Sakuya Tachibana

is a member of BOARD who transforms into .
==History==
Tachibana was originally a researcher of the Humanity Foundation who graduated from the Sazahaibu University and was selected to be the user of Rider System 01 after Go Kiryu was found to be incompatible with the system. By the start of the series, Tachibana begins to suffer a form of cellular breakdown with only sealing the Undead slowing down the process. That, combined with his feelings towards Kazuma being his backup when he can't manage it, Tachibana blames Karasuma for his condition. When he attempted in vain to seal the Locust Undead, Tachibana is forced to abduct Karasuma just prior to the Undead attacking BOARD. Though he intended to get the answers he needs, Karasuma was in a coma and put on life support with Tachibana safeguarding him until Hirose finds him. Though he leaves Karasuma in her care, it was revealed that the "Karasuma" he safeguarded was only a decoy. After his doctor and dear friend Sayoko Fukasawa relays Karasuma's message, that his subconscious fear is causing the breakdown, Tachibana encounters Isaka, the Peacock Undead, who personally attempts to retrieve him for his Leangle project. After escaping Isaka, Kotaro manages to talk Tachibana to not to let his fear control him though Tachibana denies that. He arrives to save Blade from the Trilobite Undead, however Garren's fusion rate goes down during his fight with the Undead. After being saved, Tachibana begs Karasuma for a means to be free of his fear, but Karasuma say he can't.
Though Tachibana attempts to resume a normal life by dating Sayoko, the Zebra Undead forces him to reveal himself as a Rider in front of Sayoko before vainly fighting the Undead before Blade arrives to aid him. In spite of Sayoko asking him to leave with her, Tachibana turns her down. While at BOARD's original location, Tachibana vainly battles the Peacock Undead, who defeats Garren and takes him with the intent to have Tachibana work for him by removing him of his fears with exposure to Schuld Kestner seaweed, an extinct plant that intensifies the aggressive nature of the subject. Though he became more aggressive and worked under Isaka for more of the seaweed, Tachibana was unaware of the eventual damage it would do to his nervous system. Though Sayoko warned him in vain, Tachibana shrugged it off until he learned that Isaka had murdered Sayoko for meddling in his affairs, defeating the Peacock Undead and sealed him. Later, as his way of repenting for being manipulated by an Undead, Tachibana takes Mutsuki under his wing.
During the final few episodes, Kamen Rider Garren came face to face with the Category King of Diamonds and battled it out with him. The Undead told him that if he was sealed, Joker would be declared winner and that all of humanity would suffer because of his choice. Garren discarded this and answered, "I will believe in my friends." The battle ended with Garren nowhere to be found and the King Undead sealed leaving the Joker as the winner however, it would cause an unintentional death of billion species due to Joker's uncontrollable Undead nature. He is found upon the arrival of the Chief telling Kazuma that he was saved because of him. He arrived and assisted an unarmed Blade King Form, finished off the remaining Black Roach Undeads with the King Rouzer, and wished him good luck against Hajime. Due to his Rider system still being broken, Tachibana fought multiple Black Roach Undeads alone as a normal person while waiting for Kazuma to stop Hajime's suffering. After all Black Roach Undeads suddenly disappear, he and Mutsuki went to the forest where Kazuma and Hajime fought, only to find Hajime alone who is trying to follow Kazuma but lost track of him. They soon realized that Kazuma has become an Undead and left, his whereabouts unknown. With the crisis averted, Tachibana and the others resumed their normal lives. Looking at a picture of himself with Kazuma and their friends, Tachibana reminisced the time they spent together, silently awaiting for Kazuma's return.
==Post series and other events==
=== Blade vs Blade===
Tachibana as Kamen Rider Garren appears in the recapitulation archive footage among other main Rider and is viewed briefly with his Burning Divide finisher.
Tachibana and Mutsuki appear as witness in the battle between Kazuma and Fake Blade, with both of them confused to see two Kazumas. Tachibana viewed on how Mutsuki attacked by error to the real Kazuma. Tachibana states that he used his Garren Rouzer and how he knew Kenzaki long ago. According to him, he knew who was the real one and who was not, but ends up shooting him by mistake.
Due to Hajime's unexpected help to differentiate to the two Blades, he and Mutsuki give their Rouse cards and were surprised because the Kenzaki Jack Form and King Form being viewed at the same time. Tachibana and Mutsuki viewed how the real Blade destroyed the imitation and later had a little discussion with Musuki on what card helped Kenzaki first. 
===Day After Tomorrow===
After the end of the Battle Fight in the TV series, Tachibana as Garren appears riding the red Rhombus to give the Rouzer cards to Hajime and Mutsuki to fight against the fake Blade. He explains that he and Chief Karasuma were conducting an investigation into how to turn Kazuma and Hajime into humans by creating a new Undead from Chameleon DNA, but the new Chameleon Undead stole all of the BOARD Riders information. The Chameleon Undead transforms into King Form and brutally defeats the Riders. However, they are saved by the arrival of a Joker Undead, who they quickly deduce is not Hajime due to his lack of scarring. Acting quickly, Tachibana quickly tosses the Joker the Blay Buckle, allowing Kenzaki to use his Rouse Cards in order to seal the false Rider. After the crisis resolved, all items associated with Blade were found neatly left on the floor. 
===Kamen Rider Decade===
====Rider War====
In the dream of Natsumi Hikari, Kamen Rider Garren Jack Form appears with other Kamen Riders commanded by Wataru Kurenai. However, all of them were murdered by Decade and the dream concludes with the latter as the only remaining Rider in the Rider War. 
====The Destroyer of Worlds====
In the special version of episode 31, Kamen Rider Garren Jack form is seen as one of the many Kamen Riders who fought in the Rider War against Decade and were all destroyed. They were presumably restored after the destruction (and subsequent revival) of Decade at the end of the Rider War and the worlds were restored.
====10th Anniversary Project: Masked Rider LIVE & SHOW====
Kamen Rider Garren is summoned alongside other secondary Kamen Riders participating in the musical of Kamen Rider Diend. 
===OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders===
Sakuya Tachibana returned as Kamen Rider Garren, making a brief cameo appearance in the film, teaming up with Hajime Aikawa and Mutsuki Kamijou, as well as the rest of the Kamen Riders.
As Garren, Tachibana was also 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. 
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Tachibana was found to be cruelly ambushed by Hajime as Chalice. After being saved by Kyoichiro, he revealed that his cover to attack Shocker alongside Kenzaki was blown and was being attacked so they would become a full fledged Shocker Riders. Asking for Kyoichiro for help, he alongside Go and Yuto moved to save Kazuma. But it was all a ruse to capture Go and Yuto instead as Tachibana, and Kazuma had been brainwashed from the start.
But later, he aided the Riders against Shocker after they despised how Shocker acts and also freed from the remains of Shocker's brainwashing inside them after Takeshi Hongo alongside Hayato Ichimonji broke free from Rider Robo.
Surviving the onslaught of the History Modifying Machine, Garren fought and destroyed Shocker's Marshal Machine with the Burning Smash shortly before the Rider Robo was destroyed along with the machine by . Among the remaining Riders who witnessed the farewell of Kyoichiro Kuroi as the perversion of history was reversed, Garren's place in history was restored.
===Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever===
Kamen Rider Garren appears as a toy, when Sento Kiryu and Sougo Tokiwa they find Ataru Hisanagahe 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. 
=== Kamen Rider Outsiders ===
To Be Added
==Appearances in other media==
===OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders: ~Let's Look! Only Your 48 Riders~===
====Type8. - The Strange Has a Match Strangely!====
Card Riders Garren and Chalice, along with General Shadow, are seen in the Card Rider Poker Battle. Garren had an impressive and flush hand, Chalice a straight hand, General Shadow also had a strategy in his hand, but Kamen Rider Ryuki is very different he had a probability to have the victory. When all present his hand, Ryuki uses Strange Vent to change the cards of all players except Ryuki. Garren had a traditional card game, and finally, General Shadow gives his business cards to all and Garren equally accepted. 
====Type16. - The Destroyer Destroys the Match!====
Card Riders Garren and Chalice along with General Shadow are seen in the Poker card battle. Garren starts with a good hand, impressive and flush, Chalice with a straight hand, General Shadow with a good strategy in his hand, but Kamen Rider Decade does not have a good hand. He uses his Final Form Rider Card transforming all the players except Decade into different articles. Garren is transformed into diamond-shaped.
====Type24. - I'll Investigate This Match!====
Card Riders Garren and Chalice along with General Shadow are seen in the Card Riders Poker Battle. The card battle starts with Garren that had a good hand impressive and flush. Later Chalice had a strategy in his hand to have the victory, while General Shadow also had good hand for the win, but Kamen Rider Raia doesn't get lucky. During the lining of cards, Chalice testifies when Raia chooses General Shadow as a volunteer and ends up choosing wrong. Garren saw how a metal pot fell from the sky rendering General Shadow unconscious.
====Type32. - The 13th Fights Infinitely!====
Card Riders Garren and Chalice along with General Shadow are seen in he poker card battle, Garren starts with a good impressive hand, Chalice with a good strategy hand, General Shadow is not far behind and he also has a good hand, but Kamen Rider Odin had a bad hand and he has no option to accept the victory. When all players showed his hand, Odin uses Time vent to revert the game making it all start the same but Odin knows all the strategies of his opponents for himself to win.
====Type38. - Lucky Food, Let Me Say This to Start!====
Kamen Rider Garren appears with Zolda, Orga and Double LunaTrigger. According to Momotaros, Garren is considered an ideal choice for marriage.
====Type40. - The Match Ignores the Way of the Knight!====
Card Riders Garren and Chalice along with General Shadow are seen in the Card Rider Poker Battle. The card duel starts with Garren that had a good hand impressive and flush, later the Chalice that had a strategy to had the victory and General Shadow that also had another card to have the victory, but Kamen Rider Knight is different and is very probable to lose the game. When everyone showed their cards, Knight uses Trick Vent and reveals 6 cards and 3 pairs causing everyone to lose the game except him.
====Type48. - Searching for a Great Treasure Over the Match!====
Card Riders Garren and Chalice along with General Shadow are seen in the Card Rider Poker Battle. The poker battle starts with Garren that habd a hand that is impressive. Later Chalice that had a good possibility to win. Also, the General Shadow had another strategy, but Kamen Rider Diend with a bad hand, changed his plans by summoning the three Riotroopers. One of the Riotroopers begins to give strong massages to Garren.
===Kamen Rider Fourze the Net Edition: Everyone, Class is Here!===
====Tearing Down the Hostility====
==Video Game appearances==
===Kamen Rider Blade (video game)===
Kamen Rider Garren, with Blade, Chalice, and Leangle are playable in the Kamen Rider Blade video game.
===All Kamen Rider Series===
====All Kamen Rider: Rider Revolution====
Garren appears in All Kamen Rider: Rider Revolution among other Riders using all his Rouses combos, but he does not use his Fusion Jack form in any of his attacks.
====All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation 2====
Garren appears in All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation 2, but he doesn't use his Fusion Jack form in any of his attacks and Rouses Combos.
===Climax Heroes Series===
====Kamen Rider Climax Heroes OOO====
Kamen Rider Garren appears in the video game with the others Kamen Riders of the Heisei Era, using his rouses combos in Kamen Rider Climax Heroes OOO.
====Kamen Rider Climax Heroes Fourze====
Kamen Rider Garren appears in the video game with the others Kamen Riders of the Heisei Era, using his rouses in Kamen Rider Climax Heroes Fourze.
====Kamen Rider Super Climax Heroes====
Garren appears in Kamen Rider Super Climax Heroes, using his main Rouses Combos against his enemies. However, he does not have his Jack Form.
===Kamen Rider Battle Ganbaride===
Kamen Rider Garren appears as a playable character in this video game Kamen Rider Battle Ganbaride.
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===Kamen Rider Battle Ganbarizing===
Kamen Rider Garren is a playable character in Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbarizing. He also performs his Rouses Combos against his enemies, but he does not have his Jack Form.
===Kamen Rider Battride War series===
====Kamen Rider: Battride War====
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Kamen Rider Garren appears as a Second Rider in the video game Kamen Rider: Battride War. In the level Double Jokers, which took place during the final episode, Tachibana somehow knows Blade's plan of turning himself into Joker in order to put the Battle Fight and stops Blade worrying of losing his friend, only to be defeated.
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====Kamen Rider: Battride War II====
Kamen Rider Garren appears as a Second Rider in the video game Kamen Rider: Battride War II.
====Kamen Rider: Battride War Genesis====
Kamen Rider Garren made his playable debut in the video game Kamen Rider: Battride War Genesis. His models has been upgraded with Rouse Absorber to match the appearance of his only TV series/movie's final form in this game. Garren is mostly suitable as a long-range character. Like Blade, Garren uses a Rouse Card points via attacks, but unlike Blade is that Garren's boost-up (Bullet Armadillo) is much safer without having this effect removed after Garren riding his bike, and Garren's Jack Form is his only for final form as of Garren's last TV series appearance. Yet, Garren's Jack Form lacks Rouse Card points, as Garren has less Rouse Card based attacks.
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===Kamen Rider Batton-Line===
Kamen Rider Garren appears as a playable character in Kamen Rider Batton-Line among other Riders in the game
===Kamen Rider Transcend Heroes===
Kamen Rider Garren and his Jack Form appears as a playable character with others Kamen Riders in the video game, performing his Rouses Combos against his enemies Kamen Rider Transcend Heroes.
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===Kamen Rider Buttobasoul===
Kamen Rider Garren and his Jack Form is a playable character among other Kamen Riders in Kamen Rider Buttobasoul.
gb-disc25-171.jpg|Kamen Rider Garren medal
gb-disc25-172.jpg|Kamen Rider Garren Jack Form medal
===Battle Spirits ===
Kamen Rider Garren and his Jack Form appears with other Kamen Riders and Monsters in Battle Spirits.
Garren Battle Spirits Cards Included
*Kamen Rider Garren (Rare)
*Kamen Rider Garren (Common)
*Kamen Rider Garren Jack Form (Common)
===Kamen Rider City Wars===
Kamen Rider Garren and Jack Form is a playable character alongside the other Kamen Riders in Kamen Rider City Wars.
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==Personality==
Sakuya Tachibana is a kind man with a strong sense of justice; hence his given role as Kamen Rider Garren. At first, bitter at BOARD's actions and collapsement, Tachibana acted in a rather cynical manner, something made apparent in his interaction with Kenzaki. This was agitated even worse from his body's sudden breakdown, something which Tachibana blamed on the Garren Buckle and Rouze cards. Simultaneously though, if truly needed, Tachibana did save others from the Undeads' rampages, showing little hesitation in battle. 
Upon learning about the true cause of his body's slow breakdown, Tachibana tried to quit being a Kamen Rider all together. When realizing this cannot be done, he then resorted to using a special drug to calm his fears, becoming addicted to its effects. When Sayako was killed at the hands of the Peacock Undead however, Tachibana was filled with remorse, lamenting his inner weakness. Conquering his addiction and fears, Tachibana defeated the Peacock Undead in a duel, avenging Sayoko's untimely death.
Afterwards, feeling unworthy to be a Kamen Rider, Tachibana restrained himself from fighting the Undeads, mistakenly believing this as an act of atonement. Once encountering his senior Kiryu though, Tachibana eventually used the Garren Buckle once more, being reminded of why he became Kamen Rider Garren in the first place.
Later, as Tachibana continues to fight alongside his allies, he shows a more concerned, nice and friendly disposition, qualities that he had always had within himself but were initially suppressed. His love towards his friends and people in general became more pronounced, as his growing courage.
In the novel Kamen Rider Blade: Twilight, Tachibana is revealed to have become the head of BOARD, now using the company's resources to help others. According to the author of the novel, after the events of Kamen Rider Blade, Tachibana became determined to remedy Kenzaki's mutation, going far as voluntarily experimenting on his own body, which turned him into a pseudo Undead. Despite decades having passed, Tachibana is still concerned about his friend, continuing his experiments with Undead DNA and keeping tabs on Kenzaki whenever possible.
==Fighting skill==
In contrast to Blade, Garren is primarily a long-ranged fighter, though also capable of close-quarter combat when necessary. Through use of the Rouse cards, Garren can enhance his physical capabilities, strengthen his arsenals, harness and release fire, create a copy of himself, and mimic the abilities of others. Depending on the type of Rouse card, Garren is also able to combine their abilities, granting him several finishing moves. Furthermore, he can borrow the Rouse card of other BOARD Riders, allowing him to utilize their special abilities as well.
In Jack Form, Garren is able to fly at will, becoming significantly swifter and stronger than his default form. His Garren Rouzer is enhanced as well, increasing Garren's overall capabilities.
Chosen by BOARD to replace Go as Kamen Rider Garren, Tachibana swiftly proved himself a competent fighter, being an excellent marksman. However, from fear plaguing his mind, Tachibana gradually found himself weakening with each battle, leading to several defeats against "lesser" Undeads. 
Upon using a special drug to calm his fears, Tachibana became more aggressive as Garren, unwittingly becoming a pawn for Isaka. From Sayoko's death though, Tachibana ultimately gained the will to confront his fears, overcoming his addiction in the process. 
His body now fully recovered, Tachibana's combat prowess rose significantly, allowing him to later defeat Go as Kamen Rider Leangle. This prowess continued to increase with time, causing Tachibana to become more resilient in the process. Evidently, in his battle against the Giraffa Undead, Tachibana managed to face him on equal footing, despite the Giraffa Undead's immense strength and powers. Succeeding where even Kamen Rider Wild Chalice failed, Tachibana ultimately won the fight through pure determination. 
==Forms==
Kamen Rider Garren's ending theme is entitled "Rebirth"
==Equipment==
*Garren Buckle: Garren's transformation device
*Rouse Absorber: Used to access Jack Form and King Form
*Rouse Cards: Allow Garren to perform special attacks
*Garren Rouzer: Garren's personal weapon
*King Rouzer: Garren King Form's primary weapon
*Red Rhombus: Garren's Rider Machine
==Legend Rider Devices==
==Relationships==
===Love Interest===
* Sayoko Fukasawa: Tachibana's deceased lover killed by Isaka.
===Friends===
* Kazuma Kenzaki/Kamen Rider Blade: to be added
* Hajime Aikawa/Kamen Rider Chalice/Joker: to be added
* Mutsuki Kamijo/Kamen Rider Leangle: to be added
* Shiori Hirose: to be added
* Kotaro Shirai: to be added
===Allies===
* Kei Karasuma: His boss from BOARD.
* Noburu Shima: to be added
* Nozomi Yamanaka: to be added
* Trial B/"Yoshito Hirose": to be added
===Enemies===
* Isaka: The Peacock Undead who manipulated Tachibana in "freeing him of his fear". He killed Sayoko and Garren sealed him to avenge her.
* Hiroshi Tennoji: The BOARD chairman who set the events in motion and used the riders in his plans.
==Behind the scenes==
===Portrayal===
Sakuya Tachibana is portrayed by , later credited as Kousei Amano in the character's appearances after 2008. As Kamen Rider Garren, his suit actor was .
===Etymology===
*The name "Garren" is most likely derived from the Japanese pronunciation of the word , tying in with the version of the ; the .
===Memes===
*The scene in the first episode where Garren observed Blade fighting Locust Undead from afar was made into various parodies where fans would place Garren peaking onto another character. This scene is memorable as , which was the line delivered by Blade before he enacted the infamous Ondul meme.
**Garren is seen in the cover of Kouchuu Yuugi Blade Wonder Ride Book. This scene is also featured as Complete Selection Modification's bonus illustration.
*As mentioned above, the quote from episode 3 when Tachibana proclaims how the Rider System damaged his body has become a viral meme in the Japanese fandom, due to the way he delivered the line: . This line was also self-referenced in one of the ending bumpers for the programming block.https://youtu.be/pHPOdKPyB_s?t=2m52s
*Tachibana is perhaps most infamously known for the final scene of episode 7, where the camera zooms in onto him screaming for his life as the Trilobite Undead approaches him.
*In episode 15, just before delivering the Burning Divide attack towards the Peacock Undead, Garren shouts out Sayoko Fukasawa's name, who was killed by said Undead. This scene has been parodied within the Japanese fandom and also used in Climax Heroes game starting from Fourze.
*In episode 21, Tachibana trained Mutsuki in an automated baseball field. He caught an incoming ball and shouting three (hence "SAN!!") before revealing the ball to Mutsuki. This scene becomes memorable due to his over the top manner in shouting it. The Twitter account of Kamen Rider Zi-O even referenced this as part of their promotional campaign for Kamen Rider Zi-O NEXT TIME: Geiz, Majesty, where Garren was advertised with this slogan.https://twitter.com/toei_rider_ZIO/status/1227525361606561792
*There is a running joke among Japanese fans where he is associated with a type of food known as , due to the last line of his insert song, Rebirth, has the chorus (Gotta be strong) sounding similar to the name of said food.
Garren is watching.png|Garren's staring scene in episode 1
Garren Ep1 Meme CSM Visual Art.jpg|CSM Garren Buckle & Garren Rouzer's Bonus Visual Art
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Boro Boro DA!.png|"My body is falling apart!" in episode 3
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Burning Divide - Sayoko.jpg|"SAYOKO!" in episode 15
Tachibana_SAN.jpg|"SAN!" in episode 21
===Concept Art===
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66670599_2358521237748519_7735375473053942855_n.jpg|Kamen Rider Garren Jack Form concept art
==Notes==
*As acknowledged between Kamen Rider Decade and in Super Hero Taisen, the Riders of Kamen Rider Blade share their card motifs with the from Shotaro Ishinomori's second and last series . Garren's Diamond motif would make him Blade's equivalent of .
*In Ganbarizing, there is a joke in which Kamen Rider Meteor refers to Emoto as "Tachibana", confusing Garrenhttps://twitter.com/kento80219/status/1486980960281567233?s=20&t=FFaMAdXMjVagx2BBCSGjtw. This is a jab at how both are a homage to Tobei Tachibana, trusted mentor and father-figure of the Seven Legendary Riders. 
*Kamen Riders Garren and Chalice were the focus of has been long-running fan debate regarding their status as the Secondary Rider. Toei and Bandai had confirmed Garren to be the Secondary Rider through video games and merchandising placing Garren with the position.
**From the show's debut in 2004, Chalice was already considered a Tertiary Rider., but strangely their roles are reversed in one marketing promo for Kamen Rider Zi-O: Over Quartzer.
==Appearances==
==References==
==External Links==
*Kamen Rider Zukan page on Sakuya Tachibana. 
*Kamen Rider Zukan page on Kamen Rider Garren.
**Kamen Rider Zukan page on Kamen Rider Garren Jack Form.
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