Kai

This article is about a villain in Kamen Rider Den-O.

Kai
Gender	Male
Villain Type	Antagonist Leader
Affiliation	Evil Imagin
Homeworld	The Future
Series	Kamen Rider Den-O
First Appearance	I Have The Face For It, Don't I?
Latest Appearance	The Climax Goes On, No Matter What
Number of Episode Appearances	13 (Den-O) Full list of appearances
Actor	Hideo Ishiguro

"I have the face for it, don't I? (俺、そういう顔してるだろ？, Ore, sou iu kao shiteru daro?)"

―Kai's catchphrase^[src]

Kai (カイ, Kai) is the main antagonist of Kamen Rider Den-O. He was a Singularity Point from the future who fought to destroy the Junction Point and ensure the future of Imagin-kind.

History

Arriving from the same alternate future as the Imagin race, Kai retained his physical body from being a Singularity Point. Using this to his advantage, Kai led the Imagins to change history and ensure their survival. To pick ideal dates to send Imagin back to, Kai uses a black page-a-day calendar where he has several hosts' memories and his own to pick from. To find these dates, he can look into human minds for strong memories much like the Imagin. When his own memories are used, a past incarnation of Kai appears in the past only to dissolve into a pile of sand. Kai is also capable of opening up portals through time and travel through it without the use of a time-traveling train, and through this ability can also release blasts of energy capable of erasing everything but himself from time and space. After mentioning how he feels about an event, he says "I have the face for it, don't I?" (俺、そういう顔してるだろ？, Ore, sōiu kao shiteru daro?). He often has an emotionless or angry expression on his face when he says this. Kai also has psychic abilities akin to Ryutaros', having the ability to control people as well as summon up a small troupe of break dancers.

He originally believes that the key to the Junction Point is the elder Yuto Sakurai, traveling back in time to January 10, 2007, to kill him. However, when the changes to the timeline from Sakurai's death are undone, he believes that Den-O is the culprit, and sends the Imagin Ryutaros to the DenLiner with a permanent ticket with the charge of killing Ryotaro. When Ryutaros refuses to follow through with his mission, Kai reveals himself and tries to get Ryutaros to sabotage the ZeroLiner, taking the DenLiner and Den-O Belt out of commission. After this fails, he notices that Yuto does not protect his future self from harm in the past, but rather protects Ryotaro.

After questioning him, Kai discovers that Airi is the one being protected, and Kai sends an army of Imagin to kill her. As Airi's memory loss and other quirks confound him, Kai creates the Death Imagin from all his remaining memories and will. Kai's army destroys the city until he finally discovers that the key to the Junction Point is not Sakurai or Airi but rather their child, the Singularity Point Hana. After Den-O, Zeronos, and their Imagin partners protect Hana by destroying the Death Imagin, all of Kai's memories are used up and he dissolves away into sand, taking all of the Imagin except for the Tarōs, Deneb, Sieg, and a few other isolated cases with him.

Imagin

• Whale Imagin
• Wasp Imagin
• Bluebird Imagin
• Mole Imagin
• Leo Imagin
• Snail Imagin
• Oct Imagin
• Albinoleo Imagin
• Death Imagin

Behind the Scenes

Portrayal

Kai was portrayed by Hideo Ishiguro (石黒 英雄, Ishiguro Hideo), who later portrayed the titular protagonist in Ultraman Orb.

Notes

• The true origins of Kai's background have remained a mystery, and what is known about him is that he is a Singularity Point from the Imagins' future. According to the first volume of THE Kamen Rider EX, it suggests Kai might be the child of Airi Nogami from his timeline.