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Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider (TV)

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Alternative title:
Tōjima Tanzaburō wa Kamen Rider ni Naritai (Japanese)
Tojima Tanzaburo Wants to be a Masked Rider
東島丹三郎は仮面ライダーになりたい (Japanese)
Genres: action
Plot Summary: Tanzaburo Tojima has just turned 40 and is still seriously dreaming of becoming a Kamen Rider. Just as he is about to give up on this dream, he gets caught up in a "false Shocker" robbery. (from manga)
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Episode titles: We have 7
Vintage: 2025-10-04
Release dates: We have 4
Opening Theme:
"Wanna be" by Teddyloid feat. Shigeru Matsuzaki and TOPHAMHAT-KYO 
#1: "Let's Go!! Rider Kick" (レッツゴー!! ライダーキック) by Hiroshi Fujioka and Male Harmony (ep 1)
#2: "Wanna be" by TeddyLoid feat. Shigeru Matsuzaki and TOPHAMHAT-KYO (eps 2-)
Ending Theme:
"One More Time" (ワンモアタイム) by TeddyLoid feat. Ryoji Tokito
Insert song:
"Akuma no Shocker" (悪魔のショッカー) by Sunny Singers (ep 2)
"BRAINWASH" by TORIENA (ep 4)
"Fight Within the Light" by Julien and Foggy-D (ep 5)
"I am Tackle!" by DELTA (eps 2-4)
"Kamen Rider Stronger no Uta" (仮面ライダーストロンガーのうた) by Ichirō Mizuki (ep 2)
"Legion of Hell" by Foggy-D, Julien and Ryoji Tokito (ep 3)
"Let's Go!! Rider Kick (TeddyLoid Edit)" by Julien (ep 1)
"Let's Go!! Rider Kick" (レッツゴー!! ライダーキック) by Hiroshi Fujioka and Male Harmony (ep 1)
"RIDER, RIDER" by Julien (eps 1,3-5)
"Shouts of the Soul" by Amiia Nectar and Star Consultant (ep 6)
"Sore Yuke Tackle-chan" (それゆけタックルちゃん) by Mitsuko Horie and Columbia Yurikago-kai (ep 2)
"Spider Beat" by RXN (eps 3,5-6)
"Tatakae! Kamen Rider V3" (戦え! 仮面ライダーV3) by Hiroshi Miyauchi and The Swingers (ep 5)
"VICTORY" by TOPHAMHAT-KYO (ep 4)
Press Release:
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takahiro Ikezoe
Series Composition: Tōko Machida
Music: TeddyLoid
Original creator: Yokusaru Shibata
Character Design: Cindy H. Yamauchi
Art Director:
Ayano Aizu (Ishigaki Pro)
Yukihiro Shibutani (Ishigaki Pro)
Chief Animation Director: Cindy H. Yamauchi (eps 1-5)
Sound Director: Takayuki Yamaguchi (movwav)
Director of Photography: Junpei Takatsu
Executive producer:
Asa Suehira (Crunchyroll)
Katsuya Shirai (Kinoshita Group)
Ken Terui (Tokyo MX)
Yūma Takahashi (Aniplex)
Producer:
Kanako Takahashi (Crunchyroll)
Kanichi Oto (Aniplex)
Kyōka Hashimoto (Tokyo MX)
Ryokushi Suzuki (Kinoshita Group)

Animation producer: Kōsuke Yokota
Art Setting: Yūho Taniuchi
Art Supervision: Masaru Satō (Ishigaki Pro)
Assistant Art Director: Kanae Kawasaki (Ishigaki Pro)
Assistant Director of Photography: Tomoaki Suzuki
Color design: Ryoko Oka
Illustration:
K-SuKe (ep 5)
Kazumasa Yasukuni (ep 4)
Kouji Yokoi (ep 6)
Makoto Sawa (ep 3)
Masked (ep 2)
Takahiro Ikezoe (ep 1)
Insert Song Arrangement:
ChibaNyan ("Spider Beat")
EMME ("Legion of Hell", "Fight Within the Light")
JUVENILE ("Shouts of the Soul")
Shunsuke Kikuchi
TeddyLoid
TORIENA ("BRAINWASH")
Insert Song Composition:
ChibaNyan ("Spider Beat")
EMME ("Legion of Hell", "Fight Within the Light")
JUVENILE ("Shouts of the Soul")
Shunsuke Kikuchi
TeddyLoid
TOPHAMHAT-KYO ("VICTORY")
TORIENA ("BRAINWASH")
Insert Song Lyrics:
Konnie Aoki
Masaru Igami ("Akuma no Shocker")
Saburō Yatsude ("Kamen Rider Stronger no Uta")
Shōtarō Ishinomori ("Let's Go!! Rider Kick", "Let's Go!! Rider Kick -TeddyLoid Edit", "Tatakae! Kamen Rider V3")
TOPHAMHAT-KYO ("VICTORY")
TORIENA ("BRAINWASH")
Touichi Nakase ("Sore Yuke Tackle-chan")
Main Animator: Shintarō Shimizu
Music producer: Shinji Yamauchi
Overseas Publicity:
Chris Han
Monique Kuwahara
Planning:
Atsuhiro Iwakami (Aniplex)
Maki Satō (Tokyo MX)
Naoya Kinoshita (Kinoshita Group)
Rahul Purini (Crunchyroll)
Planning Cooperation:
Kazuhisa Yokoyama (Hero's)
Ken Satō (佐藤顕; Quaras)
Kentaro Anai (Columbia Creative)
Kōichi Yamabe (Ishimori Pro)
Kōsei Itō (ADK Marketing Solutions)
Rei Niizuma (Hero's)
Rie Ihara (Hero's)
Ryō Aoyama (青山亮; ADK Marketing Solutions)
Ryōsuke Kino (Toei)
Shigenobu Satō (Quaras)
Takeshi Okada (Aniplex)
Yūji Gotō (Ishimori Pro)
Yuki Tsukioka (Quaras)
Yumi Taniike (Aniplex)
Yumiko Matsuzaki (Aniplex)
Prop Design: Yoshihiro Ujiie
Publicity: Yoshito Ishida
Publicity Producer: Hiroshi Terada
Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama
Theme Song Arrangement:
EMME (OP)
Shunsuke Kikuchi (OP1)
TeddyLoid (OP; OP2, ED)
TOPHAMHAT-KYO (FAKE TYPE.; OP)
Theme Song Composition:
EMME (OP)
Shunsuke Kikuchi (OP1)
TeddyLoid (OP; OP2, ED)
TOPHAMHAT-KYO (FAKE TYPE.; OP)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Konnie Aoki (ED)
Shōtarō Ishinomori (OP1)
TeddyLoid (ED)
TOPHAMHAT-KYO (FAKE TYPE.; OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Hiroshi Fujioka (OP1)
Male Harmony (OP1)
Ryoji Tokito (ED)
Shigeru Matsuzaki (OP)
TeddyLoid (OP; OP2, ED)
TOPHAMHAT-KYO (OP2)
Katsuyuki Konishi as Tanzaburō Tōjima

Ai Kayano as Yuriko Okada
Daisuke Sakaguchi as Daisuke Sato
Fairouz Ai as Yukarisu
Fukushi Ochiai as Fukushi Ishige
Kenichi Suzumura as Ichiyo Shimamura
Kenjirō Tsuda as Hachirō Nakao
Satoshi Tsuruoka as Satoshi Itō
Sōma Saitō as Mitsuha Shimamura

Asuka Maesako as Robber Couple Woman (ep 4)
Gen Sato as Masao Asano (eps 2-4)
Gō Fujii as Shocker Combatant B (ep 5)
Hayato Kanesaki as Black Satan's Combatant B (ep 2)
Hideyuki Tanaka as Shigeru Shiro/Kamen Rider Stronger (ep 2)
Hiroshi Fujioka as Kamen Rider/Takeshi Hongō (ep 1)
Hiroshi Miyauchi as Shiro Kazami/Kamen Rider V3 (ep 2)
Hiroyuki Yoshino as Bat Man (ep 4)
Kaito Masuda as Black Satan's Combatant (ep 2)
Kanna Nakamura as Mitsuha Shimamura (young; eps 3, 5)
Kei Shindō as Sumiko Higashijima (ep 1)
Kenji Yamauchi as Gonsaburo Higashijima (ep 1)
Kentarō Itō as Shigeta Okada (ep 2)
Kōichi Sōma as
Shocker Combatant C (ep 5)
The Father of the Takoyaki Shop (ep 1)
Kōji Marunaka as Yakuza (ep 3)
Kōki Uchiyama as Spider Man/Kumoda Nest (eps 3, 5)
Kujira as Grandma Shimamura (ep 4)
Mahito Funaki as Spider Man (ep 1)
Manami Numakura as Emily (ep 1)
Masafumi Kobatake as Streamer (eps 2-3)
Masaya Fukunishi as Shocker Combatant (eps 2-3)
Misa Ishii as Elementary School Student B (ep 1)
Miyuki Sakurai as Customer (ep 2)
Motoki Sakuma as
Fake Shocker A (ep 1)
Man in the Tatami Room (ep 3)
Natsumi Fujiwara as Ichiyo Shimamura (young; eps 3-5)
Ryō Sugisaki as Ramen Shop Owner (ep 4)
Ryūichi Sawada as Shocker Combatant A (ep 5)
Sachiko Okada as Elementary School Student A (ep 1)
Shinya Takahashi as
Announcer (ep 4)
Yankee from Daikon School (ep 1)
Shunto Abe as Black Satan's Combatant A (ep 2)
Sumi Shimamoto as Yuriko Misaki/Radio Man Tackle (ep 2)
Tetsuya Kawahigashi as Shocker Combatant D (ep 5)
Wataru Takagi as Grandpa Shimamura (ep 4)
Yū Wakabayashi as
Hedgehog Culprit (ep 1)
Robber Couple Man (ep 4)
Yukako Kiuchi as Female Clerk (ep 2)
Yūki Hoshi as
Fake Shocker B (ep 1)
Salaryman (ep 4)
Yuki Kaida as Doctor Kate (ep 2)
Yūko Sanpei as Tanzaburō Tōjima (young; ep 1)
Yūsuke Tomioka as Police Officer (ep 2)
Japanese companies
2D Work: J.C. Staff
2nd Key Animation:
Ankichi Kobo (eps 1-5)
Ashi Productions (eps 1, 3)
Be Loop (eps 1, 4-5)
C-Station (ep 2)
Candy Box (eps 2-3, 5)
Chiptune (eps 1-5)
Chuckle Mouse Studio (ep 3)
Gallop (eps 1, 3)
GK Sales (ep 5)
Hadashi Pro (eps 1, 3, 5)
J.C. Staff (eps 2-3)
LIDEN FILMS Fukaya Studio (eps 2-5)
LIDEN FILMS Kyoto Studio (ep 3)
LIDEN FILMS Osaka Studio (eps 1-3, 5)
LIDEN FILMS Tokyo Studio (eps 1-5)
LIKAI Studio (ep 1)
Ninakami Studio (eps 2-5)
PINE JAM (ep 5)
Pioneer Production (eps 2, 4-5)
PRA (ep 1)
Reboot (eps 3, 5)
Seven Arcs (eps 4-5)
Studio Boomerang (eps 1-2)
Studio Gimlet (eps 1-5)
Studio Kafka (eps 2-4)
Studio Lings (eps 4-5)
Studio Toybox (eps 2-5)
TNK (eps 4-5)
Wish (ep 5)
WONWOO animation (ep 3)
xenron (ep 1)
Animation Direction:
DR Movie (ep 5)
LIDEN FILMS Tokyo Studio (eps 2-3)
LIKAI Studio (ep 4)
Tonari Animation (ep 2)
Animation Direction Assistance: LIDEN FILMS Tokyo Studio (ep 4)
Animation Production: LIDEN FILMS
Broadcaster:
AT-X (2025-10-07)
Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2025-10-04)
Gunma TV (2025-10-04)
Hokkaido Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2025-10-04)
Mainichi Broadcasting System (2025-10-04)
Nippon BS Broadcasting Corporation (2025-10-04)
RKB Mainichi Broadcasting (2025-10-04)
Tochigi TV (2025-10-04)
Tokyo MX (2025-10-04)
Color Inspection:
D-COLORS (ep 5)
Pierrot DAR (ep 3)
Color Specification: D-COLORS (ep 5)
Ending Animation: dwarf studios
Finish Animation:
DR Movie (ep 5)
LIDEN FILMS (ep 1)
R.I.C (ep 3)
Reboot (eps 1-5)
Shadow Media (ep 3)
In-Between Animation:
DR Movie (ep 5)
LIDEN FILMS Kyoto Studio (eps 1-2, 4-5)
LIDEN FILMS Osaka Studio (eps 1-2, 4-5)
LIDEN FILMS Tokyo Studio (eps 1-5)
R.I.C (ep 3)
Reboot (eps 1-5)
Shadow Media (ep 3)
Key Animation: LIDEN FILMS Osaka Studio (ep 1)
Music Production: Aniplex
Music Production Cooperation:
DELTA Networks
MAJEC
Photography: LIDEN FILMS
Photography Assistance: Asahi Production
Sound Production: movwav,inc.
English staff
English cast
Producer: Susie Nixon

Adaptation: Jessica Sluys
Assistant ADR Director: Hayden Daviau
Casting Director: Jason Lord
Engineer: Jose Sandoval
Mixing: James Baker
Voice Direction: Jason Lord
Patrick Seitz as Tanzaburo Tojima

Chris Hackney as Ichiyo Shimamura
Colleen Clinkenbeard as Yuriko Okada
Jack Reeder as Satoshi Ito
Jason Douglas as Hachiro Nakao
Kevin D. Thelwell as Daisuke Sato
Laura Faverty as Yukarisu
William Ofoegbu as Fukushi Ishige

Bradley Gareth as Male Delinquent
Hannah Alyea as Yuriko Okada (young)
Jennifer Alyx as Mitsuba Shimamura (young)
Landon McDonald as Kumota Nest
Maganda Marie as Female Newscaster 1A
Michele Knotz as Tanzaburo Tojima (Young)
Morgan Berry as Tojima's Mom
Nia Celeste as Emily
Richard Barcenas as Kamen Rider
Ryan Negron as Kamen Rider Stronger
Sambob Park as Streamer (eps 2-3)
Sean Letourneau as Tojima's Dad
Van Barr Jr. as Bat Man

English companies
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Licensed by: Crunchyroll
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Kristoffer Romo
ADR Script: Denisse Leguizamo

ADR Mixing: Abraham Chacra
Production: Gerardo Torres
Spanish companies
ADR Production: VSI Group
ADR Studio: VSI Mexico City
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Licensed by: Crunchyroll

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