There is an old saying: “Women are better than men”, which simply means that women will not lose to men like you! Kamen Rider gives the impression that it is a male IP, but female characters are indispensable. After all, who doesn’t like to watch beautiful girls? In recent years, the status of female characters has changed. In addition to playing important roles, female Kamen Riders have also appeared one after another! In this episode, let’s take a look at who the female Kamen Riders are! !
Showa era
Denpajin Tackle:
Although the Showa era was relatively masculine, there was actually a female warrior we couldn’t know about. She was Denpaman Tackle, who appeared in Kamen Rider Stronger. Yuriko Misaki is the first female warrior of Kamen Rider, and she is an android who was transformed together with Stronger. She is Kamen Rider Stronger’s best fighting partner and accompanies Stronger along the way to fight Black Satan. Unfortunately, Tian was jealous of the beauty and was poisoned after the battle with Feng Nu. She felt that her life was not long, so she used super-kill to go to hell with Feng Nu. Although she has not been officially named a Kamen Rider, she is already a “Kamen Rider” in the hearts of Tokusatsu fans!
Denpaman is quite popular, but there are also many opportunities to appear in later works. For example, in the Decade movie version, a new actor was added, and in the recent popular manga “Tanzaburo Higashishima Wants to Become a Kamen Rider”, there is also a character playing her. I believe you will not forget the turbulence.
Heisei era
Kamen Rider Femme:
The first female Kamen Rider was officially born in the Heisei era. She is Kamen Rider Femme, who appeared in the 2002 Kamen Rider Ryuki The Movie. Because she was the first female Kamen Rider, breaking the traditional convention of only male Kamen Riders, it was considered a very sensational news at the time. Although it only appeared in the theatrical version, it undoubtedly laid an important foundation for subsequent female Kamen Riders.
In the Girls Remix series recently aired on TTFC, a new Dark Kamen Rider Femme will be launched. This series was originally about gathering all female Kamen Riders (or famous female characters) and telling them to work together to solve the dark forces. Incidentally, the biological daughter of the actor who played Kamen Rider One, Hongo Takeo, also became the series’ original new female Kamen Rider.
Kamen Rider Shuki: The first female Kamen Rider (or ghost?) to appear in the TV version, appearing in Kamen Rider Hibiki. She is the master of Kamen Rider Demon Slayer and the master of Kamen Rider Todoroki. She is a grandma-level senior. Because of her hatred, she was very obsessed with power, so she was not qualified to exorcise demons, and later died.
Kamen Rider Kivala: The first female Kamen Rider transformed from the heroine of the Kamen Rider series, appearing in Kamen Rider Decade. Kamen Rider Kivala’s appearance confirmed the precedent that heroines can also become knights, and was also the first female Kamen Rider to kill the male Kamen Rider. (It’s quite a twist!)
Kamen Rider Mega: Although it is said to be a Kamen Rider, it is actually a mass-produced rider. When Kamen Rider Wizard appears, most of them are Kamen Riders who have gone through the “Sabbath” and can transform into a magician by suppressing the Phantom in the body. In the TV version, Mayu Inamori successfully transformed into Kamen Rider Mega, becoming the only female among its three Megas.
Kamen Rider Mega,As long as you are a virgin/female over 30 years old, you can become a magician. . The name of the mass-produced Kamen Rider comes from the theatrical version, because almost all the dogs and cats in it can be Mega.
Kamen Rider Wiseman: Originally the incarnation of Fueki, the mastermind behind the TV version of Kamen Rider Wizard “Sababa”, in the theatrical version, his daughter (the heroine of the series) took over and transformed into Kamen Rider Wiseman, who is regarded as the female boss. The male and female protagonists are shown fighting again.
Kamen Rider Marika: Kamen Rider Gaim’s enemy female Kamen Rider, the first female Kamen Rider from the enemy camp. Her gorgeous and smooth action scenes in the drama made a group of male tokusatsu fans admire her under her skirt.
Kamen Rider Kanon Specter: Although Seimei Kanon-chan’s transformation and debut year is in Reiwa, the series still belongs to Ghost, so it still belongs to Heisei. Appearing in the side story “Specter x Blades”, Kanon returned to become a female Kamen Rider after transforming into the Super Sentai next door.
Kamen Rider Poppy: The inhuman heroine of Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, she is the first Kamen Rider transformed by a weirdo (Poppy is a Bugster in the show). In the Ex-Aid series, the seventh Kamen Rider appears. His abilities are super weird. As long as he doesn’t like the enemy, the enemy’s attack power will be greater.
Poppy also appeared in the Girl Remix series in the future. She was surprised that so many female Kamen Riders appeared in the later period. This also implies that women before Linghe were not reused.
Kamen Rider Tsukuyomi: The heroine of Kamen Rider Zi-O, she comes from the future. In order to change the fate of the world, she successfully ascended the ranks of Kamen Riders near the end of the TV series and became the fourth Kamen Rider in the series. There are too few transformation episodes and it is almost over, so many tokusatsu fans think this is a somewhat “improvised” Kamen Rider.
Reiwa era
I don’t know whether it was influenced by the rise of feminism in Japan or the DEI influence of foreign fans. In the Reiwa era, almost every generation of Kamen Riders will have at least one female Kamen Rider. It is also for this reason that the TTFC Girls Remix series was derived.
Kamen Rider Valkyrie: The first TV version of the female Kamen Rider in the Reiwa era, appearing in Kamen Rider Zero-One. She has super R&D and combat capabilities, giving full play to the strength of women.
Kamen Rider Zero-Two: The first inhuman female Kamen Rider of the Reiwa era, appearing in Kamen Rider Zero-One the Movie. As the president’s AI machine secretary, Is uses the Zero-Two transformer to transform into Kamen Rider Zero-Two, fighting side by side with the hero, paying homage to Kamen Rider No. 1 and No. 2 of the Showa era.
Although Kamen Rider Zero-Two is the final form of Kamen Rider Zero-One, because the transformation belt is different, it can be transformed into Is. Therefore, the toys to be released in the future will have male versions and female Is versions, damn it Bandai!
Kamen Rider Sabela: Kamen Rider Saber is one of the two female Kamen Riders. She has a foreign face. She was full of mystery when she first appeared, and then transformed into a brother-in-law complex.It makes tokusatsu fans want to be blown away by her before she transforms. 。
Kamen Rider Calibur: Currently the most mature female Kamen Rider in the Reiwa era, she is also another female Kamen Rider of Kamen Rider Saber. Although she appears to be a weak female guardian in the play, at critical moments, she can also step forward and transform into a Kamen Rider to save the world. Speaking of which, Calibur really has so many transformations!
Kamen Rider Jeanne: Known as “invincible”, she appears in Kamen Rider Revice. The play depicts the growth story of a young female, so it has a great influence on the younger generation of audiences.
Kamen Rider Aguilera: The first female villain who is considered “wife” by the majority of male tokusatsu fans. After some whitewashing operations, she successfully became a female Kamen Rider in Kamen Rider Revice. There is an ambiguous Lily scene with Kamen Rider Jeanne (let’s go to the hot spring together)
Kamen Rider Revice has started to have Chinese dubbing, and there are always some inexplicable translations and dubbing. Kamen Rider Jeanne’s transformation sound effect “What happened, what happened” became a meme at the time.
Kamen Rider Na-Go: Since Kamen Rider Geats has many female contestants and sponsors who have transformed, we will simply use Rider No. 3 as a representative here. The role setting of pursuit of happiness and self-worth is highly in line with the discussion of female self-realization in modern society and is extremely popular.
Kamen Rider Majade: In addition to being a female Kamen Rider transformed into a heroine, she is also the first officially certified female second rider. Her status is comparable to that of Kamen Rider Gotchard. In the play, her independent plot occupies a very large and important role.
Since Kamen Rider ZETZZ has not yet featured a female Kamen Rider, I won’t introduce it for now. In short, women are becoming more and more important in Kamen Rider. After all, we still have to take care of the female audience. The male audience is also very happy to see this result. After all, how can any male audience reject a beautiful woman?
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