The Kamen Rider Series (Japanese: 仮面ライダーシリーズ Hepburn: Kamen Raidā Shirīzu,

translated as Masked Rider Series) is a metaseries of manga, and tokusatsu television

programs and films, created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. The Kamen Ridermedia
generally features a motorcycle-riding superhero with an insect motif who
fights supervillains, often known as kaijin (怪人). The franchise began in 1971 with
the Kamen Rider television series, which followed college student Takeshi Hongo and his
quest to defeat the world-conquering Shocker organization. Its popularity has grown; the
original series spawned television and film sequels and launched the Second Kaiju Boom
(also known as the Henshin Boom) on Japanese television during the early 1970s,
impacting the superhero and action-adventure genres in Japan. [1]