Kamen Rider Ryuki (character)
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Kamen Rider Ryuki (仮面ライダー龍騎 Kamen Raidā Ryūki?) is a fictional character in the tokusatsu production Kamen Rider Ryuki. He is the second of the 13 Kamen Riders the story revolves around. He is the eponymous character, and one of the main protagonists. His true identity is Shinji Kido and is portrayed by Takamasa Suga
Kamen Rider Ryuki is a "balanced" Rider with equally powerful melee and far-range fighting capabilities. His special element seems to be fire, given his dragon's augmentation to his armor. His most used weapon is his Sword Vent, modeled after a Chinese Dao sword, and his Final Vent is a drop kick called "Ryuki Kick", which is a playoff from the usual "Rider Kick" the original Kamen Riders used. His name, Ryuki (龍騎?), literally means "Dragon Knight" in Japanese. He received this name from Kamen Rider Knight after their first fight together. It also describes his appearance.
He is one of the few main Kamen Riders in existence not to resemble an insect in his transformed state, though he still has the bug eyes. Like the other Kamen Riders in the entire franchise, he gains his power from a belt, and uses a kick as his final attack.
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[edit] Background
Shinji is good-hearted, friendly, naive idealist. He is a journalist at the ORE news group. He came across his Vent deck while investigating a number of strange disappearances. Upon finding the deck he was attacked by Mirror World monster, Dragreder. After meeting Ren Akiyama, Kamen Rider Knight, and Yui kanzaki, he contracted with Drageder to become Kamen Rider Ryuki. Despite his happy-go-lucky attitude his life suffered many hardships since becoming Ryuki; he has been lost his apartment, fired once and could barely maintain his job afterwards.
He has no prize, his reason for fighting is to protect people from the Mirror World monsters. Upon learning of the reason behind the Rider war, he then tried to stop the Kamen Riders from fighting. After constant rejection from the other Riders, including from he Ren whom he considers his friend, Shinji eventually found a kindred spirit in Miyuki Tezuka, Kamen Rider Raia. The two tried to stop the Rider war together until Raia was killed by Kamen Rider Ohja.
At the end of the series, he was stabbed in the back by a monster before he could transform while protecting a little girl and died shortly afterwards. When Shiro Kanzaki reverted time back to normal after Yui died, Shinji returned to be a normal journalist.
In the 13 Riders Special, his role in the Rider war was the same, but his origin as Ryuki was much different. He came upon someone else who was Kamen Rider Ryuki and they died in his arms. He took the deck and became Kamen Rider Ryuki. Shinji still tried to prevent the other Riders from fighting. He was lured into the Mirror World by the others under the guise of a truce, but was ambushed. While fighting the other Riders, the Ryuki deck was destroyed by Kamen Rider Odin. After Kamen Rider Knight was killed by Kamen Rider Verde, Ren gave Shinji the Knight deck and he took the mantle of Kamen Rider Knight.
[edit] Forms
[edit] Blank Form
This is Ryuki's default form without a contract monster. It is much weaker than any of his other forms and any of the other Riders, though it is enough to keep him from disentigrating in the Mirror World. Shinji began the series in this form before he contracted Dragreder, and he also reverted back to this form when his contract card was stolen by Kamen Rider Gai. This form's specifications are:
- Sight: ~5 km
- Hearing: ~5 km radius
- Speed: 45 km/h
- High jump: 10 m
- Punch: 50 Attack Points
- Kick: 100 Attack Points
[edit] Ryuki Form
This is Ryuki's standard form that he had throughout most of the series. He obtained this form by contracting with Dragreder. This form reflects the appearance and powers of his contract monster. This form's specifications are:
- Sight: ~15 km
- Hearing: ~15 km radius
- Speed: 72 km/h
- High jump: 35 m
- Punch: 200 Attack Points
- Kick: 400 Attack Points
[edit] Survive Form
This is Ryuki's Ultimate form. He can obtain this form by using his Survive card.
- Sight: ~20 km
- Hearing: ~20 km radius
- Speed: 80 km/h
- High jump: 45 m
- Punch: 300 Attack Points
- Kick: 500 Attack Points
[edit] Contract monster
[edit] Dragreder
Modelled after a Chinese dragon. A.k.a. Matchless dragon. Compare with Ryuga's Dragblacker. Its specifications are:
- Length: 6.15 m
- Breadth: 0.37 m
- Height: 0.55 m
- Weight: 210 kg
- Flight speed: 500 km/h
[edit] Dragranzer
The "Survive" version of Dragreder. Dragreder transforms into this form after Ryuki uses his Survive card. A.k.a. Raging Flame/Wild Fire dragon. Dragranzer could also transform into a motorcycle that Ryuki could rider and also prefer their Final Vent.
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[edit] Advent cards
[edit] Blank Form
Ride Visor
- Mounted on his left forearm, Ride Visor was Ryuki's card reader when he was still in Blank form.
Sword Vent (300 Attack Points) - Ride Saber
- A fragile sword. Ryuki's only weapon when he was in Blank form.
Guard Vent (300 Guard Points) - Ride Shield
[edit] Ryuki Form
Drag Visor
- Mounted on his left forearm, Drag Visor was Ryuki's card reader after he had signed contract with Dragreder. Compare with Ryuga's Blackdrag Visor.
Dragreder (5,000 Attack Points)
- Summoned Dragreder.
Sword Vent (2,000 Attack Points) - Drag Saber
- A sword modeled after a Chinese Dao sword. Compare with Ryuga's Drag Saber.
Strike Vent (2,000 Attack Points) - Drag Claw
- A flamethrower that resembled the head of Dragreder. Compare with Ryuga's Drag Claw.
Guard Vent (2,000 Guard Points) - Drag Shield
- Shields resembling Dragreder's body.
Final Vent (6,000 Attack Points) - Dragon Rider Kick
- Ryuki's version of Rider Kick. Compare with Ryuga's Dragon Rider Kick.
Survive Rekka (right wing)
- Upgraded Ryuki to his Survive form and Dragreder to Dragranzer. Possessed the power of fire. Rekka (烈火?) roughly means "Raging Flame" or "Wild Fire".
Strange Vent
- A generic card that could be used by any of the 13 Riders. Once activated, it changed itself into one of the Advent cards of the 13 Riders in a random manner. In the TV series, it had become the Trick Vent card of Kamen Rider Knight in one occasion and the Steal Vent card of Kamen Rider Odin in another. In the case of Ryuki, it seemed to follow a pattern: it consistently copied the next advent card that would be used by the opposing rider.
[edit] Survive Form
Drag Visor Zwei: Ryuki Survive's card reader which resembled a blaster with a dragon's head on the front. "Zwei" means "two" in German, which is used to refer to his visor being in its second form.
- Length: 0.66 m
- Weight: 1.5 kg
Dragranzer (7,000 Attack Points)
- Summoned Dragranzer.
Sword Vent (3,000 Attack Points) - Drag Blade
- Drag Visor Zwei became a sword of 1.2 m long.
Shoot Vent (4,000 Attack Points) - Meteor Bullet
- A fire breath attack from Dragranzer.
Guard Vent (4,000 Guard Points) - Fire Wall
- Dragranzer circulated around Ryuki and acted as a barricade of protection. (NOT used in the show.)
Final Vent (9,000 Attack Points) - Dragon Firestorm
- Ryuki drove a fire-spitting Dragranzer (in motorcycle form) into his target and would crush it.
Strange Vent
- A generic card that could be used by any of the 13 Riders. See above Strange Vent description for details.
[edit] References
| Kamen Riders: | Knight • Ryuki • Scissors • Zolda • Raia • Gai • Ohja • Tiger • Imperer • Femme • Ryuga • Verde • Odin |
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| Others: | Alternative • Ryuki vs. Agito |
