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"Now, count your sins! (さあ、お前の罪を数えろ!, Sā, omae no tsumi wo kazoero!)"
―Skull's pre-battle catchphrase[src]

Sokichi Narumi (鳴海 荘吉, Narumi Sōkichi) was a detective and founder of the Narumi Detective Office in Futo City who became Kamen Rider Skull (仮面ライダースカル, Kamen Raidā Sukaru) before taking on his protege Shotaro Hidari.

History[]

Becoming Kamen Rider Skull[]

In his early days as a private investigator, Sokichi was partnered with a man named Seiichiro Matsui (nicknamed Matsu), with the dynamics of their relationship being similar to their successors. He also secretly provided his childhood friend Fumine Sonozaki (now Shroud) refuge after she was forced to leave the Sonozaki family. Sokichi gets a job to protect a friend of his and Matsu's, Melissa, who is a singer. She receives a letter from a man calling himself "the Man Spider" (クモ男, Kumo Otoko) , which tells her to sing a specific song. The letter goes on to say that the Man Spider will rate the song on a scale of 1-100 and for every point below 100, he will kill an audience member. After confronting Melissa's agent at the concert, the Man Spider, revealed to actually be the Spider Dopant, attacks the crowd. He gives Melissa 100 points, with no one dying. Personally confronting the Dopant, Sokichi attacks him with Stag Phone, managing to hold his own in their battle. A young Shotaro is in the audience, and comments in awe of how cool Sokichi is. With the Spider Dopant ultimately escaping, Sokichi returns home to talk with Shroud about his case. Shroud offers him the Skull Memory and Lostdriver, with Sokichi refusing to become a Dopant like his foes.

Sokichi investigates further into Melissa's agent, and at the Yaguchi Talent Office, he encounters the Spider Dopant again, along with the Bat Dopant and many Masquerade Dopants. Sokichi is almost killed by the Spider Dopant, but at the last second, Shroud arrives and tosses him the Lostdriver, the Skull Memory already inserted. The Driver attaches itself to Sokichi's waist, and he transforms into Skull Crystal against his will. Shroud notes that Skull is still incomplete, but Sokichi resumes his fight with the Spider Dopant and his horde of Masquerade Dopants nonetheless. During the fight, an energy sphere begins emerging from Skull's armor, but its appearance distracts Sokichi and gives the Dopants the upper hand. After receiving a call on the Stag Phone from Akiko, Sokichi gets the motivation to fight off the two Dopants. Witnessing the suspect Yaguchi be murdered by the Spider Dopant, Sokichi determines the latter to be Matsu, having noticed a recurring quirk shared by the two. Sokichi confronts Matsu and learns of his reasons for becoming a Dopant, causing Sokichi to hesitate in battle. Taking advantage of this, Matsu tells Sokichi that his Spider bombs activate when their host touches the one they love most, infecting Sokichi and many Futo City's citizens in the process. With the city thrown in chaos from multiple explosions, Sokichi is forced to watch as Matsu retreats.

Sokichi runs after Matsu but is intercepted by the Gaia Memory Dealer, Eren Komori, who transforms into the Bat Dopant. Sokichi transforms into the complete Kamen Rider Skull, and fights the Bat Dopant. Instead of a Memory Break, Sokichi leaves Komori to die by trapping under a leaking gas tanker truck, which then explodes. He then goes to fight Matsu, and begins counting his sins: how he didn't see the darkness in Matsu's heart, how he hesitated to fight Matsu when the time came, and because of these sins, Futo City suffered. He then tells Matsu to count his own sins, and the two fight once again. Sokichi ends the fight with his Maximum Drive, but because of the Memory's side effects, Matsu dies.

Despite his crimes, Sokichi still called Matsu his partner. Since the incident, Sokichi took the motto "Now, count your sins!" to heart so that nothing similar ever happens again. Furthermore, the Spider Bomb implanted in Sokichi did not fade after the Spider Memory's destruction. Knowing what would happen if he ever reunites with his beloved daughter, Sokichi isolates himself from Akiko to ensure his daughter's safety. After this, Sokichi became involved in investigating cases involving other Dopants that the police force could not handle, including the armored car robberies performed by the "Beastman".

Begins Night[]

Eventually taking Shotaro Hidari as his protege, Sokichi taught him the basic steps to being a detective. Around Christmas, after scolding Shotaro for wearing his hat without permission as well as telling Shotaro to not wear it until his approval, Sokichi agrees to help Shroud stop the Museum by infiltrating a research facility known as the Gaia Tower with Shotaro in order to find the young man at its center. However, Sokichi is intercepted by several henchmen of Museum.

Telling Shotaro to stay put with the suitcase he brought with them (which contained the Doubledriver and all of Double's Memories), he defeats them with little effort. However, the men become Masquerade Dopants, and the Taboo Dopant appears. Having no choice, Sokichi transforms into Skull, much to Shotaro's awe. After dealing with the Dopants, Sokichi finds that Shotaro inadvertently sent the young man they were looking for to the crystal chamber used to create Memories at the top of the tower. Sokichi touches the chamber upon their arrival, and enters the Gaia Library, something the boy says only an impressive man could do. Sokichi offers him freedom to find atonement for his part in the creation of the Gaia Memories, naming him Philip after his favorite fictional character, Philip Marlowe. After Sokichi frees Philip from the Gaia Tower and begins to take both him and Shotaro out of the building, he is shot by several armed guards.

Mortally wounded, Sokichi gives his white fedora to Shotaro and asks him to carry out their case. Tearfully, Shotaro states that he is not worthy to wear Sokichi's hat, claiming it to be too soon for him. In response, Sokichi tells Shotaro to become a man worthy of wearing his hat, and dies with a smile on his face. It was after the Gaia Tower fell into ruins that Shotaro and Philip, spurred by his advice to continue in his place as Double, learn that Sokichi's body is nowhere to be found. Even though Sokichi died, his will as a protector of Futo City continues to live through his successors. [The W Search/Two Detectives in One]

The Q on the Radio/Targeted Princess[]

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Kamen Rider Skull briefly makes an appearance in Kamen Rider W Episode 13 "The Q on the Radio/Targeted Princess", according to by Wakana Sonozaki Kamen Rider Skull is considered a ghost and a mystery in the city Futo.[The Q on the Radio/Targeted Princess]

The S Terror/The Great Detective's Daughter[]

Sokichi Narumi makes an appearance in a flashback in episode 10 when Shotaro, explained that he as a detective should not leave his client [The S Terror/The Great Detective's Daughter].

The Wind Called B/One Must Chase The Beast[]

Sokichi appears briefly, as well as in a flashback and being mentioned in episode 31 [The B Carried on the Wind/The Beast Pursues].

Other Events[]

Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010[]

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Sokichi in Shotaro’s Dream

Sokichi appears at the start of the movie in a dream Shotaro has about his past with the boss berating him for wearing his prized white fedora on Christmas Eve. Shotaro gets it and asks him if he knows what today is, Sokichi says “Merry Christmas!” in an odd voice and Shotaro is soon awakened by Akiko.

In Begins Night, Sokichi Narumi and Kamen Rider Skull are among the identities taken by the Dummy Dopant while pretending to be the Death Dopant in a scheme to assume the identities of Futo's upper class members, using Sokichi's form to drive Shotaro off from the case before he realizes the truth. However, Shotaro finally overcomes this and Double ultimately defeats the impostor Kamen Rider Skull. After the case is concluded in Movie War 2010, Tsukasa Kadoya uses a Kamen Rider Skull card he has acquired to summon an iteration of Sokichi Narumi from an alternate dimension, giving Shotaro closure. This Sokichi doesn't seem to know Shotaro, but regardless, praises him. Telling Shotaro that the way he wore his hat was proof of being a respectable man, Sokichi (A.R.) states that they should meet again before disappearing back into his own world.

Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate[]

Skull in A to Z

Kamen Rider Skull's final appearance is in Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate, where the ghost of Sokichi as Skull appears before a distraught Shotaro. Pointing at Philip's book, Skull helps Shotaro recognize the motive behind Philip's erratic actions, namely the fear he felt as an orphan. His job completed, Sokichi then canceled his transformation and gave Shotaro his Lost Driver, bidding his protege a silent farewell before disappearing. The Skull Memory is also one of the 26 T2 Gaia Memories in the film.

Episode Yellow: Treasure de End Pirates[]

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During the events of Episode Yellow: Treasure de End Pirates, Kamen Rider Diend Complete Form summoned Skull alongside seven other Movie Riders using the Attack Ride Card Gekijouban to defeat Kamen Rider G Den-O. Here, Skull used his Rider Kick, in order to better go along with the other Riders' ranged finishing moves (as occurred with Kamen Rider Glaive's Gravity Slash).

Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core[]

Sokichi as spirit

During Akiko's wedding, Melissa arrives before her, explaining to Akiko of Sokichi's Spider Bomb and his final request to Melissa. Later, at the wedding ceremony, the guests see Akiko without Shotaro to walk her down the aisle, much to their puzzlement. Finding Shotaro sitting next to him, Philip questions why he was not with Akiko, to which Shotaro contently pointed towards her direction. Sokichi had arrived in spirit to fulfill his promise to Akiko, to everyone's delight.

Chou Super Hero Taisen[]

Chou Super Hero Taisen Participants


Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever[]

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Kamen Rider Skull appears as a toy, when Sento Kiryu and Sougo Tokiwa they find Ataru Hisanagahe brings them to his room which is filled with Kamen Rider memorabilia, with Sougo and Sento stunned to see toys of themselves. Ataru reveals that Kamen Riders are fictional.[Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever]

Futo Tantei (manga)[]

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Sokichi Narumi in an old photograph as seen in Futo Tantei.

In the first chapter of the Futo Tantei manga, Shotaro tries to take a "cool" picture of himself, which Akiko compares to an old picture of her late father and claims the latter is still more hardboiled than Shotaro is, much to his annoyance. In a later arc, Shotaro tells Tokime how he met Sokichi in 1999 and was eventually mentored by him, letting Sokichi become a main focus of the story for this event...

Shotaro, as an elementary student first saw Sokichi during the Spider Dopant case. Awestruck by his Hardboiled persona, Shotaro braves himself to visit Narumi Detective Agency, which after the demise of Matsu, already closes it's business. Sokichi unwillingly let the young Shotaro inside the office as he keep on pressing his request to become his Assistant until Shotaro mentioned about the Spider Dopant Case, in which Sokichi forced to remember his action as Kamen Rider Skull that ultimately killed his former partner, before angrily forced Shotaro to leave. As Sokichi sleeps, Shroud calls him an cryptically mentioned that if he continues to sleep on his predicament, young Shotaro will become a victim to a Dopant tonight. Sokichi ultimately rushes to Shotaro location and find Antlion Dopant already killed one man from a targettted couple despite Shotaro efforts to help them. Inspired by his bravery and love to Futo, Sokichi finally transformed into Kamen Rider Skull once more and soundly defeat, and subsequently killed the Dopant. Afterwards, Sokichi requested Shotaro to keep his patience if he wanted to become the former assistant, which he do so for years until Shotaro enters Senior High. Once the young man reaches of age, Sokichi meet him again, this time full of bruises on his attempt to protect a young baseball players from a group of Bullies. Acknowledged his patience and tenacity, Sokichi accepted Shotaro as his assistant after Shotaro graduated from Senior High. Within one year, Sokichi trains Shotaro the skills needed as detective, although he often leave Shotaro in discreet to do his own job.

Around Christmas, after scolding Shotaro for wearing his hat without permission as well as telling Shotaro to not wear it until his approval, Sokichi agrees to help Shroud stop the Museum by infiltrating a research facility known as the Gaia Tower in order to find, and eventually save the young man at its center. Shotaro somehow manages to hitch the ride in Sokichi ship after retrieving a case Sokichi left at his office. However, Sokichi is intercepted by several henchmen of Museum upon their arrival, led by Saeko Sonozaki, the Taboo Dopant. Sokichi eventually battles and defeat them as Kamen Rider Skull, albeit this resulted in his Lost Driver getting broken.

While stumbling, Sokichi then ruminates about Shroud info about a new kind of weapon called Double (W) Driver, which should be inside the case Shotaro held, alongside three pair of refined Gaia Memories. As he found Shotaro pushing the Young man he seeks directly to Gaia Tower, Sokichi initially berates and slapped Shotaro for disobeying his orders. Although when Shotaro asked why did they need to save a devil like that person, Sokichi explained that the young man is also lives in Futo, and that the young man is simply being used by the Museum and Sonozaki Family. Sokichi then admitted that he always acknowledged and respected Shotaro's resolve to use his power to protect the weak, moving the Young Shotaro to tears. With their issues settled, the duo detective rushed to the Gaia Tower.

After they arrived, Sokichi ordered Shotaro to guard the front door, while he himself forcefully enter the Gaia Library by sacrificing his Skull Gaia Memory. After he finds the young man, Sokichi asked him to leave this place. However, the young man initially refuses since he's ordered by Ryubee / Terror Dopant to stay here forevermore. Sokichi proceeded to encourage he young man to decide his next action on his own, so that he'll be free from the Museum Grasp, and to count his sins. As the Young Man started to understand Shotaro's words during their initial scuffle, Sokichi then asked his name. Since the latter doesn't have any, Sokichi christened him as Phillip, based on his favorite fictional character, Phillip Marlowe. Sokichi revealed that Marlowe is always decides for himself, moving Phillip and allowing him to decide to break free.

With Sokichi & Philip breaks free from the Gaia Tower, Shotaro begrudingly apologize to Philip before taking him on his arms. Philip argues to Sokichi that Shotaro is unfit to be a detective, but Sokichi replies that while Shotaro might be a Half-Boiled Detective at the moment, the young had something which Sokichi lacked : The ability to be easily acquainted with someone. While the trio is about to escape, Sokichi momentarily thinking about the consequences of his action, to let Phillip become another weapon, just like how Museum does to him before. However, before he could fully finish, several Museum Henchmen shoots Sokichi three times at his back.

Mortally wounded, Sokichi gives his white fedora to Shotaro and asks him to carry out their case. Tearfully, Shotaro states that he is not worthy to wear Sokichi's hat, claiming it to be too soon for him. In response, Sokichi tells Shotaro to become a man worthy of wearing his hat, and dies with a smile on his face. As the Gaia Tower subsequently exploded, Sokichi body fell to the abyss down below, never to be found again. This incident soon become well known as Begins Night, and it take toll on Shotaro's psyche to this day.

Kamen Rider W Forever: From A to Z, 26 Rapid-Succession Roars of Laughter[]

The S Selection/The Recommended Detective[]

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Kamen Rider Skull is described by Shroud as a great detective especially with his hat. Shroud gives an exercise to Akiko Narumi that she search another hat for Kamen Rider Skull, Akiko accept the exercise view with different types of hat concluding with a pirate hat, but Akiko failed Shroud, telling that Skull only had a hat intended for himself. [The S Selection/The Recommended Detective]

OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders: ~Let's Look! Only Your 48 Riders~[]

Type3. - I Like Two-in-One Underwear[]

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Kamen Rider Skull appears briefly when Kivat-Bat the 3rd described to Kamen Rider Joker, that this is an apprentice of detective (refereed to Sokichi Narumi). Also, Kamen Rider Skull had a brief cross with Kamen Rider Joker face to face. [Type3. - I Like Two-in-One Underwear]

Big Sleep[]

During the encore at Koji Kikkawa's concert at the NHK Hall, Kikkawa appeared dressed up as Sokichi Narumi and performed the song "Big Sleep". At the same time, he was joined on stage by Kamen Rider Double.

Nobody's Perfect[]

Sokichi Narumi and Kamen Rider Skull are the main characters in the side-story presented in the "Nobody's Perfect" music video, a song credited to Narumi but sung by Koji Kikkawa. In the music video set during his life and prior to Philip's freeing, Narumi takes on a case of a kidnapping by the Museum of a young girl. He crosses paths with several Masquerade Dopants and the Terror Dopant, fighting and driving away the latter as Kamen Rider Skull.

Video Game Appearances[]

Kamen Rider Battle Ganbaride[]

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Kamen Rider Skull card

Kamen Rider Skull appears as a playable character in this video game Kamen Rider Battle Ganbaride.

All Kamen Rider: Rider Revolution[]

Sokichi Narumi/Kamen Rider Skull appears as a playable character in this game, assisting his fellow Riders in stopping Nevan's evil plans. By partnering Skull with certain Kamen Riders, players can view special cutscenes between them, such as Double and Accel. In the latter's case, Sokichi will ask Ryu how Akiko is doing, being pleased to know that she is well.

Kamen Rider Riderbout[]

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Skull as seen in Kamen Rider Riderbout

Kamen Rider Skull appears as a playable character with the other Heisei and Showa Kamen Riders in Kamen Rider Riderbout.

Kamen Rider: Battride War series[]

Kamen Rider: Battride War[]

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Skull in Battride War.

Kamen Rider Skull appears in the video game Kamen Rider: Battride War.


Kamen Rider: Battride War Genesis[]

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Kamen Rider Skull in Battrider war Genesis

Kamen Rider Skull appears in the video game as a tag partner in Kamen Rider: Battride War Genesis.


Kamen Rider Battle Rush[]

Kamen Rider Skull appears as a playable and support character in the video game Kamen Rider Battle Rush using Rider Shot.

Kamen Rider Transcend Heroes[]

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Kamen Rider Skull appears as a playable character with others Kamen Riders in the video game, performing his Skull Punisher and Rider Kick against his enemies Kamen Rider Transcend Heroes.

Kamen Rider Buttobasoul[]

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Kamen Rider Skull Medal

Kamen Rider Skull is a playable character in Kamen Rider Buttobasoul, among other Riders.

Battle Spirits[]

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Kamen Rider Skull Battle Spirits card

Sokichi Narumi as Kamen Rider Skull, appears with other Kamen Riders and Monsters in Battle Spirits.

Kamen Rider City Wars[]

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Kamen Rider Skull as seen in city wars

Kamen Rider Skull is a playable character alongside the other Kamen Riders in Kamen Rider City Wars.


Personality[]

A person who embodies the hard boiled persona that Shotaro longs for, Sokichi is shown to be a stern individual, capable of confronting most situations with little trouble. Yet, Sokichi also possesses a strong love toward Futo and its people, doing everything in his power to protect those in need.

In his early days as a detective, Sokichi was somewhat less serious minded, showing traits not too dissimilar to Shotaro's own eccentricities. A notable example was his refusal to ask Matsu for help in making coffee, despite apparently having utterly failed on multiple occasions. Nevertheless, Sokichi was still capable of handling serious threats on his own, facing Dopants without fear. He also held great care for his clients, seeing them as people he should never allow harm upon.

While sometimes prone to acting in a detached manner, Sokichi did care for his loved ones, helping them in times of need. Even after learning of Matsu's actions as the Spider Dopant, Sokichi still cherished the time they spent together as detectives, allowing them to reconcile in the end.

However, it is shown in a flashback of Futo Tantei that his partner's actions significantly changed Sokichi, causing him to fall into a deep sense of despair. From this he no longer defended Futo from threats, citing it as taking a break from work. Shotaro's words and actions though, convinced Sokichi to recover from his anguish, allowing him to fight once more as a detective.

Unlike Shotaro, who will never allow fatal harm upon someone if he can help it, Sokichi is willing to be ruthless toward certain foes, allowing the Bat Dopant to die painfully without remorse. Nonetheless, Sokichi is also capable of leniency, such as in the Beastman incident.

Secretive in nature, Sokichi never revealed to others of his crusade against Museum, including Matsu and Shotaro. In both cases, this came back to haunt Sokichi in some manner, as his strong secrecy unintentionally caused their insecurities to worsen, hence their rash actions.

One odd quirk he passed onto Shotaro was his commitment towards fedora hats, of which he saw as something that only a full-fledged man is fit to wear. Hence Sokichi never allowed Shotaro to wear his hats, stating that he was not yet ready. Near his death though, Sokichi passed on his favorite hat towards Shotaro, encouraging him to become a true detective and save Philip.

Family[]

Abilities[]

  • Expert Detective: Having spent over a decade as a detective, Sokichi is a highly skilled investigator, possessing good deductive intuition and keen observation. Furthermore, he is shown to be an excellent mentor, having taught Shotaro nearly everything he knows on how to be a detective.
  • Expert Combatant: Like his successors, Sokichi is an extremely adept fighter, capable of effortlessly combating several Masquerade Dopants without using the Skull memory. As Kamen Rider Skull, Sokichi proved more than a match for several high-ranking Dopants, including the likes of the Terror Dopant himself.
  • Temporary Immortality: In Fuuto PI, it is revealed that as long as Sokichi becomes Kamen Rider Skull, Skull's power will grant him an immortality as a skull zombie. When he rescued Shotaro from an Antlion Dopant, his blood can't be drained as if his body doesn't have any blood at all. Saeko Sonozaki even unable to kill him unless she destroyed his Lost Driver.

Forms[]

Kamen Rider Skull Crystal
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Skull Crystal

"Skull! (Deep guitar riff to high guitar screech)"
―Transformation announcement[src]

Kamen Rider Skull Crystal (仮面ライダークリスタルスカル, Kamen Raidā Sukaru Kurisutaru) is Skull's incomplete form. It differs from Kamen Rider Skull's standard form in that the helmet is iridescent and it lacks the S-shaped "crack". Skull Crystal is able to attack by releasing energy from his chest in the shape of a large purple skull that can bite opponents. This form is named after the crystal skulls.

This form is exclusive to Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W featuring Skull: Movie War Core.

Kamen Rider Skull

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Kamen Rider Skull

KRW-Skull (Hat-off)

Kamen Rider Skull (Without hat)

"Skull! (Deep guitar riff to high guitar screech)"
―Transformation announcement[src]
Rider Statistics
  • Rider Height: 205cm
  • Rider Weight: 110kg
Ability Parameters
  • Punching Power: 2 t.
  • Kicking Power: 6.5 t.
  • Maximum Jump Height: 45 m.
  • Maximum Running Speed: 100 m. per 6.3 sec.

Through the use of the Lostdriver and Skull Memory, Sokichi transforms into Kamen Rider Skull. Skull is unique in that besides wearing a white tethered scarf he also wears a white fedora. It was created by Shroud as the prototype for Kamen Rider Double.[1][2]

Skull consists of the following parts:[3]

  • Dark Finder (ダークファインダー, Dāku Faindā): The eyes are enhanced visual organs that provide an even wider, 260-degree field of view than the Double's Hawk Finder. Its visual acuity is as high as 4.5 and can see 100 meters in all directions even in the dark without light sources with the night vision function.
  • Gaia Sonar (ガイアソナー, Gaia Sonā): The ears are strengthening organs with almost the same hearing ability as Double. They can even hear the sound of a needle dropping 10 km away.
  • Skull Regulator (スカルレギュレーター, Sukaru Regyurētā): It instantly purifies gases and unclean air and delivers purified oxygen to the body. A large amount of oxygen is stored in the Converter Lung in the Bone Lung of the chest, allowing Skull to function without oxygen for a certain period of time.
  • Gaiarmor (ガイアーマー, Gaiāmā): The whole body. The reinforced skin with almost the same performance as Double's. It has both strength and flexibility that allow Sokichi to move around without spoiling his athleticism.
  • Bone Protection (ボーンプロテクション, Bōn Purotekushon): The reinforced exoskeletal part with a design of six sternal bones that further protects the Bone Lung (ボーンラング, Bōn Rangu) from intense impact.
  • Hammer Shoulder (ハンマーショルダー, Hanmā Shorudā): The reinforced exoskeleton armor that protects Skull's shoulders. It can be effectively used as a striking weapon by shoulder tackling.
  • Skull Brace (スカルブレス, Sukaru Buresu): Skull Memory's power is strengthened and amplified around the arms to obtain powerful arm strength.
  • Skull Knuckle (スカルナックル, Sukaru Nakkuru): The fists strengthened by the Skull Brace produce punching power on par with world-class fighters, and even when used barehanded, the fists themselves have the destructive power of a powerful striking weapon.
  • Skull Anklet (スカルアンクレット, Sukaru Ankuretto): It amplifies Skull Memory's power around the legs, and increases the strength of the legs to the utmost limit. The kick he delivers from there is unparalleled in strength, and is powerful enough to knock down enemy members en masse.

Skull's primary finisher is the long range shooting attack Skull Punisher (スカルパニッシャー, Sukaru Panisshā), the Maximum Drive ability of his Skullmagnum. In Skull: Message to Double, Skull is shown to have a second Maximum Drive, known only as Rider Kick (ライダーキック, Raidā Kikku)[4], that involves releasing a giant energy skull from his chest, which stuns the opponent and knocks them back before rising into the air. Skull then puts the Skull Memory into the Maximum Drive Slot, jumps up, and does a roundhouse Rider Kick, which propels the energy skull toward the opponent, whom it bites down on. Kamen Rider Skull also appears as one of the Kamen Riders summoned by Kamen Rider Diend's Complete Form and his Gekijouban Card. In this appearance, his Maximum Drive attack is a generic Rider Kick, similar to Rider 1's famous somersault and kick attack, but with a purple swirling energy around Skull's right foot.

Appearances: W Episode 13, Movie War 2010, A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate, Movie War Core, Chou Super Hero TaisenIcon-crosswiki, Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever (as a toy).

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CycloneSkull

"Cyclone! Skull! (Technical guitar to deep guitar riff to high guitar screech)"
―Transformation announcement[src]
Rider Statistics
  • Rider Height:
  • Rider Weight:
Ability Parameters
  • Punching Power:
  • Kicking Power:
  • Maximum Jump Height:
  • Maximum Running Speed:
  • Metal Twister:

CycloneSkull (サイクロンスカル, Saikuron Sukaru)[5] is Double's green and black-colored Half Change accessed by using the Cyclone and Skull Memories. This form only existed in Shroud's imagination.

Due to the usage of the Skull Memory, Double's Windy Stabilizer muffler has been replaced with Skull's scarf. In addition, Double's chest armor now sports the ribcage-like design from Skull's Bone Protection armor, while his mask gains a line pattern near the mouth area akin to Skull's mouthpiece.

This form is exclusive to Fuuto PI: The Portrait of Kamen Rider Skull.

Equipment[]

Devices[]

Weapons[]

Vehicles[]

Legend Rider Devices[]

KRDCD-KamenRide Skull Rider Card (White Background)

Kamen Ride: Skull

Kamen Ride: Skull (カメンライドスカル, Kamenraido Sukaru): with a white background like those of extra Kamen Riders, is also one of the eight cards used by Kamen Rider Diend Complete Form. It summons Kamen Rider Skull. [Episode Yellow: Treasure de End Pirates]

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Skull Medal

Skull Medal (スカルメダル, Sukaru Medaru): Based on Kamen Rider Skull.

Skull Medal

Skull Crystal Medal

Skull Crystal Medal (リスタルスカルメダル, Sukaru Kurisutaru Medaru): Based on Kamen Rider Skull Crystal.

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Skull Wizard Ring

This Skull Wizard Ring (スカルウィザードリング, Sukaru Wizādo Ringu) which bears the likeness of Kamen Rider Skull is exclusive to Kamen Rider Wizard's Wizard Ring toyline. When used by a Wizardriver wearer, it would be able to summon Kamen Rider Skull.

Skull Lockseed (スカルロックシード, Sukaru Rokkushīdo): Allows the user to transform into Skull Arms. The core image depicts the Lostdriver while the lid backside image depicts the Skull Memory. Gaim/Kurokage/Bujin Gaim/Kamuro-styled Lockseed.

  • Transformation: Skull Arms: Otoko-michi Hardboiled! (スカルアームズ・男道、ハードボイルド!, Sukaru Āmuzu - Otoko Michi, Hādoboirudo!, lit. "A man's path, Hardboiled")
    • Squash: Skull Punisher (スカルパニッシャー, Sukaru Panisshā)
    • Au Lait: Nobody's Perfect (ノーバディーズパーフェクト, Nōbadizu Pāfekuto)
    • Sparking: Now, count up your sins (さあ、お前の罪を数えろ, Sā, omae no tsumi o kazoero)

"(Digital beeping) Skull!"
―Activation announcement[src]

"Futo o mamotta densetsu no senshi wa... Skull da!

Translation: The legendary warrior who protected Futo is... Skull! (風都を護った伝説の戦士 は…スカルだ!)"
―Secondary activation announcement[src]

"(Right-hand Ridewatch's announcement)! Armor Time! (Lostdriver opening noise) Skull! Skull! (Skull transformation noise)"
―Transformation announcement in the Ziku-Driver's left-hand slot[src]

"Finish time! Maximum Time (Break/Burst/Jack)!"
―Finisher announcement in left-hand slot[src]

Skull Ridewatch (スカルライドウォッチ, Sukaru Raidowotchi): Based on Kamen Rider Skull, this Ridewatch would provide access to the SkullArmor. It is dated 2009.

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Sokichi Narumi is portrayed by singer-songwriter Koji Kikkawa (吉川 晃司, Kikkawa Kōji). Kikkawa also performs the song "Nobody's Perfect" under the name of his character. As Kamen Rider Skull, his suit actor was Eitoku (永徳).

In Skull's appearance in Episode Yellow: Treasure de End Pirates, his suit actor was Riichi Seike (清家 利一, Seike Riichi).

In the Fuuto PI anime adaptation of the Futo Tantei manga, Sokichi is voiced by anime and Kamen Rider veteran Kenjiro Tsuda, whose most recent Rider roles include Redyue in Kamen Rider Gaim and Vail and the Demons and Vail Drivers in Kamen Rider Revice.

The Boss in 2019

Koji Kikkawa did a photo shoot and interview in the July 2019 issue, complete with a photo showing what Sokichi would look like if he were alive in 2019.

Concept Art[]

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Kamen Rider Skull Concept Art


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  1. 『フィギュア王 プレミアムシリーズ8 ライダーグッズコレクション2010 仮面ライダーW』 通巻841号、ワールドフォトプレス、2010年3月8日。ISBN 978-4-8465-2841-6
  2. 「MG FIGURE RISE 仮面ライダースカル」組立説明書より。
  3. https://www.kamen-rider-official.com/zukan/forms/890
  4. Kamen Rider W: Chozenshu p.142
  5. https://www.kamen-rider-official.com/news_articles/2770 ("Kamen Rider Double's fantasy form : CycloneSkull special visual")
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