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This is a list of the fictional characters that appear throughout the Japanesetokusatsu series Kamen Rider 555. These characters play a major role within the series and often influence many key events.

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• This is a list of the fictional characters that appear throughout the Japanese tokusatsu series Kamen Rider 555.These characters play a major role within the series and often influence many key events.

Following the awesomeness of just about every SH figuarts figure before it, comes SH Figuarts Kamen Rider 555 Faiz Blaster Form.whew! Sculpt- This figure represents Faiz's Final powered up form from the last 5 episodes of KR:555 and KR:555 Paradise Lost the movie. Faiz is the main Kamen Rider of the Kamen Rider 555 show and games. Next with other Giant Bomb members. Main Kamen Rider of the Kamen Rider 555 show and games. Other Title: 仮面ライダー555（ファイズ） Kamen Raidā Faizu Number of Episode: 50 Summary: The Smart Brain corporation, the world's most powerful corporation, is trying to take over the world using Orphnoch, the 'next stage in humanity's evolution', to covertly kill off the human population. Kamen Rider 555 (仮面ライダー555（ファイズ）, Kamen Raidā Faizu, officially Masked Rider Φ's, also read Kamen Rider Faiz or Phi's) is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It is the 13th installment in the Kamen Rider Series.

• 1West Washing Shop Kikuchi
• 2Ryusei School
• 3Orphnochs
• 4Smart Brain
  • 4.6Lucky Clover

West Washing Shop Kikuchi[edit]

West Washing Shop Kikuchi (西洋洗濯舗 菊池Seiyō Sentakuho Kikuchi) is a laundry business store owned by Keitaro's family where Takumi, Mari, and Kusaka lives and works with Keitaro.

Takumi Inui[edit]

Takumi Inui (乾 巧Inui Takumi) is the main wearer of the Faiz Gear, though reluctantly at first, enabling him to transform into Kamen Rider Faiz (仮面ライダーファイズKamen Raidā Faizu). He is also often teased by Mari for being a 'nekojita' (literally meaning 'cat tongue'; someone who cannot stand food that is too hot).

Prior to the events of the series, Takumi became an Orphnoch when he was hit by a car as a boy. As the Wolf Orphnoch (ウルフオルフェノクUrufu Orufenoku), Takumi wanted to use his new-found power to protect people. However, his attempt to save the Ryusei School students from the massacre caused by Kitazaki, and an implanted memory that he caused the event, forced Takumi to isolate himself from others out of fear of betraying them. By chance, Takumi encounters Mari and followed her on the notion that the bag she carried was the one stolen from him three days prior, getting caught up in her war with the Orphnoch as he reluctantly transforms into Kamen Rider Faiz to fight off the Orphnochs pursuing her for the Faiz Gear. Takumi ends up becoming Mari's bodyguard as they arrive in Tokyo and starts working at Keitaro's shop to pay her back for helping him with a traffic fine. Overtime, having numerous conflicts with Kusaka and the Horse Orphnoch, Takumi accepts his role as Faiz. After he learns that the Horse Orphnoch's human identity is Yuji Kiba, he finds him to be a kindred spirit that also desires to protect humans, despite being an Orphnoch.

Eventually, Takumi's true nature as an Orphnoch is revealed and he learns the truth of his role in the Ryusei School massacre as he fights with renewed resolve. At the end of the series, Takumi settles his rivalry with Kiba as they manage to defeat the Arch Orphnoch together. Kamen Rider 4 later revealed that Takumi eventually died burning up the last of his life force before Shocker altered the timeline to create an alternate scenario in Heisei Rider vs. Shōwa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai where Takumi renounced fighting over guilt of not being saving Kusaka from Kiba. While he refused an offer by Tsukasa Kadoya to join with other Heisei era Riders to fight the Underground Empire Badan and the Showa era Kamen Riders, a series of events and an encounter with Keisuke Jin convinces Takumi to take up the mantle of Faiz to protect Shu Aoi, while eventually move on with his life. While Takumi later corrected the timeline in the events of Kamen Rider 4, his death was averted again in Kamen Rider Zi-O as the result of him never becoming an Orphnoch and acquiring the Faiz Gear.

Takumi Inui is portrayed by Kento Handa (半田 健人Handa Kento).

Mari Sonoda[edit]

Mari Sonoda (園田 真理Sonoda Mari) is a member of the Ryusei School who was sent the Faiz Gear and Auto Vajin by their father, but was unable to use them. She insists that Takumi accompany her and use the Faiz Gear to fight Orphnochs. She always believes the good in her friends, even Sawada and Takumi after she found out they were Orphnochs as well. She dreams of becoming a beautician.

Mari Sonoda is portrayed by Yuria Haga (芳賀 優里亜Haga Yuria). As a child, Mari is portrayed by Aoi Yūki (悠木 碧Yūki Aoi).

Keitaro Kikuchi[edit]

Keitaro Kikuchi (菊池 啓太郎Kikuchi Keitarō) is a young man that Mari and Takumi meet by chance not long after receiving the Faiz Gear. Keitaro and his family are dry cleaners and it's his dream to make everyone in the world happy. As such, he lets Mari and Takumi stay with him and work at his family's dry cleaning business for room and board in hopes that he can encourage them to use the Faiz Gear for good. He also seem to have an Orphnoch allergy, though he thinks he is allergic to people with bad hearts. He exchanges cell phone e-mails with his penpal, Yuka, and becomes infatuated with her in real life, although he doesn't realize that they are the same person until later in the series.

In Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost, he briefly wore the Kaixa Gear.

Keitaro Kikuchi is portrayed by Ken Mizorogi (溝呂木 賢Mizorogi Ken).

Masato Kusaka[edit]

Masato Kusaka (草加 雅人Kusaka Masato) is a member of Ryusei School who was apparently absent from the reunion, but signed the autograph card. Kusaka is also a childhood friend of Mari, having fallen in love with her after she once saved him from bullies to the point of destroying any obstacles between them. To that end, Kusaka uses the Kaixa Gear to become Kamen Rider Kaixa (仮面ライダーカイザKamen Raidā Kaiza) to destroy the Orphnochs with extreme prejudice for the events that occurred at the Ryusei School reunion, having developed a compulsion to wipe his hands of the blood he imagined spilled that night. Unlike his other classmates who used the Kaixa Gear and disintegrated soon after, Kusaka had a great deal of more Orphnoch DNA implanted into him to resist the fatal side effects of Kamen Rider Gears. Despite him and Takumi having a common enemy, Kusaka considered him an enemy as he once stole the Faiz Gear to attack Kiba. Kusaka also once used the Delta Gear to battle the Beetle Orphnoch. Eventually, Kusaka begins to suffer the effects of the Kaixa Gear as it becomes increasingly harmful to him. In the end, Kusaka is killed by Kiba with no one aware of his death.

In Heisei Rider vs. Shōwa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai, Masato's death was redone to have him killed by Kiba during Faiz's fight with the Arch Orphnoch. Kusaka dies in hateful regret that Takumi lives despite not having anyone to protect. That event forced Takumi to renounce fighting, later seeing the spirit of Kusaka who manipulates him to revive him, but Haruto Soma and Keisuke Jin manage to convince Takumi to move on from his survival guilt, causing Kusaka's spirit to disappear. In Kamen Rider Zi-O, Masato's death was completely negated with the removal of the Orphnochs and the Kaixa Gear from his timeline.

In the Paradise Lost movie, Kusaka's death was at the hands of Kamen Rider Psyga with his Kaixa Driver destroyed soon after.

Masato Kusaka is portrayed by Kohei Murakami (村上 幸平Murakami Kōhei).

Ryusei School[edit]

The Ryusei School (流星塾Ryūseijuku) is a group of orphans fostered by the former Chief of Smart Brain, Hanagata, and were schooled under their teacher Mr. Masuda (増田教諭Masuda-kyōyu), portrayed by Michihiro Yamanishi (山西 道広Yamanishi Michihiro). These students became known as the Ryuseiji (流星児Ryūseiji). Shortly before the series started they attended a reunion, with all students killed and resurrected as Smart Brain's 'hope', with only Kusaka having memories of the night intact. They each were sent the three Rider Gears: Mari obtaining Faiz and the bulk under Mr. Masuda obtaining Kaixa. The members other than Mari and Kusaka include:

Shuji Mihara[edit]

Shuji Mihara (三原 修二Mihara Shūji) is a relatively cowardly member of Ryusei School who would rather forget about Orphnochs and go back to living a normal life. He would become the default wearer of the Delta Gear and fight as Kamen Rider Delta (仮面ライダーデルタKamen Rider Deruta) despite his cowardice. After Rina was hit by a truck retrieving the Delta case he had thrown into the street, he resolved to stop running and fight alongside the others.

Shuji Mihara is portrayed by Atsushi Harada (原田 篤Harada Atsushi).

Others[edit]

• Saya Kimura (木村 沙耶Kimura Saya): A 'nekojita' much like Takumi, Saya briefly wore the Delta Gear. Eventually she found her way to the Kikuchi Dry Cleaning shop and worked part-time there. She waited to see what kind of person Takumi was before deciding to hand over the Delta Gear to him. Unfortunately, she was killed by Sawada before she could. Saya Kimura is portrayed by Mai Saito (斉藤 麻衣Saitō Mai).
• Rina Abe (阿部 里奈Abe Rina): Shuji Mihara's friend, former classmate and co-worker in the orphanage where Teruo Suzuki (Orphnoch King) stayed. After the series, she, Mihara, and Mari were the only surviving Ryuseiji. Rina Abe is portrayed by Rie Kasai (河西 りえKasai Rie).
• Kyosuke Tokumoto (徳本 恭輔Tokumoto Kyōsuke): After Shindo's death, he tried to put on the Kaixa belt, but couldn't out of fear because of the other users' deaths. After the Delta belt was discovered and he used it, he believed the belt was rightfully his because of the belt's side effect. Not only that, he also gained some power from the belt. Along with Arai, he kidnapped Mari to lure out Sawada to get the belt. Killed by Sawada. Kyosuke Tokumoto is portrayed by Shun Saeki (佐伯 俊Saeki Shun).
• Shoji Inukai (犬飼 彰司Inukai Shōji): Shoji Inukai is portrayed by Takuma Watanabe (渡辺 琢磨Watanabe Takuma).
• Kiyotaka Nishida (西田 清高Nishida Kiyotaka): Temporarily used the Kaixa belt in episode 11 and 12. With the Kaixa Gear, he destroyed Crocodile Orphnoch's first life. But he soon died in Mr. Masuda's arms from the belt's side effect. Kiyotaka Nishida is portrayed by Yoshiaki Kawasaki (河崎 芳明Kawasaki Yoshiaki).
• Takahisa Shindo (神道 貴久Shindō Takahisa): Used the Kaixa belt in episode 12 to fight the Crocodile Orphnoch, despite others' protest, but the Orphnoch knock the belt off him, forcing him to revert and disinterage from the belt's side effect. Takahisa Shindo is portrayed by Shintaro Chikada (近田 慎太郎Chikada Shintarō).
• Haruko Kamijo (上条 晴子Kamijō Haruko): Killed by the Crocodile Orphnoch. Haruko Kamijo is portrayed by Hiroko Hayashi (林 裕子Hayashi Hiroko).
• Asami Ito (伊藤 麻美Itō Asami): She was killed by Kawachi when he tried to take the Delta belt. Asami Ito is portrayed by Kaoru Kurasawa (倉澤 薫Kurasawa Kaoru).
• Ken Arai (新井 賢Arai Ken): Temporarily knocked out by Kawachi. He gained power and became obsessed with the Delta belt like many other users after using it. Along with Kyosuke, he kidnapped Mari to lure out Sawada to get the belt. Killed by Sawada. Ken Arai is portrayed by Hirohito Honda (本田 博仁Honda Hirohito).
• Yuki Kawachi (河内 勇樹Kawachi Yūki): He suddenly attacked Arai and killed Asami because of the obsession with the Delta belt. But it was proven wrong since he called Kusaka to rescue him from the Frog Orphnoch. Still, it was too late. Before dying, he said that Sawada had the belt, but it was false. Yuki Kawachi is portrayed by Kenta Hinokio (檜尾 健太Hinokio Kenta).
• Shingo Ota (太田 信吾Ōta Shingo): After Mari's second death by Sawada, he constantly tried to persuade Mihara to fight with the members. Later killed by Sawada. Shingo Ota is portrayed by Takuji Kawakubo (川久保 拓司Kawakubo Takuji).
• Aonuma (青沼): Transformed into the Sloth Orphnoch (スロースオルフェノクSurōsu Orufenoku) after the attack. Aonuma is portrayed by Kazuma Kurihara (栗原 一馬Kurihara Kazuma).

Orphnochs[edit]

The Orphnochs (オルフェノクOrufenoku) are the series kaijin; they are humans who are reborn as zombie-like beings either naturally or by Smart Brain. Their goal is to annihilate humanity either by turning other humans into more Orphnoch or killing them off completely. However, there are those who believe that they can still live as humans; those who possessed that mindset become targets for elimination by Smart Brain.

Yuji Kiba[edit]

Yuji Kiba (木場 勇治Kiba Yūji) is a young man who becomes the Horse Orphnoch (ホースオルフェノクHōsu Orufenoku) after dying as a result of a car crash, although he lived in a comatose state for two years. Upon awakening, Kiba finds his life in ruins from his uncle selling his family's company to his girlfriend Chie Morishita leaving him for his cousin Kazuaki Kiba. This causes Kiba to murder his cousin out of uncontrolled rage, and later Chie for selling him out, turning to Smart Brain for protection. But Kiba quickly comes to deplore Smart Brain's tactics and resolves to become an Orphnoch who will protect humans and fight Smart Brain, yet ends up fighting Faiz due to a misunderstanding between them both there they later learned each other's true identity and intent. But after he believed Yuka to have been killed by the police, killing Kusaka for his Kaixa Driver, Kiba discards his ideals and eventually replaces Murakami as the chairman of Smart Brain. Kiba's faith in humanity is eventually restored after his final battle with Takumi, later sacrificing himself to enable Faiz to defeat the Arch Orphnoch.

In the film Paradise Lost, Kiba is brainwashed by the Smart Brain corporation and is chosen to be the user of the Orga Gear, allowing him to transform into Kamen Rider Orga (仮面ライダーオーガKamen Raidā Ōga). The Orga gear was recorded as the fifth Rider Gear created by Smart Brain, after the Faiz and Kaixa Gears were stolen by the humans and the Riotrooper gear had undergone mass-production. Created alongside the Psyga Gear, the Orga Gear is regarded as a 'perfect' gear, and therefore it can only be worn by Orphnochs. Kamen Rider Orga has a more ornate appearance than any of the previous Gears, the Rider form having robes made of Soul Foam for a majestic appearance. Orga is armed with the Orga Stlanzer sword which he uses in the Orga Slash Extreme Charge. He is sent to fight Kamen Rider Faiz after Psyga is defeated. Faiz is finally able to defeat Kamen Rider Orga with Blaster Forms Rider Kick, but does not kill him. Instead, Orga dies while trying to hold off the Elasmotherium Orphnoch so Faiz can destroy it.

Yuji Kiba was portrayed by Masayuki Izumi (泉 政行Izumi Masayuki).

Yuka Osada[edit]

Yuka Osada (長田 結花Osada Yuka) is a teenage girl who is bullied terribly by her younger sister and other girls in her school and basketball team. Yuka's parents favored her sister over her. After suffering extreme emotional stress she falls down snow covered stairs and revives as the Crane Orphnoch (クレインオルフェノクKurein Orufenoku), and slaughters the entire basketball team, her sister included. She meets Kiba, and agrees with his ideals of protecting humans, although occasionally kills humans who seem bad (bullies, etc.) without others knowing. She exchanged e-mails with Keitaro before (and to a lesser extent after) becoming an Orphnoch, and seemed to have a semi-romantic relationship. She later developed a strong crush on Kaido, though he did not reciprocate.

Yuka Osada is portrayed by Yoshika Katō (加藤 美佳Katō Yoshika).

Naoya Kaido[edit]

Naoya Kaido (海堂 直也Kaidō Naoya) is a young man sired the Snake Orphnoch (スネークオルフェノクSunēku Orufenoku) by Eiichi Toda, the temporary chief of Smart Brain, to make an example to Kiba and Yuka of how Orphnochs must make allies. He is an overly eccentric person prone to incredibly fast speeches and constant mood swings. He played the guitar in his younger days, but sabotage by his teacher destroyed some of the motorskills in his left hand, forcing him to abandon his music. After struggling with his nature as an Orphnoch, Kaido ends up living with Kiba and Yuka, although he is the least concerned about protecting humans. At times he sides with Smart Brain over Kiba and Yuka, but his powerful conscience often stops him from committing heinous acts at the last second. He temporarily used the Faiz Gear and the Smart Buckle in the series. In the film Paradise Lost, Kaido confesses to Yuka then gets eaten by the Elasmotherium Orphenoch.

Naoya Kaido is portrayed by Mitsuru Karahashi (唐橋 充Karahashi Mitsuru).

Smart Brain[edit]

A company that is a front for a group of Orphnochs dedicated to overthrowing humanity, Smart Brain (スマートブレインSumāto Burein) is ironically where the Rider Gears were developed from. This is the largest coordinated group of Orphnochs ever seen, and in Paradise Lost they seem to have formed a de facto government after the Orphnoch revolution.

Kyoji Murakami[edit]

Kyoji Murakami (村上 峡児Murakami Kyōji) is the Rose Orphnoch (ローズオルフェノクRōzu Orufenoku), Murakami replaced the temporary chief of Smart Brain, Eiichi Toda, after Toda was defeated by Faiz. He was later overthrown from his position by Hanagata and was replaced by Kiba. In Paradise Lost he has somehow been reduced to a head in a tank, although he still commands a high place in Smart Brain.

Kyoji Murakami is portrayed by Katsuyuki Murai (村井 克行Murai Katsuyuki).

Hanagata[edit]

Hanagata (花形) is the Ryusei School's foster father, the former chief of Smart Brain, and the Goat Orphnoch (ゴートオルフェノクGōto Orufenoku). He also created the three Rider belts. He disappeared because he discovered that he was dying from his evolution into an Orphnoch, taking the Rider Gears with him and sending them to surviving members of Ryusei School. He returned to Smart Brain to strip the acting chief of his duties and appointed Kiba as the permanent head of the company before he finally dies.

Hanagata is portrayed by Koji Naka (中 康治Naka Kōji).

Smart Lady[edit]

Smart Lady (スマートレディSumāto Redi) is the 'mascot' of Smart Brain, she works closely under the orders of the company's chief and helps fledgling Orphnochs. She never exhibits Orphnoch powers, and her species is left ambiguous. She acts friendly and playful towards the many workers at Smart Brain, although she doesn't realize that no one enjoys her company.

Smart Lady is portrayed by Hitomi Kurihara (栗原 瞳Kurihara Hitomi).

Leo[edit]

Leo (レオReo) is a foreign Orphnoch who is given the Psyga Gear by the Smart Brain corporation, allowing him to transform into Kamen Rider Psyga (仮面ライダーサイガKamen Raidā Saiga), who leads the Orphnochs in their crusade exterminate humanity under the personal supervision of the Kyoji Murakami. It is not stated in the film which Orphnoch Leo is; in the S.I.C Hero Saga prequel story Lost World, he is the first Lion Orphnoch (a different character is the second Lion Orphnoch in the film).

Created alongside the Orga Gear, the Psyga Gear is regarded as a 'perfect' gear, and therefore it can only be worn by Orphnochs, with its overall capabilities appears to be as fast and strong as the existing Gears, nearly matching Kamen Rider Faiz Axel Form for speed and exceeded Kaixa for strength. Because the weapons appear once the armor is formed and are created based on trial data from the previous gears, it possesses much greater functionality and ability than the previous Riders. Psyga also has the Flying Attacker jetpack that he uses to travel with. It also acts as one of Psyga's weapons, transforming into a 'Blaster Rifle Mode' in which the engines turn into either rapid fire ray guns or discharge a single blast of energy. Psyga is also armed with the Psyga Tonfa Edges, which are used in his 'Tonfa Edge EX' Exceed Charge attack. Despite his more advanced Rider gear, the more experienced Faiz hits the Sparkle Cut through the Gear itself and into Leo's stomach, destroying the Gear and killing Leo, reducing him to dust.

He did not appear in the TV series and only appeared in the film Paradise lost.

Leo is portrayed by Peter Ho (ピーター・ホーPītā Hō).

Riotroopers[edit]

Riotroopers (ライオトルーパーRaiotorūpā) are Smart Brain's personal army of users of mass-produced Kamen Rider-like transformation devices known as Smart Buckles.

Lucky Clover[edit]

The Lucky Clover (ラッキークローバーRakkī Kurōbā) are an elite quartet of Orphnochs within Smart Brain who are 'cream of the crop' and answer to the Chief. Only two of the original four survived.

Itsuro Takuma[edit]

Itsuro Takuma (琢磨 逸郎Takuma Itsurō): The Centipede Orphnoch (センチピードオルフェノクSenchipīdo Orufenoku). He is always in fear of Kitazaki and takes any opportunity when Kitazaki is weakened or hurt to bully him back. Takuma is one of the few Orphnoch to survive at the end of the series. He ran away during the final battle and decided to join human society.

Itsuro Takuma is portrayed by Jun Yamasaki (山崎 潤Yamasaki Jun).

Saeko Kageyama[edit]

Saeko Kageyama (影山 冴子Kageyama Saeko): The Lobster Orphnoch (ロブスターオルフェノクRobusutā Orufenoku), the calmest of the group. She often will show up to provide emotional support to her fellow Orphnoch when they seem scared or confused; many times for Takuma and Takumi. She is also the first Orphnoch to have her human form removed into becoming inmortal thanks her awakened king Arch Orphnoch. In the end after Arch Orphnoch's defeat, Saeko becoming his caretaker while went into hiding from human society with him.

Saeko Kageyama is portrayed by Waka (和香).

Kitazaki[edit]

Kitazaki (北崎): The Dragon Orphnoch (ドラゴンオルフェノクDoragon Orufenoku), the strongest of the group. He has two forms as an Orphnoch. His first form is the largest and most powerful. His second form is smaller and much faster than the first one. Everything he touches turns into ashes and he continually uses this fact to tease and bully Takuma. His ability to turn anything to ash has caused him to suffer from mental incapacitation. He is responsible for the massacre at Ryusei School reunion, in which Takumi involved to stop his terror. He is later being eaten alive by the awakened ghost of Arch Orphnoch.

Kitazaki is portrayed by Ray Fujita (藤田 玲Fujita Rei).

J[edit]

J (ジェイJei): The Crocodile Orphnoch (クロコダイルオルフェノクKurokodairu Orufenoku) who usually travels with his pet dog, Chaco. He has three lives and was finally killed by Takumi.

J is portrayed by Kenneth Duria (ケネス・ヅリアKenesu Zuria).

Aki Sawada[edit]

Aki Sawada (澤田 亜希Sawada Aki): The Spider Orphnoch (スパイダーオルフェノクSupaidā Orufenoku). Formerly of the Ryusei School until the attack at the reunion, with Sawada turned into an Orphnoch in the aftermath during a Smart Brain experiment. He killed Saya to get the Delta Gear in order to become the new fourth member of 'Lucky Clover'. He has a habit of crafting animal origami and lighting them on fire just before a massacre. The flame would usually die out once the massacre is over.

Aki Sawada is portrayed by Gō Ayano (綾野 剛Ayano Gō).

Others[edit]

• Joji Soeno (添野 錠二Soeno Jōji): A senior detective, he investigates Ryuseiji case as well as the recent Orphnoch attacks that are similar to it. Joji Soeno is portrayed by Taro Ishida (石田 太郎Ishida Tarō).
• Sawamura (沢村): A detective. Sawamura is portrayed by Koji Iwakawa (岩川 幸司Iwakawa Kōji).
• Hikaru Soeno (添野 ひかるSoeno Hikaru): Joji Soeno's daughter and Mari's senpai beautician. Hikaru Soeno is portrayed by Manami Miwake (三訳 真奈美Miwake Manami).
• Tetsuo Itagaki (板垣 哲生Itagaki Tetsuo): One of the two excavators who ended up in the underground Ryusei School and encounter the Goat Orphnoch. Tetsuo Itagaki is portrayed by Atsushi Fukazawa (深沢 敦Fukazawa Atsushi).
• Kazufumi Mizuno (水野 和史Mizuno Kazufumi): One of the two excavators who ended up in the underground Ryusei School and encounter the Goat Orphnoch. Kazufumi Mizuno is portrayed by Kengo Ohkuchi (大口 兼悟Ōkuchi Kengo).
• Masahiko Minami (南 雅彦Minami Masahiko): A high officer of the National Police Agency. Masahiko Minami is portrayed by Atsushi Ogawa (小川 敦史Ogawa Atsushi).

External links[edit]

• Kamen Rider 555 cast at TV Asahi (in Japanese)

Kamen Rider 555 (仮面ライダー555（ファイズ）Kamen Raidā Faizu, officially Masked Rider Φ's, also read Kamen Rider Faiz or Phi's) is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It is the 13th installment in the Kamen Rider Series. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei, and was broadcast on TV Asahi from January 26, 2003 to January 18, 2004. And it was the first series to use TV Asahi's current logo. It aired as a part of TV Asahi's 2003 Super Hero Time block with Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger.

• 2Rider Gears
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Story[edit]

The Smart Brain corporation, the world's most powerful corporation, is trying to take over the world using Orphnoch, the 'next stage in humanity's evolution', to covertly kill off the human population. In pursuit of this, they develop three suits of power armor, called Rider Gears (each for Delta, Faiz, and Kaixa), to find and protect the Orphnoch King, who can fix a defect within Orphnoch DNA which causes their genetic structure to break down, leading to death.

The Rider Gears are stolen by Hanagata, the Goat Orphnoch and former chief of Smart Brain. He sends them to his foster children (dubbed the 'Ryuseiji', after the school they attended) so they can stop the Orphnoch from achieving their goal. However, Rider Gears were designed to be worn by Orphnoch, and humans are unable to activate the systems without undergoing genetic modification.

A young loner, Takumi Inui, is unwittingly drawn into the conflict between the Orphnoch and humans and becomes Kamen Rider Faiz to save the life of Mari Sonoda, one of the Ryuseiji. Smart Brain begins targeting him in an attempt to retrieve the Faiz Gear.

However, there is division amongst the Orphnoch, as those who wish to co-exist with humans rather than kill them, begin resisting the Smart Brain, who in turn targets them as well. Most of these 'renegade' Orphnochs are either killed, remain neutral or begin siding with the Ryuseiji against the Smart Brain.

When the Tokyo police discover the Orphnoch are behind a series of bizarre murders, they begin operations to defeat the creatures, largely unaware of the various factions involved. They even begin performing experiments on captured Orphnoch in an attempt to find ways of destroying them, though this does not go well.

The Orphnoch King eventually awakens within a young boy named Teruo Suzuki, whom Naoya Kaido and Keitaro Kikuchi saved and befriended. Now, it is up to the holders of the Rider Gears to band together and fight for humanity's survival.

Rider Gears[edit]

The equipment used in the series to transform is referred to as Rider Gear. It was created to be worn by the Orphnoch to protect their Orphnoch King. Each Rider Gear contains a belt known as a Driver used to form armor that protects the wearer and amplifies their strengths and abilities. The armor's theme is based on a letter from the Greek alphabet, and contains the letter somehow within the aesthetic design. The Gears also have a method to input command codes, a cell phone number keypad for most, which can activate armor and various weapons. The sound effects of a dialing in any of the Rider Gear phones were later referenced in episode 17 of Kamen Rider Kabuto.

The TV series focused on three sets of Rider Gear: Faiz Gear, Kaixa Gear, and Delta Gear. During the TV series, Hanagata, the foster father of the Ryuseiji and former chief executive of Smart Brain, attempted to create several new Rider Gears, using two lost people to test out the first two. The two belts failed to create Rider armor, resulting in the wearer's deaths. When Itsuro Takuma of Lucky Clover wore the third one it disabled him for a few seconds before it dissolved. The fourth dissolved without ever being worn. The Kamen Rider 555 movie, Paradise Lost, introduced two additional sets of Rider Gear: Psyga Gear and Orga Gear.

Riotrooper Army[edit]

The show featured a series of mass-produced transformation belts called Smart Buckle, which enabled the wearer to transform into a generic Riotrooper. The Riotroopers were introduced in the movie, and later added at the end of the TV series.

Live Stage-Show[edit]

A live stage-show of Kamen Rider Faiz featured three unique riders named Alpha, Beta, and Gamma.

Naming Conventions[edit]

Each set of Rider Gear is code-locked, in addition to being only usable by Orphnoch. These codes, input through the phone of each Gear, are a set of numbers that relate to the theme of each Gear. For the Faiz Gear, the code is 5-5-5, or 'fives', phonetically similar to the word Faiz. For the Kaixa Gear, the code is 9-1-3, which is read in goroawase as 'Ka-I-Sa'. Delta Gear's phone was voice-activated, yet nonetheless also was coded with 3-3-3, a reference to the Greek letter Delta, a triangle.

The goroawase system was also used for the Psyga Gear, where the code 3-1-5 is read as 'Sa-I-Go'. The Orga Gear, patterned after the Greek Omega, the final letter, is code-locked to 0-0-0.

Episodes[edit]

Films[edit]

Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost[edit]

Kamen Rider 555 the Movie: Paradise Lost (劇場版 仮面ライダー555 パラダイス・ロストGekijōban Kamen Raidā Faizu Paradaisu Rosuto), was released during the run of the series, as a double feature alongside Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger: Abare Summer is Freezing! on August 16, 2003. The film was 81 minutes long. A few new characters and Rider Gears were introduced in the movie.

Kamen Rider Taisen[edit]

A trailer for Heisei Rider vs. Shōwa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai (平成ライダー対昭和ライダー 仮面ライダー大戦 feat.スーパー戦隊Heisei Raidā Tai Shōwa Raidā Kamen Raidā Taisen Fīcharingu Sūpā Sentai) was shown in theaters with The Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle. The film's website reveals that it would be released in Japanese theaters on March 29, 2014. Kohei Murakami and Kento Handa were confirmed to reprise their respective roles from Kamen Rider 555.

Super Hero Taisen GP[edit]

Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3 (スーパーヒーロー大戦GP 仮面ライダー3号Supā Hīrō Taisen Guranpuri Kamen Raidā Sangō) is the 2015 entry of the 'Super Hero Taisen' film series, featuring the cast of Kamen Rider Drive and the appearance of Kamen Rider 3, which was originally created by Shotaro Ishinomori for the one-shot 1972 manga Rider #3 VS. General Black (3ごうライダーたい ブラックしょうぐんのまきSangō Raidā Tai Burakku Shōgun no Maki). Kento Handa reprises his role in the film, which was scheduled to open in theaters on March 21, 2015,^[1][2] and its sequel Kamen Rider 4 (仮面ライダー4号Kamen Raidā Yongō), which has Mitsuru Karahashi reprising his role. In Kamen Rider 4, it reveals the truth after the end of Kamen Rider 555 TV series, especially on Takumi himself.

Hyper Battle Video[edit]

Kamen Rider 555: Hyper Battle Video (仮面ライダー555（ファイズ） ハイパーバトルビデオKamen Raidā Faizu Haipā Batoru Bideo) features a boom box called the Faiz Sounder developed by the Smart Brain corporation appearing at the laundromat where Takumi, Mari, and Keitaro work at, causing them and everyone else to break into song and dance. The Faiz Sounder was created as a result of a contest for Televi Magazine for a new weapon for Kamen Rider Faiz.

Lost World[edit]

The S.I.C. Hero Saga side story for 555 published in Monthly Hobby Japan magazine was titled Masked Rider 555: Lost World (MASKED RIDER 555 -ロスト・ワールド-Kamen Raidā Faizu -Rosuto Wārudo-). It serves as a prologue to the alternate story that was 555: Paradise Lost, and features the new character Riotrooper Ver. 2 (ライオトルーパーver.2Raiotorūpā ver.2). The story ran from October 2005 to January 2006.

Chapter titles

1. Faiz (ファイズFaizu)
2. Kaixa (カイザKaiza)
3. Delta (デルタDeruta)
4. Psyga (サイガSaiga)

Video game[edit]

A video game based on the series was produced by Bandai for the PlayStation 2. It was a fighting game which featured many of the characters from the TV series. There were several modes of gameplay for either a single play or two players. It was released only in Japan near the end of the TV series on December 18, 2003.^[3]

Blu-ray release[edit]

In 2014, 555 received a three-part Blu-ray release. To promote the release, the cast reunited after 10 years, but they remarked that not much has changed, other than Yoshika Kato changing her stage name to Leilani Gaja and her new life in Hong Kong and series lead Kento Handa's recent popularity on the variety show Tamori Club where he has surprised guests with his knowledge of high-rise buildings and kayōkyoku.^[4] Dry fertilizer blend calculator excel.

Cast[edit]

• Takumi Inui (乾 巧Inui Takumi): Kento Handa (半田 健人Handa Kento)
• Mari Sonoda (園田 真理Sonoda Mari): Yuria Haga (芳賀 優里亜Haga Yuria)
• Keitaro Kikuchi (菊池 啓太郎Kikuchi Keitarō): Ken Mizorogi (溝呂木 賢Mizorogi Ken)
• Yuji Kiba (木場 勇治Kiba Yūji): Masayuki Izumi (泉 政行Izumi Masayuki)
• Yuka Osada (長田 結花Osada Yuka): Yoshika Kato (加藤 美佳Katō Yoshika)
• Naoya Kaido (海堂 直也Kaidō Naoya): Mitsuru Karahashi (唐橋 充Karahashi Mitsuru)
• Masato Kusaka (草加 雅人Kusaka Masato): Kohei Murakami (村上 幸平Murakami Kōhei)
• Shuji Mihara (三原 修二Mihara Shūji): Atsushi Harada (原田 篤Harada Atsushi)
• Rina Abe (阿部 里奈Abe Rina): Rie Kasai (河西 りえKasai Rie)
• Aki Sawada (澤田 亜希Sawada Aki): Gō Ayano (綾野 剛Ayano Gō)
• Teruo Suzuki (鈴木 照夫Suzuki Teruo): Kayato Watanabe (渡辺 彼野人Watanabe Kayato)
• Joji Soeno (添野 錠二Soeno Jōji): Taro Ishida (石田 太郎Ishida Tarō)
• Sawamura (沢村): Koji Iwakawa (岩川 幸司Iwakawa Kōji)
• Hikaru Soeno (添野 ひかるSoeno Hikaru): Manami Miwake (三訳 真奈美Miwake Manami)
• Masahiko Minami (南 雅彦Minami Masahiko): Atsushi Ogawa (小川 敦史Ogawa Atsushi)
• J (ジェイJei): Kenneth Duria (ケネス・ヅリアKenesu Zuria)
• Itsuro Takuma (琢磨 逸郎Takuma Itsurō): Jun Yamasaki (山崎 潤Yamasaki Jun)
• Saeko Kageyama (影山 冴子Kageyama Saeko): Waka (和香)
• Kitazaki (北崎): Ray Fujita (藤田 玲Fujita Rei)
• Smart Lady (スマートレディSumāto Redi): Hitomi Kurihara (栗原 瞳Kurihara Hitomi)
• Kyoji Murakami (村上 峡児Murakami Kyōji): Katsuyuki Murai (村井 克行Murai Katsuyuki)
• Hanagata (花形): Koji Naka (中 康治Naka Kōji)
• Kazufumi Mizuno (水野 和史Mizuno Kazufumi): Kengo Ohkuchi (大口 兼悟Ōkuchi Kengo)
• Tetsuo Itagaki (板垣 哲生Itagaki Tetsuo): Atsushi Fukazawa (深沢 敦Fukazawa Atsushi)
• Takako Shimaji (島地 貴子Shimaji Takako): Chika Nakagami (中上 ちかNakagami Chika)
• Teruo's Shadow (照夫の影Teruo no Kage): Shun Kobayashi (小林 俊Kobayashi Shun)
• Orphnochs (オルフェノクOrufenoku, Voice): Katsumi Shiono (塩野 勝美Shiono Katsumi)
• Arch Orphnoch (アークオルフェノクĀku Orufenoku, Voice): Hiroshi Yanaka (家中 宏Yanaka Hiroshi)
• Narration, Driver Voice: Takehiko Kano (假野 剛彦Kano Takehiko)

Guest actors[edit]

• Chie Morishita (森下 千恵Morishita Chie, 1, 2): Mika Katsumura (勝村 美香Katsumura Mika)
• Yuji Kiba's Father (木場 勇治の父Kiba Yūji no Chichi, 1): Shinichi Kase (加瀬 慎一Kase Shinichi)
• Yuji Kiba's Mother (木場 勇治の母Kiba Yūji no Haha, 1): Midori Takei (竹井 みどりTakei Midori)
• Akai (赤井, 3, 4): Katsuyuki Yamazaki (山﨑 勝之Yamazaki Katsuyuki)
• Eiichi Toda (戸田 英一Toda Eiichi, 5, 6): Shigeki Kagemaru (影丸 茂樹Kagemaru Shigeki)
• Professor (教授Kyōju, 7, 8): Ichiro Ogura (小倉 一郎Ogura Ichirō)
• Gorgeous Man (ゴージャスな男Gōjasu na Otoko, 31, 32): Masaki Tachi (舘 正貴Tachi Masaki)
• Crab Orphnoch (クラブオルフェノクKurabu Orufenoku, Voice; 41, 42): Satoshi Matsuda (松田 悟志Matsuda Satoshi)

Songs[edit]

Opening theme

• 'Justiφ's'
  • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
  • Composition: Kazuto Sato
  • Arrangement: Kōtarō Nakagawa
  • Artist: ISSA (of DA PUMP)
  • Episodes: 2 - 49

Insert themes

Kamen Rider 555 Episode 28

• 'Dead or alive'
  • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
  • Composition: Katsuya Yoshida
  • Arrangement: Akio Kondo
  • Artist: Shinichi Ishihara
  • Episodes: 2 - 20
• 'The people with no name'
  • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
  • Rap Lyrics: m.c.A.T
  • Composition: Cher Watanabe
  • Arrangement: RIDER CHIPS
  • Artist: RIDER CHIPS featuring m.c.A.T
  • Episodes: 21 - 32, 39
• 'EGO ~ eyes glazing over'
  • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
  • Composition & Arrangement: Cher Watanabe
  • Artist: ICHIDAI (of ROLL DAYS)
  • Episodes: 33 - 38, 41 - 48
• 'Justiφ's -Accel Mix-'
  • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
  • Composition: Kazuto Sato
  • Arrangement: Kazunori Miyake
  • Artist: ISSA (of DA PUMP)
  • Episodes: 40, Movie

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References[edit]

1. ^Anime News Network (December 15, 2014). 'Shotaro Ishinomori's Kamen Rider #3 Gets New Film in 2015'. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
2. ^Ameblo.jp (January 20, 2015). '映画『スーパーヒーロー大戦GP 仮面ライダー3号'. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
3. ^'Kamen Rider 555 Info'. GameFAQs. Retrieved June 1, 2007.
4. ^'「仮面ライダー555」主要キャストが10年ぶり集結！ブルーレイ化が決定！ - シネマトゥデイ'. Cinematoday.jp. Retrieved 2013-10-28.

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External links[edit]

• Official website at TV Asahi at the Wayback Machine (archived October 24, 2016)
• Official website at Toei Company at the Wayback Machine (archived February 11, 2004)
• Korean Masked Rider Φ's(in Korean)