Tokusatsu File 2: Kamen Rider V3
Version 1.0  95.12.19.22:08
(c) 1995 Marc H. Miyake  miyake@Hawaii.Edu
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Kamen Rider V3 
73.2.17-74.2.9
Network: Mainichi Housou (in Kansai)/NET (in Kantou; Nippon 
Educational Television; today's TV Asahi)
16 mm, 30 minutes, color, 52 episodes
Saturdays, 19:30-20:00
Creator: Ishimori Shoutarou (today, Ishinomori Shoutarou)
Planning: Hirayama Tooru, Abe Seiji
Directors: Orita Itaru, Yamada Minoru, Uchida Issaku, Taguchi 
Katsuhiko, Tsukada Masaki
Scripters: Igami Masaru, Suzuki Ikuo, Shimada Sadayuki, Naitou 
Makoto, Saeki Toshimichi, others
Music: Kikuchi Shunsuke
Cast:
Kazami Shirou/Kamen Rider V3: Miyauchi Hiroshi (also in 
Goranger, JAKQ, Zbat, Winspector, Solbrain, Ohranger)
Yuuki Jouji/Riderman: Yamaguchi Akatsuki (also in Ninja Butai 
Gekkou, Denjin Zaboga; candidate for the role of Kazami Shirou)
Tachibana Toubee: Kobayashi Shouji
Tama Junko: Ono Hizuru
Tama Shigeru: Kawaguchi Hideki
Sakuma Ken: Kawashima Ken
Kazami Tatsuji: Kaga Kunio
Kazami Aya: Masaki Miki
Kazami Yukiko: Sekiguchi Eriko
Doktor G: Chinami Joutaro
Baron Fang: Gou Eiji
Archbishop Wing: Fujino Sachio
Marshal Armor: Nakamura Fumiya
Hongou Takeshi/Kamen Rider 1: Fujioka Hiroshi
Ichimonji Hayato/Kamen Rider 2: Sasaki Takeshi
Voice of Destron Leader: Naya Gorou
Narrator: Nakae Shinji

Background
	The concept of a third Rider dates as far back as the planning 
stages for the seventh cours of Kamen Rider (original series) 
episodes.  The seventh cours was to not only introduce 
Shocker's successor, then named 'Black Shocker', but also 
'Kamen Rider 3' (not 'V3'), scheduled to debut in episode 85.  
One idea for KR3 was for him to be an android controlled by 1 
and 2.  Kamen Rider 1 was to die and come back to life by 
episode 87, stronger than before.  Kamen Rider 2 was to return 
in episode 91, joining with 1 and 3 to form the 'Triple 
Riders'.  This scenario of course never came to pass, and the 
concept of a third Rider was saved for a sequel series.
	This series was to begin around what would have been the 100th 
episode of Kamen Rider.  Early proposed titles included 
Ultrarider, Rider A, Shin [New] Kamen Rider, The New Kamen 
Rider, and Kingrider.  At a Toei meeting held in November 
1972, the titles Kamen Rider Three and Kamen Rider X [!] were 
proposed.  But soon, the title Kamen Rider V3 was decided upon.
	The show was a success, with ratings of 26.8% (Kantou) and 36% 
(Kansai) on its first airing.  Later episodes did not match 
the ratings of the first Kamen Rider series, but the series 
averages of 20.2%(Kantou) and 27% (Kansai) were still higher 
than those of subsequent Kamen Rider series.

Summary
	Ever since Kazami Shirou saw a man give off white smoke and 
melt away, someone or something has been after his life.  
Hongou Takeshi, alias Kamen Rider 1, tells Tachibana Toubee 
that he has the feeling something suspicious is going on.  
That feeling becomes firm when Hongou and Toubee see Shirou's 
bike get bombed and black-robed men plant a cross, moaning 
"Destron" and declaring the deaths of the Riders.  Evil hadn't 
died with the fall of Gelshocker.
	When Shirou tries to solve the mystery himself, he gives Tama 
Junko shelter in his own home.  Junko had been pursued by the 
same mysterious forces as Shirou ever since she saw some 
suspicious activities.  Hongou and Ichimonji have a bad 
feeling about this, which is justified when they arrive at 
Shirou's home, only to find Scissors Jaguar murdering Shirou's 
father Tatsuji, mother Aya, and younger sister Yukiko.  The 
Double Riders, however, do arrive in time to save Shirou and 
Junko.
	Shirou pleaded to the Double Riders, "I discard my humanity up 
until today.  As a demon of vengeance, I shall surely avenge 
my family.  I want to be a Kamen Rider.  Make me a cyborg!"  
But the Double Riders did not want to create yet another 
cyborg burdened by a loss of humanity.
	Acting on Junko's testimony, the Double Riders track down the 
base of their mysterious (not so new, as it turns out) enemy.  
Waiting for them there was the still-disembodied voice of 
Gelshocker's Leader, now the leader of a new organization, 
Destron, and a trap armed with a 'Cyborg Disintegration Beam'. 
 Shirou comes in, without the powers, he wanted to save the 
Double Riders, receiving fatal wounds.  To save Shirou, the 
Double Riders perform surgery on him.  When Turtle Bazooka 
tries to blow away the Double Riders, Shirou appears yet 
again...but as the cyborg Kamen Rider V3, armed with 'double 
typhoons' and both their powers!
	While V3 avenges his family by killing their murderer, Scissors 
Jaguar, the Double Riders save Tokyo by using up their 
remaining energies to take Destron's second monster, Turtle 
Bazooka, armed with a hydrogen bomb, out over the sea beyond 
Tokyo to explode.  V3 arrives on the scene too late.
	Together with Toubee, who establishes the sports shop 'Central' 
as a cover for the Boys' Rider Team headquarters, Junko, and 
the Boys' Rider Team, Shirou/V3 fights Destron...and his own 
inner demons.  He must struggle with the knowledge that he is 
no longer human.  He refuses Junko's advances, thinking she 
could never love someone who was no longer fully a man.  
Meanwhile, he must discover his 26 secret powers on his own, 
without the guidance of Hongou and Ichimonji.
 	As the series went on, these subplots were suddenly phased out 
without explanation.  To this day, half of the 26 secret 
powers have never been used on film (though they have been 
revealed in print).  Junko merely became a background figure, 
in charge of communications at Boys' Rider Team headquarters.  
Furthermore, the tragedy of the deaths of the Double Riders 
was undermined when
they were said to be alive in Australia in episode 21, returned 
to Japan in the V3 movie shortly thereafter, and guest starred 
in episodes 33 and 34.
	Until the final cours, V3 is full of characters and plots that 
appear and disappear in quick succession.  The first of 
Destron's officers, the ex-Nazi Doktor G, a.k.a. Crab Laser, 
menaces  V3 in episodes 13-30.  The officers of Shocker and 
Gelshocker come back to life with a quartet of Shocker 
monsters in episodes 27 and 28.  After Doktor G's death, 
Destron sets three 'clans' after him:
Baron Fang, a.k.a. Bloodsucker Mammoth, and the Fang Clan 
(episodes 31-35), Bishop Wing, a.k.a. Deadman Bat, and the 
Wing Clan (episodes 36-40), and Marshal Armor, a.k.a. 
Zarigarna, and the Armor Army (episodes 41-52).  The Destron 
Hunter organization, an offshoot of Interpol paralleling 
Antishocker, is introduced in episode 29 and annihilated in 
episode 30; only Destron Hunter No. 5, Sakuma Ken, survives, 
but fades away after episode 36.
	The final cours of V3 is the best of the series (and perhaps 
even of all the Kamen Rider series  up to Super-1).  In 
episode 43, Destron's leading scientist, Yuuki Jouji, was 
labelled a traitor and sentenced to death by Marshal Armor, 
who feared that the loyal Jouji will one day usurp his status. 
 Hung upside down over a pool of sulfuric acid, Jouji loses 
his right arm before three of his fellow scientists save him.  
Replacing his lost arm with a mechanical one, he realizes the 
true nature of Destron and becomes Riderman, reluctantly 
teaming up with V3. An uneasy alliance between the two 
gradually develops until episode 51, when Riderman steers 
Destron's Pluton Rocket away from Tokyo, detonating it and 
himself in mid-air.  (Any similarity to the 'deaths' of the 
Double Riders is probably less than coincidental.)  V3 pays 
tribute to him by giving him the title of Rider Number Four, 
and goes on to destroy Destron alone.
	Having done his job, Shirou rides off into the sunset, leaving 
Tachibana without any Rider to support until Kamen Rider X.

Characters

Kazami Shirou/Kamen Rider V3

Born: 5 May 1950 (age 22 at time of first surgery)
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 75 kg
Jumping ability: 60 m

	Before becoming a full-time fighter for justice, Kazami Shirou 
was a biology researcher and (graduate?) student at Jounan 
University.  As an undergraduate, he had been an Olympic-class 
gymnast and had been called the 'White Panther of the Mat'.  
He also enjoys playing guitar and harmonica.  (In real life, 
Miyauchi Hiroshi has a third dan in karate and a first dan in 
judo.)
	Having lost his parents and younger sister to Destron, he 
henshins into V3 using a series of poses that combine moves 
from the henshin poses of Hongou and Ichimonji to fight, armed 
with a desire for vengeance and the following powers:

Attacks (other than those in the 26): V3 Kick, V3 Screw Dive 
Kick, V3 Sky Kick, V3 Spinning Double Kick, V3 Full Spinning 
Kick, V3 Spinning Kick, V3 Reverse Screw Dive Kick, V3 Flying 
Kick, V3 Spinning Three Step Kick, V3 Three Step Kick, V3 Mach 
Kick, V3 Chop, V3 Electric Heat Chop, V3 Screw Dive Chop, V3 
Punch, V3 Triple Punch, V3 Jump, V3 Driller, V3 Body Attack, 
Double Attack, V3 Power, Energy Full Release

The 26 Secrets:

The 13 used on the show
1. O Signal (Red light between eyes): can sense enemies from 2 
km away.
2. Special Spring Muscles
3. V3 Hopper (Collapsible flying device on belt for 
reconnaissance; can reach altitudes of 500 m and scan an area 
10 km square.)
4. Special Strengthened Muscles
5. V3 Reverse Spin Kick
6. Red Lamp Power (Red lamp between typhoons on belt; when it 
turns on and off, his powers double)
7. V3 Barrier
8. Reverse Double Typhoons
9. Red Bone Power (focusing energy on one of the 'red bone' 
plates on his chest)
10. Cellular Strengthening Device
11. V3 Centrifugal Kick
12. V3 Screw Kick
13. V3 Drill Attack
14. Super Antennae (Able to receive transmissions from the V3 
Hopper (see below).  Can use them to communicate with other 
Riders via telepathy; some sources do not number this among 
the 26.)

The 12 not used on the show:
15. Double Typhoons
16. Red Bone Ring
17. Pillar of Flame Kick
18. V3 Thunder
19. Propellor Chop
20. Electro Eyes
21. Energy Converter
22. Freezer Shot
23. Gliding Mufflers
24. Matrix Eyes (also C[ompound] Eyes; can see into monsters 
with X-rays)
25. Air Cylinders
26. Scramble Hopper

V3's Four Weaknesses
1. After using the Reverse Double Typhoon, V3 cannot henshin for 
three hours.
2.-4. Alluded to episode 15, but never revealed (good for V3, 
bad for Destron).

Hurricane
	V3's motorcycle, which henshins when he does.  The wind wheel 
at the front of its fairing changes color with speed: at 200 
km/h it is blue; at 400 yellow,  and at 600 red.  (This 
gimmick was almost entirely forgotten; red is the only color 
one will see for 99.9% of the series).  Can jump 100 m with 
booster rockets.  Maximum output 300 hp.  Maximum speed 600 
km/h.  Capable of flight and mid-air hovering.  Can run over 
monsters with the Hurricane Dash.  V3 can jump off the 
Hurricane to perform the V3 Sky Punch and V3 Sky Kick.

Together with the Double Riders, V3 can perform the Triple Power 
maneuver.

Yuuki Jouji/Riderman

Born: 3 November 1950 (age 22 at time of first surgery)
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 70 kg
Jumping ability: 10 m

	Jouji was deceived into working for Destron as a scientist.  
Seeing the young genius as a threat to his power, Marshal 
Armor sentenced him to death, burning off his right arm in a 
pool of sulfuric acid.  His fellow scientists revolted, saving 
him and performing surgery to replace his right arm with a 
prosthetic arm with superhuman abilities.  His artificial arm 
is the sole source of his powers; except for that and his 
costume, which appears whenever he dons the helmet hidden 
beneath the seat of his motorcycle, he is no different from a 
normal human being.  Supposedly died piloting  the Proton 
Rocket, but returns in Kamen Rider X.

His arm has six modes:
1. Rope Arm (three variants exist--one with a spiked ball at the 
end, another with a scythe, and yet another with a hook.)
2. Power Arm
3. Net Arm
4. Drill Arm
5. Octopus Arm (never used in the show)
6. Machine Gun Arm (never used in the show)

	Riderman's motorcycle is a stock-looking Suzuki with a modified 
125 hp engine and a maximum speed of 250 km/h.  Its seat hides 
the helmet that is the key to his henshin ability.

Tachibana Toubee
	Took over the position of Boys' Rider Team captain from Taki 
Kazuya.  Runs the General Sports Shop, a cover for the Boys' 
Rider Team headquarters.  Cooperates with Shirou in his fight 
against Destron.  Helps Shirou train.

Tama Junko
	Witness to Destron who was saved by Shirou.  Communications 
officer of the Boys' Rider Team.  Originally had feelings for 
Shirou, forgotten as the series went on.

Tama Shigeru
	Junko's brother and Boys' Rider Team member

Sakuma Ken (29-32, 35, 36)
	Interpol Destron Hunter No. 5.

Destron (Desutoron)
	The dark empire founded on the ashes of Gelshocker by the 
ever-mysterious Leader.  Its goal, like that of its 
predecessors, is world conquest.  Its organization differs 
somewhat from that of its predecessors in that it consists of 
Destron proper and several armies or 'clans'.  Its symbol is 
the scorpion, which appears on Destron members' belts, among 
other places.

The Leader (Shuryou)
	Speaks through a sculpture of a golden scorpion on the wall of 
Destron headquarters.  In episode 52, apparently revealed to 
be a skeleton...or just the heart beating within it...or 
something else entirely?  (See Kamen Rider Stronger for the 
'real' answer.)

Doktor G (Dokutoru Gee; pronounced in the German manner as 
'dohk-tohr gay'; 13-30)
	Ex-Nazi soldier in scorpion armor with axe and shield.  
Revealed to be Crab Laser in episode 30.

Baron Fang (Kiba Danshaku; 31-35)
	Chief of the Fang Clan of hairy beasts.  Australian (or West 
African; accounts vary) warlock of the Dorboo religion.  
Revealed to be Bloodsucker Mammoth in episode 35.

Archibishop Wing (Tsubasa Daisoujou; 36-40)
	Chief of the Wing Clan of winged monsters.  Tibetan (or 
Northern European; accounts vary) founder of the Fylfot 
religion.  Revealed to be Deadman Bat in episode 40.

Marshal Armor (Yoroi Gensui; 41-52)
	Chief of the Armor Army of armored monsters.  Descendant of 
Genghis Khan.  Revealed to be Zarigarna in episode 52.

Monsters (kaijin)
	Mainstream Destron monsters are humans implanted with animal 
abilities and weapons.  Clan monsters, on the other hand, lack 
weapon implants and are apparently animal-based cyborgs, 
possibly augmented by sorcery.

Mainstream Destron monsters (generally 2 monsters per 2 episodes)
1. Hasamijagaa/Scissors Jaguar
1. Kamebazuuka/Turtle Bazooka
3. Terebibae/TV Fly
3. Ikafaia/Squid Fire
5. Mashingansuneeku/Machine Gun Snake
5. Hanmaakurage/Hammer Jellyfish
7. Naifuarumajiro/Knife Armadillo
8. Nokogiritokage/Saw Lizard
9. Renzuari/Lens Ant
9. Kamisorihitode/Razor Starfish
11. Pikkerushaaku/Pickel Shark
11. Dorirumogura/Drill Mole

(The following mainstream monsters were under Doktor G's command)
13. Jishakuinoshishi/Magnet Boar
14. Gamaboiraa/Toad Boiler
15. Baanaakoumori/Burner Bat
16. Misairuyamori/Missile Gecko
17. Supureenezumi/Spray Rat
17. Kusarigamatentou/Sickle Ladybug
19. Harifuguapatchi/Needle Fugu Apache
20. Girochinzaurusu/Guillotine Saurus
20. Dokubarigumo/Poison Needle Spider
22. Wootaagantodo/Water Gun Sea Lion
23. Puroperakabuto/Propellor Beetle
24. Gokiburisupaiku/Cockroach Spike
25. Kamakirimeran/Mantis (Boo)'Merang
26. Hiitaazemi/Heater Cicada
27. Wanagekuwagata/Ring-Throwing Beetle

(Revived Shocker monsters)
27. Poison Darian, Tidecrab King, Newtges, Urchin Dogma

29. Kameramosukiito/Camera Mosquito
30. Kanireezaa/Crab Laser (True identity of Doktor G)
Movie 2: Taihoubaffaroo/Cannon Buffalo

(Fang Clan monsters)
31. Dokuroinoshishi/Skull Boar
32. Onibiseiuchi/Will o' the Wisp Walrus
33. Yukiookami/Snow Wolf
34. Genshitaigaa/Primeval Tiger
35. Kyuuketsmanmosu/Bloodsucker Mammoth (True identity of Baron 
Fang)

(Wing Clan monsters)
36. Kaenkondoru/Fire Condor
37. Kodamamusasabi/Echo Flying Squirrel
38. Satsujin Dokugaara/Killer Poison Mothra
39. Bashougan/Bananagan
40. Shibito Koumori/Deadman Bat (True identity of Archbishop 
Wing)

(Armor Army monsters)
41. Garumajiron/Garmadillon
42. Katatsuburaa/Snailer
43. Kamakubigame/Sickle Neck Turtle
45. Saitanku/Rhinotank
47. Shiirakansukiddo/Coelacanth Kid
48.Onihitode/Ogre Starfish
49. (Kyuuketsu) Kamereon/(Bloodsucker) Chameleon
51. Zarigaana/Zarigarna (True identity of Marshal Armor)

Destron soldiers (sentouin)
	Except for the beret and military uniform-wearing bodyguards of 
the Leader, all Destron soldiers wear black (military) or 
white (scientist) tights with scorpion designs on their chests.

Episode titles

1. Rider No. 3: His Name is V3! (73.2.17)
2. The Double Riders' Last Testament (2.24)
3. V3 on the Execution Rack (3.3)
4. V3's 26 Secrets!? (3.10)
5. The Snake Human with the Machine Gun! (3.17)
6. Hammer Jellyfish Appears!  Unleash V3's Sure Kill Technique! 
(3.24)
7. Rider V3's Special Training of Wrath (3.31)
8. V3 in Danger!  The Approaching Terror of the Electric Saw 
(4.7)
9. What Is Destron's Hell Corps!? (4.14)
10. The Secret of the Double Typhoons (4.21)
11. The Claws of Satan Are after V3! (4.28)
12. Junko Becomes a Monster's Bride!? (5.5)
13. The Terrifying Officer Doktor G!? (5.12)
14. The Double Riders' Secret Memento (5.19)
15. Rider V3's Weakness of Death!! (5.26)
16. The Gecko Monster with a Missile on His Back! (6.2)
17. The Devil Spray Is the Weapon of the God of Death (6.9)
18. Betrayal of a Demon: V3 in Danger! (6.16)
19. Needle Fugu Apache's Torpedo Operation!! (6.23)
20. Destron's Shikoku Conquest Operation (6.30)
21. The Double Riders Live (7.7)
22. The Mystery of the Underground Canal of the Camp of Fear 
(7.14)
23. Fear!  The Vampire Who Came from the Grave (7.21)
24. Strange!  The Cockroach Mansion!! (7.28)
25. Strange!!  The Destron Ranger Corps (8.4)
26. Monster Heater Cicada's Mummy Operation (8.11)
27. Sol, Deathgod, Hell, and Black Live Again (8.18)
28. The All-Out Attack of the Five Officers!! (8.25)
29. Doktor G's Final Challenge! (9.1)
30. Doktor G!  The Demon's True Identity Is...? (9.8)
31. The Accursed Baron Fang Appears! (9.15)
32. The Oddity of Will o' the Wisp Marsh: The Rider Team 
Annihilated!? (9.22)
33. V3 in Danger!  1 and 2 Return!! (9.29)
34. Crisis!  Baron Fang vs. the Three Riders!! (10.6)
35. Baron Fang's Last Transformation!! (10.13)
36. Demons of the Sky: The Wing Army (10.20)
37. The Strange Temple: Curse of the Flying Squirrel Clan! 
(10.27)
38. V3 with Child: Skydiving of Death! (11.3)
39. The Horror of the Man-Eating Plant Bananagan (11.10)
40. Sure Kill!  V3 Mach Kick! (11.17)
41. Ah!  Men Melt!  Marshal Armor Debuts (11.24)
42. The Snail People's Human Experiments (12.1)
43. Friend or Foe?  The Mysterious Riderman (12.8)
44. V3 vs. Riderman (12.15)
45. Destron's Xmas Present (12.22)
46. Riderman!  Where Have You Gone? (12.29)
47. Ambush!  The Leader of Destron!! (74.1.5)
48. We Saw It!  The Face of the Leader of Destron!! (1.12)
49. A Gun Fires!  Kazami Shirou Falls!! (1.19)
50. A Small Friendship (1.26)
51. You Are Rider Number Four! (2.2)
52. Destron's Last Day (2.9)

Films:

1. Kamen Rider V3 (73.3.17; 24 min)
	Theatrical release of episode 2.

2. Kamen Rider vs. the Destron Monsters (73.7.18; 32 min)
	The Double Riders return from the dead to aid V3 against Cannon 
Buffalo and an army of Destron monsters back from the dead.

Kamen Rider V3 theme songs (music all by Kikuchi Shunsuke)
"Tatakae!  Kamen raidaa buisurii"  (Fight!  Kamen Rider V3; OP)
Lyrics: Ishimori Shoutarou
Vocals: Miyauchi Hiroshi (V3 himself), The Swingers

Akai akai akai kamen no buisurii (Red, red, V3 of the red mask)
Daburu taifuun inochi no beruto (Double Typhoons, belt of life)
Chikara to waza no fuusha ga mawaru (Wind wheels of strength and 
technique turn)
Chichi yo haha yo imouto yo (O father, mother, younger sister!)
Kaze no unari ni chi ga sakebi (Blood cries in the roar of the 
wind)
Chikara no kagiri buchiataru (Strike to the limits of your 
strength)
Teki wa jigoku no desutoron (The enemy is Destron of hell)
Tatakau seigi no kamen raidaa buisurii (Kamen Rider V3 of 
justice fights)

"Shounen kamen raidaa tai no uta"  (Song of the Boys' Rider 
Team; ED 1-42)
Lyrics: Hatte Saburou
Vocals: Mizuki Ichirou, Columbia Yurikago Tai

Mafuraa nabikase (Mufflers flutter)
Kimi to boku (You and me)
Higashi ni nishi ni oozora ni (In the east, in the west, in the 
sky)
Tsuutsuutsutsuu to pendanto (With a "tsutsutsutsutsu" sound, our 
pendants)
Kaijin ita zo to koe takaku ("There's a monster"--loudly)
Bokura no tsuushin okutteru (Sending our messages)
Tomo ni susumou buisurii (Let's go forth together, V3)
Bokura wa shounen kamen raidaa tai (We are the Boys' Kamen Rider 
Team)

"Hashire harikeen"  (Run!  Hurricane; ED 43-52)
Lyrics: Nomi Yoshio
Vocals: Shimon Masato, Columbia Yurikago Tai

Arashi no youni yattekuru (It comes like the storm)
Aoi mashin wa harikeen (The blue machine is the Hurricane)
Dasshu dasshu harikeen dasshu (Dash, dash, Hurricane dash)
Mawase mawase enerugii (Turn, turn energy)
Harikeen harikeen taifuun (Hurricane, Hurricane Typhoon)
Hashire haiwei doko made mo (Run on the highway to anywhere)
Buisurii no mashin (V3's machine)
Harikeen harikeen (Hurricane, Hurricane)

(c) 1995 Marc H. Miyake  miyake@Hawaii.Edu
This copyright applies only to this File and not to the Kamen 
Riders and or any other properties of Ishimori Productions, 
Toei, or Mainichi Housou.
This document may be distributed in part or in whole as long as 
this copyright notice is preserved.