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Kamen Rider Stronger

Story -- Black Satan, a secret organization wanting to rule the world. With it's Satan Bug, a creature that could enter a human host and control the body, Black Satan aimed at dominating Japan. Jo Shigeru, a football all-star, volunteered to be turned into a cyborg by Black Satan to get back at them for killing his friend. After the surgery was complete, Jo rebeled, and escaped from Black Satan's Lab. On his way out, Jo ran into Misaki Yuriko, who was in the middle of an operation to change her into a cyborg. Rescuing Misaki, the two escaped, and fought against the minions of Black Satan. They met Tachibana, who was scouting for new young racers, and together they wandered the land fighting Black Satan. Finally, they beat Black Satan, but the leader General Shadow, reforged his ties with the Delza Army. The new minions were much stronger than what Jo and Misaki were used to. Misaki sacrificed herself to defeat one of the minions and protect Jo. Jo finally lost to the Delza Army, but a scientist from the former Black Satan gave him new powers and rebuilt him. A powered up Jo was finally able to defeat the Delza army and return peace to Japan, with the help of the other riders.

Name
Jo Shigeru

Actor Name
Araki Shigeru
Years on TV
4-5-1975 ~ 12-27-1975 (39 episodes)

Insect Motif
Japanese Beetle

Stronger's primary motif was that of electricity. All his attacks were based on electricity, and the cyborg aspect of his body is much more prominent than in the previous series; for instance, his hands were metal coils that had to be covered when he was not transformed. Stronger was not based on a grasshopper or grasshopper-like insect as with the previous Riders; he is based on the Kabutomushi, or Japanese rhinoceros beetle.

Buddies
Tachibana Heiei, Misaki Yuriko
Villian
Black Satan ; Delza Army
Belt
Electora

Cycle
Kabutoro = speed 300km/h – 1010km/h(powered up), 1200hp

--Special Techniques--
Electro Fire

Electro Punch

Electro Kick

Charge-Up

Super Electro Drill Kick

Super Electro Ultra Cyclone

Kamen Rider Skyrider

Story -- Tsukuba Hiroshi, a university student in the hanggliding club, was in the middle of practice, when he saw a scientist, Shiba Keitaro, being followed by some strange people, Tsukuba landed and drove the pursuers away, but suffered grave injuries. It turned out that these people were a new secret organization known as NeoShocker. Dr. Shiba wanting to save Tsukuba's life, returned to NeoShockers headquarters and requested them to turn Tsukuba into their newest Cyborg. However, before the brainwashing program could be installed, Dr. Shiba escaped with Tsukuba. Equiped with a gravity control device, Tsukuba became known as Skyrider. Skyrider fought against the minions of NeoShocker, who wanted to subjugate humanity, however whenever Tsukuba got into pinch, the other riders would show up and help turn the tides. Eventually, Tsukuba meets his mother again, who he thought dead. It turns out that his father was killed by NeoShocker, she also told Tsukuba the leader of NeoShocker secret weakness. Skyrider with the other riders went to confront the leader. The leader actually turned out to be an alien from the Dark-Nebula B-26. Before the leader could escape, the other riders gathered their energy and focused it into the gravitational control belt of Skyrider, launching him into space and blowing him into nothingness.

Name
Hiroshi Tsukuba

Actor Name
Murakami Hiroaki
Years on TV
10-5-1979 ~ 10-10-1980 (54 episodes)

Insect Motif
Locust

Unlike the original Kamen Riders who are based on grasshoppers Skyrider is based on a locust. As the name implies, Skyrider could fly. Skyrider's ability to fly came from the switches on his henshin belt. Dr. Shiba Keitarou disappears after episode 13. In episode 14 Tsukuba, Hiroshi meets Genjiro Tani (played by the late Nobuo Tsukamoto) who becomes the mentor to Skyrider (and later Kamen Rider Super-1).

Buddies
GanGanG

Villian
NeoShocker
Belt
Tornado