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  • Hiroshi Miyauchi, who originally played Shiro Kazami, the eponymous hero of Kamen Rider V3, played Tobei Tachibana for a cameo in the reboot film Kamen Rider: The First.
  • Rina Akiyama played Mana Kazaya in Kamen Rider Agito. She then played Naomi in Kamen Rider Den-O.
  • Jun Yamasaki played Toru Hojo in Agito, Itsuro Takuma in Kamen Rider 555, Akira Kusakabenote  in Kamen Rider Drive Secret Mission Type TOKUJO and Hajime Hoshino in Kamen Rider Amazons Season 2. He has a reputation in this franchise for playing varying degrees of bastard, culminating in his latest character having eaten his own daughter alive.
  • The film Kamen Rider Agito: Project G4 featured a guest cameo from Hiroshi Fujioka, who originally played Takeshi Hongo, the very first heroic Kamen Rider. Fujioka appears here as a senior police official, who alludes to his original role when he tells Shouichi Tsugami that it's on the young man to do things that he no longer can.
  • Hassei Takano played Miyuki Tezuka (Kamen Rider Raia) in Kamen Rider Ryuki. He then played Hayato Ichimonji in Kamen Rider The First and the sequel Kamen Rider: The Next.
  • The film Kamen Rider Ryuki: Episode Final featured cameos from the cast of Agito, including Toshiki Kashu (Shouichi Tsugami) as a restaurant worker, Rina Akiyama (Mana Kazaya) as an amusement park worker, Jun Kaname (Makoto Hikawa), Toko Fujita (Sumiko Ozawa), Jun Yamasaki (Toru Hojo) as customers and Akiyoshi Shibata (Takahiro Omura) as the manager at the Okonomiyaki Restaurant, and Yusuke Tomoi (Ryo Ashihara) as a man who gets assaulted by Takeshi Asakura.
  • Yuichi Nakamura portrayed Kyosuke Kiriya in Kamen Rider Hibiki. He then played Yuto Sakurai (Kamen Rider Zeronos) in Den-O. This is lampshaded when both characters return seperately in Kamen Rider Zi-O.
  • Kazuki Kato played Daisuke Kazama (Kamen Rider Drake) in Kamen Rider Kabuto. He then played Shiro Kazami in The Next.
  • Wakana Matsumoto played Airi Nogami, the big sister of protagonist Ryotaro Nogami in Kamen Rider Den-O. She later played a Victim of the Fortnight in Kamen Rider Wizard.
  • Kouhei Takeda played Otoya Kurenai (Kamen Rider Ixa / Dark Kiva), father of The Hero Wataru Kurenai in Kamen Rider Kiva. He then played Kazumi Sawatari (Kamen Rider Grease), the tertiary Rider in Kamen Rider Build.
  • Nao Nagasawa appeared in Kamen Rider W as a magician named Lily, in Kamen Rider Fourze as the gang's new homeroom teacher Ms. Utsugi, and in Kamen Rider 1 as Igura/Eagla, one of the villains.
  • Ayumi Kinoshita appeared in W as Aya Kujo (Triceratops Dopant), then in Fourze The Movie as Shizuka Shirayama (Skydain).
  • Yuko Takayama played Miku Uehara in Episode Blue of Cho Den-O Trilogy, Rinko Daimon in Kamen Rider Wizard, and Jei (Kamen Rider Dark Necrom Y) in Ghost The Movie.
  • Yukari Taki played a troubled pickpocket in one of the Kamen Rider W movies and a one-episode reporter-turned-thief in Kamen Rider Ghost, before playing recurring Intrepid Reporter Sawa Takigawa in Kamen Rider Build.
  • Koji Saikawa had a guest role as Tsukasa Nishikawa in Kamen Rider Fourze. Years later, he played recurring villain Zooous in Kamen Rider Saber.
  • Makoto Okunaka played Koyomi in Kamen Rider Wizard then Victim of the Fortnight Honami in Kamen Rider Ghost.
  • Bernard Ackah, notable for being one of the few black actors to appear in Kamen Rider, played a Monster of the Weeknote  in Kamen Rider Wizard then another Monster of the Fortnightnote  in Kamen Rider Drive.
  • Ryoma Baba, who previously reprised his role as Ryuji Iwasaki (Blue Buster) in both Super Hero Taisen and Super Hero Taisen Z, played the ill-fated Ryusuke Otaki in Amazons, then Enmusubi Match in Zero-One.
  • Arisa Komiya, who previously reprised her role as Yoko Usami (Yellow Buster) in both Super Hero Taisen and Super Hero Taisen Z, played victims of the fortnight Yuki Shirai (plus Harry Houdini possessing her body) in Ghost and Chiharu Ebii in Zero-One.
  • Eiji Akaso played Hiroki Nagase in Kamen Rider Amazons Season 2 before debuting later that year as Ryuga Banjo (Kamen Rider Cross-Z) in Kamen Rider Build.

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