 This article is about an organization in Kamen Rider Blade.
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- For the corporation in Kamen Rider Decade, see BOARD Corporation.
Short for the Board of Archaeological Research Department (人類基盤史研究所, Jinrui Kiban-shi Kenkyūjo), BOARD (ボード, Bōdo), the organization higher-ups's motive was to unleash the sealed Undead Cards.
History[]
The Board of Archaeological Research Department was found with the discovery of ancient ruins in a Tibetan cave. There were murals describing the Battle Fight between the 53 Undeads, as well as the "Board Stone" (ボードストーン, Bōdo Sutōn) that contained the sealed Undeads' Rouze Cards. Hiroshi Tennoji established BOARD to study these findings. He assumed position of chairman of BOARD and began researching the actual situation of the Battle Fight, which he named "the fundamental history of humanity", and the cards he retrieved from the recovered the Board Stone. However, these facts are kept secret from all but a few, and the organization is ostensibly an institution that explores the mysteries of history prior to the present human history, based on the hypothesis that there are other factors behind human prosperity that cannot be explained by the theory of evolution.
Later, when Yoshito Hirose unsealed the Undeads, BOARD hastily developed the Rider System to reseal the freed Undeads. Tennoji, who was the chairman at the time, took responsibility and resigned, and Kei Karasuma became the director of the institute. Afterwards, the researcher Sakuya Tachibana and the newly scouted Kazuma Kenzaki, who were found to be a suitable candidates, were assigned the task of sealing the Undead, but the research institute was destroyed by an attack by the Locust Undead. However, the institute has a higher-level organization, Tennoji's private organization, and Kenzaki and Tachibana were still paid salaries in the name of BOARD even after the institute was destroyed.
While Kenzaki and Tachibana were still fighting independently against the Undeads, it is revealed that Tennoji was actually pulling strings from behind the fight between the Riders and Undead, controlling Trial B to observe their fight and starting to develop Trial Series in order to create an Undead of his own, while planning to fuse with it to win the new Battle Fight in order to obtain the power to rule everything. While some of the high-ranked Undeads are aware of this and put this under their advantage, Karasuma has also become controlled by the Peacock Undead to develop Leangle System, but after the latter was being sealed by Tachibana, Karasuma has escaped to Tibet in order to get away from Tennoji's control while developing Rouse Absorber to help the Riders.
After Tennoji's subordinates received enough data to create Cerberus, he expells Kenzaki and Tachibana from BOARD, beginning his own plan to rule the world, but his plan was spoiled by the Riders and his was killed by Giraffa Undead.
After the Battle Fight was being terminated, the organization was being disbanded with Karasuma has recycled all the Undead Cards to perserve them in somewhere unknown.
Members[]
Hiroshi Tennoji[]
- Main article: Hiroshi Tennoji
Hiroshi Tennoji (天王路 博史, Ten'nōji Hiroshi) was a rogue chairman of BOARD who intentionally set up the series of events in the fake Battle Fight and the creation of the Category Ace Kerberos, so that he could have his warped dream of a new world order with himself as its ruler. In the end, he was murdered by the Giraffa Undead after he was defeated by the Riders with his dreams shattered.
Sakuya Tachibana[]
- Main article: Sakuya Tachibana
In an alternate reality, Kamen Rider Blade: Missing Ace, both Tachibana and Karasuma decides to keep all of the Rouse Cards away, when the Albino Joker attacked and killed Karasuma, then unsealed the Undead. Ever since the threat, he took over the organization and becomes the chairman while he hires Junichi Shimura, along with Natsumi Miwa and Shin Magaki as the new members to reseal the Undeads as he can't rehire Kazuma and Mutsuki due to the fact that some of the unsealed Undeads are Category Ace of Spades and Category Ace of Clubs.
Kei Karasuma[]
- Main article: Kei Karasuma
Kei Karasuma (烏丸 啓, Karasuma Kei) is the President of BOARD. A 48-year-old professor who created the Rider systems 01 and 02 (Garren and Blade), as well as the Leangle System (03), while he was under control of Isaka. During his travels, he befriends Noboru Shima, whom he entrusted the Rouse Absorbers to despite knowing he was an Undead. He is also aware of the side effect of Kenzaki's King Form as well as Tennoji's plans of the fake Battle Fight. In an alternate timeline, he and Tachibana tried to hide the 52 Rouse Cards, when the Albino Joker appeared and attacked and killed Karasuma, then unsealed the Undead.
Yoshito Hirose[]
- Main article: Yoshito Hirose
Yoshito Hirose (広瀬 義人, Hirose Yoshito) is Shiori's father, the one responsible for breaking the Undead's seal in a fit of madness, dying in the process. He created the Trial-series Undead Trial B in his image to protect Shiori, possessing all his creator's memories. However, Trial B was reprogrammed by Tennōji to continue to monitor the fixed Undead battle and remove potential threats before he sacrifices to protect Shiori from Trial G.
Shiori Hirose[]
- Main article: Shiori Hirose
Shiori Hirose is a twenty-year-old woman, whom is one of the few remaining BOARD members after it was attacked by the released Undead. She helped the Riders by detecting the Undead on her Undead-searching computer.
Chairman
President
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World of Blade[]
In the alternate reality World of Blade, the Riders are high rank employees of the BOARD Corporation (株式会社BOARD, Kabushikigaisha Bōdo), and are effectively "Kamen Rider Salarymen" (仮面ライダーサラリーマン, Kamen Raidā Sararīman), whose job it is to combat the Undead once receiving clearance to use Rouzers. In BOARD, there is a ranking system with Ace at the top followed by King, Queen, Jack, and then the Numbers, with Two at the bottom. The backdrop used to arrive in this world shows a hand of facedown Rouse Cards with the Ace of Spades Change Beetle card faced up. Within this A.R. World, Tsukasa assumes the role of chief waiter within BOARD and is given the ability to completely destroy Undead without sealing them.
Super Hero Taisen GP[]
BOARD as one of Kyoichiro's sponsors.
At the end of the film, car racer Kyoichiro Kuroi, whom was the Shocker Cyborg Kamen Rider 3 in the altered timeline, had BOARD as one of his sponsors, with said emblem visible on his racing suit.
Kamen Rider Outsiders[]
BOARD in Kamen Rider Outsiders
As Zein emerged, BOARD chose to side with the entity. Sakuya Tachibana worked with George Karizaki to create Zein Cards, which contained the powers lent by the Kamen Riders Karizaki talked to. After Nico Saiba installed Kamen Rider Chronicle program into Karizaki's Zein Driver, the device was used by Yuto Sakurai who then transformed into Kamen Rider Zein.
External links[]
- Kamen Rider Zukan dictionary page on BOARD.
- Kamen Rider Zukan dictionary page on the Board of Archaeological Research Department.
