Kamen Rider Ghost

Takeru Tenkūji, whose father was a ghost hunter who died 10 years earlier, dies at the hands of an evil monster known as a Gamma (眼魔, Ganma, Eye Demon) while trying to protect his childhood friend Akari Tsukimura from an attack. A mysterious hermit brings Takeru back to life and bestows upon him the Ghost Driver transformation belt and a Ghost Eyecon (ゴースト眼魂, Gōsuto Aikon, Ghost Eye Soul), an orb-shaped device which can see ghostly creatures like spirits of dead creatures, Gamma, and other Riders. The hermit tells Takeru that he has 99 days to gather 15 additional heroic Eyecons in order to be brought back to life permanently, and must fight the Gamma as Kamen Rider Ghost to obtain them. He is assisted by the Buddhist monk Onari, who previously supported his father as a ghost hunter, and Akari, who tries to find more scientific and logical reasons behind their supernatural encounters. In his way are Makoto Fukami, a mysterious living young man capable of utilizing a Ghost Driver to transform into Kamen Rider Specter (仮面ライダースペクター, Kamen Raidā Supekutā), and the Gamma led by Chikara Saionji, an associate of Takeru's late father, and Alain, the son of the Gamma leader, who later acquires the means to transform into the anti-hero Kamen Rider Necrom (仮面ライダーネクロム, Kamen Raidā Nekuromu).

The Riders of Kamen Rider Ghost use Eyecons to transform and summon the hooded jacket-like spirits called Hoodie Ghosts (パーカーゴースト, Pākā Gōsuto) like the spirits of historical figures such as Miyamoto Musashi, Thomas Edison, Tutankhamun and Isaac Newton to grant them new powers.[1]

Shun Nishime is the lead actor of Kamen Rider Ghost, portraying the hero Takeru Tenkūji. At only 17 years old, he is one of the youngest actors to portray the leading role in a Kamen Rider Series, coming after Masaki Suda from Kamen Rider W who was 16 at the time of filming and tying with Takeru Satoh from Kamen Rider Den-O. The rest of the cast includes female lead Hikaru Ohsawa, the rival Kamen Rider Ryosuke Yamamoto, Takayuki Yanagi, Yoshiyuki Morishita, Hayato Isomura, and Naoto Takenaka.[2]

Japanese rock band Kishidan performs the television series' opening theme song. When Kishidan's involvement was announced, lead singer Show Ayanocozey joked that he was very worried about writing the song, but consulted with Takashi Niigaki on how to write songs about ghosts.[3]

Much like some of Gaim's earlier episodes, the episode titles for this season are all in the form of a exclamatory sentences, with the first one being exactly two kanji long much like Kuuga's episodes.

Kamen Rider Ghost had made his debut as a cameo in Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future.

• Kamen Rider Ghost: Ikkyu Eyecon Contention! Quick Wit Battle!! (仮面ライダーゴースト 一休眼魂争奪! とんち勝負（バトル）!!, Kamen Raidā Gōsuto Ikkyū Aikon Sōdatsu! Tonchi Batoru!!) is a special Televi-Kun DVD. It features both the Ikkyu Ghost Eyecon and the Pythagoras Ghost Eyecon.
• Kamen Rider Ghost: Ikkyu Intimacy! Awaken, My Quick Wit Power!! (仮面ライダーゴースト 一休入魂! めざめよ、オレのとんち力!!, Kamen Raidā Gōsuto Ikkyū Nyūkon! Mezameyo, Ore no Tonchi-ryoku!!) is Televi-Kun's "Hyper Battle DVD" (超（ハイパー）バトルDVD, Haipā Batoru Dī Bui Dī). It features both Kamen Rider Ghost Ikkyu Damashii and Kamen Rider Specter Pythagoras Damashii.
• Kamen Rider Ghost: Legendary! Riders' Souls! (仮面ライダーゴースト 伝説! ライダーの魂!, Kamen Raidā Gōsuto Densetsu! Raidā no Tamashii!) is a web series released on YouTube. It is connected to Kamen Rider 1 and features Kamen Rider Ghost and Kamen Rider Specter's Legend Rider Damashii confronting villains from past Kamen Rider Series. It comprises seven episodes, but the final episode is exclusive to the DVD.
• The Legend of Hero Alain (アラン英雄伝, Aran Eiyūden) is included as part of the Blu-ray releases of Kamen Rider Ghost. It comprises four episodes and focuses on a side story of Alain. The theme song is "TIMELESS BLUE" performed by SUNAHO.
• Kamen Rider Ghost: Truth! The Secret of Heroic Eyecons! (仮面ライダーゴースト 真相! 英雄眼魂のひみつ!, Kamen Raidā Gōsuto Shinsō! Eiyū Aikon no Himitsu!) is Televi-Kun's "Hyper Battle DVD". It takes place after the end of the series, revealing why Da Vinci wasn't chosen to be among the 15 Heroic Eyecons and closing several plotlines from the show and movies, while also introducing the actual Da Vinci Ghost Eyecon.

Ghost Re:Birth: Kamen Rider Specter (ゴーストRE:BIRTH 仮面ライダースペクター, Gōsuto Ribāsu Kamen Raidā Supekutā) is a V-Cinema release that focuses on a side story of Makoto Fukami as Kamen Rider Specter, it is set after the end of the series and also features a flashback when Makoto first meet Alain. It features both final forms of both Specter and Necrom respectively.[9] The V-Cinema was released on April 19, 2017.[10][11] The theme song is "NEW WORLD" performed by Bentham. The film is written by Takuro Fukuda, and directed by Kazuya Kamihoriuchi.

Kamen Rider Ghost: Memories to the Future (仮面ライダーゴースト ～未来への記憶～, Kamen Raidā Gōsuto Mirai e no Kioku), written by Takuro Fukuda, is part of a series of spin-off novel adaptions of the Heisei Era Kamen Riders. The novel is split into three parts and focuses on the origin of the Gamma World, the history and destiny of Daitenkū-ji, and the events after Ghost Re:Birth: Kamen Rider Specter. The novel was released on November 17, 2017.

Kamen Rider: Battride War Genesis (仮面ライダー バトライド・ウォー 創生, Kamen Raidā Batoraido Wō Sōsei), is the third installment of the Kamen Rider: Battride War series, was released on February 26, 2016 for the PlayStation consoles (PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita). It features characters from Kamen Rider Ghost, Kamen Rider Drive, characters in previous versions of the game that were included as NPCs or assistants, as well as the Shōwa era Kamen Riders.

• Takeru Tenkūji (天空寺 タケル, Tenkūji Takeru): Shun Nishime (西銘 駿, Nishime Shun)
• Akari Tsukimura (月村 アカリ, Tsukimura Akari): Hikaru Ohsawa (大沢 ひかる, Ōsawa Hikaru)
• Makoto Fukami (深海 マコト, Fukami Makoto): Ryosuke Yamamoto (山本 涼介, Yamamoto Ryōsuke)
• Onari (御成): Takayuki Yanagi (柳 喬之, Yanagi Takayuki)
• Chikara Saionji (西園寺 主税, Saionji Chikara): Yoshiyuki Morishita (森下 能幸, Morishita Yoshiyuki)
• Alain (アラン, Aran): Hayato Isomura (磯村 勇斗, Isomura Hayato)
• Javel (ジャベル, Jaberu): Sotaro (聡太郎, Sōtarō)
• Adel (アデル, Aderu), Gammisers (ガンマイザー, Ganmaizā, Voice; 35-45 and human form): Akihiro Mayama (真山 明大, Mayama Akihiro)
• Igor (イゴール, Igōru): Hiroshi Yamamoto (山本 浩司, Yamamoto Hiroshi)
• Alia (アリア, Aria), Alicia (アリシア, Arishia): Reon Kadena (かでな れおん, Kadena Reon)
• Gyro (ジャイロ, Jairo): Seiji Takaiwa (高岩 成二, Takaiwa Seiji)
• Shibuya (シブヤ): Takuya Mizoguchi (溝口 琢矢, Mizoguchi Takuya)
• Narita (ナリタ): Reo Kansyuji (勧修寺 玲旺, Kanshūji Reo)
• Kanon Fukami (深海 カノン, Fukami Kanon): Mio Kudo (工藤 美桜, Kudō Mio)
• Yasushi Onodera (小野寺 靖, Onodera Yasushi): Yasuomi Sano (佐野 泰臣, Sano Yasuomi)
• Fumi Fukushima (福嶋 フミ, Fukushima Fumi): Hisako Ohkata (大方 斐紗子, Ōkata Hisako)
• Steve Bills (スティーブ・ビルズ, Sutību Biruzu): Thane Camus (セイン・カミュ, Sein Kamyu)
• Adonis (アドニス, Adonisu): Hiroshi Katsuno (勝野 洋, Katsuno Hiroshi)
• Ryū Tenkūji (天空寺 龍, Tenkūji Ryū): Kazuhiko Nishimura (西村 和彦, Nishimura Kazuhiko)
• Hermit/Edith (仙人／イーディス, Sennin/Īdisu): Naoto Takenaka (竹中 直人, Takenaka Naoto)
• Yurusen (ユルセン, Voice): Aoi Yūki (悠木 碧, Yūki Aoi)
• Hoodie Ghosts (パーカーゴースト, Pākā Gōsuto, Voice), Transformation Gamma Eyecon Voice: Tomokazu Seki (関 智一, Seki Tomokazu)
• Gammisers (ガンマイザー, Ganmaizā, Voice; 23-34, 47-49): Sayaka Ohara (大原 さやか, Ōhara Sayaka)[12][13]
• Ghost Driver Equipment Voice, Eyecon Driver G Voice: m.c.A.T
• Mega Ulorder and Equipment Voice: Peter von Gomm[14]
• Narration: Kazuya Ichijō (一条 和矢, Ichijō Kazuya)

Opening theme

• "Warera Omou, Yue ni Warera Ari" (我ら思う、故に我ら在り, "We Think, Therefore We Are")
  • Lyrics & Composition: Show Ayanocozey
  • Arrangement: Takeshi Kiuchi
  • Artist: Kishidan

• Official website at TV Asahi
• Official website at Toei Company
• Ghost Re:Birth website