"Tanzaburo Higashijima wants to be a Kamen Rider" (I want to be a Kamen Rider) is a Japanese manga work by Yokusaru Shibata, cooperation: Ishimori Productions, Toei. In "Monthly Hero's" (Hero's Co., Ltd.), serialization started from the June 2018 issue [1], and since the publication was suspended in the December 2020 issue, it has moved to the web comic site "Komipre" operated by the company. [2].
In the January 2019 issue of "Monthly Hero's", a dialogue was held between Shibata and professional wrestler Hiroshi Tanahashi, and the discussion about "Kamen Rider" and this work was posted.
A middle-aged man "Tanzaburo Higashijima" who trained himself earnestly even though he had no opponent to fight until he was 40 years old because he was so devoted to the TV special effects program "Kamen Rider Series", the battle of the evil organization Shocker The story begins with the introduction of the comedy touch of wearing the mask of Kamen Rider No. 1 and winning the battle by accidentally encountering a "Shocker robber" who cosplays as a member and commits a crime.
However, Shocker was real. Instead of cosplaying, many fighters who transformed in an instant and had twice the physical ability of ordinary people were mixed in with ordinary people, and a monster who transformed into a body imitating an animal and led the fighters was dying. Higashijima, along with his friends who love riders too much like himself, will improve their power while comparing their strengths on the verge of killing each other and doing special training, and will devote themselves to the battle with Shocker.