 This article is about a rider form in Kamen Rider Kabuto.
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Kamen Rider TheBee
Kamen Rider TheBee (仮面ライダーザビー, Kamen Raidā ZaBī) is one of the characters in Kamen Rider Kabuto. It is based on a bee/wasp motif. Similar to the Hopper Riders, it relies on close-range combat because of the lack of any weapons. The following characters have used the Rider's alias:
Minor users
Arata Kagami
Arata Kagami (加賀美 新, Kagami Arata) received the TheBee Zecter in episode 9 after it abandoned Yaguruma. Being easily angered, Yaguruma made Tendou's defeat a higher priority than protecting his subordinates. In turn, the TheBee Zecter went to Kagami who was desperate to protect the injured Shadow Troopers. However, Kagami relinquished his role as TheBee because of his respect for Tendou. Kagami later became Kamen Rider Gatack.
Masato Mishima
Masato Mishima (三島 正人, Mishima Masato) temporarily used the TheBee Zecter after Kageyama's transformation canceled in the fight against Formicaalubusworm Maxilla in episode 16. Despite the Zecter's attempt to reject him, he did a superhuman jump into the air, caught the fleeing Zecter, and forced the transformation. He is the strongest of the TheBee Zecter's wearers, capable of taking out the Formicaalubusworm with bare punches. After defeating the Worm, the Zecter returns to Kageyama.
Behind the scenes
Suit actors
Having several users, Kamen Rider TheBee had two suit actors, Makoto Ito (伊藤 慎, Itō Makoto) and Yoshifumi Oshikawa (押川 善文, Oshikawa Yoshifumi).
Notes
- ^ TheBee is based on either a bee or a wasp motif. His name is TheBee, but his Zecter calls "CHANGE WASP" upon Cast Off. A bee is a subtype of wasp, but in English the name "wasp" is rarely used for bees and other subtypes that have their own names.
- In Kamen Rider Decade, when TheBee Masked cast off into TheBee Rider, the Zecter doesn't annouce "CHANGE WASP".