Referenced By / Kamen Rider

Kamen Rider is a prolific franchise, and a lot of other Japanese-based creations occasionally do shout outs to it, usually in the form of Scarf of Asskicking or usage of a Diving Kick.

Anime/Manga

• Mashiro from Bleach. The mask, the scarf, the kicking techniques...
• Miyo Hatoyama of Cahe Detective Club is a huge fan of Toku in general and Kamen Rider in particular, so any scene with her usually contains at least one Shout-Out.
• Case Closed has Kamen Yaiba/Masked Yaiba, which is the favorite show of the Detective Boys.
• The manga Change 123 features the Lawyer-Friendly Cameo Kamen Raider as a recurring background element. The series represented by Raider seem to draw more from the Old-Gen than the New-Gen, possibly due to Small Reference Pools.
• Digimon character Justimon is a pair of bug-eyes away from looking like an official Rider: he has the outfit, the poses, the kick as a signature move, and even a red scarf. However, Stingmon, being an actual insect, has a bug-eyed body and especially head that makes him extremely Rider-esque. Sadly, that's the extent of the homage, if indeed homage is intended.
• Crayon Shin-chan has a character called "Action Kamen" (called "Action Bastard" in the dub) who is basically a Kamen Rider clone. Humorously enough, it comes full circle with Crayon Shin-chan having crossovers with both Den-O and Fourze.
• The Great Saiyaman from Dragon Ball Z downright parodies Kamen Riders (and toku heroes in general) yet still manages to be awesome.
• Franken Fran's "Sentinel" chapters are an obvious homage/parody of the Showa Kamen Rider series, with the four Sentinels corresponding to v1, v2, v3, and Riderman.
• Future Diary has one in Episode 4, about one of the Diary users hilariously attempting to do a transformation in front of the Ninth user. He even has a Transformation belt. Watch this
• In an SBS for One Piece, Oda states that the lens of Doflamingo's sunglasses are modeled after the eyes of the helmet of Kamen Rider Super-1
• Pretty Cure
  • In HeartCatch Pretty Cure!, Tsubomi's grandmother's maiden name was Kaoruko Godai. Within a day of this being revealed, this piece of fanart◊ hit the internet.
  • In the first episode of Doki Doki! PreCure, Mana Aida tries to transform by doing a pose similar to Takeshi Hongo/Kamen Rider #1 (Ichigo), and even channeling the henshin call of Ryu Terui/Kamen Rider Accel the second time.
  • In one episode of HuGtto! Pretty Cure, when Emiru explains what a good hero is like, she mimics the "Henshin!" pose from this series.
• Lucky Star:
  • Two of the live-action EDs involve Minoru Shiraishi playing with a Den-O belt ("Shi-kaaaaaaideeeeerr!!") and mimicking Rider-1's transformation pose on a hillock (the sped-up Motteke! Serafuku).
  • Konata's father Soujirou also drops a reference when he plays around with static electricity. "STUROOONGAAAAA!!!"
• The Squid Girl Show Within a Show, "Nohmen Rider", goes the extra mile with its own Expository Theme Tune.

Comic Books

• Ramen Rider in Ninja High School.

Fan Works

• Symposium Of Supremacy: Jaden Yuki is briefly seen eating fried shrimp topped with natto, referencing a scene from Kamen Rider Fourze in which Tomoko Nozama dumped natto onto Yuki Jojima's fried shrimp.

Light Novels

• Nyaruko: Crawling with Love!. Turns out that Nyarlathotep is a big fan of Kamen Rider. To the point that she made transformation poses on the cover of most volumes.

Live-Action TV

• Mimpi Metropolitan has some reference to Kesatria Baja Hitam (localization of Kamen Rider BLACK) catchphrase, "berubah", which is otherwise a common word meaning "change".
  • In episode 25, when Melani assures Bambang that Alan and Prima will change and forgive him, Bambang is distracted by the word berubah and thinks she is referencing Kesatria Baja Hitam.
  • In episode 31, while Akbar references Action Kamen^note "Pahlawan Bertopeng" in Indonesia when Mami Bibir says the word, Mami references "Kesatria Baja Ringan" instead.
• Ultra Series
  • In the second episode of Ultraman Ace, Hokuto and Minami’s transformation into Ace has them riding on motorbikes with Hokuto shouting “Rider Punch!” while merging.
  • Ultraman Leo's Leo Kick is a friendly nod to Kamen Rider's famous Diving Kick Finishing Move.

Tabletop Games

• Pachimon, in addition to borrowing a few monster designs from the Ultra Series, Godzilla and Kamen Rider, also features a Kamen Rider Captain Ersatz as a Joker in it's poker edition.

Video Games

• AI: The Somnium Files:
  • Ota Matsushita is obviously a fan, considering he wears a Typhoon-like belt all the time, and that his Somnium shows that he quotes Stronger and Ryuki (among others) in his head to build up courage.
  • Ryuki, one of the two protagonists of AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative is obviously named after the other Ryuki, and early on, he makes a remark about entering the mirror world. The two games as a whole also contain various subtle references to many Kamen Riders.
• Amagami's Sae Nakata is a fan of Inago Mask ("The Masked Locust"). We also see Ai Nanasaki putting on a belt, then placing a blue grasshopper on it. The TV series version of this belt, from the same brand, speaks like a Zecter and has a logo that resembles Smart Brain's.
• Asura's Wrath: Along with wearing a mask (though not beetle like), Yasha uses the mother of all Rider Kicks to deflect a giant Death Star-like laser cannon forming from the Karma Fortress's head (which is bigger than the moon!)
• The Kicker Skeleton enemy in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow for Game Boy Advance, who's entire shtick is jumping in the air and Rider Kicking you. It drops the Red Scarf and Ancient Belt items, and if you absorb its soul, you can learn said kick ability.
• Eureka Seven Volume 1: The New Wave, the video game of the franchise, has a move called Rider Kick, usable by the protagonist and the last melee move you can learn in the game.
• Indivisible has Naga Rider, an obvious Expy of Kamen Rider. Stated to be the last of the Vahana Riders.
• In The King of Fighters, one of Leona's supers makes her impale her opponent on her claws, everyone freezes as sparks fly out of the enemy, and then Leona pulls out her claws and poses while the opponent blows up, all done in a fashion that suspiciously resembles Kamen Rider BLACK RX's finishing attack (although RX does it with a sword instead of claws). Also notable is that her jumping CD attack is identical to the iconic Rider Kick, right down to the inexplicably glowing foot.
  • Several fighting games contain characters who are massive Kamen Rider Shout Outs, including Skullomania from Street Fighter EX and May Lee from The King of Fighters.
• Marvel vs. Capcom 3: The game's version of Spider-Man's "Maximum Spider" Level 3 ends up with a Rider Kick.
• Mega Man 11 has an enemy based on Shocker's Combatmen.

• Neptunia has a ton of this in the name of Nisa. Scarf of Asskicking? Check! Rider Kick? Check! A badass? Check! Poses? Check! Hot-Blooded? Check! Also one of Neptune's battle start lines is "From start to finish, I'm always at a climax!".
• In No More Heroes III, while talking about the toku quarry, Travis outright namedrops Kamen Rider Zi-O (the subtitles censor the name, but the spoken dialogue doesn't).
• Pokémon Scarlet and Violet introduce Nymble and Lokix, two grasshopper-based Pokémon inspired by the various grasshopper-themed Riders.
• The RaiOh, especially its Mid-Season Upgrade DaiRaiOh, from Super Robot Wars Alpha are basically Humongous Mecha versions of Kamen Riders, thanks to the telltale signs of a red Scarf of Asskicking and their respective strongest attacks being kicks. To further the reference, the DaiRaiOh removes its faceplate during its strongest attack with a look resembling Takeshi Hongo, the first Kamen Rider.
• The Clawed Soldiers from Shadow Hearts: Covenant closely resemble the Shocker Combatmen from Kamen Rider: The First with their black attires, gas masks and high-pitched "Yii!" battle cries.
• Samurai Warriors 4-II features Naomasa Ii's Rage Musou which is a dead ringer of the Rider Kick.
• Touhou LostWord features an alternate-universe kaiju version of Wriggle Nightbug, whose appearance is inspired by the Kamen Riders, complete with costume, motorbike, and insect motif. She's even doing a divekick in her character splash, as another reference to the Kamen Rider series.

Western Animation

• Amphibia has Anne and the Plantars watching a movie Tarantu-Lad where the hero looks like the first Kamen Rider.