Nanaha Izumi

This article is about an ally in Kamen Rider Amazons.

Nanaha Izumi
Age	25 (Season 1) 30 (Season 2)
Gender	Female
Motif	Jellyfish
Ally Type	Citizen
Affiliation	Jin Takayama
Homeworld	Earth (World of Amazons)
Series	Kamen Rider Amazons
First Appearance	AMAZONZ (season 1)
Latest Appearance	Kamen Rider Amazons: The Last Judgement
Number of Episode Appearances	20 (Amazons) 1 (movie) Full list of appearances
Actor	Ayu Higashi
Jellyfish Amazon

Nanaha Izumi (泉 七羽, Izumi Nanaha) was the girlfriend, later wife of Jin Takayama.

History

Nanaha, at some point of time, became Jin's girlfriend and started living with him. After Jin left Nozama and became an Amazon Rider, she started helping him financially as well as giving him emotional support whenever he felt depressed.

Later, when Haruka was revealed to be an Amazon hybrid, she gave him Jin's spare Amazons Driver, allowing him to become an Amazon Rider as well and join Jin in his mission.

After the end of Operation Tlaloc, Nanaha continued to live with Jin. At some point in time, she became pregnant, much to Jin's shock. Jin would later come to condemn the child's existence as the child may one day grow to become an Amazon. To protect Nanaha and her child, Jin's former professor, Hajime Hoshino, decided to send Nanaha someplace else, where she would eventually give birth to her son, who she named Chihiro.

It is implied that she was later devoured by Chihiro who discovered his transformation into an Amazon for the first time. ^{[UNDER WRAPS]}

It is later revealed that she somehow revived and became another "Origin" Amazon, as discovered by Haruka and Mizuki. ^{[WAY TO NOWHERE]} Haruka deduces that she might be the first Origin, that she was infected first by the Lysogenic cells when pregnant with Chihiro, before passing down the Amazon infection to him. ^{[XING THE RUBICON]}

Nanaha, as the Jellyfish Amazon, awakens Jin after he is injured by Iyu. Jin eats some of her tentacles to regain his strength, before tracking her down by scent and facing her in battle, lamenting that he had to fight and kill her. ^{[YELLOW BRICK ROAD]}

Jin is ferociously assaulted by the Jellyfish Amazon's tentacles. He and the Nozama Peston Service team sustain multiple wounds from her attacks. Despite interference from the Mole Amazon, Jin succeeds in piercing Nanaha in the abdomen. The Mole Amazon blocks a HS round headed towards them to protect the Origin, and explodes as a result, engulfing both Nanaha and Jin on fire.

The two lovers are reunited, where they embrace and make amends. Jin realises that the six-winged angel mural he saw before was not Nanaha's request to kill Chihiro, instead representing her desire for Jin to end her life; it also resembled her spirit form. After commending him for being a good father, Nanaha pushes Jin out of the explosion as a final act of love, saving his life.

After killing Chihiro, Jin was last seen wandering aimlessly, lamenting that Nanaha did not let him die together with her and their son. ^{[AMAZONZ (season 2)]}

Family

• Jin Takayama - Boyfriend, deceased
• Chihiro - Son, deceased

Disguise

Nozama Pharmacy scientist

Abilities

Nanaha was often seen cooking various dishes and is likely an experienced chef.

She was also skilled in espionage, capable of setting GPS tracker on Nozama Peston Service's van undetected and later sneaking while disguising into Nozama Pharmacy to free the captured Jin.

Jellyfish Amazon

Jellyfish Amazon

As the Jellyfish Amazon (クラゲアマゾン, Kurage Amazon), Nanaha can conceal herself from human sight using invisibility camouflage, and like her son, she can protrude a large number of tendrils to bind, lash, skewer and impale her targets. Nanaha can also float in the air as the Jellyfish Amazon and is seemingly immune to gunfire as bullets cannot tear through her gelatinous-like flesh.

Appearances: S2 Episodes 9-13.

Behind the Scenes

Portrayal

Nanaha Izumi is portrayed by Ayu Higashi (東 亜優, Higashi Ayu), who previously portrayed Akie Okajima in Kamen Rider Drive.

Concept Art

Jellyfish Amazon concept art

Notes

• Nanaha's role in season 2, especially after being revealed as the second Origin Amazon is similar to Chiharu from the second reboot film Kamen Rider: The Next.
• The design of Jerryfish Amazon is inspired by a poncho.

Appearances

• Kamen Rider Amazons
  • Kamen Rider Amazons Season 1 the Movie: Awakening
    • Episode 1: AMAZONZ (season 1)
    • Episode 2: BEAST INSIDE
    • Episode 3: COLONY OF ANTS
    • Episode 4: DIE OR KILL
    • Episode 5: EYES IN THE DARK
    • Episode 6: FOR WHAT I FIGHT
    • Episode 7: GAME OF THE BUTCHERS
    • Episode 8: HERO OR NOT
    • Episode 9: INTO THE CANNIBAL'S POT
    • Episode 10: JUNGLE LAW
    • Episode 11: KILLING DAY
    • Episode 12: LOST IN THE FOG
    • Episode 13: M
  • Kamen Rider Amazons Season 2 the Movie: Reincarnation
    • Episode 1: NEO
    • Episode 7: THE THIRD DEGREE
    • Episode 8: UNDER WRAPS
    • Episode 9: VANISHING WINGS
    • Episode 10: WAY TO NOWHERE
    • Episode 11: XING THE RUBICON
    • Episode 12: YELLOW BRICK ROAD
    • Episode 13: AMAZONZ
  • Kamen Rider Amazons: The Last Judgement

External links

• Kamen Rider Zukan page on Nanaha Izumi.