Power Rangers/Super Sentai Villain Conversion: RPM/Go-Onger

General Shifter / Yogostein
Yogostein was complex, he was rough and gruff big stronger boss but he cared about his cohorts Kegaleshia and Kitanedias. He was admired but also envied by Hiramechimedes. Shifter had a British accent and created some things, but since Venjix created him, Venjix considered he did it. Yogostein had a time where he thought he had to do things on his own and became crazed and obsessed. He supposedly learned his lesson but he really didn't and that's what lead to his end. Shifter was loyal to Venjix but Tenaya messed up one of his projects and Shifter was banished by Venjix. Shifter attacked the Rangers and got the PaleoMax to work against them and took control of Scott briefly. Shifter was destroyed by Scott and his spare parts were used to make a new body for Venjix.

General Crunch / Kitanedias
Let's just put it this way... Kitanedias, even though he looks just like Crunch, would kick the living crap out of General Crunch. Kitanedias was way smarter and tough fighter. Crunch comes from a long line of gruff Japanese characters turned into idiots like Gluto and Choobo for example. Kitanedias was in charge of creating the sky robots, but they really didn't have sky-influence. He was later shut down but helped the Go-onger in the end. Crunch was a tough opponent against Tenaya in the end but was defeated in the end.

Tenaya 7 / Kegaleshia
Kegaleshia was a robot, just looked human and she loved her cohorts and supported them. She hated humans and hated being called 'old.' She grew giant once but was just swatted away by EngineOh G-12. Kegaleshia was in charge of the water robots. When the Gaiarc and Go-Onger needed to fight a common enemy, Kegaleshia joined Yellow and Silver as G-3, a girl-group... two times. Tenaya was believed to be a robot, but she discovered she was a hybrid and Dillon's blind sister. Tenaya had quite a personality, condensing of almost everyone. Once Tenaya sided with her brother Dillon, she was brainwashed into Tenaya 15. She planted the electro-magnetic bomb to activate the Hybrids in Corinth. Tenaya was then reverted with Dr. K's antidote and helped take down Venjix, thanks to Flynn's tough love. In the end, She, Summer, and Dillon went to discover the world. Kegaleshia helped the Go-Onger too but was shut down in the end.

Venjix's first suit / Hiramechimedes
Venjix is an original creation, well some fans complain that he has the same name as the villain General Venjix from the episode "Forever Red." Hiramechimedes was a underling of Yogostein, the co-in charge of the Ground robots. He was very smart and cunning and he scared the Engines (the zords). Hiramechimedes got frustrated at one point and thought brains didn't count and tried to use brawn and died as a result. He later came back as a ghost. He also had a brother, who cross-dressed I might add but only appeared in a short OVA special. Venjix created a robot model that he possessed, even if it was destroyed, he made another. He later 'upgraded' and gave up on this particular look.

Kilobyte / Kireizky
Kireizky came in during Christmas, a follower of Yogoshimacriten and 'cleaned up' dimensions. He destroyed two dimensions and liked sucking things up with his 'cleaning' tools. He had 7 of them. Kilobyte came in much eariler in RPM and was a torn in Tenaya's side. He was a much more competent general and was a bit sexist, but I think he was beyond that, he probably was using it as a card against Tenaya. He was much more smarter and saw the big picture more than Tenaya did, Tenaya was just naive and got riled up by what he would say to her, not fully understanding what he was proposing. He was always one step ahead of her, knowing she would betray Venjix because of her 'human nature' and kidnapping and re-programming her. Kilobyte later felt ignored by Venjix, he had activated one Hybrid with his invention but Venjix had Tenaya activate all of them with their device. Kilobyte was finally defeated by the Rangers by the finale. Kireizky was destroyed after 3 episodes.

Venjix's second suit / Yogoshimacritein
Yogoshimacritein was Yogostein's father who came episodes later after his son was destroyed. Yogoshimacritein was the tough boss and didn't think much of his son. I found him like a last ditch effort to have a real villain as he came so late in the series of Go-Onger. In RPM, when Shifter was destroyed, Venjix got a new suit made of his destroyed parts. It was handled better in RPM. A tower fell on Venjix and the virus itself was trapped in the morphers, in a case.

Power Rangers/Super Sentai Character Conversion: RPM/Go-Onger

I waited until RPM ended to do the caparisons. I had written this earlier on.

Scott / Sosuke

Sosuke is a former race car driver and a hothead, but he is a good leader. He formerly believed in wishing things to happen but not doing anything about it, he learned to work hard and trust in others. Scott has daddy issues and can be stuck-up and stubborn. He is a former military pilot and now leader of the Rangers. Scott had lost his brother. Scott was forced to work for Shifter briefly by a controller key, like Sosuke who got a controller key but rusted into a statue. Scott is a brave leader, it's just his team often tries to do things themselves and not listen to him. Gem got a medal from his dad but got no recognition from his father. When things got bad with all the hybrids (including two of Mason's co-workers) were activated, Mason finally listened to Scott and told him he was in charge. Scott was promoted to leader of the Eagle squad in the end.

Flynn / Renn
Renn knows a lot and cooks omelets very good and is called the mother of the group. I think Flynn would be insulted if he would be called the mother. Flynn and Renn are both mechanics. Flynn is Scottish and is cocky. Renn can be shy at times and he lost his mother at a young age, his family owns a chain of hotels and his dad is always working. Flynn always wanted to be a hero but was discouraged by life and his dad, until these days in which the father finally does believe in real-life superheroes, his son is one. Renn was very good at developing new things---he made the Kyuyu Soul to power up the Engines but Flynn wasn't so successful, he failed at his making of his own Engine Cell. He then gave up on his zord project, Gema found it and they worked on it together and created the powerful Road Attack Zord. And there was a hinted romance between Flynn and Gema. Flynn was to do the new computer systems with his dad.

Summer / Saki
Saki is perky and always forcing people to 'smile,' which came from one time she was lost and alone. Her sister tortured her and continues to do so as an adult, her sister even stole the Go-Onger's main mode of transportation Ginjiro (which appeared as Project Go-Onger in RPM). Saki is basically a young girly girl. Summer is smart, tough and no-nonsense, she used to be selfish, rich and vain. Summer had a big characterization. Summer was the first Ranger to have a potential wedding, while it happens a lot in Super Sentai. According to Dr. K, Summer's heart was split between Dillon and Scott, but she quickly chose Dillon, it was not clear if Scott felt the same but Dillon clearly does. Summer ran off with Dillon and Tenaya to discover the world.

Dillon / Gunpei
Gunpei might appear stubborn and a loner, but in reality he is just big talk. He is a born detective, even though he isn't really one until the end. He wanted to fight the Gaiark but the police weren't willing to do that so he quit and forced himself into the Go-Onger, after a not so good beginning, he managed to become a respected and cared-for teammate. Dillon is on the opposite side of the law (having been arrested and hauled to prison), but only for trespassing the dome city and having Venjix hardware inside him, all and all, he is a good guy, just a loner. He had no memory of who he was and it slowly started coming back. Dillon has a blind sister, who turned to be Tenaya and once he found out, he would not let her go. Gunpei and Dillon are different in backstory but similar in that they are loners on the outside but secretly want to belong. Dillon was activated as a hybrid when the other hybrids in Corinth were. But he used the antidote and used it on Tenaya, went into a coma, his sister saved the world, he saved her, they went off to explore the world after Venjix was defeated.

Ziggy / Hanto
Hanto is just a kid wanting to have fun. He is teenager fritter, meaning he goes from one job to another with disposable income. He is eager and very caring and sometimes needs to be mothered by Renn and protected by Gunpei. He has such a big heart that once he dressed as a grandmother's dead granddaughter to cheer her up... it then happen to all be a lie. Ziggy just can't do anything right but he makes it up with his heart. He was part of the Scorpion Cartel mafia and angered many criminals when he gave stolen medicine to sick orphans. He was in charge of delivering the Green Ranger morpher and ended up bonding to it permanently in order for evil not to get it. Ziggy saved the life of Fresno Bob and was let go of his debt and was not 'ghosted.' As for his tension with Dr. K, she agreed to go outside with him--because it was her birthday. They were stuck in a cave by accident from escaping the villains and he made her happy by doing his shadow puppets. They are both different in personality and backstory but similar in that they are eager to please and can lie sometimes. In the end, Ziggy was to start a school with Dr. K.

Gem / Hiroto
Hiroto and Miu are both rich and a bit psychic--they can tell when Gaiark attacks. Hiroto is cold and strict, he does ever break his cool facade... except for a little alien he felt sorry for and raised. It's not that he is hiding his goofy side, he just never had one. The Go-On Wings didn't want to accept the Go-Onger, they thought they were the 'only ones' to fight the Gaiark. Gem and his sister are twins, Hiroto and Miu were not twins. Gem and Gema were geniuses in the Alphabet Soup government organization that Dr. K was in. The soup tricked to believe they were allergic to the sun. Gem and Gema are both eerily cheery and upbeat, even though they were once prisoners. Gem is very protective of Gema. Gem and Gema were 'deleted' like Hiroto and Miu, but the twins had already cheated death once. They got rescued and ended up being recruited into the Eagle Squad.

Gema / Miu
Miu seems to be like her brother at first, stuck-up and all mighty, but she does have a good heart and warms up to the team before Hiroto does. She does have a tendency to have 'projects' for things she feels sorry for. At one point, Miu and Hiroto's handler thought Hiroto had pushed her in the superhero business but she clarified it wasn't that way. She is strong but sometimes gets weak in the knees for Sosuke but doesn't like to admit it. Gem and Gema are twins and are Dr. K's friends. Gema and Gem finish one another's sentences and draw child-like but well-crafted letters. One thing the Japanese and American counterparts have in common are that the duo are rarely apart. Gema was first weary of Flynn but then helped him with the Road Attack Zord and there was a hinted romance. Gem and Gema were 'deleted' like Hiroto and Miu, but the twins had already cheated death once. They got rescued and ended up being recruited into the Eagle Squad.


Doctor K / Bomper
It is unfair to even compare these two, but well, here we are because they are the main allies. Bomper was a little robot friend created by Jumbow-hale to assist the Go-onger, he often said, "Bom-bom" and got his feelings hurt once. He was the one to teleport the Engine Casts to the team. Doctor K is a child prodigy who held prisoner in Alphabet Soup in order to create weapons including the Venjix virus and the Ranger program. She is inept in social interaction and shield herself from the Rangers initially in an attempt to not get hurt once again like when she thought Gem and Gema had died. She would deny liking Ziggy, not calling him by his name but as 'Ranger Series Operator Green'--the only Ranger she didn't call by their real name. But she did use his real name as her computer password, which she considered irrational. For the first birthday she spent outside, she spent it inside a cave stuck with Ziggy. In the end, Doctor K was to start a school with Ziggy, who she finally called Ziggy.

Doom Bot or Whale Zord / Jumbow-hale
Jumbow-hale is like all other Engines as he spoke. Jumbow-hale was the mentor of everyone, he created Bomper and trained the Go-On Wings (Silver and Gold). The Go-Onger communicated with the Engines through their 'morphers' and they got hologram images of them in Anime form. Jumbow-hale had a cute skycap hat and beard. In RPM, it was built by prisoners and the Venjix army, it was re-programmed to help the Rangers and was not created by Dr. K initially. But since Dr. K created Venjix and Venjix created the machine, then it is all the family.

Kamen Rider Dragon Knight/Ryuki - Rider Conversion

The following is in order of appearance of their (Earth) Rider form in Kamen Rider Dragon Knight. The order differs in Kamen Rider Ryuki. These comparisons took over many months to do and I've been waiting until the series ended to post this, but since CW4Kids will now stop airing the show, I guess it's a better time than ever.

Len (Wing Knight) / Ren Akiyama (Knight)
Both seem cold and tough, though Ren stays that way throughout the series and even though Shinji grows on him, their rivalry remains constant. Len is not trusting of Kit at first, thinking he is working for Xaviax, he later wants to train him, but the other riders get in the way. Len must 'vent' the other Riders. Len gets a soft-spot for Kit around the fourth or fifth episode, wanting to train him. Ren was a cold unemployed loner who became a rider to save his fiancé, Eri, who was in a coma ever since an encounter with Darkwing. Len is one of the last original Kamen Riders of Ventara, the rebel fighters against Xaviax. He was taken out of the stasis pods by Kase because their pods were at the end of the line.

Len is the leader now but he was once a loner they would only be called at night and was not comfortable with venting the Riders. Ren wanted to win the Rider War and didn't care for the other Riders and did whatever to win. Ren was able to restore his fiancé but it seems his last battle killed him. Len also seems to be advised by a mirror self, but that wasn't mentioned again. In 13 Riders TV Special, Ren died in Shinji's arms. Len lost Kase when she was vented by James and he got his revenge by venting James. Len was reunited with Kase and in the end, they lived happily ever after, let's suppose. Len had to deal with the betrayal of Adam and trusting him once again and being betrayed once again. In the end, they defeated Xaviax and he was happily fighting evil with his girl Kase and best pal Kit.

Kit Taylor (Dragon Knight/Onyx) / Adam / Shinji Kido (Ryuki)
Shinji is a 23 year-old happy-go-lucky, a bit naive and idealistic young man that tries to bring the Riders together and stop fighting each other... albeit unsuccessfully. He worked as a journalist trainee. Kit is an 18 year-old orphan who has gone from his foster home to his father's apartment, he is in search of his lost dad that turns out to be in Ventara, the mirror world taken over by the evil Xaviax. Both of them are the second riders, both tagging along to Wing Knight/Knight. Kit seemed to have no job at all, they are similar except that Kit is more of a regular kid--he even wanted to quit, but that's because he was overwhelmed. They are both hustled by the green bull guy Torque/Zolda--except that Torque lied to him to go against Wing Knight and Zolda tricked Shinji in believing he killed him. Shinji never killed a Rider, but the interesting part is that Kit vented Spear, and he felt guilty and strange afterward.

But he did so as revenge for Chris being vented and because Spear helped kidnap his dad. And then Kit started having nightmares of him becoming Onyx and venting Len and Kase, which hummed a darker side in him. Kit also had a choice, twice actually--once through JTC and then Xaviax, to vent Wing Knight to get his father back and sane. Kit was devastated to find out that Xaviax was behind everything---pretending to be his father, speaking to him and giving him false advice. Basically Kit had no vices like the others and Xaviax had a large scheme to get Kit. All of the drama also came to affect Shinji as well. Kit was vented and then rescued by Eubulon, he took the Onyx deck--after not wanting it because of nightmares of venting Len and Kase. When he met Adam, he fought him and immediately wanted to vent him. At the end of the Ryuki series, Shinji was stabbed in the back by a monster before he could transform while protecting a little girl and died. In 13 Riders TV Special, he became Kamen Rider Knight after Ren died. At the end of the KRDK series, it mostly about Adam.

Adam was treated as a traitor at first and mostly mentioned throughout the series until Kit was vented and most of the focus sort of shifted unto to Adam. Adam was rumored to fall in love with Kase even though she was with Len, but Adam then fell in love with Sarah. Adam was 'tricked' by Xaviax and became his unwilling lackey in order to not let his love Sarah know the truth. He wanted to stop being a Rider in order to be with her. In the end, Adam told her the truth. In the end, Eubulon healed Kit's father, they were reunited and he became dragon knight as Adam let go the deck and helped Sarah rebuild Ventara.

Richie Preston (Incisor) / Masahi Sudou (Scissors)
Masashi Sudou was a detective, using his job to effectively cover up his illegal activities, disposing of any witnesses to his acts. He appears in only one episode and is killed by his own Contract Monster when his Vent Deck is cracked. Masashi even tricked Shinji. Richie was a rich, annoying and spoiled young man, who was told by Xaviax that his money was gone by his father and if he vent Dragon and Wing, he would get his money back. He ended up being vented by Wing Knight, being sent to the Vent Void to never come back. Fans didn't like his catchphrase, "This is so not cool." His Ventaran self had a brief appearance in the episode before the last. In the finale, it was said all the Earth Riders were un-vented and memories erased.

Drew Lansing / Chance (Torque) / Kitaoka Shuichi (Zolda)
Kitaoka is a rich self-centered lawyer and Drew is not. Kitaoka was suffering from an illness and morally grey, he once tricked Shinji in believing he killed him. He liked Shinji when they first met, but then almost let his true feelings slip, and so froze Shinji out of his life. For a time, he was Takeshi Asakura's defense lawyer, until Asakura's attitude upset him, leading him to quit. Eventually the two found out they were both Riders and they began a personal feud against each other. The illness eventually killed him. His assistant Goro, who adored his master, became Zolda and was killed by Asakura. Drew on the other hand, is aware of Xaviax's plan and Xaviax was straight-forward to him (as far as he knew). His assignment was to split Kit and Len up by convincing Kit that Len was the bad guy. Drew is cocky, conniving and in reality, only cares for himself and has no problem betraying the human race. While Zolda never really killed anyone, Torque vented Camo (Grant). Drew wanted to betray Xaviax and in turn was vented by Strike (JTC). Torque's Ventaran mirror self Chance was un-vented later in the series, played by the same actor. Chance was a joker like Drew but was nice and good, well he didn't get much characterization, other than just being caring to Len. In the finale, it was said that Drew was unvented and his memory was erased.

Grant Staley (Camo) / Itsuro Takamizawa (Verde)
Itsuro was the first oldest Kamen Rider ever at age 38 until Kamen Rider Gaoh. He only appeared in the 13 Riders TV Special and never appeared in the series, while his American counterpart appears a bit after the fourth Rider. Itsuro was a wealthy businessman, his wish was to rule the world. Soon after he saw Shinji as a threat to his own plans and gathered every like-minded Rider to team up and dispose of him. He mortally injured Knight with his Final Vent, only to be killed by Knight's Final Vent immediately afterward. Grant, on the other hand, is a hustler/trickster who is tricked by Xaviax, who told him he was a mercenary. He becomes a Rider to be 'the best fighter in two worlds' and goes after Wing Knight, only to be vented by Torque and never actually got to fight Wing Knight. Camo's contact beast didn't even get shown. The Venteran Camo came into play in a cameo in the penultimate episode. In the finale, it was said all the Earth Riders were un-vented and memories erased.

James “JTC” Trademore / Price (Strike) / Takeshi Asakura (Ohja)
Takeshi was a psychotic serial killer who had many enemies and an enormous chip on his shoulder. Ohja actually appears after Gai. He is a really interesting and satisfying character. He kills a lot of the Riders, he kills Gai and Raia and takes their Contract Beasts, he destroyed Imperer's Vent Deck, causing him to die in the Mirror World. He also inadvertently helped in Tiger's death. He killed Femme's sister and was killed by her in the movie. In the series, police gunned him down. JTC is mentioned in episode 2, first appears at the end of episode 6, it is alluded he is Strike at the end of episode 8, and he makes his first transformation in episode 13-"The Thrill of the Hunt." JTC is a blogger that Maya adores and he is the only bad rider that targets her specifically. As Strike, he is Xaviax's right hand man.

James vents Drew/Torque, Brad/Thrust, Chris/Sting, Danny/Axe and Siren. When JTC held Kit's dad hostage, Maya finally found out he was Strike, and it is interesting what JTC's motives were. He believed in UFOs and when he discovered Xaviax, he only cared for his well being and betrayed the human race--which didn't sound so believable to me. Turns out one of the reasons he has out for the government is that his brother was sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit, he fought and got life without parole. For this, he sympathized with Axe for loosing his brother and we saw his soft heart. Takeshi used a combination of his contract beast with two beasts of the men he killed but JTC was given by Xaviax 'more oomph' on his deck and stole Sting and Thrust's decks from Len to make the combo beast. JTC was vented by Len.

Strike's Ventaran mirror self was un-vented later in the series, played by the same actor. Price was mistaken to be James by Trent, Kit, and Maya in three separate occasions. Price was sort of annoyed at how people were looking at him. A romance between Price and Maya started after her getting over what JTC did to her (and crying in front of him), in the finale she called him her 'Knight in shining armor.' In the finale, it was said all the Earth Riders were un-vented and memories erased.

Brad Barrett (Thrust) / Jun Shibaura (Gai)
They are very different. Jun was an arrogant and annoying 21 year-old college computer programmer who liked toying with others and took the Rider War all like a game. He appears after Raia, and he is killed by Ohja. Brad, on the other hand, is neutral in the beginning, he is a champion racer and is roped into the whole mess by Xaviax through blackmail. His trophy is taken away, accused of sabotaging another racer's bike but in reality, it was someone else and he is told by Xaviax that he can clear his name if he participates in a battle club. Once he discovers he is tricked, he threatens Xaviax but is threatened right back. He then has a grudge with Len and became obsessed with 'winning.' Brad/Gai were both vented by Ohja/Strike. I personally found Brad boring and dumb, I liked Jun more as a character, he was someone you'd love to hate. Thrust's Ventaran self had a cameo in the penultimate episode. In the finale, it was said all the Earth Riders were un-vented and memories erased.

Chris Ramirez (Sting) / Miyuki Tezuka (Raia)
Real men wear pink, right? Well, both were good guys that our hero befriends. Miyuki is psychic and it is a bit of a curse, as in he foresees his own death. He appears after Zolda does. He foresees the death of Knight and warns him. The real chosen one was Yuichi, an excellent pianist, who had lost his ability when a mugger (Ohja) broke his hands and ruined his ability to play. Had Yuichi won, Kanzaki would restore his hands. Yuichi refused, and as such was eaten by a monster and Miyuki became a rider to avenge his friend. Shinji cares deeply for Miyuki and feels real bad, worse than for others, when he dies at the hands of Ohja. Chris is a Latino Marine brat who comes from a long line of marines, he has extreme asthma and is honorably discharged which makes his father mad. Xaviax recruits him to be a Rider on the false pretenses that it is for his country and the government. Len almost vents him but hesitates. Chris befriends Kit, Len, and Maya, he took Len's words to heart and 'made every blow count' and saved Len from being vented and got vented himself by Strike. I personally liked Chris, not only because he is cute, but because he is a interesting and complex character. His mirror self cameoed in the penultimate episode, I wish they had mentioned the idea un-venting Chris before the finale. Anyway, Maya said Chris' asthma was fixed and he got to be a marine after all.

Danny Cho / Hunt (Axe) / Satoru Tojo (Tiger)
Satoru is a disturbed killer, he was an university student that revealed his identity to some scientists who tried to duplicate the power (Alternative) and ended up being killed by him. While watching Zolda, Ohja and Knight participate in a three-way battle, Satoru poured kerosene all over Zolda’s car, destroying their only way out of Mirror World before being defeated by Ohja yet again. He ends up dying due to his injuries and as he died, he wondered about how he could have been a hero and the next day the newspaper labels him a 'hero.' Danny on the other hand is the brother of Albert and they are both thieves roped in by Xaviax with money and promise of the 'American dream.' When Kit vented his brother, he wanted revenge but Xaviax forbid him to enact revenge. Xaviax threatened Danny but he still fought Dragon. Strike was sent to vent him but he was given another chance and tries talking some sense into him. Axe ends up getting vented by Strike. Axe's Ventaran mirror self Hunt was un-vented later in the series, played by the same actor. Hunt was solitary and wasn't one to get stuck in the Adam drama. Hunt was liked more by fans by evident by my poll. In the end, Maya says all the Earth Riders were brought back and memories wiped.

Albert Cho (Spear) / Mitsuru Sano (Imperer)
Mitsuru's father sent him out into the world so that he could learn the hardships of life and not be spoiled by a rich upbringing. He become a Rider in order to lead a happy life, but after his father died, he inherited his dad's business and became the boss of a major company. Because of his new found lifestyle, he wanted to give up the Rider war and enjoy his wealth. Kanzaki reminded him of his contract with the Gigazelles and what would happen to Sano if he did not fulfill his side of the contract with them. He was a eager puppy with Shinji and Ren. Ohja destroyed his deck, making him unable to leave the Mirror World and he dissolved. Albert on the other hand was the brother of Danny and they are both thieves roped in by Xaviax with money and promise of the 'American dream.' He was the dumb one and was vented by Kit. Funny enough, Albert was played by Tony Sano and Sano was the name of his character's original counterpart. The original Spear made a quick appearance in the episode before last. In the finale, it was said all the Earth Riders were un-vented and memories erased.

Kase (Siren) / Miho Kirishima (Femme)

The lone female riders, Femme was only in the movie. Miho became a rider to avenge the death of her sister which Ohja was responsible for, she does this by stabbing him in his blank form but she dies to wounds sustained while being ambushed by Ryuga. Kase comes in after Spear was vented, and has no last name much like Len, because she is from Ventara, she is an original Ventara Rider. She thought Kit was a bad guy, like Chris did, and tested him. I like how the Kamen Riders didn't question her being female and had no problem fighting her. Kase and Len were in love and in a relationship, while Miho had hinted flirtation with Shinji, that's as far as it went. Kase was very tough and very independent woman and seemed to be more on the ball than Len even though she never vented anyone. She said she wish she got her Survive deck card, but her counterpart Femme never had one. Siren's cards or contract beast were barely ever used. She was vented by Strike and taken out of the Advent Void by Eubulon. She was injured but quickly recovered and Maya gave her back her deck as Eubulon reassigned it to her. Kase was a more likable character than Miho. In the finale, she was a team with Kit & Len.

Onyx / Dark Shinji (Ryuga)

Dark Shinji was Shinji's evil side from the Mirror World. He appeared in the movie. I really didn't like him, because his suit is a re-paint. There was plenty of these copy evil riders of the main riders, but the others were more creative--like Dark Kiva. Anyway in KRDK, Kit started having dreams of him as Onyx defeating Len and Kase. Kit later recieved the Onyx deck from Eubulon after being taken out of the Advent Void and he stayed Onyx for the rest of the series until the finale when Adam gave him his dragon deck.

Vic Frasier (Wrath) / Kamen Rider Odin

Odin has no real identity, Shiro Kanzaki would get whoever he could to become him and whoever did, would become a puppet to his whims. He was the last Rider that Knight had to fight. Odin was defeated many times, but the third and final time was by Shiro himself when he realized the war was pointless. As for in the US version, Wrath has an identity. The Ventaran Wrath or the Earthling Vic Frasier (it was never specified on the show) was drained, and his body was taken over by Xaviax. So Xaviax is Wrath. I like the idea of Xaviax manipulating the Riders becoming more apparent... by physically manipulating his body against his will or knowledge. It so happens that Ventaran Wrath was the one who trained Len. Wrath gets vented by Kit but Xaviax is left intact. The original Wrath later gets a cameo in the episode before the last episode.

Kamen Rider Dragon Knight/Ryuki - Supporting Character Conversion

Maya Young / Yui Kanzaki
Both damsels-in-distress women in the middle of the 'Rider War.' Yui's past is murky and depends on the series and the 13 Riders TV Special, but what remains the same is her connection to her brother Shiro, who she is seeking. I will try to explain it but maybe I will get it wrong. She died young but her mirror self offered herself and then forgot she was from the mirror but she would die when she became 20. Yui and Shiro created the mirror monsters and since the monsters have no life, they come to our world seeking life force. And they listen to her but she doesn't know why. Turns out Shiro is the creator of the Rider War and was seeking a way to save his sister. As for Maya, she is a blogger/wanna-be investigative journalist who believes in sci-fi. She gets kidnapped every so often by mirror monsters and that's how she can see them. She helps Kit and to a lesser extent Len.

Yui, I would nickname 'Mousy Rider' because all she did was 'mouse' around, crying, whining and dramatizing the place. In the end, Yui dies and everything is rebooted. Maya seemed to care for Kit like a little brother and was thrown into the war, she didn't care about anything else but the safety of the world. Maya and Yui both have female family members that own businesses, Yui's grandmother owned a tea shop that Shinji and Ren lived at and Maya's aunt owns a book shop everyone visits. Maya has two friends--Trent and Lacey, Trent knows everything about the Riders and has a crush on her but Lacey doesn't believe it and betrays her by giving the Rider info to a rival journalist.

Unlike Miu, Maya actually became a Kamen Rider, breaking the unspoken rule that the Kamen Rider damsels-in-distress shouldn't be Kamen Rider. Although, Natsumi Hikari of Kamen Rider Decade becomes Kamen Rider Kivaara, but only in the final movie. Eubulon reassigned the Siren deck to Maya to be Kamen Rider Siren. Maya was briefly a warrior until Kase was taken out of the void and she returned the deck to her, saying she rather fight evil by writing. Maya and Trent helped out the Kamen Riders defeat Xaviax and faced him. In the last episode, she wrote a 'fictional' story about it and her aunt had a big chain store. She also ended up with Price.

General Xaviax / Shiro Kanzaki
There was no 'main villain' in Ryuki, it has been said by fans that Xaviax is more like a Kamen Rider 'Showa Era' villain. Makes sense since the director/writer is a Showa era-fan. Xaviax (left and center) is basically an alien who has taken over the mirror world of Ventara and is now to enslave our world. Xaviax misleads young men and promise them everything they want to become Riders. The original Ventara Riders are exact duplicates of Earthlings and the DNA is locked to the Advent Decks, so since Xaviax vented the originals, he had no choice but to get the duplicates to become Riders on his side. He manipulates and tricks them to do his bidding. Shiro Kanzaki (right) was Yui's brother who sought to save his sister from dying when she was twenty so he created the Rider War. I may have this wrong but at some point he died and it is probably his mirror self that manipulates the other Riders for his own whims.

Shiro even controls Odin, getting other people to be the body but to do his whims in order to get the big wish at the end of the war--to save Yui. Xaviax also controls Wrath, Odin's counterpart by taking over his body and fighting as Wrath. Xaviax has a sick sense of humor and thinks ahead and used Kit as a pawn. He didn't think highly of any of his pawns other than Drew, James, Adam, and Kit. Wrath is vented and Xaviax is left behind---leaving Len the only Kamen Rider left. Xaviax then steals the dragon deck and gives it to Adam, who was not vented. Xaviax forces Adam to infiltrate his friends and betray them once again, in order for him to keep his love Sarah. Xaviax then fought the Riders in the penultimate episode, and was outnumbered 16 to one. They used the special link card Eubluon gives them to completely destroy him.

Grace Kiefer / Sanako Kanzaki
Grace was Maya's aunt who owned a book store, Sanako was Yui's aunt (the sister of her father) who owned a tea shop where Shinji and Ren lived and worked. Victoria Jackson is very talented and very funny, being from Saturday Night Live, but unfortunately she wasn't that funny here. She was just like out of it, and her acting matched everyone's else's: atrocious. Like Grace said, "I do not like this." Grace was flaky, new-agey and more concerned with her book store than with her niece Maya. Sanako on the other side was comic relief, seemingly out of it but was more intuitive that people initially thought. Sanako did not like Ren/Knight. Grace was not seen in the finale but she had a big book chain store.

Eubulon / Hideyuki Kagawa (Alternative) and Hajime Nakamura (Alternative Zero)
Kamen Rider Alternative and Alternative Zero were not Kamen Riders like the others, they were two men that created their own decks, so they weren't let's say, 'official' or 'original' ones that Shiro Kanzaki (Yui's brother) made. Hideyuki (center) was a scientist who used Tiger's deck and made the Alternative deck. He wanted to close the Mirror World but was killed by Tiger. Hajime was sick the day Shiro began the experiments. Hajime (right) never forgave Shiro and Yuri, for the events that occurred. Hajime eventually joined Professor Kagawa to stop the Rider War as Alternative. However, Nakamura's reasons were for vengeance and thus was killed by Satoru because of those reasons. In KRDK, Eubulon (left) is the 'Vent Master' and played by the legendary Mark Dacascos. Strange enough Alternative's Contract Beast Psycorogue was used as a regular monster in KRDK before Ebulon even appeared. Alternate and Alternative Zero were the same suits basically (with minor different details) so they came one for KRDK. Eubulon helped Xaviax with his mass people transporter, had a change of heart and decided to create the Riders in order to defeat him. Some fans believed Eubulon was like a 'dues ex machina' but he really was the mediator between the Riders--snapping some sense into Kit before he vents Adam, saying his nightmare would come true. Eubulon creates the link card in the penultimate episode in order to defeat Xaviax. He heals Chris' asthma, heals Kit's dad, and helps teleport the Ventarans from Karsh back to Ventara.

I didn't put Eubulon in the other post about the riders because I thought it would be too long as it already was and to 'beef up' this post.

Poll Results: RPM Eps 29-30 & Kamen Rider Favorites

What did you think about "If Venjix Won"?
139 votes
Awesome 20 (14%)
Sweet 55 (40%)
Could be Better 48 (34%)
Bad 16 (12%)

What did you think about "End Game"?
138 votes
Awesome 37 (26%)
Can't Wait for next week 82 (59%)
Could have been Better 12 (8%)
Bad 7 (5%)

Who is your favorite Kamen Rider Torque?
Drew 98 (38%) Chance 157 (61%)
255 votes

Who is your favorite Kamen Rider Strike?
James 91 (36%) Price 155 (63%)
246 votes

Who is your favorite Kamen Rider Axe?
Danny 67 (27%) Hunt 175 (72%)
242 votes

Who is your favorite Kamen Rider Siren?
Kase 151 (58%) Maya 108 (41%)
259 votes

Kamen Rider Dragon Knight - CW Kids promo

After "For Ventara and Earth Part 1" aired, CW4kids aired a promo announcing to see the season finale on their website. We have a saying in Spanish for this, it is "Te quedo bonito," which literally means "You left it pretty," which means that they fixed up their error in a half-assed way.