Kamen Rider IXA
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Kamen Rider IXA (仮面ライダーイクサ Kamen Raidā Ikusa?) is a fictional character that appears in Kamen Rider Kiva, a Japanese tokusatsu television drama in the Kamen Rider Series. IXA is the second Rider in Kiva, after its eponymous Rider. "IXA" stands for "Intercept X Attacker". Where as Kiva is based on various monsters, IXA's motif is that of a paladin. IXA's name in Japanese comes from one of the readings of the kanji for "fighting," "war," and "battle" (戦 ikusa?).
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[edit] Users
[edit] 1986
While the IXA System is promised to Yuri Aso, Jiro is the first user of the System in 1986, using it to save Yuri from the Earwig Fangire. It is initially meant for Yuri to use as she sees it as a memento of her late mother, but after learning of its flaws and seeing Jiro's resolve, Yuri allows him to keep the IXA System. When he learns of Jiro's plans, Otoya Kurenai takes the IXA System to fight Jiro as its second user. After Basshaa's intervention between Jiro and Otoya, Jiro once again acquires the IXA System, using it to fight the Lion Fangire Rook in revenge for the slaughter of the Wolfen Clan. However, Otoya briefly regains the system after Rook defeats IXA Jiro, with he and Jiro arguing who is it's rightful user soon after. However, Yuri manages to take the IXA Kunckle from the two to get her revenge on Rook in vain, unable to bring herself to use it. Overtime, the IXA system is perfected and became a counter to the original Kiva when he ran amok in 1986.
[edit] 2008
In 2008, there is only one user known for the IXA system: Keisuke Nago.
[edit] Keisuke Nago
Keisuke Nago (名護 啓介 Nago Keisuke?) is a 22-year-old elite member of the Fangire Hunters and former member of the World Wide Wing Association. He is the current user of the IXA System, working as a bounty hunter by capturing criminals and taking a button from them as a memento. He has an intense hatred towards Kiva, making him a loose cannon for his intent to kill Kiva. He also has a belief in "humanity's full potential", which gives him the impression of a superiority complex to some people with the ideal that he's always right. He has a prejudice for certain people like Wataru, as he believes they are everything his ideology of "humanity's full potential" is against. Because of this ideology, he has a distaste for music, as he feels it is a waste of that potential. It was due to his intolerance for sinners that Keisuke played a part in the suicide of his father years ago, exposing him to the media for taking a bribe. However, though he has a sense of righteousness, Keisuke's perspective on it is warped in his desire to purge the world of evil, refusing to accept the world in grey and going berserk whenever he loses a fight or is denied his quarry. When Keisuke transforms to IXA, he first says, "Fangire, the lives you have stolen, return them to God!" (ファンガイア…その命、神に返しなさい！ Fangaia… sono inochi, Kami ni kaishinasai!?)
Keisuke encounters Wataru when he is after a German fugitive, gaining the young man's praise for his confident exterior. When he learns Kiva has returned and that Shima had known all along, he demands permission to take Kiva out with the IXA System. However, Shima assigns him the task of keeping Megumi safe, deciding to use that to have Kiva come to him and kill him. However, when Megumi threatens to file a restraining order, Keisuke uses Wataru to do the job for him instead. When he finally faces Kiva, Keisuke is about to become IXA without permission until the Sheep Fangire kidnaps Megumi in the confusion. He is currently unaware that the person he is mentoring, Wataru, is the individual he is trying to kill. When encountering Kiva, Wataru manages to evade him, not engaging in any form of combat against the person he looks up to. However, when he was ultimately left with no choice, Wataru reluctantly transforms into Kiva and soundly defeats IXA. Since then, Keisuke becomes mentally unstable to the point of attacking criminals without mercy while proclaiming that the IXA System lost, not himself. Attempting to snap Keisuke back to his usual self, Shima presents him the Powerd IXER, which is completed by the time Rook fully reawakens. Unfortunately, Keisuke's encounter with the Seastar Fangire only drove Keisuke even more insane as he became obsessed with obtaining one of the Fangire's buttons as a momento of defeating him. Nago eventually got the button and added it to his collection, seemingly snapping back to reality. After unsuccessfully trying to find out who Kiva really is by way of a fortune teller Kengo Eritate knew, Nago scolds Kengo for calling him 'old man' repeatedly (even though there is only a year's difference between them in age) and fights with Megumi against the Ladybug Fangire, with him and Kengo being kidnapped in the process. During his second battle with the Ladybug Fangire, Nago gains the admiration of Kengo. However, the Ladybug Fangire evolved into a Sabbat and Nago attempted to hold it off unsuccessfully with the Powerd IXER until Kiva and Castle Doran arrived. Putting his personal goals aside, Nago aided Kiva and the two Riders obliterated the Sabbat with a Double Rider Kick. Later Nago begins to change his feelings after the battle.
[edit] Modes
IXA does not have forms as the biologically/mystically powered Kiva does, but instead has two Modes as he uses a Rider System (ライダーシステム Raidā Shisutemu?). IXA's default mode is Save Mode (セーブモード Sēbu Mōdo?) and can transform into Burst Mode (バーストモード Bāsuto Mōdo?) where the faceplate that covers IXA's eyes in Save Mode open up.
Although the IXA System prototype was present in 1986, it had only Save Mode due to technical problems like the armor shooting out steam, Burst Mode not being available, a constant beeping, a different tone of voice for the IXA Belt, a bronze projection for the IXA System's transformation and the availability of only one Fuestle: the Knuckle Fuestle. The prototype of IXA exhausts a qualified person's body considerably even if they are not human, as the System still managed to harm Jiro despite being a Wolfen. IXA has been continuously updated since 1986 and the current version is called "Ver.X".
Ver. X has a golden projection of the IXA System instead of the prototype's bronze color. A total of six Fuestles are available to the user as well as a new weapon: IXA Calibur. It does not exhaust the user's body like the prototype, though any other side effects are still unknown.
[edit] Save Mode
Save Mode (セーブモード Sēbu Mōdo?) is the mode used by IXA mostly in the year 1986 in one of its early prototypes. Whether or not its perimeters are the same as Burst Mode are not currently known.
[edit] Burst Mode
- Rider height: 220cm
- Rider weight: 160kg
- Ability perimeters:
- Punching power: 7t
- Kicking power: 3t
- Maximum jump height: 30m
Burst Mode (バーストモード Bāsuto Mōdo?) is the first of IXA's modes to appear. As the name suggests, Burst Mode creates a burst of heat that damages everything in range when transforming from Save Mode. It uses the IXA Calibur to perform IXA Judgement (イクサ・ジャッジメント Ikusa Jajjimento?) and the IXA Knuckle to perform Broken Fang (ブロウクン・ファング Burōkun Fangu?). When performing the IXA Judgement, a vision of the sun appears behind IXA.
[edit] Equipment
[edit] IXA Belt
The IXA Belt (イクサベルト Ikusa Beruto?) is a necessary piece of equipment for the IXA Rider System. In conjunction with the IXA Knuckle, the Belt lets Keisuke transform to IXA. The belt's change announcement is "Fist On" (フィストオン Fisuto On?). It also stores the Fuestles designed for the IXA Rider System.
[edit] IXA Knuckle
IXA also has an item called the IXA Knuckle (イクサナックル Ikusa Nakkuru?) that serves as his transformation device and becomes the Broken Fang (ブロウクン・ファング Burōkun Fangu?) with the use of the Knuckle Fuestle (ナックルフエッスル Nakkuru Fuessuru?), where the IXA Knuckle charges up and releases a spreading burst of heat energy on the target, leaving the Fangire in the fragile state without the Knuckle coming in contact with the target. This burst of energy can also take the form of a sphere that flies into the target. When not transformed to the IXA system, the user can use a much weaker but still effective version of the Broken Fang. When the user pushes the knuckle into his other hand, it announces "Ready" (レディー Redī?).
[edit] Fuestles
IXA has six Fuestles like Kiva. They include:
- Knuckle Fuestle (ナックルフエッスル Nakkuru Fuessuru?): This powers up the IXA Knuckle to become the Broken Fang. When activated, the IXA Belt announces "IXA Knuckle - Rise Up" (イクサナックル・ライズアップ Ikusa Nakkuru Raizu Appu?) prior to the execution of the Broken Fang finisher, primarily used in 1986.
- Calibur Fuestle (カリバーフエッスル Karibā Fuessuru?): This powers up the IXA Calibur in Calibur Mode. When activated, the IXA Belt announces "IXA Calibur - Rise Up" (イクサカリバー・ライズアップ Ikusa Karibā Raizu Appu?) prior to the execution of the IXA Judgement finisher.
- Powerd Fuestle (パワードフエッスル Pawādo Fuessuru?): This Fuestle summons Powerd IXER.
- Garulu Fake Fuestle (ガルルフェイクフエッスル Garuru Feiku Fuessuru?): A Fuestle that copies the frequency of Kiva's Garulu Fuestle, with the IXA Belt announcing "Garulu Fake" (ガルルフェイク Garuru Feiku?) as IXA hijacks the Garulu Saber when it's summoned.
- Basshaa Fake Fuestle (バッシャーフェイクフエッスル Basshā Feiku Fuessuru?): A Fuestle that copies the frequency of Kiva's Basshaa Fuestle, allowing IXA to hijack the Basshaa Magnum when summoned.
- Dogga Fake Fuestle (ドッガフェイクフエッスル Dogga Feiku Fuessuru?): A Fuestle that copies the frequency of Kiva's Dogga Fuestle, allowing IXA to hijack the Dogga Hammer when summoned.
[edit] IXA Calibur
IXA's weapon is known as the IXA Calibur (イクサカリバー Ikusa Karibā?) which has a Gun Mode (ガンモード Gan Mōdo?) and a sword-like Calibur Mode (カリバーモード Karibā Mōdo?). While in Calibur Mode and after using the Calibur Fuestle (カリバーフエッスル Karibā Fuessuru?), the IXA Calibur can perform its finisher known as the IXA Judgement (イクサ・ジャッジメント Ikusa Jajjimento?), where Calibur Mode is charged, showing the sun (instead of the moon in Kiva's case), blinding the target before IXA hits with a powerful slash. The name of the sword is a play on King Arthur's sword, Excalibur.
[edit] Garulu Saber
The Demon-Beast Sword Garulu Saber (魔獣剣ガルルセイバー Majūken Garuru Seibā?) is a weapon that Garulu assumes for Kiva to change into Garulu Form. However, due to the Garulu Fake Fuestle tracing Garulu's frequency, the Garulu Saber can be used by IXA. Although it does not cause IXA to change into a new form as Kiva does, it retains its power and effect regardless.
[edit] IXAlion
- Length: 2030mm
- Width: 720mm
- Height: 1120mm
- Curb weight: 172kg
- Top speed: 753km/h (0 to 400m/s in 2.1s)
- Maximum output: 477.75kw/21000rpm
The IXAlion (イクサリオン Ikusarion?) is IXA's motorcycle, a MotoGP style bike, dubbed as the "Stallion" to his White Knight motif.
[edit] Powerd IXER
- Height: 7.5m
- Length: 12.7m
- Weight: 152t
- Top speed: 320km/h
- Maximum output: 41895kw/58000rpm
The Powerd IXER (パワードイクサー Pawādo Ikusā?) is IXA's mechanical dragon developed by the Wonderful Blue Sky Organization as a means to combat a Sabbat, and Kiva's Castle Doran. Piloted by IXA, the IXER's mouth functions as robotic arm to either fling Sabbats and Castle Doran around or like a catapult to launch orbs at an enemy. The arm can also propel IXA towards a Sabbat, enabling him to perform a high speed Rider Kick.
[edit] References
| Kamen Riders: | Kiva • IXA | 牙 |
|---|---|---|
| Others: | Characters • Fangire | |
| Media: | List of episodes • TETRA-FANG • Climax Deka • The King of Hell Castle | |
