Kamen Rider Jam

This article is about a rider form used by several identities in Kamen Rider Gaim.

Kamen Rider Jam

Kamen Rider Jam (仮面ライダー邪武［ジャム］, Kamen Raidā Jamu, lit. Evil Warrior) may refer to any the following characters.

Kohgane (Primary user)

Unnamed girl (When possessed by Kohgane)

Arms

Like with the other Armored Riders, Kamen Rider Jam's forms are called Arms (アームズ, Āmuzu). His Sengoku Driver does not either play any sort of music or announce something before every transformation, while his personal Lockseeds are styled in pure Japanese.

By pressing the Sengoku Driver's Cutting Blade down on the Lockseed after transforming from one to three times, Jam can activate one of three finishing moves based on his current Arms form: Squash (スカッシュ, Sukasshu), Au Lait (オーレ, Ōre), or Sparking (スパーキング, Supākingu). In addition to the Sengoku Driver's finishing moves, Kohgane as Jam can perform a Fruits Charge (フルーツチャージ, Furūtsu Chāji) finishing attack by inserting a Lockseed into the Drive Launch of his Musou Saber.

• Ride Wear
• Darkness

Ride Wear

The Ride Wear (ライドウェア, Raido Uēa) is Jam's default form undersuit, which is briefly seen during Jam's transformation sequence before the Armor Part attaches or when he changes Arms. However, this form is completely vulnerable to any incoming attacks when shot at directly in the suit rather than at the Arms that is descending down on the Rider.

Jam is one of only a few Armored Riders who are equipped with a Musou Saber side weapon. However, his Sengoku Driver does not have a Musou Saber Holster and the Musou Saber was summoned by Jam during the battle instead of appearing upon transformation.

The Ride Wear is easily identifiable through its Rider Indicator (ライダーインジケーター, Raidā Injikētā) faceplate. The Rider Indicator only identifies what Ride Wear a Sengoku Driver contains for simplicity and can be replaced with extensions such as the Genesis Core or Senyo Joint.

Rider Indicator

Darkness Arms

Darkness Arms

"Soiya! Darkness Arms! Ōgon no kajitsu! (Sinister choir with harp music)"

―Transformation announcement^[src]

Rider Statistics:

• Rider Height: 209 cm
• Rider Weight: 117 kg

Ability Parameters:

• Punching Power: 18.5 t
• Kicking Power: 19.6 t
• Maximum Jump Height: 22 m
• Maximum Running Speed: 100 m per 6.2 seconds

Darkness Arms (ダークネスアームズ, Dākunesu Āmuzu) is Jam's apple-based default form. Accessed through the Black Ringo Lockseed, this form bears the Black Mask (ブラックマスク, Burakku Masuku) helmet with the Steering Eye (ステアリングアイ, Sutearingu Ai) visor.

While assuming Darkness Arms, Jam dons the Darkness Armor Part (ダークネスアーマーパート, Dākunesu Āmā Pāto) and his Arms Weapon is the Dark Daidaimaru.

This form is substantially weaker than Mars due to the fact that the Golden Ringo Lockseed was depleted of all its energy, turning it into the Black Ringo Lockseed. Kohgane has stated that he has only been able to regain very little of its power back. Despite that, by pure numbers, he does have the strongest punch out of all the Armored Riders, beyond even Gaim, is second to only Kachidoki Arms for kicks and barely is stronger than Duke, can jump as high as Gaim and Baron in Pine Arms and Mango Arms, and barely outpaced by Baron and both Zangetsu and Zangetsu-Shin. In fact it possesses the same punching and kicking power as the Golden Arms, but is faster and can jump higher. Despite this fact, Jam appears to have very low defensive capabilities to the point where even Ryugen was able to injure him alone whereas Mars was able to fight against the surviving Riders in the Soccer World.

This Arms' finishing attack is known as Apple Bullets (リンゴ弾, Ringo Dan): This finisher has two variations depending on which function Jam activates from his Sengoku Driver.

• Squash: Jam summons up to 15 energy apples, then slashes an energized Dark Daidaimaru Naginata Mode to send them flying so as to bombard the enemy.
• Au Lait: Jam summons a bigger energy apple, then jabs the Dark Daidaimaru Naginata Mode into it, sending it flying at the enemy.

This form is exclusive to episode 47.

Equipment

Devices

• Sengoku Driver - Transformation device
• Lockseeds - Gives access to Mars/Jam's Arms changes, depending on which lock is used.

Weapons

• • Musou Saber - Jam's side weapon
  • Arms Weapons
    • Dark Daidaimaru - Jam Darkness Arms' personal weapon

Behind the Scenes

Concept Art

Kamen Rider Jam concept art

Black Mask & Steering Eyes concept art

Notes

• Jam's suit is a modification of Kamen Rider Kamuro Silver Arms' suit. The Daidaimaru is recolored from Bujin Gaim's standard Daidaimaru. The only addition made purely for the suit is the visor, the violet trim around of which is the kanji Ja (邪, Ja), the first kanji in Jam (邪武, Jam), which means "Evil".
• Jam is the third Rider to utilize an apple-type Lockseeds, after its original Rider form Kamen Rider Mars and the Silver Apple Rider Kamuro.
  • Despite being apple-based, Jam's weapon is one that is usually associated with orange-based Arms (Orange, Blood Orange, Fresh Orange, and Black Orange specifically).
• Keeping with the fruit theme of Gaim, Jam's name is a reference to jams, a type of fruit preservative composed of fruits stewed in sugar.

Appearances

• Kamen Rider Gaim
  • Episode 47/Finale: Transformation! And into the Future

External Links

• Kamen Rider Zukan page on Kohgane.
• Kamen Rider Zukan page on the Unnamed girl.
• Kamen Rider Zukan page on Kamen Rider Jam Darkness Arms.