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Originally Posted by macblo

Wouldn't preteen boys, who I assume is Kamen Rider's primary demographic, be even more against pink then a 3-5 year old boy? I'd imagine what's socially acceptable plays a bigger part in this sort of thing then what colors they actually like and preteen boys seem like they'd be especially nasty when it comes to making fun of somebody for liking pink.

Kamen Rider is not color-coded though. While we had pink Kamen Riders who were female, the colors vary much more for each character than in Super Sentai. Also, looking at the shade of Ex-Aid's suit, it's more purple-ish than pink, while Decade's color was determined by the camera motif (that's where the "It's not pink, it's magenta" meme came from). So technically, we can't really talk about "Pink" main riders either. Marika was pink. As in, hella pink. Pink Necrom was black and pink. And KR Poppy has some pink elements. But those three are the only female Riders who have pink as a main color in their design.
I think Kamen Rider being more varied in colors and associations in that sense gives them a bit more liberty when it comes to the whole pink issue.