The Golden Soldier

This article is about an episode in Kamen Rider Build.

The Golden Soldier
Kamen Rider Build, Episode 18
Air Date	January 14, 2018
Production Information
Writer(s)	Shogo Muto
Director	Shojiro Nakazawa
Episode Guide
Previous	Rider Wars Start
Next	Kamen Rider Build: Birth! KumaTV!! VS Kamen Rider Grease!

The Golden Soldier (黄金のソルジャー, Ōgon no Sorujā) is the eighteenth episode of Kamen Rider Build. It features Kazumi Sawatari's on-screen transformation into Kamen Rider Grease and the debut of Build SmaphoWolf, as well as the televised debut of Build's PhoenixRobo Best Match Form after his appearance in Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Final: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Riders.

Synopsis

The man holding his own Sclash Driver is known as Hokuto’s assassin, Kazumi Sawatari. But the Sclash Driver was developed by Sento, so how is it in the hands of Hokuto already?! Before all those questions could be answered, Kazumi transforms into Kamen Rider Grease!

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Sento Kiryu (桐生 戦兎, Kiryū Sento): Atsuhiro Inukai (犬飼 貴丈, Inukai Atsuhiro)
• Ryuga Banjo (万丈 龍我, Banjyō Ryūga): Eiji Akaso (赤楚 衛二, Akaso Eiji)
• Kazumi Sawatari (猿渡 一海, Sawatari Kazumi): Kouhei Takeda (武田 航平, Takeda Kōhei)
• Misora Isurugi (石動 美空, Isurugi Misora): Kaho Takada (高田 夏帆, Takada Kaho)
• Nariaki Utsumi (内海 成彰, Nariaki Utsumi): Yuki Ochi (越智 友己, Ochi Yūki)
• Sawa Takigawa (滝川 紗羽, Takigawa Sawa): Yukari Taki (滝 裕可里, Taki Yukari)
• Gentoku Himuro (氷室 幻徳, Himuro Gentoku): Kensei Mikami (水上剣星, Mikami Kensei)
• Soichi Isurugi (石動 惣一, Isurugi Souichi): Yasuyuki Maekawa (前川泰之, Maekawa Yasuyuki)
• Yoshiko Tajimi (多治見 喜子, Tajimi Yoshiko): Ryoko Gi (魏 涼子, Gi Ryōko)
• Akaba (赤羽, Akaba): Eishin (栄信, Eishin)
• Aoba (青羽, Aoba): Tateto Serizawa (芹澤興人, Serizawa Tateto)
• Kiba (黄羽, Kiba): Takuya Yoshimura (吉村卓也, Yoshimura Takuya)
• Build Driver (ビルドドライバー, Birudo Doraibā, Voice): KORBY (コービー, Kōbī)
• Sclash Driver (スクラッシュドライバー, Sukurasshu Doraibā, Voice): Norio Wakamoto (若本 規夫, Wakamoto Norio)

Guest Casts

• TV Announcer: Kenya Matsuki (松木 研也, Matsuki Kenya)

Suit Actors

• Kamen Rider Build: Seiji Takaiwa (高岩 成二, Takaiwa Seiji)
• Kamen Rider Cross-Z Charge: Eitoku (永徳, Eitoku)
• Kamen Rider Grease: Satoshi Fujita (藤田 慧, Fujita Satoshi)
• Castle Hard Smash: Yuji Nakata (中田 裕士, Nakata Yuji)
• Stag Hard Smash: Kotaro Kaji (鍜治 洸太朗, Kaji Kōtarō)
• Owl Hard Smash: Hajime Kanzaki (神前 元, Kanzaki Hajime)

Forms and Collectibles Used

Fullbottles

• Bottle used:
  • Build
    • Biotic: Phoenix, Wolf, Panda
    • Abiotic: Robot, Smapho, Rocket
    • Other: RabbitTank Sparkling
  • Grease
    • Biotic: N/A
    • Abiotic: Helicopter (once in Sclash Driver /Twin Breaker)
  • Castle Hard Smash
    • Castle
  • Stag Hard Smash
    • Kuwagata
  • Owl Hard Smash
    • Fukurou
• Form used:
  • Build
    • RabbitTank Sparkling Form, PhoenixRobo Form, SmaphoWolf Form, RocketPanda Form

Sclashjellies

• Jelly used:
  • Cross-Z Charge
    • Dragon
  • Grease
    • Robot

Notes

• As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Uchu Sentai Kyuranger episode 45, Space.45: Tsurugi's Life and Earth's Crisis.
• Viewership: 2.7%
• Formula of the title:$\#\{family\ of\ finite\ group\}=18$ (Monster group)
• Fullbottles Obtained: N/A

• Closing Screen Fullbottles:
  • Kamen Rider: Build
  • Fullbottles:
    • Biotic: Phoenix
    • Abiotic: Robot
• Count at episode end
  • Bottles in Build's possession:
    • Biotic: Rabbit, Gorilla, Taka, Ninjya, Panda, Harinezumi, Lion, Kaizoku, Octopus
    • Abiotic: Tank, Diamond, Gatling, Comic, Rocket, Syoubousya, Soujiki, Densha, Light
    • Other: RabbitTank Sparkling
  • Bottles in Cross-Z (Charge)'s possession:
    • Biotic: Dragon
    • Abiotic: Lock
    • Other: Cross-Z Dragon
  • Bottles in Grease's possession:
    • Biotic: Phoenix, Wolf, Kuma
    • Abiotic: Robot, Smapho, Helicopter, Televi
  • Bottles in Night Rogue's possession: Bat
  • Bottles in Blood Stalk's possession: Cobra
  • Bottles in Castle Hard Smash's possession: Castle
  • Bottles in Stag Hard Smash's possession: Kuwagata
  • Bottles in Owl Hard Smash's possession: Fukurou
  • Jellies in Cross-Z Charge's possession: Dragon
  • Jellies in Grease's possession: Robot

• The lock screen on Kazumi's phone revealed that the date of this episode is January 14th, the same as its air date.
  • Coincidentally, this episode also aired on Kouhei Takeda's (Kazumi Sawatari's actor) 32nd birthday.
  • However, the day shown on the phone is Monday (月), which means this episode happened January 14th, 2019 in Build timeline. It seems like it is a production mistake that happened when they deliberately set the phone's date to match the airing date, but didn't notice the incorrect year.
• Sento failed attempt to transform into Kamen Rider Cross-Z Charge mirrors Ryuga Banjo's failed attempt to transform into Kamen Rider Build in Episode 6.
• When Grease introduces himself, music from Uchu Sentai Kyuranger is used.
• Nariaki Utsumi makes his return following his apparent death in episode 12.

DVD/Blu-ray releases

• Kamen Rider Build Volume 5 features episodes 17-20: Rider Wars Start, The Golden Soldier, The Forbidden Item and The Devil's Trigger.
• Blu-ray Collection 2 comes with 12 episodes.

Kamen Rider Build Volume 5, DVD

Kamen Rider Build Collection 2, Blu-ray

External links

• TV Asahi's official episode guide for 黄金のソルジャー.
• Toei TV's official episode guide for 黄金のソルジャー