Azuma

**Azuma** (アヅマ, *Azuma*) is an antagonist of *Kamen Rider Revice: Battle Familia* and transforms into **Kamen Rider Daimon** (仮面ライダーダイモン, *Kamen Raidā Daimon*).

## History

### Background

Three thousand years ago, Azuma entered a direct contract with Giff alongside Hideo Akaishi and obtained an immortality. To guide humanity onto its proper path, he assassinated numerous influential figures throughout history. Despite his efforts, humanity's repeated wars drove Azuma to despair. He then isolated himself in the wilderness and remained there for eighty years.

### Return in Modern Times

After the death of Giff, Azuma's body begins to deteriorate. At some point, he was tracked down by Hiromi Kadota, and the two fought. Initially fighting Azuma while unarmed, he then attempts to take him down with a pistol and then a knife but is defeated and knocked unconscious. He later cuts his hair and returns to the city.

He observes Kamen Rider Chimera's battle with a demon and follows Ryu Mukai when he goes to confront Masato Sotoumi. When Ryu leaves with the Chimera Driver, Tony and Hakim prepare to go after him but are stopped by Azuma. He inquires about the experiments transforming humans into demons, and they ask who he is. Azuma answers that he will lead humanity to the proper path as its judge. Tony and Hakim then attack him, but are quickly defeated. In response, Minami fires her handgun at Azuma, who is unaffected due to his regenerative abilities. He then runs past Minami and grabs Sotoumi by the neck. Sotoumi quickly explains that he was under a demon's control. Chic then arrives and possesses Sotoumi's body. The demon addresses Azuma and says that he learned about him from Akaishi's leftover data. Chic tells Azuma that he agrees with his view of humanity and explains that he can regain his immortality by using one of Giff's eyes in the Chimera Driver.

Azuma and the rest of the group leave to find the Otani family, who Tony and Hakim attack in order to lure out Ryu. When he arrives as expected and fights off the men, Azuma tells him to hand over the Chimera Driver. The two then fight before Ryu transforms into Kamen Rider Chimera. Despite this, Azuma is still able to fight evenly with him and holds Chimera so that Minami can shoot him with a rifle, cancelling his transformation. Azuma takes the Chimera Driver from Ryu while the Twin Chimera Vistamp is picked up by Nozomu Otani. Azuma hands the Driver over to Chic so that he can install Giff's eye, then uses it to transform into Kamen Rider Daimon. Soon after, Ryu transforms into a demon as a result of using the Chimera Driver. In the resulting battle, Ryu is destroyed by Daimon, with the explosion also fatally injuring Kousei Otani and Kazumi Otani. Azuma leaves with the rest of the group soon after.

The group then travels to Area 666, which Chic declares will be their base. He tells Azuma to target the Igarashi family next, as they possess Giff's genes. At an airport, Azuma follows the Igarashi family onto their plane alongside Minami, Tony, and Hakim. The group are themselves followed by Nozomu, who boards the same plane.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Immortality:** By contracting with Giff, Azuma obtained an immortal body.

## Kamen Rider Daimon

**Kamen Rider Daimon**

Rider Statistics
* **Rider Height**: TBA
* **Rider Weight**: TBA

Ability Parameters
* **Punching Power**: TBA
* **Kicking Power**: TBA
* **Maximum Jump Height**: TBA
* **Maximum Running Speed**: TBA

**Kamen Rider Daimon** (仮面ライダーダイモン, *Kamen Raidā Daimon*) is Daimon's rhinoceros, octopus, and centipede-based primary form accessed by using his Tri Chimera Vistamp and Chimera Driver.

## Behind the Scenes

### Portrayal

* Azuma is portrayed by Kane Kosugi (ケイン・コスギ, *Kein Kosugi*) who also portrayed Jiraiya/NinjaBlack in *Ninja Sentai Kakuranger*, and Template:UM in *Template:UM*

### Etymology

Daimon (δαίμων) is an Ancient Greek word referring to lesser supernatural beings.

## Notes

* As with Kamen Rider Chimera, Kamen Rider Daimon's legs and arms are retooled from Kamen Rider Revi's Barid Rex Genome suit. Daimon's cape is taken from Kamen Rider Bravo Kingdurian Arms, which was also reused for Kamen Rider Solomon and Kamen Rider Storious.