For the Kamen Rider Kuuga 25th anniversary project, the Super Kuuga Exhibition, Toei have released a special episode of Kuuga that features Shingo Katsurayama Returning to the role of Kaoru Ichijo.
Sadly for English speaking fans this episode has no subs currently and is region locked to Japan on the official Youtube channel, with fans having to seek out videos posted on social media to watch. Though fans aren’t missing out on much as the episode is largely a clip show, with Ichijo returning to the Pole Pole cafe and reminiscing about the events of the series.
For the 25th anniversary exhibit, they did a Kuuga Extra Episode (region locked) narrated by Ichijo himself: Shingo Katsurayama, who returns to Pole Pole, narrates the events of the show as he waits for Yusuke at the endhttps://t.co/s7PT6x9sNN#KamenRiderKuuga #クウガ25周年 pic.twitter.com/WWvrrMRCnx
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Head writer Naruhisa Arakawa, series producer Shigenori Takatera and the shows main director Nobuhiro Suzumura returned to their roles for the 25th anniversary special.
Shigenori Takatera is serving as supervisor to the exhibition that will be opening in Tokyo in June. The exhibit will tour across Japan following, with potential plans to go further than Japan in 2026. When the project was announced, a teaser was released that showcased new footage of Kuuga suit actor Kenji Tominaga reprising his role.
Kamen Rider Kuuga is most notably the start of the Heisei era of Kamen Rider series, releasing January of 2000 and seeing the resurgence of weekly Kamen Rider media on Japanese televisions. There hadn’t been a mainline Kamen Rider series project since Kamen Rider Black RX ended in 1989, with the series surviving primarily on stage shows and movies throughout the 90s.
