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Tomoko Nozama (野座間 友子, Nozama Tomoko) is a character in Kamen Rider Fourze. She is a first year goth girl who works at the Witches' Sacrifice occult store after school. She is also the one who gives Gentaro Kisaragi the inspiration for the Kamen Rider Club after showing him footage of other Kamen Riders in action. She is also the love interest of Ryusei Sakuta.[Space Superiority]
History[]
Tomoko notices Gentaro during his first days and after helping with information on the Orion Zodiarts while seeing Gentaro change into Kamen Rider Fourze, she shows him a website depicting the past Kamen Riders and the urban legends about them.
Eventually, Tomoko joins a group of other goth students in a witches' coven called the Lunar Witches as its leader, Ritsuko Usaka, offers to make her dreams a reality. But she is devastated when she finds out that the Lunar Witches are shams, which leads Tomoko to be approached by the Scorpion Zodiarts to receive a Zodiarts Switch. Believing she has nowhere to go except the Moon, and that her Zodiarts Switch may fulfill her dreams and become a new person, Gentaro takes her to the Rabbit Hatch to show her what the moon really looks like. Although she is disappointed there is nothing but cold space, Tomoko is glad that she has finally gone to the Moon while finding comfort and acceptance in the Kamen Rider Club members, especially Gentaro as he tells her she is just fine as she currently is. This leads to her renouncing her membership with the Lunar Witches and accepting Gentaro's hand in friendship while later, much to Kengo's chagrin, throws her yet-to-be activated Zodiarts Switch into the river near school. As a Kamen Rider Club member, Tomoko mainly uses her sixth sense to help out with investigations and detect things the others overlook. Thanks to her time in the club, Tomoko found herself more at ease with the world around her and became more comfortable in exposing her feelings and approaching people.
She may like Kamen Rider Meteor, after episode 23. Also in episode 24, she wants to find the identity of Kamen Rider Meteor. When Ryusei was revealed to be Meteor, Tomoko see him as a fake Kamen Rider. However, when Ryusei fights the Aries Zodiarts in redemption for what he had done and the reemergence of Gentaro, Tomoko gives back the Meteor Driver.
When Tomoko saw Kuniteru Emoto who revealed himself as the Virgo Zodiarts, he sent Tomoko to the Dark Nebula to keep his identity a secret.
When Emoto realized that friendship was a strength and allied himself with the Kamen Rider Club in his final minutes of life, he released Tomoko (in Ryusei's arms) from the Dark Nebula, which was revealed to actually be just putting people in stasis on the M-BUS. When Emoto died, Tomoko contributed his cracked glasses to his memorial on the moon.
Final Stage[]
Tomoko returns in the Final Stage and transformed into Fourze Fire State. [Kamen Rider Fourze: Final Stage]
Ultimatum[]
Five years later, Tomoko became a best-selling novelist. [Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Wizard & Fourze: Movie War Ultimatum]
Kamen Rider Zi-O[]
Video Game appearances[]
Kamen Rider Travelers Record[]
Tomoko appears in the video game Kamen Rider Travelers Record.
Personality[]
Tomoko has a weird laugh and fixates over weird things, going so far as to delete the school's database because her bow was crooked when photos of her doing school activities were taken, "earning" her a place in Takashi Satake's detention class. She is almost always seen carrying around a decorated iPad. Since watching Yuki Jojima perform at the Queen Festival, seeing a kindred spirit in her, Tomoko has begun to stalk her. Tomoko is a very lonely person, hiding behind her gothic makeup simply to fit in, thinking her plain face was hideous, and having a panic attack when Gentaro saw her without her makeup. She joined a group of other goth students in a witches' coven called the Lunar Witches as its leader Ritsuko Usaka offers to make her dream of leaving the Earth to live on the Moon a reality. But she is devastated when she finds out that the Lunar Witches are shams, which leads Tomoko to be approached by the Scorpion Zodiarts to receive a Zodiarts Switch. Tomoko has a strong belief in the Kamen Riders and what they should be, shown with the appearance of Kamen Rider Meteor and his ulterior motives. She starts to keep notes on Ryusei as she realizes strange things happen to him. During the mid-events of Kamen Rider Fourze she develops an affection for Ryusei (although she became envious of Ryusei and Inga Blink's partnership).
Abilities[]
Tomoko has a sixth sense in seeing things others cannot, along with moving around undetected and giving people chills whenever she is around. She is revealed to have knowledge of the urban legends of other Kamen Riders, playing an indirect role in the creation of the Kamen Rider Club. Tomoko is also a hacker with skills that can shut down an entire database. Tomoko also has a sixth sense about detecting the true potential of Astro Switches. She first showed this ability when she is able to detect the hidden abilities of the Fire Switch early on, knowing it was blocking the power of the Altar Zodiarts Switch, and would eventually defeat it. She also realized the full potential of the Switch when she saw that Fourze was in fact absorbing the fire attacks the Zodiarts was throwing at him, instead of being truly harmed by the attacks.
Kamen Rider Fourze[]
- "Fire On! (Dramatic music)"
- ―Transformation announcement[src]
- Height: 200 cm.
- Weight: 99 kg.
- Abilities Parameters
- Punching Power: 2.8 t.
- Kicking Power: 7 t.
- Maximum Jump Height: 17 m.
- Maximum Running Speed: 100 m. per 6.5 sec.
Firestates (ファイヤーステイツ, Faiyā Suteitsu) is Kamen Rider Fourze's red form accessed by the powers of the Fire Switch. In Firestates, Fourze is able to use the Hee-Hackgun, which can change into either Flame Mode to shoot fire or Fire Extinguisher Mode to shoot fire-dousing foam. Firestates shows an increase in punching and kicking power, but suffers a loss of jumping height and its running speed is slower.
Like Elekstates, care must be taken when the Fire Switch is inserted into the Hi-Hackgun, as switching off the Fire Switch while in the Fire Module will result in Fourze being reverted back into Basestates. Also, similar to how the Alter Zodiarts' pyrokinesis was the dormant power of the Ara constellation's Cosmic Energy, the dormant power of the Fire Switch's Cosmic Energy is to absorb heat-based attacks and store the power into the Switch.
This form is exclusive to Kamen Rider Fourze: Final Stage.
Equipment[]
Devices[]
- Fourze Driver - Transformation device
- Astroswitches - Fourze's small devices that allow her access to that Switch's Module when activated in the Driver
- Foodroids - Mini-support robots
Weapons[]
- Hee-Hackgun - Fourze's Firestates weapon.
Behind the Scenes[]
Portrayal[]
Tomoko Nozama is portrayed by Shiho (志保 ).
Etymology[]
Tomoko's surname is Amazon spelled backwards. Also, "tomo" means "friend", a word that both Gentaro and Amazon uses often. This homage is alluded to in Fourze's Movie War Mega Max portion, Kamen Rider Fourze: Nadeshiko, Descend, where Tomoko wears a makeshift Kamen Rider Amazon costume as part of the Kamen Rider Club's Seven Legendary Riders cosplay. Coincidentally, Shiho was born on the 18th anniversary of Kamen Rider Amazon, thus also sharing her birthday with actor Yōji Matsuda who portrayed Masahiko Okamura in Amazon.
Appearances[]
- Kamen Rider Fourze
- Episode 1: Youthful Transformation
- Episode 2: Space Superiority
- Episode 3: Queen Election
- Episode 4: Changing Illusion, Secret Maneuver
- Episode 5: Friendship, Inside and Outside
- Episode 6: Electric Shock, Steadily
- Episode 7: King Jerk
- Episode 8: Iron Calvary's Cooperation
- Episode 9: Witch's Awakening
- Episode 10: Moonlight Clash
- Episode 11: Disappearing Moon Door
- Episode 12: Mission: Ken's Life
- Episode 13: School Refusal
- Episode 14: Stinger Onslaught
- Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max
- Episode 15: Christmas Eve Choir
- Episode 16: Right and Wrong Conflict
- Episode 17: Meteor Appearance
- Episode 18: Gen/Ryu Showdown
- Episode 19: Steel Dragon, Unmatched
- Episode 20: Transcendent Magnetism
- Episode 21: Mislead Course
- Episode 22: True Self Dismissal
- Episode 23: Swan Alliance
- Episode 24: Hero's Desire
- Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen
- Episode 25: Graduation Reluctance
- Episode 26: Perfect Round Dance
- Episode 27: Transformation Rejected
- Episode 28: Star Storm Comeback
- Episode 29: Junior Silence
- Episode 30: Senior, Useless
- Kamen Rider Fourze: Climax Episode
- Episode 31: Subaruboshi Kingdom
- Episode 32: Super Space Sword
- Episode 33: Ancient City Mayhem
- Episode 34: Heavenly Hole, Offensive and Defensive
- Episode 35: Monster's Broadcast
- Episode 36: Serious Legend Song
- Episode 37: Star Follower Selection
- Episode 38: Winner Determination
- Kamen Rider Fourze The Movie: Everyone! Let's Feel the Universe!
- Episode 39: Campus Decree
- Episode 40: Principle or Pathos
- Episode 41: Club Collapse
- Episode 42: Archer's Reign
- Episode 43: Light and Dark Twins
- Episode 44: Star Luck Ritual
- Episode 45: Scale's Estrangement
- Episode 46: Aloof Archer
- Kamen Rider Fourze: Final Episode
- Episode 47: Parting Friends
- Episode 48: Final Episode: Youthful Galaxy
- Kamen Rider Fourze: Final Stage
- Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Wizard & Fourze: Movie War Ultimatum
- Kamen Rider Zi-O
- Episode 5: Switch On! 2011 (photo only)