Kamen Rider Blade

, is a Japanese tokusatsu drama and the 18th installment of the Kamen Rider Series. Debuting as the 5th entry of the Heisei Era, the show premiered on January 25, 2004 alongside on TV Asahi's Super Hero Time block, and finished its 49-episode run on January 23, 2005.
The show is the final series to run on 60 fps. Along with the standard insect motif of the Kamen Rider series, Kamen Rider Blade also uses a playing card motif, with each rider being assigned a suit from a deck of cards. The series catchphrases are: and .
The average rating of the series was 7.9%.http://www10.atwiki.jp/shichouseiko/pages/91.html
==Story==
Ten thousand years ago, a massive battle royal known as the Battle Fight was fought by fifty-two demons known as the Undead, each representing a species fighting for dominance over all others. The winner was the Human Undead, known as Category Two of Hearts, giving dominion of the Earth to humanity. In the present day, archaeologists discover the sealed Undead, and accidentally set them free. Thus, a new Battle Fight begins.
Having developed the Rider System, based on the Joker's ability to copy sealed Undead, the organization BOARD (Board Of Archaeological Research Department) equips two young men, who become Kamen Riders: Kazuma Kenzaki and Sakuya Tachibana fight together as Kamen Rider Blade and Kamen Rider Garren to protect humans from Undead and seal them. Also fighting Undead is the mysterious Chalice, a Kamen Rider whose purpose is unknown. In addition, a young man struggles to free himself from the control of the sealed Undead powering his own Undead-made Rider System, fighting as Kamen Rider Leangle.
==Characters==
===Kamen Riders===
====TV Show====
Kamen Rider Blade 	Kazuma Kenzaki
Kamen Rider Garren 	Sakuya Tachibana
Kamen Rider Chalice	Hajime Aikawa
Kamen Rider Leangle	Mutsuki Kamijo (Other users)
====Movie/Special-exclusive====
Kamen Rider Blade 	Kazuma Kenzaki
Kamen Rider Garren 	Sakuya Tachibana
Kamen Rider Chalice	Hajime Aikawa
Kamen Rider Leangle	Mutsuki Kamijo
Kamen Rider Glaive 	Junichi Shimura
Kamen Rider Larc 	Natsumi Miwa
Kamen Rider Lance 	Shin Magaki
====Novel-exclusive====
Kamen Rider Garren 	Tachihara
Kamen Rider Leangle	Satsuki
====Stageshow-exclusive====
Kamen Rider Ryuki 	Lion Knight
Kamen Rider Stronger	Devil Knight
Kamen Rider 1 	Bird Knight
Kamen Rider V3 	Bull Knight
Kamen Rider Killer 	Dr. Kira
Trial Blade 	Trial Zero
Trial Garren 	Trial A
Trial Chalice 	Trial B
Trial Leangle 	Trial C
Kamen Rider Leangle 	Albino Joker
===Debatable Riders===
====TV Show====
Taiyaki MasterUltimate Form	Ryo Mikami
Fake Blade 	Titan Undead
Fake Garren 	Titan Undead
Fake Leangle 	Titan Undead
====Other media====
Fake Blade 	Chameleon Undead, Trial E
Another Blade	TBA
===Shirai Residences===
*Shiori Hirose
*Kotaro Shirai
===Jacaranda Cafe===
*Haruka Kurihara
*Amane Kurihara
===BOARD===
*Kei Karasuma
*Yoshito Hirose
===Other===
*Nozomi Yamanaka
*Sayoko Fukasawa
*Jin Ichinose
*Rei Kaimioka
*Tatsuya Yamaguchi
*Michi
*Umi Ikuhara
===Undead===
====Category Ace====
*Beetle Undead
*Spider Undead
*Mantis Undead
*Kerberos
====Royal Clubs====
=====Spade=====
Eagle Undead 	Takahara
Capricorn Undead	Yazawa
Caucasus Undead 	King
=====Diamond=====
Peacock Undead	Isaka
Serpent Undead	Azumi
Giraffa Undead	Kanai
=====Clover=====
Elephant Undead 	Daichi
Tiger Undead 	Hikaru Jo
Tarantula Undead	Noboru Shima
=====Heart=====
Wolf Undead 	Shinmei
Orchid Undead	Miyuki Yoshinaga
====Jokers====
Joker Undead	Hajime Aikawa
Albino Joker	Junichi Shimura
====Category 2-10====
=====Spade=====
*Locust Undead
*Deer Undead
*Trilobite Undead
*Jaguar Undead
*Lion Undead
*Boar Undead
*Buffalo Undead
*Scarab Undead
*Lizard Undead
=====Diamond=====
*Bat Undead
*Zebra Undead
*Pecker Undead
*Tortoise Undead
=====Clover=====
*Mole Undead
*Jellyfish Undead
*Squid Undead
=====Heart=====
*Plant Undead
*Moth Undead
*Centipede Undead
*Dragonfly Undead
*Shell Undead
*Human Undead
====Trial Series====
*Trial B / Yoshito Hirose
*Trial D
*Trial E
*Trial F
*Trial G
====Others====
Titan 	Titan Undead
Kerberos II	Hiroshi Tennoji
==Episodes==
==Other media==
===Manga===
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===S.I.C. Hero Saga===
#Day After Tomorrow
===Novels===
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==Cast==
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*Haruka Kurihara: 
*Amane Kurihara: 
*Nozomi Yamanaka: 
*Kei Karasuma: 
*Sayoko Fukasawa: 
*Go Kiryu: 
*Yoshito Hirose: 
*Hiroshi Tennōji: 
*Isaka: 
*Miyuki Yoshinaga: 
*Yazawa: 
*Takahara: 
*Daichi: 
*Noboru Shima: 
*Shinmei: 
*Azumi: 
*King: 
*Hikaru Jo: 
*Kanai: 
*Voice of Rouzer: 
*Voice of King Rouzer: 
*Narrator: 
===Suit Actors===
*Kamen Rider Blade: 
*Kamen Rider Chalice, Joker Undead: 
*Kamen Rider Garren: 
*Kamen Rider Leangle, Jaguar Undead: 
*Peacock Undead, Dragonfly Undead, Undead: 
*Zebra Undead, Kamen Rider Leangle (sub): 
*Trial Series: 
==Songs==
;Opening themes
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*"Round ZERO~BLADE BRAVE "
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: Katsuya Yoshida
**Arrangement: Akio Kondō
**Artist: Nanase Aikawa
**Episodes: 1-30
*"ELEMENTS"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: Miki Fushisue
**Arrangement: RIDER CHIPS & Cher Watanabe
**Artist: RIDER CHIPS featuring Ricky
**Episodes: 31-48
:: After his performance in "ELEMENTS," Ricky was made into RIDER CHIPS' permanent vocalist.
;Insert themes
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**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: Cher Watanabe
**Arrangement: Akio Kondō
**Artist: Ricky
**Episodes: 2-11, 13-23
*"Rebirth"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: Yukari Aono
**Arrangement: Cher Watanabe
**Artist: Sakuya Tachibana (Kousei Amano)
**Episodes: 23-28, 30, 47
*"Take it A Try"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition & Arrangement: Cher Watanabe
**Artist: Hajime Aikawa (Ryoji Morimoto)
**Episodes: 31, 32, 34, 36, 37, 40, 44
*"Wanna Be Strong
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition & Arrangement: Youichi Honda
**Artist:Takayuki Tsubaki (Kazuma Kenzaki)
*"Be FREE!"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition &Arrangement: Katsuya Yoshida
**Artist: Terunosuke Takezai (Kotaro Shirai)
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**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: Naomi Miyakawa
**Arrangement: Cher Watanabe
**Artist: Yumi Egawa (Shiori Hirose)
*"Shout It Out"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition & Arrangement: Katsuya Yoshida
**Artist: Takayuki Tsubaki (Kazuma Kenzaki) & Terunosuke Takezai (Kotaro Shirai)
*"Hero"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition & Arrangement: Morihiro Suzuki
**Artist: Takahiro Hojo (Mutsuki Kamijo)
*"Someday Somewhere"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: Yuki Aono
**Arrangement: Cher Watanabe
**Artist: Tomoaki Takehara
*"Never Too Late"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: Kazutoyo Satou
**Arrangement: Cher Watabe
**Artist: Kyouya Asada
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**Lyrics: Ricky
**Composition: Yoshio Nomura
**Artist: Rider CHIPS
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**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition & Arrangement: Shu Furusawa
**Artist: Shinichi Ishihara
==Video game==
A video game based on the series was produced by Bandai for the PlayStation 2. It is a fighting game that featured many of the characters from the TV series. It was released only in Japan near the end of the TV series on December 9, 2004.
==International broadcasts==
*From 2007 to 2008, the series was dubbed in English and aired in Singapore on Mediacorp Kids Central as Masked Rider Blade.
==Notes==
*This installment celebrates the 5th anniversary of the Heisei Rider Series.
*This series is the second series that has 2 opening songs since Kamen Rider (Skyrider).
==External links==
* at 
*Kamen Rider Blade at Japanese Wikipedia
*Official TV Asahi Kamen Rider Blade website 
*Kamen Rider Blade on DVD
*Kamen Rider Blade for the PlayStation 2
*Official website at Kamen-Rider-Official
Category:Kamen Rider Series
Category:Heisei era