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This is a character list for the 20th Kamen Rider series Kamen Rider W , its manga sequel Fuuto PI , and the latter's anime adaptation.
The Narumi Detective Office (鳴海探偵事務所, Narumi Tantei Jimusho) is a private detective agency that specializes in Dopant activity and was founded by Sokichi Narumi, who was murdered while he and Shotaro were rescuing Philip and named Shotaro his successor.
Kamen Rider W is the eponymous duo of Shotaro Hidari and Philip, who can fuse with each other and transform via the Double Driver (ダブルドライバー, Daburu Doraibā) belts and their own set of purified Gaia Memory (ガイアメモリ, Gaia Memori) USB flash drives. [a] Their Double Drivers are linked, such that Philip's consciousness is transferred into Shotaro's body along with the former's Gaia Memory. As such, W's ability to function is dependent on the condition of its components, as any physical or mental disruption could affect the Kamen Rider's mobility or cancel the transformation entirely. W also possesses a modified Honda CBR1000RR motorcycle called the Hardboilder (ハードボイルダー, Hādoboirudā) and the mobile garage-like Revolgarry (リボルギャリー, Riborugyarī) truck for converting it into either the Hardturbuler (ハードタービュラー, Hādotābyurā) hovercraft or the Hardsplasher (ハードスプラッシャー, Hādosupurasshā) personal watercraft. Alternatively, the Hardboilder can assume Start Dash Mode (スタートダッシュモード, Sutāto Dasshu Mōdo) for increased speed.
W uses different combinations of two Gaia Memories to access various combinations of powers, weapons, strengths, and weaknesses through Half Changes (ハーフチェンジ, Hāfu Chenji), each of which possess a different Maximum Drive (マキシマムドライブ, Makishimamu Doraibu) finisher for them to destroy a Dopant's Gaia Memory via a Memory Break (メモリブレイク, Memori Bureiku). While they are also capable of performing a Twin Maximum (ツインマキシマム, Tsuin Makishimamu) finisher via both of their active Gaia Memories, doing so proves severely harmful to the body.
W also uses Memory Gadgets (メモリガジェット, Memori Gajetto), items powered by artificial Gaia Memories called Pseudo Memories (ギジメモリ, Giji Memori) that change from their device-like Gadget Mode (ガジェットモード, Gajetto Mōdo) to their animal-like Live Mode (ライブモード, Raibu Mōdo) and strengthen W's weapons with the use of a Soul Memory.
The Xtreme (エクストリーム, Ekustorīmu) Memory is a special bird-like Gaia Memory that changes from Live Mode to Memory Mode (メモリモード, Memori Mōdo) for Shotaro and Philip to assume their ultimate form; Cyclone Joker Xtreme (サイクロンジョーカーエクストリーム, Saikuron Jōkā Ekusutorīmu). Being an evolved form of Cyclone Joker, the Xtreme Memory contains a digitized Philip and fully integrates him and Shotaro into a single being for the duration of the form and grants full access to the True Gaia Memory via the Crystal Server (クリスタルサーバー, Kurisutaru Sābā) band. Additionally, Shotaro and Philip wield the Prism Bicker (プリズムビッカー, Purizumu Bikkā), which can separate into the Prism Sword (プリズムソード, Purizumu Sōdo) for neutralizing most Dopants' regenerative abilities and the Bicker Shield (ビッカーシールド, Bikkā Shīrudo) for utilizing the Prism (プリズム, Purizumu) Memory to link the power of four Maximum Drives into one. Their Maximum Drives in this form are the W (Prism) Xtreme (ダブル (プリズム) エクストリーム, Daburu (Purizumu) Ekusutorīmu) on their own and the Prism Break (プリズムブレイク, Purizumu Bureiku), Bicker Charge Break (ビッカーチャージブレイク, Bikkā Chāji Bureiku), and Bicker Finallusion (ビッカーファイナリュージョン, Bikkā Fainaryūjon) via the Prism Bicker. If exposed to strong winds, Shotaro and Philip can transform further into the winged Cyclone Joker Gold Xtreme (サイクロンジョーカーゴールドエクストリーム, Saikuron Jōkā Gōrudo Ekusutorīmu), which allows them to perform the Golden Xtreme (ゴールデンエクストリーム, Gōruden Ekusutorīmu) Maximum Drive. Cyclone Joker Gold Xtreme first appears in the film Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate .
Shotaro Hidari (左 翔太郎, Hidari Shōtarō) is the man on the streets, a self-proclaimed "extremely hard-boiled private eye" who emulates famous pulp fiction private eye characters, dresses himself in 1940s fashion, and possesses a sharp intuition that allows him to occasionally deduce the culprit behind a crime before having Philip provide evidence to confirm his suspicions. Vowing to ensure that no one ever feels sad, Shotaro became a protégé of Fuuto's private investigator Sokichi Narumi after admiring his work as a child. Unlike his mentor, Shotaro was incapable of making tough decisions most of the time due to his kindhearted nature, which is the main reason why many consider him "half-boiled".
Following Sokichi's death and meeting Philip during the "Begins Night" (ビギンズナイト, Biginzu Naito) incident, Shotaro promises to continue in his mentor's stead while becoming a man worthy of wearing Sokichi's white fedora. As such, Shotaro works to stop the Dopant crime wave in Fuuto by providing his body to Kamen Rider W, taking pride in the role and being called a "Kamen Rider" by the citizens. While his body was not meant to handle Gaia Memories as he was never intended to be partnered with Philip, Shotaro adapted to the situation as he eventually becomes worthy of being W and wearing Sokichi's fedora.
As W, Shotaro possesses Gaia Memories with gold-colored tips called Body Memories (ボディメモリ, Bodi Memori), which form the left half of W's body and determine the fighting style in conjunction with Philip's Soul Memories. They are also used in W's Maximum Drives.
Shotaro Hidari is portrayed by Renn Kiriyama in Kamen Rider W and voiced by Yoshimasa Hosoya in Memory of Heroez and Fuuto PI. [4] As a child, Shotaro is portrayed by Issei Kakazu in Kamen Rider W and voiced by Ayumu Murase in Fuuto PI: Kamen Rider Skull no Shōzō.
The mysterious Philip (フィリップ, Firippu) is Shotaro's partner in the detective agency who lost his memory, has a tendency for obsessively focusing on a specific topic of interest, and uses his special abilities to access the Gaia Library to solve Dopant crimes. He was originally Raito Sonozaki (園咲 来人, Sonozaki Raito), the youngest child and only son of the Sonozaki family who died after falling into the Earth's consciousness, the True Gaia Memory (地球の記憶, Chikyū no Kioku), and revived as an ageless data human. As a result, his father Ryubee considered Raito the "Chosen Child" (運命の子, Unmei no Ko) and had his son's memory erased in order to use him to mass-produce artificial Gaia Memories for the Museum. After being rescued by Shotaro and Sokichi, the latter of whom named Raito after the fictional detective Philip Marlowe, Philip aids Shotaro to atone for willingly aiding his family by remaining in the Narumi Detective Office's secret hangar and investigate Dopant activities through his ability to access the Gaia Library (地球の本棚, Hoshi no Hondana) and its Infinite Archive (無限アーカイブ, Mugen Ākaibu), a metaphysical realm and Akashic records in the form of a white room filled with an endless number of books on an endless number of bookshelves.
Initially a logic-driven sociopath with little common sense who constantly irks all around him, Philip gradually becomes more empathic while slowly learning of his former identity. He is eventually captured and absorbed by his sister Wakana Sonozaki to restore the Museum's hold on the True Gaia Memory. While he is later extracted by Shotaro, this event causes Philip's body to destabilize to the point where he risks breaking up into data and being absorbed by the Earth if he transforms into W again and cancels the transformation. Saving this final transformation to save Wakana and fight Jun Kazu, Philip has Shotaro promise to continue fighting for Fuuto after he is gone and leaves the Lost Driver to Shotaro as a parting gift.
However, after Wakana learns Philip sacrificed his own physical existence to save her, she sacrifices herself in turn to bring back the Xtreme Memory and reconstruct Philip's physical body. Before returning, Philip shares one last moment with his family, who tell him that they will be watching over him. Upon revealing himself a year later, Philip resumes protecting Fuuto with Shotaro.
As W, Philip possesses Gaia Memories with silver-colored tips called Soul Memories (ソウルメモリ, Souru Memori), which transfer his consciousness into Shotaro's body and provides the right half of W's body and elemental powers.
Philip is portrayed by Masaki Suda in Kamen Rider W and voiced by Koki Uchiyama in Memory of Heroez and Fuuto PI. [4] As a child, Philip is portrayed by Tomoya Hashimoto.
Akiko Narumi (鳴海 亜樹子, Narumi Akiko) is Shotaro's boss and head of the Narumi Detective Office with a black and white view of the world. Because of her young appearance and attitude, Shotaro refers to her as "Middle School Girl" (女子中学生, Joshi Chūgakusei) and sees her as a threat to his public image. She came to Fuuto from Osaka to find her father Sokichi and reclaim the agency's building, initially unaware that her father had died and was a Kamen Rider until the events of the crossover film Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010. In addition to being the boss, she serves as a personal assistant while on the job and keeps Shotaro on the right track. Despite her somewhat childish personality, she has shown signs of promise as a detective, particularly in her ability to decipher clues that leave Shotaro, Philip, and Ryu Terui stumped as well as being extremely protective of clients, a trait she shares with her father. Akiko harbors a crush on Terui, but her advances are initially ignored as he maintains a professional demeanor towards her until he eventually gives in to his own feelings for her. Despite this, she is ultimately torn due to unresolved issues with her father until the events of the crossover film Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core , where she learns Sokichi's full story before her wedding to Terui. During the events of the V-Cinema sequel special Kamen Rider Accel , due to his inability to call her by name, Akiko believes that Terui does not love her, which is worsened further after she sees him on the run with Aoi Katsuragi and believes that he is cheating on her. After she is taken captive by the Commander Dopant and saved by her husband, Akiko learns that Terui truly loves her. Sometime between the events of Fuuto PI and the V-Cinema Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Chaser , Akiko gave birth to a daughter named Haruna Terui (照井 春奈, Terui Haruna).
Akiko Narumi is portrayed by Hikaru Yamamoto in Kamen Rider W and voiced by Mikako Komatsu in Fuuto PI. [4] As a child, Akiko is portrayed by Saho Ueda.
Ryu Terui (照井 竜, Terui Ryū) is the superintendent appointed to the Fuuto PD's Paranormal Crime Division (超常犯罪捜査課, Chōjō Hanzai Sōsaka), much to the chagrin of Shotaro, Jinno, and Makura. Though he becomes an ally to Shotaro in fighting Dopant crimes as Kamen Rider Accel (仮面ライダーアクセル, Kamen Raidā Akuseru), Terui originally became a Kamen Rider to find his family's murderer, Dr. Shinkuro Isaka. However, it is only after Isaka's death that Terui learns that there is more to the story behind the death of his family. Additionally, Terui comes to develop feelings for Akiko Narumi over the course of the series and eventually goes on to marry her during the crossover film Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core and have a daughter named Haruna Terui with her in between the events of Fuuto PI and the Kamen Rider Drive V-Cinema Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Chaser.
Utilizing the Accel (アクセル, Akuseru) Memory in conjunction with the Accel Driver (アクセルドライバー, Akuseru Doraibā) belt, Terui can transform into Kamen Rider Accel. While transformed, his Maximum Drive is the Accel Glanzer (アクセルグランツァー, Akuseru Gurantsā). He also wields the Engine Blade (エンジンブレード, Enjin Burēdo) sword, which can be used in conjunction with either the Accel Memory to perform the A-Slasher (エースラッシャー, Ē Surasshā) and Dynamic Ace (ダイナミックエース, Dainamikku Ēsu) Maximum Drives or the artificial Engine (エンジン, Enjin) Memory to utilize Steam (スチーム, Suchīmu), Jet (ジェット, Jetto), and Electric (エレクトリック, Erekutorikku) abilities.
Similarly to W, Terui possesses the Beetle Phone (ビートルフォン, Bītoru Fon) Memory Gadget that can change from Cell Phone Mode to Beetle Mode (ビートルモード, Bītoru Mōdo) via the Beetle (ビートル, Bītoru) Memory and the tank-like Gunner A (ガンナーA, Gan'nā Ē) support robot that can operate on its own via its onboard A.I. and combine with W's Hardboilder to form the Hardgunner (ハードガンナー, Hādo Gan'nā) half-track. When attached to W's Trigger Magnum, the Beetle Phone allows them to perform the Trigger Beetle Blaster (トリガービートルブラスター, Torigā Bītoru Burasutā) Maximum Drive via the Trigger Memory. [2]
Ryu Terui is portrayed by Minehiro Kinomoto in Kamen Rider W and voiced by Makoto Furukawa in Memory of Heroez and Fuuto PI. [4]
Tokime (ときめ), full name Tokime Bando (万灯 時女, Bandō Tokime), is a mysterious, pink-haired amnesiac girl, thief, Yukiji Bando's twin elder sister, and the Joker Dopant (ジョーカー・ドーパント, Jōkā Dōpanto) who possesses supernatural powers, believes herself to be a witch as such, and appears exclusively in the manga sequel Fuuto PI and its subsequent anime adaptation. She was born and raised alongside Bando and Towa in a foreign experiment facility, which conducted living-body experiments to create babies with great genes to create special soldiers, until Foundation X took them and gave them their current family registers. Due to her fierce battle with the Aurora Dopant over Towa, she got amnesia, but at the same time achieved High Dope. Initially a suspect for a brutal killing spree before she is proven innocent and a target of the Street crime syndicate, she comes to work for the Narumi Detective Office as an assistant and gradually recovers her memories as a Street assassin codenamed "Witch" before leaving the detective office after regaining access to her Dopant form.
With the Joker Memory and a Gaia Driver Rex, Tokime can transform into the Joker Dopant. While transformed, she can cover herself in a bio-energy aura for protection, solidify it into cards for offensive and defensive purposes, and trap targets inside human-sized cards. After achieving High Dope, she gained the ability to sense the power of Gaia Memory and dimensional portal.
Tokime is voiced by Akira Sekine. [4]
Sokichi Narumi (鳴海 荘吉, Narumi Sōkichi) was Shotaro's mentor and founder of the Narumi Detective Office, referred by Shotaro as "Pops" (おやっさん, Oyassan). Sokichi's policy with investigations was to ensure the client's safety above all else, and unlike Shotaro, he was truly hardboiled in the sense that he would make difficult decisions when he needs to and follow through on them. During flashbacks depicted in the crossover film Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core, Sokichi became involved in Dopant cases and gained the means to become Kamen Rider Skull (仮面ライダースカル, Kamen Raidā Sukaru) from Shroud, an old friend of his. Sokichi accepted a job from Shroud to rescue Philip from the Sonozaki family. During the mission, Sokichi lost his Rider equipment while fighting the Taboo Dopant and sacrificed his Skull Memory to free Philip. After convincing Philip to come with him to decide his own fate and find his own atonement, Sokichi was shot in the back by the Sonozaki family's hired men and dies telling Shotaro to continue in his place and giving him his white fedora.
Utilizing the Skull (スカル, Sukaru) Memory in conjunction with the Lost Driver (ロストドライバー, Rosuto Doraibā) belt, Sokichi could transform into Kamen Rider Skull. While transformed, his Maximum Drive was an unnamed Rider Kick. He also wielded a prototype of the Trigger Magnum called the Skull Magnum (スカルマグナム, Sukaru Magunamu), which could be used in conjunction with the Skull Memory to perform the Skull Punisher (スカルパニッシャー, Sukaru Panisshā) Maximum Drive. His personal vehicles were the Skullboilder (スカルボイルダー, Sukaruboirudā) motorcycle and the Skullgarry (スカルギャリー, Sukarugyarī) high-speed armored transport vehicle, which were expanded and refurbished into the Hardboiler and Revolgarry respectively.
When he first received his Rider powers, Sokichi initially transformed into the incomplete Kamen Rider Skull Crystal (仮面ライダークリスタルスカル, Kamen Raidā Sukaru Kurisutaru). In this form, he could generate energy skulls to attack his enemies.
Sokichi Narumi is portrayed by Koji Kikkawa, [6] who also performs the song "Nobody's Perfect", in Kamen Rider W and voiced by Kenjiro Tsuda in Fuuto PI: Kamen Rider Skull no Shōzō.
The Dopants (ドーパント, Dōpanto) [d] are humans who received Gaia Memories from the Museum. Originally, the Memories were created using Philip's link to the true Gaia Memory by means of the Gaia Library. After Philip was taken however, the Museum resorts to using a shrine located under the Sonozaki manor to create Gaia Memories. From there, the Museum sells them to the highest bidder or to common criminals in order to use them as guinea pigs to study the Gaia Memories as part of the Gaia Impact project. Despite the Museum being disbanded following Ryubee's death, some Gaia Memories fell into the hands of other groups.
The Museum's Gaia Memory dealers employ Living Connector Setting Operation Guns (生体コネクタ設置手術器, Seitai Konekuta Setchi Shujutsuki), or Connect Shooters (コネクトシューター, Konekuto Shūtā), to implant USB-port-like Living Connectors (生体コネクタ, Seitai Konekuta) onto humans' bodies so they can use their Gaia Memories to transform into Dopants. While a human can possess multiple Living Connectors, the resulting Gaia Memory abuse will result in the user's death if their original Gaia Memory is destroyed. Moreover, a human can use Gaia Memories without Living Connectors to transform, though it will result in debilitating side effects.
In the manga sequel Fuuto PI , Gaia Memory users have the potential to reach a level of power called High Dope (ハイドープ, Hai Dōpu) through repeated use of a Gaia Memory that they show a high degree of compatibility with. Upon reaching High Dope, users gain various powers beyond the limits of their Gaia Memories, such as enhancing their Dopant forms and being able to utilize superhuman or psychic powers without transforming into a Dopant.
The Sonozaki Family (園咲家, Sonozaki-ke) is an aristocratic family based in Fuuto who founded the Museum (ミュージアム, Myūjiamu) crime syndicate. When his son Raito died and was reborn as an avatar of the true Gaia Memory, Ryubee used the Museum to produce and distribute the Gaia Memories that Raito created throughout the criminal underworld for experimentation, resulting in the Dopant crime waves. The Museum's ultimate goal is to use the data gathered from the Dopants and Kamen Riders to invoke the Gaia Impact (ガイアインパクト, Gaia Inpakuto), which Ryubee plans to make mankind one with the Earth itself due to his fears of humanity's extinction.
With the exception of Raito and Fumine, each member of the Sonozaki Family owns a special Gaia Memory called a Gold Memory (ゴールドメモリ, Gōrudo Memori), which allows them to assume Dopant forms in conjunction with a prototype Gaia Driver (ガイアドライバー, Gaia Doraibā) belt, which negates the corrupting effects of usual Dopant Gaia Memories at the cost of reduced power. While Ryubee's plan almost succeeds, it results in the family estate burning to the ground, marking the end of both its patriarch and the Museum. In the series finale, Wakana sacrifices herself to revive Raito while the rest of the Sonozaki family become part of the Earth to watch over him, tasking him with the family duty of protecting Fuuto and changing the world for the benefit of mankind.
Ryubee Sonozaki (園咲 琉兵衛, Sonozaki Ryūbee) is a former archaeologist, the seemingly wise and jovial yet maniacal head of the Sonozaki Family, the "godfather" of the Museum syndicate, and curator of the Fuuto Museum who sees Fuuto as his personal kingdom. He sports a commanding presence and can adequately terrify many even without the use of his Terror Memory, which is the main reason why the police leave him alone despite having their suspicions regarding his activities. Due to his obsession with Fuuto and the Museum's machinations, Ryubee refuses to let anyone, including his family nor the deaths of Gaia Memory users, get in the way of his goals.
During his time as an archaeologist, Ryubee found fossil deposits and relics underneath the land his estate would later be built over, bought the grounds, and added the artifacts to the Fuuto Museum's collection. He also eventually discovered the planet's consciousness, later dubbed the Gaia Memory (地球の記憶, Chikyū no Kioku), and brought his family to see it. However, his son Raito died falling into it and was resurrected by the planet's powers. Following this, Ryubee began making preparations for his Gaia Impact to ensure humanity's continued survival by fusing them with the planet itself like Raito had been. Despite Raito being taken by the Narumi Detective Office and Kamen Riders W and Accel threatening his plans, Ryubee uses them to collect more data and improve the Gaia Impact as well as remains confident that he will find Raito again.
To reach his goal, he uses an archaeologist's brush dubbed the "Evil Tail" (イーヴィルテイル, Īviru Teiru), which is inscribed with his family members' names, to overcome the fear that would go along with sacrificing them for the Gaia Impact, though it eventually causes him to go mad. After recovering and sacrificing Raito to the Gaia Memory once more to fuse his daughter Wakana with the Earth, Ryubee is confronted by W and Accel, who join forces to defeat him, rescue Raito, and destroy his Terror Memory, along with most of the Sonozaki estate. Due to his mind having been broken over the years, Ryubee dances in the burning ruins of his house, ecstatic that he succeeded in initiating his Gaia Impact before subsequently dying in the blaze while recalling the good times he had with his family and holding no regrets about his life.
With the Terror Memory and a Gaia Driver, Ryubee can transform into the Terror Dopant (テラー・ドーパント, Terā Dōpanto). While transformed, he can increase victims' fear to maddening levels, summon the Terror Field (テラーフィールド, Terā Fīrudo) to burn his victims or teleport himself and others across long distances, and project his power into the Terror Crown (テラークラウン, Terā Kuraun) to create a Barong-like familiar called the Terror Dragon (テラードラゴン, Terā Doragon). [7] [8]
Ryubee Sonozaki is portrayed by Minori Terada in Kamen Rider W and voiced by Katsuhisa Hōki in Memory of Heroez and Fuuto PI: Kamen Rider Skull no Shōzō.
Saeko Sonozaki (園咲 冴子, Sonozaki Saeko) is the eldest of the Sonozaki children who runs an IT company called the Digal Corporation (ディガル・コーポレーション, Digaru Kōporēshon), which serves as a front for Gaia Memory production and distribution. Ryubee strictly raised Saeko to believe that their family is superior to all others and that they are destined to rule the world. This loveless upbringing caused her to grow up secretly hating her father, often taking the resulting rage out on her younger sister Wakana, and serves as fuel for her desire to take over the Museum to prove herself as its ideal successor. Saeko also has a tendency to kill her boyfriends if they do not live up to her expectations. When she spares Kirihiko due to his capabilities, she marries him and lets him live until he threatens the Museum's livelihood, having never truly loved him in the first place.
Following this, Saeko begins to visit Shinkuro Isaka to improve her Dopant form and focus on her plans for the Museum, growing to care for him in the process. When her coup against Ryubee fails and Isaka is killed, Saeko goes on the run, only to be hunted down by the Smilodon Dopant, who takes her Taboo Memory and leaves her for dead. However, Saeko is saved by Jun Kazu, who offers his support in her scheme to take control of the Museum.
Discarding her Gaia Driver, she obtains the Nasca Memory and uses an L.C.O.G. on herself to become the R Nasca Dopant (Rナスカ・ドーパント, Āru Nasuka Dōpanto) [e] so she can defeat Wakana. However, Wakana evolves into Claydoll Xtreme and overpowers Saeko, forcing her to find other methods for acquiring power until the Nasca Memory is destroyed during another confrontation with Wakana. Following Ryubee's death and the Sonozaki manor's destruction, a disillusioned Saeko learns Wakana was taken by Foundation X and regains the Taboo Memory from Kazu, who names Saeko the new head of the Museum. No longer needing to prove herself superior to her father, Saeko fights Kazu to save Wakana, sacrificing herself in the process.
With the Taboo Memory and a Gaia Driver, Saeko can transform into the Taboo Dopant (タブー・ドーパント, Tabū Dōpanto), gaining flight capabilities and the ability to generate deadly plasma balls. As the R Nasca Dopant, she possesses similar abilities as the original Nasca Dopant, though her strength and speed are much stronger. The appearance and abilities of the Taboo Dopant can vary depending on the user's inner nature, and in the manga sequel Fuuto PI, twelve Foundation X agents transform into Taboo Dopants with various appearances.
Saeko Sonozaki is portrayed by Ami Namai in Kamen Rider W and voiced by Satomi Satō in Memory of Heroez and Fuuto PI: Kamen Rider Skull no Shōzō. [9] [10]
Wakana Sonozaki (園咲 若菜, Sonozaki Wakana) is the youngest daughter and middle child of the Sonozaki family who, since her brother's death and disappearance, has been secretly raised to become the key element in Ryubee's plans. Working as a DJ at the local Wind Wave (ウインドウェーブ, Uindo Wēbu) radio station, she hosts the Wakana's Healing Princess (園咲若菜のヒーリングプリンセス, Sonozaki Wakana no Hīringu Purinsesu) show and gained a loyal fan base as a result. While she puts up a shy and kind persona on the show or whenever a crowd is around, her true personality is the complete opposite. Out of all of the members of the Sonozaki Family, she is the least involved with the Gaia Memory business as she was doted upon while growing up. After encountering Philip, Wakana begins to have second thoughts about being a Dopant and discards her Claydoll Memory. However, Ryubee returns it to her and eventually brings her into the family business by using her as a guinea pig for testing the Xtreme Memory's effects on the true Gaia Memory.
After trying to run away with Philip, Ryubee takes Wakana to the Museum's true base of operations and convinces her that she is serving a greater good for the planet's sake. Wakana takes over control of the Museum and the Digal Corporation, bent on bringing Philip back to the Museum to complete the Gaia Impact and taking on aspects of Saeko's personality coupled with a ruthless and unforgiving streak. Prior to and during the Gaia Impact, she becomes a living Gaia Memory, fully integrating herself with the planet's vast knowledge and her Claydoll Memory. However, she loses control after Philip is removed from the True Gaia Memory, causing an explosion that destroys the Sonozaki estate. Wakana is presumed dead, but she is secretly carried out by Jun Kazu, who seeks to use her for Foundation X's purposes until Shotaro Hidari rescues her and takes her to the hospital. Days later, Wakana attempts to force her way out to resume her family's goals, only to learn Philip disappeared into the True Gaia Memory to save her. After acquiring the means to invoke the Gaia Impact from Shroud, Wakana sacrifices her own existence to bring her brother back via the Xtreme Memory.
With the Claydoll Memory and a Gaia Driver, Wakana is able to transform into the Claydoll Dopant (クレイドール・ドーパント, Kureidōru Dōpanto), granting her the ability to produce gravitational energy shots and reform her Dopant body if it gets shattered. After being given the Gaia Progressor (ガイアプログレッサー, Gaia Puroguressā), a device based on the Xtreme Memory, Wakana's Dopant form is evolved into the godlike Claydoll Xtreme (クレイドールエクストリーム, Kureidōru Ekusutorīmu), which grants the use of tendrils, exponentially enhanced power, and access to the True Gaia Memory's power.
Wakana Sonozaki is portrayed by Rin Asuka in Kamen Rider W and voiced by M·A·O in Memory of Heroez and Fuuto PI: Kamen Rider Skull no Shōzō. As a young child, Wakana is portrayed by Natsuki Kasa. [11] [12]
Kirihiko Sonozaki (né Sudo) (園咲 (須藤) 霧彦, Sonozaki (Sudō) Kirihiko) is one of the Museum's best Gaia Memory dealers who displays a love for Fuuto. While working for the Museum, he eventually catches Saeko's eye and they get married, with Kirihiko taking on her family's name. Now a member of the Sonozaki family, he receives the Nasca Memory, but is initially unaware of the truth of his in-laws' true motives nor of Kamen Rider W's existence until Kirihiko confronts the latter in battle. Seeing W as a rival, Kirihiko uses him to upgrade his Gaia Memory until he discovers the truth of the Gaia Memories while suffering from his Memory's near-fatal side effects. He attempts to take Saeko away from the Museum, but she kills him to prevent him from compromising her plans and takes the Nasca Memory, which she eventually uses for herself until Wakana destroys it. His sister, Yukie Sudo, would later go on to seek revenge for Kirihiko via her own Dopant powers before the former suffers from her own Gaia Memory's negative side effects.
With the Nasca Memory and a Gaia Driver, Kirihiko can transform into the Nasca Dopant (ナスカ・ドーパント, Nasuka Dōpanto). In this form, he becomes an expert swordsman armed with the Nasca Blade (ナスカブレード, Nasuka Burēdo) and can fly via the Nasca Wings (ナスカウイング, Nasuka Uingu).
Kirihiko Sonozaki is portrayed by Yuki Kimisawa. [13]
Mick (ミック, Mikku) is Ryubee's beloved, loyal pet blue British Shorthair. Despite being a cat, Mick can transform into the Smilodon Dopant (スミロドン・ドーパント, Sumirodon Dōpanto) and serves as a bodyguard and spy for the Museum, tackling matters outside of their estate such as hunting down Philip and traitors. After losing his Gaia Driver, Smilodon Memory, and Ryubee, Mick is brought to live at the Narumi Detective Office.
With the Smilodon Memory and a Gaia Driver, Mick can transform into the anthropomorphic Smilodon Dopant, gaining the ability to discharge electricity and move fast enough to evade Kamen Rider W Luna Trigger's homing shots and outmaneuver Kamen Rider Accel Trial. Additionally, Mick is intelligent enough to know how to transform into his Dopant form and back at will.
Mick is played by a cat named Buri-chan (ブリちゃん) while the Smilodon Dopant's vocalizations are provided by Yasuhiro Takato, who also voices Mick in Fuuto PI. [14]
Masquerade Dopants (マスカレイド・ドーパント, Masukareido Dōpanto) are Dopants used by the Sonozaki family, later Foundation X, as foot soldiers and thugs.
With the mass-produced Masquerade Memories, individuals can transform into the skeleton-esque Masquerade Dopants. However, they are significantly weaker than regular Dopants as they lack special abilities of their own, can be defeated by regular humans, and their Gaia Memories can be destroyed without a Maximum Drive.
Shinkuro Isaka (井坂 深紅郎, Isaka Shinkurō) is the head physician of the Isaka Medical Clinic (井坂内科医院, Isaka Naika Iin). Ten years ago, he found no meaning in his life until he encountered Ryubee Sonozaki attacking a group of people as the Terror Dopant. This brought a maddening joy to the doctor as he vowed to steal the Terror Memory and experimented on himself with numerous Gaia Memories and Living Connectors before Shroud gave him a Silver Memory (シルバーメモリ, Shirubā Memori) called the Weather Memory in the hopes that he would be powerful enough to eliminate Ryubee. Using his newfound powers, Isaka committed a series of murders, which included Kamen Rider Accel's family, before becoming an ally to the Museum.
Following a failed attempt to add the Invisible Memory to his arsenal, Isaka's identity is exposed and he is forced to take refuge in the Sonozaki estate, where he convinces Saeko to act on her desire to take over the Museum so he can get the Terror Memory. Initially seeing her as a pawn for his research, he slowly comes to develop feelings for her. While attempting to absorb the Quetzalcoatlus Memory, Isaka is defeated by Kamen Rider Accel and loses his Weather Memory. Shortly afterward, Isaka's experiments catch up to him and cause him to dissolve into nothingness.
With the Weather Memory, Isaka can transform into the Weather Dopant (ウェザー・ドーパント, Wezā Dōpanto). While transformed, he is armed with the whip-like Weather Mine (ウェザーマイン, Wezā Main) and can control various weather patterns, such as intense sunlight, heavy rain, lightning, tornadoes, and freezing snow. Additionally, due to his experiments and psychosis, he is immune to the Gaia Memories' negative side effects and most Maximum Drives in his Dopant form.
Shinkuro Isaka is portrayed by Tomoyuki Dan. [15]
Street (街, Machi) is a Dopant crime syndicate that seeks to continue the Museum's work with Gaia Memories as well as pursue a "greater achievement". They are based in another dimension called Shadow Fuuto (裏風都, Ura Fūto), which can only be accessed by the Road Dopant's abilities or a card-like passport known as a Vessel (ビゼル, Bizeru), and is populated by Dopants who have achieved High Dope. Similarly to the Sonozaki family, Street's high-ranking members utilize the Gaia Driver Rex (ガイアドライバーrex, Gaia Doraibā Rekusu) belt in conjunction with a Gaia Memory to transform. Additionally, they can add a secondary Gaia Memory to temporarily augment their Dopant forms. Street appears exclusively in the manga sequel Fuuto PI and its subsequent anime adaptation.
Yukiji Bando (万灯 雪侍, Bandō Yukiji) is the leader of Street who is Tokime's twin younger brother and was formerly the CEO of the human resource development corporation Kai Operations (カイ・オペレーションズ, Kai Operēshonzu), one of Foundation X's parent organizations.
With a Gold Memory called the Aurora Memory and a Gaia Driver Rex, Bando can transform into the Aurora Dopant (オーロラ・ドーパント, Ōrora Dōpanto). While transformed, he can fire a powerful energy beam from his hand.
Yukiji Bando is voiced by Daisuke Ono. [4]
Kazuha Gojo (五条 一葉, Gojō Kazuha) is an insane executive member of Street, Tokime's replacement, and a former student of Otokichi Toba's cram school, through which she met Bando. She is defeated by Kamen Rider Accel and killed by the Death Dopant.
With a Silver Memory called the Scream Memory and a Gaia Driver Rex, Kazuha can transform into the Scream Dopant (スクリーム・ドーパント, Sukurīmu Dōpanto). While transformed, she can hide within shadows and produce a powerful, high-frequency shriek capable of ripping anything in its path apart. After achieving High Dope, she gained superhuman hearing.
Kazuha Gojo is voiced by Miku Itō.
Hideo Chiba (千葉 秀夫, Chiba Hideo), real name Fildeo Herstein (フィルデオ・ヘルスタイン, Firudeo Herusutain), is the oldest executive member of Street who does not physically age and resembles a child despite having lived for more than 70 years due to his father Halber Herstein (ハルバー・ヘルスタイン, Harubā Herusutain), a genius biologist and professor at Higashi Fuuto University who received funding from Foundation X's predecessor for his immortality research and used his son as a test subject, which led to his wife Fusae Chiba (千葉 房枝, Chiba Fusae) divorcing him after Hideo was born. Though much older than the other leading members, Hideo hates being treated as an adult.
With a Silver Memory called the Brachiosaurus Memory and a Gaia Driver Rex, Hideo can transform into the giant Brachiosaurus Dopant (ブラキオサウルス・ドーパント, Burakiosaurusu Dōpanto). While transformed, he can fire sharp bones from his back and produce Masquerade Dopant-esque foot soldiers called Bones (ボーンズ, Bōnzu). After achieving High Dope, he gained the ability to manipulate people's bodies like puppets.
Hideo Chiba is voiced by Natsumi Fujiwara.
The Reactor Dopant (リアクター・ドーパント, Riakutā Dōpanto) is a Dopant derived from a Silver Memory called the Reactor Memory that possesses a hot, hardened body, the ability to solidify the smoke produced from its head to use it like tentacles, and wields a mace in battle. As a side effect of using the Memory, the Dopant's heat remains in the user's body for some time and can burn them to death if they are separated from their Memory. The Reactor Dopant also commands an army of Road Dopants and manages Shadow Fuuto's energy infrastructure.
The Road Dopants (ロード・ドーパント, Rōdo Dōpanto) are Dopants derived from Road Memories that possess powerful jaws with multiple rows of teeth, the ability to slice through space using ultra-high speed and temperatures to generate black roads leading into Shadow Fuuto, and the ability to generate energy wheels of variable size from their wrists capable of slicing targets and burning flesh. Due to the aforementioned roads being made from the user's body, their flesh is consumed with each generation and most users become cannibals to replenish their energy, gradually losing their minds in the process. While most Road Dopants serve Street as expendable foot soldiers and assist them in expanding Shadow Fuuto, "Sabu" (サブ), a subordinate of corrupt entrepreneur Renji Tachikawa (立川 蓮司, Tachikawa Renji), operates independently to commit a series of brutal murders to satisfy his appetite until Kamen Rider W defeats him.
Sabu is voiced by Kazuyuki Okitsu.
The Fuuto PD (風都署, Fūtosho) serves as an additional force working to fight the Dopant crime wave, occasionally working with the Narumi Detective Office and Kamen Rider W in pursuit of this goal.
Mikio Jinno (刃野 幹夫, Jinno Mikio) is a gullible senior detective of Fuuto PD. Despite his personality, he is a dedicated and sometimes wise officer. He is also a friend of Shotaro Hidari's, with whom he discusses cases despite being unaware of Shotaro's connection to Kamen Rider W.
Mikio Jinno is portrayed by Takeshi Nadagi in Kamen Rider W and voiced by Kenyu Horiuchi in Fuuto PI.
Shun Makura (真倉 俊, Makura Shun) is Jinno's unpleasant rookie partner who is doubtful of Shotaro's skills and sees his involvement with police investigations as unnecessary. As such, Makura and Shotaro often get into fights when they are together, forcing Jinno to break them up. Makura is also impulsive, often jumping to conclusions when it comes to solving crimes and accusing people of committing crimes with little to no proof except from the word of a superior officer.
Shun Makura is portrayed by Shingo Nakagawa in Kamen Rider W and voiced by Chiharu Sawashiro in Fuuto PI.
The Fuuto Irregulars (風都イレギュラーズ, Fūto Iregyurāzu) [k] are denizens of Fuuto and informants that Shotaro goes to for information and assistance.
"Watcherman" (ウォッチャマン, Wotchaman) is the username of an otaku blogger who is Shotaro's informant on internet-based Dopant activities. During the events of the film Kamen Rider W Forever A to Z The Gaia Memories of Fate, Watcherman obtains the T2 Violence Memory, which forcibly transforms him into the T2 Violence Dopant (T2バイオレンス・ドーパント, Tī Tsū Baiorensu Dōpanto) until he is saved by Kamen Rider W and taken to a free clinic.
"Watcherman" is portrayed by Nasubi in Kamen Rider W and voiced by Atsushi Imaruoka in Fuuto PI.
"Santa" (サンタちゃん, Santa-chan) is a mysterious man dressed as Santa Claus year-round except on Christmas, during which he dresses in a reindeer outfit, who promotes local companies by giving out freebies, or presents, which always seem to help out the recipient. During the events of the film W Forever A to Z The Gaia Memories of Fate, Santa obtains the T2 IceAge Memory, which forcibly transforms him into the T2 IceAge Dopant (T2アイスエイジ・ドーパント, Tī Tsū Aisueiji Dōpanto) until he is saved by Kamen Rider W and taken to a free clinic. A year after W defeats Jun Kazu, Santa becomes the owner of a pet shop.
"Santa" is portrayed by Zennosuke Fukkin.
"Queen" (クイーン, Kuīn) and "Elizabeth" (エリザベス, Erizabesu) are two teenage girls, singers, and childhood friends of Shotaro's who serve as his informants in high school settings.
Queen and Elizabeth are portrayed by Tomomi Itano and Tomomi Kasai, respectively. [42]
Isamu Bito (尾藤 勇, Bitō Isamu) is a stallholder and an old client of Sokichi Narumi's, referred to as "Sam" (サム, Samu). Ten years ago, Bito took the heat for an armored car robbery involving the Beastman, who was Maruo Arima and Suzuko Arima, his employee and a woman he had feelings for respectively. After the case is solved, Bito continues with his job.
Isamu Bito is portrayed by Kazuyoshi Ozawa.
Akira Aoyama (青山 晶, Aoyama Akira) is an elementary schooler, the younger brother of Yui Aoyama, and a client of Shotaro's. As of the manga sequel Fuuto PI, Akira has become a junior high schooler and the newest member of the Fuuto Irregulars.
Akira Aoyama is portrayed by Issei Kakazu, who also portrays Shotaro Hidari as a child, and voiced by Daiki Kobayashi in Fuuto PI.
"Shroud" (シュラウド, Shuraudo), formerly known as Fumine Sonozaki (園咲 文音, Sonozaki Fumine), was the matriarch of the Sonozaki Family and a member of the Museum. A decade prior to the series, she sought to take her son Raito away from her husband Ryubee after the former became an avatar of the True Gaia Memory. However, she was horrifically scarred by Ryubee and left her family to seek revenge, covering her face in an extensive amount of bandages to obscure her disfigurement and taking on the identity of "Shroud".
Over the course of the intervening years, she gave Shinkuro Isaka the Weather Memory in the hopes he could defeat Ryubee. After he goes on a killing spree however, she turned to developing Kamen Riders Skull, W, and Accel's refined Gaia Memories, Rider equipment, and the T2 Gaia Memories. After Sokichi's death, Shroud became Accel's benefactor after seeing a kindred spirit in him and conditions him to become Shotaro Hidari's replacement as Raito's partner and transform them into Kamen Rider W Cycloneaccel Xtreme (サイクロンアクセルエクストリーム, Saikuronakuseru Ekusutorīmu).
Due to her dealings with Isaka being revealed however, Shroud forgoes her revenge and allows the Riders to fight their way before returning to the Sonozaki estate during Ryubee's Gaia Impact to visit Raito and tell him Shotaro is the only family he has left, which inspires him to thwart Ryubee's plans. Sometime between W's final fight with Jun Kazu and the series finale, Shroud spoke with her daughter Wakana Sonozaki before she quietly passed away by her side and became one with the Earth alongside the rest of her fallen family members.
Through unknown means, Shroud possesses supernatural powers such as pyrokinesis, the conjuring of random objects, and disappearing into thin air. Additionally, she possesses a variant of the Trigger Magnum called the Shroud Magnum (シュラウドマグナム, Shuraudo Magunamu), which she can use in conjunction with the refined Bomb (ボム, Bomu) Memory to perform an unnamed Maximum Drive.
Shroud is portrayed by Yūki Ono and voiced by Naoko Kouda.
Foundation X (財団X, Zaidan Ekkusu) is a mysterious research foundation that provides funding to the Museum. Following Ryubee Sonozaki's death and the Museum's dissolution, Foundation X takes over their Gaia Impact project until Jun Kazu is killed, after which they re-focus their efforts on studying other prospective projects such as the Kamen Rider OOO's O Medals, Mitsuaki Gamou's Cosmic Energy, the Genm Corporation's Gashats, and Kamen Rider Build's Fullbottles.
As of the web series anthology Kamen Rider Outsiders, the organization initiates the Project Outsiders (プロジェウトサイダーズ, Purojekuto Autosaidāzu) under the helm of Joseph Rando and Ecole, where Foundation X would gather all anti-heroic and villainous Kamen Riders in order to combat the A.I. Zein.
Jun Kazu (加頭 順, Kazu Jun) is a psychic Foundation X researcher who allows himself to be modified by the research of those he represents. He comes off as cold and emotionless, speaking in a flat monotone voice and dropping whatever he is holding whenever he sees someone else display emotions. However, when sufficiently angered, he will release his emotions in a torrential manner. Becoming the Museum's sponsor and overseeing their investments, Kazu eventually obtains Dopant powers of his own.
During the events of the V-Cinema prequel Kamen Rider Eternal , Kazu served as Doctor Prospect's liaison to Foundation X and acquired his psychic powers. He also utilized the Eternal Memory and a Lost Driver to transform into Kamen Rider Eternal Red Flare (レッドフレア, Reddo Furea) until Katsumi Daido unknowingly exploits Kazu's incompatibility with the Eternal Memory to depower him. Daido later kills Kazu, who Foundation X recovers and turns into a Necro-Over.
Following his conversion, Kazu arrives in Fuuto to save the rogue Saeko Sonozaki and offer Foundation X's support in her plot to overthrow Ryubee out of love for her. After Kamen Riders W and Accel dismantle the Museum, Kazu rescues Wakana Sonozaki and digitizes her into a Foundation X satellite in an attempt to use her to kill all life on Earth that are not compatible with Gaia Memories and cleanse the human race's impurities. Due to Wakana's comatose state, Kazu is forced to reveal himself to the Kamen Riders and bide his time until her power returns. Upon discovering Philip is tied to Wakana's emotions, Kazu attacks everyone close to him to initiate his own Gaia Impact. When Saeko attempts to rescue Wakana, Kazu professes his love for her, but she rebuffs him. While he reluctantly kills Saeko, Shotaro Hidari rescues Wakana. Kazu attacks and battles Kamen Rider W, but they overload him with Philip's emotions before defeating him, causing Kazu to dissolve into nothingness.
With a Gaia Driver and a Gold Memory called the Utopia Memory, the latter of which is capable of granting the user's wishes, Kazu can transform into the seemingly omnipotent Utopia Dopant (ユートピア・ドーパント, Yūtopia Dōpanto). While transformed, he gains reality-bending powers, the ability to repel attacks directed at him, and absorb living beings' emotions to further power the Utopia Memory. Additionally, Kazu can utilize his psychic powers to augment his Dopant powers.
Jun Kazu is portrayed by Gong Teyu. [43]
Tabata (田端) is a Foundation X researcher assigned to transport a suitcase containing the T2 Gaia Memories to Foundation X's headquarters during the series, only to be attacked by Katsumi Daido during the events of the film Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate. While Daido claims the T2 Eternal Memory, Tabata activates the suitcase's self-destruct, killing himself and dispersing the remaining T2 Memories throughout Fuuto.
Tabata is portrayed by Tsunekichi Takeoka.
Neon Ulsland (ネオン・ウルスランド, Neon Urusurando) is the strict and punctual female leader of Foundation X who researches unusual events or artifacts and uses the educational grading system to determine their importance to her organization. She also carries a stopwatch and allocates a specific amount of time towards her actions, even going so far as to interrupt others should it affect her schedule. After Jun Kazu's second death, she officially ends Foundation X's Gaia Memory research.
Neon Ulsland is portrayed by Maria Theresa Gow. [44]
Father Roberto Shijima (ロベルト志島, Roberuto Shijima) is a Catholic priest and a major figure within the Order of Silence and Darkness (闇と静寂の会, Yami to Seijaku no Kai) cult who appears exclusively in the crossover film Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010. Using the Dummy Memory, he assumes the likenesses of the Death Dopant and upper-class individuals' recently deceased relatives to scare them to death. When Kamen Rider W interferes, Shijima assumes Sokichi Narumi's likeness to throw them off, but W eventually exposes Shijima. The latter escapes, only to end up in another universe due to Kamen Rider Decade's battle with Super Shocker and absorbed by the Neonoid, who uses Shijima to transform into the inhuman Ultimate D.
With the Dummy Memory, Shijima can transform into the Dummy Dopant (ダミー・ドーパント, Damī Dōpanto). [m] While transformed, he gains shapeshifting abilities.
Father Roberto Shijima is portrayed by Toru Tezuka.
"Master" (マスター, Masutā) is the owner of "Fuu-men" (風麺, Fūmen) ramen who specializes in making ramen with large narutomaki and appears exclusively in the DVD special Kamen Rider W Hyper Battle DVD: Donburi's α/Farewell Beloved Recipe, the film Kamen Rider W Forever A to Z The Gaia Memories of Fate, and the latter's tie-in web series Kamen Rider W Forever: From A to Z, 26 Rapid-Succession Roars of Laughter .
In the aforementioned web series, "Master" becomes the UFO Dopant (UFO・ドーパント, Yūfō Dōpanto) and travels to outer space.
"Master" is portrayed by the series' assistant line producer Hiroshi Doki (道木 広志, Dōki Hiroshi).
The Special Mercenary Force "NEVER" (特殊傭兵部隊NEVER, Tokushu Yōhei Butai Nebā) is group composed of humans who have been revived and turned into undead supersoldiers called Necro-Overs (ネクロオーバー, Nekuroōbā) (NEVERs) who appear exclusively in the film Kamen Rider W Forever A to Z The Gaia Memories of Fate and the V-Cinema prequel special Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal. Though much stronger, faster, and more durable than normal humans, Necro-Overs' ability to feel emotions diminishes over time and require bio-stabilizer injections to keep their bodies intact. After Foundation X abandons them to conduct research into the Museum's Gaia Memories, the NEVERs became mercenaries in an attempt to prove their superiority over the Museum.
Following an encounter with Foundation X's Doctor Prospect and their leader going mad however, NEVER seeks to destroy the Museum by acquiring Foundation X's 26 T2 Gaia Memories (T2ガイアメモリ, Tī Tsū Gaia Memori) [n] to power the X-Bicker (エクスビッカー, Ekusu Bikkā) device and convert Fuuto's residents into NEVERs like them. However, their exceptional compatibility with the T2 Gaia Memories make the NEVERs more susceptible to Kamen Riders W and Accel's Maximum Drives and Kamen Rider OOO's Scanning Charges, which cause them to turn to dust.
Katsumi Daido (大道 克己, Daidō Katsumi) is the leader of NEVER. As revealed in the short story "The Beginning of N/Blood and Dream" and the prequel special Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal, Katsumi was a resident of Fuuto born with a congenital heart defect. After being involved in a near-fatal car crash, his mother Maria Daido used her research to revive her son as a Necro-Over. Using bio-stimulants to ensure he ages properly, he proves to be a superior fighter, but he and Maria are forced to go rogue after Foundation X shuts down her project. Soon after, Katsumi recruits four people who recently died into his newly formed mercenary group NEVER, converting them into Necro-Overs in the process.
During one of their missions, Daido meets and falls in love with Mina before acquiring the experimental Eternal Memory, which can neutralize nearby Gaia Memories, and the means to become Kamen Rider Eternal (仮面ライダーエターナル, Kamen Raidā Etānaru). However, after Mina's apparent death and losing the Memory to Doctor Prospect, Daido goes mad and attempts to destroy the Museum and Fuuto.
During the events of the film Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate, Daido acquires the T2 Eternal (T2エターナル, Tī Tsū Etānaru) Memory, which can negate non-T2 Gaia Memories, to regain his Rider powers before leading NEVER in acquiring the other 25 T2 Gaia Memories from Foundation X to facilitate their plans. However, Maria and Kamen Rider W thwart his plans and kill him permanently.
Utilizing the Eternal Memory in conjunction with the Lost Driver, Daido can transform into Kamen Rider Eternal Blue Flare (ブルーフレア, Burū Furea). While transformed, his Maximum Drives are the Eternal Requiem (エターナルレクイエム, Etānaru Rekuiemu) via the Eternal Memory and an unnamed Rider Punch via the T2 Unicorn (T2ユニコーン, Tī Tsū Yunikōn) Memory. He also wields the Eternal Edge (エターナルエッジ, Etānaru Ejji) dagger, which can be used in conjunction with the Eternal Memory to perform the Bloody Hell Blade (ブラッディヘルブレイド, Buraddi Heru Bureido) Maximum Drive.
Additionally, Eternal can use the T2 Zone (T2ゾーン, Tī Tsū Zōn) Memory to summon the other 24 T2 Gaia Memories and use all 26 T2 Gaia Memories at once to transform into his Strengthening Armament (強化武装, Kyōka Busō) form where he can perform the Never Ending Hell (ネバーエンディングヘル, Nebā Endingu Heru) Maximum Drive. [48] [49]
Katsumi Daido is portrayed by Mitsuru Matsuoka. [50] As a teenager, he is portrayed by Masaki Suda, who also portrays Philip.
Kyosui Izumi (泉 京水, Izumi Kyōsui) is a flamboyant gay man with sadomasochist quirks [51] who was originally a Yakuza subordinate before he was betrayed and fatally stabbed. He fell in love with Katsumi Daido within seconds of the former's death and became his right-hand man after becoming a Necro-Over, expressing jealousy towards anyone who gets too close to Katsumi. While assisting him in his plot to destroy Fuuto, Izumi is killed permanently by Kamen Rider OOO.
In combat, Izumi wields a whip and is an expert grappler capable of wrapping himself around people's bodies and snapping them like twigs. With the T2 Luna Memory, he can transform into the Luna Dopant (ルナ・ドーパント, Runa Dōpanto), gaining illusionary powers, the ability to produce T2 Masquerade Dopants (T2マスカレイド・ドーパント, Tī Tsū Masukareido Dōpanto), and increased stretching capabilities.
Kyosui Izumi is portrayed by Genki Sudo. [52]
Reika Hanehara (羽原 レイカ, Hanehara Reika) is a former serial criminal who was killed while attempting to escape Alcatraz to avoid the death penalty and became the newest member of NEVER. Initially hating how cold her undead body is, she slowly comes to grips with her new existence while helping Katsumi Daido free Doctor Prospect's Quark prisoners. Despite being horrified by Katsumi's transformation into an unfeeling monster following Mina's apparent death, Hanehara believes he still has some good left in him and follows him to Fuuto to enact his plot to destroy the city. After being defeated by Kamen Rider Joker, she returns to Daido's side to beg for his help, only to be rebuffed and permanently die in Joker's arms.
With the T2 Heat Memory, Hanehara can transform into the Heat Dopant (ヒート・ドーパント, Hīto Dōpanto), gaining pyrokinesis.
Reika Hanehara is portrayed by Minase Yashiro. [48]
Gozo Domoto (堂本 剛三, Dōmoto Gōzō) is a muscular yet dimwitted young man who is proficient in stick-fighting and died protecting a piece of land from developers before becoming a Necro-Over. Despite acquiring T2 Dopant powers while aiding Katsumi Daido in his plot to destroy Fuuto, Domoto is willing to fight Kamen Rider W without them. He is eventually killed permanently by Kamen Rider Joker.
With the T2 Metal Memory, Domoto can transform into the Metal Dopant (メタル・ドーパント, Metaru Dōpanto). While transformed, he is armed with the Metal Cane (メタルケイン, Metaru Kein) war hammer, the Metal Claw (メタルクロー, Metaru Kurō), and regenerative capabilities.
Gozo Domoto is portrayed by Koji Nakamura. [48]
Ken Ashihara (葦原 賢, Ashihara Ken) is a young firearms expert and marksman who was killed in a gunfight and left behind a family. While aiding Katsumi Daido in his plot to destroy Fuuto, Ashihara fights Kamen Rider Accel on several occasions before the latter permanently kills him.
With the T2 Trigger Memory, Ashihara can transform into the Trigger Dopant (トリガー・ドーパント, Torigā Dōpanto), gaining a large rifle in place of his right arm.
Ken Ashihara is portrayed by Masayuki Deai. [48]
Maria Daido (大道 マリア, Daidō Maria), also known as Professor Maria (プロフェッサー・マリア, Purofessā Maria), was a researcher for Foundation X who created undead humans called Necro-Overs in an attempt to replicate the conditions that turned Raito Sonozaki into the True Gaia Memory's avatar and appears exclusively in the film Kamen Rider W Forever A to Z The Gaia Memories of Fate and the prequel special Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal. When her son Katsumi Daido was nearly killed in a car accident, she used her research to revive him as a Necro-Over, but was forced to leave Foundation X after they abandoned her in favor of researching the Museum's Gaia Memories.
Following this, Maria supported Katsumi in his mercenary activities before eventually returning to Fuuto with him. After obtaining T2 Dopant powers and discovering Raito, Maria goes undercover as Interpol agent Maria S. Cranberry (マリア・S・クランベリー, Maria Esu Kuranberī) so she could manipulate and kidnap him for Katsumi's plan to destroy Fuuto. At the last minute however, she gets second thoughts and tries to stop Katsumi, only to be killed by him.
With the T2 Cyclone Memory, Maria can transform into the Cyclone Dopant (サイクロン・ドーパント, Saikuron Dōpanto), gaining aerokinesis.
Maria Daido is portrayed by Aya Sugimoto.
Keith Anderson (キース・アンダーソン, Kīsu Andāson) is a ruthless Foundation X agent who appears exclusively in the short novel The Beginning of N/Blood and Dream. Keith took Maria Daido under his wing to fund her Necro-Over project following her partner's betrayal while competing with Jun Kazu in a bid to gain approval from the Museum. Once Kazu's Gaia Memory project was chosen, Keith tries to kill his subordinates and the Daido family in a fit of rage, but Katsumi saves his mother and kills Keith.
Seiichiro Matsui (松井 誠一郎, Matsui Seiichirō), also known as "Matsu" (マツ), was Sokichi Narumi's former partner from 1999 who conducted research in libraries and appears exclusively in the crossover film Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core. Despite working with him, Matsu secretly harbored jealousy towards Sokichi for always "getting the girl". After being hired by Melissa to protect her from Kozo Yaguchi, a chain of events resulted in Matsu getting ahold of the Spider Memory and becoming one of the first Gaia Memory users while in pursuit of his goal. As his mind became warped by the memory, Matsu's feelings for Melissa became amplified to the point where he wanted her all to himself. Sokichi eventually deduced Matsu's identity and killed him while destroying his Gaia Memory despite still seeing him as his partner.
With the Spider Memory, Matsu could transform into the Spider Dopant (スパイダー・ドーパント, Supaidā Dōpanto). While transformed, he can produce Spider Net (スパイダーネット, Supaidā Netto) threads for multiple purposes and implant small Spider Bombs (スパイダーボム, Supaidā Bomu) into humans, which spin silk around a person's closest loved one and explode upon contact with them. [o]
Seiichiro "Matsu" Matsui is portrayed by Taro Yamamoto. [41]
Melissa (メリッサ, Merissa) is a famous opera singer who came to Fuuto in 1999 and appears exclusively in the crossover film Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core. After meeting Sokichi Narumi and due to an encounter with the Spider Dopant, she agreed to take the former's place at his daughter Akiko Narumi's wedding in the present.
Melissa is portrayed by Hikaru Yamamoto, [41] who also portrays Akiko Narumi, in Movie War Core and voiced by Mikako Komatsu, who also voices Akiko Narumi, in Fuuto PI: Kamen Rider Skull no Shōzō.
Kozo Yaguchi (矢口 孝三, Yaguchi Kōzō) is Melissa's manager and head of the Yaguchi Talent Agency who appears exclusively in the crossover film Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core. Because of his seedy nature, Sokichi considered Yaguchi a suspect for the Spider Dopant's identity, only to learn Yaguchi was actually using his agency to supply the Museum with guinea pigs before Yaguchi was killed by a Spider Bomb that the Spider Dopant implanted in the former's wife.
Kozo Yaguchi is portrayed by Kenta Satoi.
"Stone" (ストーン, Sutōn) is an unassuming architecture otaku skilled in lock picking who appears exclusively in the crossover film Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core. After Isamu Bito introduced Stone to Sokichi Narumi to help him solve the "Spider Man" case, Stone helped Sokichi break into the Yaguchi Talent Agency, but the former was captured and murdered by the Bat Dopant.
Kamen Rider Core (仮面ライダーコア, Kamen Raidā Koa) is a giant magma-based monster created from three black Core Medals and the Memory Memory (メモリーメモリ, Memorī Memori) who appears exclusively in the crossover film Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core. He attempts to destroy the world, but is foiled and destroyed by Kamen Riders W and OOO, who shatter the Medals and Memory in the process.
In battle, Core is powered by Earth's inner core, can burn anything within physical contact, possesses pyrokinesis, and can turn the lower half of his body into a motorcycle.
Kamen Rider Core is voiced by Fumihiko Tachiki.
Aoi Katsuragi (葛木 葵, Katsuragi Aoi) is a member of a pick-pocketing ring and the daughter of a thief who appears exclusively in the V-Cinema sequel special Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Accel. Sometime prior to the special, she witnessed Hiroshi Sagami of the Fuuto PD murder her father, but initially could not recall his face. As a result, Katsuragi came to distrust police officers. In the present, she comes into possession of the Gaia Memory Enhancing Adapter and comes into Kamen Rider Accel's protective custody after Sagami targets her for the adapter. Following Sagami's arrest, Katsuragi turns herself in as part of an effort to better herself and start over.
Aoi Katsuragi is portrayed by Yukari Taki.
Hiroshi Sagami (相模 広志, Sagami Hiroshi) is a corrupt police officer within the Fuuto PD who appears exclusively in the V-Cinema sequel special Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Accel. Three years prior to the special, he lost his wife to a criminal he had arrested sometime prior. Furious with the law's inability to reform criminals, he obtained the Commander Memory and began executing any criminals he came across regardless of the severity of their crimes. Seeing Ryu Terui as a kindred spirit, Sagami kidnaps the former's wife, Akiko Narumi, to force him to give into his vengeful feelings once more and become Sagami's successor. Refusing to go down this path again, Terui saves Akiko and defeats Sagami, who is taken into custody.
With the Commander Memory, Sagami can transform into the "One Dopant Army" (ワン・ドーパント・アーミー, Wan Dōpanto Āmī), the Commander Dopant (コマンダー・ドーパント, Komandā Dōpanto). While transformed, he can create Kamen Soldiers (仮面兵士, Kamen Heishi, Masked Soldiers) to fight for him and possesses a gauntlet capable of materializing and destroying matter. After obtaining the Gaia Memory Enhancing Adapter, Sagami upgrades his Dopant form and gains the ability to fire a barrage of missiles.
Hiroshi Sagami is portrayed by Minoru Tanaka.
Mina (ミーナ, Mīna) is a young woman and one of Doctor Prospect's Quarks who possesses pyro- and telekinesis and psychometry, and appears exclusively in the V-Cinema sequel special Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal. After NEVER stumbled onto Prospect's work, Mina betrayed him and joined forces with the mercenaries in the hopes of rescuing her fellow Quarks. However, Prospect used his Dopant powers to kill the Quarks. While Mina survived, her apparent death led to NEVER's leader Katsumi Daido going mad and attempting to destroy Fuuto. Believing Daido was still a hero, Mina eventually comes to Fuuto herself to avenge him by killing Kamen Rider W, only to learn of what Katsumi did and tell W what he did for her in turn.
Mina is portrayed by Rin Takanashi.
Doctor Prospect (ドクター・プロスペクト, Dokutā Purosupekuto) is a Foundation X scientist who studied the use of psychics, created an army of psychic supersoldiers called Quarks (クオークス, Kuōkusu), and appears exclusively in the V-Cinema prequel special Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal. To keep the Quarks in line and weed out weaker Quarks, he utilized Dopant powers and a barrier known as the Heaven's Horn (ヘブンズホーン, Hebunzu Hōn) respectively. After NEVER threatened his plans, Prospect killed most of the Quarks, but NEVER's leader Katsumi Daido destroyed the former's Gaia Memory and killed Prospect with his own Dopant powers.
With the Eyes Memory, Prospect could transform into the Eyes Dopant (アイズ・ドーパント, Aizu Dōpanto). While transformed, he could detect an opponent's next move and counter accordingly and brand victims with eye markings that will kill them should they disobey him.
Doctor Prospect is portrayed by Jyunichi Haruta.
Lloyd (ロイド, Roido) and Shion (シオン) are Doctor Prospect's Quark bodyguards who serve him until they are killed by NEVER members Gozo Domoto and Kyosui Izumi respectively.
Lloyd and Shion are portrayed by Sho Tomita and Sanae Hitomi respectively.
Professor Zeus (ゼウス博士, Zeusu-hakase) is a Foundation X scientist who experiments with Core Energy and appears exclusively in the video game Kamen Rider: Memory of Heroez . In an attempt to revive his colleague Professor Aida, the only person he felt understood him before she died in a freak accident, he became a Dopant and continued work on her eternal supersoldier project. After being defeated by Kamen Riders W, OOO, and Zero-One, Zeus discovers Aida converted her mind into an A.I. and manipulated him and the Riders into helping her assume control of an artificial Greeed called Muchiri and achieve immortality. Zeus later joins forces with a revived Ankh and Kirihiko Sonozaki in sacrificing themselves to foil Aida's plans.
With the Zeus Memory, Professor Zeus can transform into the Zeus Dopant (ゼウス・ドーパント, Zeusu Dōpanto). While transformed, he possesses electrokinesis and can transform further into a Berserk (暴走体, bōsō-tai) form.
Professor Zeus is voiced by Takehito Koyasu.
Aida (アイダ) is a Foundation X scientist who established the eternal supersoldier project and appears exclusively in the video game Kamen Rider: Memory of Heroez. While she was presumed dead following a freak accident, in reality, she had converted her mind into an A.I. and transferred it into a floating robot body called Ai (アイ), but lost most of her memories in the process. She manipulates her colleague Professor Zeus and Kamen Riders W, OOO, and Zero-One into helping her regain her memories and take control of the artificial Greeed, Muchiri, so she can achieve immortality. However, she is destroyed by W, OOO, and Zero-One while Zeus sacrifices himself to foil her plans.
Aida is voiced by Yukari Tamura.
Nagi Ohshima (大嶋 凪, Ōshima Nagi) is a Museum member who serves Saeko Sonozaki as her aide and appears exclusively in the anime film Fuuto PI: Kamen Rider Skull no Shōzō. He died due to his Gaia Memory being destroyed by Kamen Rider W.
With the Ocean Memory, Ohshima could transform into the Ocean Dopant (オーシャン・ドーパント, Ōshan Dōpanto), gaining hydrokinesis.
Nagi Ohshima is voiced by Jun Fukuyama.
Kamen Rider W, also called Kamen Rider Double, is a 2009–2010 Japanese tokusatsu drama, the eleventh series in the Heisei period run of the Kamen Rider Series and the twentieth overall. It premiered following the finale of Kamen Rider Decade on September 6, 2009, and aired alongside Samurai Sentai Shinkenger in TV Asahi's Super Hero Time programming block. Following Shinkenger's finale, it aired alongside Tensou Sentai Goseiger, until W concluded on August 29, 2010. The series is described as the "Heisei Kamen Rider 10th Anniversary Project: Fall Campaign". In the first episode of Kamen Rider Fourze, W is revealed to be in the same continuity as the original Showa timeline, making it the first series to do so since Kamen Rider Agito. The series is notable for being the first installment in what's popularly viewed as Heisei era Kamen Rider's second phase by fans. A sequel manga series, Fuuto PI, began serialization in August 2017 and an anime adaptation began airing in August 2022.
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010 is the commercial promotion for theatrical releases of the Kamen Rider Decade epilogue film, the Kamen Rider W flashback film, and a third film that serves as a crossover between the two and finale to Decade. Unlike subsequent Movie War films, this film focuses more on Decade than W. The films were released on December 12, 2009.
Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate is the second film adaptation of the Kamen Rider W television series, directed by Koichi Sakamoto and released in Japanese theaters on August 7, 2010. It was filmed in 3D, making it the first feature length 3D film in the Kamen Rider franchise. The film's main guest star is Mitsuru Matsuoka of the band Sophia, who stars as the film's antagonist Katsumi Daido / Kamen Rider Eternal; other guest stars include Genki Sudo and Aya Sugimoto. Following the tradition of previous Heisei Kamen Rider movies, Kamen Rider W Forever was released as a double-bill with the Super Sentai franchise film Tensou Sentai Goseiger: Epic on the Movie. Additionally, the titular protagonist of Kamen Rider OOO made his first appearance in the film.
Jun Watanabe is a Japanese stunt performer and suit actor from Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, affiliated with Japan Action Enterprises. He has been cast in many leading roles in the Super Sentai and Kamen Rider series, portraying a diverse range of characters. He has a child with his current wife. He is currently the action director of the Kamen Rider series, having taken up the role starting with Kamen Rider Zero-One
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core is a 2010 tokusatsu superhero crossover film in the Kamen Rider franchise that features the casts of Kamen Rider W and Kamen Rider OOO. It was originally announced in a teaser at the end of the film Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate and was released in Japan on December 18, 2010.
Kamen Rider W Returns is a set of two V-Cinema (direct-to-video) releases that serve as spin-offs for characters from the Kamen Rider W television series and films. These films focus on the characters of Ryu Terui / Kamen Rider Accel and Katsumi Daido / Kamen Rider Eternal, though the series' main characters Shotaro Hidari, Philip, and Akiko Narumi also make appearances. Koichi Sakamoto directs both films, with Keiichi Hasegawa writing Kamen Rider Accel and Riku Sanjo writing Kamen Rider Eternal.
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max is a 2011 film in the Kamen Rider series that was directed by Koichi Sakamoto. It features the casts of Kamen Rider Fourze and Kamen Rider OOO, and opened in Japanese theaters on December 10, 2011.
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Gaim & Wizard: The Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle is a team up film featuring the main characters of Kamen Rider Gaim and Kamen Rider Wizard as the part of the annual winter "Movie War" franchise, as well as to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of the Heisei era Kamen Rider Series and the fifth anniversary of the "Movie War" franchise itself. It was released in Japan on December 14, 2013. Unlike previous Movie War films which would feature the new series' secondary Kamen Rider, the film teases the upcoming "Yggdrasill Saga" arc of Kamen Rider Gaim, introducing the Genesis Driver belt and Ryoma Sengoku's bodyguard Yoko Minato.
Kamen Rider: Memory of Heroez is a video game based on the Kamen Rider Series, released for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch on October 29, 2020. It features the cast from Kamen Rider W, Kamen Rider OOO and Kamen Rider Zero-One.
Fuuto PI is a Japanese manga series written by Riku Sanjo and illustrated by Masaki Sato. It is a manga sequel to the tokusatsu live-action drama Kamen Rider W, which originally aired in 2009 as part of Toei Company's Kamen Rider franchise. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits since August 2017, with its chapters collected in 17 tankōbon volumes as of October 2024.