Kamen Rider Gaim

is a Japanese tokusatsu drama in Toei Company's Kamen Rider Series, it is the fifteenth series in the Heisei period run and the twenty-eighth series overall. The series started on October 6, 2013 and joined joining in the Super Hero Time line-up three weeks after the finale of Kamen Rider Wizard. After Kyoryuger concluded on February 9, 2014, Kamen Rider Gaim was joined by .
The catchphrases for the series are and .
The average rating of the series was 5.2%.http://www10.atwiki.jp/shichouseiko/pages/549.html
==Production==
Gaim is the first series since Kabuto to have multiple Riders from the start, as recent series as kept to at most, two active Riders on screen. To differentiate from the previous series Wizard, several different design motifs such as fruits and heavy armor inspired by both Western and Chinese cultures were added. The orange was chosen to be Gaim's default form due to the fruit's popularity with children, and its color to differentiate from Wizard's red. 
Series writer Gen Urobuchi was asked to revisit the darker elements of past series, and introduced the idea of Beat Riders as a scapegoat to distract viewers from the themes shown in the show's latter half. Furthermore, the Forbidden Fruit drew inspiration from the fruit as written in the Old Testament of the Holy Bible. Urobuchi was also fascinated with the idea of Cross of Fire and ensured that both Kouta and Kaito would be the final contenders but still suffer from the consequences of eating the fruit regardless of the winner, while drawing elements from the Kamen Rider Black manga series.
==Story==
Because of the large company, Yggdrasill Corporation setting up shop in the once bustling city of ; the community started to become more like a . To escape the feeling of being under castle authority, dance crews were formed by young people to bring joy back to the public. Along with this is a popular game that uses the mysterious Lockseeds that contain mysterious monsters called Inves that are said to come from another dimension.
As the game becomes more popular, tears in reality begin to open that bring the Inves from their home dimension to Earth. Kouta Kazuraba, a young man who recently quit his dance crew Team Gaim (to help his sister Akira Kazuraba), finds a special Lockseed and the Sengoku Driver to become an Armored Rider, named Armored Rider Gaim. He must fight the sudden appearance of the Inves, but also against other the armored-Kamen Riders known as Armored Riders, effectively becoming a Sengoku period-like conflict for only one victor to prove themselves that they have the right to possess the power of the Helheim Forest, the proverbial forbidden fruit. But while adamant to obtain the Golden Fruit to save the world, Kouta's goal involves him having a predestined confrontation with Kaito who desires the fruit's power to shatter the status quo of the world.
==Characters==
===Kamen Riders===
====TV Show====
Kamen Rider Gaim 	Kouta Kazuraba (Other users)
Kamen Rider Baron 	Kaito Kumon (Other users)
Kamen Rider Ryugen 	Mitsuzane Kureshima (Other users)
Kamen Rider Zangetsu 	Takatora Kureshima (Other users)
Kamen Rider Gridon 	Hideyasu Jonouchi (Other users)
Kamen Rider Kurokage 	Ryoji Hase
Kamen Rider Bravo 	Oren Pierre Alfonzo
Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin	Takatora Kureshima ►◄ Mitsuzane Kureshima
Kamen Rider Duke 	Ryoma Sengoku
Kamen Rider Sigurd 	Lock Dealer Sid
Kamen Rider Marika 	Yoko Minato
Kamen Rider Knuckle 	Zack
Kamen Rider Mars 	Kohgane
Kamen Rider Kurokage Shin	Peko
Kamen Rider Jam 	Unnamed girl/Kohgane ► Kohgane
====Movie/Special-exclusive====
Kamen Rider Fifteen 	Ren Aoi
Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin	Takatora Kureshima
Kamen Rider Gridon 	Hideyasu Jonouchi , Takatora Kureshima
Kamen Rider Kurokage 	Ryoji Hase
Kamen Rider Bravo 	Oren Pierre Alfonzo
Kamen Rider Duke 	Ryoma Sengoku , Mecha Ryoma Sengoku
Kamen Rider Sigurd 	Lock Dealer Sid
Kamen Rider Marika 	Yoko Minato
Kamen Rider Knuckle 	Zack
Kamen Rider Kamuro 	Lapis
Kamen Rider Baron 	Mecha Kaito Kumon
Kamen Rider Idunn 	Touka Akatsuki
Kamen Rider Tyrant 	Alfred
Kamen Rider Saver 	Kugai Kudo
Kamen Rider Black Baron 	Shura
Kamen Rider Sylphi 	Masako Suzuka
=====Bujin Riders=====
Kamen Rider Bujin Gaim	Bujin Gaim
======Other Bujin Riders======
Kamen Rider Bujin Wizard	Bujin Wizard
Kamen Rider Bujin Fourze	Bujin Fourze
Kamen Rider Bujin OOO 	Bujin OOO
Kamen Rider Bujin Double	Bujin Double
Kamen Rider Bujin Decade	Bujin Decade
Kamen Rider Bujin Kiva 	Bujin Kiva
Kamen Rider Bujin Den-O 	Bujin Den-O
Kamen Rider Bujin Kabuto	Bujin Kabuto
Kamen Rider Bujin Hibiki	Bujin Hibiki
Kamen Rider Bujin Blade 	Bujin Blade
Kamen Rider Bujin Faiz 	Bujin Faiz
Kamen Rider Bujin Ryuki 	Bujin Ryuki
Kamen Rider Bujin Agito 	Bujin Agito
Kamen Rider Bujin Kuuga 	Bujin Kuuga
====Stageshow-exclusive====
Kamen Rider Fifteen 	Over Lord, Unidentified user
Armored Rider 	Yggdrasill member
Armored Rider 	Unidentified user
Kamen Rider Gaim 	Maja, General YoroiSpiritual Lifeform, Musa Paradisiaca
Kamen Rider Baron 	Musa Paradisiaca, Spiritual Lifeform
Kamen Rider Maja 	Maja
Kamen Rider Super Decade	Dai-Shocker Executive
Kamen Rider Zangetsu 	Masahito Shizumiya
Kamen Rider Proto Gaim 	Aym
Kamen Rider Proto Baron 	Glasya
Kamen Rider Proto Gridon	Foras
Kamen Rider Proto Bravo 	Yukimura Belial Granstein
Kamen Rider Proto Ryugen	Kagemasa Shizumiya
====Novel-exclusive====
Kamen Rider Duke 	Golden Fruit's copy
Kamen Rider Proto Gaim	Simon
====Manga-exclusive====
Ganbarider Break 	Naoya Renge
Kamen Rider Kaixa 	Iryuder
Kamen Rider KickHopper	Iryuder
Kamen Rider Skull 	Iryuder
Kamen Rider Caucasus 	Iryuder
Kamen Rider Fifteen 	Iryuder 37
Kamen Rider Mars 	Iryuder
Kamen Rider Wizard 	Iryuder
Kamen Rider Ibuki 	Iryuder
Ganbarider Lio 	Akito
====Game-exclusive====
Kamen Rider Bujin Gaim	Cinema
======Shadow Film Riders======
Shadow Gaim 	Shadow Gaim
Shadow Baron 	Shadow Baron
Shadow Ryugen 	Shadow Ryugen
Shadow Wizard 	Shadow Wizard
Shadow Beast 	Shadow Beast
Shadow Fourze 	Shadow Fourze
Shadow Meteor 	Shadow Meteor
Shadow OOO 	Shadow OOO
Shadow Birth 	Shadow Birth
Shadow Double 	Shadow Double
Shadow Accel 	Shadow Accel
Shadow Skull 	Shadow Skull
Shadow Eternal 	Shadow Eternal
Shadow Decade 	Shadow Decade
Shadow Diend 	Shadow Diend
Shadow Kiva 	Shadow Kiva
Shadow Ixa 	Shadow Ixa
Shadow Dark Kiva	Shadow Dark Kiva
Shadow Den-O 	Shadow Den-O
Shadow Zeronos 	Shadow Zeronos
Shadow New Den-O	Shadow New Den-O
Shadow Kabuto 	Shadow Kabuto
Shadow Hibiki 	Shadow Hibiki
Shadow Gatack 	Shadow Gatack
Shadow Ibuki 	Shadow Ibuki
Shadow Blade 	Shadow Blade
Shadow Garren 	Shadow Garren
Shadow Faiz 	Shadow Faiz
Shadow Kaixa 	Shadow Kaixa
Shadow Ryuki 	Shadow Ryuki
Shadow Knight 	Shadow Knight
Shadow Agito 	Shadow Agito
Shadow G3‑X 	Shadow G3-X
Shadow Kuuga 	Shadow Kuuga
===Debatable Riders===
====TV Show====
Kurokage Troopers 	Yggdrasil's special forces ► Hideyasu Jonouchi
Unmanned Suika Arms	Unmanned Suika Arms
Kikaider 	Jiro
Hakaider 	Ryoma Sengoku
====Other media====
Kurokage Troopers 	Neo Baron henchmen, Russian mafia, Golden Fruit's copy
Mecha Kurokage 	Megahex's copies
Fake Zangetsu Shin	Suspicious Younger Brother
Knuckle Troopers 	Knuckle Troopers
Shadow Moon 	Iryuder
Berry 	Berry
Dark Wizard 	Evil Philosopher's Stone
=====DARK=====
Gill Hakaider 	Gilbert Kanzaki
Red Hakaider 	Red Centipede
Blue Hakaider 	Blue Crocodile
Silver Hakaider	Silver Shrimp
Gattaider 	Gattaider
===Beat Riders===
*Team Gaim
**Yuya Sumii
**Mai Takatsukasa
**Chucky
**Rica
**Rat
*Team Baron
*Team Invitto
**Mei
*Team Raid Wild
*Team Red Hot
**Sonomura
*Team Soten
*Team Pop Up
*Team Spingere
*Team Boost
*Team Mouryou
===Yggdrasill Corporation===
*DJ Sagara
*Amagi Kureshima
===Torkia Republic===
*Team Orange Ride
**Paimon
**Gusion
*Team Baroque Red
**Berith
**Ose
*Team Green Dolls
*Kagiomi Shizumiya
===Allies===
*Akira Kazuraba
*Iyo
*Kiyojiro Bando
*Over Lord Queen
*Woman of the Beginning
*Aoi Family
**Shu Aoi
**Saki Aoi
*Warlords
**Ieyasu
**Nobunaga
**Hideyoshi
**Kiva Army Warlord
**Fourze Army Warlord
*Chacha
*Ranmaru
*Shapool
*George Karizaki
*All Riders (Heisei Riders & Showa Riders)
Kamen Rider 1 	Takeshi Hongo
Kamen Rider X 	Keisuke Jin
Kamen Rider ZX 	Ryo Murasame
Kamen Rider Another Agito	Kaoru Kino
Kamen Rider Faiz 	Takumi Inui
Kamen Rider Kaixa 	Masato Kusaka
Kamen Rider Blade 	Kazuma Kenzaki
Kamen Rider Decade 	Tsukasa Kadoya
Kamen Rider Double 	Philip & Shotaro Hidari
Kamen Rider Joker 	Shotaro Hidari
Kamen Rider Accel 	Ryu Terui
Kamen Rider OOO 	Eiji Hino
Kamen Rider Fourze 	Gentaro Kisaragi
Kamen Rider Wizard 	Haruto Soma
Kamen Rider Beast 	Kosuke Nitoh
Kamen Rider Drive 	Shinnosuke Tomari
Kamen Rider Ghost 	Takeru Tenkuji
Kamen Rider Ex‑Aid 	Emu Hojo
Kamen Rider Lazer 	Kiriya Kujo
Kamen Rider Genm 	Kuroto Dan
Kamen Rider Build 	Sento Kiryu
Kamen Rider Cross-Z 	Ryuga Banjo
Kamen Rider Zi-O 	Sougo Tokiwa
Kamen Rider Geiz 	Geiz Myokoin
===Super Sentai===
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Kyoryu Red	
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ToQ 1gou	
ToQ 2gou	
ToQ 3gou	
ToQ 4gou	
ToQ 5gou	
===Villains===
====Inves====
*Major Over Lord Inves
Demushu 	Demushu
Redyue 	Redyue
Rosyuo 	Rosyuo
Lord Baron	Kaito Kumon
*Minor Over Lord Inves
Dyudyuonshu	Dyudyuonshu
Grinsha 	Grinsha
Shinmugurun	Shinmugurun
Tyrant 	Alfred
*Elementary Inves
**Advanced Inves
***Byakko Inves
***Shika Inves
***Komori Inves
****Komori Inves (Mutant)
***Inoshishi Inves
***Seiryu Inves
***Kamikiri Inves
***Hekija Inves
***Lion Inves
***Yagi Inves
====Other====
*Utsubokazura Kaijin
*Grasshopper Monster
*Badan Empire
**Mogura-Roid
**Combat-Roids
*Mechanical Life Form
Megahex 	Megahex
ZZZ Megahex	Megahex
*Roidmudes
Heart Roidmude	Heart
Brain Roidmude	Brain
Mashin Chaser 	Chase
====Next Genome Institute====
Dr. Pac‑Man 	Michihiko Zaizen
Genomes 	Michihiko Zaizen
Robol Bugster	Soji Kuruse
Doral Bugster	Kazushige Ryuzaki
Giril Bugster	Ageha Takeda
====Stageshow-exclusive====
*Suspicious Elder Brother
==Episodes==
==Other media==
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===S.I.C. Hero Saga===
# World of OOO (オーズの世界 Ōzu no Sekai)
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===Games===
The following video games feature characters from Gaim.
#Kamen Rider Travelers Record
#Kamen Rider: Battride War II
#Charisou DX2 Galaxy
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===Suit Actors===
*Kamen Rider Gaim, Byakko Inves (episode 40): Hobby Japan, November 2013
*Kamen Rider Baron, Lord Baron, Hakaider, Kamen Rider Knuckle: 
*Kamen Rider Ryugen, Kamen Rider Knuckle, Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin (episodes 36-41), Demushu, Kamen Rider Gaim (final episodes), Byakko Inves (episode 1): 
*Kamen Rider Zangetsu, Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin, Kamen Rider Bravo, Redyue, Seiryu Inves (episode 18): Uchusen, Vol. 142Uchusen, Vol. 143
*Kamen Rider Gridon, Inves, Kamen Rider Gaim (episode 40), Kurokage Trooper (episode 47): Hobby Japan, December 2013
*Kamen Rider Bravo, Kamen Rider Kurokage, Rosyuo, Kamen Rider Mars: 
*Kamen Rider Duke, Kamen Rider Bravo (episode 17): 
*Kamen Rider Sigurd: 
*Kamen Rider Marika: 
*Kamen Rider Marika (sub), Kamen Rider Jam: 
*Kikaider: 
==Music==
;Opening Theme
*"JUST LIVE MORE"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: Shuhei Naruse
**Artist: Gaim no Kaze
;Insert Theme
*"E-X-A (Exciting × Attitude)"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: tatsuo
**Artist: Kamen Rider Girls
**Episodes 3, 5, 11
*"Toki no Hana"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: Naoki Maeda
**Arrangement: Shusei Naruse
**Artist: Kamen Rider Girls
**Episodes: 17, 21, 29
*"Never Surrender"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: Junichi "IGAO" Igarashi
**Artist: Yutaka Kobayashi (Kaito Kumon), Gaku Matsuda (Zack) & Saku Momose (Peko)
**Episodes: 8, 26
*"Rise Up Your Flag"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: tatsuo
**Artist: Gaku Sano (Kouta Kazaruba)
**Episodes: Toqger vs Kamen Rider Gaim (ending), 24, 28, 30
*"Ranbu Escalation"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: Shuhei Naruse
**Artist: Gaku Sano (Kouta Kazaruba) & Yutaka Kobayashi (Kaito Kumon)
**Episodes: 36-37, 39, 41, 45
*"Point Of No Return"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: Shuhei Naruse
**Artist:Mahiro Takasugi (Mitsuzane Kureshima)
;Movie Theme
*"TEPPEN STAR"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: JIN, Junchi, Shuhei Naruse
**Artist: Hitomi
**Movie: Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Gaim & Wizard: The Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle
*"YOUR SONG"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: Shuhei Naruse
**Artist: Gaim no Kaze
**Movie: Kamen Rider Gaim: Great Soccer Battle! Golden Fruits Cup!
*"Unperfected World"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: Ryo
**Artist: Yutaka Kobayashi (Kaito Kumon)
**Movie: Gaim Gaiden: Kamen Rider Baron
*"Lights of My Wish"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: Ryo
**Artist: Yuumi Shida (Mai Takatsukasa)
**Movie: Gaim Gaiden: Kamen Rider Zangetsu
*"Dance With Me"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi 
**Composition: ats-
**Artist: Yutaka Kobayashi (Kaito Kumon), Gaku Matsuda (Zack) & Saku Momose (Peko)
**Movie: Gaim Gaiden: Kamen Rider Knuckle
*"You are the HERO"
**Lyrics: TBA
**Composition: TBA
**Artist: SHOCK EYE from Shōnan no Kaze
**Movie: Gaim Gaiden: Kamen Rider Gridon VS Kamen Rider Bravo
==Release==
==Notes==
*Gaim was originally meant to premiere in September 2013, however it was delayed to October as head writer Gen Urobochi was unfamiliar with the toy schedules.https://tokusatsunetwork.com/2014/01/gen-urobuchi-why-kamen-rider-gaim-was-delayed/
*This is the first series to feature power-sets that are inter-changable between Riders in a manner much more freely than Kamen Rider Decade, as the Gaim Riders only need the Lockseed and appropriate Driver, if not already in their possession. This practice would later be similarly continued with series such as Kamen Rider Ghost and forward. 
*This installment celebrates the 15th anniversary of the Heisei Rider Series.
*This is the first Kamen Rider series since Kamen Rider Kiva whose title is not an English word nor based on an English word.
**Interestingly, to contrast Kiva's movie which have a net movie, they stopped the net movie trend since then.
*This is the first series to start a Legend Rider form trend, every series after Gaim would continue this trend (except Drive and Zero-One).
*This series is the first Heisei entry to not strictly follow the two-episode story arc structure that has been a staple of the Kamen Rider franchise since at least Kuuga.
*While the Gaim Riders' motif is fruit, it is not the first series to have a Rider with a fruit motif. The first one is Kamen Rider Den-O, with the peach-themed Sword Form, a motif later shared by Kamen Rider Marika. 
*With a total of 20 Riders plus the Kurokage Troopers, Gaim not only has more Riders than any Neo-Heisei series, but has beat Ryuki (which had a total of 13 Riders, along with the 2 Alternatives), Kabuto (which had 11 Riders, not counting ZECTroopers), and Hibiki (which had 19 Riders, more if you count the novel and S.I.C. saga), which makes Gaim the series with the most Riders seen on screen, with 21 Riders, before Gaim beat it out with 32 total on-screen Riders.
*Excluding stage show exclusive and A.R. World Riders and counting based on on-screen appearance, Gaim held the record for the most Riders to appear at 24, one more than Hibiki and 9 more than Ryuki before Gaim' 11 additional Riders totaling to 32.
*Gaim is the last season until Zi-O to only debut a single form (Orange Arms) for the main Rider in the first episode, all following premieres featuring at least one form change in addition to the main form (Drive had Type Speed and the Flare, Spike, and Shadow Tire Changes, Ghost had Ore and Musashi Damashii, Ex-Aid had Levels 1 and 2, and Build had RabbitTank and HarinezumiTank).
*In addition to Gen Urobuchi serving as head writer, several of his coworkers from the company nitro+ were involved in the production of the season. Although Gaim-related material does not officially bear the company’s name, nitro+ has acknowledged it as one of their coproductionshttps://youtu.be/wtWxboS_Tww in events such as convention panelshttps://youtu.be/wtWxboS_Tww?t=1480.
==References==
==External links==
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*Kamen Rider Gaim at Japanese Wikipedia
*Official website at TV Asahi
*Official website at Toei Company
*Official website at Kamen-Rider-Official
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