 This article is about a monster in Kamen Rider Gaim.
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The Grasshopper Monster (イナゴ怪人, Inago Kaijin) is a monster which fused by the locusts. He has the ability to swarm into multiple flying insects.
Profile
- Animal Basis: Grasshopper, locust
- Destroyed by: New Generation Rider Baron's Cavaliend Rider Kick
History
The monster appeared while Kouta searches for the Kureshima brothers. Kouta fought the monster briefly, before it escapes into the alternate world, where he fights Kaito. Then he escapes and returns to the mainstream world, where he fights Gaim again. However, after being blasted by Gaim's Musou Saber, he escapes through a crack to the alternate world. He soon appears again after Team Baron defeated Team Charmant in a soccer battle. However, he fought Baron once again. The monster soon met his end when Baron Lemon Energy Arms used Lemon Energy to trap the monster before finishing him using his Cavaliend Rider Kick.
Notes
- The Grasshopper Monster is the second non-Inves monster to appear in the world of the Kamen Rider Gaim TV series on TV. But if we count the movies and specials, the Inago Kaijin is the third non-Inves monster to appear in Gaim, after the Pitcher Plant Monster and Badan Empire's Mogura-Roid. While Mogura-Roid is part of a whole other breed of monsters, Grasshopper is simply titled a Kaijin (怪人 Monster) as with the Pitcher Plant Monster, denoting them as unique monsters.
- Kaijin is also used as the title of the Mutants of Gorgom in Kamen Rider Black.
- Its head design inspiration seems to be from Kamen Rider Black RX. Interestingly, Kotaro, as both Black and RX, has a grasshopper motif to his suit.
- Also, during Baron's first battle with the Grasshopper Monster, it uses a kick attack on Baron, which is similar to Black RX's RX Kick.
- From the official magazine, it was revealed that the Grasshopper Monster was summoned by Kamen Rider Jam.