Issei Kurosaki

This article is about a Rider in Kamen Rider Kabuto.

Issei Kurosaki
Kamen Rider Caucasus
Gender	Male
Aliases	Kamen Rider Caucasus
Motif	Caucasus beetle
Rider Type	Villain Antagonist Hero (only in Episode Yellow: Treasure de End Pirates)
Affiliation	ZECT
Homeworld	Earth (Alternate Timeline Continuity)
Series	Kamen Rider Kabuto
First Appearance	Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love
Latest Appearance	Kamen Rider Super Live 2012
Number of Episode Appearances	3 (Movies) 2 (Decade) 1 (Manga) 1 (Net Movie) 1 (Stage Show) Full list of appearances
Actor	Musashi (movie) Jouji Nakata (PS2 video game)
Kamen Rider Caucasus

Issei Kurosaki (黒崎 一誠, Kurosaki Issei) was Kamen Rider Caucasus (仮面ライダーコーカサス, Kamen Raidā Kōkasasu, Masked Rider Caucasus), the final antagonist of Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love. He transforms using the power of the gold Kabutick Zecter, the Caucasus Zecter. His power exceeds the power of most Kabuto Riders.

History

Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love

Caucasus instantly kills Kamen Rider Hercus

Kurosaki is a high-ranking member of ZECT who takes orders directly from headquarter and was in charge of eliminate enemies of ZECT at the command of Riku Kagami and Masato Mishima. He is also one of the few people who knows the true purpose of the Ladder of Heaven project.

Kurosaki is a narcissistic and very powerful fighter. He only wanted to remain the strongest and most beautiful, he is not interested in the future of earth.

He first appeared when he kills Kamen Rider Hercus via Hyper Clock Up and drops his blue rose at the corpse. One day later, he was sent by ZECT to go aboard on a space station to ensure their secret mission goes as planned.

However Kabuto and Gatack were able to get onto the space station to discover the real plot. Though at first both riders are outmatched by Caucasus due to the Hyper Zecter, Gatack successfully held him off allowing for Kabuto to steal the Hyper Zecter and eject him into space. Kabuto sends Gatack back to the Earth via an escape pod as he was completely exhausted.

But this doesn't stop Caucasus from having his revenge and killing Gatack by smashing the escape pod's window, sucking the contents of the pod into the vacuum of space. But Kabuto had predicted this and uses the Hyper Zecter to go back in time to prevent Gatack's death, and kills Caucasus by kicking him to the missile before it hits the meteor.

Kamen Rider Decade

Rider War

Kamen Rider Caucasus appears with other Kamen Riders commanded by Wataru Kurenai, but all are murdered by Decade in episode 1 of Kamen Rider Decade in the dream of Natsumi Hikari. The dream then concludes with Decade as the only Rider in the Rider War. ^{[Rider War]}

Cho Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations: The Onigashima Warship

Ouja, Caucasus, and G3 being summoned

Diend appears long enough to summon Kamen Riders Ouja, G3, and Caucasus as wild cards in the fight. The Oni Brothers are able to defeat them until Tsukasa and Sieg arrive, allowing Den-O to assume Wing form as Momotaros possess Tsukasa to fight as Decade. The other Tarōs do the same with Diend's summoned Riders. Caucasus is possessed by Kintaros with the other riders being possessed by Urataros and Ryutaros. ^{[Cho Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations: The Onigashima Warship]}

The Destroyer of Worlds

All the Riders killed by Decade.

In the special version of episode 31, Kamen Rider Caucasus is seen as one of the many Kamen Riders who fought in the Rider War against Decade and were all destroyed. They were presumably restored after the destruction (and subsequent revival) of Decade at the end of the Rider War and the worlds were restored.^{[The Destroyer of Worlds]}

Episode Yellow: Treasure de End Pirates

During the events of Episode Yellow: Treasure de End Pirates, Kamen Rider Diend Complete Form summons Caucasus alongside seven other Movie Riders using the Attack Ride Card Gekijouban to defeat Kamen Rider G Den-O.  Here, Caucasus uses Rider Kick, possibly in order to better go along with the other Riders' ranged finishing moves (as occurred with Kamen Rider Glaive's Gravity Slash).

Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever

Kamen Rider Caucasus appears as a Toy ,when Sento and Sougo they find Ataru he brings them to his room which is filled with Kamen Riders memorabilia, with Sougo and Sento stunned to see toys of themselves. Ataru reveals that Kamen Riders are fictional.^{[Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever]}

Appearances in other media

Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders Super Spin-off

That One! Jiro Okamoto: Final Blow Diet!!

Kamen Rider Caucasus appears with Ouja, Leangle, IXA, and Black, cited as examples of the costumes Eitoku used. Later in the beginning of the questionnaire, Kenichi asks which Rider is Jiro referring to, it is finally discovered that it is Black. ^{[That One! Jiro Okamoto: Final Blow Diet!!]}

Video Game appearances

Kamen Rider Kabuto video game

Kamen Rider Caucasus appears with the other Kamen Riders in the Kamen Rider Kabuto video game.

Kamen Rider Riderbout

Caucasus as seen in Kamen Rider Riderbout

Kamen Rider Caucasus appears as a playable character with the other Heisei and Showa Kamen Riders in Kamen Rider Riderbout.

Kamen Rider: Battride War series

Kamen Rider Battride War II

Caucasus in Battride Wars II.

Caucasus reappeared in Kamen Rider: Battride War II as a boss, with Worms as mind bosses against Kamen Rider Kabuto and Kamen Rider Gatack. He easily defeats Kamen Rider Gatack. When Caucasus had the opportunity to destroy Kabuto, Gatack gets in the way. This allows Kabuto to steal Caucasus' Hyper Zecter and transforming into Hyper Kabuto and destroys him the first time. Kabuto uses Hyper Clock Up to time travel in the moment when Caucasus killed Gatack, and he later is destroyed by Kabuto Hyper Form Rider Kick a second time.

Caucasus along with the movie villains

Caucasus destroy by Kabuto Hyper Form

Kamen Rider Caucasus defeat Gatack with their Rider Kick

Kamen Rider Caucasus vs Kabuto Hyper Form

Kamen Rider: Battride War Genesis

Kamen Rider Caucasus reappeared in Kamen Rider: Battride War Genesis as a boss.

Kamen Rider Battle Rush

Kamen Rider Caucasus appears as a playable and support character in the video game Kamen Rider Battle Rush using Rider Punch.

Caucasus in Kamen Rider Battle Rush

Kamen Rider Caucasus using Rider Kick

Kamen Rider Transcend Heroes

Kamen Rider Caucasus appears as a playable character and Boss among the other villains in Movies or TV series. He appears in his respective event and uses Rider Punch or Rider Kick against his opponents in Kamen Rider Transcend Heroes.

Kamen Rider Buttobasoul

Kamen Rider Caucasus Medal

Kamen Rider Caucasus is a playable character in Kamen Rider Buttobasoul.

Masked Rider Expansion

Kamen Rider Caucasus Masked Rider Expansion card

Kamen Rider Caucasus appears as a playable character in this trading card game with other Kamen Rider Kamen Rider Heisei-Era , Showa-Era, Super Sentai, Metal Heroes and other Heroes.

Imagin Possessions

K-Caucasus

Forms

Kamen Rider Caucasus transforms using the power of his gold Kabutick Zecter, the Caucasus Zecter. His power easily exceeds the power of all the other Riders.

• Rider
• Masked

Rider Form

• Normal
• Hyper Zecter

Rider Form

Rider Form (With Hyper Zecter equipped)

"Henshin! Change Beetle!"

―Transformation announcement^[src]

Rider Statistics

• Rider Height: 199 cm.
• Rider Weight: 102 kg.

Rider Senses:

• Hearing: 5 km.

Ability Parameters:

• Punching Power: 4.5 t.
• Kicking Power: 8 t.
• Maximum Jump Height: 42 m.
• Maximum Running Speed: 100 m. per 5 sec.

Special Attacks:

• Rider Kick (Maximum Rider Power): 30 t.

Appearances: God Speed Love, Decade Episodes 1,7 (Flashback) , The Onigashima Warship, 31 (Special Version only), Episode Yellow, Heisei Generations FOREVER (as a toy).

Masked Form

Masked Form

Though Caucasus was not shown to have a Masked Form on-screen, toy versions of a possible Masked Form for Caucasus and the other two Kabutick Riders was made for the Cast-Off Rider line.

Equipment

Devices

• Caucasus Zecter: Transformation device
• Rider Brace: Transformation brace
• Hyper Zecter: A device that allows Caucasus to use Hyper Clock Up
• ZECT Buckle: A Clock Up belt, which has side pads as Rider Belt's side pads
  • Normal Clock Up function is unused in exchange to use Hyper Zecter's Hyper Clock Up on the left side pad of the belt

Weapon

• ZECT Kunaigun: Personal weapon

Vehicle

• Machine Zectron (Video Game exclusive)

Rider Cards

KamenRide: Caucasus

Caucasus as summoned by Diend Complete Form.

"KamenRide: Caucasus"

―Diendriver summoning announcement^[src]

• KamenRide: Caucasus (カメンライドコーカサス, Kamenraido Kōkasasu): A Rider Card containing the power of Kamen Rider Caucasus. Used by Kamen Rider Diend to summon Kamen Rider Caucasus. First used to battle the Oni Brothers, Caucasus is quickly possessed by Kintaros. It is also one of the eight cards used by Diend Complete Form. ^{[Episode Yellow: Treasure de End Pirates]}

Behind the Scenes

Portrayal

Issei Kurosaki was portrayed by Akio Mori (森 昭生, Mori Akio), better known by the name Musashi (武蔵, Musashi). In the Kamen Rider Kabuto (Video game) his voiced is portrayed by Jouji Nakata (中田 譲治, Nakata Jōji). As Kamen Rider Caucasus, his suit actor is Jiro Okamoto (岡元 次郎, Okamoto Jirō).

Concept Art

Kamen Rider Caucasus concept art

Notes

• Issei Kurosaki is the only Kabutick Rider to have used the Hyper Zecter.
• In Kamen Rider Kabuto PS2 video game, Caucasus is voiced by Jouji Nakata instead of Musashi.
• Kamen Rider Caucasus in the PS2 video game had an unused voiceline of him announcing "Rider Beat", like Hercus and Ketaros.
• The Kabutick Riders have the same colors as the Olympic medals: Gold, Silver, and Bronze. These colors also represent the strength of the Riders, with gold being the strongest and bronze being the weakest.
• Kamen Rider Caucasus is the only Kabutick Rider that has multiple users.
• The Kabutick Riders are the second trio Riders in the Heisei Era after New Generation Riders featured in Kamen Rider Blade: Missing Ace. This is subsequently followed by the Dark Necroms in Kamen Rider Ghost's movie and Quartzer of Kamen Rider Zi-O.

Appearances

• Kamen Rider Kabuto
  • 35th Masked Rider Anniversary File (Archive footage only)
  • Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love
• Kamen Rider Decade
  • Episode 1: Rider War
  • Episode 7: Super Trick of the Real Criminal (Flashback)
  • Cho Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations: The Onigashima Warship
    • Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders Super Spin-off
      • That One! Jiro Okamoto: Final Blow Diet!!
  • Episode 31/Finale: The Destroyer of Worlds (Special Version only)
• Episode Yellow: Treasure de End Pirates
• Kamen Rider Super Live 2012
• Fierce Battle! Ganbarider!!
• Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever (as a toy)