#krv3

I've been addicted to Kamen Rider DECADE lately, so it should come as no surprise that I'm covering the reimaginations of Kamen Rider 1, 2 and V3 via the movies Kamen Rider THE FIRST and Kamen Rider THE NEXT.

Kamen Rider V3 and battle damaged Kamen Rider NIGO and ICHIGO from the movie Kamen Rider THE NEXT. KAMEN RIDER ICHIGO aka Takeshi Hongo (played by Hiroshi Fujioka and later by Masaya Kikawada) Quick Info: Much like the series, Hongo was a biochemistry student who was captured by the evil SHOCKER organization who turned him into super-powered cyborg they codenamed Hopper. Eventually breaking free but unable to save one of the organization's victims, Hongo has an epiphany and decides to use his new found power to stop Shocker's evil plots and protect all that he holds dear from them. Behind the scenes: Hiroshi Fujioka the actor playing Kamen Rider shattered his leg while filming the 10th episode forcing him to take a longterm hiatus from acting. In order to continue with the series, TOEI hired a new actor to play a new Kamen Rider character, dubbed Kamen Rider 2. KAMEN RIDER NIGO aka Hayato Ichimonji (played by Takeshi Sasaki and later by Hassei Takano) Quick Info: Nigo was re-written for the movie. In the series, Ichimonji was a free-lance photographer kidnapped and transformed by Shocker in order to fight the deserter Takeshio Hongo. However, Hongo freed him before being brainwashed. In the movie, Ichimonji was a created after resurrecting and altering the mind of Katsuhiko Yano, the Shocker victim Hongo failed to save. This time, Nigo went after Ichigo and originally served as his enemy but later turned into his hesitant ally who fights to uphold his own principles. KAMEN RIDER V3 aka Shiro Kazami (played by Hiroshi Miyauchi and later by Kazuki Kato) Quick Info: Like Nigo, V3 was re-written for the movie. In the series, Kazami is made into a Kamen Rider by the two previous Riders who at first refused his pleas but later had no choice after he is fatally wounded saving them. In the movie, Kazami was the latest Kamen Rider powered by the new nano-technology created by Shocker. Like the previous two Riders, V3 starts out as a villain but a dying wish from his sister changes him, allying himself with his predecessors in their battle against Shocker.