 This article is about an actor in Kamen Rider Super-1.
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Shunsuke Takasugi (高杉 俊介, Takasugi Shunsuke) is a former Japanese actor who played Kazuya Oki, the eponymous rider of Kamen Rider Super-1. He also sang the opening theme and the first ending theme of Kamen Rider Super-1.
Takasugi had successfully auditioned for the role in July 1980, beating candidates such as Shun Sugata, Hiroyuki Watanabe, and Shigeki Ishii
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In 1984, he reprised his role alongside Hiroshi Miyauchi (Kamen Rider V3) and Takehisa Yamaguchi (Riderman) in the TV special Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!!, which featured former Super-1 candidate Shun Sugata as Kamen Rider ZX.
Scandal & Controversy[]
In 2013, the media had exposed that Takasugi had bilked 50 million yen (about US $450,000) from his fans. He used the influence of his role to cheat his fans and refused to return them all the money. For example, one of excuses he came up with is that "Super-1's henshin belt was taken by the Yakuza (gangsters) and I need money to get it back." From 2003 to 2012, he bilked 5 people who were big fans of Super-1. Even as he was sued, he refused to appear in court. Due to his dishonesty and currently being missing since January 2017, despite Super-1 going on to make later minor appearances, including in recent crossover movies, Takasugi is unable to reprise his role ever again.[1][2]
