Better grab your Gamer Driver—because Toei is giving two Heisei legends the spotlight on the official TTWO YouTube channel. The very first Heisei Rider, Kamen Rider Kuuga, and the 18th, Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, are both streaming for a limited-time run.
Similar to the earlier releases of Agito and Kabuto, both Kuuga and Ex-Aid are available globally (excluding Japan & China). Kuuga begins its Thursday uploads on October 8, while Ex-Aid airs on Fridays — with episodes 3 and 4 already released on October 2 to mark the series’ 10th anniversary.
Kamen Rider Ex-Aid 10th Anniversary Plans
October 2, 2026 marked the 10th anniversary of Kamen Rider Ex-Aid’s premiere, living up to the series’ promise of “Changing your fate with no continues!” Toei is celebrating with a striking new LEVEL10th logo and a series of staged updates under the banner LEVEL 10th NEXT GAME News.
We’re currently at Level 1: the complete 45-episode series is streaming for free on the Toei Tokusatsu YouTube Official channel, with two episodes released every Saturday (starting with episodes 1 and 2 on October 3). In addition, the Official Kamen Rider YouTube channel is uploading episode highlight clips titled EX-AID SAVE DATA twice a week beginning October 7. These short videos spotlight standout battles along with some of the series’ most memorable and hilarious moments — a perfect way for fans to look back.
Please Note: The free full-series stream and EX-AID SAVE DATA clips are available on Toei’s Japanese official YouTube channels and may be region-locked or primarily accessible in Japan.
For international fans, an English-subtitled version is also available on the TTWO YouTube channel (Toei Tokusatsu World Official). Each episode will be available globally for a limited time, excluding Japan and China.
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Kamen Rider Ex-Aid (仮面ライダーエグゼイド) is a television series produced by Toei and TV Asahi. It is the eighteenth series in the Heisei era and the thirty-first Kamen Rider series in the franchise. Airing from October 2, 2016 to August 27, 2017 for 45 episodes, the series centers on a group of doctors who are also skilled gamers. Using Gamer Drivers and cartridge-like Rider Gashats, they transform into video game-themed Kamen Riders to battle the Bugster Virus — a digital pathogen that infects humans through video games and manifests as monstrous “Bugsters.”
The series is notable for its unique fusion of medical drama and video game culture. Its concept was deliberately crafted to make hospitals feel less intimidating to children by blending the serious world of medicine with colorful, high-energy game aesthetics and mechanics (level-ups, continues, game overs, and genre-specific forms inspired by platformers, RPGs, shooters, rhythm games, and more). Beyond the main television series, the Ex-Aid media franchise includes theatrical films (such as the Heisei Generations crossovers and True Ending), the three-part V-Cinema series Kamen Rider Ex-Aid Trilogy: Another Ending, a novel (Mighty Novel X), video game appearances, an extensive toyline, and stage shows. Characters from the series, particularly Emu Hojo/Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, have also made notable cameo and guest appearances in later works, most prominently in Kamen Rider Zi-O.
Kamen Rider Kuuga serves as not only the tenth installment in the Kamen Rider Franchise but also the very first Kamen Rider in the Heisei Period. It was the first standalone Kamen Rider Television Series since Kamen Rider RX, it revived the franchise and brought the series into the 21st Century. Kuuga was the first Kamen Rider Television Series that was broadcast in a wide-screen (letterbox) format, which premiered on January 30, 2000, to January 21, 2001, consisting of 49 episodes, and four specials.Kuuga is the modern successor to an ancient warrior who once sealed away the Grongi (an ancient tribe that plays a deadly “game” of ritualistic murder). The design draws from stag beetles and ancient aesthetics. The protagonist, Yusuke Godai, is a cheerful, adventure-loving young man who fights not out of duty or revenge, but simply because he wants people to be happy and safe.
Kamen Rider Kuuga would inspire two manga spin-offs, one featured in TeleCoro Comic magazine, and its reboot series written by Toshiki Inoue and illustrated by Hitotsu Yokoshima, which would be later licensed by Titan Publishing Group for English publication under their new manga imprint. Kamen Rider Kuuga also inspired a S.I.C. Hero Saga Story series, a novel, and a video game. KAMEN RIDER KUUGA is available now on Blu-ray.
Source: Kamen Rider Global (EN) Twitter, Kamen Rider Official Website
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