Shiro Kazami (reboot)

This article is about a/an reimagined take on a rider in the reboot film series which includes Kamen Rider The First and Kamen Rider The Next.

Shiro Kazami
Hopper Version 3
Gender:	Male
Series:	Kamen Rider The Next
Motif:	Grasshopper Skull Man Modern Dragonfly
Rider Type:	Hero (Current) Villain (Brainwashed)
Affiliation:	Himself Shocker (Brainwashed)
Homeworld:	Earth (Reboot)
First Appearance:	Kamen Rider The Next
Last Appearance:	Kamen Rider Zi-O: Final Stage
Number of Episode Appearances:	1 (Movie) 1 (Stageshow) Full list of appearances
Actor:	Kazuki Kato
Kamen Rider V3

For the original version, see Shiro Kazami.

Shiro Kazami (風見 志郎, Kazami Shirō), who appears in the reboot movie Kamen Rider The Next (2007), sequel to Kamen Rider The First (2005), is an alternate version of the original Shiro Kazami from the original Kamen Rider V3 TV series.

History

Kamen Rider The Next

In the movie Kamen Rider The Next, Kazami is rewritten as the former president of the rising IT enterprise ExaStream, being among those in the building to be infected by the nanobots designed by Shocker to turn any infected person into a cyborg. Being one of the two surviving members, Kazami is enticed by the promise of power, code named Hopper Version 3. Unlike Riders 1 and 2, V3's body was modeled around using the nano-technology that grants greater abilities that far surpass the original Hopper design. Eventually, Shiro becomes so deeply corrupted by his new power to the point he has forgotten Chiharu. He encounters Takeshi Hongo when he and his student Kotomi Kikuma were investigating the disappearance of Chiharu, learning of his ties to Shocker after revealing the horrible events relating to his sister.

Though at a ceasefire, Kazami realizes that Chiharu was also exposed to the nano-tech and suffered intense debilitating side effects from the accident caused by her jealous' crew and led to her supposed suicide, with her "ghost" murdering everyone who hears her final song "Plantium Smile" as those trying to cover up her death. Deciding to honor his sister's wish for her fate not to be anyone else, Kazami joins the Riders as V3 to stop Shocker's plans to remodel all of Japan using nanomachines. But once he destroys the nanobots, Kazami encounters his sister Chiharu, who through a combination of the nanomachines and severe damage from an attempted suicide has mutated into a horrific monster. Ultimately, as the process she underwent is irreversible, he has no choice but to free her from her pain, using his V3 Punch to end her life. Soon after, Shiro decides to start his life fresh like Hongo has.

Kamen Rider Zi-O: Final Stage

Video Game appearances

All Kamen Rider: Rider Revolution

V3 in All Kamen Rider: Rider Revolution

Kamen Rider V3 appears as a playable character amoung other Kamen Riders in the game , he can also performer his Rider Punch All Kamen Rider: Rider Revolution.

Kamen Rider V3

Kamen Rider V3

Rider Statistics:

• Rider Height: 190 cm
• Rider Weight: 78 kg

Ability Parameters:

• Punching Power: 4 t
• Kicking Power: 12 t
• Maximum Jump Height: 18 m
• Maximum Running Speed: 100 m per 4 seconds

Special Attacks:

• V3 Kick: 35 t

Appearances: Kamen Rider The Next,Final Stage.

Technique

• Revolving Kick (回転キック, Kaiten Kikku)
• Rider Punch (ライダーパンチ, Raidā Panchi)

Equipment

Device

• Double Typhoon - V3's transformation belt.

Vehicle

• Hurricane: V3's Rider Machine

Family

• Chiharu (deceased) - Younger sister

Behind the scenes

Portrayal

This version of Shiro Kazami was portrayed by Kazuki Kato (加藤 和樹, Katō Kazuki). Kazuki Kato previously played Daisuke Kazama/Kamen Rider Drake in Kamen Rider Kabuto. Interestingly, both V3 and Drake follow dragonfly motifs. As Kamen Rider V3, his suit actor was Makoto Ito (伊藤 慎, Itō Makoto),During his brief appearance in Kamen Rider Zi-O: Final Stage, V3 was voiced by an unknown voice actor.

Concept Art

Kamen Rider V3 concept art

Notes

• Shiro is the third Rider with a dragonfly motif, the first being his TV counterpart Shiro Kazami and the second being Daisuke Kazama.
• Shiro is the third Rider with a Skull Man motif in movies, the first being Takeshi Hongo/Kamen Rider 1, the second being Katsuhiko Yano/Kamen Rider 2 ,and the last is Sokichi Narumi/Kamen Rider Skull in Kamen Rider W series ,This is subsequently followed by the Kyoichiro Kuroi/Kamen Rider 3 Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3 and Kamen Rider 4 in Duel! The True Identity of Shocker's Great Leader.
• His Rider Suit was briefly modified and his Rider machine are used in the crossovers.

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    Shilubara

    He like Kamen Rider 2, their Rider Suits was modified in the creation of the villains Shilubara and Goludora in Kamen Rider Decade Episode 14 and Cho Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations: The Onigashima Warship.
    • the curious is both Shiro and Shilubara share the same dragonfly motif.
  • In Kamen Rider G, V3's Hurricane was used by G
• Shiro Kazami shares his first name with Shiro Mizuki/Kamen Rider G4 from Kamen Rider Agito: Project G4 and Shiro/Kamen Rider Yuuki Hijack form Saraba Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown.
• In ther film before the confrontation with chiharu ,Kazami he made does the battle pose of his TV counterpart.
  • However have no connection to their transformation.
• Like his TV counterpart V3 is the only rider not to have multiple suit variants.
• V3 like the other two Reboot Riders,not to have a Ridewatch representing his Rider form.

Appearances

Main article: Shiro Kazami (reboot)/Appearances

• Kamen Rider The Next
• Kamen Rider Zi-O: Final Stage

See also

Kamen Rider The First & The Next
Kamen Riders
Takeshi Hongo - Katsuhiko Yano - Shiro Kazami
Gear
Typhoon (Rider 1/Rider 2/Shocker Riders) - Double Typhoon - Cyclone (Rider 1/Rider 2) - Hurricane - Shocker Bikes
Allies
The First: Asuka Midorikawa - Tōbei Tachibana
The Next: Kotomi Kikuma
Enemies
Shocker
Great Leader of Shocker
Shocker Staff (The First): Youth - Lady - Elderly Gentleman
Inhumanoids (The First): Spider - Bat - Haruhiko Mitamura - Miyoko Harada
Inhumanoids (The Next): Scissors Jaguar - Chainsaw Lizard
Henchmen: Shocker Combatmen - Shocker Riders
Other Enemies: Chiharu
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