Junichi Shimura

"So... Become mine. Grand power. In order to revive you, I sacrifice a human life!"

- Junichi's proclamation

Junichi Shimura (志村 純一) was Kamen Rider Glaive (仮面ライダーグレイブ), a character from the Kamen Rider film Kamen Rider Blade: Missing Ace.

New Generation
In this special,Time passes, and he eventually joins BOARD, which is now operated by Sakuya Tachibana. He takes up the role of Kamen Rider Glaive, being the new Blade. He is armed with the Glaive Rouzer, a modified version of the Blay Rouzer. He then recruits two subordinates to help him, Shin Magaki and Natsumi Miwa after saving them from Peacock Undead.

Missing Ace
In the movie,like Hajime Aikawa, he is a Joker-class Undead with a white and pink color scheme, as opposed to Aikawa's black and green colors - thus the Albino Joker name. When the previous fight ended with Kenzaki sealing Hajime, he rose out of the shadows. The first step in his plan was to release all of the Undead again by forcefully taking the Rouze Cards from Kei Karasuma.

When all the Undead are sealed, he kills his own subordinates and disguises himself as Shin to fool the other riders, but Shiori figures out Shimura's plan and he is exposed. His plan is to obtain the power of Jashin 14 using the Vanity Card, his main target is Amane Kurihara because it's revealed that her father entered the location of Jashin 14, so only one of his blood can be sacrificed. During the fight with the Albiroaches, Kenzaki tells Mutsuki to unseal Hajime, which he does. With Hajime released, he goes out and protects Amane, taking her to safety. Shimura catches up with them and Hajime transforms into the Black Joker to fight Shimura; unfortunately, still exhausted after being unsealed, Shimura defeats him. In some magazines, there are shots of the Albino Joker wielding a red scythe at the location of this scene; however, this weapon was never seen in the movie. Although Black Joker is the most powerful of all possible Jokers, the Black Joker is extremely exhausted and therefore is defeated.

He then uses the Category King cards to create the Vanity Card and seals Amane in it. He then goes on to revive Jashin 14 by inserting it into an ancient tablet, fusing with the beast to obtain its power. He then appears to the Riders in his new form and attempts to kill them. Hajime concocts a plan to free Amane and stop Shimura: to trade places with Amane. Hajime tells Kenzaki to destroy the tablet. Kenzaki hesitates knowing he'll kill Hajime, but Hajime convinces him and destroys it, weakening Shimura. Kenzaki then changes into King Form and uses his Royal Straight Flush attack to split Jashin, thus Shimura dies in the explosion that insured from the monster's death.

Kamen Rider Decade
Kamen Rider Glaive appears in the episode 1 of Kamen Rider Decade in the dream of Natsumi Hikari.

In the special version of episode 31, Kamen Rider Glaive is seen as one of the many Kamen Riders who fought in the Rider War against Decade and were all destroyed. They were presumably restored after the destruction (and subsequent revival) of Decade at the end of the Rider War and the worlds were restored.

Kamen Rider: Battride War
Albino Joker appears as a Boss in the video game Kamen Rider: Battride War,fighting against Kamen Rider Blade.

Kamen Rider: Battride War Genesis
Albino Joker appears as a Boss in the video game Kamen Rider: Battride War Genesis, fighting against Kamen Rider Blade and Joker Undead.

Kamen Rider Battle Rush
Kamen Rider Glaive appears as a playable and support character in the video game Kamen Rider Battle Rush using Gravity Slash.

Powers and Abilities

 * Biological Immortality: As an Undead, Junichi Shimura can survive from any physical injuries, no matter how grave they may be.
 * Human Disguise: Since Junichi Shimura is an Undead, he can shift himself from his human to Undead form, making him similar to Royal Club Undeads.

Equipment

 * Glaive Buckle: Transformation device
 * Glaive Rouzer: Glaive's personal weapon
 * Rouze Cards: Allow Glaive to perform special attacks

Rider Cards

 * Kamen Ride: Glaive: A Rider Card containing the power of Kamen Rider Glaive, possessed by Kamen Rider Diend. It one of the eight cards used by Diend Complete Form. It summons Kamen Rider Glaive.

Portrayal
Junichi Shimura is portrayed by Yuuki Kuroda (黒田 勇樹). As Kamen Rider Glaive and Albino Joker, his suit actor was Naoki Nagase (永瀬尚希).

Appearances

 * Icon-blade.png Kamen Rider Blade
 * Kamen Rider Blade: New Generation
 * Kamen Rider Blade: Missing Ace
 * Icon-decade.png Kamen Rider Decade
 * Episode 1: Rider War
 * Episode 31: The Destroyer of Worlds