History Trivia / KamenRiderFourze

* BonusEpisode: Two, ''[[Recap/KamenRiderFourzeSpecialBonusDVDAstroswitchSecretReport Special Bonus DVD: Astroswitch Secret Report]]'' and ''[[Recap/KamenRiderFourzeRocketDrillStatesOfFriendship Hyper Battle DVD: Rocket Drill States of Friendship]]'', were released with an issue of Televi-Kun Magazine.

* TheWikiRule: Covered as part of [[http://kamenrider.wikia.com/wiki/ Kamen Rider Wiki]], and as an individual series on the [[http://kamenriderfourze.wikia.com/wiki/ Kamen Rider Fourze Wiki]].

* NamesTheSame: It's not so long since there was [[Series/KamenRiderKiva another Kengo]] (depicted as a {{Jerkass}} at one point) in ''Kamen Rider'' ...
** Miu Kazashiro shares a name with [[Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger Go-on Silver]].
** Any relation between Sarina Sonoda and [[Series/KamenRiderFaiz a certain past Rider heroine]]?
*** That might be a second line of ThemeNaming, since Chuta Ohsugi seems to follow [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Daisuke Okubo.]]
** Norio Eguchi[[spoiler:(later revealed to be the vigilante Cygnus)]]'s first name means "man of law", just like his VERY well-known namesake, Creator/NorioWakamoto!
*** From the same arc, we have a [[Manga/DeathNote mentally-unsound girl in lace named Misa]].
** Kamen Rider Meteor isn't the first Rider to have a [[Series/KamenRiderAgito Storm form]]. Interestingly, both are blue and staff-wielding.
** And now there's Goto, the Capricorn Horoscopes - we just had another [[Series/KamenRiderOOO Goto]], who also had a huge dream, but fortunately avoided the easy way to realize it.

** According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, the series is also in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's feat as the first human in space.

* SignificantReleaseDate: Accidentally. Episode 31, [[spoiler:in which Gentaro is killed by Kamen Rider Meteor]] was released on the same day the actor for Kamen Rider Stronger, Shigeru Araki (whom Gentaro cosplayed in ''Movie War MEGAMAX'') passed away.

* StarMakingRole: This film helped propel Sota Fukushi and Ryo Yoshizawa into stardom.

* FanNickname: You know it's going to be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GAKOLOnfV4 Rocket Man]], just look at his suit shape and attacks...
** Then there is Kamen Rider UsefulNotes/{{Playstation}}.
** And Kamen Rider Onigiri Head.
** And, of course, [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]] Rider, since Gentaro is considered by some to be an {{Expy}} of the famous Badass.
** Kamen Rider Meteor's fighting style has led to him being called Kamen Rider Creator/BruceLee.
** As soon as it was first shown, fans started referring to [[spoiler:Meteor Storm's finisher]] as a TabletopGame/{{Beyblade}}.

* SignificantReleaseDeath: Accidentally. Episode 31, [[spoiler:in which Gentaro is killed by Kamen Rider Meteor]] was released on the same day the actor for Kamen Rider Stronger, Shigeru Araki (whom Gentaro cosplayed in ''Movie War MEGAMAX'') passed away.

** Rocket States did later make a proper appearance in the series, in episode 41.

* AscendedFanboy: As revealed in an interview for the magazine Figure-Oh, JK‘a actor Shion Tsuchiya is a fan of the Kamen Rider franchise.

** As soon as it was first shown, fans started referring to [[spoiler:Meteor Storm's finisher]] as a ''Anime/{{Beyblade}}''.

** And now there's Goto, the Capricon Horoscopes - we just had another [[Series/KamenRiderOOO Goto]], who also had a huge dream, but fortunately avoided the easy way to realize it.

* [[SoMyKidsCanWatch So My]] ''[[InvertedTrope Par]][[PeripheryDemographic ents]]'' [[SoMyKidsCanWatch Can Watch]]: [[http://www.jefusion.com/2011/07/my-son-is-now-kamen-rider-sota-fukushis.html The reason]] why actor Sota Fukishi took the role of Gentaro.

* PlayingAgainstType: [[spoiler:NobuyukiHiyama]] as the {{Chessmaster}} and ManBehindTheMan Tachibana [[spoiler:who even has a YouHaveFailedMe moment in #27]].

** According to TheOtherWiki, the series is also in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's feat as the first human in space.

** And, of course, [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]] Rider, since Gentaro is considered by some to be an {{Expy}} of the famous {{Badass}}.

* ActorAllusion: Hayami Kouhei shows up in #13 in a dark red leather jacket - the color of [[Series/KamenRiderBlade Kamen Rider Garren.]] Even before that though, Fourze's henshin pose resembled Garren the most, and one ''Super Hero Taisen'' [[{{Omake}} Net Movie]] has [[spoiler:Kouhei getting the Garren Buckle!]]

** Kamen Rider Meteor's fighting style has led to him being called Kamen Rider BruceLee.