Reiji Nogi

This article is about a Worm in Kamen Rider Kabuto.

Reiji Nogi
Cassis Worm
Gender	Male
Race	Worm
Motif	Horseshoe Crab
Villain Type	Leader
Affiliation	Worms
Homeworld	Earth
Series	Kamen Rider Kabuto
First Appearance	The Strongest Defeated
Latest Appearance	Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
Number of Episode Appearances	6 (Kabuto) 1 (Movie) 1 (Stageshow) Full list of appearances
Actor	Tak Sakaguchi
Cassis Worm

"So this is the bond you said? Hahaha! Laughable! (お前たち言う絆か？はっはっはっ！笑わせる！, Omae-tachi iu kizuna ka? Hahaha! Warawaseru!)"

―His words when mocking Kabuto and Gatack about Hiyori's safety^[src]

Reiji Nogi (乃木 怜治, Nogi Reiji) was the human form of the Cassis Worm (カッシスワーム, Kasshisu Wāmu) who loves to cause annoyance to the Riders in Kamen Rider Kabuto.

History

Nogi is an even stronger Executive Worm, entering the scene after Uca Worm is destroyed. Reiji likes showing off his powers and taunting the Riders from time to time. He wants to attack and seize Area Z, to take the Masked Rider System for the Worms

Unlike the other Worms seen so far, Reiji is perfectly capable of fighting without transforming into its Worm form. In fact, Nogi is able to utterly overpower Kamen Rider Gatack while the former is still in his human form while the latter is transformed, only Tendo can rivaled him without transformed. His favored fighting style in human form is rapid kicking and his weapon of choice is a cane.

He has the "Life of Immortality" ability, which enables him to evolve into a new form each time he gets defeated. Each of his forms has an exclusive natural fighting ability and a unique power of his own. Cassis Worm is easily one of the most powerful foes the Kabuto Riders have faced. In its first form, Hyper Kabuto is helpless before its time-stopping ability. His second form effortlessly defeats Gatack, TheBee, the Hopper brothers and Sasword. It takes a triple Rider Kick and a Maximum Hyper Cyclone to kill him in this form. He is eventually permanently destroyed in his third form, Cassis Worm Clipeus, by Kamen Rider Gatack and the Hopper Riders.

Other Appearances

All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker

Cassis Worm Gladius, among many other revived monsters, was part of the Dai-Shocker army in the World of Decade that was fought and wiped out by a gathering of 25 Kamen Riders. ^{[Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker]}

Video Game Appearances

Kamen Rider Battride War

Cassis Worm Dimidius in Battride War.

Cassis Worm Clipeus in Battride War.

Cassis Worm Dimidius/Clipeus appears as a boss in the video game Kamen Rider Battride War.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Worm Physiology: To be added
  • Superhuman Strength: To be added
  • Superhuman Durability: To be added
  • Superhuman Speed: To be added
  • Superhuman Reflexes: To be added
  • Superhuman Stamina: To be added
  • Superhuman Agility: To be added

Abilities

• Master Combatant: To be added
• Staff Mastery: To be added

Forms

• Dimidius
• Gladius
• Clipeus

Dimidius

• Height: 228 cm
• Weight: 139 kg

Cassis Worm Dimidius (カッシスワーム・ディミディウス, Kasshisu Wāmu Dimidiusu, 41-42): The first form is Cassis Worm Dimidius. His unique power is "Freeze" or the ability to stop the flow of time to the point in which even the power of Hyper Clock Up is purposeless. He was defeated by Hyper Kabuto's Maximum Hyper Cyclone.

Gladius

• Height: 228 cm
• Weight: 147 kg

Cassis Worm Gladius (カッシスワーム・グラディウス, Kasshisu Wāmu Guradiusu, 42-44): The second form is Cassis Worm Gladius. His power in this stronger form is advanced into "Absorb" or the ability to absorb other Worms and tachyon energy to gain their powers. He can only absorb tachyon energy sequentially. Simultaneous application of tachyon-based attacks will result in the neutralization of his absorption ability. He was weakened by Kabuto, Gatack and KickHopper's (Triple) Rider Kick and ultimately defeated right after by Hyper Kabuto's Maximum Hyper Cyclone.

Clipeus

• Height: 228 cm
• Weight: 154 kg

Cassis Worm Clipeus (カッシスワーム・クリペウス, Kasshisu Wāmu Kuripeusu, 45-46): The third form is Cassis Worm Clipeus. His power in this form is "Clone" or the ability to split himself into two entities. In addition to the blade arm gained in the previous form, he now gets armored plates and shields across his body. The first copy was destroyed by Gatack's Rider Kick, while the second one was destroyed by KickHopper's Rider Kick and PunchHopper's Rider Punch.

Behind the Scenes

Concept Art

Cassis Worm was designed by Yasushi Nirasawa (韮沢 靖, Nirasawa Yasushi).

Cassis Worm Dimidius concept art

Cassis Worm Gladius concept art

Cassis Worm Clipeus concept art

Appearances

• Kamen Rider Kabuto
  • Episode 41: The Strongest Defeated
  • Episode 42: Worst Terror VS Worst Fear
  • Episode 43: That Which We Aim For
  • Episode 44: Who You Will Live With
  • Episode 45: Christmas Earthquake
  • Episode 46: Farewell, Tsurugi!!
  • Kamen Rider Kabuto: Final Stage
• Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker