Kamen Rider W

is a Japanese tokusatsu drama in Toei Company's Kamen Rider Series. It is the eleventh series to debut in the Heisei Period and the twenty-fourth overall. The series premiered on September 6, 2009, joining in the Super Hero Time line-up after the finale of Kamen Rider Decade. After Shinkenger concluded on February 7, 2010, Kamen Rider W was joined on Super Hero Time by .
The series is described as the . The catchphrases for the series are and .
The average rating of the series was 7.95%.http://www10.atwiki.jp/shichouseiko/pages/195.html
The series received a sequel manga series titled Futo Tantei, which began serialization in 2017, while its anime adaptation Fuuto PI began airing in August 2022. Said series also received a stage-play adaptation titled Fuuto PI: The STAGE, which was performed from December 2022 to January 2023. 
==Story==
In the ecologically-minded city of , where nearly everything is powered by windmills, the people live in harmony. However, the Sonozaki Family sell mysterious devices resembling called Gaia Memories to criminals and other interested parties who use them to become monsters called Dopants, committing crimes with the police force powerless to stop them. To make matters worse, the Gaia Memories carry a dangerous toxin that cause their users to go insane to the point where they could die from the life-threatening devices. After the death of his boss, the self-proclaimed hard-boiled (actually half-boiled) detective Shotaro Hidari works with the mysterious Philip, who possesses the true Gaia Memory, to investigate crimes which involve Dopants. Using their own Gaia Memories, Shotaro and Philip use the Doubledriver belts to transform and combine into Kamen Rider Double to fight the Dopant menace and keep Futo safe. While joined in their fight by investigator Ryu Terui, who transforms into Kamen Rider Accel, the mystery of Philip's past, his relation to the Sonozaki Family, and their Museum organization are revealed.Telebikun August 2009
==Characters==
===Kamen Riders===
====TV Show====
Kamen Rider Double	Philip & Shotaro Hidari (Other users)
Kamen Rider Accel 	Ryu Terui
Kamen Rider Joker 	Shotaro Hidari
Kamen Rider Skull 	Sokichi Narumi
====Movie-exclusive====
Kamen Rider Skull 	Sokichi Narumi (A.R. World)
Kamen Rider Eternal	Jun Kazu ► Katsumi Daido
====Stageshow-exclusive====
Kamen Rider Double	Shotaro Hidari
====Novel-exclusive====
Kamen Rider Cyclone	Philip
====S.I.C. Hero Saga-exclusive====
Kamen Rider Double	Philip & Shotaro Ishinomori
===Debatable Riders===
Fake Skull 	Roberto Shijima
Fake Double	Fake Double ► Philip
===Allies===
====Narumi Detective Office====
*Akiko Narumi
*Seiichiro Matsui
====Futo Irregulars====
*Santachan
*Watcherman
*Queen & Elizabeth
*Isamu Bito
*Stone
====Futo PD====
*Mikio Jinno
*Shun Makura
====Others====
*Shroud
*Fumen Master
*Melissa
*Kozo Yaguchi
*Aoi Katsuragi
*Mina
*George Karizaki
*Genpachiro Otta
*Naoya Kaido
====Kamen Riders====
Kamen Rider Decade 	Tsukasa Kadoya
Kamen Rider Diend 	Daiki Kaito
Kamen Rider Kuuga 	Yusuke Onodera
Kamen Rider Kiva-la 	Natsumi Hikari
Kamen Rider OOO 	Eiji Hino
Kamen Rider Birth 	Shintaro Goto
Kamen Rider Fourze 	Gentaro Kisaragi
Kamen Rider Nadeshiko 	Nadeshiko Misaki
Kamen Rider Meteor 	Ryusei Sakuta
Kamen Rider Gridon 	Hideyasu Jonouchi
Kamen Rider Bravo 	Oren Pierre Alfonzo
Kamen Rider Drive 	Shinnosuke Tomari
Kamen Rider Mach 	Go Shijima
Kamen Rider Poppy 	Poppy Pipopapo
Kamen Rider Kanon Specter	Kanon Fukami
Kamen Rider Zi-O 	Sougo Tokiwa
Kamen Rider Geiz 	Geiz Myokoin
Kamen Rider Tsukuyomi 	Tsukuyomi
Kamen Rider Zero-Two 	Is
Kamen Rider Sabela 	Reika Shindai
Kamen Rider Revi 	Ikki Igarashi
Kamen Rider Vice 	Vice
Kamen Rider Demons 	Hiromi Kadota
Kamen Rider Jeanne 	Sakura Igarashi
Kamen Rider Aguilera 	Hana Natsuki
===Villains===
====Museum====
*Sonozaki Family
Terror Dopant 	Ryubei Sonozaki
Taboo Dopant 	Saeko Sonozaki
Claydoll Dopant	Wakana Sonozaki
Nasca Dopant 	Kirihiko Sudo (Sonozaki) ► Saeko Sonozaki
Smilodon Dopant	Mick
*Dopants
**Magma Dopant
**T-Rex Dopant
**Money Dopant
**Anomalocaris Dopant
**Cockroach Dopant
**Sweets Dopant
**Virus Dopant
**Violence Dopant
**Masquerade Dopants
**Arms Dopant
**Bird Dopant
**Iceage Dopant
**Triceratops Dopant
**Liar Dopant
**Puppeteer Dopant
**Invisible Dopant
**Nightmare Dopant
**Beast Dopant
**Zone Dopant
**Yesterday Dopant
**Quetzalcoatlus Dopant
**Hopper Dopant
**Gene Dopant
**Jewel Dopant
**Old Dopant
**Energy Dopant
**Oyakodon Dopant
====Foundation X====
Utopia Dopant	Jun Kazu
Eyes Dopant 	Doctor Prospect
*Tabata
*Neon Ulsland
*Lloyd
*Shion
*Kiima
*Lem Kannagi
*Katal
Unicorn Zodiarts	Solaris
====NEVER====
Cyclone Dopant	Maria S. Cranberry
Heat Dopant 	Reika Hanehara
Luna Dopant 	Kyosui Izumi
Metal Dopant 	Gozo Domoto
Trigger Dopant	Ken Ashiwara
====Others====
Weather Dopant 	Shinkuro Isaka, Shinkuro Isaka (A.R. World)
Dummy Dopant 	Roberto Shijima
Spider Dopant 	Seiichiro Matsui
Bat Dopant 	Eren Komori
Commander Dopant	Hiroshi Sagami
Kamen Rider Core	Kamen Rider Core
Beast Dopant 	Roidmude 077
==Episodes==
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===Games===
The following video games feature characters from W.
*Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes W
*Lost Heroes
*Kamen Rider: Battride War
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*Kamen Rider Double, Kamen Rider Joker: 
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*Terror Dopant: 
*Taboo Dopant, Shroud: 
*Weather Dopant, Kamen Rider Double (Sub): 
*Claydoll Dopant, Claydoll Xtreme, Virus Dopant, Jewel Dopant, Hopper Dopant, Other Dopants: 
*Nasca Dopant, Weather Dopant (Sub), Utopia Dopant, R Nasca Dopant, Other Dopants: 
*Smilodon Dopant, Utopia Dopant (Sub), Sweets Dopant, Other Dopants: 
*Bird Dopant, Liar Dopant, Puppeteer Dopant: 
==Songs==
;Opening theme
*"W-B-X ~W-Boiled Extreme~"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: Shuhei Naruse
**Arrangement: TAKUYA, Shuhei Naruse
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**Episodes: 1-49
***Episodes 28 and 49 used the song as the ending theme as well.
;Ending themes
*"Cyclone Effect"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: AYANO (of FULL AHEAD)
**Arrangement: Labor Day
**Artist: Labor Day
**Episodes: 3-6, 9, 21, 23-25, 45
*"Free your Heat"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition & Arrangement: Ryo (of defspiral)
**Artist: Galveston 19
**Episodes: 10-11, 13, 19, 20-21
*"Finger on the Trigger"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi & Otoko Usagi
**Composition & Arrangement: Junichi "IGAO" Igarashi
**Artist: Florida Keys
**Episodes: 7-8, 14, 16, 18, 23, 30, 39
*"Naturally"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
**Artist: Wakana Sonozaki (Rin Asuka)
**Episodes: 13-14, 17
*"Leave all Behind"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: Ryo (of defspiral)
**Arrangement: Wilma-Sidr
**Artist: Wilma-Sidr
**Episodes: 22, 44
*"Love♡Wars"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
**Artist: Queen & Elizabeth (Tomomi Itano & Tomomi Kasai)
**Episodes: 23-24
*"Nobody's Perfect"
**Lyrics: Goro Matsui
**Composition: Sokichi Narumi (Koji Kikkawa)
**Arrangement: Hiroaki Sugawara
**Artist: Sokichi Narumi (Koji Kikkawa)
**Episodes: 32, 38, 41-42, Movie War Core
*"Extreme Dream"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: AYANO (of FULL AHEAD)
**Arrangement: Labor Day
**Artist: Labor Day
**Episodes: 46, 48
*"Cyclone Effect (acoustic edit.)"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: AYANO (of FULL AHEAD)
**Arrangement: Labor Day
**Artist: Labor Day
**Episodes: 48
***First heard in the background of episode 21.
During the events of episode 8, the song "Glorious Street (Eikō no Michi)" (Glorious street 〜栄光の道〜) by Florida Keys was played within the show by a character. During episodes 23 and 24, the character Jimmy Nakata performed an original song titled "Futo Tower" (風都タワー Fūto Tawā); this song was included as a bonus track on the standard DVD release version of the "Love♡Wars" single. During episode 23, Shotaro and Philip cover "Finger on the Trigger" in the Fuuuuuutic Idol contest. In addition to these songs, Head Wind One-Game Match!! DJs Tsuyoshi & Ayano (つよしとあやの Tsuyoshi to Ayano) have written and performed the song "WIND WAVE" as a theme song for the fictional radio station. This song, as well as "Glorious Street (Eikō no Michi)", and "Extreme Dream" will be included on the complete CD box set.
The bands that perform the series ending themes are also featured in the programs as being local bands in the fictional city of Futo: crossover rock band Labor Day's "Cyclone Effect", heavy metal/hard rock band Galveston 19's "Free Your Heat", and hip-hop group Florida Keys' "Finger on the Trigger". Each of these bands is named after a major early 20th century hurricane: the 1935 Labor Day hurricane, the 1900 Galveston hurricane, and the 1919 Florida Keys hurricane. The newest group, the visual kei band Wilma-Sidr, is named after Hurricane Wilma and Cyclone Sidr.
==International broadcasts==
*In 2013, the series was dubbed in English and aired in Singapore on Mediacorp Okto as Kamen Rider Double.
*An Indonesian dub premiered on RTV as Kamen Rider Double on July 12, 2021 https://twitter.com/langitrtv/status/1413702856893362176?s=21&t=F85VQyJzXga0kXOScpsdBA. The dub was made available on YouTube in the same year. The show received an English-style logo for the ads.
==Notes==
*This series acts as a reference to Shotaro Ishinomori's works and the original Kamen Rider.
**Shotaro Hidari's first name.
**Kamen Rider Double being the first green and black Main Rider since the Showa Era, colors used in most Showa Kamen Riders suit.
**Kamen Rider Skull referring to Skull Man.
*This is the first Japanese entry in the series to officially use the term "Kamen Rider" in romanized English. All previous series and Riders were referred to in official English materials as "Masked Rider".
*This is the first Kamen Rider Series to premiere in September.
==References==
==External links==
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*Kamen Rider W at Japanese Wikipedia
*Kamen Rider W at TV Asahi 
*Kamen Rider W at Toei TV
*Kamen Rider W at Avex
*Wind Wave official website
*Official website at Kamen-Rider-Official
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