I wouldnt even be remotely interested in seeing that. Joe Odagiri is Godai and Murai is Onodera. If they wanna bring him back as Onodoera they can do it as often as they want but recasting him as Godai? Sorry but thats not gonna work for me.

I'm very aware that Joe Odagiri returning to Kamen Rider is highly unlikely, nearly impossible, but I dream of the time when he might be older and is just like „Yeah why not I'll do it“ and he returns as a mentor to other Riders just like Hiroshi Fujioka did in Kamen Rider Taisen, a living legend.

It will never happen but I can dream.

Him returning when hes older is much more realistic than its is now at least. He is still an high profile actor and like alot of american actors of that caliber they are more likely to appear in kids films/shows when they are older and in the later part of their career. Especially when they have kids and start doing projects they kids can watch and enjoy.

i am currently watching Kuuga and i like the character I feel sad Character not returning because the actor is full of Himself

and used of the the idea of a character played by different people

Man I so hope that will come true one day. Just imagine old ass Godai Yusuke with a mighty beard transforming into Kuuga again to show them whippersnappers how to Kamen Rider.

I hold no grudge against him for stating his opinion. It's his life, if he didn’t like working on Kuuga and doesn’t want to return than that's his decision to make.

I'm not sad about it, I'm just really grateful that he played the role the way he did because I love that character.

It would even be more meaningful since he didnt return six times between that.

Its not that he hated working on the show but rather that hes just not interested in reprising the role right now. Its true that he hated auditioning for the show and did not see a challenge as an actor in it. But working on the show changed his opinion on that a bit. He never became a super duper fan like Blades actor but he doesnt "hate" Kamen Rider either.

I imagine its just a mix of him being too busy, too expensive and the reunion movies just not offering the material he would deem good enough to come back for.

to each his own Personally, I hate when a actor look down on what opened the door to him even if i am not a fan of it

you can dislike the reasons an actor doesn't want to reprise their role AND respect the decision.

one isn't mutually exclusive from the other.

Plus someone not liking or just not being a huge fan of the franchise isnt the same of not being grateful to it opening the doors for better acting gigs.

Kamen Rider is still just kind of a silly kids show to the majority of adult japanese people so him not turning into a gigantic Rider Fan isnt unusual at all.

I love the entire mindset of whatever their reason for not returning to Kamen Rider, their automatically wrong solely because you disagree with the decision that absolutely nothing to do with you personally. Some people will be Kamen Riders forever. Some people do their season and move to other things. That does not somehow make them bad people. Nor should it. And that does not, in fact, make him "full of himself". Also, how about we remember that his infant son passed away earlier this year and cut the man you've never met outside of watching him on one season of Toku a little bit of a damned break.

Him not returning, I promise, will not affect your life in any way, shape, or form. Just like how Takeru Satoh not returning to Den-O had absolutely no bearing on our lives. What it did was give us the perfection of Momotaros as Den-O.

Let's, as an entire fandom, try and remember just because these are beloved characters to us.. they are just characters. And the actors portraying them are real people capable of making real adult decisions. Like to return or not. Appreciate what they did while they were here, and respect the fact that if they want to move on they can.

Alright? Alright.