Pantheras Luteus

**Pantheras Luteus**(パンテラス・ルテウス *Pan terasu ruteusu*) is a leopard-based Unknown from Episode 1 of Kamen Rider Agito.

He is voiced by **Jin Yamanoi**.

## Personality

Luteus is a silent assassin who always sneaks up on his targets before attacking them. He’ll only go after specific victims but will fight anyone who poses a real threat to him.

## Appearance

Pantheras Luteus has an orange-colored body while covered with black spots on the sides of his torso, thighs, upper-arms, shoulders, neck, and all over his head. He has a white chest showing off his muscular abs and pecs, has claws on his hands and feet, is brown on the thighs near the pelvis, and has black stripes around the chest and in the thighs. He has a white throat and a white lower jaw while the upper-half of his head is feline-like with fangs in the mouth, yellow eyes with black pupils, red stripes underneath the eyes, a small blue jewel in-between the eyes, and panther ears on top of the head. He is also wearing golden cuffs around the wrists, a large red scarf worn around the neck and hanging over the left shoulder, a black belt with a loin cloth and a gold buckle, and black sandal boots.

## Biography

After a murder of a junior high school student who was found stuffed inside a tree’s hole, another victim, who turns out to be the student’s father, Mr. Saeki, gets ambushed by an unknown creature hiding behind a tree while he was on his way to work. When his wife tries to give him a folder he left behind, she finds him stuffed in another tree’s hole, much to her shock.
A man from a group called SAUL, named Makoto Hikawa, investigates the incident and leaves his number for Mrs. Saeki.
Late at night, Mrs. Saeki calls Makoto to show him something that she found, but while she waited outside for him, the Unknown attacks her after making a hand gesture and then cracks her neck.
Hikawa arrives and finds her stuffed in the tree. He looks around to find the culprit and gets ambushed the Unknown responsible for the Saeki family’s deaths, Pantheras Luteus. Luteus grabs Hikawa, but instead of killing him, he throws him away and leaves the area.
Hikawa calls SAUL and tells them that he needs the G3-System they’ve been developing.
As the G3-Trailer makes it way to Hikawa’s area, he chases after Luteus and shoots at him, only to find the bullets having no effect and Luteus continues making his escape.
As soon as the G3-Trailer arrives, Hikawa heads inside and is equipped with the G3 armor. Then he rides the Guard Chaser and chases after Luteus to a wharf.
G3 grabs his GM-01 and starts shooting at Luteus once he spots him but they still show no effect, much to Hikawa’s shock.
Luteus and G3 start fighting each other where the G3-System gets incredibly damaged when Luteus pushes a car at G3,leaving Hikawa vulnerable.
Before Luteus could finish him off, he suddenly senses someone else in the area and finds a shadowy figure approaching them. Stopping by the car Luteus pushed, it suddenly explodes and the flames reveal the shadowy figure as a Kamen Rider, named Agito.
Upon seeing Agito, Luteus immediately jumps at him and the two fight where Agito overpowers the Unknown. Sending him flying back, Agito’s horns extend and a symbol appears underneath him. As the symbol underneath is absorbed into Agito’s feet, Luteus charges at him only for Agito to jump up and lay a flying kick on the Unknown’s chest, sending him flying back. Luteus tries to get up, but then a glowing disc appears above his head and he suddenly blows up, destroyed by Agito’s kick.

## Powers/Abilities

**Bullet Resistant**: Bullets have no effect on Pantheras Luteus as they would either stop in mid-air before they could even hit him and then they shatter to pieces or merely bounce off of him.

**Super Strength**: Pantheras Luteus has enough strength to push an entire car by just his one hand and send his enemies flying back with a kick.

**Agility**: Pantheras Luteus is able to move quickly, jump at great height, and kick with both of his legs at once with ease.

**Super Speed**: Pantheras Luteus is able to run at speeds as high as 300 km per hour.

## Trivia

* When it decided that three Jaguar Lords would appear in three different colors, the designer, Yutaka Izubuchi, chose the leopard, snow leopard, and black leopard as the motifs.
* Yutaka Izubachi gave Luteus the image of the Aztec deity, Tezcatlipoca, as the Jaguar is one of the symbols of Aztec mythology and is sacred to the deity.