Henshin

[Hell Kaiser Andy]

How come the traditional "Henshin"/Transform got replaced with Kamen Rider?

 

[Nathan Long]

We decided that 99% of Americans wouldn't know what Henshin meant, so we wanted to use something else. Transform didn't sound very thrilling, so we picked Kamen Rider, which would have the added benefit of reinforcing the name of the series every time it was said.