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Kamen Rider Den-O ( 仮面ライダー電王 , Kamen Raidā Den'ō , lit.   ' Masked Rider Electro-King ' ) , stylized in English as Masked Rider Den-O , is the seventeenth installment in the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu programs. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei . It premiered January 28, 2007 on TV Asahi , and concluded airing on January 20, 2008. Its lead actor Takeru Satoh is the first Kamen Rider Series lead born in the Heisei period of Japanese history. It aired on the Super Hero Time slot alongside Juken Sentai Gekiranger . It is the first series marked the debut of a mythical creatures/trains motif.

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92-405: Along with the usual film adaptation that Heisei Kamen Rider series have released during the late summer of their broadcast run, Den-O had a second film released in the spring following its broadcast run which grossed 730 million yen (approximately US$ 6.8 million) and a series of ten OVA shorts, both of which are firsts for any Kamen Rider . Continuing the trend, Kamen Rider Den-O also had

184-511: A bottle of wine to be inserted into a transformation belt that acts as a wine opener , and he is armed with a sword that resembles a corkscrew as well as a sommelier knife . His Rider Kick finisher is also wine-based, as it is called the Swirling Rider Kick ( スワリング・ライダーキック , Suwaringu Raidā Kikku ) . The letter "G" in the title is taken to either meaning "Good", referring to the actor Goro Inagaki , or as an onomatopoeia of

276-744: A cameo appearance. As a tie-in with Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World , the Tarōs starred in a series of four short episodes called Momotaros's King of the Castle in Burning Red ( モモタロスのまっかっか城の王 , Momotarosu no Makkakka-jō no Ō ) , where they get into another crazy adventure as they take the Ginjiro out for a spin. The first three episodes are one minute long, airing from July 20 to August 3 after Kamen Rider Kiva , depicting

368-821: A crossover between the characters of the Kamen Rider and Super Sentai Series, including the protagonists of Kamen Rider Decade and Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger alongside the casts of Kamen Rider Fourze , Kamen Rider OOO , and Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters . Masahiro Inoue and Kimito Totani reprised their roles as Tsukasa Kadoya and Daiki Kaito, along with Tatsuhito Okuda as Narutaki and Doktor G. Heisei Rider vs. Shōwa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai ( 平成ライダー対昭和ライダー 仮面ライダー大戦 feat.スーパー戦隊 , Heisei Raidā Tai Shōwa Raidā Kamen Raidā Taisen Fīcharingu Sūpā Sentai ) made its theater debut on March 29, 2014. Masahiro Inoue , playing Kamen Rider Decade , alongside many other lead actors of other series appear in

460-462: A focus on the former Soviet Union to China . In 2011, the economy of China became the second largest in the world. Japan's economy descended to the world's third largest by nominal GDP . In 2011, a sumo tournament was cancelled for the first time in 65 years over a match fixing scandal. In March 2011, the Tokyo Skytree 634.0 metres (2,080 ft) became the tallest tower in

552-406: A large number of considerable fires. The epicenter of the quake lay so close to coastal villages and towns that thousands could not flee in time despite the tsunami warning system , and also, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and three other nuclear power plants, serious problems occurred with the cooling systems, ultimately leading to the most serious case of radioactive contamination since

644-620: A law in June 2017 to allow the throne to pass to Akihito's son, Naruhito . After meeting with members of the Imperial House Council, Prime Minister Shinzō Abe announced that 30 April 2019 would be the date set for Akihito's abdication. The Era of Naruhito's reign began the next day. 1989 marked the culmination of one of the most rapid economic growth spurts in Japanese history. With a dramatically strengthened yen after

736-831: A medical experiment subject. Mitsuru Karahashi (also from 555 ) and Kenji Matsuda (from Hibiki and Kiva ) portrayed members of the Shade terrorist cell. Kazutoshi Yokoyama and Eitoku , two suit actors commonly used by the Kamen Rider production team portrayed security guards in the TV Asahi building. Voice actor Katsumi Shiono provides vocal effects for the Phylloxera Worm, as he often does for Kamen Rider monsters. Popular TV Asahi announcer Yoko Ooshita also makes an appearance in Kamen Rider G as herself. The original characters for Kamen Rider G are all wine -themed. The titular character's transformation requires

828-575: A meeting between the characters of Den-O and the characters of Kamen Rider Kiva . The animated short Momotaros's Let's Go Kiva! ( モモタロスのキバっていくぜ! , Momotarosu no Kibatte Ikuze! ) was shown as a double feature. Climax Deka grossed 730 million yen in the box office and DVD sales. A third film adaptation of Kamen Rider Den-O titled Saraba Kamen Rider Den-O the Movie: Final Countdown ( 劇場版 さらば仮面ライダー電王 ファイナル・カウントダウン , Gekijōban Saraba Kamen Raidā Den'ō Fainaru Kauntodaun )

920-608: A new multimedia franchise featuring the cast and characters of Kamen Rider Den-O and its films. The first of the films in this series is titled Cho Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations the Movie: The Onigashima Warship ( 劇場版 超・仮面ライダー電王&ディケイド NEOジェネレーションズ 鬼ヶ島の戦艦 , Gekijōban Chō Kamen Raidā Den'ō Ando Dikeido Neo Jenerēshonzu Onigashima no Senkan ) , featuring the cast and characters of I'm Born! , Final Countdown , Kiva , and Kamen Rider Decade . Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider

1012-755: A region-wide blackout. The first JSDF dispatch to a peacekeeping operation that was not led by the United Nations was approved in April 2019. Two JGSDF officers were despatched to monitor a cease-fire between Israel and Egypt at the Multinational Force and Observers command in the Sinai peninsula from 19 April till 30 November 2019. In the 30 years of the Heisei era, a total of 18 Japanese (including 3 Japanese-born naturalized foreigners) won

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1104-598: A series of albums featuring the songs of the previous nine Heisei Rider series titled the Masked Rider series Theme song Re-Product CD SONG ATTACK RIDE series. Each album features the original opening theme song, as well as a rearrangement of each by "Kamen Rider's official band" Rider Chips and by " Climax Jump " composer Shuhei Naruse . The first album, released on May 20, 2009, features "Kamen Rider Kuuga!" ( 仮面ライダークウガ! , Kamen Raidā Kūga! ) originally performed by Masayuki Tanaka for Kamen Rider Kuuga , "Break

1196-489: A series of events involved with Hana's upcoming birthday and an evil Kamen Rider appearing with an army of Imagin at his disposal. Taking place between episodes 44 and 45, Kamen Rider Den-O: Singing, Dancing, Great Training!! ( 仮面ライダー電王 うたって、おどって、大とっくん!! , Kamen Raidā Den'ō: Utatte, Odotte, Daitokkun!! ) is a series of exercises that Ryotaro Nogami, Kohana, Momotaros, Urataros, Kintaros, Ryutaros, Deneb, and Sieg join in to get Ryotaro into shape so he can fight. But when

1288-421: A strange pass and things got stranger from a mysterious girl and a large time-traveling train to being possessed by an entity called an Imagin, a beings from an alternate future whose kind are attempting to change the past. Though slightly confused about the nature of the crisis, Ryotaro, along with the aid of the hot-headed, violent Imagin, dubbed Momotaros, becomes Kamen Rider Den-O, traveling to different times on

1380-517: A third film released in October 2008, the first for any Kamen Rider series and a second series of 12 OVA shorts was released in November 2008. Takeru Satoh claims that the reason that Den-O has amassed such popularity is because of its comedic timing. A fourth film was released on May 1, 2009, and three more released in the summer of 2010. Ryotaro Nogami, a young man with a lot of bad luck, finds

1472-516: Is Called Den-O vs. Shin-O 60 Minute Special!!" ( クレヨンしんちゃん 真夏の夜にオラ参上! 嵐を呼ぶ電王VSしん王 60分スペシャル!! , Kureyon Shinchan Manatsu no Yoru ni Ora Sanjō! Arashi o Yobu Den'ō Bui Esu Shin'ō Rokujuppun Supesharu!! ) . In a later rerun of the special, Shin-chan and Nene meet up with Den-O, again, although to act as a teaser for the final episodes of Kamen Rider Den-O and to introduce Kamen Rider Kiva along with Ryotaro Nogami (Takeru Satoh) and Wataru Kurenai ( Koji Seto ). The live action Shin-chan also meets

1564-680: Is a planetarium show using the cast of Kiva and Den-O to teach children about the universe. It was shown at the Kagoshima Municipal Science Hall's planetarium between January 2 and March 30, 2009. Kamen Rider Den-O: Pretty Den-O Appears! ( 仮面ライダー電王 プリティ電王とうじょう! , Kamen Raidā Den'ō Puriti Den'ō Tōjō! ) was originally scheduled for release in Japan on April 24, 2020 as part of the Toei Manga Festival ( 東映まんがまつり , Tōei Manga Matsuri ) , but

1656-678: Is a 33% increase over 2015 (19.73 million). In 2017, 3 out of 4 foreign tourists came from South Korea, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization . Japan activated the Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade , its first marine unit since World War II, on 7 April 2018. They're trained to counter invaders from occupying Japanese islands . Japan was the world's largest creditor nation since 1990 and for 22 years straight. By 2018, Japan regained

1748-417: Is intended to mean "peace everywhere". The Heisei era went into effect immediately upon the day after Emperor Akihito's succession to the throne on 7 January 1989. In August 2016, Emperor Akihito gave a televised address to the nation, in which he expressed concern that his age would one day stop him from fulfilling his official duties. This was an implication of his wish to retire. The Japanese Diet passed

1840-553: Is not only Kamen Rider Zeronos but is the younger incarnation of Ryotaro's older sister Airi's fiancé, Sakurai, who mysteriously disappeared and is tied to the mysteries involving the Imagin and a person known as the Junction Point. Imagin ( イマジン , Imajin ) are creatures from the future who have come to the year 2007 in hopes of changing the past to alter the future that is their extinction. To reach this goal, Imagin grant

1932-426: 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 ) . Yuichi Nakamura reprised his role in the film, which opened in theaters on March 21, 2015, followed by

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2024-592: Is the Hyper Battle DVD for Decade . Like Kiva ' s DVD , it is another "Choose Your Own Adventure" style story. The viewer's choices throughout the DVD affect how Decade and Diend's fight against Dai-Shocker's Televi Bae-Kun ( てれびバエくん , Terebibaekun ) as well as Yusuke Onodera's completion of the Decade Bazooka weapon from a punch out sheet in the back of a Televi-Kun magazine. The events of

2116-410: Is the most populous metropolitan area in the world with an estimated total population of 38,140,000 in 2016. In 2018, Pokémon became the highest-grossing media franchise of all time with an estimated $ 90 billion revenue. Pokémon surpassed the number 2 Hello Kitty ($ 80 billion) and the number 5 Star Wars ($ 65 billion). A record number of 31,191,929 foreign tourists visited Japan in 2018. This

2208-822: Is titled Masked Rider Den-O: April 3, 1971 ( MASKED RIDER DEN-O -1971年4月3日- , Kamen Raidā Den'ō Sen Kyūhyaku Nanajū Ichi-nen Shigatsu Mikka ) . Running from December 2008 to October 2009, the story expands upon the events of Climax Deka and Kamen Rider Nega Den-O 's travel through time joining forces with the Great Leader of Shocker , with Den-O and Zeronos joining forces with the original Shōwa Kamen Riders to fight them. It features original characters Negataros Spirit Form ( ネガタロス精神体 , Negatarosu Seishintai ) and Negataros's form as Great Leader Rock ( 岩石大首領 , Ganseki Daishuryō ) . "Kamen Rider Kiva & Den-O: DenLiner, Into Space!" ( 仮面ライダーキバ&電王 デンライナー、宇宙へ! , Kamen Raidā Kiba Ando Den'ō Denrainā, Uchū e! )

2300-586: The 2010 Senkaku boat collision incident caused increased tension between Japan and China. The 2009–2010 Toyota vehicle recalls also took place during this time. The population of Japan peaked at 128 million in 2010. This was Japan's biggest population in history. It declined due to a low birthrate in the following years. In July 2010, The JSDF 's first postwar overseas base was established in Djibouti , Somalia . In December 2010, Japan's 2010 National Defense Program Guidelines changed its defense policy from

2392-573: The Chernobyl disaster (see Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster ), as well as ongoing electric power shortages. Following the earthquake, for the first time, the Emperor addressed the nation in a pre-recorded television broadcast. In August 2011, Naoto Kan resigned, and Yoshihiko Noda became prime minister. Later that year Olympus Corporation admitted major accounting irregularities. (See Tobashi scheme .) Noda pushed for Japan to consider joining

2484-554: The Kamen Rider Series featuring the cast and characters of Kamen Rider Den-O , Kamen Rider OOO , and other characters from the past franchise series. Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen ( 仮面ライダー×スーパー戦隊 スーパーヒーロー大戦 , Kamen Raidā × Sūpā Sentai Sūpā Hīrō Taisen ) is a film which features a crossover between the characters of the Kamen Rider and Super Sentai Series. The protagonists of Kamen Rider Decade and Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger were featured, but

2576-838: The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which had controlled the Japanese government for 38 years. In 1993, the LDP was ousted by a coalition led by Morihiro Hosokawa . However, the coalition collapsed as parties had gathered only to overthrow LDP, and lacked a unified position on almost every social issue. The LDP returned to the government in 1994, when it helped to elect Japan Socialist (later Social Democrat) Tomiichi Murayama as prime minister. The 1990s had an " anime boom" period marked by increased popularity of anime and anime conventions . Several anime media franchises gained global popularity such as Pokémon , Hello Kitty , Sailor Moon , Saint Seiya , Gundam , Fist of

2668-572: The National Diet enacted the 2015 Japanese military legislation that allows the Japan Self-Defense Forces to collective self-defense of allies in combat for the first time under the 1947 constitution . In October 2015, The Japan Self-Defense Forces ranked as the world's fourth most-powerful military in conventional capabilities in a Credit Suisse report. A United Nations report confirmed that Greater Tokyo

2760-546: The Nobel Prize . The country's economy suffered from prolonged stagnation, and both real wages and price levels experienced a decline during the period. According to IMF estimates , the country's GDP per capita was $ 39,953, the third highest in the world, in 1994. In 2019, the last year of the Heisei era, it was $ 40,548, which ranked 27th. To convert any Gregorian calendar year between 1989 and 2019 to Japanese calendar year in Heisei era, 1988 needs to be subtracted from

2852-574: The Records of the Grand Historian , a sentence appears in a section honoring the wise rule of the legendary Chinese Emperor Shun , reading " 内平外成 " ( Kanbun : 内平かに外成る , Uchi tairaka ni soto naru , "flat inside and outside"). In the Book of Documents , the sentence " 地平天成 " ( Kanbun : 地 平 かに天 成 る , Chi tairaka ni ten naru , "the earth is perfect") appears. By combining both meanings, Heisei

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2944-568: The Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership , but was defeated in an election in 2012, being replaced by Shinzō Abe . In January 2013, Shinzo Abe's government introduced economic reforms in response to the consequences of the Lost Decade and Japan's aging demographic crisis . In the first half of 2014, The Toyota became the biggest automaker in the world selling 5.1 million vehicles in

3036-965: The 10th anniversary of Kamen Rider Den-O and features the spaceship Andor Genesis from the Xevious game, which is used by the movie's main antagonists, as well as introduces the movie-exclusive Kamen Rider True Brave, played by Kamen Rider Brave's actor Toshiki Seto from Kamen Rider Ex-Aid , and the villain Shocker Great Leader III, played by the singer Diamond Yukai . In addition, individual actors from older Kamen Rider and Super Sentai TV series, Ryohei Odai ( Kamen Rider Ryuki ), Gaku Matsumoto ( Shuriken Sentai Ninninger ), Atsushi Maruyama ( Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger ), and Hiroya Matsumoto ( Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters ) reprise their respective roles. A Movie War film, titled Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever ( 仮面ライダー平成ジェネレーションズ FOREVER , Kamen Raidā Heisei Jenerēshonzu Fōebā )

3128-813: The 1985 Plaza Accord , the Bank of Japan kept interest rates low, sparking an investment boom that drove Tokyo property values up 60 percent within that year. Shortly before New Year's Day, the Tokyo Stock Market index , Nikkei 225 , reached its record high of 38,957. By 1992, it had fallen to 15,000, signifying the end of Japan's famed " bubble economy ". Subsequently, Japan experienced the " Lost Decade ", which actually consisted of more than ten years of price deflation and largely stagnant GDP as Japan's banks struggled to resolve their bad debts and companies in other sectors struggled to restructure. The Recruit scandal of 1988 had already eroded public confidence in

3220-432: The 50th anniversary of TV Asahi broadcasting. In a collaboration with popular band SMAP , TV Asahi and Ishimori Productions put forward a special production for SMAP's SmaSTATION talk show titled Kamen Rider G ( 仮面ライダーG , Kamen Raidā Jī ) . It premiered on January 31, 2009. Kamen Rider G featured several actors from previous Kamen Rider programs in cameos. Kohei Murakami of Kamen Rider 555 fame played

3312-591: The Chain" originally performed by Tourbillon for Kamen Rider Kiva , and "Alive A life" originally performed by Rica Matsumoto for Kamen Rider Ryuki . The second album, released on June 24, 2009, features "Round ZERO~BLADE BRAVE" originally performed by Nanase Aikawa for Kamen Rider Blade , "Justi φ 's" originally performed by Issa of Da Pump for Kamen Rider 555 , and "Kamen Rider AGITO" ( 仮面ライダーAGITO , Kamen Raidā AGITO ) originally performed by Shinichi Ishihara for Kamen Rider Agito . The third album

3404-465: The DenLiner to battle the evil Imagin to prevent them from altering the past to affect the present and future. During his adventure, Ryotaro is joined by other Imagin who aid him as well; the lying, manipulating, and womanizing Urataros, the herculean (and narcoleptic ) Kintaros, and the childish yet powerful Ryutaros. He later meets the mysterious Yuto Sakurai and his bumbling Imagin partner Deneb. Yuto

3496-522: The Heisei 16 an earthquake and aftershocks rocked the Hokuriku region in Niigata Prefecture , killing 52 and injuring hundreds. In November 2005, The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) 's robotic spacecraft Hayabusa landed on an asteroid and collected samples in the form of tiny grains of asteroidal material, which were returned to Earth aboard the spacecraft on 13 June 2010. It

3588-556: The Heisei Kamen Rider history Tsukasa becomes Kamen Rider Decade. He then learns that he needs to save the World of Natsumi by traveling to the nine AR worlds, meaning Another Rider’s world or alternate reality worlds. He begins traveling through the worlds with his friend Natsumi and her grandfather. However, he later begins traveling with Yusuke Onodera from the World of Kuuga, Kivala from the World of Kiva, and Daiki Kaito from

3680-658: The Imagin Momotaros and Kōji Yusa, Masaki Terasoma, and Kenichi Suzumura also reprised their roles as Urataros, Kintaros, and Ryutaros, respectively. There was a "Burning Red Ver." ( まっかっかVer. , Makkakka Bājon ) and a "Yellow Ver." ( まっきっきVer. , Makkikki Bājon ) of the short film, shown at specific theaters based on the announcement that Saraba Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown would be playing at that theater. The S.I.C. Hero Saga side story published in Monthly Hobby Japan magazine for Den-O

3772-516: The LDP. As a result of the election, Tarō Asō resigned as leader of the LDP, and Yukio Hatoyama , president of DPJ became prime minister on 16 September 2009. However, DPJ soon became mired in party financing scandals, particularly involving aides close to Ichirō Ozawa . Naoto Kan was chosen by the DPJ as the next prime minister, but he soon lost a working majority in the House of Councillors election , and

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3864-525: The Movie: Cho-Den-O Trilogy ( 仮面ライダー×仮面ライダー×仮面ライダー THE MOVIE 超・電王トリロジー , Kamen Raidā × Kamen Raidā × Kamen Raidā Za Mūbī Chō Den'ō Torirojī ) is the name given to a series of three films released in a four-week period between May 22 and June 19, 2010. The films, Episode Red , Blue , and Yellow , each focus on a different Kamen Rider's story. Episode Red is Kamen Rider Zeronos 's chapter, and Yuichi Nakamura reprised his role for

3956-678: The Movie: I'm Born! ( 劇場版 仮面ライダー電王 俺、誕生! , Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Den'ō Ore, Tanjō! ) premiered on August 4, 2007. This is the second Heisei era film in the Kamen Rider Series to be a part of the storyline of its television series since Kamen Rider Agito . The film features scenes from the birthing of Kamen Rider Den-O, Zeronos, and Gaoh. Alongside I am Born! , the Juken Sentai Gekiranger movie Juken Sentai Gekiranger: Nei-Nei! Hō-Hō! Hong Kong Decisive Battle

4048-522: The Movie: The Fateful War . The film is billed as featuring twenty-six Kamen Riders: the original ten Showa Riders, Black, Black RX, Shin, ZO, J, the previous nine titular Heisei Riders, Decade, and Diend, serving as a tribute to the entire Kamen Rider franchise as a whole. It also features the first on-screen appearance of the 11th Heisei Kamen Rider: Kamen Rider Double . The film provides light to Tsukasa's past and Decade's relation with

4140-643: The North Star , Dragon Ball , Yu-Gi-Oh and Evangelion . In 1995, there was a large 6.8 earthquake in Kobe , Hyōgo and sarin gas terrorist attacks were carried out on the Tokyo Metro by the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo . Failure of the Japanese government to react to these events promptly led to the formation of non-government organisations which have been playing an increasingly important role in Japanese politics since. On 11 December 1997,

4232-452: The Phylloxera Worm with his Swirling Rider Kick. As the Phylloxera Worm says in his last breath that the war is not over, Goro reunites with Eri before proclaiming he will protect the world from Shade's evil influence. The Super Adventure DVD ( 超アドベンチャーDVD , Chō Adobenchā Dī Bui Dī ) called Kamen Rider Decade: Protect! The World of Televikun ( 仮面ライダーディケイド 守れ!<てれびくんの世界> , Kamen Raidā Dikeido Mamore! <Terebikun no Sekai> )

4324-462: The Shade terrorists. Oda is forced to reveal himself as the Phylloxera Worm, and reveals that several other Shade members have been converted into Worms. Goro transforms into Kamen Rider G to take on the Worms, defeating them all save for Phylloxera who is much too strong for him. Just then, Kamen Rider Decade and the other Heisei Kamen Riders appear to give Kamen Rider G the confidence he needs to destroy

4416-494: The TV Asahi studios in Tokyo. The group led by Daidō Oda ( Yusuke Kamiji ) demands that the Japanese government release their leader Seizan Tokugawa ( Show Aikawa ), who was arrested after the group's human experimentations came to light. The Shade cell is assisted by the brainwashed Goro (SMAP's Goro Inagaki ), but when he sees that his girlfriend Eri Hinata ( Yumiko Shaku ) is amongst the hostages, he regains his memories and turns on

4508-486: The TV special sequel Kamen Rider 4 ( 仮面ライダー4号 , Kamen Raidā Yongō ) . A crossover film, titled Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Ultra Super Hero Taisen ( 仮面ライダー×スーパー戦隊 超スーパーヒーロー大戦 , Kamen Raidā × Supā Sentai Chō Supā Hīrō Taisen ) featuring the casts of Kamen Rider Ex-Aid , Amazon Riders , Uchu Sentai Kyuranger , and Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger , was released in Japan on March 25, 2017. This movie also celebrates

4600-547: The Taros in reviewing the Go-onger and Kiva movies before Ryutaros is kidnapped by Kamen Rider Rey. The fourth two-minute-long episode shown in theaters after Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World and Engine Sentai Go-onger: Boom Boom! Bang Bang! GekijōBang!! , featured Ryutaros found by Momotaros as reenactments of the two movies by the Taros are played on the movie screen. Toshihiko Seki reprised his role as

4692-402: The World of Diend, who can transform into Kamen Rider Diend. While journeying through the worlds Tsukasa and his companions meet Narutaki, a man who believes Tsukasa is the destroyer of worlds. They also begin running into Dai-Shocker, an alliance of terrorist organizations from across the many worlds. Will Tsukasa and his companions save the many worlds and stop Dai-Shocker, or will Tsukasa become

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4784-545: The World of Hibiki story arc, the episode title cards are stylized in calligraphy similar to the styles featured in Kamen Rider Hibiki . For the World of Amazon story arc, the episode title had a reference from Kamen Rider Amazon episode 3. An episode arc also features a crossover with Samurai Sentai Shinkenger . In an interview in the March 2009 issue of Kindai Magazine, Masahiro Inoue stated that Decade

4876-606: The abdication of Akihito from the Chrysanthemum Throne . It was succeeded by the Reiwa era as then-crown prince Naruhito ascended the throne on 1 May midnight local time. On 7 January 1989, at 07:55 AM JST , the Grand Steward of Japan's Imperial Household Agency , Shōichi Fujimori, announced Emperor Hirohito's death at 6:33 AM JST , and revealed details about his cancer for the first time. Shortly after

4968-749: The additional help (the Spider Imagin, the Wolf Imagin, and Ari the Anthopper Imagin) go rogue, Ryotaro becomes Kamen Rider Den-O Liner Form to use his training against the evil Imagin. Animate in conjunction with Ishimori Productions, TV Asahi, ADK , and Toei, have produced a series of OVA shorts for Den-O titled Kamen Rider Den-O Collection DVD: Imagin Anime ( 仮面ライダー電王 コレクションDVD「イマジンあにめ」 , Kamen Raidā Den'ō Korekushon Dī Bui Dī Imajin Anime ) featuring super deformed versions of

5060-636: The biggest overseas troop deployment since World War II without the sanction of the UN. The mission lasted until February 2009. The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the first FIFA World Cup to be held in Asia , the first to be held outside of the Americas or Europe, as well as the first to be jointly-hosted by more than one nation. This world championship for men's national football teams was jointly hosted by Japan and South-Korea to improve relations. On 23 October 2004,

5152-447: The cast of Juken Sentai Gekiranger for the teaser of their final episodes and later the cast of Engine Sentai Go-onger to air the trailer for their series. The audio of Momotaros as Kamen Rider Den-O performing a finishing move is audible in the movie Jiro Dreams of Sushi. A manga adaptation by Takayuki Sakai ( 坂井 孝行 , Sakai Takayuki ) appeared in the November 2007 issue of Shōgaku Ichinensei ( 小学一年生 ) . It features

5244-460: The casts of Kamen Rider Fourze , Kamen Rider OOO , and Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters also participated. Rina Akiyama and Kenjirō Ishimaru had reprised their roles as Naomi and Owner , along with the Tarōs ( Toshihiko Seki , Kōji Yusa , Masaki Terasoma and Kenichi Suzumura ). 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 )

5336-520: The death of the Emperor, Keizō Obuchi , then Chief Cabinet Secretary and later Prime Minister of Japan , announced the end of the Shōwa era , and heralded the new era name "Heisei" for the new Emperor, and explained its meaning. According to Obuchi, the name "Heisei" was taken from two Chinese history and philosophy books , namely Records of the Grand Historian ( 史記 ) and the Book of Documents ( 書経 ). In

5428-546: The enhanced Kamen Rider Diend card. The Rider War ( ライダー大戦 , Raidā Taisen ) , first revealed in Natsumi Hikari's dream, is a predestined event composed of many Kamen Riders called the Rider Army ( ライダー軍 , Raidā Gun ) , all of whom were seemingly defeated by Decade. However, Kuuga survived the initial battle, assuming Ultimate Form to confront Decade once again with the two seemingly destroying each other in

5520-410: The ensuing battle. As Narutaki explains to Natsumi, the dream is a predestined event in which Decade will destroy all the worlds . Generally, episodes of Decade are titled similarly to the episodes of the series that they reference. Kamen Rider Kuuga ' s episodes were titled with only two kanji and episodes of Kamen Rider Kiva have a musical reference and musical notation in the title. For

5612-413: The film, including Gaku Sano of Kamen Rider Gaim , Renn Kiriyama of Kamen Rider W , Kohei Murakami and Kento Handa of Kamen Rider 555 , Shunya Shiraishi from Kamen Rider Wizard , Ryo Hayami of Kamen Rider X , and Hiroshi Fujioka of the original Kamen Rider . The Sentai teams' Ressha Sentai ToQger and Ryo Ryusei as Daigo Kiryu from Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger are also in

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5704-413: The film. Episode Blue is Kamen Rider New Den-O 's chapter, and Dori Sakurada reprised his role for the film. Episode Yellow is Kamen Rider Diend 's chapter, and Kimito Totani reprised his role for the film. OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders ( オーズ・電王・オールライダー レッツゴー仮面ライダー , Ōzu Den'ō Ōru Raidā Rettsu Gō Kamen Raidā ) , released on April 1, 2011, commemorated the 40th anniversary of

5796-639: 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. The Kamen Rider Decade trademark

5888-701: The international treaty called the Kyoto Protocol to regulate greenhouse gas emissions was adopted by 192 parties in Kyoto , Japan. During this era, Japan reemerged as a military power. In 1991, Japan made a financial contribution of $ 10 billion and sent military hardware for the Gulf War . However, Article 9 of the Constitution prevented a participation in the actual war, leading Iran to criticize Japan for just pledging money and did not appreciate

5980-689: The leading position as the predominant source of saving and investments. Japan owned net global assets of ¥328 trillion, Germany (¥262 trillion), China (¥205 trillion). In September 2018, Naomi Osaka became the first Japanese woman to contest a Grand Slam singles final and the first Japanese Grand Slam singles champion. Naomi Osaka was the winner of the 2018 US Open Women's Singles. In 2018, extraordinarily heavy rainfall in Western Japan led to many deaths in Hiroshima and Okayama. Also, an earthquake struck Hokkaido , killing 41 and causing

6072-562: The main Imagin that have been used in Animate's products for the series. A second set of animated shorts called Imagin Anime 2 ( イマジンあにめ2 , Imajin Anime Tsū ) was released for sale on November 22, 2008, including cameos by the Wolf and the Ghost Imagin. A third set of animated shorts called Imagin Anime 3 ( イマジンあにめ3 , Imajin Anime Surī ) was to be released in December 2009, but has been pushed back to Spring 2010 and then again to October 21, 2010. This miniseries made more references to other Toei shows and included Ultraman Taro making

6164-400: The movie coming out in December!!" ( すべての謎は、12月公開の映画で明らかに!! , Subete no nazo wa, jūnigatsu kōkai no eiga de akiraka ni!! ) . Gackt once again performed the film's theme song, " Stay the Ride Alive " that was released on January 1, 2010. Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen ( 仮面ライダー×スーパー戦隊 スーパーヒーロー大戦 , Kamen Raidā × Sūpā Sentai Sūpā Hīrō Taisen ) is a film which features

6256-408: The movie. Shun Sugata playing Kamen Rider ZX from the Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!! TV special returns, also performing as Ambassador Darkness. Itsuji Itao of Kamen Rider The First plays Ren Aoi, Kamen Rider Fifteen, a main antagonist of the film. In addition to commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Heisei Kamen Rider Series, Kamen Rider Decade was broadcast during

6348-554: The mysterious Dai-Shocker organization, whose membership is composed of the various villains and monsters that previous Kamen Riders battled with. The events of the movie take place between episodes 29 and 30. As part of the Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010 ( 仮面ライダー×仮面ライダー W(ダブル)&ディケイド MOVIE大戦2010 , Kamen Raidā × Kamen Raidā Daburu Ando Dikeido Mūbī Taisen Nisenjū ) triple feature, Decade ' s film Kamen Rider Decade: The Last Story ( 仮面ライダーディケイド~完結編~ , Kamen Raidā Dikeido ~Kanketsuhen~ ) tells

6440-434: The other Rider Worlds, sport several characters who have been renamed and cast with different actors. Ryota Murai was cast as Yusuke Onodera who is the series' version of Kamen Rider Kuuga. Rounding up the cast was Kimito Totani who portrayed the thief Daiki Kaito/ Kamen Rider Diend . The story follows Tsukasa Kadoya, an amnesiac photographer in the World of Natsumi. During an attack of many different Kaijin from throughout

6532-406: The prophesied destroyer of worlds? To fit with the printing motif of the series, the main Kamen Riders of the series follow the CMYK color model : Decade is magenta , Diend is cyan , and Kuuga (Rising Ultimate Form) is black and yellow. In the Cho-Den-O Trilogy film Episode Yellow: Treasure de End Pirates , Diend is the primary character, emphasizing the yellow accents on his DienDriver and

6624-644: The reign of Emperor Emeritus Akihito from 8 January 1989 until his abdication on 30 April 2019. The Heisei era started on 8 January 1989, the day after the death of the Emperor Hirohito , when his son, Akihito, acceded to the throne as the 125th Emperor . In accordance with Japanese customs, Hirohito was posthumously renamed "Emperor Shōwa" on 31 January 1989. Thus, 1989 corresponds to Shōwa 64 up until 7 January and Heisei 1 ( 平成元年 , Heisei gannen , gannen means "first year") from 8 January. The Heisei era ended on 30 April 2019 (Heisei 31), with

6716-420: The series, opening theme " Climax Jump " and ending theme "Double-Action", had multiple rearrangements to be used for other characters that were featured in the series. For all information on musical releases for Kamen Rider Den-O , see Kamen Rider Den-O discography . Heisei The Heisei era ( 平成 , Japanese : [heːseː] ) was the period of Japanese history corresponding to

6808-484: The six months ending 30 June 2014, an increase of 3.8% on the same period the previous year. Volkswagen AG recorded sales of 5.07 million vehicles. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sought to end deflation , but Japan entered recession again in 2014 largely due to a rise in sales tax to 8%. Abe called an election in December, and promised to delay further sales tax hikes to 2018. He won the election. On 18 September 2015,

6900-508: The sound of wine being poured out of a bottle ( gū gugū ( グ〜ググ〜 ) ). The antagonist of the piece is a Worm called the Phylloxera Worm ( フィロキセラワーム , Firokisera Wāmu ) ; the phylloxera fly is a grapevine pest. The Phylloxera Worm would later be used as the antagonist for the Kamen Rider Kabuto episodes of Decade . Within the small production, a terrorist organization known as Shade ( シェード , Shēdo ) takes over

6992-499: The specials take place between episodes 29 and 30. For Decade ' s S.I.C Hero Saga side story Masked Rider Decade: World of Stronger ( MASKED RIDER DECADE ─ストロンガーの世界─ , 'Masked Rider Decade -Sutorongā no Sekai- ) tells of how Tsukasa and the Hikari Studio crew enter the reality in which Kamen Rider Stronger takes place and meet up with the characters within, such as the original Yuriko Misaki. The first episode

7084-412: The story of what happens following the television series' cliffhanger finale, and was released in Japanese theaters on December 12, 2009 (initially hinted during a post credits trailer after All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker ). Kamen Rider W was also featured in the sequence. The October issue of TV-Kun also makes reference to this movie, stating that "All of the mysteries [about Decade ] will be answered by

7176-643: The way Japan co-operated in the Gulf War. However, after the war, between 26 April and October 1991 six JMSDF minesweeper vessels were sent and removed 34 sea mines in the Persian Gulf to improve the safety of ships. Following the Iraq War , in 2003, Prime Minister Junichirō Koizumi 's Cabinet approved a plan to send about 1,000 soldiers of the Japan Self-Defense Forces to help in Iraq's reconstruction ,

7268-440: The wishes of weak-hearted humans and then go back in time to that individual's most precious memory and begin to rampage there. When they lose control of their humanoid forms, Imagin grow into massive proportions known as Gigandeath. A rarity for the Kamen Rider Series, Kamen Rider Den-O has had multiple theatrical releases, the most recent being a trilogy of films released on May 22, June 5, and June 19, 2010. Kamen Rider Den-O

7360-609: The world. and the second tallest structure in the world after the Burj Khalifa . On 11 March 2011 at 2:46 p.m., Japan was hit by the Tōhoku earthquake of a magnitude scale of 9.0 , the strongest recorded earthquake in its history , affecting places in the three regions of Tohoku , Chubu and Kanto in the northeast of Honshu , including the Tokyo area. A tsunami with waves of up to 10 meters (32.5 feet) flooded inland areas several kilometers from shore, causing

7452-475: The year in question. Kamen Rider Decade Kamen Rider Decade ( 仮面ライダーディケイド , Kamen Raidā Dikeido ) , 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

7544-547: Was later moved to August 14, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The storyline took place in 1989 during Kamen Rider Black RX . Kamen Rider Den-O has been parodied and referenced in recent episodes of various anime. For the portrayals of the Tarōs by Toshihiko Seki, Kōji Yusa, Masaki Terasoma, and Kenichi Suzumura, Kamen Rider Den-O was given the Synergy Award at the second Seiyu Awards . The initial songs for

7636-666: Was published in Hobby Japan , June 2010. Kamen Rider Decade: The World of Tsukasa Kadoya ~The Garden Inside the Lens~ ( 仮面ライダーディケイド 門矢士の世界 ~レンズの中の箱庭~ , Kamen Raidā Dikeido Kadoya Tsukasa no Sekai Renzu no Naka no Hakoniwa ) , written by Aki Kanehiro and supervised by Toshiki Inoue, is part of a series of spin-off novel adaptions of the Heisei Era Kamen Riders. The novel was released on April 12, 2013. Avex Group , as part of Decade ' s soundtrack, released

7728-520: Was registered by Toei on July 29, 2008. Masahiro Inoue , who portrayed Keigo Atobe in the Prince of Tennis musicals , was cast in the lead role for Decade as Tsukasa Kadoya/Kamen Rider Decade. Also involved were Kanna Mori as Natsumi Hikari/Kamen Rider Kivala, and Renji Ishibashi as Natsumi's grandfather Eijiro Hikari. Another member of the cast was Tatsuhito Okuda as the mysterious Narutaki. The world of Kamen Rider Kuuga , as well as most of

7820-1174: Was released in Japanese theaters on October 4, 2008. The film features characters such as Kamen Rider New Den-O ( 仮面ライダーNEW電王 , Kamen Raidā Nyū Den'ō ) , Kamen Rider Yuuki ( 仮面ライダー幽汽 , Kamen Raidā Yūki ) , the Imagin Teddy ( テディ , Tedi ) , and the Ghost Imagin ( ゴーストイマジン , Gōsuto Imajin ) , the Phantom Imagin ( ファントムイマジン , Fantomu Imajin ) , and the Shadow Imagin ( シャドウイマジン , Shadō Imajin ) . The animated short Imagin Anime: Be Forever Momotaros -Imagin Terminal Station-/The Movie ( イマジンあにめ モモタロスよ永遠に -イマジン終着駅-/劇場版 , Imajin Anime Momotarosu yo Towa ni -Imajin Shūchakueki-/Gekijōban )

7912-500: Was released on December 22, 2018, featuring the casts of Kamen Rider Build and Kamen Rider Zi-O along with Kamen Rider Den-O . The Kamen Rider Den-O trademark was registered by Toei on November 10, 2006. Crayon Shin-chan aired a special episode on August 3, 2007, where Shin-chan meets Ryotaro, Hana, Naomi, the Owner, and Momotaros on the DenLiner. This special is titled " Crayon Shin-chan Midsummer Night: Here I Come! The Storm

8004-607: Was released on May 1, 2009. The film takes place between episodes 15 and 16 of Decade and primarily features the cast characters from Kamen Rider Den-O in their new media franchise, the Cho-Den-O Series . The film Kamen Rider Decade the Movie: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker ( 劇場版 仮面ライダーディケイド オールライダー対大ショッカー , Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Dikeido Ōru Raidā Tai Daishokkā ) opened in Japanese theaters on August 8, 2009, double-booked with Samurai Sentai Shinkenger

8096-514: Was selected by his party. In 2008, Greater Tokyo has the largest metropolitan economy in the world with a total GDP (nominal) of approximately $ 2 trillion (¥165 trillion). Greater Tokyo also has the largest metropolitan population in the world with an estimated 35 million. In August 2009, for the first time, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) won 308 seats in the lower house election , which ended 50 years of political domination by

8188-409: Was shown as a double feature. Initially, a press release from Toei Company released on January 29, 2009, announced that there would be a fourth film for Kamen Rider Den-O . It was in production as of January 29, 2009, and was scheduled to be released in April 2009. On February 9, 2009, Toei revealed that this film was to be the first in the "Cho-Den-O" Series ( 「超・電王」シリーズ , "Chō Den'ō" Shirīzu ) ,

8280-411: Was shown as a double feature. A short animated feature called Momotaros's Summer Vacation was shown along with the films, as well. The event of the movie took place between episode 27 and 28. A movie titled Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka ( 劇場版 仮面ライダー電王&キバ クライマックス刑事(デカ) , Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Den'ō Ando Kiba Kuraimakkusu Deka ) appeared in theaters on April 12, 2008. It features

8372-460: Was slated as having only 30 episodes. A subsequent interview in Otonafami magazine confirmed that only 30 episodes were filmed, with 31 episodes airing in total. Cho Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations the Movie: The Onigashima Warship ( 劇場版 超・仮面ライダー電王&ディケイド NEOジェネレーションズ 鬼ヶ島の戦艦 , Gekijōban Chō Kamen Raidā Den'ō Ando Dikeido Neo Jenerēshonzu Onigashima no Senkan )

8464-518: Was the first spacecraft in history designed to deliberately land on an asteroid and then take off again. The Hayabusa mission was the first to return an asteroid sample to Earth for analysis. After an election defeat, Prime Minister Shinzō Abe resigned suddenly, and in Autumn 2007 Yasuo Fukuda became prime minister. Fukuda in turn resigned in September 2008 citing political failings, and Tarō Asō

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