Destron

This article is about an evil organization in Kamen Rider V3.

Destron (デストロン, Desutoron, alternatively spelled Deathtron) was a Shocker revival organization which emerged following the fall of the Geldam-Shocker union.

Origin[]

Destron was an international organization bent on conquering the world, through terror and destruction. Destron was formed under the guidance of the mysterious Great Leader by surviving members of Gel Shocker. Although Destron had branches in every country and sought to dominate the entire planet, its main headquarters was in Japan and so Japan was Destron's primary target. Initially the kaijin of the Mechanical Army followed the orders of the unseen High Destron without any direct supervision, but after repeated failures of the kaijin High Destron summoned Doctor G from Destron's German Division to take charge of the day to day operations of Destron's Japanese Division. 

Later history[]

Badan Empire[]

Kamisori Hitode of Destron was one of several monsters who were revived to serve the Badan Empire led by the Great Leader, now known as the Generalissimo of Badan. Kamisori Hitode was one of several monsters destroyed by Badan's own Spacetime Rupture System. ^{[Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!!]}

Dai-Shocker[]

Along with the Shocker Combatmen, known as the Dai-Shocker Combatmen, the Destron Combatmen served as henchmen of Dai-Shocker. They were part of the Dai-Shocker army that was wiped out by a gathering of 25 Kamen Riders, ^{[Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker]} as well as the revived Dai-Shocker assembled by Decade to wipe out the Super Sentai, ensuring the survival of the Kamen Riders. After Dai-Shocker's alliance with Dai-Zangyack was revealed, both organizations were wiped out by a gathering of Kamen Riders and Super Sentai. ^{[Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen]}

Super Hero Taisen GP[]

Kame Bazooka from Destron was revived to serve Shocker in the altered timeline created by Kamen Rider 3 destroying the Double Riders in 1973.

Members[]

Core Medal[]

Destron Medal (デストロンメダル, Desutoron Medaru): The Destron Medal is the Destron-themed Core Medal used to create the Destron Greeed. After the Greeed is destroyed it is used by Shocker OOO, giving him the Sasori Legs, the right leg features a scorpion that can inject poison while the left leg has spikes for close range attacks. Exclusive to S.I.C. Hero Saga. ^{[Kamen Rider OOO: OOZ]}

Greeed[]

The Destron Greeed (デストロングリード, Desutoron Gurīdo) is a scorpion-like Greeed which was created from the Destron Medal by Shocker remnants alongside the Gel Shocker Greeed and the revived Shocker Greeed. They were destroyed by Kamen Rider OOO with help from Riderman, but their Medals were later used for the creation of Shocker OOO. Finally his Medal was used for the transformation of the Boss. ^{[Kamen Rider OOO: OOZ]}

Kamen Rider The First/The Next[]

In the movie continuity of Kamen Rider The First, Destron is replaced by Shocker as the origin of V3. Hasami Jaguar and Nokogiri Tokage are both reimagined as Shocker's agents and their names was renamed in English wordings Hasami Jaguar and Nokoguilli Tokage for the movie in 2007, Kamen Rider The Next.

Behind the scenes[]

Destron served as the evil organization of Kamen Rider V3.

Etymology[]

The name Destron is taken from the English word Destroy. In the initial proposal by producer Tohru Hirayama, the organization was named Destroyer (デストロイヤー, Desutoroiya).^[1] Additionally, the name Destro (デストロー, Desutorō) was also also considered.^[2]

Coincidentally, Destron shares its name with the Japanese name of the Decepticons from the Transformers series.

Toge Clan[]

There was plans for another group to appear after the Armored Division called the Toge Clan with Toge meaning thorn but it was decided that the Armored Division would remain until the end of the show.

Appearances[]

References[]

External links[]

• The Kamen Riders' Destron page