Kamen Rider Kabuto (Character)

仮面ライダーカブト

The titular character of the show Kamen Rider Kabuto.

User - Tendou Souji.

Tendou Souji - Played by Mizushima Hiro

Suit actor - Takaiwa Seiji

Kabuto was the first system in the Masked Rider project that was started 35 years before the start of the series. The user catches the Kabuto Zecter and transforms by setting it on their Rider Belt.

It has two base forms. The heavier, more armored Masked form and the faster, more destructive Rider form.

Kamen Rider Kabuto Masked Form

マスクドフォーム

Height: 190cm

Weight: 132kg

Punch force: 8t

Kick force: 10t

Jump force: In one bound can travel 20m

Running power: 100m in 8.9s

Kabuto's Masked Form is mostly silverish gray with some red colors. The blue eye piece can be seen underneath. The base suit underneath is black.

When first transforming, this is the form that most Riders in this series start off with. This form is bulky, but heavily armored.

An additional way to go into this form is to use the Put On (プットオン) ability while in Rider form.

In this form he mainly uses the Kabuto Kunaigun in Gun Mode and Axe Mode.

Kamen Rider Kabuto Rider Form

ライダーフォーム

Height: 195cm

Weight: 95kg

Punch force: 3t

Kick force: 7t

Jump force: In one bound can travel 37m

Running power: 100m in 5.8s

When a Rider uses Cast Off (キャストオフ) in Masked Form, the armor pieces fly off. During this process, the Zecter will say Cast Off! Change Beetle! The pieces flying off can be used to surprise and hurt enemies. After the pieces are off, Kabuto's horn will rise and fit on top of the blue eye piece.

Kabuto's armor pieces are mostly red on top of a black base suit. With the horn up, his blue eye section looks bisected (while it appears to be one circle in Masked Form).

The main advantage of the Rider Form is to use the Clock Up (クロックアップ) feature. This ability lets Kabuto temporarily move at extreme speeds to match Worm and enemy Riders.

In this form he mainly uses his Kabuto KunaiGun in Kunai Mode.

The only time he goes straight into Rider Mode is in the Hyper Battle Video.

Kamen Rider Kabuto Hyper Form

ハイパーフォーム
AKA Hyper Kabuto ハイパーカブト

Height: 198cm

Weight: 102kg

Punch force: 10t

Kick force: 15t

Jump force: In one bound can travel 50m

Running power: 100m in 4.2s

Using the Hyper Zecter, Tendou Souji is able to access Kabuto's Hyper Form. Tendou attaches the Hyper Zecter on the left side of his Rider Belt. He cranks the Hyper Zecter's horn and the device says Hyper Cast Off changing him into his Hyper Form.

In Hyper Form, Kabuto becomes bulkier, his horn bigger, his eyes lighter blue, and bug wings of energy.

This form has the ability to perform a Hyper Clock Up (ハイパークロックアップ) The Hyper Zecter can travel through time, giving this ability to its user in limited quality.

Items

Kabuto Zecter カブトゼクター

Rider Belt ライダーベルト

Tendou mysteriously has his own Rider belt at the beginning of the series, which he uses to take the Kabuto Zecter from Kagami.

Kabuto KunagiGun カブトクナイガン

Kabuto's main weapon.

• Gun Mode ガンモード
• Axe Mode アックスモード
• Kunai Mode クナイモード

Zectmeizer ゼクトマイザー

Hyper Zecter ハイパーゼクター

Perfect Zecter パーフェクトゼクター

Hyper Kabuto's killer weapon. Has a sword mode and a gun mode. Can be powered up with other Rider's Zecters.

When TheBee, Drake, and Sasword Zecters are attached, the device says All Zector Combine and goes into Perfect Mode (パーフェクトモード)

Attacks

Rider Kick (ライダーキック)

When Kabuto presses the buttons on top of the Kabuto Zecter, it fills his leg with energy. The device says One, two, three, Rider Kick. Then Tendou does a roundhouse kick that destroys his enemy. Has a destructive power of 19t.

Extender Rider Kick (エクステンダーキック)

A flying kick done off the Kabuto Extender when in Ex Mode. It has a destructive power of 19t.

Hyper Rider Kick (ハイパーライダーキック)

When the Hyper Zecter's horn is cranked, the device says Maximum Rider Power and fills Hyper Kabuto with energy, allowing him to do his most destructive kick attack. 30 t of damage.

Hyper Blade (ハイパーブレイド)

Perfect Zecter's finisher in sword mode.

Hyper Sting (ハイパースティング)

Perfect Zecter Sword Mode's finisher using TheBee Zecter.

Hyper Axe (ハイパーアックス)

Perfect Zecter Sword Mode's finisher using Drake Zecter. Never used on the show.

Hyper Slash (ハイパースラッシュ)

Perfect Zecter Sword Mode's finisher using Sasword Zecter.

Maximum Hyper Typhoon (マキシマムハイパータイフーン)

Perfect Zecter Sword Mode's finisher when in Perfect Mode.

Hyper Cannon (ハイパーキャノン)

Perfect Zecter Gun Mode's finisher. Never used.

Hyper Laser (ハイパーレーザー)

Perfect Zecter Gun Mode's finisher using TheBee Zecter. Never used.

Hyper Shooting (ハイパーシューティング)

Perfect Zecter Gun Mode's finisher using Drake Zecter.

Hyper Wave (ハイパーウェイブ)

Perfect Zecter Gun Mode's finisher using Sasword Zecter. Never used.

Maximum Hyper Cyclone (マキシマムハイパーサイクロン)

Perfect Zecter Gun Mode's finisher when in Perfect Mode.

Joint Attacks

Triple Rider Kick (トリプルライダーキック)

An attack done with Gatack and Kick Hopper. 58t of damage.

Double Rider Kick (ダブルライダーキック)

A joint attack between Hyper Kabuto and Gatack. 49t of damage.

Red Shoes System

A fail safe that is built into the Kabuto system. Just as the red shoes made the girl in the fable dance against her will, the Kabuto red shoes system would make the user kill all the Worms until there are none left.

This becomes a problem for Tendou, since he doesn't want the system activating and forcing him to kill his sister, who is a Worm.

Appearance in the TV series

Hyper Kabuto

This Rider appears throughout the series, helping the protagonists. He appears to be in permanent Clock Up mode. It eventually is revealed that Hyper Kabuto is Kabuto Hyper Form, and is thus a future version of Tendou. The movie implies that Hyper Kabuto may actually be from an alternate time line.

Related Riders

Kamen Rider Dark Kabuto - Basically a recolor of Kabuto based on Tendou's clone.