Ruler

This article is about a villain in Kamen Rider Amazon.

Ruler
True Zero the Great
Gender	Male
Villain Type	Leader
Affiliation	Gedon Garander Empire
Homeworld	Earth
Height	174 cm cm
Weight	73 kg kg
Series	Kamen Rider Amazon
First Appearance	Garander's Tokyo Sea of Flames Operation!! You Did It, Amazon!! The End of Zero the Great!! (true form)
Latest Appearance	You Did It, Amazon!! The End of Zero the Great
Number of Episode Appearances	7 Full list of appearances
Actor	Osamu Saka Hirohisa Nakata (true form)

"Zero the Great. I am the ruler. My power is infinite."

―The Ruler^[src]

Ruler (Real Zero the Great) (支配者 (真のゼロ大帝), Shihaisha (Shin no Zero Taitei), 24): The true leader of the Garander Empire and Gedon, wearing silvery white robes that hide his true nature.

History

Background

"Zero the Great!"
"Zero the Great is immortal! Are you surprised? I, as the ruler, controlled both Garander and Gedon. To rule every evil group, I am also the Garander Empire's king!"

―The True Zero the Great reveals himself to Amazon.^[src]

The secret ruler of both Gedon and the Garander Empire, the Ruler spoke to a "Zero the Great" who served as the decoy leader of the Garander Empire. While Gedon and Garander were seemingly seperate organizations, they had the same goal of using Incan science to take over the world by combining the GaGa and GiGi Armlets, they each had their own army of Beastmen and lesser Followers.

Gedon, ruled by the seemingly independent Jyumenki Golgos who possessed the GaGa Armlet, struck first, with him directly attacking the Incan village in the Amazon rainforest who possessed the GiGi Armlet. However, Elder Bago escaped and bestowed the GiGi Armlet to the Japanese-born Amazon, Daisuke Yamamoto, performing remodelling surgery on the young man before dying. Told to go to Japan, Amazon was followed by Golgos and Gedon, who made repeated attempts to defeat Amazon and take his GiGi Armlet as well as taking over Japan. ^{[Man or Beast? The Cool Guy Who Came From the Jungle!]}

After repeated failures by the Jyumenki's Gedon, it was the Garander Empire's turn to strike, appearing as a rival organization who wished to take the secret of Incan science themselves. With Garander managing to get a Gedon Beastman to defect to their side, the Jyumenki Golgos was betrayed and soon met his end when he faced-off against Amazon, with his GaGa Armlet being claimed by "Zero the Great". ^{[Approaching! Jyumenki! Danger, Amazon!!]}

Kamen Rider Amazon

After the defeat of the Diving Beetle Beastman and the thwarting of the Tokyo Sea of Flames Operation by Amazon Rider, Zero the Great begged forgiveness and prayed for more power from the omnipotent Ruler. The Ruler ordered Zero the Great to take over Earth for the Garander Empire very soon. ^{[Garander's Tokyo Sea of Flames Operation!!]}

After the defeat of the Toad Beastman and the failure of the Tokyo Fry Pan Operation, Zero the Great prayed forgiveness to the Ruler, promising he would succeed next time. The Ruler warned him that he had better hurry up in making the world serve the Garander Empire if he doesn't want to fall like Gedon. ^{[Mt. Fuji Big Explosion? The Tokyo Fry Pan Operation]}

The Ruler scolded Zero the Great following the defeat of the Tiger Beetle Beastman and the failure of the Massive Earthquake Operation, who begged forgiveness. The Ruler revealed there is no worry as he shall bring him a better Beastman for him to start a new mission to spread the glory of the Garander Empire. ^{[Zero's Terror! The Massive Earthquake Operation!!]}

Zero the Great reported to the Ruler on the success in the operation to bury all subways, who prematurely congratulated him before the operation completely succeeded. ^{[Going into Action, The Garander Youth Squad]}

After Japanese Dwarf Flying Squirrel Beastman was defeated and the poison Inca Doll operation failed, the Ruler told Zero the Great that with his great glory, the time had come for him to come face to face with Amazon or else. Zero the Great understood this, assuring the Ruler that Amazon would be no match for him. ^{[Inca Doll's Day to Annihilate Greater Tokyo]}

In preparation for final attempt to defeat Amazon and take over, the Garander Empire experimented with a Helium Bomb. With Zero the Great reporting its success to the Ruler, the Ruler decided that a helium bomb would be set in Tokyo where it would be able to destroy the three main islands of Japan, and that they would build the Garander Empire over it after the radioactive fallout. Warning him that failure would be unforgivable, Zero the Great understood and promised he would see to it. ^{[Imitation Riders vs. Amazon Rider!]}

Entering the Garander Empire lair, Amazon was captured by Zero the Great who drained his power so as to acquire the GiGi Armlet. However, the plan backfired when the GaGa Armlet held by Zero the Great reacted to the GiGi Armlet on the restrained Amazon's arm. With the GaGa Armlet attached to the GiGi Armlet, Amazon was free and able to transform into Amazon Rider, now more powerful than ever. After Zero the Great died by falling into his own trap while fighting Amazon, the Ruler made himself known to Amazon when he destroyed the Helium Bomb's detonation system, unmasked as the True Zero the Great as he fights Amazon in his throne room before being impaled on his spear and having both his arms cut off. He still refuses to go down quietly, forcing Amazon to use the Super Wild Slash (Super Great Slice) to behead him, causing him to explode with Garander's base destroyed in the process. ^{[You Did It, Amazon!! The End of Zero the Great!!]}

Behind the Scenes

Portrayal

The Ruler of the Garander Empire was voiced by Osamu Saka (阪 脩, Saka Osamu). Revealed as Zero the Great, he was portrayed by Hirohisa Nakata (中田 博久, Nakata Hirohisa).

Notes

• Zero the Great is mentioned in the Super Hero Taihen The Grown-ups’ Narumi Detective Office Ep. 3: What’s the Show That Came After Amazon? web movie, which reveals how Amazon's 7:30pm Saturday night time slot on NET-TV was taken by the original Super Sentai, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger. While the Kamen Rider Series was moved to a new time slot as Kamen Rider Stronger aired on Saturday nights on TBS. Gokai Silver mentioned watching the last episode of Amazon, saying the identity of Zero the Great was a surprise.
• When Great Leader of Delzer Army revealed to the original Seven Riders that he had been behind the other previous evil organizations opposed by the Riders. Along with Shocker, Gel Shocker, Destron, G.O.D., and Black Satan, the Great Leader noted Gedon, but not Garander, among them. What relationship the Ruler and the Great Leader had is unknown. Years later, when the Badan Empire (led by the Generalissimo of Badan) emerged, they noted Gedon and Garander among the past evil organizations who failed in their ambitions to to take over the world.

Appearances

• Kamen Rider Amazon
• Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!! (archive footage only)