List of Kamen Rider Black characters
This is the list of characters in the 1987 Kamen Rider Series, and its 1988 sequel . Recurring characters. Kohtaro Minami. is a 19-year-old man who became a mutant cyborg after the Gorgom captured him and his stepbrother Nobuhiko. Both are kidnapped for the sake of having them compete for the right of succeeding the Creation King and command Gorgom to rule the world, but just as his memories were about to be erased, Kohtaro manages to escape. Since then, using the power of the King Stone, he transforms into Kamen Rider Black  to stop Gorgom and attempt to rescue Nobuhiko from them. He is referred by Gorgom as "Black Sun". As Kamen Rider Black, Kohtaro fights barehanded using Rider Punches and Kicks to finish his enemies, although he once wields Shadow Moon's weapon, the Satan Saber, for his final battle against the Creation King. He also uses two motorcycles during the series: During the events of "Black RX", Kohtaro lives with the Sahara Family and is captured by the Crisis Empire who ask him to join their side. When Kohtaro refuses, they shatter his King Stone into two pieces, thus rendering  him unable to transform into Kamen Rider Black. They throw him into outer space, where the sun's radiation mutated his King Stone, allowing him to evolve into Kamen Rider Black RX to fight the Crisis Empire and the Strange Demon Soldiers. As Kamen Rider Black RX, Kohtaro is armed with the rapier, which allows him to perform the finisher. During the series, he gains two additional forms: Like his previous form, Black RX has two different vehicles at his disposal: Kohtaro Minami is portrayed by . Nobuhiko Akizuki. was born on the day of a solar eclipse alongside his stepbrother  Kotaro Minami, revered by the Gorgom as the heirs to their leader's throne: the Century Kings "Shadow Moon" and "Black Sun". Raised together, the two were like brothers. Once the two were of the ideal age, Gorgom captured them and infused them each with a King Stone. While Kotaro manages to escape with his memory intact, Nobuhiko's mind was wiped clean while left in a state of suspended animation before being finally reborn as Shadow Moon through the Stones of Earth, Heaven, and Sea. Shadow Moon sets up his regime as a general of Gorgom, serving as Black 's nemesis and forcing him to fight him so he can become the new Creation King. In their final battle, Shadow Moon is weakened by Kamen Rider Black after the Satan Saber is used to slash his King Stone. Though he appears to die after being left inside the Gorgom headquarters when it explodes, Shadow Moon returns years later to seek revenge against Kotaro, who is now Black RX. However, he lost all of his memories related to Gorgom after its destruction. He is finally defeated by Black RX when he thrust the Revolcane through Shadow Moon's King Stone , destroying it once more. He turns back into Nobuhiko, renouncing his evil ways as he saved two children trapped in the explosive lava, shortly before he dies. Nobuhiko Akizuki is portrayed by , In all of Shadow Moon's appearances, he is voiced by Masaki Terasoma, including the 3D short film "Kamen Rider World" as the main antagonist and the 40th anniversary film "" as a member of Shocker. Shadow Moon also appears in crossover films "" as a member of Dai Shocker and "" as a leading figure in Space Shocker. Black characters. Kyoko Akizuki. is Nobuhiko's younger sister, targeted a number  of times by the High Priests as her life force could awaken Shadow Moon. At first she was not aware of Kohtaro being Black himself until his fight to save her from the clutches of Bilgenia. Once Nobuhiko emerges as Shadow Moon, she and Katsumi are terrified of his new appearance as she eagerly refuses his offer to join him in making a new world without violence. After the defeat of Black at the hands of Shadow Moon, she and Katsumi left Japan to start a new life abroad. However, when Katsumi heard the news about Black's revival, Kyoko  attempts to return to Japan to see Kohtaro again. Kyoko Akizuki is portrayed by . Katsumi Kida. is Nobuhiko's girlfriend, like Kyoko she is not aware of Kohtaro being Black himself until Kyoko tells her the truth about Kohtaro. Once Nobuhiko emerges as Shadow Moon, she was also terrified of his new appearance. After the defeat of Black at the hands of Shadow Moon, she and Kyoko left Japan to start a new life abroad. Katsumi Kida is portrayed by . Soichiro Akizuki. is an archaeologist and friend of Kohtaro's father. Soichiro joined Gorgom to financially support his archaeological projects . He is the father of Nobuhiko and Kyoko and became the foster father of Kohtaro when his parents were killed by Gorgom through an accident. He was assassinated by Gorgom for disobeying their orders, for he realized that they were an organization of evil. Soichiro Akizuki is portrayed by Kantaro Suga. Yoichi Daimon. is a scientist who was recruited by Gorgom to create Road Sector before the High Priests gave orders for mass production for their plans of world conquest. Convinced that the bike should not used for evil means, he hid it in a safe place. When Gorgom discovered  it, they sent the Kōmori Mutant to kill him and Hotaru, wife of his son Akira Daimon. Akira hid in the mountains and trained his son Kenichi on how to ride a motorbike in order to master Road Sector. Akira gave possession of Road Sector to Black to use for the good of mankind after he defeated the Kamikiri Mutant and saved Kenichi from Baraom and the Bat Mutant. Masaru Todo. is Kohtaro's senior at the university who owns the Capitola bar shop where Kyoko and Katsumi work part-time. Masaru Todo is portrayed by . Ryusuke Taki. is a  Special Agent from America who helped Kohtaro in bad situations. He had been Nobuhiko's senior in soccer and taught him a technique called the Dragon Shot. Kohtaro would learn this technique later on as well and use it as Black. He is aware of Kohtaro's identity as Black. Kujira Mutant. is a whale Mutant able to emit sticky foam from his blowhole and use a sonic attack. Unlike the others members of Gorgom, the Kujira Mutant was concerned for the oceans after overhearing Baraom and Darom talking about Gorgom's rise to power and that they might pollute  the oceans, so he rebelled as a result. Recruited by Baraom to defeat Black, the Kujira Mutant overpowered Black when Baraom arrived to take his King Stone. But learning the Mutant's intent, Baraom attempted to kill the Mutant along with Black. As a result, the Kujira Mutant became an ally of Kamen Rider Black before retreating into the sea. Upon learning of Black's defeat, the Kujira Mutant searched the ocean and found his body, using a revival ceremony of his clan within his cave home to bring him back to life. Darom and the Komori Mutant then went  after the Kujira Mutant until Kohtaro revived and came to his aid. However, the Kujira Mutant was forced to turn himself in to Gorgom to save a child's life. Darom used him as bait for Black, only for the Kujira Mutant to help Black defeat Darom. Though still wounded from the Kōmori Mutant's attack, the Kujira Mutant guides Black to the cave that is Gorgom's Shrine before being attacked by the Togeuo Mutant. Kohtaro catches up as the Togeuo Mutant starts to overwhelm Kujira Mutant but is forced to the Creation King's palace with the Kujira  Mutant telling Black to protect the oceans before he died. The Kujira Mutant's cave would later serve to give life to Rideron before it caved in as a result. Kujira Mutant is voiced by . RX characters. Reiko Shiratori. is Kotaro's girlfriend who is a photographer, helping him before and after learning he is Black RX. After learning that Kohtaro is Black RX, she begins to train herself in order fight Crisis' minions. Reiko Shiratori is portrayed by , or Jun Koyamaki, who previously portrayed Diana Lady in Jikuu Senshi Spielban alongside fellow JAC actor Hiroshi Watari, who portrayed Yousuke  Jou/Spielban. Sahara Family. are the ones who took in Kohtaro and gave him a job in their helicopter business Sahara Airlines. and are the parents who are always arguing with each other, is their son, and is their daughter. The parents are murdered by Jark Midla in episode 46. Shigeru is the first person in the series to know that Kohtaro is Black RX. , , , and portray Shunkichi, Utako, Shigeru, and Hitomi respectively. Joe the Haze. is a master of the fighting style . He is one of Kohtaro's closest friends and considered just as close as he was to  Nobuhiko. Joe was originally a human from Earth who willingly allowed the Crisis Empire to convert him into a cyborg, losing all memory of his past and actual name. Under the control of Necksticker, Joe attacked Kohtaro during his attempt to save Hitomi, becoming his ally once he regained his mind. He ended up injured by Bosgan during RX's fight with Gynagingam. He soon recovered and came back to help Kohtaro. Joe the Haze is portrayed by . Kyoko Matoba. is an ESP girl who is skilled with a bow and can manipulate ground water. Her parents were murdered by  the Crisis Empire monster Mundayganday, helping RX fight the Crisis Empire. Before specifically manipulating water, she was able to control all sorts of things in nature such as plants and rocks. Kyoko Matoba is portrayed by . Goro. is a chef who works at Sahara Airlines. Goro is portrayed by , the son of Kamen Rider Series creator Shotaro Ishinomori. Hayato Hayamizu. is an inspector who pursues Kohtaro, believing he's a troublemaker. He was last seen knocked unconscious by Maribaron when she uses him to arrest Kohtaro for her. Hayato Hayamizu is portrayed by . Ten veteran Kamen Riders. The original are  composed of Kamen Riders 1 to ZX. They help Black RX in defeating the Crisis Empire. They appear at their base in the Arizona Desert in episodes 41-43 and help RX in episodes 44-47. The appearance of the previous 10 Kamen Riders in the last 7 episodes of the series was their last in the franchise history, up until "", not counting the remake versions of #1, #2 and V3 in recent movies "Kamen Rider The First" and "Kamen Rider The Next". Villains. Gorgom. The main villains from "Kamen Rider Black", is a criminal cult group primarily based in  Japan. Members of Gorgom consist of both human and non-humans. The group is notorious for its terrorist activities in the name of world domination. Creation King. The is the almost omnipotent leader of Gorgom. He appears as a giant evil heart that communicates with the High Priests and the two Century Kings via telepathy. The Creation King also had monstrous strength that could destroy the entire universe. The Creation King pulled Kamen Rider Black away from where the Stickleback Mutant was attacking Whale Mutant. He made itself known to Kamen Rider Black and Shadow Moon. The Creation King then  transported Black and Shadow Moon to the battle field to determine who will become his successor. After Shadow Moon was ultimately defeated, Black confronted the Creation King who threatened him to take the Kingstone from Shadow Moon's body unless he wants the Creation King to jump into the hole he created to lead him to the Earth's core and destroy it from within. The Creation King was killed by Black when the Satan Saber was stabbed into him. The Creation King is voiced by . High Priests. The are second only to the Creation King, and they carry out  his will. Upon their sacrificing their Stones to revive Shadow Moon, the dying High Priests undergo a transformation into new physical forms called the , reborn as Shadow Moon's emissaries. Setting up for his final battle with Kohtaro, Shadow Moon sends the Grand Mutants to attack the city, overpowering the police as everyone runs out of Tokyo. Kohtaro arrives to fight them all before they fallback, telling Kohtaro he cannot stop the rise of Gorgom. Eventually, the three are killed off one by one. Darom. is the leader of the High Priests, having a pale ancient face and able  to manipulate others by pointing at them. After losing the power of the "Stone of Heaven" within him to revive Shadow Moon, Darom is reborn as , a trilobite-like creature. In this form, he can discharge laser beams from his fingers and use his feelers like ropes. Following Baraom and Bishium's death, Darom attacked the ex-Shonen Warriors until Kohtaro arrives and fights Darom until Shadow Moon arrives, killing Black and sending Darom to find his corpse to obtain the King Stone. Darom finds the Kujira Mutant's cave and learns that Kohtaro had been revived. Darom and the  Komori Mutant then had some Gorgom worshippers capture the Kujira Mutant as bait for Kohtaro. After Black threw himself in front of the Kujira Mutant, he then used his King Stone Flash to deflect Darom's attack before killing him with the Rider Kick. Darom is voiced by . Baraom. is one of the High Priests and has a stone-like green face. Baraom can discharge deadly laser beams from his robotic hands. He is usually in charge of the deployment of Gorgom's Mutants. After losing his powers from the "Stone of Ocean" within him to revive Shadow Moon, Baraom  is reborn as , a smilodon-like creature with tusks. In this form, Baraom can wield tusk-shaped weapons along with his natural abilities. After Bishium's destruction, Baraom trained himself to avenge her and even got the Kujira Mutant to help him. Baraom started to use his super-speed to overwhelm Black before the Kujira Mutant betrays him. Before succumbing to the Rider Kick, Baraom mentions that Shadow Moon will finish him off. Baraom is voiced by . Bishium. is a High Priestess having her face is divided between black and white, and a clear film covers most of her face . She can discharge laser beams from her eyes. After losing her powers from the "Stone of Earth" within her to revive Shadow Moon, Bishium is reborn as , a white-haired pterosaur-like creature. In this form, she still has her usual powers and she can spin around to create twisters. When it came to the final confrontation with Black, she tried to get the King Stone from Kohtaro by taking control of the mothers and capturing Kyoko. In the conflict, Bishium held Black so that Shadow Moon can shoot a beam that will rip out Kohtaro's King Stone. It  failed as Bishium is destroyed by that beam. Bishium is portrayed by . Bilgenia. is the legendary warrior among the Gorgom. Bilgenia was born 30,000 years ago on a day of the solar eclipse like Kohtaro Minami and Nobuhiko Akizuki. However, the Creation King did not favor him and therefore did not give him a King Stone. He was then sealed in a coffin for almost trying to revolt against him. The three High Priests awakened him when the Creation King reprimanded them for not doing their job in killing Black, ordering them to release the curse on the coffin Bilgenia  was imprisoned in. He was both a pain for Kamen Rider Black as well as to Gorgom. In episode 22, he turned his face white from 30,0000 years ago, making him more powerful and more arrogant. In episode 25, he had Yoichi Daimon's pupil Egami create the Hellshooter: an equivalent to Road Sector. He used it to challenge Kamen Rider Black and Road Sector only for the Hellshooter to be destroyed. During Gorgom's latest attempt to use Kyoko's life force to awaken Shadow Moon, Bilgenia stole the Satan Saber and attacked the High Priests before running off  with Kyoko and going after Black to take his King Stone for himself. However, Kohtaro and Kyoko manage to hide from Bilgenia as he decides to attack the city to flush Kohtaro out by using his Satan Cross to cause anarchy with a group of young men. Arriving to the scene, Black battles Bilgenia until Shadow Moon finally awakens and he claims the Satan Saber, forcing Bilgenia to retreat as his influence wears off. Returning to the Gorgom shrine, Bilgenia fought Shadow Moon who disarmed and then killed him. Bilgenia is portrayed by . Mara and Kara. The Handmaiden Mutants were  created by Shadow Moon and are high ranks than the Three High Priests, consists of the silvery and the golden . Both handmaidens died during the collapse of Gorgom's base. Humans. Gorgom allows any humans to join them. They were lured into the syndicate as they found Gorgom's offers interesting. These humans were willing to become Gorgom's monsters which could live for up till 5,000 years. Former Human Members. Other than Soichiro Akizuki and Yoichi Daimon, these are the additional former human members of Gorgom. Crisis Empire. The main villains from "Kamen Rider Black RX", the are a  group of aliens who attempt to invade Earth. They always attempted to justify their invasion and their plans to exterminate the human race. They also claimed that their home planet was being sucked into a black hole. Since they thought that humans do not really care about their planet, the Crisis Empire thought it was right for them to take over Earth. The group under Jark are based on the battleship. Based on the , the original dimensional world where the great Crisis Empire resided. Used to be connected to Earth through dimensional portal in the distant peaceful past until the  rise of Grand Lord Crisis. The portal were sealed off by the people of Kaima World who opposed the rule of the Emperor. With the dimensional connection severed, the two worlds drifted apart and the past was forgotten. The finale reveals that the kaima World is an exact 'mirror' world of Earth itself. Grand Lord Crisis blames the dying of their world as an effect coming from the pollution of Earth's environment by mankind, contradicting Professor Walter's explanation that the world's condition was caused by the evil ways of the Crisis Emperor. In the end of the  battle, Grand Lord Crisis claimed that as long as mankind lives on "the pollution they caused", there would always be another Kaima World. - hinting the possible existence of parallel worlds. His death causes the Kaima World to explode as well. Emperor Crisis. is the ruling dictator of the Crisis Empire, a giant head with tendrils and three small faces on his forehead, who is not seen but mentioned several times throughout the series yet based on Crisis City at the Empire's home world. His voice was first heard where Gedorian eventually appeased his wrath, later appearing in the shadows  to give General Jark the power he requested to have. He eventually offered Black RX the chance to become his new right hand by offering him Earth. When refused, Crisis has host body Dasmader kill him, upon finally revealing himself upon his host's demise. He was destroyed by RX's Revolcane, with his dimension ceasing to exist as a result while claiming his immorality ensured his return as long as evil exists. Emperor Crisis is voiced by . General Jark. is a military leader of the empire and supreme commander of the invasion army. Wearing a golden face mask and  a black cape, Jark has the loyalty of most under him as he initially leading the attacks until Crisis arrived. He actually does care about his subordinates even to save Maribaron from being killed by Dasmader. Towards the end of the series, he was forcefully transformed by Crisis into a stronger warrior called to kill RX. In the process, Jark Midla easily murdered the Sahara parents and defeated V3 and Riderman while X and Amazon rescued the Sahara children from his grasp. When he was in the middle of battle, the Sahara kids attacked him before RX as RoboRider shielded  them and transformed into BioRider. After Dasmader abandoned him for his failures, he was killed by RX using his Revolcane. Regressed to his normal form and near death, he proclaimed Crisis was too powerful even for RX. General Jark is voiced by . In episodes 45 and 46, he is voiced by . Four Officers. The are Jark's four followers who carry out the attacks on Earth. Maribaron. is the sorceress of the State, a human-looking officer in black and red armor from a noble family outside the Crisisians with feelings for Jark. She uses the yellow feather on her  helmet as a weapon or to send messages, along with using a laser whip and breathe fire. She cares for her comrades, displaying it when Lord Crisis' living heir Garonia dies in a freak accident on their watch and she attempts to cover it up by kidnapping Hitomi to take her place. Though Jark learned the truth, he allows Maribaron to take the girl to the Miraculous Valley to complete her plan. But when Kohtaro saves Hitomi, Maribaron is advised by Jark to make a false report that the princess was killed by Black RX. When Granzyrus arrives, Maribaron revived  the spirits of 10 soldiers Kohtaro killed to finish off the other riders. She was eventually shocked to learn that Dasmader was Grand Lord Crisis' mobile body, killed by Crisis when she objected on his decision to have Black RX join them after all the trouble he caused them. Maribaron is portrayed by . Bosgun. is a Crisisian dressed in a blue-green naval coat and white tights who wields a jagged sword and dagger. He wears a white helmet with a red visor and a tiny face on his forehead, which seems to be his actual face. He is in  charge of the Man-Beast/Mutant unit, occasionally flaunting his Crisisian heritage to the other officers as he sees them to be inferior to him. He once plotted to take over General Jark but his plans were foiled when one of his swords was destroyed by General Jark himself upon discovering his treachery when he lost to RX twice. He died fighting when he was stabbed by the Revolcane during the arrival of Granzyrus. Bosgun is voiced by , who also voiced High Priest Darom as seen above. Gatezone. is a blue robotic biker in a leather jacket, slack, and one  red eye on his face. In charge of the Robot unit, he took to fight Black RX occasionally. He is armed with a blaster and a powerful motorcycle called Storm Dagger. Gatenzone had the ability to detach his own head from his body. His body could still move on its own without his head. In his final episode, He died fighting Black RX while attempting a suicide bomb (with his head separated from his body) attack, with only his head remaining before it was shattered by his own laser beams reflected by Black RX. Gatezone is voiced by , who also  voiced High Priest Baraom as seen above. Gedorian. is a small, unusual creature who owed his life to Jark and is one of his most loyal minions. He is constantly hopping about and annoying everyone else. He is the most cowardly and is quick to ditch a battle before it's even over. He was soon targeted by Dasmader, Gatezone and Bosgun when Grand Lord Crisis was about to destroy them all, but he soon gave his life to ensure the others avoid Crisis' wrath when he transferred his life energy into Gedolridol before his monster died at Black RX 's hands. Gedorian is voiced by . Colonel Dasmader. Sent by Lord Crisis, is an inspector whose task is to put the invasion party back on track, receiving utter contempt by his peers due to his arrogance. Dasmader could fire a green laser, with a shape of a tiger's head from his helmet for combat. He was almost killed by both General Jark and Black RX. He later leads Gatezawn and Bosgun in the attempt to kill Gedorian to appease Crisis' anger. In episode 46, Maribaron discovers that he is somewhat a puppet of Crisis and a mobile body. In  episode 47, he was summoned when Black RX refused Crisis' order, killed as a resort as Crisis is revealed upon Dasmader's demise. Colonel Dasmader is portrayed by .