Gentoku Himuro

This article is about a villain in Kamen Rider Build.

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1 2 3 "Jouketsu." ―Night Rogue's transformation catchphrase.[src] "The war has begun..." ―Night Rogue's first words in the show[src] "I will obtain the power of the Pandora Box and rule this country!" ―Night Rogue's determination to rule Japan[src]

Gentoku Himuro (氷室 幻徳, Himuro Gentoku) is one of the main villains in Kamen Rider Build. The head of the Touto Institute of Advanced Matter Physics, he also took over the role of Prime Minister of Touto from his then-hospitalized father, a position overshadowed by his superior, Jusaburo Nanba.. Gentoku is also the co-founder and former leader of Faust, and the true idenity of Night Rogue. He is a mysterious masked figure that is present during Faust's experiments that turn victims into Smash, including the one from Sento Kiryu's memories. ^{[The Devil's Scientist]}. After his falling out with his father and Build, Gentoku is exiled from Touto.

Character History

Early Life

Gentoku was in the audience of the return ceremony when the Skywall was raised. Within a decade of the disaster, he became an aide to the Prime Minister of Touto, overseeing research of Pandora Box. Approximately seven years after the Skywall Disaster, Gentoku founded Faust with Takumi Katsuragi, a prodigious researcher, and Soichi Isurugi, the astronaut responsible for the disaster. Gentoku was given the Transteam System, a device designed by Katsuragi, to turn into Night Rogue. He later watches over the human experimentation it conducts and appears in Sento Kiryu's mostly forgotten memories from before his escape, sitting atop a throne. ^{[That One with the Best Match]} According to Gentoku himself, the reason behind these experiments is to accomplish one of Faust's objectives: to create the "Ultimate Lifeform." ^{[The Testimony Will Be Zero]}

Prelude to Build & Ryuga's escape

In the present day, Gentoku and his assistant Nariaki Utsumi were being interviewed by journalist Sawa Takigawa. In the interview, he recalls the Skywall Tragedy, and stated the Institute's objective is to deciphering the Pandora Box before foreign countries attempt to seize any of the current three regions. He then spots Sento approaching the vault containing the Pandora Box. Nariaki told Gentoku about Sento being a research applicant and his high test results, which impressed Gentoku. Sawa regains his attention by asking about muplitple incident reports of people being attacked by creatures called Smash and the mysterious hero called Kamen Rider. He attempts to seduce her, which she didn't notice until he was leading her towards the lobby exit.

The next day, Gentoku accepts Sento into the Institute, with the task of analyzing the Pandora Box, which he believes is capable of producing energy that dwarfs nuclear energy itself. He then asks Sento about his knowledge of the Skywall tragedy, who then stated it was caused by the Pandora Box when it emitted a bright light, and Gentoku stated that same light also exposed people, changing their behaviors which lead into Japan divided into three countries. He was directed to the news where he and Sento learned of the criminal Ryuga Banjou escaped from prison. Gentoku told Sento he was responsible for the murder of one of Institute's researchers, Takumi Katsuragi. He was amazed as how Ryuga was able to escape a group of Guardian robots.

After Sento's battle with the Strong Smash, Gentoku, with Utsumi and several Touto military forces with Guardians, arrived and demand Sento, as Build, to turn Ryuga over to them. As the forces advance of Ryuga, Sento activates his Machine Builder and escapes with Ryuga, which forces Gentoku to capture them dead or alive. Utsumi attempts to reason with him, but Gentoku silences him and deem them unnecessary for the current stage of their plan. During the chase, Gentoku turns into Night Rogue and spies on Sento and Ryuga driving by the Skywall, stating the war has begun. ^{[That One with the Best Match]}

The Burn Smash incident

In order to flush out Ryuga, Night Rogue took his fiance Kasumi Ogura and brought her to Faust's lair, planning to turn her into a Smash. He found her phone ringing, with Ryuga on the other line, and answered it, letting Ryuga listen in horror as Faust scientists prepped Kasumi for the Nebula gas injection. He heads back to his chair and tells an infuriated Ryuga he will let him meet her once the infusion is complete and hangs up.

Back at the Institute, Gentoku and few researchers watch the news as the government declared Sento's alter ego Kamen Rider Build as a wanted man and displayed footage of Build attacking Guardians, which was a trap set by Faust. He told Sento the dangers of becoming a fugitive by opposing the government. After Sento left, Gentoku heads out and turns to Night Rogue, letting Kasumi, now the Burn Smash, loose back at her apartment complex. As Ryuga reaches the building, Kasumi attacks, and Rogue, in a mist form as a spectator, told Ryuga he kept his word, reintroducing his fiance, now a Smash, to her love. He watches as Kasumi attacks Ryuga until Sento appears and prepares to fight until Ryuga told him the Smash is his fiance. Solidifying himself, Rogue introduces himself to Sento, who turns into his HarinezumiTank Form while enraged and attacks, but Rogue has the upper hand as he told Sento he can't win with a random FullBottle.

As the Burn Smash attacks, Ryuga pleads with Sento to not attack her, but Sento assures him she will return to normal once the Smash element's been extracted from her body. Rejoining the battle, Rogue unveiled a horrifying truth: Kasumi's body was too weak to support the element, and removing it will cause to body to disintegrate. While Sento continues to attack and Ryuga shields Kasumi, Rogue noticed how Kasumi attacked herself rather than attack Ryuga from behind, realizing her conscious hasn't fully disappear. Sensing this, he watches as Sento turns into RabbitSoujiki Form to force her to use up all her fire power and turn into GorillaMond Form to use its Vortex Finish to separate Kasumi from the Burn Smash long enough for Ryuga to say goodbye before she disintegrated. He then leaves, having seen enough. ^{[The Innocent Runaway]}

Blood Stalk Reemerges

At the Touto Government capital, Gentoku watched his father, Taizan, also the Prime Minister, in his monthly meeting with Hokuto's Prime Minister Yoshiko Tajimi and Seito's Masakuni Mido. Taizan asks how both countries are since the Skywall tragedy: Yoshiko presents progress for Hokuto's growth in parental support and agricultural resources, and Masakuni stats his country is sending out their young in order to restore their fragile economy, which lead Taizan to believe both Prime Ministers have no interest in reuniting with Touto to make Japan whole again. Masakuni told him it would be difficult as the Skywall cut off their resources and Yoshiko stated it will remain so until they find a way to deal with the wall. Taizan agrees and concludes the meeting. Gentoku doesn't believe them, as he told his father Hokuto's militia is increasing to match Touto's and proposes expanding their militia, but his father disagrees, stating what they have now is only for self-defense. Referring him as "father" also angers Taizan and repeats himself to refer to him as Prime Minister; he then demands to know the progress on locating Kamen Rider Build, which Gentoku told him they were unsuccessful. Taizan tells Gentoku to find the Kamen Rider quickly, and in doing so would soothe the fear that's been cast over Touto.

At the Institute, Sento asks Gentoku and Utsumi about a man named Masahiro Nabeshima and him being possibly connected to Katsumi's murder, to which Gentoku lied about not knowing him. Sento then switches topic and asked what kind of person Katsumi was, and Gentoku told him Katsumi was a genius and in charge of the research on the Pandora Box. He also told Sento Katsumi was called the "Demon Scientist". After Sento left, Gentoku turned into Night Rogue and approached Nabeshima, telling him he has his wife and daughter hostage in Seito. In cooperation, he forced Nabeshima to answer his cell phone, with Ryuga on the other line and to tell him about his involvement with the organization Faust and his family being hostage in the sixth District of Seito. After hanging up, he pleads with Rogue to release his family, but Rogue drags him back to Faust's lair and have him prepared for the Nebula gas infusion, praising Nabeshima's work as a covert operative before he became the Mirage Smash. Later that night, Gentoku sits in a car while examining the Rocket Fullbottle, sensing that Blood Stalk has finally made his move. ^{[Borderline of Justice]}

Brought back by Stalk, Gentoku had the Faust scientists administer the Nebula gas into Nabeshima again, but he broke free and turns into an incomplete Square Smash. Gentoku theorizes a second dose of the Smash element increases the subject's destructive power before the incomplete Smash attacked him. However, Gentoku overpowers it and and brings it down with his Transteam gun while adhering himself to the lair's roof and jumping down to deliver a finishing punch. He told the Smash that Faust's main objective was to create the ultimate life form and ponders the possibility of administering another dosage to an already experimented Smash.

The next day at the Institute, Sento presents a recording of the Skywall tragedy to Gentoku and Utsumi. Utsumi demands to know where Sento retrieved the footage, but Gentoku assures him it's fine before vacating the main hall to leave him, Utsumi and Sento alone. Sento shows a modified footage by removing the light cast after the astronaut responsible for the Skywall tragedy, revealing that the Pandora Box had six, colored matching panels, two red, two blue and two green, that gave it a dual structure before they were separated. Sento surmises that the two green panels should be somewhere in Touto, but Gentoku told him there are no panels. Sento demands there are two green panels before Gentoku becomes enraged and ceases talking to him, but Sento surmises the possibility of the panels being stolen by an underground organization named Faust.

Ustumi seizes Sento, but Gentoku stays his hand and asks Sento where he heard the name Faust, then concedes to the panels actually exist but were stolen three years ago, and that by concealing the truth would prevent mass hysteria to the public and that both Seito and Hokuto are after the Pandora Box for their own nefarious purposes. Sento asks how Faust got past Touto's security and Gentouk mentions the possibility of a traitor and shows Sento the astronaut running towards the box. Returning to the lair, Gentoku places the Rocket Fullbottle in one of the green panels attatched to a frame beside his chair, asking Stalk as he returned why he didn't kill Sento. Stalk assures him his strategy-making habit always appear beneficial and that their plan is going according, even by sparing Sento. ^{[The Testimony Will Be Zero]} Back at Faust's lair the following night, Night Rogue was puzzled as Stalk return with, Tatsuya Kishida, a person who from Sento's past, and placed him in the containment chamber, ready to administer the Nebula gas into him. Rogue asks Stalk what he needs Tatsuya for, and Stalk replies to see if he will be a worthy opponent for Build. By daylight, Tatsuya, now a Press Hazard, approaches the Institute, but Gentoku was prepared with Touto officers and Guardians. Watching the conflict from a bridge with Utsumi, Gentoku orders them to keep the Smash away from the building before tossing the radio to Utsumi. When Build enter the scene, Gentoku became intrigued and found Build's timing convenient, telling Utsumi to give the order to kill Build and the Smash. Before it could be carried out, Ryuga arrives and diverts the Touto officers and Guardians. Seeing Ryuga distracting the Institute's Gentoku demands he want Ryuga to be captured and brought to him alive. His plan, however, failed as Ryuga Build flee the scene with the Smash, and Gentoku walks away in irritation. ^{[Dangerous Identity]}

At night, Gentoku returns to the Faust lair as Rogue, observing over the Press Hazard's second dose of Nebula gas. He tells Stalk all his plan did was raise Build's Hazard Level and demands to know his true motives, to which Stalk replies he hungers for strength, and to allow Build to learn more about himself before proceeding to the next stage. The next, Gentoku finds Sento at the Institute and acted amazed by his current research on the Skywall. He tells him of a property the wall possesses: the ability to emit a gas not native to Earth, which Katsuragi coined it "Nebula Gas". He tells Utsumi to bring up Katsuragi's research on the extraterrestrial gas to show it to Sento, which was part of Gentoku's current scheme as he gaze Sento with satisfaction. Later that night at the Touto Government building, Gentoku calls Stalk and assures him Sento's acquisition of the Nebula Gas file. He states Sento can even surpass Stalk in scientific endeavors. ^{[Moonsault of Anger]}

Clash with Stalk

"I will stop him from entering Hokuto somehow. We'll head there immediately."
"Go by yourself if you're going. I'm no one's lackey."

―Gentoku's fragile alliance with Soichi.^[src]

One day at the Institute, Sento asks Gentoku and Utsumi when Katsuragi quit working for them. Gentoku told him it happened two years before his death, and told Sento the reason of Katsuragi's departure: human experimentation. He then goes further and stated that after the goverment rejected his proposal, he conducted those experiments on his own in secret until they found out and stopped him before he could inject the gas into his first human subject. Later on, Gentoku and Utsumi head to a back-up lair of Faust, answering a summons by Blood Stalk. Stalk informs him of Sento's plan to head to Hokuto, which jeopardizes Gentoku's plan to utilize the Kamen Rider System as a military weapon if Sento gets caught by the Hokuto government. Gentoku decides to head to the Skyroad, a gap in the Skywall leading Touto into Hokuto, and stop Sento. He demands Stalk to accompany him, but he declines, forcing Gentoku to turn into Night Rogue and briefly engages Stalk before subduing him. Stalk concedes and agrees to accompany Rogue.

Reaching the Skyroad to Hokuto, Rogue dispatches several Faust Guardians to subdue Hokuto refuges and the contractor to the passageway. He demands Build to show himself or he'll have the refugees and criminal killed on the spot. Sento turns into Build and engages Rogue while Ryuga, dressed in a clown attire, deals with the Guardians. Rogue gains the upper hand with his bat-like abilities and his Steam Blade's Ice and Elec Steam attacks, backing Build into a corner. He turns to Ryuga, who has defeated the Guardians, and prepares to attack him until Build sneak attacks him and drives away with Ryuga on the Machine Builder. Gaining distance, Rogue orders Stalk to stop them, whom obliges by placing the Rocket FullBottle, which was given to him by Rogue, and performs a Steam Attack. However, to Rogue's surprise, the attack rebounds and almost hits him instead. When the smoke clears, Rogue knows Build and Ryuga have disappeared in the passageway and curses Stalk who pursued them on his own. ^{[The Devil's Scientist]} That night, Gentoku returned to the Touto government building, watching a meeting between his father, Taijimi and Mido. Taijimi demanded to know why Build and the Smash were spotted in Hokuto, which she believes would cause massive hysteria to the Hokuto denizens. She also made a claim that Touto was responsible for their appearance, followed by Mido claiming Touto harnessed them as weapons. Taizan states their claims as nonsense, and as Taijimi ignores him, Gentoku intervenes, assures her the matter will be dealt with, tells her he won't let her seek any reason for Hokuto to go to war with Touto, and cuts off their transmissions as Taijimi attempts to lie about not wanting war. Taizan questions Gentoku's reason to end the meeting, which leads to Gentoku being fed up to his father's naivety, claiming Taijimi and Mido want to invade Touto and they need an army, to which Taizan finds it surprising to hear his son's claim for an army again. Gentoku also states the reason for his father's naivety was due to the fact that he wasn't bathed by the Pandora Box's light during the Skywall tragedy and that people who were changed. Taizan told his son he's the one who has changed and they should focus on stabilizing their economy rather than focus on war.

Returning to Faust's backup lair, Gentoku questions Stalk for his methods regarding Build's fight with a Smash in Hokuto. Stalk passes off the claim and reminds him of the data Katsuragi hidden in Hokuto, data that can be utilize to not only upgrade the Rider System, but to militarize it as well. The next day, he learns of Sento and Ryuga's plan to return to Touto with Katsuragi's mother, Kyoka, who they believe knows where her son's hidden data was located. As Night Rogue, he intercepted Kyoka's car and knocks her out, carrying her over his shoulder and walking away as Build dispatches the Faust Guardians. At Faust's lair, he cancels his transformation and interrogates Kyoka, assuring her of her son's involvement with creating Faust. He demands the location of her son's hidden data, and if she cooperates he would give her the last letter Takumi wrote to her but never sent. She agrees, hand him a badge and key, telling him the data's in a safe deposit box at the Touto Bank with its number. To her shock she finds out she was deceived as the letter was just a blank paper, and Gentoku tells her her son wasn't the type of person to show gratitude to their own parents, provoking her to hit him, but Utsumi grabs her arm. Gentoku orders the Faust technicians to administer the Smash element and send her back to Hokuto, as well as wiping her memory of him.

While Build and Ryuga learns of Kyoka's transformation into a Strong Smash Hazard, Gentoku and Utusmi head to the Touto Bank and open the deposit box. To their surprise, they find a letter by Takumi in it, stating whomever opened it is untrustworthy. Gentoku realizes Kyoka was suspicious of him from the get-go. Utsumi received a call from Stalk and hands it to Gentoku, learning Sento and Ryuga have found the location of the hidden data: the abandoned Nanba Heavy Industries Integrated Sciences Laboratory. After heading there and seeing Build and Ryuga engage Stalk for the flash drive containing the data, Gentoku turns into Night Rogue and attacks Build. He orders Stalk to leave with the data, but Ryuga engages Stalk as Rogue fights Build. Rogue and Build are on par until Build turns into GorrilaRocket form and pushes Rogue back. Rogue claims Build can't with like that and forms his Steam Rifle while Build turns into his RocketPanda Best Mach and beats him with a Vortex Finish. Intrigued, Rogue reengages with Build until he saw Stalk toss the drive to Ryuga. Shocked, he attempts to attack Ryuga until Stalk intervenes and holds him at bay, telling Build and Ryuga to leave. Holding his Transteam Gun at Stlak, Rogue demands to know his scheme, to which Stalk assures him they don't need the drive, just the tools the date can create as he believes both Sento and Ryuga can do it. However, Rogue grows suspicious of Stalk, wondering what kind of scheme he has in store. ^{[Memory Starts To Talk]}

Faust Invades Touto Institute

"This isn't the escape route we had planned."
"I got lost."
"And yet you shot the security cameras to hide your tracks. Aren't you the careful one?"

―Rogue now aware of Stalk's first attempt of betrayal.^[src]

While taking a hot bath at one of Touto's bathing facilities, Gentoku is approached by Jusaburo Nanba, the president of Nanba Heavy Industries, and also the benefactor of Faust. Nanba praises the bathing facility as he bathes himself in the refreshing hot water, telling Gentoku he used to look forward to this place as a child. He then asks Gentoku if he was able to convince his father of amassing an army, to which Gentoku tells him not yet. Nanba has doubts of Gentoku's assurance, reminding him of all the money he's placed in Faust and believing the Rider System will revolutionize the world as a weapon, and asks him if he should turn to either Hokuto or Seito. Gentoku tells him not to, but Nanba states he will if Gentoku doesn't convince his father to prepare for war. Showing his fear of Nanba, Gentoku concedes.

Later on, Gentoku learns that Misora Isurugi and Ryuga are exploring the streets in disguise. He sent several Faust Guardians to retrieve them, but Ryuga takes them on while Misora heads to safety and informs Sento of their location. Gentoku, as Rogue, appears and takes her phone. Rogue informs her he's let her free up until this point, intending to bring her back to Faust. He advances to Misora, backing her to a wall and made her faint due to his fearful quality. As she falls to the floor, Ryuga appears and attempts to fight Rogue, but becomes overpowered. Before he could continue, Blood Stalk appears between Ryuga and Rogue, telling Rogue to not act behind his back and allowing Ryuga to leave with Misora. As Rogue attempts to pursue, Stalk gestures him not to, and both Faust members stare at each other with annoyance. In secret, Rogue dispatch a few more Faust Guardians to intercept Ryuga and an unconscious Misora, but are quickly destroyed by Build NinninComic.

Returning to their backup lair, Stalk learns of Nanba's deadline to create an army for Touto. Cancelling his transformation, Gentoku vows to make sure the Rider System will never be distributed to other countries. Stalk asks him how plans to do that, and Gentoku tells him with no hesitation: steal the Pandora Box from the Touto Institute to ignite a war between the three countries. He also believes in doing so will finally push his father into action, and turns to the stairs to see Shingo Kuwata, one of the Institute's researchers. His plan involves Kuwata to infiltrate the Institute and lure Sento out, so Eita Kawai, another researcher, could deactivate the security lock for the Touto Institute. Kawai calls Gentoku, whom's still in the backup lair, and confirms him of his completed objective. Delighted, Gentoku gives the word to carry out the plan. ^{[The Trap of Project Build]}

The next phase of the plan involves Stalk entering the building and as he approaches the floor where the three Prime Ministers and the Pandora Box are, he signals Kawai to trap them, Utsumi and the box in an energy barrier on the eleventh floor, while Gentoku remains outside in charge of a response team and observing the Institute's camera system. Hearing the Institute's security being dismantled by both the Faust and Touto turned Faust Guardians, Gentoku orders them to protect his father no matter what over the radio. To his surprise, he saw Stalk shoot the cameras as he made it to the eleventh floor. He wonders if Stalk plans to steal the box for himself and sneaks his way to the Institute's roof. Holding out his Transteam Gun, he finds Stalk and tells him this isn't the escape route they had planned. Stalk attempts to lie about getting lost, but Gentoku sees through it as he notes Stalk's scheme to shoot out the security cameras to cover his tracks. He places his Bat FullBottle in the gun and transforms into Night Rogue, asking him to handover the box, to which Stalk asks if he refuses.

Annoyed, Rogue engages Stalk, stating he won't forgive traitors until Ryuga, with a few cuts and bruises, interrupted their fight. Stalk asks him what happened to Press Smash Hazard, which was Kawai transformed by Stalk, and Ryuga stated he beat it but couldn't extract the Smash element without an empty Bottle. Rogue was shocked Ryuga managed to defeat a Smash without a Rider System, while Stalk became amazed. He gazes on as Ryuga engages Stalk, only to be quickly defeated as Ryuga's fight with the Smash left him scathed until Build HawkGatling arrives to assist him, forcing Rogue to assist Stalk. Rogue fights Build while Stalk engages Ryuga once again. Rogue is pushed by Build's LionCleaner and FireHedgehog forms, but catches Build off-guard as Build stops his attack on Rogue as he spots Stalk gaining the upper hand on Ryuga and attack him. While Rogue attacks Build, Stalk inserts his Cobra Fullbottle in his Steam Rifle and executes a Steam Shot at both Rogue and Build, knocking Rogue to a wall and not only cancelling Build's transformation but force him to drop the majority of his Fullbottle collection as well. As Rogue recovers, Stalk takes the Pandora Box and leaves, angering Rogue. He spots Sento's Fullbottles exposed and plans to take them, knocking Sento aside as he attempts to stop him. He places the Ninja, Comic, Hawk, Gatling, Harinezumi, Shoubousha, Panda and Rocket Fullbottles on the panel from Faust's compromised lair near the Skywall. As he retrieves the Gorilla and Diamond bottles, Rogue made a jab and laugh as how Build used them to kill Ryuga's late girlfriend Kasumi. Sento rises and tackels Rogue as he takes the Lock and Soujiki Fullbottles, allowing Ryuga enough time to place the Dragon Fullbottle in the Cross-Z Dragon, telling it to give it to Sento.

Empowered, the Cross-Z Dragon attacks Rogue and retrieves the Lock bottle, giving it and the Dragon bottle to Sento, utilizing them to turn into Build KeyDragon. Build engages and overpowers Rogue, whom wonders what kind of power Build now possesses. Build tells Rouge he can't lose as Ryuga entrusts him the Dragon bottle and performs a Vortex Finish, forcing Rogue to retreat after vowing to make Build pay. However, he reemerges after Build intercepts Stalk and attack him from behind. Rogue asks Stalk where he plans to take the Pandora Box as a dozen Faust Guardians surround them, their rifles pointing at Stalk. Stalk tells him to their lair as he offers the box. Rogue takes the box, whom accepts it and takes the Rabbit, Tank and Lion bottle from an unconscious Sento. As he leaves, Sento wakes up and grabs his leg, demanding his bottle back before Rogue kicks him in the face, then proceeded to walk away laughing. Cancelling his transformation, he returns to the Institute with a smile on his face until he spotted an ambulance and his father, who has just had a heart attack, being carried out on a gurney by Utsumi and paramedics. He runs over and asks what happened, but Taizan places him as the acting Prime Minister until he recovers. Upon hearing his new position, Gentoku smiles maliciously after all the events that has transpired up to this moment. ^{[Technology of Destruction]}

Rise of Cross-Z

"What is this power?!"
"Too powerful? That's because it's not just my power! Right now...I don't feel like losing!"
"This can't be...!"

―Rogue being driven into a corner by Cross-Z.^[src]

At the Touto Government capital, Gentoku calls a meeting with Tajimi and Mido. Mido asks Gentoku of his father, who tells him he must rest for now, leaving him as acting Prime Minister of Touto. Tajimi demands to know if he has any relations with Faust, but Gentoku's one step ahead, claiming if she suspects if Touto has an alliance with Faust and retort if Hokuto allied with Faust, offending Tajimi. Mido tells them both there's no point in pointing fingers at one another as they leave the Faust investigation and retrieval of the Pandora Box to Touto, but he claims both Seito and Hokuto won't wait forever. Gentoku assures them they will do their best before they cut off transmission. Stalk appears, questioning Gentoku's facade. Utsumi, who watched the meeting from afar, approached Stalk and demands to know why he's in the capital before Stalk shoved him aside. Gentoku tells him to leave, forcing Stalk to joke lightly about his current position making him a cold person. As he sat down, Stalk demands to know why Gentoku has placed the Pandora Box in a secure location without Stalk's knowledge, and Gentoku claims to share the location if Stalk acts more loyal to him. To their surprise, two Touto security officers enter the room, preparing to accost Stalk, but Stalk kills them both. Stalk tells Gentoku Faust doesn't belong to him.

The next day, Gentoku decides to flush out Sento and Ryuga, placing a false eyewitness of a Smash at an abandoned factory. Sento and Ryuga take the bait, allowing Gentoku, as Night Rogue, and four Faust Guardians to corner them. Rogue demands Sento to hand over the last two Fullbottles they have, but they refuse as Sento turns into Build KeyDragon, much to Ryuga's annoyance as he wanted to try transforming into a Kamen Rider for the first time. Build engages Rogue as Ryuga deals with the Faust Guardians with little effort without his bottle, forcing him to take one of the Guardian's rifle. As Build overwhelms Rogue, the Dragon bottle begins to overwhelm Build, encasing him in blue fire until it cancels his transformation. Rogue rises and states to hand him the bottles as Ryuga rushes to Sento's side, but Stalk appears, commending Rogue for his deception. As Sento and Ryuga argue over allowing Ryuga to try and transform, Stalk states he's there to help them, but Ryuga doesn't buy it as he believes Stalk is Katsuragi and attempts to place the Dragon bottle in the Cross-Z Dragon in its Adaptor mode, but fails. As both Stalk and Sento became embarrassed, Stalk tells them to leave and throws a chair at Rogue, who attempts to shoot them. Angered, Rogue asks Stalk what's he doing, but Stalk leaves, with Rogue departing in a different direction in anger.

At night, Gentoku met up with Nanba at a fishing village, praising Gentoku for both his position at the Prime Minister's chair and obtaining the Pandora Box. Gentoku assures him every Faust scheme will go on unnoticed, and Nanba asks him they need three more Fullbottles for the Pandora Box, to which Gentoku states they need and assures him he will retrieve them before leaving. Later on, he receives word from Nanba that Sawa, whom was a spy for Faust, has been compromised. They decided to cast her aside and abducted her into Faust's backup lair, administered the Nebula gas and turned her into an Octopus Smash, catching her transformation on her camera video for Sento. As Rogue, he tells Sento he plans to set the Octopus Smash loose on the city and he'll be waiting for him. At daylight, Rogue watches from afar as Build, in his KeyDragon Best Mach, take on the Octopus Smash, waiting for the Dragon bottle to overwhelm him once more. After Sento falls down from the cancelled transformation, Rogue made his move and tells the Smash to stop. He grabs Sento and demands him to hand over the bottles, until Ryuga arrives. Sento breaks free and throws the Dragon and Lock bottles at Ryuga, angering Rogue, who backhands Sento and orders the Smash to attack Ryuga. Rogue commends Ryuga for taking on the Smash as he prepares his Steam Rifle, but Sento gets in the way. Fed up, Rogue takes the Build Driver and knocks him aside, stating he's done utilizing him for Faust's purposes. As he advances toward Sento with his rifle pointing at him, Ryuga takes the driver from him and places it on, now in complete sync with the Cross-Z Dragon and finally succeeds transforming into Kamen Rider Cross-Z, angering Rogue. After defeating the Octopus Smash, Cross-Z summons his weapon and engages Rogue, overpowering him before forcing him to retreat after unleashing a Lock Million Slash Finisher. ^{[Burning Dragon]}

After learning Sawa's involvement with Faust and discovering the Pandora Box has been placed in a secure location from a recording of a conversation between Gentoku and Nanba she made during her abduction, Sento and Ryuga head back to the Nanba Heavy Industries Integrated Sciences Laboratory, after learning the laboratory has a hidden third basement, to investigate if the Pandora Box is there. Gentoku, as Night Rouge, stumble upon Sento and Ryuga in the third basement, and asks them to leave as he and four Faust Guardians walked down the stairs. Not obliging, Ryuga turns into Cross-Z and engages Rogue while the Guardians attempt to accost Sento, whom easily destroys them with the Drill Crusher. However, Rogue was prepared as he held is own and overpowers Cross-Z, stating his Hazard Level's still higher than Cross-Z, meaning he was previously defeated due to underestimating Cross-Z's power. He tells Cross-Z to not underestimate him as he knocks him to the ground with an Elec Steam attack, and the fallout knocks Sento down as well. Preparing to continue the fight, Stalk appears, asking Rogue if this is the place where the box is hidden. Rogue demands to know why Stalk came, to which Stalk replies, to Rogue's surprise, to fight him. As they fought, Stalk spots a newly paved wall and thrusts his Steam Blade in it to create a hole, exposing not only the Pandora Box, but the Fullbottles Rogue stole from Sento and the new Densya bottle. Rogue pushes Stalk away from the box and bottles, allowing Sento enough time to retrieve his bottles and transform with an additional Build Driver into Build KaizokuRessya. As Build intervenes in their fight, Cross-Z forces Stalk down the hall as Rogue and Build engage one another. Both fighters were on par until Rogue spots Stalk teleporting away with the Pandora Box, providing an opening for Build to strike him down with a Vortex Break, forcing Rogue to retreat and allowing Build to take Faust's panel as well.

At Faust's backup lair, Gentoku curses Stalk for his betrayal as Utsumi tends to his wounds. Nanba appears, dissatisfied that Gentoku let Stalk steal the box. Gentoku apologizes, and to his surprise Nanba let bygones be bygones, but addresses that actions must be taken since it was stolen from their abandoned lab, turning to Utsumi. Gentoku learns of Naba's countermeasure: have the Touto government to destroy Faust once and for all. The next day, Touto's operation to eradicate Faust places it at a dam, with Gentoku in charge, to keep his cover intact. Few minutes later after a Touto squad enter the dam, an imposter Night Rogue, which was Utsumi, emerged from the entrance, claiming he's the creator of Faust. To keep the ruse up, Gentoku orders a squad of Touto Guardians to open fire at Utsumi, but their weapons made no dent as Utsumi shoots the Guardians down before heading up the dam. As Utsumi lands at the top, he engages Build KaizokuRessya and is quickly defeated, cancelling his transformation for the news to see Utsumi as the creator of Faust, unaware he's a scapegoat. Gentoku notices the news media bought the con, and notices Build stopping Utsumi from exposing himself with a Fullbottle in a suicide attempt, forcing Utsumi to run. Gentoku pursues with two Touto officers beside him until they caught up with Utsumi and Build. As Utsumi attempts to tell Build something, Gentoku shoots Utsumi's shoulder, causing him to fall off the bridge and into the running waters. He hands the rifle to one of the officers and leaves. Later on, Gentoku made an address on the news of Utsumi's betrayal as an act of fear and the defeat of Faust all to keep the ruse up and states he will protect Touto, completely unaware that Blood Stalk saved Utsumi. ^{[Theory of Conspiracy]}

Blood Stalk Exposed

"Let me tell you something as a fellow founding member of Faust. Nanba Heavy Industries' new partner...is me."
"What?!"
"And now you can probably guess where the Pandora Box is. So, what will you do? If you use the government's special forces, Nanba will use Seito or Hokuto to start a war. If it were me...I'd use someone unconnected to the government."

―Gentoku realizing he's being cut out.^[src]

After his address of Faust being destroyed, Getoku was at Nanba Heavy Industries, praising Nanba for his contingency, but reminds him they can't go to war with Seito and Hokuto until they've recovered the Pandora Box. He also adds that still plans to adapt the Rider System as a weapon, but Nanba told him he's wiping the slate since Faust no longer exists and plans not to give the Rider System to Gentoku, fearing all they've worked for could be in jeopardy. He also adds he has found a new partner, which leaves Gentoku upset. The next day, Gentoku managed to contack Blood Stalk to meet with him. In the woods, Gentoku demands to know where Stalk placed the Pandora Box, but Stalk mocks him for being on-point, angering Gentoku. Stalk concedes, but only if Gentoku swears loyalty to Stalk in exchange for the box's location. Fed up, Gentoku transforms into Night Rogue and decides to settle things with Stalk once and for all. Stalk doubts Rogue can beat him, but Rogue believes it's possible due to whomever utilizes the Transteam System can't increase their Hazard Level more than the level they're fixed at. Rogue makes the first move and gains the upper hand on Stalk, until he realizes Stalk's been holding back due to having more experience with the Transteam System than Rogue and overpowers him, forcing him out of his transformation. Stalk stood over Gentoku in victory, forcing Gentoku to concede at gunpoint. Stalk then tells Gentoku he's Nanba's new partner, meaning the Pandora Box is in Nanba Heavy Industries, making it complicated to infiltrate unnoticed. Before leaving, Stalk suggests Gentoku should have someone with no ties to any government to infiltrate Nanba's company.

The following day at Touto Institutes, Gentoku calls Sento in a room, telling him that Pandora Box is in one of Nanba Heavy Industries' storage facilities, but they can't act without concrete proof and asks Sento for his wisdom, so he can have Sento and Ryuga retrieve the box for him. ^{[Who Takes Off The Veil?]} Having himself been exposed as Blood Stalk, Soichi Isurugi revealed to Sento that the true Night Rogue was Gentoku Himuro. ^{[The False Kamen Rider]}

Knowing Sento and Ryuga were successful in retrieving the Pandora Box, Gentoku sent a Touto squad to break into nascita, infroming the squad it was an anonymous tip. Inside the cafe, however, he found no trace of the box or both Kamen Riders, as he was unaware of Sento and Misora watching him from afar after establishing a hiding place in an abandoned warehouse. Gentoku opens the refrigerator door, knowing there's a secret path to a basement, yet was shocked to see it was an ordinary fridge, agitating him. Receiving a call from Sento, Gentoku heads down to the Touto Institute's parking lot to see Sento with the concealed Pandora Box. Asking him what they needed to talk about, Sento tells Gentoku to drop the act as he unveils the box and calls Gentoku Night Rogue. No longer able to keep the ruse, Gentoku stated he'd wished to keep his identity as Rogue a until Sento completed some form of project, which is what Isurugi wanted as well. Sento asked him what they meant, but Gentoku tells him he'll know once he looks up the word "Sclash" in Katsuragi's research data, and added that Faust main objective was to utilize the Rider System for militaristic endeavors, all to win the inevitable war between the three regions. Watch from aside, Ryuga loses his temper and engages Gentoku, forcing to transform into Rogue and gain the upper hand. As he held Ryuga in an arm lock, he spots a fallen recorder from Ryuga's jacket. Surprised, Rogue orders Sento to toss his recorder aside as well. Ryuga breaks loose, transforms into Cross-Z and reengages Rogue. Noticing Cross-Z's new growth in strength, Rogue decided to cut loose and show his full power, generating a pair of bat wings and easily defeats Cross-Z. As Rogue approaches the defeated Ryuga, Sento turns into Build LionComic Trial Form and uses his Nipontou's Disappearing Technique for him and Ryuga to leave. Satisfied he now has the box, Rogue turns toward it but finds out it was a hologram, a trap to confirm his identity as Rogue. Angered, Rogue curses the Riders and kicks the trolley before turning around to see an amused Isurugi approaching him.

More to come... ^{[Judging Sento Kiryu!]}

^{[The Weaponry Hero]}

Hokuto Invading Touto

^{[The Weaponry Hero]}

^{[Rider Wars Start]}

^{[The Golden Soldier]}

^{[The Forbidden Item]}

^{[The Devil's Trigger]}

^{[The Unstoppable Hazard]}

Personality

Gentoku's Malicious Nature

"One of our objectives is to create the ultimate life form. I wonder what would happen if someone who was injected with the Smash element underwent experimentation again. I'll have to run a test."

―Night Rogue shows his malicious nature^[src]

Gentoku is a composed and generally calm man, rarely changing his tone of voice unless agitated. Underneath his cool exterior, he is a man with questionable morals at best: he flirted with a journalist, and referred to Ryuga and Sento Kiryu as toys, as well as his fiery temper whenever he commands his soldiers. During a conversation with Gentoku, Blood Stalk reveals that Gentoku's goal is to mass produce Kamen Rider technology from his experiments for military use. To what reason or purpose is unclear, but Gentoku seems determined to see this project succeed and will do everything he can to silence or stop anyone who will interfere with this plan. He also didn't hesitate to kill his decoy with his own hand to get press in his favor.

It is likely that some of his negative personality traits are a result of his exposure to Pandora Box during the Skywall disaster. One of those traits seems to be episodes of paranoia and aggression, urging his father that they need a military to crush Seito and Hokuto before they crush Touto, believing they are out to get the capital and superior military might can stop their advance. Eventually, his father disown him due of his plan to invade Hokuto.

However, as Night Rogue, he is very malicious. Seeing innocent people as mere guinea pigs, he doesn't hesitate to experiment on them, even when fully knowing that his subjects would be too weak to survive. Despite his cold and calculating personality, Gentoku has his own standards and shows little to no tolerance with insubordination. He is easily vexed each time Soichi goes against his orders, which drives a wedge between their collaboration. He is also appalled when Soichi, as Blood Stalk put his father to the hospital for the second time before Taizan was about to resume his duty as Prime Minister.

Powers and Abilities

• Hazard Level 3+: According to Gentoku as Rogue, his Hazard Level is above 3 (stated to be much higher than Cross-Z's), thus making him capable of fighting on par with the Kamen Riders.
• Hand-to-Hand Combat: Though briefly, he was seen to easily block and counter Ryuga Banjou's punches, who himself was a professional fighter.

Forms

Night Rogue

Night Rogue's wings

"Bat! Mistmatch! Bat...Ba-Bat... Fire!"

―Transformation announcement^[src]

• Height: 197.5 cm.
• Weight: 103.0 kg.

Ability Perimeters:

• Punching power: 17.2 t.
• Kicking power: 20.5 t.
• Maximum jump height: 49.0 m.
• Maximum running speed: 100 m. per 4.1 sec.

Like Blood Stalk, Night Rogue's form is accessed with the Transteam Gun and the Bat Fullbottle.

Night Rogue seems to possess a degree of steam manipulation as he can turn himself into steam to quickly travel long distances or to summon his Steam Blade. Night Rogue is also shown to be able to fly as well as walk on ceilings. He can also execute an electrified Rider Punch-esque attack where his fist glows blue with electric energy and hits the target.

Night Rogue can summon a pair of wings on his back that allows him to fly and attack from the sky.

Unlike Build, Night Rogue's Ability Perimeters are not spread out between his arms and legs. While Night Rogue gets power from only one Fullbottle, he is much stronger than Build's Trial Forms, and his stats even surpass some of Build's Best Matches.

With the Steam Blade or the Steam Rifle, he can use the following attacks:

• Elek Steam (エレキスチーム, Ereki Suchīmu): Night Rogue shoots electricity at the enemy.
• Ice Steam (アイススチーム, Aisu Suchīmu): Night Rogue emitts an icey mist from the Steam Blade, freezing the opponent.
• Devil Steam (デビルスチーム, Debiru Suchīmu): Night Rogue sprays a stream of Nebula-Gas from his Steam Blade, transforming anybody who comes in contact with it into a Smash.

Night Rogue has 4 finishers:

• Transtream Gun finishers:
  • Steam Break (スチームブレイク, Suchīmu Bureiku): Night Rogue channels the powers of a Faust Fullbottle and performs a powerful blast attack.
    • Bat:
  • Steam Attack (スチームアタック, Suchīmu Atakku): Night Rogue channels the powers of a normal Fullbottle and performs a powerful blast attack.
• Steam Rifle finishers:
  • Steam Shot (スチームショット, Suchīmu Shotto): Night Rogue channels the powers of a Faust Fullbottle and performs a powerful steam blast attack.
    • Bat:
  • Steam Attack (スチームアタック, Suchīmu Atakku): Night Rogue channels the powers of a normal Fullbottle and performs a powerful steam blast attack.

Appearances: Build Episodes 1-7, Transformation Lessons: Night Rogue Chapter, Build 8-13, 15-16, 20

Equipment

Devices

• Transteam Gun - Transformation device and personal weapon.
• Fullbottles - Transformation trinkets.

Weapons

• Steam Blade - Standard sidearm weapon. Can combine with the Transteam Gun to form the Steam Rifle.

Behind the Scenes

Portrayal

Gentoku is portrayed by Kensei Mikami (水上 剣星, Mikami Kensei). As Night Rogue, his suit actor is Jun Watanabe (渡辺淳, Watanabe Jun), who played Secondary Riders since Kamen Rider Drive.

Etymology

Night Rogue's name is formed from the English words “Night” and “Rogue.” The name as a whole seems to be a pun of the word “Nitro”, possibly referencing Night Rogue’s Steam Engine Motif.

Notes

• Gentoku is similar to Kuroto Dan from the previous season as both were first introduced as allies were later revealed to be the identities of prominent antagonists (Kamen Rider Genm for Kuroto and Night Rogue for Gentoku). Also, while in their alter-egos they fight the Kamen Riders, in their true identities they pretend to aid them to secretly study them for their purposes (Kuroto studied the evolution of his first four Kamen Riders for the completion of Kamen Rider Chronicle while Gentoku is not truly interested in studying any evolution of Build, he does it under Blood Stalk's influence to create Kamen Riders for military purposes). Additionally, to fool the main rider, both of them used a decoy to prevent their own identity from being exposed (Parado as "Genm" (though not transformed), and Nariaki Utsumi as Night Rogue).
  • Coincidentally, both were characters that were revealed to be the true identities of antagonists, who do not transform in their respective Heisei Generations movie (VS Dr. Pac-Man for Kuroto and FINAL for Gentoku).
  • Unlike Kuroto, however, Gentoku embodies a "knight templar"-type of lawful evil because of his fears of the neighboring rivals trying to attack Touto, and hence his aforementioned goals of using the Rider systems for war.
• Gentoku's overall temper, when angered makes him similar to Takeshi Kurosaki of Kamen Rider Amazons.
• He is a Kamen Rider-like villain and the main Rider's arch-enemy similar to Shadow Moon and Chase (when the latter was still Mashin Chaser)
  • Night Rogue's transformation catchphrase, "Jōketsu" (蒸血, "Jōketsu"), is also a homage to Space Sheriff Gavan and Space Sheriff Shaider's catchphrase ("Jouchaku" and "Shouketsu")
• Night Rogue's bat motif, along with Blood Stalk's cobra motif, is part of the recurring bat/cobra/spider trio in the Kamen Rider franchise, a tribute to the first two Shocker monsters as well as the first monster to be upgraded.
• Night Rogue's outfit design is albeit detailed and similar to Kamen Rider Kiva, and his color scheme is similar to Kamen Rider Arc's color scheme.
• Night Rogue's undersuit inexplicably changes from black to brown in later episodes, especially during fighting scenes.

Appearances

• Kamen Rider Build
  • ROGUE
  • Episode 1: That One with the Best Match
  • Episode 2: The Innocent Runaway
  • Episode 3: Borderline of Justice
  • Episode 4: The Testimony Will Be Zero
  • Episode 5: Dangerous Identity
  • Episode 6: Moonsault of Anger
  • Episode 7: The Devil's Scientist
  • Transformation Lessons ~The Laws Of Transformation Are Set!~ "Night Rogue Chapter"
  • Episode 8: Memory Starts To Talk
  • Episode 9: The Trap of Project Build
  • Episode 10: Extinct Technology
  • Episode 11: Burning Dragon
  • Episode 12: Theory of Conspiracy
  • Episode 13: Who Takes Off The Veil?
  • Episode 14: The False Kamen Rider (mentioned only)
  • File:Icon-exaid.png Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FINAL: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Riders
  • Episode 15: Judging Sento Kiryu!
  • Episode 16: The Weaponry Hero
  • Episode 17: Rider Wars Start
  • Episode 18: The Golden Soldier
  • Episode 19: The Forbidden Item
  • Episode 20: The Devil's Trigger
  • Kamen Rider Build: Raising the Hazard Level ~7 Best Matches~
    • First Chapter (mentioned only)

See Also

• Kamen Rider Rogue
• Kamen Rider Mad Rogue