There is an old rumor going around that Joe Odagiri doesn't want to be remembered as Kamen Rider Kuuga. In my recent lurk in 4chan's /m/ board, there is a post that compiles facts that Odagiri likes his role as Kuuga.
Odagiri is still extremly close with the staff and cast of Kamen Rider Kuuga that he even went to the wedding of Wakana Aoi, who played Midori, his on-screen little sister in the show and made a speech. He was also on board to do a Kuuga movie years after the show ended.
It is said that he is willing to do anything for Kamen Rider Kuuga Producer Shigenori Takatera. A good example is his cameo appearance in Daimajin Kanon as Fuuga. Coming from the same producer, the rumor about Odagiri trying to forget his past as a Kamen Rider is complete BS.
He was once asked on Bakusho Mondai why they erased Kuuga from his acting history on his profile to which Odagiri replied, "It's not erased. Don't say such unpleasant things like that!" He also attended a 2008 Kamen Rider Kuuga cast and crew reunion.
Lastly, most of the bad things Odagiri said about tokusatsu were mostly before Kuuga. It is said that there is a video taken last year that he talked about Rider in a press conference for a movie.
Special thanks to 4chan's /m/ board for compiling all of these info.
Odagiri is still extremly close with the staff and cast of Kamen Rider Kuuga that he even went to the wedding of Wakana Aoi, who played Midori, his on-screen little sister in the show and made a speech. He was also on board to do a Kuuga movie years after the show ended.
He was once asked on Bakusho Mondai why they erased Kuuga from his acting history on his profile to which Odagiri replied, "It's not erased. Don't say such unpleasant things like that!" He also attended a 2008 Kamen Rider Kuuga cast and crew reunion.
Lastly, most of the bad things Odagiri said about tokusatsu were mostly before Kuuga. It is said that there is a video taken last year that he talked about Rider in a press conference for a movie.
Special thanks to 4chan's /m/ board for compiling all of these info.
