Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight

Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight is an American superhero drama television series co-developed by Adness Entertainment and Toei Company, serving as an adaptation of Kamen Rider Ryuki, the twelfth installment of the Kamen Rider Series. The show began airing in the United States on during its programming block, but was ultimately canceled by the network before the two final episodes aired. The remainder of the series was uploaded to the 4KidsTV website until the site's shutdown. 
In 2010, the show won the Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Stunt Coordination", a new category that was introduced to the Daytime Emmys that year.
==Production==
In July 2006, producer Aki Komine received special permission from Toei to develop a pilot for an American adaptation of Kamen Rider. The pilot, which originally starred actor Royce Christyn, was well received by Toei, who then granted Komine the right to adapt one installment from the franchise. Komine brought on long-time Rider fans Steve and Michael Wang to be show-runners, who chose to adapt Ryuki due to the large number of Riders (Ryuki had 13 Riders in total), which included a female Rider. The Wang brothers hired their long-time friend Nathan Long to help them adapt Ryuki in a similar vein as , which consisted of splicing together Japanese costumed fight footage along with their own original American footage of suits and actors. 
For foreign markets, Toei had originally marketed the series as Masked Rider until the release of Kamen Rider W. Wang had insisted on keeping the Kamen moniker instead, stating "growing up, I never watched ‘Masked Rider’… it was always KAMEN RIDER and seeing it called ‘Masked’ always felt strange. I’m just not a fan of using descriptions to name a character such as ‘Masked’. That’s like calling Darth Vader 'Armored Sith Lord'. It’s silly to me." The decision was also made to distance themselves from Saban's Masked Rider, which was a commercial failure. 
In the early licensing information for the series, Adness Entertainment had also intended to produce a film for Dragon Knight. In an interview, Steve Wang stated that a script was written but priority was being diverted into adapting another Kamen Rider instead of continuing with Dragon Knight. Adness went defunct in 2021, indicating they no longer hold adaptation rights.
==Story==
On the other side of the mirror exists the parallel dimension of Ventara, where warriors known as the Kamen Riders fight againist the evil warlord Xaviax with their Advent Decks. In a war that resulted in all the Riders being wiped out, its lone survivor Len follows Xaviax to Earth, where the general tricks ordinary citizens into becoming new Kamen Riders to carry out his evil plans. 
While investigating the mysterious disappearance of his missing father, Kit Taylor finds an Adveck Deck and becomes Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, joining forces with Len, Kamen Rider Wing Knight to defeat the ten corrupt yet midguided Riders sent to attack them by Xaviax. They fight not only to save Earth from being destroyed by Xaviax, but also to find Kit's missing father and take back the home they hold dear.
==Characters==
===Kamen Riders===
====TV Show====
Kamen Rider Dragon Knight	Adam ►◄ Kit Taylor
Kamen Rider Wing Knight 	Len
Kamen Rider Incisor 	Ian ►◄ Richie Preston
Kamen Rider Torque 	Chance ►◄ Drew Lansing
Kamen Rider Camo 	Van ►◄ Grant Staley
Kamen Rider Strike 	Pryce ►◄ James Trademore
Kamen Rider Thrust 	Cameron ►◄ Brad Barrett
Kamen Rider Sting 	Quinn ►◄ Chris Ramirez
Kamen Rider Axe 	Hunt ►◄ Danny Cho
Kamen Rider Spear 	Chase ►◄ Albert Cho
Kamen Rider Siren 	Kase ►◄ Maya Young
Kamen Rider Wrath 	Nolan ►◄ Xaviax/Vic Frasier
Kamen Rider Onyx 	Kit Taylor (Other users)
====Novel-exclusive====
Kamen Rider Onyx 	David Stuart ► Brian Mace
Kamen Rider Wing Knight	Brian Mace
===Debatable Riders===
Advent Master 	Eubulon
Fake Advent Master	Xaviax
===Allies===
*Frank Taylor
*Sergeant Dan Ramirez
*Sara
*Detective Grimes
====Grace's Books====
*Grace Kiefer
*Trent Moseley
**Brandon
**Fish
*Lacey Sheridan
====No-Men====
*Michelle Walsh
*Agent Phillips
===Advent Beasts===
Dragreder 	Dragreder
Blackwing 	Blackwing
Volcancer 	Volcancer
Magnugiga 	Magnugiga
Biogreeza 	Biogreeza
Evildiver 	Evildiver
Metalgelas 	Metalgelas
Venosnaker 	Venosnaker
Cerebeast 	Cerebeast
Destwilder 	Destwilder
Gigazelle 	Gigazelle
Goldphoenix	Goldphoenix
Psyco-Rogue	Psyco-Rogue
Blancwing 	Blancwing
Dragblacker	Dragblacker
===Villains===
*Xaviax
*Minions
*White Minions
*Mirror Monsters
**Dispider
**Terabiter
**Zenobiter
**Zebraskull Iron
**Zebraskull Bronze
**Wild Gigazelles
**Megazelle
**Wildboarder
**Abyss Hammer
**Abyss Lasher
**Bakraken
**Wiskraken
**Deadlemur
**Psyco-Rogue
**Garudothunder
**Magazelle
**Omegazelle
**Sonora Boomer
**Buzzstinger Hornet
**Brobajell
**Shieldboarder
**Garudostorm
**Garudomirage
**Buzzstinger Wasp
**Buzzstinger Bee
**Buzzstinger Bloom
**Buzzstinger Frost
**Respider
==Episodes==
==Other Media==
===Novel===
*Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight - 2WORLD 1HEARTS
===Video game===
*Kamen Rider Dragon Knight
==Cast==
===Main cast===
*Kit Taylor, Adam: Stephen Ford
*Len: Matt Mullins
*Maya Young: Aria Alistar
===Recurring cast===
*Xaviax: William O'Leary
*Lacey Sheridan: Marisa Lauren
*Trent Moseley: Taylor Emerson
*Michelle Walsh: Kathy Christopherson
*Kase: Carrie Reichenbach
*Richie Preston, Ian: Tony Moras
*Drew Lansing, Chance: Christopher Foley
*Grant Staley, Van: Christopher Babers
*James Trademore, Pryce: Scott Bailey
*Brad Barrett, Cameron: Keith Stone
*Chris Ramirez, Quinn: Michael Cardelle
*Danny Cho, Hunt: Mike Moh
*Albert Cho, Chase: Tony Sano
*Vic Frasier, Nolan: Mark Cameron Wystrach
*Frank Taylor: Jeff Davis
*Detective Grimes: James Patterson
*Agent Phillips: Jamison Jones
*Eubulon: Mark Dacascos
*Sara: Camila Greenberg
===Guest stars===
*Kit's foster mom: Kathleen Gati
*Grace Kiefer: Victoria Jackson
*Grant's Master: T. J. Storm
===Suit Actors/Stunt crew===
*Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, Kamen Rider Strike: Tadahiro Nakamura
*Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, Kamen Rider Wing Knight, Kamen Rider Strike, Gelnewts: Hiroshi Maeda
*Kamen Rider Wing Knight: Mark Musashi, Chris Brewster, Akihiro Haga
*Kamen Rider Wing Knight, Kamen Rider Dragon Knight (Blank Knight): Aaron Toney
*Kamen Rider Wing Knight, Gelnewts: Reuben Langdon
*Kamen Rider Wing Knight, Kamen Rider Torque, Zebraskulls, Gelnewts: Che Illam
*Kamen Rider Sting, Kamen Rider Axe, Kamen Rider Siren, Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, Kamen Rider Onyx, Gelnewts: Hideki Sugiguchi
*Kamen Rider Siren: Nicole Randall
*Sam Looc
*McKay Stewart
*Matt Mullins' Stunt Double: Paul Lacovara
*Aria Alistar's Stunt Double, Carrie Reichenbach's Stunt Double: Linda Jewel
*Motocross Stunts: Mark Schaefer
*Other Stunts: T.J. Storm, Sonny Sison, Erik Betts, Danny Wayne Stallcup
*Kandis Erickson's Stunt Double (pilot): Dorenda Moore
==Music==
*"Let's Ride"
**Artist: 
==Release==
==Notes==
*According to co-showrunner Michael Wang, the transformation callout is "Kamen Rider" for the sake of getting the show's name out. This callout is kept in the Japanese dub of the show, though the usage of "Henshin" instead was recommended by Tatsuhisa Suzuki, the Japanese dub voice for Kit Taylor, whose notion was rejected by the producers, who wanted to keep the dialogue faithful.https://www.scifijapan.com/superheroes/kamen-rider-dragon-knight-wins-the-emmy
==External links==
;Interviews
*Henshin Justice Unlimited – Nathan Long Interview
*SciFi Japan – Steve Wang Interview
*NERDSociety Interviews Steve Wang
*KRDKSecrets Interview with Steve Wang
*KRDKSecrets Interview with Matt Mullins
*KRDKSecrets Interview with Jeff Davis
Category:International Adaptation Series
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