Kamen Rider Black

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==Summary==
Kotaro Minami (南 光太郎) is the main protagonist of both Kamen Rider Black and Kamen Rider Black RX. He was captured by Gorgom and remade into cyborgs and infused with Kingstone. Kotaro received the "Stone of the Sun" to become Century King Black Sun (世紀王ブラックサン). However, before the final brainwashing, Soichiro Akizuki interrupted the final stage of the process with Kotaro barely escaping. He then took the name of Kamen Rider Black (仮面ライダーBLACK) and vows vengeance against Gorgom.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At least | , higher with Rider Punch and Rider Kick | , higher with Rider Punch and Rider Kick | . with Rider Punch and Rider Kick | , higher with Rider Punch, Rider Kick and Satansaber
Key: Kotaro Minami | High Priests Arc (1-17) | Bilgenia Arc (18-35) | Shadow Moon Arc (36-47) | Post-Resurrection (48-51)
Name: Kotaro Minami, Kamen Rider Black, Century King Black Sun 
Origin: Kamen Rider Black 
Gender: Male 
Age: 19 
Classification: Kamen Rider, Gorgom Mutant, Century King 
Powers and Abilities:
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Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Transformation, Vehicular Mastery (Could quickly master Road Sector, while the world's greatest racers failed to), Martial Arts, Longevity (Gorgom Mutants can live for 50,000 yearsKamen Rider Black Episode 2 Monster Party), Statistics Amplification (Can increase the destructive power of his techniques with the KingstoneKamen Rider Black Zukan Profile), Acrobatics (Can jump up to 30 metersKamen Rider Black Zukan Profile), Energy Manipulation (His power stripes empowered by the Kingstone can release energy directly and escape from the bondage of enemiesKamen Rider Black Zukan Profile), Non-Standard Breathing (Type 1; His lungs store compressed air to allow underwater activity for 10 minutesKamen Rider Black Zukan Profile), Limited Acausality (Type 1; The future self of RX was unaffected by his past being reversed into Black, however, he would disappear if his past self ever diesKamen Rider: Run All Over the World), Enhanced Senses, Extrasensory Perception and Clairvoyance (Awareness, Hearing, Telescopic Vision, Night Vision, X-Ray Vision, Soul Vision, Neutral Vision; Multi-Eye has a telescope to see up to one kilometer ahead, broadsight for wide field of vision, noctovision to see through dark areas,Kamen Rider Black Zukan Profile and can perform clairvoyance and partial magnification functions.Kamen Rider Official Data File Alert Point detecs atmospheric changes and blinks when it senses the presence of enemies, being able to detect hidden foes. His sensitive ears can hear whispers from 500 meters away, while also catching normal speech and sound waves.Kamen Rider Black Zukan Profile Can sense bloodlust from his enemies.Kamen Rider Black Episode 18 Sword Saint Bilgenia!! Multi-Eye can also see through mutant's shapeshifting,Kamen Rider Black Episode 39 The Idol's Evil Power possession,Kamen Rider Black Episode 42 Tokyo - Big Monster Gathering or invisible lasersKamen Rider Black Episode 43 The Monster Farm's Duel!), Information Analysis and Precognition (Multi-Eye can instantly detect enemy weaknesses. Rider Sensor's red part mesures temperature, and the silver part detects air flow and humidity to analyze the position and movement of enemiesKamen Rider Black Zukan Profile), Instinctive Action (Vital Charger's mechanisms will work regardless of the will of Kamen Rider BlackVital Charger Zukan Profile), Life Manipulation and Soul Manipulation (As a Century King, he should be able to remove the Kingstone of another,Kamen Rider Black Episode 51 Gorgom's Last Day which is both the lifeKamen Rider Black Zukan Profile and soulKamen Rider Black RX Episode 2 Covered in Light! RX of a Century King), Pressure Points and Status Effect Inducement (Rider Chop attacks the enemy's vital points with the fingertips or weakens the power to stun the opponentKamen Rider Official Data File), Afterimage Creation (Leaves afterimages upon releasing a Rider Punch or Rider KickKamen Rider Black Episode 17 Kyoko's Strange Dream), Fire Manipulation and Explosion Manipulation (Upon releasing a finisher against his enemy, it turns the target to catch fire and then explode), Summoning (Can summon his machines Battle HopperKamen Rider Black Episode 1 Black!! Transformation and Road Sector,Kamen Rider Black Episode 13 Mama's the Monster Raising Official and can summon both at the same time.Kamen Rider Black Episode 19 The Limit-Reaching Hellish Trap Can summon the sword SatansaberKamen Rider Black Episode 51 Gorgom's Last Day), Electricity Manipulation (Could emit electricity of his body to get rid of Silkworm Mutant's threadsKamen Rider Black Episode 3 Strange? Strange Cyborg), Regeneration (Mid-Low; Recovered from the burns and wounds caused by the Crab MutantKamen Rider Black Episode 13 Mama's the Monster Raising Official), Accelerated Development (Could develop a more powerful version of the Rider Punch through trainingKamen Rider Black Episode 13 Mama's the Monster Raising Official), Power Nullification (Kingstone Flash could nullify Bilgenia's Demon Trick,Kamen Rider Black Episode 18 Sword Saint Bilgenia!! the Priests' illusions,Kamen Rider Black Episode 20 Rider's Graveyard Chameleon Mutant's electricity,Kamen Rider Black: Hurry to Onigashima Bilgenia's energy,Kamen Rider Black Episode 28 The Scarab That Invites Hell Red Salmon Mutant's adhesive substance,Kamen Rider Black Episode 33 The River of a Father and Child's Love mindKamen Rider Black Episode 37 Memories are Yubari's Sky control,Kamen Rider Black Episode 51 Gorgom's Last Day Shadow Moon's gateway to the Spirit World,Kamen Rider Black: Terrifying! The Phantom House of Devil Pass and Darom's energy stringsKamen Rider Black Episode 49 Fierce Fighting! Darom's Death), Dimensional Travel and Immersion (Can travel to the Mirror World through mirrorsKamen Rider Black Episode 22 The Black Shadow That Attacks Papa), Light Manipulation (Kingstone Flash emits a large flash of light which disorientates enemiesKamen Rider Black Episode 37 Memories are Yubari's Sky), Non-Physical Interaction (Could interact and fight with the Phantom Mutants in the Spirit WorldKamen Rider Black: Terrifying! The Phantom House of Devil Pass)
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Resistance to Electricity Manipulation (Kotaro could survive electricity enough to kill a normal human.Kamen Rider Black Episode 1 Black!! Transformation Withstood bioelectric currents from Coelacanth Mutant for a prolonged timeKamen Rider Black Episode 24 The Female College Student's Nightmare), Madness Manipulation (Type 1; Resisted Flea Mutant's Coward Hormone, which drives people insane and turn them mentally unstableKamen Rider Black Episode 4 The Devil's Laboratory), Sound Manipulation (Endured for prolonged time the destructive sound waves from Cicada MutantKamen Rider Black Episode 8 The Devil's Trill), Corrosion Inducement (Resisted being corroded by Cactus Mutant's spikesKamen Rider Black Episode 11 Starved Monsters), Life Manipulation and Soul Manipulation (Can withstand direct attacks to his Kingstone), Ice Manipulation (Escaped from being frozen due to the Power StripesKamen Rider Black Episode 14 The Day Tuna Disappeared), Morality Manipulation (Unaffected by being exposed to Tortoise Mutant's light, which causes humans to return to their evil instinctsKamen Rider Black Episode 15 The Targeted Bizarre Academy), Status Effect Inducement (Nullified Wasp Mutant's blinding foam.Kamen Rider Black Episode 22 The Black Shadow That Attacks Papa Overpowered Bishum's binding stareKamen Rider Black Episode 45 Suspicious Flower Bishum's Death), Petrification (Resisted being turned into gold by Scarab Beetle MutantKamen Rider Black Episode 28 The Scarab That Invites Hell), Poison Manipulation, Paralysis Inducement and Corruption (Type 1; Could still fight and move while exposed to Mushroom Mutant's poisonous powder, who affects the nerves of its victims and make people lose their humanity and erase their memoriesKamen Rider Black Episode 32 Dream Girl Yuki), Space-Time Manipulation, Time Stop, Age Manipulation and Causality Manipulation (Can take slashes from the Satansaber, who cuts through space-time.Satansaber Zukan Profile Kotaro is immune to Cobra Mutant's time manipulation, which can freeze time, accelerate and rewind time, to the point that it changes the weather, and even reverse people and objects, such as turning cars into wagons, modern clothes to feudalistic clothes, or people's ages.Kamen Rider Black Episode 41 The Dangerous Time Thief Kotaro can also move in a place beyond time and spaceKamen Rider Black Episode 41 The Dangerous Time ThiefMamoru Fukuzawa Zukan Profile), Regeneration Negation (Low-Mid; Can take slashes from the Satansaber, who damaged Battle Hopper to the point it couldn't regenerateKamen Rider Black Episode 51 Gorgom's Last Day), Deconstruction (Wasn't dissolved by Mole Cricket Mutant's purple spray,Kamen Rider Black Episode 37 Memories are Yubari's Sky which can dissolve everything.Mole Cricket Mutant Zukan Profile Resisted Fly Mutant's dissolving bubblesKamen Rider Black Episode 42 Tokyo - Big Monster Gathering), Mind Manipulation (Could resist Centipede Mutant's videos and eye flashes, which emits a special wavelength that directly affects cranial nerves, turning the targets into slavesKamen Rider Black Episode 39 The Idol's Evil Power) 
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Attack Potency: At least Wall level (Can harm those who can harm him) | Large Island level (Stronger than many Gorgom Mutants, such as the Earwig Mutant, who energized a device that would sink TokyoKamen Rider Black Episode 16 Friend!! Crossing the Sea), higher with Rider Punch and Rider Kick (By distributing energy through his body, his new Rider Punch and Rider Kick attacks becomes three times more powerful than the average versionsKamen Rider Official Data File) | Large Island level (Could fight against Bilgenia, forcing him to retreat in some ocassions). Large Island level+ with Rider Punch and Rider Kick | Large Island level+ (Can fight against Shadow Moon, and would've had won against him in their first battle if the Creation King didn't interveinedKamen Rider Black Episode 47 The Rider Dies!). Small Country level with Rider Punch and Rider Kick | Solar System level (Constantly said to be far stronger than before.Kamen Rider Black Episode 49 Fierce Fighting! Darom's Death Fought against Shadow Moon after he was powered by the Creation King, and eventually defeated himKamen Rider Black Episode 51 Gorgom's Last Day), higher with Rider Punch, Rider Kick and Satansaber (Killed the Creation KingKamen Rider Black Episode 51 Gorgom's Last Day)
Speed: Peak Human | Superhuman, at least Subsonic with Battle Hopper (500 km/h), at least Subsonic+ with Road Sector (960 km/h), Speed of Light reactions and combat speed (Can react and dodge the High Priests' light beam.Kamen Rider Black Episode 25 The Roaring Armed Mecha Could dodge, react and avoid Coelacanth Mutant's attacks, who is a photospheric creature that manifests it as lightCoelacanth Mutant Zukan Profile) | Superhuman, at least Subsonic with Battle Hopper, at least Subsonic+ with Road Sector, Speed of Light reactions and combat speed (Same as before) | Superhuman, at least Subsonic with Battle Hopper, at least Subsonic+ with Road Sector, Speed of Light reactions and combat speed (Same as before) | Superhuman, at least Subsonic with Battle Hopper, at least Subsonic+ with Road Sector, Speed of Light reactions and combat speed (Same as before) 
Lifting Strength: Superhuman (Could bend and rip a pipe with no effortKamen Rider Black Episode 1 Black!! Transformation) | Class M (Far superior to Bat Mutants, who can easily lift a rooftop restaurant.Kamen Rider Black Episode 3 Strange? Strange Cyborg Can casually lift and throw steel framesKamen Rider Black Episode 1 Black!! Transformation and steel cagesKamen Rider Black Episode 3 Strange? Strange Cyborg) | Class M (Stronger than before) | Class M (Stronger than before) | At least Class M (Stronger than before) 
Striking Strength: At least Wall level (Can harm those who can harm him) | Large Island level, higher with Rider Punch and Rider Kick | Large Island level. Large Island level+ with Rider Punch and Rider Kick | Large Island level+. Small Country level with Rider Punch and Rider Kick | Solar System level, higher with Rider Punch, Rider Kick and Satansaber 
Durability: At least Wall level (Fell several tens of meters through a roof with no damage.Kamen Rider Black Episode 1 Black!! Transformation Survived being slammed and throw through a wall by Darom.Kamen Rider Black Episode 1 Black!! Transformation Was sent flying and thrown through a wall by the Rhinoceros MutantKamen Rider Black Episode 7 The Restored Organism Mecha) | Large Island level (Can take heavy beating from Gorgom Mutants and still fight) | Large Island level. Large Island level+ with Rider Punch and Rider Kick | Large Island level+. Small Country level with Rider Punch and Rider Kick | Solar System level (Can take Shadow Moon's attacks), higher with Rider Punch, Rider Kick and Satansaber 
Stamina: Infinite (The Kingstone embedded in Kamen Rider Black's belt holds infinite powerKamen Rider Black, RX Complete Works: Complete Version) 
Range: Extended Melee Range physically. Tens of Meters with Kingstone Flash. At least Hundreds of Meters with Sensitive Ears (His sensitive ears can hear whispers from 500 meters away, while also catching normal speech and sound waves). Kilometers with Multi-Eye (Multi-Eye has a telescope to see up to one kilometer ahead, broadsight for wide field of vision, noctovision to see through dark areas). Interdimensional with Summoning (Could summon Road Sector while in the Mirror World and Spirit World) 
Standard Equipment:
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===Vital Charger===
The Transformation Belt Vital Charger (変身ベルト バイタルチャージャー, Henshin Beruto Baitaru Chājā), or simply Transformation Belt, is Kamen Rider Black's means of transformation. Embedded upon the center of the belt is the artifact known as the Stone of the Sun Kingstone (太陽の石 キングストーン, Taiyō no Seki Kingu Sutōn). This is the Kingstone belonging to Black Sun, being his own life and source of energy.
===Satansaber===
The Satansaber (サタンサーベル, Satan Sāberu) is a weapon created for use by the Century Kings. While it was on Shadow Moon's possession for most of the time, Black Sun obtained it after defeating Shadow Moon in combat, and used it to kill the Creation King. The Satansaber was later vaporized by Kohtaro, who throws it into the sky as a final token of respect to his brother.
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===Battle Hopper===
Battle Hopper (バトルホッパー, Batoru Hoppā) is a living motorcycle used by Kamen Rider BLACK. It was created by Gorgom, made specifically for the upcoming Creation Kings Black Sun and Shadow Moon. When Kohtaro Minami was ambushed by the members of Gorgom during his escape, he drives Battle Hopper and finally got away from Gorgom headquarters. Battle Hopper has the ability to heal its own wounds if damaged, and can stand on its own if knocked over. His special move is the Dynamic Smash, a body slam attack that is executed at full speed. Because Battle Hopper is connected to the Kingstones, it was controlled by Shadow Moon due to this connection until Black used his Kingstone Flash to disconnect the two. After taking heavy damage and suicide ramming itself towards Shadow Moon, it thanked Kohtaro for everything and seemingly died.
===Road Sector===
Road Sector (ロードセクター, Rōdosekutā) is the second motorcycle of Kamen Rider Black, originally created by Yoichi Daimon for Gorgom. Road Sector is a prototype made with the intention of making it a mass-destruction vehicle for their mutant soldiers, but instead it became Kamen Rider Black's second Rider Machine. Road Sector has a special function called the Attack Shield (アタックシールド, Attaku Shīrudo) that shields the Rider from harm. In this mode, Road Sector can perform its special ramming maneuver, the Sparkling Attack. After the final battle against Gorgom, Kotaro returned Road Sector to Akira Daimon.
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Intelligence: Gifted (Has quickly infiltrated many of Golgom's plans with limited information. A genius fighter who can overcome nearly every situation. He also has some knowledge of chemistry. Learned how to use high technological and mystic forces, like Battle Hopper, Road Sector, and the Satansaber)
Weaknesses: Damage to his Kingstone can result on him being weakened, or even dying. 
Notable Attacks/Techniques: 
*Kingstone Flash (キングストーンフラッシュ, Kingusutōn Furasshu): By assuming a fighting pose, it spins and emits light from its energy reactors, amplifying and filling each cell with the internal energy produced by the King Stone, further increasing the power of its attacks. It has a variety of uses, including dispelling sticky substances attached to its body, breaking enemy illusions, breaking spells, bouncing back enemy energy attacks, and dazzling the enemy with intense flashes of light.
**Rider Power Flash (ライダーパワーフラッシュ, Raidā Pawā Furasshu): After jumping, he releases a Kingstone Flash from the air.
*Rider Kick (ライダーキック, Raidā Kikku): Jumping more than 30 meters by concentrating Kingstone energy in his toes, he concentrates the energy in his right toe, creating a destructive force that penetrates a 30-centimeter-thick steel plate, and then performs a leaping kick. The speed is so fast that the friction with the air causes the toes to glow red-hot. This is Black's greatest special move, used to finish most of its fights. Later on the kick is preceded by a body flexion reaction, tripling its power. In addition, the power can be further enhanced by Vital Charge.
*Rider Punch (ライダーパンチ, Raidā Panchi): A special punch performed by concentrating Kingstone energy in the right fist and jumping to charge at the opponent. It is mainly used as a connection technique to the Rider Kick, but he has also used this technique to finish off some of his opponents. Later on, the Crab Mutant defeated the Rider's conventional punch, so after some special training, he added the recoil of body flexion before punching, tripling the power of the punch. The power can be further enhanced when used in combination with Vital Charger.
*Rider Chop (ライダーチョップ, Raidā Choppu): He concentrates Kingstone energy in the palm of his right hand, making it glow red-hot and decides to chop from the air. It is powerful enough to cut through a steel rod 10 centimeters in diameter. It is mainly used to destroy the parts of enemy monsters, and in the early days, it is used in combination with the Rider Kick.
*Rider Throw (ライダー投げ, Raidā Nage): This technique is used to pick up an enemy and slam him to the ground. It is also often used to throw away a charging monster like a tomoe throw.
*Rider Jump (ライダージャンプ, Raidā Janpu): A vertical jump is performed on the spot. Few monsters can jump better than the Kamen Rider, of which the grasshopper monster is the prototype, and it is used to evade or regain control of a situation. They can jump up to about 15 times their height.
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