Matthew Briggs

* Cyber (2017)
* DX (2026)

* Cyber
* Glitch

**Matthew Briggs** is **Kamen Rider Cyber,** the main protagonist of *Kamen Rider Cyber.*

## Biography

#### Early Life

Matthew Briggs was born on March 7th, 1999 and was raised by his grandparents after his mother died after his birth. His father was still involved in his life but had to work overseas and had no time to raise Matthew. His father would return from action in 2011, but was killed by Robert Gray, who was mimicking Matthew in 2012 after the Shifters came to Earth.

#### Meeting Jennifer Black

Briggs is leaving from his job at a comic book store when he is hit by Jennifer Black's limo. Though he is not hurt, his bike is damaged. He is confronted by Black who pays him off so he can repair the bike. He ends up thanking her and introduces himself, but she is too concerned with finding the candidate for Project Cyber. She asks Briggs if he has seen the man but Briggs says that he hasn't.

Later on, Briggs finds the man Black was searching for dead in an alleyway, covered slime produced from a Shifter. He borrows someone's motorcycle to find Jennifer.

#### Becoming Kamen Rider Cyber

He finds her confronting the man and about to give him the Cyber belt but Briggs runs the man over to the anger of Jennifer. Briggs tries to warn Jennifer that the man is a Shifter but Jennifer argues with him. The man reveals himself to be a Shifter and Jennifer tries to fight it off while Briggs watches. He attempts to save her but is thrown through a bench by the shifter.

Briggs notices the Cyber belt and figures that he can use it. The Cyber Driver files his way and he grabs it. Jennifer tries to tell him not to use it but he proceeds to use it and transforms into Kamen Rider Cyber Shield Form. Cyber struggles fought the Shifter and it completely overpowers him. Jennifer then begins to tell Matthew how to use the suit and Cyber manages to barely defeat the Shifter.

## Personality

Matthew is a very outgoing, ambitious, and excitable person up until episode 23 where he learns that Kamen Rider Glitch killed his father. He would become more aggressive over time, but is still very kind and caring. When he turns into Cyber, however, he becomes a completely different person. He becomes a more skilled fighter over time and has no sympathy for any shifter except for the ones who didn't become shifters by killing.

## Kamen Rider Cyber

The **Cyber Driver** allows Matthew Briggs to transform into Kamen Rider Cyber. As with all of the Drivers, Cyber has two basic forms that he can transform into

* Shield
* Break
* Hyper

**Shield Form**

> "*Transform!*"
> ― Transformation announcement[source]
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**Rider Statistics**

* **Rider Height**: 190 cm.
* **Rider Weight**: 132 kg.

**Rider Senses**:

* **Eyesight**: 2 km.
* **Hearing**: 5 km.

**Ability Parameters**:

* **Punching Power**: 8 t.
* **Lifting Power**: 25 t.
* **Kicking Power**: 10 t.
* **Maximum Jump Height**: 20 m.
* **Maximum Running Speed**: 100 m. per 8.9 sec.

Cyber's **Shield Form** is a heavily armored form resembling a pupa. Due to the heavy armor, Masked Form offers strong defensive but low offensive capabilities. This is Kabuto's default form, until he flips the "horn" on the **Cyber Driver**, like a switch, to initiate the **Cast Off** command. This primes the armor to "Cast Off," which when fully activated, sends the armor flying off his body, destroying all lower Shifters that get hit with the ejected armor parts and revealing the sleeker Rider Form. It is shown to be possible for Shield Form to be bypassed altogether by flipping the horn immediately after placing the Cyber Driver on the belt before the armor materializes. When Cyber switches the horn on the Cyber Driver back to its original position, it will initiate **Put On** sequence, where all of the extra armor reattaches to him, restoring Shield Form either partially or completely.

The Armor of Shield Form consists of the following parts:

* **Cyber Receiver** is the V-shaped horn on the forehead, usually has more than four times the hearing ability of a person, listens to sounds in the range of 16 Hz to 120 thousand Hz, and can even hear a needle falling 5 km ahead.
* **Manipulator Arm** is the silver armor supported and reinforced by **HP Pod**, it is possible to continue to lift with heavy load even with heavy objects of 25 tons for a long time.
* **Lung Slit** is the black shoulder tip that take in air. Gas is separated, converted into high-compression oxygen, and the oxygen concentration in the body is made up, and make **Oxygen Value** spreads throughout the body. Only activated by qualified person can make him to be able to use the Masked Rider System freely.
* **Cyber Exclusive Zect Tech Mark**
* **Enhanced Chest** hidden inside the Shield Armor, stores high compressed oxygen which can be operated freely for more than 10 hours even above 5000 m above sea level. In Shield Form, Cyber's Horn is stored and isolated in chest.
* **Shield Armor** is molecularly coupled by electric force called van der Waals force. Also, by Cast Off, Shield Armor can blow off at the initial speed of 2000 m/s and can give damage to enemies nearby.

**Appearances**: *Cyber* Episode 1-40

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**Rider Form**

> "*Break Off! Change Beetle!*"
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**Rider Statistics**

* **Rider Height**: 195 cm.
* **Rider Weight**: 95 kg.

**Rider Senses**:

* **Hearing**: 5 km.

**Ability Parameters**:

* **Punching Power**: 3 t.
* **Kicking Power**: 7 t.
* **Maximum Jump Height**: 37 m.
* **Maximum Running Speed**: 100 m. per 5.8 sec. (After Clock Up : near the speed of light)

**Special Attacks**:

* **Rider Kick**: 19 t.

Cyber's **B****reak Form** is the sleeker and more offensive-based form. This form resembles more of a Japanese rhinoceros beetle. In this form, Cyber has access to the **Timebreaker** program, enabling him to travel at the speed of light to match the speeds of the Shifters. By pressing the three buttons on the belt in succession, Cyber can perform his tachyon-powered **Rider Kick**. Cyber's Break Form has three known variations of Rider Kick: a normal 180 degree roundhouse kick, a counter kick (360 degree roundhouse kick, which is used to surprise opponents who attempt to attack him from behind), and a flying side kick.

Rider Form consists of the following parts:

* **Beetle Horn**
* **CV Signal**
* **Bonchermette**
* **Compound Eye** has a field of view to instantaneously identify targets 2 km away covering the wide angle of 130 degrees in all directions. Moreover, enemies can be identified by fluoroscopy with X-rays, neutron rays, and infrared rays even in hidden objects and darkness.
* **Beetle Breast**
* **Sign Suit**
* **Rider Armor**
* **Rider Barm**
* **Full Throttle**
* **Rider Stomper**

**Appearances**: *Cyber* Episode 2-40

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**Hyper Form**

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> "*Hyper Break Off! Change Hyper Beetle!*"
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**Rider Statistics**

* **Rider Height**: 198 cm.
* **Rider Weight**: 102 kg.

**Rider Senses**:

* **Hearing**: 5 km.

**Ability Parameters**:

* **Punching Power**: 10 t.
* **Kicking Power**: 15 t.
* **Maximum Jump Height**: 50 m.
* **Maximum Running Speed**: 100 m. per 4.2 sec. (After Hyper Clock Up : faster than the speed of light)

**Special Attacks**:

* **Hyper Rider Kick**: 30 t.

Cyber and Beetle are the only Riders in *Cyber* that can enter **Hyper Mode**, an even stronger version of Rider Form. Accessed through the **Hyperdriver**, a futuristic driver made by Karen Green and predestined to be used by Kamen Rider Cyber and Beetle, it initiates the **Hyper Break** command, unleashing its full power. It also has access to **Hyper Timebreaker**, a version of Timebreaker, able to even time travel due to its faster-than-light speed properties.

The maximum range of this is currently unknown, but its able to travel back around an hour. Cyber is also able to take objects back in time along with him. His finisher is the flying **Hyper Kick**. However, the driver can only be used a certain amount of times as it requires large amounts of energy. Using the Hyperdriver also has side effects such as traveling through universes automatically and unexpectedly. He is also equipped with a jetpack-like device on his back, allowing Cyber's flight capabilities, though usually it's only used to gain height for the Hyper Kick.

**Appearances**: *Cyber* Episode 24-27, 29, 40

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## Relationships

### Allies

* Jennifer Black
* Lance Bishop

## **Behind the Scenes**

#### **Portrayal**

Matthew Briggs is portrayed by Ryan Beck.

As Kamen Rider Cyber, his suit actor is .

## See Also

* Soji Tendo - Counterpart in *Kamen Rider Kabuto.*
* Soji Kusakabe - Counterpart in *Kamen Rider Kabuto.*