Chiharu Kazami

, simply known as , was a supporting antagonist of the movie, Kamen Rider The Next. She was unknowingly a successful candidate for Shocker cyborgs until she died. She was revived as a ghostly figure that curses anyone that listens to her last song which supposedly was sung by her had not her rivals participated in her demise.
==History==
Chiharu was Shiro Kazami's younger sister. a who was exposed to the nanobots the day her brother became V3. Because she left before Shocker quarantined the ExaStream building, Chiharu was unaware of being infected until it was too late as her rivals pushed her down some stairs into a live electric circuit, severely disfiguring her face. Unable to cope with it, Chiharu attempted suicide after leaving a note to have her wristwatch sent to her brother. However, Tristar Promotions refused to make her death public, and used the very girls responsible for Chiharu's disfigurement to stand in for her as they released her final song, "Platinum Smile". In order to cover up Chiharu's death, the executives at Tristar Promotions disposed of her body in the city sewers, where the "Nano-bots" in Chiharu's body malfunctioned as they revived her into a sub-human monstrosity.
Wishing to hide their "mistake", Shocker placed Chiharu in a secret base, where she remained immobile. Now filled with despair, Chiharu somehow created a ghostly persona of herself to murder all those who had wronged her as an idol, as well as any who listen to the song she made, "Platinum Smile". 
Yet, still retaining some sense of her former self, Chiharu sent a psychic message to Shiro through the watch he kept as her keepsake, pleading him to stop Shocker's plans of remodeling all of Japan citizens. In the end, Shiro faces Chiharu in Shocker's lair and tearfully ends her life, putting Chiharu to rest. However, the curse of "Platinum Smile" somehow remained active, Chiharu's hate-filled ghost still embarking on a bizarre murder spree. 
==Behind the scenes==
===Portrayal===
In Kamen Rider The Next, Chiharu was portrayed by . Riyu Kosaka provides the singing voice for Erika Mori, when she performs the Platinum Smile song.
==Notes==
*Throughout the film, it is unclear how Chiharu was mentally unaffected by Shocker's nanotechnology prior to to her disfigurement, nor exactly how said technology is involved with the "curse" of Platinum Smile, assuming that the two have any connection in the first place.
==See also==
*Yukiko Kazami, the younger sister of Shiro Kazami in the original Kamen Rider V3
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