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!!Kamen Riders

[[folder:Masashi Sudo/Kamen Rider Scissors]]
!!Masashi Sudo/Kamen Rider Scissors
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Takeshi Kimura (live), Ryoji Okada (suit)
->''"Just trying to be as efficient as possible."''
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The first truly evil (and a MauveShirt) Franchise/KamenRider to grace the entire franchise who wasn't a RedShirt nor is redeemable like [[Series/KamenRiderBlack Shadow Moon]]. \\

Sudo was a DirtyCop 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'').\\

Shinji first meets Sudo in battle as Kamen Rider Scissors, and despite Ren's warnings the naive Rider attempts to befriend him, Sudo exploits this for all it's worth, gaining information that allows him to target Ren and Yui, culminating in his later attempt to murder Shinji himself.\\

After his cover is blown by Reiko's investigations, Sudo duels Ren within the Mirror World. Sudo's bad karma catches up to him when Ren shatters his Advent Deck: with the contract to his Monster broken, ''Volcancer'' goes wild and consumes Sudo, body and soul.

* AssholeVictim: His death is incredibly brutal, but it's hard to say he didn't deserve it given what a corrupt bastard he was.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: He acts like a ByTheBookCop in public, but he's involved in a number of illegal schemes.
* DeathByIrony: He fed people to his Mirror Monster to make it more powerful, and died by [[EatenAlive getting eaten by said monster]].
* DirtyCop: Plastered his partner Kaga 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.
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: In the manner of how Volcancer devours him, especially since only Sudo's arm is shown in the process.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Sudo appears to be a calm, cordial detective attempting to offer his services to help out investiagting the assault on Reiko, but in reality was the one who assaulted her for trying to figure out what happened to Kaga. He keeps the friendly facade with Shinji in order to manipulate him to get his and Ren's deaths staged and use Yui as leverage, but once his crimes are exposed, he unrepentantly told Shinji his (rather petty) reason for plastering Kaga to a wall and attempted to [[HeKnowsTooMuch feed everyone who knows about his crimes to his Mirror Monster Volcaner]].
* HateSink: An utterly despicable bastard guilty of murder and corruption. It's the only thing that makes his [[EatenAlive utterly horrific fate]] not incredibly disturbing.
* ISurrenderSuckers: When the two cops have him cornered, Sudo puts on a smug smile on his face as Volcancer comes out of the reflections to eat the two.
* {{Jerkass}}: When he reveals his true colors.
* KarmicDeath: See DeathByIrony above.
* OhCrap: His reaction to Reiko telling him that she deduced him as the culprit behind the case.
* SacrificialLamb: His entire existence showcased two aspects: Riders being jerks, and the consequences of breaking a Contract.
* ThisCannotBe: Once he realizes his Deck broke and Volcancer is about to eat him.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Gets killed off in the two-episode arc that introduces him. Even Imperer lasted longer than him!
** ''13 Riders'' had him make an alliance with Shinji to stop the Rider War, which was a ploy to get Shinji killed by him and other Riders. He doesn't get to do more as [[WildCard Ouja]] appears and kills him, both for his desire to fight and his distaste for cops.
* WouldHitAGirl: Had no qualms with inconspicuously assaulting Reiko for her investigation and later kidnapping Yui as an attempt of having an advantage in the war.
!!!Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider Scissors
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* FinishingMove: ''Scissors Attack'' [[note]]Scissors is launched by Volcancer into the air. However, it's interrupted by Knight so [[MissedMomentOfAwesome we don't see the full extent of the Final Vent]]. The video game adaptations of it portray it as a sommersault.[[/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.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Shell Defense, shield that resembles Volcancer's back armor.
* WeakButSkilled: Despite being a JokeCharacter stat-wise, he was actually winning his fight with Ren before his Advent Deck is broken.
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[[folder:Shuichi Kitaoka/Kamen Rider Zolda]]
!!Shuichi Kitaoka/Kamen Rider Zolda
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Ryohei Odai (live), Yoshifumi Oshikawa (suit)
->''"I can do whatever I want, for however long I want. Is there no greater prize?"''
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A self-proclaimed "Super Lawyer", Kitaoka prides himself on being able to get the Innocent verdict every single time even if the person or company he is defending is clearly guilty. This reputation led to him acquiring the nickname of "The [[BlackAndWhiteMorality Black-Or-White]] Lawyer" and a lot of enemies in some very nasty places. But Kitaoka doesn't do it for the morals or even the money: he does it because he can, because he loves knowing that he is the best. And he will refuse cases which even he sees as impossible (such as Asakura), preserving his own pristine court record.\\
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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 Goro. 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".\\
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During the early stages of the Rider War, he comes off as an incredible dick. He fakes Zolda's death in order to break Shinji's morale and force the boy to quit the War. He saw his act as just another way of fighting the War; he may have felt guilty had he known that it pushed Shinji to the brink of suicide. As the Rider War progresses and he becomes closer to the other participants- especially Shinji- he comes to terms with his mortality and loses his desire to win. As he puts it, "I've already lived a pretty awesome life."\\
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At one point he develops a crush on Reiko and pursues her for the rest of the series, sending her presents and dropping cheesy pick-up lines that the fiercely independent Reiko rejects every time. He also makes an enemy of Asakura by refusing to represent him in court because of his certain guilt, but mostly because he doesn't like him.\\
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At the climax of the Rider War, he finally gets Reiko to go on a date with him. But feeling responsible for Asakura's transformation into a Rider and subsequent reign of terror, he is determined to finish things with his arch-rival first. He does neither, for the cancer that had been stalking Kitaoka for so long finally cripples his body, and he dies peacefully in his home.

!!!Tropes that apply to him in general

[[folder:Miyuki Tezuka/Kamen Rider Raia]]
!!Miyuki Tezuka/Kamen Rider Raia
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Hassei Takano (live), Keizo Yabe (suit)
->''"My predictions are never wrong."''
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Tezuka is a young fortune teller who plays his trade on the streets, and boasts that his prophecies are always correct. Due to this, he believes that destiny is predetermined and cannot be changed. Tezuka is also the only other Rider aside from Shinji who is against the Rider War, and works to stop the in-fighting between the Riders. Due to this, he becomes fast allies with Shinji.\\

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.\\

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.\\

He and Shinji always clashed on the question of whether or not it's possible to change your own fate. When Tezuka predicted that Ryuki would be the next Rider to die, he panicked and lied to Shinji by telling him that Raia was the fated one. Later, when Ryuki and Ouja fought, Tezuka pushed Shinji out of the way of a lethal Final Vent and took the blow himself. He had changed his own fate, but ironically fulfilled a false prophecy at the same time.\\

Shinji manages to drag Tezuka into the real world before he dies, sparing him the fate of dissolving in the Mirror World. In his dying moments, Tezuka seems to realize that Yui is the key to everything, yet is unable to communicate this to Shinji before he dies.\\
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Despite the multiple timelines seeming to prove that it WAS impossible to change fate, the fact that the Rider War finally reset to being no more proved him wrong, and in a roundabout way he achieved his dream in the end.

* 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.
* 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. [[IronicEcho My predictions are never wrong indeed]].
* GenderBlenderName: Miyuki is usually a name for girls.
* GoOutWithASmile: He finally manages to ScrewDestiny to save Shinji, dying happily as he believed his friend Yuichi had no regrets just like him and believing Shinji would change the fate of the Riders.
* HeroicBSOD: Pretty much half of what caused his death was being told that his best friend Yuichi, 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.
* HeroicSacrifice: Pretty much the main reason of his death besides Asakura giving him the death blow.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Even Asakura's presence doesn't motivate him into fighting.
* LastNameBasis: Others often refer to him as Tezuka.
* NiceGuy: Cares about Ren's emotional welfare and is the only one that supports Shinji's plight to stop the Rider War.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: He enters into an UnstoppableRage when he finds the monster that killed Yuichi, even pushing Shinji away and telling him to not interfere despite being the Rider with whom he has the best relationship.
* RevengeBeforeReason: He seems to subvert this trope as his main objective is stopping the war and he only returned to the revenge issue once the monster that killed his friend appeared, and yet he was capable of fighting effectively in spite of his enraged state and quickly came back to normal once he achieved it. He also averts this trope when Kanzaki reveals that Asakura was the one who broke Yuichi's fingers, which caused him to join the Rider War and die when he refused to participate. Tezuka refused to fall for the bait, giving Ren his Survive Card instead.
* UnstoppableRage: Against the monster that killed his friend.
* SacrificialLion: 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.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Ren in the 13 Riders special.
* YouCantFightFate: By {{irony}}. He predicted Shinji would die, but lied and said he himself was the next one to die. Later, Shinji was about to be killed by Ouja, but Tezuka made a DivingSave and took the hit for him, proving his faked prophecy correct. [[GoOutWithASmile He didn't mind at all]].
!!!Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider Raia
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Yes, the Rider with an arsenal mostly starting with "evil" is a good guy.
* EvolutionPowerup: [[NoExportForYou The SIC stories]] gave him a Survive Form.
* FinishingMove: ''Hide Venom'' [[note]]Raia uses Evildiver as a [[HoverBoard mount]] and [[RammingAlwaysWorks rams]] the foe.[[/note]]
* 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 another Rider's weapon.
* WeaponSpecialization: Evil Whip is his base weapon. Resembling Evildiver's tail, it isn't really powerful, but has good reach.
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[[folder:Jun Shibaura/Kamen Rider Gai]]
!!Jun Shibaura/Kamen Rider Gai
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Satoshi Ichijo (live), Takeshi Mizutani (suit)
->''"You were supposed to make my game more fun..."''
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The spoiled son of a rich businessman, Jun had the money, intelligence and free time to treat life as a game. His first act in the series was to create a computer game that sent subliminal messages to the player, stimulating their base fighting instincts and urging them to recreate the battle royale of the game in real life. He intended to distribute the program to every one of ORE Journal's subscribers, creating a city-wide orgy of violence. To Jun, this was just a way of making his life more fun.\\
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He presumably joined the Rider War because he saw it as the ultimate game; his intended Prize for winning was unknown. His Contract Monster, the powerful [[RhinoRampage Metalgelas]], compensated for Jun's natural lack of strength and fighting experience and put him on equal ground with the other Riders. Perceptive and manipulative, Jun noticed Ren's hesitancy to deliver an almost fatal blow and exploited that weakness for all it was worth. He was also the first to discover the civilian identities of all the other Riders, a fact that filled him with glee.\\
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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 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.\\
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And so, fittingly, the manipulator died to the manipulated.

!!!Tropes that apply to hi in general
* AssholeVictim: Only [[AllLovingHero Shinji]] cared about his death, and it was more out of principle.
* DeathByIrony: He loves manipulating people in order to seem better than them, and thus created a six way battle between the Riders. Fittingly, he was killed by one of the people he thought he had under control, [[AxCrazy Asakura]].
* EvilIsNotAToy: As noted above, he helps Asakura get acclimated to the Rider war to make it more exciting, and also likely for the purpose of using him. It doesn't exactly pan out.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Jun 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.
* HateSink: While it is not in the same levels as Asakura's, his manipulative nature makes him one of the worst Riders in the war.
* InsufferableGenius: He's intelligent, observant, and uses it to treat people like crap when he's not manipulating other people.
* {{Jerkass}}: One of the greatest ones in the series, ranging from being a MeanBoss to ORE employees to InsufferableGenius to everyone else.
* MeanBoss: His brief time as a boss of ORE shows him mistreating his employees, even having Shinji putting on a ridiculous costume to make promotions, forcing him to write an article about him, and threatening to burn his card, which will result in Shinji's death.
* PowerFist: He only has one "weapon" to speak of, that being the Metal Horn.
* PsychopathicManchild: Jun is easily one of the nastiest in the whole franchise, he treats the Rider War as one big game for him to win and Riders as mere players to be killed.
* TheSociopath: For his short tenure, Jun often treats things like a game, has no repentance for the lives he had taken because of his games, and manipulates people to do his bidding.
* SmugSnake: His {{fatal flaw}}. Shibaura's intellect and cunning is overshadowed by his own arrogance. He thought he can have one of the most dangerous participants of the Rider Fight play along in his game of death, Asakura ultimately [[EvilIsNotAToy proves him wrong]], pointing out just how too shortsighted Shibaura is to notice that he is being outsmarted.
* SpoiledBrat: He's described to be the son of a rich businessman, which can be seen when he announces himself as ORE's new boss.
!!!Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider Gai
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* 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]]
* PowerFist: Metal Horn, resembling Metalgelas's head. Due to its big size and its shape, it can also be used as a shield.
* RhinoRampage: His and Metalgelas's animal motif.
* UnskilledButStrong: Truth be told, while he can competently fight, when the other Riders finally get it in their heads that they REALLY want to fight this guy, he doesn't stand a chance. He only survives due to his form's heavy defense, his cunning manipulation and the fact that his opponents generally don't want to fight him.
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[[folder:Takeshi Asakura/Kamen Rider Ouja]]
!!Takeshi Asakura/Kamen Rider Ouja
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Takashi Hagino (live); Jiro Okamoto [main], Keizo Yabe [understudy] (suit)
->''"Being a Rider is fun."''
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Asakura is not a hero. Nor is he an AntiHero. Nor is he [[BadassDecay misunderstood]]. He is a psychopath, plain and simple.\\
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He is drawn to violence, feeling an unbearable tension that can only be eased through fighting. When confined in a jail cell, he becomes so frustrated that he begins banging his head on the wall until he draws blood. Yet he is not mindless; he is capable of intelligent manipulation and does not make stupid decisions. Kanzaki could not have picked a better Rider; an assessment that is immediately proven when Asakura kills Gai in his first battle as Ouja.\\
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Kitaoka is initially assigned to defend Asakura in court, but the "super lawyer" takes a dislike to his client and smugly tells him that there's nothing he can do. This ignites a rivalry that lasts for the entire series.\\
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Asakura racks up the highest body count of all the Riders, killing Gai, Raia, Imperer and Zolda. When the monsters of Gai and Raia come to exact revenge for the death of their masters, Asakura binds them to his will instead, making him the only Rider with three Contract Monsters and gaining access to all of Gai and Raia's powers. Furthermore, he can use ''Unite Vent'' to fuse them into one, creating ''Genocider'', the second most powerful Monster in the series. The disadvantage is that he now has three monsters to feed, something that nearly leads to his death when he starves his monsters and they threaten to devour him.\\
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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 Goro 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]].

!!!Tropes that apply to him in general

[[folder:Satoru Tojo/Kamen Rider Tiger]]
!!Satoru Tojo/Kamen Rider Tiger
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Jun Takatsuki (live), Naoki Nagase (suit)
->''"You're an important person to me. If I sacrifice you, maybe I'll become stronger."''
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Satoru Tojo might have just been another one of many 25 year old men had Kanzaki not selected him to become a Kamen Rider. Unknown to Satoru, the day he made the choice to accept Kanzaki's offer was the day his life---as well as the lives of those closest to him---would be forever ruined.\\

A man of subdued character, Satoru is arguably no less deranged than the likes of Asakura, possessing a sociopathic mentality that forces him into single-mindedly pursuing one goal: becoming a hero. He confesses to Sano at one point that he has never had many friends, and that he believes that if he becomes a hero, people will like him.\\

As a student of Semeiin University, Satoru had become very close to one Professor Kagawa, who took the young man under his wing and was probably the closest thing Satoru had to a father figure. It was perhaps little surprise that Satoru initially chose to side with his mentor in their quest to destroy the Mirror World. Kagawa impressed upon the young man his utilitarianist philosophy that a hero was someone who has the courage to sacrifice one person- even those closest to them- to save ten.\\

Alas, Kagawa's mantra had an unintended effect: Satoru reasoned that Kagawa's philosophy would work in reverse, and that by sacrificing those closest to him he would achieve his dream of becoming a hero. This conclusion was only reaffirmed by Kanzaki's Rider War: all of his closest friends were Riders, and if Satoru was the last to remain then he could use The Prize to become a hero. And so when Kagawa let down his guard, Satoru attacked, shedding tears as he killed the most important man in his life. \\

Perhaps his most vile act, however, occured after the professor's murder. After a bad run-in with Asakura, Satoru was rescued by Mitsuru Sano 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.\\

He would only grow more unbalanced as the days passed, culminating in an attempt to eliminate all the Riders at once. While his attempt failed, Satoru was convinced he'd succeeded cackling as he made his escape. Yet, the words of his former idol haunted him, and from across the street, Satoru witnessed a man and his son, rekindling in Satoru the memory of his deceased teacher and his own child. As a truck careened into the family, Satoru- unthinkingly- ran to push them out of the way, sacrificing himself for their sakes.\\

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.\\

The next day, a crumpled newspaper is seen blowing across the streets. The latest news is of a man who sacrificed himself to save two others, and became a hero...

!!!Tropes that apply to him in general:
* AlasPoorVillain: His death is a legitimately somber affair, as he finally fulfils his wish to be a hero by giving his life to save a father and son from a traffic accident.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: While an utterly ruthless KnightTemplar, Tojo's genuine belief in his own twisted view of heroism, and fleeting moments of sympathy puts him ahead of the other villainous Riders in the war, who are motivated by greed, sociopathy, and bloodlust. Notably, he is the only one of the four [[AlasPoorVillain to be given a sympathetic death.]]
* AllForNothing: Somewhat comes to feel this after killing Kagawa and learning that he didn't manage to kill Sano. He becomes lost without Kagawa's direction, and even ends up burning Kagawa's research notes on the Mirror World.
* ApologeticAttacker: Tojo apologizes to [[spoiler:both Kagawa and Sano]] after betraying them. It's debatable how sincere said apologies were.
* AxCrazy: Asakura and Kitaoka notice that Tojo isn't so different with the former after a fight between the three of them.
* BadassDecay: Started off strong, managing to defeat Ouja and Zolda in his earlier appearances. However, after betraying Kagawa, he starts becoming more unstable and begins a long losing streak.
* BoomerangBigot: Tends to be very critical of the other Riders, criticizing Knight, Zolda and Ouja for not being heroic, despite being only second to Ouja in terms of having the largest body count in the series.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: He did this to his colleague, to his mentor, and to Sano. It costs him dearly as he starts losing his fights more frequently now that he's alone. The worst part is that his philosophy of sacrificing others didn't make him any stronger.
* CradlingYourKill: Carries Kagawa's body out of the Mirror World in this way after betraying and killing him.
* DeathByIrony: He constantly sacrificed others in order to try and become a hero. He died sacrificing himself to save a father and son, and was called a hero the next day.
* DivingSave: Performs one to save a father and son from a traffic accident.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: While no angel himself, [[WellIntentionedExtremist Kagawa]] who genuinely believes what he's doing is for the best invites Tojo to lunch with his family in order to show him the value of human relationships. This completely flies over Tojo's head and he winds up betraying and killing Kagawa.
** He also seems genuinely shocked when Kagawa calls his family to check on their safety after Kanzaki threatens to kill them.
-->'''Tojo:''' So, you do care about your family.
-->'''Kagawa:''' Of course I do! Listen, Tojo, being a hero doesn't mean being ignorant to human life.
* {{Foil}}: Was designed as one to Ouja. Where Asakura was conceived as a Showa-styled villain (more outwardly and blatantly destructive), Tojo is meant to represent a more modern (for the time) villain (not as outwardly violent, but holding deep psychological issues).
** Also serves in some measure as this to Ren. While Ren's reasons for joining the Rider War are selfish in that he wants to save his girlfriend's life, he still has a sense of justice that prevents him from taking the lives of others while feeling an obligation to protect regular humans from Mirror Monsters. Meanwhile, Tojo (initially) has the seemingly selfless goal of wanting to close the Mirror World and holds morally absolutist views. However, he is the only other Rider besides Ouja in the series proper to successfully kill another Rider (both the Alternatives) and is generally one of the most morally reprehensible characters in the series.
* FriendlessBackground: Strongly hinted to be the case, as he tells Sano that the reason he wants to be a hero is so that everyone will like him.
* GoneMadFromTheRevelation: His mental health was always bad, but hearing from Asakura that he failed to kill Sano, he loses it even more.
* HairTriggerTemper: Starts to show up more as his insanity becomes more evident. As his defeats start to pile up and he's mocked by both Asakura and Kitaoka, Tojo starts to scream and break mirrors with his fists in moments of rage.
* HeroicSacrifice: Commits one to save a father and son from a truck, committing his ''only'' heroic deed in the series and ironically fulfilling his wish at the moment of his death,
* HeroicWannabe: A truly frightening example given his instability.
* HeroWorshipper: A ''very'' dark version of the trope. Worships Kagawa's ideals and considers him a true hero, but winds up taking Kagawa's life because of those ideals.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Despite being one of the most vicious Riders in the series, he tends to be critical of the other Riders' moral character.
-->'''Tojo:''' These Riders are the absolute worst people. There's [[VerbalTic probably]] no reason to listen to them.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: States this as his reason for wanting to become a hero.
* InsaneTrollLogic: The reason he becomes a villain: If being willing to sacrifice those close to you makes you a hero, actually sacrificing those close to you makes you MORE of a hero. It gets to the point where Shinji considers [[AxCrazy Asakura]] easier to understand that Tojo.
* {{Irony}}: Believes sacrificing those who are important to him will make him stronger. Loses more battles after doing just that.
* KillTheOnesYouLove: Takes Kagawa's philosophy of a hero being one who is willing to sacrifice even the ones they love to mean that sacrificing the ones you love is a requirement for being a hero. Ironically, he becomes an even worse fighter after doing this.
* KnightOfCerebus: Thanks to his misguided attempts at being a hero, more people die.
* LackOfEmpathy: Seems to suffer from this as he's unable to understand Kagawa's attempts to make him understand the value of human relationships.
** Notably, when Kagawa makes the decision to stop the Rider Battle despite Kanzaki threatening to kill his family, Tojo praises Kagawa as being a true hero despite it being very clear that Kagawa is ''not'' proud of his decision.
* LaserGuidedKarma: His betrayal of Sano leaves him all alone, and hearing from Asakura that he failed to kill him causes him to fully lose it.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: An avid believer, yet he never saved anyone except in his last moments.
* ASinisterClue: Inverted, he is the only Rider to transform using his right hand to hold his Advent Deck, as opposed to everyone else, who either use their left hand or, in the case of Ryuga, simply don't use their hands at all.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Gets to make it to the finals in the S.I.C. story ''World of If'' along with his teacher...only for Ryuga to kill him later.
* 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. Tojo did not took it well along with the defeat that came with it.
* TearsOfRemorse: Sheds them when he kills his colleague and his mentor.
* VerbalTic: Tends to phrase his statements as hypothetical statements (expressed in Japanese as かも or かもしれない).
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He makes himself out to be this, and to some extent wanting to kill Yui to end the Rider War counts. Unfortunately, in seeking to become a true hero, he easily took to the sacrificing part but didn't quite get into the saving part.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: It's honestly probably a lot safer to be his enemy than it is to his ally.
!!!Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider Tiger
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* 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.
* CripplingOverspecialization: While Tojo is ''very'' good at using surprise attacks on his enemies, that seems to be his only major strength as a fighter. While no slouch in direct match-ups against enemies, he is more likely than not to lose in those confrontations.
* FinishingMove: ''Crystal Break'' [[note]]Destwilder drags the foe as Tiger stabs him with the Dest Claw.[[/note]]
* PantheraAwesome: His design theme and Destwilder's.
* AnIcePerson: ''Freeze Vent''. It does exactly what it sounds like, freezing enemy Contract Monsters.
** In Rider Time Ryuki, it's revealed he can also use it to freeze other Riders although he was unsuccessful in doing so.
* {{Mons}}: While all Riders in the series technically rely on their Mons, Tiger seems to rely on Destwilder more than others. As a result of his ChronicBackstabbingDisorder, he usually opens an assault against others with either his Advent or Final Vent, both of which summon Destwilder to attack his enemies.
* WipeTheFloorWithYou: His Final Vent has Destwilder dragging the target across the ground before Tiger dealing the final strike.
* WolverineClaws: Dest Claws, which are his monster's forearms and bladed fingers.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mitsuru Sano/Kamen Rider Imperer]]
!!Mitsuru Sano/Kamen Rider Imperer
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Takashi Hyuga (live), Masashi Shirai (suit)
->''"I just wanted to be happy."''
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There was once a young man who was disowned by his father. The father was a wealthy businessman and only wanted his son to go through the steps of a self-made man to insure that he would be a suitable and competent successor.\\

Things did not ''quite'' go the way he planned.\\
\\

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 Tojo 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 Tojo 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 Yurie. What's more, Sano had come to develop a friendship with Tojo, 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 Tojo, Sano attacked Shinji/Ryuki...until suddenly being betrayed by the man he had believed was his friend.\\
\\

Mortally wounded, Sano attempted to escape the battlefield but ended up instead in Kamen Rider Ouja's line of sight. Ouja dealt the fatal blow, shattering Sano's deck and leaving the man to dissolve in the Mirror World. His last moments were in the rain, screaming for help, gazing sadly into his world as his body was slowly eaten away.\\
\\

Meanwhile, in the real world, Yurie waited for Sano to return...

* AlasPoorVillain: He's not an innocent man, but he nonetheless still entered the Rider War out of desperation without a full understanding of the danger he was getting into, and then later died because he couldn't leave even though he got everything he wanted. His last words are calling out for someone who cannot even hear him.
* AntiHero: He won't do anything heroic without a fee, hence why Ren kicks him out since he demands an outrageous sum of money.
* AntiVillain: He crosses into this when he's more ready to participate in the Rider War than before. He doesn't want to fight anymore, but at this point he no longer has a choice as he will be killed by his own monsters if he doesn't comply.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: After he became a president of his father's company, he became more aggressive in terms of personality.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Puts on a NiceGuy act to charm his fellow Riders in an attempt to get easy cash and an alliance to win the war. The few who do agree with him will have his loyalty...unless he makes an alliance with other Riders who give him a better deal.
* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: Uses one on two different occasions to forge an alliance, first with Shinji and Ren, and then with Kitaoka. He's refused by the pair and the latter does not intend to do his part so Sano has the pay revoked.
* 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 Tojo 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.
* TheCharmer: Attempts to do this with his fellow Riders. Only [[IdiotHero Shinji falls for it.]]
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Betrays Shinji, the only Rider that was nice to him, twice because Tojo and his mentor gave him a better deal. He then becomes a victim of this when Tojo nearly kills him due to his belief of heroes killing their loved ones to become stronger.
* DeathByIrony: He actually became happy during the war, having no more need for the wish. Unfortunately, he had to fight in order to survive, and was betrayed by Tojo, whom he thought was his best friend. He died to Asakura soon after.
* DrivenToSuicide: According to him, during his talk with Shinji, he was so depressed over his lifestyle that he felt like dying every day until he was given the chance of being a Rider to become rich.
* EveryManHasHisPrice: He believes this wholeheartedly. He only intended to help as long as other Riders gave him a better payment, leading to his ChronicBackstabbingDisorder. After inheriting his father's fortune, he intends to 'bribe' them instead, leading to him being rejected out of principle or trying to be tricked.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Ren kicks him out after hearing his fee, Kitaoka sends him to Asakura with the intention of getting him killed, Tojo 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.]]
* NaiveNewcomer: Deconstructed due to him not being familiar with the risks of the Rider War. He takes the war as a chance to sell his services to other Riders for high payments, unaware that this is a conflict where the Riders will kill each other sooner or later. By the time he gets serious about killing Riders, starting with Shinji, it's mainly because Kanzaki tells him he can't retire or he will be killed by his own Monsters.
* NiceGuy: While he's fickle with his choice of allies, he's not a bad guy and will try to help the people he cares about.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: He saved Tojo 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.
* 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, though he'd deem those who refuse that much amount of money as fools.
* SelfMadeMan: Pretty much what Sano was intended to become when his father disowned him. Instead of that, things did not go as planned since he joined the Rider War and ended up signing his own death sentence.
* SpoiledBrat: His father disowned him to prevent him from being this.
* TookALevelInBadass: In terms of personality, he became smarter and more mature, figuring out that Kitaoka did not intend to ally with him after paying him and saving [[LoveInterest Yurie]] from a Monster.
* TookALevelInJerkass: After inheriting all of his father's fortunes, he became more of a jerk that he's more willing to kill other Riders to win the Rider War, though he has no other choice as he can't quit the war.
* YankTheDogsChain: In the cruelest way possible. He actually gets what he wants without having to kill anyone, and would have dropped out of the Rider War and been no trouble... Then Kanzaki forced him to keep fighting, and it got him killed not long after.
!!!Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider Imperer
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* 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]]
* 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.
* 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.
* ZergRush: On the surface, his deck isn't very impressive, with only a rather awkward melee weapon and a mediocre {{mon}}, Gigazelle. However, Gigazelle itself is the leader of a herd of other Zelle monsters, which allows him to use ZergRush tactics with them.

[[folder:Miho Kirishima/Kamen Rider Femme ''(Episode Final)'']]
!!Miho Kirishima/Kamen Rider Femme
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Natsuki Katou (live), Keiko Hashimoto (suit)
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The first female Kamen Rider of the series, although it would not be until Series/KamenRiderHibiki before a TV Female Rider appeared.\\

A con-artist who seduced men for money, she joined the war for the same reason as Ren: to save the life of a loved one. For her it was her sister, whose body is preserved in a state of "cryogenic stasis" after being killed by Asakura.\\

She meets Shinji after running from a man she tried to swindle, and the two develop an awkward romantic relationship. Though they often argued with each other (primarily over the Rider War and her loose sense of morality), her small kindnesses and flirtations served to confuse Shinji as he tried to figure out her character, complicated by her attempt to pickpocket his Advent Deck.\\

As Femme, she is able to hold her own against Mirror Monsters but is outmatched in combat ability against other Riders. After Kanzaki imposes a three-day time limit to the Rider War, she attempts to kill Asakura and avenge her sister, but finds herself helplessly outmatched. She is almost killed when she is saved by the dark Ryuga, whom she mistakes for Ryuki in the dim light.\\

The next day she takes Shinji out to dinner as thanks, something that confuses him even further. However, their date is cut short when Ryuga emerges from the Mirror World to attack her. They transform to battle in the Mirror World, and she is mortally wounded by Ryuga's overwhelming power, only saved from total annihilation by the real Ryuki. They return to the real world and Shinji walks her home, leaving with assurances from Miho that her injuries are not as severe as he suspected. However, after he leaves she collapses to the pavement and dies, her body ignored by the thousands of pedestrians who walked the streets the next day.

!!!Tropes that apply to her in general:
* ActionGirl: The only female Rider in the series, and the first official female Rider in the franchise.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Started out this way towards Shinji, on the grounds of her being a GoldDigger and taking advantage of his naivete. However, she later grew to genuinely care about him.
* {{Foil}}: To Ren. While he's primarily black and blue, Miho's white and black. Similarly, while Ren's combat style revolves around down and dirty one on one combat, Miho's focuses on graceful illusions and crowd control. Both of them even become close to the resident IdiotHero Shinji.
* GoldDigger: At first seduced men (including Shinji) for money.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Despite being fatally wounded by Ryuga, Miho masked her pain in Shinji's presence, not wanting him to feel grief for it.
* MoralityPet: Shinji came to be this for her. External materials even state that Miho might have dropped her vendetta altogether had she met Shinji sooner.
* RescueRomance: Falls in love with Shinji partly because she thought he saved her from Asakura. It was actually [[EvilTwin Ryuga]]. Later played straight after Shinji tried to save her from Ryuga.
* {{Revenge}}: Killing Asakura was one of her main objective in the Rider War.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only female Rider in the series.
!!!Tropes exclusive to her as Kamen Rider Femme
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* 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 two 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
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Itsuro Takamizawa/Kamen Rider Verde ''(13 Riders)'']]
!!Itsuro Takamizawa/Kamen Rider Verde
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Arthur Kuroda (live), Fumiya Touei (suit)
->''"Every human being is a Rider."''
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The thirty-eight year old head of the Takamizawa Group, Takamizawa is a rich and respected businessman who keeps his true megalomania hidden to all but the other Kamen Riders. He saw the Rider War as an allegory for human society: individuals struggling to make their dreams come true at the expense of others. His reason for joining the Rider War is simple: power. If he won, he would use the Prize to rule the world. His Contract Monster, the chameleon Monster Biogreeza, grants him numerous powers of deception which he uses to ruthless effect in the ''13 Riders'' special.\\

A charismatic man, he convinces Kitaoka and Shibaura to team up with him against the naive Shinji, whose attempts to stop the Rider War he viewed as a threat to his plans. Though he kills Raia (by tricking him into lowering his guard) and mortally wounds Ren, he is unable to defend himself against Ren's last Final Vent attack and dies.

!!!Tropes that apply to him in general
* AmbitionIsEvil: He wants to rule over the world.
* BigBad: Of the 13 Riders special, since him gathering the surviving Riders to kill Shinji and Ren is what starts the climax.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He may be a charismatic leader of his own corporation, but on the inside, he's a megalomaniac who seeks power in order to rule the world.
* DeathByIrony: Gathers the surviving Riders to kill Ren and Shinji since the latter's idealism is a threat to the Rider War and the former betraying the group to protect him puts a risk to his plans. He mortally wounds Ren while attempting to kill Shinji with his Final Vent, only for Ren to kill him with his own Final Vent. It's ironically makes him the first victim of his master plan, which was to kill Ren and Shinji so that the Rider War can continue.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He acts like a BenevolentBoss against his employees and the public, which explains his good publicity. However, he shows his true colors as a megalomaniac to other Riders, such as Shinji in his conference room, while also covering the room with soundproof curtains so his true side won't be leaked outside. He lampshades it when he claims he can drop his act to Shinji.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With [[SmugSnake Jun]], who's one of the youngest Riders while he's the oldest.
%%* JerkAss
* TheSocialDarwinist: He's a power-hungry businessman who wants to rule the world and views society as about defeating the competition. This also extends to Rider War where he views every humans as (his definition of) Riders.
* VillainousFriendship: Considering that in the original series, Jun intended to make battle royale between all Riders and Itsuro pretty much united all Riders in the same spot to fight, it can be assumed that Jun admires him for his charisma and for making the Rider War more interesting.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: He is well-respected by his own company and Jun.
* VirtueIsWeakness: His definition of a Kamen Rider, due to his worldview and [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne the nature of the Rider War]], is that they must be utterly cold-blooded to only care about obtaining their goal by any means. He immediately antagonizes Shinji when he reveals he wants to stop the war, and later mocks Ren's grief over Tezuka's death, eventually turning on him when he hesitates to kill Shinji.
!!!Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider Verde
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* 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]]
* {{Invisibility}} - His ''Clear Vent''. Comes with a chameleon-based Contract Monster.
* KillerYoYo: Bio-Winder, his weapon.
* 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.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: His Final Vent ends with a piledriver.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Shinji Kido (Mirror World)/Kamen Rider Ryuga ''(Episode Final)'']]
!!Shinji Kido (Mirror World)
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Takamasa Suga (live), Jun Watanabe (suit)
->''"I am no longer an illusion in the mirror! I exist! As the strongest Kamen Rider."''
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This mirror reflection of 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''.\\

As a denizen of the Mirror World, Ryuga followed the opposite rules from regular Riders: he could pass into the real world for a time, but after a while he would begin to dissolve and had to return. He wished to absorb Shinji to eliminate this weakness and [[BecomeARealBoy become a real person]], not simply an illusion in the mirror. He has no need for a reflective surface to summon his V-Buckle, as he himself is a living conduit to the Mirror World's energies.\\

He kills Genocider and Femme, and succeeds in absorbing Shinji by convincing the poor boy that it was what Yui wanted. He would have killed Knight, if not for Shinji realizing the truth and rejecting Ryuga. This forces a final confrontation where their Final Vents clash. Ryuga is the loser in this fight: even if they were equals once, Shinji's rediscovered resolve was too much for Ryuga to handle.\\

For tropes related to his appearance in ''Series/KamenRiderZiO'', see the folder for Another Ryuga [[Characters/KamenRiderZiOAnotherRiders here]].

!!!Tropes that apply to him in general
* ArtifactOfDoom: The S.I.C. story ''World of If'' shows that Shinji became Ryuga when he discarded the Ryuki deck over the Ryuga deck on the last days of the Rider War.
* BecomeARealBoy: His wish was to fuse with Shinji and take control of his body, so he may exist outside the Mirror World.
* EvilSoundsDeep: His Visor has a noticeably deeper voice than others when reading cards.
* EvilTwin: He's Shinji's reflection so he looks like him.
** 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.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: He is this of the highest order.
* MirrorSelf: Fittingly enough, he is Shinji's Mirror World counterpart.
* PetTheDog: Played with Yui when she was saddened over Shinji breaking his promise of playing with her. Although this can be attributed to him being a Mirror World creation, which are all shown to be loyal to Yui throughout the series. It is unknown how true this remains in adulthood when Shinji accused him of trying to manipulate him when he suggested using the wish of the Rider War to resurrect a dead Yui in order to trick him into merging with him.
* WildCard: This is precisely what makes him so dangerous, proving outright more dangerous than Odin for the protagonists.
!!!Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider Ryuga
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* CoolSword: Drag Saber
* CurbStompBattle: Unlike Ryuki, Ryuga has no issue murdering others:
** Within minutes of his introduction in Final Episode, he effortlessly defeats Ouja. Keep in mind Ouja had Genocider on his side and still lost, with Ryuga destroying Genocider itself with his final vent.
** Femme doesn't fare batter against the evil Rider neither, most of their fight is Ryuga toying with her until he decides to just kill her. She is saved at the last minute by Ryuki, but dies from the injures she took in the fight anyway.
** In the S.I.C. continuity he easily defeats Tiger though this is no surprise given he was on [[SuperMode survive form]].
* 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.
* PaletteSwap: Just as Ryuga is a dark version of Ryuki, his weapons are black versions of Ryuki's weapons.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kamen Rider Odin]]
!!Kamen Rider Odin
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TsuyoshiKoyama (voice); Jiro Okamoto [main], Eitoku [understudy] (suit)
->''"It is none of your concern. Continue to fight. Only the final Rider may face me."''
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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 [[StoryBreakerPower 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. \\

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. [[RippleEffectProofMemory 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 that apply to Odin
* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Unlucky to face.
* AllForNothing: In the ''World of If'', Odin successfully wins the war for Shiro, giving him a chance at saving Yui. However, because Shiro is not Odin[[note]]in fact, this timeline's Odin is another Kamen Rider; to be exact, it's a BrainwashedAndCrazy Ren[[/note]] and therefore cannot interact with baseline reality the way the Kamen Riders can interact with the Mirror World, he is physically unable to reach Yui in time to save her, thus [[YouCantFightFate making his efforts useless once more]].
* BadassArmFold: His default pose, more or less.
* BlingOfWar: His armor, Visor, and weapons are all golden.
* {{Brainwashed}}: The person acting as the host for Odin.
* CombatPragmatist: While not a skilled fighter, he does take full advantage of his teleportation power and spams the hell out of it.
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: Seriously, could Kanzaki have made Odin ''any'' more unfair to fight against?
* ConvenientlyTimedDistraction: Happened to the second Odin when Yui screams, allowed Shinji to hold him in place for Ren's FinishingMove.
* CoolSword: Gold Saber, he pull DualWielding in the finale.
* CurbStompBattle: Every fight he takes part in. Ren beating the first one only happened because he got careless and left himself open, and the second because he got distracted and allowed Shinji to hold him in place for Ren's FinishingMove. Odin would've killed Ren the third time around, if not for the fact that at literally the last second Kanzaki changed his mind.
* DeathByIrony: Specifically made to win the Rider War and to loop time repeatedly in order to manipulate its outcome, Odin is destroyed when Kanzaki realizes the whole war is pointless.
* DragonInChief: To Kanzaki. His plans need him around to succeed and he's the strongest enemy the other Riders face.
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* TheFaceless: His identity is never seen, because it's actually not important---Odin is a vessel for Kanzaki's will and his hosts are always brainwashed.
* FinishingMove: ''Eternal Chaos'' [[note]]Never completely displayed in the series, but its video game and its American adaptation say it's pretty much a full out charge to the opponent[[/note]]
* FlashStep: A big part of why fighting him is so futile; he moves out the way of every attack used on him ([[SincerityMode you can literally count the number times somebody hit him on one hand]][[note]]only three times[[/note]][[note]]and Shinji literally spent an entire timeline preparing for one of them[[/note]]) and can attack his enemies from various angles too quickly for them to respond.
* GracefulLoser: Congratulates [[spoiler:Ren]] for becoming the Final Rider after Shiro's screaming destroys him for the final time.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: His Final Vent has a possibility to do so.
* ItCanThink: ''World of If'' implies a flaw in Shiro's constructions gives Odin ''barely'' enough individuality to be its own person -- enough that if Odin wins, the credit goes to it and not Shiro, but not enough to actually have a wish for itself. Needless to say, [[EarnYourBadEnding Shiro hits rock bottom in that timeline and has no way to get back up, with both his own efforts and the bloodshed of the Rider War permanently invalidated]].
* TheJuggernaut: Ren and Shinji in their [[SuperMode Surive forms]] couldn't even slow him down, and that incarnation only died after a lot more teamwork and a bit of sheer luck when he got distracted by Yui screaming.
* LargeHam: He practically shouts all his lines.
* LightningBruiser: He's strong enough to send a speeding truck off its course and can move too fast for his enemies to even touch him. He's no slouch for taking hits either, one of the few times he was hit (a punch from Shinji's [[PowerFist Strike Vent]]) was more a shock to him that Shinji hit him than anything else.
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* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Gold Shield
* MeaningfulName: He's named after a god, which rings true considering just how overpowered he can be.
* NoSell: Shinji once landed a punch on him. It had no effect.
* OminousLatinChanting: His entrance during his debut episode.
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* PurposelyOverpowered: Kanzaki has no interest in fighting fair.
* ResetButton: Time Vent, which turns time back to however far Kanzaki wants and has been used an unspecified number of times by the time the show starts. Two of the resulting timelines are seen in the events of the TV Special and the Movie, and the main series is the last.
* SuicideAttack: [[spoiler:Though Odin's Final Vent is not shown in ''Ryuki'', ''Dragon Knight'' reveals that Odin's Final Vent is essentially this, as Wrath (Odin's counterpart) gets vented/killed immediately after using the Final Vent.]]
* SuperMode: Survive Form, using the Survive Mugen card. He's never needed to use it.
* UnskilledButStrong: Since Odin is just a random person acting as Kanzaki's puppet, he wins by means of his overwhelming power and FlashStep abilities rather than actual skills. Of course, given his ridiculous power, he can afford to be this way.

Shinji's presence in the Rider War--his innocence and determination--slowly soften the other Kamen Riders, the exact opposite of what Kanzaki wanted. To try and motivate Shinji to take a more active role in fighting, Kanzaki gives him one of the three Survive cards, but this only allows Shinji to overcome even more incredible odds. \\

Yet Shinji's efforts were not in vain. Whenever he failed, Shiro Kanzaki would reset time, trying to change the Rider War. Despite not being chosen by Kanzaki, Shinji would somehow become Ryuki each and every time, and would constantly oppose Shiro's plans. Shinji's dogged determination, his actions over the course of several wars and finally his words to Shiro that Yui wanted the war to end for his own sake eventually broke Shiro's obsession. Shiro reset time one last time, to a world where the Rider War never existed. Without him ever knowing, Shinji Kido changed the fates of the Riders, and stopped the fighting for good.\\
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Voted #3 Kamen Rider in the ''Kamen Rider Ryuki'' franchise, #36 Kamen Rider in the Heisei era, and #46 Kamen Rider overall in NHK's All Kamen Rider Popularity Vote.

Following the climax of the Rider War, Ren is the last Rider standing. He fought against Odin and won, if only because of Kanzaki's forfeit. He accepts the Prize and uses it to save Eri, dying from the injuries he sustained afterward.\\
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Voted #2 Kamen Rider in the ''Kamen Rider Ryuki'' franchise, #29 Kamen Rider in the Heisei era, and #35 Kamen Rider overall in NHK's All Kamen Rider Popularity Vote.

At the climax of the Rider War, he finally gets Reiko to go on a date with him. But feeling responsible for Asakura's transformation into a Rider and subsequent reign of terror, he is determined to finish things with his arch-rival first. He does neither, for the cancer that had been stalking Kitaoka for so long finally cripples his body, and he dies peacefully in his home.\\
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Voted #4 Kamen Rider in the ''Kamen Rider Ryuki'' franchise, #50 Kamen Rider in the Heisei era, and #66 Kamen Rider overall in NHK's All Kamen Rider Popularity Vote.

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 Goro 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]].\\
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Voted #1 Kamen Rider in the ''Kamen Rider Ryuki'' franchise, #22 Kamen Rider in the Heisei era, and #27 Kamen Rider overall in NHK's All Kamen Rider Popularity Vote.

The next day, a crumpled newspaper is seen blowing across the streets. The latest news is of a man who sacrificed himself to save two others, and became a hero...\\
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Voted #6 Kamen Rider in the ''Kamen Rider Ryuki'' franchise, #66 Kamen Rider in the Heisei era, and #100 Kamen Rider overall in NHK's All Kamen Rider Popularity Vote.

For tropes related to his appearance in ''Series/KamenRiderZiO'', see the folder for Another Ryuga [[Characters/KamenRiderZiOAnotherRiders here]].\\
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Voted #5 Kamen Rider in the ''Kamen Rider Ryuki'' franchise, #64 Kamen Rider in the Heisei era, and #94 Kamen Rider overall in NHK's All Kamen Rider Popularity Vote.

** When Sano attempts to hire him and Shinji to team up him by offering an exuberant amount of money, Ren spends the entire scene staring at the briefcase, seeming to be genuinely considering the idea.

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 Tojo 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 Tojo, a sentiment which the other man seemed to share. At last, Sano had what he always wanted: Happiness.\\

Meanwhile, in the real world, Yuri waited for Sano to return...

* TookALevelInBadass: In terms of personality, he became smarter and more mature, figuring out that Kitaoka did not intend to ally with him after paying him and saving [[LoveInterest Yuri]] from a Monster.

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

* 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]].

* AmbiguouslyBi: Expressed attraction to Miho in TheMovie, and in Rider Time Ryuki, his relationship with Ren is given a few romantic shades. His desire to see Ren again is even explicitly compared to wanting to meet a lover at one point.

* BewareTheHonestOnes: His honest nature makes him unpredictable even to those unaffected by EvilCannotComprehendGood like Tezuka/Raia, who points this out.

* BreakTheCutie: The last episodes are firmly dedicated to making Shinji's life suck. His WideEyedIdealist beliefs were already shaky after finding out that the other Riders had very good reasons to want the war. It only became worse when he found out that Yui would die on her twentieth birthday, giving him only one month to find an answer. He actually starts seeking out other Riders to fight, even Ren and Kitaoka, yet he can't find himself to finish them. In the end, he finally affirms his desire to close the Mirror World... and he dies right after.
* 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. Even in [[spoiler:the new timeline where the Rider War never happened]], life still seems absolutely determined to screw him over.

* ClassicalAntiHero: As the series progress, Shinji wasn't able to avoid the deaths of many Kamen Riders in the Rider War.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Despite dying, Shinji's wish is granted: Thanks to him delaying the end of the Rider War till the end of Yui's birthday, Kanzaki ended up undoing the War, reviving all of its victims, including Shinji himself. Notably, he's had his idealism broken in multiple timelines, and his dogged determination persisted each and every time,
* TheEveryman: For both his own series and the entire FRANCHISE. Where every single Rider before and after Shinji had something to do with the forces that moved the story onward or had some tragic past that defined them, Shinji was just a normal guy who accidentally stumbled into the Rider War. Because AND despite the fact that he had nothing to lose or gain by entering, he gave his all to stop the fighting. This even extends to his powers: He's a JackOfAllStats.

* FriendToAllChildren: Shinji has a soft spot for children, and three episodes show him saving little girls. One in particular, #19, has him risk his life in order to comfort Chika, 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.

* {{Foil}}: 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.

* HeroicBSOD: Goes through this after believing he killed Zolda (who he believed to be Goro). This caused him to fall into a deep depression and nearly gets him eaten by Dragredder.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Tries to see the good in everyone, even Asakura to an extent. This also includes 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.

* IdiotHero: He's not very smart, nor is he very good at judging people. For all that, [[IndyPloy he can be pretty good at fighting with unusual tactics]].

* JerkassBall: Though it's justified to some extent from how poorly Ren treats him, in #4 he goes as far to accuse Ren for feeding children to Darkwing to get stronger as he thinks Ren will do anything to win. This gets him a WhatTheHellHero moment from Yui.

* NiceGuy: For all his [[IdiotHero idiocy]], Shinji is incredibly nice. He constantly tries to stop the fighting, tries to see the best in people even with a serial killer and dedicated his becoming a Rider to protect people from Mirror Monsters.

* TookALevelInBadass: Throughout the war Shinji slowly gets better and better at fighting. Towards the middle, he manages to fend off monsters untransformed and even defeated Asakura before the man contracted other monsters. And then he gets [[SuperMode the Survive card]], faces more foes and tragedy, which strengthen his resolve. By the end, he becomes powerful enough to threaten Odin, and even take on an entire ARMY of Raydragoons while mortally wounded.

* 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.

* {{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 recognize one another before parting ways.]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Started out this way towards Shinji, on the grounds of her being a GoldDigger and taking advantage of his naivete by acting nice towards him while acting deceptive behind his back (i.e. his wallet and later Advent Deck), though she later grew to care about him partly due to mistaking Ryuga for him after being rescued from Asakura.
* DeathByIrony: Tried to con Shinji, was saved by Ryuga and mistook him for Shinji thus falling in love with him, was ACTUALLY saved by Shinji FROM Ryuga and fell in love with him for real... And then died from her wounds shortly after.

* GoldDigger: At first seduced men (including Shinji) for money. Then she falls in love with Shinji after Ryuga saves her...and dies soon after.
* RescueRomance: Falls in love with Shinji because she thought he saved her from Asakura. It was actually [[EvilTwin Ryuga]]. Falls in love with him for real after Shinji saves her from Ryuga... then dies right after.
* {{Revenge}}: Killing Asakura was her main objective in the Rider War.

* BecomeARealBoy: His wish was to fuse with Shinji and take control of his body.
* DeathByIrony: His ultimate goal was to absorb Shinji and become one. He's lost forever when Shinji absorbs ''him''.

* ManipulativeBastard: Makes Miho think that he's Shinji and takes her out on a date so that he can kill her while she has her guard down.

* CurbStompBattle: Unlike Ryuki, Ryuga has little problem fighting Riders:

* BaitTheDog: He seems to get one good moment: when he stays with a young girl (who viewed him as her saviour) until her recovery even when he no longer needed to. However this turns out to be a Subverted PetTheDog momemt, since he only stayed near her because she was targeted by a trio of Mirror Beasts and he was hoping to kill them when they showed up. When a hungry Venosnaker hits her trying to attack him, he doesn't even flinch.

* FinishingMove: ''Scissors Attack'' [[note]]Scissors is launched by Volcancer into the air, finishing with a somersault attack.[[/note]]

* DragonKnight: As his [[Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight American counterpart]] would say, Shinji's aesthetic and use of Dragreder in his attacks make him this.

* 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 ''[[Series/KamenRiderOutsiders Outsiders]]'', the latter three even appearing unsuited.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Was willing to get involved in Shinji's schemes to save Reiko and Shimada when they were kidnapped, and even wound up dressing as an office worker to spy on a suspect ''of his own accord''.

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.\\

Shinji eventually discovers his answer. But it is too late, as he takes a mortal wound while protecting a young girl during the Raydragoons' invasion of the real world. His last act is to pass on his courage and determination to Ren, so that his closest friend might survive the Rider War.\\

** Subverted: Right after he's finally found his desire as a Rider and subsequently his desire to fight and kill, ironically, he dies.
** Shinji generally pulls all the stops when it comes to [[AxCrazy Takeshi]] [[BloodKnight Asakura]], the most insane Rider in the war and the only one he truly hates.
** Subverted with him activating [[SuperMode Survive Form]]. He doesn't do it to kill Ren: He does it to make sure [[TheseHandsHaveKilled Ren stays sane]] by making sure he doesn't kill him. In other words, he does it to, well, [[MeaningfulName Survive]].

* BreakTheCutie: The last episodes are firmly dedicated to making Shinji's life suck. His WideEyedIdealist beliefs were already shaky after finding out that the other Riders had very good reasons to want the war. It only became worse when he found out that Yui would die on her twentieth birthday, giving him only one month to find an answer. He actually starts seeking out other Riders to fight, even Ren and Kitaoka, yet he can't find himself to finish them. In the end, he finally finds that his desire is to close the Mirror World... and he dies right after.

* DeathByIrony: All the other Riders berated Shinji for not having any desire, and Ren mockingly told him that he would die without finding one and that he didn't deserve to be a Rider. Somehow, Shinji survived long enough to become one of the last five Riders... And died after finally finding his desire to close the Mirror World.

* 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 idealism broken in multiple timelines, and his dogged determination persisted each and every time,

--> '''Shinji''': [[spoiler:I think I've found the answer... but I don't think I'll make it. I've been thinking since yesterday.... and I couldn't find an answer... But, I just realized I really do want to close the Mirror World and stop the fighting. I'm sure it'd cause me and others a lot of pain... but I still want to stop it. It's not about whether it's right or wrong. As a Rider, I also have a wish I wanted granted, and this is it.]]

* 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.

* JerkassBall: Though it's justified to some extent from how poorly Ren treated him, in #4 he goes as far to accuse Ren for feeding children to Darkwing to get stronger as he thinks Ren will do anything to win. This gets him a WhatTheHellHero moment from Yui.

* TookALevelInBadass: Throughout the war Shinji slowly gets better and better at fighting. Towards the middle, he manages to fend off monsters untransformed and 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.

* WideEyedIdealist: He believes that using his powers as Ryuki is to protect humanity for the better while he tries to stop the fighting between the Riders but he learned he could not stop them because of their selfish desires.

* VillainousFriendship: Considering that in the original series, Jun intended to make battle royale between all Riders and Itsuro pretty much united all Riders in a the same spot to fight, it can be assumed that Jun admires him for his charisma and for making the Rider War more interesting.

* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Unlucky to face.
* UnskilledButStrong: Since Odin is just a random person acting as Kanzaki's puppet, he wins by means his overwhelming power and FlashStep abilities rather than actual skills. Of course, given his ridiculous power, he can afford to be this way.

* 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.

* 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.

* SuperMode: Knight Survive

** ''Veno Crash'': Venosnaker launches Ouja at the foe with a spray of venom as he does a bicycle kick.

** In the S.C.I continuity he easily defeats Tiger though this is no surprise given he was on [[SuperMode survive form]].

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

* SmugSnake: His {{fatal flaw}}. Shibaura's intellect and cunning is overshadowed by his own arrogance. He thought he can have one of the most dangerous participants of the Rider Fight play along in his game of death, Asakura ultimately [[EvilIsNotAToyproves him wrong]], pointing out just how too shortsighted Shibaura is to notice that he is being outsmarted.

!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Takashi Hagino (live), Jiro Okamoto (suit)

!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TsuyoshiKoyama (voice), Jiro Okamoto (suit)

* SenpaiKohai: 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.]]

* MemeticHandGesture: Aside from his Henshin pose being [[Series/KamenRider Ichigo's]], he has his trademark fist pump.

* DoubleWeapon: Wing Slasher, which is [[DoubleWeapon two]][[BladeOnAStick blades on a stick]]

* WhipItGood: Evil Whip, after Ouja becomes contracted to Evildiver. The weakest of his weapons, but has the longest range.