The only real problem I could picture is him getting afraid of being typecast a la Kirenger, but I don't think that happened.

It was different when Odagirir started. Back then Kamen Rider was everythign from Kamen Rider to Kamen Rider Black RX and plus it was off the air for almost a decade.

To him atleast Kamen Rider and what I´ve gathered Tokusatsu in general was something he actively disliked and never had any interest in.

It depends. In most cases a role in a tokusatsu is usually considered a good way for a young actor or idol to get a lot of exposure and make a name for themselves. A lot of these actors embrace that as a part of their past and what got them where they are now (and some will even come back or stay in the genre, like Nao Nagasawa). A few do try to distance themselves from it, though. The actor who played TimeRed, for instance, is really famous for not acknowledging his time on that show, to the point where it's not even on his resume or official profile (although I've heard that may be more of a management mandate). Odagiri hasn't gone that far, but he's always made it pretty clear that he considered doing tokusatsu to be kind of slumming it.

It's not as sensational as people make it seem. Masaru Nagai, TimeRed's actor, quit acting for a while after TimeRanger and went back to college. When he got out of school he signed with a new agency and they basically gave him a fresh resume.

Also, I wouldn't put a lot of stock into that link from Orends. While it's not 100% yet, their sources are nebulous at best - basically the source they have is using a source that (thus far) only properly sourced one thing from Odagiri. It's a big game of telephone with them.

I love how this thread went from, "Oh poor Odagiri, well that's that." To," Let's shit on Godai and Onodera" in a page.

There's an old internet phrase for this phenomenon, "haters gonna hate" :p


Personally, I love him as Kuuga. I'm just happy to see him finally talking about it because I can only listen to rumors for so long before I want proof.

Same here. He did a great performance and for that I´m greatful. I personally dont care if he enjoyed doing it or not as long as he put effort into it.

Acting is like everythign else still a job and in a job you sometimes gotta do things you dont like.

I completely agree, he was fantastic.

Well I'm just glad he did do it, he helped bring back Kamen Rider, so I'm grateful to everyone who helped make Kuuga.

You can't mention Kuuga on this site without Locke showing up to say it sucks.

Like I do when Goseiger is mentioned. ;)

As I said, haters gonna hate...wait, did you say Goseiger? Hold on, let me go get my pitchfork and join you! :p