Kamen Rider Zeronos

The second Rider in the Kamen Rider Den-O series.

Kamen Rider Zeronos

仮面ライダーゼロノス

Character Name: Sakurai Yuuto (桜井侑斗)

Actor: Nakamura Yuuichi (中村優一) - Young ver. / Okano Tomonobu (岡野友信) - Elder ver.

(For easier distinction, the young ver. will be referred as Yuuto, while the elder ver. will be referred as Sakurai.)

Suit Actor: Ito Makoto (伊藤慎)

Different Forms

Altair Form

Altair Form is Yuuto's basic form

ZeroLiner

Drill

ドリル

Naginata

ナギナタ

Motif

Zeronos' designs are based on the Japanese Tanabata Festival, which origiated from the Chinese Qi Xi festival and the folklore story, "The Princess and the Cowherd". It tells of the story of two deities, Niulang (Chinese: 牛郎, "the cowherd) and Zhinü (Chinese: 织女, the weavergirl). They were lovers that were separated by the the galactic river, and were allowed to meet only once a year on the seventh day of the seventh month on the magpie bridge over river.

The story is inspired by The Summer Triangle Altair, Vega and Deneb, the the brightest stars in the three constellations of Aquila, Cygnus, and Lyra. The star Altair is located in the west of the Milky Way, while the Star Vega is located in the east. The Milky Way in the middle separate the two stars. Deneb marks the location of the bridge across the Milky Way that is formed on the seventh day of the seventh month.

Zeronos Altair Form's design is based on a bull (a cowherd), Vega Form's visor is a spool of thread (a weaver) and the Deneb Imagin is based on a magpie. Other than being the namesake of Zeronos' different forms and his Imagin, the story also represents the Form changes, with the link between changing from Altair Form to Vega Form being the Deneb Imagin.

The story reflects the circumstances of Sakurai and his fiancee Nogami Airi, where they are in love but are not allow to meet.

Trivia

• The name Zeronos is derived from the title phrase of Episode 19 "That Man, Zero no Start" (その男、ゼロのスタート Sono Otoko, Zero no Sutāto), meaning "That man, starts at Zero".