Hana Natsuki

* Weekend
* Civilian
* Deadmans

**Hana Natsuki** (夏木 花, *Natsuki Hana*) is a young woman who was originally raised as **Aguilera** (アギレラ, *Agirera*) and the queen of the Deadmans. She was groomed to become Giff's fiancée until learning that she was intended to be the final sacrifice to revive him. With the cult's collapse, she became the **Queen Bee Deadman** (クイーンビー・デッドマン, *Kuīn Bī Deddoman*) until Giff abandoned her. Having temporarily lost her purpose in life, she was liberated by Sakura Igarashi and joined Weekend as **Kamen Rider Aguilera** (仮面ライダーアギレラ, *Kamen Raidā Agirera*) with a newfound resolve.

## History

### Background

According to Aguilera, she was raised by the Deadmans since she was a toddler. As a child, she was selected by Giff to be his fiancee and spent her life being groomed to be his bride. Unbeknownst to her, Aguilera was actually intended to be the sixth sacrifice and an untainted vessel to revive Giff.

### The Deadmans Crisis

Aguilera, along with Orteca and Julio, were first seen leading the Deadmans' rally and embraces her dormant fiancé, Giff. Aguilera participated in the attack on the Fenix ceremony with their army of Giff Juniors. The Deadmans march forward to declare their intentions to create hell on Earth, before the executives made their leave. In the end, Ikki Igarashi managed to contract with his demon, Vice, in order to become Kamen Riders Revi and Vice to combat the Deadmans.

While she and her accomplices continue to spawn more Deadmans for their cause, the Deadmans would form an alliance with Kamen Rider Evil, Kagero, to implode the Igarashi family. Aguilera would form a little rivalry with Sakura Igarashi, mocking the latter's combat expertise by simply dodging them.While she ridiculed Sakura's weaknesses, Aguilera still offered her a place with the Deadmans, but such efforts were dismissed after Sakura became Kamen Rider Jeanne.

### Kamen Rider: Beyond Generations

Aguilera, along with her fellow Deadmans executives, venture into an old Shocker base to release the demon Diablo. They also carry the Crisper Stamps, containing the genetic information of historical figures. The Deadmans joined along Diablo's plan to enact world domination. This led to Fenix's Kamen Riders joining forces with the Sword of Logos, and Diablo would be vanquished by their combined forces.

She arrives at Alaska to create a pillar of light. However, they are intercepted by Kamen Rider Demons, Sabela, and Durendal. However, the Deadmans executive put up an immense fight against the three heroes and withdrew after completing their mission. In the end, Diablo would be defeated and the plot to fully reawaken his power was foiled.

### The Giff Ceremony

With the Deadmans close to obtain six Giftex, Aguilera prepared for her wedding ceremony with Giff. After the Chameleon Deadman secured the Giff Stamp, Orteca revealed that her true purpose was to become the final sacrifice as Giff's vessel. She was restrained and forced to become the center of the ritual. Despite being unsettled by this revelation, Aguilera seemingly accepted her fate. During the sacrificial ceremony, Fenix broke into Deadmans' base and prevented the ceremony from being completed.

After being rescued by Kamen Riders Revi and Vice, Aguilera fell in anguish after seeing the Deadmans' base destroyed and Giff's casket being seized by Fenix. With Julio being the only person left to support her, Aguilera uses the Queen Bee Proto Vistamp to become the Queen Bee Deadman, tainting her from being Giff's pure vessel. Aguilera proceeded to lash out at Orteca for his betrayal, before escaping with Julio. After reverting back to human form, she is convinced that Giff's blessing remains, and hides in an abandoned factory with Julio, vowing to revive him.

### Finding True Purpose

With Orteca taking over the Deadmans' activities, Aguilera couldn't restrain her anger over his betrayal. Causing Julio became Go Tamaki again, Sakura found Aguilera's hiding place, trying to persuade her to give up the idea of resurrecting Giff. Aguilera sternly rejected Sakura, and the two turned into a fight. In the end, Aguilera was defeated and left angrily.

In order to snatch the Giff Stamp from Orteca, Ikki and Sakura proposed a deal to Aguilera and the two sides cooperated to defeat Orteca. In the end, the Giff Stamp was obtained by Aguilera, but she did not return the item as promise. Sakura went to ask for the Giff Stamp, and the two fought again. In the end, Aguilera was defeated by Sakura again, who told Aguilera that she had become weaker. The Giff Stamp that Aguilera had was later revealed to be a fake that Orteca prepared in advance.

Aguilera thought about what Sakura said, and dismissed Tamaki claiming he has no powers to protect her, not wanting Tamaki to be involved in her dangerous battles. Aguilera approached Orteca and offered to cooperate, rejoining the Deadmans' operations. However, she quickly becomes unsettled with how Orteca has heartlessly sacrificed many of their followers into Gifftarians.

Aguilera ended up following Giff's as it starts to recover his power by consuming human and Gifftarians. As Giff turned Vice against Sakura and Daiji, Aguilera asked Giff on what should she do and if she still suitable as Giff's vessel. Giff then proceeded to seemingly comfort her, but quickly slapped and rejected her, much to Aguilera's shock. Orteca then appeared and mocked her as a "useless queen" due to her inability to become Giff's vessel as a Deadman. After Revice manages to defeat Orteca, a mentally broken Aguilera leaves in silence, much to Tamaki's grief. Afterwards, she burns her Deadman outfit in a back alley, bidding a final farewell to Deadmans.

### The Reformed Queen

Aguilera then approached Sakura wanting to fight, though Sakura saw Aguilera as someone who needed to learn the beauty of humanity. After Sakura began to have issues with Lovekov, she realized that Aguilera's separation from her demon needed to be done by her personally. After a date at the amusement park, the two have their final duel, and Sakura liberates Aguilera from her contract. Aguilera went back to her previous name "Hana Natsuki" and joins Sakura as a member of Weekend.

While enjoying her new life as Hana, she could only help Sakura in a support position. As Weekend began participating in the frontlines following Akaishi's public meltdown, Hana and Sakura were jumped by Vail. However, when the demon turns his sights onto Hana, Tamaki gets kidnapped by him. Seeking to atone for her sins, she requests Masumi Karizaki to complete the Queen Bee Vistamp for her. After Tamaki fails to use the Week Endriver against Vail, Hana takes the belt to become Kamen Rider Aguilera, embracing her past and to atone for her sins.

## Personality

Aguilera has a sinisterly carefree demeanor, not liking being told what to do. She is also confident in herself, having proved to Julio that she can protect herself. This causes her to manifest that mentality and transform into a Deadman.

She has been groomed from childhood to be what she believed was Giff's wife, and paid little mind when told she was actually a sacrifice for his full revival. Due to her conditioning, she showed disgust over George being curious about Giff and was reluctant to be saved by both Ikki and Sakura. She broke down in tears after witnessing the apparent death of Giff. After her true purpose for the Deadmans and the step down, Aguilera started to become more aloof, even affecting her focus on the fight, making Sakura able to defeat her in ease.

After losing to Sakura numerous times, Aguilera still decided to do her best to meet Giff once more, even joining with Orteca. However, the time that Aguilera had spent with Julio/Tamaki had started to change her personality. Aguilera kicked Tamaki in hopes that Sakura would take care of him instead, and is even disgusted to see Orteca using his followers to become Gifftarians. After Giff rejects her, Aguilera is left mentally broken.

After losing to Sakura numerous times, Aguilera still decided to do her best to meet Giff once more, even joining with Orteca. However, the time that Aguilera had spent with Julio/Tamaki had started to change her personality. Aguilera kicked Tamaki in hopes that Sakura would take care of him instead, and is even disgusted to see Orteca using his followers to become Gifftarians. After Giff rejects her, Aguilera is left mentally broken and ultimately discards her Deadmans attire after Orteca's death.

Upon being defeated by Sakura one last time and given a new purpose, Aguilera begins to show a genuinely cheerful side as Hana Natsuki.

## Powers and Abilities

### Former Powers

* **Deadman Transformation**: Using the Queen Bee Proto Vistamp, Aguilera is able to transform into the Queen Bee Deadman.

### Abilities

* **Expert Combatant**: Aguilera is capable of easily predicting and evading Sakura's attacks, even with the latter being trained in martial arts.
* **Expert Acrobat**: *To be added*

### Former Weaknesses

* **Deadman Instability**: Although obtaining her Deadman Phase 3 form, Aguilera has trouble keeping it stable. This was seen shortly after her transformation as she phased in and out of her Deadman and human form due to anger. She later overcomes this weakness over time.

## Forms

* Deadman
* Kamen Rider

**Queen Bee Deadman**
* 1
* 2

*"Queen Bee!"*
―Transformation announcement via the Queen Bee Proto Vistamp
Statistics
* **Height:** 193.5 cm
* **Weight:** 82.1 kg

Aguilera transforms into the Queen Bee Deadman Phase 3 using the Queen Bee Proto Vistamp. Having received Giff's blessing by becoming Phase 3, known as a Gifftex, she has tremendous power on a different level than before and can return to human form. By spraying a special pheromone, she has the power to manipulate Deadmen at will. In addition, she creates Royger Bee (ロイガービー,Roigābī) escort bees that distribute her power to secure a numerical advantage. The sharp and long claws on the index fingers also function as venomous stingers.

Abilities
* **Energy Attacks**: The Queen Bee Deadman can cover her arms with golden energy to perform powerful strikes.
* **Energy Slashes**: The Queen Bee Deadman can perform golden energy slashes using the wing-like extensions on her arms.
* **Stinger Explosion**: The Queen Bee Deadman can launch countless golden energy stingers from her body in every direction to attack anyone near her.
* **Stinger Launching**: The Queen Bee Deadman can launch a volley of golden energy stingers from her hands.
* **Energy Shield**: The Queen Bee Deadman can create a golden energy shield composed of a honeycomb pattern to protect herself and others.
* **Smoke Disappearance**: The Queen Bee Deadman can disappear in a cloud of electrified smoke.

* Queen Bee
* Buffalo

**Queen Bee Genome**

*"Subvert Up! Wow! Just believe in Myself! Kamen Rider! Ah ~! Aguilera!"*
―Transformation announcement
**Queen Bee Genome** (クイーンビーゲノム, *Kuīn Bī Genomu*) is Aguilera's queen bee-based primary form accessed by using the Queen Bee Vistamp in the Week Endriver. Aguilera's power levels are significantly higher than most of the Fenix and Weekend Riders, being able to almost effortlessly best the Demon Vail whereas the others tended to struggle. She is also quite agile, managing to evade the Demon's blows while landing some of her own without being touched.

**Arsenal**

* Week Endriver
* Vistamp
* Needle Kunai

**Buffalo Genome**

*"Rebuddy Up! Yeah! Buffalo! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow!"*
―Transformation announcement
## Behind the Scenes

### Portrayal

* Hana Natsuki/Aguilera is portrayed by Yui Asakura (浅倉 唯, *Asakura Yui*). As a child, she is portrayed by Risa Kaneko (金子 莉彩, *Kaneko Risa*). As the Queen Bee Deadman and later Kamen Rider Aguilera, her suit actress is Nana Hayashimoto (林本 奈々, *Hayashimoto Nana*), with Mutsumi Igarashi (五十嵐 睦美, *Igarashi Mutsumi*) acting as Hayashimoto's substitute in episode 17.

### Etymology

* Aguilera is a surname of Spanish origin. It is related to the Latin word *aquilaria*, which means "eagle’s nest".

## Notes

* Aguilera is the first female villain leader in the Reiwa Era.
* Aguilera's bee motif is a homage to Wasp Woman, the first female monster in the *Kamen Rider* franchise.
* During the initial press conference for *Kamen Rider Revice*, it was mentioned in early descriptions regarding Aguilera's origins that she was aiming to destroy Fenix to avenge her parents, who were involved in past human experimentation. This has been seemingly changed in the series where Aguilera harbors little to no vendetta against Fenix and appeared to be orphaned from the series' start.
* The official Kamen Rider website states that Kamen Rider Aguilera's fighting style was based on Muhammad Ali, who "flies like a butterfly and stings like a bee."
* Kamen Rider Aguilera's lower arms and legs are retooled from Kamen Rider Dark Necrom.

## References

1. ↑ https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/438424
2. ↑ https://www.kamen-rider-official.com/revice/37