Guinevere Kadoya

**Kamen Rider Evil**
* Live

**Guinevere Retsu** (グィネヴィア烈, *Retsu Guinevere*), born **Guinevere Kadoya** (グィネヴィア門谷, ***Guinevere Kadoya***) (mostly called Gina by her friends), is a Squad Leader of Fenix and the second eldest of the Kadoya family who spawned her own demon, Kocho and unwillingly transformed into **Kamen Rider Evil** (仮面ライダーエビル, *Kamen Raidā Ebiru*). After presumably being separated from Kocho, Gina became **Kamen Rider Live** (仮面ライダーライブ, *Kamen Raidā Raibu*) in her own right.

## History

### Background

Gina is the younger sister of Wataru, and the older sister of Chisaki and Hiroko Kadoya. They were a happy family, until one fateful day when the older siblings went to school, leaving their little sisters, like they always did.

Gina and Wataru went to school, getting off the bus with their close friends Tadashi, Kazuhiro, and Shoichi. They were all excited for summer, and were planning to compare how the day went at lunchtime. However, fate had other plans. Right before the first period ended, the entire school went up in a horrible explosion, killing nearly everybody. Those who did survive were in pretty bad shape, and each group were told they were the only survivors of the incident.

Gina and Wataru both survived the incident, and were lucky to wind up in the same hospital room. They, like Tadashi, Kazuhiro, and Shoichi were all told they were the only survivors, so none of them even thought that their best friends could be alive. And, to make matters worse, both Gina and Wataru had memory loss after the incident. They only knew their first names, and who their school friends had been. They both had lockets, which had a picture of them with their parents and two sisters, but nobody knew who their family was, and Gina and Wataru went to an orphanage, where they were adopted by the Retsus.

Wataru went on to become a detective and then also became a member of an organization known as Fenix. Gina would also become a Fenix agent a year later, and she caught the eye of the scientist and engineer of Fenix, Kiriniji. He took a liking to her, and he started to tell her about a driver he’d created, which he called the Revice Driver. At the ceremony when new cadets would be full-time joining the ranks, Kiriniji planned to debut his rider system with Gina as the host...however, when the Deadmen attacked, it spooked Gina, and Gina watched as Wataru stepped up, and became Kamen Rider Revice instead of her.

Gina was a little jealous of this, yes, but not too much. Wataru was always better than her at everything, why wouldn’t he have been better at being the rider instead of somebody like her? All of the pent up feelings after the incident, combined with this new jealousy of her older brother started to become the perfect breeding ground for Kōchō, Gina’s inner demon, who started to break out for small periods of time, usually overnight.

Kiriniji wound up finishing another driver, the TwosiDriver, which gave Kōchō the edge she needed, and Kōchō took over Gina entirely and completely after this. For a few weeks, Gina herself was dormant while her inner demon completely ran the show. Gina found herself unable to break out of the demon’s hold on her, and although she was trying to have faith Wataru would free her, she was starting to have her doubts.

Wataru was able to break Gina free from Kōchō’s clutches in the end, and Kōchō has remained dormant since this incident, so Gina operates solely (for now) as Kamen Rider Live. However, Gina’s afraid something like this is going to happen again, and next time, she won’t be able to break free. However, after this, she’s tried to be more open about how she’s truly feeling with Wataru, and little do these two siblings know that their little sisters who got left behind that day of the accident are closer to them than ever before, and the family they’ve been trying to find will finally be found..

## Personality

Gina is rather clear and level-headed, being shy but quite prideful. She’s also a lot smarter than people give her credit for. She harbors a lot of  darker feelings behind her typically bubbly and cheerful personality, often frustrated with the life she’s living & she longs to find the  answers to her past that she can’t remember or fully piece together.

Eventually, her inner demon would grow out of her feelings of inadequacy, & of not knowing who she truly was, along with frustrations with herself and how she didn’t feel like she could express how she was truly feeling, how she always felt trapped in acting like a happy, go-lucky person.

Despite all this however, Gina is strong in her own way, as even though she was completely suppressed by her demon, she continued to fight against her own inner demon from deep down. Believing in her brother, Gina was finally able to break free from her demons after Wataru reaffirmed his belief in Gina’s strength. Gina fears that she’ll one day lose control to the demon inside of her. When she temporarily lost control to become Kamen Rider Evil, she was scared that she’d be trapped inside herself, a prisoner to the demon, helplessly watching as her demon caused chaos. However, her brother’s faith in her strength inspired her to break free. But the fear that she won’t be able to break free next time is strong.

Gina has a tendency to bury the feelings that she truly has deep inside and only show people what they want to see. She’s good at keeping up the act that she’s a confident person who has it all together, but in truth, she struggles every day. This can lead to her making rash and hasty decisions, having random angry outbursts over silly or stupid things, or straight up having a breakdown. Gina has a strong phobia of fire ever since the incident that nearly cost her her life, & she loves acting like she’s not bothered by things, even if she is.

## Forms

* Kamen Rider Live
* Kamen Rider Evil

**Bat Genome**

"*Versus Up! Precious! Trust us! Justice! Bat! Kamen Rider Live!*"

―Transformation Announcement

Rider Statistics
* **Rider Height**: 195.7 cm
* **Rider Weight**: 110.2 kg

Ability Parameters
* **Punching Power**: 20.5 t
* **Kicking Power**: 48.6 t
* **Maximum Jump Height**: 42.8 m
* **Maximum Running Speed**: 100 m per 3.3 seconds

**Bat Genome** (バットゲノム, *Batto Genomu*) is Live's bat-based primary form accessed by using the Bat Vistamp in the Two Sidriver.

All of Live's statistics exceed that of Revi and Vice's standard forms. Compared to Kamen Rider Evil, Live has higher punching and kicking power but slightly lower jumping height and running speed. Live can create golden energy waves from her kicks.

According to Kiriya, as Evil grows stronger, Live's power will also be increased by the same factor.

Bat Genome consists of the following parts:

* **Live Bat Head** (ライブバットヘッド, *Raibu Batto Heddo*): The head.
	+ **Live Bat Echo** (ライブバットエコー, *Raibu Batto Ekō*): The antennae. It reproduces echolocation utilizing the ultrasonic waves of bats and uses it as radar and flight control. The ultrasonic waves can also be used as a directed energy weapons and can confuse the target.
	+ **Bat Sacred** (バットセイクリッド, *Batto Seikuriddo*): The face armor. The strong armor that protects the face is a combination of a radome and visual equipment. In addition, the special shape functions as an aileron during flight and aids attitude control in the air.
	+ **Bat Dispel Eye** (バットディスペルアイ, *Batto Disuperu Ai*): The compound eyes. Even in situations where visibility cannot be secured, such as in the dark, it is possible to carry out activities like normal by visualizing the information obtained from the Evil Bat Echo.
	+ **Versus Crusher** (バーサスクラッシャー, *Bāsasu Kurasshā*): The oral cavity. By increasing the concentration of oxygen obtained by breathing and permeating it into every corner of the body, the motor functions of the user are dramatically improved and the speed of recovery from fatigue is accelerated.
* **Bat Brandy Cross** (バットブランディークロス, *Batto Burandī Kurosu*): The chest armor. The unique ability engraved with the symbol mark makes the user a bat warrior. This allows him to carry out his own justice by gaining high survivability and flying ability. In addition, it has a built-in **Live System** (ライブシステム, *Raibu Shisutemu*) that doubles the positive energy of the user and turns it into power, creating tremendous fighting power.
* **Versus Genomic Suit** (バーサスゲノミックスーツ, *Bāsasu Genomikku Sūtsu*): The reinforced suit. Deployed at the same time as the Versus Up, the genetic information of the species supplied from the Two Sidriver is reconstructed, and by wearing it in an enhanced shape, the user is transformed into Kamen Rider Live.
* **Live Bat Robe** (ライブバットローブ, *Raibu Batto Rōbu*): The robe armor. It is possible to thin the powerful energy supplied by the Two Sidriver and deploy it as wings for aerial combat. In addition, by applying this to attitude control, three-dimensional combat similar to dancing in the air is performed.
* **Live Bat Shoulder** (ライブバットショルダー, *Raibu Batto Shorudā*): The shoulders. The pure white armor has positive energy and is effective in counteracting the power of evil beings such as Deadmen.
* **Live Bat Arm** (ライブバットアーム, *Raibu Batto Āmu*): The arms. The energy supplied from the Versus Genomic Suit enhances the physical ability of the user. In addition, the **Libracelets** (ライブレスレット, *Raiburesuretto*) on the wrists enhance grip strength, improving punching power and the handling of the weapon.
* **Live Bat Glove** (ライブバットグローブ, *Raibu Batto Gurōbu*): The gloves. Special adjustments have been made to handle the Livegun removed from the Two Sidriver and they are good at fighting with a gun.
* **Live Bat Leg** (ライブバットレッグ, *Raibu Batto Reggu*): The legs. Utilizing their high impact absorption ability, they not only receive the enemy's attacks with the legs, but are protected from the tremendous shock they themselves produce, such as in finishing moves. In addition, movement sounds such as footsteps are minimized by combining with the quiet ability of bats.
* **Live Bat Boots** (ライブバットブーツ, *Raibu Batto Būtsu*): The boots. Equipped with a sole that has strong suction power, it is possible to walk on walls or ceilings. In addition, by concentrating energy, the finishing move **Justice Finish** can be activated.

	+ **Bat Justice Finish** (バットジャスティスフィニッシュ, *Batto Jasutisu Finisshu*): Varies depending on which mode the Two Sidriver is in.
		- Livegun: This finisher has four variations.
			* Live gathers gold energy at the end of the Livegun's barrel before firing a volley of gold blade-shaped energy projectiles while performing a cartwheel.
			* Gold light appears at the end of the Livegun's barrel before Live turns around and fires numerous gold blade-shaped energy projectiles at a group of enemies.
			* Gold light appears at the end of the Livegun's barrel before Live fires a large blast of gold energy sound waves at close range, launching the enemy away.
			* Live fires two volleys of gold blade-shaped energy projectiles at the enemy from close range. He then places the Livegun's barrel against the opponent's body and fires more blade-shaped projectiles at point-blank range, pushing the enemy backward.
		- Driver: Live jumps into the air while teal energy flows from the Two Sidriver and into her lower leg before performing a flying kick. The energy is then released in the form of teal liquid that rearranges into a bat shape and changes color, culminating in a white bat construct surrounded by spiraling golden energy. The bat construct flies alongside Live's kick before both strike the enemy, creating a gold shockwave upon impact. The bat construct then disappears into the point of impact before Live's kick breaks past the enemy, leaving behind a golden sonic boom.
* Livegun + Ohinbuster50 finishers:
	+ **Bat Justice Finish + Ohing Strike**: Gold energy gathers at the end of the Livegun's barrel while a cyan projection of the Ohinstamp's seal appears in front of the Ohinbuster50's barrel along with several blank pink and blue energy stamps. Live then fires both weapons, creating a blue projection of the Ohinstamp's seal and a gold projection of the Bat Vistamp's seal along with a burst of gold energy. A large gold blade-shaped energy projectile is fired from the Livegun while a ball of blue energy is fired from the Ohinbuster50. The two projectiles pierce the opponent, leaving large holes.

**Bat Genome**

"*Versus Up! Madness! Hopeless! Darkness! Bat! Hehe! Kamen Rider Evil! Yeah-haha!*"

―Transformation announcement

**Rider Statistics**
* **Rider Height**: 207.0 cm
* **Rider Weight**: 106.8 kg

**Ability Parameters**
* **Punching Power**: 15.8 t
* **Kicking Power**: 37.5 t
* **Maximum Jump Height**: 45.1 m
* **Maximum Running Speed**: 100 m per 3.1 seconds

**Bat Genome** (バットゲノム, *Batto Genomu*) is Evil's bat-based primary form accessed by using the Bat Vistamp in the Two Sidriver.

In this form, Kamen Rider Evil's statistics are generally superior to Kamen Riders Revi and Vice's main forms, though both Eagle Genomes and Revi Jackal Genome have higher jump height, Vice Lion Genome has higher running speed, both Kong Genomes have higher punching power, and both Brachio Genomes have higher punching and kicking power.

By stamping a Vistamp onto her body, Evil can use its abilities:

* **Bat**: Evil stamps the Bat Vistamp onto the emblem on her chest and fires green sonic waves from it that attack the enemy's hearing.
* **Kong**: Evil stamps the Kong Vistamp onto the Two Sidriver and covers the Evilblade with a smoking flame.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 TV Asahi's page for Live Bat Genome.