Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider (TV)
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)
Themes:
adult cast,
aliens,
dark comedy,
ecchi,
fighting,
gore,
idealism,
monsters,
parody,
sentai,
superheroes,
superpowers,
transformations,
yakuza
Objectionable content:
Intense
Plot Summary:
Even after turning 40 years old, Tojima Tanzaburo still seriously wants to be a Kamen Rider. Just when it seems like his dream may never come true, he gets caught up in a series of infamous Shocker-inspired robberies... Shibata Yokusaru, the author of Air Master and 81 Diver, presents a story about adults who love Kamen Rider a little too much, and start playing pretend... for real.
Running time:
23 minutes
Episode titles: We have 19
Vintage:
2025-10-04
Release dates: We have 4
Opening Theme:
#1: "Let's Go!! Rider Kick" (レッツゴー!! ライダーキック) by Hiroshi Fujioka and Male Harmony (eps 1,13)
#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)
"Boku no Riderman" (ぼくのライダーマン) by Columbia Yurikago-kai (ep 9)
"BRAINWASH" by TORIENA (ep 4)
"Dan Dan Dan" by Saya Aizawa, Chiyuki Miura and Akina (eps 11,17)
"Fight Within the Light" by Julien and Foggy-D (eps 5,9,11)
"I am Tackle!" by DELTA (eps 2-4,10-11,16)
"It's My Justice" by Gakuto (eps 6-7)
"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 (eps 3,16)
"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 (eps 1,17)
"Maji, Inspire!" (マジ, インスパイア!) by Eri Inagawa (ep 15)
"RIDER, RIDER" by Julien (eps 1,3-5,8,10-11,16,18)
"Shouts of the Soul" by Amiia Nectar and Star Consultant (eps 6,13)
"Sore Yuke Tackle-chan" (それゆけタックルちゃん) by Mitsuko Horie and Columbia Yurikago-kai (eps 2,10)
"Spider Beat" by RXN (eps 3,5-6,14)
"Tatakae! Kamen Rider V3" (戦え! 仮面ライダーV3) by Hiroshi Miyauchi and The Swingers (eps 5,9)
"THIRST" by Julien (eps 16-17)
"VICTORY" by TOPHAMHAT-KYO (eps 4,9,13)
Official website:
アニメ『東島丹三郎は仮面ライダーになりたい』公式サイト (Japanese)
Reviews: Show:
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider ‒ Episode 14 (Jan 13, 2026)
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider ‒ Episode 13 (Dec 29, 2025)
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider ‒ Episode 12 (Dec 22, 2025)
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider ‒ Episode 11 (Dec 15, 2025)
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider ‒ Episode 10 (Dec 8, 2025)
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider ‒ Episode 9 (Dec 2, 2025)
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider ‒ Episode 8 (Nov 24, 2025)
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider ‒ Episode 7 (Nov 18, 2025)
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider ‒ Episode 6 (Nov 10, 2025)
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider ‒ Episode 5 (Nov 4, 2025)
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Director: Takahiro Ikezoe Series Composition: Tōko Machida Music: TeddyLoid Original creator: Yokusaru Shibata Character Design: Cindy H. Yamauchi Chief Animation Director: Cindy H. Yamauchi (eps 1-5) Animation Director: Young-Don Lee (ep 15) 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 Editing: Kumiko Sakamoto Illustration: Akihiro Miyano (ep 15) Anderson (ep 16) Berabou Na Furaibou (ep 18) Cindy H. Yamauchi (ep 14) Dynamic Tarō (ep 12) Hayaken-sarena (ep 10) Hitotsu Yokoshima (ep 17) K-SuKe (ep 5) Kazumasa Yasukuni (ep 4) Keitaro Kumatsuki (Sideranch; ep 9) Kouji Yokoi (ep 6) Makoto Sawa (ep 3) Masahiko Aoki (ep 11) Masato Hayase (Ishimori Pro; ep 13) Masked (ep 2) PaintedMIKE (ep 8) SENNSU (ep 7) Takahiro Ikezoe (ep 1) Insert Song Arrangement: ChibaNyan ("Spider Beat") EMME ("Legion of Hell", "Fight Within the Light", "Dan Dan Dan") JUVENILE ("Shouts of the Soul") Shunsuke Kikuchi T4K ("Maji, Inspire!") TeddyLoid TORIENA ("BRAINWASH") Insert Song Composition: ChibaNyan ("Spider Beat") EMME ("Legion of Hell", "Fight Within the Light") JUVENILE ("Shouts of the Soul") Shunsuke Kikuchi T4K ("Maji, Inspire!") TeddyLoid TOPHAMHAT-KYO ("VICTORY") TORIENA ("BRAINWASH") Insert Song Lyrics: Konnie Aoki Mamoru Tanaka ("Boku No Riderman") Masaru Igami ("Akuma no Shocker") Saburō Yatsude ("Kamen Rider Stronger no Uta") Sakiel Kiriya ("Maji, Inspire!") Shōtarō Ishinomori ("Let's Go!! Rider Kick", "Let's Go!! Rider Kick -TeddyLoid Edit", "Tatakae! Kamen Rider V3") TeddyLoid ("Dan Dan Dan") TOPHAMHAT-KYO ("VICTORY") TORIENA ("BRAINWASH") Touichi Nakase ("Sore Yuke Tackle-chan") Insert Song Performance: Akina Amiia Nectar Chiyuki Miura Columbia Yurikago-kai Delta Eri Inagawa Foggy-D Gakuto Hiroshi Fujioka Hiroshi Miyauchi Ichirō Mizuki Julien Male Harmony Mitsuko Horie RXN Ryoji Tokito Saya Aizawa Star Consultant Sunny Singers The Swingers TOPHAMHAT-KYO TORIENA Key Animation: Young-Don Lee (ep 15) Main Animator: Shintarō Shimizu Music producer: Shinji Yamauchi Overseas Licensing: Brandon C. Schindewolf 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) | Ai Kayano as Katsuyuki Konishi as Kenichi Suzumura as Sōma Saitō as Daisuke Sakaguchi as Fairouz Ai as Fukushi Ochiai as Kenjirō Tsuda as Satoshi Tsuruoka as Akeno Watanabe as Akina as Akinari Sato as Asuka Motohashi as Atsushi Ono as Ayaka Asai as Ayaka Shimizu as Chiaki Kikuta as Chiyuki Miura as Eri Inagawa as Gen Sato as Haruka Jin'ya as Hidenari Ugaki as Hideyuki Tanaka as Hiroshi Fujioka as Hiroshi Miyauchi as Hiroshi Yanaka as Kanna Nakamura as Kazuki Kyan as Kei Shindō as Kenji Yamauchi as Kentarō Itō as Kinsaya as Kujira as Manami Numakura as Masaya Fukunishi as Mikako Goto as Misuzu Yamada as Motoki Sakuma as Natsu Nakajima as Natsumi Fujiwara as Riho Sugiyama as Romi Park as Ryō Sugisaki as Saya Aizawa as Shinya Takahashi as Shouto Kashii as Sumi Shimamoto as Suzushiori Yamashita as Takako Tanaka as Takashi Suzuki as Takashi Suzuki as Tetsuya Kawahigashi as Tomokazu Seki as Umi Fujii as Wataru Takagi as Yōji Ueda as Yoshiyasu Otaka as Yū Wakabayashi as Yuina Umemura as Yuki Kaida as Yūki Sakurada as Yūko Sanpei as | |||
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 Specification: D-COLORS (ep 5) Ending Animation: dwarf studios 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 Online Editing: IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services Photography: LIDEN FILMS Photography Assistance: Asahi Production Planning Cooperation: ADK Marketing Solutions Columbia Creative Hero's Inc. Ishimori Production Quaras Toei Company, Ltd. Sound Production: movwav,inc. | ||||
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