Kamen Rider Agito

This article is about a/an series entry (the 12th) in the Kamen Rider Series.

WARNING: This series contains scenes of graphic violence and alcohol drinking. Viewer discretion is advised!

Kamen Rider Agito

Kamen Rider Agito
Number	12
Number of episodes:	51 + 6 Movies
First episode:	The Warrior's Awakening
Last episode:	AGITΩ
Intro:	Kamen Rider AGITO (2-35, 51) Kamen Rider AGITO ~24.7 version~ (36-50)
Original airing:	January 28, 2001-January 27, 2002
Producer:	Toei Company
Production Order
previous Kamen Rider Kuuga	next Kamen Rider Ryuki

For the series' main character, Agito, see Shouichi Tsugami.

Kamen Rider Agito (仮面ライダーアギト, Kamen Raidā Agito^?, Masked Rider ΑGITΩ), is the eleventh installment in the popular Kamen Rider tokusatsu franchise. The series represented the 30th Anniversary of the Kamen Rider Series. The series was also a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei and was shown on TV Asahi from January 28, 2001 to January 27, 2002. The catchphrase for the series is "Awaken the soul" (目覚めろ、その魂, Mezamero, sono tamashii^?).

Agito and Kuuga

Kamen Rider Agito is often seen as a direct sequel to Kamen Rider Kuuga thanks to the basis of the G3 System being Kamen Rider Kuuga. Some sources claim otherwise that Kamen Rider Agito takes place in a parallel universe similar to Kamen Rider Kuuga.

The issue was actually explained long ago, in a note in the Agito production website from TV-Asahi, but wasn't available to the English-speaking world until around January 2013:

"[...] Yusuke Godai fought so hard to put smiles on everyone's faces that if another conflict were to break out afterwards, it would diminish the value of everything he fought for. [...] You're free to enjoy Agito as a continuation of Kuuga if you so wish, or imagine it takes place in a parallel world, if you so choose. I appreciate this may sound like an asspull, however, so I guess I would say that while Agito takes place '2 years after #4 destroys the Unidentified Lifeforms', it is not a sequel to Kuuga, so take to the show with that in mind."

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The connection between Agito and Kuuga was referenced in Kamen Rider Decade, where their World of Agito which is visited by Decade and the Hikari Studio, which includes the A.R. World Kuuga, is shown as a parallel world to the World of Kuuga. Aside from the new creatures the "Unknown", there are also the Gurongi, and the two races are shown to be fighting each other.

There was also a small nod in the movie OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders, where Kuuga and Agito are shown standing alongside each other with Kamen Riders Black and Black RX (Black RX is indeed a sequel to Black, to the point where these two Riders are the same person).

Story

A man named Shouichi Tsugami has lost his memories. He doesn't know who he is, where he came from, or how he came upon his peculiar circumstances.

Tsugami, seemingly for no reason, transforms into a powerful superhuman, Agito, whenever in the presence of the beings referred by the police as the "Unknown", a race of powerful monsters that have been causing murders around Tokyo, targeting certain people as their prey.

In response, the police department unleash their newest weapon: the G3 powersuit, originally developed to fight against the "Unidentified Lifeforms", the enemies of No.4 (Kamen Rider Kuuga). G3 and Agito don't know whether they should join up and defeat the Unknowns, their common enemy, or to combat each other, keeping the mysteries that entwine them separate. Ultimately, even more mysteries unfold, with the appearance of Kamen Rider Gills, who is on a search to uncover why his father committed suicide.

These mysteries and others collide, as the true nature of Agito would ultimately determine the fate of humanity.

Characters

Agito's Riders from TV Series only (from left to right) G3-X, Gills, Agito, and Another Agito

Kamen Riders

Kamen Rider Agito	Shouichi Tsugami
Kamen Rider G3	Makoto Hikawa (Other Users)
Kamen Rider G3-X	Makoto Hikawa
Kamen Rider G3 Mild	Takahiro Omuro
Kamen Rider Gills	Ryo Ashihara
Another Agito	Kaoru Kino
V1	Toru Hojo

Movie Exclusive

Kamen Rider G4

Shiro Mizuki

Allies

• Mana Kazaya
• Professor Yoshihiko Misugi
• Taichi Misugi
• Sumiko Ozawa
• Tetsuya Sawaki
• Sakiko Mikumo
• Ryuji Tsukasa
• Dr. Higashi Kunieda
• Kana Okamura
• Risa Mizuhara
• Professor Nobuyuki Kazaya
• Sayaka Kahara
• Rei Motoki

Akatsuki

• Tomoko Miura
• Saeko Shinohara
• Aki Sakaki
• Katsuhiko Sagara
• Masumi Sekiya
• Koji Majima
• Jun Tachibana
• Masahide Takashima
• Kazuo Ashihara

JGSDF's GA Division

• Risa Fukami

The Lords

Main article: Lords

Lord (ロード, Rōdo^?): The major antagonists of Agito, referred to by the police department as Unknown (アンノウン, Announ^?), to separate them from the Unidentified Creatures (Gurongi Tribe) that attacked humanity two years ago. The Lords are a group of powerful disciples serving under the OverLord, who created them from his body. All of their tribes are separated into species of animals. They are normally humanoid with the head of an animal, and sometimes with weapons. All of them have wing-shaped protuberances sticking out of their shoulders, perhaps symbolizing that they are angels or holy messengers.

Episodes

Main article: Kamen Rider Agito Episodes

Kamen Rider Agito Episodes

S.I.C. Hero Saga

Agito featured two S.I.C. Hero Saga side stories published in Monthly Hobby Japan magazine. The first was titled Kamen Rider Agito: Heaven's Door (仮面ライダーアギト -HEAVEN'S DOOR-, Kamen Raidā Agito: Hebenzu Do^?) and featured a crossover with Kamen Rider 555. It introduces the new characters Mirage Agito (ミラージュアギト, Mirāju Agito^?) and the Dog Orphnoch/Dog Lord (ドッグオルフェノク／ドッグロード, Doggu Orufenoku/Doggu Rōdo^?). The story was published from October 2003 to March 2004.

The second S.I.C. Hero Saga story titled Kamen Rider Agito: Project G1 (仮面ライダーアギト -PROJECT G1-, Kamen Raidā Agito: Purojekuto Jī Wan^?) expands on the story told in Project G4 in showing the G-Series suits Generation 1, Kamen Rider G4-X (仮面ライダーＧ４-X, Kamen Raidā Jī Fō Ekkusu^?), Generation 2, and the Road Chaser (ロードチェイサー, Rōdo Cheisā^?) vehicle. It also features the Hydrozoa Lord (ハイドロゾアロード, Haidorozoa Rōdo^?) Hydrozoa Tegula (ヒドロゾア・テグラ, Hidorozoa Tegura^?). The story was published from October 2007 to January 2008.

Heaven's Door chapter titles

1. Outset (発端, Hottan^?)
2. ΑgitΩ (アギト, Agito^?)
3. Operation (操作, Sōsa^?)
4. Conceit (奇想, Kisō^?)
5. Able Person (能力者, Nōryokusha^?)
6. The Alpha and the Omega (ΑにしてΩ, Arufa ni shite Omega^?)

Project G1 chapter titles

1. GENERATION 1
2. G3-X
3. V1
4. ΑGITΩ

Cast

• Shouichi Tsugami (津上 翔一, Tsugami Shōichi^?): Toshiki Kashu (賀集 利樹, Kashū Toshiki^?)
• Makoto Hikawa (氷川　誠, Hikawa Makoto^?): Jun Kaname (要　潤, Kaname Jun^?)
• Ryo Ashihara (葦原 涼, Ashihara Ryō^?): Yūsuke Tomoi (友井 雄亮, Tomoi Yūsuke^?)
• Mana Kazaya (風谷 真魚, Kazaya Mana^?): Rina Akiyama (秋山 莉奈, Akiyama Rina^?)
• Sumiko Ozawa (小沢 澄子, Ozawa Sumiko^?): Tōko Fujita (藤田 瞳子, Fujita Tōko^?)
• Tōru Hōjō (北條 透, Hōjō Tōru^?): Jun Yamasaki (山崎　潤, Yamasaki Jun^?)
• Kaoru Kino (木野　薫, Kino Kaoru^?): Takanori Kikuchi (菊池 隆則, Kikuchi Takanori^?)
• Tetsuya Sawaki (沢木 哲也, Sawaki Tetsuya^?): Atsushi Ogawa (小川 敦史, Ogawa Atsushi^?)
• Mysterious Youth (謎の青年, Nazo no Seinen^?): Rei Haneo (羽緒 レイ, Haneo Rei^?)
• Mysterious Boy (謎の少年, Nazo no Shōnen^?, 5-8), Overlord of Light/Agito: Ryunosuke Kamiki (神木 隆之介, Kamiki Ryūnosuke^?)
• Kōji Kōno (河野 浩司, Kōno Kōji^?): Kazumasa Taguchi (田口 主将, Taguchi Kazumasa^?)
• Takahiro Omuro (尾室 隆弘, Omuro Takahiro^?): Akiyoshi Shibata (柴田 明良, Shibata Akiyoshi^?)
• Taichi Misugi (美杉 太一, Misugi Taichi^?): Tokimasa Tanabe (田辺 季正, Tokimasa Tanabe^?)
• Kōji Majima (真島 浩二, Majima Kōji^?): Yoshikazu Kotani (小谷 嘉一, Kotani Yoshikazu^?)
• Aki Sakaki (榊 亜紀, Sakaki Aki^?): Masako Sakuma (佐久間 雅子, Sakuma Masako^?)
• Yoshihiko Misugi (美杉 義彦, Misugi Yoshihiko^?): Takeshi Masu (升 毅, Masu Takeshi^?)
• Dr. Higashi Kunieda (国枝 東, Kunieda Higashi^?, TVSP): Masaki Kyomoto (京本 政樹, Kyōmoto Masaki^?)
• Narration (ナレーション, Narēshon^?): Eiichiro Suzuki (鈴木 英一郎, Suzuki Eiichirō^?)

Project G4 cast

• Shiro Mizuki (水城 史朗, Mizuki Shirō^?): Ryo Karato (唐渡 亮, Karato Ryō^?)
• Risa Fukami (深海 理沙, Fukami Risa^?): Maju Ozawa (小沢 真珠, Ozawa Maju^?)
• Sayaka Kahara (加原 紗綾香, Kahara Sayaka^?): Akane Kimura (木村 茜, Kimura Akane^?)
• Rei Motoki (本木 レイ, Motoki Rei^?): Rikiya Otaka (大高 力也, Ōtaka Rikiya^?)
• Customer in Hamburger Shop (ハンバーガーショップの客, Hanbāgā Shoppu no Kyaku^?): Shunsuke Nakamura (中村 俊介, Nakamura Shunsuke^?)
• Sayaka's Father (紗綾香の父, Sayaka no Chichi^?): Tsuyoshi Ujiki (うじき つよし, Ujiki Tsuyoshi^?)
• Sayaka's Mother (紗綾香の母, Sayaka no Haha^?): Noriko Watanabe (渡辺 典子, Watanabe Noriko^?)
• MPD Superintendent General (警視総監, Keishi Sōkan^?): Hiroshi Fujioka (藤岡 弘、, Fujioka Hiroshi,^?, Cameo)

Suit actors

• Kamen Rider Agito: Seiji Takaiwa (高岩 成二, Takaiwa Seiji^?)
• Kamen Rider G3/G3-X: Makoto Itō (伊藤 慎, Itō Makoto^?)
• Kamen Rider Gills: Yoshifumi Oshikawa (押川 善文, Oshikawa Yoshifumi^?)
• Another Agito: Masashi Shirai (白井 雅士, Shirai Masashi^?)
• Kamen Rider G4, Kamen Rider G3 Mild: Jiro Okamoto (岡元 次郎, Okamoto Jirō^?)

Songs

Opening themes

• "Kamen Rider AGITO" (仮面ライダーAGITO, Kamen Raidā AGITO^?)
  • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi (藤林 聖子, Fujibayashi Shōko^?)
  • Composition & Arrangement: Kazunori Miyake (三宅 一徳, Miyake Kazunori^?)
  • Chorus: Lisa Ooki (大木 理紗, Ōki Risa^?)
  • Artist: Shinichi Ishihara (石原 慎一, Ishihara Shin'ichi^?)
  • Episodes: 2-35
• "Kamen Rider AGITO ~24.7 version~" (仮面ライダーAGITO ～24.7 version～, Kamen Raidā AGITO ~24.7 bājon~^?)
  • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
  • Composition & Arrangement: Kazunori Miyake
  • Remix: Kazunori Miyake, Hiroyuki Suzuki (鈴木 浩之, Suzuki Hiroyuki^?), Takashi Sasaki (篠笥 孝, Sasaki Takashi^?)
  • Chorus: Lisa Ooki
  • Artist: Shinichi Ishihara
  • Episodes: 36-50, TV Special

Ending themes

• "BELIEVE YOURSELF"
  • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
  • Composition & Arrangement: Kazunori Miyake
  • Artist: Naoto Fuuga (風雅 なおと, Fūga Naoto^?)
  • Episodes: 1-8, 10-13, 15-25, TV Special
• "STRANGER IN THE DARK"
  • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
  • Composition & Arrangement: Toshihiko Sahashi (佐橋 俊彦, Sahashi Toshihiko^?)
  • Artist: Norio Sakai (坂井 紀雄, Sakai Norio^?)
  • Episodes: 9
• "MACHINE TORNADER"
  • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
  • Composition & Arrangement: Kazunori Miyake
  • Artist: Shinichi Ishihara
  • Episodes: 14, 31, 40
• "DEEP BREATH"
  • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
  • Composition: Yoshio Nomura (野村 義男, Nomura Yoshio^?)
  • Arrangement: RIDER CHIPS
  • Artist: RIDER CHIPS featuring ROLLY
  • Episodes: 26-30, 32-39, 41, 43-50
• "OVERLORD" (オーヴァーロード, Ōbārōdo^?)
  • Artist: Overlord Choir
  • Episodes: 42

Movie theme

• "Jiken da!" (事件だッ!, "Jiken da!"^? "It's Trouble!")
  • Lyrics & Composition: Tortoise Matsumoto (トータス 松本, Tōtasu Matsumoto^?)
  • Arrangement & Artist: Ulfuls (ウルフルズ, Urufuruzu^?)

Albums

A few albums were released for Kamen Rider Agito, mostly original soundtracks for the series and film.

Kamen Rider Agito Original Soundtrack
No.	Title	Length
1.	"OOParts ~ Ariubekarazaru Ibutsu" (オーパーツ～ありうべからざる遺物 (OOParts))
2.	"Kamern Rider Agito (TV Size)" (仮面ライダーAGITO (TV Size))
3.	"Teikyō Haikei Ongaku 1" (提供背景音楽1 (Offer Background Music 1))
4.	"Fuan no Kizashi" (不安の兆し (Insecure Omen))
5.	"Akui no Honryū" (悪意の奔流 (Malice of the Current))
6.	"The usual supects (TV Size Instrumental)"
7.	"G3 -Karei naru Chōsensha-" (G3－華麗なる挑戦者－ (G3 -Splendid Challenger-))
8.	"Sweet Home" (スウィートホーム)
9.	"Osoroshiki Henyō" (恐ろしき変容 (Fearful Transfiguration))
10.	"searching for myself (TV Size Instrumental)"
11.	"Semarikuru Mono" (迫り来るもの (Looming Approach))
12.	"Agito -Shinpi no Senshi-" (アギト－神秘の戦士－ (Agito -Mysterious Warrior-))
13.	"BELIEVE YOURSELF (Instrumental)"
14.	"Mienai Kako, Soshite Mirai" (見えない過去、そして未来 (Invisible Past and Future))
15.	"OverLord" (オーヴァロード)
16.	"Sōsasenjō no Unknown" (捜査線上の影(アンノウン) (Untitled))
17.	"NEVER DIE (TV Size Instrumental)"
18.	"Gills -Tamashii no Senshi-" (ギルス－魂の戦士－ (Gills -Spirited Warrior-))
19.	"Hōkai suru Nichijō" (崩壊する日常 (Daily Collapses))
20.	"stranger in the dark (TV Size Instrumental)"
21.	"Mezamero, Sono Tamashii" (目覚めろ、その魂 (Awaken the Soul))
22.	"Shūgeki" (襲撃 (Assault))
23.	"BELIEVE YOURSELF (TV Size)"
24.	"Funnu o Komete Teki o Tate" (憤怒を込めて敵を断て (Rage Included, Cutting Down the Enemy))
25.	"Kaeru beki Basho" (帰るべき場所 (A Place to Return to))
26.	"Kamen Rider Agito (Instrumental)" (仮面ライダーAGITO (Instrumental))
27.	"Teikyō Haikei Ongaku 2" (提供背景音楽２ (Offer Background Music 2))

Kamen Rider Agito Sound and Music Collection
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Owari Naki Shitō" (終わりなき死闘 (Unending Deathmatch))
2.	"Kamen Rider Agito ~24.7 version~ (TV Size)" (仮面ライダーAGITO ~24.7 version~ (TV Size))
3.	"Chōnōryoku" (超能力 (Extrasensory Perception))
4.	"Home sweet Home"
5.	"Tairitsu" (対立 (Opposition))
6.	"Kattō" (葛藤 (Untitled))
7.	"Unknown" (アンノウン)
8.	"G3-X & Agito!" (G3-X&アギト!)
9.	"Agito Vs. Gills!!" (アギトVSギルス!!)
10.	"Yume" (夢 (Drema))
11.	"Mō Hitotsu no Kamen no Gikyoku" (もうひとつの仮面の戯曲 (Untitled))
12.	"MACHINE TORNADER (TV Size Instrumental)"
13.	"DEEP BREATH (TV Size)"
14.	"Burnin' your heart"
15.	"extremes meet"
16.	"Yokokuhen Ongaku" (予告編音楽 (Trailer Music))
17.	"Sayaka to Rei" (紗綾香とレイ (Sayaka and Rei))
18.	"G3-X Shutsudō!" (G3-X出動! (G3-X Mobilize!))
19.	"Fukami Risa" (深海理沙 (Risa Fukami))
20.	"ESP"
21.	"Kanashii Omoide" (悲しい想い出 (Sad Memories))
22.	"Henshin!" (変身! (Transformation!))
23.	"G4"
24.	"Kyōfu no System" (恐怖のシステム (Untitled))
25.	"Agito no Shi" (アギトの死 (Agito's Death))
26.	"G3-X Vs. G4" (G3-X VS G4)
27.	"Iru beki Basho e" (いるべき場所へ (Untitled))
28.	"Kamen Rider Agito ~24.7 version~" (仮面ライダーAGITO ~24.7 version~))

Notes

• Agito is the first Kamen Rider series to feature the three main types of Riders: a mystical Rider (one that draws power from ancient technology or mystical methods), an organic Rider (one whose anatomy changes to become a Rider), and a high-technology Rider (one who is either a cyborg or uses advanced technology to fight).
• This is the last series that the Riders transform using the traditional Ishinomori style henshin belt, future installments would use the modular "Rider System" type.
• This is the first Heisei Rider series with more than one titular Kamen Rider appearing in the series, as everyone who has been bestowed the power of Overlord of Light has the potential to transform into Agito. In the series timeline Shouichi is the second Agito, with his sister Yukina Sawaki being the first Agito, and followed by numerous people slowly becoming it, but most of them failed to transform into Agito, either because they commit suicide or are killed by The Lords.
• This is the first Heisei Era Kamen Rider series that has a connection to the previous series.

External links

• Official website from Toei TV
• Kamen Rider Agito on DVD