Kuroto Dan/Zi-O

In 2016, was , until the creation of Another Ex-Aid erased the Rider's history.
In Kamen Rider Zi-O, he was transformed into an , an Another Rider derived from Kamen Rider OOO Tatoba Combo. Befitting his new powers, he now refers to himself as .
==History==
===Kamen Rider Zi-O===
Due to the alteration of the timeline, most of Kuroto's life as a Rider, such as his first transformation into Genm, his first death and his revival as a Bugster as well the creation of Genm Corp. are negated, due to Sougo obtaining the Ex-Aid Ridewatch earlier. As a result, he is still alive in 2018, retaining his God-complex, psychotic and foolish personalities. As Woz introduces the next legend, he is seen holding his Dangerous Zombie Gashat, as he maniacally laughs alone in his office.
Kuroto, donning his royal garb and dubbing himself as , is the CEO of the Dan Foundation. Somewhere in the year 2010, Time Jacker Heure made a contract with Kuroto to become Another OOO. Using his authority, Kuroto established the Foundation in 2016 after the death of his father, and the Foundation soon grew into a mega corporation within two years. As an Another Rider, he uses cell medals to summon Kuzu Yummies to subjugate the people. Kuroto holds a press conference and declares that Dan Foundation will rule as a sovereign nation independent from Japan, with all of their properties becoming their own national territory where Japan's own laws become null and void. However, when a member of the National Diet rejects Kuroto's rule, Kuroto tosses a Cell Medal on him to become a Kuzu Yummy. It is also reported that Kuroto has held a member of the National Diet hostage.
After they rescued civilians from Kuzu Yummies, the three meet Kuroto Dan and he transforms himself into Another OOO as he is about to attack them before the Taka Watchroid suddenly shows up out from nowhere and attacking Another OOO. The Genm Ridewatch suddenly drops from Another OOO while Tsukuyomi sees Another OOO's year number at the back, initially seeing it as 2016 as he escapes into his own castle. While Sougo decides to follow Kuroto, Geiz and Tsukuyomi examine the Genm Ridewatch, which is similar to Ex-Aid's, before traveling back to the year 2016 in order to confront Another OOO. Geiz uses the Genm Ridewatch to become Geiz Genm Armor and manage to defeat Another OOO, but his efforts remain futile as Another OOO revived, as confirmed by Sougo in 2018. Tsukuyomi realizes that Another OOO was not created in 2016, but actually way earlier in 2010, due to Another OOO's digits in the back having slight discrepancy.
Back in 2018, as Kuroto decides on the motif of his next royal garb to be based on a zombie, Hina Izumi, an employee of the Foundation, decides to question his rule. Kuroto, applauding her boldness, decides to take her as his queen, but her objections incite the anger of Kuroto. Kuroto is then about to kill Hina, but he was interrupted by an enthusiastic Sougo. After Sougo explained his reason and ambitions, Kuroto was initially vexed by Sougo's idea. Nevertheless, he appoints Sougo as one of his loyal retainers. After observing Zi-O's battle with Geiz, Kuroto promotes Sougo to captain of the royal guard as he orders his Yummy servants to imprison Hina in the same room as the Diet member taken hostage, who turns out to be Eiji Hino. 
In order to prevent Kuroto Dan from dominating Japan, Sougo has been provided two Ridewatches of OOO (Tatoba and Tajadol Combos respectively) by Eiji, before going to 2010. Zi-O uses the OOO Tatoba Combo Ridewatch to equip OOOArmor and OOO Tajadol Combo Ridewatch on his Time Mazine to defeat Another OOO, rendering Kuroto unconscious after a taunt from Woz. 
===Aftermath===
A year later, Kuroto was presumably attacked by Hiryu Kakogawa and had his power of Another OOO taken from him offscreen, as by the start of episode 25, Hiryu can already assume the form of Another OOO. 
==Personality==
When Ex-Aid's history was erased as a result of the Time Jackers' meddling in 2016 and subsequently Another OOO's power six years prior, Kuroto's personality is the same as he was in the series, but has evolved into a power-hungry, ruthless tyrant. An example of this is declaring war against the world and turning anyone into Kuzu Yummies who are foolish enough to defy him. This display of abuse of power earned him the ire of both Sougo and Black Woz; the former desiring to be a benevolent ruler with the desire to protect anyone, while the prophet mocks him after being defeated by Sougo and sees Kuroto as a "fertilizer" for his future master's growth to become a demon king after being defeated.
==Powers and Abilities==
*Genius-Level Intellect: Kuroto has a formidable mind and is responsible for the creation of all but six Gashats (Mighty Brothers XX, Ju Ju Burger, Maximum Mighty X, Toki Meki Crisis, a second copy of Bakusou Bike, and Taddle Legacy). He has shown an ability to quickly adjust to new situations and predict the actions of other riders almost perfectly, allowing him to almost completely mastermind both Bugster outbreaks.
*Bicycle Proficiency: He is extremely skilled in bicycling, which allows him to effectively use his Sports Gamer bicycle as both a weapon and a transport to defeat a large group of Gamma Commandos and Superiors, as well as Brave and Snipe.
*Close Combat Skills: He has proven himself to be a formidable combatant.
*Quick Retreat: Through unknown means, after he recovered his Shakariki Sports Gashat, he faded into thin air. This is also shown when he decided to save Aranbura and the Collabos Bugsters. He is also able to do so in his civilian form, escaping after he just revealed his true identity as Genm.
===Weaknesses===
*OOO Ridewatch: Kuroto as Another OOO can only be destroyed using the power of his Kamen Rider counterpart.
==Another OOO==
Another OOO
*Height: 194.0 cm.
*Weight: 86 kg.
*Creator: Heure
*Year of Origin: 2010.
*Position of year: Back.
*Name and position: "OOO"; chest.
 is the form taken by Kuruto Dan in the timeline altered by the actions of the Time Jackers. By receiving the OOO Another Watch, he gains the power of Kamen Rider OOO.
::Powers and Abilities
*Animal Abilities: Like the Kamen Rider he is based on, he has the powers of a hawk, tiger and grasshopper, including large tiger claws that he uses as weapons.
*Cell Medal Reproduction: In the similar vein to Greeed, Another OOO also can produce cell medals which can be used to create monsters that resemble Kuzu Yummies, but with higher durability than the originals.https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/zi-o/enemy/another_ooo/ Kuroto's Yummies are actually described in the official site as "屑ヤミーに似た怪人" or kaijin that resemble Kuzu Yummies, rather than actual Kuzu Yummies. Like actual Kuzu Yummies, they can exist by themselves or with a human host and follow their creator's will.
Appearances: Zi-O Episodes 9-10
==Equipment==
===Devices===
*Anotherwatch - Transformation trinket
==Relationships==
*Dan Foundation:
**Hina Izumi: Hina was one of Dan Foundation workers under Dan Kuroto. Hina was ordered to make Kuroto’s new royal garment, but she outwardly refuses. Impressed by her tenacity, Kuroto considers to make Hina his Queen, but once again she refuses. Kuroto then was about to kill Hina due to her being rebellious to him if Sougo didn't interfere. In the end, Kuroto decides to imprison Hina.
**Sougo Tokiwa: Sougo exhibits a fanatical-like admiration upon meeting King Dan Kuroto for the first time since he never met a still-existing King before. Sougo then decides to gain Kuroto's trust by defeating Geiz, which he succeeded. Kuroto then appoints Sougo as his Royal Guard. However, all of this was a ruse from Sougo in order to accomplish his own ambition of being a King. After learning what is vital for being a benevolent ruler by Eiji Hino, Sougo declares that there is only one King allowed in this era and that Kuroto is not fit to be a King before soundly defeating Kuroto as Zi-O OOO Armor.
==Behind The Scenes==
===Portrayal===
Kuroto Dan is portrayed by . As Another OOO, his suit actor is .
===Concept Art===
Another OOO was designed by .
==Notes==
*Kuroto Dan was the recent Ex-Aid alumni following Emu Hojo and Hiiro Kagami who appears in Kamen Rider Zi-O. He is the first of many previous Kamen Riders and alumni to become an Another Rider by a Time Jacker.
*Kuroto Dan as Another OOO serves as an antithesis to Eiji Hino as Kamen Rider OOO. While Eiji is a selfless individual who would give up his own desires to lend a hand out to others, Kuroto is a power-hungry tyrant with a god complex and boasts his status as a king and only fight for his own selfish ends.
**Kuroto Dan assuming a royal identity along with him being Another OOO brings to mind the original OOO, a greedy tyrant who uses the power of the Cell Medals for his own desires.
**Another OOO bleeds Cell Medals upon injury, a nod to the Greeed and their Yummies.
**Although hosts of Another Riders are known for being foils of their respective Kamen Riders, Kuroto nonetheless possesses similar traits to Eiji Hino:
***Eiji and Kuroto were the sons of rich individuals and ended up having poor relationships with their fathers. Eiji's father is a politician who used Eiji's trauma of being held hostage for political gain, while Masamune as the then-president of Genm Corp. cared only for the business of his company by controlling Kuroto's games.
***Eiji and Kuroto both lost someone important in their past that they remained guilty towards. For Eiji, it was a African girl named Ruu who he failed to save in the crossfire during a war. For Kuroto, it was his mother, Sakurako Dan, a perished victim of the Bugster Virus that he unleashed.
***Eiji and Kuroto had an experience of losing their humanity and becoming a monster (Eiji Greeed and Bugster Virus) of their respective series.
***OOO and Genm had forms with the ability to create multiple clones (OOO Gatakiriba Combo and Genm Zombie Gamer) and counters an opponent who has time manipulation capability (Super Tatoba Combo and God Maximum Gamer).
***OOO Tatoba Combo and Genm Zombie Action Gamer shares the same pre-combat stance where their right hand reaches forward whereas the left hand bends backward.
*As King Kuroto Dan, his wardrobe is inspired by Oda Nobunaga.
**Crossovers involving Kamen Rider OOO featured characters based on Nobunaga, like the homunculus depiction of Nobunaga in Movie War Core and the Sengoku Era World iteration of Nobunaga in The Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle.
*As Another OOO, the year number of his creation has is misconstrued. While Geiz Myokoin and Tsukuyomi initally believed Another OOO to be created in the year 2016, it turns out that the Another Rider was actually created from year 2010, in which Heure made a contract to Kuroto six years before he would become Kamen Rider Genm in 2016.
==Appearances==
* Kamen Rider Zi-O
**Episode 8: Beauty & Beast 2012
**Episode 9: Genm Master 2016
***Episode 9.5: The King, God, and the Adult
**Episode 10: Hawk, Tiger, and Grasshopper 2010
==See also==
*Eiji Hino - Original Kamen Rider OOO.
*OOOArmor - The result of using the OOO Ridewatch.
*Hiryu Kakogawa - Second user of the another OOO powers in Kamen Rider Zi-O. 
*Unnamed Student - Third user of the another OOO powers in Kamen Rider Zi-O.
==References==
==External links==
*Kamen Rider Zukan page on Kuroto Dan (Zi-O).
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