I am the Ark and a Kamen Rider

This article is about a/an episode in Kamen Rider Zero-One.

I am the Ark and a Kamen Rider (ワタシがアークで仮面ライダー, Watashi ga Āku de Kamen Raidā) is the thirty-sixth episode of Kamen Rider Zero-One. It marks the beginning of the Ark-Zero arc as it features the in-series debut of Kamen Rider Ark-Zero and the Ark Driver-Zero after their brief appearances in the President Special, as well as Horobi's first transformation into Ark-Zero.

Synopsis

An incident suddenly erupts in Daybreak Town, where Horobi, Jin, Naki, and Ikazuchi are based! Something the likes of which no one has ever seen before is about to be created! Something so wicked that it exceeds human knowledge! Meanwhile, Aruto, who is holding on to his dream that Horobi can become a father, becomes aware of the development of a new kind of artificial intelligence technology that can only be developed by Hiden Manufacturing! It was just then when Aruto noticed Fuwa looking in...

Plot

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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)
• Izu (イズ, Izu): 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, Jin): Daisuke Nakagawa (中川大輔, Nakagawa Daisuke)
• Horobi (滅, Horobi): Shuya Sunagawa (砂川脩弥, Sunagawa Syuya)
• Gai Amatsu (天津垓, Amatsu Gai): Nachi Sakuragi (桜木 那智, Sakuragi Nachi)
• Jun Fukuzoe (福添 准, Fukuzoe Jun): Kazuya Kojima (児嶋一哉, Kojima Kazuya)
• Sanzo Yamashita (山下三造, Yamashita Sanzō): Arata Saeki (佐伯 新, Saeki Arata)
• Naki (亡, Naki): Satsuki Nakayama (中山咲月, Nakayama Satsuki)
• Ikazuchi (雷, Ikazuchi): Daichi Yamaguchi (山口 大地, Yamaguchi Daichi)
• Ai-chan (アイちゃん, Voice): M • A • O (市道 真央, Ichimichi Mao)
• Ark (アーク, Āku, Voice): Show Hayami (速水 奨, Hayami Shō)
• Hiden Zero-One Driver, A.I.M.S. Shot Riser, MetsubouJinrai Force Riser, ZAIA Slashriser, Raidriser, Attache Weapons: 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

• Hakase Bot (博士ボット, Hakase Botto): Shinji Rokkaku (六角慎司, Rokkaku Shinji)
• Higashishinagawa no Haha (東品川の母, Higashishinagawa no haha): Yoriko Kamimura (上村依子, Kamimura Yoriko)
• Isamu Fuwa's father: Kazuyuki Tsumura (津村 和幸, Tsumura Kazuyuki)
• Isamu Fuwa's mother: Kiyomi Doi (土井きよ美, Doi Kiyomi)
• Isamu Fuwa's brother: Ryōya Ōkawa (大川諒也, Ōkawa Ryōya)

Suit Actors

• Kamen Rider Zero-One: Yuya Nawata (縄田 雄哉, Nawata Yūya)
• Kamen Rider Vulcan: Kosuke Asai (浅井 宏輔, Asai Kōsuke)
• Kamen Rider Valkyrie: Satoshi Fujita (藤田 慧, Fujita Satoshi)
• Kamen Rider Jin: Eitoku (永徳, Eitoku)
• Kamen Rider Ark-Zero: Seiji Takaiwa (高岩 成二, Takaiwa Seiji)

Forms and Collectibles Used

Progrisekeys

• Key Used:
  • Zero-One
    • MetalCluster Hopper
  • Vulcan
    • Rampage Gatling
  • Valkyrie
    • Lightning Hornet
  • Jin
    • Burning Falcon
• Form Used:
  • Zero-One
    • MetalCluster Hopper
  • Vulcan
    • RampageVulcan
  • Valkyrie
    • Lightning Hornet
  • Jin
    • Burning Falcon

Errors

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Notes

• As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Mashin Sentai Kiramager episode 12, Episode 12: Wonder Drill Boy.

• Closing Screen Progrisekeys:
  • Kamen Riders: Horobi, Jin
  • Progrisekeys:
    • Horobi: Sting Scorpion
    • Jin: Burning Falcon
• Count at episode end
  • Progrisekeys in Zero-One's possession: Rising Hopper, Biting Shark, Flying Falcon, Flaming Tiger, Freezing Bear, Breaking Mammoth, Shining Hopper, Hopping Kangaroo, MetalCluster Hopper
  • Progrisekeys in Vulcan's possession: Shooting Wolf, Punching Kong, Gatling Hedgehog, Trapping Spider, Assault Wolf, Rampage Gatling
  • Progrisekeys in Valkyrie's possession: Rushing Cheetah, Lightning Hornet, Fighting Jackal
  • Progrisekeys in Jin's possession: Burning Falcon
  • Progrisekeys in Horobi's possession: Sting Scorpion
  • Progrisekeys in Thouser's possession: Amazing Caucasus, Sparking Giraffe, Crushing Buffalo, Exciting Stag, Splashing Whale, Dynamaiting Lion, Storming Penguin, Scouting Panda,
  • Progrisekeys in unknown possession: Amazing Hercules
  • Humagear Progrisekeys in Zero-One's possession: Is, Uchuyaro Subaru, Saikyo Takumi Oyakata, Dr. Omigoto, Sumida Smile, Mamoru, Bengoshi Bingo, Ikkan Nigiro, Okureru, Matsuda Enji, G-Pen, Matsurida Z, Fukkinhoukai Taro, Shesta, Delmo, Love-chan, Higashinogawa no Haha, Hakase Bot
  • Humagear Progrisekeys in MetsubouJinrai.net's possession: Uchuyaro Raiden
  • Zetsumerisekeys in Thouser's possession: Awaking Arsino
  • Zetsumerisekeys in MetsubouJinrai.net's possession: Berotha, Kuehne, Ekal, Neohi, Onycho, Vicarya, Gaeru, Mammoth, Dodo, Arsino

• This episode features the cameo appearance of Hakase Bot since his last appearance on Zero-One Episode 25.
• Similar to episodes 17 and 30, the title of this episode is a call back to the title of episode 1. The difference is that the episode title uses ワタシ (Watashi, ワタシ) instead of オレ (Ore, オレ) like the previous episodes using the similar title.
• This is the first full-length episode to air after the production hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, with a series of recap specials having aired in the meantime.
• Gai and Ikazuchi did not appeared transformed in this episode.

External links

• TV Asahi's official episode guide for ワタシがアークで仮面ライダー
• KR Official's official episode guide for ワタシがアークで仮面ライダー

References