Never thought I'd say this, but thank God for Wikipedia. There were so many errors in what this 4Kids poster submitted, it was embarrassing.
Kamen Rider was Shotaro Ishinomori's idea, and first aired in 1971. Super Sentai came from the braintrust of a few people who went by the name Saburo Yatsude/Saburo Hatte. The Metal Hero series got up and running in the early '80s, and the only thing linking it to Ishinomori were appearances by Bicrosser and Machineman, two of Ishinomori's creations. And all three are bound only by the fact that Toei produced all of the series.
And to say "Kamen Rider came first" is ridiculous, given the most faithful vein to these kinds of series, "Henshin Heroes", probably started with Ultraman if anything. And that was in 1966. I just hope the BeetleBorgs comment wasn't linked to the bug theme, since Kamen Rider was off the air in the '90s, thus giving Toei free reign on insect themes during that time.
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