Hongo is a young man who was kidnapped by the secret organization Shocker and forced to undergo a procedure that turns him into a super-powered cyborg, but escapes before he can be brainwashed to do Shocker's bidding, becoming the first Kamen Rider, fighting for humanity's freedom against the forces of Shocker. Each episode sees Hongo meeting another of Shocker's soldiers, interacting briefly with supporting characters, such as his mentor Tachibana Tobei, and ultimately defeating the enemy, often with trademark "Rider Kick" or "Rider Punch" attacks.
Publication Information
- Protagonist : Takeshi Hongo
- Japanese : 本郷 猛
- Type : Jounan University Biochemistry Student
- Rider Users : Kamen Rider 1
- Gender : Male
- HomeWorld : Earth (Main Timeline Continuity)
- Season : Kamen Rider
- First Appeareance : Kamen Rider Episod 1 : The Mysterious Spider Man
- Last Appeareance : Kamen Rider 1
- Number of Appeareance : 64 (Kamen Rider), 5 (V3), 2 (Stronger), 3 (Skyrider), 7 (Black RX), 1 (Ghost), 4 (Specials), 13 (Movies)
- Potrayer : Kunihiro Fujioka, Tetsu Inada (Voice in All Rider vs. Dai-Shocker, Movie War Mega Max, and Super Hero Taisen)
- Main View : Full Episod
Personality
Takeshi Hongo is a heroic and selfless man who is brave enough to fight against the odds and has a kind hearted soul that tries to help those in need of his assistance. Despite all the troubles he has faced against Shocker`s (as well as other evil organizations that use brainwashed cyborgs) soldiers, he is aware of their misfortune and feels sorry for them knowing that he very well could have ended up like them, as well as feeling at least some hesitance at killing them.
Battle against Shocker
Takeshi Hongo was a prodigy college biochemistry student at Jounan University's Biochemical Department, in which he also worked alongside Professor Midorikawa. Born on August 15, 1948, Hongo was a young man with an abnormal IQ of 600 as well as amazing physical prowess which attracted the attention of the secret organization Shocker, which planned to bring about a new order to the world, where artificially enhanced beings, both cybernetically and organically, stood at the top of the world.
Kamen Rider V3
Takeshi Hongo and Hayato Ichimonji next appeared in the sequel Kamen Rider V3. During a certain night, Shiro Kazami, a junior of Hongo's, watches as a monster kills a construction worker. Immediately afterwards, a car attempts to run over him, and after arriving home, when he drinks a cup of coffee, and accidentally drops it after a playful fright from his sister, he watches as the coffee starts burning the floor.
Kamen Rider X
G.O.D.'s forces attack various points of Tokyo, and to fight against his threat, the previous four Riders return from various points of the globe. Rider 1 returns from New York. A little boy called Masaru hears voices from bellow his home, and believes that they're from G.O.D.'s forces, in spite of his family's disbelief. The boy leaves his home looking for Kamen Rider X, but the one he finds right after stepping out is actually Kamen Rider 1.
Kamen Rider Stronger
By the time of Stronger, Rider 1 and 2 were considered mere urban legends by unknowing people. However, following the movement of the Delza Army troops, Rider 1 and 2 return to fight in Japan again. Rider 1 comes back from the United States, alongside Rider 2 from India, and rescue Shigeru Jo, Kamen Rider Stronger, who had been hanged on a waterfall by Marshal Machine, Commander Jishaku, and Armored Knight. They take on Marshal Machine and his troops while Tobei Tachibana takes care of an unconscious Shigeru. After subduing Marshal Machine, they force him to take them to where V3 and Riderman, were being held by the Delza Army.
Kamen Rider Stronger : All Together! Seven Kamen Riders!!
Tobei Tachibana tells children about the adventures of the Seven Legendary Riders. The children are excited by the stories, and so he takes them to watch a stage show homaging the heroes. While watching the actor portraying Rider 1, he reminisces about Hongo's battle against Shocker, up to Shocker's destruction with Ambassador Hell's death, only to be surprised by the arrival of Takeshi Hongo himself, alongside Hayato Ichimonji, Shiro Kazami and Joji Yuki. They had missed Japan and Tachibana and so had returned. They continue talking about various past battles while the other Riders also arrive. Suddenly, the Rider actors on the stage start being beaten up by the supposedly fake monsters.
Skyrider
The evil organization Neo-Shocker moved ahead with its plans of global genocide to create a new world order. Hongo Takeshi, Kamen Rider 1, alongside the other Seven Legendary Riders fight around the world against it, leaving Japan's protection to the new Kamen Rider, Hiroshi Tsukuba, Skyrider.
Kamen Rider Super-1
Kazuya Oki, Kamen Rider Super-1, fought against the Dogma Kingdom to stop them from awakening an ancient weapon. However, in his way stood the Dogma Revenge Corps, troops of rebuilt cyborgs from Dogma Kingdom and Neo-Shocker. When he seemed overwhelmed by his enemies, Rider 1 suddenly reappeared, followed by the other 8 previous Riders, all alive. Kazuya Oki, Kamen Rider Super-1, fought against the Dogma Kingdom to stop them from awakening an ancient weapon.
Kamen Rider ZX
The Badan Empire, led by Ambassador Darkness, spread its claws around the world, and, to face it, the nine Riders came together. When Badan attempts to initiate its Space Break System, a destructive dimensional weapon, all 9 Riders gather in Japan to stop them. Rider 1 and Amazon infiltrate a port with ships carrying Badanium 84, an element necessary for Badan's secret weapon.
Kamen Rider Black RX
Kamen Rider 1, alongside the other Ten veteran Kamen Riders, fought against secret forces of the Crisis Empire spread throughout the world, defeating them in each country. However, Crisis' main forces, in Japan, still remained and they prepared a final offensive.
Ultraman vs. Kamen Rider
When Shocker's new kaijin Dokusasori Otoko began threatening the Tokyo's citizens, Kamen Rider 1 soon mounted his bike and took down the road into action as Ultraman flew overhead to confront the kaiju Gadoras, who was also ravaging the city at the same time. Kamen Rider confronted Dokusasori-Otoko, battling the demon with a flurry of martial arts, blocking his strikes and fighting back with his own.
Kamen Rider Decade : All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
The multi-universal organization Dai-Shocker believes that all Kamen Riders were dead, and only their own former Great Leader, Kamen Rider Decade stands in their way. However, a large dimensional wall appears in the battlefield next to their headquarters, and from it, all Riders thought to be dead reappear. Rider 1 arrives with his New Cyclone alongside Riders 2 and V3 in their New Cyclone and Hurricane.
OOO, Den-O, All Riders : Let's Go Kamen Riders
During the events of OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders, the Greeed Ankh unintentionally altered the timeline, letting a Cell Medal fall in Shocker's hands in the past. That enables Shocker to utilize their own Core Medal to create the Shocker Greeed, leading to them conquering the world in the future. Kamen Rider New Den-O and the Denliner crew go back to the past to stop that from happening.
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO : Movie War Mega Max
In Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max, Takeshi appears during the prologue, battling the forces of Foundation X alongside Hayato in Europe. Later, they join with the other members of the Seven Legendary Riders to confront Foundation X's Lem Kannagi, only to fall into Kannagi's trap and be caught in an energy beam.
Kamen Rider × Super Sentai : Super Hero Taisen
Rider 1 first appears alongside the rest of the Legendary Riders to confront Captain Marvelous, who has come to kill them in retaliation for Tsukasa Kadoya, leading a restored Dai-Shocker, killing their Sentai counterparts, the Himitsu Sentai Gorenger. Rider 1 and Rider 2 are the first to fall, followed by the others. All disappearing in purple explosions.
Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff : Super Hero Taisen Z
Kamen Rider 1 appears with Akarenger leading a force of Rider and Sentai reinforcements that come to assist the Riders and Sentai of recent years who are overwhelmed by the revived monster army of the Space Crime Syndicate Madou. Rider 1 hits SuuguIcon-crosswiki with a Rider Kick, rescuing OOO, before calling the other heroes. The combined forces of superheroes are able to turn the tide against the Madou army. They line up and use their various long range attacks to destroy Madou's revived monster army.
Ressha Sentai ToQger Vs. Kamen Rider Gaim Spring Vacation Combining Special
Rider 1, along with Rider 2 and V3, rescue the ToQger, from Badan's powerful warrior, Kamen Rider Fifteen before the enemy retreats. ToQ 1gou asks him if they were Kouta's comrades as Rider 1 tells him that they, the Showa Riders, are not working alongside the Heisei Riders before leaving.
Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai
Kamen Rider 1 leads the Showa Riders to stop Badan's newest operation in Zawame City. Hongo meets Kouta Kazuraba when he attempts to protect Shuu Aoi, and Demands him to hand the boy to him, saying that he doesn't acknowledge Gaim as a Rider. However, Badan's Combatroids arrive, and Hongo decides to face them as Kamen Rider, telling Kouta to escape with the boy.
Super Hero Taisen GP Kamen Rider 3
While the Double Riders were on a trip back home after recently defeated the Great Leader, suddenly, a mysterious car hold them off, revealing Kamen Rider 3, a Kamen Rider created to eliminate Kamen Rider 1 and 2. He easily overpowered and killed them in an explosion. Due to his existence, the timeline was now greatly altered, with Shocker had achieved full global domination and majority succeeding Kamen Riders had brainwashed to serve them.
Shuriken Sentai Ninninger Vs. Kamen Rider Drive Spring Vacation One-Hour Combining Special
The Double Riders were mentioned in the photo after a Roidmude case was shown to have an involvement with Shocker.
Kamen Rider Ghost : Legendary! : Riders' Souls!
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Kamen Rider 1
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OoO & Den-O, All Riders Net Movie : Let's Go Kamen Riders - Let's Look! Only Your 48 Riders
In the 36th net movie Listen Quietly! What Modifies My Life!!, Rider 1 does the Kamen Rider State of the Union address, only for him to rant about how the protagonists of the Heisei Era are not cyborgs and that they are not worthy of the name Kamen Rider because of it. He then suggests that the Heisei Riders should undergo conversion and training to be more worthy of the name. While Rider 2 rushes in to support the idea, the two get dragged off by an embarrassed OOO and Den-O.
Super Hero Taihen : Super Sentai Murder Mystery! You’re the Great Detective!
Rider 1 appears in the Super Hero Taihen net movie, Super Sentai Murder Mystery! You’re the Great Detective! as one of the suspects for the murders of Shinken, Gosei, and Gokai Pink, as the evidence collected suggests a "Hopper"-themed rider is behind it. When it is revealed that net movie director Hiroyuki Kato was the murder culprit, 1 holds up three Ranger Keys and a Mobilate as one of several Riders and Rangers holding Super Sentai and Kamen Rider merchandise respectively, when the Go-Busters explain to the Kato that all the Riders love Super Sentai and vice versa.
Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff : Super Hero Taisen Otsu: Heroo! Answers
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Appearances in other media
Kamen Rider SD (OVA)
Kamen Rider 1: The original and most experienced Kamen Rider, whom everyone simply refers to as "sempai." He is often found racing around on his Cyclone motorcycle trying to beat his track records, while at the same time putting up with the daily annoyances of Black RX and ZX. He often lectures the other Riders on focusing on their training. He is the team leader of his squad, which includes Black RX and ZX.
Kamen Rider Manga
Unlike in the TV series, after a bike accident during his race course with his mentor Tobei Tachibana, Hongo awoke during the procedure that turns him into a super-powered cyborg, but escapes before he can be brainwashed to do Shocker's bidding. Afterwards, he battles various Shocker Kaijin just like in the TV series, but he soon faces 12 Shocker Riders.
Stage Show
- Timeranger Stage Show at Super Hero Nagoya Dome
- Dekaranger Stage Show at Super Hero Nagoya Dome
- Boukenger Stage Show at Super Hero Nagoya Dome
Video Games
Kamen Rider 1 has appeared in various video games.
- Kamen Rider (PS1)
- Super Tokusatsu Taisen 2001
- Kamen Rider: Seigi no Keifu
- Kamen Rider : The Bike Race
Abilities
- Main Article : Kamen Rider 1 Arsenal, Weapon & Abilities
Related Post : Source : Wikipedia / kamenrider.wikia
