These are the characters of the tokusatsu Kamen Rider Hibiki.
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Oni Kamen Riders
Hitoshi Hidaka/Hibiki
Hitoshi Hidaka/Hibiki
Portrayed by: Shigeki Hosokawa (live), Makoto Ito (suit)
- Absurdly Sharp Claws: Kitojutsu Onizume, which forms claws from the knuckle.
- Badass Biker: As per usual for the franchise, though not initially and he didn't get a bike of his own until he borrowed Ibuki's a few episodes into the show.
- Breath Weapon: Kiboujutsu Onibi.
- Character Tic: His signature salute.
- Cool Bike: The Gaika, a HONDA Valkyrie Rune with a custom paintjob.
- Cool Old Guy: He's seen as this by many of show's characters. A unique trait for a main Rider as he was in his forties during his series' run.
- Dual Wielding: Ongekibou Rekka.
- Experienced Protagonist: While not the main viewpoint character, he is the Hero, and he's been through a LOT before the story starts as he's in his forties and has been active as an Oni since high school.
- Finishing Move: Has the most finishing moves out of all the Oni Kamen Riders.
- Flaming Sword: Kibojutsu Rekkaken and the Armed Saber's Ongeki Ha Kishin Kakusei, which doubles as a BFS.
- The Hero: While he isn't the protagonist, he's very much the hero of this story.
- Jack of All Stats: Hibiki Form.
- Lightning Bruiser: Hibiki Kurenai/Crimson Hibiki.
- Meaningful Name: Hibiki means resonance, which fits his theme of the magical music.
- The Mentor: To Asumu and later Kiriya.
- Mid-Season Upgrade: Kurenai Form.
- Palette Swap: Hibiki Kurenai/Crimson Hibiki.
- Playing with Fire: Flames are Hibiki's main element.
- Super Mode: Hibiki Soukou/Armed Hibiki.
- Wolverine Claws: The Kitojutsu Onizume even being retractable.
Iori Izumi/Ibuki
Iori Izumi/Ibuki
Portrayed by: Jouji Shibue (live), Yoshifumi Oshikawa (suit)
- Baby Of The Bunch: He's the youngest of the three main Oni but the second most experienced after Hibiki.
- Badass Biker: He's the first Oni shown in-series using a bike. Unlike other Kamen Rider series, it's just a normal ordinary bike, but it is no less cool and Ibuki is no less badass.
- Blow You Away: Ibuki uses wind as his element.
- Character Development: At first, Ibuki is a rather relaxed Nice Guy. But when Cerebus Syndrome kicks in, he develops a Mortality Phobia which ultimately affects his relationships with both the women in his life.
- Character Tic: His signature salute.
- Finishing Move: Ongeki Sha Shippu Issen note
- The Gunslinger: Ongekikan Reppu
- Heroic Lineage: He is the son of the Head Oni family of Takeshi's Yoshino branch. If one is to believe SIC Toyline magazines both his parents are or were Oni.
- The Mentor: To Akira until she decides to quit being his apprentice.
- Nice Guy: Apart from the fact that he acts very cordial with his close ones, he is also the first Secondary Rider to not actually fight his series' titular Rider at any point. Compare Ibuki with Ren, Kusaka, and Tachibana, the latter three who either are (or started out as) antiheroes.
- Ship Tease: with Kasumi Tachibana.
- Wolverine Claws: The Kitojutsu Onizume even being retractable.
Tomizo Todayama/Todoroki
Tomizo Todayama/Todoroki
Portrayed by: Shingo Kawaguchi (live), Jun Watanabe (suit)
- Character Tic: His signature salute and after killing a Makamou he preforms a guitar solo, he claims this is to try and purge the area of the Makamou's aura.
- Finishing Move: Ongeki Zan Raiden Gekishinnote .
- The Klutz: Not only did the first fight he won resulted in him accidentally revealing his nudity after untransforming in #16, but his birthday date to Hinaka resulted in plenty of mishaps that got her mad at him for a while in 34-35.
- Legacy Character: Averted. Zanki had intended to pass his Oni name on to him but Tomizo refused as he didn't want to replace his mentor and to find his own way of being an Oni.
- Naked People Are Funny: A running gag early in the series as he still hadn't mastered how to keep his transformation from destroying his clothes.
- Ship Tease: With Hinaka Tachibana even going on a date with her. It did not go well.
- Shock and Awe: Zanki uses electricity as his element.
- Tough Act to Follow: In-Universe example - Zanki would like Todoroki to carry on his name after he dies, but Todoroki believes he can't ever equal Zanki, and chooses to keep his own name so that Zanki's legacy will remain untarnished.
- Wolverine Claws: The Kitojutsu Onizume even being retractable.
Zaomaru Zaitsuhara/Zanki
Zaomaru Zaitsuhara/Zanki
Portrayed by: Kenji Matsuda (live), Hisanori Oiwa (suit)
- Finishing Move: Ongeki Zan Raiden Zanshinnote .
- Game-Breaking Injury: Caused by Shuki, his female Evil Mentor. This has become the catalyst of his retirement.
- Killed Off for Real: Happens to him in #45, a result of pushing himself too hard.
- The Mentor: To Todoroki.
- Retired Badass: Tries to be this, but ultimately cares about his job and former protégé too much to stop.
- Shock and Awe: Uses electricity as his element, just like Todoroki.
Takeshi
Ichiro Tachibana
Ichiro Tachibana
Portrayed by: Atomu Shimojo
- Cool Old Guy: All-around pleasant company to be around, even saving Asumu from being bullied by a guy whose girlfriend got in trouble because of the lad of in #10.
Kasumi Tachibana
Kasumi Tachibana
Portrayed by: Mayu Gamou
- Girly Girl: To Hinaka's Tomboy.
- Plucky Comic Relief: Less than her sister Hinaka, but she's got her comical moments.
Hinaka Tachibana
Hinaka Tachibana
Portrayed by: Miyuki Kanbe
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Character Outlives Actor: While Miyuki Kanbe died in June 18, 2008, Hinaka was mentioned by Todoroki about having to talk with her of getting his own apprentice towards the end of episode 34 of Zi-O. - Genki Girl: Very energetic and chipper, especially when Todoroki is around her.
- Plucky Comic Relief: Main source of humor.
- Tomboy: To Kasumi's Girly Girl.
Midori Takizawa
Konosuke Kogure
Konosuke Kogure
Portrayed by: Akira Fuse
- Drill Sergeant Nasty: One way to describe his methods.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Very strict and aggressive, but genuinely wishes to help the Oni he lectures into being more skilled and stronger.
- Not So Above It All: In addition to his disciplinary nature, he is shown to be very fond with singing at karaoke.
- Special Guest: Leaves following his debut two parter.
- Retired Badass: He was a former Oni.
- Training from Hell: Pretty much involves his subordinates in these trainings.
Other Allies
Asumu Adachi
Asumu Adachi
Portrayed by: Rakuto Tochihara
- Character Narrator: Served as the perspective character prior to the Retool, having narrating his own experiences with the Oni and part of his life in the episode recaps.
- Childhood Friend: Of Hitomi.
- Expository Hairstyle Change: Near the end of the series.
- Ridiculously Average Guy: Thinks he is this when compared with Kyosuke.
- Secret-Keeper: For the Oni and Takashi even helping them out on occasion and briefly becomes Hibiki's offical apprentice.
- She Is Not My Girlfriend: What he thinks of Hitomi.
Ikuko Adachi
Ikuko Adachi
Portrayed by: Kaoru Mizuki
Hitomi Mochida
Hitomi Mochida
Portrayed by: Erika Mori
- Childhood Friend: Of Asumu.
- Damsel in Distress: Gets kidnapped by Makamou in final episode.
- He Is Not My Boyfriend: What she thinks of Asumu.
- Locked Out of the Loop: She isn't aware about Oni or Makamou.
Akira Amami
Akira Amami
Portrayed by: Eri Akiyama
- Faux Action Girl: Transformed once but ended up defeated in an instant. She decided to give up on being an Oni apprentice in favor of Hibiki taking Asumu and Kyosuke as his apprentices.
- Morality Pet: Ibuki tries to be this to her, but once he becomes more focused on stopping the Makamou, she starts slipping.
- Skipping School: Deconstructed. As Kiriya points out, her focus more on being an Oni than schoolwork makes her seem uncommitted when she decides to start going back to school.
- Tsundere: A friendly variant. At first, she's abrasive with Asumu, though as the show went on, she slowly warms up to him.
Kyosuke Kiriya
Kyosuke Kiriya
Portrayed by: Yuichi Nakamura (live), Makoto Ito (suit)
- The Ace: In his debut episode, he pretty much did everything in school.
- Butt-Monkey: Kyosuke may be an ace and a cheating jerk, but even he gets the short end of the stick at times, ranging from the video chat with his mother to cleaning toilets as punishment and being forced by Hibiki to re-enroll back to school when he initially dropped out.
- Exact Words: After critiquing the English teacher’s pronunciation, he challenges him to a reading competition. In French.
- Freudian Excuse: His desire to follow in Hibiki’s footsteps stems from a desire to surpass his father, who died in a firefighting accident when Kiriya was a child.
- Hard Work Hardly Works: He barely keeps up in the training, but eventually becomes a fully fledged Oni.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: For how much of a cheater he can be at times and how abrasive he is with Asumu and several others, Kyosuke does actually care about them and tries his best to be earnest and develop as a person. Case in point, towards the end of the series, he gets upset with Asumu for wanting to drop out of being an Oni apprentice for what he believed was something more "childish", to the point of still unforgiving him a year later, Kyosuke still finds Asumu to be an impressive individual after they saved Hitomi.
- Jerkass Has a Point:
- His critique of the English teacher’s pronunciation isn’t entirely unwarranted. One would expect a language teacher to have good pronunciation in his subject language.
- Similarly, his criticisms of Akira and Asumu in episode 36 basically call them out on not staying focused on their shared goal of becoming an Oni, accusing them of not taking it seriously.
- Momma's Boy: His mother once showed up in video chat on his TV, embarassing the heck out of him, especially with his medications brought up.
- The Rival: To Asumu, especially once he experiences the battles of the Oni.
- Spoiled Brat: Has plenty of belonging an lived in a luxurious house.
- What the Hell, Hero?: His scheme of having him and Asumu compete to be Akira's apprentice ended with her being endangered. The adults ended up aggressively calling him and Asumu out for that reckless action.
Makamou
The Makamou are the Kaijins of this show. They are an assortment of creatures who dwell in rural areas and consume human beings as food.The Douji and Hime characters are portrayed by Mitsu Murata and Sei Ashina respectively.
In general
- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: The Giant Type Makamou are basically this.
- Giant Enemy Crab: The Bakegani Makamou.
- Giant Spider: The Tsuchigumo and Yoroi Tsuchigumo Makamou.
- I'm a Humanitarian: They feed on human meat in order to grow. Special mention to the Elite Mook Beserk Douji.
- Larynx Dissonance: Parents Douji and Hime has Crossdressing Voices as a creppy factor.
- Orochi: The Makamou from the Seven War Oni movie.
- Scarf of Asskicking: Inverted as the parents Douji and Hime wear scarves, which is a cosmetic factor.
- Sea Monster: The Ittanmomen, Otoroshi, Ubume and Oonamazu Makamou.
- Yōkai: Pretty much the representatives of this trope.
- Zerg Rush: The Summer Type Makamou can multiply in numbers and the only way to destroy them is killing the source Summer Makamou.
Black Puppets
Black Puppets
- Dark Is Evil: They all wear black clothing while also act very menacing.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Ended up getting offed by Super Douji and Hime when the latter two started surfacing.
White Puppets
White Puppets
- Light Is Not Good: They wear bright white clothing and are no less menacing as the rest of the Makamou.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Same deal as the Black Puppets.
The Man and Woman
The Man and Woman
- Big Bad: The ones that pioneer the rest of the Douji and Hime and oversee the Makamou.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Notes fully well of how dangerous Orochi is and as such, warns a few of the heroes about the perils the event has, and even stops Super Douji and Hime from attacking them if it means the Oni can endurance Orochi.
- Hidden Agenda Villain: No clear agenda is made within their motives.
- Tomato in the Mirror: The finale reveals, that yes, they themselves too are clones.
Super Douji and Hime
Super Douji and Hime
- Killed Off for Real: Due to them revolting from their creators, they slowly wither and dissolve from the lack of food they are normally fed in #47.
- Psychopathic Manchild: At first. Super Hime then grows out of it first before Super Douji eventually follows trail.
- Quirky Miniboss Squad: Have more personality and often take into the battle more than the Puppets.
Spoiler Characters
The Real Man and Woman
- Last Episode, New Character: They only appear and get one scene in the finale, despite being the true villains of the season.
- Walking Spoiler: Hard to talk about them without the fact that they exist and what they entail to the Man and Woman.
Movie Exclusive Characters
Asumu (Past)
Asmumu
Portrayed by: Tochihara Rakuto
A boy from the Sengoku era whose village was menaced by giant Makamou called the Orochi and sets out to recruit Oni to save his home.
- Character Narrator: Like his present day namesake he is the main focal point of the story.
Kamen Rider Hibiki (past)
Hibiki
Portrayed by: Hosokawa Shigeki (live)
The original Hibiki. Former mentor to Asumu's late brother.
- The Leader: Acts as this to the Senki in the final act of the movie.
- The Mentor: Was to Asumu's older brother until the boy was killed in a landslide.
- Super Mode:Thanks to efforts of his late apprentice he transforms into Armed Hibiki.
Kamen Rider Ibuki (Past)
The original Ibuki. An Oni who was rewarded with status and wealth though became bored with the lifestyle and eagerly jumped at the chance to join his old comrades in battle.
Kamen Rider Todoroki (Past)
The original Todoroki. A young warrior who Hibiki sent to join the party.
Kamen Rider Kabuki
Kabuki
Portrayed by: Matsuo Toshinobu (live) Yabe Keizo (suit)
The first Oni Asumu and his companions meet and the one who suggests forming a team of Oni to slay the Orochi. Unfortunaly it turns out he defected to the side of the Oni's sworn enemy after years of mistreatment from the humans he fought so hard to protect.
- Face–Heel Turn: He was once dedicated to protecting people from Makamo same as any Oni however years of suffering Fantastic Racism eventually led him to joining forces with the Makamo.
- Fallen Hero:
- Foreshadowing: The asymmetrical appearance of his Oni form and his treatment by a woman whose village he just saved foreshadows his betrayal.
- Friend to All Children: Because they often treat him better then their parents. Even when he lays dying after betraying him he still tries to save Asamu from the Makamo.
- Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: The core reason for his turn.
- Walking Spoiler: Hard to talk about him without mentioning he's a twist villain.
Kamen Rider Touki
Touki
Portrayed by:''' Matsuda Kenji (live) Abrikh Kefi (suit)
An Oni and Buddhist priest who developed mental powers through mediation. In battle he wields a club called the Ongekikanbou Retto.
- Animal Motif: Bears Are Bad News if you're a Makamou.
- Mind over Matter: Gained this ability thanks to years of mediation. It's even part of his finsiher.
- Religious Bruiser: A Buddhist priest and fierce warrior, he joined the Senki as he claimed its what the Buddha willed of him.
- Shout-Out: His bear motif and suit colors was inspired by the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters baseball team.
Kamen Rider Kirameki
Kirameki
Portrayed by: Yamanka So (live) Mimura Koji (suit)
An Oni from Owari (now Nagoya) and former comrade of Touki's until he fled during a battle. In battle he wields a pair of cymbal based weapons called the Ongekicymbal Retsuban.
- Animal Motif: A shachihoko, a sea monster form Japanese folklore with the head of a dragon and body of a fish.
- Shout-Out: His shachihoko motif is inspired by the Nagoya Grampus baseball team.
- This Looks Like a Job for Aquaman: He can fight under water.
Kamen Rider Nishiki
Nishiki
Portrayed by: Kitahara Masaki (live) Nagase Naoki (suit)
An Oni from Osaka who often finds himself accused as a criminal.
- Animal Motif: Panthera Awesome.
- Frame-Up: Kabuki attempted to do this to him by planting his weapon at the scene of a crime.
- Now That's Using Your Teeth!: His first scene has him catch a blade meant to behead him with his teeth. In human form.
- Shout-Out: His tiger motif and suit colors was inspired by the Hanshin Tigers baseball team.
Kamen Rider Habataki
Habataki
Portrayed by: Yue Takeyuki (live) Shimokawa Shinya (suit)
A Oni from Fukuoka who lives as a farmer with his wife and child.- Animal Motif: Noble Bird of Prey.
- Call to Agriculture: He's a farmer.
- Flight: Fitting his motif he can fly.
- Happily Married: To his wife he even refused to leave her and their child until she gave him her blessing to join his comrades. The end credits show him happily returning to her after the battle.
- Shout-Out: His hawk motif and suit colors was inspired by the Fukuoka Soft Bank Hawks baseball team.
