Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider

Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider^[a] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yokusaru Shibata, with cooperation by Toei and Ishimori Productions. It began serialization in Hero's Inc.'s seinen manga magazine Monthly Hero's in May 2018. After the magazine's disbandment in October 2020, it was transferred to the Comiplex website in November of the same year. An anime television series adaptation produced by Liden Films is set to premiere in October 2025.

Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider
First tankōbon volume cover
東島丹三郎は仮面ライダーになりたい (Tōjima Tanzaburō wa Kamen Raidā ni Naritai)
Genre	Tokusatsu
Manga
Written by	Yokusaru Shibata
Published by	Hero's Inc.
Imprint	Hero's Comics
Magazine	Monthly Hero's (May 1, 2018 – October 30, 2020) Comiplex (November 27, 2020 – present)
Original run	May 1, 2018 – present
Volumes	16
Anime television series
Directed by	Takahiro Ikezoe
Produced by	Kōsuke Yokota
Written by	Touko Machida
Music by	TeddyLoid
Studio	Liden Films
Licensed by	Crunchyroll
Original network	Tokyo MX
Original run	October 2025 – scheduled

Characters

Tanzaburo Tojima (東島 丹三郎, Tōjima Tanzaburō)

Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi^[1]

Yuriko Okada (岡田 ユリコ, Okada Yuriko)

Voiced by: Ai Kayano^[2]

Ichiyo Shimamura (島村 一葉, Shimamura Ichiyo)

Voiced by: Kenichi Suzumura^[2]

Mitsuha Shimamura (島村 三葉, Shimamura Mitsuha)

Voiced by: Soma Saito^[2]

Yukarisu (ユカリス)

Voiced by: Fairouz Ai^[2]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Yokusaru Shibata, Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider began serialization in Hero's Inc.'s seinen manga magazine Monthly Hero's on May 1, 2018.^[3] After the final issue of the Monthly Hero's was published on October 30, 2020, the series was transferred to the Comiplex website on November 27 the same year.^[4] The series' chapters have been collected into sixteen tankōbon volumes as of April 2025.^[5]

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	December 5, 2018[6]	978-4-86468-604-4
2	May 2, 2019[7]	978-4-86468-642-6
3	September 5, 2019[8]	978-4-86468-669-3
4	December 5, 2019[9]	978-4-86468-684-6
5	May 15, 2020[10]	978-4-86468-721-8
6	August 5, 2020[11]	978-4-86468-737-9
7	January 9, 2021[12]	978-4-86468-772-0
8	May 1, 2021[13]	978-4-86468-802-4
9	September 3, 2021[14]	978-4-86468-828-4
10	February 4, 2022[15]	978-4-86468-867-3
11	August 29, 2022[16]	978-4-86468-121-6
12	February 28, 2023[17]	978-4-86468-159-9
13	September 5, 2023[18]	978-4-86468-196-4
14	March 29, 2024[19]	978-4-86468-246-6
15	September 28, 2024[20]	978-4-86468-289-3
16	April 4, 2025[5]	978-4-86805-059-9

Anime

An anime adaptation produced by Aniplex was announced on March 7, 2025.^[21] It was later revealed to be a television series that is set to be animated by Liden Films and directed by Takahiro Ikezoe, with scripts written by Touko Machida, characters designed by Cindy H. Yamauchi, and music composed by TeddyLoid. It is set to premiere in October 2025, on Tokyo MX and other networks.^[1][2] Crunchyroll will stream the series.^[22]

See also

• 81diver, another manga series by the same author
• Air Master, another manga series by the same author

Notes

1. Japanese: 東島丹三郎は仮面ライダーになりたい, Hepburn: Tōjima Tanzaburō wa Kamen Raidā ni Naritai; lit. 'Tanzaburō Tōjima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider'