Kota Kazuraba

"Let's finish this !"

- Gaim's slogan while arriving at the World of Monsters

Kota Kazuraba (葛葉 紘汰) is one of the main characters and the main protagonist as well as the titular character of the Kamen Rider Series installment, Kamen Rider Gaim. When he accidentally found the Sengoku Driver and a pair of Lockseeds (Orange and Ichigo), he gained the ability to transform into Kamen Rider Gaim (仮面ライダー鎧武).

Mysterious Forest and First Transformation
Kota is the 2nd-in-command dancer for "Team Gaim" along with Mitsuzane Kureshima whom he sees as a little brother figure. But eventually started to shirk off to look for a job in order to protect his lonely older sister, Akira Kazuraba as their parents have died. He received a message from Yuuya Kadoi about the Sengoku Driver and accidentally found it with a pair of Lockseeds (Orange and Ichigo) in the forest.

Testing New Abilities and Pine Arms
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Wizard
"Did somebody call for help?!!"

- Kota hearing the childrens' plea

Kota hears the children crying for help and enters the portal, which takes him to the location of Wizard and Beast. When he arrives, he is immediately transformed and fights off the monsters. Afterwards, he introduces himself as Gaim to the other Riders.

After introducing himself to the Riders, Gaim goes back to his world just before the portal closes. He later arrives to help the Riders in the final battle with Amadum. During the battle, he learns of the Kamen Riders, and learns that he himself has inherited the title of Kamen Rider, promptly dubbing himself "Kamen Rider Gaim". After Amadum is defeated, Gaim vanishes back to his world.

The Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle
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Personality
Similar to Eiji Hino, Kota is a type of person whom easily concerns himself with protecting everyone and due to this, "protecting people" is his very reason in fighting when it comes to his duty as a Kamen Rider, also like Shinji Kido, he does not have any interest in battling other Riders, except co-operate with them.

Arms
Kamen Rider Gaim's forms are called Arms (アームズ).

Devices

 * Sengoku Driver - Transformation device
 * Musou Saber - Gaim's standard weapon
 * Daidaimaru - Gaim Orange Arms' personal weapon
 * Pine Iron - Gaim Pine Arms' personal weapon
 * Lockseeds - Gives access to Gaim's form changes, depending on which arm the lock is

Vehicles

 * Sakura Hurricane - Gaims's Rider Machine

List of Appearances

 * Kamen Rider Gaim
 * Episode 1 - Transform! The Orange from the Sky?!
 * Episode 2 - Certain Kill! Pine Kick!
 * Kamen Rider Wizard
 * Episode 52 - The Kamen Rider Rings (debut)
 * Episode 53 - Neverending Story
 * Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Gaim & Wizard: The Decisive Sengoku Movie All Battle
 * Gaim Portion

Portrayal
Kota Kazuraba is portrayed by Gaku Sano (佐野 岳), 2011 Junon Super Boy Contest Grand Prix winner. Sano said that he grew up wishing he could be the character from Kamen Rider Kuuga, and now that he will portray Kamen Rider Gaim he hopes that he will inspire a new generation of boys.

As Kamen Rider Gaim, his suit actor is Seiji Takaiwa (高岩 成二), who has been the suit actor for the majority of leading Heisei Kamen Riders (except Kuuga and Hibiki).