Interview with Kamenridersigma

[Abare Black]

Welcome, Kamenridersigma.

What was your first Tokusatsu program?

 

[kamenridersigma]

Kousoku Sentai Turboranger
Winspector
first 3 eps of Kamen Rider V3 during its 1991 reairing
Solbrain
Jetman
Dynaman during its 1991 reairing

 

[Abare Black]

Who is your all-time favorite Sentai character and why?

 

[kamenridersigma]

Ninja Black: Jiraiya

Why?
1. He's played by Kane Kosugi, one of my fave Japanese actors
2. He's Japanese-American like me
3. He learned Japanese by watching movies, like I do.

 

[Abare Black]

Cool. I wasn't big on Kakuranger as a series, but I always liked his character.

How about an all-time favorite Kamen Rider character?

 

[kamenridersigma]

I'd have to say Tachibana Tobei.
Why? Because he's to Kamen Rider what Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart is to Doctor Who. How? They've appeared with the most Riders/Doctors and they're the eternal friend of the Riders/Doctors.

 

[Abare Black]

Say you were given the chance to ask a question of one Toku actor or actress. Who would it be and what would you ask?

 

[kamenridersigma]

Even though he's the creator of 3 franchises: Kamen Rider, Kikaida, and Super Sentai, he's technically an actor because he made cameos in productions of his creations. Who am I speaking of? Ishinomori Shotaro. I'd ask him what he thought of the directions that Kamen Rider has taken in the Kuuga through Den-O years and if, as one fan has said, the franchise has deviated from his original vision.

 

[Abare Black]

If you could alter one Toku character's storyline in some way, whose would it be and what would you change?

 

[kamenridersigma]

Easy. I pick Kusaka Masato from Kamen Rider Faiz. Instead of him becoming Kaixa, I'd turn him into a Riotrooper. Heck, I'd change anything about him, just as long he doesn't become Kaixa.