Ace Ukiyo

Ace Ukiyo is the main prologist of Kamen Rider Geats Daybreak - Lamination until he ends up being possessed by his other self Bai Tianyue. He was a famous celebrity who participates in the Desire Grand Prix, Jyamato Grand Prix as Kamen Rider Geats.

## History

During the time when Tianyue was held as a hostage prince in the Emozhiyan Tribe and was on the verge of not getting any better due to refusing to grant wishes which the Chief of the Emozhiyan Tribe would order for a doll of Tianyue to be made which they would take use Tianyue's blood and place it on the terracotta sculpture they made to resemble Tianyue which they added his blood to the statue and kill him had Dinghu not interfere and save Tianyue and the tribe being punished for abusing the heir and kidnapping him which the tribe was kill which none survived which the terracotta statue would break and Ace would awaken and would picked up Dinghu's gold coin.

Upon having no memories of his life Ace would become a nameless doll for his life until his death and eventually would patriciate in DGP only to have his wish rejected but would be given the name Ace by Tsumuri. Wanting answers to who he is Ace and his various reincarnations including A, Ace Garfield, Eisu Yakumo, and Ace Lee all participated in the Desire Grand Prix in their lifetimes, each having a desire to empower one another in a future battle should they resolve the protect the world. At some point after Ace passed away, he reincarnated as "Ace Ukiyo" in 21st century Japan to his parents Issei and Mika Ukiyo. Ace had also attended Minami Shiraita Elementary until 2008. One day, he picked up the coin that belonged to his other self's father, restoring his memories of his past lives.

In high school, Ace was approached by Tsumuri with an offer to join the Desire Grand Prix, which he accepted and transformed into Kamen Rider Geats for the first time. Retaining the memories of his past lives, he eventually won the Desire Grand Prix, which granted him a comfortable life as well as the right to continue competing indefinitely.

At some point, he witnessed the death of fellow participant Toru Imai, a friend of Michinaga Azuma who would later join and develop a rivalry with Ace. Ace also encountered Daichi Isuzu and Sae Ganaha in a previous tournament, though Ace had emerged victorious in said game. In the chance he'd lose his memories, he wrote hidden messages around him to ultimately lead him back in the game.

Ace had also encountered Kirito Asari at some point and witnessed his elimination.

### Daybreak/Encounter Arc

For the last six months, Ace had continued to prevail victorious in his games, often resorting to the Boost Buckle as his "trump card." During a final round, Ace rescued and reassured both Keiwa Sakurai and Neon Kurama that he would save the world by transforming into Kamen Rider Geats and destroying the Slug Fortress Jyamato, the final boss of that round. Ace was once again, crowned Deza Shin, which reset the world.

In the new world Ace chose to become a famous and beloved superstar, just to test the limits of Desire Grand Prix's ability of granting desires. He is then selected for the next tournament, he reunited with two civilians he had saved before, Keiwa Sakurai and Neon Kuruma as well as long-time rival Michinaga. In the Treasure Hunting mission, Ace tricked Keiwa into handing over the Boost Buckle on the pretext of helping unfortunate children. After finishing the round Ace would then anonymously pay for Takahito Taira's ailing son.

During the zombie survival game Ace challenged Michinaga to trade Buckles and won the latter's Zombie Buckle. He saved Neon from Kanato Sumida after deducing he was turned into a zombie but however Neon was also turned into a zombie and is about lose all hope in fighting until Ace gave her words of encouragement which she would continue to fighting to clear the game which also led to Kanato elimination from the game. Ace would then pair up with Neon in the Concentration game. Ace would then notice the Trump Jyamato's continuous rebirth and discovered the key to defeating it. In the final round against the Saboten Knight Jyamato, Ace warned the other players of the Jyamato's history of never having been defeated. Ace obtained the Ninja Buckle as a special weapon against the final boss after taking advantage of Keiwa's courage. However, the Jyamato proved resilient and Keiwa was booted from the tournament. After protecting Michinaga from an attack, Ace obtained the Monster Buckle and used it defeat the last boss. After defending his title once again, he received his desire to make both Girori and Tsumuri his family.

### Conspiracy Arc

In Ace's new world, he opened up to Neon about finding his family whom he could not remember while announcing his plans to discover the darkest secrets of the Desire Grand Prix and its management. During the Labyrinth game, Keiwa was an unexpected civilian without any of his memories due to his previous elimination, though his re-entry was reluctantly granted by the Game Master thanks to Ace's persuasion. While conversing with Neon, Ace learned that the DGP had sponsors and that Neon's father, Kousei Kurama was one of them. As Ace grew closer to achieving his goal, he found himself continuously sabotaged by Win Hareruya, who was doing so under orders from the Game Master, who was growing tired of Ace's consecutive victories.

Ace had realized that the Game Master was finally onto his intent to dig deeper into the DGP and was intentionally placed at a disadvantage during the Musical Chairs game. However, he was unknowingly supported by the game's producer Niramu, who granted Ace access to the Command Twin Buckle, an item that was not yet in the game's circulation. Left without a Driver, Ace used his Rider-less status to grow closer to Win, the latter revealing that he only got a staff job due to his grandfather being a sponsor. Win was also confused on how Ace's wish to know who he is was mysteriously rejected. Learning that Girori was also the Game Master, Ace convinced Win start fighting for himself and the teamed up against an angered Girori, who transformed into Kamen Rider Glare. However, Ace is eliminated from the game following Win's hijacking into a GM Rider.

With no memories of his in-game life, Ace returned to a normal life where he once again participated in his celebrity activities. However, he found notes around his room that ultimately compelled him to return to the battlefield. As he arrived, he held Michinaga and touched the Buffa Core ID, restoring his memories as Geats. Ace returned to the DGP saloon and confronted Girori with his intent to defeat the last boss. Due to a past wish, Ace will always be allowed to enter the DGP so long as he was alive. Thus, Ace was given a new Desire Driver and proceeded to destroy the final boss. However, his returning participation had greatly angered Girori to the point he denied Ace's victory, instead announcing an intermission round where both Keiwa and Neon must kill him for the title of Deza Shin.

### Fox Hunting

During the interim round, he was initially chased by the GM Riders before encountering Neon, who asked him if they really had to fight. He asked her back if she wanted to, until a still brainwashed Win attacked him, as his helmet blew up in an attempt to take the two down together. However, Ace was able to push him off at the last moment, surviving the blast, with Win being presumed dead in the explosion. He was later visited by Tsumuri, who gave him food and plasters, with him rhetorically questioning if she should be helping him, but thanking her, nonetheless. When Tsumuri asked him why he wished for her and Girori to become his family, he stated that he was looking for purpose in his life, and an answer to the question of who he is, where he come from making Tsumuri realized that Ace was searching for answers on who he is which Ace reveals that the Desire Card rejected his Desire much to her surprise which Tsumuri wonders on what caused his desire to be rejected.

Eventually, Keiwa mustered his resolve and fought Ace, with Ace having the edge while Girori desperately joins in as Glare to kill Ace. After Keiwa and Neon's plan to expose Girori for his corruption unfolded, followed by Niramu's appearance who terminated Girori on the spot, Ace became impressed by the two's plan that had even him tricked. Niramu revealed that because the Game Master was no longer "available", the current game would be canceled with no Deza Shin crowned, but provided the three assurance they will be guaranteed entry into the next game. Returning to the Desire Temple, the three learn of the DGP's true nature; it was in fact a "rider reality show" watched by a live audience where them saving the world is entertainment.

### Divergence

As a new Desire Grand Prix began, Ace re-entered the game with Keiwa and Neon, alongside two of his past associates, Daichi and Sae. Chirami, the new Game Master replacing Girori, tells the Riders that they were to now dorm together as the new DGP was also to document their private lives. He also revealed that one of their competitors, the DezaStar, was a saboteur who would win by default should they become one of the final two competitors in the game. Ace later met his supporter Ziin for the first time, who was thrilled at the amount of entertainment Ace was bringing him. Although Ace attempted to keep his distance, Ziin revealed that he had done research into Ace's past, and that the audience of the DGP were supposedly travelers from other dimensions. Ace then re-encountered Michinaga, who was using Jyamato-based powers as a revived yet broken Buffa. Ace questioned Michinaga, who revealed that the Jyamato were actually cultivated using broken ID Cores, which supported Keiwa's previous claims and resulted in Daichi's elimination.

However, after the Timebomb game's conclusion, no Jyamato had appeared, which prompted Chirami to become Kamen Rider Glare2 himself and "fight" the Riders on the audience's behalf. Privately, Ziin revealed to Ace that Buffa now has a new supporter, the Jyamato sponsor Beroba, and believes that the recent lack of Jyamato was was related to a sinister plot that she has planned. After Beroba is successful in stealing Chirami's Vision Driver, Ace began pushing Chirami and Niramu for answers regarding the Goddess of Creation and how the Jyamato came to be, but backed out the moment his memories were threatened to be erased by Niramu. Tasked with retrieving the stolen Vision Driver, Ace teamed up with Ziin near the Jyamato Garden but became engaged in a one-on-one duel against Buffa. During the duel, he overheard Ziin and Beroba reveal that they were in-fact time travelers from the future, who confirm this as fact as they revealed they saw the current era as entertainment.

### Lamentation Arc

Although Beroba destroyed the garden, Ace and the others were able to escape with minor injuries. Ace sat with Ziin in his supporter room where they watched the Special Episode. However, Beroba hijacked the show and announced the reformatted version of the Desire Grand Prix, Jyamato Grand Prix, where they were deemed the enemies while Michinaga, and other Jyamato including Toru Imai were the "players".

During the Lightning Jyamato Festival, the Jyamato attacked a mundane festival which left both Keiwa and Neon injured trying to defend it. For the sake of Shota, a young boy whom Ace met at the festival, Ace confronted both Michiaga and Toru with the combined power of his past incarnations and evolved into Boost Form MarkII, allowing him to singlehandedly stop the Jyamato from securing a victory. However, using the form left him heavily fatigued to the high-speeds it grants. In the midst, he was confronted by Ziin, who had discovered Ace's ability of reincarnation and entertainingly wished to see it through. Insisting that his life was not for "entertainment", Ace's continued stubbornness ultimately resulted in him being put in grave danger. Ace later realized that his stubbornness resulted in Ziin being put in danger for his sake.

As a form of retribution, Ace brought Ziin to the ruins of a tribe explains to Ziin that he was unaware of why he was reincarnating, and when he woke up he had no memories of who he is and found himself in a ruined tribe and found the roman coin he had hoped to find someone who will give him answered. His story moved Ziin to tears, with the latter being unable to comprehend as effectively due to the timeline where he was from. Ultimately, Ace confides in Ziin and tells him that they both weren't so different from each other after all.

Later, as the Sengoku game re-commenced, Ace, already transformed as Geats Powered Builder form personally confronted Beroba, the latter transformed into Glare2. Being forced to use Boost MarkII to fight back, the form expired quicker, and the fatigue set in much earlier than expected. Fortunately, Ziin, who was nearby, was able to fend Beroba off briefly and integrate his Laser Raise Riser to Ace's Desire Driver. This act fully recharged Ace as he assumed his new form, LaserBoost Form, effectively defeating both Jyamato Riders and Glare2 without breaking a sweat. As Ace moved in to reclaim the stolen Vision Driver, Michinaga swooped in and saved her before retreating. With the game win, Ziin decided to return to the future to live out his life and formally relinquished his Laser Raise Riser to Ace, who acknowledged Ziin as his supporter and asked him to visit once in a while.

As Michinaga kickstarted the Bullfighting Game, Ace noticed that Neon was not herself even though it was her birthday, where she admitted that even though it was supposed to be her happy day, it was also the day she was kidnapped as a child. Using a news video archive, Ace found the place where Neon was kidnapped 11 years ago and encounters her father, Kousei, who laid a bouquet of flowers on the floor of the very building they're in. Ace is informed of what truly happened that day, that Neon was actually an artificial replacement for Kousei's deceased daughter, Akari Kurama, a fact not even Neon knows.

After Ace took Neon's place at the Bullfighting Game knowing it was a trap, Beroba interrupted Ace's fight against the Dunkleosteus Jyamato and revealed the Akari secret to the entire public. Filled with rage and anger, Ace mercilessly destroys the Jyamato in front of him. Sometime after the battle, Ace angrily confronts Kyuun, who had done practically nothing since Neon's secret was unveiled to the public, and suggests he go back to the future if he does not intend to support her. As Ace is forced to watch Neon fight a losing battle during the Bullfighting Game, he smiled the moment he saw Kyuun come to her rescue.

### Death

After the Bullfighting Game's conclusion, Ace is confronted by Michinaga who took this chance to take Geats down himself only for 'Archmedel' to arrive and attack him and kills him which Keiwa then grabs Ace who is about to dies however only for Keiwa to see a shooting star which enters Ace's body which Tianyue would possess Ace's body.

### Revival

Ace's origins are then discovered by the Dark Game Riders however Beroba would bring the true about Ace's nature to light. Ace and Tianyue were then separated which Ace would suffer from identity crisis after discovering his origins as a doll create from the Emozhiyan Tribe as a replacement.

## Personality

Ace is a confident and mysterious man who keeps his true self unclear. As the undefeated champion of the Desire Grand Prix, he aims to exploit the world-changing abilities to their limits. His goal is not known at first, and it seems as if he was just playing around with the wishes he got from winning the DGP, testing their limits for his unknown true goal, until it's later revealed that he is an amnesia man who does not know who he is or who his family is, and even his seemingly frivolous wishes are all a means to find out who he is, like his wish to be famous being done so that someone may recognize him. He also does not hide his interest in women and is known for his stylish attire and frequent references to historical facts and sayings, likely from accumulated knowledge of his past incarnations.

True to his fox motif, Ace is willing to lie in order to elicit sympathy from others. While he exudes confidence when dealing with his fellow players, he doesn't necessarily view them as enemies, but rather as a means to an end that he justifies fulfilling his goals. Ace considers some of his DGP competitors not only as rivals but also as friends, like Keiwa and Neon. He's even willing to manipulate others to do his bidding, but despite said questionable actions, Ace is kind and selfless at heart, shown as he helps to fulfill the wishes of those who cannot achieve them, such as covering for Takahito Taira's medical expenses to save his son. Additionally, Ace is never seen deceiving children, and even goes as far as to protect and bond with them. Ace's lies even extends to casual conversations, like depicting his good deeds as just a necessary action to achieve his desire, but it's not the case, as the Jyamato Grand Prix shows, of which his friends are able to see past this lie.

Despite his calm and level-headed mindset, Ace's temperament can be pushed to its limits, as seen when Beroba revealed Neon Kurama's true origins, or discovering his true nature as a doll created as a replacement for his Dark Game Rider counterpart. Discovering that he was actually a terracotta doll created from the Emozhiyan Tribe to serve as their replacement causing him to suffer from an identity crisis had Ziin remember Tianyue words on the stars which Ace who discovers the kind of person his other self is and his love for stars seeing that they are not alike but when Ace remembers the night sky being light up makes it similar on how he remembers whenever he is reborn the sky would light up making him feel that somehow that his other self

## Notes

* Ace is based on Jesuse Christ and Tom Canty.
* Ace and Tianyue live different wealthy lifestyles