Rider

Steel Greaves (Splatoon Costume Bonus)

**Rider** is a member of the Yellow-Green Team and a recurring character in the *Splatoon* manga. He first appeared in Volume 1.

## Appearance

Rider is a dark-skinned Inkling boy who wears the topknot hairstyle. He wears the Black Inky Rider, Octoling Boots, and Fake Eye Contacts. Rider's eyes are always in a brooding gaze, giving him a more serious look than other Inklings. Although his ink and eye colors are yellow-green to match his team's motif, he can change this at will.

## Personality

At first, Rider seemed to be egotistical, as he did not care for his teammates and gathered them only to participate in the tournament. He sees many people as rivals and finds them to be annoying. However, after battling against [./https://coroika.fandom.com/wiki/Goggles Goggles] and his team, Rider cared more for his teammates.

Now, Rider is more caring of his teammates, although his serious attitude remains. He has recently found battles to be fun (mainly Clam Blitz) and enjoys himself despite letting his seriousness get to his head sometimes, at the expense of team cooperation.

## Relationships

### Team Blue

Ever since battling the Blue Team, Rider seems to have warmed up to them, even going as far as to worry about their disappearance during the Octo Expansion arc. He even trains the Blue Team to help them defeat tougher rivals (for example Skull's Team Purple). Rider reluctantly puts up with Goggles' shenanigans and seems to have taken the Blue Team under his side.

### The S4

Before the battle between Team Emperor and Yellow-Green, Rider asks Skull what it was like to go against Team Emperor, discovering that the S4 lost against them. They appear to get along, even sharing tactics and tips with one another. Additionally, Rider has joined the S4 to take an injured Army's place temporarily, implying that he and the S4 could be friends outside of battle.

## Quotes

* "Don't forget. You guys do exactly what I say."
* "*Exterminate.*" - *While partially sanitized"*
* I'm a tough trainer, so get ready to have a ROUGH day!."
* "I'm helping out just this once. I'm also S+, after all."
* "I also have long range."
* "I'LL CRUSH YOU!!!!!"
* "Your shoe soles... they're a nice color." *Rider to Emperor after their battle.*
* "Tch." - *Common verbal tic.*

## Trivia

* Rider is popular in Inkopolis with other Inklings.
* According to the Inkling Almanac, Rider takes very good care of his weapon.
* Rider practices with other weapons to learn how to counter them in battle.
* Although he finds them annoying, Rider tends to hang around Team Blue, perhaps as a mentor.
* After the tournament, Rider decided to team up with Bamboo Hat, School Uniform, and Stealth Goggles, as the battle with Team Blue made him realize the importance of teamwork, and how he wishes to fix his bad habit of going off on his own during team battles.
* Rider has been pantsed the most by Goggles out of every character in the manga series .
* Rider finds Gloves to be annoying and vice-versa; possibly hinting at a rivalry.
* Rider's philosophy is to "keep believing in yourself."
* He had dressed up as a knight in the Costume Event chapter.
* Has the contact information of everyone in the Team Blue.
* He has a part-time job at Ammo Knights as decided by Sheldon.