Kamen Rider Faiz

or SB-555 Faiz (SB standing for Smart Brain) is the main protagonist of Kamen Rider 555. Its gear is the first of the Rider Gears seen in the series. Its motif is the Greek letter .
Kamen Rider Faiz may refer to any the following characters. The Faiz Gear mostly cannot be used by anyone that is not an Orphnoch.
Takumi Inui.png| Takumi Inui
Mari Sonoda.png| Mari Sonoda
Yuji Kiba.png| Yuji Kiba
Akai.png| Akai
Naoya Kaido.png| Naoya Kaido
Itsuro Takuma.png| Itsuro Takuma
Masato Kusaka.png| Masato Kusaka
Takumi Ogami.png| Takumi OgamiKamen Rider Faiz (DCD)
No Image Available.png| Yusuke
Bujin Rider Faiz.jpg| Kamen Rider Bujin Faiz
ShockerLeader2015.png| Great Leader of Shocker
No Image Available.png| Smart Brain Member
Kanade Amou.png| Kanade Amou
==Faiz Gear==
The was the second set of Kamen Rider Gear developed by the Smart Brain Corporation to protect the Orphnoch King. The Faiz Gear had less power than the original Delta Gear, but had a much greater functionality. Like most of the Rider Gears that Smart Brain developed, the Faiz Gear can only be worn by Orphnochs or humans implanted with Orphnoch DNA.
Transforming into Kamen Rider Faiz burns Orphnoch DNA, so humans who have been implanted with this DNA will quickly run out and no longer be able to use the Faiz Gear. Humans with insufficient DNA are rejected by the Faiz Gear with the word 'error'. Orphnochs may use the Faiz Gear more often (in their human form only), but their DNA breaks down with continued use.
==Users==
===Original Series===
* Takumi Inui (Wolf Orphnoch)
* Yuji Kiba (Horse Orphnoch)
* Akai (Cactus Orphnoch)
* Naoya Kaido (Snake Orphnoch)
* Itsuro Takuma (Centipede Orphnoch)
* Masato Kusaka
In the original Kamen Rider 555 series, its first known, and primary wearer is Takumi Inui.
The Faiz Gear was stolen and utilized (all on different occasions) by Akai, Naoya Kaido, and Takuma Itsurou. Masato Kusaka used the gear once to trick Kiba and Takumi into thinking they betrayed each other.
During the short time Takumi was going through a crisis, Kiba temporarily used the Gear until he returned. By the end of the series, the Gear was still intact.
===Kamen Rider Decade===
*Takumi Ogami
In an alternate version of reality where Kamen Rider 555 takes place that appeared in Kamen Rider Decade, the Faiz Gear is only shown to be used by Takumi Ogami himself.
===D-Video Special: Kamen Rider 4===
*Great Leader of Shocker
In an alternate timeline created by Shocker, the Great Leader of Shocker gains a physical appearance similar to Takumi Inui and transforms into Faiz via the Legend Faiz Signal Bike.
==Forms==
==Equipment==
*SB-555B Faiz Driver - Faiz's transformation belt.
**SB-555P Faiz Phone - The control unit of the Faiz Gear.
***Faiz Mission Memory - A small metallic card key containing the information of the Faiz Armor.
*SB-555C Faiz Shot - Digital camera-shaped knuckle-duster.
*SB-555L Faiz Pointer - A laser pointer which enables to produce an energy drill deathblow.
*SB-555H Faiz Edge - A lightsaber-like sword that can be stored in Autovajin.
*SB-555W Faiz Axel - A stopwatch that enables to gain access to Axel Form once the Axel Mission Memory replaces the regular Mission Memory in the Faiz Phone.
**Axel Mission Memory - A small metallic card key containing the information of the Faiz Axel Armor.
*SB-555T Faiz Blaster - A large modern Trunk Trunkbox-shaped laser cannon/sword that enables to gain access to Blaster Form.
*SB-555A Faiz Sounder - Appearing only on the Hyper Battle video, this boom box can convert into two cannons that shoots Photon waves when the Faiz Mission Memory is inserted into it.
*SB-555V Auto Vajin - Faiz's motorcycle that can transform in a robot-like Battle Mode.
*SB-VX0 Jetsliger - A heavily-armed combat motorcycle.
==Legend Rider Devices==
==Derivations==
KRDCD-Decadefaiz.png| Kamen Rider Decade Faiz
File:Faiz Module.png| Kamen Rider Fourze Faiz Module
File:RyugenFaiz.png|Kamen Rider Ryugen Faiz Arms
KRGh-Ghostfaiz.png| Kamen Rider Ghost Faiz Damashii
File:Genm Faiz.jpg| Kamen Rider Genm Faiz Gamer Level 2
KRZiO-Geizfaiz.png| Kamen Rider Geiz Faiz Armor
KRZiO-Another Faiz.png| Another Faiz
KRRe-Reviptera.png| Kamen Rider Revi Ptera Genome
KRRe-Reviptera (Accelerator Off).png| Kamen Rider Revi Ptera Genome (no startup)
KRRe-Viceptera.png| Kamen Rider Vice Ptera Genome
KRRe-Revice Ptera.png| Revice Ptera Remix
KRRe-Reviquetzalcoatlus.png| Kamen Rider Revi Quetzalcoatlus Genome
KRRe-Vicequetzalcoatlus.png| Kamen Rider Vice Quetzalcoatlus Genome
KRGe-Geatsfaizupper (Concept Art).png| Kamen Rider Geats Faiz Form (Upper Half)
KRGe-Geatsfaizlower (Concept Art).png| Kamen Rider Geats Faiz Form (Lower Half)
KRGo-Gotchardexceedmighty.png| Kamen Rider Gotchard Exceedmighty
KRGo-Firegotchardexceedmighty.png| Kamen Rider Fire Gotchard Exceedmighty
KRGo-Gorgeousfaiz.png| Kamen Rider Gorgeous Faiz
KR555-Faiz Gear (Gungnir).png| Faiz Gear (Gungnir)
KR555-Kanade Amou Faiz Gear (Gungnir) Blaster Form.png| Faiz Gear (Gungnir) Blaster Form
==Notes==
*Although the name "Faiz" of Kamen Rider Faiz is from the Greek word/symbol Φ's (Phi's), the "Faiz" spelling is maybe a misspelling of the word "Fives". This is the same as "Kaixa" of Kamen Rider Kaixa which can be interpreted as "Kaizer/Kaiser" (in Japanese, Kaiser (カイザー) is pronounced as "Kaizā").
**Incidentally, Faiz means "victorious" in Arabic (فأز/fa'iz), which references to Faiz's victory over Smart Brain's Orphnoch plot by rending the Orphnoch King comatose.
*Despite being referred to as "FAIZ," other variations in his name include the following:
**Kamen Rider 555
**Kamen Rider Phi
**Kamen Rider Fives
**Kamen Rider Phi's
**Kamen Rider Φ's
***Usual spelling for the series entry is , with the Rider's being .
*Kamen Rider Faiz's suit design is often thought to be inspired by a firefly, however, it is actually modeled after a shark. In the Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders Super Spin-off net movies, Faiz's antennae resemble a shark's dorsal fin and the mouth plate incorporates triangular designs akin to shark teeth.Check! Faiz vs. Dry Taste Jaws!! According to Shin-ichiro Shirakura, early concepts of the show featured marine animal-themed Riders and Faiz has no firefly motif.https://twitter.com/cron204/status/1114578461841022977https://twitter.com/cron204/status/1114895777791266816?s=19
*The name of Faiz's Axel Form may refer to the "axle" (different spelling; "axel" is a figure skating move named after a person) that a vehicle's wheels spin on to move, or may be a mistaken Romanization of "accel(erate)", meaning to change speeds, usually to become faster. The latter makes sense because Axel Form's ability is a burst of super speed.
*Faiz holds a tie of the most known users with Drive and Delta at 9 users.
*Kamen Rider Faiz is the safest Gear compared to other Smart Brain Gears as it does not cause as many side effects as the other Gears.
*The Faiz Gear is the first "talking" transformation device within the franchise. This was probably due to the intended "phone" motif of the show, which will be referenced years later with Moshi Moshi Faiz, despite the talking belt having become a tradition already.
==References==
==External links==
* http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/555/004_555/index001.html
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