Aruto Hiden

Aruto Hiden (飛電或人) is the main protagonist of Kamen Rider Zero-One. He is a 22-year-old aspiring comedian who became the CEO of Hiden Intelligence after the death of his grandfather. Originally uninterested in taking up the position, he became witness to the terrorist attacks committed by MetsubouJinrai.net and reluctantly became Kamen Rider Zero-One (仮面ライダーゼロワン) for the sake of pursuing his dreams of making others smile.

Due to manipulations of the timeline by the Time Jackers, Aruto lost the ability to transform during the attack by Another Zero-One, which resulted in him temporarily resorting to using a ForceRiser to transform into Kamen Rider 001 (仮面ライダー001［ゼロゼロワン］).

Early Life
Aruto Hiden was born on May 1, 1997 to his parents Soreo Hiden and an unknown woman, and to his grandfather Korenosuke Hiden, the CEO of Hiden Intelligence at the time. When Aruto was only two months old, his parents passed away, so he was raised by a HumaGear resembling his father to take Soreo's place as a parent and as emotional support.

Aruto and Soreo were present on the day of the Daybreak Town Accident, where they were enjoying a family outing with young Aruto spent most of his time engaging in comedic antics. When the chaos erupted from the Hiden Intelligence building, Soreo shielded Aruto from one of the explosions, but was grievously damaged in the process. In his final moments, Soreo encourages Aruto to continue pursuing his dream before his systems shutdown completely, leaving the young boy to grieve.

Becoming Zero-One
At the age of 22, Aruto is continuously struggling to hold his career as a comedian. After getting fired from his job at a theme park, Aruto was met at the park entrance by Izu, a secretary-type HumaGear who escorted him to Hiden Intelligence headquarters to discuss the wills of his late grandfather,

Brought before the executive committee, Aruto reads his late grandfather's wills and is shocked to discover that an imminent crisis involving the HumaGears will happen again, and the only way to combat against them is the Hiden Zero-One Driver, to be used exclusively by the succeeding president, whom his grandfather had named Aruto as. Although the entire board of directors were enraged by this sudden development, Aruto quickly turns down the role and excuses himself.

As Aruto goes back to the theme park in an attempt to beg for his job back, the Berotha Magia attacks the park, and Aruto attempts to stop it but is beaten senseless. After getting triggered from the Magia saying that human dreams were meaningless, Aruto re-stood his ground and asked the just-arrived Izu for the Zero-One Driver. Aruto's mind was then uplinked into the communications satellite Zea, where his mind processing speeds were enhanced to the point where he learns the entire Zero-One tutorial in five seconds. Aruto transforms into Zero-One and destroys the Magia henchman as well as the Berotha Magia. After his first battle, Izu reveals that by accepting the Zero-One Driver, Aruto had also accepted being the president. Originally being reluctant to do so, he was re-inspired after seeing the park manager be grateful for Zero-One.

Being CEO of Hiden Intelligence
After Aruto and Izu arrive in Hiden Intelligence HQ, he was guided by Izu after she introduce herself as Aruto's HumaGear Assistant. Aruto was halted by Security-Type HumaGear but later is allowed in by Security-Type HumaGear.

Later, Izu takes an excited Aruto to CEO's office and give him first task as the new CEO is to welcome the representatives of A.I.M.S, a government special force for AIs. Yua Yaiba, head of R&D and Isamu Fuwa, the force's captain. Fuwa accuses Hiden Intelligence at covering HumaGears' rampage at the amusement park, but Aruto Deny all accusation with the help from Izu.

As Aruto tries to do his signature jokes, but as usual, it's so lame and no one is reacting, beside Fuwa that is seemingly shaken with anger. But, Their conversation is cut short when an intruder is detected inside the HQ.

Kuehne Magia attacking Hiden Intelligence and A.I.M.S. as Kuehne Magia tried to attack civilians but got protected by Security HumaGear. Aruto tried to transform into Zero-One, Kuehne Magia escapes using wings.

Aruto was taken by Fuwa to the rooftop and was explained by Fuwa about his hatred towards to HumaGears after Daybreak Town Accident, the same day that Aruto's father figure HumaGear, Soreo Hiden was destroyed after protecting him from an explosion. Later, Aruto search for Security HumaGear that protects the civilians before. Upon learning his name as Mamoru, Aruto tells him to search for maintenance as his body is wrecked by Kuehne Magia. But They didn't know that There is someone whom watching them.

During the second attack from Kuehne Magia, Aruto saw Jin standing with Corrupted Mamoru whom transform into Ekal Magia and was given order by Jin to kill Aruto. After he remembered the words of Izu during Ekal Magia's attack that a corrupted HumaGear cannot be restored to normal, Aruto then transform into Zero-One and overwhelms Ekal Magia, but Ekal Magia escape by using a hacked Motorcycle. Izu then tells Aruto about the RisePhone's ability to summon the Rise Hopper bike. After Zero-One scanned his RisePhone, a big replica of RisePhone fell from the Zea, and transformed into Rise Hopper. Zero-One chases after the Magia outside. He successfully thrown Ekal Magia from the bike, and they continue the fight in an empty dock.

Aruto then Destroy Ekal Magia by using Rising Kaban Strash, until he saw Fuwa as Vulcan from the hole of Vulcan's Shooting Blast as they saw each other before Aruto vanishes in the smoke.

The Next Day, Aruto alongside with Izu, introduce himself as the new CEO of Hiden Intelligence on the press conference and plays the recording from Izu about Jin and Metsubojinrai.NET, letting the press know about that terrorist organization. He also claims that HumaGears are developed by Hiden Intelligence to realize humanity's dream while looking at a new in-training security HumaGear resembling Mamoru. Until a journalist asked about Aruto's past job as a comedian, as Aruto performs his joke much to the confused press while destroying the serious mood. Fuwa is seen shaken, because he tries hard not to laugh at Aruto's lame joke before leaving. Izu also tried to explain Aruto jokes, much to Aruto protest.

HumaGears Rampage Aftermath
Aruto's reputation as CEO of Hiden Intelligence has gone down after the HumaGear Massive attack at the Hospital, but later was involved with a drama television show with Enji Matsuda, Actor-Type HumaGear who was the star of the show alongside with Shinya Owada, a very well renowned actor. Aruto then convince Jun Fukuzoe to participate in the show, as Jun agreed with the invitation to participate in the show with a frown.

When Aruto was filming Drama alongside with the other cast, Izu tell Aruto about the MetsubouJinrai.net Attack with her pose and her hand sign, Aruto was shocked by Izu's words but instead surprised the crew with his reaction. Later, Aruto Join the battle after he was informed about Dodo Magia and transform into Kamen Rider Zero-One Rising Hopper to fight against Jin. As Aruto tried to use Attache Arrow to fight Jin, Attache Arrow was taken by Jin, but he later use his Freezing Bear Form to finish off Jin before Jin escaped.

Kamen Rider Zi-O: Over Quartzer
"My name is Zero-One. The first Kamen Rider in the Reiwa Era"

- Zero-One to Kagen

During one of Sougo Tokiwa's dreams, he saw Black Woz introducing Kamen Rider Zero-One. He wakes up in a panic, claiming that Zi-O had disappeared in his dream and the new Rider had taken his place.

Zero-One later appears to face the heavily injured Kamen Rider Zonjis, introducing himself to be the only one for being the true first Reiwa Kamen Rider, Zero-One. Aruto fended off the Kasshines and defeated Zonjis easily by using his Rising Hopper and Flying Falcon forms.

Kamen Rider: Reiwa The First Generation
Due to the creation of Another Zero-One caused by Time Jacker Finis, Aruto cannot transform into Zero-One again. Thus, he is forced to use the ForceRiser to become Kamen Rider 001. Much to his shock, he is also forced to fight Soreo Hiden, his "father".

Personality
Aruto is a cheerful individual who loves to make people laugh, and doesn't give up even if he fails to do so. Despite this cheerful trait, he will not hesitate to fight back against people who threaten that happiness. To this end, he reluctantly becomes a Kamen Rider not to be a company president, but to be someone who can protect the peace.

Due to his upbringing, he has a very positive outlook on HumaGears, and strongly believes they can prosper alongside humanity. This makes destroying Magias difficult for him, especially if they were former Humagears he knew personally. He eventually accepts and gets past this weakness by the time he encounters Kobe Sakamoto.

Aruto also has a strong sense of empathy, shown towards Seiji Tazawa whom both had lost someone close to them and required a HumaGear to take their appearance for emotional support. To this end, Aruto was willing to put himself as a person first rather than immediately have Seiji arrested for breaking the law.

During mid-battles, he will say "There's only one person who can stop you, and that's me!" (お前を止められるのはただ一人…俺だ！). Whenever he presents one of his comedic gags, he will end off with the phrase "Yes! It must be me, Aruto!" (はい、或人じゃないと！).

Aruto also playfully refers to his Progrise Keys [i.e. he calls the Flaming Tiger Key and its corresponding animal "Tora-chan" (トラちゃん)]. This is very evident with Flying Falcon, where every time he meets Jin he will demand Jin to return "Tori-chan" (トリちゃん).

Super Hero Time
In the closing of Super Hero Time, Kamen Rider Zero-One is seen posing alongside Vulcan, Valkyrie and the.

Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbarizing
Kamen Rider Zero-One, alongside Vulcan, Valkyrie, Horobi and Jin will be playable characters in Kamen Rider Battle Ganbarizing.

Kamen Rider City Wars
Kamen Rider Zero-One is a playable character alongside the other Kamen Riders.

Kamen Rider Buttobasoul
Kamen Rider Zero-One is a playable character with Vulcan, Valkyrie and other Riders in Kamen Rider Buttobasoul.

Powers and Abilities

 * Enhanced Thought Processing: With the Hiden Zero-One Driver equipped, Aruto's thought processes are exponentially enhanced, rivaling that of an A.I. supercomputer. This allows him to learn and analyze fighting techniques at a speed far beyond that of a normal human. He has been shown utilizing this ability on-screen twice so far, the first time when he put the Zero-One Driver on for the first time, and the second time when being instructed by Izu on Shining Hopper's Shine System.
 * Temporal Protection: Due to Aruto being a creation of Sougo Tokiwa through his dreams, Aruto can recognize and is immune to any temporal changes in the timeline..

Weaknesses

 * Shining Hopper (Formerly): Shining Hopper uses a great portion of Aruto's strength and speed when fighting strong enemies, thus causing his body to strain afterward. When the form is used too long, he can no longer move and be forced out of his transformation. Aruto later overcomes this threat after learning the abilities of the Shining Assault Hopper form with no effort.

Family Members

 * Korenosuke Hiden (grandfather, deceased)
 * Soreo Hiden (father, deceased)
 * HumaGear Soreo Hiden (surrogate father, deceased)
 * Kano Hiden (unknown, deceased)
 * Ichiko Hiden (unknown, deceased)
 * Yoshino Hiden (unknown, deceased)

Forms
Kamen Rider Zero-One's ending theme is entitled "Find A New Life".

Devices

 * Hiden Zero-One Driver - Transformation device
 * MetsubouJinrai ForceRiser - Secondary transformation device
 * Progrise Keys - Transformation trinkets
 * Assault Grip - Used to access Shining Assault Hopper
 * Hiden Risephone - Zero-One's personal smartphone and method of summoning the Rise Hopper
 * Progrise Holder - Carrying straps for Progrise Keys

Weapons

 * Attache Calibur
 * Attache Arrow
 * Authorise Buster - Shining Hopper/Shining Assault Hopper's personal weapon

Suit-equipped weapons:
 * Unlimited Chopper - Biting Shark's arm blades
 * Panthera Burner - Flaming Tiger's palm-mounted flamethrowers
 * Polar Freezer - Freezing Bear's coolant-producing gauntlets

Vehicles

 * Rise Hopper - Zero-One's personal Rider Machine that is transformed from a giant Hiden Risephone.

Portrayal
Aruto Hiden is portrayed by Fumiya Takahashi (高橋文哉). His suit actor is Yuya Nawata (縄田 雄哉), who took over the role as leading suit actor for the main Riders starting with the Reiwa era, succeeding Seiji Takaiwa. Nawata was previously the suit actor for Kamen Rider Genm, Kamen Rider Cronus (Taiga Hanaya), and most recently Kamen Rider Geiz.

Rider No.
As the leading rider protagonist of Kamen Rider Zero-One, Zero-One is labeled Kamen Rider #36 (仮面ライダー36号) and Reiwa Rider #1 (令和ライダー1号).

Etymology
With "zero" in Japanese and "one" in Japanized-English, Zero-One can be read as Rei Wan (零 ワン) in Japanese, referencing the fact that he is the Kamen Rider of the Reiwa era.