History Characters / KamenRiderGeatsMichinagaAzuma

* TheJuggernaut: Buffa Plosion Rage is one, if not the toughest Kamen Rider in the show. Michinaga was able to tank Doom Geats (at this point the strongest Kamen Rider in the series) attacks without difficulty, and could still keep on going. Doom Geats almost has to resort to rewriting reality just to break the stalemate if not for Ace's timely arrival.

** '''Plosion Break Strike''': Buffa charges the claws on his shield and delivers a slash to the target.
** '''Plosion Break Victory''': Buffa shrouds himself in energy and performs a spinning thrust attack with his shield.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In his best moments, Michinaga shows some kindness to people who do him favors. It's implied in #6 that the reason he rerolled his teammate is that (apart from his disgust with [[OpportunisticBastard Morio's]] behavior) he wanted to repay Keiwa's kindness for getting Ace to return the Zombie Buckle to Michinaga in a trade, even though Keiwa lost his Boost Buckle in said trade and gained nothing from it. The Zombie Buckle itself has sentimental value to Michinaga, as it was the buckle Tohru was using before he died.
** He has his own code of honor as well: he's willing to put his life on the line to save Sara from being permanently killed and does succeed. He also opposes openly to Beroba's sadistic actions during their alliance together, especially when it came to exposing Neon's true nature.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: #25 reveals he and Tohru were aimless, violent delinquents in the past, before being picked up for construction work.

** Both Keiwa and Michinaga are cynical people who resort into becoming {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s to fix the world, adamant about doing things their way only. The contrast is that Keiwa tries to make a difference in the world he views as miserable and unfair (particularly for Sara), being heroic for most of the show until he but undergoes a ProtagonistJourneyToVillain to eventually side with the DGP to guarantee the revival of DGP's victims. Michinaga, on the other hand, is openly distrusting of everyone he encounters and has loose set of morals due to his belief, and by result is antagonistic (and at one point, [[RivalTurnedEvil villainous]]) for most of the series, and has sacrificed a huge number of people to achieve his goals, and eventually pulls a RedemptionQuest to atone for what he did.

* HeelFaceTurn: He eventually acknowledges his sins and pulls a RedemptionQuest, which he did by killing Beroba to stop her from converting the Tree of Knowledge into a Jyamato to ensure the infected people's safety, apologizes to Keiwa for hurting Sara and later Sara herself. It's later shown that he lets go of his hatred to (End) Riders by not seeking to destroy them for fighting each other, while becoming their punching bag to keep them alive.

* HumbleGoal: After the DGP is finally taken down, his new wish on Ziin's DGP in the end of the series is to eat meat.

** Despite him hating Kamen Riders due to viewing them as cruel, self-serving scumbags, he has worked with several Riders who fit that definition the most, specifically Kanato, Morio, Daichi, and (as a non-competitor example) Beroba. This is partly because he views their cruel nature as being [[AtLeastIAdmitIt upfront and not hiding anything]], at least his opinion about Beroba in #31, though if they start backstabbing, he'd turn on them.

** His wish at the end of the series is to eat meat. It was one of the wishes Chirami offered to him (in unlimited amounts) when Michinaga was pummeling him in #33.

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Even though he caused dozens of civilians to be killed as part of the Heaven or Hell game in the JGP, he seemingly gets away with this when he pulls a truce with Ace, and later joined the others in Ace's own DGP. However, his intact callous traits finally come back to haunt him (literally, with Sara's hallucination calling him out) when he killed the infected Sara, and later justifies her and more stage 2 Jyamato human hosts as sacrifices for TheNeedsOfTheMany, resulting in a ''very '''pissed''''' vengeful Keiwa punching him and getting several well-deserved beatdowns from Keiwa in Tycoon Bujin Sword Form, forcing him to finally gradually come to terms with his negative traits and make up for it to get a [[RedemptionEarnsLife second chance]].

* MoralMyopia: While Michinaga hates selfish people that are willing to throw others under the bus for their own gain, he's guilty of the same thing, given that he willingly sacrifices a huge number of people in order to fulfill his wish of obtaining the power to crush Kamen Riders. He's also willing to impose his views on others by breaking their ID Cores, erasing their memories and stopping them from becoming Riders ever again, while his hatred from Ace came from him telling Michinaga similar thing.

* NeverMyFault: Though he [[HypocrisyNod acknowledges that he's a hypocrite]], he still tends to deflect blame when others confront him about his failings; when Ace calls him out for being similar to Beroba by enjoying other Riders' misery, he angrily denies it, and when he berates Keiwa for screwing up their chance to save Sara, Keiwa angrily tells him that he doesn't want to hear that from Michinaga considering how many atrocities he himself has pulled.

* RedemptionQuest: Late in the series, he seeks to make up for his sins, particularly after Daichi implies that the Phase 2 Jyamato victims can be saved and he realizes the futility of how he's been acting. He killed Sara, which converted her into a part of the Tree and is the crux of Keiwa's FaceHeelTurn, and he tries to ensure that she can be brought back by killing Beroba who plans to convert the Tree into an Ultimate Jyamato.

* WeakButSkilled: Though he often only uses Zombie Buckle in ''Genesis'' arc, he can keep up with others for a bit, such as using Revolve-On mechanic to disorient Tycoon Bujin Sword and have Michinaga land a few hits on him.

* TheCynic: He doesn't believe that anyone participating in the Grand Prix is doing it for purely selfless reasons and that they do the things they do because they get something out of it in return -- for instance, rescuing civilians in order to get a higher score. He also tends to go after methods that he feels is the easiest to achieve, even though it'd be extreme, and is too stubborn to look for other possibilities, having TheNeedsOfTheMany one.

* TheDreaded: He becomes this toward other Riders who are not Ace during the "Yearning" arc after obtaining the power to crush Kamen Riders upon becoming the Jyamashin. Key word: "other Riders"

* {{Expy}}: Of [[Series/KamenRiderGaim Kaito Kumon]]. Both are standoffish and sometimes cruel people who are aggressively pursuing their own goals from the very beginning. As time goes on they're willing to go to extremes to accomplish what they want, even pulling a FaceHeelTurn in the process -- only for them to reveal that their pursuit of power was driven by striving to eliminate a corrupt system that is abusing those within it. They also both share a strong sense of honor and a construction background with the only difference being that Kaito is the son of a construction worker while Michinaga is a construction worker himself.

** Both Keiwa and Michinaga are cynical people who resort into becoming {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s to fix the world, adamant about doing things their way only. The contrast is that Keiwa is aware of how miserable and unfair the world is, he tries to keep those feelings hidden and acts as a hero refusing to throw people under the bus for most of the show until he's pushed to his emotional limits, leading for him to side with the DGP to guarantee the revival of DGP's victims. Michinaga, on the other hand, is openly distrusting of everyone he encounters, and by result is antagonistic (and at one point, [[RivalTurnedEvil villainous]]) for most of the series, and has sacrificed a huge number of people to achieve his goals.

* FriendshipDenial: He denies any partnership between him and Keiwa in #5, despite the current game round requiring them to cooperate. He also gives one to Neon at the start of the ''Scheme'' DGP after her return. When the Knight Jyamato-respawned Tohru gets fatally injured, Michinaga allows him to die, stating that the real Tohru died long ago.

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He starts off an abrasive player in the DGP, mellows out a little bit before getting eliminated and finding himself on the Jyamato side, only to wide up in an EnemyMine with Ace to take down the DGP, after which he goes on to become a player in Ace's DGP, albeit an extremely ruthless and [[HeroWithAnFInGood only nominally heroic]] one.
* HeelFaceTurn: Late in the series, he seeks to make up for his sins, particularly after Daichi implies that the Phase 2 Jyamato victims can be saved and he realizes the futility of how he's been acting. He's finally able to get closure when he kills Beroba to stop her from converting the Tree of Knowledge into a Jyamato, apologizes to Keiwa for hurting Sara and later Sara herself. It's later shown that he lets go of his hatred to (End) Riders by not seeking to destroy them for fighting each other, while becoming their punching bag to keep them alive.

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: How he justifies killing the Stage 2 Jyamato

** Back in #1, he's shown to be amused at Shirowe's death by Fortress Jyamato, as it reduced the number of competitors he had for the Desashin title. He then gets killed by another Fortress Jyamato in #15.
** Despite him hating Kamen Riders due to viewing them as cruel, self-serving scumbags, he has worked with several Riders who fit that definition the most, specifically Kanato, Morio, Daichi, and (as a non-competitor example) Beroba. This is partly because he views their cruel nature as being upfront and not hiding anything, at least his opinion about Beroba in #31, though if they start backstabbing, he'd turn on them.

* IrrationalHatred:

* ItsAllAboutMe: While Michinaga hates selfish people that are willing to throw others under the bus for their own gain, he's not entirely selfless either, given that he only cares about granting his wish of obtaining the power to crush Kamen Riders and sacrifices a huge number of people in order to fulfill said wish. He's also willing to impose his views on others by breaking their ID Cores, erasing their memories and stopping them from becoming Riders ever again.

* KarmaHoudini: He gets some well-deserved beatdowns from Keiwa in Tycoon Bujin Sword Form, but apart from that he gets completely let off the hook for the actions he committed as part of the Jyamato side, even though he caused dozens of civilians to be killed as part of the Heaven or Hell game in the JGP, or the civilians he killed himself after they were infected with Parasite Jyamato.

* MoralMyopia: Downplayed. He doesn't bat an eyelid at the dozens of civilians getting killed during the JGP, but killing Sara is enough to make him feel some form of suppressed guilt.

* NeverMyFault: Though he [[HypocrisyNod acknowledges that he's a hypocrite]], he still tends to deflect blame when others confront him about his failings; when Ace calls him out for being similar to Beroba by enjoying other Riders' misery, he angrily denies it, and when he berates Keiwa for screwing up their chance to save Sara, Keiwa angrily tells him that he doesn't want to hear that from Michinaga considering that he was the one to kill her.

* DefrostingIceKing: His poorly disguised concern for Keiwa towards the end of #8 confirms that Tycoon's kind nature grew on him after all. He tries to cover it up immediately afterward, but [[BodyLanguage his actions]] speak louder than words. He also begins to show concern about Neon after Beroba makes a point of targeting her directly, and goes so far as to scold Keiwa for ignoring her peril during the ''Genesis'' arc. Eventually he even lets go of his hatred for Ace after learning the circumstances behind his wishes, choosing to believe in Ace's new world wihere everyone can be happy.

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: How he justifies killing the Stage-2 Jyamato

* IDidWhatIHadToDo:

* MirrorCharacter: Despite being responsible for Sara's death along with Daichi and their different wishes and goals, he and Keiwa actually become quite alike in some ways, they both lost their loved ones to the DGP — Michinaga's best friend Tohru participated in the DGP, was ambushed by fellow Riders, and left to die. While Keiwa's parents died in a previous game, and ultimately Daichi and Michinaga himself were both responsible for Sara's death. Their losses leave them cold and embittered, and drive them to start a [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge vengeful crusade]] against those responsible for their pain, becoming prejudiced against those they feel responsible (Riders for Michinaga, Creation Deities for Keiwa), and are [[FaceHeelTurn influenced by their own supporters into joining antagonistic factions led/influenced by them for a chance to grant their wishes by exploiting a Goddess of Creation's powers.]] They also resent Ace for what he represents in their eyes and treat him as both a rival and a primary obstacle to their goals, and seek to defeat him to get their wishes granted, but ultimately end up defeating their former supporters at the end of the series and dedicate themselves fully to Ace's cause.