Kouta Kazuraba

Kouta Kazuraba, also known as Aguarian and Kami-sama, is the main protagonist from the Kamen Rider Gaim series.
== Charactah Account ==
Kouta Kazuraba is an earnest and cheerful yet naive and short-sighted young adult who wants to help others, but sometimes ends up causing more trouble than good. He was originally the second-in-command of Team Gaim before quitting the team to pursue odd jobs and help his older sister, Akira, after their parents died, before eventually getting a job at Drupers. However, his life is changed after Team Gaim's leader Yuya Sumii arranges a meeting with Kota to show him something that could help their team.
This leads Kouta to search for Sumii in what he later learns is the Helheim Forest, finding a Sengoku Driver that his friend bought from the mysterious Lockseed Dealer Sid, and an Inves that Kota manages to destroy via the Driver and a Lockseed. While figuring out how best to use his newly acquired powers, Kouta witnesses his rival, Kaito Kumon's, summoned Inves go on a rampage and becomes determined to protect people as the samurai-themed Kamen Rider Gaim. After he rejoins Team Gaim in the apparently missing Sumii's stead, Kouta inspires others to become Armored Riders themselves.
== Appearance ==
=== Movies ===
* Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai
* Kamen Rider 1
* Kamen Rider Build: Be The One
* Kamen Rider Gaim: Great Soccer Battle! Golden Fruits Cup!
* Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Final: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Riders
* Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever
* Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders
* Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Drive & Gaim: Movie War Full Throttle
* Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Gaim & Wizard: The Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle
* Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Chou Super Hero Taisen
* Kamen Rider Zi-O: Over Quartzer
* Kamen Rider: Reiwa The First Generation
* Saber + Zenkaiger: Superhero Senki
* Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3
=== TV Series ===
* Kamen Rider Build
* Kamen Rider Drive
* Kamen Rider Ex-Aid
* Kamen Rider Gaim
* Kamen Rider Gaim Gaiden
* Kamen Rider Gaim: Fresh Orange Arms is Born! ~You Can Also Seize It! The Power of Fresh~
* Kamen Rider Wizard
* Kamen Rider Zi-O
* Kamen Sentai Gorider
* Ressha Sentai ToQger Vs. Kamen Rider Gaim Spring Vacation Combining Special
=== Video Games ===
* Kamen Rider Batton-Line
* Kamen Rider Climax Fighters
* Kamen Rider Travelers Record
* Kamen Rider: Battride War Genesis
* Kamen Rider: Battride War II
=== Web-Series ===
* Kamen Rider Ex-Aid "Tricks": Kamen Rider Genm
* Kamen Rider Ghost: Legendary! Riders' Souls!
* Kamen Rider Revice: The Mystery
== Trivia ==
* 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 Date Masamune.
** Gaim's Kiwami Arms was inspired by the armor of Oda Nobunaga, with the Kiwami Kabuto borrowing design choices from Uesugi Kenshin 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.
* Kouta 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" can be translated as "great", "Daidai" means "orange".
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Kouta Kazuraba at Kamen Rider Wiki
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