Shoichi Tsugami

is the main protagonist of Kamen Rider Agito. He is a young man who transforms into to uncover his forgotten memories. He was also briefly .
==History==
===Background===
His real name is , the younger brother of Yukina Sawaki who fell in love with the real Shoichi Tsugami. Yukina and Tsugami participated in a research study conducted by Prof. Nobuyuki Kazaya (Mana's father) on human paranormal abilities. Yukina found herself as the subject for the study as she possessed such capabilities. The two pursued a romantic relationship, but as her powers matured (showing evidence of her awakening as an Agito), she committed suicide. After hearing of his sister's suicide, Tetsuya attempted to contact Tsugami, with his search leading him aboard a ferry called the Akatsuki.
Unaware at the time that Tsugami himself had committed suicide, Tetsuya searched for him to no avail. Instead, he discovers the lifeless body of a young man, who eventually reveals himself as the Overlord of Light. The deity, sensing his brother had sent one of his emissaries to the boat, awakened Tetsuya as the second Agito before vanishing, just as the El of Water arrives. The El assaults Tetsuya, sensing his churning power, but just as the final blow was about to be dealt, Tetsuya transformed into Agito for the first time. The ensuing battle ended with Tetsuya being tossed overboard, where he was labeled "lost-at-sea" by the authorities. But, Tetsuya had survived and washed ashore but was left with amnesia. He would be found by a trio of schoolgirls and brought to the hospital to be cared for by Dr. Azuma Kunieda, and going by the name on the letter in his possession, he assumed the alias of Shoichi Tsugami, who had died at the time.
Now Shoichi, Tetsuya would be placed under Dr. Kunieda's care for some time until he was transferred to Misugi. There he would live a quiet, somewhat normal life, with no cares of whether he'll remember his past or not. That was until the presence of the Jaguar Lord Panthras Letus re-awakened him as Agito. However, Shoichi was in a feral state of mind at the time, attacking G3 only to regain himself before he could land the deathblow. The incident left Shoichi fearful about the changes, but the fact he has a place he belonged to gave him the courage to use his new found power to protect those he befriended, with Mana the only one in the Misugi household to know of Shoichi's transformation. By accident, Shoichi cross paths with Tomoko Miura, one of the Akatsuki's surviving members who later called him to meet her the next day at East Park for the answers he's looking for. However, due to Tomoko being murdered, Shoichi never meets her, resulting in him being arrested on the charge of her murder until he was eventually cleared when Mana pointed Hikawa to the actual culprit, the Overlord.
On the day of Mana's birthday, Shoichi attempts to protect her from the Scorpion Lord Leiurus Acutia, only to be poisoned as a result. Fortunately, he was cured in time and eventually kills the Unknown. Later on, by chance, Shoichi momentarily recovers his memory after his fall into the reservoir during his battle with Gills, recovering a large portion of his memories and facing Tetsuya. The recovered memories were enough for Shoichi to access his Trinity Form but eventually his amnesia returned before he could make any progress. After countless battles, Shoichi would come face-to-face once again with the El of the Water, who stalked him at every juncture. The anxiety and fear of confronting his 'killer' ultimately broke his fighting spirit. But with the help of Mana, Shoichi rekindled his bravery and assumed the ferocious Burning Form and defeat the El.
Coping with his constantly evolving powers proved difficult at first. When his old caretaker, Dr. Kunieda, came to pay a visit Shoichi transformed into Agito Burning Form, losing his composure in a fit of rage, and inadvertently attacks Dr. Kunieda. The shame of the accident weighed heavy on Shoichi's soul as he fell into self-loathing, sulking over his actions. But thanks to Dr. Kunieda's tough love, he was able to cast his shame aside and arise to embrace his existence as an Agito. Dr. Kunieda's words served as a reminder to stay true to himself and the value of his life, which gave him the clarity of mind and heart to achieve Shining Form and defeat the Beetle Lord. This new conviction and form would prove essential when the El of the Water returns more powerful than before. Its presence enabled Shoichi to recover his memory and, in their final encounter, finally destroy his nemesis once and for all.
After recovering his memory and tells his past and real name to his foster family, Shoichi decides to stay with them and continue to live as Shoichi Tsugami. Everything went smoothly until Mana tries to ask Shoichi about her dead father because Shoichi is the last person that her father met before he died. These series of events finally reveal a shocking truth, that Shoichi's sister is the one that killed Mana's father, Nobuyuki Kazaya; though by accident, because she could not control the Agito power. This is leading to Shoichi beginning to doubt the Agito power inside him and making him believe that he should be amnesiac forever. Things keep getting worse when Mana finally begins to hate him, this finally causes Shoichi to not wanting the Agito power anymore and willingly relinquishing it to the Overlord.
Despite this, however, Shoichi couldn't let the Lords continue their killings as Ericius Liquor begins to targeting Mana. Shoichi then accidentally gets hit by the Lord’s quill but was successfully saved by Kino before the wound kills him. Shoichi and the gang arrived at the scene to be confronted by the Overlord who chooses to kill all of them. Mana, who had learned the truth from Ryo, encourages Shoichi to once again fight as Agito, as he runs to the Overlord and able to land a punch on him through Hikawa's aid. Shoichi, along with Ryo and Kino, finally regains their respective powers. And together they defeat the Hedgehog Lord.
Sometime after, he bumps into his old cooking teacher, Kuramoto, who offered a job to work in his restaurant. With supernatural murders at a low, Shoichi takes the job under his mentor. While working there, he meets Kana, a distant reclusive young lady who dreams of succeeding as a chef in honor of her father. But Kana begins showing signs of becoming an Agito herself. Unable to comprehend the change, she tries to commit suicide, much like Shoichi's sister. History begins to repeat itself, with Shoichi holding onto Kana for dear life. But just as he is about to give up, Tetsuya Sawaki, the real Shoichi Tsugami, and Yukina's resurrected former lover comes to his aid and helps Shoichi pull Kana to safety; while simultaneously redeeming himself for not saving Yukina from the same fate long ago. The group then shortly confronted by the El of Earth, Shoichi then transforms in front of Kana and pleads he will fight for himself, for humanity and for the Agito's.
Continuing to fight the El, Agito is overwhelmed by the Lord in Ground and Burning Form, but able to fatally wound the El in Shining Form. Agito then followed the escaped El and discovers the Overlord, who's trying to kill all humans. He's then overwhelmed by the combined efforts of strengthened El of Earth and El of Wind, by the time both Hikawa and Ryo appears to aid him, Shoichi assumes Agito Shining Form one last time and steps into final battle to reclaim humanity's fate from the Overlord. After easily defeating the El of Earth with the Shining Rider Kick, Agito then continues to attack the Overlord, causing a great explosion with the fate of both are not known. However, Shoichi is proven to be alive. In the series epilogue, Shoichi opens his own restaurant named the Agito.
===Kamen Rider Decade===
====Rider War====
Kamen Rider Agito appears in the episode 1 of Kamen Rider Decade, in the dream of Natsumi Hikari along with Makoto Hikawa at his side and Soji Tendo to the front along with other riders to eradicate Decade.
====The Destroyer of Worlds====
Kamen Rider Agito, Ground Form, appears in episode 31 of Kamen Rider Decade, as one of Wataru Kurenai's companions, who antagonize Decade who learned that was a test. In the second version of episode 31, aired during the series' rerun, after an initial confrontation with Decade, more Riders appear, and Agito boards his Machine Tornador. However, he ends up being defeated during the Rider War.
===Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker===
Kamen Rider Agito, Ground Form, appears in the final battle of the movie Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker, alongside the other previous Riders, rescuing Decade and facing Dai-Shocker's troops. Agito faces several Dai-Shocker Combatmen and eventually defeats the Gurongi Me·Ginoga·De, the Makamou Bakeneko and kicks Queen Ant Lord Formica Regia from a cliff. Afterwards, he joins up with the other Riders in a combined Rider Kick which destroys Dai-Shocker's castle and the alternate Shadow Moon, Nobuhiko Tsukikage. Agito joins up with the other Riders once more in a combined attack to destroy Dai-Shocker's ultimate weapon, the giant robot, Kingdark. After the battle ends, Shoichi returns to human form and tells Tsukasa that his real journey is only beginning. Afterwards, he leaves alongside the other Riders in a dimensional portal.
===OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders===
Kamen Rider Agito, Ground Form, appears yet again in OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders. He reappears alongside the other Heisei era Riders, fighting against Lords that became Shocker troops, alongside other Kamen Rider villains from the 40 years of the franchise, before joining up with every other Rider for a final battle against the Great Leader of Shocker.
When all the Riders board their vehicles to make a combined attack against the Great Leader, Agito hops onto the Machine Tornador in Slider Mode, with G3-X also jumping to it, while they charged forward alongside the other Riders.
Although his human form isn't shown in the movie itself and he doesn't speak, Agito is confirmed to be Shoichi Tsugami by the movie's official website.Link 3 lists Kamen Rider Agito as Shoichi Tsugami
===Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen===
Agito was among the Kamen Riders caught up in the 'Super Hero Taisen' incident. He was presumably sent to the dimensional rift, under the pretense of being defeated, by Captain Marvelous while he was apparently hunting the Riders. When his and Tsukasa's ruse was revealed, Agito and the other Riders appeared through the dimensional wall. Agito then fought alongside all the other Kamen Riders and against Dai-Shocker and Dai-Zangyack's Shocker-Zangyack Alliance. 
===Kamen Rider Wizard===
Agito appears with all the Heisei Riders from Kuuga to Fourze, led by Decade, in a special two-parter after the finale, The Kamen Rider Rings and Neverending Story.
===Kamen Rider Taisen===
Agito was seen fighting Super-1. Their battle seems tied up as the result of finishing move clashes, they are turned into a Lockseed until ZX and Gaim released other 14 sealed Primary Riders in the final battle against Badan. While rescuing Shu, Decade rode the Agito Tornador to reach the Mega Reversal Machine.
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Due to the timeline alteration caused by Shocker, Shoichi became one of the brainwashed Riders in that timeline, donning the name of Shocker Rider Agito. Alongside Hibiki and Decade, Hibiki joined Skyrider, Super-1, ZX and the Shocker Combatmen against the double agent Kamen Rider 3, providing the raw power of Burning Form in a combined projectile assault before proceeding to physically overwhelm Rider 3 as he allowed Mach to escape.
On the following day, Agito 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, Agito, along with Decade, OOO and Fourze, found that his Rider Machine, Machine Tornador, had been immobilized by Mach's Signal Tomarle. Though Agito soon moved on, he was ultimately knocked out of the race alongside Wizard as his Machine was struck by missiles fired by Rider 3's TriCyclone. Though Agito himself was retrieved by the Dream Vegas Shift Tire brought forth by the heroic Drive's Tridoron, he 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, Agito was among the Riders who attacked Drive while being caught in the crossfire as the Rider Robo joined the fray. 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.
Unfortunately, Agito was among the Riders whose existence was erased by the Rider Robo. This fate, however, was rendered moot when the Rider Robo was finally destroyed by , restoring Agito's place in history.
===Kamen Rider Ghost: Legendary! Riders' Souls!===
Despite not appearing in the web-exclusive series, Ghost can use the power of 16 Heisei Riders, including Agito, with the Heisei Rider Damashii in the final episode.
===Kamen Rider Ex-Aid "Tricks": Kamen Rider Genm===
Despite not appearing in the web-exclusive series, Agito and 13 Heisei Riders were the projections of the Ganbarizing Critical Strike.
===Chou Super Hero Taisen===
An iteration of Agito Burning Form was summoned from the Game World as part of a team of five of the Strongest Kamen Riders alongside five of the by Kamen Rider Brave, helping to defeat the army of Shocker. 
===Kamen Rider Zi-O===
====Kamen Rider Build: Be The One====
Among the first 18 Heisei Riders, Agito 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====
Agito, alongside all leading Heisei Riders, comes to Zi-O and Build's aid against Tid.
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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 ChangeDragon, Kamen Rider Ryuki, Ryusoul Red and Kamen Rider Saber.
==Appearances in other media==
===S.I.C. Hero Saga===
====Kamen Rider Agito: Heaven's Door====
Shoichi finally showed up to help Exceed Gills and Another Agito as they were getting easily defeated while trying to aid Hikawa when he was attacked by an Agito and a dog-type Unknown. The real identity of this Agito was Shoichi Maguichi, who was crazed after being blamed for cheating on the programs for using a hidden camera during his childhood. Wanting to cure his sick mind, he worshipped the Dog Orphnoch/Dog Lord and was told to feed on the despair of the public. After Agito and the others killed the Dog Lord/Orphnoch, Maguichi/Agito transformed into Mirage Agito out of rage. In a fight with Kamen Riders Agito and Gills, despite gaining the upper hand, he was defeated by the strategized use of the Shining Caliber and a Shining Rider Kick. Maguichi was then arrested and was given an unspecified treatment. 
===Non-canon TV appearance===
====Kamen Rider G====
===Video Game appearances===
====Kamen Rider Agito (video game)====
A fighting game for the first Playstation console, featuring all the Riders & several Lords from the series, released in 2001. Toshiki Kashū reprises his role as Kamen Rider Agito along with the other Riders' original voice actors.
====Kamen Rider: Seigi no Keifu====
In this semi-canon PS2 video game, Shoichi finds himself trapped in what he discovers to be a base of the former terrorist organization known as "Shocker." After encountering Shocker Combatmen and a kaijin, he is confused as to why they refer to him as a "Kamen Rider." Shoichi eventually discovers their plan to manipulate time in order to revive a previous Century King being discovered long before Shocker's initial fall, as well as discovering the origin of the Kamen Rider mantle. Agito is eventually introduced to Kamen Riders 1, V3, and BLACK via cross-time communication technology, and travels to 1988 to assist Kamen Rider BLACK in defeating Evil Eye. When Shoichi returns to the present, he sees Ryo, and tells him about the origin of the Kamen Rider name. He decides to use the name of Kamen Rider, and Ryo agrees.
As with every Rider, Toshiki Kashū returns to voice his role as Shoichi/Kamen Rider Agito.
====Kamen Rider Agito & Kuuga Wild Battle====
Agito appears with Kuuga in Kamen Rider Agito & Kuuga Wild Battle. He is playable in Ground, Flame and Storm Form.
====Kamen Rider: The Bike Race====
Agito appears riding the Machine Tornador in Kamen Rider: The Bike Race, a racing game featuring the majority of Kamen Riders and Rider Machines up to Kamen Rider Agito.
====Kamen Rider Battride War====
Kamen Rider Agito appears as a Main Rider in the video game Kamen Rider: Battride War, which unites the riders of the Heisei era from Kuuga to Wizard.
====Kamen Rider Batton-Line====
Kamen Rider Agito Ground Form and Faiz become available in the Rider roster in the online PC game, Kamen Rider Batton-Line, after defeating the boss at level 20.
====Kamen Rider Battride War II====
thumb|Kamen Rider Agito in Kamen Rider: Battride War II.
Kamen Rider Agito reappeared in Kamen Rider: Battride War II, summoned by Cinema along with the remaining Heisei Riders in order to create the "ultimate movie". Agito's stage was based on Kamen Rider Agito: Project G4, with Kamen Rider G4 as his main enemy.
15allheisei.PNG|All of the main official Heisei Riders, from Kuuga to Gaim.
Thefirst5heiseiriders.PNG|The first 5 Heisei Kamen Riders in their Rider Machines.
====Kamen Rider: Battride War Genesis====
Kamen Rider Agito reappeared in Kamen Rider: Battride War Genesis
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===Stage Shows===
====Gaoranger Stage Show at Double Hero Korakuen Yuenchi====
*In a stage show where the are seen fighting , some Lords show up and wind up defeating them. Agito in Ground Form arrives and assists the Gaorangers.
====Kamen Rider Super Live: Cho Henshin Battle====
*Agito returns in the Stageshow of Faiz. He was turned into stone statue by Bio Roid Dark, and is controlled to fight against Faiz, 1, 2 and V3.
====Kamen Rider Drive Stage Show at Yomiuri Land====
*Agito along with G3-X appears to support Drive and Mach against the Roidmudes.
==Fighting Style==
In contrast to his usual airheaded and bubbly self, Shoichi fought with the air of an ancient, mystic warrior, moving about in a graceful manner. Though powerful as a close-combat fighter however, Agito's lack of long-ranged weaponry can occasionally prove detrimental for Shoichi, especially against airborne foes. Making up for this is Shoichi's creativity, using both instinct and inspiration to create methods of combat. 
Notably, during his brief time as G3-X, partly due to being an amnesiac, Shoichi managed to handle the 'perfect AI' of G3-X without issue, fighting with the same grace he fought with as Agito.
Shoichi only became more powerful as the series progressed, as befitting an evolving Agito. Though he only had his Trinity Form temporarily, he managed to gain the powerful Burning Form, the stress and power of which made him fight with brutal, animalistic ferocity. The culmination of this evolution was in his Shining Form, molting his Burning Form and gaining the power of the sun.
When Shoichi performs his finishers, "Crest Horns" open up on his weapons. In Ground and Trinity Form, his head horns split open to reveal two extra horns. In Flame Form, this happens with his Flame Sabers.
==Powers and Abilities==
===Powers===
*Seed of Agito: In addition to his ability to transform into Agito, Shoichi possesses a limited level of clairvoyance, being able to sense the presence of the Unknown. This process happens instantly, causing Shoichi to switch to a more focused state. Since this power stems from Prometh himself, Shoichi is pre-destined to one day become an entity like the divine Overlord.
===Abilities===
*Master Chef: Shoichi has developed culinary skills from his time living with the Misugi household. His brief stint at the Hanamura Bakery has also demonstrated his proficiency at baking. After the Overlord's defeat, Shoichi eventually opens his own restaurant.
*Gardening: Shoichi is a practical gardener, managing to grow a small garden while living at the Kazaya household. 
==Forms==
==Equipment==
*Power of Agito - Main power source for Agito's gear
===Devices===
*Altering: Transformation device
*Wiseman's Monolith: A relic that supplies and circulates the Alter Force, fitted onto Agito's breastplate. 
===Weapons===
*Storm Halberd: Storm and Trinity Form's primary weapon
*Flame Saber: Flame and Trinity Form's primary weapon
*Shining Caliber: Burning and Shining Form's primary weapon
*GM-01 Scorpion: A modular magnum pistol, stored on right hip, hand-carried in use. Compatible with the GG-02 Salamander module attachment
===Vehicles===
*Machine Tornador: Agito's Rider Machine
==Legend Rider Devices==
Ever since Kamen Rider Decade, Kamen Riders' arsenals have featured an assortment of Legend Rider-based collectible devices, including many for Agito.
==Relationships==
*Makoto Hikawa: Tsugami is really close to Makoto and for Makoto himself, Tsugami is someone who is strongly reliable. During their first encounter as Riders, Tsugami attacked Makoto for an unknown reason and Makoto would do the same during the trial of G3-X. However, Tsugami and Makoto trusted each other as riders soon even before they learned of their rider's identity after Makoto explained on how he felt on using G3-X.
*Ryo Ashihara: Tsugami is not close to Ryo and they were initially enemies towards each other because of a misunderstanding during the death of Ryo's second girlfriend who was killed by Queen Jaguar Lord and Tsugami happened to be close to her corpse. After Ryo had learned about Tsugami more, he became his ally in the end. They are only meeting each other mostly when they were encountering Lords.
*Kaoru Kino: Kaoru initially helped Tsugami on fighting a Lord, but he became an enemy to him and the other Agitos because of his ego to be the only savior humanity needed. He later stopped and became an ally in a short time, including telling Tsugami that Agito's power couldn't make people go insane and he had become an enemy due to his own ego when he was depressed and almost dying.
*Toru Hojo: Toru became his enemy as riders because Agito was considered to be the enemy of humanity. However, Toru closed his case to defeat Agito in the end.
==Family==
*Yukina Sawaki - Older sister and also the first Agito
==Behind the scenes==
===Portrayal===
Shoichi Tsugami is portrayed by , who reprised his role in Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker. 
As Kamen Rider Agito, his suit actor was , who went on to be the suit actor for the majority of leading Heisei Kamen Riders (except Hibiki and Agito's predecessor Kuuga).
===Rider No.===
As the leading Rider protagonist of Kamen Rider Agito, Shoichi Tsugami (Kamen Rider Agito) is labeled and . 
===Etymology===
*Tsugami translates to "Over the Harbor" the latter is possibly a reference to when Shoichi was found washed out on the beach as an amnesiac.
==Notes==
*Agito's name is sometimes spelled as AGITΩ, which can be seen from the series' main logo amongst other forms of media.
**Notably, the S.I.C. Hero Saga side story Kamen Rider Agito: Heaven's Door has a chapter entitled . This confirms "AGITΩ" as being spelled using the Greek letters alpha (A) and omega (Ω), which are the first and the last letters of the Greek alphabet respectively. This is befitting considering the nature of Agito over the course of the series, to either begin a new age of humanity, or to mark the end of humanity itself.
*Although Shoichi is a complete Agito, he doesn't display any psychokinetic/telekinetic abilities like his late sister or any other person who has been bestowed the power of Agito. The only ability he displays without transforming is the ability to feel the presence of the Lords when they are attacking or nearby.
**It is never explained in-series whether this is a side-effect of becoming Kamen Rider Agito, or if Shoichi simply did not use these powers mentioned above. 
*According to Episode 47, Shoichi's specialty is spinach soup.
*Agito's fighting stance resembles Hung Ga, one of the more widespread styles of Shaolin kung fu, with distinguishing stances and unique weapons like Daam Tiu (Storm Halberd) and Soeng Dou (Shining Caliber).
*In the All Riders vs Dai-Shocker official site, character and Rider profile pages for Agito in the movie. They mention not only Shoichi's name and actor, but also his real name, his original backstory from the TV show and the battle against the Unknown from the TV series itself.
==Appearances==
==See Also==
*Tetsuya Sawaki - The real Shoichi Tsugami, in Kamen Rider Agito.
*Yukina Tsugami - The first user of the Kamen Rider Agito powers, in Kamen Rider Agito.
*Shoichi Tsugami (2015 manga) - manga counterpart in World of Kuuga (2015 manga).
*Shoichi Ashikawa - The user of the Kamen Rider Agito powers in Kamen Rider Decade.
===Footnotes===
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