Line #34 Characters/KamenRiderBlackRX


1	[[foldercontrol]]
2	!Kamen Riders
3	[[folder:Kotaro Minami / Kamen Rider BLACK RX]]
4	!!Kotaro Minami/Kamen Rider BLACK RX
5	!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TetsuoKurata (live), Jiro Okamoto (suit actor)
6	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kohtaro_rx.jpg]]
7	[[caption-width-right:350:The Child of the Sun]]
8	Our hero, now 20 years old and working as a helicopter pilot for the Sahara family. When the Crisis Empire invades Earth, they capture Kotaro to prevent Kamen Rider Black from posing a threat to them and throw him out into space, only for the sun's radiation to recreate Kotaro's broken Kingstone and grant him the power to transform into the stronger Kamen Rider BLACK RX.
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11	To see his tropes applied to his appearance in ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'', click [[Characters/KamenRiderBlack here]].
12	!!!Tropes apply to him in general:
13	* TheAce: Kohtaro's abilities and skills as a Kamen Rider speak for itself. Likewise, he is a trained helicopter pilot, soccer player, and mechanical engineer.
14	* BadassBiker: His return as Black RX also sees Battle Hopper being revived as Acrobatter, allowing him to become this again.
15	* BadassDriver: In addition of having Acrobatter already, he rides the Ridoron, an insect-themed super car, making him the first rider to drive car.
16	* CameBackStrong: The Crisis Empire threw him out into space in an attempt to kill him, but being closer to the sun just makes him come back as the more powerful Black RX.
17	* CharacterDevelopment: Having [[spoiler: received a form of closure regarding Nobuhiko's demise, Kohtaro's fear of loss is largely gone by the end of the series.]]
18	* DecompositeCharacter: Black RX is often made a separate character from Kamen Rider Black in {{Crossover}} events to justify the two Riders appearing side by side. Whether the other Kotaro is the from an AlternateUniverse, TimeTravel or by some other means isn't always clear.
19	* TheDeterminator: Never gives up his fight against the Crisis Empire. Whenever he's a particularly tight pinch he just ''wills'' himself another form to get out of it.
20	* TheHero: Carrying on the role as the sole person fighting the Crisis Empire's invasion.
21	* IconicOutfit: His default outfit is a white jacket with the words "F. Grand Prix" written on its back.
22	* IconicSequelCharacter: A carry-over from the previous series. He's already the protagonist, but he's the only lead Kamen Rider to get his own sequel series. To this day, he's nearly as popular as [[Series/KamenRider Takeshi Hongo/Kamen Rider 1]] himself.
23	* InTheNameOfTheMoon: "I am the child of the sun! Kamen Rider! Black! RX!"
24	* LightningBruiser: To be expected, considering his accumulated prowess from the previous series, alongside the Kingstone's mystical properties. It's honestly no surprise that he can take on an entire alien armada.
25	* MyGreatestFailure: Kohtaro clearly regards failing to save Nobuhiko from Gorgom as this. He was also devastated when [[spoiler:Shunkichi and Utako died]].
26	* MyGreatestSecondChance: When Shadow Moon reappeared, Kohtaro was forced to fight him once more. Unlike the previous series, [[spoiler: things were slightly more favorable in the end, with Nobuhiko ultimately freed from Gorgom's corruption before dying.]]
27	* NoKillLikeOverKill: In a sense. Not that he can be blamed for it,[[spoiler: but Kohtaro's victory over the Crisis Emperor cause the Crisis Empire's subjects to all die. For reference, the population was over 5 BILLION in total.]]
28	* OldHeroNewPals: Kotaro's new allies consist of a family who runs an airline company, his girlfriend, a chef, a {{Cyborg}} {{Sidekick}}, a psychic archer, and later, the original ten Kamen Riders.
29	* StoryBreakerPower: Kohtaro's Kingstone is so powerful that it basically grants him any power needed to solve the plot (human possession, [[RippleEffectProofMemory immunity to time paradoxes]], and cheating death itself).
30	* SoLastSeason: Maribaron implied that if Kohtaro remained as simply Kamen Rider Black, then he'd be much easier to defeat. That said, since Shadow Moon still proved formidable as ever in his reappearance, this was likely a statement born from ignorance.
31	* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Not that the Kamen Rider franchise isn't guilty of this from the start, but still. You'd think that with all his accumulated prowess and experience, as well as being upgraded into [[OneWingedAngel Black RX]], Kohtaro could easily decimate [[VillainOfTheWeek an average Kaijin]] in seconds. Yet, he tends to struggle against them from time to time, with his Rider Kick rarely dealing the finishing blow.
32	** Heck, in the time-travel special, past Kohtaro/Black defeated a typical Crisis Empire monster without any difficulty. Remember, Black RX is several times stronger in comparison.
33	* ThePowerOfTheSun: The sun was responsible for giving him his new form as Kamen Rider Black RX, and can act as an alternate energy source if the Kingstone is damaged.
34	* ThisIsUnforgivable: [[spoiler: His reaction to Jark's killing of Shunkichi and Utako.]]
35	* TookALevelInCheerfulness: He is a great deal more cheerful compared to the previous series, likely from gaining a newfound family and friends to support him.
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37	!!!Tropes exclusive to Kamen Rider BLACK RX:
38	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krbrx_blackrx.png]]
39	* FinishingMove:
40	** RX Kick: An upgraded dropkick version of Black's Rider Kick. Though it normally doesn't outright finish off his opponents, it is powerful enough to stun and weaken them so he could deal the deathblow with his Revolcane.
41	** Revolcrash: Black RX draws out his Revolcane to stab his opponents, unleashing a torrent of energy until they are fatally wounded. Kinda makes you feel sorry for them.
42	* FragileSpeedster: As Biorider, RX is super fast at the cost of losing defense. However, this is almost never an issue, due to having the ability to become intangible as Gel-Form, with [[OneWingedAngel Shadow Moon]] being the only one in the series to bypass this.
43	* JackOfAllStats: His base Black RX form. He doesn't have the SuperStrength of Roborider or the SuperSpeed of Biorider, but he's still [[LightningBruiser super strong and agile]] enough to surpass Black. Heck, when pushed, said form even DEFEATED an enhanced Shadow Moon, the latter previously outdoing Roborider and Biorider in their respective strengths.
44	* LaserBlade: The Revolcane.
45	* MightyGlacier: Roborider grants RX intense durability and strength at the cost of moving super slow, barring his [[ImprobableAimingSkills shooting reflexes]].
46	* SwissArmyHero: Can switch between his base form, Roborider form and Biorider form.
47	* WorfEffect: Like the rest of the Showa Riders, he is heavily subjected to this in sequels. To note, he was once swiftly defeated by Decade in a Rider tournament, while Shadow Moon (A.R.) easily trounced the latter later on.
48	[[/folder]]
49	[[folder:Ten Legendary Kamen Riders]]
50	!!Ten Legendary Kamen Riders
51	The ten Kamen Riders which came before RX: Kamen Riders 1, 2, V3, Riderman, X, Amazon, Stronger, Skyrider, Super-1 and ZX. They show up late into the series to help Kotaro in his fight against the Crisis Empire.
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53	* BigDamnHeroes: Show up to rescue Kotaro after he's been felled by a particularly strong MonsterOfTheWeek.
54	* WorfEffect: They pretty much have no meaningful presence in the story after their introduction, other than to make Black RX appear stronger in comparison. Heck, even with their combined powers, all ten were outmatched by Strongest Monster Gran Zairus. Not to mention V3 and Riderman's very one-sided fight against General Jark.
55	[[/folder]]
56
57	!Allies
58	[[folder:Sahara Family]]
59	!!Shunkichi, Utako, Shigeru and Hitomi Sahara
60	!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Makoto Akatsuka (Shunkichi), Eri Tsuruma (Utako), Go Inoue (Shigeru), Shoko Imura (Hitomi), Maho Maruyama (Teenage Hitomi)
61	A family which takes Kotaro in and gives him a job as a helicopter pilot after the events of ''Series/KamenRiderBlack''.
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63	* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Shunkichi and Utako are both killed by Jark during his final assault on Black RX.]]
64	* KidSidekick: Shigeru and Hitomi to Kotaro.
65	* NoAccountingForTaste: Shunkichi and Utako Sahara argue so much, you sometimes wonder how did they even manage to have two kids.
66	[[/folder]]
67	[[folder:Reiko Shiratori]]
68	!!Reiko Shiratori
69	!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Makoto Sumikawa[[note]]Under the pseudonym Jun Koyamaki[[/note]]
70	Kotaro's girlfriend.
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72	* CameraFiend: She's a photographer.
73	%%* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: To Kyoko and Katsumi from the previous series.
74	* TookALevelInBadass: Downplayed, but Reiko starts to get herself more involved in Kotaro's fight against Crisis.
75	[[/folder]]
76	[[folder:Joe the Haze]]
77	!!Joe the Haze
78	!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/RikiyaKoyama
79	A close friend of Kotaro's. He was brainwashed into being a cyborg by the Crisis Empire and used to attack Kotaro, but later joined him after being freed from the Empire's control.
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81	* GoodCounterpart: In a sense, Joe is what Nobuhiko would've been if he wasn't converted into Shadow Moon by Gorgom.
82	* HeelFaceTurn: Quickly turned against Crisis after his introduction.
83	* PutOnABus: Got hospitalized by Bosgan for ten episodes.
84	* {{Sidekick}}: Of TheReliableOne and BestFriend variety to Kotaro, whom he addresses as "big bro".
85	[[/folder]]
86
87	!Crisis Empire
88	An EvilEmpire from space seeking to invade Earth. Coming from a world wrecked by pollution and other factors, they seek to turn Earth into their new home planet.
89	[[folder:General Tropes]]
90	* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Unlike Gorgom, who are a group of {{mutants}}, cultists, and terrorists that seeked a new boss and to rule Earth, the Crisis Empire are supernatural invaders who sought to TakeOverTheWorld due to their homeworld dying and believing that humanity has no regard for the Earth and kept on polluting it.
91	* CreateYourOwnHero: They inadvertently caused Kotaro's transformation into Black RX by capturing him from Earth before he escapes from their fortress in space, exposing him to more radiation in the sun and giving him an upgraded form.
92	* TheEmpire: They were supposedly once a peaceful society, but [[TyrantTakesTheHelm a change in leadership]] led to them becoming aggressively expansionist.
93	* MechaMooks: The Chaps, robotic soldiers who serve as the Crisis Empire's main {{Mook}} force.
94	* MonsterOfTheWeek: The "Strange Demon Soldiers", a diverse array of monsters under the Crisis Empire's belt whom they send out OnceAnEpisode.
95	* MookLieutenant: Each of the four officers under General Jark heads a different MonsterOfTheWeek division.
96	* NoKillLikeOverKill: To be expected from their desire to exterminate humanity. Fittingly, they are all indirectly slaughtered by Black RX in the end.
97	* StandardEvilEmpireHierarchy:
98	** TheEmperor: Emperor Crisis.
99	** The Right Hand / Security Officer: Inspector Colonel Dasmader.
100	** The General: General Jark, commander-in-chief of the Crisis military, and underneath him the commanders of the Crisis Empire's three army divisions, Armored Captain Gatezone, Naval Commander Bosgun and Fanged Captain Gedorian.
101	** The Guard: General Jark again, as commander of the Crisis Fortress.
102	** The Oddball: Intelligence Staff Officer Maribaron.
103	[[/folder]]
104	[[folder:Emperor Crisis]]
105	!!Emperor Crisis
106	!!!'''Portrayed by:''' [[spoiler:Creator/GoroNaya]]
107	The ruler of the Crisis Empire.
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109	* AmbiguousSituation: Whether or not [[spoiler:he's another incarnation of the [[HijackedByGanon Great Leader]]. He's played by Creator/GoroNaya, whose voice was usually the Great Leader's calling card, but besides that there's no confirmation in series if the two are one and the same, or even if Crisis is in any way related to him.]]
110	* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: [[spoiler:Though Black RX fells him in the end, Crisis claims that he and his empire will be reborn as long as humanity's evil continues to exist.]]
111	* BigBad: The ruler of the Crisis Empire and the one behind their invasion of Earth.
112	* TheEmperor: of the Crisis Empire.
113	* LoadBearingBoss: [[spoiler:The Crisis Empire's home world disappears after Grand Lord Crisis is destroyed.]]
114	* LordCountry: His name is Lord '''Crisis''' and he's the ruler of the '''Crisis''' Empire.
115	* NoOneSeesTheBoss: He's TheGhost until the final few episodes, where he finally decides to get directly involved in the invasion.
116	* TyrantTakesTheHelm: The Demon World was apparently peaceful until he rose to power and turned it into an industrialized, expansionist society.
117	* WeCanRuleTogether: Attempted this on Kotaro in the finale. Unsurprisingly, Kotaro shot it down.
118	[[/folder]]
119	[[folder:General Jark]]
120	!!General Jark/[[spoiler:Jark Midler]]
121	!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/SeizoKato (voice, 1-44), Creator/HidekatsuShibata (voice, 45-46), Creator/ToshimichiTakahashi (suit actor)
122	The military leader of the Crisis Empire and the one in charge of their Earth invasion.
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124	* AFatherToHisMen: Jark does care about his subordinates, and sought to avenge them after they were felled by Black RX.
125	* BlingOfWar: Wears bright golden armor.
126	* TheDragon: He's the Emperor's NumberTwo and military commander.
127	* EyeScream: [[spoiler: His left eye got busted by Black RX (as Biorider) during their final duel.]]
128	* TheHeavy: Since Crisis himself rarely appears, it's Jark who spearheads the invasion of Earth and carries the plot each episode.
129	* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Is finally killed by Black RX after a long and hard fought battle between the two.]]
130	* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:After his repeated failures to defeat RX, he gets mutated into Jark Midler by Crisis and sent out in a final mission to kill RX.]]
131	[[/folder]]
132	[[folder:Maribaron]]
133	!!Intelligence Staff Officer Maribaron
134	!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Atsuko Takahata
135	The intelligence officer of the Crisis Empire and head of their "Supernatural Demon" division, who has a crush on General Jark.
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137	* BeautifulAllAlong: The manga reveals that she has a fine long hair under her headdress.
138	* BlueBlood: Is the daughter of a noble family within the Demon World.
139	* CuteMonsterGirl: In the Iwata Kazuhisa manga, she turns into a bat-girl in a leotard.
140	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: One MonsterOfTheWeek is her aunt, and she's outraged when RX destroys her.
141	* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: In the manga adaptation by Iwata Kazuhisa, [[http://tinyurl.com/yc2txphn she is]] violently [[HalfTheWomanSheUsedToBe torn in half]] by Kotaro and her [[DropDeadGorgeous naked corpse]] is cruelly tossed aside. The story was published on Comic Bombom, a magazine targeted at children.
142	* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Her costume is predominantly black with red highlights.
143	* SubordinateExcuse: Her main reason for joining the military is due to her feelings for General Jark.
144	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Crisis kills her for attacking Kotaro in the middle of his WeCanRuleTogether attempt.]]
145	[[/folder]]
146	[[folder:Bosgun]]
147	!!Naval Commander Bosgun
148	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShozoIizuka
149	The head of the Crisis Empire's "Beast-Men" division.
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151	* CoolSword: Wields a sword as his primary weapon.
152	* {{Hypocrite}}: Bosgun outright tells Gran Zairus that he'll kill Black RX by himself and yet he has some Chaps on standby.
153	* MadeOfIron: A mild example, but he is the only villain who takes ''two'' stabs from the Revolcane to die.
154	* TheStarscream: Once plotted to usurp Jark.
155	* ThemeNaming: His Crisis Kaijin have the prefix "Gyna" in their names.
156	* TwoFaced: He has a second face on the forehead of his helmet, which is actually his real face. When he dies, presumably that's the face we see rise out of his explosion and dissolve.
157	[[/folder]]
158	[[folder:Gatezone]]
159	!!Armored Captain Gatezone
160	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Toshimichi Takahashi
161	The head of the Crisis Empire's "Demon Robot" division.
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163	* AndroidsArePeopleToo: Despite being a robot, he's treated as an equal to the other commanders.
164	* BadassBiker: Rides a CoolBike called the Storm Dagger.
165	* CyberCyclops: He has a single robotic eye in the center of his head.
166	* LosingYourHead: He can detach his head from his body at will, allowing his head to fly around while at the same time being able to still move his body.
167	* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:After being defeated by RX a final time he attempts a SuicideBomb. It fails.]]
168	* WalkingShirtlessScene: Wears a jacket that's undone to show his chest.
169	[[/folder]]
170	[[folder:Gedorian]]
171	!!Fanged Captain Gedorian
172	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Kazunori Arai
173	The head of the Crisis Empire's "Alien Lifeform" division.
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175	* DirtyCoward: Often flees battles before they're even over.
176	* IOweYouMyLife: Serves Jark because he saved his life in the past.
177	* TheFriendNobodyLikes: The other Crisis commanders don't really like him and find him annoying.
178	* SmallAnnoyingCreature: A short alien who hops around bugging the other villains.
179	* {{Synchronization}}: In his LastStand, he feeds his energy to a monster to empower it. Unfortunately this means that when the monster dies, so does he.
180	* ReducedToDust: A pile of sand is all that's left of him after the above happens.
181	[[/folder]]
182	[[folder:Dasmader]]
183	!!Dasmader
184	!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Tatsuya Matsui
185	An inspector set by Grand Lord Crisis himself to check up on the Earth invasion due to Jark's lack of progress.
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187	* ColonelBadass: He's a colonel in the Crisis military and a skilled swordsman.
188	* MouthOfSauron: He's Grand Lord Crisis' messenger [[spoiler:and is in fact possessed by Crisis himself]].
189	[[/folder]]
190	[[folder:Chakram]]
191	!!Chakram
192	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Atsuo Mori
193	A floating robot whose purpose is to announce General Jark's arrival.
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195	[[/folder]]
196
197	!Other Villains
198	[[folder:Shadow Moon]]
199	!!Century King Shadow Moon
200	!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MasakiTerasoma (voice)
201	Thought to have perished from the collapse of Gorgom's headquarters at the end of ''[=BLACK=]'', it is later revealed that Shadow Moon survived and spent the next six months looking for Kotaro out of vengeance.
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203	* [[AmnesiacHero Amnesiac Villain]]: Besides his name and vengeance towards Kotaro, he doesn't remember anything about his past.
204	* AttackItsWeakPoint: [[spoiler:Angered by Shadow Moon's cruelty, Kohtaro ultimately used his Revolcrash attack on his Shadow Charger belt. In doing so, Kohtaro somehow brought [[DyingAsYourself some of Nobuhiko's remaining humanity back]].]]
205	* DemonicPossession: He made himself known to Kotaro by possessing Joe, and later does this to a Crisis Kaijin.
206	* DemotedToExtra: He only appears for three episodes.
207	* DiscardAndDraw: Wields the [[DualWielding Shadow Sabers]] as replacements for his Satan Saber.
208	* ExBigBad: He's one of the main villain of the previous series alongside the Creation King, he shows up as TheRival for a brief arc in this one.
209	* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:Unlike last time, Shadow Moon takes his loss to Black RX very well.]]
210	* HazyFeelTurn: [[spoiler:In a sense. Despite stating to Kohtaro that [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou he's still Shadow Moon]], his final act [[DyingAsYourself before dying was saving two children in distress.]] Kohtaro ultimately decides to believe that Nobuhiko regained himself in the end]]
211	* OneWingedAngel: Shadow Moon is so powerful that Kohtaro outright considered him as great a threat as the Crisis Empire itself. He can even best Kohtaro's alternate forms in their respective fields, if partly via studying their moves beforehand.
212	* PowerAtAPrice: By losing almost all memories of his past, Shadow Moon cheated death and was empowered, now rivaling Black RX in prowess.
213	* RevengeBeforeReason: He has unfinished business with Kotaro, outright ignoring the Crisis Empire at times.
214	* SoLastSeason: Subverted. He can fight Black RX without undergoing the same changes as him. Doubles with PowerAtAPrice.
215	* SoleSurvivor: Of Gorgom, though he cannot recall any memories of the organization.
216	* UnwittingPawn: Jark was just using him in an attempt to finish off Kotaro.
217	* WildCard: To Crisis, who doesn't like his guts.
218	* WorthyOpponent: [[spoiler:Admits Black RX as this at the end of their final duel.]]
219	[[/folder]]

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