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This article is about a/an villain in Kamen Rider, the original series. |
- For the reboot version in Kamen Rider The First and Space Shocker, see Shocker Staff: Elderly Gentleman and Space Ikadevil.
Doctor Death/Squidevil (死神博士/イカデビル Shinigami Hakase/Ikadebiru, 40-51, Rider vs Shocker, 52, 61, 63 & 68, V3 27 & 28 & Decade: All Riders vs Great-Shocker, Let's Go Kamen Riders) is an executive member of Shocker from the Switzerland branch.
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History
Kamen Rider
Before joining Shocker, Doctor Death was known as Ivan Tawanovitch a half-Japanese, half-Russian citizen who was given the title 'Death' due to the deaths of people he met, even if he did not have anything to do with the deaths and 'Doctor' after he graduated from college with a doctorate as a famous researcher.
Death was working with the Nazis during WWII when Japan was allied with them. He was working on a way to make replacement bodies for dying people, one of them was his father but it was a failure. His sister had become ill and after an accident in the arctic, her body was frozen. After the war, the doctor traveled the world after hearing rumors of a monk who can bring back the dead. After finding the monk, Chan Mao, in Tibet, the doctor begged the monk to tell him the secret of bringing back the dead. But the monk refused as the doctor because he is too bound to human emotions. A few years later, Death finds Mao supposedly dead in South America, but Mao had actually just transcended his Earthly body. Mao then asks Death to join him in his goal to take over the world offering to help save his sister.[1]
Death began working in modified human research in Europe, but his creations were destroyed by Kamen Rider One whose constant interference made the doctor focus on defeating the rider. After Colonel Zol's destruction at the hands of Rider Two, Death takes command of Japan's branch.Deathmatch! Monster Snowman vs. Two Riders
He faces Rider Two in Japan several times and came close to success, but with the help of the original Rider, the Double Riders stopped his plans. Eventually, he left Japan to South America only to be followed by Rider Two.My Name is Mysterious Birdman Gilgalass
Death then goes through a reconstruction process to become Squidevil, a squid monster with the ability to use his tentacles as whips and a pincer claw for his left hand. However, Death predicts he will die in battle.[1] He returns to Japan and works alongside Ambassador Hell to take down Takeshi Hongo.Monster Catfishgiller's Electric Hell
Hongo confronts a transformed Death as Squidevil when he's ambushed while testing the New Cyclone. Frustrated by Rider One's continuous interferences, Death decides to attack him personally by kidnapping Tobei Tachibana and forcing him to train him to crush Rider One. However, that just leads to Tobei noticing Squidevil's weak point, his head.
Finally, Death challenges Takeshi Hongo to a duel. When they meet, Death discards his cape and transforms into his cyborg form, Squidevil, revealing his identity to Hongo. Shocker Combatants take care of Kazuya Taki while he fights Hongo. At first, Squidevil has the upper hand, but with guidance from Tobei, Rider One manages to overpower Squidevil and weaken him with a Rider Chop aimed at his weak point near the neck before finishing him off with his Rider Drill Shoot.Doctor Death, the True Meaning of Terror?
V3
Doctor Death in V3
Along with Colonel Zol, Ambassador Hell, and General Black. He was resurrected by Doktor G to initiate Operation: Japan Annihilation using a new toxic gas called Girard Gamma. His assignment is Osaka. When Ambassador Hell captured by V3, he agrees to execute him alongside V3 until Great Leader interference stating they cannot afford to lose even Ambassador Hell when carried out their mission and let V3 go as he pleases. He died with the other revived commanders when Destron's base accidentally self-destructed.
Let's Go Kamen Riders
Due to a change in history caused by Ankh leaving an O Medal behind in 1971, Shocker created the Shocker Greeed. The Double Riders learn about Shocker's plan and attempt to replace the medal with a tracker device to find their headquarters. However, they had merely secured another fake medal and were ambushed when attacking Shocker, facing a large army of resurrected monsters, which included the recently defeated Squidevil and Garagaranda. These troops eventually manage to overwhelm and capture the Riders, while their allies escaped. In the present, Squidevil continued as a Shocker member even as it expanded to include members from other groups that would have been separate organizations in the original timeline, alongside making a huge alliance to lead under its banner the organizations that did appear. When the Riders returned as people's belief in justice partially restored the timeline, Squidevil along with Ganikomol and Garagaranda was destroyed by Kamen Rider Den-O Climax Form's Boistous Slash and Kamen Rider New Den-O's Counter Slash. OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders
Pretty Den-O Appears!
Ikadevil in Pretty Den-O Appears!
Den-O VS Ikadevil
As Ikadevil, he somehow stole the the Den-Liner, returning with some Shocker soldiers. In 2020, he kidnaps Anna for her 1989 winning bill she had from her mother. He throws her and Momotaros away from the Den-Liner making them land in 1989. Ikadevil then comes in 1989 too to accomplish his mission. After taking Mai as hostage, he beats Pretty Den-O, and reveals that his plan is to take the money of the winning bill and use it to refund a Shocker secret base, but is afterwards beaten by Den-O Sword Form. Kamen Rider Den-O: Pretty Den-O Appears!
Forms
Kamen Rider Spirits
Dr.Death and other villains in the Spirits Manga.
Video game appearances
Kamen Rider Club
Squidevil appears as a boss of Shocker which is fought by the six Kamen Riders One, Two, V3, X, Amazon, and Stronger in Kamen Rider Club.
Kamen Rider SD: Sortie!! Rider Machines
Squidevil in Sortie!! Rider Machines
Squidevil appears as the second boss at the end of the second stage. He is seen riding in a spider-like version of Bowser's Koopa Clown Car and attacks using his tentacles. Kamen Rider Two must damage his vehicle until the legs fall off and then attack the main ship to defeat Squidevil.
Kamen Rider on Super Famicom
Squidevil appears as a Shocker boss in the Super Famicom Kamen Rider game.
All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation
Squidevil in All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation.
Squidevil appears as a monster in the video game All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation.
Behind the scenes
Portrayal
In Kamen Rider the original series, Doctor Death was portrayed by Hideyo Amamoto (天本 英世 Amamoto Hideyo). In Kamen Rider The First, Shocker Staff: Elderly Gentleman is portrayed via archive various pieces of footage of the late Amamoto recorded before his death in 2003, including several from Kamen Rider, the original series. He was overdubbed by Eiji Maruyama (丸山 詠二 Maruyama Eiji).
The Eijiro Hikari version of Doctor Death in Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker is portrayed by Renji Ishibashi (石橋 蓮司 Ishibashi Renji), who also appeared as Super Doctor Death in Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010. Squidevil's suit actor in All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker was Jiro Okamoto (岡元 次郎 Okamoto Jirō).
In OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders, Squidevil was voiced by Tomokazu Seki (関 智一 Seki Tomokazu), while his suit actor was Toshihiro Ogura (おぐら としひろ Ogura Toshihiro).
In Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z, Space Squidevil was voiced by Tomokazu Seki (関 智一 Seki Tomokazu), while his suit actor was Tatsuya Kaneko (金子 起也 Kaneko Tatsuya).
Etymology
In Japanese, Shinigami (死神) literally translates to "Death God", and is considered equivalent to the Grim Reaper.
Notes
- In the early script, Doctor Death would become the Sawsharkus rather than a squid monster.[2]
- "Doctor Death
" would later be used as the name of a guest villain (portrayed by Nobuo Yana) in episode 53 of the original Sentai series, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger. - Squidevil's design was homaged by Squid Evo, the monster-of-the-week in episode 20 of Kagaku Sentai Dynaman.
" would later be used as the name of a guest villain (portrayed by Appearances
- Kamen Rider
- Episode 40: Deathmatch! Monster Snowman vs. Two Riders
- Episode 41: Magma Monster Ghoster, Decisive Battle at Sakurajima
- Episode 42: The Devil's Messenger, Mysterious Fly Man
- Episode 43: Mysterious Birdman Pranodon's Attack
- Episode 44: Graveyard Monster, Kabibinga
- Episode 45: Monster Namewhale's Gas Explosion Plan
- Episode 46: Showdown!! Snow Mountain Monster Bearconger
- Episode 47: The Death-Calling Ice Devil Todogiller
- Episode 48: Bloodsucking Marshes of Hiruguerilla
- Episode 49: Cannibalistic Monster, Isoginchack
- Episode 50: Monster Kamestone's Murderous Aurora Program
- Episode 51: Stone Monster Unicornos vs. Double Rider Kick
- Kamen Rider vs. Shocker
- Episode 52: My Name is Mysterious Birdman Gilgalass
- Episode 53: Monster Jaguarman's Ready-to-Die Motorbike War (mentioned only)
- Episode 61: Monster Catfishgiller's Electric Hell
- Episode 63: Monster Rhinogang's Autorace of Death
- Episode 68: Doctor Death, the True Meaning of Terror?
- Episode 79: Hell Ambassador!! The True Meaning of Fear? (mentioned only)
- Kamen Rider V3
- Episode 27: Zol, Death, Hell & Black Rise from the Grave
- Episode 28: The Five Commandants' All-Out Attack!!
- Kamen Rider X
- Episode 27: Special Edition, Full Force of Five Riders!! (archive footage only)
- Kamen Rider Spirits
- Kamen Rider 1 Through RX: Big Gathering (archive footage only)
- OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders
- Kamen Rider Build: Special Event
- Kamen Rider Den-O: Pretty Den-O Appears!
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tohru Hirayama's Uchusen Book Collection Special Edition: The Characters I loved
- ↑ Testimony! Kamen Rider
