Kamen Rider Ryuki

This article is about a series entry (the 16th) in the Kamen Rider Series.

WARNING: This series contains scenes of gun violence, murder and alcohol drinking. Viewer discretion is advised!

Kamen Rider Ryuki

• Japan
• Shout Factory

Information

Number

163 (Heisei)

Number of episodes

501 movie2 specials

First episode

The Secret Story's Birth

Last episode

A New Life

Intro

Alive A lifeby Rica Matsumoto

Airdate

February 3, 2002 - January 19, 2003

Available on

TubiPlutoFreeveePrime Video

Production

Producers

Shin-ichiro ShirakuraNaomi Takebe

Writers

Yasuko KobayashiToshiki Inoue

Composers

Kazunori MaruyamaCher Watanabe

Companies

Toei CompanyIshimori ProductionsBandai

• Japan
• Shout Factory

Production Order

Previous	Next
Kamen Rider Agito	Kamen Rider 555

For the series' main character, Ryuki, see Shinji Kido.

Kamen Rider Ryuki (仮面ライダー龍騎, Kamen Raidā Ryūki, Masked Rider Ryuki) is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It was the sixteenth installment in the Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu shows. It was a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei, and it was shown on TV Asahi from February 3, 2002 to January 19, 2003 and it joined Ninpu Sentai Hurricanegeron TV Asahi's Super Hero Time. The taglines for the series are "Henshin!! And Advent!!" (変身！！そしてアドベントせよ！！, Henshin!! Soshite adobento seyo!!) and "Those who don't fight won't survive!" (戦わなければ生き残れない！, Tatakawanakereba, ikinokorenai!). In 2009, Ryuki was adapted into the American television series Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight, the first adaptation of a Kamen Rider Series in the United States since Saban's Masked Rider in 1996.

The average rating of the series was 9.4%

Contents

• 1 Production
• 2 Story
• 3 Characters
  • 3.1 Kamen Riders
    • 3.1.1 TV Show
    • 3.1.2 Movie/Special-exclusive
    • 3.1.3 Stageshow-exclusive
    • 3.1.4 Novel-exclusive
    • 3.1.5 S.I.C. Hero Saga-exclusive
    • 3.1.6 Concepts
  • 3.2 Debatable Riders
    • 3.2.1 TV Show
    • 3.2.2 Other media
  • 3.3 Allies
    • 3.3.1 Kanzaki Family
    • 3.3.2 ORE Journal
  • 3.4 Mirror Monsters
    • 3.4.1 Rider's Contract Beasts
  • 3.5 Others
    • 3.5.1 Kamen Riders
  • 3.6 Villains
    • 3.6.1 Wild Monsters
      • 3.6.1.1 Spiders
      • 3.6.1.2 Zelles
      • 3.6.1.3 Zebraskulls
      • 3.6.1.4 Boarders
      • 3.6.1.5 Biters
      • 3.6.1.6 Krakens
      • 3.6.1.7 Gulds
      • 3.6.1.8 Abyss
      • 3.6.1.9 Buzzstingers
      • 3.6.1.10 Sheerghosts
  • 3.7 Other
• 4 Episodes
• 5 Other media
  • 5.1 Manga
  • 5.2 S.I.C. Hero Saga
  • 5.3 Novel
• 6 Video game
• 7 Cast
  • 7.1 Suit Actors
• 8 Music
• 9 Release
  • 9.1 Broadcast
  • 9.2 International
• 10 Notes
• 11 References
• 12 External links
• 13 Navigation

Production

This series uses the term "Kamen Rider" for the first time in the Heisei Kamen Rider series. For the first time in series history, there were evil Kamen Riders. The series featured 13 Riders fighting and killing each other with the promise of a wish being granted. It is a work that emphasizes the expression of human relationships. It also adopts a system that incorporates elements of a card game, influenced on the popularity of Yu-Gi-Oh! at the time.[1][2]

Following the September 11 attacks in the United States, TV Asahi requested the production team to teach kids about justice for their next series. However, producer Shin-ichiro Shirakura, tackled the concept of justice itself as it is a difficult one to grasp. Some of the Kamen Riders are fighting because they have someone to protect, some simply because they enjoy killing.[3] Yasuko Kobayashi was signed on as main writer and Toshiki Inoue became the secondary writer.

During pre-production, the number of Kamen Rider is scheduled to have 50 Kamen Riders, and each monster-of-the-week would feature a different Rider to challenge the main character Ryuki. However, the number of Riders was deemed too high and was eventually reduced to 13. The number of 13 is reminiscent of the original manga version of Shotaro Ishinomori's Kamen Rider featuring Takeshi Hongo and the Shocker Riders.[4][5]

Story

Thirteen Card Decks (カードデッキ, Kādo Dekki) were created for thirteen Kamen Riders. They make Contracts with monsters from the mysterious Mirror World (ミラーワールド, Mirā Wārudo), a parallel world opposite to the real one in which only the Kamen Riders can exist. The Riders draw on their monsters' strength in exchange for feeding them the life force of the creatures they destroy. The creator of the Advent Cards (アドベントカード, Adobento Kādo) has only one rule: that there can be only one Kamen Rider. The others must be killed, and the sole victor will be granted a single wish, which leads to a conflict known as the Rider War.

All over the city, innocent people are being mysteriously abducted, never to be seen again. During his investigations of these incidents, Shinji Kido – an intern at the online news service ORE Journal – discovers one of the Card Decks at an apartment where every reflective surface has been covered by the newspaper. He is soon sucked into the Mirror World, discovering the terrifying truth behind the disappearances: people are literally being pulled through mirrors by the monsters of the Mirror World so that they may feed. He is about to be killed by a powerful dragon named Dragreder when he is saved by Kamen Rider Knight: Ren Akiyama. Ren seeks to win the Rider War at all costs. He works with a young woman named Yui Kanzaki, who seeks her missing brother: the master of the Rider War, Shirō Kanzaki. Seeing Ren's strength, Shinji enters the Rider War, not for the prize, but so that he may protect innocent people from the threat of the Mirror World, and stop the senseless fighting between the Kamen Riders. With Dragreder as his Contract Monster, he becomes Kamen Rider Ryuki.

He will discover that there are some people who cannot be saved. That he must sometimes fight in order to stop the fighting. The extent to which he must go if he wants his deepest wish to come true, and the sacrifices that he must make. In the end, there can be only one Kamen Rider.

Characters

Kamen Riders

TV Show

Kamen Rider Ryuki	Shinji Kido
Kamen Rider Knight	Ren Akiyama
Kamen Rider Scissors	Masashi Sudo
Kamen Rider Zolda	Shuichi Kitaoka ► Goro Yura
Kamen Rider Raia	Miyuki Tezuka
Kamen Rider Gai	Jun Shibaura
Kamen Rider Ouja	Takeshi Asakura
Kamen Rider Odin	Unidentified users
Kamen Rider Tiger	Satoru Tojo
Kamen Rider Imperer	Mitsuru Sano

Movie/Special-exclusive

Kamen Rider Agito	Unidentified user
Kamen Rider Ryuki	Koichi Sakakibara ► Shinji Kido (13 Riders), Shinji Kido (Episode Final)
Kamen Rider Knight	Ren Akiyama (13 Riders) ► Shinji Kido (13 Riders), Ren Akiyama (Episode Final)
Kamen Rider Scissors	Masashi Sudo (13 Riders)
Kamen Rider Zolda	Shuichi Kitaoka (13 Riders), Shuichi Kitaoka (Episode Final)
Kamen Rider Raia	Miyuki Tezuka (13 Riders)
Kamen Rider Gai	Jun Shibaura (13 Riders)
Kamen Rider Ouja	Takeshi Asakura (13 Riders), Takeshi Asakura (Episode Final)
Kamen Rider Femme	Miho Kirishima, Miho Kirishima (13 Riders)
Kamen Rider Ryuga	Mirror Image Shinji/Shinji Kido (Episode Final) ► Mirror Image Shinji, Unidentified user (13 Riders)
Kamen Rider Verde	Itsuro Takamizawa
Kamen Rider Tiger	Unidentified user
Kamen Rider Imperer	Unidentified user
Kamen Rider Odin	Unidentified user

Stageshow-exclusive

Kamen Rider	Mirror Fortune Teller
Kamen Rider Cerberus	Unidentified user
Kamen Rider Papillon	Unidentified user
Kamen Rider Cerberus	Researcher
Kamen Rider Zebraskull Lady	Unidentified user
Kamen Rider Agito	Evil Agito

Novel-exclusive

Kamen Rider Ryuki	Shinji Kido
Kamen Rider Knight	Ren Akiyama
Kamen Rider Zolda	Shuichi Kitaoka
Kamen Rider Ouja	Takeshi Asakura
Kamen Rider Femme	Miho Kirishima

S.I.C. Hero Saga-exclusive

Kamen Rider Ryuki	Shinji Kido (Advent Calendar), Shinji Kido (World of If)
Kamen Rider Knight	Ren Akiyama (Advent Calendar), Ren Akiyama (World of If)
Kamen Rider Ryuga	Shinichi Kido/Shinji Kido (Advent Calendar), Dark Shinji (World of If)/Shinji Kido (World of If)
Kamen Rider Zolda	Shuichi Kitaoka (Advent Calendar)
Kamen Rider Ouja	Takeshi Asakura (Advent Calendar), Takeshi Asakura (World of If)
Kamen Rider Tiger	Satoru Tojo (World of If)
Kamen Rider Odin	Ren Akiyama (World of If)

Concepts

Kamen Rider Blade

Yuichi Saito

Debatable Riders

TV Show

Alternative	Hajime Nakamura
Alternative Zero	Hideyuki Kagawa

Other media

Fake Agito	Evil Agito
Jackie	Jackie
Fake Knight	Itsuro Takamizawa
Alternative	Alternative Army
Alternative Zero	Yui Kanzaki

Allies

Kanzaki Family

• Yui Kanzaki
• Sanako Kanzaki
• Shiro Kanzaki

ORE Journal

• Daisuke Okubo
• Reiko Momoi
• Nanako Shimada
• Megumi Asano

Mirror Monsters

Rider's Contract Beasts

Dragreder	Dragreder
Darkwing	Darkwing
Volcancer	Volcancer
Magnugiga	Magnugiga
Evildiver	Evildiver
Metalgelas	Metalgelas
Venosnaker	Venosnaker
Genocider	Genocider
Destwilder	Destwilder
Gigazelle	Gigazelle
Goldphoenix	Goldphoenix
Psyco-Rogue	Psyco-Rogue
Blancwing	Blancwing
Dragblacker	Dragblacker
Biogreeza	Biogreeza

Others

• Tsumuri
• Beroba

Arch Orphnoch

Teruo Suzuki

Kamen Riders

Kamen Rider Scissors	Chuta Nezu (off-screen)
Kamen Rider Zolda	Unidentified user
Kamen Rider Raia	Unidentified user
Kamen Rider Gai	Unidentified user
Kamen Rider Odin	Unidentified user
Kamen Rider Garren	Sakuya Tachibana
Kamen Rider Zeronos	Yuto Sakurai
Kamen Rider Diend	Daiki Kaito
Kamen Rider Brain	Brain
Kamen Rider Brave	Hiiro Kagami
Kamen Rider Genm	Kuroto Dan
Kamen Rider Zi-O	Sougo Tokiwa
Kamen Rider Geiz	Geiz Myokoin
Kamen Rider Horobi	Horobi
Kamen Rider Thouser	Gai Amatsu
Kamen Rider Zero-Three	There & Ark
Kamen Rider Desast	Desast
Kamen Rider Revi	Ikki Igarashi
Kamen Rider Vice	Vice
Kamen Rider Live	Daiji Igarashi
Kamen Rider Jeanne	Sakura Igarashi
Kamen Rider Juuga	George Karizaki
Kamen Rider Geats	Ace Ukiyo
Kamen Rider Tycoon	Keiwa Sakurai
Kamen Rider Na-Go	Neon Kurama
Kamen Rider Buffa	Michinaga Azuma
Kamen Rider Seeker	Kaima Todoroki
Kamen Rider Glare	Girori
Kamen Rider Ziin Gazer	Ziin
Kamen Rider Zein	Ecole
Kamen Rider Evol-X	Evolto (clone)

Villains

Wild Monsters

• Deadlemur
• Gelnewt
• Sonorabuma
• Brobajell

Spiders

• Dispider
• Mispider
• Respider
• Solospider

Zelles

• Gigazelle
• Megazelle
• Negazelle
• Omegazelle
• Magazelle

Zebraskulls

• Zebraskull Iron
• Zebraskull Bronze

Boarders

• Wildboarder
• Shieldboarder

Biters

• Zenobiter
• Terabiter

Krakens

• Bakraken
• Wiskraken

Gulds

• GuldThunder
• GuldStorm
• GuldMirage

Abyss

• Abysshammer
• Abysslasher

Buzzstingers

• Buzzstinger Hornet
• Buzzstinger Bee
• Buzzstinger Wasp
• Buzzstinger Broom
• Buzzstinger Frost

Sheerghosts

• Sheerghost
• Raydragoon
• Hydragoon

Other

• Colus

Episodes

Main article: Kamen Rider Ryuki Episodes

The series is divided into two story arcs[6]:

• Episode 01-28 - "Rider Battle" Arc (「ライダーバトル」編, "Raidā Batoru"-Hen), this arc introduces most of the main characters and plot. It also showcases Ryuki's momentum of victory in the Rider Fight, before it being repeled by the almighty Kamen Rider Odin.
• Episode 29-50 - "Between Battle and Wish" Arc (「戦いと願いの狭間」編, "Tatakai to Negai no Hazama"-Hen), this arc focuses on the dilemma of all the numerous Kamen Riders participating in the Rider Fight, which concludes it.

1. The Secret Story's Birth (誕生秘話, Tanjō Hiwa)
2. Giant Spider Counterattack (巨大クモ逆襲, Kyodai Kumo Gyakushū)
3. School Ghost Story (学校の怪談, Gakkō no Kaidan)
4. School Ghost Story 2 (学校の怪談２, Gakkō no Kaidan Tsū)
5. The Monster's Antique Store (骨董屋の怪人, Kottōya no Kaijin)
6. The Mysterious Rider (謎のライダー, Nazo no Raidā)
7. A New Species Is Born? (新種誕生？, Shinshu Tanjō?)
8. The Fourth, Zolda (４人目ゾルダ, Yoninme Zoruda)
9. Shinji's Arrested!? (真司が逮捕！？, Shinji ga Taiho!?)
10. Knight's Crisis (ナイトの危機, Naito no Kiki)
11. The Mysterious Empty Train (謎の無人電車, Nazo no Mujin Densha)
12. Ren Akiyama's Lover (秋山蓮の恋人, Akiyama Ren no Koibito)
13. That Man, Zolda (その男ゾルダ, Sono Otoko Zoruda)
14. Revival Day (復活の日, Fukkatsu no Hi)
15. Iron Mask Legend (鉄仮面伝説, Tekkamen Densetsu)
16. Card of Destiny (運命のカード, Unmei no Kādo)
17. The Grieving Knight (嘆きのナイト, Nageki no Naito)
18. Jailbreak Rider (脱獄ライダー, Datsugoku Raidā)
19. Rider Gathering (ライダー集結, Raidā Shūketsu)
20. The Traitorous Ren (裏切りの蓮, Uragiri no Ren)
21. Yui's Past (優衣の過去, Yui no Kako)
22. Raia's Revenge (ライアの復讐, Raia no Fukushū)
23. Changing Destiny (変わる運命, Kawaru Unmei)
24. Ouja's Secret (王蛇の秘密, Ōja no Himitsu)
25. Combining Ouja (合体する王蛇, Gattai Suru Ōja)
26. Zolda's Assault (ゾルダの攻撃, Zoruda no Kōgeki)
27. The 13th Rider (１３号ライダー, Jūsangō Raidā)
28. Time Vent (タイムベント, Taimu Bento)
29. Marriage Interview Battle (見合い合戦, Miai Gassen)
30. Zolda's Lover (ゾルダの恋人, Zoruda no Koibito)
31. The Girl and Ouja (少女と王蛇, Shōjo to Ōja)
32. Secret Data Gathering (秘密の取材, Himitsu no Shuzai)
33. The Mirror's Magic (鏡のマジック, Kagami no Majikku)
34. Friendship's Battle (友情のバトル, Yūjō no Batoru)
35. Enter Tiger (タイガ登場, Taiga Tōjō)
36. The Battle Ends (戦いは終わる, Tatakai wa Owaru)
37. Sleep Is Awakening (眠りが覚めて, Nemuri ga Samete)
38. Targeted Yui (狙われた優衣, Nerawareta Yui)
39. A Dangerous Sign (危険のサイン, Kiken no Sain)
40. Memories of an Older Brother and Younger Sister (兄と妹の記憶, Ani to Imōto no Kioku)
41. Imperer (インペラー, Inperā)
42. Room 401 (４０１号室, Yonhyakuichigōshitsu)
43. The Hero Fights (英雄は戦う, Eiyū wa Tatakau)
44. Glassy Happiness (ガラスの幸福, Garasu no Kōfuku)
45. The Twentieth Birthday (２０歳の誕生日, Hatachi no Tanjōbi)
46. Tiger's a Hero (タイガは英雄, Taiga wa Eiyū)
47. Determination of Battle (戦いの決断, Tatakai no Ketsudan)
48. The Final 3 Days (最後の３日間, Saigo no Mikkakan)
49. Granting a Wish (叶えたい願い, Kanaetai Negai)
50. A New Life (新しい命, Atarashii Inochi)

Movies

1. Kamen Rider Ryuki: Episode Final (劇場版　仮面ライダー龍騎　ＥＰＩＳＯＤＥ　ＦＩＮＡＬ, Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Ryūki Episōdo Fainaru)

Specials

1. Kamen Rider Ryuki Special: 13 Riders (仮面ライダー龍騎スペシャル 13 RIDERS, Kamen Raidā Ryūki Supesharu Sātīn Raidāzu)
2. Kamen Rider Ryuki: Ryuki vs Kamen Rider Agito (仮面ライダー龍騎 龍騎vs仮面ライダーアギト, Kamen Raidā Ryūki: Ryūki Buiesu Kamen Raidā Agito)
3. Rider Time: Kamen Rider Ryuki (RIDER TIME 仮面ライダー龍騎, Raidā Taimu: Kamen Raidā Ryūki)

Stageshows

1. Kamen Rider World 02: The Legend of The Strongest Hero, Henshin! Use Advent! (仮面ライダーワールド02 最強のヒーロー伝説・変身！アドベントせよ！！, Kamen Raidā Wārudo 02 Saikyō no Hīrō Densetsu Henshin! Adobento Seyo!!)
2. Kamen Rider Super Live: Ryuki, Agito Great Crash (仮面ライダースーパーライブ 龍騎・アギト大激突！！, Kamen Raidā Sūpā Raibu Ryūki Agito Dai Gekitotsu!)

Other media

Manga

1. Kamen Rider Ryuki (manga) (仮面ライダー龍騎, Kamen Raidā Ryūki)
2. Kamen Rider Ryuki: 13 Riders The Comic (仮面ライダー龍騎 13 Riders The Comic, Kamen Raidā Ryūki 13 Riders The Comic)
3. Kamen Rider Ryuki (comic) (幪面超人龍騎, Mung Min Chiu Yan Lung Kei)
4. Card Warrior Kamen Riders: Super Transform Gag Gaiden!! (駈斗戦士 仮面ライダーズ 超変身ギャグ外伝!!, Kato Senshi Kamen Raidāzu Chō Henshin Gyagu Gaiden!!)

S.I.C. Hero Saga

1. Advent Calendar (アドベントカレンダー, Adobento Karendā)
2. World of If (IFの世界, IF no Sekai)

Novel

1. Kamen Rider Ryuki (novel) (小説 仮面ライダー龍騎, Shōsetsu Kamen Raidā Ryūki)

Video game

A video game based on the series, developed by Digifloyd and published by Bandai, was released in Japan during 2002 for the PlayStation. It is a basic fighting game where all thirteen Riders are playable with all the forms seen in the show, movie and specials (with the exception of the Alternatives and Ouja's Blank Form, seen in EPISODE FINAL). Four of the Contract Monsters (Volcancer, Metalgelas, Destwilder and Gigazelle), the two Zebraskulls (Iron and Bronze) and Megazelle are also playable.

Cast

• Shinji Kido (城戸 真司, Kido Shinji): Takamasa Suga (須賀 貴匡, Suga Takamasa)
• Ren Akiyama (秋山 蓮, Akiyama Ren): Satoshi Matsuda (松田 悟志, Matsuda Satoshi)
• Yui Kanzaki (神崎 優衣, Kanzaki Yui): Ayano Sugiyama (杉山 彩乃, Sugiyama Ayano)
• Shiro Kanzaki (神崎 士郎, Kanzaki Shirō): Kenzaburo Kikuchi (菊地 謙三郎, Kikuchi Kenzaburo)
• Shuichi Kitaoka (北岡 秀一, Kitaoka Shūichi): Ryohei (涼平, Ryōhei)
• Goro Yura (由良 吾郎, Yura Gorō): Tomohisa Yuge (弓削 智久, Yuge Tomohisa)
• Takeshi Asakura (浅倉 威, Asakura Takeshi): Takashi Hagino (萩野 崇, Hagino Takashi)
• Masashi Sudo (須藤 雅史, Sudō Masashi): Takeshi Kimura (木村 剛, Kimura Takeshi)
• Miyuki Tezuka (手塚 海之, Tezuka Miyuki): Hassei Takano (高野 八誠, Takano Hassei)
• Jun Shibaura (芝浦 淳, Shibaura Jun): Satoshi Ichijo (一條 俊, Ichijō Satoshi)
• Satoru Tojo (東條 悟, Tōjō Satoru): Jun Takatsuki (高槻 純, Takatsuki Jun)
• Mitsuru Sano (佐野 満, Sano Mitsuru): Takashi Hyuga (日向 崇, Hyūga Takashi)
• Daisuke Okubo (大久保 大介, Ōkubo Daisuke): Kanji Tsuda (津田 寛治, Tsuda Kanji)
• Reiko Momoi (桃井 令子, Reiko Momoi): Sayaka Kuon (久遠 さやか, Kuon Sayaka)
• Nanako Shimada (島田 奈々子, Shimada Nanako): Hitomi Kurihara (栗原 瞳, Kurihara Hitomi)
• Megumi Asano (浅野 めぐみ, Asano Megumi): Chisato Morishita (森下 千里, Morishita Chisato)
• Sanako Kanzaki (神崎 沙奈子, Kanzaki Sanako): Kazue Tsunogae (角替 和枝, Tsunogae Kazue)
• Eri Ogawa (小川 恵里, Ogawa Eri): Mahiru Tsubura (つぶら まひる, Tsubura Mahiru)
• Hajime Nakamura (仲村 創, Nakamura Hajime): Junichi Mizuno (水野 純一, Mizuno Jun'ichi)
• Hideyuki Kagawa (香川 英行, Kagawa Hideyuki): Satoshi Jinbo (神保 悟志, Jinbo Satoshi)
• Kamen Rider Odin (Voice), Visor Voice (仮面ライダーオーディン、バイザー音声, Kamen Raidā Ōdin, Baizā Onsei): Tsuyoshi Koyama (小山 剛志, Koyama Tsuyoshi)
• Slash Visor Voice (スラッシュバイザー音声, Surasshu Baizā Onsei): Midori Edamura (枝村 みどり, Edamura Midori)
• Narration (ナレーション, Narēshon): Eiichiro Suzuki (鈴木英一郎, Suzuki Eiichirō)

Suit Actors

• Kamen Rider Ryuki, Kamen Rider Knight (Trick Vent): Seiji Takaiwa (高岩 成二, Takaiwa Seiji)
• Kamen Rider Knight, Zebraskull, Shieldboarder: Makoto Ito (伊藤 慎, Itō Makoto)
• Kamen Rider Zolda, Alternative, Alternative Zero, Kamen Rider Knight (Trick Vent), Volcancer, Dispider, Buzzstinger Bloom, Gigazelle, Raydragoons: Yoshifumi Oshikawa (押川 善文, Oshikawa Yoshifumi)
• Kamen Rider Ouja, Kamen Rider Odin, Kamen Rider Ryuga, Kamen Rider Knight (Trick Vent, Special, Verde Copy Vent), Destwilder, Sheerghosts, Kamen Rider Imperer (Special), Metalgelas: Jiro Okamoto (岡元 次郎, Okamoto Jirō)
• Kamen Rider Scissors, Megazelle, Kamen Rider Ryuki (sub): Ryoji Okada (岡田 良治, Okada Ryōji)
• Kamen Rider Raia, Kamen Rider Ouja (sub), Metalgelas, Magnugiga: Keizo Yabe (矢部 敬三, Yabe Keizō)
• Kamen Rider Gai, Kamen Rider Knight (Trick Vent), Deadlemur, Metalgelas, GuldThunder, Gigazelle (24 episodes), Omegazelle, Abysslasher, Sheerghosts, Raydragoons: Takeshi Mizutani (水谷 健, Mizutani Takeshi)
• Kamen Rider Tiger, Kamen Rider Ryuki (sub), Kamen Rider Knight (Trick Vent), Omegazelle, Genocider, Shieldboarder, Buzzstinger Bee, Raydragoons: Naoki Nagase (永瀬 尚希, Nagase Naoki)
• Kamen Rider Imperer: Masashi Shirai (白井 雅士, Shirai Masashi)
• Kamen Rider Verde, Kamen Rider Knight (Trick Vent), Wildboarder, Bakraken, Wiskraken, Gelnewt, Sonorabuma, Buzzstinger Wasp, Mispider, Metalgelas, Genocider, Destwilder, Omegazelle, Raydragoons: Fumiya Touei (藤榮 史哉, Tōei Fumiya)
• Respider, Kamen Rider Femme: Keiko Hashimoto (橋本 恵子, Hashimoto Keiko)
• Kamen Rider Ryuki (sub), Kamen Rider Knight (sub): Hirokazu Iwakami (岩上 弘数, Iwakami Hirokazu)
• Buzzstinger Hornet, Solospider, Raydragoons: Osamu Onishi (大西修, Ōnishi Osamu)
• Volcancer (Special), Destwilder: Hideki Hatsu (葉都 英樹, Hatsu Hideki)
• Brobajell: Takahiro Yamamoto (山本 貴浩, Yamamoto Takahiro)
• Buzzstinger Frost, Psyco-Rogue, Destwilder, Sheerghosts, GuldStorm, Genocider: Wataru Imayoshi (今吉 渉, Imayoshi Wataru)
• Magazelle, Sheerghosts, Raydragoons: Masaru Obayashi (大林 勝, Ōbayashi Masaru)
• Sheerghosts, Raydragoons: Kenichi Sato (佐藤 賢一, Satō Kenichi)
• Sheerghosts: Hisanori Ōiwa (大岩 永徳, Ōiwa Hisanori), Jun Watanabe (渡辺 淳, Watanabe Jun)

Music

• Songs
• Albums

• Theme Song
• Insert Songs
• Character Songs

• "Alive A life"
  • Lyrics: Yuko Ebine (海老根 祐子, Ebine Yūko)
  • Composition: Kohei Wada (和田 耕平, Wada Kōhei)
  • Arrangement: Kohei Wada & Kazuya Honda (本田 嘉津也, Honda Kazuya)
  • Artist: Rica Matsumoto (松本 梨香, Matsumoto Rika)

• "Hatenaki Inochi" (果てなき希望（いのち）, "Hatenaki Inochi" "Boundless Life")
  • Lyrics: Shin-ichiro Aoyama (青山 紳一郎, Aoyama Shin'ichirō)
  • Composition: Yo Tsuji (辻 陽, Tsuji Yō)
  • Arrangement: Masatoshi Sakashita (坂下 正俊, Sakashita Masatoshi)
  • Artist: Hiroshi Kitadani (きただに ひろし, Kitadani Hiroshi)
  • Episodes: 1-17, 19-33
• "Hateshinai Honō no Naka e" (果てしない炎の中ヘ, "Hateshinai Honō no Naka e" "Into the Eternal Flame")
  • Lyrics: Keiko Terada & Yoshihiko Ando (安藤 芳彦, Andō Yoshihiko)
  • Composition: Yoshio Nomura (野村 義男, Nomura Yoshio)
  • Arrangement: RIDER CHIPS
  • Artist: RIDER CHIPS featuring Keiko Terada (寺田 恵子, Terada Keiko)
  • Episodes: 18
• "Revolution"
  • Lyrics: Yuko Ebine
  • Composition & Arrangement: Mikio Sakai
  • Artist: Hiroshi Kitadani
  • Episodes: 34-37, 39-50, TV Special
• "Reborn"
  • Lyrics: Chieko Suyama
  • Composition: Kouhei Wada
  • Arrangement: Akio Kondou
  • Artist: Rica Matsumoto & Hiroshi Kitadani
• "Final edition Dragranzer - Darkraider"
  • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
  • Composition and Arrangement: Koichiro Kameyama
  • Artist: Naoki Takao

• "Lonely Soldier"
  • Lyrics: Yuko Ebine
  • Composition: Yo Tsuji
  • Arrangement: Akio Kondo (近藤 昭雄, Akio Kondō)
  • Artist: Satoshi Matsuda (Ren Akiyama)
  • Episodes: 38
• "Dear Friend"
  • Lyrics: Chieko Suyama
  • Composition: You Tsuji
  • Arrangement: Takahiro Ando
  • Artist: Ryohei Odai (Shuichi Kitaoka) & Tomohisa Yuge (Goro Yura)
• "SPINNIN’ AROUND"
  • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
  • Composition and Arrangement: Kouichiro Kameyama
  • Artists: Takashi Hagino (Takeshi Asakura)
• "Kienai Niji"
  • Lyrics: Shinichiro Aoyama
  • Composition and Arrangement: You Tsuji
  • Artist: Ryohei Odai (Shuichi Kitaoka)
• "INORI"
  • Lyrics: Yuuko Ebine
  • Composition and Arrangement: You Tsuji
  • Artist:Ayano Sugiyama (Yui Kanzaki)
  • Episodes: 50

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Release

Broadcast

• Ryuki premiered on TV Asahi on February 3, 2002.

International

In addition to the Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight adaptation, Ryuki has been broadcast in its original form in many languages and nations.

• This series has two English dubs produced with both dubs covering all 50 episodes. In 2003, the first dub goes by the name of Masked Rider Dragon was made by Omni Productions in Hong Kong for VCD in the region released by MTV Productions. This dub was also released in Malaysia by Speedy Video. In 2004, a second English dub was made separately by Voiceovers Unlimited in Singapore for the now-defunct SPH MediaWorks Channel i.
• It was dubbed in South Korea as Masked Rider Dragon (가면라이더 드래건 Gamyeon Raideo Deuraegeon) in 2004.
• In the Philippines, it received a Tagalog dub and aired on ABS-CBN from 2004 to 2005 as Masked Rider Ryuki.
• It was dubbed in Malay on NTV7.
• It was dubbed Indonesian and aired on RCTI in 2004 and aired again Indosiar from February 5, 2006 to January 21, 2007.
• It was dubbed in Cantonese in Hong Kong as (幪面超人龍騎Mung Min Chiu Yan Lung Ke) on TVB Jade and Taiwanese Mandarin in Taiwan as ( 假面騎士龍騎 Jia Mian Qi Shi Long Qi)
• Ryuki was dubbed in Arabic and aired on Space Toon.
• On April 24th, 2021, Ryuki, alongside Agito and Faiz, appeared dubbed in Spanish on Latin American countries except Brasil and Puerto Rico in the streaming service FreeTV, as of 2024 the series got removed from the catalog.
• Shout! Factory announced that they obtained the North American rights to Ryuki and would premiere all 50 episodes on TokuSHOUTsu on November 1, 2021.[7] A Blu-Ray set in being planned by Shout! Factory for a February 7, 2023 release.[8]

Notes

• Despite the vastly different execution from previous series in the franchise, Ryuki would influence succeeding Rider shows.
  • The first series that uses cards in battle, which would later be seen in Blade, Decade, and Gotchard. In general, it is the first series with Collectible Devices.
  • The first series that used a device to activate & announce a Rider's arsenal/final attacks. This would become a trademark concept of every Kamen Rider Series after Ryuki, with the exception of Hibiki.
  • The first series to have multiple Riders battle each other through competition and betrayal, which would later be seen in, Kabuto, Gaim, Ex-Aid, Build, Zero-One, and Geats.
  • The first series to explicitly feature a variety of animal motifs, which would later also happen in OOO, Build, Zero-One, Revice, and Geats.
  • The first series to feature Kamen Riders as villains.
• The first Kamen Rider series to having most of the battles take place in an alternate world (Mirror World).
• The third Kamen Rider series after W and 555 to be re-mastered in Blu-Ray format. The first of the Ryuki Blu-Ray box sets was released on July 11, 2014, followed by second batch on September 12, 2014 and third batch on November 7, 2014.
• The first Kamen Rider series to end with exactly 50 episodes, followed by 555, Ghost, Revice, and Gotchard.
• The first Heisei Kamen Rider series where Riders are actually referred to as a Kamen Rider in the series.

References

1. ↑ 『ユリイカ』9月臨時増刊号（通巻615号）、青土社、2012年8月8日、 ISBN 978-4-7917-0242-8。
2. ↑ https://tokusatsunetwork.com/2018/08/how-dueling-kamen-riders-in-kamen-rider-ryuki-represent-ishinomoris-ideas/
3. ↑ https://tokusatsunetwork.com/2018/08/kamen-riders-reaction-to-9-11/
4. ↑ 宇宙船100 2002, p. 25, 「INTERVIEW 田﨑竜太」
5. ↑ 『仮面ライダー龍騎』朝日ソノラマ〈ファンタスティックコレクション〉、2003年6月4日。ISBN 4-257-03676-1。
6. ↑ [1]
7. ↑ https://twitter.com/tokushoutsu/status/1454151244717576192
8. ↑ https://www.shoutfactory.com/product/kamen-rider-ryuki-the-complete-series?product_id=8004

External links

• Kamen Rider Ryuki at Wikipedia
• Kamen Rider Ryuki at Japanese Wikipedia
• Official website from TV Asahi (archive link)
• Official website for Ryuki Blu-Ray release
• Official website at Kamen-Rider-Official

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