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Hiryu Kakogawa
Kamen Rider Zi-O
Age	18 (2019)
Gender	Male
Motif	Clock, King, Kamen Rider Zi-O, Another Riders, Human, Fencing Uniform, Puppet monarch
Rider Type	Villain
Affiliation	Another Riders Time Jackers
Homeworld	Earth
Series	Kamen Rider Zi-O
First Appearance	Another Zi-O 2019
Latest Appearance	2019: Tsukuyomi Confidential
Number of Episode Appearances	7 (Zi-O) Full list of appearances
Actor	Yu Sakuma Taiga Komie (child)
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"I am Hiryu Kakogawa. Sougo Tokiwa! We're fated to cross paths countless times."

―Another Zi-O introducing himself to Sougo.^[src]

"Live for the present? Don't make me laugh! You have no idea what a tragedy this has been for those who weren't chosen! Which is why I have a test for you: can you still spout that same nonsense... after I've taken everything from you?"

―Hiryu to Sougo after becoming Another Zi-O II^[src]

Hiryu Kakogawa (加古川 飛流, Kakogawa Hiryū) is a young man who transforms into Another Zi-O (アナザージオウ, Anazā Jiō), an Another Rider derived from Kamen Rider Zi-O.

Quick Answers

What event led to Hiryu Kakogawa transforming into Another Zi-O?

Hiryu Kakogawa, scouted by Swartz, transformed into Another Zi-O, driven by resentment towards Sougo Tokiwa. He harvested Anotherwatches from past Another Rider hosts. Later, he tried to defeat Sougo by manipulating Tsukuyomi and Woz to collect the Seven Legendary Riders' Ridewatches, taking on the form of Kamen Rider Barlckx.

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Who orchestrated the bus accident that Hiryu Kakogawa was involved in?

Swartz was the orchestrator of the bus accident involving Hiryu Kakogawa. He manipulated the bus to lose control, leading to the demise of Sougo and Hiryu's parents, and subsequently absconded with the children.

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Who are Hiryu Kakogawa's parents?

The parents of Hiryu Kakogawa, a character in the Kamen Rider series, are named Ryuzo and Sena Kakogawa. They tragically lost their lives in a bus accident that occurred on April 24, 2009, a tragic event orchestrated by the character Swartz.

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What is the significance of April 24, 2009 in Hiryu Kakogawa's life?

On April 24, 2009, Hiryu Kakogawa's 95 DO was transformed into a refuge for injured civilians. This transformation was followed by an unexpected confrontation between Sougo and Junichiro Tokiwa involving a daikon radish. The same day, Another Riders launched an attack on a shelter, which led to Tsukuyomi's urgent call for assistance.

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History

Background

Hiryu Kakogawa was born to his parents Ryuzo and Sena Kakogawa. On April 24, 2009, he and his parents were involved in a bus accident orchestrated by Swartz, and was amongst the children teleported away from the explosion that killed the parents. Although he was actually saved by Sougo Tokiwa, he wrongfully believed Sougo to have been responsible for the whole thing and grew up resenting him. While Sougo was later adopted by his grand-uncle, Junichiro, Hiryu has no one to pickup and has to grow-up alone.

Rise of Another Zi-O

Hiryu Kakogawa appears to Sougo Tokiwa.

In present day, Hiryu Kakogawa was scouted by Swartz to become Another Zi-O. Hiryu went on a hunting spree against former Another Rider hosts to harvest their Anotherwatches and crosses paths with the Kamen Riders. Recognizing Sougo Tokiwa, he still blames him for the bus accident that killed his parents, despite Sougo having little memory of the events. Sougo realizes that nothing he says will change his mind and chooses to fight Hiryu. However, a chance for Hiryu to fighting Zi-O would be interupted by Geiz Myokoin, who recently accessed GeizRevive. He later assists the Time Jacker Heure to siphon Kamen Rider Woz's powers from White Woz.

While Hiryu manages to raise an Another Rider army, he pursues on his hunt for Sougo Tokiwa. Finding his target with Geiz Myokoin, Another Zi-O battles him but is stopped by Geiz. Despite having a larger force, both Sougo and Geiz manage to overcome and defeat Hiryu. Despite the fact Sougo didn't clearly remember their past, he decides to apologize to Hiryu, suggesting he keep on living in the present and not dwell in the past forever. Hiryu finally breaks down and the Zi-O Anotherwatch is destroyed, before mysteriously returning to normal.

Reign of Another Zi-O II

Hiryu came back as Another Zi-O II

After a long absence, Hiryu resurfaced as Another Zi-O II and declared to take what Sougo should have obtained instead and had changed the timeline. Ruling the world with an iron fist, he also can summon other Another Riders to his disposal and reverse time. He continues to work with the Time Jackers as they serve as his advisors, while assisting them with favors such as capturing Tsukuyomi.

After his plans were mostly stopped thanks to Sougo's persistence, Hiryu finally demands Sougo for one last duel, with him bringing forth a whole army of Another Riders with Sougo, Geiz, Woz, and Tsukasa Kadoya facing him. In the end, Hiryu was defeated once again by Kamen Rider GrandZi-O which restores the timeline back to how it was before. Although his Anotherwatch still remains intact, Daiki Kaito stole it from him. Swartz also appeared and proceeds to tell Hiryu that he never had a quality of a king to begin with, further disheartening him in disbelief. With his power taken away from him, Hiryu's fate is now unknown.

Personality

Due to the traumatic death of his parents, Hiryu became a self-centered and twisted individual, using Sougo as a scapegoat for his misfortune. This single-minded enmity for Sougo contributes to his lack of thought, making him easily susceptible to manipulation by others. Yet beneath this antagonistic persona, Hiryu is an emotionally wounded man consumed by grief, unable to accept the past.

Unfortunately, his first defeat from Sougo does not stop him, instead making him even worse than before. Allowing resentment to further consume him, Hiryu decides to rob everything Sougo would obtain as Ohma Zi-O, seeing it as a means for revenge.

Forms

• Main
• Other

• Another Zi-O
• Another Zi-O II

Another Zi-O

Another Zi-O

"Zi-O!"

―Transformation announcement^[src]

• Height: 200.0 cm
• Weight: 92.0 kg
• Creator: Swartz
• Year of Origin: 2019.
• Position of year: Forehead crest, left visor, sternum crest, left trapezius, and belt.
• Name and position: "Zi-O"; Right visor and right trapezius

Another Zi-O is Hiryu's main Another Rider form. Unlike other Another Riders, his Anotherwatch is held by a black variant of the Ziku-Driver instead of being absorbed into his body, which can be used by pressing the button on top of the Anotherwatch to activate an unnamed "Rider Slash".

Powers and Abilities

• Clairvoyance: Paralleling Kamen Rider Zi-O II's Precedence Blades, Another Zi-O can perceive future events once the clock hands above his eyes spin.
• Watch Creation: Another Zi-O can produce Anotherwatches simply using a blank watch to capture remaining powers out of previous hosts. He can also steal powers of existing Kamen Riders, like what he did with Kamen Rider Woz.

Weapons

• Clock Hand Swords: Another Zi-O's favored weapons are a pair of swords themed after clock hands. They can merge into a single naginata and can perform a counterpart of Zi-O II's King Girigiri Slash, which can also be activated by pressing the Another Watch and then swipe it to the other side of the belt. ^{[Geiz Revive! 2019]}

Appearances: Zi-O Episodes 25-28

Another Zi-O II

Another Zi-O II

"Zi-O! II!"

―Transformation announcement^[src]

• Height: 200.0 cm
• Weight: 92.0 kg
• Creator: Swartz (Original ridewatch), Himself (Revived ridewatch)
• Year of Origin: 2019.
• 'Position of year': Forehead crest, left visor, sternum crest, left trapezius, and belt.
• Name and position: "Zi-O"; Right visor and right trapezius

Another Zi-O II (アナザージオウⅡ, Anazājiou Ⅱ) is Hiryu's upgraded Another Rider form.

Powers and Abilities

• Another Rider Manifestation: Another Zi-O II can create Another Riders at will once the clock hands above his eyes spins.
• Past Manipulation: Another Zi-O II can rewrite past events in his favor. A side effect of this ability causes the daylight to switch into night and vice-versa.
• Clairvoyance: Taken from it's predecessor, Another Zi-O II can perceive future events once the clock hands above his eyes spin.

Weapons

• Clock Hand Swords: Another Zi-O II can still use his clock hand swords for combat.

Appearances: Zi-O Episodes 41-43

• Another Build
• Another Ex-Aid
• Another Ghost
• Another Gaim
• Another OOO
• Another Faiz

Another Build

Another Build

"Build!"

―Transformation announcement^[src]

• Height: 196 cm
• Weight: 99 kg
• Creator: Himself
• Year of Origin: 2017.
• Position of year: Back (left Trapezius).
• Name and position: "BUILD"; Right Hypochondrium.

Powers and Abilities

• Invulnerability: Another Riders' possess the ability to continually revive as their existence is sustained by the Another Ridewatch. ^{[Best Match 2017]}
• Original Features of Rabbit and Tank Fullbottle: His version of Build's Tank Roller Shoe is fully functional, being able to use the thread's movement to enhance the damage of his kicks. His version of the Hop Springer also works similarly to the real Build's allowing him to make quick high jumps.
• Flaming Basketball Projection: Since his host is a basketball player, Another Build can manifest his host's proficiency in basketball into a form of attack.
• Fullbottle Creation: He can capture people in empty Fullbottles, creating new functional Fullbottles based on their athletic abilities. Since his human form is a basketball player, by default he can use energy basketballs as projectiles, and by using other Bottles he has access to other abilities, like firing quick projectiles after creating a Baseball Bottle.
  • Fullbottle Augmentation: In order to use a Best Match, he needs to eat the Bottles, which briefly shine on his belt, replacing the standard Rabbit and Tank looking ones, before fading away. Although there aren't physical changes to his form or belt, his abilities are completely changed. Once consuming the Swimmer and Archery Best Match, Another Build was able to swim through land, leaping around and diving into solid ground to avoid enemy attacks and launch surprise strikes through the archery's Fullbottle power to attack with energy arrows.

Appearances: Zi-O Episodes 25

Another Ex-Aid

Another Ex-Aid

"Ex-Aid!"

―Transformation announcement^[src]

• Height: 205 cm
• Weight: 97 kg
• Creator: Himself
• Year of Origin: 2016.
• Position of year: Back (left Trapezius).
• Name and position: "EX-AID"; Chest, Back(right Trapezius).

Powers and Abilities

• The game that cannot be cleared by anyone (誰もクリアしたことのないゲーム, Dare mo Kuria shita koto no nai Gēmu): Another Ex-Aid creates a modified version of Mighty Action X which becomes known as an unbeatable game.
• Game World Travel: Another Ex-Aid can use the Game World as a means of traveling into portable consoles.
• Game Area Manipulation: Befitting Ex-Aid’s Kimewaza Slot Holder, Another Ex-Aid can affect the reality of the real world using Game Areas.
• Bugster Virus A (バグスターウイルスA, Bagusutā Uirusu Ē): A specialized strain of virus that the original Another Ex-Aid used to infect young boys who are potential heart donors to his son. Additionally, he can summon them as his footsoldiers, appearing as monks with harpoons. His Bugster Virus grunts are of the same kind as Aranbura Bugster and Brave Fantasy Gamer Level 50.
• Self Revival: So long that the Ridewatch used to counter him is not from the same power, Another Ex-Aid can endlessly revive himself.
• Platform Game Capabilities: Paralleling Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, Another Ex-Aid has the abilities of playable characters in platform games, such as inhuman agility and superhuman jump.

Appearances: Zi-O Episodes 25

Another Ghost

Another Ghost

"Ghost!"

―Transformation announcement^[src]

• Height: 204.0 cm
• Weight: 96.0 kg
• Creator: Himself
• Year of Origin: 2015.
• Position of year: Back of his jacket.
• Name and position: "GHOST"; back in his jacket.

Powers and Abilities

• Soul Absorption: Another Ghost can extract human’s soul out of their body and capture them in the eye-like symbol on his chest. Then he can release and absorb the stored souls to empower himself.
• Invisibility/Intangibility: Due to Another Ghost’s original host being dead, Another Ghost can make himself visible and solid at will. Another Ghost can also phase through solid objects and re-emerge elsewhere, usually from thin air. However, it seems that this ability can be negated by the Ghost Ridewatch.
• Parka Ghosts Summoning: Like Ghost, Another Ghost can summon any of the heroic Parka Ghosts to assist him in battle.
• "Gamma Commandos" Summoning: Like the Empowered Gamma, Another Ghost can summon multiple monsters that resemble Gamma Commandos.
• Omega Drive Rider Kick: Another Ghost can perform a dark version of Kamen Rider Ghost's Omega Drive (Ore).
• Ore Damashii Mimicry: A unique ability to Hiryu's Another Ghost, he can split himself into three darker copies of Ore Damashii.

Appearances: Zi-O Episodes 25

Another Gaim

Another Gaim

"Gaim!"

―Transformation announcement^[src]

• Height: 203.0 cm
• Weight: 105.0 kg
• Creator: Himself
• Year of Origin: 2013.
• Position of year: Left sode (shoulder protection made of plates).
• Name and position: "GAIM"; Right sode.

Powers and Abilities

• Helheim Crack Manipulation: Another Gaim can willingly open cracks into Helheim and drag anyone into it or move the crack over the person. He is also capable of calling Inves-like monsters through the cracks as well.
• Monster Control: Another Gaim has full control over his Inves-like monsters
• Sword Manifestation: Another Gaim can manifest his zanbatō at will after transforming.
• Energy Bolts: Another Gaim can generate orange energy and launch it at his opponents.
• Teleportation: Another Gaim can teleport himself to another location at will.

Appearances: Zi-O Episodes 25

Another OOO

Another OOO

"OOO!"

―Transformation announcement^[src]

• Height: 194.0 cm
• Weight: 86 kg
• Creator: Himself
• Year of Origin: 2010.
• Position of year: Back.
• Name and position: "OOO"; chest.

Powers and Abilities

• Animal Abilities: Like the Kamen Rider he is based on, he has the powers of a hawk, tiger and grasshopper, including large tiger claws that he uses as weapons.
• Cell Medal Reproduction: In the similar vein to Greeed, Another OOO also can produce cell medals which can be used to create monsters that resemble Kuzu Yummies, but with higher durability than the originals. Like actual Kuzu Yummies, they can exist by themselves or with a human host and follow their creator’s will.

Appearances: Zi-O Episodes 25

Another Faiz

Another Faiz

"Faiz!"

―Transformation announcement^[src]

• Height: 186.0 cm
• Weight: 91.0 kg
• Creator: Himself
• Year of Origin: 2003
• Position of year: Left shoulder
• Name and position: "FAIZ"; Right shoulder.

Powers and Abilities

• Lifespan Manipulation: Another Faiz is able to absorb people and convert them into energy, which can then be used to revive the deceased. However, the revived subject can only use energies made from people sharing their age and astrological sign and must receive these "life injections" regularly to maintain their form.
• Rider Kick: Another Faiz can shroud his entire body with red aura to perform his variation of Faiz Blaster's Crimson Smash.

Appearances: Zi-O Episodes 25

Equipment

Devices

• Anotherdriver - A black and twisted version of Ziku-Driver that appears after putting the Zi-O Anotherwatch on his waist. 
• Anotherwatch - Transformation trinket. As Hiryu already possessed the Zi-O Anotherwatch, he can create past versions of Anotherwatches by targeting past contract holders and absorb the essence with a blank Anotherwatch.
• Ridewatch Holder - Like Zi-O, a strap for carrying Ridewatches.

Behind the Scenes

Portrayal

Hiryu Kakogawa is portrayed by Yu Sakuma (佐久間 悠, Sakuma Yū). As Another Zi-O, his suit actor is Kazuya Okada (岡田 和也, Okada Kazuya).

Etymology

Kako (加古, Kako) is a homophone of the Japanese word for Past (過去, Kako), reflecting on his character unable to get over from his past.

Concept Art

Another Zi-O was designed by Yutaka Izubuchi (出渕 裕, Izubuchi Yutaka).

Another Zi-O concept art

Another Zi-O II concept art

Another Zi-O's Clock Hand Swords concept art

Notes

• Another Zi-O is the first Another Rider who doesn't have a "twisted" version of the original rider's belt but instead uses a recolor of the belt of the rider he is based on.
  • He is also the first Another Rider to have a different year than his Kamen Rider counterpart; Kamen Rider Zi-O was created in 2018.
  • He is the second and last Another Rider to have an upgrade form (Another Zi-O II), The first is Another Kuuga (Another Ultimate Kuuga)
    • However, while Another Zi-O requires a different Anotherwatch to achieve Another Zi-O II, Another Kuuga has to use the same Anotherwatch and put it into another person to fuse with him into Another Ultimate Kuuga.
• He is the second person to use more than one Anotherwatch. The first was Ryuichi Sakuma.
• Despite being based on Kamen Rider Zi-O, Another Zi-O's ability to transform into past Another Riders makes him more analogous to Kamen Rider Decade due to his ability to transform directly into past Riders rather than a form based on them.
• Another Zi-O's undersuit has an inverse color scheme of the original Zi-O.
• As with every Another Rider, Hiryu as Another Zi-O is the polar opposite to Sougo, and to an extent, Geiz.
  • Sougo: Hiryu was given the power of Another Zi-O by Swartz to antagonize Sougo, whom he believed to be responsible for his parents' deaths. Ironically, they are both unknowingly manipulated by Swartz himself. Sougo was destined to become Ohma Zi-O, and attempted to change his destiny by becoming a benevolent king. Hiryu is unable to get over from his past, while Sougo is more willing to move on.
  • Geiz: Both of them want to defeat Sougo. Geiz's motivation is to prevent the tyranny of Ohma Zi-O, while Hiryu does so to ease his emotional pain. Geiz is willing to help Sougo if needed, and genuinely comes to see him as a friend. Hiryu continued to oppose Sougo, becoming an outright villain in the process.

Appearances

• Kamen Rider Zi-O
  • Episode 25: Another Zi-O 2019
  • Episode 26: GeizRevive! 2019
  • Episode 27: The Beginning of Everything 2009
  • Episode 28: Our Goal 2019
  • Episode 41: 2019: World, Reset
  • Episode 42: 2019: Missing World
  • Episode 43: 2019: Tsukuyomi Confidential

See also

• Sougo Tokiwa - The original Kamen Rider Zi-O

External links

• Kamen Rider Zukan page on Hiryu Kakogawa.
• Kamen Rider Zukan page on Another Zi-O.
• Kamen Rider Zukan page on Another Zi-O II.