 This article is about an episode in Kamen Rider Zero-One.
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I'm the President and a Kamen Rider (オレが社長で仮面ライダー, Ore ga Shachō de Kamen Raidā) is the first episode of Kamen Rider Zero-One.
Synopsis[]
The headquarters of the giant corporation Hiden Intelligence looms over the center of the city. The company supports people around the world with cutting-edge technology in all kinds of artificial intelligence and robotics. The news reports that the company’s president has passed away. Without giving much thought to that news, a young man named Aruto Hiden is riding his bike towards the amusement park today where his stage as a comedian awaits. His destiny is to transform into the Kamen Rider Zero-One.
Plot[]
Japan has entered a new era. The Humagears, AI-controlled robots with human-like appearances, have entered the society as workers. The Humagears are developed by a giant technology corporate, Hiden Intelligence, lead by the late Korenosuke Hiden. The news are reporting said president's death and ceremony when a young man is speeding through the street with an old bicycle.
The young man, Aruto Hiden, is on an appointment with a local amusement park. He's booked there as a comedian, but his jokes are so lame and thus he is fired. The theme park manager tells Aruto that his job is taken by a Humagear, Fukkinhoukai Taro, that manages to make everyone laugh. The manager also explains that nowadays, people are preferring Humagears at certain jobs.
At Hiden Intelligence's HQ, Jun Fukuzoe, the vice president, is preparing for his ascension as the new president. He commands that Korenosuke Hiden's picture on the lobby to be changed into his picture, and immediately asks for an executive meeting.
Meanwhile, at Daybreak Town, two mysterious guys are discussing about Korenosuke Hiden's death and start their Magia plan. The leader, Horobi, sends his underling, Jin, with a Zetsumerisekey. Horobi exclaimed that the time of Humanity turned into an endangered species is at hand.
On the communication satellite There, the machine starts to develop the Hiden Zero-One Driver and reactivates Is, Korenosuke Hiden's secretary Humagear. Is says that her mission is finally starting as per BS-ZA protocol, and departs.
Back in the theme park, Aruto is lamenting about his lost job when a luxury car approaches him. Is comes out from the car and asks the young man to go with her as per his grandfather, Korenosuke Hiden's will. Aruto is brought onto Hiden Intelligence's executive meeting and given his late grandfather's will. Aruto is shocked after reading the will, and Jun Fukuzoe takes the will out of his hand. The vice president read the will and reveals that the company is going to fight a threat of Humagears' revolting against humanity. To fight the threat, the Hiden Zero-One Driver is developed, but it can only be utilized by the succeeding president... which is Aruto Hiden!
Jun Fukuzoe and the entire board of directors are angered at this sudden development. But, Aruto actually doesn't want to accept this appointment, as his dream is to become a comedian. Aruto then excuses himself out of the meeting. When he's going out, he reminisces about his childhood with a Humagear designed with the likeliness of his father, Soreo Hiden. But, tragedy struck and his robotic father is destroyed, but not before he told young Aruto to chase his dream to make people laugh.
In the theme park, Fukkinhoukai Taro is on a break. Suddenly Jin appears and force the Zetsumeriser onto him. Jin gently tells the resisting Taro that his mission is now to slaughter all humanity, as an alien protocol successfully rewrites his original protocol. A hacked Taro then appeared on the stage and inserting the Berotha Zetsumerisekey into his Zetsumeriser, changing him into Berotha Magia. The Magia went berserk and attacking civilians, even infecting the Humagears around him, corrupting them into Magias. A.I.M.S. personnels are immediately summoned into the park, with Isamu Fuwa and Yua Yaiba on command. Fuwa, without Yua's consent, begins to fight the Magias mercilessly.
Aruto, that went back to the park before, tries to stop Berotha Magia but he's beaten senseless. When the Magia says that human's dreams are meaningless, Aruto finally stand up to fight and asks the newly arrived Is for the Zero-One Driver.
Aruto equips the Driver and his mind is uploaded into the communication satellite Zea. Inside, his mind's processing speed is accelerated to the level of AIs, so he can finish the Driver's Tutorial Mode in 5 seconds. Aruto then transform into Kamen Rider Zero-One Rising Hopper and rushes Berotha Magia.
As the battle rages on, Jin who watches the fight is attacked by an erroneous Magia. But he easily dispatch it with his handgun. Zero-One then proceeds to destroy the Magia henchmen with his Attaché Calibur, despite the weapon rough delivery by Is. Zero One finally destroy Berotha Magia with Rising Impact finisher after a lengthy battle. But he also sprained his ankle after the finisher. Meanwhile, Isamu takes out the unfinished Shotriser, much to Yua dismay to end A.I.M.S' battle, while wondering if the past Magia incident is starting again.
Jin returns to Daybreak Town and tells Horobi about Kamen Rider Zero-One. Horobi is intrigued, and he inserts the destroyed Berotha Zetsumerisekey into his machine for analyzing. He declares his group as Metsuboujinrai.NET and reclaims that their goal is to make humanity extinct.
Aruto is happy that he saved the amusement park, until Is reveals that by accepting the Zero-One Driver, he also accepts his new position as the president of Hiden Intelligence. Is gives Aruto the RisePhone as his ID Card, and they depart to the company's HQ...
Cast[]
- Aruto Hiden (飛電 或人, Hiden Aruto): Fumiya Takahashi (高橋 文哉, Takahashi Fumiya)
- Isamu Fuwa (不破 諫, Fuwa Isamu): Ryutaro Okada (岡田 龍太郎, Okada Ryūtarō)
- Is (イズ): Noa Tsurushima (鶴嶋 乃愛, Tsurushima Noa)
- Yua Yaiba (刃 唯阿, Yaiba Yua): Hiroe Igeta (井桁 弘恵, Igeta Hiroe)
- Jin (迅): Daisuke Nakagawa (中川 大輔, Nakagawa Daisuke)
- Horobi (滅): Syuya Sunagawa (砂川 脩弥, Sunagawa Syuya)
- Jun Fukuzoe (福添 准, Fukuzoe Jun): Kazuya Kojima (児嶋 一哉, Kojima Kazuya)
- Shesta (シェスタ, Shesuta): Asumi Narita (成田 愛純, Narita Asumi)
- Sanzo Yamashita (山下 三造, Yamashita Sanzō): Arata Saeki (佐伯 新, Saeki Arata)
- Mageana (マギアナ, Magiana): Mai Shimamoto (島本 真衣, Shimamoto Mai)
- Soreo Hiden (飛電 其雄, Hiden Soreo): Koji Yamamoto (山本 耕史, Yamamoto Kōji)
- Korenosuke Hiden (飛電 是之助, Hiden Korenosuke): Tokuma Nishioka (西岡 徳馬, Nishioka Tokuma)
- Zat (ザット, Zatto, Voice): Noriko Hidaka (日高 のり子, Hidaka Noriko)
- Hiden Zero-One Driver: Maynard Plant (メイナード・プラント, Meinādo Puranto), Blaise Plant (ブレイズ・プラント, Bureizu Puranto)
- Narration: Kōichi Yamadera (山寺 宏一, Yamadera Kōichi)
Guest Cast[]
- Mitsukuni Netsu (根津 光国, Netsu Mitsukuni): Akio Kaneda (金田 明夫, Kaneda Akio)
- Fukkinhoukai Taro (腹筋崩壊太郎, Fukkin Hōkai Tarō): Kinnikun Nakayama (なかやまきんに君, Nakayama Kin'nikun)
- Show Announcer: Yakumo Yajima (矢島 八雲, Yajima Yakumo)(Uncredited)
- Aruto Hiden (Child): Haruto Nakano (中野 遥斗, Nakano Haruto)
- Staff Humagear Yui:[1] Yui Ohtani (大谷 優衣, Ōtani Yui)
- Child: Zenta Umegaki (梅垣 然太, Umegaki Zenta)
- Comedian: Yuki Terauchi (寺内 ゆうき, Terauchi Yūki), Yoshiyuki Kobayashi (小林 良行, Kobayashi Yoshiyuki)
- Old Couple: Yoshiyuki Yamada (山田 良行, Yamada Yoshiyuki), Tomoko Kitano (北野 智子, Kitano Tomoko) (uncredited)
- Nursery Staff HumaGear/HumaGear at the production line: Maria Otonashi (音梨 まりあ, Otonashi Maria) (uncredited)
Suit Actors[]
- Kamen Rider Zero-One: Yuya Nawata (縄田 雄哉, Nawata Yūya)
- Berotha Magia: Hajime Kanzaki (神前 元, Kanzaki Hajime)
Forms and Collectibles Used[]
Progrisekeys[]
- Key Used:
- Zero-One
- Rising Hopper
- Zero-One
- Form Used:
- Zero-One
- Rising Hopper
- Zero-One
Errors[]
- When Is gives Aruto the Zero-One Driver and Rising Hopper Progrise Key, the suitcase that was carrying the aforementioned items is nowhere to be seen near the two.
Notes[]
- As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger
episode 24, Ep. 24: Love Karate Dojo
. - Viewership: 3.7%
- Closing Screen Progrisekeys:
- Kamen Rider: Zero-One
- Progrisekeys:
- Zero-One: Rising Hopper
- Ending Sponsors Progrisekeys
- 1. Rising Hopper
- 2. Shooting Wolf
- 3. Rushing Cheetah
- Count at episode end
- Progrisekeys in Zero-One's possession: Rising Hopper
- Zetsumerisekeys in MetsubouJinrai.net's possession: Berotha, Kuehne, Ekal, Neohi, Onycho, Vicarya, Gaeru, Dodo
- This is the first time since the first episode of Ghost to not feature the opening theme until the final battle, with the following seasons Ex-Aid & Build having their opening themes in the ending credits, and Zi-O's first episode starting with the opening theme.
- This episode was the only episode available for streaming on TV Asahi's YouTube channel, temporarily viewable only in selected countries.[2], albeit without subtitles.
- It is revealed through Is's facial recognition scan of Aruto that he is 22 years old as of this episode.
- This is the first time since Kamen Rider Fourze to have the primary Rider injure himself after doing a Rider Kick. Coincidentally, these occurrences happened in the first episode.
- Kamen Rider Fourze: Gentaro spun after his attached drill leg hit the road
- Kamen Rider Zero-One: Aruto injured his ankle due to being unable to balance himself from the high speed of the Rider Kick.
- The instrumental for the next episode previews is called "Zero-One, that's my name!" (ゼロワン、それが俺の名だ!).
References[]
- ↑ Aruto greeted her at the entrance by her name.
- ↑ TV Asahi link of YouTube stream of Episode 1.