Kamen Rider Gaim 37

Episode 37; Soccer Showdown with Baron! The Summer Battlefield!; バロン・サッカー対決　夏の陣！
	Kamen Rider Gaim episode
Writer	Mouri Nobuhiro; Haganeya Jin (Draft)
Director	Shibasaki Takayuki
Action Director	Ishigaki Hirofumi
Original air date	July 13, 2014
Viewership	4.9%
Forum Thread	Thread
Episode chronology
← Previous; Episode 36; Sibling Settlement! Zangetsu VS Zangetsu Shin!	Next →; Episode 38; The Professor Returns
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Kamen Rider Gaim
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Aired with TQG Station 20
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Important things that happened

Zack / Armored Rider Knuckle - Matsuda Gaku → ザック - 松田岳
Peko - Momose Saku → ペコ - 百瀬朔
Hase Ryouji - Shiramata Atsushi → 初瀬亮二 - 白又敦
Jounouchi Hideyasu / Armored Rider Guridon - Matsuda Ryo → 城乃内秀保 - 松田凌
Oren Pierre Alfonzo / Armored Rider Bravo - Yoshida Metal → 鳳蓮・ピエール・アルフォンゾ - 吉田メタル
DJ Sagara - Yamaguchi Tomomitsu → DJサガラ - 山口智充

This episode is both a plug for the Gaim movie and a way of capitalizing on the 2014 World Cup fever that has afflicted the world.
On his jersey, Peko's name is spelled with a k.
The two guests, Nakamura Kengo and Ota Kosuke, are both soccer members of J League. Nakamura plays for Kawasaki Frontale while Ota plays for F.C. Tokyo.
Differences between worlds
- The motif of the alternate world is soccer instead of fruit. The fruit decoration at Bandou's place is replaced with a soccer decoration. Sagara's booth is filled with soccer stuff too.
- In this world, there is no Inves invasion and thus Hase is still alive.
- The Riders of this world only use their belts on the soccer field. When Kaito prompts Zack to join him in battle, Zack admits that he's never used the belt for fighting before.
Malus is thought to be derived from the Ancient Greek words "bad" and/or "apple". It is also the name of a group of apple tree species.