Kamen Rider Amazon

Kamen Rider Amazon (仮面ライダーアマゾン) is the fourth installment of the Kamen Rider Series. Produced by Toei and MBS, it was broadcast from October 19, 1974 to March 29, 1975, every Saturday at 19:30, on MBS and NET, with a total of 24 episodes.

Plot
A plane crashes in the, leaving young Amazon (Daisuke Yamamoto) stranded without his parents. Soon adopted by an Incan tribe, Amazon becomes a wild child, living off the land. However, Amazon's idyllic existence is cut short when Gorgos, the Ten-Faced Demon, massacres his village, slaughtering everyone except himself in search for the powerful "GiGi Armlet", which gives the bearer fantastic power.

Elder Bago, last of the Incas, gives the GiGi Armlet to Amazon for safekeeping while using his knowledge of Incan science and magic to perform a mystical ceremony on Daisuke, transforming him into the powerful "Kamen Rider Amazon" before he died. Arriving at Japan, Amazon battles Geddon without full knowledge of their reason of pursuing him. Befriending the nephew and niece of Professor Kosaka, Amazon learns the nature of the GiGi Armlet as he defeats Geddon and then the Garanda Empire.

Allies

 * Tobei Tachibana
 * Masahiko Okamura
 * Ritsuko Okamura
 * Elder Bago
 * Mogura Beastman
 * Professor Kosaka
 * Yamamura

Geddon

 * Ten-Faced Demon Gorgos
 * Red Followers

Garanda Empire

 * Ruler (Real Emperor Zero)
 * "Emperor Zero"
 * Black Followers

Cast

 * Amazon (Daisuke Yamamoto) (アマゾン（山本大介）), Kamen Rider Amazon (仮面ライダーアマゾン): Toru Okazaki (岡崎徹)
 * Tobei Tachibana (立花藤兵衛): Akiji Kobayashi (小林昭二)
 * Masahiko Okamura (岡村まさひこ): Yoji Matsuda (松田洋治)
 * Ritsuko Okamura (岡村りつ子): Mariko Matsuoka (松岡まりこ)
 * Emperor Zero (ゼロ大帝): Hirohisa Nakata (中田博久)
 * Narrator (ナレーター): Goro Naya (納谷悟朗)

Guest cast

 * Elder Bago (長老バゴー): Ushio Akashi (明石潮)
 * Professor Kosaka (高坂教授): Yoshiro Kitahara (北原義郎)
 * Yamamura (山村): Hideo Nihei (二瓶秀雄)

Voice actors

 * Mogura Beastman (モグラ獣人): Ryuji Saikachi (槐柳二)
 * Ten-Faced Demon Gorgos (十面鬼ゴルゴス): Ritsuo Sawa (沢りつお)
 * Ruler (支配者): Osamu Saka (阪脩)

Suit actors

 * Kamen Rider Amazon (仮面ライダーアマゾン): Kazuo Nibori (新堀和男), Bunya Nakamura (中村文弥), Tetsuya Nakayashiki (中屋敷哲也), Yutaka Nakamura (中村裕), Takumi Sato (佐藤巧), Yasuo Yukawa (湯川泰男)
 * Gorgos' rock face (人面岩): Bunya Nakamura (中村文弥), Tetsuya Nakayashiki (中屋敷哲也), Hiroo Kawarazaki (河原崎洋夫), Masaru Okada (岡田勝), Shigeru Yamada (山田茂), Shoji Ozawa (小沢章治)
 * Beastmen (獣人): Bunya Nakamura (中村文弥), Tetsuya Nakayashiki (中屋敷哲也), Masaru Okada (岡田勝)
 * Mogura Beastman (モグラ獣人): Shoji Ozawa (小沢章治)
 * Woman Followers (女ジューシャ): Keiko Mita (三田恵子), Yasue Toyama (遠山康江), Kyoko Yoshida (吉田恭子), Chieko Takeshita (竹下千恵子), Michiko Masuda (増田美智子), Toshiko Watanabe (渡辺敏子), Maki Kiyota (清田真妃), Akiyo Hirata (平田晃代), Kazue Takahashi (高橋和恵), Miyako Takagi (高木美弥子), Mayumi Shishido (宍戸真由美)

Songs

 * Opening theme
 * "Amazon Rider Koko ni Ari" (アマゾンライダーここにあり)
 * Lyrics: Shotaro Ishinomori
 * Composition & Arrangement: Shunsuke Kikuchi
 * Artist: Masato Shimon


 * Ending theme
 * "Amazon Da-Da-Da!!" (アマゾンダダダ！！)
 * Lyrics: Saburo Yatsude
 * Composition & Arrangement: Shunsuke Kikuchi
 * Artist: Masato Shimon, Columbia Yurikagokai


 * Insert theme
 * "Amazon Rider Action" (アマゾンライダーアクション)
 * Lyrics: Shotaro Ishinomori
 * Composition & Arrangement: Shunsuke Kikuchi
 * Artist: Masato Shimon
 * "Amazon Taose" (アマゾン倒せ)
 * Lyrics: Toichi Nakase
 * Composition & Arrangement: Shunsuke Kikuchi
 * Artist: Sunny Singers
 * "Sono Na wa Amazon" (その名はアマゾン)
 * Lyrics: Shin Doi
 * Composition & Arrangement: Shunsuke Kikuchi
 * Artist: Masato Shimon
 * "Amazon Oshiete Okure" (アマゾンおしえておくれ)
 * Lyrics: Toichi Nakase
 * Composition & Arrangement: Shunsuke Kikuchi
 * Artist: Masato Shimon, Machiko Yamagami
 * "Hashire, Hono no Jungler" (走れ炎のジャングラー)
 * Lyrics: Kei Akai
 * Composition & Arrangement: Shunsuke Kikuchi
 * Artist: Masato Shimon
 * "Tokyo Jungle" (東京ジャングル)
 * Lyrics: Shin Doi
 * Composition & Arrangement: Shunsuke Kikuchi
 * Artist: Masato Shimon
 * "Amazon Hitori" (アマゾン一人)
 * Lyrics: Mamoru Tanaka
 * Composition & Arrangement: Shunsuke Kikuchi
 * Artist: Masato Shimon
 * "Amazon Issho ni Tatakao" (アマゾン一緒にたたかおう)
 * Lyrics: Mamoru Tanaka
 * Composition & Arrangement: Shunsuke Kikuchi
 * Artist: Masato Shimon, Columbia Yurikagokai
 * "Bokura no Amazon Rider" (ぼくらのアマゾンライダー)
 * Lyrics: Kei Akai
 * Composition & Arrangement: Shunsuke Kikuchi
 * Artist: Columbia Yurikagokai

S.I.C. Hero Saga
The "S.I.C. Hero Saga" story for Amazon as published in the May through July 2004 issues of Monthly Hobby Japan magazine is titled MASKED RIDER AMAZON EDITION -Pre-Stage-. It serves as a prologue to the Amazon series, and features the original characters Pre-Amazon (プレ・アマゾン), the Ten-Faced Demon Gorgos (Complete) (十面鬼ゴルゴス（完全体）), Kitty (キティ), and the Jungler (Bago Production) (ジャングラー（バゴー製作）).


 * Chapter titles
 * 1) Human-Faced Stone (人面岩)
 * 2) Meteorite (隕石)
 * 3) Armlet (腕輪)