Kamen Rider Ryuga (仮面ライダーリュウガ, Kamen Raidā Ryūga?) is one of the fictional character and the main antagonist in the Kamen Rider Ryuki: Episode Final. He is one of the 13 Kamen Riders the story revolves around. His Rider appearance resembles Kamen Rider Ryuki, but with a black look ripped all over and is similar to Ryuki's Blank Form. Aside from a brief cameo in the TV Special 13 Riders, his only screen appearance was in the movie Episode: Final. He is portrayed by Takamasa Suga.

Contents 1 Fictional character biography 1.1 13 Riders 1.2 OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders 2 Forms 3 Contract Monster 4 Advent Deck 5 Behind the scenes 5.1 Portrayal 5.2 Notes 6 See Also 7 External Links

Fictional character biography Edit

In the alternative continuity of Episode Final, Yui Kanzaki had already met and befriended Shinji Kido, Kamen Rider Ryuki, when they were still both very young. As a result, the young and lonely Yui subconsciously created a duplicate of Shinji  in the imaginary Mirror World. Several years later, this Shinji clone would adopt the identity of Kamen Rider Ryuga and join the Rider battle in order to pursue his goal of becoming a real person in the real world.

The Mirror World version of Shinji Kido could survive indefinitely in his own universe without any extra protection, but could only stay in the real world for a short time before he started to disintegrate.

Ryuga was occasionally mistaken for Ryuki. Ren had seen Ryuga attack Kamen Rider Femme while out fighting a Hydragoon, and thought Shinji had come to understand the meaning of the Rider War. He then demanded that Shinji fight him. Miho also mistook Ryuga as Shinji when Ryuga saved her before Kamen Rider Ouja could kill her. Ryuga himself had destroyed Genocider and turned Ohja into blank form. Femme then finished Blank Ouja off.

In terms of character, Ryuga was the exact opposite of his real world counterpart. While the real Shinji was kind and innocent, the Mirror World version was cruel and scheming. He was responsible for the death of Kamen Rider Femme, mortally wounding her during their fight. Near the end of movie, he met his own fate at the hands of his real world counterpart when, after a climatic showdown, the two Rider's Final Vents collided, Ryuki surviving while Ryuga perished.

13 RidersEdit

In the 13 Riders special (alternate retelling), Ryuga was among the Riders in the ending fight, only seen there. He and the remaining Riders activated their Final Vents on Shinji, then as Kamen Rider Knight Survive.

OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen RidersEdit

Kamen Rider Ryuga was part of a group of reinforcement riders led by Akira Date/Kamen Rider Birth to aid the primary riders in defeating the Rock Great Leader. All the Kamen Riders got on their bikes and performed the All Rider Break attack which destroyed the Great Leader. OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders

Forms Edit

Like original Shinji Kido, Dark Shinji transforms into Kamen Rider Ryuga through his Advent Deck and his V-Buckle.

Contract Monster Edit

Modeled after a Chinese dragon and Ryuga's Contract Monster, Dragblacker is referred as the Darkness.

Advent Deck Edit

Behind the scenesEdit

PortrayalEdit

Mirror Image Shinji Kido is portrayed by Takamasa Suga (須賀 貴匡, Suga Takamasa^?), who also portrayed the lead role of Shinji Kido. As Kamen Rider Ryuga, his suit actors were Jiro Okamoto (岡元 次郎, Okamoto Jirō^?) and Jun Watanabe (渡辺 淳, Watanabe Jun^?).

NotesEdit

• Ryuga's name can mean "Dragon Fang".
• Ryuga is the only Rider in Kamen Rider Ryuki that is a non-human, being a doppelganger of Shinji Kido that originated from Mirror World.
• In Episode Final movie; Ryuga is actually the 13th Rider, being the last Rider to appear in the Rider Battle.
• Despite having stronger AP in the Final Vent (7000 AP), Ryuga is defeated by Ryuki on the Dragon Rider Kick clash with Ryuki's Final Vent, who has 1000 AP lower than him (6000 AP). The reason for this is never explained. Although, there is a possibility that Ryuki aimed for Ryuga's Card Deck that killed him while Ryuga completely missed hitting Ryuki for Ryuki comes out unscathed.
• In Super Climax Heroes, Ryuga have a deeper voice than in the movie or special, despite being voiced by his original actor (Takamasa Suga).
• When Ryuga slots a card, the voice that announces its name is noticeably deeper than it is for the other Riders. However, this is not true of alternate versions appearing in Kamen Rider Decade.

See Also Edit

Kit Taylor - Dark Shinji's American counterpart in Kamen Rider Dragon Knight.

External Links Edit

• Kamen Rider Ryuki (DVD)
• Kamen Rider Ryuuki Spoiler Page

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