 This article is about a character in Kamen Rider Zi-O.
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Amane Kurihara (栗原 天音, Kurihara Amane) is a close friend to Kazuma Kenzaki and Hajime Aikawa who transformed into Another Blade (アナザーブレイド, Anazā Bureido), an Another Rider derived from Kamen Rider Blade.
History[]
Kamen Rider Zi-O[]
Amane still works in the Jacaranda Cafe and thinks about Hajime and Kazuma. With her feelings for Hajime still lingering, White Woz manipulates those emotions for the creation of Another Blade, making Amane attack multiple photo studios and asking the staff about Hajime's whereabouts.
Sougo confronts Another Blade and defeats her until Hajime appears and seemingly thinks that Sougo is trying to attack Amane. She sees for most likely the first time Hajime transforming into Chalice. In the end, Sougo, Geiz, and Woz fuse into Zi-OTrinity and defeat her with the Trinity Time Break Burst Explosion, destroying the Blade Anotherwatch in the process. Afterwards, she is reunited with Kazuma and Hajime.
Forms[]
- "Blade!"
- ―Transformation announcement[src]
- Height: 201.0 cm.
- Weight: 101.0 kg.
- Creator: White Woz
- Year of Origin: 2019
- Position of year: Right Shoulder blade
- Name and position: "BLADE"; Left Shoulder blade
- Powers and Abilities
- Energy Beam: Another Blade can fire a light-blue energy blast from her thorax armor.
- Dark Energy: Another Blade can generate dark energy and channel it as energy slashes or energy bursts.
- Joker Undead Energy Absorption: Another Blade can absorb the energy of the Joker Undead to amplify her strength. The siphoned Undead turns human as a result.
- World Destruction: After absorbing the Joker Undead's powers, Another Blade, as the only Undead left, wins the Battle Fight and begins the end of the world.
- Weapons
- Unnamed sword: A sword with a buzz saw equipped on its hilt. It has a similar appearance to Kamen Rider Blade's Blay Rouzer.
Appearances: Zi-O Episode 29-30
Equipment[]
- Anotherwatch - Transformation trinket
Behind the Scenes[]
Portrayal[]
Hikari Kajiwara (梶原 ひかり, Kajiwara Hikari) returns to reprise her role as Amane in Kamen Rider Zi-O. As Another Blade, her suit actor was Hajime Kanzaki (神前 元, Kanzaki Hajime).
Concept Art[]
Another Blade concept art
Another Blade was designed by Tamotsu Shinohara (篠原 保, Shinohara Tamotsu).
Notes[]
- Following Kuroto Dan and Dark Shinji, Amane Kurihara is another Kamen Rider alumni character to become an Another Rider and the first non-Rider from a previous series to be an Another Rider.
- Amane Kurihara is the first female host to become an Another Rider.
- Amane as Another Blade is the antithesis to Kazuma Kenzaki and Hajime Aikawa. Kenzaki willingly sacrificed his own humanity, becoming the second Joker Undead in the process, to allow Hajime the chance to live peacefully as a human and consequently distancing himself from Hajime as a result. In contrast, Amane was unwillingly turned into an Another Rider under a desire to see Hajime, which drew the attention of both Kenzaki and Hajime that consequently restarting the Undead's Battle Fight that would lead to the end of the world.
- Amane's situation parallels Mutsuki Kamijo, both had their wills overwritten as a result of an Undead power (Mutsuki was influenced by Spider Undead while Amane took the role of Joker Undead after absorbing it from Kenzaki and Hajime).
- On the other hand, her temporary status as a victor of Battle Fight by being a human with the Undead's power is an ironic homage to the corrupt BOARD chairman Hiroshi Tennoji, who created and fused with the artificial Kerberos Undead to become the victor himself.
Appearances[]
Kamen Rider Zi-O
- Episode 29: Blade Joker!? 2019
- Episode 30: 2019: Trinity Has Begun!
See also[]
- Kazuma Kenzaki - Original Kamen Rider Blade
- BladeArmor - the result of using Blade Ridewatch
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