 This article is about a villain in Kamen Rider Blade.
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- "Be careful, or just like Leangle, I will control you after I'm sealed."
- ―King's last warning to Kenzaki before being sealed[src]
King (キング, Kingu) is the human form of the Category King of Spades Suit Undead, the Caucasus Beetle Undead (コーカサスビートルアンデッド, Kōkasasu Bītoru Andeddo)[1], who poses as a teenage boy with an annoying personality.
Character History[]
Kamen Rider Blade[]
King first appears antagonizing a man, leading him to chase him and get run over by a truck. King then took a picture of the injured man, grabbing Mutsuki's attention after taking a picture of him fighting police officers consulting him. Mutsuki tried to shove a car at him, only for King to float and state his intentions to him as he left. He then sends pictures of Leangle dubbed as Kamen Riders being destroyers to the Undead Searcher. Shiori and Kotaro then head to his location to confront him for his action. King feigned tears after Shiori scolded him, then deciding to refuse to take down what he posted and floated the chair she was on to cause mischief to her and Kotaro, then making his getaway. Kazuma later encountered King and attempted to fight him, only for the Scarab Undead to pause time on him for King to escape. Eventually, Kazuma managed to fight him but once Hajime entered the fray, King exposed the latter's identity as the Joker to Blade. With Scarab's help, King was able to confiscate Hajime's Rouse Cards in an attempt to make the Rider revert to Joker form while having him kidnapped. Back at his hideout, King asks Hajime to reveal his true form. Hajime refused, prompting King to blackmail him into doing so by sending pictures of his Rider identity to the Jacaranda Cafe. Later, King appears to Kazuma again to have the Scarab Undead pause time on him, only to accidentally injure his hand from the force field. King then ordered Scarab to unpause time and fight Blade, then later joining the fight by using Kenzaki's Blay Rouzer against him. Eventually, after Kazuma managed to use some cloth on his fist to defeat Scarab, King retreated while showing signs of his Undead form to him and Hajime. [The 53rd Being][The Destroyer's Secret]
While enjoying himself, King then noticed Nozomi's screams from some men that wanted to harass her. King then "saved" Nozomi from them while deciding to mess with the gang for his demented amusement. Kazuma notices this and came to confront King again to reclaim Hajime's cards. Despite King's claims of "saving" Nozomi and not wanting to be lumped in with the other Undeads he fought, Kazuma refused to believe him and stated that he only does things for his twisted games. Eventually the two fought, with King not only defeating Kenzaki, but also mocking him for saving Hajime, whom he believed would not bring benefit to the planet should he be the last one standing. [The Targeted Kenzaki]
King later goes to Nozomi and slightly endangers her to get Mutsuki's attention. King then throws down Hajime's cards to Mutsuki for keeps on the grounds of him still enjoying the "mess" to result. Later, with Nozomi's help, Shiori used the drawing she had of King to put him in publicity. As King was in a cafe, one civilian took a cellular picture of him, with more joining in, earning his ire. King continued to walk away from them, attracting a crowd, leading to Shiori finally managing to retaliate him. When Kazuma was about to transform into Kamen Rider Blade, King questions him if he would do so in front of the crowd, with Kazuma replying that he does so to protect people. King then transformed as well, scaring away the crowd.
Countering Kazuma's attacks, King stole the Rouse Cards holstered in his Blay Rouzer, smugly assuming the battle to be finished. To King's surprise though, Kazuma refused to give up, proclaiming that he would win. Empowered, Kazuma continuously punched the Solid Shield, forcing King on the defensive. Eventually, King began to stagger from Kazuma's attacks, receiving a strike in the face. Distracted, King then had his All-Over Sword stolen by Kazuma, allowing the latter to fight with dual swords. Completely overwhelmed by Kazuma's swordsmanship, King's Solid Shield was destroyed, leaving him defenseless. Kazuma immediately dealt a finish blow to King with the Blay Rouzer, allowing Shiori to retake Kazuma's Rouse cards.
The battle over, Kazuma asked King where he kept Hajime's Rouse cards, adamant in retrieving them. King claimed that he had thrown the cards away, laughing at Kazuma's anger. Before finally being sealed, King spitefully threatened to take over Kazuma's body if given the chance, much like the Spider Undead had done to Mutsuki. [Category King]
Kamen Rider Decade[]
The Caucasus Undead appeared as part of a group of several Undead which wrecked havoc as Natsumi Hikari was trapped within the changing dimensions during the destruction of the worlds. [Rider War (episode)]
Personality[]
King loves to cause trouble and mess with everybody, wanting to invest amusement for himself from whatever mischief he performs. His reason for messing with things is to mess with the status quo of life, while claiming to make the world from beautiful to dirty and vice-versa.
Abilities[]
- High Intelligence: Like most of the Royal Undeads, King is highly intelligent, easily adapting to modern technology. From this, King also proved a skilled manipulator, using his skills to sow confusion and fear among the general public.
- Solid Shield: King can summon his Solid Shield by clapping his hands. While he is in human form, the Solid Shield will automatically appear and deflect almost any hit that is directed onto him.
- Telekinesis: King uses this ability as his claim of controlling other Undead.
- Typhoon Blast: King is able to generate a gust of wind from his hands to knock his enemies away.
- All-Over Sword: Like the Beetle Undead, King can summon a sword to face his foes, being a master swordsman.
Video Game appearances[]
Kamen Rider Blade (video game)[]
The Caucasus Beetle Undead is one of many Undead who appear in the Kamen Rider Blade video game.
Caucasus Beetle Undead[]
Caucasus Beetle Undead
- Height: 230 cm
- Weight: 139 kg
An immortal creature that is the ancestor of the caucasus beetle, which belongs to the Category K of Spade Suit. Unlike the other main Undead, the black body color is close to pure gold. Weapons include a destructive sword called All-Over (オールオーバー Ōruōbā) and a Solid Shield (ソリッドシールド Soriddo Shīrudo) that can withstand a shock of 150 tons.
Rouse Card[]
Evolution Caucasus
- Suit: Spade (♠)
- Category: KING (K)
- Effect name: EVOLUTION
- Card name: Evolution Caucasus (エボリューション・コーカサス, Eboryūshon Kōkasasu)
- Consumption points: EP +2000
Behind the scenes[]
Portrayal[]
King is portrayed by Makoto Kamijo (上條 誠, Kamijō Makoto).
Concept Art[]
Caucasus Beetle Undead concept art
Notes[]
- The Caucasus Beetle Undead's suit is a modified Beetle Undead.
- In Yasushi Nirasawa's concept art, the Caucasus Beetle Undead is called Beetle Undead, shares the same name with the Beetle Undead.
- Despite being referred as the Caucasus Beetle Undead, King's design is more similar to a rhinoceros beetle than an atlas beetle.
- Notably, King is the only Spade Suit Undead to be defeated without receiving any of Blade's finisher moves, given the circumstances of their final battle.
- The Caucasus Beetle Undead was one of several Undead costumes which were used in a cameo in the OOO portion of Movie War Mega Max, where they were used to depict the obscured future monsters which attacked humanity in the future where Michal Minato comes from. The Caucasus Beetle Undead's sword is also seen being wielded by a modified Trial F at one point.
Appearances[]
Kamen Rider Blade
- Episode 31: The 53rd Being
- Episode 32: The Destroyer's Secret
- Episode 33: The Targeted Kenzaki
- Episode 34: Category King (sealed)
- Kamen Rider Decade
- Episode 1: Rider War
