Kamen Rider
Becoming a Weird Tale Counts as SuccessContents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Background
- 4Appearance
- 4.1Kamen Rider Orca
- 5Abilities & Skills
- 5.1Transformation
- 5.2Rider System
- 5.3Enhanced Combat Performance
- 5.4“The First Kamen Rider” Authorities
- 5.5Limitations
- 6Equipment / Weapons / Items
- 7Relationships
- 8Story Role / Major Arcs
- 8.1Public Emergence
- 8.2Qingzhou Research
- 8.3Eastern Country Rider Conflict
- 8.4Rider-System Proliferation
- 8.5Later Incarnations
- 9Notable Quotes
- 10Trivia
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Kamen Rider (假面骑士) |
| Species/Race | A series-type Supernatural Tale; each individual Kamen Rider is independent rather than part of a single Group Supernatural Tale. 250 293 |
| Occupation/Role | Human-aligned transformed combatants who oppose Supernatural Tales. 267 299 |
| Status | Active; multiple Rider systems and individual Riders operate across the Eastern Country. 308 |
| First Appearance | 242 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Kamen Rider Killer Whale / Orca | 242 | Feng Xue first transforms through the Orca Authority and a 22nd-century toy-based Driver. His physical fitness increases at least threefold; punches using martial arts can exceed twenty tons, while running speed reaches roughly 100 km/h. |
| “The First Kamen Rider” Entry | 267 | Feng Xue gains the Entry and its Authorities: [Supernatural Tale Nemesis], [Meme Power Buff], and [Open Mouth, Close Eyes]. It also grants the Rider Belt, Rider Motorcycle, and Rider System as Companion Phantoms. |
| Kamen Rider Evil Rider | 268 297 | The Rider System purifies compatible energy into a Demonic Qi Bottle, allowing Feng Xue to transform into Evil Rider. He uses a seized, hastily built Eastern Country belt to confront Face Snatcher. |
| Kamen Rider Xuanjun | 401 | Feng Xue uses the Companion Phantom system and multiple Tags and Authorities to transform while fighting Yamata no Orochi. |
| Kamen Rider · World | 717 | During his ascent of the Tower of Babylon, Feng Xue transforms with a Card infused with the Authorities of dead gods. |
Background
Feng Xue's original Kamen Rider manifestation begins with the Orca Authority. The resulting black-and-white Killer Whale armor is based on a 22nd-century children's toy, but its physical enhancement is real. Its built-in special-move effects are largely cosmetic, though Feng Xue finds that their patterns can inspire usable martial-arts techniques. 242
After Feng Xue publicly appears as Kamen Rider Orca and defeats the Sea Monk, sightings spread across Colombia and draw international attention. Organizations in several countries interpret Kamen Rider as a potential human weapon against Supernatural Tales, while Eastern Country resistance groups accelerate their own Rider-system development. 249
Feng Xue later manifests the Supernatural Tale Entry “The First Kamen Rider.” Unlike adaptations of existing named Riders, Kamen Rider Orca is an original, non-existent Rider; this makes Feng Xue the first Supernatural Tale associated with that specific identity rather than the inheritor of a corresponding Progenitor Supernatural Tale. 267 293
In the Eastern Country, Kamen Rider transformations become publicly associated with the ability to expose Supernatural Tales to ordinary people. The transformation draws attention into the world's “blind spot,” allowing bystanders focused on the Rider to perceive entities they would normally overlook. 295 296
Appearance
Kamen Rider appearances vary by system, user, and loaded transformation material. Their armor is generally full-body, combining plastic-like and metallic textures with a transformation belt as its central device. 242 268
Kamen Rider Orca
- Black-and-white armor with deep-blue chest plating. 242
- Translucent wave motifs, shoulder armor with wave elements, and striped detailing. 242
- Helmet resembles a diving orca:
- A dorsal fin projects from the forehead.
- Pectoral-fin shapes angle backward from the sides.
- White orca markings form the eye areas. 242
- Can be paired with an Orca-themed motorcycle. 249 267
Abilities & Skills
Transformation
Kamen Riders transform through belts loaded with a Rider System, cards, bottles, or other compatible plugins. The transformation substantially improves the user's physical abilities and may provide form-specific finishing moves. 268
- The Knight Belt can be retrieved with a motion of reaching behind the user's back. 268
- The genuine Rider Belt has no stated transformation time limit; its duration depends on the user's stamina. 268
- Kamen Rider armor can stack with Feng Xue's other armor systems, enabling layered defensive effects. 281
- Standard Kamen Rider-type belts normally cannot stack with one another; Feng Xue later exploits his various systems to bypass this limitation. 486
Rider System
The Rider System collects energy sharing [Commonality] with its Rider and turns it into transformation plugins, currently represented by Fullbottles. 268
- Collection requires the target to be defenseless. 268
- Produced plugins can enhance belts, weapons, and motorcycles. 268
- Its [Purification] property allows Feng Xue to create a Demonic Qi Bottle and access Evil Rider. 268
- The system's principle reflects the Kamen Rider theme of “enemy and ally share the same origin”: Supernatural Tales can serve as the raw material for Rider systems. 249 299
- Feng Xue can summon Rider systems, belts, and motorcycles from Riders he knows of, including systems absent from the current world. 619
Enhanced Combat Performance
Kamen Rider transformation provides durable full-body armor and major physical reinforcement. 242 268
- Feng Xue's initial Orca form raises his physical fitness by at least three times. 242
- His martial-arts-assisted punches can exceed twenty tons of force. 242
- The genuine system supplies battlefield information directly to the user's vision, improving movement control and reducing pressure when fighting groups. 268
- Rider armor protects Feng Xue from demonic erosion so long as the armor itself remains unaffected. 268
“The First Kamen Rider” Authorities
These abilities specifically belong to Feng Xue through the “The First Kamen Rider” Entry. 267
- [Supernatural Tale Nemesis] — strengthens his role as an opponent of Supernatural Tales. 267
- [Meme Power Buff] — grants bonuses or penalties when Feng Xue performs Kamen Rider-associated actions and lines. 267
- Declaring himself “just a passing Kamen Rider” can debuff an enemy that asks his identity. 267
- [Open Mouth, Close Eyes] — when a transformed Feng Xue takes a lethal attack, he may de-transform into the characteristic prone pose to negate that instance of damage. 267
- [Hero Arrives] — allows Feng Xue to descend into the past when a hero is needed. 267
Limitations
- Feng Xue's original 22nd-century toy Driver permits only one hour of transformation per day; unused time does not carry over. 242
- The toy Driver's flashy finishing moves do not inherently increase the power of punches or kicks. 242
- The genuine Rider Belt is less durable than the toy-based Omni-Press Drive. 268 356
- Mass-distributed Rider systems based on Gu Poison Bodies depend heavily on the user's self-observation and ability to produce specific Knowledge; users without this capacity become visually and tactically generic. 308
Equipment / Weapons / Items
- Knight Belt — summonable transformation belt that accepts a loaded Rider System. 268
- Knight Motorcycle — summonable all-terrain motorcycle; can receive system-specific functions and be used as a greatsword. 268
- Kamen Rider System — plugin-generating system with purification and collection functions. 268
- Orca-themed motorcycle — a washed-up motorcycle altered through Feng Xue's Orca Authority. 249
- Transformation cards / Fullbottles — form-specific plugins used by Riders such as Evil Rider and Demon Rider. 268 297 301
Relationships
- Feng Xue — The original Kamen Rider Orca and bearer of the “The First Kamen Rider” Entry; he distributes Rider systems to people facing Supernatural Tale attacks or imminent death. 267 308
- Hoshino Rinka / Kamen Rider Demon Rider — Receives a belt and card case from a Rider from another world, then becomes an active Rider in the Eastern Country. 301 304
- Eastern Country resistance organizations — Develop their own systems and investigate Kamen Rider technology, though their early systems are incomplete and resource-limited. 249 308
- Hundred Tales — Treat Kamen Riders as a major threat and prioritize abilities such as Face Snatching and Identity Snatching as counters. 299
- Face Snatcher / Face Stealer — Successfully steals a Rider's mask and abilities, demonstrating that Rider power can be appropriated by compatible Supernatural Tales. 297 299
Story Role / Major Arcs
Public Emergence
Kamen Rider Orca's defeat of the Sea Monk establishes Kamen Rider as a real and widely discussed phenomenon. The incident prompts competing organizations to seek, copy, or control Rider technology. 249
Qingzhou Research
Feng Xue enters demon-infested Qingzhou after obtaining “The First Kamen Rider,” using the Rider System's purification function and armor to test his anti-demonic research. 267 268
Eastern Country Rider Conflict
Human-built Riders begin fighting Supernatural Tales in the Eastern Country, while Feng Xue intervenes as Evil Rider against Face Snatcher. His actions demonstrate a level of system optimization beyond the local Riders' hastily made technology. 296 297 298
Rider-System Proliferation
Feng Xue distributes hardware-based Rider systems through Chiba, creating new Riders such as Gu Rider and Poison Rider. The spread is intended to disrupt the balance between the Eastern Country resistance and the Hundred Tales. 308
Later Incarnations
Feng Xue continues to use Kamen Rider transformations in increasingly high-level conflicts, becoming Kamen Rider Xuanjun against Yamata no Orochi and Kamen Rider · World during the Tower of Babylon ascension. 401 717
Notable Quotes
“I'm just a Kamen Rider passing through, remember that!” 249 267 297
“Fight! If you don't fight, you can't survive!” 301
Trivia
- Kamen Rider is a series-type Supernatural Tale rather than a Group Supernatural Tale because each Rider is treated as an independent individual. 250
- Feng Xue's original toy-based Orca form is stronger in survivability than standard Rider armor due to its environmental-damage immunity, despite its one-hour daily limit. 356
- The names “Demon Rider” and “Evil Rider” are presented as normal Eastern Country-style translations despite sounding unusual. 305