Kamen Rider Henshins Ranked from Worst to Best!

[@toyue4201]

What i really love about Decade's Henshin is the fact that his Decade holograms not only are referencing the different Rider Powers, but that they are also referencing the rider worlds positioned in a circle coming together for the destruction (Decade was the reason why the rider World melted together and obliterated themselves).

[@thomasjujube]

Ooooh never thought about that!

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Decade is the reason that I randomly start wiping my hands together. ONORE DIKEIDOOOOOOOOOOO!

[@horic10006skh]

Same😆

[@baymaxbizarreadventure5652]

Me too

[@zbigbozbboy5245]

😅🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@zbigbozbboy5245]

@simple M lol

[@kainitekaiju3227]

This man can even be found in tokusatsu videos. Mad lad world we live in.

[@AJLaz000]

the fact that Kabuto, who came literal YEARS before the top 2 of this top 20, is #3 just goes to show that no matter how much special effects KR Henshins have in the near future, Kabuto Riders shedding their "skins" will ALWAYS be badass and unique

[@kii-bou7153]

The "massive incoherent mess" from W's henshin looks more like datas (in a way fitting since we know what Gaia Memories resemble) manifesting into the Two-in-one Detective in my opinion. It's especially more obvious when looking at Xtreme CycloneJoker W where you could cleary make out some digits flowing around W during the first Xtreme Henshin

[@cypheraine17]

Lol, I just commented this then found your comment. On point!

[@dellingerthefightingfish5213]

You forget that Hibiki transformation effect have an Oni faces appear on the user forehead

[@akiMKH]

Oh yeah that looked so cool and scary because they are onis and i thought the riders would be taken over by the onis before gaining control

[@gato6373]

I love the way that in Zi-O's henshin you can see that each time the watch straps of the henshin go around the riders more of the armor's sillhouete appears until the armor itself forms.

[@thomasjujube]

Right? It’s so cool 😊

[@weedleisopcute3626]

@@thomasjujube Me flashbacking to Ryuki’s adaptation: Aaaaaaaah

[@writer_brook]

A note on Wizards magic circles, he actually points in the direction in which the magic circle appears. In the cases where he doesn't then its summoned by a motion of sorts, like Hurricane above him because he jumped or Land below because he lowered his arms in a defensive pose.

[@thomasjujube]

Oh, interesting

[@alpacarice2304]

*Engine sounds *Get my credit card out and place it near my face Me: “Henshin!” Cashier: “Wha- “ *throws credit card at the card reader *slaps sides of the reader with both hands Me: “KAMEN RIDE: DEDEDEDECADE!” * SHOUTS OUT DECADE’S THEME *DEEHNEHNEH DEDEEH DEEHNEHNEH DEHDEHNEHDEH* Cashier: “WTF” Random homeless dude outside: “CURSE YOU DECADE! JUST WHAT ARE YOU?!” Me: “I’m just a kamen rider passing by.”

[@mechasatsu6214]

Dude...

[@tisaacs4487]

Remember that!

[@warrentan831]

torisuganimo kamen rider da, omoi to ke! HENSHIN! kamen ride DECADE!!! wihwofbwpbfhwoanfowbdoshdowj

[@WolfXGamerful]

That's so over-the-top but I'd LOVE to see that lmao

[@shade_zz1585]

Confusion

[@youngkappakhan]

After watching Agito I like the scenes in the first couple of episodes where he transforms very slowly at night time with only the light from his belt illuminating the fighting. Those were cool as hell. It's kind of selling OOO short also to not mention how much swag the voice announcing his henshin has.

[@youmgsandwiche]

It's weird that for Agito he said that it's just a flash of light and then he transforms, when it was the first Heisei henshin with any form of interacting with the belt, even if it's very rudimentary (he poses around slowly and deliberately, says henshin, and then presses the buttons on the side of his belt). It really sells Agito short, when there's so many worse henshin sequences in heisei, like Build which is just such a long and awkward mess to watch. And yeah, also agree with OOO, you can't just not mention the announcer for his henshin. It also ranks really high up for me personally because of how smooth the motions are for interacting with the belt. OOO doesn't pose unnecessarily (like Build lol), all the poses come from the way he interacts with the belt for the henshin. He straps the belt on, inserts the coins into the belt, he grabs the scanner with the right hand while tilting the belt diagonally with the left, then he scans the coins, and as a followthrough he momentarily holds the scanner in front of his chest. The motions flow into each other so fluidly and naturally results in a couple of poses that stick out as a henshin pose, it's so good that I find it criminal how the video boils the OOO henshin down to being a mess just because of the effects with the coins spinning around him.

[@teleofunctionality9246]

@@youmgsandwiche to add on, I feel that he underrated Blade’s transformation process. Not only does the attaching of the belt fit the card-theme of the season, but it is also aesthetically pleasing to look at, seeing all the cards attach to become a belt. It’s something extremely unique, and offers an exquisiteness uncommon to newer Heisei riders (except Ex-Aid);

[@Zhortac]

I think the best thing about Ohma Zi-o's henshin, was that the entire sequence lets you know, schwartz and his goon squad are about to get a grade a curb stomping, and they can't do shit about it.

[@travellingdino4942]

Bro I remember when you still had like 4k subs. You've grown so much

[@thomasjujube]

Haha you’ve been here awhile! Thanks for sticking around!

[@akashchand468]

Dude this was only when u had 10k u will probably get 50-100k in a few months

[@arorei]

You HAVE to do this again for Reiwa anniversary (if you're still around)

[@whatchahowsya8688]

I grew up with the Showa Kamen Riders and my all time favorite has to be Black RX. I'm a sucker for the low tech firework effects and the move he does as he shouts "henshin" is just so badass. lol

[@wentaofeng5548]

The Ultimate Kuuga Henshin will forever be the best transformation for me in Kamen rider history

[@agamingenigma6116]

I bet that if Hasbro does has the idea to adapt Kamen Rider, it'll be Ex-Aid. Two Reasons. 1.) Stock Footage Transformations 2.) What kind of kid doesn't like Video Games?

[@kamenraider1175]

I think they should just dub it, they made an English dub of Kabuto for the Philippines for Cartoon Network, but it never found it's way to the US... legally

[@kamenraider1175]

I'd still prefer dub or sub as the original versions tend to be better than the American adaptations, besides the US has failed at adapting Kamen Rider twice

[@Zero_Steel]

@@kamenraider1175 damn dude same. I remembered watching kabuto in CN long time ago. Also remember hero TV? They also have tagalog dub version of blade and faiz iirc

[@nightshroud9671]

And now I am imagining them making a Ex-Aid crossover with MLP somehow due to Hasbro. Its going to get crazy.

[@nightshroud9671]

@@kamenraider1175 Thought Kamen Rider Dragon Knight did good? I do know Saban did Kamen Rider Black RX(as Masked Rider) and botched it up.

[@whyamihere8350]

I'm just a passing-through KZbin comment *Remember that*

[@breadnon]

no i will not remember that

[@whyamihere8350]

@@breadnon *ANGRY DESTROYED OF WORLD NOISE*

[@akiMKH]

Heheh

[@hannahpsych3072]

You're comment made my day.

[@dragonkingcc8795]

Amazon's henshin is interesting because of the heat leaving their bodies to become a cold blooded beast and they take the heat from their surroundings when they de-henshin.

[@connorm7889]

Please never quit KZbin. i really like your channel

[@chaliceohearts4658]

And then Zero One came along and now it’s my favorite transformation sequence. I could gush about all of Zero One’s transformations for *hours!*

[@ryusof6]

For me, Kabuto is still the best transformation. Very simple & modern design looks. The device it representing each symbol of insects. The core through a principle & motive, if you've failed to hold that oath. The insects will abandon you entirely for another worthy user.

[@marcelovinicius3386]

for me, zero one and faiz have the best henshins, everytime i hear ''PROGRISE'' or ''Standing by.......Complete'' maaan i get really hyped

[@mb2000]

Den-O was my first Rider series, so it’ll always rank high on my list because you never forget your first. Loved the train track motif with it too. I always thought with W that the junk that flew around was because they were in Futo, the Windy City, so it was stuff blowing in the wind or something.

[@jackwong6495]

Kamen Rider Kabuto is the best of the best, the characters and storyline are perfect. Tendo is completely op, he masters cooking, combating, almost any kind of sports, piano and knows four kinds of language. Not to mention that he has genius level intellect and peak human condition, even can dodge bullets. Kabuto hyper form can hyper clock up which is faster than speed of light due to its time travel properties and his combatant skills is unrivalled. He is the BEST Kamen Rider ever!!!!!

[@GaiusIntrepidus]

I find it Ironic that Kabuto and Ex-Aid are near each other considering both start at Bulky Forms and then their sleeker armor comes out by removing the bulky armor and their belts even have an opening and close mechanism.

[@thomasjujube]

I didn’t really think about that what a coincidence lol

[@MansMan42069]

You're forgetting the 2 most important aspects of Kamen Rider henshins: Hand-waving and belt interaction. Showa riders have the caveat of having very little belt interaction so their hand-waving becomes their only defining aspect of the henshin. It wasn't until Kuuga where the rider interacts with the belt to initiate the henshin. Problem is, this makes hand-waving of any kind just weird and unnecessary. Drive's shift car and Ex-Aid's gashat flipping nonsense are especially bad. Hand-waving for the sake of hand-waving. The best henshins are the ones that balance hand-waving with belt interaction. Top 3 3. Faiz 2. Geiz 1. Blade

[@akiMKH]

Wait why geiz? 🤔

[@MansMan42069]

@@akiMKH The way Geiz swings his arms in a circle makes sense to get his hands in position to spin the Ziku Driver. Also very reminiscent of Skyrider's and Super-1's henshins which had martial arts influences.

[@akiMKH]

@@MansMan42069 Oh! I see! Thanks for explaining. 😁

[@akiMKH]

Then what about zi o? One arm looks like it's pointing towards 12 and the other is at 9

[@MansMan42069]

@@akiMKH It's nice but kinda underwhelming since he only uses one hand to spin the ziku driver. Also he just kinda lazily puts his arms in that pose.

[@ThunderDragonRandy]

I love the mechanical/chemistry aspect of Kamen Rider Build.

[@thatman666]

While I understand the transformation sequence of Genius, I still hate its design and the form underperforms in using Fullbottle powers.

[@aareeninccoc22423]

I'm onto Drive, but I gotta agree with you with Zi-O especially Ohma Zi-O henshin, he's just simply powerful describing into design too.

[@5spec]

Both Shin Kamen Riders have amazing transfomations, they are so different (one organic and slow and one mechanical and fast paced ) yet both equally amazing

[@issackaiser]

While I agree that most of Kuuga CGI henshin dated pretty badly, his final form Ultimate Kuuga henshin definitely out performed the rest for me. Even now Ultimate Kuuga is my no 1 favorite form. Mainly because i think it made him look like he’s the villain in the series.

[@doctjoe]

You sound so passionate and excited with this video. I'm excited to check out more of your content.

[@thomasjujube]

Thank you so much!!

[@prismstar438]

"Kabuto's henshin's really take that to the NEXT LEVEL." I'll let you decide on its intentionality.

[@ofivehigh560]

Grand Zi-O's is my favorite out of all. They made a song with the names of all the past riders and made it awesome!

[@cypheraine17]

I agree with most of your rankings. But for me, Blade should be a bit higher. Also Ex-Aid and Zi-O should be lower. Ex-Aid's transformations are cool but the spinning select screen was not explored too much. Like, what if, they can select various armors from there? Or what would happen if they selected the wrong item? Zi-O's transformations are also cool, especially with the spinning of the belt, but there's nothing really special in them IMO. Kuuga's "piece-by-piece" transformation would actually make it higher if he does it all the time. With W's, I think the "CG trash nonsense" that converges into him to form the armor are data, since one of the themes of the series is "information" from Gaia Library, and those data are stored in the gaia memories. Also the way they converge into him is based on wind, since it's also once of the series' themes. For me, I think Build, Kabuto, and Gaim's transformations are the best. I don't care which comes first. Those three are the absolute best.

[@LegitMan335]

I love all the riders henshins sequences .

[@youraveragemachine1013]

Don't think that we didn't catch that next level joke

[@thomasjujube]

;)

[@michaeldannelley6127]

My list is as follows for the main riders: 20. Ex-Aid 19. Build 18. Den-O 17. Ghost 16. Hibiki 15. Ryuki (Dragon Knight) 14. Double 13. OOO 12. Wizard 11. Fourze 10. Gaim 9. Decade (and Neo Decade) 8. Kuuga 7. Faiz 6. Blade 5. Agito 4. Kabuto 3. Kiva 2. Drive 1. Zi-O

[@larrytherustyboii7442]

Did you just put build on 19?

[@michaeldannelley6127]

@@larrytherustyboii7442 I enjoyed Build's henshin and all but not that much to move it any higher

[@ZZtheDark]

15:20,stock footage transformations? Kiva's Rising Ixa and Ghost's Deep Specter wants to talk with you on that.

[@gmonoclevoices2827]

The Kiva, Faiz, Ex-aid and the Den-o henshin are all my favorites because they all gave me goosebumps and it's a classic.

[@kyleyuen245]

Whoever thought that the mirror dimension making another Zio for Zio II and that Decade's ridewatch is the power up item is a genius

[@Spartan-Primer]

Ending the video off with the Beyondriver's standby music? I like you.

[@thomasjujube]

😁

[@adrianfahreza9477]

Do you hear that? It's the sound of bike throttles when Agito transforms

[@kingofbel6499]

I have not watched all of the seasons yet, but from this video I would say number 7 is the best. Seems like it has the most unique cool transformations for everyone. Although my favorite is still Kabuto's henshins. Its the only one where they have the armored version that is made with focus in defense, but then they can Cast Off and get the real powered form focused in speed! Its like releasing their limiters, which I always love to see!

[@SirRantsAlot___]

I can’t believe your at 10,000 Subscribers congrats, I remember when you first hit 3k and that special came out.

[@thomasjujube]

Thanks! You’ve been here awhile hehe thanks for sticking around

[@akira8393]

Zi-o no.1? 🙂Pfft! That's cute..😏 (insert anime smug face) You know what could've made Zi-o's henshin a lot better? The hand clock of Zi-o spins much like the the show's title after the eyes slapped on the helmet😏 Now that would be a lot cooler...

[@akira8393]

This is just a joke....so don't take it seriously

[@warrentan831]

Akira oK

[@andrewha7862]

Having Kabuto #3 was well deserved. Great video!

[@thomasjujube]

Thank you!

[@ultimafire2001]

Fourze Henshin: Beam Me Up Scotty

[@fishpop]

Drive IS pretty dope. I just wish Type Trideron had used ALLof its tire mixes. All we saw was 123, People Saver and the pit crew.

[@popcornthemagictalkingcat7996]

The colorful eye pieces for the KR Geo's actually say "Rider" in Japanese katakana lettering! I enjoyed your video cos I was a Showa KR fan and didn't know much about the Heisei riders. I noticed some of them do their henshin without the standard belt or kata to activate the transformation. Do they still all ride motorcycles or fancy vehicles?

[@thegreatscribbles960]

Can't forget the best part about the ex aid henshin "Let's Game! Metcha Game! Mutcha Game! What's your name?! I'm a Kamen Rider!"

[@DragoZ252]

When you said "try to break through their seal" my dude blade in zi-o literally said he sealed his power

[@kabuto0789]

The coolest thing about Zi-O in my opinion are the eyes, each seperated part of the symbol combine to the shape of the eye, and it is sick! Also, isn't it pronounced ZEE OH and not GEE OH

[@thomasjujube]

I agree! Also, there is no “zee” sound in Japanese so the “Zi” spelling is supposed to be pronounced “Ji.” You can pronounce it how you like but Ji-o isn’t wrong

[@kabuto0789]

@@thomasjujube XP EARNED, had no idea

[@thomasjujube]

No worries!

[@haitang6062]

I also love how Zi-o rider armor mimic Old rider pose - Uchu kita pose - Build pose - Faiz armor do the hand waving of takumi - Ex-aid pose So sad that they dont make complete 20 armor on screen :(

[@weedleisopcute3626]

@@haitang6062 Me, causally making all the Rider Armors appear: Laughter

[@Argol228]

the W one makes sense because it to merepresents data. it feels like the physical representation of bits coming from the flashdrives

[@filluppanda]

I’m surprised I actually agree with most of your choices! (accept zi-o's henshin) Thanks for this great video

[@thomasjujube]

Awesome! Thanks for watching!

[@GalaxEGame]

I feel like Ex-Aid also nails the transition between Cg and actual shot for the transformations

[@thomasjujube]

Agreed

[@lesocloud6773]

Decade at number 10 is the most decade thing ever.

[@haydenreviewscustomcombos]

Congrats on 10K subscribers!

[@thomasjujube]

Thank you!

[@ravenlinosoriano2867]

Congrats on the subscribers dude! Also i kinda agree with your list. I thought your gonna put Ex-Aid as your #1 but im surprised its our clock king boi Zio would be your number one.

[@thomasjujube]

Thank you!

[@huzafah_]

“You never see stock footage in kamen rider” Bruh do you know Ixa final form is ONLY STOCK FOOTAGE EVERY 👏🏻 SINGLE 👏🏻 TIME 👏🏻

[@divinityryder500]

Honestly, this list pretty much mirrors my own. Zi-O might have disappointed me in the end, but the actual henshins were top notch. ESPECIALLY Grand and Oma.

[@thomasjujube]

Agreed!

[@fredd8313]

I have recently just finished KR Zi-O and what really caught my attention the most is Grand Zi-O. It is just amazing. It got every single heisei riders at the background and that is so awesome. Which more awesome is when he is about to turn the clock, there is every single the riders' henshin sound which is really nostalgic..." ADOVENTO, COMPLEEETE, TARN TUP..." MANN, and when he goes henshin, there is a freaking song about riders' name and I was like "Holi shet, those names can be used to make a song?!"

[@leonartha03]

i prefer the henshin sequence quicker and less gimmick but still looks cool such as : Fourze, Drive, Decade

[@Zer0noZ]

My list: 1 OOO 2 Agito 3 Fourze 4 Drive 5 Kuuga 6 Zi-O 7 W 8 Den-O 9 Wizard 10 Decade 11 Gaim 12 Kabuto 13 Faiz 14 Ex-Aid 15 Hibiki 16 Build 17 Kiva 18 Ghost 19 Blade 20 Ryuki

[@NearingLostLight]

I love Zi-os clock bell before his henshin, you know you are screwed when you hear it.

[@elbraymundo]

The stock footage henshins from Ex-Aid are game cutscenes.

[@mohamadfirdauz8803]

My interest in kamen rider mostly from their storyline not to forget their henshin sequences, costume theme, creativity & precision of their job, in my opinion, kamen rider blade, 555, W, fourze & kabuto really meet all of my requirements😊, simply stunning costume design, match with user, without ridiculous useless part & messy attachments on their body🤣

[@snehchao8042]

you gave such a BIIIIG spoiler for build

[@pandorascrow]

Then you have Woz- I love his henshin- And his standby theme, I have it as my alarm

[@JA-Sol-]

4:06 im dead ass serious i just flinched on garen punching the camera lmao

[@almightyphoy2258]

I just want to praise people behind W and kabuto henshin effect! Those are the hardest to pull, Compare to what we got now a days are just some CG noise

[@jayershankumar4128]

Will you ever make a Ranking for All Heisei Rider series?

[@thomasjujube]

Once I actually see all the Heisei Rider seasons

[@anthonythomas305]

Great rankings, dude! Here's my rankings for the Heisei's henshins: Worst to Best: 20. Agito 19. Kiva 18. Kuuga 17. Blade 16. Hibiki 15. Ryuki 14. Fourze 13. Wizard 12. Ghost 11. Decade 10. W 9. OOO 8. Faiz 7. Kabuto 6. Drive 5. Gaim 4. Build 3. Ex-aid 2. Den-O 1. Zi-O

[@nazriwhb]

wtf u saying to my boi kiva at 19

[@anthonythomas305]

@@nazriwhb I don't want to mean and all, but I have to agree with Thomasjujbe. I really love Kiva and his henshin, but his pre-transformation has a gray bodyish that it's kinda scared me

[@bassgx1459]

Ohma Zio is number one for me. The entire show is a mess, but 10 second of his henshin is damn worth it.

[@larrytherustyboii7442]

I know right. That henshin is truly a fit for a king

[@fanlexafandi6299]

you missed the legendary KR Black and Black RX, the stance, the music, the originality, it was epic and well known around the globe for decade.

[@thomasjujube]

They aren’t counted as Heisei Riders so I didn’t forget them

[@UltimateMayhemVX]

Personally I still loved watching Shinobi's henshin

[@donmccullen1973]

I just like the use of the phone in KR555 but yeah the Tronline effects in the Henshin is cool.

[@weedleisopcute3626]

3:07 I have no idea why the metallic effect is there

[@Murad_69]

Been here since 1k subs you have really grown a lot!!

[@thomasjujube]

Aww thanks for sticking around for so long!

[@UNFDsBRO_TCY_7916]

It's kinda unfair for Ryuki when you showed the footages of cheaper henshin effect in Rider Time than the actual show that suit actors' crop of effect were matching actors' poses.

[@johnrizzo9901]

It’s worrying to me how many people have said wizard is hard to watch as it’s where I plan to start, the suits and transformation sequence are really cool imo and I love the simplicity of the belt and rings

[@thomasjujube]

Just watch it, maybe you’ll like it!

[@270yis7]

I prefer the simple, no-nonsense henshins of the early Showa era. :)

[@ryandika7443]

why does zero-one still feel like rider from heisei phase 2 despite being first reiwa rider? -his belt still has voice -he still has many form -he still use collectible device to henshin i wish reiwa rider was different to heisei rider

[@KoeSeer]

well... money. DX is not expensive, so people would buy the gimmick everytime they have new Rider or form.

[@Arcxzal]

if it aint broke dont fix it

[@tenkuken7168]

hes more like a combination of showa and heisei in design

[@karthus006]

Bandai: MONEY. Basically the Nichi Asa Time Block (Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Pretty Cure) is one big Bandai toy commercial.

[@LeinRa-Reaction]

while your observations are all valid, they brought the simplicity in suit design back to its roots. so in all honesty I find zero-one somewhat a combination of early heisei phase 1 with mid-end heisei phase 2, which is something I never knew I needed and would love

[@DreadDormammu47]

Good list the zi-o henshin is cool af also wizards henshin is cool and simple but i gotta say i like beasts henshin in that same season more just cus of how theatric it is

[@richardyamato]

Black is still number 1!

[@dewaeryadi7776]

Kuuga is timeless

[@DJSubwoofers]

In all honesty my number one is Zero one i always loved the robotic insects just melting into code to form the suit and the transformations to the alternate forms are amazing

[@xxOnigiri99]

Decade's sound effect is still the best one to this day, doesn't matter what they do with the new ones

[@KallenKaslana]

Zi-o henshin number 1 Woz: IWAEEEE!!!

[@roboticfish3452]

In Ryuki the Tiger Rider’s henshin sequence is the best one in my opinion

[@hecksters423]

The difficulty of the hand-waving is worth the Henshin.

[@norfadhlihaziq6948]

I like the pun you make in Kabuto's clip ~Next Level~

[@thomasjujube]

It was unintentional lol ;)

[@zephyrstrife4668]

I'm gonna be honest, I'd love to find out where I can watch the Heisei Kamen Rider stuff, because I got introduced to Wizard a while back, never got to finish the series and just absolutely loved what I had seen.

[@thomasjujube]

Google is your friend for that

[@aabattery4092]

I feel like what makes me like Decade's henshin so much is the guy's voice.

[@ilikesleepZ]

I think I have a stupid reason to like my favorite Kamen Rider, that being Faiz's wrist flick.

[@animatedfps]

For Doubles henshin I am pretty sure it is actually data that creates the suit

[@hypergrizzly4778]

K R Decade is easy, simple, show off and the opponent already jealous about it.

[@youngkappakhan]

Exaid's takes too long

[@ryuseiyellow]

i love the little jingles in ex-aid though.... dreaming girl! koi no simulation! otome wa itsumo tokimeki crisis!!

[@ninjammer726]

top ten kamen rider rival battles and crossovers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@KnightedSilverWolf]

None of these would be considered be bad at all

[@mrs.paracelsus1]

Thomasjujube: number 1 Zio Nobody:IWAE

[@valdy3333]

My favorite henshin sequences: Heisei: Kuuga, Agito, Kaixa, Kabuto, and Double. Showa: Ichigo, Nigo, V3, Black, and Black RX (Black and Black RX are my all time favorite cause I grew up watching them).