Kamen Rider Fourze

Kamen Rider Fourze (仮面ライダーフォーゼ) is a Japanese tokusatsu drama in Toei Company's Kamen Rider Series, being the thirteenth series in the Heisei period run and the twenty-second overall. It began airing on September 4, 2011, the week following the conclusion of Kamen Rider OOO, joining ', later ', in the Super Hero Time lineup. Trademarks on the title were filed by Toei in April 2011. The series commemorates not only the Kamen Rider Series' 40th anniversary but also the 50th anniversary of spaceflight, which began with Yuri Gagarin's Vostok 1 flight in 1961. The show's catchphrase is "Switch on youth 'cause space is here!" (青春スイッチオンで宇宙キター！), referencing the Fourze Driver (フォーゼドライバー) transformation belt which gets its various powers from devices called Astroswitches (アストロスイッチ) to conjure attachments to Fourze's limbs. As with the two previous series, the protagonist of Fourze made his debut in the annual summer film of the show's direct predecessor, appearing in Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful: The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals.

Story
"Space, the limitless bounds of cosmic energy, and it's a wonderful world. This youth uses the Astroswitch to open the gates to the future. Space on your hands! Seize the youth and open your hands to grab the space!"

- Narrator

Amanogawa High School has become the center of strange happenings, and things only get stranger when the bad boy styled transfer student Gentaro Kisaragi attempts to make friends in his own unique way, reuniting with childhood friend and self-professed space travel otaku Yuki Jojima, all while gaining the ire of loner Kengo Utahoshi. When the campus becomes overrun with monstrous constructs called Zodiarts, Kengo and Yuki attempt to use the strange devices they have found in the Rabbit Hatch lunar base that they access through a locker on an off-limits part of campus to fight them. However, Gentaro interferes in their plans, in part due to Kengo's body unable to handle the strains of battle, and uses the devices to transform into Fourze. Upon learning of other heroes called Kamen Riders, Gentaro creates the Kamen Rider Club whose membership includes Yuki, Kengo, the school's queen bee Miu Kazashiro, Miu's jock ex-boyfriend Shun Daimonji, garishly styled social butterfly JK and goth girl Tomoko Nozama. Later joined by Ryusei Sakuta, a transfer student who transforms into Kamen Rider Meteor, and their teacher Mr. Chuta Ohsugi, the Kamen Rider Club and Kamen Rider Fourze learn of the Horoscopes, an evolved group of Zodiarts who have been orchestrating events on the school grounds to build up their ranks. As the battle escalates, the Horoscopes sets their motions to their final phase of their master plan before Kengo discovers his true existence.

Novel Only

 * Kamen Rider Icarus

Kamen Rider Club

 * Kengo Utahoshi: systems analyst
 * Yuki Jojima: Founder, 2nd Club President, researcher
 * Miu Kazashiro: former Club President
 * Shun Daimonji: Powerdizer Pilot, bodyguard
 * Tomoko Nozama: spiritual coordinator
 * JK: Peoples Relation Officer, researcher
 * Chuta Ohsugi: Club Adviser
 * Ran Kuroki: Member (2nd batch)
 * Haru Kusao: Member (2nd batch)

Monster League

 * Rumi Komaki
 * Daita Kondou
 * Chikao Nezu

Other Villaiins

 * Foundation X
 * Super Galaxy King
 * Suddendath
 * Unicorn Zodiarts
 * Dai-Shocker
 * Narutaki
 * Shadow Moon

Other Kamen Riders

 * Showa Riders
 * Seven Legendary Kamen Riders
 * Heisei Riders

Other Allies

 * Den-Liner crew
 * Naomi
 * Owner
 * Hina Izumi

Manga
A manga adaptation of Kamen Rider Fourze, written and illustrated by MegaMan NT Warrior artist Ryo Takamisaki, was first published in the February issue of CoroCoro Comic Special.

Novel
A novel based on Kamen Rider Fourze is set to be released on March 1st, 2014.

Crossover with Crayon Shin-chan
Four short crossover episodes, collectively titled Kamen Rider Fourze × Crayon Shin-chan (仮面ライダーフォーゼ×クレオンしんちゃん), between Kamen Rider Fourze and Crayon Shin-chan were shown in each show's time slots during April 2012 to promote their respective series' new films: Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen and Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called!: Me and the Space Princess. The characters will crossover in two episodes of each respective series. The story follows Shin-chan teaming up with Kamen Rider Fourze in order to go to space and rescue Shin's younger sister who had been taken to Planet Himawari to become its princess. The first and fourth episodes feature both anime and live-action while the second and third were entirely animated.

Episodes

 * 1) Transform into Anime (アニメに変身だゾ)
 * 2) Com-Bined At-Tack (合・体・出・撃)
 * 3) Let's Rescue Himawari (ひまわりをお助けするゾ)
 * 4) Just Not Enough Friends (友・達・未・満)

Cast

 * Gentaro Kisaragi (如月 弦太朗): Sota Fukushi (福士 蒼汰)
 * Kengo Utahoshi (歌星 賢吾): Ryuki Takahashi (高橋 龍輝)
 * Yuki Jojima (城島 ユウキ): Fumika Shimizu (清水 富美加)
 * Miu Kazashiro (風城 美羽): Rikako Sakata (坂田 梨香子)
 * Shun Daimonji (大文字 隼): Justin Tomimori (冨森 ジャスティン)
 * Tomoko Nozama (野座間 友子): Shiho (志保)
 * JK (ＪＫ（ジェイク）): Shion Tsuchiya (土屋 シオン)
 * Ryusei Sakuta (朔田 流星): Ryo Yoshizawa (吉沢 亮)
 * Sarina Sonoda (園田 紗里奈): Yuka Konan (虎南 有香)
 * Chuta Ohsugi (大杉 忠太): Takushi Tanaka (田中 卓志)
 * Mitsuaki Gamou (我望 光明): Shingo Tsurumi (鶴見 辰吾)
 * Kouhei Hayami (速水 公平): Kousei Amano (天野 浩成)
 * Natsuji Kijima (鬼島 夏児): Soran Tamoto (タモト 清嵐)
 * Kou Tatsugami (立神 吼): Kazutoshi Yokoyama (横山 一敏)
 * Kuniteru Emoto (江本 州輝): Hajime Yamazaki (山崎 一)
 * Scorpion Zodiarts (スコーピオン・ゾディアーツ): Eiji Takemoto (竹本 英史)
 * Virgo Zodiarts (ヴァルゴ・ゾディアーツ): Rie Tanaka (田中 理恵)
 * Tachibana, Narration (タチバナ、ナレーション): Nobuyuki Hiyama (檜山 修之)

Guest cast

 * Toshiya Miura (三浦 俊也): Masanori Mizuno (水野 真典)
 * Takashi Satake (佐竹 剛): Satoshi Jinbo (神保 悟志)
 * Takato Daimonji (大文字 高人): Ryo Kamon (加門 良)
 * Ritsuko Usaka (鵜坂 律子): Hikari Kajiwara (梶原 ひかり)
 * Junta Abe (阿部 純太): Tokimasa Tanabe (田辺 季正)
 * Haruka Utsugi (宇津木 遥): Nao Nagasawa (長澤 奈央)
 * Man at Kick Boxing Gym (キックボクシングジムの男): Koji Nakamura (中村 浩二)
 * Yayoi Tokuda (徳田 弥生): Kasumi Suzuki (鈴木 かすみ)
 * Members of Light Music Club (軽音部員): Kamen Rider Girls (仮面ライダーGIRLS)
 * Nao Yasuda (安田 奈央)
 * Erika Yoshizumi (吉住 絵里加)
 * Kaori Nagura (名倉 かおり)
 * Hitomi Isaka (井坂 仁美)
 * Mitsuki Endo (遠藤 三貴)
 * Member of Light Music Club (26): tatsuo (of everset)
 * Member of Light Music Club (26), JK's Father (Young) (ＪＫの父親): Ryo (of defspiral)
 * Member of Light Music Club (26): Masaki (of defspiral)
 * Member of Light Music Club (26): AYANO (of FULL AHEAD)
 * Mei Shirakawa (白川 芽以): Runa Natsui (夏居 瑠奈)
 * Yuki's Father (ユウキの父): Yuu Kamio (神尾 佑)
 * Yuki's Mother (ユウキの母): Mari Takahashi (高橋 麻理)
 * Haruto Soma (操真 晴人): Shunya Shiraishi (白石 隼也)

Suit actors

 * Kamen Rider Fourze: Seiji Takaiwa (高岩 成二)
 * Kamen Rider Meteor: Eitoku (永徳)
 * Libra Zodiarts, Scorpion Zodiarts, Sagittarius Zodiarts: Jun Watanabe (渡辺 淳)
 * Leo Zodiarts: Ryo Yokota (横田 遼)
 * Virgo Zodiarts: Satoshi Fujita (藤田 慧)
 * Pegasus Zodiarts, Cancer Zodiarts: Yugo Fujii (藤井 祐伍)