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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,...
  1. Background image for The Mysterious Spider Man
    7.6/10(116 votes)

    #1 - The Mysterious Spider Man

    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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  2. Background image for The Terrifying Bat Man
    7.0/10(61 votes)

    #2 - The Terrifying Bat Man

    S1:E2

    Hongo wins the championship, but the model who brings him his bouquet suddenly bares her fangs and attacks! With growing suspicion, Hongo investigates the woman's home, and finds it has been transformed into a lab.

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    Director:Itaru Orita
  3. Background image for Monster, Scorpion Man
    7.0/10(49 votes)

    #3 - Monster, Scorpion Man

    S1:E3

    Shocker tests their mysterious Scorpion Man by releasing their slave workers and telling them that they can have their freedom if they can escape within 10 minutes, but one by one they die at the Scorpian Man's hands.

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  4. Background image for Cannibalism, Sarracenian
    6.9/10(46 votes)

    #4 - Cannibalism, Sarracenian

    S1:E4

    At an amusement park's botanical gardens, people begin to go missing. The young boy Kenji's older sister Yukie gets snatched away, and he tries to tell someone that his sister was attacked by a giant King Sarracenian!!

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  5. Background image for Monster, Mantis Man
    6.1/10(39 votes)

    #5 - Monster, Mantis Man

    S1:E5

    While a series of strange earthquakes are going on, Hongo is contacted by his childhood friend and seismologist, Amemiya Chikako, who tells him, “Something is planning to cause a major earthquake.”

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  6. Background image for Grim Reaper, Chameleon
    6.9/10(31 votes)

    #6 - Grim Reaper, Chameleon

    S1:E6

    Former navy lieutenant-commander Sunada is attacked by the Chameleon Man. His aim is a submarine model in Sunada's possession that has secrets relating to a Nazi treasure concealed inside.

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    Director:Itaru Orita
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  8. Background image for Duel With Grim Reaper Chameleon! World Fair Impression
    7.4/10(33 votes)

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

    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
  9. Background image for Strangeness! Bee Woman
    6.4/10(28 votes)

    #8 - Strangeness! Bee Woman

    S1:E8

    Hongo begins an investigation into the series of incidents where people who had glasses made at Kagemura's Optometry store have gone missing. But even Ruriko gets some lure glasses, and she disappears as well.

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  10. Background image for The Terrifying Cobra Man
    6.9/10(25 votes)

    #9 - The Terrifying Cobra Man

    S1:E9

    Cobra Man makes an attack on the gold vault, but when the pet dog of security guard Kondo barks at him, he drops his fangs! Seeking his fangs, he attacks Kondo.

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    7.0/10(25 votes)

    #10 - The Revived Cobra Man

    S1:E10

    Ritsuko Ayakoji of the Ayakoji Biology Research Institute, Shocker's collaborator, puts up advertisements for “Purchasing Animals” to gather animal blood and capture the people who bring in their pets.

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  12. Background image for Bloodsucking Monster, Gebacondor
    7.5/10(26 votes)

    #11 - Bloodsucking Monster, Gebacondor

    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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  13. Background image for Murder, Yamogelas
    6.6/10(21 votes)

    #12 - Murder, Yamogelas

    S1:E12

    Doctor Shirakawa has invented a death ray but tries to seal his invention away, while his aid Shibata conspires with Shocker and is remodeled into the monster Geckogeras, making secret plans to take the death ray.

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    Director:Itaru Orita
  14. Background image for Tokageron and the Big Monster Army
    7.4/10(24 votes)

    #13 - Tokageron and the Big Monster Army

    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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  15. Background image for Raid of the Demon Sabotegron
    7.3/10(25 votes)

    #14 - Raid of the Demon Sabotegron

    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
  16. Background image for Counterattack, Sabotegron
    6.8/10(22 votes)

    #15 - Counterattack, Sabotegron

    S1:E15

    At the end of fierce fighting, Kamen Rider drives Sabotegron away. Sabotegron then uses Flowers of Mexico to attack Hayato and the Tachibana Racing Club.

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    Director:Itaru Orita
  17. Background image for Wrestler of the Devil, Pirasaurus
    7.3/10(19 votes)

    #16 - Wrestler of the Devil, Pirasaurus

    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
  18. Background image for Death Match in the Ring: Defeat! Pirasaurus
    7.4/10(19 votes)

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

    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
  19. Background image for Fossil Man: Hitodanger
    6.6/10(18 votes)

    #18 - Fossil Man: Hitodanger

    S1:E18

    Shocker creates a missile base in the mountains and appoints the monster Hitodanger to defend it. After saving a boy from a Shocker attack, he fights Hitodanger to save Taki who went searching for the base.

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  20. Background image for Monster Kanibubbler Appears in Hokkaido
    6.3/10(18 votes)

    #19 - Monster Kanibubbler Appears in Hokkaido

    S1:E19

    For Shocker's plan to cause a tsunami in Hokkaido through submarine earthquakes, they send in the monster Kanibubbler to destroy all seismomitors.

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  21. Background image for Fire-Breathing Caterpillar Monster: Dokugander
    6.8/10(17 votes)

    #20 - Fire-Breathing Caterpillar Monster: Dokugander

    S1:E20

    Ichimonji, who has started an inquiry into a village thrown into panic by a gigantic catapillar creature, meets with Yoshioka who is looking for a missing professor, and together they begin a search for the professor.

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  22. Background image for Dokugander, Confrontation at Osaka Castle
    6.6/10(18 votes)

    #21 - Dokugander, Confrontation at Osaka Castle

    S1:E21

    In order for Shocker to make use of a growth drug developed by Yoshioka, Dokugander's adult form transforms into the deceased professor to trick the assistant professor Yoshioka.

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  23. Background image for Suspicious Merman Amazonia
    6.2/10(18 votes)

    #22 - Suspicious Merman Amazonia

    S1:E22

    An olympic swimmer disappears suddenly right before the eyes of his teammates, and a young man swimming in the ocean gets kidnapped by a monster who appears.

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  24. Background image for Sky-Flying Monster Musasabedol
    6.4/10(19 votes)

    #23 - Sky-Flying Monster Musasabedol

    S1:E23

    Shocker creates the monster Musasabidol to go after a new liquid fuel developed by Doctor Ookuma. Taki, who is visiting Hokkaido, discovers this plan, and after following Taki, Ichimonji confronts Musasabidol.

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  25. Background image for Deadly Poison Monster Kinokomolg's Sortie!
    6.3/10(17 votes)

    #24 - Deadly Poison Monster Kinokomolg's Sortie!

    S1:E24

    After a prisoner is immersed in the extract of poisonous mushrooms for one week, the monster Kinokomorgue is born.

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  26. Background image for Defeat Kinokomolg!
    7.0/10(15 votes)

    #25 - Defeat Kinokomolg!

    S1:E25

    Kinokomorgue declares, “Make him taste the fear of death!” and injects the captured Ichimonji with the antidote, returning him to his senses.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Mysterious Spider Man" is the best rated episode of "Kamen Rider" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 116 votes. Directed by Koichi Takemoto and written by Masaru Igami, it aired on 4/3/1971. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "The Terrifying Bat Man".