Contributions of Showa Riders to the Heisi Era

It would just be downright unfair for fans of the Heisi era not to give credit to the Showa era.  So here are the contributions...


Having an extra rider hero type.  The first Kamen Rider added a second Kamen Rider in Kamen Rider Nigo and in V3, we have Riderman.  The idea was taken for a twist to create...


The evil Kamen Rider concept which started in Kamen Rider Black.  Please do not confuse this with the fake riders.  Fake riders are created as xerox copies of the Kamen Riders, this one is an inspired evil.  While Kamen Rider Black took the idea of Takeshi Hongo and placed it into Kotaro Minami (but with the twist of taking Nobuhiko Akizuki with him), it became Shadow Moon.  Shadow Moon was proven popular more evil riders were created.  In the case of Ryuki, the show had more than one!  In the case of Heisi evil riders, they weren't brainwashed most of them were evil at their own free will.


Civilizations on Earth that threaten mankind.  In Amazon, we had it with Geddon led by the Ten Faced Demon Gorgos and later in Kamen Rider Black, the Gorgom which was led by the Century King (who was strangely just a giant heart).  Such would give rise to enemies like the Grongi, Lords and the Fangires to name a few.


Kamen Rider Super-1 being an astronaut would most likely be the inspiration for Kamen Rider Fourze.


Kamen Rider Stronger's Delza Army General introduced the concepts of giant foes which also got into the Heisi era.

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