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Originally Posted by rybackmonster

Looking at Japanese actors I think wow Takeru Satoh has become so popular he is one of the best actors in Japan now. To think he started as a Hero named Kamen Rider Den-O.
Curious about what other actors have became or recently become popular, with getting movies or dramas that started in Kamen Rider or super sentai.

Let's see.
This is not a perfect list but rather what I know.
I took out Hosokawa who was Hibiki out of this list because he was well-known prior to Hibiki.

Hiroshi Fujioka - Kamen Rider 1
Joe Odagiri - Kamen Rider Kuuga
Jun Kaname - Kamen Rider G3 from Kamen Rider Agito
Kento Handa - Kamen Rider Faiz
Hiro Mizushima - Kamen Rider Kabuto
Takeru Sato - Kamen Rider Den-O
Koji Seto - Kamen Rider Kiva
Masahiro Inoue - Kamen Rider Decade
Masaki Suda - Kamen Rider W
Souta Fukushi - Kamen Rider Fourze
Shunya Shiraishi - Kamen Rider Wizard
Gaku Sano - Kamen Rider Gaim
Ryoma Takeuchi - Kamen Rider Drive

on the Sentai side:
Kazuhiko Nishimura - Yellow Lion from Liveman
Reiko Chiba - Pteraranger from Zyuranger
Kane Kosugi - Ninja Black from Kakuranger
Hiroshi Tsuchiya - Ninja Blue from Kakuranger(voice actor)
Masashi Gohda - Oh Blue from Ohranger
Tamao Sato - Oh Pink from Ohranger
Masaya Matsukaze - Mega Blue from Megaranger(voice actor)
Masaru Nagai - Time Red from Timeranger
Noboru Kaneko - Gao Red from Gaoranger
Tetsuji Tamayama - Gao Silver from Gaoranger
Nobuo Kyo - Kuwaga Raiger from Hurricanger
Kotaro Tanaka - Abare Killer from Abaranger
Masayuki Deai - Bouken Silver from Boukenger, Kyoryu Grey from Kyoryuger
Hiroki Suzuki - Geki Red from Gekiranger
Manpei Takagi - Geki Blue from Gekiranger
Rina Aizawa - Go-on Yellow from Go-onger
Toori Matsuzaka - Shinken Red from Shinkenger
Rin Takanashi - Shinken Pink from Shinkenger
Yudai Chiba - Gosei Red from Goseiger
Mao Ichimichi as M.A.O - Gokai Yellow from Gokaiger(voice actor)
Junya Ikeda - Gokai Silver from Gokaiger(voice actor)
Arisa Komiya - Yellow Buster from Go-Busters(voice actor)

I took out Red Falcon, Shinken Blue and Shinken Yellow out cause they were already well-known prior to toku.