 This article is about a temporary villain in Kamen Rider Build.
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Masahiro Nabeshima (鍋島 正弘, Nabeshima Masahiro) is a prison guard working for Faust. Later he became one of the victims of Faust's experiments who got turned into the Mirage Smash (ミラージスマッシュ, Mirāji Sumasshu) and later the second Square Smash (スクエアスマッシュ, Sukuea Sumasshu). His Smash essences were used as the basis for the Ninjya (Mirage Smash) and Comic (Square Smash) Fullbottles.
Character History[]
Little is known about Nabeshima aside from his role in Ryuga Banjo's life. At an unknown point in time, Faust forced Nabeshima into joining them, threatening to kill his wife and daughter if he refused.
On the orders of Blood Stalk, he approached Kasumi Ogura, Ryuga's fiancée, and had her direct Ryuga to Takumi Katsuragi in exchange for helping Ryuga make a comeback as a fighter. When Ryuga arrived to meet Katsuragi, he was framed for the latter's murder and imprisoned, where Nabeshima sedated him and brought him to be experimented on by Faust. [That One with the Best Match]
Following his escape, Ryuga managed to contact Nabeshima, calling him to demand a confession. Nabeshima revealed to Ryuga that the organization that experimented on him, Sento, and the Smash was called Faust, and that they were holding his family in Seito, saying he would testify against Faust if Ryuga rescued them. However, this information was delivered on Night Rogue's order to lure Ryuga to Seito. Nabeshima demanded his family be freed in exchange for playing along; instead, his reward for his service was being turned into the Mirage Smash. He attacked a group of Touto Guardians and Sento, fighting Build RabbitTank by duplicating himself. After Build switched to HawkGatling and defeated him and all his duplicates, his Smash essence was removed into a blank Full Bottle. However, he was taken away by Blood Stalk after being recognized by Sento. [Borderline of Justice]
Nabeshima was injected with Nebula Gas again, transforming into the Square Smash. He was set upon a park, coming to blows with Build once again. After fighting for some time, Blood Stalk fires upon him with his Steam Rifle, causing him to grow in size. Build proceeds to defeat him with the Full Bullet finisher, and upon having his Smash essence extracted returns to normal once again.
Some time later he wakes up in nascita's basement lab. However, the second Smash transformation has robbed him of all his memories, unable to even recognize his wife and daughter. Shortly after the reunion he goes over to the panel with the Fullbottles plugged in, suddenly remembering that Faust had similar bottles as well. [The Testimony Will Be Zero]
Sometime after Faust's supposed dismantling, Nabeshima managed to recover some of his memories, calling Sento to tell him who told him to pin Takumi Katsuragi's murder on Ryuga: Blood Stalk, also known as Soichi Isurugi. [Theory of Conspiracy] [Who Takes Off The Veil?]
Sometime before the proxy fight between Touto and Seito to determine the outcome of the war over Pandora's Box, Nabeshima's family was kidnapped by Namba Heavy Industries, and were used by Juzaburo Namba to pressure Sawa Takigawa into stealing data on Build's new power up item. However, their plan would end in failure as Sento gave Sawa half the data in order to buy time for Kazumi Sawatari to find and rescue Nabeshima's family.
Forms[]
Mirage Smash
- Height: 207.2 cm.
- Weight: 112.2 kg.
- Powers and Abilities
- Super Speed: The Mirage Smash can move at blinding speeds to dodge attacks and attack its opponent.
- Duplication: The Mirage Smash can split itself into an army of independently-functioning copies to overwhelm an opponent; defeating the prime Smash will defeat all copies.
Appearances: Build Episode 3
Incomplete Square Smash
An incomplete form of the Square Smash with a small cube head over a collar-mounted half block. Nabeshima became this form upon his second Smash conversion.
Appearances: Build Episode 4
Square Smash
- Height: 203.5 cm.
- Weight: 134.7 kg.
The complete Square Smash, after the top half of its larger block head appears, covering its initial cube head. Nabeshima became this form before encountering Sento.
- Powers and Abilities
- Block Creation: The Square Smash can cut blocks from any material with its knife right arms. It can throw these blocks to attack opponents or raise columns of them for defense.
- Enhanced Jump: The Square Smash can jump long and high distances.
Appearances: Build Episode 4
A giant version of the normal Square Smash form, Nabeshima became this form after being exposed to another dose of Nebula Gas while already a Smash.
- Powers and Abilities
- Enhanced Strength: After being enlarged by Blood Stalk, his strength is increased, although he loses his agility.
Appearances: Build Episode 4
Smash Bottle[]
Behind the Scenes[]
Portrayal[]
Masahiro Nabeshima was portrayed by Ichi Oomiya (市オオミヤ, Ichi Ōmiya). In both of his Smash forms, he was portrayed by suit actor Satoshi Fujita (藤田 慧, Fujita Satoshi).
Concept Art[]
Mirage Smash and Square Smash were designed by Tamotsu Shinohara (篠原 保, Shinohara Tamotsu).
Notes[]
- The incomplete Square Smash's suit is later reused as Fang Smash.
Appearances[]
Kamen Rider Build
- Episode 1: That One with the Best Match
- Episode 3: Borderline of Justice
- Episode 4: The Testimony Will Be Zero
- Episode 5: Dangerous Identity (mentioned only)
- Episode 6: Moonsault of Anger (mentioned only)
- Episode 12: Theory of Conspiracy
- Episode 13: Who Takes Off The Veil?
- Episode 14: The False Kamen Rider (mentioned only)
- Episode 16: The Weaponry Hero (flashback; archive footage only)