Kamen Rider W Returns

This article is about a/an set of movies in Kamen Rider W.

WARNING: This movie contains scenes of blood, graphic violence, gun violence and alcohol drinking. Viewer discretion is advised!

Kamen Rider W Returns (仮面ライダーＷ（ダブル） RETURNS, Kamen Raidā Daburu Ritānzu) is a series of Japanese superhero V-Cinema films set within the continuity of Kamen Rider W, each focusing on a specific character from the series.

Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Accel

Main article: Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Accel

This film focuses on the character Ryu Terui as he struggles with his newly married life with Akiko while hunting down a Dopant.

Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal

Main article: Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal

This film focuses on the character Katsumi Daido as the late love interest of Mina, a ex-Foundation X psychic who chronicles the life of Katsumi to Shotaro and Philip before their encounter.

Characters

Kamen Riders

Allies

• Akiko Narumi
• Aoi Katsuragi
• Mina
• Lily Shirogane
• Frank Shirogane

Futo Police Department

• Mikio Jinno
• Shun Makura

NEVER

• Maria Daido
• Reika Hanehara
• Gozo Domoto
• Ken Ashiwara
• Kyosui Izumi

Querks

• Shion
• Lloyd

Dopants

• Masked Soldiers

Gaia Memories

• Memory Used:
  • Kamen Rider Double:
    • Soul - Cyclone, Heat, Luna
    • Body - Joker, Metal, Trigger
  • Half Changes:
    • Accel portion: CycloneJoker, HeatMetal, LunaTrigger
    • Eternal portion: CycloneJoker, CycloneMetal, LunaMetal
  • Kamen Rider Accel:
    • Accel, Trial, Gaia Memory Adapter
  • Forms:
    • Accel, Bike Form, AccelTrial, AccelBooster
  • Kamen Rider Eternal:
    • T1 Eternal
  • Forms:
    • Red Flare (Kazu), Blue Flare (Daido)

Cast

Cameo appearances in both

• Shotaro Hidari (左 翔太郎, Hidari Shōtarō): Renn Kiriyama (桐山 漣, Kiriyama Ren)
• Philip (フィリップ, Firippu): Masaki Suda (菅田 将暉, Suda Masaki)
• Akiko Narumi (鳴海 亜樹子, Narumi Akiko): Hikaru Yamamoto (山本 ひかる, Yamamoto Hikaru)

Kamen Rider Accel cast

• Ryu Terui (照井 竜, Terui Ryū): Minehiro Kinomoto (木ノ本 嶺浩, Kinomoto Minehiro)
• Aoi Katsuragi (葛木 葵, Katsuragi Aoi): Yukari Taki (滝 裕可里, Taki Yukari)
• Hiroshi Sagami (相模 広志, Sagami Hiroshi): Minoru Tanaka (田中 実, Tanaka Minoru)
• Yukihiro Ohno (大野 幸弘, Ōno Yukihiro): Mitsutoshi Shundō (俊藤 光利, Shundō Mitsutoshi)
• Mikio Jinno (刃野 幹夫, Jinno Mikio): Takeshi Nadagi (なだぎ 武, Nadagi Takeshi)
• Shun Makura (真倉 俊, Makura Shun): Shingo Nakagawa (中川 真吾, Nakagawa Shingo)
• Lily Shirogane (リリィ白銀, Riryi Shirogane): Nao Nagasawa (長澤 奈央, Nagasawa Nao)
• Frank Shirogane (フランク白銀, Furanku Shirogane): Fubito Yamano (山野 史人, Yamano Fubito)
• Masaru (マサル, Masaru): Kohei Yamamoto (山本 康平, Yamamoto Kōhei)
• Nobu (ノブ, Nobu): Kenta Nitta (新田 健太, Nitta Kenta)
• Miki (ミキ, Miki): Mitsumi Hiromura (広村 美つ美, Hiromura Mitsumi)
• Boss (先生, Sensei): Masahiro Noguchi (野口 雅弘, Noguchi Masahiro)
• Female Bodyguard (女用心棒, On'na Yōjinbō): Ayumi Shimozono (下園 愛弓, Shimozono Ayumi)
• Aoi's Father (葵の父親, Aoi no Chichioya): Taro Suwa (諏訪 太朗, Suwa Tarō)
• Drunken Man (酔っ払い, Yopparai): Keiichi Hasegawa (長谷川 圭一, Hasegawa Keiichi)
• Master of Fumen (風麺マスター, Fūmen Masutā): Hiroshi Doki (どうき ひろし, Dōki Hiroshi)

Kamen Rider Eternal cast

• Katsumi Daido (大道 克己, Daidō Katsumi): Mitsuru Matsuoka (松岡 充, Matsuoka Mitsuru)
  • Young Katsumi Daido: Masaki Suda
• Professor Maria (プロフェッサー・マリア, Purofessā Maria): Aya Sugimoto (杉本 彩, Sugimoto Aya)
• Kyosui Izumi (泉 京水, Izumi Kyōsui): Genki Sudo (須藤 元気, Sudō Genki)
• Reika Hanehara (羽原 レイカ, Hanehara Reika): Minase Yashiro (八代 みなせ, Yashiro Minase)
• Ken Ashiwara (葦原 賢, Ashiwara Ken): Masayuki Deai (出合 正幸, Deai Masayuki)
• Gozo Domoto (堂本 剛三, Dōmoto Gōzō): Koji Nakamura (中村 浩二, Nakamura Kōji)
• Jun Kazu (加頭 順, Kazu Jun): Gong Teyu (コン・テユ, Kon Teyu)
• Tabata (田端, Tabata): Tsunekichi Takeoka (竹岡 常吉, Takeoka Tsunekichi)
• Mina (ミーナ, Mīna): Rin Takanashi (高梨 臨, Takanashi Rin)
• Doctor Prospect (ドクター・プロスペクト, Dokutā Purosupekuto): Jyunichi Haruta (春田 純一, Haruta Jun'ichi)
• Lloyd (ロイド, Roido): Sho Tomita (富田 翔, Tomita Shō)
• Shion (シオン, Shion): Sanae Hitomi (人見 早苗, Hitomi Sanae)
• Riki (リキ, Riki): Hiroyuki Hakamada (袴田 裕幸, Hakamada Hiroyuki)
• Cho-san (チョウさん, Chōsan): Hideyuki Otsuki (大月 秀幸, Ōtsuki Hideyuki)
• Nonko (ノンコ, Nonko): Shizuka Midorikawa (緑川 静香, Midorikawa Shizuka)
• Sweets Man (スイーツの男, Suītsu no Otoko): Riku Sanjo (三条 陸, Sanjō Riku)

Suit actors

• Kamen Rider Double: Seiji Takaiwa (高岩 成二, Takaiwa Seiji)
• Kamen Rider Accel: Eitoku (永徳, Eitoku), Hirofumi Fukuzawa (福沢 博文, Fukuzawa Hirofumi)
• Kamen Rider Eternal: Jun Watanabe (渡辺 淳, Watanabe Jun)
• Commander Dopant, Eyes Dopant, Sweets Dopant: Yugo Fujii (藤井 祐伍, Fujii Yūgo)

Theme songs

"Kamen Rider Accel" opening theme

• "Leave all Behind"
  • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
  • Composition: Ryo (of defspiral)
  • Arrangement: Wilma-Sidr
  • Artist: Wilma-Sidr

"Kamen Rider Eternal" ending theme

• "cod-E ~E no Angō~" (cod-E ～Eの暗号～, Kōdo Ī ~Ī no Angō~, lit. "Code E")^[1]
  • Lyrics and Composition: Mitsuru Matsuoka
  • Artist: SOPHIA

Notes

• In both portions, the writers who respectively wrote each movie make a brief appearance.

Riku Sanjo played the Sweets Man.

Keiichi Hasegawa played a drunken man.

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• Both films (Accel and Eternal) had featured several actors who had previously worked for Super Sentai.
• Currently, this is the only V-Cinema special that have the main Rider transforming on every film.

References

External links

• Kamen Rider W Returns official website
• Kamen Rider W Returns official Twitter profile