SOUGO Tokiwa

This article is about a rider in Kamen Rider Zi-O.

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1 2 3 4 "You did well all this time. To become my replacement." ―SOUGO to his other self[src] "We are Quartzer. The Wardens of History." ―SOUGO proclaim the arrival of Quartzer in the front of his other self, Geiz, and Tsukuyomi[src] "I guarantee that the Heisei Era I created will be perfect and beautiful." ―SOUGO's goal to rewrite Heisei Era[src] "That's enough for your role to support that fake king!" ―SOUGO to Woz after Woz Betray Quartzer[src]

SOUGO Tokiwa (常磐SOUGO, Tokiwa Sōgo), also known as Quartzer Sougo, is the leader of Quartzer who transforms into Kamen Rider Barlckxs (仮面ライダーバールクス, Kamen Raidā Bārukusu). He is the main antagonist of the summer film, Kamen Rider Zi-O: Over Quartzer.

History

Early History

SOUGO secretly aiding his decoy in order to draw attention away from Swartz.

While details involving his history is unknown, this is the original Sougo Tokiwa who reigns as the king of time using the modern Sougo as his decoy to draw the attention of his enemies. His goal is to erase the current Heisei Era and replace it with a new one.

Sometime in his timeline, Sougo founded Quartzer to ensure his rise of power. He gave Black Woz the Oma Advent Calendar, and commands him to guide his other self from another timeline to become Ohma Zi-O.

At some point, he rescued his alternate younger self from an unseeable distance, disintegrating one of the Dai Mazines. By doing so, he intentionally made sure that Sougo would be approached by the Time Jacker Swartz, thus being the cause of Sougo willing to be Ohma Zi-O.

Battle in World of Zi-O

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Barlckxs against Zi-O

After Sougo unlocked the power of GrandZi-O, the Quartzer leader sent Kagen and Jogen to the Sengoku Era to eliminate Krim Steinbelt's ancestor and thus prevent the creation of the Drive Driver, which would in turn negate the GrandZi-O Ridewatch.

After Sougo receives the Drive Ridewatch from Krim Steinbelt and finishes collecting all the Ridewatches, Woz stole all the Ridewatches to deliver them to the Sougo's original other, who appears to his alternate self seated on the throne with the other Quartzers standing on either side of him. Introducing the Quartzer as the "Wardens of History", then he transforms into Kamen Rider Barlckxs and swiftly defeats Zi-O before having him imprisoned. With his alternate self out of the way, the original Sougo begins his ultimate plan: to use a portal to smash the World of Zi-O into his own world and erase the history of the Kamen Riders, thus creating a new world for him to rule over as king of time.

However, Ohma Zi-O then interferes to prevent the Quatzer Leader from altering the future and gives present Sougo the Ohma Zi-O Ridewatch, which Sougo uses to transform into Kamen Rider Zi-O Ohma Form and summon the past 19 Heisei Kamen Riders to do battle with his original self and his army of Dai Mazines and Kasshines. Seeing this, Woz defects from the Quartzer and returns to Sougo's side, tearing pages out from the Ohma Advent Calendar and causing the portal to stop functioning. As the Riders destroy the Dai Mazines, Barlckxs stabs Woz with his Quarcane as punishment for his betrayal before facing the Heisei Riders. Barlckxs uses Black RX's BioRider and J's Ridewatch to grow giant and fights off all of the Riders with his tremendous power. However, refusing to give up, Zi-O and the other Kamen Riders all perform their Rider Kicks on Barlckxs and use their combined power to destroy the Quartzer Leader.

Video Game appearances

Kamen Rider Buttobasoul

Kamen Rider Barlckxs medal

Kamen Rider Barlckxs is a playable character in Kamen Rider Buttobasoul.

Personality

This version of Sougo Tokiwa seems to be a rather cunning and patient person, as he was able to set in motion the rise of Ohma back when his modern self was just a kid, all in order in create a decoy that will draw the attention of his enemies. Revealing that he doesn't care about involving innocent people if it means benefiting him.

Like with most villains, his greatness weakness is his arrogance. He was unable to see that Black Woz had betrayed him and very much underestimated his young counterpart in battle.

Kamen Rider Barlckxs

Kamen Rider Barlckxs

Kamen Rider Barlckxs

"Rider Time! Kamen Rider Barlckxs!"

―Transformation announcement^[src]

Rider Statistics:

• Rider Height: 200 cm
• Rider Weight: 112.5 kg

Ability Parameters:

• Punching Power: 60 t
• Kicking Power: 126 t
• Maximum Jump Height: 81 m
• Maximum Running Speed: 100 m per 0.7 seconds

Abilities

• Legend Riders' Powers: Like Ohma Zi-O, Barlckxs can use the powers of Legend Riders by tapping their respective Ridewatches.
  • Black RX (Biorider): Turns into liquid/gel-like state.
  • J: Grows large in size similar to J's Jumbo Formation.
• Rider Power Nullification: Barlckxs is capable of nullifying the power of any Rider, as he was able to nullify the Heisei Riders summoned by GrandZi-O.

Barlckxs's finisher is the Barlckxs Time Break: Barlckxs performs a version of Black RX's RX Kick, but with one leg tucked rather than both.

Appearances: Kamen Rider Zi-O: Over Quartzer

Equipment

Devices

• Ziku-Driver - Transformation device
• Ridewatches - Transformation trinkets.
• Ridewatch Holder - A strap to carry Ridewatches

Weapons

• Barlckxs' Sword - Barlckx's personal weapon.

Vehicles

to be added

Behind the Scenes

Portrayal

This version of Sougo is portrayed by ISSA. The character was named Leader of Quartzer (クォーツァーのリーダー, Kwōtsā no Ridā) by most media. Barlckxs is performed in-suit by suit actor Yuji Nakata (中田 裕士, Nakata Yūji).

Notes

• SOUGO Henshin pose.png
  SOUGO's transformation pose, similar to Kohtaro Minami.
• Barlckxs's transformation background that resembles the Sunriser
• Barlckxs' transformation effect, similar to Kamen Rider Black RX.
• Barlckxs' Rider Kick, similar to Black RX's RX Kick.
• Barlckxs' sword, which resembles the Revolcane

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• Barlckxs' name (in this case, an anagram of) and design is based on Kamen Rider Black RX, the first Kamen Rider television series to be broadcast in Heisei Era, but which is generally counted as a Showa series.
  • Additionally, the Black RX, Roborider, and Biorider Ridewatches are inserted on his Ridewatch Holder.
  • Barlckxs also wields the Quarcane, a sword resembling the Revolcane, which is summoned through the Ziku-Driver in the same style Revolcane is summoned from Sunriser.
  • He is similar to Kohtaro Minami, in the Kamen Rider Black manga, who also has an alternate version of himself as well.
  • His transformation pose is close to Black RX’s early initiation. But instead of moving his right hand lower like Black RX, he moves his right hand from the sky to his face like how Mutsuki Kamijou transforms, as the effect of Barlckxs' transformation background sequence is based on Black RX's Sunriser and Transfomation Sequence Effect.
• The gold colors and red visor bears a similarity to Ohma Zi-O, a possible hint to his true identity.
• Quartzer Sougo is the only Movie Rider (except Kagen and Jogen) in Over Quartzer who doesn't wear his own civilian outfit based on Kohtaro Minami's civilian attire.

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"Heisei" being held up.

• When Barlckxs got defeated by his modern self in his Oma Form and the Heisei Riders, the shield he made to defend himself against the attack was revealed to have the characters "平成" (Heisei) on it made from all the Heisei Riders's Rider Kicks. This is an obvious reference to the well-known reveal announcement of the Heisei Era name held by former Japan chief cabinet secretary Keizō Obuchi in 1989.

• A conception art of Barlckxs shown that he is able to take off his accessories similar to Kamen Rider Zonjis.
  • it was shown that Barlckxs' Rider Suit is retooled version of Black RX's Rider Suit.

Appearances

• Kamen Rider Zi-O
  • Kamen Rider Zi-O: Over Quartzer