Kamen Rider: Black
After being kidnapped by the cult Gorgom on the night of their 19th birthday, stepbrothers Kotaro Minami and Nobuhiko Akizuki are submitted to a mutant surgery with the purpose of becoming the candidates to be the next Creation King. Kotaro escapes before the brainwashing, with help from his foster father, and turned against Gorgom. He soon finds out the horrific truth from his stepfather: Gorgom originally killed hi
Season 8 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Kamen Rider Season 7.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Season overview
After being kidnapped by the cult Gorgom on the night of their 19th birthday, stepbrothers Kotaro Minami and Nobuhiko Akizuki are submitted to a mutant surgery with the purpose of becoming the candidates to be the next Creation King. Kotaro escapes before the brainwashing, with help from his foster father, and turned against Gorgom. He soon finds out the horrific truth from his stepfather: Gorgom originally killed his true parents. Later on, Kamen Rider Black must battle with his brother, who has become the trump card of Gorgom, Shadow Moon.
Episode Guide
Season 8 Progress Shield
BLACK!! Transform
Oct 4, 1987 · 25 min
Kotaro Minami, a youth on the run from the mysterious organization known as Golgom, begins to awaken into a horrifying new form granted to them due to their greater plans for him;
The Monster Party
Oct 11, 1987 · 25 min
Kotaro looks for his step-brother Nobuhiko Akizuki and plans to track down Golgom's headquarters.
Mysterious Cyborg Mystery
Oct 18, 1987 · 25 min
Kotaro investigates a bizarre string of abductions in conjunction with a scheme by Bishium to bring him down.
The Devil's Laboratory
Oct 25, 1987 · 25 min
A cycling friend of Kotaro becomes the subject of Golgom's mad doctor experimenting to find a weakness to their escaped subject.
Kotaro in a Maze!
Nov 1, 1987 · 25 min
Kotaro investigates a town being brainwashed by a Goat kaijin, hoping to control it for Golgom to ruin an international peace conference.
The Secret Sight Enigma
Nov 8, 1987 · 25 min
Kotaro must rescue two artists abducted by Golgom to become psychic spies in order to ruin the development of technology for civilization's collapse.
The Living Machine Restored
Nov 15, 1987 · 25 min
A man who hates rampaging gangs is seduced by Golgom to gain the power to eliminate them, forcing Kotaro to rescue him for the sake of his sister.
The Devil's Trill Sonata
Nov 22, 1987 · 25 min
Kotaro must save a musician girl whose feelings of failure lead to her becoming a member of Golgom's plot to control the world through music.
The Crimson Lips of Bishum
Nov 29, 1987 · 25 min
When a girl makes a deal with Bishium to distribute strange pendants in order to help Golgom conquer the city, Kotaro tries to put a stop to this deception.
Where is Nobuhiko?
Dec 6, 1987 · 25 min
Kotaro investigates suspicious auto accidents leading to the victims being used for Golgom's army for causing chaos throughout the world.
The Hungry Monsters
Dec 13, 1987 · 25 min
The Gorgom's plan to grow fruit for their mutants causes plants to sprout on people all over the city.
A Super-Bike Legend Is Born!
Dec 20, 1987 · 25 min
Kotaro discovers the whereabouts of a missing biker, who is raising his son to ride and protect the ultimate bike devised by his father.
Mama Raises Monster Babies!
Dec 27, 1987 · 25 min
Gorgom kidnaps mothers to nurture its army of mutants, and BLACK finds himself facing an implacable enemy.
The Day All Tuna Vanished
Jan 3, 1988 · 25 min
Kotaro fights to stop the abduction of tuna by Professor Kuromatsu in order to gain an extract to improve the power of the Golgom mutants.
Assault on a Haunted School
Jan 10, 1988 · 25 min
Keisuke tries to stop a Golgom scheme of using schools to mold children into model students to assist in their control of Earth.
Friend From Across the Sea!
Jan 17, 1988 · 25 min
Kotaro attempts to find the source of powerful earthquakes after meeting a mysterious man.
Kyoko's Mysterious Dream!
Jan 24, 1988 · 25 min
Golgom manipulate the dreams of Nobuhiko's sister Kyoko in order to use her life energy to save an ailing Shadow Moon.
Sword Saint Birugenia!!
Jan 31, 1988 · 25 min
Golgom's Creation King forces the release of a powerful yet rebellious swordsman, who decides to try and take down Kotaro on his own terms.
The Suffocating Trap of Hell
Feb 7, 1988 · 25 min
Bilgenia takes the guise of the doomed Professor Kuromatsu in order to lead Kotaro into a trap for his defeat.
Clash! Super Machines
Feb 21, 1988 · 25 min
Bishium uses a Mutant to infect Battle Hopper with insects that make it run wild and ignore Kotaro's commands.
The Shadow That Stalks Dad
Feb 28, 1988 · 25 min
A boy with psychic powers becomes forewarned into thinking that Kotaro is going to harm his father even as Golgom is secretly using him.
Marmo's Magical Powers
Mar 6, 1988 · 25 min
When a head of a two-headed ammonite Mutant becomes detached by Kamen Rider Black, it ends up with a kid where it becomes his new pet.
The Female College Student's Nightmare
Mar 13, 1988 · 25 min
Kotaro must save Katsumi and other college girls from a professor turned Golgom Mutant hoping to add more females to the mutant army.
Rescue the ESPer Girl
Mar 27, 1988 · 25 min
A Golgom Mutant takes advantage of a girl's obsession to become strong to give her super-strength but ultimately takes control of her forcing Kotaro to save her.
The Fire Breathing Danger Road
Apr 3, 1988 · 25 min
Kotaro must avoid the dangers of the Golgom priests and an electricity controlling Mutant in order to restore power for a kid who needs vital surgery.
The Scarab Beetle's Invitation to Hell
Apr 10, 1988 · 25 min
Bilgenia uses a scarab beetle Mutant to create a craze for its minions, forcing Kotaro into a corner in trying to stem this greedy obsession.
The Targeted Death Mask
Apr 17, 1988 · 25 min
Kotaro must rescue four Japanese astronauts when they're abducted and replaced with doll-like clones controlled by a Golgom Mutant.
Aloha to the Assassin!
Apr 24, 1988 · 25 min
When a special female assassin is created by Golgom in Hawaii and sent to Japan to go after Kotaro, Kazuya Taki returns to help deal with protecting them.
Burn! Boy Warriors
May 1, 1988 · 25 min
The Golgom Boy Warriors reunite with Kotaro to help save children being abducted by Golgom to create a new, stronger generation of child warriors.
Father, Son, and the River of Love
May 15, 1988 · 25 min
Kotaro must help a boy realize he can walk again even while trying to stop a Golgom plot of manipulating a river to cause chaos.
Revival? The Prince of Hell
May 22, 1988 · 25 min
When the Golgom Priests abduct Kyoko to speed up the revival of Shadow Moon, Bilgenia decides to take the weapon of the Century King to prove superiority and to defeat Kamen Rider
Fight! The Two Princes
May 29, 1988 · 25 min
With Kotaro barely escaping from Bilgenia, the Golgom swordsman rampages to force Black into a final showdown, hoping to stop him even as Shadow Moon finally awakens.
The War Declaration of Love and Death
Jun 5, 1988 · 25 min
As Kotaro and Kyoko cope with Nobuhiko's transformation into Shadow Moon, the new Golgom leader transforms his commanders to declare the start of Golgom's conquest of Earth.
Memories in the Yubari Sky
Jun 12, 1988 · 25 min
A Mutant attack on a friend's wedding in Hokkaido leads to Katsumi becoming Golgom's tool, forcing Kotaro to pursue them in order to save her from their grasp.
Mystery? EP-Party Boy Squad
Jun 19, 1988 · 25 min
When Golgom creates a new political party claiming they'll bring about peace, Kotaro investigates and discovers a nefarious plot using this guise.
The Idol's Evil Power
Jun 26, 1988 · 25 min
Bishium uses the identity of a girl to turn a mutant into an idol hypnotizing her fans into Golgom's mentality while tricking Kotaro into believing she is still innocent.
The Karate Master's Secret
Jul 3, 1988 · 25 min
In pursuit of a destructive Salamander Mutant, Kotaro encounters a peculiar karate master in the woods training a boy to be a fighter.
The Dangerous Time Thief
Jul 10, 1988 · 25 min
A boy brooding over his father's murder by Golgom becomes abducted by two samurai thrown out of time by a Mutant's magic time-controlling box.
Tokyo Mutant Gathering
Jul 17, 1988 · 25 min
Kotaro meets two brothers, Makoto and Yuki who has psychic powers which Yuki gets kidnap by Fly Mutant to bring the Phantom Mutants to life and begins a invasion of Tokyo. Kotaro t
The Mutant Farm Battle
Jul 24, 1988 · 25 min
Kotaro investigates the claim of a child that something strange is happening at his apartment, leading to a discovery of its inhabitants being used to create new mutants for Golgom
An Ocean Inside the Closet
Jul 31, 1988 · 25 min
A boy accidentally intercepts a signal associated with Baraom's warp device, forcing Kotaro to protect him and stop Golgom's plan to use it to sink Japan.
Death of Flower Mutant Bishium
Aug 7, 1988 · 25 min
Bishium uses a plot to turn women against their nurturing nature to lure Kotaro into a trap where he must face her in a final showdown where allegiances are tested.
Fierce Death of Baraom
Aug 14, 1988 · 25 min
With the death of Biishum, Baraom decides to battle Kotaro one last time in vengeance, while the beginning of an unnatural phenomenon forces Shadow Moon to make his move towards Bl
Rider Dies!
Aug 21, 1988 · 25 min
With a limited time before the end of the Creation King, Kotaro and Shadow Moon are forced to finally have their ultimate showdown, where only one will be victorious...
A Bouquet of Reminiscence to the Sea
Aug 28, 1988 · 25 min
With Kotaro dead and Golgom standing victorious over a burning Japan, Kyoko and Katsumi try to survive until they escape their home, even as a miraculous event is occurring within
Fierce Battle! Death of Darom
Sep 4, 1988 · 25 min
Reviving from his defeat against Shadow Moon, Kotaro discovers the current state of Japan since Golgom's victory as Darom targets his elimination to complete Shadow Moon's final as
What is the Creation King's True Form?
Sep 11, 1988 · 25 min
Finally reaching Golgom's headquarters, Kotaro confronts Shadow Moon a final time as the Creation King forces the former brothers to complete their final showdown.
Gorgom's Last Day
Sep 18, 1988 · 25 min
The final battle between Black Sun and Shadow Moon comes to a bittersweet end as the final fate of Kotaro, Nobuhiko, and the Creation King is finally determined.