Kamen Rider Super-1 (character)
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protagonist in the 1980-1981 Kamen Rider Series
Kamen Rider Series
The is a metaseries of manga and tokusatsu television programs and films created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. The various Kamen Rider media generally feature a motorcycle-riding superhero with an insect motif who fights supervillains often referred to as...
Kamen Rider Super-1
Kamen Rider Super-1
is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series. It is the seventh installment in the Kamen Rider Series. The series was broadcast on the Mainichi Broadcasting System from October 17, 1980 to October 3, 1981, lasting 48 episodes...
. His design was based on the hornet
Hornet
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Kazuya Oki
is a man who volunteers to undergo cybernetic surgery in the International Space Development Program in the United StatesUnited States
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in order to become an astronaut
Astronaut
An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
who can survive in outer space
Outer space
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without the need for a bulky external suit. After a successful operation, he is given the codename "Super-1". Before he can depart for space, however, the base where he received his operation is attacked by the Dogma Kingdom. Only Kazuya is able to escape. Determined to avenge the deaths of the scientists, he returns to Japan and is trained by a martial arts
Martial arts
Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....
expert, Master Genkai. With this knowledge, he is able to transform into the powerful Kamen Rider Super-1. At the half of the series, Super-1 finally topples the Dogma Kingdom, only to encounter another evil group called the Jin Dogma. At this point, the series became much more lighthearted, with the introduction of the Junior Riders, who serve as comic relief
Comic relief
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, and the bizarre Jin Dogma kaijin
Kaiju
is a Japanese word that means "strange beast," but often translated in English as "monster". Specifically, it is used to refer to a genre of tokusatsu entertainment....
. Jin Dogma's monsters are based on household objects, such as ladder
Ladder
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s, basketball
Basketball
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s, and refrigerator
Refrigerator
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s; reminiscent of obake
Obake
and are a class of yōkai, preternatural creatures in Japanese folklore. Literally, the terms mean a thing that changes, referring to a state of transformation or shapeshifting....
from Japanese folklore. Ultimately, Kazuya defeats Jin Dogma, allowing Japan to exist in peace. He then finally fulfills his childhood dream and ventures into outer space with the help of a new team of scientists.
Returning to Earth, Kazuya would later ally himself with the past Kamen Riders, and along with Kamen Rider V3
Kamen Rider V3
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It is the second installment in the popular Kamen Rider Series, and the direct sequel to the original Kamen Rider...
and Riderman
Riderman
is a fictional character, an anti-heroic protagonist from the tokusatsu television series, Kamen Rider V3. He was the first Kamen Rider to wield personal weapons, and the first Kamen Rider whose face is partially exposed...
, would help to convince Ryo Murasame, the 10th Rider Kamen Rider ZX
Kamen Rider ZX
is the tenth fictional superhero in the Kamen Rider franchise to bear the eponymous title. ZX holds the distinction of being the first Rider who did not star in his own television series. The character debuted in an eponymous manga series which began serialization on the July 1982 issue of the...
, to join their side.
Kamen Rider Super-1
The arsenals of Kamen Rider Super-1 is developed by the group known as the International Space Development Program. Super-1 was designed as a space cyborg which can survive in space exploration.Cyclode
The is Kazuya's transformation belt allows him to transform into Super-1.Five Hands
As Super-1, Kazuya possesses super-powered attachments called the . They are as follows:- The is Super-1's default silver gloves. He can perform a super punch with them.
- The is Super-1's blue gloves that channel electricity. They can shoot .
- The is Super-1's red gloves. He gains the ability to lift heavy objects and perform the Megaton Punch.
- The is Super-1's gold gloves. He can shoot missiles that emit radar waves, allowing him to see further from the radar screen on his gloves.
- The is Super-1's green gloves. The left glove is a cryogenic sprayer, while the right glove is a flamethrower.
V-Machine
The is Super-1's first bike which can transform into the more-complex . This was the first Rider Machine created by AmericanUnited States
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motorcycle
Motorcycle
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manufacturer, Harley-Davidson
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