Kazuma Kendate

is an employee of BOARD Corporation who transforms into . 
He is the World of Blade counterpart of Kazuma Kenzaki.
==History==
While fighting the Elephant and Capricorn Undead, Kazuma chooses to protect Mutsuki rather than fight as Decade intervenes to destroy the Elephant Undead. Later, when summoned by BOARD's president, Hajime Shijyo, Kazuma is shocked to learn his actions from the fight got him demoted to Rank 7 and thus forced to work under Tsukasa in his kitchen staff. However, in spite of Yusuke's encouragement, the stress of working in the kitchen and being demoted again to Rank 2 gets to Kazuma as Hajime demands him to relinquish his Blay Buckle. However, Kazuma refuses and runs off with the belt with the intent to regain his former rank by sealing the Undead himself. With the other Riders are sent in pursuit, Tsukasa gets to Kazuma first before the two are attacked by Kamata in his true form: as the Paradoxa Undead. As Decade battles the Undead, Kazuma becomes Blade and fights both Garren and Leangle. However, both fights are interrupted with the appearance of Kamen Rider Chalice, who takes the Blay Buckle off of Kazuma.
Hajime fires Kazuma for his actions, but as he is picking up his things to leave, both Tsukasa and Yuusuke encourage him to continue. He continues his work in the kitchen, but after hearing a distress call announcing that both Mutsuki and Sakuya are eliminated, he takes the opportunity to regain his chance to become Blade again with Yuusuke coming along for the ride. Once arriving at the sealed lab at BOARD and learning the truth about Hajime, as he becomes the Joker Undead, he teams up with Decade to destroy both him and Kamata. Soon after, Kazuma thanks Tsukasa who is confident that he would look after the Ace Lunch like he had.
Kazuma later appears in the World of the Rider War as his reality is absorbed into it, leading his Rider comrades against Wataru's. Though at first he refuses to aid Tsukasa and Yusuke, Kazuma has a change of heart and joins in the fight against Super Apollogeist with Kamen Rider Garren before the villain causes more worlds to merge into the World of the Rider War, destroying the World of Blade which causes its Riders to fade away as a result.
====Kamen Rider Decade: Final Chapter====
In Decade: Final Chapter, Blade in his regular Ace Form teams up with Kamen Rider Ryuki to destroy Decade. The identity for these two differ depending on the information sourceStated as Kazuma Kendate according to Kodansha Series MOOK Kamen Rider Heisei Rider Vol 10: DecadeStated as Kazuma Kenzaki according to OOO/Den-O/All Riders Let's Go Kamen Riders 40 Years Chronicle. Decade turns the table by turning Kenzaki into Blade Blade to destroy Ryuki and later destroys him with his Final Attack Ride resulting in both Riders being turned into cards.
However, he is resurrected following Tsukasa's death and helps in reviving him and battles Super Shocker, assuming King Form as a result from Decade's K-Touch and later transforms into his Jack Form to fight the Super Crisis Fortress.
==Forms==
==Equipment==
*Blay Buckle: Blade's transformation belt
*Rouse Absorber: Used to access Jack Form and King Form
*Rouse Card: Allow Blade to perform special attacks
*Blay Rouzer: Blade's personal weapon
*King Rouzer: Blade King Form's primary weapon
*Blue Spader: Blade's Rider Machine
==Behind the scenes==
===Portrayal===
Kazuma Kendate is portrayed by . Suzuki previously portrayed Reira in the drama adaptation of Fūma no Kojirō. As Kamen Rider Blade, his suit actor is .
===Etymology===
Kazuma's surname, Kendate, is Japanese for "standing sword", referring to Blade's motif being both the Suit of Spades and its Minor Arcana counterpart, the Suit of Swords.
==Appearances==
* Kamen Rider Decade
**Episode 7: Super Trick of the Real Criminal
**Episode 8: Welcome to the Blade Restaurant
**Episode 9: Blade Blade
**Episode 30: Rider War: Prologue
**Kamen Rider Decade: World Destruction Chapter
* Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010
**Kamen Rider Decade: Final Chapter
**Movie War 2010
==Reference==
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