Kouta Kazuraba

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 is the main protagonist of Kamen Rider Gaim. He is a former dancer for Team Gaim who transforms into .
==History==
===Background===
Kouta Kazuraba was born on January 30, 1993Kouta tells Oren his birthday is on January 30. Furthermore, the first episode is chronologically placed on the date the episode aired via. text message. as the second child of his unnamed parents, however they passed away in an accident causing him to be raised by his older sister Akira Kazuraba. Throughout high school, Kouta was often "bullied" by Kaito Kumon due to his weak and polite demeanor that Kaito hated. After high school graduation, Kouta joined Team Gaim as one of their dancers to express himself as the youthful young adult he was. However as both him and his sister were financially struggling, he quit Team Gaim to find a job. This caused his fellow dance mate Mai Takatsukasa to resent him as she views that Kouta left because he got bored and wanted "be an adult."
===Becoming a Kamen Rider===
Kouta received a text message from Team Gaim's leader, Yuya Sumii, who wanted to show him a benefitial item to help their team. Upon arriving at the meeting location with Mai, they are unable to found Yuya and instead, discover a mysterious forest home to the Inves. They find the dropped belt and used it with a freshly ripened Lockseed to fight an Inves that targeted him and Mai. After several attempts to use the belt at work, Kouta decides to rejoin Team Gaim and use the belt to play in the Inves Games, earning him the name "Armored Rider Gaim" as he becomes Team Gaim's official member in Yuya's stead. As Kouta continued to use the belt to help further his winnings for both Team Gaim and himself, he quickly realized that the Sengoku Driver was not a toy after a near-death experience against Zangetsu. Temporarily giving up his powers, Kouta comes to the realization that with great power comes great responsiblity after seeing Mitsuzane not give in to defeat. Kouta returns to being Gaim and overcomes a predicament with Bravo.
 
===Fighting Alongside Wizard===
Kouta later appears in the World within the Magic Stone. Summoned by Haruto and assuming Orange Arms, Gaim helps Kamen Rider Wizard and Haruto against Amadum's minions. Later, he is summoned once more by Haruto, this time, joining forces with all his other titular predecessors and inheriting the name of Kamen Rider Gaim. After this event, the Beat Riders have a dance off in a stadium filled with tons of fans, competing against each other. However, the Nepenthes Monster attacks, causing Ryugen, Baron, and Gaim to follow it via a Crack into the Sengoku Period World. Kouta and Mitsuzane become Ieyasu's replacement Bujins. With the "death" of Mitsuzane, Kouta finds himself broken, resolving to never fight again. However, he is confronted by Mai and Haruto Soma that to fight also means to protect something you care about. Taking these words to heart, Kouta uses this as his newfound inspiration to fight, gaining the resolve to beat Baron and earn his allegiance in defeating Bujin Gaim and the Nepenthes Monster. Freeing Mitsuzane from the Nepenthes Monster and Bujin Gaim, Kouta teams up with the other Armored Riders, Wizard, and Beast, destroying the two villains. In the aftermath, the group returns to Zawame, leaving the Sengoku Period World, and Helheim Forest, resuming their tournament. 
===Kamen Rider Gaim Hyper Battle DVD: Fresh Orange Arms is Born!===
During the Hyper Battle Video, Kouta's Lockseeds become rusted. Going through a great effort to revitalize the Lockseeds with Kaito and Mai, his Orange Lockseed eventually becomes fresh. Kouta uses the Fresh Orange Arms against Ryugen Pine Arms - defeating him with a Fresh Orange Squash (Rider Kick). He also defeats Baron Kiwi Arms with a Fresh Orange Au Lait (Rider Slash) and even manages to gain the upper hand against Zangetsu Mango Arms, defeating the unrivaled White Armored Rider with a Fresh Orange Sparking (Rider Slash), shocking the latter and marks the first time Kouta defeats Takatora. In the aftermath, he reveals that his Pine Lockseed also turned fresh, despite that it was Kaito who finally has a fresh smile, a nod to the fact that Kaito's first Fruit Lockseed was the Pine that Kouta now has, not Banana.
===Discovering Yggdrasill's Secrets===
After cracks began to indiscriminately open and close, Mai gets stranded in the forest but is she rescued by Kouta, Mitchy, and Kaito. However, Mitchy believes that if Mai was stranded in the forest, then an Inves may have potentially got stranded in their world. Kouta and Mitchy attempt to recruit the the other Beat Rider teams to help them defend the city, they are turned out and forced to do the deed themselves. They track and defeat the Inves, but in the process discover that Yggdrasill along with the white Armored Rider is erasing evidence. To lure out the puppet master behind the Drivers as well as the identity of the white Rider, they set up a raid disguised as a Christmas-themed game with the other Beat Rider leaders. With the other Riders fighting each other, Kouta infiltrates the scientist ranks and learns that the Riders were just guinea pigs for Yggdrasill, with their transformation data being fed back. Mitchy asked Kouta to stop transforming and keep what they learned a secret, but Kouta insisted on doing so to protect the people from the Inves.
With the Beat Riders becoming scapegoats for the rampage Inves, Kouta and Kaito follow a lead to a crack where they are forced to fight against Ryoji Hase, who has turned into an Inves. Struggling with his inability to kill Hase, Kouta watches in despair as Sid singlehandedly kill Hase. After he and Kaito were "arrested" by Yggdrasill, they were both granted an audience with Ryoma Sengoku, who wants them both to help him with his research. They refused, and Kouta, after proving his determination to protect the city to DJ Sagara, was given a Lemon Energy Lockseed and Genesis Core. 
===Becoming Stronger===
After escaping, Kouta learns that Team Red Hot has been committing crimes and confronts them. However, the Inves they summon rampage out of control, prompting Kouta to access Jimber Lemon Arms to defeat it. However he learns that the recent Inves attacks has tarnished the reputation of the Beat Riders, who were being held responsible. In the midst of this, Akira is kidnapped by Oren and Yoko to force Kouta to give up being Gaim. However unbeknownst to him, Mitchy had "betrayed" the other side to help him. As Yggdrasill recruited Oren to foil the Beat Riders' All-Team dance show, Kouta alongside newcomer Rider Zack as Kamen Rider Knuckle protected the dancers. 
 
Going along with Kaito's plan to raid Yggdrasill from inside the forest, Kouta clashes with Takatora with their differing ideals of what's best for humanity. Knowing that Kouta could handle the truth, Takatora guides him through the old civilization and reveals the truth of what was left for humanity. After telling Mitchy of what he learned, Kouta learns from Sid of the Scalar System that roams over Yggdrasill Tower, which can annihilate the city with the touch of a button. Ryoma elaborates to Kouta that Yggdrasill plans to cull the population down to a seventh of it current number, a plan that Kouta deeply resented. He confronts Takatora at Yggdrasill, only to have his spirit shattered when he discovers that he was the one who killed Yuya, who had turned into the very first Inves Kouta had defeated. A broken Kouta is visited by DJ Sagara, who encourages Kouta to, instead of hating Yggdrasill, destroy the constant rule that sacrifice is needed to achieve hope, and gives him the Kachidoki Lockseed while tasking him with finding the Overlords before Ryoma can. Through his newfound purpose, Gaim Kachidoki Arms annihilates an armada of Kurokage Troopers and is able to trade blows with Zangetsu Shin. He ultimately destroys the Scalar Weapons that threaten Zawame City. 
 
===Fighting Alongside Other Heroes===
Kouta attempts to send Mai away with the ToQgers, but she is captured by the Badan Underground Empire. He successfully saves her. During the events of Kamen Rider Taisen, he joins Mai into an abandoned construction site and meet a boy named Shu, who has otherworldly powers. The boy is targeted by both Badan and the Showa Riders, causing Kouta to watch over the boy. Eventually he faces off against the boy's father, Ren Aoi, who uses the Fifteen Lockseed and Heisei Rider Lockseed to transform into Kamen Rider Fifteen. Kouta also joins forces with the remainder of the Heisei Riders against the Showa Riders. With just Gaim and ZX left as the only two riders, ZX obtains all the Rider Lockseeds and flings them at Gaim, causing Gaim to surge with power and summon the defeated Riders causing the Showa and Heisei Riders to team up against Badan. Kouta uses the 1go Arms from the Showa Rider Lockseed to defeat Fifteen. Despite defeating Badan, Kamen Rider 1 still believed that the hate between the Showa and Heisei Riders are real. The two sides commence battle once more, but the battle ends when 1 admits defeat after seeing Gaim protecting a lone flower in the battlefield, acknowledging Gaim's will to protect life as true strength, and Gaim as a real Kamen Rider. The Riders call a truce and the Showa Riders congratulate the young Riders.
*An alternate ending to this film exists where Kouta admits defeat to Hongo, realizing that Hongo had been holding back the entire fight. The battle ends, and Kouta learns from it that real strength is kindness. He is then recognized by Kamen Rider 1 as a true Kamen Rider.
 
Kouta and Mai two find a robot by the name of Jiro. Kouta lets Jiro stay at his apartment showing Jiro that they need to protect people. However, Jiro is overwhelmed by two conflicting processes and wishes to protect those he cares about and wants to regain his lost memories. Gaim reboots Jiro, allowing Jiro to regain his lost memories and become Kikaider, and the two gang up against Hakaider (Ryoma). In the aftermath, Kouta bids his farewell to Jiro, the latter unable to recognize Kouta, which saddens him. 
===The Invasion Begins===
Thanks to DJ Sagara's help, Kouta now began his search for the Overlords, only to realize that they have become disillusioned after centuries of boredom. After being confronted by Mai with his recent secretive nature, he is forced to tell her everything, which led to him being unknowingly betrayed by Mitchy during his struggle to gain the Over Lords' attention. Now stranded in the forest, Kouta rendezvous' with Oren and the two aid Takatora in protecting a Yggdrasill base from Demushu's rampage. Kouta comes to a truce with Takatora, with the latter realizing that the Over Lords are the key to saving humanity rather than culling humanity through Project Ark. After notifying Mai this new truce, Kouta lands a job working at Drupers and receives a delivery order to an abandoned warehouse, not knowing it was a trap and was ambushed by Zangetsu Shin. Thankfully Kouta was followed by Kaito, who engages in battle with Zangetsu. In the aftermath, Kaito berates Kouta for being too trusting of others.
 
Through a long chain of events to encourage the Over Lords to stop their invasion of Helheim, Gaim is faced to battle Zangetsu Shin numerous times, not knowing that it was actually Mitzuane behind the mask attempting to betray Kouta's newfound friendship and trust in Takatora. When Sid was later "spotted" in the forest, Kouta and Kaito were asked to find him, but in the process allows Demushu to escape to Earth. Kouta and Kaito fight Demushu, and Kouta loses faith in attempting to communicate with the Over Lords. Demushu overpowers the two and wounds Kouta, prompting Kaito to escape with him while Yoko and several Kurokage troopers attempt to capture Demushu. Kaito brings Kouta back to Team Gaim's garage and tells him his reasoning for wanting to be strong before Kouta collapses due to heavy injuries and exhaustion. Coming to his time of need is DJ Sagara, who is prepared to give Kouta the newly made Kiwami Lockseed created directly from the Forbidden Fruit. However, even though he heals Kouta's wounds with his abilities, he still tests Kouta to see if he really wants the power. Kouta struggles to surpass Sagara's otherworldly abilities and obtains the Lockseed, and thus joining Baron, Knuckle, Marika, Bravo and Gridon in fighting a powered up Demushu, who had overwhelmed the five. In their darkest moment, Kouta arrives and transforms into Kiwami Arms, and is capable of overpowering Demushu with ease before destroying him completely. 
With Zawame in tatters, the remaining Riders form a group that constantly patrols the outskirts of Zawame. Kouta comes to learn Yoko's allegience and realizes that he doesn't know what he will do after the Inves Invasion. He eventually fights Zangetsu Shin once more and helps destroy Dyudyuonshu and learns that Zangetsu Shin is an imposter. While trying to figure a way to save the remaining survivors of Zawame, he loses his sister as she gets captured with the remaining survivors. Gaim and Baron defeat Grinsha after witnessing the powers granted by the Forbidden Fruit as Rosyuo redirects warhead missiles aimed at Zawame. Kouta eventually learns that Mitsuzane envies his optimistic, naïve nature and that he has found him unworthy of being with Mai before promptly attacking him. When Takatora stops Mitsuzane, Kouta learns that the two are siblings and Takatora later explains to Kouta that if Kouta was his brother in place of him, Mitsuzane wouldn't have become the person he is now. Kouta later tries to stop the siblings from fighting, but is interrupted by Redyue who wanted to see the the brothers fight for fun.
 
===Meeting Lapis and an Alternate World===
Kouta and everyone in Zawame City is thrown into a different Zawame City that replaces dancing and the ongoing Helheim Invasion with soccer. Though, confused, Kouta accepts the new world he's in until his fellow Riders start attempting to kill each other and vanish into thin air. Kouta gets to the bottom of this and learns the truth that his formerly deceased friend Yuya (actually Kohgane in disguise), is actually the culprit and is actually the embodiment of the Golden Fruit. Kouta is defeated by Kohgane and is corrupted into Kouta Yami. However, he breaks free of this brainwashing and is able to revive the fallen Riders to aid him against Kohgane. Though, he is successful in defeating Kohgane, the new Zawame City crumbles apart as he is now back in the original Zawame City with Lapis fading away. 
===Becoming an Over Lord===
When Kouta arrives at the pier, he sees Takatora's Sengoku Driver destroyed alongside the Melon Lockseed. Returning back to the garage, he is encountered by Ryoma, who mocks Takatora's "death" and offers a secret passageway into the tower despite the team not wanting to trust him. Later after Kouta and Kaito are called by Peko to Mitchy kidnapping Mai, the two face Mitchy but Kouta is unable to accept that Mitchy was no longer the same person he once knew. Taking up Ryoma's offer, as the other Riders act as decoys, Kouta and Ryoma find the hostages and confront Redyu, but Ryoma abandons Kouta when the latter is thrown in a hallucination where Yuya's role as an Inves and Kouta's role as a Rider are reversed. In this hallucination, it reveals that the world will reject Kouta and his newfound power because he's no longer "human". Kouta, however, reveals to Redyue that he will fight, even if he's alone, for the future that he desires. Breaking through the hallucination, Kouta unintentionally generates Helheim flora around him, now finding his resolve and clearing his doubts. 
Once he meets up with Kaito, the two face off against Rosyuo, who tests their abilities and their resolve. Though, Gaim is able to prove his resolve to Rosyuo, his Kachidoki Lockseed is destroyed. Rosyuo is then backstabbed by Redyue and is brutally murdered by her when she discovers that he no longer bears the second Golden Fruit. Kouta, in a fit of rage of witnessing Rosyuo's death, rejuvenates the Kachidoki Lockseed and transforms into Gaim Kiwami Arms, utilizing the power to control Helheim's flora against Redyue and kills her with an Orange Charge with the Hinawadaidai-DJ-Ju. Kouta later fights off against Mitsuzane as Ryugen Yomi, unable to injure Mitsuzane due to their past friendship. Kouta resolves to not fight against his former friend and gets himself impaled while breaking the Yomotsuheguri Lockseed. Kouta forgives Mitsuzane once more before collapsing, supposedly dying from his wounds. 
===Challenging Kaito===
His body was found by Chucky and Peko as the two went to take him back to the garage. He then had a vision of Mai as the Woman of the Beginning, who told Kouta that she is no longer human and about Kaito planning to change the future once he gains the Forbidden Fruit. Revived, he heads out to face Kaito, who in turn transforms into Lord Baron and fights Gaim Kiwami Arms. Kouta is defeated due to his wound not being fully healed, but an ally-turning Zack tells him to run, having him to be curious about his plan. After Kouta's wound has been fully healed, he would eat one of the Helheim's fruits and told Akira that he would help others despite him losing his humanity until the rescue team arrives. Taking his sister to the team, Kouta decides to remain in Zawame to confront Kaito. Before that, Mai appears to him and having Kouta realize his future to fight for his friends. Arriving at where Kaito was, he told Kouta that he wants a world where the weak are never trampled. He would protest about it, seeing that many people have fought to protect their world as Kaito believes that it leads them to death. Kouta reiterates that true strength is not based on power alone and engages Kaito in an all-out war between the two Inves factions. In the outcome in both timelines, Kouta emerges victorious.
 
===Godhood===
After accepting the Golden Fruit from Mai, Kouta evolves into a new form with blonde-hair and dons Kiwami Arms-esque armor. Kouta reveals his intent to Sagara that he plans on eliminating the Inves and the Helheim invasion by relocating them to a different world, far from Earth. By doing so, he grants Kaito's wish of creating a world where the weak must suffer to become strong. Kouta, along with Mai and Sagara, departs to a new world. 
Three months later after Takatora was found by boats and brought to a hospital, he suffered from brain damage which put him in a vegetative coma. Kouta intercepts his dream, asking him to help support Mitsuzane's future and redemption from now on. Kouta then heals Takatora's brain, allowing him to wake up. 
Four months later, Kouta appears before Mitsuzane to aid him against Kohgane and frees the girl from Kohgane's control. The two defeat Kohgane with a Double Rider Kick. After a brief talk with Mitsuzane, he then leaves Earth. Kouta watches Mai talk to Kaito one last time before the two depart to their new world, which has been terraformed and resembles Earth. 
===Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Drive & Gaim: Movie War Full Throttle===
Kouta and Mai's planet are attacked by a mysterious enemy known as Megahex, who assimilates Mai and defeats Kouta, robbing him of his Man of the Beginning form. Kouta is later killed after losing the Kiwami Lockseed.
When Takatora manages to retake the Kiwami Lockseed, the Lockseed's secondary function activates, creating a clone of Kouta from a backup made before he was killed by Megahex. Kouta then fought alongside the Kureshima brothers against Megahex. Afterwards, Kouta joins forces alongside Shinnosuke Tomari against Megahex, who has now merged with the Cyberoid ZZZ to become ZZZ Megahex. However, the combined forces of the Riders prove to be no match against the latter. Kouta, with the help of Mai, halves his own omnipotent power, transforming himself and Shinnosuke into Gaim Drive Arms and Drive Type Fruits respectively to even the playing field. Together, they are able to destroy Megahex ZZZ. Kouta intends to return alongside Mai back to his planet, but Mitsuzane and co. appears and ask them to give a proper farewell to their friends in Zawame City.
===Kamen Rider Gaim: Final Stage===
Kouta is subdued by Maja and the revived Armored Riders and Over Lords and subsequently loses his memories. However, Kaito breaks from Maja's control and seeks to aid Kouta and regains his memories and fights against Maja (who assumes the Gaim Yami form). Kouta later revives and summons all of the previous Armored Riders to aid (with Duke and Sigurd included) to face off against Maja and the Over Lords.
===Heisei Generations===
In light of the Next Genome Institute crisis, Gaim would join the battle with his fellow Kamen Riders. Returning to Earth from his new homeworld, Gaim reunited with his old allies Haruto and Shinnosuke, the latter of whom he allowed to become a Kamen Rider again having retrieved Mr. Belt from the Drive Pit. Appropriately engaging the samurai-motifed Giril Bugster, Gaim eventually defeated her through an advancing succession of his Arms culminating in Kiwami. Taking his leave after the destruction of Genomes brought about the fall of the Institute, Kouta returned to the Helheim planet, returning to Mai's side as Man of the Beginning. 
===Heisei Generations FINAL===
On his planet, Kouta telepathically sensed the occurrence of two worlds about to collide, due to the machinations of Kaisei Mogami. Realizing Mogami's intentions and figuring out that the researcher would be making his move on the Helheim planet along with the Forbidden Fruit as well, Kouta arrived on the World of Build and revealed Enigma's presence to Sento Kiryu and Parado by kicking it. He assisted by fighting the army of X-Guardians summoned by Enigma, while Parado and Sento headed on their way inside the machine.
As Enigma was fully activated, setting both worlds for their collision, Gaim regrouped with fellow Riders OOO, Fourze, Ghost, Ex-Aid, and Build on the prime world and assisted in battling the army of X-Guardians as Ex-Aid and Build fought the BiKaiser. After BiKaiser's defeat and Enigma's destruction, Gaim, along with the other Riders, gave Build and Cross-Z their well wishes as they headed back to their own world. 
===Kamen Rider Zangetsu: -Gaim Gaiden-===
While on the Helheim Planet, Kouta sensed Takatora Kureshima in a pinch and possessed Aym's body on Earth. Takatora laments for not having changed from being the ruthless man he was once before, but Kouta assures him that he did change into a better person nonetheless. Kouta would then grant Takatora a personal Kachidoki Lockseed to use in a pinch before leaving Aym's body.
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==Other Events==
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Gaim became one of the brainwashed Riders in that timeline, donning the name of Shocker Rider Gaim. Riding a Sakura Hurricane, Gaim was one of several Shocker Riders who volunteered in the Rider Grand Prix under Shocker Rider 3, who had been personally challenged by Kamen Rider Drive. During the race, Gaim, along with Double, was knocked out of the race when his Rider Machine was destroyed by the pile drivers of Rider 3's TriCyclone. Gaim ultimately fell short of the Top 2 in which Drive prevailed over Rider 3.
Once Rider 3 was integrated into the Great Leader of Shocker's Rider Robo form, Skyrider was among the Riders who attacked the trio of Black RX, Faiz and Mach. Ultimately, the Double Riders 1 and 2 made their appearance having survived their apparent demise from within the Rider Robo, and broke Shocker's brainwashing on the fallen Riders, enabling all Riders to unite in a final battle against Shocker.
Surviving the onslaught of the History Modifying Machine, Gaim fought and destroyed Shocker's Over Lord Inves Demushu with the Orange Squash Rider Kick shortly before the Rider Robo was destroyed along with the machine by . Among the remaining Riders who witnessed the farewell of Kyoichiro Kuroi as the perversion of history was reversed, Rider's place in history was restored.
===Kamen Rider Ghost: Legendary! Riders' Souls!===
===Kamen Rider Ex-Aid===
====Kamen Rider Ex-Aid "Tricks": Kamen Rider Genm====
Despite not appearing in the web-exclusive series, Gaim and 13 Heisei Riders were the projections of the Ganbarizing Critical Strike.
====Chou Super Hero Taisen====
A Game World version of Gaim participated in the game Chou Super Hero Taisen as part of Team TAKAIWA. The team faced Team JIRO and had already been knocked out by the final round.
====Kamen Sentai Gorider====
=====Maze 1: Emu, is dead?=====
Kouta Kazuraba appears in a flashback when Kaito Kumon remembers how he died with the other riders to Emu Hojo.
===Kamen Rider Zi-O===
====Kamen Rider Build: Be The One====
Among the first 18 Heisei Riders, Gaim fought against numerous monsters in a melee briefly witnessed by Sento Kiryu before being caught in the crossfire as Kamen Rider Zi-O BuildArmor used his Vortex Time Break to wipe out his enemies. 
====Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever====
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=== Saber + Zenkaiger: Superhero Senki ===
Though he was seemingly erased as a result of Asmodeus’ manipulations, he was restored back into existence once Touma Kamiyama had helped Shotaro regained his passion in drawing out the superheroes that he wants to draw out.
During the climatic final battle itself, he can be seen fighting alongside VulEagle, Kamen Rider Blade, Shinken Red and Kamen Rider Slash.
===Kamen Rider: Beyond Generations===
==Video Game Appearances==
===Kamen Rider Batton-Line===
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===Kamen Rider Travelers Record===
Gaim appears with the rest of the Primary and Secondary Neo Heisei Riders.
===Battride War===
====Kamen Rider: Battride War II====
Gaim acts as the protagonist in Battride War II, which begins with him, Baron, and Ryugen being summoned by Cinema to create the "ultimate movie". Gaim's role in the plot covers Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Gaim & Wizard: The Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle (Gaim's portions), with Bujin Gaim serving as the main antagonist. Gaim has access to Orange, Pine, Ichigo, and Jimber (Lemon) Arms, with Kachidoki Arms serving as his Ultimate Form. Kiwami Arms was later released as free DLC, but is treated as a separate character (as the previous game did with Wizard Infinity Style and Beast Hyper). Gaku Sano voices all variations of his character in the game.
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====Kamen Rider: Battride War Genesis====
Gaim once again appears as a playable character in Battride War Genesis, this time with a few noteworthy changes to his movesets. Firstly, Jimber Lemon Arms has a more complete move set that draws from the Gaim Gaiden movies (in the previous game, it only had one special attack, the Sonic Arrow). Secondly, the player can choose which powered-up forms Gaim uses: Kachidoki Arms and Kiwami Arms, or Suika Arms (which acts as both Super and Ultimate Form, receiving a power boost for the latter).
====Kamen Rider Climax Fighters====
Gaim appears in this game, with Orange Arms as the default form. His attack forms include: Pine Arms, Ichigo Arms, and Jimber Lemon Arms. His Skill is Kachidoki Arms, and his Evolution is Kiwami Arms.
==Personality==
Kouta is a cheerful person concerned with helping everyone. As a young adult, his limited world views make him naïve and oblivious, especially in regards to being an Armored Rider. If possible, Kouta will avoid confrontations and instead use his powers for menial tasks. By facing threats such as Zangetsu though, Kouta slowly shed these childish aspects, if still endearingly clumsy in nature. Furthermore, when the existence of the Forbidden Fruit became widely known, Kouta felt that "protecting people" was no longer an adequate answer for his reason to fight, and sought for an entirely a new resolve. 
Such burdens combined with Yggdrasill's horrific acts caused Kouta to become significantly vengeful in nature, if focused solely towards malicious foes. Furthermore, his ideals were temporarily shattered when learning of Yuya's fate. However, through overcoming such trials, Kouta significantly matured as a person, gaining power in both mind and spirit. Succeeding where Rosyuo failed, Kouta would ultimately save the world from Helheim, becoming the Man of the Beginning in the process. 
As the Man of the Beginning, Kouta remains friendly in personality, but with a constant aura of dignity. Similar to Tsukasa Kadoya/Kamen Rider Decade, Kouta acts as an enigmatic guardian of sorts, befitting his self-proclaimed title as "the god of space". To encourage personal growth, Kouta normally assists others in a roundabout manner, barring cosmic threats such as Megahex. Despite how much he has grown, Kouta is still susceptible to silliness, as shown when he needed help from Shinnosuke Tomari/Kamen Rider Drive in using a seatbelt. 
During battle, he would announce, . He would often take a horse stance before charging into battle.
==Powers and Abilities==
===Powers===
*Over Lord Physiology: From the Kiwami Arms' Lockseed, Kouta turned into a pseudo Over Lord, gaining superhuman strength and abilities. This state was enhanced after eating the Fruit of Helheim. 
**Helheim Plant Control: He can freely create and control Helheim flora, and even override other Over Lords' manipulation over the flora.
**Fruit Transmutation: He can turn a broken Lockseed back into its fruit form, before restoring its intact state.
**Crack Creation: He can open countless Cracks to summon Inves from the Helheim Forest.
*Man of the Beginning: After eating the Forbidden Fruit, Kouta becomes the Man of the Beginning and gained God-like powers. Unlike Rosyuo, Kouta prefers close quarter combat, likely from his experience as Gaim. 
**Teleportation: He can turn himself into energy and travel to another planet via his huge crack. If needed, Kouta can even travel to different worlds and timelines.
**Reality Manipulation: Kouta can globally control any number of objects, bypassing all physical laws of science. Thus, he can cancel powerful attacks, heal fatal wounds, and control minds without any issue.
**Telepathy: He can read other people's minds. Furthermore, Kouta can telepathically communicate with them from great distances.
**Dream Manipulation: He can penetrate anyone's dreams to communicate with them.
**Transmutation: He is able to change his form in an instant, whether into Gaim or his human form.
**Exorcism: He can remove Kohgane from his human host effortlessly.
**Mediumship: He can see and presumably communicate with souls. If needed, Kouta can also create a duplication of his soul, serving as a back-up if he were to die.
**Invisibility Awareness: He is able to detect an invisible Enigma and reveal it to his allies.
**Limited Temporal Protection: As the Man of the Beginning, Kouta can preserve his current self from changes to the timeline for a limited extent.
*Imagination: Being one of the few adults possessing , he can see the of the .
===Weaknesses===
*Timeline Changes: Despite his immense powers as the Man of the Beginning, Kouta is not immune to any changes made in the timeline. Likewise, when using his time traveling powers, Kouta runs the risk of being trapped into an alternate world. This has happened to Kouta in at least two occasions.
===Abilities=== 
*Skilled Combatant: Even though he has no formal training, Kouta proved himself to be an expert combatant. beating various Kurokage Troopers alongside Kaito without even transforming.
*Expert Swordsman: Kouta is shown to be good at fighting with the Katana as shown with the Musou Saber, he can even dual wield it alongside the Daidaimaru to deal massive damage to his enemies. 
*Master Acrobat: Kouta is superhumanly agile and evasive, able to fluidly dodge attacks from multiple directions with coordinated movements. Hence, he can dodge even energy arrows with coordinated flips and twists. 
*Indomitable Will: Kouta's heroic potential as a true Kamen Rider is stated to be much more powerful than other primary Riders. Therefore, Kouta can release sealed Riders from Lockseeds, doing so with ZX's assistance.
== Forms ==
==Equipment==
===Devices=== 
*Sengoku Driver - Transformation device
**Removable slots for additional Lockseeds:
***Genesis Core - Essential to access a Jimber Arms
***Senyo Joint - Essential to access Kiwami Arms
*Lockseeds - Gives access to Gaim's Arms changes, depending on which lock is used
*Lockseed Holder - Carrier strap for Gaim's locks
*Musou Saber Holster - Carrier strap for Gaim's Musou Saber
===Weapons===
*Musou Saber - Gaim's side weapon in every single one of his forms, also Gaim Yami Black Jimber Arms' personal weapon
*Arms Weapons - Weapons that come with the Arms, besides the Musou Saber: 
** Gaim: 
***Daidaimaru - Gaim Orange Arms' personal weapon and one of Kiwami Arms' personal weapons
**** Moldy Daidaimaru - Gaim Kabi Orange Arms' personal weapon
***Pine Iron - Gaim Pine Arms' personal weapon and one of Kiwami Arms' personal weapons
***Ichigo Kunai - Gaim Ichigo Arms' personal weapons and one of Kiwami Arms' personal weapons
***Suika Sojinto - Gaim Suika Arms' personal weapon in Yoroi Mode and one of Kiwami Arms' personal weapons
*** Bana Spear - Gaim Banana Arms' personal weapon and one of Kiwami Arms' personal weapons
***Donkachi - Gaim Donguri Arms' personal weapon and one of Kiwami Arms' personal weapons
***Duri Noko - Gaim Durian Arms' personal weapons and one of Kiwami Arms' personal weapons
***Sonic Arrow - Gaim Jimber Arms' personal weapon and one of Kiwami Arms' personal weapons, also Gaim Yami Black Jimber Arms' personal weapon (Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbarizing)
***Hinawadaidai-DJ-Ju - Gaim Kachidoki Arms' personal weapon and one of Kiwami Arms' personal weapons
*** Mango Punisher - One of Gaim Kiwami Arms' personal weapons
***Budou Ryuhou - One of Gaim Kiwami Arms' personal weapons
*** Kiwi Gekirin - One of Gaim Kiwami Arms' personal weapons
***Melon Defender - One of Gaim Kiwami Arms' personal weapons
***Kagematsu - One of Gaim Kiwami Arms' personal weapons
***Kagematsu Shin - One of Gaim Kiwami Arms' personal weapons
***Kurumi Bombers - One of Gaim Kiwami Arms' personal weapons
***Joeshuimu - Rosyuo's personal weapon briefly used by Gaim Kiwami Arms during his battle with Redyue
***WizarSwordGun - Gaim Wizard Arms' personal weapon
***Handle-Ken - One of Gaim Drive Arms' personal weapons (Movie War Full Throttle)
***Door-Ju - One of Gaim Drive Arms' personal weapons (Arms Change series)
***Dragsaber - Gaim Ryuki Arms' personal weapon
***DenGasher Sword Mode - Gaim Den-O Arms' personal weapon
***Ride Booker - Gaim Decade Arms' personal weapon
***Triggermagnum - Gaim W Arms' personal weapon
***Medajaribur - Gaim OOO Arms' personal weapon
***Rocket Module - Gaim Fourze Arms' personal weapon
===Other Equipment===
* - A special cellular-like device that all of the possess, functioning as their belt buckles and communicators. In the ToQger Vs. Gaim Special, Narutaki had an orange-colored Rainbow Pass before giving it to Kouta, allowing him to enter the Ressha, who then gave it to Mai to try to get her out of Zawame City. Given the fact the Rainbow Passes are the paper passes that Right and the others all used as kids, it's unknown how Narutaki gained one.
===Vehicles === 
*Lock Vehicles - Vehicles that unfold from special Lockseeds:
**Sakura Hurricane - Gaim's main Rider Machine. It is lost during the final battle against Kaito Kumon. He evidently gained a new one when he arrives in the World of Build.
** Dandeliner - Gaim's second Rider Machine. Loses it during the the battle against Bujin Gaim, but later receives another one from DJ Sagara. It is lost during the final battle against Kaito Kumon to an evolved Seiryu Inves
**Tulip Hopper - Gaim's third Rider Machine
**Rose Attacker - Gaim's unused Rider Machine, which is given to Decade to get Shu Aoi escape with him while Gaim prevents Fifteen from taking his son away from the lighthouse where Saki Aoi is.
==Legend Rider Devices==
==Family==
Akira Kazuraba.png|Akira KazurabaOlder sister
Woman of the Beginning.png|Mai TakatsukasaWife
==Relationships==
===Love Interest===
*Mai Takatsukasa: The Woman of the Beginning & Kouta's friend.
===Friends===
*Kaito Kumon/Kamen Rider Baron: to be added
*Mitsuzane Kureshima/Kamen RIder Ryugen: to be added
*Takatora Kureshima/Kamen RIder Zangetsu (Shin): to be added
===Allies===
*Hideyasu Jonouchi/Kamen Rider Gridon: to be added
*Ryoji Hase/Kamen RIder Kurokage: to be added
*Oren Pierre Alfonzo/Kamen Rider Bravo: to be added
*Zack/Kamen RIder Knuckle: to be added
*Yoko Minato/Kamen Rider Marika: to be added
=== Enemies===
*Ryoma Sengoku/Kamen Rider Duke: to be added
*Lock Dealer Sid/Kamen Rider Sigurd: to be added
==Behind the Scenes==
===Portrayal===
Kouta is portrayed by . As Kamen Rider Gaim, his suit actor is , who has been the suit actor for the majority of leading Heisei Kamen Riders (except Kuuga and Hibiki).Hobby Japan, November 2013 In Movie War Full Throttle, his suit actor was .
===Rider No.===
As the leading Rider protagonist of Kamen Rider Gaim, Kouta Kazuraba (Kamen Rider Gaim) is labeled and . 
===Popular Culture===
In the live action of , a student named Shuichi Shirato claims that they ate the Fruit of Wisdom. Coincidentally, Shirato is played by Gaku Sano, who also played Kouta.http://henshinjustice.com/2014/11/03/kamen-rider-gaim-referred-drama-hell-teacher-nube/
===Dub names===
In the Korean dub of Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai, which aired in South Korea, Kouta Kazuraba is renamed Siwoo Kang (강시우 gangsiu).
==Notes==
*On the back of Kouta's Team Gaim jacket is a picture of a samurai who resembles Kamen Rider Gaim's Orange Arms. Considering the half-moon crest and one missing eye, the samurai can be proved to be famed warrior and tactician .
**Gaim's Kiwami Arms was inspired by the armor of , with the Kiwami Kabuto borrowing design choices from while keeping true to Gaim's Date Masamune design.
** It is also known that Kouta's actor is 15 cm shorter than Ryoma Takeuchi, Shinnosuke Tomari's actor. This difference is highlighted and followed by their Rider forms in Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Drive & Gaim: Movie War Full Throttle, during the scene where both of them are inside a realm created by Mai, but once they exit the world, their Rider form's heights are almost the same, possibly due to the directors wanting the heights of their characters (as well as other main Riders) to be around the same.
*Kouta's acrobatic ability is carried over from his actor, who himself has performed some of his own stunts in character in the series.
* Kouta in Gaim's Kachidoki Arms shouting out "Iza Shutsujin!" is a reference to the battle cries used by the ancient Feudal samurai to lead their armies to the battlefield.
*Kouta's costume as the Man of the Beginning contains recycled parts from Gaim's Kiwami Arms, as well as Kurokage's Matsubokkuri Arms chest piece.
*He is the first primary Heisei Rider to be dubbed a "Kamen Rider" by a Monster, although Kamen Rider Beast did indirectly refer to him as one beforehand.
*His name is alternatively spelt Kota Kazuraba in some publications.
*Armored Rider Gaim Kiwami Arms' transformation announcement features the line "Dai Dai Dai Dai Dai Shogun". While "Dai" (大) can be translated as "great", "Daidai" (橙) means "orange".
===Legend Rider Lockseeds===
*The following Legend Rider Lockseeds are styled for Kurokage, as well as Gaim, Bujin Gaim, and Kamuro:
**1 - "Waza no Ichigō, Let's go!"
**2 - "Chikara no Nigō, Let's go!"
**Riderman - "Kagakusha Met On!"
**ZX - "Jūgō Cyborg Ninja!
**Black - "Seiki Oh Black Sun!"
**Shin - "Kaizou Heishi Level 3!"
** J - "Shingeki Jumbo Formation!"
** Shocker - "Jigoku no gundan on Parade! Eeeee!"
**Great Leader - "Shihaisha of the World!"
**Shocker Rider No.1 - "Nise no Hero, Dead Go!"
**Kabuto - "Ten no Michi My Way!"
**Decade - "Hakaisha on the Road!"
**Skull - "Otoko-michi Hardboiled!"
** Fourze - "Seishun Switch On!" (Despite being canonically used by Zangetsu)
**Wizard - "Shabadoobi Showtime!"
***Wizard Infinity Style - "Kirakira Infinity!"
**Gaim - "Fruits Yoroi Musha on Parade!"
**Drive - "Hitoppashiri iza Together!"
== Appearances==
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