Kamen Rider Build

For the series’ main character, Build, see .

Kamen Rider Build (仮面ライダービルド, Kamen Raidā Birudo) is a Japanese drama in ‘s . It is the nineteenth and final series for a full run and the twenty-eighth series overall. The series started on September 3, 2017, joining  in the line-up after the finale of . After Kyuranger concluded on February 4, 2018, the series was joined by in the Super Hero Time line-up. After the finale of Kamen Rider Build, joined Lupinranger VS Patranger on the Super Hero Time block.

The tagline of the series is “Now, shall we begin the experiment?” (さぁ、実験を始めようか。, Sa, jikken o hajimeyou ka?). One of the underlying motifs of this season is science and scientific principles.

Plot

10 years ago, the “” was found on Mars. On Earth, it created walls that divided Japan into (Eastern Capital), (Northern Capital) and (Western Capital) and brought along the Smash, unidentified lifeforms that attack people.

Sento Kiryu, a prodigy physicist, transforms into Kamen Rider Build to fight the Smash.

The Touto government requests his help in deciphering the mystery behind the Pandora Box and the Smash. There is one mystery not even Sento can solve: his own past. The only memory he has left for more than 20 years is the existence of a sinister figure called Night Rogue. There is one man who holds the key to Sento’s memories: A prison escapee by the name of Ryuga Banjo, who adamantly denies committing the murder he is accused of. Misora Isurugi, who works with Sento, has the ability to purify the harmful components the Smash are made of.

Sento transforms into Kamen Rider Build in order to uncover the mystery surrounding the Pandora Box, the Smash and his amnesia.

Characters

Kamen Riders

TV Show

Movie/special-exclusive

Allies

Others

Villains

Namba Heavy Industries Ltd.

Washio Brothers

Touto

Ordinary

Hazard

Hokuto

Smash

Seito

Clone Smash

Other

Other

Lost Smash

Bugsters

Episodes

Main article:

Similar to , half of each episode’s title is an English word, though spelled in instead of English letters, and the other is written in . Most of the episodes contain formulas from mathematics or physics to form each episode number in the onscreen titles.

1. (ベストマッチな奴ら, Besuto Macchi na Yatsu ra)
2. (無実のランナウェイ, Mujitsu no Rannawei)
3. (正義のボーダーライン, Seigi no Bōdārain)
4. (証言はゼロになる, Shōgen Wa Zero ni naru)
5. (危ういアイデンティティー, Ayaui Aidentitī)
6. (怒りのムーンサルト, Ikari no Mūnsaruto)
7. (悪魔のサイエンティスト, Akuma no Saientisuto)
8. (メモリーが語りはじめる, Memorī Ga Katari Hajimeru)
9. (プロジェクトビルドの罠, Purojekuto Birudo no Wana)
10. (滅亡のテクノロジー, Metsubō no Tekunorojī)
11. (燃えろドラゴン, Moero Doragon)
12. (陰謀のセオリー, Inbō no Seorī)
13. (ベールを脱ぐのは誰？, Bēru o Nugu no wa Dare?)
14. (偽りの仮面ライダー, Itsuwari no Kamen Raidā)
15. (桐生戦兎をジャッジしろ！, Kiryu Sento wo Jajji Shiro!)
16. (兵器のヒーロー, Heiki no Hīro)
17. (ライダーウォーズ開戦, Raidā Wōzu Kaisen)
18. (黄金のソルジャー, Ōgon no Sorujā)
19. (禁断のアイテム, Kindan no Aitemu)
20. (悪魔のトリガー, Akuma no Torigā)
21. (ハザードは止まらない, Hazādo wa Tomaranai)
22. (涙のビクトリー, Namida no Bikutorī)
23. (西のファントム, Nishi no Fantomu)
24. (ローグと呼ばれた男, Rōgu to Yoba Reta Otoko)
25. (アイドル覚醒, Aidoru Kakusei)
26. (裏切りのデスマッチ, Uragiri no Desumatchi)
27. (逆襲のヒーロー, Gyakushū no Hīrō)
28. (天才がタンクでやってくる, Tensai ga Tanku de Yattekuru)
29. (開幕のベルが鳴る, Kaimaku no Beruganaru)
30. (パンドラボックスの真実, Pandora Bokkusu no Shinjitsu)
31. (ほとばしれマグマ！, Hotobashire Maguma!)
32. (プログラムされた悲劇, Puroguramu sa Reta Higeki)
33. (最終兵器エボル, Saishū Heiki Eboru)
34. (離れ離れのベストマッチ, Hanarebanare no Besuto Matchi)
35. (破滅のタワー, Hametsu no Tawā)
36. (エボルトは星を狩る, Eboruto wa Hoshi O Karu)
37. (究極のフェーズ, Kyūkyoku no Fēzu)
38. (マッドな世界, Maddo na Sekai)
39. (ジーニアスは止まらない, Jīniasu wa Tomaranai)
40. (終末のレボリューション, Shūmatsu no Reboryūshon)
41. (ベストマッチの真実, Besuto Matchi no Shinjitsu)
42. (疑惑のレガシー, Giwaku no Regashī)
43. (もう一人のビルド, Mōhitori no Birudo)
44. (エボルトの最期, Eboruto no Saigo)
45. (希望のサイエンティスト, Kibō no Saientisuto)
46. (誓いのビー・ザ・ワン, Chikai no Bī za Wan)
47. (ゼロ度の炎, Zero-do no Honō)
48. (ラブ＆ピースの世界へ, Rabu & Pīsu no Sekai e)
49. (ビルドが創る明日, Birudo ga Tsukuru Ashita)

Movies

1. (仮面ライダー平成ジェネレーションズFINALビルド＆エグゼイドwithレジェンドライダー, Kamen Raidā Heisei Jenerēshonzu Fainaru: Birudo ando Eguzeido wizu Rejendo Raidā)
2. (劇場版　仮面ライダービルド: ビー・ザ・ワン, Gekijō-ban Kamen Raidā Birudo: Bī Za Wan)
3. (仮面ライダー平成ジェネレーションズFOREVER, )
4. (仮面ライダービルド　NEW WORLD　仮面ライークローズ, Kamen Raidā Birudo Nyū Warudo Kamen Raidā Kurōzu)

Specials

1. (仮面ライダービルド 変身講座～変身の法則は決まった！～, Kamen Raidā Birudo Henshin Kōza Henshin No Hōsoku Wa Kimatta!)
2. (仮面ライダービルド 誕生！クマテレビ！！　VS仮面ライダーグリス, Kamen Raidā Birudo: Tanjō! Kuma Terebi! ! VS Kamen Raidā Gurisu)
3. (仮面ライダービルド　ハザードレベルを上げる　～７つのベストマッチ～, Kamen Raidā Birudo Hazādoreberu o Ageru Nanatsu no Besuto Matchi)
4. (ＲＯＧＵＥ, Rōgu)
5. (仮面ライダープライムローグ, Kamen Raidā Puraimu Rogu)

Stageshows

1. (仮面ライダービルド スペシャルイベント, Kamen Raidā Birudo Supesharu Ibento)
2. (仮面ライダービルド ファイナルステージ, Kamen Raidā Birudo Fainaru Sutēji)

Other media

Manga

1. (幪面超人BUILD【科學創界篇】, Mung Min Chiu Yan Ex-Aid Fo Hok Cong Gaai Pin)

Games

The following video games feature characters from Build.

Cast

• (桐生 戦兎, Kiryū Sento): (犬飼 貴丈, Inukai Atsuhiro)
• (万丈 龍我, Banjyō Ryūga): (赤楚 衛二, Akaso Eiji)
• (猿渡 一海, Sawatari Kazumi): (武田 航平, Takeda Kōhei)
• (石動 美空, Isurugi Misora): (高田 夏帆, Takada Kaho)
• (滝川 紗羽, Takigawa Sawa): (滝 裕可里, Taki Yukari)
• (氷室 幻徳, Himuro Gentoku): (水上剣星, Mikami Kensei)
• (内海 成彰, Nariaki Utsumi):  (越智 友己, Ochi Yūki)
• (石動 惣一, Isurugi Souichi): (前川泰之, Maekawa Yasuyuki)
• (ブラッドスターク, Buraddo Sutāku, Voice), (エボルト, Eboruto, Voice), (エボルドライバー, Eboru Doraibā, Voice): (金尾 哲夫, Kanao Tetsuo)
• (葛城 巧, Katsuragi Takumi): (木山廉彬, Kiyama Yukiaki)
• (河合栄多, Kawai Eita): (本庄 司, Honjō Tsukasa)
• (氷室 泰山, Himuro Taizan): (山田明郷, Yamada Meikyō)
• (御堂正邦, Midō Masakuni): (冨家規政, Fuke Norimasa)
• (多治見 喜子, Tajimi Yoshiko): (魏 涼子, Gi Ryōko)
• (難波重三郎, Nanba Jūsaburō): (浜田 晃, Hamada Akira)
• (赤羽, ): (栄信, )
• (青羽, ): (芹澤興人, Serizawa Tateto)
• (黄羽, ): (吉村卓也, Yoshimura Takuya)
• (鷲尾 風, Washio Fū): (足立 理, Adachi Osamu)
• (鷲尾 雷, Washio Rai): (奈須田 雄大, Nasuda Yūdai)
• (ビルドドライバー, Birudo Doraibā, Voice), (ネビュラスチームガン, Nebyurasuchīmu Gan, Voice): (コービー, Kōbī)
• (スクラッシュドライバー, Sukurasshu Doraibā, Voice), (クローズマグマナックル, Kurōzu Maguma Nakkuru, Voice): (若本 規夫, Wakamoto Norio)
• : (バッキー木場, Bakki Koba)

Suit actors

• : (高岩 成二, Takaiwa Seiji)
• : (永徳, )
• : (藤田 慧, Fujita Satoshi)
• , : (渡辺 淳, Watanabe Jun)
• , : (岡田 和也, Okada Kazuya)
• : (東慶介, Azuma Keisuke)
• , , : (中田 裕士, Nakata Yuji)

Notes

• This series ran through 2018, the 80th anniversary of ‘s birth.
• This series will be the final Rider series to have a full televised run in the Heisei Era; will be in a similar position to in that it will run during the transition of reigning emperors. Emperor Akihito will abdicate the throne in April 30, 2019 to his son Prince Naruhito, thus beginning a new era of Japan.
• With this series, Kamen Rider’s timeslot changes from 8am to 9am starting in October.
• This series opening credits reuse the same font style that was used in Kamen Rider Ex-Aid.
• This Kamen Rider series shares some similar elements with its first Super Hero Time partner, Uchu Sentai Kyuranger.
  • Both take place in separate universes from their respective franchises.
    • Both universes are dystopian (Jark Matter’s conquest of Earth along with the entire universe for Kyuranger and the and the  for Build).
  • The heroes from both series visited their respective franchises’ main universes and they met and fought alongside some of their predecessors who live there.
  • Additionally, while explored the concept of alternate universes and continuities, Build is the first Kamen Rider season to fully exist in a unique, independent universe that is not based on a past Kamen Rider season.
  • The main villains of both series are evil entities of extraterrestrial origin with devices that have the power to destroy planets (Don Armage’s Moraimars for Kyuranger and Evolto’s Evol-Driver and the Pandora Box for Build).
    • They’re capable of possessing someone else’s body as well (Quervo, Tsurugi Ohtori & Later People across the Universe in Don Armage’s case and Soichi Isurugi, Ryuga Banjo, Sento Kiryu, Kazumi Sawatari and Nariaki Utsumi in Evolto’s case).
    • They also have Black Hole themed items (Black Hole Kyutama and Evol Trigger).
  • Both series’ collectibles have a sliding gimmick prior to their usage for transformation.
  • Both series have the father of a Hero working for the Villain Factions in some way (Lucky’s father Aslan was brainwashed to work for Jark Matter while Sento’s father Shinobu Katsuragi pretended to work for Evolto in order to create the Black and White Pandora Panels to destroy Evolto).
    • Both fathers die after the rencountering with their sons.
  • Both series involves alien civilizations and uses space theme in some way.
• This is the first series since:
  • to have every episode of the TV series written by the head writer alone.
  • to not have a Super Hero Taisen film air during its run.
  • to premiere in September and to not have a Spring Crossover with a co-airing Super Sentai series.
  • to have a female vocalist sing its opening theme and to not have a female Rider in the TV series.
  • to not appear in the Spring film during its run.
  • to use only “Form” in naming the Rider’s forms instead of using a unique term like , , etc.
  • The entirety of the franchise to have its opening theme song performed by a non-native Japanese vocalist.
• In keeping with the science motif, a few of the equations, graphs, formula and matrix seen in the background or Rider’s finisher in the show are based on math, scientific theories or scientific principles. These objects are provided by professors from , , and after a discussion of how to show characters’ emotion symbolically.
• Some elements of the show has similarities to past Rider seasons
  • The Rider’s in the show need to have a physical change in order to use transformation belts similar to the Riders in , and .
    • The Riders in Kamen Rider 555 need to be Orphnochs in order to become a Rider.
    • The Riders in Kamen Rider Ex-Aid need to undergo a special surgery in order to use a Gamer Driver.
    • The Riders in Kamen Rider Build need to have a Hazard Level of 3 or higher in order to transform.
  • The Smash being humans unwillingly turned into monsters is similar to the , and the .
• As revealed in the ,  wrote his adventure into a script
  • Since it’s revealed that the 4th wall breaking interludes of each episode are said by the characters, it may imply that the friendships they made, may be restored

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