This isn't the first time he played a superhero as he previously played Taiga Nozomu, who was Ultraman Zero's human host in the Ultraman Saga film. In his comment about the role, he stated that he admired Kamen Rider V3 when he was a kid because he had a fashionable feel and was cool. At age 45, he thought that he will never get a chance to play a Kamen Rider because today's Kamen Riders are made up of attractive actors with Fumiya Takahashi, who is his junior at his talent agency being one of them as he previously played Aruto Hiden/Kamen Rider Zero-One.