Marshal Armor

## **Destron Rider**

> Oh, Leader! Please do not desert me!
>
> Begging for forgiveness from Great Leader after defeated by V3, The Last Day of Destron

**Marshal Armor** (ヨロイ元帥, *Yoroi Gensui*, 40-52)/**Zariganna** (ザリガーナ, *Zarigāna*, 51 & 52)
Destron's final general and leader of the Armored Division in plated armor who comes from Mongolia. Pronounces Destron as "Deeestron".

## Character History

He frames scientist Joji Yuki for treason, fearing his position in Destron is in jeopardy, creating a rival in Riderman. Marshal Armor became Zariganna in his final battle against Kamen Rider V3. After being defeated by V3's V3 Full-Revolving Kick, he reverts back to his human form and despite surviving the encounter, he was destroyed by the Great Leader of Destron for failing to defeat V3. The Last Day of Destron

### Post-mortem

In his retrospective on the history of the Kamen Riders up to X-Rider, Tobei Tachibana recalled that Joji Yuki became Riderman to exact revenge on Marshal Armor. Special Edition, Full Force of Five Riders!!

## Other Media

### Kamen Rider Spirits

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 File:Marshal Yoroi giant form.jpg
In *Kamen Rider Spirits*, he's restored in a new Crab Inhumanoid body and seeks to eliminate his former rival Riderman. He was ultimately destroyed by Riderman's Machine Gun Arm.

### S.I.C. Hero Saga

In the *S.I.C. Hero Saga* story *Kamen Rider V3 & Riderman: Riderman Another After*, he returned as **Destron Rider** (デストロンライダー, *Desutoron Raidā*) to get his revenge on Joji Yuki.

## Video game appearances

### Kamen Rider V3 video game

Marshal Armor/Zariganna is among the Destron cyborgs which appear in the *Kamen Rider V3* video game.

### Kamen Rider SD: Sortie!! Rider Machines

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Marshal Armor is the last boss before Shadow Moon and the Final Stage. He rides a Speeder Bike-like vehicle and fires lasers at Super-1 or deploys drones that fire blasts of energy.

## Arsenal

He wields an oversized spiked mace in one hand and practices dark magic. As Zariganna, he is able to turn his hands into claws and had a retractable crab shell in his back.

Most of his monsters in his Armored Division are mutated versions of armored animals.

## Behind the scenes

### Portrayal

In *Kamen Rider V3*, Marshal Armor was portrayed by Bunya Nakamura (中村 文弥, *Nakamura Bunya*). As Zariganna, he was voiced by Ritsuo Sawa, his suit actor was Masaru Okada.

### Notes

* Height: 179 cm
* Weight: 87 kg

## Appearances

* File:Icon-v3.png *Kamen Rider V3*
	+ Episode 40: *Sudden Death! V3 Mach Kick!!*
	+ Episode 41: *Oh! People Are Melting! Enter, Marshal Armor*
	+ Episode 42: *The Snail-Man's Human Experiments!*
	+ Episode 43: *Friend or Foe? The Mysterious Riderman*
	+ Episode 44: *V3 Versus Riderman*
	+ Episode 45: *Destron's Christmas Present*
	+ Episode 46: *Riderman, Where Will You Go?*
	+ Episode 47: *Ambush! The Destron Leader!!*
	+ Episode 48: *Look! The Face of the Destron Leader!!*
	+ Episode 49: *A Gunshot Rings Out! Shiro Kazami Falls!!*
	+ Episode 50: *A Little Friendship*
	+ Episode 51: *You are Kamen Rider 4!!*
	+ Episode 52/Finale: *The Last Day of Destron*
* File:Icon-x.png *Kamen Rider X*
	+ Episode 27: *Special Edition, Full Force of Five Riders!!* (mentioned only)
* File:Icon-stronger.png *Kamen Rider Stronger*
	+ Episode 39/Finale: *Goodbye! The Glorious Seven Riders!* (archive imagery only)
* File:Icon-rx.png *Kamen Rider 1 Through RX: Big Gathering* (archive footage only)
* *Kamen Rider Spirits* episode 6 *Memories of a Right Arm*

## References

1. ↑ http://www.kamenrider.net/riderv3/destron/destron048.html