This article is about a series of milestones in the Kamen Rider Series. |
As a franchise, Kamen Rider is constantly evolving and changing, with new ideas and concepts emerging with each series.
Kamen Rider[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider
- First series of the franchise.
- First and second ever Kamen Riders (1 and 2).
- First and only series to change the primary protagonist for an extended period of time.
- First use of the Rider Kick and Rider Punch.
- Longest running entry in the franchise (98 episodes).
- First series to change the opening theme.
- Highest rated show in the franchise overall, with episode 41 being viewed by 30.1% of Japan's TV audience and averaging 21.2% throughout its run.
- First Rider series to have a movie-only reboot (Kamen Rider The First).
- Only Rider series to have multiple reboots.
- First full Showa series to stream online in the USA via TokuShoutsu and Shout Factory TV.
Kamen Rider V3[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider V3
- First direct sequel to a previous Rider series.
- First Rider to be created for non-evil intentions (V3).
- First (and only official TV) Rider to show part of their face when transformed (Riderman).
- In the previous series, their hair could have been seen in some scenes.
- 4th longest-running show in the franchise (52 episodes).
- 100th episode of the Kamen Rider Series: Last Testament of the Double Riders.
- First Rider TV series to get a home video release in the USA.
Kamen Rider X[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider X
- First series to be broadcast without surpassing a year.
- First series to feature only one Rider.
- First series to have the Rider armed with a default weapon (Ridol).
- First default Rider weapon to have multiple forms/states.
- 4th shortest running show in the franchise (35 episodes).
Kamen Rider Amazon[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Amazon
- First non-insect themed Rider.
- The only Rider TV series which contained graphic violence such as excessive amounts of blood and scenes of decapitation and dismemberment.
- Shortest series in the franchise (24 episodes).
- First Bio-Type Rider.
- First Mystic-Type Rider.
- First Rider whose powers aren't technology-based.
- First series to not feature the previous Riders.
- First Rider that doesn't use a belt to transform
- First Monster to aid a Rider.
- Final series to air before the start of the Super Sentai series.
- 200th episode of the Kamen Rider Series: He Came Forth! The Terrible Zero the Great.
- First Rider series to have a full-series reboot instead of just movies (Kamen Rider Amazons).
Kamen Rider Stronger[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Stronger
- First Female Hero of the series.
- First series to air on another network (TBS rather than NET).
- First Rider to have a beetle motif.
- A prototype example of Form Changing/Final Form.
- First series to air at the same time as a Super Sentai series (Himitsu Sentai Gorenger).
- Last series to feature Tobei Tachibana.
- Last series of the original run of the Kamen Rider Series, the five series of the Seven Legendary Riders collectively lasting from April 3rd, 1971, to January 3rd, 1976.
- 5th shortest show in the franchise (39 episodes).
Kamen Rider (Skyrider)[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider (Skyrider)
- 2nd longest-running show of the franchise (54 episodes).
- First Rider to have the ability of flight as a superpower.
- Was meant to be a reboot but was later changed to be a continuation of the series.
- Second series to change the opening theme.
- 300th Episode of the Kamen Rider Series: Hiroshi's Father Had Lived! As Altered Human FX777?.
Kamen Rider Super-1[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Super-1
- First villains that come from space (Dogma Kingdom).
- Only Rider to use an American brand motorcycle.
- Most Rider Kick variations used by a single Rider (26).
- Only Showa Series in which the previous Riders only appear in the movie, but none of the episodes.
Kamen Rider ZX[]
- Main article: Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!!
- First Rider to debut in a Manga & TV Special.
- First Rider to not get his own TV series.
- First combined villain group.
- Last appearance of the original TV actors out of costume (until Heisei Era Phase 2 crossover movies for several of the Riders).
Kamen Rider Black[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Black
- First standalone series, with no connection to the previous Riders.
- First Rider to not wear a scarf.
- First set of villains without Foot Soldiers.
- Second Monster to aid a Rider.
- First series in which a Rider dies but comes back to life.
- First purely original evil Rider.
- 400th Episode of the Kamen Rider Series: The Creation King's True Identity?.
Kamen Rider Black RX[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Black RX
- First in the series to fully utilize the concept of form changing, Form-exclusive Weapons and Form-exclusive Rider Machines.
- First Rider to be the same person as a previous one.
- The first series and the only one in the Showa Era where a Rider drives a car.
- Final Rider series to be created and produced by Shotaro Ishinomori before his death in 1998.
- This series is both a Showa and Heisei one due to the passing of Emperor Hirohito taking place during its original broadcast.
- Final crossover team-up of the Ishinomori Rider series.
- Final villains to utilize Foot Soldiers in the Showa Era.
- First Rider series to be adapted in the USA (Saban's Masked Rider).
- Final Rider Series to air on TBS, all future Kamen Rider shows would return to being broadcast on its original network, TV Asahi.
Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue[]
- Main article: Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue
- Labeled as the 20th anniversary of the franchise, when in fact it was in its 21st year.
- First Rider not to use a belt in any way.
- The only Bio-Type Rider whose powers don't come from a mystical source.
- First Rider of the 90's Movie Rider Trio.
- First Rider feature to be aimed at an older audience.
Kamen Rider ZO[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider ZO
- Labeled as a 20th anniversary production, when in fact it was the 22nd year of the franchise.
- Second Rider not to use a belt in any way.
- Second Rider in the 90's Movie Rider Trio.
- Second Rider of the franchise to not get a proposed TV series spinoff.
Kamen Rider J[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider J
- First Rider to have size manipulation as a superpower.
- First pure Mystic-type Rider.
- Third Rider in the 90's Movie Rider Trio.
- The last Kamen Rider production of Shotaro Ishinomori's career before his death in 1998.
Kamen Rider Kuuga[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Kuuga
- First Kamen Rider Series to be produced after the death of Shotaro Ishinomori and thus the official start of the Heisei era, introducing the following trends:
- First series to air with a Super Sentai series on TV Asahi.
- The first villain group to be a race as opposed to an evil organization.
- The debut of the Super Form.
- The debut of the Final Form.
- The first series to have a Hyper Battle special.
- First installment not to use the term "Kamen Rider" to refer to its transformed heroes in-universe.
- First Rider to have a pre-Form to the Rider's main form.
- First (and currently only) main Rider whose final form does not wield a weapon.
- The last series to feature only one Rider throughout the entire run of the show.
- The first series to have a standardized format for its episodes' titles (one word each).
- The 10th TV series entry in the franchise.
Kamen Rider Agito[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Agito
- 30th anniversary of the franchise.
- First series to have more than two Riders.
- First series where the Secondary Rider appears before the Primary Rider.
- First Series to have at least one of each kind of Rider type:
- Agito & Another Agito: Mystic Riders
- G3/G3-X & G4: Tech Riders
- Gills: Bio/Mystic Rider.
- First main Rider whose final form weapon is a new state of a previous weapon.
- 2nd longest Heisei series (51 episodes).
- First series with a summer movie shown alongside those of Super Sentai.
- First series to replace its theme song with a remixed version of itself instead of a new song.
- Last series to use the traditional transformation belt.
- First series that uses a voiced weapon.
- First series in which a Rider dies and doesn't come back to life (Kamen Rider Another Agito).
- First Heisei Rider to reappear in a production with the following Rider.
- First time a Rider is not referred to as "Kamen Rider" in their own series and is referred to as such in a production from another series.
- First Heisei Phase 1 Rider to have "Masked Rider" in the title.
- Highest rated show of the Heisei Era averaging at 11.7% of the Japanese TV viewing audience.
- 500th episode of the Kamen Rider Series: My Transformation.
Kamen Rider Ryuki[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Ryuki
- First Heisei series where the term "Kamen Rider" is used to describe the transformed warriors in-universe.
- First series where the Riders commonly use cards.
- First Heisei series that foregoes the traditional Ishinomori transformation belt, introducing a modular system.
- The first series to explicitly have a variety of animals for the Riders' respective motifs.
- First series where Kamen Riders use monsters to aid them in battle and enhance their fighting capabilities.
- First Heisei Riders to battle a giant monster.
- First series to feature a female Rider (Kamen Rider Femme).
- First series to feature Evil Riders that aren't just clones of the main Rider and one that is.
- First series to feature a Rider that isn't human (Kamen Rider Odin).
- First series where the Riders' powers are based on a point system.
- First series where all Riders have voiced equipment.
- Second Rider series to be adapted in the USA (Kamen Rider Dragon Knight).
- The first series to have a Rider as the final opponent.
- First Heisei series to include the Primary Rider meeting a previous Heisei Primary Rider.
- First main Rider whose final form weapon is an altered state of something that was not previously a weapon.
- First and only series where the Primary Kamen Rider doesn't win because he was killed, but the Secondary Kamen Rider does.
Kamen Rider 555[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider 555
- First Kamen Rider series to air in the Super Hero Time block with a Super Sentai series.
- First series to feature Riders that are also Monsters (Orphnochs).
- First series to feature a Rider that doesn't speak Japanese (Kamen Rider Psyga).
- First Heisei series to feature an evil organization (Smart Brain).
- First Heisei Rider to battle a giant monster that had first been a regular-sized monster.
- Second series to feature voiced transformation equipment.
- First series to refer to its transformation belts as "Drivers".
- First main Rider whose final form weapon is a truly new piece of equipment.
- 600th episode of the Kamen Rider Series and 200th episode of the Heisei Kamen Rider Series.
Kamen Rider Blade[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Blade
- Second Heisei series where the term "Kamen Rider" is used to describe the transformed warriors in-universe.
- Second series where the Riders commonly use cards.
- Second series where the Riders' powers are based on a point system.
- Second series to feature a female Rider (Kamen Rider Larc).
- Second series to feature Riders that are also Monsters.
- Second series to have a Rider as the final opponent.
- First series where the hero does not kill the monster-of-the-week.
- First series to have a Rider under 18 years of age (Kamen Rider Leangle).
- Third series to change the opening theme.
- First series where a Supporting Rider gains a Super Form (if only prior to an S.I.C.-only Final Form).
Kamen Rider Hibiki[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Hibiki
- The only series that does not feature the Rider Kick as a primary finisher.
- The first series to use music and Japanese folklore as a theme.
- A prototype example of the Support Robots.
- First Rider to use a breath attack.
- First Heisei Rider to fight giant monsters on a regular basis.
- Fourth and last series to change the opening theme.
- Second Heisei season to not have "Masked Rider" in the title
- 15th entry in the franchise.
Kamen Rider Kabuto[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Kabuto
- 35th anniversary of the franchise.
- First Heisei series to feature an enemy from space.
- First series where the Primary Rider always first transforms into a pre-form before changing to their Base Form.
- Third series to feature Riders that are also Monsters.
- First, Second, Third, and Fourth Riders in space (Kabuto, Ketaros, Gatack, and Caucasus).
- First Rider to time travel.
- Last Heisei season to not have "Masked Rider" in the title.
- 700th episode of the Kamen Rider Series Franchise and 300th episode of the Heisei era Kamen Rider Series: I am Justice!!.
Kamen Rider Den-O[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Den-O
- Most popular and successful entry in the franchise with 49 episodes, six movies, an anime spin-off, and numerous cameos and crossovers with other Riders many series later.
- First series to use time travel as a recurring plot element.
- First series that the Riders use a pre-battle catchphrase.
- Second series to use elements of Japanese folklore as a theme.
- First Heisei Rider to have a special armament to fight giant monsters.
- First Heisei series whose summer movie is clearly in continuity with the main show.
- First Heisei Rider to have a crossover movie with the following Rider.
- First series to release a movie only featuring its own story elements during the run of a later series.
Kamen Rider Kiva[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Kiva
- This series aired on the year of what would have been Shotaro Ishinomori's 70th birthday.
- First Rider to have a horror-themed motif inspired by the classic Universal movie monsters (Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, The Wolfman, and The Creature from the Black Lagoon).
- First series to have a collection of Net Movies attached to its summer movie.
- First Rider of the Heisei Era to meet one of his predecessors in a movie.
- Third Rider to time travel.
- First Heisei series to make use of stock footage sequences on a CGI backdrop, for Kiva's Arms Monster form changes and Rising Ixa.
Kamen Rider G[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider G
- Second (and only Heisei) Kamen Rider to debut in a Movie or TV Special.
- Aired on the 50th year of TV Asahi in service. Said broadcasting group was featured in this special as a plot element.
- First returning antagonists from the Heisei era.
- First prototype instance of a Rider using a beverage (wine) as a motif and henshin device. (Kamen Rider Gaim would later further elaborate this concept by also using food and plants).
Kamen Rider Decade[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Decade
- 3rd shortest running series in the franchise and shortest Heisei series (31 episodes).
- 10th Heisei era entry
- First crossover with its sister franchise Super Sentai.
- Most Riders featured in a single season (41 Riders).
- First main Rider whose final form uses the same weapon as their main form.
- First Heisei series to feature Showa Riders.
- Third (and currently most recent) series where the Riders commonly use cards.
- First series to establish the concept of parallel universes.
- Kamen Rider Hibiki's Rider Kick is shown.
- First series in which the next Rider saves the current one. This becomes a standard in most future Rider series.
- Introduces the arcade game Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbaride which as well as includes past Kamen Riders, is also updated to include shows after Decade.
- First series to have a Climax Heroes video game.
- Last Heisei season to have "Masked Rider" in the title.
Kamen Rider W[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider W
- First series of the Heisei Era Phase 2, introducing the following trends:
- First Rider to debut in the summer movie from the previous series.
- First series to have a Movie War film with the previous series.
- First series to fully utilize Support Robots. This becomes a standard for all future Rider series, except Kamen Rider Gaim.
- 20th entry in the franchise.
- First time in the Heisei Era that the second season in a row has used the term "Kamen Rider" to describe the transformed warriors in-universe.
- First Rider to be two people.
- Second series where the hero does not kill the monster-of-the-week.
- First use of partial Form Changes where multiple powers can be used at once and switched individually.
- Therefore the first series where the main Rider needs more than one collectible device at once to transform at all.
- First series where the collectible devices that cause transformations can be moved from the belt to the weapon(or to a hip mounted slot)and trigger a finishing move.
- First series to have follow-up adventures of non-Primary Riders.
Kamen Rider OOO[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider OOO
- 40th anniversary of the franchise.
- The series reached its 1,000th episode on the day of its 40th anniversary, albeit due to a previous episode getting postponed a week.
- 2nd Largest number of form changes in a Rider series with 131 forms in total (OOO's 129 forms + Birth's 2 forms).
- Also, the first Rider to surpass 100 forms.
- First Rider to be made with only CGI (Kamen Rider Core).
- First series to have three movies during its run.
- First series to have a handheld video game which teamed-up with All Primary Riders.
- First series with a 10th anniversary commemoration movie.
Kamen Rider Fourze[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Fourze
- First Rider to have a base of operations in space.
- First series to have a Super Hero Taisen movie during its run.
- Third series where the hero does not kill the monster-of-the-week.
- First series in which the main Rider is under 18.
- The only series to use the ending song from a video game on two occasions.
Kamen Rider Wizard[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Wizard
- First series where the protagonists' powers are purely magic based.
- First team-up with other Ishinomori heroes not from Kamen Rider or Super Sentai.
- First Rider whose Super Form is completely computer-generated instead of a suit.
- 3rd longest running show of the franchise and longest Heisei series (53 episodes).
- First to have a new game to team up with all Heisei Riders (Battride War).
- Last series to have a Director's Cut of the movies.
- First Neo Heisei collectible device to not directly attach to the transformation belt.
- First series in the entire franchise to have an LGBTQ character, and cast member.
Kamen Rider Gaim[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Gaim
- First series in the Neo Heisei Era to not use the two-part episode format.
- First Rider series to use food and plants as a motif (fruits, nuts, and flowers).
- Only series since Decade to not use Support Robots.
- First series where a Secondary Rider gains a Super Form.
- First series where a Secondary Rider doesn't gain a Final Form (although Kaito gains the pseudo-Final Form: Lord Baron).
- First series since Agito to have a Supporting Rider gain a Final Form.
- First series where an Evil Rider gains a Final Form.
- First series to show Riders being recklessly transformed into Monsters.
- 3rd shortest Heisei series (47 episodes).
- First time since Den-O to not feature a series of Net Movies to promote the films.
- First series where the main Rider can use either one collectible device to take a main form, or two at once to take a stronger form (Jimber Arms).
- First series to steer away from the Monster-of-the-Week concept after the first few episodes and subsequently focus on conflicts between Riders, followed by Ex-Aid, Build and Zero-One.
Kamen Rider Drive[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Drive
- The 25th entry in the franchise and the 16th Heisei Era series.
- First series to use cars and road signs as a motif.
- The second protagonist in the franchise and the first in the Heisei Era to use a car as a Rider Machine.
- First protagonist in the franchise not to use a motorcycle at all as a Rider Machine.
- The first series to have the titular character debut in his own series since Decade.
- First Rider Machine car to be made by a European company rather than a Japanese brand.
- First series where the main protagonist is a police officer and works within the boundaries of the law rather than as a vigilante.
- First Rider to fuse with their Rider Machine to access a form.
- The first time a transformation device was both a belt and a bracelet.
- The first time the transformation device's DX toy used Infrared to connect its components.
- The first series to prominently feature androids.
Kamen Rider Ghost[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Ghost
- 45th anniversary of the franchise.
- First Rider Series whose motif is based on actual real-world historical figures (and one possibly fictional), spirits, eyeballs, and fashion.
- First Riders to wear an article of clothing that is part of all their main forms and covers the masks (in this case, a hoodie jacket).
- The first protagonist that is a non-corporeal member of the deceased to become a Rider.
- First Secondary Rider to fuse with their Rider Machine to create a new form.
- First Heisei series to make use of stock footage sequences on a CGI backdrop for the initial transformation, though also using the Rider-standard on-location transformations.
- Second time in the Heisei Era that the second season in a row has used the term "Kamen Rider" to describe the transformed warriors in-universe.
- First series since 555 to end with exactly 50 episodes.
Kamen Rider Amazons[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Amazons
- First unnumbered entry to be a full series instead of one or more movies or specials.
- First full Kamen Rider series to debut during the run of another Rider series (Ghost).
- Second standalone production based on a Showa Era Rider produced during the Heisei Era (after the Reboot movies).
- First full series based on a Showa Era Rider produced during the Heisei Era.
- First series to debut on an online streaming source instead of on television.
- Given the reduced censorship restrictions of online streaming, this is also the first series to graphically depict cannibalism and the second overall to feature intense graphic violence and body dismemberment.
- First series to get a true second season of the same show with the same name.
- Shortest single season of a Kamen Rider series (13 episodes).
- 2nd shortest Rider series (26 episodes, including season 2).
- Only series to have episodes longer than 24-25 minutes (standard of 30 minutes, but as long as 46 and 40 minutes for episodes 1 and 2; therefore also the only series to have episodes of wildly varying lengths).
- First series to feature multiple central Riders named after the show's title (Kamen Rider Amazon Alpha, Amazon Omega, Amazon Sigma, and Amazon Neo).
Kamen Rider Ex-Aid[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Ex-Aid
- First Rider Series to have a theme revolving around retro video games and video game genres.
- Fourth time in the Neo Heisei Era that the term "Kamen Rider" to describe the transformed warriors in-universe.
- First ever Heisei Series to use the Showa era concept of using surgery to become Kamen Riders.
- First series to incorporate medical drama stories as the weekly focus.
- First series to use the Summer movie as a definitive ending to the show.
- First crossover with a non-tokusatsu Bandai property.
- First series since 555 to not have any secondary writers.
- First series to have the main villain commit suicide instead of being killed off by the heroes.
- 2nd shortest Heisei series (45 episodes).
Kamen Rider Build[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Build
- First series to air through the year of what would have been Shotaro Ishinomori's 80th birthday (2018).
- First series since Wizard to premiere in September.
- Last series to have its full run during the real-world Heisei Period.
- This is the 3rd series with Mix and Match forms after W and OOO.
- This is the 2nd double-sided rider after Kamen Rider Double.
- First series in the entire franchise to have a Non-Native Japanese singer sing the intro.
- First Bat-themed Rider since Kamen Rider Knight.
- First Crocodile-themed Rider since Kamen Rider Gaoh.
- First Rider to have a full Robot motif as his main form.
- First Cobra-themed Rider since Kamen Rider Ouja.
- First Secondary Rider to have a full Dragon Motif as his main form
- First Dragon-themed Rider since Kamen Rider Ryugen.
Kamen Rider Zi-O[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Zi-O
- First protagonists to have clocks and hiragana as a costume motif and the second to use the powers of past Riders as their main abilities after Decade and Diend.
- First Rider to use the power of a previous anniversary Kamen Rider to access an enhanced form and use enhanced, unique variants of past weapons and gear from the Heisei Rider franchise as part of their main arsenal.
- 20th Heisei Rider protagonist and last.
- First series to run past the abdication of Emperor Akihito into a new era.
- First secondary protagonist to be from the future
- First use of a scythe as a Rider weapon.
- First Rider to have a full ninja motif as their main form rather than as an alternate combat form or a secondary motif.
- First Riders to use piloted robot mecha on a semi-regular basis that has collectible trinket based alternate configurations.
Kamen Rider Zero-One[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Zero-One
- First full season to air in the Reiwa Era.
- 30th televised entry of the franchise.
- 30th series protagonist.
- First Riders to use forms based on a mammoth.
- First Rider forms entirely based on a giraffe and a hedgehog (toy-exclusive).
- First Rider to use a dodo motif.
- The first series since Black RX to have a protagonist with a full grasshopper motif as his base form. This also makes Zero-One the first insect-themed Rider of the Reiwa era.
- Zero-One is the first primary Rider to have a main form colored in yellow, not counting Agito since gold is within the shade of yellow, not the hue.
- First series to utilize singular animal motifs for forms since Ryuki.
- First female Rider of the Reiwa Era.
- First female Vespa motif Rider form.
- First primary female Rider ever
- First primary female Rider of the Reiwa Era.
- First Female Rider ever to gain a Final Form.
- First Scorpion-themed rider since Kamen Rider Sasword.
- First time since Drive that the secondary Rider's belt is completely different from the main Rider's belt.
- First time since Hibiki where Seiji Takaiwa is not the main hero's suit actor.
- The second series to prominently feature androids.
- First series to use a text-to-speech program for gear announcements.
- First genderless Kamen Rider in the entire franchise.
- The second series to have 45 Episodes after Ex-Aid.
- First series to have 11 transformation devices.
- The second series that has a villain who can possess other characters in order to gain their Rider forms after Build.
- First series to be disrupted by real world events for longer than two weeks, as the COVID-19 pandemic halted production, resulting in the show being cut short by 5 episodes.
- First Reiwa Kamen Rider show to get a home video release in the Region 1 area.
- First Rider film to be showcased at SDCC.
Kamen Rider Saber[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Saber
- Second Reiwa series.
- 50th anniversary of the franchise.
- First series since Drive to have Episode 0.
- First Reiwa Era series to have Episode 0.
- First Rider series whose motif is based on books.
- Second series after Den-O whose motif is based on fairy tales.
- First series since Ghost to be fantasy-based.
- First series to have both the writer and the director from the previous series.
- Second series after Wizard to have a dragon-motif main Rider and a lion-motif Secondary Rider.
- First series since Super-1 to have an eyecatch.
- First series to name its episodes with a special nomenclature ("chapters").
- First series since Hibiki to have an ending theme.
- First Reiwa Era series to have an ending theme.
- Second Lightning element-themed Rider after Kamen Rider Ikazuchi.
- First Main Rider since Kamen Rider Ryuki to have both a Dragon motif and Fire element as his Main Form.
- First Main Rider since Kamen Rider Wizard to have a Fire element as his main power.
- First Secondary Rider since Kamen Rider Beast to have a Lion motif as Main Form.
- First Blue Rider since Kamen Rider Aqua to have Water elemental powers.
- First Turtle-themed Rider since Kamen Rider Den-O Rod form.
- First series to place several mixed-race actors and actresses in predominant roles:
- Hiroaki Oka (Tetsuo Daishinji) is Japanese-Chinese.
- Robin Furuya (Storious), Kyle Takano (Legeiel), and Koji Saikawa (Zooous) are Japanese-American.
- Mei Angela (Reika Shindai) is Japanese-Filipino.
- First series in the entire franchise to have two predominant Riders in a brother-sister sibling relationship, and the first series since Gaim to have two sibling Riders.
- First series since Ex-Aid to have a crossover with Super Sentai. This series also sees the return of the crossover TV specials to promote the feature film crossover in theaters.
- First Kamen Rider/Super Sentai crossover with an exclusive Rider-Ranger fusion form.
- First time a Reiwa era Kamen Rider has visited an Earth in the Super Sentai multiverse.
- First series in the Reiwa era to debut two female Riders instead of just one. (One in the TV show and one in a crossover)
- First series since Drive where all members of the monster race are deceased by the end of the series.
Kamen Rider Revice[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Revice
- First Rider series to explicitly use dinosaurs as a motif and utilize stamps as a gimmick.
- Continuation of Kamen Rider’s 50th Anniversary.
- First Kamen Rider with a full Tyrannosaur motif as his main form.
- First use of a Megalodon and Brontosaur as an animal motif.
- First Rider season whose show title doesn’t consist of a singular protagonist’s name and is instead a mashup of the names of two main characters.
- First Rider to use an actual hover bike as opposed to a CGI effect in filming certain scenes.
- Second Rider season where the protagonist Rider does not use a motorcycle at all as a Rider Machine, using instead a hover bike.
- First Rider to use a skateboard as a mode of transport.
- First Rider series where two Kamen Riders fuse into alternate beast forms.
- First Rider anniversary season that fuses the Legend Rider gimmick with an animal motif, in this case, fusing a past Kamen Rider’s powers with animal DNA.
- First series since Wizard to have Kotaro Nakagawa as sole composer.
- Second series where a Female Rider gains a Final Form.
Kamen Rider Geats[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Geats
- First Polar Bear, Sheep, Fox, Tanuki, Penguin, Panda, Goat, Sparrow, and Masked Palm Civet themed Riders.
- Aired during 2023, the year of what would have been Shotaro Ishinomori’s 85th birthday.
- Final series to take place during the multi-year long celebration of the franchise’s 50th anniversary.
- First series where the main heroine is introduced as a rider from the start, beating Valkyrie by an episode.
- Third series where a Female Rider gains a Final Form.
- First time a Kamen Rider dies onscreen in the pilot episode, and the quickest to die as well.
- Most Riders to debut in one episode.
- First Reiwa series to have a performance street motorcycle instead of a dual sport for the main hero.
- First series since Ex-Aid to not have the collectible devices included in the Closing Screens.
- First series since Build to have all the TV episodes written by one writer.
Kamen Rider Gotchard[]
- Main article: Kamen Rider Gotchard
- First Reiwa Era Card Rider, with the series coincidentally running during the 20th anniversary of Kamen Rider Blade.
- First series since Decade to feature cards as the main collectible items.
- First series with an all female team of evil generals.
- First series where suit actor Eitoku takes on the costume of the lead role instead of being the Secondary Rider or a monster of the week.
- First Reiwa series set in a high school and the second overall since Fourze.
- First series to have a female secondary Rider.