Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3

Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3
Theatrical poster
Japanese	スーパーヒーロー大戦GP 仮面ライダー3号
Hepburn	Supā Hīrō Taisen Guranpuri: Kamen Raidā Sangō
Directed by	Takayuki Shibasaki
Produced by	Ishimori Productions Toei
Written by	Shōji Yonemura
Starring	Ryoma Takeuchi Yuichi Nakamura Yu Inaba Rio Uchida Kento Handa Kousei Amano Tetsuo Kurata Nobuhiko Takada Mitsuhiro Oikawa
Narrated by	Tomokazu Seki
Music by	Shuhei Naruse Kōtarō Nakagawa
Cinematography	Goro Miyazaki
Edited by	Naoki Osada
Production company	Toei
Distributed by	Toei Co. Ltd
Release dates	March 21, 2015 (2015-03-21)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3 (スーパーヒーロー大戦GP 仮面ライダー3号, Supā Hīrō Taisen Guranpuri: Kamen Raidā Sangō) is the 2015 entry of the "Super Hero Taisen" film series, featuring the cast of Kamen Rider Drive and the appearance of Kamen Rider 3, which was originally created by Shotaro Ishinomori for the one-shot 1972 manga Rider #3 VS. General Black (3ごうライダーたい ブラックしょうぐんのまき, Sangō Raidā Tai Burakku Shōgun no Maki). Tetsuo Kurata, (Kamen Rider Black, Kamen Rider Black RX), Yuichi Nakamura (Kamen Rider Den-O), Kousei Amano, Takayuki Tsubaki, Ryoji Morimoto and Takahiro Hojo (Kamen Rider Blade), and Kento Handa (Kamen Rider 555) reprise their roles in the film, which is scheduled to open in theaters on March 21, 2015.^[1][2] A new actor Mitsuhiro Oikawa, confirmed to perform his role as Kamen Rider 3, as well as the cast of Shuriken Sentai Ninninger will also appear.

Plot

The evil organization Shocker alters history by sending their newest creation, Kamen Rider 3, to defeat Kamen Riders 1 and 2 back in 1973. In the alternate present, Shocker is more powerful than ever, and most of the Kamen Riders are now either imprisoned or brainwashed to work for them. One of such brainwashed Riders is Shinnosuke Tomari who thanks to his partner Kiriko Shijima, remembers the truth and joins forces with the remaining Kamen Riders who are still at large to make a stand against Shocker and put history back on its proper course.

Cast

Kamen Rider Series cast

• Shinnosuke Tomari (泊 進ノ介, Tomari Shinnosuke): Ryoma Takeuchi (竹内 涼真, Takeuchi Ryōma)
• Kiriko Shijima (詩島 霧子, Shijima Kiriko): Rio Uchida (内田 理央, Uchida Rio)
• Go Shijima (詩島 剛, Shijima Gō): Yu Inaba (稲葉 友, Inaba Yū)
• Rinna Sawagami (沢神 りんな, Sawagami Rinna): Rei Yoshii (吉井 怜, Yoshii Rei)
• Kyu Saijo (西城 究, Saijō Kyū): Kenta Hamano (浜野 謙太, Hamano Kenta)
• Genpachiro Otta (追田 現八郎, Otta Genpachirō): Taira Imata (井俣 太良, Imata Taira)
• Jun Honganji (本願寺 純, Honganji Jun): Tsurutaro Kataoka (片岡 鶴太郎, Kataoka Tsurutarō)
• Yuto Sakurai (桜井 侑斗, Sakurai Yūto): Yuichi Nakamura (中村 優一, Nakamura Yūichi)
• Takumi Inui (乾 巧, Inui Takumi): Kento Handa (半田 健人, Handa Kento)
• Sakuya Tachibana (橘 朔也, Tachibana Sakuya): Kousei Amano (天野 浩成, Amano Kōsei)
• Kotaro Minami (南 光太郎, Minami Kōtarō): Tetsuo Kurata (倉田 てつを, Kurata Tetsuo)

Super Sentai Series cast

• Takaharu Igasaki (伊賀崎 天晴, Igasaki Takaharu): Shunsuke Nishikawa (西川 俊介, Nishikawa Shunsuke)
• Yakumo "Cloud" Kato (加藤 クラウド 八雲, Katō Kuraudo Yakumo): Gaku Matsumoto (松本 岳, Matsumoto Gaku)
• Nagi Matsuo (松尾 凪, Matsuo Nagi): Kaito Nakamura (中村 嘉惟人, Nakamura Kaito)
• Fuka Igasaki (伊賀崎 風花, Igasaki Fūka): Yuuka Yano (矢野 優花, Yano Yūka)
• Kasumi Momochi (百地 霞, Momochi Kasumi): Kasumi Yamaya (山谷 花純, Yamaya Kasumi)
• Yoshitaka Igasaki (伊賀崎 好天, Igasaki Yoshitaka): Takashi Sasano (笹野 高史, Sasano Takashi)

Super Hero Taisen GP cast

• Kyoichiro Kuroi (黒井 響一郎, Kuroi Kyōichirō): Mitsuhiro Oikawa (及川 光博, Oikawa Mitsuhiro)
• General Black (ブラック将軍, Burakku Shōgun): Nobuhiko Takada (高田 延彦, Takada Nobuhiko)
• Tobei Tachibana (立花 藤兵衛, Tachibana Tōbei): Rakkyo Ide (井出 らっきょ, Ide Rakkyo)

Voice Cast

• Mashin Chaser (魔進チェイサー, Mashin Cheisā, Voice): Taiko Katono (上遠野 太洸, Katōno Taikō)
• Mr. Belt (ベルトさん, Beruto-san, Voice), Drive Driver Equipment Voice: Chris Peppler (クリス・ペプラー, Kurisu Pepurā)
• Kamen Rider Blade (仮面ライダーブレイド, Kamen Raidā Bureido, Voice): Takayuki Tsubaki (椿 隆之, Tsubaki Takayuki)
• Kamen Rider Chalice (仮面ライダーカリス, Kamen Raidā Karisu, Voice): Ryoji Morimoto (森本 亮治, Morimoto Ryōji)
• Kamen Rider Leangle (仮面ライダーレンゲル, Kamen Raidā Rengeru, Voice): Takahiro Hōjō (北条 隆博, Hōjō Takahiro)
• Deneb (デネブ, Denebu, Voice): Hōchū Ōtsuka (大塚 芳忠, Ōtsuka Hōchū)
• Kamen Rider 1 (仮面ライダー1号, Kamen Raidā Ichigō, Voice): Tetsu Inada (稲田 徹, Inada Testu)
• Kamen Rider 2 (仮面ライダー2号, Kamen Raidā Nigō, Voice): Kunihiro Kawamoto (河本 邦弘, Kawamoto Kunihiro)
• Riderman (ライダーマン, Raidāman, Voice): Hideo Ishikawa (石川 英郎, Ishikawa Hideo)
• Faiz Driver Equipment Voice: Takehiko Kano (假野 剛彦, Kano Takehiko)
• Rouzer Voice: Takeshi Sasaki (佐々木 健, Sasaki Takeshi)
• Ninninger Equipment Voice: Tsutomu Tareki (垂木 勉, Tareki Tsutomu)
• Narration, The Great Leader of Shocker (ショッカー大首領, Shokkā Daishuryō, Voice), Kamen Rider V3 (仮面ライダーV3, Kamen Raidā Bui Surī, Voice), Kamen Rider Amazon (仮面ライダーアマゾン, Kamen Raidā Amazon, Voice), Kamen Rider Stronger (仮面ライダーストロンガー, Kamen Raidā Sutorongā, Voice), Kamen Rider Super-1 (仮面ライダースーパー1, Kamen Raidā Sūpā Wan, Voice), Kamen Rider Double (仮面ライダーダブル, Kamen Raidā Daburu, Voice), Girizames (ギリザメス, Girizamesu, Voice), Shiomaneking (シオマネキング, Shiomanekingu, Voice), Kame Bazooka (カメバズーカ, Kame Bazūka, Voice), Marshal Machine (マシーン大元帥, Mashīn Daigensui, Voice): Tomokazu Seki (関 智一, Seki Tomokazu)

Theme song

• "Who's That Guy".
  • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
  • Composition & Arrangement: SAKOSHIN
  • Artist: Mitsuhiro Oikawa

Kamen Rider 4

The first million ticket buyers will also receive a special DVD featuring the first episode of a three episode spin-off, titled Kamen Rider 4 (仮面ライダー4号, Kamen Raidā Yongō). d-Video will begin distribution of the first two episodes on March 28, 2015 and the final episode on April 4, 2015. Mitsuru Karahashi (Kamen Rider 555) reprises his role in the spin-off. Mitsuru Matsuoka performs his voice role as Kamen Rider 4 and also performs the spin-off's theme song "time" under the special band Mitsuru Matsuoka EARNEST DRIVE. The spin-off is directed by Kyohei Yamaguchi and written by Nobuhiro Mouri.

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