Kamen Rider Knight
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Kamen Rider Knight (仮面ライダーナイト Kamen Raidā Naito) is a fictional character in the tokusatsu production Kamen Rider Ryuki. He is one of the main protagonists and the first of the 13 Kamen Riders the story revolves around. His true identity is Ren Akiyama and is portrayed by Satoshi Matsuda.
Kamen Rider Knight's name, Naito (ナイト?) also sounds like the English "Night", which could also refer to his color scheme which reflects darkness and nighttime (his color is dark navy). Also, his monster's motif is based on a nocturnal creature. While in his Survive form he has a cape on constantly, making him one of the few Kamen Riders in the entire franchise to wear a cape.
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[edit] Fictional character biography
Ren Akiyama is a cold loner who fights constantly and is frequently unemployed. He received his Advent Deck before the start of the series. He accepted Kanzaki's offer to join the Rider war to give his fiancé, Eri Ogawa, a full recovery, who has been in a mysterious coma ever since an encounter with Darkwing. Ren later contracted with Darkwing and became Kamen Rider Knight.
After Shinji Kido, he would still persist to fight any and all Riders. But the ordeal of his memory loss had him leave the Tea Atori to clear his head. Meeting Tezuka, who reveals himself as Raia, while pointing out that though he accepted his fate as a Kamen Rider, Ren had doubts in his heart if he could actually take a life. He later inherited the Survive Shippu Card from Tezuka. Over time he eventually softened up and slowly came to return Shinji's constant offers of friendship. Throughout the series they formed a somewhat of a rivalry, which Ren took more seriously than Shinji because of the Rider War.
Shiro eventually declares him as the last Rider. All the other Riders had died, but it was Shinji's death in Episode 49 that devastated him, as he had finally accepted Shinji as his best friend. Ironically enough however, Shinji's dying words galvanized Ren into bringing the war to an end. Shiro Kanzaki brought him to fight the remaining Rider, Kamen Rider Odin. As Ren was about to lose, Shiro Kanzaki was tormented by his sister Yui Kanzaki's words, and self-destroyed Odin, making Ren the final rider. The wish appeared, and Ren used it to save Eri's life as he had originally intended. Returning to the hospital where Eri laid, she wakes up to see Ren's engagement ring on her finger, and a loyal Ren, apparently sleeping on the floor. Unbeknownst to her at the time, the battle with Odin had proved too much, and though it is not clearly stated, it's suggested that he died. After Shiro restored time to its proper course after Yui's death, Ren and Shinji had no memory of being Riders, thus they are unable to recognize each other in one of the final scenes of the series.
In the movie: Episode Final, Ren, together with the remaining fighters fought one another. He too, like Miho Kirishima had mistook Shinji as Kamen Rider Ryuga from a battle he witnessed (Ryuga and Femme were fighting with each other) and in his case thought that Shinji had realised the meaning of the Rider War and demanded they battle. Until he saw the real Shinji absorbed into Ryuga he understood and battled Ryuga as well. Later seeing Yui dead, as Shinji and Ryuga battle, he witnesses Shinji finishing Ryuga off, after which he confesses his friendship to Shinji. However he marks his words that he must win, which Shinji promises to fight with, where Ren also agrees to Shinji's terms not to die before the fight with the Hydragoons. They then together as Kamen Rider Survive Knight and Kamen Rider Survive Ryuki battle the horde of Hydragoons as the film ends.
In the 13 Riders TV Special, he sees Shinji taking over the Ryuki deck after its last owner dies, and demands the deck be returned, until he sees the list of names. He warns Shinji, but later after setting Shinji up as plotted with the other Riders (in a form of a truce between the Riders) he couldn't bring himself to finish Shinji off, which their friendship developing. In the end, he pushed Ryuki out of the way and took Kamen Rider Verde's Death Vanish Final Vent. He shook the damage long enough to kill Verde with his Flying Slash Final Vent (similar to how Kamen Rider Raia died in the series, pushing Ryuki out of the way to receive Kamen Rider Ohja's Veno Crash Final Vent). Shortly afterwards, he died on Shinji's arms after giving him the Knight deck, making Shinji Kido the second character to be two separate Riders in the same series.
[edit] Forms
[edit] Knight
This is Knight's standard form that he had throughout most of the series, obtained once he forms his contract with Darkwing. A melee-range Kamen Rider designed for chivalrous 1-on-1 combat, Knight can use the Dark Visor (ダークバイザー Dāku Baizā) rapier as both a weapon and to execute his Vent abilities. His Final Vent is Hishouzan (飛翔斬 Hishōzan, meaning Flying Slash), running at the opponent with Wing Lancer in hand as Darkwing lands on its master's back to form a cape as he leaps into the air, wrapping himself with the cloak as they descend in the form of a drill using Wing Lancer as the tip to impale the opponent.
[edit] Survive
This is Knight's ultimate form, assumed by using the power of Survive Shippu (疾風 Shippū, meaning Gale). In this form, Knight's Rider Visor transforms into an arm-mounted scabbard called Dark Visor-Zwei (ダークバイザーツバイ Dāku Baizā Tsubai), which could transform into either Dark Arrow or the Dark Shield. His Final Vent is Shippudan (疾風断 Shippūdan, meaning Gale Force Cut), riding Darkraider as it turns into a missile to run through their opponent.
[edit] Contract monster
Modeled after a vampire bat and Knight's Contact Monster, Darkwing (ダークウイング Dāku'uingu) was the very first Mirror Monster to manifest in the real world during Kanzaki's experiment that resulted in Eri's coma. When Knight obtains Survive, Darkwing is evolved into Darkraider (ダークレイダー Dākureidā). In this form, it can transform into motorcycle form which Knight can ride on.
[edit] Advent Cards
[edit] Knight
Knight can summon Darkwing with his Advent, dealing 4000AP for damage. While his monster is present, Knight can use Nasty Vent to execute Sonic Breaker for 1000 AP or Guard Vent to have his monster assume cape form and execute Wing Wall for 3000AP. Knight's Sword Vent (ソードベント Sōdo Bento) is the Wing Lancer which has 2000AP for damage. Using his Trick Vent, Knight can execute Shadow Illusion; creating up to eight copies of himself for 1000 AP. His Final Vent (ファイナルベント Fainaru Bento) is Hishozan, which causes 5000AP of damage. Knight also possesses the Survive Shippu (Left Wing)[1]
[edit] Survive
Knight can summon Darkraider with his Advent, dealing 6000AP for damage. While his monster is present, Knight can use the Blust (Blast) Vent to execute Dark Tornado for 2000 AP. Knight's Sword Vent allows his Dark Visor Zwei to assume Dark Blade sword mode for 4000AP, Shoot Vent's Dark Arrow shoot mode and Guard Vent's Dark Shield shield mode, both costing 3000AP. The Trick Vent allows Knight to execute Shadow Illusion, replicating more copies of himself for 2000AP. His Final Vent (ファイナルベント Fainaru Bento) is the Shippudan for 8000AP.
[edit] References
- ^ Shippu (疾風 Gale).
| Kamen Riders: | Ryuki • Knight • Scissors • Zolda • Raia • Gai • Ohja | 龍騎 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger • Imperer • Femme • Ryuga • Verde • Odin • Alternative | |||
| Media: | Ryuki vs. Agito • Dragon Knight | ||
