Supana Kurogane

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The release of the DX Valvarusher officially romanized his name to Supana. (Box-art for the toy)Chemy★Great Gotcha Operation TrailerRide Chemy Card in Strongest Chemy★Great Gotcha Operationhttps://www.toei.co.jp/entertainment/event/detail/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2024/04/18/G_festival_keyart_B_re.jpg is an alchemist who transforms into the warrior . After discovering the fate of his parents, his malice temporarily transformed him into the until he gained control over his power and became .
==History==
===Background===
Supana Kurogane is the son to Renchi and Suzu Kurogane, both were combat-specialist alchemists of the Alchemys Union. Ten years ago, his parents were killed in front of him by Glion. Not long after, Kyoka Edami found Supana and hid the young boy from Glion. Kyoka ended up wiping Supana’s memories and raised him in place of his parents. 
At some point, Supana graduated from the Alchemist Academy and earned a name for himself as an Alchemist. He created the Valvarad armor on his own. He was promoted to A-Class rank following his duel with Boruto Namarizaki, a rival alchemist. He was sent by the Alchemys Union that controls the Academy to recover the missing Chemies.
==Personality==
Supana is a cool, aloof and pessimistic elite who believes that Chemies are nothing more than tools created by human beings and unlike other students of Alchemist Academy, has no interest in collecting them. He strongly believes in the virtue of humankind and will not hesitate to attack those without it but is also not above going against that virtue if he thinks it necessary. He does possess his own set of virtues as well, as seen when he has utmost respect towards his mentor Kyoka Edami as she saved him a long time ago. 
Due to his duties and goal of uncovering Fuga Kudo's whereabouts, he acts nice towards Rinne. He also exhibits a tsundere attitude towards Houtaro and ignores him often. Though he does warm up to him once he starts gradually recognizing Houtaro's talents. 
A more comedic side of Supana is that he has a certain fixation for color purple, so much that when he makes omurice, the omurice color is purple as well.
After learning of what had happened 10 years prior, he remembered all the feelings that were taken, and using that malice, began to act out in rage, at Glion for killing his parents, and at his mentor for keeping it from him. He also discarded his own name when inquired by Houtaro and Rinne, claiming that Supana Kurogane did not exist in the first place. 
Fortunately, once he saw the extent of his repressed memories, and knowing that both his parents and Kyoka truly believed in him, Supana's conviction was renewed, and he gained a new confidence as a result. He also changed his view about Chemy in general, from viewing them as a mere tool, into seeing them as their own being. However, unlike Houtaro who wants to befriend the Chemy, Supana only allows the Chemy to follow him if their will resonates with his own.
==Powers and Abilities==
===Powers===
*Alchemy: True to his status as an A-Rank Alchemist, Supana can perform a wider variety of alchemy, such as repellent techniques. He can also perform many of them without looking at his enemies.
*Black Fire Manipulation: Despite not being a Chemy himself, Supana is able to emit and manipulate black flames from his body, as well as transmuting them into anything such as spikes. 
===Abilities===
*Talented Cook: Supana is a skilled cook, as his food tastes better than Houtaro’s cooking, much to the latter’s dismay.
*Expert Swordsman: Supana is an incredibly skilled swordsman.
==Forms==
==Equipment==
===Devices===
*Valvaradriver - Kamen Rider Valvarad's transformation device.
*Ride Chemy Cards - Transformation trinkets
*Valvaradraw Buckle - Valvarad's card holder for Ride Chemy Cards
===Weapons===
*Valvarusher - Valvarad's transformation device and personal weapon
*Chemy Riser - Chemy summoning and capturing device. Also used as a sidearm.
===Vehicles===
*Honda Rebel 1100
==Relationships==
===Family===
Renchi Kurogane.png|Renchi KuroganeFather(deceased)
Suzu Kurogane.png|Suzu KuroganeMother(deceased)
Kyoka Edami.png|Kyoka EdamiGuardian
*Renchi Kurogane: Supana's father
*Suzu Kurogane: Supana's mother
*Kyoka Edami: Supana's guardian (both mentor and mother figure) who took him in after he was left alone 10 years ago and raised him into a proficient alchemist. Because of this, he feels a deep sense of gratitude to her. She also gave Supana the order to monitor Rinne Kudo, explaining his earlier attitude. Unfortunately, the two had a brief fallout when Supana's bad memories of his parents and Glion resurfaced, along with the darkness causing him to turn into a Malgam with Madwheel. Even then, Kyoka still continued to believe in Supana and his innate abilities. Once knowing Kyoka's conviction, Supana reconciles with her.
===Allies===
*Madwheel/Machwheel: Supana's Chemy partner.
*Daiohni: Supana's second Chemy partner.
*Kitchen ICHINOSE Union:
**Houtaro Ichinose/Kamen Rider Gotchard: Supana is against the idea of Houtaro being a Kamen Rider due to the latter being overly optimistic and having a somewhat naive upbringing. The two also have different opinions of Chemies, as Supana believes them as nothing but mere tools, while Houtaro believes they should be treated as living beings. Supana is also a better cook than Houtaro, much to the latter dismay. Thus, Houtaro swears to surpass Supana both as an Alchemist and a cook. But he slowly warms up to him, seeing him more as an ally now and yet still angry for Houtaro being a Rider along with Rinne becoming one, while he's not, but then he becomes one.
**Rinne Kudo/Kamen Rider Majade: Supana gave Rinne the Deepmariner and later Burningnero Ride Chemy Card without asking for anything in return. He appears to have a certain fixation on her, though it is unclear as to why, though Supana clarified that this was not in a romantic way. It was later revealed that it was an order from his mentor Kyoka, who seeks to prove Kudo Fuga's innocence. When Rinne became Majade once again, Supana gets more depressed, envious and resentful towards her and Houtaro for both becoming and being riders, while he's not and continues to be powerless until he becomes one himself.
**Renge Icho: to be added
**Sabimaru Tsuruhara/Kamen Rider Dread (I): to be added
*Minato/Kamen Rider Dread (IV): Supana's former teacher and mentor who later turns against him, Houtaro, Rinne, and the others, temporarily siding with Glion. After the later returns to the heroes' side, they reconciled.
*Ho-Oh Kaguya Quartz/Kamen Rider Legend: to be added
*Butler: Kaguya's loyal butler who heavily resembles Houtaro's friend, Kajiki.
*Lachesis/Kamen Rider Dread (II)/Valvarad: Supana's personal enemy & rival. Lachesis aimed to make Supana as her underling, and often calling him a dog as a result. Once Glion start to make his move, Lachesis showed slight worry about Supana's, and even become shocked once Supana's turned into Wheel Malgam. After Lachesis defects to the heroes' side, he still doesn't trust her and yet has no choice.
*Fuga Kudo/Kamen Rider Wind: to be added
===Enemies===
*Glion: He murdered his parents 10 years prior to the series' events. As a result, Supana holds a great hatred against him.
*Three Dark Sisters
** Atropos: to be added
**Clotho/Kamen Rider Dread (III): to be added
*Boruto Namarizaki: An alchemist who Supana no longer has any memory of and thinks of him only as an annoyance.
*Licht Kugimiya: to be added
=== Others===
*Tsumuri: to be added
*Kamen Rider Gotchard Daybreak: to be added
===Legend Riders===
*Ace Ukiyo/Kamen Rider Geats: to be added
*Keiwa Sakurai/Kamen Rider Tycoon: to be added
*Neon Kurama/Kamen Rider Na-Go: to be added
*Michinaga Azuma/Kamen Rider Buffa: to be added
==Behind the Scenes==
===Portrayal===
*Supana Kurogane is portrayed by . As a teenager, he is portrayed by .
*As Valvarad, he was suit-acted by until Episode 7 due to Imai's return to . As of Episode 8 going forward, his suit-actor for Valvarad, the Wheel Malgam, and Kamen Rider Valvarad has been .
===Etymology===
*'s first name is derived from the English word "spanner", which is also used in Japanese as a loanword, which equals to the term "wrench" in North American English.
* roughly means "black steel", and can mean . As a member of the Alchemys Union, Supana's name contains a kanji for a metal element. That name, with his first, fits Valvarad's scrap motif.
**The syllables of can be switched around to make meaning six, the level of Madwheel/Machwheel and Daiohni.
==Notes==
*During early development, it was decided that Supana would act as an "older brother" type character to Houtaro in order to stand out as a strong character on his own.Spaceship 182 2023 , pp. 42–44, “[Discussion] Yosuke Minato x Keiichi Hasegawa x Hiroki Uchida ”
*Orochishovel Custom's gauntlets are retooled from Gotchard Dokkirishovel by adding three dragon heads to each. Dokkirishovel's gauntlets were themselves heavily retooled from Kamen Rider Revi Kong Genome's gauntlets.
*Angelcopter Custom's left forearm reuses the front half of the helicopter from Gekiocopter Custom but repainted and with a new rotor.
*The Wheel Malgam's chest armor and left shoulder pad are reused from Valvarad, while the right golden hand holds Valvarad's Wrench Face, and the additional right hand wields Valvarad's right shoulder pad as a hammer.
*The Wheel Malgam is the first gold body Malgam to be created from a human. It is formed like the normal kind, but enhanced by Supana's black flames and Glion's alchemy.
*Valvarad's original eyes can be seen under the conventional compound eyes of his Kamen Rider form.
*The two versions of Valvarad are differentiated by the names and .https://www.kamen-rider-official.com/gotchard/25/https://www.kamen-rider-official.com/gotchard/22/
==Appearances==
==References==
===Footnotes===
==External Links ==
*TV Asahi page on Valvarad.
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