Ichinose Houtarou

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一ノ瀬宝太郎

Portrayed by: Motojima Junsei

Ichinose Houtarou is the main protagonist of Kamen Rider Gotchard.

Houtarou is a second-year high school student attending Furasu High School. Although he has not figured out his future yet, Houtarou is actively seeking his Gotcha, or his passion.

Houtarou lives with his mother Ichinose Tamami, and helps her run their family restaurant. He is creative with the restaurant's dishes.

Chosen by the Hopper1 and SteamLiner Chemies to save the world from the sinister Malgam, Houtarou is entrusted with the Gotchardriver by Kudou Fuuga, which Houtarou uses to transform into Kamen Rider Gotchard to fend off the Malgam.

Kamen Rider Gotchard

仮面ライダーガッチャード

Suit actor: Eitoku

Uses the Gotchardriver with RideChemy Trading Cards to transform.
Gotchard's name is a combination of the words gotcha and card.

SteamHopper

スチームホッパー

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SteamHopper!
First appearance: Kamen Rider Geats the Movie (Movie) / Ep 01 (TV)
Height 205.0cm Weight 90.3kg
Punch power 8.2t Kick power 10.0t
Jump power 17.2m 100m Dash 7.3s

Transformation via Gotchardriver (Hopper1 Card in right slot, Steamliner Card in left slot).
Acrobatic and agile in combat. Jumps and kicks with his Hopper Ring Pressure legs while fighting.
SteamHopper's Wild mode is a large, mechanical grasshopper.

  • Finisher via Gotchardriver:
    • SteamHopper Fever (スチームホッパーフィーバー) - Dashes forward and kicks the enemy with a Rider Kick.
TV Asahi site

AppareSkebow

アッパレスケボー

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AppareSkateboard!
First appearance: Ep 03
Height 194.3cm Weight 89.2kg
Punch power 6.4t Kick power 8.2t
Jump power 20.8m 100m Dash 5.5s

Transformation via Gotchardriver (Skebows Card in right slot, Apparebushido Card in left slot).
Slashes and shoots arrows with the GotcharTornado. Fuels the bow's firepower by sliding a RideChemy Card into the bow's Gotcher Spin.
AppareSkebow's Wild mode can spin itself to shield Gotchard from enemy attacks.

  • Finisher via Gotchardriver:
    • AppareSkebow Fever (アッパレスケボーフィーバー) - Traps the enemy in a whirlwind-like dance, before kicking the enemy with a Rider Kick.
TV Asahi site

Wild

Wild Modes are forms used by Gotchard that lack physical appearances, but are powerful in battle.

OdoriMantis Wild

オドリマンティスワイルド

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OdoriMantis!
First appearance: Ep 02
Height N/A Weight N/A
Punch power N/A Kick power N/A
Jump power N/A 100m Dash N/A

Transformation via Gotchardriver (Odorippa Card in right slot, Kamantis Card in left slot).

  • Finisher via Gotchardriver:
    • OdoriMantis Fever (オドリマンティスフィーバー) - Traps the enemy in a whirlwind-like dance. Slashes the enemy with Kamantis' blades.
TV Asahi site

Weapons

RideChemy Cards

Trivia