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This is a partial character sheet for Kamen Rider Geats. Subjective trope and audience reactions should go on the YMMV page.

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Supporters

In General

Laser Raise Riser voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Almighty Janitor: They're mere audience and an entertainment enjoyer who has connection and influence big enough to affect the DGP as well as a stronger transformation device than the actual Rider players, while also being a competent fighter using it.
Ambiguously Human: They're apparently descended from humanity, but because they've been so evolved and/or genetically modified that their appearances are all customizable and can't even breed with present humans, it's questionable just how "human" they actually are.
Audience Surrogate: The four supporters represent different viewer perspectives on the franchise, and the specific behaviors in question are deconstructed when the downsides of those attitudes manifest through each supporter.
- Ziin represents those who watch Kamen Rider for the thrill of the story, intervening personally to keep his main source of entertainment going. However, Ziin doesn't really regard human lives that highly, which means that Ace and the others are subject to Ziin's Skewed Priorities. Since he's only helping them because he wants to stay entertained, there's a fairly good chance that Ziin's fine with hanging them out to dry if their story takes a turn that he doesn't think is salvageable. It takes a later bout of Character Development for him to actually grow out of this.
- Kekera represents those who watch the franchise for the spirit of heroism it has always represented, and is also an In-Universe example of expecting specific plots or characters to cater to them. He wants Keiwa to become an Ideal Hero and a "real Kamen Rider" and is pushy about how he gets Keiwa to go down this path, which blows up in his face more than once when Keiwa doesn't rise to the occasion in the way that he wants. Later on, he demonstrates that he's more than willing to really force that ideal heroism onto Keiwa by manipulating Sara into joining the Desire Royale, using the risk to her life to motivate Keiwa into growing. Eventually, he stops putting on any pretenses and blithely talks about Keiwa becoming a real Kamen Rider in the midst of horrible tragedies, and even his wish is centered around staying in the world until he experiences his "ideal laughter".
- Kyuun represents the overly analytical side of the fandom, picking apart Neon's personality and explaining how it makes her vulnerable. Though he chooses to support her regardless, he resorts to Condescending Compassion (emphasis on "condescending") in person, and hides his more reasonable communications behind the letters he sends her.
- Beroba represents the part of the audience that gets the most enjoyment from the franchise's most visceral moments, particularly its fight scenes. She's also a remorseless, uncaring Sadist who's perfectly fine with the world being destroyed and getting her wish from the Goddess of Creation, as seen by her supporting the Jyamato and backing villainous Riders.
Big Good: In a sense. Each of the Supporters provides backing for the Rider they specifically choose, such as providing Secret Missions they're pretty sure their Rider will succeed in. They eventually become more active in this role. Played With in that the DGP is still a reality show for their own entertainment and later Beroba and Kekera become a Big Bad Duumvirate.
Cannot Tell Fiction from Reality: Each of the supporters have their issues with this, imposing their idealized views onto their chosen Rider.
- Ziin thinks that Ace's fighting and journey is something to amuse and entertain himself, initially disregarding the stakes for both people and Ace himself.
- Kekera views the people in the current era as character stories, including Keiwa himself. He treats Sara as merely an element of Keiwa's story, endangering her to turn Keiwa into the idealized hero he wants Keiwa to be, and turns on Keiwa when he refuses to be Kekera's plaything any longer. He also has no qualms creating trouble to entertain himself with displays of heroism, creating villains for said heroes to fight.
- Kyuun criticizes Neon openly and directly in an unfiltered, condescending way, without outwardly considering her feelings—he's aware that it's a problem, but doesn't understand how to convey what he wants to say without being rude.
- Beroba is inherently malicious, and doesn't care about anyone or anything, not even Michinaga—she picks him because she liked seeing him fight and struggle as the underdog, and is more than happy to leave him be once he's no longer capable of providing the misery she enjoys.
The Chooser of the One: They are the ones who nominate civilians that pique their interests into becoming Kamen Riders for the DGP, usually having learnt of them through witnessing their Badass Bystander moments when they were accidentally involved in previous seasons. The final decision of whether their nominations are approved is decided by the Game Master.
Color-Coded Characters: Each of them is associated with a different color, though it's more prominent in their Rider forms. Ziin is blue, Kekera is green, Beroba is pink and Kyuun is yellow.
Cybernetics Eat Your Soul: They live extremely long lives and can assume any form they want, but it comes at the cost of them being able to feel fully human. Apparently they're so modified they can't even have children on their own.
Enemy Mine: Though they aren't enemies to begin with (they're each backing a different Rider, but in a less heated way than that implies), Ziin, Kekera and Kyuun all come together in #24 to take on Beroba after she hijacks and disrupts the DGP.
Everyone Has Standards: While many of the regular audience members and supporters watch the DGP for entertainment, seeing Suel warp the show into a Sadist Show that runs on the players' suffering and bad ends is just enough for the Silent Majority to exile the management from the future when Ace destroys the DGP.
Evil Sounds Deep: The Premium cards cause the Laser Raise Riser to switch to the Desire Driver's voice instead of Yoshitsugu Matsuoka's, which then reads its lines with a clear snarl.
False Utopia: The future world they come from is one where people have no fear of disease, can take any form they want, and can live very long lives. This does not mean, however, that they're happy about their lives, leading to the development of the DGP as a form of entertainment for them.
Finishing Move: The supporter Riders can perform theirs by pulling on their Risers' Cross Alternator. Depending on the number of times pulled, they can activate Support Mode, or Finish Mode.
- Laser Victory (Finish Mode): A powerful energy blast from the Laser Raise Riser.
Foil: They contrast the DGP participants in that while those in the DGP fight for the right to have their desire fulfilled, the supporters fight with the power of their desires. The giant copies of the Raise Riser Cards jammed in their helmets and necklines are actually computer chips that grant them unlimited access to an Imagination-Based Superpower which leads to the rest of their abilities.
Friendly Rivalry: Ziin, Kekera, and Kyuun are backing different DGP Riders, but seem to get along well enough. Once Ziin starts getting pushier about figuring out Ace in #27, though, the other supporters become suspicious of him, until #28, of which his Character Development is noted by Kekera in #33. When Kekera displays his true colors by siding with Beroba, he stays in the present era while Ziin accompanies only Kyuun to leave.
Gambit Pileup: Each seemingly has their own motives for supporting the DGP and preferred candidate to win.
Greater-Scope Villain: Could be seen as this collectively, given how the Desire Grand Prix exists to provide them (and other viewers) with entertainment. #47 sees Suel absorbing the audience's desires to become Regad Omega, though #48 clarifies that this is limited largely to the audience members that are more like Beroba or Kekera—other audience members that are closer in personality to Ziin and Kyuun reject Suel's Killer Game Master antics outright.
Idle Rich: They're presumably of a higher standing than most people in the future, given that they're influential enough to be able to request missions in the DGP and how each of them has their own transformation device, yet they're never seen doing anything other than watching the Desire Grand Prix.
Imagination-Based Superpower: The supporters' Rider forms are equipped with devices that generate their powers and physiques from their desires. In theory, this permits them to become or do anything they wish once transformed, and explains why Ziin's Rider form conveniently complements Geats's own.
In Spite of a Nail: They're implied to be from so far off in the future that having an entire era destroyed doesn't affect their existence.
It Amused Me: The main reason they watch, as humanity in the future has become entirely artificial, with them being able to customize how they look and their lifespans being predetermined. The Desire Grand Prix offers them entertainment with actual stakes.
Loony Fan: Though they all claim to support their respective Riders, their initial relationships with them turn out to be incredibly toxic and destructive as they objectify the cast for entertainment. Ziin and Kyuun are more sympathetic cases of this, as their mindset is attributed to a lack of social skills that they later overcome. By contrast, Beroba comes off as more sociopathic and vile, as she doesn't actually care about anyone else's feelings but her own, and carries an open disregard for human life. Even Kekera has his problems with this — while he mostly focuses on trying to motivate Keiwa, his fixation on turning Keiwa into his idea of a proper Kamen Rider and seeing everyone else as tools to that end, even Sara herself is just as bad as Beroba's self-absorbed cruelty.
Mid-Season Upgrade: Premium Form, accessed via the Premium Raise Raiser Cards.
Morality Kitchen Sink: Their motives and morals vary just as much as those of the DGP Riders.
Non-Idle Rich: Ziin is revealed to own a gun/Raise Buckle/driver unit/etc. called the Laser Raise Riser, which among other things allows him to become a Kamen Rider and fight beside his candidate. #22 and the Raiser's promotional material would later reveal that all of the supporters also own Risers and Raise Riser Cards keyed to them for a similar purpose.
Non-Standard Character Design: As they are all from another world, the supporters' Rider forms deviate heavily from both the DGP's suits and the tropes typically employed in Rider suits overall, making heavy use of Fashionable Asymmetry and voxel-like paneling. Additionally, only Ziin's Rider form is a standard suit, while the others are robots of various sizes.
Otherworldly Technicolour Hair: Downplayed. Ziin, Kekera (in human form, anyway), Beroba and Kyuun all have natural hair colours. But each one has a different, unnaturally-coloured streak. Blue for Ziin, green for Kekera, pink for Beroba and yellow for Kyuun. This denotes at a glance that they're from the far future, where they are allowed to take any form they so choose.
Put on a Bus: Thanks to the Grand End, Ziin and Kyuun, as well as any other supporters, have to leave the current era in order to avoid Cessation of Existence. Beroba and Kekera deliberately defy this, and make wishes to stay in the current era until they get what they want. Both Ziin and Kyuun come Back for the Finale—Ziin visits Tsumuri to ask her to become a Navigator for a new DGP built on the ideals of helping people achieve happiness, while Kyuun is serving as Neon's social media manager.
Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory: Whenever the world is recreated after the Goddess of Creation grants a wish, the supporters and viewers alike are completely unaffected by it, and can remember the previous version of the world.
Swiss-Army Weapon: The Laser Raise Riser. It's a gun, belt, Raise Buckle, Deflector Shield generator, and pile bunker, all in one handheld package.
Theme Naming: All of their names are derived from onomatopoeias.
Walking Spoiler: It's extremely hard to talk about them without bringing up several aspects of the Desire Grand Prix, such as it being a reality show, that the Supporters are from the future, or even them being Kamen Riders themselves.

Ziin/Kamen Rider Ziin

Portrayed by: Fuku Suzuki (live), Danki Sakae (suit)

What I desire...is proper entertainment.

A supporter for the DGP Riders who takes an interest in Geats.

After Beroba's interference begins to threaten the stability of the DGP, Ziin intervenes personally, using the Laser Raise Riser along with the Raise Riser Card to transform into Kamen Rider Ziin.

Tropes applying to him in general

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Ambiguously Evil: Helpful to Ace, and is friendly to other supporters and Riders, but considering he's only doing so because he finds the Desire Grand Prix (and by extension, Ace's life story) to be entertaining, his motives are suspect to say the very least. He eventually turns out to be more misguided than evil, mostly because he didn't get just how dangerous the DGP was for its participants until Beroba nearly kills both him and Ace at the end of #27 and start of #28.
Animal Motifs: Silver foxes, representing how he's Ace's supporter and a powerful fighter in his own right.
Badass Bystander: A mere supporter and audience member able to wander through the Jyamar Area without breaking a sweat, and keeps up with Ace once he joins the battlefield as a Kamen Rider. He's also shown to be able to fight untransformed in #27.
Badass Fingersnap: Like Ace, he does this during his henshin pose.
Because You Were Nice to Me: After Ace passes on, Ziin is given the dual purpose of acting in Ace's stead over whether or not the DGP will begin again and also taking care of Tsumuri.
Blue-and-Orange Morality: Because he only watches the DGP for entertainment, he doesn't value life the same way that Ace or several other DGP Riders do, and when he helps them, it's only to preserve his main source of fun. While this causes Niramu to call him an ideal fan, it's a sour spot in his relationship with Ace, to the degree that Ace makes it exceptionally clear in #27 that he hates how Ziin treats Ace's life and mysteries so frivolously. Once he finally experiences what it's like to have his life at risk, he stops acting nearly as carefree about things.
Broken Pedestal: Not towards Ace, to whom he stays friendly with even after his Character Development, but to the DGP itself, after learning the darker elements of the competition that leave him unsettled offscreen.
Character Development: In #28, he finally gains some understanding of what life's like for normal humans after experiencing near death along with Ace. He resolves to stop being entirely obsessed with the past and live his own life in the future, and hands Ace his Laser Raise Riser before leaving. He also tones down his Loony Fan antics and interacts with Ace in a more grounded way. Kekera brings it up in #33, stating that pre-development Ziin would have moved on to a different Rider if his current "favorite" dropped out.
Desperately Seeking A Purpose In Life: Ziin's motivation for living vicariously through Ace's success is to find meaning in a life that he finds empty of joy and excitement. Ace helps him realize there's more to life than that, culminating in Ziin giving his Laser Raise Riser to the former as a gift for helping him. When he returns after Ace resets the world, he's effectively stepped into Ace's role.
Enemy Mine: Ace is put off by Ziin's overeagerness, but because getting into the DGP requires a Supporter to nominate them to begin with, he still works to impress Ziin so that he becomes his ticket to entering the current era's DGP, allowing him to continue pursuing his plans to climb the hierarchy of the DGP in pursuit of his mother.
Fanboy: He proclaims himself as Geats' biggest fan, appearing greatly invested in his journey and rooting for his success all the way. It's later revealed that this is also the source of his strength and specialties as Kamen Rider Ziin, since the Laser Raise Riser converts his desires into an Imagination-Based Superpower.
Foil: It's heavily implied Ziin is actually very similar to Beroba, being a bored teenager who views the DGP as a source of entertainment. The big difference is that Ziin is fully content with that, while Beroba begins interfering with the DGP in order to achieve greater power while sadistically inflicting misery.
Foreshadowing:
- The way he holds his Laser Raise Riser when he aims it at Beroba indicates that he's also a Kamen Rider, as it's similar to the way various Riders throughout the franchise hold their Rider weapons before transforming. Given the nature of who Ziin is and where he's from, it particularly invokes Kamen Rider Diend.
- Ziin's Animal Motif is the only one that is directly related to his candidate's own (silver foxes are simply red foxes subject to a rare phenotype), hinting at how the Laser Raise Raiser provides the means to draw out Boost Mk. II's true power.
It Amused Me: Watches the Desire Grand Prix because he wants to be entertained, or rather, emotionally moved. It's his motivation to try to learn everything he can about Ace, as well.
Loony Fan: Ziin is obsessed with Ace to the point of wanting to know every bit of information about him. While Ace can be cordial to him on certain occasions, he also gets colder to Ziin the more intense Ziin's fixation gets, to the degree that he has no problem calling Ziin out for his Skewed Priorities of being entertained while people's lives are at stake. He stops doing this so much over the course of #28, and this causes Ace to be more accepting of him.
Meaningful Name: His name is derived from jīn (ジーン), the Japanese onomatopoeia for being greatly emotionally moved. This reflects his reason for watching the DGP.
My Eyes Are Leaking: Because his "normal" body doesn't have tear ducts, Ziin finds himself surprised when he starts crying during his heart-to-heart with Ace in #28 after realizing just how scary it is to face death, let alone be in Ace's position where you continually reincarnate and have to keep facing that inevitability over and over again.
Mysterious Backer: #17 reveals that he was the one behind Niramu's sending the Command Twin Buckle to Ace.
Nominal Hero: He really only helps out people to preserve his main source of entertainment (that is, the DGP). He only goes after Beroba in #23 because Beroba's actions have put the DGP on hold, and he only tends to join Ace in fights to get emotionally moved by fighting together with him. Otherwise, he won't take the fight seriously unless he wants to or has to. After the events of #27, he breaks out of this a little, mostly because with a little first-hand experience, he realizes that it's truly a scary thing to nearly die.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: Has this dynamic with his favorite Rider Ace. While both are content to watch things unfold, Ace isn't afraid to run into a fight either, while Ziin is content to hold off until it's absolutely necessary. This also extends to the Rider forms of both. While both are foxes, the difference in primary colors is both fitting and striking.
Redeeming Replacement: In the final episode, he seeks to create a new DGP, as something that helps people get their wishes granted and reach happiness without depriving others of either. He returns to the present day to ask Tsumuri if she's willing to become a Navigator for this new venture, and she agrees.
Sheep in Sheep's Clothing: Much like the other supporters, Ziin's motives were initially made out to be vaguely benevolent but just as mysterious as the DGP itself — Ace himself doesn't fully trust Ziin despite him being his supporter and biggest fan, suspecting that there's something Ziin and the other supporters are getting out of their sponsorship of Riders. As it turns out, though, Ziin's fascination with Ace is rooted in a misguided sense of admiration for how Ace continues to fight the odds where Ziin never found the will to do so for himself, and after his Character Development, Ziin drops the more ambiguous parts of his behavior, regularly lends his Laser Raise Riser to Ace, and chooses to support him first and foremost instead of the DGP.
Skewed Priorities: His entertainment-seeking ways cause him to ignore the real issues Ace and the others face. He sees Michinaga attacking Ace and hindering the Riders rescuing people as a glorious war between rivals to watch, and completely misses the point about why Ace is talking about saving his world in #26.
Spell My Name With An S: His name has been translated as "Gene", "Jean", and "Zi-N", until official toy advertisements later confirmed it as "Ziin".
Token Good Teammate: In spite of how shady he is when he's introduced, he eventually develops into this along with Kyuun, as they're both the only supporters that seem to actually care for the Riders they support. Compared to Beroba and Kekera, he's practically a saint.
Virtuous Character Copy: For a given definition of "virtuous", he's one of Parado. While he's not a villain, Ziin is a mysterious character with a complimentary motif to the hero who has an unusual sense of morality due to not truly understanding what death is, only to later gain an understanding of how valuable a human life is.
Walking Spoiler: His very presence reveals that the DGP is an extra-dimensional Reality Show, and that the audience members are far from harmless.

Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider Ziin

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Laser On. Ziin: loading. Ready... fight.

Blue Is Heroic: For a given definition of "heroic". He appears to be on Ace's side at least, and his Raiser rise Card is blue in color, with his armor having a blue visor.
Fashionable Asymmetry: Ziin's Riser Card used for the Laser Raise Riser copies itself twice and attaches to both his neckline and his helmet, creating a rather lopsided appearance. As if that wasn't enough, the left side of the suit has more white patches, leaving a visual very similar to the Kamen Rider Valkyrie Rushing Cheetah costume.
Finishing Move:
- Laser Charge (Support Mode): Ziin fires out a large card-shaped energy construct from the Laser Raise Riser which can be remotely controlled to attack enemies or used as a surfboard.
Gravity Master: The Vectolancer on his right shoulder allows Ziin (or any other target he chooses) to walk on walls by changing their gravity's direction and evade bullets by changing their trajectory.
The Gunslinger: Like Geats, Ziin's primary combat style revolves around his Laser Raise Riser.
Hammerspace: Ziin's gloves allow him to pull items out of nowhere by reaching into a virtual space and pulling them out.
IKEA Weaponry: The Laser Raise Riser initially appears disassembled, and only the barrel (which acts as a keycard) is corporeal at first. For Ziin to put it together, he has to first scan the barrel, after which the receiver and grip manifest as a separate component. From there, the two parts can be assembled to fire the completed gun, transform into his Rider form, or insert it into a Desire Driver.
Non-Standard Character Design: As a dimension-hopper, his Rider design is rather distinct compared to the DGP Riders. It's also this amongst his fellow Supporter Riders, being the only one with an actual suit as opposed to being completely CG.

Kekera/Kamen Rider Kekera (unmarked spoilers)

Kekera/Kamen Rider Kekera/Premium Kekera

Portrayed by: Mitsutoshi Shundo (live), Kai Kitamura (suit, Premium form)

Now that's the qualities a proper Kamen Rider should show!

A supporter for the DGP Riders who takes an interest in Tycoon.

Tropes applying to him in general

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Ambiguously Evil: He's supporting Keiwa, but in the name of molding him to be better, he's willing to make deals with Beroba and get Keiwa's sister involved directly in the Desire Royale to force him through Character Development, and it's not fully clear whether Daichi infected Sara on Kekera's orders, or if he just did so on his own and Kekera seized on the opportunity to manipulate Keiwa more. In the end, he turns out to be more straightforward evil; he's aiming to turn Keiwa into his own idealized hero for his own amusement, and he displays pure excitement when the tragedies Keiwa undergoes bring him closer to his vision.
Ambiguously Human: Exactly what he is has yet to be explained. He appears as a frog statue, yet is able to change positions whenever Keiwa looks away. He also can don a human form to transform into a Kamen Rider. Given how in the future your appearance is customizable, the frog gnome is likely just how he prefers to present himself.
Animal Motifs: Frogs, representing his being a bringer of luck to Keiwa as the latter's backer. Even as a human, his mannerisms are frog-like and often accompanied by frog noises. His Rider transformation from using the Laser Raise Riser also turns him into a robotic frog.
Arch-Enemy: Despite being Keiwa's supporter, there is no doubt that Keiwa's true enemy is Kekera himself. Kekera views Keiwa and his loved ones as toys for his own amusement, and is also the one that's responsible for making Keiwa's life a living hell by selecting him to participate in the DGP; all the bad things that happen to Keiwa over the course of the series can be traced back to Kekera choosing him in the first place. #46 makes it open and mutual, with Keiwa directly opposing Kekera by saving Michinaga and Kekera vowing to make Keiwa pay for turning his back on Kekera.
Asshole Victim: Kekera dies at the hands of the Rider he'd been "supporting" the most, but it's a fitting end for him: his "support" was really just manipulating Keiwa into betraying the other Riders and arranging for Sara to die, all to fuel his selfish desire for entertainment.
Batman Gambit: Seeking to make Keiwa his ideal hero, he tricked Sara into joining the Desire Royale after enlisting Beroba to revive Keiwa for him. He then maniuplates Keiwa into entering the game to protect her, arranging the ideal conditions for Keiwa to witnesss Sara being killed. While Defied during the Desire Royale, it pays off in the next DPG.
Beware the Silly Ones: The guy whose preferred form is a frog in a suit turns out to be the most cunning and manipulative DGP Supporter (possibly next to Beroba).
Big Bad Duumvirate: He enters into one with Beroba after claiming one of the Vision Drivers and showing his true colors. It's followed by both of them throwing their lot in with Samas and Jitto.
Birds of a Feather: Though he forms an alliance with Beroba for mutual benefit (reviving his favored Rider Keiwa) at first, they become more of an Evil Duo due to their shared enjoyment of watching others' misery, albeit for opposite reasons.
Biting-the-Hand Humor: Kekera's attempts to engineer tragedy for Keiwa so he'll turn to the dark side are essentially a jab at the trend of Reiwa era Kamen Rider shows to make a heroic character pull a Face–Heel Turn in order to force more drama into the story.
Blue-and-Orange Morality: Kekera is a DGP Supporter because he wants to get his preferred entertainment out of the game, that being the rise of his vision of an ideal hero. As such, while he's helpful to Keiwa early on and throughout much of the series, he'll just as readily throw his lot in with Beroba if it brings him the entertainment he desires.
Cold Equation: Kekera firmly believes that only so many people in the world can be happy, and that those that remain are doomed to suffer as part of how the DGP runs the world. He constantly tells Keiwa that he has to sacrifice others' happiness to preserve that of his own family, though he arranged Sara to be killed to force Keiwa into becoming his ideal hero. But after Keiwa turns on him, tries to drive this point home to Keiwa by using hostages in one final game.
Compassionate Critic: Though Kekera wants Keiwa to succeed and consistently supports him behind the scenes, he can also be blunt and critical regarding his disappointment in Keiwa's performance, telling Keiwa to stop being overly trusting after Daichi frames him as the Desastar.
Control Freak: To get his ideal hero, he dictates every aspect of how Keiwa should live and act. He's also furious when Keiwa decides to defy him after his Heel–Face Turn.
Cool Old Guy: He has the voice and, in his human form, the appearance of an older man, and unlike the other sponsors he supports Keiwa out of a genuine desire for him to improve, unlike the more self-serving beliefs of Ziin and Beroba. This takes a hard turn once he joins up with Beroba, as it becomes clearer that he has no regard for anyone else in the name of improving Keiwa, seeing Sara as fodder for Keiwa's development as a "true Kamen Rider" and celebrating when her death drives Keiwa to his breaking point.
Corrupted Character Copy: Of DJ Sagara. Both of them take an interest in an ordinary orphaned youth whose family got roped into a massive conspiracy involving the major organizations of their respective stories, and choose to support that youth as the series goes on. But while Sagara mostly watched Kouta's life from afar as a neutral observer and allowed Kouta to make his own decisions, Kekera meddles in Keiwa's life and nearly destroys it out of pure self-interest and a need for entertainment.
The Corrupter: Thinking that being a Nice Guy holds Keiwa back, combined with his belief that happiness must come at a cost to others, Kekera exploits Sara's death to mold Keiwa into his ideal vision of a Kamen Rider. This turns Keiwa into a deluded Well-Intentioned Extremist who willingly sacrifices others' happiness and safety to ensure his family's own. Eventually, though, Keiwa comes back to his senses, becoming an All-Loving Hero again, and finishes off Kekera once and for all.
Death by Irony: He plays Keiwa and Daichi against each other for his own amusement, using Daichi specifically as a stepping stone for Keiwa's progress and a mere pawn in his schemes with Beroba; during this conflict, Keiwa initially rejects a teamup with Daichi to take down Kekera when Daichi points out that Kekera is using them both. However, Kekera ultimately meets his downfall when they actually do team up against him; Daichi uses his Jyamato Gardener abilities granted by Kekera to control the Jyamato threatening Kekera's hostages, removing Kekera's leverage against Keiwa and leaving Keiwa free to fight Kekera to the bitter end.
Didn't Think This Through:
- He sets up secret missions that involve saving civilians, as he knows that Keiwa will clear those, but as there are other Riders who are just as willing to save civilians, that strategy tends to backfire on him now and again, as Ace demonstrates in #21.
- He also manipulated Sara to enlist in the Desire Royale while covertly getting Keiwa to participate in a scheme have the former killed so that the latter would become his ideal hero. But he didn't count in serveral factors that prevent such an incident from unfolding.
Engineered Heroics:
- After choosing to support Keiwa, he uses the DGP to engineer Keiwa's development into a real hero for his own entertainment by setting up missions that involve saving civilians. As the series goes on, he's even more willing to hurt as many people as it takes to get Keiwa to finally develop into the type of hero he wants to see, setting up his older sister Sara to be brutally murdered and backing up Daichi as an enemy for Keiwa to take down as the ultimate "proof" of Keiwa's heroism.
- In #48, he uses a wish on the Goddess of Destruction to turn every Rider except Keiwa into stuffed animals, ensuring that Keiwa has no real backup to help him, then challenges Keiwa to rescue some hostages before Kekera kills them.
Enemy Mine: After swiping the Vision Driver from Buffa, he uses it to make a deal with Beroba to revive Keiwa and begins working with her so both of them can obtain the amusement they crave. Eventually it shifts into a Villainous Friendship as their similarities become much more apparent.
Entitled Bastard: Despite causing much grief in Keiwa's life for his own entertainment, he still feels that Keiwa owes him for "improving" him. Once Keiwa chooses to defy him, Kekera views him as an Ungrateful Bastard, vowing to get back at Keiwa for refusing to live up to his expectations.
Evil All Along: From the beginning Kekera never denies that he's a supporter because he wants anything other than entertainment, though he seemingly celebrates the heroism in Kamen Riders by supporting Keiwa, but he becomes increasingly underhanded and manipulative when he tricks Sara to become a Kamen Rider as part of his plan to use her death in influencing Keiwa to suit his vision.
Evil Counterpart: He acts as one to Ziin. While Ziin is very much a fan of Ace, he just wants to know more about his sponsored Kamen Rider and is content to watch Ace go about his business. Kekera, on the other hand, only values Keiwa purely for his own entertainment, and involves himself in Keiwa's affairs in order to mold him into what he thinks a "real" Kamen Rider should be. While they both have a problem of viewing the events of the DGP as their personal entertainment, Ziin goes through some much needed Character Development and comes to respect Ace as a person, not just a Rider, and stops treating the DGP as a frivolous game. Kekera has no such revelation, and gleefully takes advantage of every possible opportunity to corrupt Keiwa, including arranging for Sara to get Stuffed in the Fridge as Keiwa's motivation to become stronger.
Evil Mentor: The events of the Yearning and Genesis arcs make it clear that Kekera only cares about Keiwa's development into "a real Kamen Rider" for his own entertainment, which means it's perfectly okay for him to purposely endanger Keiwa's loved ones or cause tragedies himself to achieve that goal. In the end, Keiwa chooses to follow Ace's teachings to strive for everyone's happiness, making a Heel–Face Turn in the process and completely rejecting Kekera's ideals and lessons about taking happiness at the cost of others' own.
Eviler than Thou: A minor example, but he's fascinated with Daichi's schemes as well as him eating a baby Jyamato... in comparison to Beroba who instead gets disgusted.
Fan of Underdog: He is part of the 1 percent of viewers (in #17) that support Tycoon. As it turns out, this is because his fondness for underdogs also extends to his "ideal" of a Kamen Rider — one who has suffered unimaginable tragedy and sorrow, but pushes on to accomplish their goals while burying their sadness under a "mask" of determination. Unfortunately for Keiwa, Kekera has no qualms about engineering those tragedies himself.
Faux Affably Evil: He generally acts amicably to everyone he meets, and is willing to give Keiwa credit where he's due despite his criticisms of Keiwa's abilities, but he won't hesitate to put people through untold amounts of suffering to fuel his sick games. #46 shows that even his friendliness towards Keiwa was all just an act, as he immediately rips into Keiwa and swears to make him miserable the moment that Keiwa makes it clear that he's done with being Kekera's toy.
Foil: He turns out to be one to Beroba. Both are the Token Evil Teammate supporters who thrive off suffering and misery, including the misery of the the underdog Riders they each favor. When the Grand End comes, they both choose stay in the current era by making wishes, forming an Evil Duo for the 'Yearning and Genesis'' arcs, and both acquire Premium Forms from Jitto. The contrast is that Kekera supports a Rider who wants to revive other killed Riders, limits his wrongdoings to activities that are meant to push Keiwa's "development", and thinks of misery as a form of character building. Meanwhile, Beroba supports a Rider who wants to crush other Riders, pulls no punches in performing all kinds of bad deeds (petty and otherwise), and uses misery to break people down.
Frog Men: While he himself has a human form where he can transform into a Rider, he mainly appears as a frog gnome in a fancy suit (which is also implied to be his true form). Fittingly enough, his Rider form is also a giant (robot) frog.
Giggling Villain: He can't stop chortling when he sees Keiwa beat down Daichi as Tycoon Bujin Sword, and he's laughing almost all the way through his tag-team fight with Beroba against Michinaga.
Go Out with a Smile: Even when Keiwa strikes him down, Kekera seems pleased with how things turned out, and takes one final moment to acknowledge Keiwa as a Kamen Rider before giving him a final warning about how much of a struggle being a Kamen Rider truly is. Keiwa also thanks Kekera for one thing — turning Keiwa into a Kamen Rider. This causes Kekera to let out a hearty laugh in return as he dies.
Good Old Ways: He initially chooses to support Keiwa because Keiwa embodies the prototypical traits of a Kamen Rider, but it becomes clear that this is rooted in Kekera's idea that a true "Kamen Rider" is defined by the tragedies they've lived through — to Kekera, an ideal Kamen Rider is someone who hides their pain behind a stoic front of justice, and is willing to sacrifice one to save ten. This is why he dupes Sara into joining the Desire Royale, then uses her endangerment to get Keiwa to rejoin too, and later celebrates Keiwa's heartbroken rage over losing Sara and how it motivates Keiwa to become angry and vengeful. He also believes that the DGP's method of requiring an equivalent exchange of happiness to grant wishes is the way that the world works, and encourages Keiwa to adopt that way of thinking by constantly reminding him that he has to sacrifice people to save his family.
Hates Being Touched: He generally hates physical contact from other people, angrily telling them to get their hands off him if they touch him.
Hoist by His Own Petard: In #41, he nudged Keiwa to acquire more power through Tsumuri, which Keiwa gets in the form of the Bujin Sword Buckle — in #47 he is finished off by Keiwa's purified form of Bujin Sword.
It Amused Me: Compared to Beroba being motivated by sadism to the point where her wish was to remain in the world to sate it, Kekera's wish was to remain in the world until he got his fill of laughs. Said laughs, of course, involves corrupting an innocent man into an avatar of hate and vengeance.
Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: At first, he seems like a gruff but well-meaning mentor figure to Keiwa who wants him to be better but tends to forcefully decides what's best for him. Once the Yearning arc starts up, though, he shows that he's willing to use unscrupulous methods to accomplish his goal of getting Keiwa to become a "real hero", such as endangering Sara in an attempt to force Keiwa to become stronger, and later, showing his joy at Keiwa hitting his Rage Breaking Point over Sara's death. He also shows Keiwa that the wish he made alongside Beroba right before the Grand End started was to stay in that era until he gets the "laughs" that he desires.
Karmic Death: It's thanks to him that Keiwa momentarily turns heel, with his machinations causing Sara's death and driving him into total despair, all in the name of turning him into a "true Kamen Rider" for his own amusement, even trapping himself with Keiwa to force him into making a Sadistic Choice. He's also responsible behind Jyamato's resurgence as Daichi's backer to further Keiwa's development. All of this makes it all the more fitting when Keiwa finally kills him while proving his teachings wrong (with the help of Daichi). Made even better by Keiwa thanking Kekera for helping make him a Kamen Rider just before his ex-supporter expires.
Lack of Empathy: His only response to Sara's apparent death, Keiwa being driven into a pit of despair, and him beating the tar out of Michinaga over a miscommunication is to cheer and whoop at him finally acting like his proper idea of a "hero." He's also fascinated with Daichi's cruel, disgusting actions as the second Jyamato gardener, as it makes Daichi the perfect target for a display of his favorite Rider's "heroism" when Keiwa brutally takes Daichi down. He's also completely willing to go through either petrifying Ace or murdering his hostages to screw over Keiwa.
The Man Behind the Man: He, along with Beroba, brought in Daichi to be the new gardener of the Jyamato, making him responsible for their resurgence post-Grand End.
Manipulative Bastard:
- He gets both Sara and Keiwa involved in the Desire Royale by playing off of their sibling bond, plotting for the latter to witness his sister's death for character development. Kekera claims to revive Keiwa to Sara while motivating her to join the Desire Royale to keep her brother from endangering himself futher. Then, he then shows Keiwa that Sara's in danger when she gets in over her head in order to motivate him into joining the Desire Royale to protect her.
- After Sara dies in #40, Kekera immediately visits Keiwa in #41 to cajole him into action. It's also implied that he gives Keiwa the idea of asking Tsumuri for a wish to gain power, which manifests as the Bujin Sword Buckle.
Meaningful Name:
- His name is derived from kerakera (ケラケラ), the Japanese onomatopoeia for shrill laughter/cackling. Fitting for a guy who cackles for his supporter while making his life miserable.
- His name is also possibly derived from Kek, the primordial god of night and darkness in Egyptian Mythology who is portrayed as having the head of a frog. "Kek" is also an Internet slang for "laugh out loud", reflecting his desire for "laughs" from the DGP.
- A third possibility is that his name comes from kero-kero, (ケロケロ) for the sound of a frog croaking, and he is, after all, a frog.
Misery Builds Character: He firmly believes in this. He outright states humans can only change when brought down low, and makes use of this by drafting Sara into the Desire Royale to further motivate Keiwa becoming stronger by placing his sister in near death situations. This is also the reason he can be as much of a Sadist as Beroba in the right situation, as he finds immense joy in seeing Keiwa break down and attack Michinaga in rage over Sara's death.
Mysterious Backer: He's the one to request the secret mission for Keiwa in #18, after seeing his Ninja Buckle get confiscated. #19 further reveals that he was the one behind the secret missions in the Encounter and Scheme seasons that provided Keiwa with the Boost Buckle.
Never My Fault:
- When his secret mission for Keiwa in #21 backfires when Ace saves civilians, he chastises Keiwa for letting Ace reap the benefits instead.
- He also refuses to take the blame for Sara's participation in the Desire Royale when Keiwa confronts him about it, and claims that Sara chose to join on her own even though he engineered the situation that motivated her to do so in the first place.
- He views Keiwa pulling a Heel–Face Turn and saving Michinaga from him as Keiwa turning on him, instead of Keiwa acknowledging how much of a bastard he is.
Non-Standard Character Design: He's the only character to not be played by an actor or suit actor at all, not even being rendered in CGI (as other characters without suit actors have been), instead being "portrayed" by a statue of a frog. #24 reveals that he does have a human form. It's implied in universe that he actually really does appear to be just a statue of a frog to onlookers as he's never shown to move onscreen and Keiwa is rather surprised to see him having changed positions when he took his eyes off him.
Offscreen Teleportation: He can seemingly move in his frog gnome form, he just only does it when no one (including the camera) is looking at him.
Playing Both Sides: Him working with Beroba to make Daichi the new Jyamato gardener was mainly to give Keiwa an enemy to fight. It works out better than he expected when Sara becomes a causality as Kekkera as intended in the Desire Royale, driving Keiwa to turn to the dark side.
Pragmatic Villainy: As his ideal "laughs" involve displays of heroism from "real" Kamen Riders, he's completely fine with setting up horrible villains like Daichi, then retracting his support from said villiains so that the Riders can take them down. This is why Kekera refuses to help Daichi when Keiwa overwhelms him — to Kekera, there's no point in squandering all the effort he went to to get Keiwa this strong by saving Daichi.
Running Both Sides: Invoked. He wishes to mold Keiwa into his idealized version of a hero, even if it means sacrificing the people Keiwa cares about to other Riders or the Jyamato, though Keiwa finally turns on Kekera upon realizing that all his troubles can be traced back to him. He also backs Daichi as the new Jyamato Gardener so that Keiwa has a personal enemy to take down as a display of heroism to entertain Kekera.
Rule of Symbolism: #42 reveals the Premium forms are not considered Kamen Riders. While this is just fine for Beroba, in Kekera's hands this shows how little he actually cares about the values of a Rider beyond his own amusement.
Sadistic Choice: In #48, he decides to force Keiwa to accept his views about how there are limits to how many people can be happy by taking a group of hostages and blocking Keiwa from reaching them. The situation essentially boils down to Keiwa either making one more wish so Ace's conversion into the God of Creation gets completed, or letting the hostages Kekera has taken die at the Jyamato's hands. Keiwa, by making an alliance with Daichi, manages to deny the wish and save the hostages, which earns him some degree of respect from Kekera.
Shadow Archetype: He proves to be one for Ziin, representing what he would be if he never stopped viewing the DGP's contestants as a source of entertainment.
The Sociopath: Even if it's because he thinks that's what makes true heroes, there's no doubt he enjoys manipulating and psychologically torturing others for no reason other than his own gratification. #40 makes this fully apparent and crosses the line into complete psychopathy by showing him thoroughly enjoying Sara's death and Keiwa's resulting suffering.
The Svengali: While he positions himself as a supporter and mentor to Keiwa, he's nevertheless willing to resort to underhanded tactics and manipulation to mold him into his ideal hero, to the point where he makes a deal with Beroba to bring back Keiwa through drafting Sara into the DGP, believing that his sister's suffering would be motivation for Keiwa to further improve.
Take That, Audience!: Kekera's character in the latter half of the series is effectively a Take That! against viewers who think a Nice Guy protagonist suffering tragedy and becoming a Fallen Hero automatically makes a show better, regardless of how contrived the events that led to it were. Given how Yuya Takahashi also wrote Kamen Rider Zero-One, which had the infamous "Ark-One" arc^note, this may be him taking a jab at himself as well.
Token Evil Teammate: Kekera eventually proves himself to be a lot more morally dubious than either Ziin or Kyuun and is more to the likes of Beroba, whom he teams up with later on.
Villain Has a Point:
- Unfortunately, his belief that humans only grow when brought low is proven right when his schemes to fridge Sara to foster Keiwa's growth result in Keiwa obtaining Bujin Sword form after Sara is accidentally killed by Michinaga.
- It was really cruel of him to rub it in after Sara's death, but he's not wrong in #41 when he calls out Keiwa as a Secretly Selfish Hypocrite when he gives up on his quest to save everyone the moment his sister gets killed.
Villain Respect: In the end, despite lashing out at Keiwa and trying to break him after he chooses to believe in Ace, Kekera still acknowledges Keiwa as a "true Kamen Rider" to some extent during their final battle, likely due to proving his belief wrong, even wistfully commenting that "tussling with your fave" isn't a bad feeling before Keiwa defeats him.
Villainous Friendship: Even though he was at odds with Beroba an arc before, he teams up with her in the Yearning arc to make the Desire Royale more entertaining. By the Genesis arc, it's much more firmly cemented, as he's enjoying the suffering and misery of the Riders — but especially Keiwa's — just as much as Beroba does.
Villainous Breakdown: In #46, he becomes furious for the first time when Keiwa saves Michinaga from Kekera and calls out Kekera for everything he has done to try and force Keiwa to live up to Kekera's delusional impression of what a real Kamen Rider is. He outright calls Keiwa ungrateful for defying him, since (from his perspective) he was the one to make Keiwa bigger than some "nobody".
Virtue Is Weakness: Despite celebrating Kamen Rider heroism, he believes this, telling Keiwa to stop being nice after getting backstabbed by Daichi. This becomes more evident when he shows joy that his ideal hero is the type of person that goes on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge while brutally beating down his enemies, and when he gets annoyed and disappointed after Keiwa saves Michinaga from Kekera and accepts Michinaga's apology for hurting Sara. This is fueled by his belief that one's happiness comes at the cost of someone else's, and his belief that true heroes need to willingly Shoot the Dog to save someone else.
Walking Spoiler: Talking about him would mean revealing the DGP being a Reality Show and the real meaning behind Keiwa's "luck". This becomes more pronounced after he forms an alliance with Beroba purely to invoke Misery Builds Character on Keiwa.
Wild Card: He'll throw his lot in with whomever he desires if it brings him closer to getting his ideal "laughs".
Yakuza: He's patterned himself after one if his outfit and mannerisms are anything to go by.

Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider/Premium Kekera

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Amphibian at Large: His Rider form is a giant frog.
Attack Drone: Premium form allows him to manifest frogspawn-like energy spheres that explode upon contact.
Bishōnen Line: He becomes more humanoid in Premium Form, in size and in shape.
Combat Parkour: Utilizes this combat style in Premium form.
Fashionable Asymmetry:
- The undersuit of his Rider form is half black, half white.
- The sides of Kekera's face, hands, and feet in Premium Form are gold on one side and white on the other.
Finishing Move:
- Laser Crash: Kekera fires out black card constructs that can transport himself and others to a location of his choosing.
- Laser Victory: Kekera fires a large beam of green destructive energy straight at his target.
Green and Mean: His Rider and Premium forms are predominantly green, and he becomes more antagonistic as the series progresses.
In a Single Bound: Befitting his Animal Motif, his Rider form can reach great heights in a single jump.
Meaningful Appearance: Premium Kekera resembles a fusion between a Jyamato and a Kamen Rider, referencing Kekera's hypocritical fascination with heroes while he is obviously a villain.
Multipurpose Tongue: The Kekera Tongue, which can be used as a whip or as an additional arm.
We Hardly Knew Ye: His Rider form is only on screen for about 26 seconds in total. His Premium form gets much more screentime.

Beroba/Kamen Rider Beroba (unmarked spoilers)

Beroba/Kamen Rider Beroba/Kamen Rider Glare2 (II)/Premium Beroba

Portrayed by: Ayaka Namiki (live), Mutsumi Igarashi (suit, Premium form)

What I desire is to witness the world's ultimate despair.

A sponsor and supporter for the Jyamato faction who takes an interest in Buffa.

She later steals the Game Master's Vision Driver and hijacks the DGP itself, dubbing it the "Jyamato Grand Prix".

Tropes applying to her in general

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Abhorrent Admirer: She's Michinaga's self-proclaimed biggest fan; Michinaga does not return these feelings at all, initially seeing her as a means to an end in the same way she does him. Eventually, he becomes very much disgusted with her and her actions, and ultimately defeats her. In her last moments, she shows a hint of romantic attraction towards him, claiming that one day, she'll end up being in the same grave as him. Considering that she's a massive Sadist that put him through dozens of episodes' worth of torment beforehand, Michinaga isn't exactly too pleased by her confession.
Affably Evil: Zig-zagged around Michinaga. She openly admits to Michinaga that she was only helping him because she has a soft spot for losers, warning him that she would turn on him the moment he finds any sort of hapiness following the JGP's conclusion.
Alternate Company Equivalent: She's effectively Junko Enoshima from the Danganronpa series, being a cheery but sadistic schoolgirl who enjoys inflicting misery and despair on others.
Animal Motifs: Bulls, representing her penchant for indiscriminate violence in the same manner as Michinaga's extreme bloodlust for the DGP Riders. Her Rider form downplays this motif to an extent; while the snout is very discreet, it is based on the Grecian Minotaur.
Arc Villain: Becomes one during the "Lamentation" seasons, after she takes matters into her own hands near the "Divergence" arc's climax by stealing the Vision Driver from Chirami and hijacking it to create the "Jyamato Grand Prix".
Arch-Enemy: She is a mutual one with Neon, whom Beroba loves to hurt specifically and makes it her mission to spite Neon any chance she gets. This gets much more heated for Beroba after losing to Na-Go Fantasy, as Neon thrashes her badly enough that she's visibly injured when her transformation drops and suffers a Glamour Failure on top of that.
Asshole Victim: Unquestionably evil and sadistic, Beroba meets her end by none other than Buffa himself. In her final moments, Michinaga says she can have some satisfaction from her own despair, to which she smiles at before dying.
Ax-Crazy: Beroba is fanatically obsessed with the idea of causing misery, and can be exceedingly violent in her pursuit of that goal when she has a mind to be.
Back for the Dead: In Jyamato Awaking, revealing her "death" in the series after being defeated by Michinaga was actually her being sent back to her time, being killed for good in the V-Cinema.
The Bad Guy Wins: In #32, she and Michinaga succeed in eliminating both Niramu and Ace and obtaining both the Vision Drivers, allowing them to harness the Goddess of Creation's power for their own ends.
Batman Gambit: She sets up the final round of the JGP to clue Ace into the true nature of the DGP and lets Michinaga fight Ace so Ace will take the Vision Driver from him, in order to trigger a confrontation between Ace and Niramu that will allow her and Michinaga to retake both Drivers while they're fighting. She succeeds.
Berserk Button:
- Pointing out that she is not, in fact, a teenage girl.
  Beroba: You'd pummel a defenseless maiden?
  Ziin: That getup of yours is just a product of the Laser Raise Riser anyway. Aren't you actually 350 years old?
  Beroba: How dare you mention my age?!
- Anyone who disrupts her fun (seeing others in despair) really sets her off. She immediately starts pummeling Kousei once he transforms into Gya-Go and starts fighting back against Neon's kidnapper in #43.
Beauty Is Bad: Beroba, despite being 350 years old, uses the Laser Raise Riser to appear like a cutesy high school girl, and is one of the vilest people in the series.
Big Bad Ensemble: Along with Niramu, she's one of the main villains of the setting, secretly controlling the Jyamato and being the ringleader of the plan to overthrow the DGP.
Big Bad Duumvirate: Forms this with Michinaga after he claims the Vision Driver following her defeat by Geats and uses it to advance himself up from being her pawn into her partner. For her part she doesn't really mind, and even allows Michinaga to keep the Driver instead of trying to take it back. She later forms a second Duumvirate with Kekera after he claims the other Vision Driver, followed by the two of them agreeing to enter into an alliance with Samas and Jitto.
Body Horror: Her Laser Raise Riser getup conceals a very disturbing face◊.
Break the Cutie: Beroba seems to especially like picking on Neon and doing things to put her through emotional trauma.
The Bully: As dangerous as she is, at the end of the day Beroba is nothing but a bully who abuses her power to torment those weaker than herself for her own amusement. Michinaga points this fact out to her in-universe after Na-Go Fantasy gives her a sound beatdown — like most bullies, she can't take what she dishes out to others.
Card-Carrying Villain: She proudly admits her love of misery to anyone around her and it shows.
Character Narrator: She replaces Archimedel in recapping the previous episode's events from #30 onwards.
The Chessmaster: Despite her sadism and cutesy personality, Beroba is one of the most effective manipulators in the series. She's able to draw Chirami out into the open to steal his Vision Driver and later pulls off a successful gambit based entirely on predictions about how several people would act that eliminates both Ace and Niramu, allowing her to claim both Vision Drivers.
Climax Boss:
- She dominates Ace after becoming Glare2, necessitating him to have to unlock his LaserBoost form in order to stand against her.
- In the final arc she's this for Neon and then Michinaga, both of whom have fights dedicated to settling their scores with her. Neon gives her a solid defeat in her Premium form, while Michinaga is the one to end things for good by defeating and killing her in her Rider form.
Conflict Killer: Her theft of Chirami's Vision Driver puts the entire DGP on indefinite hold since said Driver is needed to operate the game.
Corrupted Character Copy: Of Nico Saiba. Both are immature, selfish, bratty, childish, trollish, and petty teenage girls with overly energetic personalities (though Beroba's appearance is a cover for her true age). They also take an interest in supporting power-hungry, Jerkass, Nominal Hero Riders that are driven by revenge, and Nico and Beroba are both comfortable with using manipulation to get what they want, goading Taiga and Michinaga respectively to follow their plans to further their own goals. However, Nico grows to care about Taiga and acts as a Morality Pet to him, getting him to show his best qualities; while Beroba is fond of Michinaga, she only cares about seeing and spreading misery for her own amusement, and encourages more of Michinaga's darker qualities out of pure self-interest and for her own amusement. This causes him to turn against his fellow Riders despite already being barely on their side to begin with, and pushes him into becoming more of an antagonist.
The Corrupter: She serves as a downplayed example for Michinaga. He already exhibits ruthlessness as a DGP player before meeting her, but she provides him a means to exercise it more openly by recruiting him and setting up the JGP, allowing him to fight against other Riders without penalty; he is so focused on using her to get what he wants that he willingly follows the rules she sets out despite being uninterested in her schemes and his awareness that she's primarily acting in her own self self-interests rather than his own. However, there are some things she does that even he doesn't approve of, though he initially limits himself to merely calling her out over them before fully turning his back on her near the end of the series.
Dark Action Girl: #22 reveals she has her own Rider transformation and, although we don't get to see it, it's strong enough to knock Chirami out of his Rider form. The very next episode sees it finally make its debut, where it's shown to be powerful enough to obliterate the Jyamar Garden. #27 has her become able to transform with Vision Driver, and she makes better use of its powers than Chirami, demolishing Ziin the first time she becomes Glare2.
Death by Irony: Her ultimate end comes at the hands of Michinaga, the Rider whom she sponsored to get back into the game. To rub it in, the primary reason he beats her is because he manages to use a form that he won with a wish — the wish he only got because of her sponsoring him. She also made a point of previously using Premium Form to anticipate Buffa's Jyamashin powers, but used her Rider form in their final fight because she thought he lost that power. Unfortunately for her, he didn't.
Deal with the Devil:
- Offered both Michinaga and Daichi the chance to obtain their desires in exchange for helping her. Both are aware of what she truly is but join her anyway in order to get what they want.
- Later she revives Keiwa on Kekera's request, after he convinces her it will lead to more misery. It becomes less of an issue once it's demonstrated that Kekera is shown to enjoy Keiwa's misery as well.
Defeating the Undefeatable: She actually manages to successfully Out Gambit Ace, pulling off a Batman Gambit involving him and Michinaga that leads to Ace and Niramu being in a position where Michinaga can eliminate them both, allowing the two of them to swipe both Vision Drivers.
Discard and Draw: She still has access to her Laser Raise Riser form, but sets it aside after gaining the ability to transform into Kamen Rider Glare2 with the stolen Vision Driver. She eventually loses access to the Glare2 form, and swaps back to her Laser Raise Riser once she gets her Premium Beroba form.
Dissonant Serenity: Maintains a cutesy and cheery personality at all times, even when she's talking about wanting to see others suffer.
Do Not Adjust Your Set: She hijacks the recap episode Niramu puts on to announce her "Jyamato Grand Prix".
Driven by Envy: Implied. After Neon in Na-Go Fantasy Form flattens her in a Curb-Stomp Battle, Beroba says "Don't get cheeky because you're younger!" as she limps away. This, coupled with any mention of her true age being her Berserk Button, implies that she takes a personal hand in causing Neon misery because she's jealous of Neon's authentic youth — unlike herself, who simply looks young while actually being hundreds of years old.
Does This Remind You of Anything?: In the Jyamato Awakening V-Cinema, Beroba is quite giddy when she meets Michinaga again. She stabs him in an attempt to evoke shinju, where doomed lovers will end their lives together so they can be Together in Death.
Dying Declaration of Love: Before she dies in #46, she claims to Michinaga that she's never met anyone who could stimulate her as much as he did and vows that she'll one day "end up in the same grave with him." He rejects her affections straight to her face, but she's not too dissatisfied about it.
Enemy Mine: Even though she was the mastermind behind a plot to hijack the DGP, Beroba gets recruited by Samas and Jitto to help them stop Ace. She joins forces with Kekera to milk more misery from others in the "Yearning" arc, but by the "Genesis" arc this turns into a Villainous Friendship, as Kekera enjoys despair and misery just as much as she does, just from a different angle.
Even Evil Has Standards:
- For all her sadism, she is uncharacteristically grossed out when Daichi devours an infant Jyamato. This is in contrast to Kekera, who is fascinated by it.
- She also tells Kekera that she considers the VIPs to be worse than themselves due to the group's preference of simply watching from the side lines and not dirty their hands.
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: When she returns in Jyamato Awaking, she immediately attempts to corrupt Michinaga once more, trying to bring out his darker side to give him the power he needs to prevent the Bad Future from happening. However, she's ultimately dumbfounded when all of her efforts — up to and including reawakening Michinaga's Jyamato side — are in vain, as he turns said power into the Plosion Rage Raise Buckle instead, all because Michinaga has genuinely turned a new leaf and fully become a hero.
Evil Counterpart:
- To the other DGP supporters, particularly Ziin. Both she and Ziin seek amusement from the DGP, but while Ziin wants to experience drama that's emotionally moving and is content to stay being a supporter (including reminding Beroba of their positions), Beroba is a sadist who simply enjoys seeing people suffer and is willing to interfere with the DGP to achieve her goals. Both also remake the DGP in their own ways, but Ziin is looking to remake it into something that supports and uplifts others, while Beroba turns it into the Jyamato Grand Prix, which is very much the opposite.
- Her Jyamato Grand Prix is this to the Desire Grand Prix. The DGP is a competition about saving the world from the Jyamato, rewards heroic deeds, and has specific rules for its Rider competitors, such as prohibiting Riders from attacking other Riders. The JGP, on the other hand, is a competition between Jyamato to invade and terrorize the world, rewards the players for being cruel and spreading as much misery as possible, and the players are allowed to do whatever they want to get ahead in the game, including attacking other competitors as they see fit.
Evil Duo: Forms one with Michinaga after she becomes his sponsor. Surprisingly, even though she's a sadist, she tends to be the planner of the two, while Michinaga is the muscle. In the Yearning and Genesis arcs, she forms one with Kekera, which then extends to her fighting style in Premium Form — she and Kekera are able to fight in perfect sync, pulling off combo moves and setting each other up for devastating strikes.
Evil Is Petty: Beroba has little to no restraint whatsoever in doing unnecessarily cruel acts purely just for the fun of it, with some of the most spiteful being her revealing Neon's Dark Secret to the world along with trying to murder her father while he recovers in the hospital (from injuries Beroba herself inflicted while trying to kill Neon in front of him) just to demoralize her.
Evil Laugh: Has a very haughty, childish, and threatening laugh.
Evil Mentor: To Michinaga, aiding him as his supporter and encouraging him to give up his humanity to obtain his desire.
Evil Versus Evil: Her primary target isn't the DGP Riders but Niramu, who is also a very morally dubious individual (although not as much as Beroba is).
Exact Words: In order to stay to avoid being erased by the Grand End, she wishes she could stay until she 'sees her ideal despair'. As she learns the hard way after Neon (her favourite target, no less) beats her soundly at the end of #44, her own despair counts for this as well as Michinaga indirectly points out.
Exotic Eye Designs: Her right eye is blue while the left eye is pink.
Face Death with Dignity: She reacts better to being beaten by Michinaga than she does to her defeat at Neon's hands, simply telling Michinaga he'll be joining her soon before fading away.
The Fake Cutie: She's actually a 350 year old woman posing as a high schooler, including proclaiming herself as a "defenseless maiden". Having her actual age pointed out is the quickest way to get under her skin.
Fan of the Underdog: In #32 she reveals to Michinaga that the reason she took an interest in him was because he continually lost yet kept trying, and because she was tired of seeing the same people win over and over.
Faux Affably Evil: Her cheery personality belies a very sadistic and cruel person who will turn on her allies without a second thought. Despite initial impressions to the contrary, she has no real attachment to said allies whether they succeed or not. Once she's done with them, she dismisses them completely, or deliberately offs them. This is downplayed with Kekera, as once he makes it clear that he also enjoys watching people suffer, she's a little more open to treating him as an equal.
For the Evulz: She does evil things simply to revel in the misery that people experience. The reason she destroys the Jyamar Garden is either because of Ace finding out the truth regarding the DGP, her own amusement, or both, and a large part of her constant emotional torture toward Neon, starting with revealing that Neon is an Artificial Human to everyone watching the DGP and her own allies, is just because she wants to see Neon suffer.
Foil: To her opposing Big Bad Niramu. While Niramu is stern and cold, but still adheres to a vague sense of rules and fair play that he applies to how he manages the DGP on a play and staff level, Beroba is cheerful, much more sadistically cruel to people, and gives both the contestants and staff free reign in the chaos of her JGP, including herself bending the rules to her advantage.
The Friend Nobody Likes: While a legitimate DGP supporter, it's implied the others do not consider her one of them. Ziin's reflexive response when she trespasses on the Rider supporters' rooms is to immediately draw his Laser Raise Riser on her. And it seems that the feeling is mutual. However, this is somewhat subverted with Kekera later on.
Beroba: (to Michinaga) Don't lump me in with the likes of them.
Glamour Failure: After a severe beatdown by Na-Go Fantasy, Beroba's guise falters to reveal a much more horrifying appearance underneath.
The GM Is a Cheating Bastard: As Game Master of the Jyamato Grand Prix, she frequently uses her authority to skew things in favor of the Jyamato side.
- In #25 she sets up a "secret mission" for Michinaga to "attack an enemy at extremely close range." Given that Michinaga prefers to fight at close range, it's clearly an excuse to give him an edge over Geats.
- In #27 she sets up the rules of the JGP Sengoku round to disadvantage the DGP side, including banning Supporters from assisting them.
- In #29, even though the Bull Fight round is supposed to be one-on-one, she has the Dunkleostaus Jyamato hide inside the arena and ambush the DGP Riders while they're fighting the Jyamato player.
Gone Horribly Right: While the Jyamato Grand Prix gave Beroba the amusement she wanted, granting Michinaga's wish means she has no more control over him and this changes nothing about the Desire Grand Prix's plans to evacuate. Once she learns about the latter part, she laments that she has to return the Vision Driver eventually. In addition, granting Michinaga's wish proves to be her undoing, as his Jyamashin powers allow him to defeat all Kamen Riders — including Beroba's own Kamen Rider form.
Go Out with a Smile: She's outright giddy when Michinaga finishes her off, seeming to consider it A Good Way to Die.
Hate Sink: Stands out as the only person on the Jyamato side to have outright cruel motives. While Michinaga and Archimedel may be very depraved characters, both have sympathetic and understandable desires for what they do, and even Daichi's motives are more self-centered rather than malicious. Beroba, by contrast, is driven purely by a desire to satiate her sadism and routinely goes out of her way to torment others, including setting up the Jyamato Grand Prix to incentivize terrorizing humans and putting Neon through an onslaught of psychological torment from #29 onward simply because she likes to see Neon in pain.
Hidden Agenda Villain: She wants to force the Goddess of Creation to grant her own wish, which is eventually revealed near the end of the show: an "ideal despair" for her to enjoy.
Hoist by His Own Petard:
- Beroba's wish to "stay in the world until she sees ultimate despair" comes back to bite her due to the nature of the way she phrased her wish. Witnessing her own despair is enough to satisfy her wish, and if it should happen to come true, she will no longer be able to "stay in the world".
- Beroba decides to take Michinaga "seriously" when they fight in #46, electing to use her original Kamen Rider Beroba form instead of Premium Beroba. Unfortunately for her, Michinaga hasn't completely lost his anti-Kamen Rider Jyamashin powers (the ones that she helped him get, to boot) — and while Premium Beroba isn't a Kamen Rider, Kamen Rider Beroba is, and that seals her fate.
Hostile Show Takeover: Turns the Desire Grand Prix into the Jyamato Grand Prix, in which the Jyamato are the players with the goal of defeating Niramu and stealing his Vision Driver.
Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: With Michinaga and later Kekera in his human form.
Humiliation Conga: She gets subjected to one over the course of #28. Ziin calls her out for faking her age, Ace curb-stomps her with LaserBoost, and Michinaga takes the Game Master's Vision Driver for himself. Neon eventually manages to defeat her, hurting Beroba badly enough to suffer a Glamour Failure afterwards, and Michinaga mocks Beroba afterward for being unable to take what she dishes out and for not considering how her wish might bite her in the ass.
Hypocrite: Despite not wanting outside interference from supporters during her tenure as Game Master for the JGP, she's more than willing to let the Jyamato get as much backup or support as they want, and is more than happy to bend the rules to favor them.
Intergenerational Friendship:
- Seems to have a Villainous Friendship with Archimedel, even though he's an older man and she (appears to be) a high school girl.
- She forms another one with Kekera, who has an older human appearance than her.
Jerkass to One: While she's an unapologetic psycho overall, Neon seems to be her favorite target to mess with, to the degree that she explicitly states that she wants to see Neon suffer. She proves this point in #43 when she works with the kidnapper that took and killed Akari to abduct Neon — right down to using the same warehouse that Akari died in to explicitly recreate the situation that broke Kousei and Irumi all those years ago.
Karma Houdini Warranty:
- She gets a taste of her own medicine in #44 when Neon finally gets the chance to give her a much-needed ass-whupping. Michinaga notes the irony that Beroba cannot deal with the feeling of despair she inflicted on so many people.
- Michinaga tops Neon's feat in #46 by defeating Beroba in an all-out, one-on-one fight. For bonus points, he triumphs over her using the special Fever Form that he got as a result of the wish she helped him achieve.
Karmic Death: She happily used Michinaga as a pawn to bring despair to the whole world, delighting in all the suffering and death she got to cause along the way. In the end, it's none other than Michinaga himself that puts her lights out for good. With the exact same Jyamashin power he got as a result of her manipulations, no less. Revealed to downplayed in Jyamato Awaking as Beroba actually returned to her time upon being defeated.
Kick the Dog:
- Structures the Jyamato Grand Prix to incentivize these kinds of acts, as the Jyamato participants gain points from doing things to terrorize humans and cause misery.
- In #29, she reveals Neon's Dark Secret to the audience while Neon is in her room with her "fans" during her birthday.
- She forces Neon to touch the Na-Go ID Core in #33, restoring all of Neon's memories and forcing her to relive her Heroic BSoD from #29.
- In the "Genesis" arc, she constantly mocks Michinaga for 'killing' Keiwa's sister Sara and many other Stage 2 Jyamato victims.
- In #43, she has Akari's kidnapper and killer do the same thing to Neon in the same place where Akari died in.
Killer Game Master: After obtaining Chirami's Vision Driver, she uses it to turn the Desire Grand Prix into the "Jyamato Grand Prix" with herself as its Game Master. She actively permits the JGP participants to abuse their powers and has no rules prohibiting them from attacking their fellow players.
Lack of Empathy: A self-proclaimed sadist with who doesn't care about anyone when causing destruction.
Lady Macbeth: Her interactions with Michinaga have this dynamic, as she tends to stoke his hatred for Kamen Riders, lust for power, and obsession with winning using whatever means necessary. Even after Michinaga becomes co-Game Master of the JGP alongside her, she still takes charge of the games they create together. Since she’s more than willing to cheat and is far more unscrupulous, cruel, ruthless, and sadistic than him, it makes Michinaga look tamer and more comparable to Keiwa and Neon in terms of morality.
Let's You and Him Fight: Done twofold. She goads Michinaga into fighting Ace again in #32 in order to create an opportunity for Ace to obtain the Vision Driver so he'll come to blows with Niramu over it.
Little Miss Badass: She's a (physically) school-aged girl with a quasi-lolita fashion sense, and one of the strongest Rider forms seen in the series.
Manipulative Bitch: Reveals the truth about Neon's origins to the audience and sets her up to be heckled by her supposed "fans" in order to break and demotivate her, attempting to win the JGP's Bullfighting round by process of elimination. She also sets Daichi up with the resources to collect humans in his Tree of Knowledge so that she can use the tree itself as Jyamato fertilizer.
Meaningful Name: Her name is derived from beroberobaa (ベロベロバー), the Japanese onomatopoeia for sticking out one's tongue in a mocking fashion. This fits her very well, given at her core, Beroba is a childish bully picking on people weaker than she is.
More Deadly Than the Male: The only named female DGP sponsor shown thus far and easily the most evil and powerful among them, as well as one of the most cruel and dangerous villains in the show. She even manages to turn Ace into her Unwitting Pawn and use him to claim both Vision Drivers. If not for Tsumuri pulling a Deus ex Machina, Ace would have stayed eliminated.
Motive Decay: Oddly averted in Beroba's case: while she remains the same despicable monster throughout the show, she's initially treated as an exceptional sadist among DGP audience members for this. Over the course of the remaining series, however, the rest of the audience gradually becomes just as monstrous and bloodthirsty as Beroba, causing her to go from being exceptional among viewers to being by far the most common type of viewer. Everyone else's motives decay, while hers remain the same.
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Inadvertently one of the biggest helpers to Ace in his quest to take down the DGP. Her hijacking of the game prevents the staff from moving it to another era right away, and she later gives Ace several clues that help him piece together the nature of the DGP, its Goddess, and the whereabouts of his mother.
"Not So Different" Remark: The "Heaven or Hell" round of the JGP is essentially designed as a big one for the Jyamato Grand Prix and Desire Grand Prix, being a mockery of how she and Michinaga view the DGP — a game where the lives of many are sacrificed for the desires of one.
Nothing Nice About Sugar and Spice: She has the personality and mannerisms of a cutesy schoolgirl, but none of the innocence. Instead, she's a diabolical manipulator whose main goal is just to satiate her sadism.
Older Than They Look: She takes the form of a girl that looks to be around Tsumuri's age, but is really 350 years old. When she suffers a Glamour Failure, it's shown she does not look pretty under the disguise.
Omnicidal Maniac: To get her "Bad End", she attempts to use Daichi's Tree of Knowledge to use the all the humans contained within it as fertilizer for a special, ultimate Jyamato to bring more despair.
Pragmatic Villainy: To feed off others' misery, she's willing to do things that benefit other people from time to time. She revives Keiwa so that she and Kekera can watch his suffering via Kekera's plan, and urges Michinaga to join Ace's DGP and take down the Jyamato so that she can watch him live with the guilt of killing people infected by the Parasite Jyamato due to his own refusal to find another way to save them.
Psycho Pink: Less so than her Rider form, but one of the strands in her hair is colored pink. She's also an unapologetic psychopath.
Psychopathic Womanchild: Acts like a bratty teenage girl, except with a sadistic love of pain and destruction. Even her name relates to this, as it's based on beroberobaa, the act of a child sticking their tongue out in a mocking fashion. Michinaga outright calls her out on this during their final battle.
Beroba: Only a narcissist would atone with his life! Talk about being full of yourself!
Michinaga: Can it! I don't want to hear that from a 350-year-old hag playing around like a toddler!
Pyrrhic Victory: Her victory at the end of the Divergence arc ends up being this to an extent, as Suel immediately retakes control of the DGP and she's forced to relinquish both Vision Drivers so she can avoid being erased by the Grand End, although not before she uses them to get the Goddess to grant her desire. This turns out to be a wish to stay in the "current world" until she sees the misery she's "desired", allowing her to survive the Grand End and avoid getting erased in the current era.
Really 700 Years Old: She's actually 350 years old, yet prefers the form of a young woman and acts like it.
Red and Black and Evil All Over: A variant. She wears a black coat and a magenta skirt.
Rooting for the Empire: In-Universe. She's a viewer of the Desire Grand Prix but desires for the Jyamato to win over the DGP Riders. She also backs up villainous Riders, especially the underdogs; this is how Michinaga and Daichi both get her attention, as the former kept trying and failing to win a DGP and Daichi's Lack of Empathy made him stand out to herT.
Sadist: She proclaims to enjoy human misery in her introduction and she takes interest in Michinaga's hatred of other Kamen Riders. She proves it later on by actively aiming to traumatize Neon as much as possible.
Slouch of Villainy: She slouches on the Sakurai family's couch while watching the Desire Royale from their home.
The Sociopath: She views others as pawns yet acts eerily polite to everyone, is a very socially adept manipulator who is great at playing on the personalities of others to advance her goals, and is a sadist whose motive appears to be little more than gratification from seeing people suffer.
Super-Deformed: She uses as an avatar of an anime chibified version of herself when giving announcements to the audience.
Sweet Tooth: She loves to snack on jellybeans from behind the scenes while watching the Riders destroy each other. She is also given a big lollipop by Kekera.
Teens Are Monsters: She's thus far the most evil character in the show, and — according to official material — still in high school. Subverted when #28 reveals that she's actually 350 years old.
To Create A Playground Of Evil: She wants to obtain the Goddess of Creation from the DGP (or, working with the DGP to create them after Mitsume's death) so that she can create a world full of misery.
Token Evil Teammate: She's the only DGP supporter to back the Jyamato over the Riders. Once Kekera shows his true colors, the two of them work together to cause misery for the Riders, and watch the results together with unmistakable glee.
Troll: A good deal of Beroba's actions are done purely to get a rise out of others.
Underestimating Badassery: Beroba's opinion of every other Rider, especially the DGP participants, is less than flattering, as her Rider form's sheer power overwhelms the vast majority of the Riders seen in the series. This has the effect of inflating her ego, which means she completely overlooks Michinaga's Jyamashin powers in their final battle since she assumes he's lost them. She ends up paying the price in full when Michinaga manages to reawaken them during their final clash.
The Unfettered: IN SPADES. She makes Michinaga look comparable to Keiwa and Neon in terms of morality, and unlike the bull rider does it purely for enjoyment. She also designs the JGP to revolve around this, allowing the players to do everything and use any methods they want, like betraying and sabotaging, without getting penalized, especially if it results in human misery.
Villain Has a Point:
- Cruel and sadistic as she may be, she's not wrong in #31 when she points out that the DGP is built on sacrificing the happiness of its many victims for the desire of its victor. Not that she cares, since she does the same thing.
- She's also not wrong in #33 when she points out to Michinaga that he's little better than the Riders he seeks to bring down, given his own ruthlessness at achieving his desire. Michinaga agrees, but doesn't care.
Villain No Longer Idle: She spends the first part of the Divergence arc on the sidelines, waiting for Chirami to step out into the open so she has an opportunity to strike. Once he does, she nabs his Vision Driver and kicks off the Jyamato Grand Prix. She goes back to being idle in the Yearning arc, now that she's achieved her goals.
Villainous Friendship:
- She gets along well enough with her subordinates Archimedel and Daichi, and is rather fond of Michinaga. However, when it comes down to it, she doesn't really care for any of them — she destroysArchimedel's Jyamar Garden for seemingly no reason despite Archimedel begging her not to, and calls him useless after his death. She also cuts ties with Michinaga after he's no longer the underdog and becomes his enemy in the process, and turns on Daichi after he creates the Tree of Knowledge and she decides to use it as fertilizer for a super-powerful Jyamato.
- For a given definition of both "villainous" and "friendship", she gets friendlier with Kekera in the Yearning arc onward after the two team up to get more entertainment by making Keiwa and the other Riders miserable.
Villainous Breakdown: Her getting severely beaten by Na-Go Fantasy in #44 to the point where her Laser Raise Riser guise starts to slip causes her to completely freak out.
We Have Reserves: She destroys the Jyamar Garden once Ace figures out the truth about the DGP, despite Archimedel's pleas, under the justification they'll get a new one when the game restarts.
Wicked Heart Symbol: Has a heart on her cheek and uses hearts as her symbols, even though despite her cutesy demeanor she's a sadist who couldn't be bothered to care about anyone.
The Woman Behind the Man: She's backing Archimedel and the Jyamato, and is the one behind their plot to overthrow the DGP. She also becomes the supporter of Buffa after he joins her side. Later on, she turns out to be behind the resurgence of the Jyamato after the Grand End, as she appointed Daichi to continue growing them.
Woman Of Wealth And Taste: Gives her broadcast announcing the Jyamato Grand Prix from a fancy and expensive looking sofa in a room full of antiques.
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: If one of her allies has given her what she needs, she will turn on them; once Daichi gets enough people to fertilize his Tree of Knowledge, she aims to kill him and use said Tree for herself.
Young and in Charge: She's the one giving orders to Archimedel and the Riders they recruited, even though she's a high school girl who physically looks younger than all of them. Subverted in that she's actually 350 years old and simply takes the form of a schoolgirl because people in her time can customize their appearance however they wish. It's unclear what Archimedel's actual age is, but she's definitely much much older than Michinaga and Daichi.

Tropes exclusive to her as Kamen Rider/Premium Beroba

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Laser On. Beroba: loading. Ready... fight.

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Laser On. Premium Beroba: loading. Ready, Fight!

Big Red Devil: It's an unusually pinkish shade of red, but between Beroba's towering size and Horns of Villainy, her Kamen Rider form certainly fits the part of a demon.
Breaking Old Trends: The first Rider in 13 years whose Rider form is large and bulky enough to require CGI rendering, after Core from Movie War Core.
Evil Is Bigger: It's by far the biggest Rider transformation in the series, in fact. Subverted with Premium Form, which is human-sized.
Fashionable Asymmetry: Her Rider form is half pink, half white.
Finishing Move:
- Laser Victory (Finish Mode): Beroba launches herself into the air and charges the Laser Raise Riser with energy, before descending and Rider-Punching the ground with it as she lands, creating a massive explosion that obliterates everything within range.
Horns of Villainy: Both of her forms have two bull-like horns jutting out of either side of the helm.
Humongous Mecha: Her Rider form is notable in that it's a giant robot instead of a suit. The Laser Raise Riser grows with it as well.
Non-Standard Character Design: Unlike the rest of the Riders, Beroba's Rider form is pretty much a Humongous Mecha towering over everything and far bulkier.
Person of Mass Destruction: Her Rider form is capable of nuking the entire Jyamar Garden.
Pink Means Feminine: Played with. Her Rider and Premium forms are predominantly pink and she's the one woman among the supporters, but her Rider form is also a Humongous Mecha and is one of the strongest Riders in the series thus far, possibly only matched by Gazer.
Psycho Pink: Beroba's Rider and Premium forms are some variant of pink, and she is a very disturbed young girl.
Voice of the Legion: The "Beroba: loading" part of her Riser's announcement is a blend of both Yoshitsugu Matsuoka's voice and an unknown female one.

Tropes exclusive to her as Kamen Rider Glare2

Portrayed by: Yuki Miyazawa (suit)

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Install. I Have Full Control Over. Glare2.

Department of Redundancy Department: She's the second Glare2.
Finishing Move:
- Delete: Glare2 performs a roundhouse Rider Kick, creating a wave of purple energy that explodes upon impact.
Instant Expert: Beroba is able to make much more effective use of the Vision Driver's powers than Chirami, curb-stomping Ziin and capturing a weakened Ace.
Super-Empowering: As Glare2, Beroba can use her drones to further empower Jyamato Riders and transform them with Raise Buckles.
Superior Successor: Beroba makes for a much tougher Glare2 than Chirami did.

Kyuun/Kamen Rider Kyuun

Portrayed by: Kenta Mizue (live)

I pray with all my heart that you'll find your happiness. Even if it means making the whole world your enemy, I will always be right here by your side.

A supporter for the DGP Riders who takes an interest in Na-Go.

Tropes applying to him in general

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Animal Motifs: Lions, representing how he's very rude and standoffish but does truly care about Neon.
Birds of a Feather: His bonds with Neon stems from sympathizing with her lonliness from afar. This becomes more prevalent after he learns that Neon is an Artificial Human, as it allows him to understand her better and voice his feelings rather than verbally abusing her.
Cannot Spit It Out: Kyuun clearly likes Neon, but he can't stop himself from being a jerk whenever he speaks to her directly until #30, when he learns that she's an Artificial Human like him.
Condescending Compassion: Whenever he meets Neon in person, he inevitably resorts to this to communicate her flaws to her, which basically means he doesn't get anywhere with her. Most notably, he's correct about how Neon's actions will get her outed as the Desastar, but because he can't speak to her as an equal and keeps throwing shade at her, she blows him off, and they continue to have an acrimonious relationship with each other until #30.
Dramatic Irony: The kind writer of the letters that Neon receives and the young man that keeps insulting her whenever they bump into each other are the same character. Neon doesn't know this for a while, but eventually figures it out by #29.
The Ghost: In an unusual case, he doesn't appear whenever he has to assist Neon as her supporter. Notably, his profile picture in the TV-Asahi site had the letter he uses to communicate to Neon instead of his actual face, at least until #24 aired.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He acts standoffish whenever he's interacting with Neon, even though he really does care about her. He's just bad at talking with her in person. He gets called out for it by Ace, and finally manages to grow out of this by #30.
Jerkass Has a Point:
- While he was exceptionally rude to Neon during their first meeting, he makes a very good point when he warns her that her methods for trying to keep her cover as the Desastar are bound to blow up in her face. He's proven right when Keiwa has her number by the time #22 ends and successfully calls Neon out as the Desastar.
- He also has a point in saying that not everyone who watches her is her fan. He's once again proven right but in the worst possible way, when Beroba sets up a fake birthday party for Neon in the supporter room for Neon and proceeds to have her "fans" raze her for being a wish-born Artificial Human right then and there.
Loves My Alter Ego: Downplayed. Neon is thankful for the notes Kyuun writes her and the help he provides her (though she's also a bit wary of him, as #27 shows), and has no idea that he's the same person as the aloof jerk she keeps running into. She learns his identity in #29.
Maybe Ever After: Neon's new wish in the last episode is to find her Knight in Shining Armor, and he's back at her side in the present day to act as her producer in her videos.
Meaningful Name: His name is derived from kyunkyun (キュンキュン), the Japanese onomatopoeia for one's heart skipping a beat (basically the equivalent to the English "pitter-patter"), typically out of romantic love.
No Name Given: Initially, his name is not revealed in his debut episode, not even in the credits. Production notes confirmed his name before it was later spoken on screen.
No Social Skills: Every time he tries talking to Neon in person, he comes off a rude jerk to her. In #27, he claims that in person, he can't say the kind words that he writes, and this is why he prefers writing messages to her from afar.
Red Herring: He seems to be this regarding Neon's quest for "true love", implying that he's the true love she's been looking for, particularly after Neon's origins as an Artificial Human are revealed. However, he winds up leaving the current era once the Grand End starts, and the "true love" comes from Neon's parents, who strive to change for the better because of how kind Neon is to them despite how much they hurt her. He does return in the final episode, but Neon has already achieved her original goal by then.
Satellite Love Interest: His character is largely defined by his relationship with Neon. Justified, as by his own admission he didn't have anything of meaning in his life prior to meeting her.
Sheep in Sheep's Clothing: Kyuun's Condescending Compassion and Tsundere attitude really don't win Neon's heart, and given that his initial intentions fall in the "vaguely benevolent" category when he's first introduced, it's hard to blame him. Neon is especially discomfited when she finds out that the man who has been nothing but rude to her is her supporter after all, and Ace also accuses him of only using Neon as a 3.5D emotion experience when he stays still. In reality, Kyuun wants to sincerely support Neon without any ulterior motives. He just Cannot Spit It Out until after Ace lectures him for his passivity and after the entire world turns against Neon. Once it's clear that he really does empathize with her, he even asks her to leave with him to the future so she can live a happy life.
Somebody Doesn't Love Raymond: Subverted. In his first face-to-face meeting with Neon, he acts cold towards her and is quick to point out her shortcomings and make worse assumptions about her to her face. It is later revealed (via an anonymous letter he leaves her) that he is not only Neon's supporter, but is also willing to help her even if the entire world is against her. This, and his own admitted frustration about trying to be kind to her in person, implies that there's something (like lack of social skills or otherwise) that makes it hard for him to be honest about how he really feels.
Spell My Name With An S: The spelling of his name was initially a toss-up between "Kyun" and "Kun". #23 reveals it to be "Kyuun".
Token Good Teammate: He may have started off an aloof jerk, but he's the only supporter who sincerely cares for his chosen Rider right from the beginning. Even Ziin was cavalier about the whole game until he underwent Character Development.
Tsundere: When he talks to Neon in-person, he ends up insulting her in some way. In contrast, the letters he leaves her as a sponsor are about as tender as one could get. Deconstructed in #30, when he realizes, especially after Ace accuses him of just using Neon for his own emotional experiences, that his way of speaking to her in-person when contrasted against how kind he is in his letters just makes her miserable and vulnerable when she needs his support the most. Kyuun has to actually vocalize his more vulnerable feelings to her in person before she comes to accept his more flippant side.
Undying Loyalty: Claims he'll stick by Na-Go, even if she's up against the rest of the world. He lives up to his words in #30 when he supports her and aids her in battle even after her fans turn against her due to her Artificial Human origin.
What Is This Feeling?: What kickstarted his interest in Neon — he initially lived as an Emotionless Boy due to his fabricated existence, but seeing Neon started to awaken something in him. He gets further in touch with human emotions when her despair resonates with him, and the discomfort he feels from that is part of what finally gets him to stop being so rude to her when they speak face-to-face.

Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider Kyuun

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Breath Weapon: Can fire energy beams from his mouth.
Light Is Good: His color scheme is silver and gold, and despite his initially standoffish attitude, he is on the heroes' (or at the very least, Neon's) side.
Panthera Awesome: His Rider form is a large winged lion.
Throwing Your Shield Always Works: His energy card constructs serve as both barriers and throwing weapons.
Wing Shield: His wings serve as shields, in addition to granting him flight.

VIPs

In General

VIP Man portrayed by: Jean Youichi

VIP Woman portrayed by: Nana Inoue

Other VIPs voiced by: Naoyuki Ageishi, Kouki Sakurai, Hitomi Kitazaki

A group of prominent DGP audience members who are fans of Zitt's "bad end" games.

Allegorical Character: They embody the In-Universe example of the Vocal Minority. While most of the audience of the DGP is unseen, the VIPs are the only ones to be seen on screen, and are extremely influential for turning the entire DGP into a Deadly Game, with Suel catering towards them. Consequently, once the Silent Majority of the DGP audience begins to actually speak, it's made clear that the VIPs are part of a much smaller demographic who is negatively influencing their show—they ultimately ruin the fun for everyone else in the process, and the DGP's downfall comes from pandering to them too much.
Cannot Tell Fiction from Reality: Like the sponsors themselves, they view the world of the distant past as their entertainment. The main difference is that they want to Watch the World Die, and are content with dooming innocent civilians in the process. Neon and Kousei deconstruct this for them a bit by reminding the VIPs that they're not entirely safe from the widespread destruction they want to see, especially if they are trapped in the past by an upset audience.
Cool Mask: The ones that appear on-screen all have on a fancy-looking domino mask.
Didn't Think This Through: While they want destruction and chaos in the current era, Neon and Kousei have to remind them that it's the real world they're wreaking havoc in, and that they're in just as much danger of dying with Suel as he made enemies out of the rest of the DGP audience.
Dirty Coward: They seem to be unable to take what they dish out to others; when Neon and Kousei point out that their love of chaos may threaten their own safety, they immediately run back to the future.
Expy: They're pretty obviously based on the VIPs from Squid Game.
Giant Space Flea from Nowhere: They basically come out of nowhere in the Genesis arc when Zitt invites them to the past to enjoy his Apocalypse Game. Given some of Suel's statements after the fact and how readily he takes to fulfilling their whims for destruction, he's likely been intending to appeal to them for a long time.
Greater-Scope Villain: Possibly one for the entire series. Other than being part of the reason why the DGP exists (for their entertainment), they're influental enough to get the DGP reformatted more to their liking as well, making them the driving force behind Suel's actions. Their influence also extends to empowering Suel as Regad Omega, weakening him once they leave the scene.
In Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves: They all revel at seeing people kill each other just for the thrill of it, knowing that humanity itself has the potential of causing their own self-destruction.
Karma Houdini: They retreat to the future the moment their safety is threatened, and as such are never confronted by anyone except for Neon and Kousei. While the DGP staff members are erased in the present by Ace rebooting the world while the gateway to their time has been shut, given how the VIPs weren't present in the current era by the time that happens, it's unknown if the same fate befell them. The worst thing we know for sure that happen is that the masked man and woman Neon and her father Kousei persuaded to leave are seemingly the only ones to have met a grisly end.
Man of Wealth and Taste: All of them are clad in expensive suits and/or dresses.
Nightmare Fetishist: They enjoy DGP games that have Downer Endings, including outright Apocalypse Hows, and actively back sociopathic players like Da-Paan.
Omnicidal Maniac: A passive variant. They want to watch the world burn, but they're audience members whose influence is limited to escalating the stakes of their entertainment to widespread destruction through Suel.
The Power of Hate: Regad's parts list implies that their Nightmare Fetishist tendencies are used as fuel for the suit's Reality Warper capabilities, as the Zillion Driver lacks the micro black hole used by the Vision Driver to defy the laws of physics.
Rooting for the Empire: In-Universe, they're a faction of the audience that roots for bad endings and seeing antagonists cause carnage. Also Invoked, as the entire reason they were brought in was so their sadistic desires could power the Regad suits.

Characters / Kamen Rider Geats / Desire Grand Prix Sponsors

This is a partial character sheet for Kamen Rider Geats. Subjective trope and audience reactions should go on the YMMV page.

Sponsors

Portrayed by: Shigeru Harihara

Supporters

Laser Raise Riser voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Portrayed by: Fuku Suzuki (live), Danki Sakae (suit)

Tropes applying to him in general

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Kekera/Kamen Rider Kekera/Premium Kekera

Portrayed by: Mitsutoshi Shundo (live), Kai Kitamura (suit, Premium form)

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Beroba/Kamen Rider Beroba/Kamen Rider Glare2 (II)/Premium Beroba

Portrayed by: Ayaka Namiki (live), Mutsumi Igarashi (suit, Premium form)

Tropes applying to her in general

Tropes exclusive to her as Kamen Rider/Premium Beroba

Tropes exclusive to her as Kamen Rider Glare2

Portrayed by: Yuki Miyazawa (suit)

Portrayed by: Kenta Mizue (live)

Tropes applying to him in general

Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider Kyuun

VIPs

VIP Man portrayed by: Jean Youichi

VIP Woman portrayed by: Nana Inoue

Other VIPs voiced by: Naoyuki Ageishi, Kouki Sakurai, Hitomi Kitazaki

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This is a partial character sheet for Kamen Rider Geats. Subjective trope and audience reactions should go on the YMMV page.

Sponsors

Portrayed by: Shigeru Harihara

Supporters

Laser Raise Riser voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Portrayed by: Fuku Suzuki (live), Danki Sakae (suit)

Tropes applying to him in general

Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider Ziin

Kekera/Kamen Rider Kekera/Premium Kekera

Portrayed by: Mitsutoshi Shundo (live), Kai Kitamura (suit, Premium form)

Tropes applying to him in general

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Beroba/Kamen Rider Beroba/Kamen Rider Glare2 (II)/Premium Beroba

Portrayed by: Ayaka Namiki (live), Mutsumi Igarashi (suit, Premium form)

Tropes applying to her in general

Tropes exclusive to her as Kamen Rider/Premium Beroba

Tropes exclusive to her as Kamen Rider Glare2

Portrayed by: Yuki Miyazawa (suit)

Portrayed by: Kenta Mizue (live)

Tropes applying to him in general

Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider Kyuun

VIPs

VIP Man portrayed by: Jean Youichi

VIP Woman portrayed by: Nana Inoue

Other VIPs voiced by: Naoyuki Ageishi, Kouki Sakurai, Hitomi Kitazaki

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