History Characters / KamenRiderRyuki13Riders

* DeathByIrony: He predicted that Shinji would die next, but lied to Shinji saying that he himself would be the one to die. He performed a HeroicSacrifice for Shinji, averting his true prophecy yet fulfilling his fake one. [[HarsherInHindsight My predictions are never wrong indeed]].
* GoOutWithASmile: He finally manages to ScrewDestiny to save Shinji, dying happily as he believed his friend Yuuichi had no regrets just like him and believing Shinji would change the fate of the Riders.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Kitaoka gives him a short one telling him that the more he tries to convince himself that he's a hero the less likely he's to become one. Considering Tojo's actions, he's right. Toujou did not took it well along with the defeat that came with it.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Almost everybody hates Asakura. Hands down.

!!!Portrayed by: Takamasa Suga (live), Jiro Okamoto (suit)

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: He enters into an UnstoppableRage when he finds the monster that killed Yuuichi, even pushing Shinji away and telling him to not interfere despite being the Rider with whom he has the best relationship.

* WeaponOfChoice: Sting Vent, a whip, is his base weapon, but he prefers to copy other Riders' more powerful and balanced weapons.

* FinishingMove: ''Hide Venom'' [[note]]Raia uses Evildiver as a mount and [[RammingAlwaysWorks rams]] the foe.[[/note]]

At the climax of the Rider War, the Japanese police force are given orders to shoot Asakura on sight. But Asakura will not surrender, not until he has killed Kitaoka in battle. And so he faces Zolda in battle, and finally lands the killing blow he had been waiting so long for... only to find out that Goro had taken Kitaoka's place as Zolda. Asakura could not comprehend it: why he had been robbed of something he had waited so long for and wanted so badly, and why Gorou had selflessly taken Kitaoka's place. Overcome with frustration and rage, he makes [[SuicideByCop a suicide run at the police and is shot down like a dog]].

!!Shinji Kido/Kamen Rider Ryuki | '''Actor''': Takamasa Suga

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!!!Tropes associated with Shinji/Ryuki:

* BadassBiker: Also rides a motorcycle while not transformed. [[SuperMode Survive Form]] makes Drag Reder into a TransformingMecha called Dragranzer that can transform him into a bike.

* BreakableWeapons: Blank Form's Ride Saber breaks ''without leaving a scratch'' on the MonsterOfTheWeek.

* CoolSword: Drag Saber, resembling Dragredder's tail. The upgraded Drag Visor-Zwei's extendable blade also counts.

* DragonKnight: As his [[Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight American counterpart]] would say, Shinji's aesthetic and use of Dragreder in his attacks make him this.
* DragonRider: While his normal form focuses on the Knight aspect, [[SuperMode Survive Form]]'s aesthetic is that of a Dragon Rider, made all the more appropriate when he can jump on his now evolved Dragranzer and have him [[TransformingMecha transform into a bike]].

* EmpathicWeapon: Though not much comes from it, Shinji's [[PowerFist Strike]] [[BreathWeapon Vent]] Drag-Claw snarls at him when he first summons it, implying it's this.' Justified since it's Dragreder's head.

* EvolutionPowerup: Has three forms. [[JokeCharacter Blank]] (initial form), [[JackOfAllStats Ryuki]] (via contract with Dragredder), and [[SuperMode Ryuki Survive]] (powered-up by Survive card). Each form is vastly more powerful than the previous one.
* FinishingMove:
** [[DivingKick ''Dragon Rider Kick'']]: Ryuki jumps and delivers a Rider Kick powered by Dragredder's flames. Actually a StealthPun off his name.
** [[RammingAlwaysWorks ''Dragon Firestorm'']]: Ryuki Survive rides Dragranzer, transformed into a motorcycle, which shoots fireballs at the enemy before ramming it.
** [[RammingAlwaysWorks ''Dragranzer Clash'']]: Dragranzer blasts fireballs at the enemy before jumping up and clashes with the enemy with Ryuki Survive riding it. Replaced ''Dragon Firestorm'' in first two ''VideoGame/KamenRiderClimaxHeroes'' games.

* GunBlade: The Drag-Visor Zwei takes form of a gun, but has a sword mode via the Sword Vent card.

* IncendiaryExponent: During his ''Final Vent''.

* JackOfAllStats: Ryuki has one of the most balanced decks among the riders, with two shields, a sword, and a projectile. His basic form is also this trope among the EvolutionPowerup forms. This is even reflected in his Survive Form: His [[SwissArmyWeapon Drag-Visor Zwei]] is a gunblade that can be used as a sword or a marker for Meteor Bullet, and his Strange Vent can copy cards from other Riders.
* JokeCharacter: Blank Form, which barely keeps him alive until he contracts with Dragredder.

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Drag Shield, which can be dual-wielded, attached to his the hardpoints all over his armor, and even used to [[RammingAlwaysWorks ram]].
* MeaningfulName: Ryuki means Dragon Knight, but could also mean Dragon Rider.

* PlayingWithFire: All of his special attacks are fire-based, given that his {{mon}} is a dragon.
* PowerCopying: How ''Strange Vent'' works in the series, it become the next advent card the opponent going to use. AllThereInTheManual states that it changes randomly, though. This brings up an interesting 'chicken or the egg' question: how does it "know" what the opponent will choose next? While presumably it is a wild card in TheMerch's trading card game, the ability to gain the card your opponent is ''about'' to choose is pretty, well, ''strange'' within the context of a story. Of course, it ''could'' simply be the opponent fighting fire with fire.
* PowerFist: His Strike Vent Drag-Claw. Rarely ever used as an actual gauntlet, but instead as a medium for Drag Reder's [[BreathWeapon Drag-Fire]]. In crossovers and future appearances by alternate Shinjis, it could breathe fire without Dragreder's assistance.

* SuperMode: Ryuki Survive, which changes his visor to the [[SwissArmyWeapon Drag Visor-Zwei]], increases his stats and abilities even more, and [[EvolutionPowerup evolves DragReder into Dragranzer]], who can [[TransformingMecha transform]] into a CoolBike for his [[LimitBreak Final Vent]].
* SwissArmyWeapon: Drag Visor-Zwei has a folding blade on it, can shoot beams of light and can be used as a marker for the Meteor Bullet attack.

* UpgradeArtifact:
** Averted, in that his transformation to Ryuki still leaves him with beginner fighting abilities. He slowly improves his fighting technique as the series progresses.
** Played Straight with [[SuperMode Survive Form]], wherein he suddenly has knowledge of all his new powers.
* WeaponOfChoice: As a balanced Rider, Shinji has three weapons in normal form: The [[CoolSword Drag Saber]], the [[PowerFist Drag]][[BreathWeapon Claw]], and the [[DualWielding Drag-]][[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe Shields]]. Survive form replaces all three with the [[SwissArmyWeapon Drag Visor-Zwei]] for the first two and the [[SummonMagic Fire Wall]] for the latter.

!!Ren Akiyama/Kamen Rider Knight | '''Actor''': Satoshi Matsuda

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!!!Tropes associated with Ren/Knight:

* BadassCape: Darkwing can attach to Ren to grant him this, which can defend him from attacks and allow him to fly. Survive Form has this by default.

* {{BFS}}: Wing Lancer, though technically, it's a JoustingLance that Ren happens to use as a sword.
* BlowYouAway: Knight Survive's ''Blust Vent'' has Darkraider launch two tornadoes. [[TransformationSequence Using the card itself]] surrounds him with a barrier of wind.
* CharacterTic: Takes out his rapier and poses before jumping into the Mirror World.

* DoppelgangerSpin: ''Trick Vent'' allow him to create up to eight copies of himself.
* FinishingMove:
** ''Hishou Zan'': Darkwing forms a cape and cloaks Knight as he uses the Wing Lancer as a [[ThisIsADrill drill]] to destroy a foe.
** ''Shippudan'': Knight Survive rides Darkraider, which transforms into a motorcycle and fires a paralyzing laser followed by [[ThisIsADrill wrapping darkness around Ren and itself and drilling into the enemy]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Cares about Eri and Yui, and eventually about Shinji.

* LightningBruiser: Ren has a pretty versatile Deck. His Trick Vent provides him with clones to give him backup, he has a Sword Vent and his rapier to deal close range damage, [[MakeMeWannaShout Nasty Vent]] to help him GET close, a Guard Vent for sticky situations, and his Mirror Monster can attach to him to help him fly. Problem is, he has no long-range options. [[SuperMode Survive Form]] takes away this weakness while making him even MORE powerful.

* MakeMeWannaShout: ''Nasty Vent'' has Darkwing attack the opponent with sonic waves.
* MixAndMatchWeapon: Similar to Ryuki Survive, the Dark Visor Zwei usually takes form of a crossbow, but Ren has the ability to turn it into a sword, usually on its own but it does have its own Sword Vent card.

* RoyalRapier: Dark Visor, which gives him a slight advantage over some others in that he doesn't have to use a card to have a weapon on hand.

* SuperMode: Knight Survive
* SwissArmyWeapon: Dark Visor-Zwei, which can change into a [[CoolSword sword]], a [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe shield]] or a crossbow.

!!Masashi Sudo/Kamen Rider Scissors | '''Actor''': Takeshi Kimura

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Sudo was a CorruptCop who was taking advantage of his position to carry out a variety of evil acts. After he killed his partner-in-crime for [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness demanding a bigger share]], Kanzaki appeared before him to give Sudo an Advent Deck. It's not known what Sudo would have chosen as his Prize (in fact it's not even hinted that Kanzaki even told him about it); to him, the greatest advantage of being a Rider was that he now had a perfect method of disposing of anyone who got in his way (by feeding them to his crablike Contract Monster ''Volcancer'').

!!!Tropes associated with Sudo/Scissors:

* DeathByIrony: He fed people to his Mirror Monster to make it more powerful, and died by getting eaten by said monster.

* FinishingMove: ''Scissors Attack'' [[note]]Scissors is launched by Volcancer into the air, finishing with a somersault attack.[[/note]]
* ImprobableWeaponUser: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Scissors Pincer]], which is just one of Volcancer's claws.. Also his Scissor Visor, which is sort of a blend of shears and BladeBelowTheShoulder.

* JokeCharacter:
** Has the worst deck among the riders. Advent and Final vent aside, all he has are a Strike Vent (which is kind of an awkward weapon to use) and a Guard Vent, no special cards whatsoever like Raia's ''Copy'' or Gai's ''Confine''; on top of that, his cards have very low AP.
** In terms of the series, though, he was less JokeCharacter and more StarterVillain--the inexperienced Shinji wouldn't have stood a chance against the heaviest hitters in the Rider War early on, and really had his hands full with this first "real" enemy.
** Despite being a JokeCharacter stat-wise, he was actually winning his fight with Ren before his Advent Deck is broken.

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Shell Defense, shield that resembles Volcancer's back armor.

!!Shuichi Kitaoka/Kamen Rider Zolda | '''Actor''': Ryohei Odai

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!!!Tropes associated with Kitaoka/Zolda:
* ALoadOfBull: Magnagiga, and outside of Dragedder and Venosnaker, it's the largest Mirror Beast, so much that the prop is too big to use in fights, so all it does it take part in his [[FinishingMove Final Vent]].

* AwesomeYetImpractical: His finisher ''End of the World''. It lives up to its name in destructive power, but the long time it takes to prepare it means it usually won't hit people.
* {{BFG}}: Giga Launcher, a huge cannon that's formed from Magnugiga's arms. It's comparable in size to an actual artillery gun of some sort, and is nearly twice Zolda's height!

* CombatPragmatist: He rarely takes part in direct fights, and one of his preferred methods is sneak up a on fight in progress and try to kill the combatants with his [[FinishingMove Final Vent]].

* DramaticGunCock: Justified. He can fire Magna Visor without cocking it, but he has to cock it in order to load and use his Advent Cards.

* FinishingMove: ''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast End Of World]]'' [[note]]Zolda uses the Magna Visor as a trigger for the summoned Magnugiga to deliver [[AlphaStrike a salvo]] of [[MacrossMissileMassacre missiles]], [[MoreDakka bullets]] and [[BeamSpam energy blasts]].[[/note]]
* TheGunslinger: His visor is a handgun, his deck has two long range weapons, and his contact monster is loaded with large number of missiles, cannon and beam gun. Notably, [[AllThereInTheManual he had a Strike Vent and another Guard Vent]] that were never used in the series because the former completely went against his style, and the latter was just plain redundant.
* {{Handguns}}: Magna Visor, a handgun with very impressive rate of fire. Like Ren, this gives him the advantage of having a weapon even before using any cards.

* HornAttack: His Strike Vent, unseen in the series but [[AllThereInTheManual detailed in side materials]], is Magnugiga's head mounted on his arm and serving as a katar.

* LongRangeFighter: The only rider amongst the 13 who specializes in ranged combat. His visor gives him a powerful handgun to use by default, and coupled with his two [[{{BFG}} Shoot Vents]], makes him incredibly hard to touch. Virtually every Rider facing him had had to run a gauntlet of missile fire in order to even get close to him.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Giga Armor and Giga Tector. The latter is [[AllThereInTheManual never used in the series]] and the former is very, very rarely seen.
* MultiRangedMaster: His visor is a handgun, he has two BFG weapons for multiple situations and his [[FinishingMove Final Vent]] has him use Magnagiga to unleash [[AlphaStrike everything in his arsenal]].

* PowerFist: Giga Horn, resembling Magnagiga's head. [[AllThereInTheManual Never used in the series]], though it WAS used in the video game.
* ShoulderCannon: Giga Cannon, a double beam cannon that resembles Magnu Giga's legs.

!!Miyuki Tezuka/Kamen Rider Raia | '''Actor''': Hassei Takano

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Tezuka's opposition to the Rider War becomes clear when it is discovered that he was never intended to be a Rider in the first place: instead, a good friend of his- Yuichi Saito- was chosen, but refused to participate and was devoured by the Mirror Monster Guldthunder. Taking his Card Deck, Tezuka contracted ''Evildiver'' and vowed to avenge his friend.

!!!Tropes associated with Tezuka/Raia:
* BlessedWithSuck: He's blessed with the gift of prophecy, which allowed him to find two Riders (Ren and Shinji)easily whereas many contestants have trouble finding one. However, he's troubled with his power because he sees death and misfortunes with his clients, hence why he strongly believes in that people can ScrewDestiny if they prepare.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Yes, the Rider with an arsenal mostly starting with "evil" is a good guy.
* FinishingMove: ''Hide Venom'' [[note]]Raia uses Evildiver as a mount and [[RammingAlwaysWorks rams]] the foe.[[/note]]

* EvolutionPowerup: [[NoExportForYou The SIC stories]] gave him a Survive Form.

* HeroicBSOD: Pretty much half of what caused his death was being told that his best friend Yuuichi, the man who was supposed to be Raia instead of him, regretted never participating in the Rider War to fulfill his wish, even if it meant killing. This gave Tezuka a crisis of faith that left him unresponsive, leaving Asakura to give him a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown that forced Shinji to save him...only for Tezuka to due saving him when Asakura proved to be too much for him.

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Evil Visor, a small shield in the shape of Evildiver.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Evildiver, though it's a subversion since its user is one of the undisputably good Riders.

* PowerCopying: Copy Vent, which allows him to wield a duplicate of his opponent's weapon.

* WhipItGood: Evil Whip. Resembling Evildiver's tail, it isn't really powerful, but has good reach.

!!Jun Shibaura/Kamen Rider Gai | '''Actor''': Satoshi Ichijo

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!!!Tropes associated with Jun/Gai:
* AntiMagic: Confine Vent. When played just after another Rider plays a card, this will cancel the effect (de-summoning a {{mon}} or causing a weapon to disappear).

* FinishingMove: ''Heavy Pressure'' [[note]]Gai rides Metalgelas and [[RammingAlwaysWorks rams the foe]] with the Metal Horn.[[/note]]

* JerkAss: One of the greatest ones in the series, ranging from being a MeanBoss to ORE employees to InsufferableGenius to everyone else.

* PowerFist: Metal Horn, resembling Metalgelas's head. Due to its big size and its shape, it can also be used as a shield.

!!Takeshi Asakura/Kamen Rider Ouja | '''Actor''': Takashi Hagino

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!!!Tropes associated with Asakura/Ouja:

* ASinisterClue Appears to be left-handed, judging by his fighting style using his sword in his left hand.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Having contracted with three Mirror Monsters (his original Venosnaker, then Metalgelas and Evildiver taken after killing their Riders), he gains at least some cards from their decks (their associated Final Vents and weapons; he's never shown using Raia's Copy or Gai's Confine), allowing him three different finishing moves AND the ability to [[FusionDance fuse them into]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Genocider]]. However, it means he has three times as many {{mon}}s to feed, which is a problem for him when he doesn't feed them for a while.

* CatchPhrase: Whenever he finds something that annoys him, he'll say "This vexes me..."

* CoolSword: Veno Saber, resembling Venosnaker's tail. Initially, his ONLY weapon before killing other Riders and getting their monsters. It's the most balanced melee weapon among his WeaponOfChoice.

* EvolutionPowerup: [[NoExportForYou The SIC stories]] gave him a Survive Form.

* FinishingMove: Has two of his own, plus Gai and Raia's after taking their Contract Monsters.
** ''Veno Crash'': Venosnaker launches Ouja at the foe with a spray of venom as he does a bicycle kick.
** ''Doomsday'': Ouja corkscrew kicks a foe into a vortex that opens within Genocider.
* FourIsDeath: He ends up killing 4 riders before biting the bullet (Gai, Raia, Imperer and Zolda), and thanks to a combination of crossovers and movies for the series, he's been killed 4 times (as noted below).
* FusionDance: His ''Unite Vent'', combining the three monsters he gained. The SIC stories gave him a SuperMode, and made the card [[UpToEleven forcibly fuse EVERY REMAINING MONSTER IN THE WAR]]. Of course, since one of those monsters was Dragreder, still contracted to Shinji, it didn't go the best way for him.

* ImplacableMan: Combines this with TheDeterminator. Getting caught in trap build to burn the victim alive means he reappers not so long afterwards only slightly charred. His Contract monster's corrosive spit melting through his helmet and onto his face only puts him out of the equiation for about as long. He has to be gunned down by a shooting squad.

* JokeCharacter: Blank Form, seen only once in ''Episode Final'' after Genocider is killed.

* MagikarpPower: His deck. Advent and Final Vent aside (the latter of which did succeed in killing whatever target he hit it with), it started with just a Sword Vent and nothing else. However, it is the only deck that has spare Contract Cards. By the end, he has three melee cards and three {{mon}}s, which can be fused into the formidable Genocider.
* PowerFist: Metal Horn, after Ouja becomes contracted to Metalgelas. Stronger but shorter than his Veno Saber.
* PurpleIsPowerful: His color scheme is purple and he has the highest kill count in the Rider War.

* UpToEleven: The WhatIf scenario of ''SIC Hero Saga'' not only gives him [[SuperMode Survive Form]], but also upgrades the Genocider into Genosurviver, formed by combining ''every'' contract monster into one, even the ones with Riders still alive. Of course, since Dragreder is still contracted to Shinji at that point, it's not exactly obedient.

* WeaponOfChoice: When he contracted Venosnaker, aside from the obligatory [[SummonMagic Advent]] and [[FinishingMove Final Vent]] Asakura only had a grand total of ONE card : Veno Saber. Even when he receives the powers of other Advent Decks, he still prefers using it over the others. Justified, since in the real world he often uses a metal pipe to fend off police, and Veno Saber is shaped like one.
* WhipItGood: Evil Whip, after Ouja becomes contracted to Evildiver. The weakest of his WeaponOfChoice, but has the longest range.

!!Satoru Tojo/Kamen Rider Tiger | '''Actor''': Jun Takatsuki

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!!!Tropes associated with Tojo/Tiger:
* AnAxeToGrind: Dest Visor, a battleaxe. Like Knight and Zolda, this gives him the advantage of a weapon even before using a card.

* AwesomeYetImpractical: His FinishingMove is brutal, but easily stoppable if the enemy is fully aware.

* CombatPragmatist: Attacks his opponents from behind with his Final Vent or when he's teaming up with someone else. This is why he's been capable of defeating the likes of Asakura, Kitaoka, and Shinji. Unfortunately for him, the former two are more than eager to pay him back in the form of one CurbStompBattle after another.

* FinishingMove: ''Crystal Break'' [[note]]Destwilder drags the foe as Tiger stabs him with the Dest Claw.[[/note]]

* AnIcePerson: ''Freeze Vent''. It does exactly what it sounds like, freezing enemy Contract Monsters (but curiously, not Riders themselves).

* PantheraAwesome: His design theme and Destwilder's.

!!Mitsuru Sano/Kamen Rider Imperer | '''Actor''': Takashi Hyuga

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!!!Tropes associated with Sano/Imperer:

* TheBeastmaster: His main Contract Monster is Gigazelle, however he is also accompanied by the Zelle archetypes (Megazelle, Negazelle, and Omegazelle).

* FinishingMove: ''Drive Divider'' [[note]]Imperer's Zelles stampede the enemy and he finishes with a knee attack to the head.[[/note]]
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Ren kicks him out after hearing his fee, Kitaoka sends him to Asakura with the intention of getting him killed, Toujou only tolerates him due to his teacher hiring him, and Shinji no longer wants anything to do with him after being betrayed too many times. Subverted with Tojo after he saves him and then tragically double subverted when he fatally injures him under his [[InsaneTrollLogic belief that killing him will make him stronger and closer to becoming a hero.]]
* MeaningfulName: Imperer's name comes from the Latin root word, ''Impero'', which means "to command," signifying [[ZergRush his ability to command hordes of Monsters]]. [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Spelt alternately]] as Impaler, it signifies [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice his penchant to fight with pointy weapons]], as well as refering to his Contract Monster, given impalas and gazelles are closely related.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: He saved Toujou and took care of him even though when he started doing so he was still struggling to support himself, and it landed him with an ally that turned on him beat to the point where he was an easy kill for Asakura.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: His Rider form is the only one where it's Rider colors do not match the primary colors of his Contract Monster: Gigazelle is purple-colored primarily, but Imperer's Rider Armor color is brown.

* ThisIsADrill: Gazelle Stab, which is a sort of PowerFist with two long spiral horns.

!!Miho Kirishima/Kamen Rider Femme | '''Actress''': Natsuki Katou

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!!!Tropes associated with Miho/Femme:

* CoolSword: Blanc Visor, a RoyalRapier like Knight's.

* DistaffCounterpart: Of Knight, being based on a winged animal while using a rapier Ride Vendor when not using a large bladed weapon.
* DoubleWeapon: Wing Slasher, which is [[DoubleWeapon two]][[BladeOnAStick blades on a stick]]
* FinishingMove: ''Misty Slash'' [[note]]Blancwing produces a gust that [[BlowYouAway blows the foe]] into the path of Femme's Wing Slasher.[[/note]]

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Wing Shield

!!Itsuro Takamizawa/Kamen Rider Verde | '''Actor''': Arthur Kuroda

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!!!Tropes associated with Takamizawa/Verde:

* BigBad: Of the 13 Riders special since him gathering the surviving Riders to kill Shinji and Ren is what starts the climax.

* CostumeCopycat: His ''Copy Vent'' (apparently different from Raia's card of the same name, which copied weapons).

* FinishingMove: ''Death Punish'' [[note]]Biogreeza sends Verde at a foe, and Verde finishes with a piledriver.[[/note]]
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With [[SmugSnake Jun,]] who's one of the youngest Riders while he's the oldest.
* {{Invisibility}} - His ''Clear Vent''. Comes with a chameleon-based Contract Monster.

* KillerYoYo: Bio-Winder, his WeaponOfChoice.
* PowerCopying: Like Raia, his Copy Vent copies an opponent’s weapon, though his use has an added benefit of copying the appearance of an entire Rider, as he managed to copy Knight’s entire appearance along with his Wing Lancer.
* VillainousFriendship: Considering that in the original series, Jun intended to make battle royale between all Riders and Itsurou pretty much united all Riders in a the same spot to fight, it an be assumed that Jun admires him for his charisma and for making the Rider War more interesting.

!!Shinji Kido (Mirror World) | '''Actor''': Takamasa Suga

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!!!Tropes associated with Shinji Kido (Mirror World)/Ryuga:

* CoolSword: Drag Saber

* FinishingMove: ''Dragon Rider Kick'' [[note]]Ryuga levitate himself then has Dragblacker "launch" him in a straight horizontal torpedo strike, with black flames.[[/note]]
* JackOfAllStats: A result of his deck being the same as Shinji’s.
* KillItWithFire: Drag Claw, which was used to breath a powerful dark flames alongside Dragblacker.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Drag Shield.

* PaintItBlack: He's Ryuki but painted black instead of red.

* TheWorfEffect: Within minutes of his introduction, he effortlessly defeats Ouja.

!!Kamen Rider Odin | '''Voice Actor''': Creator/TsuyoshiKoyama

!!!Tropes associated with Odin:

* {{Expy}}: Asakura is basically the series' resident [[Series/KamenRiderBlack Sword Master Bilgenia]] if he was a Kamen Rider.

** Not only was Asakura popular enough to be brought back as the main adversary in [[Series/KamenRiderExAid Kamen Rider Brave: Let's Survive! Revival of the Beast Rider Squad!]], but his wickedness and thrill for battle [[FountainOfExpies inspired many more villains from the following seasons]], if you like [[Series/KamenRider555 Kitazaki]], [[Series/KamenRiderBlade Shinmei]], [[Series/KamenRiderKabuto Reiji Nogi]], [[Series/KamenRiderKiva Rook]], [[Series/KamenRiderOOO Kazari]], the [[Series/KamenRiderWizard Greater Phantoms]], [[Series/KamenRiderGaim Mitsuzane Kureshima, the Overlord Inves]], [[Series/KamenRiderDrive Tenjuro Banno]], [[Series/KamenRiderAmazons Soji Shitashimo]], [[Series/KamenRiderExAid Kuroto Dan]], [[Series/KamenRiderBuild Evolto, Killbus]], [[Series/KamenRiderZiO Yuko Kitajima]], [[Series/KamenRiderZeroOne Ark]], [[Series/KamenRiderSaber Zooous, and Desast]], [[SarcasmMode thank this guy]].

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: He IS called Ryuki (IE Dragon Knight or Rider). He's contracted to [[DragonsUpTheYinYang Dragreder]], the [[RedBaron Unrivaled Dragon]], later evolving to the Wildfire Dragon Dragranzer.

* {{Deuteragonist}}: The TropeCodifier of the franchise. While Ichimonji Hayato/Kamen Rider Nigo and Joji Yuki/Riderman existed as Second Riders before him, neither appeared in their respective series' first set of episodes. And while Makoto Hikawa/Kamen Rider G3 and Ryou Ashihara/Kamen Rider Gills both appeared from the very beginning of ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'', neither were so important that either could truly be considered the series Deuteragonist. Appearing as a Rider even before Shinji, Ren's relationship with Shinji is one of the series' main focal points and they are generally treated as equals. Ren's CharacterDevelopment drives most of the first half of the series, and he is one of only two Riders to share the same Final Form name with the Protagonist Rider (Survive Form, and even then he is the only one to use said Final Form in the series proper unlike Gatack Hyper Form). Even the series marketing acknowledges this with one of the final commercials taking the audience for following "Shinji and Ren", and the closing shot of the opening credits is them crossing swords with each other. Finally, [[spoiler: Ren is the only case of a Secondary Rider outliving the main character and fighting the final villain within the franchise. While he later dies after the battle, both Shinji and Ren are brought back to life at the end, and one of the series' final shots is of the two seeming to recognise one another before parting ways.]]

** He is perceived as this by Takamizawa/Verde in ''13 Riders'' because his goodhearted fumbling threatens the status quo. It leads to him gathering the other riders for collective attack, basically an extermination of Shinji, for the sake of mantaining 'order'.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Despite dying, Shinji somehow managed to get everyone's wish granted: Thanks to him delaying the end of the Rider War till the end of Yui's birthday and talking some sense into Kanzaki, he convinced him to unmake the War and let everyone live happily ever after. Notably, he's had his idealsim broken in multiple timelines, and his dogged determination persisted each and every time,

* FriendToAllChildren: Shinji has a soft spot for children, and three episodes show him saving little girls. One in particular, episode 19, has him risk his life in order to comfort a little girl being held hostage by Asakura, secretly playing dolls with her from afar to calm her down and staying with her as Asakura releases everyone else but holds her for insurance. He's even shown holding her hand after being rescued. Shinji's overall a very friendly and kind person to children.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Believes in many riders possibly being good (Asakura being an obvious exception), even when some of them include a corrupt cop who plastered his partner into a wall, a rich kid who thought it'd be fun to get people to kill each other, and a guy who believes he can be a hero by sacrificing other people.

* {{Deuteragonist}}: The TropeCodifier of the franchise. While Ichimonji Hayato/Kamen Rider Nigo and Yuuki Joji/Riderman existed as Second Riders before him, neither appeared in their respective series' first set of episodes. And while Makoto Hikawa/Kamen Rider G3 and Ryou Ashihara/Kamen Rider Gills both appeared from the very beginning of ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'', neither were so important that either could truly be considered the series Deuteragonist. Appearing as a Rider even before Shinji, Ren's relationship with Shinji is one of the series' main focal points and they are generally treated as equals. Ren's CharacterDevelopment drives most of the first half of the series, and he is one of only two Riders to share the same Final Form name with the Protagonist Rider (Survive Form, and even then he is the only one to use said Final Form in the series proper unlike Gatack Hyper Form). Even the series marketing acknowledges this with one of the final commercials taking the audience for following "Shinji and Ren", and the closing shot of the opening credits is them crossing swords with each other. Finally, [[spoiler: Ren is the only case of a Secondary Rider outliving the main character and fighting the final villain within the franchise. While he later dies after the battle, both Shinji and Ren are brought back to life at the end, and one of the series' final shots is of the two seeming to recognise one another before parting ways.]]

--> '''Ren''': Saying [[JerkassWithAHeartOfGold yes]] or [[CantCatchUp no]] wouldn't be good for me either way.

Sudo was a CorruptCop who was taking advantage of his position to carry out a variety of evil acts. After he killed his partner-in-crime for [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness demanding a bigger share]], Kanzaki appeared before him to give Sudo an Advent Deck. It's not known what Sudo would have chosen as his Prize (in fact it's not even hinted that Kanzaki even told him about it); to him, the greatest advantage of being a Rider was that he now had a perfect method of disposing of anyone who got in his way (by feeding them to his crablike contract monster ''Volcancer'').

* CorruptCop: Plastered his partner in a wall after he demanded a bigger share, used his job to cover his illegal acts, and feeds anyone who gets in his way to his contract monster.

Despite his smugness and success at life, Kitaoka has a nasty secret: he has terminal cancer. Instead of going into treatment in order to delay the inevitable, Kitaoka chose to live his life as normally as possible and hide his cancer from everyone except his manservant Gorou. He is also Kamen Rider Zolda, and his wish is simple: {{immortality}}, to survive his cancer and "do whatever I want, for however long I want".

* GracefulLoser: When cornered and about to be beaten up, Kitaoka's last tactic is to drop to his knees and beg for mercy. Subverted when he actually used this opportunity to call for the police.

* PetTheDog: Since he's terminally ill, he has a soft spot for people in similar conditions, doing things such as pay for the operation to save the life of a young girl's mother and going a date with an old girlfriend of his that he thought was terminally ill, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments though the latter turned out to be a misdiagnosis]].

Because Tezuka refused to participate in the Rider War, he was a hindrance to Kanzaki. At first, Kanzaki attempted to motivate Tezuka by giving him a major advantage: the first of the three Survive Cards. Tezuka didn't even consider using it, instead giving the card to Ren. In retaliation, Kanzaki ordered Guldthunder to attack Tezuka, successfully triggering a berserk rage in the young man towards his friend's killer. However, after defeating the Monster Tezuka returned to normal.

* GenderBlenderName: Miyuki is usual a name for girls.

* FauxAffablyEvil: treats the Rider Fight as a game and gleefully manipulates others to their deaths for his demented amusement. His temporary takeover of ORE Journal shows him attempting to unleash a deadly game of his onto all of Japan and tried to burn Shinji's Dragreder card as leverage to keep him obedient, all while keeping that playful, trollish attitude.

At the climax of the Rider War, the Japanese police force are given orders to shoot Asakura on sight. But Asakura will not surrender, not until he has killed Kitaoka in battle. And so he faces Zolda in battle, and finally lands the killing blow he had been waiting so long for... only to find out that Gorou had taken Kitaoka's place as Zolda. Asakura could not comprehend it: why he had been robbed of something he had waited so long for and wanted so badly, and why Gorou had selflessly taken Kitaoka's place. Overcome with frustration and rage, he makes [[SuicideByCop a suicide run at the police and is shot down like a dog]].

* BreakoutVillain: While he's not the first villainous rider of Ryuki (Scissors and Gai appeared before him), but he's the one who had the biggest impact, because of his large role in the series and differentiated himself from those riders by actually being a fearsome and competent villain. This arguably made him the most popular character of this series and caused him not only to reappear in Series/KamenRiderDecade, but also in Series/KamenRiderExAid with the actor fully returning in person instead of just voice like Decade. He also returns in Series/KamenRiderZiO, also appearing in person like Ex-Aid.

* DeathByIrony: Asakura finally got what he wanted since the start of the war: To fight and beat Zolda. Unfortunately, he killed Gorou, and not Kitaoka. Sickened and maddened by dissatisfaction, he purposely walks into a police ambush and dies without a fight.
** Similarly, despite being a serial killer who killed many Riders throughout the war, he never actually managed to kill the ones he wanted to kill the most (Zolda of course, then Shinji, then Toujou).

** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: When he found out via Reiko that his younger brother was still alive from the house fire that killed their parents, he told her he tried to save him at the moment, and wanted to be reunited with him. But then he reveals that he actually caused the fire himself, and proceeds to have Venosnaker eat his own brother.
** Happens again, in the two-parter where he apparently saved and took care of a little girl who was the {{sole survivor}} of a Mirror Monster attack on a ferry. Turns out he was just using her as bait to fight said monsters and feed his own.

* {{Sadist}}: He is completely [[AxCrazy psychotic]] and extremely sadistic as well, his worst act being killing The Rider, including Jun Shibaura/Gai, Miyuki Tezuka/Raia, Shuichi Kitaoka/Zolda and Mitsuru Sano/Imperer, and also killing Miho Kirishima's sister.

* ApologeticAttacker: Tojo apologizes to [[spoiler: both Kagawa and Sano]] after betraying them. It's debatable how sincere said apologies were.

* NotSoDifferent: Both Kitaoka and Asakura notice that Toujou is quite similar to the latter after their fight with him.

Mitsuru Sano is first seen working in a parking lot, pandering to the egos of men like his father to earn the odd tip, spending his free hours reminiscing for the life he once had. Chosen to become a Kamen Rider by Kanzaki, Sano contracted with the weak but massive herd of Gigazelle Mirror Monsters, becoming Kamen Rider Imperer. Like the Gigazelles under his command, Sano needed a herd of his own and began looking to ally himself with other Kamen Riders...for a price. Eventually, Sano decided to team up with Kagawa and Toujou to kill Yui, though that decision lead to nowhere when the latter betrayed and killed his mentor.

Once again alone, Sano found himself without allies though a ray of hope was just around the corner. It was soon after Sano took an injured Toujou back to his home and nursed his former comrade when he received a call; his father had died and left the company in his hands. With his new status, Sano also came to know a lovely girl by the name of Yuri. What's more, Sano had come to develop a friendship with Toujou, a sentiment which the other man seemed to share. At last, Sano had what he always wanted: Happiness.

But because he finally had what he wanted, there was no longer any reason for him to fight as a Kamen Rider. Unfortunately for Sano, the Rider War didn't work that way. A stern threat from Kanzaki and the leering, hungry glares of his Contracted Monsters was all that was needed for Sano to realize that the only way to survive was to win the War. Teaming up with Toujo, Sano attacked Shinji/Ryuki...until suddenly being betrayed by the man he had believed was his friend.

* BrokenPedestal: When Sano first appears, Shinji was the first one who gave him a chance, even offering him a place to live...only for Sano to betray him in favor of helping Toujou in trying to kill Yui. The next time Sano comes to make an alliance, Shinji physically assaults him and throws him out, showing how deeply hurt he was at his betrayal. He verbally rejected him again when Sano attempted to bribe him and Ren into an alliance. Despite this, Shinji was later saddened upon learning of Sano's death.

!!!Tropes associated with Dark Side Shinji/Ryuga:

** Subverted in a S.I.C story where Ryuga is the spirit of Shinji's older twin brother, who was the opposite of Shinji in terms of personality, but otherwise loved his brother. [[spoiler: He actually wins the Rider War and uses the wish to revive all the victims since that's what Shinji would have wanted.]]

* MirrorSelf: Fittingly enough, Dark Shinji is Shinji's Mirror World counterpart.

->'''Portrayed by''': Takamasa Suga
-->''"I finally made my decision... I want to close the Mirror World. That is my wish, as a Kamen Rider."''

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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Believes in many riders possibly being good(Asakura being an obvious exception), even when some of them include a corrupt cop who plastered his partner into a wall, a rich kid who thought it'd be fun to get people to kill each other, and a guy who believes he can be a hero by sacrificing other people.

->'''Portrayed by''': Satoshi Matsuda

-->''"Don't fight because you are angry or upset. Fight because you are a Kamen Rider."''

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->'''Portrayed by''': Takeshi Kimura

-->''"Just trying to be as efficient as possible."''

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->'''Portrayed by''': Ryohei Odai

-->''"I can do whatever I want, for however long I want. Is there no greater prize?"''

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->'''Portrayed by''': Hassei Takano

-->''"My predictions are never wrong."''

->'''Portrayed by''': Satoshi Ichijo

-->''"You were supposed to make my game more fun..."''

->'''Portrayed by''': Takashi Hagino

-->''"Being a Rider is fun."''

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->'''Portrayed by''': Jun Takatsuki

-->''"You're an important person to me. If I sacrifice you, maybe I'll become stronger."''

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Perhaps his most vile act, however, occured after the professor's murder. After a bad run-in with Asakura, Satoru was rescued by Sano Mitsuru AKA Kamen Rider Imperer, who had previously allied with both Satoru and Professor Kagawa. Providing a safe haven for Satoru, Sano asked if they were friends, a statement which the former confirmed claiming that besides Professor Kagawa, Sano had been the only person who'd been kind to him. Later that day, Satoru betrayed Sano, stabbing the latter in the torso and leaving him for dead, cementing the insane Rider's villainy.

->'''Portrayed by''': Takashi Hyuga

-->''"I just wanted to be happy."''

->'''Portrayed by''': Natsuki Katou

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only female rider in the series.

->'''Portrayed by''': Arthur Kuroda

-->''"Every human being is a Rider."''

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->'''Portrayed by''': Takamasa Suga

-->''"I am no longer an illusion in the mirror! I exist! As the strongest Kamen Rider."''

Dark Side Shinji is the Mirror World Rider, born when a young Yui Kanzaki wished for a playmate in the Mirror World and created it in the image of the mystery boy that she had befriended: Shinji Kido. Where Shinji is kind and compassionate, Ryuga is cruel, manipulative and utterly merciless. His Rider self is a soulless reflection of Ryuki, as is his contract Monster ''Dragblacker''.

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/TsuyoshiKoyama

-->''"It is none of your concern. Continue to fight. Only the final Rider may face me."''

** For further irony, all of the Riders that Asakura deliberately targets are the Riders that weren't killed by another Rider: Kitaoka succumbs to his cancer, Tojo [[HeroicSacrifices sacrifices himself]] to save a family from being ran over, and Shinji dies after being mortally wounded by a Mirror Monster.
** Despite having the highest kill count of all the riders in the series, he also has died the most of all the ''Ryuki'' riders - first, he died at the end of the TV series being gunned down by the police. Then, in ''Episode Final'', he was killed by Femme when the latter destroyed his Contract Deck. Then he is killed off by [[Series/KamenRiderDrive Mach's Dead Heat]] along with [[Series/KamenRiderKiva Dark Kiva]] in ''Kamen Rider 4'', in [[Series/KamenRiderExAid Beast Rider Squad special]], he's killed by Kamen Rider Brave while the latter is using the Knight of Safari Gashat, and finally for double irony [[spoiler: died from his wounds he got from Goro surprise attacking him in ''Rider Time Ryuki''.]]

* MeaningfulName: Imperer's name comes from the Latin root word, ''Impero'', which means "to command," signifying [[ZergRush his ability to command hordes of Monsters]]. [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Spelt alternately]] as Impaler, it signifies [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice his penchant to fight with pointy weapons]].

** Not only was Asakura popular enough to be brought back as the main adversary in [[Series/KamenRiderExAid Kamen Rider Brave: Let's Survive! Revival of the Beast Rider Squad!]], but his wickedness and thrill for battle [[FountainOfExpies inspired many more villains from the following seasons]], if you like [[Series/KamenRider555 Kitazaki]], [[Series/KamenRiderBlade Shinmei]], [[Series/KamenRiderKabuto Reiji Nogi]], [[Series/KamenRiderKiva Rook]], [[Series/KamenRiderOOO Kazari]], the [[Series/KamenRiderWizard Greater Phantoms]], [[Series/KamenRiderGaim Mitsuzane Kureshima, the Overlord Inves]], [[Series/KamenRiderDrive Tenjuro Banno]], [[Series/KamenRiderAmazons Soji Shitashimo]], [[Series/KamenRiderExAid Kuroto Dan]], [[Series/KamenRiderBuild Evolto, Killbus]], [[Series/KamenRiderZiO Yuko Kitajima]], [[Series/KamenRiderZeroOne Ark]], and [[Series/KamenRiderSaber Desast]], [[SarcasmMode thank this guy]].

'''Warning: this Characters page contains unmarked spoilers. Unless noted, this page deals with the ''TV Series'' continuity, not the ''Episode Final'' or ''13 Riders'' continuities.'''

''Warning: this Characters page contains unmarked spoilers. Unless noted, this page deals with the ''TV Series'' continuity, not the ''Episode Final'' or ''13 Riders'' continuities.''

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!!Warning: this Characters page contains unmarked spoilers. Unless noted, this page deals with the ''TV Series'' continuity, not the ''Episode Final'' or ''13 Riders'' continuities.

!! Kamen Riders

!!! Tropes associated with Shinji/Ryuki:

!!! Tropes associated with Ren/Knight:

!!! Tropes associated with Sudo/Scissors:

!!! Tropes associated with Kitaoka/Zolda:

!!! Tropes associated with Tezuka/Raia:

!!! Tropes associated with Jun/Gai:

!!! Tropes associated with Asakura/Ouja:

As he lay dying, Satoru yet found himself wracked by his inability to attain his wish, never knowing that his final act had made him that which he'd desired to be all along: a Hero. As he finally closed his eyes, the tragic story of a man consumed by his own hubris came to a silent conclusion.

!!! Tropes associated with Tojo/Tiger:

!!! Tropes associated with Miho/Femme:

!!! Tropes associated with Takamizawa/Verde:

!!! Tropes associated with Dark Side Shinji/Ryuga:

His most important ability is the ''Time Vent'' card, which [[ResetButton rewinds the Rider War back to the start and erases the memories of all involved]]. Kanzaki would use this ability over and over again, each time making a change in order to edge closer to the conclusion that he wanted. Only Shinji has a resistance to the memory-erasure, as he was never one of Kanzaki's chosen Riders.

Despite the {{Foreshadowing}} to the contrary, Odin is ''not'' Kanzaki. Odin is an anonymous person that Kanzaki gave the Odin Advent Deck to. But unlike other Advent Decks, the Odin Deck erases the identity of the person who uses it, leaving only Kanzaki's puppet and stand-in who can interact with the real world in ways that Kanzaki- as a being of the Mirror World- cannot. This made him even more an unfair edge for Kanzaki, because if Odin was killed he could replace him. During the course of the series, Kanzaki goes through at least three Odins: the first is killed by Knight in order to motivate Ren into killing the rest of the Riders; the second dies at the hands of Knight and Ryuki when Odin attempts to stop them; the third confronts Knight at the climax of the Rider War but is killed by Kanzaki himself, after the latter realizes the futility of the War.

!!! Tropes associated with Odin:

* AwesomeButImpractical: His Final Vent, Eternal Chaos. Eternal Chaos has way more power than everyone else's Final Vent (even Survive Ryuki and Knight's Final Vent has less power than Eternal Chaos), but it can kill ''himself'' if he's not careful (as his American counterpart Wrath demonstrates in the only time Wrath uses the Final Vent).

** ''13 Riders'' is an especially bad case of this. Throughout the special, he tries and utterly fails to convince any of the other Riders to stop fighting, leading up to them ganging up on him to preserve order (although Ren later defects and joins forces with him). [[spoiler:Neither of the two possible endings make matters any better. In the first ending, he dies fighting the other Riders. In the second, he attempts to stop the war by destroying a special mirror in the Mirror World but goes insane upon realizing that his efforts were in vain.]]

* BewareTheHonestOnes: His honest nature makes him unpredictable even to those unaffected by EvilCannotComprehendGood like Tezuka/Raia, who points this out. Also, he is perceived as this by Takamizawa/Verde in 13 riders special because his goodhearted fumbling threatens the status quo. It leads to him gathering the other riders for collective attack, basically an extermination of Shinji, for the sake of mantaining 'order'.

* ButtMonkey: Whether it's working at ORE Journal, trying to stop the Rider War or getting along with Ren, poor Shinji can never catch a break. [[spoiler:Even in the new timeline where the Rider War never happened, life still seems absolutely determined to screw him over.]]