is a 2010-2011 Japanese

tokusatsu is a Japanese term for live action film or television drama that makes heavy use of practical special effects. ''Tokusatsu'' entertainment mainly refers to science fiction, War film, war, fantasy, or Horror film, horror media featuring such te ...

drama in

Toei Company () (also styled TOEI) is a Japanese film, television production, and distribution and video game developer and publishing company. Based in Tokyo, Toei owns and operates thirty-four movie theaters across Japan (all but two of them operated by i ...

Kamen Rider Series The , also known as ''Masked Rider Series'' (until Decade), is a Japanese superhero media franchise consisting of tokusatsu television programs, films, manga, and anime, created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. ''Kamen Rider'' media genera ...

, being the twelfth series in the

Heisei period The is the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Emeritus Akihito from 8 January 1989 until his abdication on 30 April 2019. The Heisei era started on 8 January 1989, the day after the death of the Emperor Hirohito, ...

run and the twenty-first overall. It began airing on September 5, 2010, the week following the conclusion of ''

Kamen Rider W , is a 2009-2010 Japanese tokusatsu drama, the eleventh series in the Heisei period run of the Kamen Rider Series and the twentieth overall. It premiered following the finale of ''Kamen Rider Decade'' on September 6, 2009, and aired alongside '' S ...

'',''Uchusen'', Vol. 129 joining ''

Tensou Sentai Goseiger is the title of Toei Company's 34th entry in its long-running ''Super Sentai'' franchise. It follows an angelic motif as well as a trading card theme. It joined '' Kamen Rider W'', and later '' Kamen Rider OOO'', as a program featured in TV Asah ...

'' and then ''

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger is Toei Company's 35th entry in its long-running Super Sentai metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series following ''Tensou Sentai Goseiger''. It follows a Pirate motif and premiered on TV Asahi on February 13, 2011, joining ''Kamen Ride ...

'' in the

Super Hero Time is a programming block on the Japanese television network TV Asahi featuring new episodes of tokusatsu television series from the Super Sentai, Kamen Rider and Metal Heroes. Both series have decades of history and have been intertwined in the ...

lineup, until its conclusion on August 28, 2011. The series' titular Kamen Rider made a cameo appearance in the film '' Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate'' and a supporting character in other Kamen Rider movies.

Production

The Kamen Rider OOO trademark was registered by Toei on April 8, 2010. ''OOO'' is written by

Yasuko Kobayashi is a Japanese anime and tokusatsu drama screenwriter who has been involved in various television shows throughout her career, beginning in 1993 with ''Tokusou Robo Janperson''. In September 2022, Kobayashi launched a new manga series with illus ...

, known for the screenplays of ''

Seijuu Sentai Gingaman is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It is Toei's 22nd entry of the ''Super Sentai'' metaseries. The series aired from February 22, 1998, to February 14, 1999. Its footage was used in ''Power Rangers Lost Galaxy''. The lead screenwriter f ...

'', ''

Mirai Sentai Timeranger is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' television series and the 24th series in Toei Company, Toei's Super Sentai metaseries. Footage from this series was used in the American production ''Power Rangers Time Force''. The opening narration of the series a ...

'', ''

Kamen Rider Ryuki is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. The twelfth installment in the Kamen Rider Series, it was a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei, and it was shown on TV Asahi from February 3, 2002 to January 19, 2003. The series ...

'', '' Den-O'', and ''

Samurai Sentai Shinkenger is the title of Toei Company's thirty-third entry in its long-running Super Sentai metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series. It premiered on February 15, 2009, the week following the finale of ''Engine Sentai Go-onger'', and ended on F ...

''. The creature designers are

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, known for his work on the Lords in ''

Kamen Rider Agito , is the eleventh installment in the popular Kamen Rider tokusatsu franchise. The series represented the 30th anniversary of the Kamen Rider Series. The series was also a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei and was shown o ...

'', and

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, known for his work on the

Mirror Monster is a Japanese tokusatsu series that serves as the 12th installment in the '' Kamen Rider'' franchise and the third entry in the Heisei era. The series follows idealist journalist Shinji Kido as he attempts to stop the violent Rider War from clai ...

s of ''Ryuki'', the Orphnoch of ''

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'', and the Fangires of ''

Kamen Rider Kiva is the 2008 ''Kamen Rider'' Japanese ''tokusatsu'' television series produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions. It is the series' ninth series in its Heisei era, and 18th series overall since the debut of ''Kamen Rider'' in 1971. It prem ...

''. Unlike several previous Heisei Rider Series, no alternate name has been given yet for the three O's in the title ( read as "Double" and read as "Φ's/Phi's/Faiz") aside from an alternate spelling of the name of the main Kamen Rider: Ooz. Both "OOO" and "Ooz" are intended to be read as "O's", referring to the multiple uses of the letter O in the title as well as . The title ''OOO'' signifies the three medals that the main Kamen Rider uses to transform as well as being representative of the

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(

\infty

) with an additional circle. The 28th episode of ''Kamen Rider OOO'' serves as the 1000th episode of the

since ''

Kamen Rider The , also known as ''Masked Rider Series'' (until Decade), is a Japanese superhero media franchise consisting of tokusatsu television programs, films, manga, and anime, created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. ''Kamen Rider'' media generall ...

'' premiered on April 3, 1971. The episode was originally set to premiere on March 27, 2011. However, due to the

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, the airing of this episode was postponed by one week to April 3, 2011. For the 999th and 1000th episodes, various guest stars with the kanji for in their name were featured:

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Chisato Morishita , in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese gravure idol, tarento, actress and former race queen. Her popularity as race queen opened the doors for singing and acting career. In 2004, she portrayed Zero Suit Samus in the Japanese '' Me ...

Chinatsu Wakatsuki is a Japanese variety ''tarento'' and former gravure idol. Her real name was before she got married. She is represented with Platinum Production is a Japanese talent agency headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. It was founded in 2000 and focuses ...

, and the

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duo Harisenbon (''sen'' also being Japanese for 1000).

Story

Eiji Hino is a traveling man who has no place to call home and a tragic past. When metallic creatures known as the Greeed awaken after their 800-year slumber to attack humans and feed off of their desires, the disembodied arm of the Greeed named

Ankh Progressive ankylosis protein homolog (ANK ilosis H omolog) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''ANKH'' gene. This gene encodes a multipass transmembrane protein that is expressed in joints and other tissues and controls pyrophosphate ...

gives Eiji a belt and three Medals to fight the other Greeed as

Kamen Rider OOO is a 2010-2011 Japanese tokusatsu drama in Toei Company's Kamen Rider Series, being the twelfth series in the Heisei period run and the twenty-first overall. It began airing on September 5, 2010, the week following the conclusion of '' Kamen Ri ...

. The mysterious Kougami Foundation approaches Eiji and begins assisting him in his fight against the Greeed, though their true motives are not clear. As Eiji fights the Greeed and their Yummy monsters, learning more about the Greeed and Ankh, he starts to find a purpose beyond his journey.

Episodes

Each episode title of ''Kamen Rider OOO'' consists of three objects featured in the episode.

Films

The character of Eiji Hino (portrayed by Watanabe) and Kamen Rider OOO made their debut in ''

''s second film '' Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate''.

''Movie War Core''

After the end credits of ''W Forever'', a short teaser featuring Kamen Rider Double and Kamen Rider OOO stated that there would be a crossover film featuring both series' characters, much like '' Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010''. It is titled . As part of it, ''OOO''s film opened in Japanese theaters on December 18, 2010. The event of the movie took place between episode 12 and 13.

''Let's Go Kamen Riders''

, released on April 1, 2011, commemorates the 40th anniversary of the

featuring the cast and characters of ''

Kamen Rider Den-O is the seventeenth installment in the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu programs. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei. It premiered January 28, 2007 on TV Asahi, and concluded airing on January 20, 2008. Its le ...

'', ''Kamen Rider OOO'', and other characters from the past franchise series. The event of the movie took place between episode 26 and 27.

''The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals''

is the main theatrical release for ''Kamen Rider OOO'', released on August 6, 2011, alongside the film for ''

''. It also features the first on-screen appearance of the 13th Heisei Kamen Rider: ''

Kamen Rider Fourze is a Japanese tokusatsu drama in Toei Company's Kamen Rider Series, being the thirteenth series in the Heisei period run and the twenty-second overall. It began airing on September 4, 2011, the week following the conclusion of ''Kamen Rider OOO'' ...

''. The event of the movie took place between episode 36 and 37.

''Movie War Mega Max''

A crossover film between ''Kamen Rider OOO'' and ''

'' in the same vein as the '' Movie War 2010'' and ''

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'' films, titled , was released on December 10, 2011, in Japan.

''Super Hero Taisen''

is a film which features a crossover between the characters of the

and

Super Sentai is a Japanese superhero team metaseries and media franchise consisting of television series and films produced by Toei Company, and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi ("Sentai" is the Japanese word for "task force" or "fighting squadron"). The sho ...

Series. The protagonists of ''Kamen Rider Decade'' and ''

'' were featured, but the casts of ''

'', ''Kamen Rider OOO'', and ''

Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters is Japanese tokusatsu drama and the 36th entry in Toei Company's Super Sentai metaseries, following ''Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger''. Its theme is based on spy movies and cyber technology and premiered on February 26, 2012 on TV Asahi, joining ''Kame ...

'' also participated.

Shu Watanabe is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Numazu, Shizuoka and graduate of Waseda University, he worked at the national newspaper ''Yomiuri ...

and

Riho Takada is a Japanese actress and model. She is best known for her role as Hina Izumi in the ''Tokusatsu'' series ''Kamen Rider OOO''. Filmography TV series Films Dubbing *'' Brain Games'', Cara Santa Maria Cara Louise Santa Maria (born Octob ...

had reprised their roles as ''Eiji Hino'' and ''Hina Izumi'', while

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and

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reprised their roles voicing ''Kamen Rider Birth'' and ''Kamen Rider Birth Prototype'' respectively.

''Movie War Ultimatum''

was released on December 8, 2012, as the annual winter "Movie War" film. Shu Watanabe made a cameo appearance, reprising his role as ''Eiji Hino'' as he only appears in the Movie War Ultimatum portion of the film.

''Heisei Generations Final''

A ''Movie War'' film, titled was released on December 9, 2017. Along the casts of ''

Kamen Rider Build is a Japanese tokusatsu drama and the 28th entry of Toei Company's ''Kamen Rider'' metaseries. It is the nineteenth series to debut during the Heisei era. The show premiered on September 3, 2017, following the finale of ''Kamen Rider Ex-Aid'', jo ...

'' and ''

Kamen Rider Ex-Aid is a Japanese tokusatsu drama in Toei Company's Kamen Rider Series. It is the eighteenth series in the Heisei period run and the twenty-seventh series overall. Toei registered the Kamen Rider Ex-Aid trademark on June 13, 2016. The show premiered ...

'',

and

Ryōsuke Miura is a Japanese actor who plays the role of Ankh/Shingo Izumi in ''Kamen Rider OOO is a 2010-2011 Japanese tokusatsu drama in Toei Company's Kamen Rider Series, being the twelfth series in the Heisei period run and the twenty-first overall. I ...

(''Kamen Rider OOO''),

Sota Fukushi is a Japanese actor. He rose to prominence portraying Gentaro Kisaragi in ''Kamen Rider Fourze'', and has since starred in television series '' Koinaka'' (2016) and ''My Lover's Secret'' (2017), as well as films '' Strobe Edge'' (2015), ''My T ...

(''

''),

Gaku Sano is a Japanese actor, best known for his role as Kouta Kazuraba, the main character of the Kamen Rider series ''Kamen Rider Gaim''. He was the winner of the '' Junon Super Boy Contest 2011''. Biography From an early age, Sano took part in the '' ...

(''

Kamen Rider Gaim is a Japanese television series, a tokusatsu drama that is in the Kamen Rider Series; it is the 15th series during its Heisei period, Heisei run and 24th overall. The series, written by Gen Urobuchi, directed by Ryuta Tasaki and produced by Naomi ...

''), and

Shun Nishime is a Japanese actor and model. His nickname is . He won the Grand Prix at the ''27th Junon Super Boy Contest''. Biography Nishime was born in 1998 in Gushikawa, Okinawa Prefecture. He lived in Nagano Prefecture from 3 to 5 years old and returne ...

(''

Kamen Rider Ghost is a Japanese tokusatsu drama serving as the 17th Heisei Kamen Rider Series, and 26th series overall. Takuro Fukuda serves as ''Ghost''s lead screenwriter, with Satoshi Morota as director. It premiered on TV Asahi and affiliate stations throughou ...

'') reprised their respective roles.

Video games

* A third port of '' Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes'' titled was released on both the

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and Nintendo

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on December 2, 2010. In addition to adding Kamen Rider OOO to the game, the previous Heisei Riders' most powerful forms (e.g., Kuuga Ultimate Form & Double CycloneJokerXtreme) have been added as playable characters as well as other Heisei Kamen Riders not included in either of the two previous versions. * '' Kamen Rider: Memory of Heroez'' is a 3D action game, which was released on October 29, 2020 for

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and

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. It features the cast from ''Kamen Rider OOO'', '' W'', and '' Zero-One'', whereas Kamen Riders OOO and Birth (both complete (Goto) and prototype (Date) versions) as playable characters. Instead of being reprised by Shu Watanabe, Asaya Kimijima and Hiroaki Iwanaga however, OOO and both Birth will be voiced by

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, Soma Saito and

Tomoaki Maeno is a Japanese voice actor. Career He attended the Amusement Media Academy and the Japan Narration Actors Institute. He worked as a part time assistant and experienced three years of custody, recruiting registration and six years of laying down ...

respectively.

Hyper Battle DVD

was released alongside an issue of ''

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'' magazine. The DVD featured the Kangaroo Medal, which was used by Kamen Rider OOO to transform either his arms or legs to have

kangaroo Kangaroos are four marsupials from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot"). In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, the red kangaroo, as well as the antilopine kangaroo, eastern gre ...

-themed powers. "Kangaroo Dance" is a song used in the Hyper Battle DVD featuring Akira Kushida chanting "Kangaroo" in the background with composition & arrangement from

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''Final Episode''

is the director's cut version of the last two episodes of ''Kamen Rider OOO'' put together. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on February 21, 2012.

V-Cinema

is an upcoming

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release scheduled for a limited theatrical release on March 12, 2022, followed by its DVD and Blu-ray release on August 24, 2022. The events of the V-Cinema take place ten years after the TV series, with Eiji returning to help his friends alongside a revived Ankh in facing his predecessor, the First OOO, and the resurrected Greeed along with an artificial Greeed named Goda. As of the near-end of the movie, it also reveals to serve as a direct prequel to ''Movie War Megamax'', to explain how Ankh time travels 40 years in the future. The V-Cinema is written by Nobuhiro Mouri and directed by

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, and its theme song is "Anything Goes! OOO 10th Mix" performed by

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Internet spin-offs

* is a web-exclusive series released on Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club on March 13, 2022 that serve as prequels to ''Kamen Rider OOO 10th: Core Medal of Resurrection''. ** ** * is a web-exclusive series released on Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club on July 3, 2022 that serves to connect ''Core Medal of Resurrection'' and ''Birth of Birth X: Prologue''. The theme song is "Anything Goes! Happy 10th ver." performed by Eiji Hino × Ankh × Hina Izumi (

, &

Novel

, written by Nobuhiro Mouri, is part of a series of spin-off novel adaptions of the Heisei Era Kamen Riders. The novel is split into three parts. The first part, Ankh's part, focuses on the origin of the Core Medals, the King, and the Greeeds from Ankh's point of view and reveals secrets unanswered from the series. The second part, Birth's part, takes on the Birth Driver's point of view, deciding between Akira Date and Shintaro Goto to see who is worthy to use it. The final part, Eiji's part, focuses on Eiji's past and reveals how he met Alfreed. The novel was released on November 30, 2012.

Cast

* : * , : * : * : * : * : * : * : * : * : * : * : * : * : * : * : * O-Scanner Voice, Medagabryu Voice: * Narration, Birth Driver Voice, Birth Buster Voice:

Guest cast

*Hospital's director (13, 14): *: *: *Female bikers (27): , *Female fan (28): *Shocker Combatmen (28): ** ** *: *: *: *: *: *:

Songs

;Opening theme * " Anything Goes!" ** Lyrics:

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** Composition: Tatsuo (of everset and Galveston 19) ** Arrangement: Tatsuo &

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** Artist: *:"Anything Goes!" was released on November 17, 2010, as a standard CD and a CD+DVD combo pack. The rapping on the song was performed by Rah-D, who provided his vocal talent in some of the show's background music. *:A balladic version of the song titled "Anything Goes! Ballad" was played during the finale of ''Kamen Rider OOO''. Ohguro stated that she thought that the song would also work as a slow ballad, especially after she has been watching how the series has progressed, and recorded the song during her hiatus from releases. The balladic version was released as a single on December 7, 2011. ;Insert themes: Each of the series' various insert themes are titled in such a way to resemble the Kamen Rider OOO Combo that they serve as the theme for. The songs also feature

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, the voice for the OOO Driver, chanting the name of the combo throughout the song. Ayano, a session guitarist for many of the recent ''Kamen Rider'' Series songs and member of the "Tsuyoshi & Ayano" group from the ''

'' radio show, performs guitars on all of the tracks. *"Regret nothing ~Tighten Up~" **Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi **Composition & Arrangement:

**Artist: Eiji Hino (

) **Episodes: 5, 7, 13 *:"Regret nothing ~Tighten Up~" was recorded throughout late September 2010 and recording completed on October 2, 2010.

was the song's producer and it was sung by

under the name of his character Eiji Hino. It was first used in the October 3, 2010, episode. The pronunciation of "Tighten Up" is intended to mimic the pronunciation of "Tatoba". When played during scenes with other Combos, the "Tatoba" chant is removed from the song. The single for "Regret nothing ~Tighten Up~" features a

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arrangement by

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player Eijiro Nakagawa. *"Got to keep it real" **Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi **Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse **Artist: Eiji Hino (Shu Watanabe) **Episodes: 6, 16, ''Movie War Core'' *:The title of "Got to keep it real", Gatakiriba Combo's theme song, was revealed on Shu Watanabe's official blog on Gree.jp. The chorus features Sunaho of

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. The single for "Got to keep it real" features a

trance Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self-aware and is either altogether unresponsive to external stimuli (but nevertheless capable of pursuing and realizing an aim) or is selectively responsive in following the dir ...

arrangement by

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. *"Ride on Right time" **Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi **Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse **Artist: Eiji Hino (Shu Watanabe) **Episodes: 9, 10, 15, 40, 42, 45 *:"Ride on Right time" is Latorartar Combo's theme song. The additional rap vocals are by Tsuyoshi Himura, the Tsuyoshi of "Tsuyoshi & Ayano". The single for "Ride on Right time" features a "mixture" arrangement by Shamo and

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member Junichi "Igao" Igarashi. *"Sun goes up" **Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi **Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse **Artist: Eiji Hino (Shu Watanabe) **Episodes: 12 *:"Sun goes up" is Sagohzo Combo's theme song. The chorus featured Mr. Rah-D. *"Time judged all" **Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi **Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse **Artist: Eiji Hino × Ankh (Shu Watanabe &

) **Episodes: 20, 22, 23, 25, 28, 48 *:On January 12, 2011, Shu Watanabe announced on his Gree blog that he was recording a new song for ''OOO'', specifically for the . The song has since been revealed to be titled "Time judged all", the theme for Tajadol Combo, and is a duet with Ryosuke Miura as Ankh. The song features Hyuga Rei and

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performing in the chorus, chanting in German. The "Full Combo Collection" album features a "dialogue" version as a bonus track. *"Shout out" **Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi **Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse **Artist: Eiji Hino (Shu Watanabe) *:"Shout out" was first announced on April 17, 2011, by DJ HURRY KENN on the ''OOO'' Internet radio show, where he said the song for Shauta Combo would have a "Double-Action Rod form"-like feel, The song was played on the radio show, however it was never played in the series. Kaori Nagura of

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joins in the chorus. *"POWER to TEARER" **Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi **Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse **Artist: Eiji Hino (Shu Watanabe) &

**Episodes: 36, 44 *:"POWER to TEARER", the theme song for Putotyra Combo, is the first song that

was featured on the main vocals. *"Reverse/Re:birth" **Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi **Composition & Arrangement: tatsuo ( everset) **Artist: Akira Date & Shintaro Goto (

) **Episodes: 38, 46, 47 *:"Reverse/Re:birth" is Kamen Rider Birth's theme song. The music video for the song features Hiroaki Iwanaga as Akira Date, Asaya Kimijima as Shintaro Goto, and Mayuko Arisue as Erika Satonaka. ;Other * **Lyrics:

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**Composition & Arrangement:

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**Artist: Kōichi Fuji **Episodes: 27 *:For the commemoration of the 1000th episode of the

, the original "Let's Go!! Rider Kick" was featured during the episode. *"WIND WAVE" **Lyrics:

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**Composition: Ayano **Artist: Tsuyoshi & Ayano **Episodes: 35 *:Tsuyoshi and Ayano of the ''

'' Internet show ''Head Wind: One-Game Match!!'' have a cameo appearance as street musicians, , in episode 35 where they perform their radio show's theme song "WIND WAVE". The first soundtrack for ''Kamen Rider OOO'' was released on November 17, 2010; it includes an edit of the series' opening theme "Anything Goes!". The second soundtrack was released on June 22, 2011. The ''Kamen Rider OOO: Full Combo Collection'' album was released on July 27, 2011, debuting at number 8 on its day of release on

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's daily album ranking. DJ HURRY KENN announced on Twitter that ''Kamen Rider OOO''s "final song" would be recorded on July 18, 2011.

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