History Characters / KamenRiderRyuki13Riders

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

* AllLovingHero: Like many Kamen Rider protagonists, he is willing to use his powers to help the innocent instead of using it for selfish reasons.
** He was even willing to help Asakura defeat a trio of Mirror Monsters to feed his Contract Monsters, and immediately helped Imperer after he was betrayed by Tiger, despite being attacked by the former just moments before.

* {{Foil}}/RedOniBlueOni: Shinji is excitable, more prone to jump into situations without thinking things through, and fighting solely to save other people. Ren is quiet, less willing to get involved into the affairs of others, and fights in order to save a personal relation of his. However, they both also share a strong sense of justice, and are the first to react when Mirror Monsters attack innocent humans.
** Their contrast extends to their character development and Rider forms. Where Shinji's character development ultimately leads him to understanding why the various Riders involved themselves in the Rider War, Ren's character development is about him confronting his reasons for joining the Rider War against his own sense of morality.
** Shinji's Rider form is a red-colored fighter with a moveset more grounded in his offensive capabilities, while Ren's Rider form is a navy blue-colored fighter who focuses on skill and technique.

* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Ren's blue.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Has a very aloof and cold attitude, but doesn't actually wish any ill will on people. This is especially evident when it comes to Shinji. While he claims Shinji's death would mean nothing to him, he always helps out when Shinji is in mortal peril.

* MoreDespicableMinion: Although calling him a "minion" might be stretching things a bit, Kanzaki is the one who brought Asakura into the Rider War, and Asakura is both more dangerous AND has less noble goals (although no less selfish, perhaps) than Kanzaki.

* TheNeedsOfTheMany: An avid believer, yet he never saved anyone.

* PetTheDog: In a role reveral scenario, Sano would prove rather generous with the money he later inherited from his deceased father, to the point of offering hefty sums of it to others in exchange for favors.

* TookALevelInJerkass: After inheriting all of his father's fortunes, he became more of a jerk that he wanted to win the Rider War so he can get his selfish desire of being a happy person.

* CapeWings: Darkwing can be mounted onto Knight's back with his wings becoming a cape for Knight.
* CloakOfDefense: His Guard Vent summons a cape to shield him from attacks.

* {{Deuteragonist}}: The TropeCodifier of the franchise. While Hayato Ichimonji/Kamen Rider 2 and Joji Yuki/Riderman existed as Second Riders before him, neither appeared in their respective series' first set of episodes, with the former being the ArcHero due to the absence of the main character and the latter appeared in the last arc of his home series. And while Makoto Hikawa/Kamen Rider G3 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.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Cares about Eri and Yui, and eventually about Shinji.
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* WeakButSkilled: While not exactly a pushover, official stat books show that Knight has the weakest punches and kicks of any Rider (with the exception of Femme). He makes up for this by being the first Rider recruited in the Rider Battle, and thus having tons of fighting experience.
** He's skilled enough that he was able to fight Ryuki Survive toe to toe while ''holding back'' (though considering [[ThouShaltNotKill Shinji]], he may hold back too), and even was responsible for killing [[spoiler:Odin, the official strongest Rider in the series]] a total of two times.

* BusCrash: [[spoiler:It's heavily implied in ''Rider Time Ryuki'' that he succumbs to his cancer and diessometime after the events of the main series, as both Goro and Asakura refer to him in the past tense.]]

* SempaiKohai: He's the last Rider to join the Rider War, making him the kohai to the surviving Riders. He lampshades this by calling them sempai during his initial attempt to get an alliance with them. Only [[IdiotHero Shinji fell for it,]] though this is can also be attributed to being a similar relationship with his boss and sempai at ORE, so he was happy to have a kohai Rider under his wing...at least [[BrokenPedestal before Sano betrayed him.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: His betrayal of Sano leaves him all alone, and hearing from Asakura the he failed to kill him causes him to fully lose it.

When Asakura became a Rider, Jun was happy to fill the new guy in on some of the rules and point him in the direction that would cause maximum conflict. Though Jun probably acknowledged that Asakura was dangerous, he simply saw him as another wild card that would make the Rider War even more interesting for himself. Perhaps [[WhatAnIdiot he even thought he could manipulate the madman]]. He never expected that Asakura would use him as a human shield against Zolda's ''End Of World'' attack, and turn on him without a moment of hesitation or gratitude. Jun cursed Asakura, saying that he was supposed to make the game fun for him, but the murderer simply shrugged and said that it was his fault for being close, and quickly finished him off.\\

* WeakButSkilled: While not exactly a pushover, official stat books show that Knight has the weakest punches and kicks of any Rider (with the exception of Femme). He makes up for this by being the first Rider recruited in the Rider Battle, and thus having tons of fighting experience.
** He's skilled enough that he was able to fight Ryuki Survive toe to toe while ''holding back'', and even was responsible for killing [[spoiler:Odin, the official strongest Rider in the series]] a total of two times.

** Despite being a JokeCharacter stat-wise, he was actually winning his fight with Ren before his Advent Deck is broken.

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

* ArmorPiercingSlap: It's strong enough to knock over a frigging ''truck''.

* TookALevelInBadass: A slow, slow process, but throughout the war Shinji slowly gets better and better at fighting. Towards the middle, he even defeated Asakura before the man contracted other monsters. And then he gets [[SuperMode the Survive card]], sees more people die, and hardens his resolution even more. By the end of it all, even as he's dying from a stab wound, he manages to take on an entire ARMY of Raydragoons before finally succumbing to death.

* 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.

* WeaponOfChoice: In normal form, he has the Wing Lancer, a lance he uses as a sword and his RoyalRapier Dark-Visor. The Dark-Visor Zwei in [[SuperMode Survive Form]] houses a sword and can transform into either a shield or a crossbow.

* WeaponOfChoice: Like those of every Rider in this series, they're part of his contract monster, Volcancer.

* WeaponOfChoice: Like those of every Rider in this series, they're part of his contract monster, Magnugiga. Notably, some of them (i.e. the shields and PowerFist) don't mesh with his ranged-combat style.

* WeaponOfChoice: Sting Vent, a whip, is his base weapon, but he prefers to copy other Riders' more powerful and balanced weapons.
* WhipItGood: Evil Whip. Resembling Evildiver's tail, it isn't really powerful, but has good reach.

* WeaponOfChoice: He only has one "weapon" to speak of, that being the [[PowerFist Metal Horn]].

* 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.

* 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.

* WeaponOfChoice: His Spin Vent's Drill, Gazelle Stab.

* KillerYoYo: Bio-Winder, his WeaponOfChoice.

* WeaponOfChoice: Just as Ryuga is a dark version of Ryuki, his weapons are [[PaletteSwap black versions of Ryuki's weapons]].

* BreakoutVillain: While he's not the first villainous Rider of Ryuki (Scissors and Gai appeared before him), 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 made him the most popular character of Ryuki, exceeding that of Shinji and Ren, and subsequently made him a recurring fixture in crossovers, showing up in ''[[Series/KamenRiderDecade Decade]]'', ''[[Series/KamenRiderExAid Ex-Aid]]'', ''[[Series/KamenRiderZiO Zi-O]]'' and ''Outsiders'', the latter three even appearing unsuited.

* LargeHam: He practically shouts all his lines

* SuperMode: Survive Form, using the Survive Mugen card. He's never needed to use.

* AnAxeToGrind: Dest Visor, a battleaxe. Like Knight and Zolda, this gives him the advantage of a weapon even before using a card.

* SacraficialLion: Gai and Sissors deaths may have established no one was safe in the Rider War, but Tezuka's HeroicSacrifice is when things begin going FromBadToWorse, and establish Asakura as the series primary threat.

* TheStoic: Although he's kind and caring, he rarely smiles or shows much outward emotion.

* BreakoutVillain: While he's not the first villainous Rider of Ryuki (Scissors and Gai appeared before him), 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 made him the most popular character of Ryuki, exceeding that of Shinji and Ren, and subsequently made him a recurring fixture in crossovers, showing up in ''[[Series/KamenRiderDeacade Decade]]'', ''[[Series/KamenRiderExAid Ex-Aid]]'', ''[[Series/KamenRiderZiO Zi-O]]'' and ''Outsiders'', the latter three even appearing unsuited.

** 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 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 Isaac]], and [[Series/KamenRiderRevice Olteca]], [[SarcasmMode thank this guy]].

* BreakoutVillain: While he's not the first villainous Rider of Ryuki (Scissors and Gai appeared before him), 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 made him the most popular character of Ryuki, exceeding that of Shinji and Ren, 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 in ''Ex-Aid''.

* BreakoutVillain: While he's not the first villainous Rider of Ryuki (Scissors and Gai appeared before him), 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 in ''Ex-Aid''.

* 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.

* 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.

The thirteenth Rider, one who was only supposed to be fought by the Rider who defeated the other eleven. As Kanzaki's personal trump card, Odin was [[GameBreaker ludicrously overpowered]] to the point of [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard outright cheating]]: he was so fast no-one could touch him, could steal other Riders' equipment via ''Steal Vent'', possessed the third Survive card (with a power rating of ''Infinity!'', though he never even had to use it) and had the most powerful Mirror Monster ''Goldphoenix'' contracted to him. Odin's responsibilities are two-fold: to protect Yui Kanzaki, and to defeat the final Rider and win the Prize on behalf of Kanzaki. \\

* MoreDespicableMinion: Although calling him a "minion" might be stretching things a bit, Kanzaki is the one who brought Asakura into the Rider War, and Asakura is both more dangerous AND has less noble goals (although no less selfish, perhaps) than Kanzaki.