Kamen Rider W
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仮面ライダーW Kamen Rider Double
September 6, 2009 - August 29, 2010. (49 episodes)
Part of the Heisei Rider 10th anniversary project. Catchphrases are, "These two are a single Kamen Rider" and "This clinches it!" Aired alongside Samurai Sentai Shinkenger and Gosei Sentai Goseiger.
Characters
Narumi Detective Agency
Hidari Shoutarou 左翔太郎 - A half-boiled detective with delusions of being hard-boiled. Becomes the left side of Kamen Rider W. Family name means "left" and his given name comes from the creator of Kamen Rider's name, Ishinomori Shoutarou.
Philip フィリップ - A boy with the Planetary Bookshelves in his mind. Named after Philip Marlowe, the detective protagonist of "The Long Goodbye". Becomes the right side of W.
Narumi Akiko 鳴海 亜樹子 - The daughter of Sokichi Narumi, the former owner of the, "Narumi Detective Agency," until the events of Begins Night. She considers herself to be the boss of the agency, and often bosses around Shoutaro. She also refers to him as, "half-boiled," which in a way is true. Her catchphrase is, "Nobody told me about this," and she often carries around a slipper with kanji on it that she hits people with.
People of Fuuto
Note, when it appears on signs in English, the city's name is spelled Futo.
Museum
- Sonozaki Wakana / Clay Doll -
- Sonozaki Saeko / Taboo -
- Kirihiko / Nasca -
- Sonozaki Ryuubee / Terror
- Mick / Smilodon
Futo Police Department
Terui Ryu 照井 竜 - is the young Superintendent appointed to the Futo Police Department's Paranormal Crime Investigation Division (超常犯罪捜査課 Chōjō Hanzai Sōsaka), much to the chagrin of Shotarou, Jinno, and Shun. He originally becomes Kamen Rider Accel in order to find his family's murderer, Dr. Isaka Shinkuro. After Isaka's death, he finds out there is more behind his family's death and eventually becomes an ally of Shotarou in fighting Dopants.
Portrayed by Kinomoto Minehiro 木ノ本 嶺浩.
Jinno Mikio 刃野 幹夫 - senior detective of the Futo Police Department. He works on the Dopant case together with Shun. He is very gullible and tends to fall for the same trick every time, until an incident with the Jewel Dopant gets him arrested and he vows to be less gullible after he was cleared of all charges. Despite his personality, he is a dedicated officer. He is friends with Shotarou but is unaware of his link to Kamen Rider W. Portrayed by Nadagi Takeshi なだぎ 武.
Makura Shun 真倉 俊 - Jinno's partner, a rookie detective. He's a pleasant guy who has doubts over Shotarou's skills and finds his involvement in the Dopant cases unnecessary. He and Shotarou often get into fights when together, and Jinno has to break them up. Extremely impulsive, and often jumps to conclusions when it comes to solving crimes and accuses people of a crime without any solid proof. He is nicknamed Macky by Shotarou and the other.
Portayed by Nakagawa Shingo 中川 真吾.
Riders
GaiaMemory
- Cyclone The green coloured memory that Phillip uses during the transformation to W.
- Joker The purple coloured memory which Shoutaro uses during the transformation to W. It is also used when Phillip's not around so that he can become, "Kamen Rider Joker."
- Accel The memory that Kamen Rider Accel "Terui Ryuu" uses to transform in to, Kamen Rider Accel.
- Trial (Is this a memory?) The thing Terui Ryuu seaked to gain more power. Upon the completion of Shroud's "ten second challenge," he gained this and is able to, "shake off everything," and accel beyond acceleration.
Chronology
Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider OOO & W Movie Taisen Core
Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO Movie Taisen Mega Max
Music
Trivia
- The Cyclone Joker form of W is the first Kamen Rider since ZX (1984) to wear a scarf.
- First series to use Kamen Rider in the English sub-title. Before it always used Masked Rider.