Satoru Tojo

Kamen Rider Tiger (仮面ライダータイガ, Kamen Raidā Taiga?) is a fictional character in the tokusatsu production Kamen Rider Ryuki. He is one of the 13 Kamen Riders that the story revolves around. His true identity is Satoru Tojo, and he is portrayed by Jun Takatsuki, who is also known for another Tokusatsu series, Ultraman Neos. On some merchandise, the name is "Taiga," (which means "Big Fang" in Japanese) and on others it is "Tiger".



Satoru Tojo
Satoru Tojo (東條悟, Satoru Tōjō?) is very clearly a disturbed man with a twisted moral background. A sort of social outcast determined to do whatever it takes to be accepted. In contrast, Satoru seemed to have shown a great amount of respect to his teacher, adopting most of Kagawa’s analogies on the concept of hero, although Satoru himself often ends up going against them due to his bloodthirsty nature.

Fictional character biography
Satoru presumably was a student of Seiinen University under Hideyuki Kagawa prior to getting the Taiga Deck Shiro. However, through circumstances unknown, Satoru apparently revealed his role as a Rider to Kagawa, which would eventually lead to the two, along with Nakamura on the goal to close the Mirror World, making their base within Lab 401, the laboratory in which Kanzaki had been experimenting with the Mirror World. Creating two fake unenpowered Taiga decks to ensure Satoru's identity is hidden. When Satoru is bumped on accident by Shinji, he accidentally drops a few notes about Mirror World that Shinji read before being ushered out. While Shinji battled the Mirror Monsters he sensed, Taiga reveals himself while aiding Ryuki. This confirmed Shinji's suspicions that Kagawa's group did have some connection to the Mirror World and immediately returned to interrogate them, though he believed that Kagawa was Taiga as he explained that the Mirror Monsters were actually sent by Shiro to kill them as they had found a way to close the Mirror World. Shinji, tired of the Rider War, wished to help Kagawa, only to be told that Shinji is yet to be trusted by them. Later, Satoru secretly attempts to kill Yui as Shinji had managed to save Yui before she was run over.

After Shinji persists to help them, Kagawa offers Shinji a chance in proving he could be trusted, giving Shinja analogy of what he would do if given the choice between saving a group of people or saving a single individual, a reflection of his logic that ‘hero’ must be willing to sacrifice a single life to save the lives of millions. However, while working Atori, Satoru is confronted by Shinji who asked him about Kagawa’s plans to close the Mirror World, only for Satoru to tell him job was best left to himself, Kagawa and Nakamura. However, Shinji later noticed that Satoru had been eying Yui while working, beliving that Satoru had an ulterior motive to working there, believing he may been the mysterious Kamen Rider who has been attacking Yui. While interrogating him about it, Satoru sees Shinji can be trusted and reveals that for Mirror World, Yui Kanzaki had to die for the greater good. Eventually during the final fight with Alternate, revealed to be Nakamura, Taiga arrives to Ryuki's aid and kills Alternative, revealing himself to be Satoru. He later explains that he killed Nakamura for his selfish agenda to kill Yui.

Later, when Shinji wanted to investigate the former Kanzaki household, Satoru decided to follow him. Along the way, the two sensed the presence of Mirror Monsters. After finishing the battle, Satoru turned on Shinji claiming that he didn’t like that Shinji was unwilling to sacrifice Yui. Before Satoru could deal a fatal blow, he was stopped by Kagawa, who did not wish for any unnecessary fatalities. Later, Kagawa would later find himself being forced into making a heavy decision. Shiro had arranged for a Mirror Monster to kill Kagawa’s wife and son. Shiro would allow the two to live if Kagawa gave Shiro the Alternative Zero Deck. Satoru loyally stated that Kagawa’s decision had already been made beforehand. Satoru firmly believed that Kagawa would readily sacrifice his family for the betterment of mankind. Satoru would be proven right as Kagawa joined a massive battle between himself, Satoru, Shinji (who had just moments ago saved Kagawa’s family), Ren, Kitaoka, Asakura (who had developed a grudge against Satoru) and an entire swarm of Zelles. After the battle’s end, Kagawa checked on the condition of his family, glad to realize that they were indeed alive. Satoru was actually surprised by Kagawa’s show of compassion, to which Kagawa told Satoru that a hero was useless if he was numb to human emotions. Satoru and Kagawa would later find themselves interrogated by Reiko, leading to Satoru identifying the woman as a threat. Satoru made an attempt to kill the woman but his efforts were in vain thanks to Kitaoka. The result was a battle between the two which ended with Kitaoka being critically injured. However, Kagawa voiced his disappoint yet again over Satoru’s rash actions, reprimanding the young man yet again.

The two would later find themselves having to deal with another variable in their plans. Apparently, a young Rider by the name of Mitsuru Sano wishes to ally himself with them, throwing rather exaggerated compliments at them. As proof of his worth, Sano took it upon himself to defeat some nearby Monsters, who coincidentally were being handled by Shinji as well. It would turn out that Shinji and Sano appeared to be familiar, and even friendly, terms. Satoru took it upon himself at that moment to attack Shinji. Quite unsurprisingly, Sano chose not to participate in the fight, although he did opt to cheer Shinji on. Before Satoru could kill Shinji, he was once again stopped by Kagawa. After Kagawa, Satoru and Sano returned to the lab, Sano queried on whether he would be allowed to join them. When questioned about his cheering of Shinji, Sano simply feigned ignorance, all the while saying that he’d offer his services to them for the right price.

Kagawa, despite admitting that Sano probably did not understand what exactly he and Satoru wanted, decided to allow Sano to help them much to the Satory's chagrin as they decide to abandon their base. During that time, Kagawa invited Satoru for dinner with his family, hoping to allow Satoru to realize the compassion he believed a ‘hero’ should have. Later, when Sano had located Yui, Satoru and Kagawa arrived to aid him in killing the girl, while trying to stop Shinji from interfering. However, before Yui could be killed by the Contracted Monsters of the three Riders, she somehow managed to control them into attacking their masters. Deciding to take matters into his own hands, Kagawa attempted to kill Yui himself. However, Satoru betrayed Kagawa, claiming that in order to be a true hero, one had to win the Rider War. Because of that, Satoru would have to kill Kagawa, an act which he swiftly committed based on Kagawa's words that a hero must sacrifice those he loves. This action resulted in Satoru losing his nerve and become more crazed and being wrecked with guilt.

Satoru would be confronted by Sano later on, the latter wondering if the contract he made with Kagawa was still in effect. Satoru merely dismissed Sano, stating that his wish to become a hero did not involve Sano’s participation. Sano complied though not before noting that Satoru did not at all seem as clear as he did before. Asakura would later appear to pick a fight with Satoru, still holding a grudge against the young man for having defeated him before. With Satoru unable to get it together, Ohja gave Taiga a quick and painful defeat as he barely managed to escape with his life. The losing streak continued with Zolda as Ohja joins the fray. Luckily for Satoru, Sano found him in his weakened state and decided to allow Satoru to stay with him until he got better. During his stay with Sano, Satoru admitted that the reason he wanted to be a ‘hero’ was because he wanted people to like him more. It was also during this period that Satoru admitted that he saw Sano as a friend. However, Satoru later contradicted himself when interrupted a battle between Imperer and Ryuki, betraying Sano and injured the man before Ryuki interferes as he was able to kill him. However, Satoru was convinced that he managed to kill Sano, rescuing Asakura from a police chase to demand a rematch, But when Asakura revealed to Satoru that he did not kill Sano and he personally finished him off, Satoru panics and runs off. Satoru later ambushed Kitaoka and began a battle with him, losing as Kitaoka explained to Satoru that the moment he wanted to become a ‘hero’, was the moment he failed in his goal.

Shinja later finds Satoru in Lab 401 destroying all the notes on Mirror World, confused about what he should do now and wished that Kagawa was still alive. Later while, watching Kitaoka, Asakura and Ren participate in a three-way battle, Satoru poured kerosene all over Kitaoka’s car, as an act of desperation of destorying their only way out of Mirror World before joining the fray only to be defeated by Asakura yet again. Luckily, Satoru managed to once again escape, believing the three are good as dead after hearing the car explode. But as he runs off, Satoru saw a father and son, briefly reminding him of Kagawa and his own child. However, a truck was about to crash into the two, and Satoru sacrificed himself to save them. The injuries Satoru sustained were fatal. During his last moments, Satoru remembered what Kitaoka had told him about his wish to be a hero. As Satoru died, he wondered about how he could have been a hero. Ironically, the following day, a newspaper featured an article on Satoru's good deed. He was labeled a "hero", but would never live to know about it. After Shiro restored time to its proper course after Yui's death, Satoru was given a second chance in life with no memory of being a Rider. He is seen reading in the park as Shinji passes him.

Specifications
* Sight: ~20 km

* Hearing: ~15 km radius

* Speed: 72 km/h

* High jump: 45 m

* Punch: 250 Attack Points

* Kick: 400 Attack Points

Similar to Kamen Rider Scissors and Kamen Rider Gai, Tiger relies on brute force to win his battles, using his Dest Visor (デストバイザー, Desuto Baizā?) battle axe as his weapon. As an alternate weapon, his Strike Advent equips him with Dest Claw arm-guards which he can use to hack and slash away at an enemy. He also relies on his contact monster Destwilder to assist him in battle. Tiger's Final Advent is called Crystal Break (クリスタルブレイク, Kurisutaru Bureiku?) where Destwilder attacks by dragging his enemy on the ground towards him, then Tiger lands the final blow using his Dest Claw.

Contract Monster
Destwilder (デストワイルダー, Desutowairudā?): Resembled a cross between a tiger and a humanoid.

* Height: 2.45 m

* Weight: 280 kg

Advent Cards
 Dest Visor: Resembled a battle axe with a tiger head at the top of the haft.

* Length: 1.20 m

* Width: 0.40 m

* Weight: 3 kg

Advent: Summons Destwilder    AP: 5000 Strike Vent: Conjures Dest Claw arm-guards   AP: 3000

Freeze Vent: Freezes the opponent for a certain period of time. AP: 1000

Final Vent: Execute Crystal Break   AP: 6000