The WORST episodes of Kamen Rider
Every episode of Kamen Rider ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Kamen Rider!
A motorcycle-riding hero of justice rises up to fight an evil force, stopping their evil deeds while using their own power against them.
#1 - Girl… A/Papa’s a Kamen Rider
Season 20 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/4/2009
A politician hires the Narumi Detective Agency to protect her and her daughter from an assassin.
#2 - The Power of Love: The King's Rage
Season 18 - Episode 42 - Aired 11/30/2008
In 1986, Otoya battles Dark Kiva with IXA but is hopelessly outmatched and is taken prisoner by the King, intending to feed him to Castle Doran. Maya pretends not to care, but she seeks out Yuri and begs her to help rescue Otoya after she admits she is in love with him. Yuri agrees, and the two enter the Lost Woods, where Castle Doran sleeps. In 2008, Taiga is upset by Wataru’s decision to fight for humanity, pointing out they’ll end up fighting one another eventually. As Shima visits Yuri’s grave, he is attacked by a Fangire and gravely wounded, but Taiga offers Wataru a way to help him…
#3 - Wedding March: A Time of Parting
Season 18 - Episode 43 - Aired 12/7/2008
In search of Otoya, Yuri and Maya battle the Silkworm Fangire as Otoya’s life is drained into Castle Doran. As time is nearly up, he requests that the King allow him one final performance, playing a song to act as a beacon for Maya and Yuri. As they escape with him, Otoya dons IXA to defeat the Silkworm Fangire while Maya is stripped of her powers. In 2008, Shima acts strangely as the Sungazer Fangire appears, but everyone is stunned when it changes back into Shima! Meanwhile, Taiga and Mio begin the wedding ceremony, but Mio has plans of her own…
#4 - Punk: Back to Father
Season 18 - Episode 44 - Aired 12/14/2008
In the aftermath of Mio’s death, Wataru confronts Taiga until Jiro drags him to the Time Door, hoping that Wataru will regain his composure if he meets his father. But when Wataru returns to the past, he is hellbent on saving Mio by erasing his own existence and keeping his parents from getting together. When he is forced to reveal his parentage, Otoya is unable to believe it, but he slowly comes around until the two are attacked by a Fangire, leading father and son to fight side by side.
#5 - With You: The Last Transformation
Season 18 - Episode 45 - Aired 12/21/2008
After Wataru rescues Otoya, the King reveals his true Fangire form and attacks, but Otoya escapes and encounters Kivat-bat the 2nd, who tells him that Maya sends a message: they can never meet again. If they do, the King will kill Taiga, who he is holding hostage. Disgusted by his actions, Kivat-bat the 2nd proposes a pact with Otoya, granting him the Dark Kiva powers at the risk of his life! In 2008, Taiga agonizes over Mio’s death until Bishop reveals Wataru did not kill her, he did, in order to send Wataru into despair. Taiga reacts violently, angering Bishop into acting on his own, plotting revenge…
#6 - Full Stop: Goodbye, Otoya
Season 18 - Episode 46 - Aired 1/4/2009
Wataru battles the Bat Fangire after his father is injured, but he’s no match for the incredible power wielded by the King. Enraged, the injured Otoya switches to IXA, but the weaker prototype is easily dispatched by the King, as the IXA armor shatters. Despite knowing that using Dark Kiva again will mean his demise, Otoya transforms and the two Kivas stand side by side and finally destroy the King. Otoya begins to die but puts on a brave facade as his son fades away, returning to the future he came from. Back in the future, Wataru exudes new confidence while Nago fights Bishop but is severely injured in the process…
#7 - Break the Chain: Obey Me!
Season 18 - Episode 47 - Aired 1/11/2009
Taiga and Wataru resume their fight after eliminating Bishop’s revived Fangires. With the embracing of his Fangire side, Wataru defeats Taiga and tells his brother he refuses to help him. While Bishop’s plans to revive the previous King continue on, Taiga visits Maya after she refuses to grant him the power of Dark Kiva, he attacks her and obtains Kivat-bat the 2nd. Meanwhile, Nago plans to resign due to his injury, but Megumi demands he continues to fight, with her acting as his eyes.
#8 - Finale: The Inheritors of Kiva
Season 18 - Episode 48 - Aired 1/18/2009
With Wataru as the self-proclaimed King of the Fangires, Taiga confronts him and claims to have killed Maya. The brothers begin to fight, but Bishop appears with his army of Fangires, so the two switch targets, with the Arms Monsters arriving to back them up. Nago, with the help of Megumi, engages Bishop at the same time, struggling with his damaged eyesight, but with Megumi’s help, he triumphs. But in defeat, he succeeds in reviving the King, forcing the brothers to team up and fight the Bat Fangire just as Wataru and Otoya did 22 years earlier. The fate of humanity and the Fangires is about to be decided!
#9 - W’s Search/The One Who Makes the City Cry
Season 20 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/13/2009
After his missing target is killed by another Dopant, Shotaro works with his partner Philip to figure out the truth regarding the killer, all while being dogged by Akiko and her strange sightings.
#10 - Don’t Touch the M/How To Get Into Heaven
Season 20 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/20/2009
Shotaro is hired to save a girl from a legendary casino who offers ultimate riches for victory… and ultimate penalty for loss.
#11 - Don’t Touch the M/Betting on Joker
Season 20 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/27/2009
Tracking down the legendary casino, Shotaro must defeat its Dopant owner, as Philip deals with a crisis hindering his mental abilities.
#12 - Lullaby: Release the Heart
Season 18 - Episode 41 - Aired 11/23/2008
The Arms Monsters attempt to eliminate Otoya in order to be spared by the King, but none of them can go through with it and the trio decides to split up and run, but they don’t get before the King uses his dark Kiva powers to seal them into the weapons Wataru will use in the future, imprisoning them in Castle Doran. In 2008, Shima fires Kengo, who begs Wataru not to give up with Nago and the others, but Wataru won’t budge. But when a vision of Maya comes to him in a dream, will he find his resolve to believe in himself?
#13 - Girl… A/The Price of Lying
Season 20 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/11/2009
Shotaro struggles with the morality of continuing to let Asuka believe that her father is Double.
#14 - Looking For C/Phillip Can’t Stand It
Season 20 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/18/2009
Philip chases after a teenage street dancer, who may be the key to a locked book in the Gaia Library.
#15 - Looking For C/Dancing Hero
Season 20 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/25/2009
As several of Double’s Gaia Memories are taken by the Cockroach Dopant, Shotaro tries to find his true identity, while Philip tries to reunite the dance partners for their legendary move.
#16 - Trembling Before S/I Saw the Maid Detective!
Season 20 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/8/2009
Akiko gets a job as a maid for the Sonozaki family in order to investigate a Dopant abducting pastry chefs.
#17 - Trembling Before S/The Ace Detective’s Daughter
Season 20 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/15/2009
Shotaro gets embroiled deeper in the Sonozakis' connection to the Dopants, as Akiko attempts to find the criminal behind the patisserie abductions.
#18 - V For Vendetta/Infected Vehicle
Season 20 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/22/2009
Shotaro decides to help an underworld gang after a member is killed by a Dopant-possessed car.
#19 - V For Vendetta/Raging Beast
Season 20 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/29/2009
When the search for the Virus Dopant takes an unexpected turn, Shotaro and Philip must work to find the true controller and the reason behind their grudge.
#20 - Q on the Radio/Princess Under Fire
Season 20 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/6/2009
Shotaro and Philip investigate a Dopant stalker who's causing chaos in order to impress Wakana.
#21 - Q on the Radio/Live Broadcast at the Riot
Season 20 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/13/2009
As Shotaro continues to try and lure out Wakana’s violent stalker, Philip continues to get unusually close to the radio-broadcasting Sonozaki.
#22 - Flash of the F/Robbery Rider
Season 20 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/20/2009
A suspicious woman hires Shotaro to find a Dopant who is running amuck while taking the name “Kamen Rider” as his own.
#23 - Curtain Raising: Kiva's Identity
Season 18 - Episode 30 - Aired 8/31/2008
Having been attacked by Rook, Yuri is nearly killed before Jiro manages to intervene, landing her in the hospital. Jiro and Otoya visit her, telling her not to rush back into action, but she rushes out, falling for their diversion as they bait Rook once more. In 2008, Wataru’s relationships are increasingly strained, with Kengo upset by Wataru’s lie about his recovery, and Mio once again rejecting Wataru due to Shizuka’s meddling. With her brother still demanding Shima relieve her, Megumi goes undercover to tail a Fangire target, and when IXA and Kiva enter battle, Nago makes a shocking discovery…
#24 - Nocturne: The Messiah of Love
Season 18 - Episode 20 - Aired 6/8/2008
As the Ladybug Fangire escapes from the Otoya-possessed Wataru, it takes Kengo and Keisuke as hostages to force Megumi into a fight as IXA. As “Otoya” tries to teach her about the resolve needed to be a warrior, she refuses to listen, and time is running out for the hostages. Meanwhile, in 1986, the actual Otoya runs into a mysterious woman at a wedding while looking for Yuri, who is revealed to be the queen of the Checkmate Four, Maya…
#25 - Rhapsody: The Fate of the Ring
Season 18 - Episode 21 - Aired 6/22/2008
After Yuri treats Otoya to a meal to thank him for what he did during the wedding incident, Jiro becomes angry at Otoya’s affection for Yuri, prompting Jiro to propose to her! Stunned, she isn’t sure whether to accept, but Shima thinks it’s a good idea. In her frustration, Yuri sets up a group date where Otoya runs into an old friend. Meanwhile, in 2008, Kengo suggests to Nago, Wataru, and Megumi a group date of their own, where things go poorly, including the antics of a clumsy waitress…