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The Three Main Riders

Touma Kamiyama/Kamen Rider Saber (II)

See his page for more details.

Rintaro Shindo/Kamen Rider Blades (II)

Rintaro Shindo/Kamen Rider Blades

Portrayed by: Takaya Yamaguchi (live), Eitoku (suit, series), Yasuhiko Imai (suit, Trio of Deep Sin)
Young Rintaro Portrayed by: Haruto Ono (series), Reo Miyauchi (Trio of Deep Sin)

I swear on Suiseiken Nagare that I shall protect this world!

The water swordsman of the Sword of Logos who wields the Sword of Water Nagare and its token Wonder Ride Book Lion Senki, transforming into Kamen Rider Blades. Upon witnessing the extent of the corruption within the organization, he defects to join Touma's group.

Tropes that apply to him in general

The Swordsman of Water

Young Rintaro

• Anger Born of Worry: He doesn't have a good grasp on how to properly handle his emotions, nor how to express them. Most notably he reacts to Touma asserting his determination to save the boy inside the Primitive Dragon by first mocking him, then by calling him crazy and then finally by admitting he likes that about him.
• Benched Hero: Downplayed. Rintaro still lingers about the field following Reika's declaration of Touma as a traitor here-and-there, but is altogether separate from those events until Mei approaches him almost nine episodes later. He's finally off the bench after Chapter 27, transforming into Lion Dai Senki to defend Touma's body during the latter's attempts to reach out to the boy within the Primitive Dragon book.
• Berserk Button:
  • Zooous is one to him, as he was the one who caused his master's death.
  • Insulting or even causing distrust to the Sword of Logos is another huge one. He loses it and attacks Touma when he questioned the organization having a traitor amidst them.
• Blue Is Heroic: Besides his Rider form, Rintaro wears a dark blue swordsman garb outside his transformation.
• Breaking Old Trends:
  • Unlike most Riders who use regular two-wheeled motorcycles, he uses a three-wheeled motorcycle, a modified Spyder F3T of all bikes, as his Rider Machine.
  • Unlike many secondary Riders who started off as cold and hostile towards their main Riders but eventually warmed up to them after their Character Development, Rintaro breaks this trend and gets along well with Touma from day one. Many secondary Riders started off as an Anti-Hero obsessed with revenge, but Rintaro starts off as a heroic Rider who's clearly fighting for the greater good.
• Bridal Carry: He does this to Mei in Chapter 7.
• Can't Catch Up: Played For Drama. Chapter 30 sees Rintaro constantly confronted with the idea that he's inferior to Touma due to the latter's developing ability to separate people from Megid. He begins desperately over-exerting himself trying to awaken his own blade and save Mei, which keeps failing and results in more overcompensating. He reaches such a Rage Breaking Point he willingly offers to throw his life away against Zooous so Touma can save Mei himself. Touma saves him instead, to his complete shock.
• Comically Missing the Point: He understands that entering with your shoes on is considered rude in Japanese culture, so when he meets Touma and Mei for the first time, he's riding on a blue lion inside the bookstore, thinking this is okay. This is forgivable, due to his Fish out of Water status.
• Consummate Professional: He's not nearly to the extent of Tetsuo, but his loyalty is to the guild first and foremost and deviations from that clearly do not sit right with him. As much he cares for his fellow swordsmen, he doesn't tolerate them going out of line for irrational judgements and unruly behavior.
• Conflicting Loyalty: After Touma was labelled as a traitor by Reika, Rintaro still wants to understand him but at the same time he refuses to believe Touma's warning that there is potentially a traitor in the organization and that is mainly due to considering them as his family.
• Contrasting Sequel Protagonist:
  • Both Isamu Fuwa and Rintaro are Experienced Protagonists who are associated with the color blue and are also the main secondary Rider of their series. However, Fuwa got his Rider form at the beginning of his series while Rintaro became a Rider before his series even started. Personality-wise, Fuwa has a Hair-Trigger Temper and comes off as rash and reckless (though he gradually mellowed after getting his Character Development), while Rintaro is far more level-headed, careful, and laid-back. He also instantly got along with Touma at first before their friendship become strained temporarily due to his loyalty in the Sword of Logos before he defects from the organization after realizing the corruption from his superiors, while Fuwa took some time to warm up to Aruto before he finally rebelled from A.I.M.S due to the same circumstances. This even extends to their Animal Motifs, as Fuwa as Vulcan is themed around the wolf (a canine), while Rintaro as Blades is themed around the lion (a feline).
  • Both Rintaro and Makoto Fukami/Kamen Rider Specter (from Takuro Fukuda's previous Rider show) are blue-colored secondary Riders of their respective shows. While Makoto intially an Anti-Hero whose goals are at odds with Takeru, Rintaro was polite and friendly with Touma since their first encounter.
• Defector from Decadence: Technically applies to all of the swordsmen, though Rintaro's the one that directly plays this out. Even with The Conspiracy (and Reika's emotional manipulation) nipping at the heels of his conscience, it took confronting Isaac of his own choice to finally put the organization's corruption on full display. Rintaro's new goal is to return the organization to the straight and narrow.
• Deuteragonist: He gets the second most amount of focus after Touma, and goes through quite a profound character arc.
• Dork Knight: Despite being a competent swordsman and far more knowledgeable about the Megid and Wonder Ride Books than Touma, he's also quite a major Fish out of Water due to the fact that he's from Wonder World and only knows about this world from books he read. As such, he doesn't really know a whole lot about our world and has to rely on Touma and Mei to guide him.
• Earn Your Happy Ending: The betrayal arc was a long beatdown for Rintaro. He was separated from most of his friends, found out the guild he devoted his life to serving was corrupt and had one of his friends turned into a Megid, by the same figure who killed his mentor to boot, leaving him with severe self confidence issues. He gets over it at the end of the arc and not only saves his friend, but also unlocks a new Super Form and avenges his master by killing Zooous.
• Experienced Protagonist: Compared to the relatively new Touma, he's been working as a swordsman for Sword of Logos for some time now.
• Fighting Your Friend: Positive example in Chapter 31. After overhearing Touma reinforce to Zooous his belief in him, Rintaro challenges Touma to a duel to alleviate his feelings of inadequacy.
• Friend-or-Idol Decision: Rintaro's personal conflict in the second arc is grappling with his devotion to the Sword of Logos coming at odds with his newfound friendship with Touma. Chapter 20 illustrates this by him attempting to reach out to Touma, having them fight the Megid like old times, only for the attempted reconciliation to turn sour when Touma insists on finding the traitor within the guild.
• Full-Name Basis: Befitting his polite nature, he calls everyone by their full name with the appropriate honorific when he first meets them. Otherwise, he usually sticks to calling people by their first or last name depending on the situation. This even extends to him referring to humans as Homo sapiens, the scientific name.
• Genius Bruiser: He has an immense amount of knowledge thanks to reading quite a few books and is an experienced swordsman. In situations with the Megid, his immense knowledge does help; in social situations... not so much.
• Heroic BSoD:
  • Has a major one in Chapter 29 where after finding out Isaac' true intentions and getting beaten by Durendal, Rintaro weeps over having believed his devotion to the guild was for nothing. Touma has Rintaro snap out of it after getting him to admit that he wanted to set the guild straight and stating that they'll do it together.
  • Chapters 30 and 31 has him suffer another one when Mei is transformed into the Neko Megid, as the monster keeps poking at Rintaro's inability to save Mei himself to the point he almost makes a Stupid Sacrifice. It took a re-affirming duel bewteen him and Touma to snap him out of it and awaken Nagare.
• Inferiority Superiority Complex: Develops one toward Touma in Chapter 30 after his attempts to awaken the Nagare and save Mei continue to fail. It takes a fierce duel between the two in the following Chapter for this to go away.
• It's Personal: Has a fierce rivalry with Zooous due to the latter killing his mentor, the previous Kamen Rider Blades.
• Legacy Character: Is actually the second person to bear the title of Kamen Rider Blades, inheriting it after the death of his master.
• My God, What Have I Done?: In Chapter 18, he attempts to finish off the recent human-turned-Megid, only for Touma to jump in front of the attack and get himself severely injured in the process. Rintaro can only stare in shock at what he just did.
• My Master, Right or Wrong: To the Sword of Logos, due to being orphaned at a very young age and being raised by them. As such, he sees them as a very precious surrogate family and would rather side with them even if their morals are being questioned, and will not tolerate any insults towards them. It isn't until Chapter 29 that he begins to question this, culminating in a failed confrontation with Master Logos A.K.A Isaac himself.
• Nice Guy: He's overall very polite, if not a little awkward due to his Fish out of Water status.
• No Social Skills: He's a very polite gentleman, but he's hilariously awkward in socializing while away from the Wonder World.
• Official Couple: Seemingly with Mei in both the series epilogue and Trio of Deep Sin. The end of the epilogue has them arrive at Touma's store wearing matching outfits, while Deep Sin ends with them going on a date.
• Only Sane Man: Dork Knight he may be, but he's the one that plays the sane man whenever the others are being particularly ridiculous. In a more serious light, he has no problem calling the others out for their irrational judgement and unchecked behavior.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business:
  • The moment that Zooous reveals that he was the one that killed his master fifteen years ago, Rintaro drops his composed demeanor and becomes absolutely furious. This even extends to his fighting style: while usually finessed and technical, he regresses to an uncontrolled, reckless style that barely scratches Zooous.
  • Despite the appearance that he's Just Following Orders from Reika, his genuine anger at Touma and sudden impulsiveness when the latter tries to stand his ground against Ren suggests there's more to that than it seems.
  • Rintaro's defection from the Sword of Logos was done of his own choice but not done on his own terms. Needing to be saved by Touma so many times while being unable to save Mei in turn instills feelings of inadequacy in Rintaro that the Neko Megid preys on. The stress becomes so intense he almost throws his life away. It takes a duel between him and Touma to awaken the Nagare and restore his resolve.
• Raised by the Community: He was adopted and raised by the Sword of Logos from a very young age, having no knowledge of who his parents are.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: A downplayed version with Touma. He's the calm, polite Blue to Touma's fiery, but laidback Red. It's even Color-Coded for Your Convenience. Also inverted, because Touma's fierce nature is steady, while Rintaro's emotions tend to come out in big, self-destructive waves.
• Serious Business: The realization Zooous killed his master causes him to go into No-Holds-Barred Beatdown mode, which actually bores the Megid into not even wanting to kill him.
• Socially Awkward Hero: In battle, he's a skilled warrior who can take down hoards of Megid with ease. Outside of the battlefield, he really means well, but comes off as socially awkward due to his Fish out of Water status and lack of true social skills outside of what he read in books.
• Spell My Name With An S: Before an official spelling came out, no one knew if it's supposed to be Kamen Rider Blades, Kamen Rider Blaze, or something more obscure like Brace, Braise, or Braze; or even a made-up word like "Blays". It was then revealed to be "Blades" through merchandise.
• Stupid Sacrifice: Almost makes one in Chapter 30 when his Heroic BSoD reaches a breaking point and he throws himself at Zooous so Touma can make another attempt to liberate Mei. Touma saves him instead.
• Sweet Tooth: Seems to be attracted to sweets, a fact Mei exploits early on.
• Undying Loyalty: Is firmly loyal to the Sword of Logos on account of having been raised by them since childhood. This gets deconstructed hard in the second Story Arc, where he still clings to Sword of Logos even as his fellow Riders start to leave on account of the increasing corruption going on within the organization. The revelation that even the leader of SOL is in on the corruption is what finally breaks him.
• The Unsmile: Appears to Touma and Mei with a smile that is absolutely unassuming even though he truly means well.
• To Be Lawful or Good: Rintaro struggles greatly with the choice of fighting for the organization he's spent his whole life with despite increasingly sinister implications or joining Touma in unrooting the conspiracy at the expense of the life's he's always lived, growing more anxious as his colleagues leave one-by-one. He ultimately chooses to be Good and defects from the Sword of Logos after learning Isaac's true intentions.
• You're Not My Father: Says this to Shinjiro in Trio of Deep Sin. While he may be his biological father, he does not have the loving care of one.

Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider Blades

Nagare Battō! Lion Senki! Nagare Issatsu! Hyakujū no Ō to Suiseiken Nagare ga majiwaru toki konpeki no tsurugi ga kiba wo muku!^note Unsheathe the current! Lion Senki! Nagare: Volume 1! When the king of the wilds and Nagare, the Sword of Currents unite, the azure blade shall bare its fangs!

Nagare Battō! Aoki yajyu (Aoki yajyu) no tategami ga (No tategami ga) sora ni nabiku~! (Sora ni nabiku) Fantastic Lion~!! Nagare Sansatsu! Konpeki no tsurugi ga kiba wo muki ginga wo seisu!^note Unsheathe the current! The mane of the blue wild beast flutters in the sky! Fantastic Lion~! Nagare: Volume 3! The azure sword bares its fangs and controls the galaxy!

Nagare Battō! Rhyming! Riding! Rider! Jū-ō rai-ō! Rising! Lifull! King Lion Daisenki! Sore sunawachi hōgeki no senshi!^note Unsheathe the current! Rhyming! Riding! Rider! Welcome the Beast King! Rising! Lifull! King Lion Daisenki! In other words, the artillery warrior!

Nagare Battō! Tategami tenkai subete o hikiishi! Tategami Hyōjū Senki! Gao!^note Unsheathe the current! The encompassing mane that spearheads the charge! Tategami Hyōjū Senki! Roar!

• Animal Motifs: Lions.
• Animorphism: To contrast to Saber, who summons his book's namesake to fight alongside him, Blades turns into King Lion to attack his foes.
• Cool Sword: Wields Suiseiken Nagare, the Seiken of surging waves. It uses the same blade as Saber's, but with an aquatic wave design for the handguard.
• Elemental Powers:
  • An Ice Person: Gains the ability to control ice in Tategami Hyōjū Senki form.
  • Making a Splash: Wields the Sword of Water Nagare.
• Fighter, Mage, Thief: The Thief to Saber's Mage and Espada's Fighter. Blades fighting style comprised with more finesse and fencing-like movement within his swordsmanship compared to Espada and Saber.
• Finishing Move: Blades can use different finishers, depending on if he uses his sword or driver.
  • Seiken Swordriver:
    • Leo Cascade: A Rider Kick that’s enhanced in water energy. It is enhanced in Lion Fantasista.
    • Lion Wonder: has two variations.
    • By pressing on the Lion Senki Wonder Ride Book, Blades can send a slash of water that also sends a lion construct at the enemy.
    • In Fantastic Lion, he can turn his body to water, and attack the enemy.
    • Lion Fantasista Wonder: By pressing on the Lion Senki and Peter Fantasista Wonder Ride Books, Blades swings Capture Hook around numerous times until creates 6 water balls, he that summons a blue mechanical lion that rams into the target, before teleporting into water balls and slashes the enemy several times.
    • Fantastic Blazer: has two variations.
    • After suspending himself in mid-air, Blades creates a giant blast of water that traps many enemies in a enormous bubble, before kicking through it.
    • In Ganbarazing, Blades creates multiple orbs of water that turn into copies of himself, they jump into the air and all Rider Kick the enemy, with stars shooting down, before Blades kicks the enemy.
    • Lionel Grand Cascade: Blades leap into the air as four pillars of water flow around Blades' foot. He then perform a flying kick with water covering his' foot. The attack sends the opponent flying before setting them on fire.
    • Leo Blizzard Cascade: Blades forms a giant icicle in the air and launches it down toward the enemy, who catches it. He then jumps into the air and performs a flying kick covered in snow into the icicle, causing it to crush the enemy before Blades breaks through the icicle himself.
  • Suiseiken Nagare:
    • Hydro Stream: A rider slash of water energy.
    • Hydro Vortex: Blades summons a whirlpool that lifts the enemy, then Blades levitates and slashes the enemy, then said enemy explodes in a watery explosion.
    • Lionel Hydro Stream: Blades charges the Suiseiken Nagare with blue energy before him clash with an opponent's attack. Upon breaking through, the enemy is struck with an blue energy slash.
    • Shutoku Issen: by scanning a Wonder Ride Book, Blades can use an attack of the book.
    • Jackun-to-Domamenoki: Blades slashes at the enemy and sends green bean energy projectiles.
    • Lion Senki: has two variations.
    • Blades delivers a series of water-enhanced slashes, leaves a explosion of water upon impact.
    • Blades delivers a downward slash covered in water current.
    • Blizzard Blades: Has several variations.
    • Blades charges the Suiseiken Nagare with light blue energy and launches himself horizontally, avoiding an object thrown by the enemy. He then delivers a light blue energy slash to the opponent while flying by, creating a large flash of blue light. The enemy is then frozen in a block of ice while spikes of ice emerge from the ground around them. Shortly after, the frozen enemy shatters along with the ice spikes.
    • Blades delivers two light blue energy slashes to an enemy, partially freezing them in place. He then thrusts the Suiseiken Nagare forward, producing a barrage of small icicles that strikes the enemy.
    • Blades thrusts the Suiseiken Nagare forward, creating a blizzard that completely completely freezes the opponent before they shatter in an explosion.
    • Blades covers the Suiseiken Nagare with light blue energy and swings it, launching a large icicle.
    • Blades produces freezing wind from the hilt of Suiseiken Nagare.
  • King Lion Booster: by scanning one or multiple Wonder Ride Books, Blades can do an attack based on said books.
    • Burst
    • Tanzan Burst: By scanning one book, Blades can do an attack based on the books power.
    • Lion Senki: Blades blasts a concentrated stream of water from the King Lion Booster.
    • Mix Burst
    • Lionic Burst: by scanning three books, Blades shoots at the enemy with elements of the books.
    • Tri-Cerberus, Needle Hedgehog, Lamp do Alangina: Blades launches energy quills, and projections of Tri-Cerberus and Lamp do Alangina's Djinn at the enemy.
    • Jackun-to-Domamenoki, Bremen no Rock Band, Kobuta 3 Kyoudai: Blades launches comets of violet-green energy from his King Lion Cannon.
    • Tenkuu no Pegasus, Lion Senki, Peter Fantasista: Blades launches a concentrated stream of water from the King Lion Booster.
    • Lionic Full Burst: By scanning the King Lion Daisenki book, Blades coats the Suiseiken Nagare in water before thrusting forward, launching a supercharged watery energy construct of a lion's head.
  • King Lion Booster and Suiseiken Nagare:
    • Lionel Sol Splash: Blades summons a whirlpool of water that lifts himself up, before sending a horizontal slash to the enemy covered in a stream of water, destroying the enemy and leaves a trail of water upon impact.
  • Lion Mode:
    • King Lion Grenature: Blades in his Lion Mode, bites down on the Suiseiken Nagare and slashes the enemy with it.
  • Tategami Hyoujuu Senki:
    • Leo Blizzard Sea: Blades forms a shark's tail and dorsal fin on his back from the Tategami Blazer. The water behind Blades freezes while he charges the Suiseiken Nagare with light blue energy. He then sends forward a giant blast of water that transforms into shark jaws and bites down on the opponent, launching them out of the water.
    • Leo Blizzard Sky: Blades forms wings on his back from the Tategami Blazer and flies into the sky. He then sprouts six large icicles from his wings and launches them at an opponent, who is impaled by them. A giant snowflake-like design appears behind Blades before he performs a flying kick covered in light blue energy that produces a snowflake and light blue shockwaves upon impact. The kick pushes one of the icicles all the way through the opponent's body and sends them crashing back to the ground.
    • Leo Blizzard Ground: Blades forms hedgehog spines from the Tategami Blazer, then stabs the ground with the the Suiseiken Nagare, freezing it along with the enemy's feet and preventing the opponent from moving. Finally, he runs toward the enemy and delivers a running blue energy slash that completely freezes the enemy in a block of ice, which then shatters.
  • Unnamed Finishers:
    • King Lion Hissatsu Giri and Rekka Iai: Blades charges the Suiseiken Nagare with water and Kaenken Rekka with fire before launching two energy slashes colored blue and red, respectively. However, instead of striking the opponent, the clashing elements creates a bright flash of light that allows Blades to escape with an ally in a cloud of water vapor.
• Flight:
  • Blades can fly in the air thanks to the Pegasus and Peter Fantasista books.
  • Tategami Hyoujuu Senki can transform its mane into a set of eagle wings for aerial combat.
• Force and Finesse: While Touma brute-forces his way through battles due to his inexperience and lack of knowledge of the Wonder Ride Books, Rintaro is far more refined in his fighting style and can clearly handle Wonder Ride Books with a fine control that Touma lacks.
• Hook Hand: When using the Peter Fantasista Wonder Ride Book, Blades gains a hook on his left hand.
• King of Beasts: His primary form uses the Wonder Ride Book Lion Senki.
  • Tategami Hyōjū Senki takes it further with a massive mane and a visor akin to a roaring maw. It also plays this more literally, as the reason this is the reason he can summon the powers and aspects of other animals in this form.
  "The battle-worn silver mane carving a path through the blizzard for the countless beasts heeding his path!"
• Land, Sea, Sky: Tategami Hyōjū Senki allows Blades to harness the power of land, sea, and sky creatures. Seen in its debut fight where it uses the flight of an eagle, and the underwater prowess of a shark alongside Blades' typical lion motif.
• Legacy Character: Tategami Hyōjū Senki is the spirits and wishes of Blades' predecessors - including his master - in Wonder Ride Book form.
• Mid-Season Upgrade: King Lion is Blades's first, akin to Vulcan's Assault Wolf. Also they both get guns added to their armor.
• Power Fist: His King Lion Booster functions as Saber's does, though obviously switching the element from fire to water.
• Power Hair: Hyōjū Senki's mane can detach and transform into a select few tools, including a pair of wings and a shark construct for swimming.
• Set Bonus: Blades is the first Rider to have all three of the same Wonder Ride Books together (in Nagare element: Pegasus, Lion, and Peter Fantasista), and this is known as a Wonder Combo when an Element has a full set. In Blade's case his combo form is called Fantastic Lion and this form greatly enhances his water element, in addition to allowing him to glide and fly due to both Peter and Pegasus.
• Simple, yet Awesome:
  • His first upgrade merely looks like an evolution of his base form, though with more armor and technology, in contrast to Saber going full Knight in Shining Armor. That said, it still works and looks quite impressive and heroic.
  • While Tategami Lion Senki has strong abilities in its disposal, Rintaro uses a simple move: flash freezing the ground instantly and disabling his opponents movement. It worked effectively on his rematch on the Shindai siblings especially Ryoga who abuses Teleport Spam.
• Super Mode: Tategami Lion Senki, which is a gigantic upgrade on all his previous forms in terms of sheer power with the added bonus of powerful ice abilities and the ability to turn his mane into a fin for moving fast underwater or wings to fly. The only things the heroes have that exceed it is Xross Saber and Wonder Almighty, and those are kind of cheats.

Kento Fukamiya/Kamen Rider Espada (II) (Unmarked Spoilers)

Kento Fukamiya/Kamen Rider Espada/Kamen Rider Calibur (III)

Portrayed by: Ryo Aoki (live), Yuji Nakata (suit)
Young Kento Portrayed by: Ryusei Miyamoto (series), Isshin Fukumine (Trio of Deep Sin)

My feelings will pierce through!

The thunder swordsman of the Swords of Logos who wields the Sword of Thunder Ikazuchi and its token Wonder Ride Book Lamp do Alangina, transforming into Kamen Rider Espada. He is a childhood friend of Touma's and the son of Calibur, Hayato Fukamiya.

Initially thought to be dead following his defeat at the hands of Daichi Kamijo, Kento is later revealed to be alive and well. He is also the new wielder of Ankokuken Kurayami and assumes the mantle of the third Kamen Rider Calibur. After a reunion and pep-talk with his father, he retakes the mantle of Espada and joins Touma's team.

Tropes that apply to him in general

The Swordsman of Thunder

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The Third Swordsman of Darkness

Young Kento

• Archnemesis Dad: Hayato betrayed the Sword of Logos fifteen years ago for unknown reasons, which of course Kento has serious problems with. Unknown to Kento, however, when he meets Kamen Rider Calibur in the present, Hayato is long dead and Kamijo has taken up his mantle.
• Anti-Villain: Despite being in direct opposition to the Sword of Logos, he intends to seal away all the Sacred Swords all by himself, believing it will save the world from its destruction.
• Back from the Dead: Subverted in that he was never dead to begin with, but instead sealed within Kurayami. He somehow managed to escape.
• Bad Future: Kurayami showed him multiple timelines where the world is destroyed because of the Sacred Swords. This is what ultimately leads to him believing that sealing the Sacred Swords will prevent that future from happening.
• Being Tortured Makes You Evil: An incredibly loose definition of "evil," but yes. Being flooded with images of very grim futures and grisly ends has robbed Kento of any hesitation in fighting his friends.
• Berserk Button: Kamen Rider Calibur is one to him due to the actions of his father from fifteen years ago. The button then shifts to Calibur's true identity upon discovering that it is not Hayato under the suit.
• Big Damn Heroes:
  • He rescues Saber and Blades from their first encounter with Calibur and is on the receiving end from Rintaro, which he regrets.
  • This is how he makes his wondrous comeback, defending Mei from a berserk Touma and knocking the latter out of his transformation with Yuri's help.
  • In Chapter 29, he frees Sophia and helps her escape from the Southern Base.
• Came Back Wrong: His time within the Kurayami destroyed him completely, explaining his monotone speech and Dull Eyes of Unhappiness.
• Cannot Spit It Out: Kento's fatal flaw is his inability to collaborate with others, thinking he can solve all of his issues himself. This gets him fatally wounded by Kamijo during their final duel. It reaches its peak later on when he returns as Calibur, as he stubbornly refuses to elaborate on any of the Bad Futures he's trying to avert despite unexpected changes to the timeline happening in front of his face and Touma's repeated attempts to reach out to him, which makes things harder not just for himself but the people he's trying to save too.
• Character Tic: Has a tendency to touch his head behind his ear, the area his dad used to ruffle when he was a kid.
• Childhood Friend: To Touma and Luna. Unlike Touma, he's never forgotten about her.
• Contrasting Sequel Main Character: Both Kento and Yua Yaiba/Kamen Rider Valkyrie are the main tertiary Riders of their series that started off as allies to the main rider before turning to the dark side and assuming darker forms of their heroic selves during the second arc; Yua becomes the Fighting Jackal Raider due to her being mind-controlled by Gai Amatsu as his enforcer against Aruto Hiden while Kento takes the mantle of Kamen Rider Calibur during his revival and crusade to seal the Seikens after he was crushed by the repeated bad futures he encountered while being sealed within Kurayami which caused him to clashed with Touma Kamiyama and his allies.
• Dark Is Not Evil: While his goals do put him at odds with his fellow swordsmen and his friend, Kento is not acting maliciously and genuinely intends to save the world. He just thinks the only way to do so is to seal all the Sacred Swords.
• De-power: He can do this with Kurayami, which was made for the purpose of sealing away Seikens. As shown in Chapter 33 with Kenzan, though, he seems to only seal away the Seikens ability to use a Wonder Ride Book's power. In the case of swords such as Suzune, this effectively renders the Seiken useless. In Hayate's case, sealing one of the swords only seals half of the Seiken of Wind's power, hence why Kenzan was still able to transform.
• Deuteragonist: Arguably is the series most vocal character after Touma himself.
• Disappeared Dad: The reveal of Daichi Kamijo being the current Kamen Rider Calibur raises a few questions behind what happened to Hayato, and Kento is determined to discover the truth. Chapter 15 would later reveal that Kamijo killed Hayato during their confrontation fifteen years ago.
• Discard and Draw: After Kento was sealed within Kurayami, his personal sword Ikazuchi came into Touma's possession. He takes up Kurayami after he manages to escape his imprisonment. When given a chance to reclaim Ikazuchi in Chapter 35, he chooses to keep Kurayami. Come Chapter 40, he returns to wielding Ikazuchi and taking the mantle of Espada.
• Dull Eyes of Unhappiness: After he escaped from Kurayami, his eyes became lifeless and broken as a result of the sword showing him multiple timelines that end with the world destroyed and his friends dead.
• Face–Heel Turn: Getting sent to Kurayami and back caused Kento to believe the only way to save the world was to seal the Sacred Swords, causing him to go against the other Riders once he escaped.
• Generation Xerox: Ends up not only as Calibur, but also a Well-Intentioned Extremist just like his father.
• Go Mad from the Revelation: Downplayed, but after his return, Kento is clearly suffering from some form of PTSD and the visions he received from Kurayami have convinced him that he needs to fight his friends in order to seal their swords away, although it's abundantly clear that he's miserable about having to do the task.
• Hazy-Feel Turn: Yuri's words to him in Chapter 34 seem to have this effect on him, as he saves Touma and Ren from Bahato when there was no reason.
• Heel–Face Turn: By Chapter 39, his trauma has faded away and he rejoins Touma and the Northern Base.
• Heroic Sacrifice: Chapters 36 and 37 reveal this to be Kento's response to the visions he had of Touma dying. He attempts to seal Issac away directly using the Kurayami at the cost of his own life. Touma intervenes, planning to come up with a way that doesn't involve any sort of sacrifice.
• It's All My Fault: He blames himself for Luna's disappearance and Touma's memories fading, all stemmed from the guilt that his father seemingly betrayed the order.
• Magic Carpet: He rides one into Touma's bookstore during his introductory scene near the end of Chapter 2, as befitting his Aladdin-themed token Wonder Rider Book.
• Not So Stoic: He's usually levelheaded, but Calibur starts making him a shadow of his levelheaded self - becoming far more obsessive and erratic as a result.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: When Calibur comes around, he becomes oddly quiet, often putting on a fake smile to please the others. Touma clearly sees through that and calls him out for it. The reason behind the behavior is due to believing his father is Calibur and betrayed them all those years ago. When Calibur is revealed to be Daichi Kamijo, the first Saber, his behavior becomes considerably more erratic and obsessive.
• Pet the Dog:
  • While he's willing to fight his former friends and comrades to seal away their swords, Kento does still care for them. As proof, he frees Sophia from her captors, allowing her to return to the Northern Base and erect the barrier to defend them from Isaac, Reika and Ryoga.
  • When Isaac defeats him and Touma, Kento doesn't seal the Kaenken Rekka despite having a clear shot to do so.
• Put on a Bus: He dissipates into black clouds after being consumed by darkness at the end of Chapter 13. At the time the main cast assumed he perished, though in reality Kento was sealed within Kurayami. He returns in Chapter 25 as its new wielder after he somehow escapes his imprisonment within the sword.
• Redemption Rejection: Overlapping with Cannot Spit It Out above, Kento not only keeps information from his friends, he actively ignores peoples' attempts to get through to him - particularly Touma. It comes to a head in Chapter 34 when his stubbornness plays a part in destroying Yuri's physical form. It isn't until a spectre of his father reveals itself do the pep-talks finally begin to sink in and Kento puts his faith in Touma once more.
• Revenge Before Reason: As soon as Calibur reveals himself to be Daichi Kamijo, the original Saber, he starts to lose sight of the mission at hand, becoming obsessed of getting revenge for his father. This, unfortunately, culminates in him nearly dying by Kamijo's hand as a result.
• Secret-Keeper: Kento has a really bad habit of this.
  • He previously hid the fact that Calibur was his father Hayato, and that Touma's "dreams" of him and Luna when they were children were real.
  • It's gotten much worse now that he's the new Calibur, as his refusal to explain to his friends why or how the Seikens cause the Bad Future pits him against his friends for reasons only he knows. Not even Touma directly calling him out on this is enough to get him to talk.
• Sealed Evil in a Can: He intends to be the can in this case, as Yuri learns in Chapter 36 that Kento intends on using Kurayami to seal himself and Isaac away so Touma won't have to disappear.
• Seers: Kurayami allows Kento to see various timelines and futures. Unfortunately, what it showed him were Bad Futures he is dead set on preventing.
• Significant Wardrobe Shift: When he returned as the new Calibur, his appearance consisted of a beige coat and messy hair to signify his turn to darkness. After rejoining the Northern Base he switches back to his original outfit and hairstyle, this time with the turtleneck of his second outfit.
• Spanner in the Works: Being sealed within Kurayami leaves him below the radar for a good long while, leaving Sword of Logos even more unprepared to deal with him when it's revealed that he can seal all their swords now. While they prioritize dealing with the other rogue Riders, he's able to rescue Sophia and take away the one bargaining chip they still had.
• Stealth Hi/Bye: His first appearance as Kamen Rider Calibur has him protect Mei from a berserk Touma with Yuri's aid, and leaves just as quickly as he arrives.
• Stepford Smiler: Comes across as the most normal and well-adjusted among the Guild's swordsmen, but actually hides heaps of suffering underneath. Anything regarding Calibur draws it out to the surface and he actually has to strain himself to hide it without raising much suspicion.
• Sweet Tooth: Not to the level of Rintaro but Kento is fond of eating chocolate éclairs, which is his Trademark Favorite Food.
• The Stoic: Downplayed. He's amiable and kind, but he doesn't show his emotions as outwardly as the others and can even appear somber when around the hammy likes of Ogami or Mei. Exaggerated since his return as the third Calibur, coupled with Dull Eyes of Unhappiness after seeing every possible future Kurayami showed him reveal the heroes fail to save the world and die.
• Take Up My Sword: After Kento's alleged passing, Touma takes up his sword Ikazuchi.
• Tall, Dark, and Handsome: He is very tall, (with his actor coming in at 188 cm/6'2), dark-haired, and very handsome indeed. Mei's first reaction to him is to comment about how handsome he is.
• Tragic Keepsake: According to his actor, Kento views Kurayami this way, as it used to belong to his father. This is likely the reason why he chose Kurayami over his former Seiken Ikazuchi.
• Trauma Conga Line: Poor Kento has it rough throughout the entire series. First he learns that his father was killed by Daichi, and that he also betrayed the Sword of Logos, and then gets trapped inside Kurayami, where he is assaulted with images of the Bad Future that implied the Seiken caused it, causing him to go on a crusade to seal all the Seiken and Issac to prevent it from happening until his not-actually-dead father talks him out of it. Trio of Deep Sin doesn't make his situation any better: His fiancée, Yuina Tachibana is hell-bent on assassinating him due to her first fiancée dying in the conflicts of the Sword of Logos, resulting in her becoming the next Falchion, and even when Kento manages to defeat her, Kyomu punctures her due to her failure to fulfil her deal.
• Was It All a Lie?: Says this to Yuina upon learning that she intended to assassinate him.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: Kento is dead set on sealing away all the Sacred Swords. His reasons for doing so is because Kurayami showed him several Bad Futures where, in spite of the heroes' efforts, the world is destroyed, with the Sacred Swords themselves playing a large part in it.
• When He Smiles: After a heart-to-heart with his dad (who's now a bird) and rejoining his friends, he's grinning more often and boy, is it heartwarming. Best shown when his friends go out in costumes to reenact the story of Momotarō for him...and he happily joins in as the pheasant with a huge smile on his face... and then he cheekily adds chocolate éclairs to the tale.
• You Are Not Alone: Discussed in Chapters 33 and 34. Kento has friends that care for him but he actively refuses to allow himself a support network, thinking he should solve all of his problems himself. He only opposes his friends as Calibur because he won't allow himself to avert the Bad Future any other way, something Touma and Yuri both call him out for.

Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider Espada

Ikazuchi Battō! Lamp Do Alangina! Ikazuchi Issatsu! Lamp no sei to Raimeiken Ikazuchi ga majiwaru toki inazuma no tsurugi ga hikari kagayaku!^note Unsheathe the lightning! Lamp Do Alangina! Ikazuchi: Volume 1! When the spirit of the lamp and the Raimeiken Ikazuchi intersect, the lightning sword's light will shine!

Ikazuchi battō! Lamp no Majin ga (Lamp no Majin ga) shin no chikara wo (shin no chikara wo) hatsuki suru! (Hatsuki suru!) Golden Alangi~na~! Ikazuchi sansatsu! Inazuma no tsurugi ga hikari kagayaki, raimei ga todoroku!^note Unsheathe the lightning! Witness the djinn of the lamp's true power! Golden Alangi~na~! Ikazuchi: Volume 3! The amber blade shines with radiant splendor, striking down with roaring thunder!

Gekkou Ikazuchi Battō! Gekka ga yami wo terashidasu, sen to hitotsu no monogatari!^note Unsheathe the moonlit lightning! The moonlight shines upon the darkness of night, illuminating a thousand and one stories! Arabiana Night! Sparkle Night!

• Calling Your Attacks: Is so far the only Rider to say his finishers' names in addition to whatever the Sworddriver says.
• Cool Sword:
  • Wields Raimeiken (Thunderclap) Ikazuchi, the Seiken of raging thunder. It also uses the same blade as Saber's, but with an electric bolt design for the handguard. In Trio of Deep Sin, it evolves into the Gekkou (Moonlight) Raimeiken Ikazuchi.
  • During his tenure as Calibur, he wields Ankokuken Kurayami.
• Dark Is Not Evil: Arabiana Night Form turns the gray portions of his suit to pitch-black, but this swordsman is still heroic through and through.
• Evolving Weapon: During the events of Trio of Deep Sin, Kento's resonation with Raimeiken Ikazuchi causes to evolve into Gekkou Raimeiken Ikazuchi, marking the only time a resonation of a Seiken has it evolve to a newer form, and the second transformation item to evolve after the Ohma Zi-O Driver.
• Fashionable Asymmetry: Espada's suit is the reverse of Saber's suit as his right and middle sections are left blank, while the left side has a gold genie lamp on it.
• Fighter, Mage, Thief: The Fighter to Saber's Mage and Blades's Thief. Espada's fighting style emphasizes a lot more on physical power and brute force, especially when using his Wonder Combo form. It becomes more prevalent during his battle with Calibur after learning the truth about his father from him.
• Finishing Move: Espada can do a number of finishers, with his driver or his sword.
  • Seiken Swordriver:
    • Alangina Diablo: His rider kick that’s enhanced by lightning energy.
    • Oro Bombadero:^note Golden Bomber Espada covers his foot in lightning energy before doing a flying side kick.
    • Alangina Wonder: has several variations.
    • Espada does a lightning-enhanced slash.
    • Espada summons a magic carpet to ride on.
    • Espada summons an apparition of a djinn.
  • Raimeiken Ikazuchi:
    • Trueno Destroda:^note Thunder Destroyer Has two variations.
    • Espada runs at the enemy before delivering a series of slashes, then a lightning bolt strikes the enemy, finishing them.
    • Multiple lines of lightning appear between enemies in the air. Espada then appears and moves along the lines of lightning at high speeds, slashing each enemy. Back on the ground, Espada delivers a series of lighting slashes to more enemies.
    • Trueno Mil Lanza:^note Thunder Thousand Spears Espada summons a djinn covered in quills, then jumps at the enemy and pierce them with his sword, then the djinn shoots the quills, and Espada does a finishing downward slash.
    • Trueno del Sol:^note Thunder of the Sun has three variations.
    • Espada charges the Raimeiken Ikazuchi with lightning energy and delivers a thunder-enhanced slash to the enemy.
    • Espada charges the Raimeiken Ikazuchi with yellow lightning and runs at the enemy at high speeds before delivering a slash attack.
    • Espada runs at the enemy at high speeds as he delivers a single lightning-charged slashing attack. Shortly afterwards, he delivers a second slash that launches a multitude of hedgehog quills in the target's direction.
    • Trueno del Viento:^note Thunder of the Wind By using the Sarutobi Ninjaden Wonder Ride Book in the Swordriver, Espada charges Ikazuchi in golden wind energy, and does a number of energy slaves at the enemy, and, then stab the enemy and pulls out his sword, causing them to explode. Done alongside Kenzan.
  • Gekkou Raimeiken Ikazuchi:
    • Arabiana Night: Espada levitates up the air while a projection of the moon appears, right before he dives against his opponent to slash them as a bolt of lightning.
  • Shutoku Issen: Espada can scan a book on his to do an attack.
    • Needle Hedgehog: Yellow energy covers the sword in energy quills before Espada delivers a close-range slash at the enemy.
    • Tri-Cerberus: Espada slashes at the enemy, summoning a lightning energy projection of Cerberus.
• Flash Step: His Arabiana Night finisher sees him move so fast that all that can be seen is a bolt of lightning following his movement after the fact.
• Gratuitous Spanish: At least two of his finishers (much like his Rider name), Trueno Destroda and Trueno Mil Lanza, are taken from the Spanish language.
• Our Genies Are Different: His primary form uses the Wonder Ride Book Lamp Do Alangina.
• Lunacy: His secondary element aside from thunder is moonlight, powered by the Sword of Moonlit Thunder Gekkou Ikazuchi.
• Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: Espada is a Japanese Knight with the element of lightning whose powers are derived from a Middle-Eastern fairy tale and his attacks are all in Spanish.
• Set Bonus: The final Sworddriver Rider to receive his, Espada's Wonder Combo is named Golden Alangina. Besides the raw electrical force all three books provide, he can use Tri-Cerberus's raw strength, Needle Hedgehog's spines and Lamp's mystical abilities in this form.
• Shock and Awe: His signature element is thunder, powered by the Sword of Thunder Ikazuchi.
• Super Mode: Arabiana Night serves as the Final Form for Espada.

Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider Calibur (III)

Ankokuken Kurayami! Get go under conquer than get keen! Jaaku Dragon~! Kurayami Honyaku! Hikari wo ubaishi, shikkoku no ken ga reikoku mujou ni ankokuryu wo shihai suru!^note Sword of Darkness Kurayami! "Moonlight Darkness Slash!" Jaaku Dragon~! Kurayami: Translated! Stealing the light, the pitch black sword ruthlessly conquers the dark dragon!

Ankokuken Kurayami! Jump out the book, open it and burst! The fear of the darkness. You make right a just, no matter dark joke. Fury in the dark~! Jaou Dragon! Dare mo nogarerarenai...^note No one can escape its clutches...

• Anti-Magic: The Kurayami is revealed to have the ability to seal the powers of other Seiken away, disabling them entirely. Kento plans to make liberal use of this to disarm his friends and prevent the Bad Future.
• Combat Clairvoyance: To an extent. Thanks to Kurayami, Calibur can witness events that transpire in the future, which he uses to great effect during the Mêlée à Trois between him, Slash and Sabela. As it turns out, this is onlt the tip of the iceburg as Kurayami shows multiple futures to its user.
• Dark Is Not Evil: In contrast to Kamijo, Kento as Kamen Rider Calibur is more of an Anti-Villain whose goals put him in direct conflict with his friends, something he's none too happy about.
• Finishing Move:
  • Shutoku Issen: Calibur uses Ankokuken Kurayami to absorb and negate incoming energy attacks from an opponent, and transfer back to it.
  • Jaou Hissatsu Geki: Has two variations.
    • Calibur summons a big, purple energy dragon that bites down on the enemy, dragging and crash them into a nearby surface, followed by the dragon transforming into an energy ball and securing the target in place. Calibur then delivers a 360-degree spinning slash to finish off the remaining enemies in sight.
    • Calibur stabs another Seiken's emblem with Ankokuken Kurayami, causing red chains to appear wrapped around the weapon, with the end of the finisher resulting in the Seiken's power being sealed.
  • Calibur rushes towards an enemy and delivers a horizontal slash to them.
  • Calibur delivers an upward purple energy slash at close range before charging for a short period and swinging the Ankokuken Kurayami downward, launching a larger energy slash projectile. Both attacks produce a shockwave of purple energy upon striking the enemy.
• Generation Xerox: The first Kamen Rider Calibur was Hayato Fukamiya. The third iteration of the Kamen Rider is his son.
• Thinking Up Portals: Calibur can appear through dark portals via unknown means, possibly thanks to Kurayami.
• Your Soul Is Mine!: This incarnation of Calibur demonstrates the true power of the Kurayami, almost managing to seal away Kamen Rider Solomon, a Rider powered by sheer delusional belief, single-handedly. Intervention from Kamen Rider Saber is the only thing that prevents him from defeating Solomon outright with a Heroic Sacrifice.

Fantastic Kamiyama Bookstore

Mei Sudo

Mei Sudo

Portrayed by: Asuka Kawazu
Young Mei Portrayed by: Emiri Arai (Trio of Deep Sin)

Touma's friend and current editor. While energetic and social media-obsessed, she has to keep Touma in check so that he can meet his deadlines.

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The Editor

• Break the Cutie: Getting turned into the Neko Megid was not a pleasant experience for her. Luckily, she goes back to normal soon after it's resolved.
• Bunny-Ears Lawyer: She's hyper-energetic and obsessed with social media, but from what we see she seems to be a fairly responsible editor who does her best to make sure Touma stays focused.
• Contrasting Sequel Main Character: Both Is and Mei are assistants to the main protagonists of their series. While Is was a HumaGear with a lack of free will (though that slowly decreased as the show went on), Mei is just an ordinary civilian and editor. Personality-wise, Is was blunt and stoic while Mei is hyperactive and energetic.
• Genki Girl: An energetic and very enthusiastic character, reacting to nearly everything with as much as energy as she can bolster.
• Happy Dance: She does a victory dance in #40 after the Riders beat Solomon.
• The Heart: She's the emotional center for the swordsmen, particularly Rintaro.
• Jumped at the Call: She is very enthusiastic to follow the swordsmen and be helpful in any way she can.
• Large Ham: Her reactions can get very hammy really fast. Her facial expressions give Shotaro and Akiko a run for their money.
• Meaningful Name: Her surname contains the character 頁 (pēji/"page"), appropriate for an editor of books.
• Messy Hair: After getting blasted by the Ousama Megid in Chapter 20, her hair becomes incredibly messy as if she came right out of a war-zone.
• Mission Control: Is slowly building herself up to be this. She initially appeals her usefulness for the Sword of Logos through her info-gathering skills from her social media, and after she has been accepted as an ally Sophia grants her a book that alerts her for any ongoing Megid incidents, which she keeps at her side at all times since.
• Non-Action Guy: She isn't a Rider nor a swordsman and thus doesn't partake in the action.
• Official Couple: Seemingly with Rintaro in both the series epilogue and Trio of Deep Sin. The end of the epilogue has them arrive at Touma's store wearing matching outfits, while Deep Sin ends with them going on a date.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business:
  • In Chapter 12, right after telling the others of Rintaro's condition, Mei then berates Kento for his impulsiveness that got the former injured before Ogami stops her.
  • Throughout the second arc, Mei gradually becomes a bit more serious and quiet as the events become more intense. Ogami even pointed out at one point of how awfully silent Mei was with the discussion.
• Plucky Comic Relief: Her exaggerated reactions to things are a source of much of the comedy in the series.
• Plucky Girl: Is surprisingly eager to dive headfirst and help with any activities or issues the Sword of Logos have going on, regardless of the dangers.
• The Pollyanna: No matter what she goes through, you can always expect Mei to be her cheery self.
• Rescue Romance: She shows signs of a crush towards Rintaro after he saved her from a Megid. After Reika labels Touma as a traitor, her crush gets significantly downplayed as a result.
• Skewed Priorities:
  • When she and Touma get trapped in Wonder World, she instantly starts snapping photos of the scenery instead of worrying about their situation. Unfortunately, the photos don't show up on her phone at all.
  • She takes every opportunity to usher everyone out of the bookstore whenever Touma gets inspiration to write his next novel, in order to leave him alone to get his next manuscript out as fast as possible for her job. She even drags out an unwilling Sora who insisted on staying while waiting for his father, which ended up getting the poor kid accidentally transported to Wonder World.
• Unlimited Wardrobe: Mei noticeably wears different sets of clothes (and has numerous hairstyles) every episode or so.
• Villain-Possessed Bystander: Chapters 30-31 see Mei turned into the Neko Megid by Zooous.

Yuri/Kamen Rider Saikou/Shadow Saikou

Yuri/Kamen Rider Saikou

Portrayed by: Tomohiro Ichikawa (live), Makoto Arakawa (suit, Shadow)

A mysterious cloaked figure who first appears in Avalon to present the King of Arthur Wonder Ride Book to Touma. He appears to have connections to Tassel and the Wonder World itself as well. He is later revealed to be the Sword of Light, Kamen Rider Saikou, who wields and becomes the Robust Sword of Light Saikou with its token Wonder Ride Book Kin no Buki, Gin no Buki^note Gold Weapon, Silver Weapon.

Tropes that apply to him in general

The Sword(sman) of Light

• Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: When it comes to observing unknown things, he has the attention span of a caffeinated fruit fly. Considering he is 1000 years out of the loop, most modern everyday objects are unknown to him. He can't even hold down a conversation around the model landscape in Touma's bookstore.
• Big Damn Heroes: He appears before the Sword of Logos to protect Touma, and subsequently hands them a one-sided asskicking.
• Catchphrase: "Amazing, isn't it?"^note Saikou da na.
• Cloud Cuckoolander: To put it frankly, Yuri is very odd, even with the multitude of other personalities within the show. Modern everyday products fascinate him extensively and he has the attention span of a goldfish when he gets interested in something. And there's something to be said about his ambiguous wordings most of the time. Given that he's been stuck in Avalon for a millennia, this is justified.
• The Comically Serious: He always maintains a straight face whenever he is engaged in silly antics.
• Constantly Curious: Over how much humanity had advanced during the millennium he had been stuck in Avalon, to the point that he will play with almost anything he could get his hands on.
• Dork Knight: He tops Rintaro in this aspect, and due to his lack of social skills he frequently engage in silly antics similar to a toddler and has Mei to babysit him at times.
• Face of a Thug: Downplayed, of a sort. Yuri looks fairly intimidating at first glance, but once one gets to know him - it's pretty easy to see that he's actually a major Cloud Cuckoolander.
• Fish out of Temporal Water: Even more so than Rintaro when interacting with the human world. Justified, as it's said that he has been stuck in Avalon for a thousand years.
• Gender-Blender Name: "Yuri" is usually a feminine name in Japan (though it is sometimes used for males), but a common masculine one in Eastern Europe. All There in the Manual states he hails from the Slavic region which is now modern-day Russia.
• Good Counterpart: His moniker as the "Sword of Light" isn't without reason—he's the Kougouken Saikou, the Kurayami's sister sword. Though he wasn't originally the Saikou.
• Good Is Not Soft: He is as dedicated to protecting civilians and striking down the Megid as Touma and the Sword of Logos. Unlike Touma, he has no qualms whether or not the Megid in question is human... except that he has no intention of killing humans. He's fully capable of separating Megid from their human hosts as Saikou, he's just so obtuse that Touma didn't know he could and thought he was trying to kill the victim.
• Hates Being Touched: Mainly towards Tetsuo.
• Heroic Sacrifice: Uses his healing abilities to heal the wounded swordsmen at the cost of himself. He ends up vanishing from the world. He returns sometime later after Touma becomes Wonder World's new guardian.
• Instant Costume Change: He can copy the clothes of anyone just by looking at them.
• In the Hood: All of his appearances until the proper introduction have him wearing his hood that helps hide his identity.
• Irony: He initially mocks a comic book titled SwordXMan, which features a hero who looks eerily similar to his Rider form, for having a supposedly naïve main character he deemed unfit to uphold justice. After witnessing said naivety in action with Touma and its quirks, he takes a severe interest in the comic. It later on even becomes a basis for one of his forms.
• Lack of Empathy: It's not deliberately malicious on his side; he is just that oblivious. The beginning of Chapter 17 shows that he is genuinely happy to see Touma and just doesn't seem to notice or understand why the other Rider is freaking out despite standing in the middle of the bookstore he himself broke in and absolutely trashed.
• Mysterious Stranger: Both to the audience and to Touma. He played this role for the first 15 Chapters, being an otherwise unseen observer to Touma's actions alongside Tassel. We only get to see his appearance properly in Chapter 15, and he introduces himself to Touma in Chapter 16.
• No Name Given: He was merely known as the "Hooded Man" until a press release of Chapter 16 revealed his name to be Yuri.
• No Social Skills: This guy manages to somehow top both Rintaro and Tetsuo in this respect. He has absolutely zero idea on how the human world works and is either extremely vague or extremely blunt when speaking. And there is no in-between. As such, Touma and Mei have a very hard time understanding what he's trying to say until after the fact.
• Oh, Crap!: Whenever Tetsuo decides to examine or have physical contact towards him, Yuri reacts with fear.
• Older Than He Looks: Yuri has the appearance of a man in his mid-to-late 20s, but being in Avalon for 1000 years obviously changes that.
• Poor Communication Kills: A side effect of his Fish out of Temporal Water nature is that he's either speaking vaguely or very bluntly, meaning a lot of what he tries to say goes sailing over people's heads. For example, the fact that his attacks as Saikou can separate a Megid from its human host. His vague, honestly menacing sounding, wording made it seem like he thought the only solution was a Mercy Kill.
• Sealed Good in a Can: A self-inflicted kind. Not only did he fuse himself with the Robust Blade of Light Saikou to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands, he further locked himself away in Avalon for extra protection. It was until meeting Touma there a millenium later that he finally decided to step out of Avalon in order to tag along and continue observing the young man, whom he sees as The Chosen One.
• Secret Test of Character: In a way, him giving Touma the King of Arthur Wonder Ride Book was this. He actively encouraged Touma to give up trying to obtain the power and subjected Touma to a test to see if he could handle its power. When Touma succeds in using the Wonder Ride Book, and although still skeptical, Yuri put his trust in the young man. Rather interestingly, this also extends to his Wonder Ride Book, which in its basis, The Honest Woodcutter, a tale of a honest person losing a plain but treasured item, and despite being offered a golden, and then a silver version he merely asks for the return of the original, which greatly impresses the being that they're interacting with.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: He delivers one to Tetsuo in Chapter 18. It has surprising results in Chapter 19, as Yuri's words has Tetsuo decide to get the truth behind Touma's "defection" by duelling him.
• Unseen No More: Although Touma met him in Avalon, his face and existence was otherwise unknown to the audience and the Sword of Logos. In Chapter 16, he reveals himself—both to the Sword of Logos and to the viewers properly.
• Was Once a Man: Chapter 18 reveals that Yuri was once a normal swordsman and was merely the wielder of the Kougouken Saikou, but at some point, he fused his essence with the sword in order to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands.
• We Used to Be Friends: As he reveals in Chapter 34, he and Bahato, along with a third unnamed swordsman, were all close friends up until Bahato killed their friend in revenge for the latter murdering his family and went rogue, forcing Yuri to seal Bahato away. When they meet in the present, whatever bond they had then is gone.
• What the Hell, Hero?: He holds the ideas and image of what a swordsman should be very highly. As such, he makes his displeasure towards the Sword of Logos known when they attack Touma and believe Reika's claims when they should be focusing on defending and saving the lives of people they're sworn to protect.
  • This may partly stem from the events leading to Bahato's fall into madness. The third swordsman who fought alongside Yuri and Bahato became corrupted by the pursuit of strength and deviated from his original mission of protecting the world in order to gain greater power. This destroyed his relationship with Yuri and Bahato to the point that he murdered Bahato's family. Because of this, Bahato drew on the power of Mumeiken Kyomu to kill the third swordsman before attempting to destroy the world. Yuri has seen what happens when a chosen wielder of a Seiken abuses their power and makes no attempt to hide his contempt for those who do so.

Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider Saikou

Saikou Hakkou! Who is the shining sword? Saikou Isshou! Kin-Gin wo eta kagayaku ken! Saikou!^note Illuminate the Brightest! Who is the shining sword? Saikou: Chapter 1! The shining sword with the powers of Gold and Silver! Saikou!

• Assist Character: Entirely literal in this case, Saikou can create a being made of darkness called Shadow to wield it in battle, and otherwise act as its body. It's even called a kagemusha or "shadow double" in its information. However Saikou can act as this himself...or itself. Either way, any swordsman can wield Saikou as well, in addition to their normal blade.
• Become Your Weapon: Yuri had merged with his sword some time prior to the series, and transforms into it instead of into a Rider.
• Cool Sword: The Robust Sword of Light Saikou is the primary weapon for both Kamen Rider Saikou and Shadow.
• Duality Motif: Present in nearly everything about Saikou. His Wonder Ride Book is Kin no Buki, Gin no Buki or Gold Weapon, Silver Weapon. He's the Kamen Rider of Light, yet has a being of Darkness to aid him in battle. He transforms to fight with the others, yet can't do much on his own.
• Empathic Weapon: Kamen Rider Saikou is the full Robust Sword of Light Saikou itself, with his consciousness stored into the sword and is able to move around to an extent by itself.
• Equippable Ally: Yes. Yes he is. He somehow manages to TOP himself upon unlocking X Swordman, turning into armor for Shadow. Or an arm mounted double sword. Or bladed leg armor.
• Finishing Move: When Saikou presses the button on the right side, he do a number of attacks.
  • Hikari Are: Has four variations.
    • Saikou charges Kougouken Saikou with ivory energy, before he spins and delivers a series of powerful high speed slashes to the targets, leaves a golden particle upon impact.
    • Saikou fired a golden and ivory colored beam from his eyes, to destroy mutiple enemies.
    • Saikou cast a blinding light that can dispel negative effects on enemies.
    • Saikou charges Kougouken Saikou with blinding light and delivers two powerful high speed slashes to the targets, separate a human from the Megid.
• Foil: To Calibur. Whereas Calibur was a Kamen Rider whose motif and elemental power was darkness, Saikou's is associated with both light and darkness, although his control is limited compared to Calibur's. Which makes sense, since Saikou, like Kurayami, was one of the first Sacred Swords ever made.
• Healing Hands: Can heal minor to moderate injuries with light from his hands. More severe injuries require additional intervention however, as seen with Ogami in Chapter 33.
• Healing Shiv: As it turns out, Saikou can separate Megid spawned from humans from their hosts by fighting them as any other Megid. Touma only learns this after having spent an entire episode devising a Batman Gambit to separate Yuri from the Yeti Megid.
• Light 'em Up: Saikou wields bright light as its Element. It can even control darkness to an extent, given that the two are sibling elements and one can't exist without the other. Presumably, this only extends to darkness its own light creates, and not anything that Kurayami conjures.
• Meaningful Name:
  • His Rider name translates to "Greatest Light",^note The kō in his name is an alternate reading of the character 光 ("light"). and is also a pun on the phrase 最高/Saikō ("the greatest").
  • The "sai" in his name is also a reference to the eponymous weapon.
• Non-Standard Character Design: We've had Riders with primarily non-human forms before, such as Lazer from Ex-Aid, but Saikou's form is the sword itself. Yuri's essence goes into it when he transforms, and outside of calling Shadow to act for him, Saikou has no humanoid form that we're aware of.
• The Omnipotent: Saikou, and by extension Yuri himself, is almost this, given how he hand waves most issues as resolvable through his light. He's able to teleport, undo almost any Mamono's effects, acts as a Healing Shiv for humans-turned-Mamono, summon an Assist Character for himself, perform Laser-Guided Amnesia, adapt an ancient power to use a modern concept, and even produce instant disguises to blend into the public.
• The Paladin: While everyone in Saber is a Magic Knight, Yuri comes closest to being a Paladin, given his mastery of light powers, combat prowess, and healing abilities.

Tropes unique to Shadow Saikou

Who is this? Saikou Nishou! Hikari kara umareshi kage! Shadow!^note Who is this? Saikou: Chapter 2! A shade born from the light! Shadow!

• Dark Is Not Evil: Saikou Shadow is made entirely out of darkness created by Saikou, and Yuri is on Touma's side.
• Fusion Dance: Of a type. Upon activating Episode 1. Saikou transforms into full body armor that Shadow dons.
• Living Shadow: Well, duh. However Shadow truly is one, as it is born from the light of Saikou and lifts up from the ground, as if it was the shadow for a humanoid form for Saikou. It can also alter its body being able to stretch, and make itself incorporeal so that attacks and even objects can pass through it.
• No-Sell: As Saikou Shadow is a Living Shadow, almost every attack its way will just phase through it. The only way to actually stop it is by attacking Saikou. Saikou Shadow loses its invulnerability when Saikou uses X Swordman.
• You Will Not Evade Me: As Chapter 18 demonstrates, you can throw everything you have at Shadow and absolutely none of it will slow, stop, or inconvenience it in the slightest.

Tropes unique to X Swordman

Saikou Hakkou! Get all colors! X Swordman! Episode 1: Full Color de Sanjou!^note Arriving in Full Colors! BA-BA-BA-BANG!!

• Animated Armor: Technically how X Swordman works across all three of it's forms. Saikou becomes armor that Shadow equips. However it's most applicable in his primary form after activating Episode 1. This fully covers Shadow in armor and allows Saikou to control him, gaining a physical body in the process. This form is named Saikou Colorful.
• Armed Legs: Right leg to be precise. This is achieved through the Episode 3, turning Saikou into Saikou Wonderful.
• Blade Below the Shoulder: Left arm specifically, seemingly the removable type. Episode 2 turns Saikou into Saikou Powerful, also known as the Powerful X Sword.
• Finishing Move: When Saikou closes the book and opens it, he can do attacks based on what episode he is in.
  • X Sword Break:
    • X Sword Man: has two variations.
    • Saikou flies past the enemy, doing a slash as goes by, before landing a short distance away and delivering another slash back at the enemy.
    • Saikou charges the Kougouken Saikou with yellow energy and delivers a golden energy slash.
    • X Sword Man Wonderful: Saikou leaps forward into the target and performs a roundhouse Rider Kick with the right foot covered in rainbow-colored energy.
  • Hikari Are:
    • X Sword Man Powerful: Has two variations.
    • Saikou X Sword Man Powerful runs up to the enemy and performs a double slash with both swords.
    • Saikou X Sword Man Powerful forms a walls of Manga projection from his Powerful X Sword to protect bystanders from the enemy's attacks.
    • X Sword Man: Saikou delivers a double slash that splits a human from a Megid.
• Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: He's an ancient swordsman who turns into comic book armor that he attaches onto his shadow doppelganger to mimic a western superhero.
• Post-Modern Magik: Saikou is an ancient sword with powers that existed at least a millenia ago, but Yuri has updated it to use the modern-day Show Within the Show Comic Book SwordXMan as a basis for this Next Tier Power-Up.

Allies

Tetsuo Daishinji/Kamen Rider Slash

Tetsuo Daishinji/Kamen Rider Slash

Portrayed by: Hiroaki Oka (live), Hirotsugu Mori (suit)

Formerly the mechanic of the Sword of Logos, he left the organization to join Touma's group.

To see his character tropes, see the Sword of Logos section.

Ryo Ogami/Kamen Rider Buster (II)

Ryo Ogami/Kamen Rider Buster

Portrayed by: Yuki Ikushima (live), Jirō Okamoto (suit)

Formerly a veteran of the Sword of Logos, he left the organization to join Touma's group.

To see his character tropes, see the Sword of Logos section.

Ren Akamichi/Kamen Rider Kenzan (II)

Ren Akamichi/Kamen Rider Kenzan

Portrayed by: Eiji Togashi (live), Satoshi Fujita (suit)

Formerly alone with Desast, he joined Touma's team to fight Storious in the final battle.

To see his character tropes, see the Sword of Logos section.

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