Kamen Rider Black RX (original) (raw)
For the series' main character, see Kohtaro Minami.
Kamen Rider Black RX (仮面ライダーBLACK（ブラック） RX（アールエックス）, Kamen Raidā Burakku Āru Ekkusu, Masked Rider Black RX) is a Japanese tokusatsu drama and the tenth installment of the Kamen Rider Series. Debuting as the 10th and final entry of the Showa Era, it serves as a direct sequel to Kamen Rider Black and aired from October 23, 1988 to September 24, 1989 on the Mainichi Broadcasting System and the Tokyo Broadcasting System. The 47-episode series was a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei Company.
The series was adapted by Saban in North America as Saban's Masked Rider in an attempt to integrate its universe with the Power Rangers
series.
Discotek Media released Black RX on Blu-Ray DVD in North America on August 29, 2023.
Production[]
On October 4, 1987, Kamen Rider Black premiered on TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System) to public and critical acclaim. The success of the series, which ran for 51 episodes, generated enough interest from Toei Company executives to persuade them to produce a sequel, something unprecedented in the Kamen Rider Series franchise.
Story[]
After the downfall of Gorgom, Kohtaro Minami has gotten a job as a helicopter pilot in a business owned by the Sahara family, who have also taken him into their home. Kohtaro is later captured by the Crisis Empire and offered a place in their group. When Kohtaro refused, his Kingstone was shattered and he was thrown into space where the sun's radiation mutated his Kingstone and he mutated into Kamen Rider Black RX. With his new powers, he battles the Crisis Empire and thwarts their plans to take over Earth.
Characters[]
Kamen Riders[]
TV Show[]
Movie/Special-exclusive[]
Debatable Riders[]
TV Show[]
Other media[]
Allies[]
Sahara Family[]
Others[]
Ten veteran Kamen Riders[]
| Kamen Rider 1 | Takeshi Hongo |
|---|---|
| Kamen Rider 2 | Hayato Ichimonji |
| Kamen Rider V3 | Shiro Kazami |
| Riderman | Joji Yuki |
| Kamen Rider X | Keisuke Jin |
| Kamen Rider Amazon | Daisuke Yamamoto |
| Kamen Rider Stronger | Shigeru Jo |
| Skyrider | Hiroshi Tsukuba |
| Kamen Rider Super-1 | Kazuya Oki |
| Kamen Rider ZX | Ryo Murasame |
Villains[]
Crisis Empire[]
- Emperor Crisis
- General Jark
- Intelligence Staff Officer Maribaron
- Naval Commander Bosgun
- Armored Captain Gatezone
- Fanged Captain Gedorian
- Colonel Dasmader
- Chief Cabinet Secretary Robo Chakram
- Chaps
Strange Demon Soldiers[]
- Supernatural
- Robot
- Beastman
- Alien
- Other
Gorgom[]
Three High Priests[]
Episodes[]
Main article: Kamen Rider Black RX Episodes
- Child of the Sun! RX (太陽の子だ！RX, Taiyō no Ko da! Āru Ekkusu)
- Covered in Light! RX (光を浴びて！RX, Hikari o Abite! Āru Ekkusu)
- RX vs. the Knight of the Wind (RX対風の騎士, Āru Ekkusu Tai Kaze no Kishi)
- The Car of Light, Ridoron (光の車ライドロン, Hikari no Kuruma Raidoron)
- Cave Exploration's Falling Hole (洞窟探検の落し穴, Dōkutsu Tanken no Otoshiana)
- The Strange Demon Extraterrestrials' Great Riot! (怪魔ＥＴ大暴れ！, Kaima Ī Tī Ō Abare!)
- SOS! The Story of Friendship (ＳＯＳ！友情の輪, Esu Ō Esu! Yūjō no Wa)
- Papa and Mama's Secret (パパとママの秘密, Papa to Mama no Himitsu)
- Maribaron's Witchcraft (マリバロンの妖術, Maribaron no Yōjutsu)
- Surprised with Replicas (ニセ者でドッキリ, Nisemono de Dokkiri)
- The Scraps' Revolt (スクラップの反乱, Sukurappu no Hanran)
- The Assassin in the Dreams (夢の中の暗殺者, Yume no Naka no Ansatsusha)
- The Targeted Strange Demon Girl (狙われた怪魔少女, Nerawareta Kaima Shōjo)
- Hitomi-chan's Kidnapping (ひとみちゃん誘拐, Hitomi-chan Yūkai)
- Roborider's Birth (ロボライダー誕生, Robo Raidā Tanjō)
- The Miraculous Valley's Princess (奇跡の谷の姫君, Kiseki no Tani no Himegimi)
- Biorider! (バイオライダー！, Baio Raidā!)
- Mystery! A Dream of Swimming in the Air (怪！夢の空中遊泳, Kai! Yume no Kūchū Yūei)
- The Artificial Sun of Terror! (恐怖の人工太陽！, Kyōfu no Jinkō Taiyō)
- The Banana-eating Ogre (バナナを喰う鬼, Banana o Kū Oni)
- The Front of Love and Friendship (愛と友情の戦線, Ai to Yūjō no Sensen)
- Shadow Moon! (シャドームーン！, Shadō Mūn!)
- RX Became a Pig (ブタになったRX, Buta ni Natta Āru Ekkusu)
- Papa is Dracula (パパはドラキュラ, Papa wa Dorakyura)
- The Bride of the Scorpion Seat (さそり座の花嫁, Sasoriza no Hanayome)
- Bosgun's Counterattack (ボスガンの反撃, Bosugan no Hangeki)
- Great Counterattack! The Prince of Shadows (大逆襲！影の王子, Dai Gyakushū! Kage no Ōji)
- Agent of the Majestic Emperor (皇帝陛下の代理人, Kōtei Heika no Dairinin)
- A World Without Water (水のない世界, Mizu no Nai Sekai)
- Tomorrow in Tears, Tokyo's a Desert (明日なき東京砂漠, Ashita Naki Tōkyō Sabaku)
- The Woman who Saw the Evil Devil World (怪魔界を見た女, Kaimai o Mita On'na)
- The Sky of Love and Hope (愛と希望の大空, Ai to Kibō no Ōzora)
- The Decisive Battle of the Bridge Over the Straits (瀬戸大橋の大決戦, Setoōhashi no Dai Kessen)
- The Shikoku Aircraft Plans!! (四国空母化計画！！, Shikoku Kūboka Keikaku!!)
- Kohtaro Wanted!! (光太郎指名手配！！, Kōtarō Shimeitehai!!)
- Who's the Hero!? (ヒーローは誰だ！？, Hīrō wa Dare da!?)
- Peeling with Tusks, the Beastman Ninja Troop (牙むく獣人忍者隊, Kiba Muku Jūjin Ninja Tai)
- The Wicked Dance Troop of the White Bone Field (白骨ケ原の妖舞団, Hakkotsugahara no Yōbu Dan)
- Running Explosion! Mini 4WD (爆走！ミニ４ＷＤ, Bakusō! Mini Yon Daburu Dī)
- The Trap of the Ghostly Housing Development (ユーレイ団地の罠, Yūrei Danchi no Wana)
- Terror of the 100 Eyed Hag (百目婆ァの恐怖, Todome Babaa no Kyōfu)
- The Four Commanders Are Banished (四隊長は全員追放, Yon Taichō wa Zen'in Tsuihō)
- Defeated!! RX (敗れたり！RX, Yaburetari! Āru Ekkusu)
- Fight! All Riders (戦え！全ライダー, Tatakae! Zen Raidā)
- False Rider's Last Days (偽ライダーの末路, Nise Raidā no Matsuro)
- The Riders' All Out Charge (ライダーの総突撃, Raidā no Sō Totsugeki)
- A Shining Tomorrow! (輝ける明日, Kagayakeru Ashita)
Movie
- Kamen Rider BLACK RX: Running Around the World (仮面ライダー 世界に駆ける, Kamen Raidā Sekai ni Kakeru)
- Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3 (スーパーヒーロー大戦グランプリ仮面ライダー3号, Supā Hīrō Taisen Guran Puri Kamen Raidā Sangō)
Special
- Kamen Rider 1 Through RX: Big Gathering (仮面ライダー１号～ＲＸ大集合, Kamen Raidā Ichigō~Āru Ekkusu Daishūgō)
Other media[]
Manga[]
- The Moment of Birth, RX (誕生の刻・RX, Tanjō no Koku RX)
- Kamen Rider Black RX (Televi-kun manga) (仮面ライダーBLACK RX, Kamen Raidā Burakku Āru Ekkusu)
- Kamen Rider Black RX (TV Land manga) (仮面ライダーBLACK RX, Kamen Raidā Burakku Āru Ekkusu)
- RX in Summer, to the Sea (夏のRX・海へ, Natsu no RX Umi E)
- Kamen Rider Black RX (1989 manga) (仮面ライダーBLACK RX, Kamen Raidā Burakku Āru Ekkusu)
- 11 Kamen Riders Senki (仮面ライダー１１戦記, Kamen Raidā Irebun Senki)
- Space-Time Hero: Kamen Rider (時空英雄 仮面ライダー, Jikū Eiyū Kamen Raidā)
- Space 11: Kamen Rider Galaxy Battle (宇宙の11・仮面ライダー銀河大戦, Uchū no Ju Ichi Kamen Raidā Ginga Taisen)
S.I.C. Hero Saga[]
Cast[]
- Kohtaro Minami (南 光太郎, Minami Kōtarō): Tetsuo Kurata (倉田 てつを, Kurata Tetsuo)
- Reiko Shiratori (白鳥 玲子, Shiratori Reiko): Jun Koyamaki (高野槇 じゅん, Kōyamaki Jun)
- Kasumi no Joe (霞のジョー, Kasumi no Jō): Rikiya Koyama (小山 力也, Koyama Rikiya)
- Kyoko Matoba (的場 響子, Matoba Kyōko): Megumi Ueno (上野 めぐみ, Ueno Megumi)
- Goro (吾郎, Gorō): Jo Onodera (小野寺 丈, Onodera Jō)
- Shunkichi Sahara (佐原 俊吉, Sahara Shunkichi): Makoto Akatsuka (赤塚 真人, Akatsuka Makoto)
- Utako Sahara (佐原 唄子, Sahara Utako): Eri Tsuruma (鶴間 エリ, Tsuruma Eri)
- Shigeru Sahara (佐原 茂, Sahara Shigeru): Go Inoue (井上 豪, Inoue Gō)
- Hitomi Sahara (佐原 ひとみ, Sahara Hitomi): Shoko Imura (井村 翔子, Imura Shōko)
- Princess Garonia (Teenager Hitomi): Maho Maruyama (丸山 真歩, Maruyama Maho)
- Hayato Hayamizu (速水 隼人, Hayamizu Hayato): Minoru Sawatari (佐渡 稔, Sawatari Minoru)
- Emperor Crisis (クライシス皇帝, Kuraishisu Kōtei, Voice): Goro Naya (納谷 悟朗, Naya Gorō)
- General Jark (ジャーク将軍, Jāku Shōgun, Voice): Seizo Kato (加藤 精三, Katō Seizō, 1-44), Hidekatsu Shibata (柴田 秀勝, Shibata Hidekatsu, 45 & 46)
- Maribaron (マリバロン, Maribaron): Atsuko Takahata (高畑 淳子, Takahata Atsuko)
- Bosgun (ボスガン, Bosugan, Voice): Shozo Iizuka (飯塚 昭三, Iizuka Shōzō)
- Gatezone (ガテゾーン, Gatezōn, Voice): Toshimichi Takahashi (高橋 利道, Takahashi Toshimichi)
- Gedorian (ゲドリアン, Gedorian, Voice): Kazunori Arai (新井 一典, Arai Kazunori)
- Chakram (チャックラム, Chakkuramu, Voice): Atsuo Mori (森 篤夫, Mori Atsuo)
- Dasmader (ダスマダー, Dasumadā): Tetsuya Matsui (松井 哲也, Matsui Tetsuya)
- Shadow Moon (シャドームーン, Shadō Mūn, Voice): Masaki Terasoma (寺杣 昌紀, Terasoma Masaki)
- Kingstone (キングストーン, Kingu Sutōn, Voice): Teiji Ōmiya (大宮 悌二, Ōmiya Teiji)
- Narrator (ナレーター, Narētā): Issei Masamune (政宗 一成, Masamune Issei)
Suit Actors[]
- Kamen Rider Black RX/Roborider/Biorider: Jiro Okamoto (岡元 次郎, Okamoto Jirō)
- Kamen Rider Black RX (sub)/Roborider/Biorider, Shadow Moon: Tokio Iwata (岩田 時男, Iwata Tokio)
- Kamen Rider Black RX (sub)/Roborider, Jark Midler: Toshiyuki Kikuchi (菊地 寿幸, Kikuchi Toshiyuki)
- Kamen Rider Black RX (sub): Kazuo Niibori (新堀 和男, Niibori Kazuo)
- General Jark: Toshimichi Takahashi (高橋 利道, Takahashi Toshimichi)
- Naval Commander Bosgun: Yoshikatsu Fujiki (藤木 義勝, Fujiki Yoshikatsu)
- Kamen Rider Black RX (sub), Armored Captain Gatezone, Emperor Crisis, Crisis Empire Kaijin, Strongest Monster Gran Zairus, Kamen Rider 2, Kamen Rider Super-1: Takayuki Kitamura (北村 隆幸, Kitamura Takayuki)
- Fanged Captain Gedorian: Minoru Watanabe (渡辺実, Watanabe Minoru)
- Kamen Rider 2: Riichi Seike (清家 利一, Seike Riichi)
- Kamen Rider V3: Tsuyoshi Miyazaki (宮崎 剛, Miyazaki Tsuyoshi)
- Riderman: Seiji Takaiwa (高岩 成二, Takaiwa Seiji)
- Kamen Rider Amazon: Hiroyuki Uchida (内田 博之, Uchida Hiroyuki)
- Skyrider, Chaps, Gynajagram: Yasuhiro Takeuchi (竹内 康博, Takeuchi Yasuhiro)
- Kamen Rider Super-1: Kazutoshi Yokoyama (横山 一敏, Yokoyama Kazutoshi)
- Kamen Rider ZX: Takahisa Suenaga (末永 貴久, Suenaga Takahisa)
- Gungadin, Antront: Takahiro Yamamoto (山本 貴浩, Yamamoto Takahiro)
- Helgadem: Tokui Kotobuki (得居 寿, Kotobuki Tokui), Satoru Katagiri (片桐理, Katagiri Satoru)
Songs[]
Opening theme
- "Kamen Rider Black RX" (仮面ライダーBLACK RX, Kamen Raidā Burakku Āru Ekkusu)
- Lyrics: Chinfa Kan
- Composition & Arrangement: Eiji Kawamura
- Artist: Takayuki Miyauchi
Ending theme
- "Dareka ga Kimi o Aishiteru" (誰かが君を愛してる, "Dareka ga Kimi o Aishiteru" "Someone Loves You")
- Lyrics: Chinfa Kan
- Composition: Tetsuji Hayashi
- Arrangement: Eiji Kawamura
- Artist: Takayuki Miyauchi
Other Songs[]
- "Unmei No Senshi" (運命の戦士, "Unmei No Senshi" "Soldier of Destiny")
- Lyrics: Chinfa Kan
- Composition: Tetsuji Hayashi
- Arranger: Ishida Katsunori
- Artist: Takayuki Miyauchi
- "Senjou No Rider RX" (戦場のライダー RX, "Senjou No Rider RX" "Soldier of the battlefield RX")
- Composition: Michiaki Watanabe
- Arranger: Ishida Katsunori
- Artist: Takayuki Miyauchi
- "Hikari No Senshi" (光の戦士, "Hikari No Senshi" "Soldier of Light")
- Lyricist: Chinfa Kan
- Composer: Eiji Kawamura
- Singer: Takayuki Miyauchi
- "Gekishin! RX" (激進 RX, "Gekishin! RX" "Dash! RX")
- Lyrics: Shotaro Ishinomori
- Composition: Michiaki Watanabe
- Arranger: Ishida Katsunori
- Artist: Takayuki Miyauchi
- "Battle! Oh RX" (バトル Oh! RX, "Battle! Oh RX" "Battle Oh! RX")
- Lyrics: Chinfa Kan
- Composition: Tetsuji Hayashi
- Arranger: Ishida Katsunori
- Artist: Takayuki Miyauchi
- "Towa No Tame Ni Kimi No Tame Ni " (永遠のために君のために, "Towa No Tame Ni Kimi No Tame Ni " "For Eternity And For You")
- Lyrics: Yoshikatsu Hiraide
- Composition: Eiji Kawamura
- Arranger: Katsunori Ishida
- Artist: Ichiro Mizuki
- Kuroi Yuusha
- Subete wa Kimi wo Ai Suru Tame Ni
- 11 Rider Dai-Sanka
Release[]
Broadcast[]
- The show aired on both the Mainichi Broadcasting System and Tokyo Broadcasting System from October 23, 1988 to September 24, 1989
- The show aired in Indonesia under the title Ksatria Baja Hitam RX.
- The show aired in Hong Kong under the title 幪面超人RX (lit. Kamen Rider RX, 幪面超人RX).
- Discotek Media, following their release of Kamen Rider Black, would announce a Blu-Ray release for the show for North America on January 30, 2023. It is currently slated for a release sometime in 2023.[1]
Home Media[]
Kamen Rider Black RX is released in several DVD volumes.[2]
Kamen Rider Black RX Vol. 1
(1-11)
Kamen Rider Black RX Vol. 2
(12-23)
Kamen Rider Black RX Vol. 3
(24-35)
Kamen Rider Black RX Vol. 3
(36-47)
Kamen Rider Black RX is released in several Blu-ray collections.
- Blu-ray BOX 1, which contains Episodes 1-15, was released on March 9, 2022.
- Blu-ray BOX 2, which contains Episodes 16-31, was released on March 9, 2022.
- Blu-ray BOX 3, which contains Episodes 32-47, was released on March 9, 2022.
Kamen Rider Black RX Blu-ray BOX 1
Kamen Rider Black RX Blu-ray BOX 2
Kamen Rider Black RX Blu-ray BOX 3
External links[]
- Kamen Rider Black RX at Wikipedia
- Kamen Rider Black RX at Japanese Wikipedia
- Ishimori@Style - Shotaro Ishinomori with Ishimori Productions Official Website
- Official website at Kamen-Rider-Official
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