Dr. Shinigami

is a second-generation executive of the Shocker Japan branch, who took over from Colonel Zol. A genius mad scientist whose staging that emphasizes mysteriousness, such as lighting from below in a dark hideout, is impressive. He is the highest authority in the production of cyborgs who came from the Switzerland branch with the nickname . (2010). "Nostalgic Toei × Ishinomori Hero Dai Zukan". p. 12, "Kamen Rider". ISBN 978-4-06-364833-1..
His true identity is .
==History==
===Kamen Rider===
Before joining Shocker, Dr. Shinigami was known as Ivan Tawanovitch, a half-Japanese, half-Russian citizen who was given the title "Death" due to the deaths of people he met, even if he did not have anything to do with the deaths, and "Doctor" after he graduated from college with a doctorate as a famous researcher.
Shinigami was working with the Nazis during World War 2 when Japan was allied with them. He was working on a way to make replacement bodies for dying people, one of them was his father but it was a failure. His sister had become ill and after an accident in the arctic, her body was frozen. After the war, Shinigami traveled the world after hearing rumors of a monk who can bring back the dead. After finding the monk, Chan Mao, in Tibet, the doctor begged the monk to tell him the secret of bringing back the dead. But the monk refused as the doctor because he is too bound to human emotions. A few years later, Shinigami finds Mao supposedly dead in South America, but Mao had actually just transcended his Earthly body. Mao then asks Shinigami to join him in his goal to take over the world offering to help save his sister.Tohru Hirayama's Uchusen Book Collection Special Edition: The Characters I loved
Shinigami began working in modified human research in Europe, but his creations were destroyed by Kamen Rider One whose constant interference made the doctor focus on defeating the rider. After Colonel Zol's destruction at the hands of Rider Two, Shinigami takes command of Japan's branch.
He faces Rider Two in Japan several times and came close to success, but with the help of the original Rider, the Double Riders stopped his plans. Eventually, he left Japan to South America only to be followed by Rider Two.
Shinigami then goes through a reconstruction process to become Ika Devil, a squid monster with the ability to use his tentacles as whips and a pincer claw for his left hand. However, Death predicts he will die in battle. He returns to Japan and works alongside Jigoku Taishi to take down Takeshi Hongo.
Hongo confronts a transformed Shinigami as Ika Devil when he's ambushed while testing the New Cyclone. Frustrated by Rider One's continuous interferences, Shinigami decides to attack him personally by kidnapping Tobee Tachibana and forcing him to train him to crush Rider One. However, that just leads to Tobee noticing Ika Devil's weak point, his head.
Finally, Shinigami challenges Takeshi Hongo to a duel. When they meet, Shinigami discards his cape and transforms into his cyborg form, Ika Devil, revealing his identity to Hongo. Shocker Combatmen take care of Kazuya Taki while he fights Hongo. At first, Ika Devil has the upper hand, but with guidance from Tobee, Rider One manages to overpower Ika Devil and weaken him with a Rider Chop aimed at his weak point near the neck before finishing him off with his Rider Drill Shoot.
===V3===
Dr. Shinigami, along with Colonel Zol, Jigoku Taishi, and General Black, were resurrected by Doctor G to initiate Operation: Japan Annihilation using a new toxic gas called Girard Gamma. His assignment is Osaka. When Jigoku Taishi captured by V3, he agrees to execute him alongside V3 until Great Leader interference stating they cannot afford to lose even Jigoku Taishi when carried out their mission and let V3 go as he pleases. He died with the other revived commanders when Destron's base accidentally self-destructed.
===Decade===
Eijiro Hikari is himself Dr. Shinigami in both movies All Riders VS Dai-Shocker and Movie Taisen 2010.
===Let's Go Kamen Riders===
Due to a change in history caused by Ankh leaving an O Medal behind in 1971, Shocker created the Shocker Greeed. The Double Riders learn about Shocker's plan and attempt to replace the medal with a tracker device to find their headquarters. However, they had merely secured another fake medal and were ambushed when attacking Shocker, facing a large army of resurrected monsters, which included the recently defeated Ika Devil and Garagaranda. These troops eventually manage to overwhelm and capture the Riders, while their allies escaped. In the present, Ika Devil continued as a Shocker member even as it expanded to include members from other groups that would have been separate organizations in the original timeline, alongside making a huge alliance to lead under its banner the organizations that did appear. When the Riders returned as people's belief in justice partially restored the timeline, Ika Devil along with Ganikoumoru and Garagaranda was destroyed by Kamen Rider Den-O Climax Form's Boistous Slash and Kamen Rider New Den-O's Counter Slash. 
===Pretty Den-O Appears!===
As Ika Devil, he somehow stole the the Den-Liner, returning with some Shocker Combatmen. In 2020, he kidnaps Anna for her 1989 winning bill she had from her mother. He throws her and Momotaros away from the Den-Liner making them land in 1989. Ika Devil then comes in 1989 too to accomplish his mission. After taking Mai as hostage, he beats Pretty Den-O, and reveals that his plan is to take the money of the winning bill and use it to refund a Shocker secret base, but is afterwards defeated by Den-O Sword Form. 
==Forms==
==Kamen Rider Spirits==
==Video game appearances==
===Kamen Rider Club===
Ika Devil appears as a boss of Shocker which is fought by the six Kamen Riders One, Two, V3, X, Amazon, and Stronger in Kamen Rider Club.
===Kamen Rider SD: Sortie!! Rider Machines===
 Ika Devil appears as the second boss at the end of the second stage. He is seen riding in a spider-like mecha and attacks using his tentacles. Kamen Rider Two must damage his vehicle until the legs fall off and then attack the main ship to defeat Ika Devil.
===Kamen Rider on Super Famicom===
Ika Devil appears as a Shocker boss in the Super Famicom Kamen Rider game.
===All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation===
Ika Devil appears as a monster in the video game All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation. 
==Behind the Scenes==
===Portrayal===
In Kamen Rider the original series, Dr. Shinigami was portrayed by . In Kamen Rider The First, Shocker Staff: Elderly Gentleman is portrayed via archive various pieces of footage of the late Amamoto recorded before his death in 2003, including several from Kamen Rider, the original series. He was overdubbed by the late .
The Eijiro Hikari version of Dr. Shinigami in Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker is portrayed by , who also appeared as Dr. Super Shinigami in Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010. Ika Devil's suit actor in All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker was .
In OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders, Ika Devil was voiced by , while his suit actor was .
In Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z, Space Ika Devil was voiced by , while his suit actor was .
===Etymology===
In Japanese, literally translates to "Death God", and is considered equivalent to the .
==Notes==
*In the early script, Dr. Shinigami would become the Gillizames rather than a squid monster.Testimony! Kamen Rider
*"" would later be used as the name of a guest villain (portrayed by ) in of the original Sentai series, , although they are not related each other.
*Ika Devil's design was homaged by , the monster-of-the-week in of .
==Appearances==
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