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## **Kamen Rider Kura**

* Kura
* Kura Zero

**Kura** (暗, *lit. Darkness*) formerly known as **Chi** (七, *Qī*) is a member of MetsubouJinrai.net and is the leader of a squad of Humagears as **Kamen Rider Kura** (仮面ライダー暗, *Kamen Raidā Kura*, lit. Masked Rider Darkness). After his destruction at an unknown time, he was rebuilt by ZAIA's current CEO Williamson Yotagaki and task to carry out the Ark's will without anyone knowing. However, his disloyal allegiance to the Ark was exploited by the satellite, who possessed and used Kura's body as a host of **Kamen Rider Ark-Zero** (仮面ライダーアークゼロ, **Kamen Raidā Āku Zero**).

## History

### Origin

Kura was originally a Secretary-Type HumaGear named Chi who was suppose to be used by LimeSoft Studios before getting taken by Horobi. Before leaving, Horobi puts a harddrive into him containing a computer virus from an another world. During the Daybreak Town Accident, Kura, alongside Niku, Ita, Ensa, Gokusha and Besshi, was hacked by the newly activated Ark; he thus became a member of MetsubouJinrai.net, with their goal to wiping out humanity aligning with the Ark's own.

### First Move

Kura starts to act after the death of Korenosuke Hiden. He starts to collect of Extinct Animals to provide Zetsumerisekeys.

### Becoming Kamen Rider Kura

Kura ends up reading a book about a legendary robot named Atom after gathering data about him, he creates a new personal Zetsumerisekey by using the data that collected and some remnant of a computer virus thus creating the Hacking Atom Zetsumerisekey. Kura later encounters a excited Jin who has just stole a Progrisekey from Kamen Rider Zero-One, Kura then tests him by transforming into Kamen Rider Kura Hacking Atom scaring Jin in the process as he runs away in fear of his transformation, Kura then finds Horobi and practices his new form against Horobi's Sting Scorpion form. Kura encounters Yua and Isamu who both transform into them Rider Forms, Kura overpowers the two and disables Yua's Shotriser with a Hacking Dystopia forcing it to jam leaving Yua with her fist and feet to fight. Kura defeats both Vulcan and Valkyrie, he then leaves heading back to Daybreak Town.

### Syncnet's Bidding

Kura and his team were tasked to work with Syncnet despite his disapproval of the organization.

### Second Move & Defecting from Syncnet

Kura spends a lot of time collecting data of any kind of animal extinct or alive, he later gets fed up with Syncnet and decides to hijack a nearby mech suit to find his special target: Izu, as he approaches Hiden Intelligence but is stopped by Zero-One in his Breaking Mammoth form, the two fight while Horobi and Jin watch the fight until Aruto Hiden destroys the mech suit causing Kura to flee leaving Horobi and Jin to fight Zero-One, he returning back to the Syncnet Base and was forced to collect more data with the others.

### Obtaining Singularity

Kura starts to collect data on some Progrisekeys, the Rising Hopper, Shooting Wolf, Rushing Cheetah, Flying Falcon, Sting Scorpion and a Zetsumerisekey that he has never seen before Rocking Hopper. After doing so he gains more new info on Kamen Riders as discovers some past Kamen Riders from 1971 to 2018, as he finishes the Legend Progrisekeys he reaches Singularity without even knowing.

### Joining Jin's War on Humanity & Death

Kura was found by Jin asking him to join his army to start a war on humanity, he agrees and gets ready before he could do so he encounters Zyugo and stops him saying that he won't allow him to do what he wanted and transforms into Kamen Rider Syncnet, Kura tries to fight him off but was underwhelmed by him, Jin and Others came and tried to help but get stopped by some grasshopper themed riders (Kamen Rider Abaddon), the group fight them off as Kura is swiftly pushed back until he manages to gets an opening to use his ChargingUp Stronger Progrisekey in the Attache Arrow to land a dead center shot on Syncnet, sending him away to be crushed by the Gigers.

Much to Kura's surprise, Syncnet activates the Synthetic System and quickly destroyed the Gigers. Kura and Syncnet charged to a one-on-one final clash, and Kura was swiftly defeated by the Synthetic System. Driven down, Kura stubbornly refuses to accept defeat. As Syncnet watching him trying to get up and fight back, he says that he is now no longer needed and actives his Connection Impact, Kura activates Hacking Utopia for the only time, Kura launches his final attack on Syncnet, clashing with his Connection Impact.

As the battle came to an end, Kura and Zyugo stood in place after their final attacks for a few seconds, remnants of Kura's broken armor falling from the sky. Kura transformation is then cancelled, revealing his severely damaged body. Sparking and starting to fail, Kura apologizes to Jin and his team. In his last words spoken, Kura shuts down and explodes in several pieces afterward. Horobi manages to defeat Zyugo and forces him to retreat as he came in late. Jin picks up Kura's damaged Hacking Atom Zetsumerisekey and gives Niku saying sorry for their loss.

### Revival as a Kitsune

After Kura exploded, his memory was collected by Naki possessing Isamu Fuwa then later handed to Williamson Yotagaki. At an unknown time, Kura was rebuilt by his benefactor, now wearing a tuxedo instead of a secretary suit. He also came in possession of the ZAIA Slashriser and the Blazing Kyubi Progrisekey, upgrading his Kamen Rider form. He heads underwater to enter the hideout and encounters Jin who was happy to him back but not excited like before as Kura notices that Jin now has suit and not a hood any more. Kura asks how long he was gone for as Jin says that he managed to sneak onto the roof of Hiden Intelligence and jammed the connection with Satellite Zea through the Humagear Hakase Bot, establishing a connection with him and controlling his movement. By linking his mind to Hakase Bot, Jin explained to Aruto and Isamu about the origin of MetsubouJinrai.net and its connection with Humagears. When Aruto and Isamu decided to confront Gai about Horobi's escape, Jin and Kura followed them. As Kamen Rider Zero-One MetalCluster Hopper fought off the Trilobite Magia and Vulcan Assault Wolf caught up with Horobi, as Jin was about to revealed himself as Burning Falcon, but Kura transforms into his Blazing Kyubi form and shocks Jin about his new transformation and watches Kura engaged Vulcan. Demonstrating his enhanced fighting skills and pushing Vulcan back into a corner, Kura executes a Blazing Rain slash, defeating Vulcan and cancelling his transformation. Kura left Jin to do his own business leaving Jin, Aruto and Izu baffled.

### Reuniting with the Extinction Squad

Kura sets out to find the other members of the Extinction Squad, he finds Niku back at the place where he was destroyed as Niku was doing his clean up job, Kura was then hugged by Niku as he was so glad to see him back and functioning. Kura asks if Niku could return to the squad, Niku replies saying yes as they head to find the rest of the Extinction Squad Members. Kura and Niku find Ita doing her Maid duties, Ita is excited to see Kura is back and quits her job to rejoin the Extinction Squad. The trio find Ensa collecting debt as he is happy to see Kura back up and running, Ensa toss his suitcase away and rejoins Extinction Squad. They find Gokusha working at Hiden Intelligence as Security Guard who is also with Besshi, the two rejoin the Extinction Squad. As the Extinction Squad is reformed they head off while staying associate with MetsubouJinrai.net.

### An Encounter with Azu

Kura was later seemingly approached by Jin inside Extinction Squad's base, who demanded to know who rebuilt him after he was destroyed, but Kura refused to answer and saw that "Jin" was actually a simulation. Azu, the secretary of the Ark, then introduced herself and revealed she was responsible for the simulation. She told Kura that she needed the data on his Singularity in order to fully reawaken the Ark, but stated she did not have any idea on what caused him to reach it. Kura replied that the answer to what caused his Singularity was simple; Past Kamen Riders, were the things that triggered it. Kura then unwillingly let Azu to "collect" his data before going to informed by Azu that the Ark's reawakening was imminent, as he successfully predicted.

### Carrying the Vexji Virus

Kura still carries the Vexji Virus without knowing what it is.

## Movies and other events

### Kamen Rider: Reiwa The First Generation

During the events of Kamen Rider: Reiwa The First Generation, Kura was given the task to collect data on the A.R. Worlds however he is stopped by Kamen Rider Neo Decade. Kura used a Hiden Zero-One Driver and transforms into Kamen Rider Kura Zero, Kura manages to defeat Neo Decade but was forced to help out the others in the revolution against humanity.

### Dream Riders x Dream Sentai: New Generation

Kura is one of participating Kamen Riders as part of the All Riders fighting for his own and everyone's existence. Dream Riders x Dream Sentai: New Generation

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Cognitive Learning**: Kura is able to learn from experiences and act accordingly, allowing him to more quickly reach Singularity.
* **Technopathy**: After achieving Singularity, Kura can take control of other pieces of technology, something he first uses to control multiple Giger units. Kura retains the ability after his revival and demonstrates the ability to use it to control other Humagears. The Humagear can either mimic Kura's words and movements or act as they normally would while serving his will. He mainly uses this to gather information or sabotage equipment.
* **Data Stealing Immunity**: Being an evolved Secretary-Type Humagear, Kura is immune to data stealing devices, such as the Ark-One Progrisekey. When this happens, his eyes will glow yellow while his module will glow red.
* **Long-Distance Communication**: Kura can use his new module to communicate with others from far away places. He used this ability to contact Williamson Yotagaki to inform him of the Ark's proper revival.

### Abilities

* **Skilled Swordsman**: Even though he wields a Customized Swiss Army Knife, Kure has been shown using his knife with great skill.

### Weaknesses

* **Chains Connection**: On Kura's arm is a chain connected that holds his Blazing Kyubi Progrisekey. It also gives him direct access to the Massbrain System's mainframe.

## Forms

* Slashriser
* Zero-One Driver
* Ark-Zero Driver
* Forceriser

* Blazing Kyubi

**Blazing Kyubi**

"Slashrise! Blazing Kyubi! The hellish flames from a mythical yo-kai."
―Transformation announcement[src]
**Rider Statistics:**

* **Rider Height:** 192.0 cm
* **Rider Weight:** 109.5 kg

**Ability Parameters:**

* **Punching Power:** 34.6 t
* **Kicking Power:** 90.3 t
* **Maximum Jump Height:** 68.6 m
* **Maximum Running Speed:** 100 m per 2.4 seconds

**Blazing Kyubi** is Kura's final form accessed by using the Blazing Kyubi Progrisekey in the ZAIA Slashriser.

In this form, all of Kura's stats surpass his regular form. While his punching power and maximum speed have been greatly increased, his kicking power has been tripled and maximum jump height has been doubled.

Blazing Kyubi consists of the following parts:

* **BK Head** (BKヘッド, **BK Heddo**): Kura's helmet.
	+ **Kitsune Face**: Kura's facial armor. It's heat-resistant.
	+ **Blazing Finder**: The "Kitsune Ears" above the Kitsune Face that serves as the Radar of Kitsune Face. By using several kinds of radars such as a three-dimensional radar and an imaging radar together, it is possible to obtain information on flying objects, weather, ground information. The information obtained here is sent to the Blazing Signal as needed.
	+ **Blazing Signal**: The gem located on the Kitsune Face. It analyzes the surrounding information.
	+ **Blazing Scope**: Kura's visual equipment. Observation from a high altitude is possible using optical equipment with a function equivalent to a reconnaissance satellite. It excels in telephoto and target tracking functions and also functions as a monitor for imaging radar so that it can track a locked-on target without missing it, even at altitude differences and distances. This enables a homing kick to hit the target from a high altitude.
	+ **High Communicator** (ハイアーコミュニケーター, **Haiā Komyunikētā**): Kura's hearing device. Units that integrate wireless communication devices and speakerphones to unify communication with the outside are arranged on the left and right. When used at high altitudes, the internal pressure is actively controlled to respond to sudden pressure changes, and communication shields and noise are prevented by special shields.
* **Higher Base Actor** (ハイアーベースアクター, **Haiā Bēsu Akutā**): Kura's base suit. It features a Humagear reinforcement system that combines superconducting actuators and power to assist with energy supply. By applying a heat-resistant laminate to the soft metal **Flexdown** (フレックスダウン, **Furekkusudaun**), heat resistance is raised while maintaining flexibility, and by taking advantage of high airtightness, the internal pressure is adjusted and maintained higher than the outside air pressure, by maintaining it, it is possible to cut off contact with corrosive liquids and harmful substances. In addition, the special coating minimizes the reflection of radio waves and the emission of infrared rays and has low observation ability, which can be said to be stealth equipment.
* **BK Breast** (BKブレスト, **BF Buresuto**): The heat-resistant special armour on the chest. The armour is made of the **Kitsune Resinium** alloy, which is extremely lightweight but has extremely high hardness and heat resistance, has a built-in heating device **Blazing Charger**. This increases the density by pressurizing the captured air to capture a huge amount of oxygen at a stretch and mixes it with the energy supplied by the ZAIA Slashriser to generate a blazing fire. Thus, the destructive power of various attacks can be explosively increased by protecting the chest and abdomen and putting fire on the whole body.
* **BK Shoulder** (BKショルダー, **BK Shorudā**): Kura's shoulder armour. Both shoulders features a built-in spatial interference field generator, **Blazing Fairness**, develops an energy interference field around the suit.
* **BK Arm** (BKアーム, **BK Āmu**): Kura's arms. By receiving the energy generated by the ZAIA Slashriser, the wearer's strength can be increased by approximately 18.5 times.
* **BK Gauntlet** (BKガントレット , *'BF Gantoretto)**: The heat-resistant forearm armor. It has a built-in flame control device, **Blazing Emb**, which controls explosive fire on the entire arm to explosively increase the destructive power of punches and other attacks.*
* **BK Grab** (BKグラブ, **BK Gurabu**): Kura's heat-resistance glove. They are made of the **Kitsune Resinium** with adjustments based on the use of a ZAIA Slashriser have improved the close-range fighting performance and defense.
* **BK Leg** (BKレッグ, **BK Reggu**): Kura's legs. By receiving the energy generated by the ZAIA Slashriser, the wearer's leg strength is increased by approximately 19.2 times.
* **BK Greaves** (BKグリーブ, **BK Gurību**): Jin's shin heat-resistance armour. They contain the **Blazing Emb**, controls explosive fire that is spread over the entire leg to explosively increase the destructive power of kicks and other attacks.
* **BK Boots** (BKブーツ *BK Būtsu*): Kura's special heat-resistance boots. They are made of the **Kitsune Resinium** alloy.

This form has two finishers:

* **Blazing Rain**: Kura's nine tails all spring up behind him lighting up on fire before the flames transfer to the ZAIA Slashriser, Kura then delivers a fire-coated slash.
* **Blazing Rain Rush**: Kura jumps and spins in air covering himself in flames he then delivers a burning diving kick.

**Hacking Atom**

"Progrise! Danger! Dangerous Computer Virus Detected! Hacking Atom! A robot with a deadly computer virus."
―Transformation announcement[src]
**Rider Statistics**

* **Rider Height**: 196.5 cm
* **Rider Weight**: 87.0 kg

**Ability Parameters**

* **Punching Power**: 38.4 t
* **Kicking Power**: 60.0 t
* **Maximum Jump Height**: 80.1 m
* **Maximum Running Speed**: 100 m per 2.9 seconds

**Hacking Atom** is Kura's android-based special form, accessed by using the Hacking Atom Zetsumerisekey in the Hiden Zero-One Driver.

Hacking Atom consists of the following parts:

This form's finisher is the **Hacking Impact**: Kura energizes his right leg with red lightning and sparks Kura proceeds to jump into the air and thrust the enemy back downward and destroys it.

**Kamen Rider Ark-Zero**
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"Arkrise! (terrified screaming and distorted voices) All zero."
―Transformation announcement[src]
**Rider Statistics**:

* **Rider Height**: 196.0 cm
* **Rider Weight**: 122.4 kg

**Ability Parameters**:

* **Punching Power**: 47.6 t
* **Kicking Power**: 96.3 t
* **Maximum Jump Height**: 73.1 m
* **Maximum Running Speed**: 100 m per 0.8 seconds

Kura transforms into Kamen Rider Ark-Zero using the Ark Driver-Zero after being possessed by the Ark.

In this form, Ark-Zero's stats surpasses all Kamen Riders up till his appearance, but Zero-One MetalCluster Hopper still outclassed him in terms of maximum jump height. In addition, his kicking power is also slightly lower than RampageVulcan. Compared to his fellow followers, he is the strongest among them.

It is weaker compared to when he possessed Horobi at the moment, but is as strong as its original host an episode later. However, due to Kura's willpower, it can make Ark-Zero paralyzed for a short while.

Kamen Rider Ark-Zero is composed of the following parts:

* **Ark-Zero Head** (アークゼロヘッド, *Āku Zero Heddo*) - The helmet.
	+ **Zero Face** (ゼロフェイス, *Zero Feisu*): The face armor. It is equipped with an ultra-high-performance antenna and a visual/auditory device that are premised on AI processing. As for the shape, the minimum elements as a Kamen Rider are extracted based on statistical data, and rearranged efficiently.
	+ **Eclipse Eye** (エクリプスアイ, *Ekuripusu Ai*): The visual device on the right side. It is a collection of image sensors of different methods in a compound eye shape. By combining with image processing, various information such as thermography and X-ray photography can be extracted.
	+ **Zero Face Vision** (ゼロフェイスビジョン, *Zero Feisu Bijon*): The image information collection device on the left side. By invading the network, it collects video data from reconnaissance satellites, security cameras in the facility, AI-equipped devices such as Humagear. As a result, every place can have its own field of view.
	+ **Zero Face Ear** (ゼロフェイスイヤー, *Zero Feisu Iyā*): The voice information collection device. In addition to the auditory sensor that boasts a sound collection range of 10 km in radius, it will collect voice data from communication devices such as mobile phones and AI-equipped devices such as Humagear by entering the network. By filtering the collected data, any sound can be extracted and heard.
	+ **Zero Face Antennae** (ゼロフェイスアンテナ, *Zero Feisu Antena*): The single antennae. The directionality is changed according to the environment, and a smart antenna that can simultaneously send and receive multiple types of enormous information, such as communication with various electronic devices and radar function, is adopted. In addition to hacking various electronic devices from here, human control is performed using special interference waves that manipulate brain waves.
	+ **Ark Signal Zero** (アークシグナル ゼロ, *Āku Shigunaru Zero*): The red gem on the forehead. A control device for the Ark-Zero system. The forced interruption program **"Prisonment Chain"** (プリズメントチェイン, *Purizumento Chein*) checks the operating efficiency and malfunctions by intervening in the control system of the human gear under control, and makes adjustments as necessary to bring out the limits of the functions.
* **Zero Chest Gear** (ゼロチェストギア, *Zero Chesuto Gia*): The chest armor. It possesses the **Worm Terminal** (ワームターミナル, *Wāmu Tāminaru*) and the **Restraint Cable** (リストレントケーブル, *Risutorento Kēburu*) that can penetrate into various devices with excellent penetrating power, allowing it to create a bypass path with a controlled Humagear. As a result, the efficiency of information transmission and the energy flow rate can be increased to enhance the function of the human gear from the inside.
* **Zero Tector** (ゼロテクター, *Zero Tekutā*): The powered bodysuit. Similar to Kamen Rider Zero-One's MetalCluster Hopper "Amalgamate Tector", the Zero Tector is formed by enclosing the target with liquid metal released from the Arc Driver-Zero. The special metal possesses excellent toughness and wear resistance is filled with fluid metal as it is, and functions as armor while maintaining flexibility.
* **Zero Shoulder Gear** (ゼロショルダーギア, *Zero Shorudā Gia*): The shoulder armor. One miniaturized particle accelerator is mounted on each shoulder. Each group shares the nuclei and electrons, accelerates to sublight speed, and supplies them to the "zero hand gear" of the hand part to form a part of the heavy charged particle cannon.
* **Marchinis Arm** (マーキニースアーム, *Mākinīsu Āmu*): The arms. It possesses the power cable **"M string"** (Mストリング, *M Sutoringu*) from the Zero Tector is stretched around like a human nerve, and forcibly controls the arm of Huma Gear from the outside. As a result, it becomes possible to exhibit high motility that exceeds the potential of the human gear placed under control.
* **Zero Hand Gear** (ゼロハンドギア, *Zero Hando Gia*): The gloves. The sharp armor of the fingertips **"Spite Nail"** (スパイトネイル, *Supaito Neiuru*) has the function of generating attractive force by partially reversing the barrier deployed from the "Zero Thigh Gear" of the thigh, and strongly adsorbing all objects. Also, the irradiation shaping machine **"Beam Equipper"** (ビームエクイッパー, *Bīmu Ekuippā*) is equipped on the palm, and various data such as attach weapons are materialized by modeling beam. In addition, this irradiation port can be used as a part of a heavy charged particle cannon that emits in a beam shape by synthesizing electrons and nuclei supplied from the Zero Shoulder Gear.
* **Zero Thigh Gear** (ゼロサイギア, *Zero Saigia*): The thigh armor. An energy barrier generator **"Coulomb Generator"** (クーロンジェネレーター, *Kūron Jenerētā*) is built in and forms a coulomb barrier generated by manipulating electric charges on the armored surface of the whole body. This allows the physical attack to be dispelled by repulsive force.
* **Marchinis Leg** (マーキニースレッグ, *Mākinīsu Reggu*): The legs. The power cable "M-string" of the powered suit "Zero Tector" is stretched around like a human nerve, and forcibly controls the leg of the human gear from the outside. This makes it possible to activate a special move that boasts an astonishing destructive power that exceeds the potential of Huma Gear placed under control.
* **Zero Shin Gear** (ゼロシンギア, *Zero Shin Gia*): The shin armor. The internal energy condenser **“Zero Annihilator”** (ゼロアナイアレイター, *Zero Anaiareitā*) has the role of temporarily storing the energy supplied from Arc Driver-Zero when activating a special move, and discharging a large amount of energy at once.
* **Zero Foot Gear** (アークゼロヘッド, *Zero Futto Gia*): The boots. When the Special Move is activated, the anti-annihilation field can be expanded to convert the substance that becomes a resistance or obstacle into energy. This invalidates the physical defenses and at the same time improves the destructive power of the kick.

Kamen Rider Ark-Zero's finisher is the **All Extinction** (オールエクスティンクション, *Ōru Ekusutinkushon*): Ark-Zero jumps up and delivers a flying side kick covered in red and black energy.

**Appearances:**

**Hacking Atom**

"Forcerise! Hacking Atom! Break down!"
―Transformation announcement[src]
**Hacking Atom** was Kura's original rider form accessed by using the Hacking Atom Zetsumerisekey in the MetsubouJinrai Forceriser.

Hacking Atom consists of the following parts:

This form has two finishers:

* Hacking Dystopia: Kura charges his arm with red electricity before delivering a superman punch.
* Hacking Utopia: Kura's leg gets changed with a computer virus and red electricity, he then delivers a side kick, roundhouse kick or a flying kick.

## Equipment

### Devices

* MetsubouJinrai Forceriser - First transformation device
* Hiden Zero-One Driver - Second transformation device
* ZAIA Slashriser - Third transformation device
* Progrisekeys - Transformation trinkets
* Progrise Holder - Carrying straps for Progrisekeys
* Ark Driver-Zero - Fourth transformation device as Kamen Rider Ark-Zero

### Weapons

* Customized Swiss Army Knife
* Attache Arrow - Kura's weapon
* Attache Calibur - Kura Zero's personal weapon

## Relationships

	+ Venjix Virus: Kura somehow has some remnant of the Venjix Virus.
	+ Atom Seventeen: His current relationship with Atom is unknown.
	+ Isamu Fuwa/Kamen Rider Vulcan

## See Also

* Atom Type-1 - Kura's alternative counterpart.
* Atom Seventeen - A Kamen Rider Kura user.