki ga Arawareta Toki Kamen Raidā wa Dō Suru?" (Japanese: 強敵が現われた時仮面ライダーはどうする？)		Tetsuya EndōTouko MachidaMasao SuzukiNovember 22, 2025 (2025-11-22)
As Tojima and the others discuss what to do about the Spider Man, Ichiyo proposes holding a tournament to determine which among them is the strongest and is therefore strong enough to take on the monster. They agree to train over the next ten days and then reconvene. Elsewhere, a female Shocker combatant named Thunder Raiko is hunting down and eliminating other combatants who have overcome their brainwashing. She is nearly defeated by one combatant who proclaims his strength comes from his love for his family. Bat Man intervenes and saves Thunder Raiko, and has her drink his blood to gain more strength. Ten days later, after they have undergone intensive training, Tojima, Yuriko, Mitsuba, and Yukarisu travel to Ichiyo's house in the mountains to take part in the tournament. They draw lots to determine the fighting order, but when Yukarisu refuses to fight against Mitsuba, Ichiyo rearranges the fighting order so that Yukarisu and Tojima face off in the first round.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: 東島丹三郎は仮面ライダーになりたい, Hepburn: Tōjima Tanzaburō wa Kamen Raidā ni Naritai; lit. 'Tanzaburō Tōjima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider'
  2. 1 2 Tokyo MX and BS11 listed the series premiere on October 4 at 24:30, which is effectively October 5 at 12:30 a.m. JST.

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