Tonight was the official Toei press conference for the newest Kamen Rider series, Kamen Rider Gotchard! The principle cast for this new series has finally been revealed!

*Kamen Rider Gotchard (real name Hotaro Ichinose)is played by Motojima Junsei. Hotaro is a high school student supporting his mother and their family restaurant while looking for a skill to properly call his own. One day Hotaro discovers the Alchemy Academy hidden in his school, and begins to learn about the mysterious magic of the Chemie cards. A chance encounter with the Chemy Hopper leads to Hotaro activating the powers of a Kamen Rider!

*Joining Gotchard is Kudo Rinn (played by Matsumoto Reiyo– Hotaro’s best friend, a top student in their high school AND alchemy classes. She is the daughter of a legendary alchemist named Fuga who stole the original Chemy Cards 10 years before the series began.

*Yasunari Fujibayashi portrays the stern and serious Alchemy Academy graduate Spana Kuragan, possessing the power to transform into an elite warrior known as Valvarad.

*Alchemy Academy tutors Abe Otsu & Sabimaru Tsuruhaya (played by Icho Renge and Rikiya Tomizono respectively will teach Hotaro & Rinn on the properties of the Chemy Cards.

*The main villains of this season are a group known as the Three Sisters Of Darkness– consisting of Atropos, Kroto & Lachesis played by Geno Okita, Kanon Miahara, & Arisa Sakami respectively. The Sisters are powerful alchemists who seek the Chemy Cards for their own agenda.

The main theme song for Kamen Rider Gotchard is titled CHEMY X STORY and will be performed by the group Back-On.

Kamen Rider Gotchard begins September 3 2023! Stay tuned to TokuNation for further details on this new chapter in Kamen Rider history!

Magazine scans of Kamen Rider Gotchard have been shared.  In these scans we get a nice look at the suit, some of the gear, and of course, the Gotchardriver which brings back a beloved gimmick to Kamen Rider – cards and card-scanning!

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Stay tuned for more news and information on Kamen Rider Gotchard!

Following the official unveiling of the next Kamen Rider series- Kamen Rider Gotchard we have now learned a bit about the production team in charge of this new series!

*Veteran Kamen Rider director Ryuta Tasaki will helm the series, with another Rider veteran Keiichi Hasegawa listed as main writer. Hirofumi Fukuzawa will serve as action director.

The story of Kamen Rider Gotchard will feature high school alchemist Hotaro hunting down the 101 Chemy creatures- who can transform humans into monsters known as Phantom Malgams.

A brief teaser for this new Rider has also been released via Toei’s social media

Kamen Rider Gotchard is scheduled to begin on September 3 2023! The series’ official press conference (introducing the cast & characters) is scheduled for August 9 2023.