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Kamen Rider Ryuki
Title screen.
Genre	Tokusatsu
Created by	Shotaro Ishinomori
Written by	Yasuko Kobayashi, Toshiki Inoue
Starring	Takamasa Suga Satoshi Matsuda Ayano Sugiyama
Composers	Kazunori Maruyama Cher Watanabe
Country of origin	Japan
No. of episodes	50
Production
Producers	Kazuo Tsuburai Chiharu Nakasone Shinichirō Shirakura Naomi Takebe
Running time	23-25 minutes per episode
Original release
Network	TV Asahi
Release	2002-02-03 y

Kamen Rider Ryuki (仮面ライダー龍騎, Kamen Raidā Ryūki, Masked Rider Ryuki) is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It was the twelfth installment in the Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu shows. It was a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei, and it was shown on TV Asahi from February 3, 2002 to January 19, 2003. The catchphrase for the series is "Those who don't fight won't survive!" (戦わなければ、生き残れない!!, Tatakawanakereba, ikinokorenai!). In the same vein as Power Rangers, Ryuki has been adapted into an English language series titled Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight. Dragon Knight is the first adaptation of a Kamen Rider Series in the United States since Saban's Masked Rider in 1996.

Synopsis

Thirteen Advent Card decks were created for thirteen Kamen Riders. They make Contracts with monsters from the mysterious Mirror World (ミラーワールド, Mirā Wārudo), a parallel dimension opposite to our own in which only the Kamen Riders can exist. The Riders draw on their monsters' strength in exchange for feeding them the life force of the creatures they destroy. The creator of the Advent Cards has only one rule: that there can be only one Kamen Rider. The others must be killed, and the sole victor will be granted a single wish. This is the Rider War.

All over the city, innocent people are being mysteriously abducted, never to be seen again. During his investigations of these incidents, Shinji Kido- an intern at the online news service ORE Journal- discovers one of the Advent Card decks at an apartment where every reflective surface has been covered by newspaper. He is soon sucked into the Mirror World, discovering the terrifying truth behind the disappearances: people are literally being pulled through mirrors by the monsters of the Mirror World so that they may feed. He is about to be killed by a powerful dragon named Dragredder when he is saved by Kamen Rider Knight: Ren Akiyama. Ren seeks to win the Rider War at all costs. He works with a young woman named Yui Kanzaki, who seeks her missing brother: the master of the Rider War, Shirō Kanzaki. Seeing Ren's strength, Shinji enters the Rider War not for the prize, but so that he may protect innocent people from the threat of the Mirror World, and stop the senseless fighting between the Kamen Riders. With Dragredder as his Contract Monster, he becomes Kamen Rider Ryuki.

He will discover that there are some people who cannot be saved. Sometimes he must fight in order to stop the fighting. In the end, there can be only one Kamen Rider.

Characters

• Shinji Kido/Kamen Rider Ryuki (城戸 真司／仮面ライダー龍騎, Kido Shinji/Kamen Raidā Ryūki): The main protagonist. He is a good-hearted, friendly, naive idealist who works at the ORE Journal as a journalist trainee, but ends up being dragged to the Mirror World. Eventually, he contracts Dragredder and becomes Kamen Rider Ryuki to protect people's lives and stop the Rider War.
• Ren Akiyama/Kamen Rider Knight (秋山 蓮／仮面ライダーナイト, Akiyama Ren/Kamen Raidā Naito): a cold loner who fights constantly and is frequently unemployed. He received his Advent Deck before the start of the series. He accepted Kanzaki's offer to join the Rider war to give his fiancé, Eri Ogawa, a full recovery, who has been in a mysterious coma ever since an encounter with Darkwing. Ren later contracted with Darkwing and became Kamen Rider Knight.
• Yui Kanzaki (神崎 優衣, Kanzaki Yui)
• Sanako Kanzaki (神崎 沙奈子, Kanzaki Sanako): Shiro's and Yui's grandmother.
• Shūichi Kitaoka/Kamen Rider Zolda (北岡 秀一／仮面ライダーゾルダ, Kitaoka Shūichi/Kamen Raidā Zoruda): a self-proclaimed "super-lawyer", tends to only help someone if he has something to gain. Because he has a terminal case of cancer and was been given only a few months to live, he accepted Kanzaki's offer to join the Rider war. His prize is to be immortal so that he could continue his extravagant lifestyle. Because of his illness, he suffers from frequent dizzy spells and fainting.
• Gorō Yura (由良 吾郎, Yura Gorō): Shuichi's loyal servant. He also seem to be skilled in household job and hand-to-hand combat. He also know Shuichi's activities as a rider and helped him as much as he can. Later, it is revealed that Yura was once a client of Shuichi. He stated that if Shuichi didn't help him, Shuichi would able get his illness cure just in time. Feeling indebt, Yura decided to be his loyal servant forever. As the same time blaming himself for the lawyer's current condition.
• Takeshi Asakura/Kamen Rider Ohja (浅倉 威／仮面ライダー王蛇, Asakura Takeshi/Kamen Raidā Ōja): a sadistic criminal man who has contract with Venosnaker.
• Shirō Kanzaki (神崎 士郎, Kanzaki Shirō): The mysterious man and scientific genius who created the Kamen Riders for the purpose of creating a Rider War. He is Yui's beloved older brother, whom was taken to live with his relative in America thirteen years prior. Kanzaki researched the Mirror World, which eventually killed him. But in reality, Kanzaki entered the Mirror World as an entity, reappearing at Seimeiin University until a mysterious experiment relating to his research. Though thought to be cruel, Kanzaki's intent for the Rider war is for his sister's life. In the end of the series, Shiro finally honors his sister's wishes decides to alter time so that Yui remained dead, thus negating Mirror World itself and all deaths that occurred because of its creatures and the Rider War.
• Kamen Rider Odin (仮面ライダーオーディン, Kamen Raidā Ōdin): Kanzaki's righthand man.
• Kamen Rider Ryulong (仮面ライダーオーリュロング, Kamen Raidā Ryūrōngu): A mysterious Rider from the True World (真世界, Shin Sekai), his goal is to destroy all the Riders and merge the reality into his dimension.

ORE Journal Staff

• Daisuke Ōkubo (大久保 大介, Ōkubo Daisuke): Chief Editor and Shinji's senior.
• Reiko Momoi (桃井 令子, Reiko Momoi): A reporter whose goal is to cover the truth behind the disappearances.
• Nanako Shimada (島田 奈々子, Shimada Nanako): A programmer.
• Megumi Asano (浅野 めぐみ, Asano Megumi): Introduced in episode 30, she is Kitaoka's ex-secretary. She would later be hired by Daisuke as a journalist.

Others

• Masashi Sudō/Kamen Rider Scissors (須藤 雅史／仮面ライダーシザース, Sudō Masashi/Kamen Raidā Shizāzu) (5-6): a detective, using his job to effectly cover up his illegal activities, disposing of any witnesses to his acts. He had a partner, the older Tomoyuki Kaga who owned the Antique and Collection shop, until the older man's demand - for a bigger cut in the profit - made Masashi kill him, plastering him into the wall of his own shop seconds before Shiro Kanzaki appeared and offered him a Card Deck, explaining the terms of accepting it. Masashi took it gladly and made his Contract with the Mirror Monster Volcancer, becoming Kamen Rider Scissors and playing a part in the disappearances as he feeds his victims to Volcancer. He and Kamen Rider Knight confronted each other once prior to the series, neither aware of each others' identity.
• Miyuki Tezuka/Kamen Rider Raia (手塚 海之／仮面ライダーライア, Tezuka Miyuki/Kamen Raidā Raia) (13-23): A mysterious and enigmatic fortune-teller. His good friend Yuuichi was the one approached by Kanzaki Shiro to join the Rider war, but after he refused, the monster that targeted him finally took his life. Tezuka takes the Card Deck on his behalf and becomes Kamen Rider Raia. Kanzaki would later attempt to escalate the battle by giving Tezuka one of two Survive cards, but he passes it to Ren instead. Tezuka would later avenge Yuuichi by destroying the monster that ate him, only to be killed by Ouja later on, after taking a fatal hit meant for Ryuki.
• Ejima (江島, Ejima) (11-12): A former professor at Seimeiin University, he was the one who help Kanzaki perform the experiment that resulted with Eri's coma. Since then, Ejima left the university and wandered the city with a Seal card in hand to protect himself from the Mirror Monsters. But once he loses the card, Ejima ran back to his lab to plea Kanzaki to help him as he's attacked by a Terabiter. Though saved from the monster, Ejima dies of a heart attack as he sees Yui and laments that she should have never been born.

13 Riders

The notion of 13 Riders is apparently a homage to the original Kamen Rider manga published in 1971, which contains a chapter called The 13 Kamen Riders. However, only 10 Kamen Riders were featured in the TV series. Femme, Ryuga and Verde appeared exclusively in the movie Episode: Final and/or the TV special 13 Riders.

Despite the idea of 13 Kamen Riders facing each other, all 13 Kamen Riders never really faced each other in one huge battle. The most number of Kamen Riders in one battle is 6 (in the TV series, where Knight, Ryuki, Zolda, Ohja, Tiger, and Alternative fought each other, only to be interrupted by Imperer's advent monsters), and 11 (at the 13 Kamen Riders Special). Kamen Rider Raia was killed earlier by Kamen Rider Verde's Death Vanish Final Vent. Despite activating the Guard Vent, Kamen Rider Scissors was killed by Kamen Rider Ohja's Veno Crash Final Vent. The remaining 10 Kamen Riders fought on the final match of the special, with Kamen Rider Ryuki and Kamen Rider Knight facing off against the remaining 8, led by Kamen Rider Odin.

• Kamen Rider Knight
• Kamen Rider Ryuki
• Kamen Rider Scissors
• Kamen Rider Zolda
• Kamen Rider Raia
• Kamen Rider Gai
• Kamen Rider Ohja
• Kamen Rider Tiger
• Kamen Rider Imperer
• Kamen Rider Femme
• Kamen Rider Ryuga
• Kamen Rider Verde
• Kamen Rider Odin

The show also featured two Kamen Rider clones, called Alternatives:

• Alternative Zero
• Alternative

When the series concept was revisited in Kamen Rider Decade, a new Rider was introduced.

• Kamen Rider Abyss

Rider Equipment

Though each Rider was different in many aspects, they all had some fundamental similarities and used similar equipment. The key element is the Card Deck (カードデッキ, Kādo Dekki) a crest-engraved card holder which holds the Advent Cards (アドベントカード, Adobento Kādo), which the Riders used in their battles from summoning offensive and/or defensive weapons to special abilities or summoning Contact Monster. When the Card Deck is put up against a reflective surface, a V-Buckle (Vent Buckle) (Ｖ（ベント）バックル, Bento Bakkuru) appears for the Card Deck to side into to combine the change. Each Rider possesses a Visor (バイザー, Baizā), a card reader modeled after their contract monsters that can activate the Advent Cards' power or serve as a weapon. All of the Riders' suits are similar in core design, with a unique Solid Face Shield "grill" motif, Grand Mail design pattern (most evident on the thighs), Force Bone armoring texture on their shoulders and hips, and the Zipped Thread, a socket which serves as a standard universal linking system in the series (standard on all Riders (except Femme): knees, shoulders, upper back, arms, and sides of the belt).

• Ride Shooter (ライドシューター, Raido Shūtā): These vehicles were what the Riders would use to travel from the real world to the Mirror World. Once a Rider would pass through a mirror or reflective surface, they would then be riding in a Ride Shooter as they were traveling through a portal to the Mirror World. The Ride Shooter would then shoot out of the reflective surface in the Mirror World.

Mirror Monsters

The Mirror Monsters (ミラーモンスター, Mirā Monsutā) are entities created by Yui as drawing made by her and her brother when they were young, given life by Yui's mirror-self. As these creatures have no true life of their own, they prey on humans to survive on their lifeforce. The only human they can not attack is Yui herself, whom they obey absolute like Kanzaki. However, Rogue Mirror Monsters who attack Yui are countered by Kamen Rider Odin or a loyal Mirror Monster who serves Kanzaki. But the majority of the monsters are contracted allies and the power source for most of the thirteen Kamen Riders, building their power by absorbing the energy of other defeated Mirror Monsters. But if the energy is not absorbed, it could reform into a new Mirror Monster.

Episodes

1. The Secret Story's Birth (誕生秘話, Tanjō Hiwa)
2. Giant Spider Counterattack (巨大クモ逆襲, Kyodai Kumo Gyakushū)
3. School Ghost Story (学校の怪談, Gakkō no Kaidan)
4. School Ghost Story 2 (学校の怪談２, Gakkō no Kaidan Tsū)
5. The Monster's Antique Store (骨董屋の怪人, Kottōya no Kaijin)
6. The Mysterious Rider (謎のライダー, Nazo no Raidā)
7. A New Species is Born? (新種誕生？, Shinshu Tanjō?)
8. The Fourth, Zolda (４人目ゾルダ, Yoninme Zoruda)
9. Shinji's Arrested!? (真司が逮捕！？, Shinji ga Taiho!?)
10. Knight's Crisis (ナイトの危機, Naito no Kiki)
11. The Mysterious Empty Train (謎の無人電車, Nazo no Mujin Densha)
12. Ren Akiyama's Lover (秋山蓮の恋人, Akiyama Ren no Koibito)
13. That Man, Zolda (その男ゾルダ, Sono Otoko Zoruda)
14. Revival Day (復活の日, Fukkatsu no Hi)
15. Iron Mask Legend (鉄仮面伝説, Tetsu Kamen Densetsu)
16. Card of Destiny (運命のカード, Unmei no Kādo)
17. The Grieving Knight (嘆きのナイト, Nageki no Naito)
18. Jailbreak Rider (脱獄ライダー, Datsugoku Raidā)
19. Rider Gathering (ライダー集結, Raidā Shūketsu)
20. The Traitorous Ren (裏切りの蓮, Uragiri no Ren)
21. Yui's Past (優衣の過去, Yui no Kako)
22. Raia's Revenge (ライアの復讐, Raia no Fukushū)
23. Changing Destiny (変わる運命, Kawaru Unmei)
24. Ohja's Secret (王蛇の秘密, Ōja no Himitsu)
25. Combining Ohja (合体する王蛇, Gattai Suru Ōja)
26. Zolda's Assault (ゾルダの攻撃, Zoruda no Kōgeki)
27. The 13th Rider (１３号ライダー, Jūsangō Raidā)
28. Time Vent (タイムベント, Taimu Bento)
29. Marriage Interview Battle (見合い合戦, Miai Gassen)
30. Zolda's Lover (ゾルダの恋人, Zoruda no Koibito)
31. The Girl and Ohja (少女と王蛇, Shōjo to Ōja)
32. Secret Data Gathering (秘密の取材, Himitsu no Shuzai)
33. The Mirror's Magic (鏡のマジック, Kagami no Majikku)
34. Friendship's Battle (友情のバトル, Yūjō no Batoru)
35. Enter Tiger (タイガ登場, Taiga Tōjō)
36. The Battle Ends (戦いは終わる, Tatakai wa Owaru)
37. Sleep is Awakening (眠りが覚めて, Nemuri ga Samete)
38. Targeted Yui (狙われた優衣, Nerawareta Yui)
39. A Dangerous Sign (危険のサイン, Kiken no Sain)
40. Memories of an Older Brother and Younger Sister (兄と妹の記憶, Ani to Imōto no Kioku)
41. Imperer (インペラー, Inperā)
42. Room 401 (４０１号室, Yonhyakuichi-gōshitsu)
43. The Hero Fights (英雄は戦う, Eiyū wa Tatakau)
44. Glassy Happiness (ガラスの幸福, Garasu no Kōfuku)
45. The Twentieth Birthday (２０歳の誕生日, Hatachi no Tanjōbi)
46. Tiger's a Hero (タイガは英雄, Taiga wa Eiyū)
47. Determination of Battle (戦いの決断, Tatakai no Ketsudan)
48. The Final 3 Days (最後の３日間, Saigo no Mikkakan)
49. Granting a Wish (叶えたい願い, Kanaetai Negai)
50. A New Life (新しい命, Atarashii Inochi)

Movies and specials

• Kamen Rider Ryuki The Movie: Episode Final (劇場版　仮面ライダー龍騎　ＥＰＩＳＯＤＥ　ＦＩＮＡＬ, Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Ryūki Episōdo Fainaru)

This movie is an alternate ending to the series, taking place after the events of episode 46. With only six Riders remaining in the Rider War: five of the six, Ryuki (Shinji Kido), Knight (Ren Akiyama), Zolda (Shuichi Kitaoka), Ohja (Takeshi Asakura), and Femme (Miho Kirishima), Shirō Kanzaki alerts them to quickly settle the Rider War within three days. One of them must win and become the last survivor before the sixth surviving rider reveals himself. Amidst the impending chaos of the fight between the Riders, Shinji discovers an unbelievable truth about the relationship between Yui Kanzaki and the Mirror World, as well as discovering the existence of his Mirror World doppelganger, Kamen Rider Ryuga.

• Kamen Rider Ryuki Special: 13 Riders (仮面ライダー龍騎スペシャル 13RIDERS, Kamen Raidā Ryūki Supessharu Sātin Raidāsu)

This television special is an alternate telling of the Kamen Rider Ryuki story. Shinji Kidou's life, working as an employee at ORE Journal, takes a sharp turn after being pulled into the Mirror World by a Mispider. Luckily, he was saved by a Kamen Rider, Ryuki (Kōichi Sakakibara). However, Sakakibara could no longer go on due to the harshness of his injuries and passed his Card Deck to Shinji, allowing him to become the next Ryuki to survive and defeat the monster. After meeting with Yui Kanzaki and Ren Akiyama (Kamen Rider Knight), Shinji learns about the conditions of the Rider War, as well as of the other Riders participating. Unable to allow such a game of death to exist like his Rider predecessor, Shinji sets out to convince all the Riders to end the senseless fighting and put an end to the War. His pleas fall upon deaf ears as just about every other Rider (except for the already-defeated Riders Raia and Scissors) sets out to hunt down Shinji and his eventual reluctant ally, Ren. Eventually, Shinji's deck is destroyed and Ren is critically injured, passing on the deck for Kamen Rider Knight to Shinji. The special has two different endings which were voted on by the viewers via phone at the time of the initial airing: the voted-for-air ending (in which Shinji faces the surviving Riders on his own) and the alternate ending (a resetting of the Rider War).

Video Game

A video game based on the series was released in Japan during 2002 for the PlayStation. It is a basic fighting game where all 13 Riders are playable with all the forms seen in the show, movie or specials (With the exception of the Alternatives and Ohja's Blank Form, seen in EPISODE FINAL). Four of the Contract Monsters (Volcancer, Metalgelas, Destwilder and Gigazelle), the two Zebraskulls (Iron and Bronze) and Megazelle are also playable.

Cast

• Shinji Kido (城戸 真司, Kido Shinji): Takamasa Suga (須賀 貴匡, Suga Takamasa)
• Ren Akiyama (秋山　蓮, Akiyama Ren): Satoshi Matsuda (松田 悟志, Matsuda Satoshi)
• Yui Kanzaki (神崎 優衣, Kanzaki Yui): Ayano Sugiyama (杉山 彩乃, Sugiyama Ayano)
• Shirō Kanzaki (神崎 士郎, Kanzaki Shirō): Kenzaburō Kikuchi (菊地 謙三郎, Kikuchi Kenzaburo)
• Shūichi Kitaoka (北岡 秀一, Kitaoka Shūichi): Ryōhei (涼平, Ryōhei)
• Gorō Yura (由良 吾郎, Yura Gorō): Tomohisa Yuge (弓削 智久, Yuge Tomohisa)
• Takeshi Asakura (浅倉　威, Asakura Takeshi): Takashi Hagino (萩野 崇, Hagino Takashi)
• Masashi Sudō (須藤 雅史, Sudō Masashi): Takeshi Kimura (木村 剛, Kimura Takeshi)
• Miyuki Tezuka (手塚 海之, Tezuka Miyuki): Hassei Takano (高野 八誠, Takano Hassei)
• Jun Shibaura (芝浦　淳, Shibaura Jun): Satoshi Ichijō (一條 俊, Ichijō Satoshi)
• Satoru Tōjō (東條　悟, Tōjō Satoru): Jun Takatsuki (高槻 純, Takatsuki Jun)
• Mitsuru Sano (佐野　満, Sano Mitsuru): Takashi Hyūga (日向 崇, Hyūga Takashi)
• Kamen Rider Odin and Visor (仮面ライダーオーディン＆バイザー, Kamen Raidā Ōdin ando Baizā, Voice): Tsuyoshi Koyama (小山 剛志, Koyama Tsuyoshi)
• Daisuke Ōkubo (大久保 大介, Ōkubo Daisuke): Kanji Tsuda (津田 寛治, Tsuda Kanji)
• Reiko Momoi (桃井 令子, Reiko Momoi): Sayaka Kuon (久遠 さやか, Kuon Sayaka)
• Nanako Shimada (島田 奈々子, Shimada Nanako): Hitomi Kurihara (栗原 瞳, Kurihara Hitomi)
• Megumi Asano (浅野 めぐみ, Asano Megumi): Chisato Morishita (森下 千里, Morishita Chisato)
• Sanako Kanzaki (神崎 沙奈子, Kanzaki Sanako): Kazue Tsunogae (角替 和枝, Tsunogae Kazue)
• Eri Ogawa (小川 恵里, Ogawa Eri): Mahiru Tsubura (つぶら まひる, Tsubura Mahiru)
• Hajime Nakamura (仲村　創, Nakamura Hajime): Junichi Mizuno (水野 純一, Mizuno Jun'ichi)
• Hideyuki Kagawa (香川 英行, Kagawa Hideyuki): Satoshi Jinbo (神保 悟志, Jinbo Satoshi)

Episode Final cast

• Miho Kirishima (霧島 美穂, Kirishima Miho): Natsuki Katō (加藤 夏希, Katō Natsuki)
• Mirror Image Shinji Kido (鏡像の城戸 真司, Kyōzō no Kido Shinji): Takamasa Suga
• Restaurant Employee (レストラン店員, Resutoran Ten'in): Toshiki Kashū (賀集 利樹, Kashū Toshiki, Cameo)
• Amusement Park Staff (遊園地スタッフ, Yuenchi Sutaffu): Rina Akiyama (秋山 莉奈, Akiyama Rina, Cameo)
• Asakura's Victim (浅倉の被害者, Asakura no Higaisha): Yūsuke Tomoi (友井 雄亮, Tomoi Yūsuke, Cameo)
• Okonomiyaki Customers (お好み焼き屋の客, Okonomiyaki-ya Kyaku): Jun Kaname (要　潤, Kaname Jun, Cameo), Tōko Fujita (藤田 瞳子, Fujita Tōko, Cameo), Jun Yamasaki (山崎　潤, Yamasaki Jun, Cameo)

TV special

• Itsurō Takamizawa (高見沢 逸郎, Takamizawa Itsurō): Arthur Kuroda (黒田 アーサー, Kuroda Āsā)
• Kōichi Sakakibara (榊原 耕一, Sakakibara Kōichi): Keiichi Wada (和田 圭市, Wada Keiichi)

Suit actors

• Kamen Rider Ryuki: Seiji Takaiwa (高岩 成二, Takaiwa Seiji)
• Kamen Rider Knight: Makoto Itō (伊藤 慎, Itō Makoto)
• Kamen Rider Zolda, Alternative: Yoshifumi Oshikawa (押川 善文, Oshikawa Yoshifumi)
• Kamen Rider Ohja, Kamen Rider Ryuga, Kamen Rider Odin: Jirō Okamoto (岡元 次郎, Okamoto Jirō)
• Kamen Rider Scissors: Ryōji Okada (岡田 良治, Okada Ryōji)
• Kamen Rider Raia: Keizō Yabe (矢部 敬三, Yabe Keizō)
• Kamen Rider Gai: Takeshi Mizutani (水谷 健, Mizutani Takeshi)
• Kamen Rider Femme: Keiko Hashimoto (橋本 恵子, Hashimoto Keiko), Mako Shimizu (清水 真子, Shimizu Mako)
• Kamen Rider Ryuga: Jun Watanabe (渡辺 淳, Watanabe Jun)
• Kamen Rider Verde: Fumiya Tōei (藤榮 史哉, Tōei Fumiya)
• Kamen Rider Tiger: Naoki Nagase (永瀬 尚希, Nagase Naoki)
• Kamen Rider Imperer: Masashi Shirai (白井 雅士, Shirai Masashi)
• Kamen Rider Odin: Eitoku (永徳, Eitoku)

Songs

Opening theme

• "Alive A life"
  • Lyrics: Yūko Ebine (海老根 祐子, Ebine Yūko)
  • Composition: Kōhei Wada (和田 耕平, Wada Kōhei)
  • Arrangement: Kōhei Wada & Katsuya Honda (本田 嘉津也, Honda Katsuya)
  • Artist: Rica Matsumoto (松本 梨香, Matsumoto Rika)

Ending themes

• "Hatenaki Inochi" (果てなき希望（いのち）, "Boundless Life")
  • Lyrics: Shin-ichiro Aoyama (青山 紳一郎, Aoyama Shin'ichirō)
  • Composition: Yō Tsuji (辻 陽, Tsuji Yō)
  • Arrangement: Masatoshi Sakashita (坂下 正俊, Sakashita Masatoshi)
  • Artist: Hiroshi Kitadani (きただに ひろし, Kitadani Hiroshi)
  • Episodes: 1-
• "Hateshinai Honō no Naka e" (果てしない炎の中ヘ, "Into the Eternal Flame")
  • Lyrics: Keiko Terada & Yoshihiko Andō (安藤 芳彦, Andō Yoshihiko)
  • Composition: Yoshio Nomura (野村 義男, Nomura Yoshio)
  • Arrangement: RIDER CHIPS
  • Artist: RIDER CHIPS featuring Keiko Terada (寺田 恵子, Terada Keiko)
  • Episodes: 18
• "Revolution"
  • Lyrics: Yūko Ebine
  • Composition & Arrangement: Mikio Sakai
  • Artist: Hiroshi Kitadani
  • Episodes: 34-, TV Special
• "Lonely Soldier"
  • Lyrics: Yūko Ebine
  • Composition: Yō Tsuji
  • Arrangement: Akio Kondō
  • Artist: Ren Akiyama (Satoshi Matsuda) (秋山 蓮（松田 悟志）, Akiyama Ren (Matsuda Satoshi))
  • Episodes: 38

International broadcasts

In addition to the Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight adaptation, Ryuki has been broadcast in its original form in many languages and nations. It was dubbed into Korean as Masked Rider Dragon (가면라이더 드래건 Gamyeon Raideo Deuraegeon) in South Korea in 2004, Filipino in the Philippines as Masked Rider Ryuki on ABS-CBN 2, Malay on NTV7, and in Indonesian on Indosiar. It is also the first ever Kamen Rider Series to be dubbed in Arabic after its run on Space Toon.

References

1. Adness Entertainement's website featuring an American adaptation of Kamen Rider Ryuki
2. "가면라이더 드래건". Retrieved 2009-07-17.

External links

• Official website from TV Asahi
• Official website from Toei TV
• Kamen Rider Ryuki on DVD
• Kamen Rider Ryuki at IMDb

• Kamen Rider television series
• 2002 television series debuts
• 2003 television series endings
• Virtual reality in fiction