Iijima Hiroki, who made his first drama appearance, experienced an unknown territory called “being the main character of a story that lasts for a year”. Looking back over the past year, he says that it was exciting every day and that he felt the growth of Hojo Emu/Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, the character he played. Now that the filming and broadcast of the show have been completed, we asked him to tell us about the scenes where he felt he grew the most and what he learned from them.Continue reading “Interview 1 from Character Book LEVEL.2”→
The range of Hojo Emu/Kamen Rider Ex-Aid’s character continues to expand as his surprising relationship with Dan Kuroto and Parad is revealed one after another. How did Iijima Hiroki, who plays the role, nurture and develop the extremely different duality of Emu, the intern, and M, the gamer? Let’s take a closer look at each personality and explore their turning points.Continue reading “Interview 1 from Character Book LEVEL.1”→
Hojo Emu is a child-friendly trainee doctor and a confident genius gamer. In order to save his patients, he chooses to fight as Kamen Rider Ex-Aid. Iijima Hiroki, who plays the role, feels it is difficult to switch between the two sides, and is doing his best to play the role of the straightforward and slightly clumsy Emu. What are the joys and difficulties of being on set for the first time?Continue reading “Interview 1 from Character Book LEVEL.0”→
When Takahashi Yuya-san wrote the third and final episode of “Kamen Rider Ex-Aid Trilogy Another Ending,” he focused on the relationship between Kujou Kiriya and Dan Kuroto, who is the “root of all evil” in the series. The “Kamen Rider Genm VS Lazer” that was created was congested because of the presence of all the characters that had been built up over the years since the main TV series. What are his thoughts on “Ex-Aid” now that he has finished writing a work that took over a year to complete?Continue reading “Interview 3 from Kamen Rider Genm VS Lazer Official Mook ~ SELECT ▶ LIFE ~”→
Following on from the first film “Kamen Rider Brave & Snipe,” which depicted a “love story,” Takahashi Yuya says that the second work “Kamen Rider ParaDX with Poppy” was created through a process of trial and error. What is the story of “Kamen Rider Ex-Aid” that Takahashi-san entrusted to Parad and Poppy Pipopapo, who were “bugsters” and “game characters” from beginning to end?Continue reading “Interview 3 from Kamen Rider ParaDX with Poppy Official Mook ~ SELECT ▶ HEARTS ~”→
Takahashi Yuya first got involved in writing a script for the Kamen Rider series with “Kamen Rider Ex-Aid”, and has written all the episodes of the main TV series, the movie version, and even spin-offs. This spring, he also wrote the screenplays for three V-Cinema “Kamen Rider Ex-Aid Trilogy Another Ending”. The first of these, “Kamen Rider Brave & Snipe,” will reveal the structure of the story that only Takahashi-san can draw.Continue reading “Interview 3 from Kamen Rider Brave & Snipe Official Mook ~ SELECT ▶ DOCTORS ~”→
Hojo Emu / Kamen Rider Ex-Aid and Kujo Kiriya / Kamen Rider Lazer Turbo have a strong relationship of trust even after Kiriya is revived as a bugster, says Onozuka Hayato. However, Iijima Hiroki’s perception seems to be a little different…? Where did Emu and Kiriya’s feelings differ? The two actors speak in earnest.Continue reading “Interview 10 from Character Book Level.2”→
“ParaDX with Poppy” tells the story of the bugsters Parad/Kamen Rider ParaDX and Poppy Pipopapo/Karino Asuna/Kamen Rider Poppy, two people who are in different positions from humans, but face a new battle for the sake of humanity.
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