Mitsuru Sano

was , one of the participants of the Rider Fight. He attempted to ally himself with the other Kamen Riders, in order to fulfill his wish of leading a happy life.
==History==
===Kamen Rider Ryuki===
Although Mitsuru came from an affluent family, he worked in a parking garage, occasionally cleaning rich people's cars. His father sent him out into the world so that he could learn the hardships of life and not be spoiled by a rich upbringing. However, due to his poor lifestyle, he believed friendship, respect, and love could be bought. Thus, he eagerly (and rather very naively) accepted Kanzaki's proposal to become a Kamen Rider in order to become rich and lead a happy life. He became a mercenary of sorts, attempting to sell his strength as a Kamen Rider to the various factions within the remaining Riders.
He first approached Shinji Kido and Ren Akiyama, overly flattering them with praise after seeing them fight. Though Shinji was fooled, Ren brought him back to his senses and refused him. Sano attempted to appeal to even Shuichi Kitaoka and Takeshi Asakura, failing to gain employment from either. Sano finally turned to Satoru Tojo and Hideyuki Kagawa for assistance. Kagawa, though knowing Sano did not fully understood his motives, allowed Sano to work with him and Satoru as they needed the extra manpower. Mitsuru later destroyed a Sheerghosts demonstrating his power and he, Satoru, and Hideyuki ambushed Ryuki who recently appeared.
The monsters that attacked the group of Riders are shown to be the Contract Monsters of the new Rider. As they begin to fade, Tiger and Alternative Zero leave Mirror World, and the rest follow closely behind including Imperer. Hideyuki calls his family to ensure their safety, but does it in front of Tojo. Mitsuru goes and visits Hideyuki and Tojo and offers the same services for a price. In the middle of bargaining, they sense a monster. Mitsuru enters Mirror World to show off his skills as an ally.
Mitsuru, after being dumped as an ally by Tojo attempts to ally himself with Shinji, Kitaoka, and Asakura, but none of them works. Later, he watches the battle between Satoru as Tiger and Asakura as Ouja, to later have a little talk with him and rescue Satoru.
After his father died, he inherited his father's business and became the boss of a major company. Due to his new found lifestyle, he wanted to give up the Rider war and enjoy his wealth. However, Kanzaki reminded him of his contract with Gigazelle and its fellow Zelles as well as the consequences if he did not fulfill his side of the contract with them. Shaken, Sano decided to use part of his inheritance to buy the services of the other Riders, as he himself had tried to offer. Showing up at their doorstep with a suitcase of contract money, he appealed to Shinji and Ren, but was flatly refused. Sano tried the same tactics on Kitaoka, and seemingly succeeded, but Sano cancelled the contract days later after deeming Kitaoka "unreliable."
Sano's contract with Kagawa was later cut off when Kagawa was killed by Satoru, Ren is enraged by Shinji's decision to include Mitsuru as his comrade; but he still had Satoru as a good friend and even aided him when Satoru was injured from battles before. It was then Satoru confessed his convictions and called Sano a friend.
Sano is set up with Yuri, the daughter of his father's friend. As they go on a date, Yuri is attacked by one of Sano's Zelles who had gotten hungry, but he saves her. Sano then enters Mirror World as Imperer with plans to feed his Zelle army, and attacks Shinji as Ryuki. Satoru as Tiger appears and Sano asks him to help, but Satoru back-stabs him, stating that now that Sano has become important to him, Satoru should finish him off and become stronger. Shinji saves Sano and enables him to escape.
The injured Sano runs away but is ambushed by Ouja while attempting to return back to the real world. Ouja then destroyed Imperer's Card Deck with his Veno Crash attack, making him unable to leave the Mirror World. Using a mirror, a limping Sano sees Yuri standing on a nearby bridge in the real world and desperately calls out to her for help, but to no avail. He takes a shard from the mirror and attempts to go to Yuri's location, yelling for her to try to get Yuri to notice him, and ultimately dissolves and fades away. Mitsuru's last thoughts were why could this have happened to him, when he only wanted happiness...for himself.
After Sano's death in Mirror World, the news reported about his sudden disappearance. When Shinji and Ren learned about the news, Shinji felt that he should listen to Sano more but Ren said that Sano had it coming because of his previous actions.
Imperer, like Kamen Rider Gai and Kamen Rider Scissors, as well as the Alternatives, did not reappear in the epilogue after Kanzaki reverted time.
===OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders===
Kamen Rider Imperer was part of a group of reinforcement riders led by Akira Date/Kamen Rider Birth to aid the primary riders in defeating the Rock Great Leader. All the Kamen Riders got on their bikes and performed the All Rider Break attack which destroyed the Great Leader. 
===Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever===
Kamen Rider Imperer appears as a toy, when Sento and Sougo they find Ataru he brings them to his room which is filled with Kamen Rider memorabilia, with Sougo and Sento stunned to see toys of themselves. Ataru reveals that Kamen Riders are fictional. 
==Appearances in other media==
===OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders: ~Let's Look! Only Your 48 Riders~===
====Type35. - I Like the Mystery of the Final Vent!====
Kamen Rider Imperer appears with Stronger, Drake, and OOO Takatorata combo. According to Kivat-Bat the 3rd, Imperer is considered a perfect boyfriend for girls.
====Type39. - Ice Pop! Your White Self Matures Later!====
Kamen Rider Imperer appears with Chalice Wild Form, Raia, and TheBee. According to Kivat-Bat the 3rd, Imperer is considered a perfect boyfriend for girls.
==Video Game appearances==
===Kamen Rider Ryuki (Video Game)===
Kamen Rider Imperer appears as playable character in the PS1 game. Like the other Ryuki Riders, he summons his Contract monster, Gigazelle and uses his Advent cards and his finisher, Drive Divider.
===Climax Heroes Series===
====Kamen Rider Climax Heroes OOO====
Kamen Rider Imperer appears in the video game with the other Kamen Riders of the Heisei Era, in Kamen Rider Climax Heroes OOO.
====Kamen Rider Climax Heroes Fourze====
Kamen Rider Imperer appears in the video game with the others Kamen Riders of the Heisei Era, in Kamen Rider Climax Heroes Fourze.
====Kamen Rider Super Climax Heroes====
Kamen Rider Imperer is an unlockable and playable character with the other Kamen Riders in Super Climax Heroes.
===Kamen Rider Battle Ganbaride===
Kamen Rider Imperer appears with other Kamen Riders and Monsters in Kamen Rider Gabanrider.
===Kamen Rider Riderbout===
Kamen Rider Imperer appears as a playable character with the other Heisei and Showa Kamen Riders in Kamen Rider Riderbout. 
===Kamen Rider Break Joker===
Kamen Rider Imperer appears as a playable character with other Riders and monsters in Kamen Rider Break Joker.
===Kamen Rider Batton-Line===
Kamen Rider Imperer appears as a playable character in Kamen Rider Batton-Line among other 
Riders in the game.
===Kamen Rider Buttobasoul===
Kamen Rider Imperer is a playable character in Kamen Rider Buttobasoul, among othersRiders.
===Battle Spirits ===
It is the tenth collaboration pack and the fifth collaboration with the Kamen Rider franchise. CB10 was released in Japan on December 21st, 2019. This set includes spirit, magic, and nexus cards in all six colors, Kamen Rider Imperer appears with other Kamen Riders and Monsters in Battle Spirits.
Imperer Battle Spirits Cards Included
*Kamen Rider Imperer (Common)
==Personality==
Mitsuru is a person who was obsessed with becoming rich. Having been disowned by his wealthy father, Sano became convinced that money was what truly brought happiness in a person's life, with financial poverty only further cementing this idea.
Since his introduction, Sano showed himself to have little to no honor as a person, constantly groveling to others with money or power in an overly dramatic fashion, usually slamming his hand on the table and dreamily praising the other party. Even worse, Sano would easily betray anyone that trusted him, not caring how his actions would affect them. This extended to their own lives as well, with Yui nearly dying from Sano's betrayal.
Like other antagonistic participants in the Rider War, Sano quickly proved himself to be a manipulative individual, with an early example being how he had discretely sent a horde of his Zelle towards other Riders to determine their strengths. Yet, despite his craftiness, Sano was far from infallible, to the point of initially misjudging Asakura and Tojo as people he could trust, or the fact that he still wanted to maintain his alliance with the latter despite being aware that Kagawa perished at Satoru's clawed hand. This, combined with his extremely foolish decision to attack the actually trustworthy Shinji would prove Sano's downfall.
For all of his negative qualities though, Sano was not without some positive merits as a person, in contrast to the more irredeemable Ryuki Riders. Alongside having saved Tojo from his near brush with death, Sano would prove rather generous with the money he later inherited from his deceased father, to the point of offering hefty sums of it to others in exchange for favors. He also wasn't infinitely greedy, as when he inherited his father's company, he was content with his newfound fortune and wished to stop fighting as he no longer had a reason to, only resumed fighting when he learned that he can't retire. Most of all, he did show genuine concern for Yuri, to the point of fighting to protect her.
All in all, he also had a naive and sheltered worldview, which was also his downfall. Due to his obsession of becoming rich, he joined the Rider War without truly understanding how it worked or the danger he was getting into. He used the war to play mercenary who'd sell his services at any Riders who paid him high enough, unaware that in Rider War, all Riders have to kill each other sooner or later. He also learned the hard way that, Rider War isn't something that he can retire from, as his monsters would eat him if he stopped fighting, unknowingly signing his own death sentence. Though he did become smarter and more mature after inheriting his father's company, being able to figure out that Kitaoka didn't intend to ally with him.
==Fighting Style==
Imperer is a melee based Rider. He utilizes Muay Thai - Style attacks such as knee strikes enhanced by his Gazellevisor. He also uses the Spin Vent as his primary weapon. However, his biggest fighting advantage is in numbers, since his Contract Monster Gigazelle is accompanied by Megazelle and Omegazelle (later additions were Magazelle and Negazelle). His significant number of Contract Monsters can easily overwhelm other Riders.
However, Imperer's numbers strategy can be disrupted, forcing Imperer to fight Riders by himself. Another weakness is that the several Zelle monsters which assist Imperer in battle merely follow Gigazelle's orders, and often prove themselves to be inconsistent, randomly helping or attacking Imperer.
==Kamen Rider Imperer==
Kamen Rider Imperer
Rider StatisticsKamen Rider Official Data/Perfect File.TV Asahi. (2002). Kamen Rider Imperer.Zukan's page for Imperer
*Rider Height: 195 cm
*Rider Weight: 94 kg
Rider Senses:
*Eyesight: 10 km
*Hearing: 18 km
Ability Parameters:
*Punching Power: 10 t (200 AP)
*Kicking Power: 20 t (400 AP)
*Maximum Jump Height: 50 m
*Maximum Running Speed: 100 m per 5 seconds
Special Attacks:
*Gazellestab: 100 t (2000 AP)
*Drive Divider: 250 t (5000 AP)
*Advent: Gigazelle: 200 t (4000 AP)
KRRy-Imperer (With Gazellestab).png|Imperer armed with Gazellestab
Sano can transform into Kamen Rider Imperer using his Card Deck and V Buckle upon forming a contract with a Gigazelle. His Visor, the , is mounted on his right knee. Imperer's punching power, kicking power, and running speed are identical to Ryuki's, while his jump height is significantly higher.
Through the use of the Spin Vent Advent Card, Imperer can arm himself with the , an arm-mounted pair of drills derived from Gigazelle's horns and forehead.
By using his his Final Vent, Imperer can execute his finisher, the , in which he summons a horde of Zelle Mirror Monsters to surround him and stampede the enemy. Imperer then emerges from the crowd and delivers a knee strike to the opponent's head.
Appearances: Ryuki Episodes 40-44, Let's Go Kamen Riders, Heisei Generations FOREVER .
==Contract Monsters==
*Gigazelle
*Magazelle
*Omegazelle
==Equipment==
*Card Deck - Transformation device and Advent Card holder
*V Buckle - Transformation belt
*Advent Cards - Trinkets that enable a Rider to summon Contract Monsters, access equipment, and use special abilities
*Gazellevisor - Imperer's Visor that enables him to use Advent Cards
===Vehicles===
*Rideshooter - Motorcycle used by any Rider to enter the Mirror World
==Rider Card==
: A Rider Card containing the power of Kamen Rider Imperer.
==Behind the scenes==
===Portrayal===
Mitsuru Sano is portrayed by . As Kamen Rider Imperer, his suit actor was .
===Concept Art===
==Notes==
to be added
==Appearances==
==See Also==
*Kamen Rider Imperer (A.R. World) - Another version of Imperer found in Kamen Rider Decade.
*Ishida - The new Kamen Rider Imperer in Rider Time: Kamen Rider Ryuki.
===Footnotes===
==External Links==
*Kamen Rider Imperer at toeihero.net
*Kamen Rider Ryuki Spoiler Page
*Mitsuru Sano on Kamen Rider Official
*Kamen Rider Imperer on Kamen Rider Official
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