Minato

is a teacher at Furasu High School and the Alchemist Academy. He would later transform into the fourth .
==History==
===Background===
Ten years ago, Minato was a student of the Alchemist Academy where he was acquainted with Daiki Suzuya and Kyoka Edami. He also had an amicable relationship with Glion, a high-ranking member of the academy.
However, Glion decided to betray the Alchemist Academy to pursue his dark ambition, which is to open the Door of Darkness. Minato was warned by Suzuya about his betrayal, thanks to Fuga Kudo informing the latter during an assault from the Three Dark Sisters and various Malgams. Glion at first acted innocent and said that the real traitor was Fuga instead, asking Minato to believe him. However, Minato chose to side with his junior and ended up using his alchemy to restraint Glion, but this act proved to be Minato's undoing.
Angered by Minato, Glion drops his innocent facade and taught him a harsh lesson by killing Suzuya using his alchemy. He then hypnotized all nearby Alchemist Academy members to kill each other, while cruelly reminding Minato that this outcome is all his fault for using alchemy against him. As a sadistic joke, Glion also purposely decided to not erase his memory for this event, which left a long lasting trauma on the young Minato. Even in the present day, he still holds himself responsible on the death of Suzuya and many more.
==Personality==
In his guise as Furasu High School’s History Teacher, Minato presented himself as a laid-back and somehow unserious teacher to his students. 
However, as the current instructor of Alchemist Academy, Minato is a stern and no nonsense teacher who highly upholds the rules of said Academy, and as such hardly tolerates anything that could disrupt the balance of the world. He can also be rather ruthless at times, as shown when he erased the memory of Boruto Namarizaki, not caring about the latter’s heritage or presumed status. This ruthlessness of him also manifests once he became the fourth user of the Dreadriver, as shown when he intimidated the Alchemist Academy students to give up their Ride Chemy Cards and Alchemist Rings. He even defeated Supana easily, confiscating the latter's Ride Chemy Cards to make him unable to transform into Valvarad with his Valvarusher ever again.
Despite his upbringing, Minato shares the same mindset with Houtaro about the future possibilities of Chemies in general. That being said, he didn't let Houtaro go unpunished whenever he breaks the rules. Additionally, he does harbor fear towards the destructive possibilities of Chemies as Malgams.
It's later revealed that Minato deeply cares about his comrades, even when he was fighting Houtaro and his friends/former students as Dread. His failure to save Suzuya and various Alchemist Academy members from Glion left a long lasting trauma on his psyche, which drove him to side with the evil mastermind and the Three Dark Sisters. Despite this, he has secretly decided to fight Glion alone, while attempting to spare Houtaro and his friends/former students from suffering the same fate Suzuya and many others met. 
==Kamen Rider Dread==
==Equipment==
===Devices===
*Dreadriver - Main transformation device.
*Replichemy Cards - Transformation trinkets.
*Alchemist Ring - Special ring given by Alchemist Academy.
*Chemy Riser - Chemy summoning and capturing device.
*Draw Holder - Dread's card holder for Replichemy Cards
===Weapons===
*Bloody AB - Dread's sword weapon. It can be transmuted from his body by sacrificing the Repli-Apparebushido Repli Chemy Card in the Dreadriver.
*Bloody UC - Dread Type One's fleuret weapon.
*Unnamed Sword
===Vehicles===
to be added
==Relationships==
===Friends & Allies===
*Houtaro Ichinose/Kamen Rider Gotchard: His student in both Furasu High School and Alchemist Academy. Minato cares deeply about Houtaro due to being reminded of his old friend, Suzuya.
*Rinne Kudo/Kamen Rider Majade: His student in both Furasu High School and Alchemist Academy.
*Ryo Kajiki: His student in Furasu High School.
*Renge Icho: His student in Alchemist Academy.
*Sabimaru Tsuruhara/Kamen Rider Dread (I): His student in Alchemist Academy.
*Supana Kurogane/(Kamen Rider) Valvarad: His junior in Alchemist Academy.
*Ho-Oh Kaguya Quartz/Kamen Rider Legend: to be added
*Fuga Kudo/Kamen Rider Wind: One of his teachers in Alchemist Academy.
*Lachesis/Kamen Rider Dread (II): One of Minato's allies when he is working with Glion. They still remain as allies after Lachesis defected and he returned to the heroes' side.
===Enemies===
*Glion/Kamen Rider Dread (VI): Minato and Glion have an odd relationship in the past. When Glion had infiltrated the academy in Minato's section, Minato seemingly made a deal to be his aide and becomes the fourth Kamen Rider Dread. It is later revealed that Glion was one of Minato's teachers in Alchemist Academy, who is vengeful towards Minato for not taking his side in the past.
*Three Dark Sisters 
**Atropos/Kamen Rider Dread (V): to be added
**Clotho/Kamen Rider Dread (III): to be added
===Others=== 
*Licht Kugimiya: to be added
*Kamen Rider Gotchard Daybreak: to be added
* Tsumuri: to be added
===Legend Riders===
*Ace Ukyo/Kamen Rider Geats: to be added
*Keiwa Sakurai/Kamen Rider Tycoon: to be added
*Neon Kurama/Kamen Rider Na-Go: to be added
*Michinaga Azuma/Kamen Rider Buffa: to be added
==Behind the Scenes ==
===Portrayal===
Minato is portrayed by . As Kamen Rider Dread, his suit actor is ..
===Etymology===
==Notes== 
*Kumaki based his performance off Kakashi Hatake from Naruto.https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20230901-2762773/
==Appearances==
==External Links==
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