Ride-Players

This article is about a type of rider in Kamen Rider Ex-Aid.

Various
Ride-Players
Gender	Various
Motif	Kamen Rider Chronicle
Type	Variable (Depending on User)
Ally Type	Variable (Depending on User)
Villain Type	Variable (Depending on User)
Affiliation	Kamen Rider Chronicle Parado CR (Heroes side only)
Homeworld	Earth
Height	198.0 cm
Weight	96.1 kg
Series	Kamen Rider Ex-Aid
First Appearance	Start the New Game!
Latest Appearance	Reset Game!
Number of Episode Appearances	11 (Ex-Aid) Full list of appearances
Actor	Various
Voice Actor	Kazuki Komine (unidentified users)

"See, Kamen Rider Chronicle isn't a game where humans beat Bugsters. It's a game where Bugsters beat humans. A game to destroy humanity."

―Parado addressing his race as the true players instead of humanity/Ride-Players.^[src]

The Ride-Players (ライドプレイヤー, Raido Purēyā) are Rider troops created from the data of the game Kamen Rider Chronicle.

Overview

The Ride-Players are a player characters of the game, Kamen Rider Chronicle, released by Genm Corp. Any customer can transform by puchasing the Kamen Rider Chronicle Gashat to become Ride-Players. When a Ride-Player transforms for the first time, they will be infected by the Bugster Virus, and so must continue to fight Bugsters in order to survive. As they fight with Bugsters, they could attack the Kamen Riders to collect "rare items" like the Rider Gashats and Gasahcon Weapons.

The Ride-Player who reaches towards the final stage will challenge the final boss, Gamedeus, and have the right to transform into Kamen Rider Cronus. If they defeat Gamedeus, then all the victims of the Bugster Virus will be revived.

Ride-Player

Ride-Players

Ride-Player

"Enter the Game! Ri-Riding the End!"

―Transformation announcement^[src]

Statistics

• Height: 198.0 cm
• Weight: 96.1 kg

Ability Parameters

• Punching Power: 5.0 t
• Kicking Power: 9.0 t
• Maximum Jump Height: 25.0 m
• Maximum Running Speed: 100 m per 8.0 sec

Ride-Players are the "Kamen Rider" form used by civilians to play Kamen Rider Chronicle. To transform into a Ride-Player, a person must activate their Kamen Rider Chronicle Gashat, and press its button again to transform. In this form, all Ride-Players are equipped with the Ride Weapon, which can transform between a sword and a gun.

They also have the ability to use other Gashacon Weapons used by the Riders by stealing their Gashats and activating them, as shown when several Ride-Players stole Emu's Gashats and activated them to summon the Gashacon Key Slasher and Gashacon Sparrow. However, this ability is limited, as if a Ride-Player takes away the Gashacon Weapon for the corresponding Gashat (seen with the Gashacon Breaker of Mighty Action X), no matter how many times another Ride-Player activates the Mighty Action X Gashat, another Gashacon Breaker will not appear.

Ride-Players detransform by pressing the Kamen Rider Chronicle Gashat's button again. Where they store the Gashat while transformed is unclear.

Currently, this form has no formal finisher.

A generic Ride-Player is equipped with the following parts:

• RD Player Head (ＲＤプレイヤーヘッド, RD Pureiyā Heddo): The helmet.
  • Highlight Scope (ハイライトスコープ, Hairaito Sukōpu): The eyes/visual sensors. It is equipped with a high-speed camera and a light-emitting device for battles at night.
  • React Signal (リアクトシグナル, Riakuto Shigunaru): A small device located in the middle of the forehead. It senses and identifies nearby movement and automatically sets marking trackers. It displays a radar map on an internal monitor and displays the location of enemies and energy items.
  • Normal Ride Met (ノーマライドメット, Nōmaraido Metto): The brown helmet parts that protect the scalp. An explosion-proof coating that has been applied on the helmet is stronger than necessary is applied and will not break in normal combat (apparently not the case against Kamen Riders).
  • Normal Ride Goggles (ノーマライドゴーグル, Nōmaraido Gōguru): The goggles. Protects the Highlight Scope from dirt and impacts. The explosion-proof clear coating agent applied to the surface is extremely strong and never breaks.
  • High Surround Ear (ハイサラウンドイヤー, Hai Saraundo Iyā): The Ride-Player's audio devices. Blocks out ambient noise and lets Ride-Player hear only the necessary sounds.
  • Air Fresh Guard (エアフレッシュガード, Ea Furesshu Gādo): An air intake device located around the mouth/chin area. Removes harmful substances from the air, protecting the player. Additionally, excess air that has been taken in is used to regulate the suit's internal temperature. Compressed air is also stored within, allowing for prolonged activities underwater.
• Personal Gear Suit (パーソナルギアスーツ, Pāsonaru Gia Sūtsu): The entire bodysuit. By assisting and strengthening the player's actions, it brings out physical abilities not normally achieved by human beings. A customisation function is built in, allowing the Personal Gear Suit to balance its power and speed according to the player's personal combat style.
• ReguLife Guard (レギュライフガード, Regyuraifu Gādo): The chest armor. Disperses damage received at critical points all over itself, preventing serious damage from being inflicted to the player.
• Breast Shutter (ブレストシャッター, Buresuto Shattā): The dark-grey/black shutter-like armor area of the ReguLife Guard. It hides the Ride-Player's Rider Guage to prevent Bugsters and other players from targeting and attacking a Ride-Player at lower health or level. Additionally, because it hides the actual health bar of the Ride-Player, Kamen Riders can attack Ride-Players without restrain or fear of a counterattack (due to the Ride-Player itself not knowing their actual health).
• Basic Unbreaker (ベーシックアンブレイカー, Bēshikku Anbureikā): The shoulder armor. It can momentarily increase the entire body's physical strength by spraying an armor strengthening substance.
• RD Growth Arm (RDグロウスアーム, RD Gurousu Āmu): The arms. It is equipped with a Gain Riser (ゲインライザー, Gein Raizā) program that increases a Ride-Player's attack power and defense capabilities according to level and combat experience.
• Normal Fight Gloves (ノーマルファイトグローブ, Nōmaru Faito Gurōbu): The hands. When punching a Bugster, a disinfectant program is also ran at the same time, increasing damage.
• RD Growth Leg (RDグロウスレッグ, RD Gurousu Reggu): The legs. It is equipped with a Gain Riser program that increases a Ride-Player's attack power and defense capabilities according to level and combat experience.
• Normal Fight Shoes (ノーマルファイトシューズ, Nōmaru Faito Shūzu): The feet. When kicking a Bugster, a removal program is also ran at the same time, increasing damage.
• Mech Build Guard (メックビルドガード, Mekku Birudo Gādo): The silver silver guard parts located on the arms and legs. It is heat-resistant, and can reorganise its structure according to damage received by attacks to improve durability.

Appearances: Ex-Aid Episodes 25-28, 30-33, 35, 36, 41

Equipment

Devices

• An unknown silver colored version of Para-DX Buckle

Arsenal

• Ride Weapon (default weapon)
  • Blade Mode
  • Gun Mode
• Gashacon Breaker (only with Mighty Action X Gashat)
• Gashacon Sparrow (only with Giri Giri Chambara Gashat)
• Gashacon Key Slasher (only with Mighty Brothers XX Gashat)
• Gashacon Magnum

Known Users

Identified

Nico Saiba
(Ride-Player Nico; Ex-Aid Episodes 27-28, 30-31, 35, 41)

Haima Kagami
(formerly, Ex-Aid Episode 32)

Tenma
(formerly, Ex-Aid Episodes 25-26)

Kenjirou Tsuji
(deceased, Ex-Aid Episode 25)

Ren Amagasaki
(Promotion only, Ex-Aid Episode 27)

Nozomi Aida
(formerly, Ex-Aid Episode 27)

Nozomi Aida's boyfriend
(deceased)

Ken Samejima
(formerly, Ex-Aid Episode 28)

Karita
(formerly, Ex-Aid Episode 30)

Teruyo Izumi
(formerly, Ex-Aid Episode 31)

Ryouhei Izumi
(deceased)

Shuji Akiuchi
(formerly, Ex-Aid Episode 33)

Hayato Tsuzuki
(formerly, Ex-Aid Episodes 35-36)

Shinji Ooshima
(deceased)

Manjiro Doi
(formerly, Ex-Aid Episode 36)

Keisuke Asou
(deceased, mentioned only in Ex-Aid Episode 45)

Shou Nomiya
(deceased, mentioned only in Ex-Aid Episode 45)

Shinsaku Kinoshita
(deceased, mentioned only in Ex-Aid Episode 45)

Tetsuhide Nakamura
(deceased, mentioned only in Ex-Aid Episode 45)

Reiko Ichinomiya
(deceased, mentioned only in Ex-Aid Episode 45)

Unidentified

Four Ride-Players fighting the Salty Bugster (Ex-Aid Episode 25)

Four Ride-Players fighting the Aranbura Bugster (Ex-Aid Episode 25)

The four Ride-Players with Kenjirou Tsuji that were terminated by Para-DX (Ex-Aid Episode 25)

A pair of Ride-Players confronting Poppy (Ex-Aid Episode 28)

A Ride-Player assaulted by Motors (Ex-Aid Episode 30)

Para-DX interrupted from beating Ride-Players (Ex-Aid Episode 31)

Behind the Scenes

Portrayal

The Ride-Players' action was performed by numerous suit actors including Satoshi Fujita (藤田 慧, Fujita Satoshi), who served as suit actor for Nico Saiba, and Eitoku (永徳, Eitoku).

Notes

• The Ride-Player suit bears resemblance to Ex-Aid, though in a different color scheme and without Ex-Aid's spiky hair design.
  • At least one mold of the Ride-Player helmet is remodeled from the mold of Ex-Aid Ghost Gamer's helmet, with other Ride-Player helmets being made from entirely new molds with very few minor differences which are hardly noticeable.
• The Ride-Players' Ride Weapons are a retool of the SB-RTH Axelaygun used by the Riotroopers from Kamen Rider 555.
  • Similarly, the Ride-Players and Riotroopers are designed to be a simplified version of the main Rider, along with their brown color scheme.

Appearances

• Kamen Rider Ex-Aid
  • Episode 25: Start the New Game! (Tenma, Tsuji and unknown)
  • Episode 26: Players Who Bet on Survival (Tenma and unknown)
  • Episode 27: Love & Peace for the Winner! (Nico, Ren Amagasaki, Nozomi and unknown)
  • Episode 28: Beyond Your Identity (Nico, Ken and unknown)
  • Episode 30: Strongest VS Strongest! (Nico, Karita and unknown)
  • Episode 31: The Forbidden Continue!? (Nico, Teruyo)
  • Episode 32: Judgment Received! (Haima Kagami)
  • Episode 33: Company Reform! (Shuji)
  • Episode 35: Rescue the Partner! (Hayato)
  • Episode 36: Perfect Invincible GAMER! (Hayato, Manjiro)
  • Episode 41: Reset Game! (Nico)
  • Episode 45: Endless Game (Indirect mention only)
• Kamen Rider Outsiders
  • ep.4 Mad Time and Zein's Identity (Flashback)

See also

• Ninja Players, players of Hurricane Ninja

External links

• Kamen Rider Zukan page on Ride-Players.