Kamen Rider Wizard

Kamen Rider Wizard; 仮面ライダーウィザード
Genre	Kamen Rider
Creator	Ishinomori Shoutarou
Writer	Kida Tsuyoshi; Komura Junko
Director	Nakazawa Shoujirou; Morota Satoshi; Maihara Kenzou; Tasaki Ryuuta
Starring	Shiraishi Shunya; Okunaka Makoto; Takayama Yuuko; Tozuka Junki; Ogura Hisahiro
Narrator	Hirata Hiroaki
Opening theme	Life is SHOW TIME by Kiryuuin Shou of Golden Bomber
Composer(s)	Nakagawa Koutarou
Production
Producer(s)	Motoi Kengo (TV Asahi); Utsunomiya Takaaki (Toei)
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	TV Asahi; Toei Company; ADK
Fan Rating	/ 5 Stars
Broadcast
Original channel	TV Asahi
Original airing	September 2, 2012
Chronology
Preceded by	Kamen Rider Fourze
External links
	Website

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仮面ライダーウィザード

September 2, 2012 -

"This fall a new hero will be born! The Kamen Rider this time will be a "wizard"! He uses rings to do a Style Change! He uses the four grand elements to smoothly perform multi-stage transformations!!" - From the TV-Asahi page blurb.

Introduction

In 2012, for the first time there will be a magic wielding Rider. Imbued with the power of magic, jeweled rings allow him to transform, to freely use magic, and to fight evil.

Furthermore, the mask's design is based on the jewel's setting. It adds to the mystical imagery.

Kamen Rider Wizard fights demons that were born on the ritual performed on the solar eclipse. The hero was a survivor of this ritual. The mysterious White Wizard gave him the henshin tool, allowing him to transform into Kamen Rider Wizard. His fate is to protect humanity from the demons.

What was the ultimate goal of the solar eclipse ritual? What is the terrifying power those demons possess? And what fate awaits the one who fights as Wizard?

Expect quirky characters and a mystical story. In the fall of 2012, Kamen Rider Wizard will take over Japan using magic!

Characters

Omokagedou Residents

面影堂

Souma Haruto 操真晴人 / Kamen Rider Wizard - Shiraishi Shunya

Koyomi コヨミ - Okunaka Makoto

Wajima Shigeru 輪島繁 - Ogura Hisahiro

Law Enforcement

Daimon Rinko 大門凛子 - Takayama Yuuko

Chief of Police 署長 -　Komiya Takayasu

Superintendent Kizaki from Department Zero of the National Bureau of Defense - Kawano Naoki → Long from GekiRanger, Kizaki from Wizard

Others

Nara Shunpei 奈良瞬平 - Tozuka Junki

Doughnuts Shop Owner - KABA.chan

Ryuu the Doughnut Shop Employee - Tayano Ryo

Mage in White - Voiced by Takashina Toshitsugu

Narration - Voiced by Hirata Hiroaki

Phantoms

The primary antagonists of the series led by Wiseman. They are being born from humans that have high magic potential known as Gates. When a Gate is put into despair, they give birth to a Phantom which they are not considered to be human anymore. They assume the human form they were born from but the human itself exists no more. The current goal of the Phantoms is to create more Phantoms so Wiseman can hold a Sabbath.

Wiseman - voiced by Furukawa Toshio

Seems to be the leader of the Phantoms and can open a Sabbath.

Misa ミサ / Phantom Medusa ファントム・メデューサ - played by Nakayama Erina

Directly charged by Wiseman to create new Phantoms. She has the ability to spot humans who are Gates. She oversees other Phantoms who she tasks to drive those Gates to despair.

In human form, Misa wears a colorful green and purple dress with a scarf. She wears an armlet on her left arm that matches Yuugo's one on his right.

In Japanese, misa means "mass", like a ceremony or rite.

Yuugo ユウゴ / Phantom Phoenix ファントム・フェニックス - played by Atsumi

Usually accompanies Misa with her duties. He's loose and not as professional as Misa. He reveals that sometimes he can be a hothead and will just lose it when enough stress is put on him. In human form he wears an armlet on his right arm that matches Misa's.

"Yuugo" may be short for yuugou/fusion?

Ghul グール: From the Arabic word al ghûl which means demon. They have prominent demon horns and show up in numbers. They're the grunts of the series. (Sort of explains why Batman's villain Ra's Al Ghul is always called the head of the demons). They are initially rocks until thrown on the ground. The official TV-Asahi site spells it as "Ghoul".

Phantoms

Attacks in Wizard

List of attacks in Wizard

Terminology

Gates: People with high levels of magic. That means there's a Phantom inside their Underworld. Phantoms are what give people the ability to use magic.

Underworld: The world within each of us. The setting changes depending on the specific person. This is usually a scene from the person's memory which represents a moment when they were given hope. One reoccurring theme of this series is that there is a fine line between hope and despair. This is particularly evident in the case of Haruto's Underworld.

Hope: The power of this emotion is what gives people the ability to live. It suppresses the Phantom within them. The moment a Gate gives into despair, the Phantom within starts breaking their Underworld, creating purple cracks on the person. At the end of this process, a Phantom is born, taking the original person's memories and personality. This will usually kill the Gate, but there are exceptions.

In Haruto's case, he used his hope to conquer the Phantom within him, which allows him to become a mage.

Music

Kamen Rider Wizard Discography

Chronology

Episode	Title	Air date	Writer	Director	Ratings
Kamen Rider Fourze the Movie: Everyone say Space Kitaaa!!		August 4, 2012	Nakashima Kazuki	Sakamoto Koichi	N/A
Episode 01	The Mage With the Rings 指輪の魔法使い	September 2, 2012	Kida Tsuyoshi	Nakazawa Shoujirou	7.1%
Episode 02	I Want to be a Mage 魔法使いになりたい	September 9, 2012	Komura Junko Kida Tsuyoshi		7.8%
Episode 03	Henshin! Live Broadcast 変身！生中継	September 16, 2012	Komura Junko Kida Tsuyoshi		6.4%
Episode 04	The Doll and the Pianist 人形とピアニスト	September 23, 2012	Kida Tsuyoshi	Morota Satoshi	6.6%
Episode 05	Final Match of the Contest 決戦のコンクール	September 30, 2012	Kida Tsuyoshi	Morota Satoshi	6.7%
Episode 06	The Beautiful Flower キレイな花には	October 7, 2012	Komura Junko	Maihara Kenzou	5.4%
Episode 07	To Buy a Memory 思い出を買うために	October 14, 2012		Maihara Kenzou	7.1%
Episode 08	A New Magic Stone 新たな魔宝石	October 21, 2012		Nakazawa Shoujirou	6.5%
Episode 09	Dragon's Shout ドラゴンの叫び	October 28, 2012		Nakazawa Shoujirou	6.8%
Episode 10	National Security Bureau Department 0 国家安全局０課	November 11, 2012	Kida Tsuyoshi	Morota Satoshi	5.4%
Episode 11	Promise to Protect Till the End 守り抜く約束	November 18, 2012	Kida Tsuyoshi	Morota Satoshi	6.3%
Episode 12	The Japanese Confectionery, Hope 希望の和菓子	November 25, 2012	Komura Junko	Tasaki Ryuuta	5.7%
Episode 13	The One to Inherit the Dream 夢を継ぐ者	December 2, 2012	Komura Junko	Tasaki Ryuuta	6.4%
Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Wizard & Fourze Movie Taisen Ultimatum		December 8, 2012	Urasawa Yoshio Nakashima Kazuki	Sakamoto Koichi	N/A
Episode 14	The Movie Director Returns 帰って来た映画監督	December 9, 2012	Komura Junko	Maihara Kenzou	5.6%
Episode 15	After the Last Scene ラストシーンの後は	December 16, 2012	Komura Junko	Maihara Kenzou	5.1%
Episode 16	A Christmas Miracle クリスマスの奇跡	December 23, 2012	Kida Tsuyoshi	Nakazawa Shoujirou	5.4%
Episode 17	Another Mage もう一人の魔法使い	January 6, 2013		Nakazawa Shoujirou
Episode 18	魔力が食事	January 13, 2013		Morota Satoshi
Episode 19	今日の命、明日の命	January 20, 2013		Morota Satoshi
Episode 20	近づく真相	January 27, 2012	Komura Junko	Ishida Hidenori
Episode 21		February 3, 2012	Komura Junko	Ishida Hidenori