The BEST episodes directed by Shojiro Nakazawa

#1 - The Spell's Gaze

Super Sentai - Season 43 - Episode 3

Asuna and Melto find their Kishiryu, but Melto's does not respond to him; two new Ryusoulger appear and threaten to kill Ui as a way to stop the new Minusaur.

#2 - A Big Pinch! I Can't Transform!!

Super Sentai - Season 43 - Episode 18

After battling a Minusaur that is able to stop the Ryusoulger from transforming, Bamba slices a stone in half that Canalo was trying to protect.

#3 - Gonna Be the Strongest Ever

Super Sentai - Season 42 - Episode 25

Both teams find they have to work together in order to combat a Status Gold.

#4 - To See Them Again

Super Sentai - Season 42 - Episode 9

Umika is excited that a famous French jewelry designer is visiting Japan, but it seems that her necklace may actually be a part of the Lupin Collection.

#5 - The Secret of the Collection

Super Sentai - Season 42 - Episode 18

The Lupinrangers begin to question Good Striker's true allegience.

#6 - The Collection from Space

Super Sentai - Season 42 - Episode 38

Both the Lupinrangers and the Patrangers attempt to acquire a piece of the Lupin Collection that's in outer space.

#7 - Forbidden Relationship

Super Sentai - Season 42 - Episode 4

The Patrangers investigate closed-room disappearances, with Tsukasa having to confront her secret love.

#8 - The Man Who Came Back

Super Sentai - Season 42 - Episode 43

Noël is suspected of being a spy for the Ganglars, as the former Patren 2gou returns to Japan.

#9 - Looking Forward to Christmas

Super Sentai - Season 42 - Episode 45

In the run up to Christmas, a Ganglar has decided to remove all chicken in Japan, and let salmon reign supreme.

#10 - Clearing a Thief

Avatarō Sentai Donbrothers - Season 1 - Episode 3

Haruka unknowingly comes face-to-face with Tarou Momoi while he is on duty as a deliveryman; people all over are having their house lights stolen, including a new member of the team.

#11 - The Truth of the Christmas Game

Kamen Rider - Season 24 - Episode 11

As the Lockseed gathering “game” begins, Baron and Bravo fight between themselves, while the white Armored Rider, Kamen Rider Zangetsu, investigates the infiltration into Helheim Forest.

#12 - The Riders Gather! Solve the Forest’s Mysteries!

Kamen Rider - Season 24 - Episode 10

Kouta and Mitchy want to investigate the forest, and the white Armoured Rider, and to do so, they trick the other Riders into a game in the forest, to use as a distraction.

#13 - The Onigiri Oni

Avatarō Sentai Donbrothers - Season 1 - Episode 4

Momoi Taro has arrived at Tsuyoshi Kashino's company. The courier works for a short period of time while it is closed. And Taro and Tsuyoshi will be entrusted with rebuilding the rice ball specialty store that continues to be in the red. On the other hand, Haruka, who was made into Kotenpan by Taro last time, heads for the team. Why do we have to pledge allegiance to Taro? Who is Taro? The team slowly begins to talk about the sad events of Taro's childhood-what is the dark past of Momoi Taro , a man who can't lie?

#14 - Operation: Catch That Inves!

Kamen Rider - Season 24 - Episode 9

Kouta and Mitchy must hunt down a fully manifested Inves that is randomly attacking people in the city.

#15 - A Fixed Destiny

Kamen Rider - Season 27 - Episode 13

With the Bugster infection spreading rapidly, the authorities can’t hide the disease from the public anymore. After Kiriya’s death, Kuroto starts targeting the other Kamen Riders for their Gashats, but Parad approaches Emu, offering him a blank double Gashat which will allows him to attain a new level of power…

#16 - Baron's Newfound Power, Mango!

Kamen Rider - Season 24 - Episode 8

Mai enters the forest to look for Yuuya, and finds herself having to team up with Kaito.

#17 - The False Kamen Rider

Kamen Rider - Season 28 - Episode 14

With his cover blown, Souichi enacts his plans now that the 20th bottle is purified. Sento feels betrayed, but his own plan fools Souichi, giving Sento the time he needs to create a new powerup capable of beating Blood Stalk. When Souichi calls Sento to meet where they first met, the two will face off, but can Sento make it out alive?!

#18 - The Scent of Conspiracy

Kamen Rider - Season 28 - Episode 12

Revealing her role as a spy for Nnaba, Sawa explains her mission to collect data on the Kamen Rider System to apply as a military weapon. With her info, Sento connects the dots between Nanba and Faust’s mission to capture Pandora’s Box, but the prospect of Faust’s alignment with Touto leave Sento unsettled…

#19 - Endless Game

Kamen Rider - Season 27 - Episode 45

Though Gamedeus was finally destroyed at the cost of Poppy Pipopapo and Parado when they extracted the Bugster from his body, Masamune Dan survived and takes advantage of Emu no longer being able to use Hyper Muteki. The Kamen Riders are at a huge disadvantage, while Cronus doesn't hold back, and initiates Pause. All of the Kamen Riders' movements are frozen in time, and he prepares to kill them, starting with Emu…

#20 - A Doctor's License

Kamen Rider - Season 27 - Episode 43

Suddenly, the Gamedeus virus begins spreading through the streets! Masamune becomes Gamedeus Cronus and appears before the other Riders, as he summons Nico into the World of Kamen Rider Chronicle! Nico is the one who is qualified to challenge the Last Boss of Kamen Rider Chronicle as a Ride-Player, but it seems clear that Masamune is going to try to Game Over the player who is closest to beating the game in order to reset it. In an attempt to save her but unwilling to let the others follow, Taiga uses the Chronicle Gashats seized from patients and goes to find her. However, the other Riders cannot enter the World of Kamen Rider Chronicle! Just what will happen to Nico's fate?

#21 - What the Memories Tell You

Kamen Rider - Season 28 - Episode 8

Katsuragi was the founder of Faust! A fearsome power may be at work behind the murder of Katsuragi, and Build’s lost memories are likely involved. There is a sign that secret data entrusted to his mother by Katsuragi might be a clue, but Faust wants the data as well…

#22 - The Devil's Scientist

Kamen Rider - Season 28 - Episode 7

According to Tatsuya’s testimony, the allegations surrounding Katsuragi’s murder now turns towards Sento! He revealed that Sento’s former self had visited Katsuragi’s room on the day of the murder. Ryuuga, who is aware of the facts, is skeptical about the murder. The man who has hidden until now may be the real culprit! Their investigations point them towards Katsuraki’s mother, in Hokuto…

#23 - The Rider War Outbreak

Kamen Rider - Season 28 - Episode 17

Hokuto makes its move for Pandora’s Box and Touto announces their intention to deploy the Kamen Rider System as a weapon, but Sento refuses to become a tool of war. However, with the arrival of a new breed of Smash, Sento may have no choice, while Banjou takes the newly-completed Sclash Driver against Sento’s wishes and transforms…

#24 - We're Kamen Riders!

Kamen Rider - Season 27 - Episode 14

Wanting to save Dr. Shirakawa, Emu asks Hiiro to perform a surgery on his cancer. He has his Gashat back and faces the Bugster to also cure Shirakawa’s game illness. Will the surgery succeed? What will happen to Ex-Aid?! And what of his new split form?

#25 - Who Removes the Veil?

Kamen Rider - Season 28 - Episode 13

After a call from Nabeshima, Sento knows who set up Banjou, but locks himself in the basement rather than reveal what he was told. Meanwhile, Banjou confronts Blood Stalk over the Box, but when the two Riders reunite, Sento secretly lays a trap to confirm his suspicions about who Stalk truly is…

#26 - Men, Fly High!

Kamen Rider - Season 27 - Episode 8

Taiga manages to capture the Bugster which escaped during the last battle and obtains the Jet Combat Gashat, holding the Bugster, and thus the patient, hostage in exchange for the other Riders’ Gashats. When they arrive to challenge him, he decides only he is needed to fight the Bugster, and tries to destroy Ex-Aid and Brave.

#27 - The Golden Soldier

Kamen Rider - Season 28 - Episode 18

After the battle with the Hard Smashes, a man appears, holding an identical Sclash Driver! He calls himself Kamen Rider Grease and acts on behalf of Hokuto. His mission is to recover Touto’s Full Bottles in order to allow Hokuto to harness the power of Pandora’s Box! However, Sento and Banjou refuse to roll over that easily and fight back, with Sento tapping the power of the stolen Hokuto Full Bottles!

#28 - The Forbidden Item

Kamen Rider - Season 28 - Episode 19

With the Sclash Driver becoming a weapon of war in the escalating battle between Cross-Z and Grease, Sento searches for the keyword to the forbidden item that Katsuragi locked away. Meanwhile, Stalk informs Kazumi that while he can’t further boost Grease, he can power up the three Hard Smashes, but at the risk of their lives should they be defeated…

#29 - The Deep Secret of Some Lie

Kamen Rider - Season 27 - Episode 7

A hospitalized patient showing two symptoms of the game illness has appeared. Emu and Hiiro transform and succeed in separating the two Bugsters from the patient. But the Black Ex-Aid appears once again to interfere, letting the Bugsters escape. Kiriya appears before Emu to offer his help stopping the 5th Rider. An irritated Hiiro declines, since he feels Kiriya can’t be trusted. However, after the Bugsters appear again, Kiriya repeats his proposal to Emu.

#30 - The Final Smile

Kamen Rider - Season 27 - Episode 44

Gamedeus Cronus has grown massive and become the strongest Last Boss! The Gamedeus Virus expanded and the pandemic has gotten worse. The Gamedeus Virus can now be transferred from person to person, turning the infected into Bugster Virus foot soldiers! Two Bugsters witnessing this symptom, Parado and Poppy Pipopapo, decide to take action. "There is something that only us Bugsters can do…" Poppy says as she rushes to Ex-Aid…

#31 - Suddenly in a Fantasy?!

Kamen Rider - Season 27 - Episode 19

Emu finally learns of the horrifying truth that he has the game illness. The Bugster virus in him acts up and he collapses to the ground, though for some reason no Bugster has appeared… Emu later wakes up in CR with his personality completely changed to that of “Genius Gamer M”. When a new Level 30 Bugster emerges, Emu transforms into Ex-Aid with delight and fights as if he were playing a game while no longer concerning himself with the patient. Just what has happened to Emu?

#32 - What Matters the Most

Kamen Rider - Season 23 - Episode 50

Haruto finds he must battle the White Wizard on his own for Koyomi’s sake after Kousuke used the last of his mana to disrupt the Sabbat. Elsewhere, Yuzuru and Yamamoto come to their senses and plan to fight alongside Mayu and Haruto for Kousuke.

#33 - The Place You Call Home

Super Sentai - Season 42 - Episode 37

Facing a Ganglar that can teleport people back to their homes, Keiichiro begins living in a portable tent.

#34 - The Last Hope

Kamen Rider - Season 23 - Episode 51

With Gremlin in possession of the Philosopher’s Stone, Koyomi dies. However, Fueki says that the light in Haruto’s heart is the true Philosopher’s Stone. Meanwhile, Gremlin, now evolved, goes on a rampage, and Kousuke cannot battle to save anyone or even himself from the monstrous Phantom…

#35 - A Promise to Return Alive

Super Sentai - Season 42 - Episode 24

The Lupinrangers investigate reports of a magical lucky pendant.

#36 - Burn, Amazin' Gummy

Kamen Rider - Season 35 - Episode 48

The Kamen Riders team up with Lango to try and take out Bocca once and for all.

#37 - The Show Must Go On

Super Sentai - Season 42 - Episode 11

Things start to go wrong for the Patrangers when a Ganglar shows up and swaps their genders!

#38 - Punishment for Disobeying Orders

Super Sentai - Season 42 - Episode 19

Sakuya is fired from the Patrangers when he acts up at Jurer. But is there more to it than there seems?

#39 - Take Off into a Headwind!

Kamen Rider - Season 27 - Episode 20

Taiga and Nico meet a high school student named Daisuke who is infected with the Bugster Virus and calls both Emu and Hiiro for their help. Parad suddenly appears and Hiiro faces him in his new form while Emu is hesitant on joining the fight.

#40 - Players Who Bet Their Lives

Kamen Rider - Season 27 - Episode 26

Kamen Rider Chronicle has begun! Para-DX has joined the game and defeated the first round of the general players, giving them a Game Over as Emu watched them disappear before him. Kamen Rider Chronicle is being sold at an extremely fast rate, and when a patient intends to cure himself, Emu gives chase, and is confronted by Poppy…

#41 - No Thank You to a Second Genius?

Kamen Rider - Season 27 - Episode 2

Becoming Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, Emu now must serve as both a pediatrician and a member of CR. A gifted surgeon named Hiiro Kagami comes back from the United States and is not only the son of the director, he’s also Kamen Rider Brave. This results in a clash of ethics when it comes to dealing with patients.

#42 - I'm a Kamen Rider!

Kamen Rider - Season 27 - Episode 1

Emu, a clumsy pediatrics intern takes young Sota, who is suffering a mysterious illness, to the announcement event of the latest "Mighty Action X", Sota's favorite game. Emu became a medical doctor in order to save someone's life because his life had been saved once through surgery. However, a mysterious virus emerges from Sota's body and the event turns into chaos. Emu hears from Asuna, an employee of the Ministry of Health, that transforming into a Kamen Rider can save the patient. Emu takes on this "operation" and inserts the Mighty Action X Gashat into the Gamer Driver, transforming into Kamen Rider Ex-Aid!

#43 - Evolving Beast

Kamen Rider - Season 23 - Episode 29

Kousuke must find a way to retrieve his BeastDriver and Rings from Gremlin, but after he discovers the real location off his equipment, he finds himself too weak to fight. After trying to use the new ring in a last-ditch move, Chimera appears and tells him about the chance to eat the Phantom alive.

#44 - A Christmas Miracle

Kamen Rider - Season 23 - Episode 16

Around Christmas time, a new Gate is discovered in the form of a hard-working young man named Tatsuro, and Haruto must get to the bottom of what his hopes are in order to protect him from becoming a Phantom. However, when all hope seems lost, Haruto receives a little help from a jolly old fellow with a white beard…

#45 - The Ring-Bearing Wizard

Kamen Rider - Season 23 - Episode 1

When strange magical creatures including something resembling the Minotaur begin to attack in Toriizaka, they are all confronted by a man with a strange ring and belt calling himself “Wizard”…

#46 - Monarch of the Jungle

Super Sentai - Season 40 - Episode 5

The Deathgalien’s newest player, Gaburio, has appeared. The Zyuohgers appear but he escapes. While chasing him, they encounter Larry, a gorilla Zyuman living in the mountains who is very happy to see fellow Zyumen again, but the moment he sees Yamato, he runs in fear. Meanwhile, Deathgalien team leader Azarudo has come personally, and his power is incomparably higher than that of the players.

#47 - Station 11: The Emperor of Darkness

Super Sentai - Season 38 - Episode 11

While the ToQgers enjoy a day out at an amusement park, Right meets a young man with balloons who seems odd. Baron Nero leads an offensive against them in order to welcome the Emperor of Darkness onto the Shadow Line, and also has a particular interest in the man with the balloons.

#48 - A Wild Present

Super Sentai - Season 40 - Episode 6

With Yamato using Larry's Zyuman power, Larry begins to age rapidly, threatening his life. Elsewhere, Azarudo discovers Gaburio is still alive, but has gone missing. The Zyuohgers track him down, again, but find someone looking entirely different.

#49 - The Short-Nosed Elephant

Super Sentai - Season 40 - Episode 12

#50 - Station 12: The Rainbow Commuter Pass

Super Sentai - Season 38 - Episode 12

The other ToQgers can no longer see the Ressha and are seemingly devoid of their Imagination. Right tries to get through to them, but Lamp Shadow reveals to him that Z has hypnotized all of them to forget their time on the Rainbow Line. Right must figure out how to get them back to normal, while also dealing with new memories of their childhood home.