 This article is about a recurring plot element in the Kamen Rider Series.
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Every primary Kamen Rider's main Final Form from Kuuga to Build |
In every installment of the Kamen Rider series in the Heisei era, at least one Kamen Rider gains a form that is statistically more powerful or thematically more important, called a Final Form (最終形態, Saishū Keitai) (or Strongest Form (最強形態, Saikyō Keitai). This is typically reserved for the titular Kamen Rider, but other, non-titular Riders have also obtained a Final Form.
The predecessor of the Final Forms came from the Showa era Rider, Kamen Rider Stronger, with his Charge Up form.
The name comes from Kamen Rider Decade, where Decade accessed the nine previous main Kamen Riders' (from Kuuga to Kiva) Final Forms in cards called "Final Kamen Ride" Cards while in his own Final Form.
In recent years, several Kamen Riders have gone on to, usually in movies, access forms that are even further advanced from the Final Form.
Kamen Rider Stronger
- Kamen Rider Stronger
- Charge Up
Kamen Rider Kuuga
- Kamen Rider Kuuga
- Ultimate Form
Kamen Rider Agito
Kamen Rider Ryuki/Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight
Kamen Rider 555
- Kamen Rider Faiz
- Blaster Form
Kamen Rider Blade
Kamen Rider Hibiki
- Kamen Rider Hibiki
- Armed Hibiki
Kamen Rider Kabuto
Kamen Rider Den-O
Kamen Rider Kiva
Kamen Rider Decade
Kamen Rider W
Kamen Rider OOO
Kamen Rider Fourze
Kamen Rider Wizard
Kamen Rider Gaim
Kamen Rider Drive
Kamen Rider Ghost
Kamen Rider Ex-Aid
- Kamen Rider Genm
- God Maximum Gamer Level 1000000000 (V-Cinema Exclusive)
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Kamen Rider Build
Notes
- In the Showa era, instead of an accessible transformation, the Riders gain a permanent upgraded form in the middle of the series.
- The Final Forms of pre-Decade Primary Riders usually contain at least one of three colors (red, gold, or black), while every post-Decade Primary Rider uses any other possible color scheme for their's, while also usually including white or silver as a base color.
- Particularly, final forms from Gaim onward have minor rainbow-like accents on various parts of their suits: Gaim Kiwami Arms' visor, Drive Type Tridoron Attack 1.2.3's Shift Tire, Ghost Mugen Damashii's horn, Ex-Aid Muteki Gamer's eyes, and Build Genius Form's center chest piece.
- The Secondary Riders' Final Forms usually have blue as a dominant color in their design. Chalice, Zeronos, Baron and Birth are the only exceptions that their's have red color, except Birth, while Mach only has the color blue on his Driver and visor. Cross-Z is a special case, as his base and power-up forms are dominantly blue, while his final form is dominantly orange instead.
- Kaixa and Ibuki are the only Secondary Riders without a Final Form.
- Baron is the odd one out of the bunch. While technically having an Over Lord form as his Final Form doesn't really count as such, ironically, it is counted to be one in Kamen Rider: Battride War Genesis.
- There are moments towards the end of the series/last episode where Riders can transform directly from their civilian form to their Final Form which typically requires them to be in their rider form. This process is similar to Warp-Digivolution from Digimon, but has no official name.
- Both Wizard and Ghost share the same final form name, both being Infinity. However the only difference is that Ghost uses the Japanese word Mugen (ムゲン lit."Infinity"(无限)) instead to differentiate in between the two.
- The two forms are also crystalline in appearance and have robes.