Additional cast announced for "Masked Rider Reiwa the First Generation," including stage actors, unique actors, comedians, and idols!

Additional casting information has been released from "Masked Rider Reiwa the First Generation," the new winter movie of "Masked Rider Zero One" and "Masked Rider Zioh," which is set to be released on December 21, 2019 (Saturday).

The "Heisei Masked Rider Series" started in 2000. Masked Rider Reiwa", the 20th and last Heisei Masked Rider film, has made its mark on history, drawing on the power of successive Heisei Masked Riders and repeatedly moving through time to the past, present, and future, creating a buzz with its unpredictable storyline.
Then, the Heisei era changed to the 2025 era. Masked Rider Zero One" (on TV Asahi, every Sunday from 9:00 a.m.), the first series in the "first year of Masked Rider 2025," started on September 1, 2012.
⇒Really, the first rider of 2025 is "01"! Report on the press conference of "Masked Rider 01" which will start airing on September 1, 2019!

The main character, who has the Tobiden Zero One Driver, which can only be used by those who hold the position of president, fights against the evil created in the environment of Japan in the new era of artificial intelligence (AI) and appeals for human "dreams" and "passion". The story of "Masked Rider Zero One" has been attracting a lot of attention every time it is broadcast. It has also aroused great expectations for the future development of the series.

Additional cast information has been released from "Masked Rider Reiwa the First Generation," the new winter movie of "Masked Rider Zero One" and "Masked Rider Zeo," which is scheduled to be released on December 21, 2019 (Saturday).

☆ The cast of 10 very unique resistance and refugee members has been released!
The world of Zero One has become a world where humans are ruled by human gears due to the intervention of time jackers in history. The survivors in the devastated world are forced to live in underground shelters to protect themselves from the invasion of the Humagears. In the altered world, two members of "A.I.M.S.," Isa Fuwa and Yua Eda, are active as "resistance fighters" who protect the humans and stand up against the Humagears. The 10-member cast has now been unveiled to play the very unique friends who support them.

They include Ryuji Kasahara, who joined the company as a member of the 15th class of Japan Action Enterprise (now retired) and also played the role of a hunter in "Runaway" (CX), and is still active mainly on the stage; stage actor Hayato Takenaka; Yuki Shiomi, who is active as a killing machine in many plays and movies; foreign stuntman Tom Constantine, who is active as a stuntman and a big fan of Japanese special effects, Guymon, a unique actor, Yurika Hashimoto, a stage actress, Fumina Suzuki, who is active in a wide range of fields including movies, dramas, stage and gravure idol, Yusuke Sano, a stage actor, and Takayuki Sato, an actor, will back up Isa and Tada. Also appearing as an evacuee will be Happy Endo, who is known as the gag instructor for Tobiden orjin in "Masked Rider Zero One.

Director Teruaki Sugihara also commented on the casting of the resistance!
The members of the resistance who have been unveiled this time are characters that do not appear in the script. The theme of the film, "Dream," includes the relationship between human beings and the human gear that some people envision. In order to depict this theme strongly, director Sugihara added scenes that were not written in the script at all, showing changes in the relationship between the human resistance and Human Resistance, with Human Gear Izu joining the side of the Resistance. In order to more impressively portray the Resistance in conflict with Iz, the unique members of the Resistance who have been unveiled in this film have been cast. Director Teruaki Sugihara's passionate comments, which show his attention to every corner of the screen, have also arrived, and will be introduced below.

Full text of director Teruaki Sugihara's comment
The major theme of this film is "dreams. The film depicts the relationship between human beings and the human gears that some people dream of, even in a world where history has been altered. Therefore, although it was not included in the script, I wanted to add a scene in the "world ruled by human gears" in which "the relationship between the resistance and Izu, who joins the side of the resistance, turns around through the film. In order to achieve this, I thought it was necessary to leave a lasting impression of the resistance members, whose feelings change drastically during the course of the film, so I cast unique individuals.
　During the costume fitting stage, the directors took the liberty of creating characters and setting up costumes and equipment, but when we saw the finished resistance members on the day of shooting, we thought, "Yes, that's it! That's it! I thought, "This is it! They responded to my requests greedily during the filming, and the action scenes, plays, and even the postrecording was wonderful! I think the change in the relationship between Iz and his friends is a heartwarming scene, and I hope you will see it in the theater.
　However, the characters were a bit too strong and there was a mysterious excitement among some of the staff to make a spin-off. If possible, I would like to see them somewhere in the film.

◆Photographs (titles omitted)
From top left
Ryuji Kasahara, Hayato Takenaka, Yuki Shiomi, Tom Constantine
Guymon Yurika Hashimoto Fumina Suzuki Yusuke Sano
Takayuki Sato Happy Endo

Film Information] *Honorifics omitted.
Masked Rider Reiwa The First Generation
Release date: December 21 (Sat) ROADSHOW
Cast: "Masked Rider Zero One" Fumiya Takahashi, Ryutaro Okada, Noa Tsurushima, Hiroe Ida, Daisuke Nakagawa, Tsunaya Sunagawa, Aijun Narita, Arata Saeki, Kazuya Kojima, Tokuma Nishioka
Tokuma Nishioka's "德" is officially written in the old alphabet.
Masked Rider Zioh": Sou Okuno, Gaku Oshida, Shieri Ohata, Keisuke Watanabe

Zero One & Geo" Production Committee (C) Ishimori Productions, TV Asahi, ADK EM, Toei