Metal Heroes

The Metal Hero Series (メタルヒーローシリーズ) is a tokusatsu series and a sister series of the Super Sentai Series during the 70s' to the 90s' before Heisei Rider make up the Super Hero Time programming block on TV Asahi. Several actors in the Kamen Rider have also appeared in Metal Heroes including Seiji Takaiwa.

Connections with Kamen Rider
Before Kamen Rider Kuuga started the Heise Kamen Rider series, Metal Hero take the status as a counterpart to Super Sentai on Sunday morning thanks to the 6th & 8th Metal Hero ' and '.

Several Kamen Rider series was influenced by Metal Hero:
 * Kamen Rider Black & Kamen Rider Black RX:
 * Kamen Rider Kuuga:
 * Kamen Rider Agito:
 * Kamen Rider Ryuki:
 * Kamen Rider Kabuto:
 * Kamen Rider Ex-Aid: