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The Best Episodes of Kamen Rider Season 1

Every episode of Kamen Rider Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Kamen Rider Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Kamen Rider Season 1

Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker,...

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  1. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Doctor Shinigami, the True Meaning of Terror?

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    S1:E68

    Appearing in Japan once again, Doctor Reaper has a plan to destroy Japan by controlling a meteorite.

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  2. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Hell Ambassador!! The True Meaning of Fear?

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    S1:E79

    Someone reports the Shocker monster Garagaranda's strategy to poison the water supply to Masked Rider. The Shocker Chief detects Ambassador Hell is the traitor and decides to execute him.

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  3. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Gel-Shocker Appears! Kamen Rider's Last Day!

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    S1:E80

    With Ambassador Hell's defeat, Shocker's Japan division is abandoned. However the Shocker Chief adds the power of Africa's secret organization Geldam and forms the new organization Gel-Shocker.

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  4. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - 8 Kamen Riders

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    S1:E93

    Kamen Rider #1 is driven back by the Shocker Rider and the monster Haetoribachi's coordination and sinks under the sea with Haetoribachi.

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  5. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The True Identity of the Gel-Shocker Leader

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    S1:E94

    Wih the Anti-Shocker Alliance's back up, the double Riders are able to escape danger and take Raydokuga prisoner. Moreover, to defeat Shocker Rider, they begin special training under Tobei's tutelage.

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  6. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Gel-Shocker Annihilated! The End of the Leader!!

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    S1:E98

    With the arrival of Masked Rider #2 Hongo is rescued and the Double Riders showdown against Leechameleon.

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  8. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Vampiric Mosquilas vs. Two Riders

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    S1:E72

    The new monster Mosquilas comes from South America and plots to create a Shocker base in the Kii Peninsula.

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  9. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Kamen Rider Dies Twice!

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    S1:E81

    Gel-Shocker's Scorpiolizard uses the Shocker scientists as the guinea pigs for an oxygen deprivation gas and eliminates them. However one scientist, Takashi, does escape. Scorpiolizard pursues Takashi and attacks his wife's hospital.

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  10. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Shocker Graveyard, Revived Monsters

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    S1:E66

    The cyborg Longhornkid revives the monsters defeated by Rider to begin the “Devil Festival.” Through sacrifices, energy is given to Zanjio, Jaguarman, Poison Lizard Man, Hedgehoras and Rhinogang to achieve their resurrection.

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  11. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Atrocity! Fake Kamen Rider!!

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    S1:E92

    Kamen Rider and Mukadetiger simultaneously vanish. At that time, the Gel-Shocker Chief determines the real identity of the Anti-Shocker Alliance that has continuously disrupted Gel-Shocker activity.

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  12. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Takeshi Hongo, Cactus Monster Exposed!?

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    S1:E96

    The cactus research expert Doctor Matsuda is remodeled into Cactusbat. Cactusbat attacks the World Peace Committee's members and using the thorns on his arms he turns the people into cacti.

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  13. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Takeshi Hongo, Transformation Impossible

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    S1:E97

    The Gel-Shocker monster Leechameleon uses the blood absorbed from humans to resurrect Ganikomol who once defeated Rider. Learning of this, Hongo embarks for the enemy's lair, but the revived Ganikomol is there waiting for him.

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  14. 7.9/10(15 votes)

    #13 - Monster Wolf Man's Huge Murder Party

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    S1:E39

    Colonel Zol executes his Wolf Strategy to make werewolves with the Wolf Virus. In the midst of this, the young girl Kumiko from the Wakakusa Garden orphanage witnesses one of these experimental wolfmen.

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  15. 7.9/10(13 votes)

    #14 - Magma Monster Ghoster, Decisive Battle at Sakurajima

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    S1:E41

    For the construction of a tunnel that connects Sakurajima and Ebi Heights, Doctor Reaper sends in the monster Ghoster.

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  16. 7.6/10(117 votes)

    #15 - The Mysterious Spider Man

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    S1:E1

    Takeshi Hongo, a young scientist boasting of an IQ of 600 and a racing prodigy, is abducted and his body surgically remodeled by Shocker, an evil secret society plotting for global domination.

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  17. 7.6/10(16 votes)

    #16 - Cannibalistic Monster, Isoginchack

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    S1:E49

    The old man Nakayama finds a vein of diamonds in the continent of Africa and sends the whereabouts of the vein to his grandchild written on a medal, but Shocker targets the vein as well.

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  18. 7.5/10(26 votes)

    #17 - Bloodsucking Monster, Gebacondor

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    S1:E11

    Shocker has produced a new monster, Gebacondor, by assembling into one all the strong points of their previous monsters. But Gebacondor needs the lifeblood of young women.

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  19. 7.4/10(33 votes)

    #18 - Duel With Grim Reaper Chameleon! World Fair Impression

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    S1:E7

    Kamen Rider, having fallen into a pit trap, loses his power in the secret room where no wind can reach and reverts back to his form as Hongo.

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    Director:Itaru Orita
  20. 7.4/10(24 votes)

    #19 - Tokageron and the Big Monster Army

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    S1:E13

    To break through the Toyo Atomic Energy Research Laboratory's barrier, Shocker remodels pro soccer athlete Nomoto and produces the monster Tokageron with powerful kicking might.

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  21. 7.4/10(19 votes)

    #20 - Death Match in the Ring: Defeat! Pirasaurus

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    S1:E17

    Pirazaurus experiments with the powerful deadly gas, “Mist of Death,” at a gogo house. He launches his scheme to obliterate Japanese leaders with the Mist of Death as they spectate a pro wrestling match.

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    Director:Itaru Orita
  22. 7.4/10(16 votes)

    #21 - Showdown!! Snow Mountain Monster Bearconger

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    S1:E46

    Shocker plots their “Snow Strategy” to melt all of the snow of Kusatsu Heights and cause a great flood, and makes the physicist Doctor Mikawa manufacture an energy bomb that releases intense heat.

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  23. 7.3/10(25 votes)

    #22 - Raid of the Demon Sabotegron

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    S1:E14

    Hongo saved Tokyo from a horrible fate at the hands of Shocker.But Hongo can not rest while Shocker's plans to conquer the world grows stronger every day. For justice, and for everlasting peace, Kamen Rider will continue his fight until the very end. Debuting this episode, a new Kamen Rider appears! With three new leading ladies, and more excitement, Thrills, and Action!

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    Director:Itaru Orita
  24. 7.3/10(19 votes)

    #23 - Wrestler of the Devil, Pirasaurus

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    S1:E16

    Shocker gets their hands on the Pirazaurus whose poison can kill a giant dinosaur in mere seconds and begin to create a cyborg by combining it with a human.

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    Director:Itaru Orita
  25. 7.3/10(17 votes)

    #24 - Deathmatch! Monster Snowman vs. Two Riders

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    S1:E40

    Doctor Reaper of Shocker's Swiss branch takes up a new post in the Japanese division. He makes plans to detonate Kirishima's volcanic belt by digging an underground tunnel between Kirishima and Sakurajima.

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  26. 7.2/10(15 votes)

    #25 - Japan in Danger! Gamagiller's Invasion

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    S1:E34

    Doctor Origuchi of the Criminal Research Institute looks into Shocker's evil doing, and discovers their plan to split the Japanese islands with a special nuclear weapon.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Doctor Shinigami, the True Meaning of Terror?" is the best rated episode of "Kamen Rider" season 1. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Minoru Yamada and written by Masaru Igami, it aired on 7/15/1972. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Hell Ambassador!! The True Meaning of Fear?".