Taiga Hanaya

1="Mission start!"

- Taiga's pre-battle catchphrase

2="Secondary Tactic!"

- Taiga's pre-Level 2 transformation catchphrase

3="Mission complete!"

- Taiga's proclamation after game clear

Taiga Hanaya (花家 大我) is Kamen Rider Snipe (仮面ライダースナイプ). He is an unlicensed doctor, who was once a member of the radiology department at the Seito University Hospital, before his medical license was revoked under unknown circumstances. Currently he collects Rider Gashats for an unknown purpose. He is also known as the "Doctor of Darkness" (闇のドクター).

Before the Series
Taiga was originally a radiologist for the Seito University Hospital. At the time of the first Bugster outbreak, he was chosen to be a Kamen Rider for CR. For unexplained reasons, Taiga left, and his medical license was revoked. He has some prior history with Graphite, knowing the Bugster by name.

Second Bugster Outbreak
Taiga observed Ex-Aid's first fight against the Bugster from afar, using a rifle scope as a telescope (true to his Rider name, "Snipe"). He then mimicked shooting Ex-Aid.

He purchased his own Gamer Driver and BangBang Shooting Gashat from the Genm Corp. with large piles of cash. When complimented by Kuroto Dan, He simply said that Dan need a large amount of money to making new games.

Personality
Taiga is a bitter man with an arrogant personality. He'll use anything to win, as shown as when he personally bought his Gamer Driver & BangBang Shooting Gashat back from Kuroto Dan & took Emu's Mighty Action X Gashat after the battle with the Revolve Bugster. He somehow knows the darkest secrets of a person. This was proved when he knew that the Genm Corporation needed a large sum of money to continue making games. He also seems to know Graphite, one of the Bugster generals.

Taiga's also shown to be calm at crucial times, as he was able to shoot the real Revolve Bugster out of all of his clones.

Abilites

 * Hand-to-Hand Combat: Taiga has shown himself to be a skilled fighter, being able to easily take on Bugster viruses as a civilian.
 * Marksmanship: Taiga had a huge proficiency while using his Gashacon Magnum, able to shoot the well-hidden Revolve.

Devices

 * Gamer Driver - Transformation device
 * Rider Gashat - Transformation trinkets
 * Kimewaza Slot Holder - Carrier strap for the Rider Gashats
 * Combat Gamer - Snipe's Support Robot

Weapons

 * Gashacon Magnum - Standard sidearm weapon.

Portrayal
Taiga Hanaya is portrayed by Ukyo Matsumoto (松本 享恭). As Kamen Rider Snipe, his suit actor is Satoshi Fujita (藤田 慧) in Level 1 and Eitoku (永徳) in Level 2.

Appearances

 * Icon-exaid.png Kamen Rider Ex-Aid
 * Episode 1: I'm a Kamen Rider!
 * Episode 2: Another Prodigy with No Thank You?
 * Episode 3: BANG, That Jerk is Coming!
 * Episode 4: An Operation Called Dash!
 * Kamen Rider Ex-Aid "Tricks": Virtual Operations
 * Episode 2: Snipe Chapter