Kamen Rider Kuuga (character)
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is the protagonist and eponymous character of the 2000 Kamen Rider Series
Kamen Rider Kuuga
. Kuuga is the only Kamen Rider appearing in the series. In the series, he is referred simply as Kuuga. His motif is the stag beetle
. Kuuga's name in Japanese comes from the readings for .
An alternate version of Kuuga
appears as one of the main supporting characters in the 2009 series Kamen Rider Decade
.
sign to convey that everything is alright) to everybody around him.
On the day he returns from Indonesia to Japan at the airport, Yusuke's life changed the day that he returned with a mask for Sakurako Sawatari, who was helping in Professor Natsume's archaeological finding of the Tribe and a mummified corpse, whose disruption marked the unsealing of a strange monster that attacks the archaeologists. Receiving a distress call from them, Yusuke makes his way to the excavation site, seeing the light that marks the rebirth of the Gurongi Tribe. By the time he arrived the scene at daybreak, he finds the police investigating the area and meets detective Kaoru Ichijo, finding a strange belt tied to the visions he's been seeing. He later meet Ichijo has as he and Sakurako are brought to police station to learn the archaeologists were all slaughtered by the mysterious monster, later referred to as "Unidentified Lifeform 0", before being given the Arcle to translate the markings on it.
However, as they leave, the two encounter the Gurongi Zu-Gumun-Ba attacking the station upon being revived, Yusuke puts on Arcle to fight him, resulting with the belt fusing onto him as he assumes Kuuga's Growing Form and saves Ichijo from the Gurongi, the detective recognizing Yusuke. After a 11 hour rest, Sakurako suggests they return to Tokyo as they are visited by Ichijo who tells him not to meddle in police and go to Tokyo to see Shuichi Tsubaki. Later that night, Yusuke goes against Ichijo's wishes to help fight Zu-Gooma-Gu, only to be beaten by the stronger monster and later get chewed up by Ichijo. But after seeing the daughter of the late Professor Natsume cry over her father's death, Yusuke's resolve to fight for the sake to keep people from suffering him to assume Mighty Form, taking name of "Kuuga" as he saves Ichijo from Gooma and destroys Gumun. Starting with inspector Kaoru Ichijo, Yusuke eventually gains the trust of the police force by receiving the TryChaser 2000 from Ichijo. While brought to doctor Shuichi Tsubaki for a confidential check-up, Yusuke learns that the Arcle's fusion onto him is more complex is it had spread into his muscular and nervous systems.
During his first battle with Zu-Badzū-Ba, Kuuga assumes Dragon Form and eventually masters it with Sakurako's aid to kill Badzū. Then while fighting Me-Bajisu-Ba, Kuuga assumes Pegasus Form but was overwhelmed by his enhanced senses as Bajisu escapes, vowing revenge on Kuuga. Unable to change, Yusuke decides to help Ichijo by finding Mika Natsume, who is on the verge of being suicidal when her father's murderer not yet caught. After talking Mika into letting things resolve themselves over time, Bajisu attacks and Yusuke is able to effectively use Pegasus Form's power to kill the Gurongi sniper. While dealing with Me-Giiga-Gi, and Minori's apprehensive feelings for being Kuuga, Yusuke is able to become Titan Form to defeat Giiga after convincing Minori that it all be right.
Upon on the way on reuniting with his old teacher Shoji Kanzaki, Yusuke must ask Sakurako to go in his place, as he has to deal with the rampaging Zu-Zain-Da. During the fight Kuuga is overwhelmed by the Gurongi's incredible raw power and even his Mighty Kick is useless. Yusuke however able to perfect his Mighty Kick in the next encounter and able to destroy the Gurongi and fulfill his promise to Shoji. Yusuke later meets Junichi Chono, a young man who lost his faith in humanity and thought to be able to relate more the Unidentified Lifeforms. However, his encounter with Me-Biran-Gi said otherwise when Kuuga saves the boy before killing the Gurongi. During the fight however, Yusuke felt the reawakening of the Gouram as it was excavated and whirled to life to make its way towards him, providing its power for him to counter Me-Gyarido-Gi.
Later, when poisoned by Me-Ginoga-De, Yusuke manages to survive the near death experience due to the Amadam countering the poison when induced with shock therapy, allowing him to arrive to the police's aid to destroy Ginoga and later his clone. But since then, Yusuke begins to felt a numbing pain during his next few battles as Kuuga against stronger Gurongi, learns that it may be tied to a greater power that maybe needed as he believes that stronger Gurongi will eventually appears. After training to bring out the "golden power" with Enokida's help, Yusuke's battle against the promoted Go-Garima-Ba leads to an upgraded version of Kuuga's Titan Form, Rising Titan Form.
The next two fights allow Yusuke to become bring Rising Pegasus Form and Rising Dragon Form while learning that the Arcle had fused further into his body. After healing from being wounded by Go-Gamego-Re, Yusuke meets Chono as he took up being an artist since their last encounter before he finds the Gurongi and kills him once achieving Rising Mighty Form, accidentally causing mass devastation. Because of the incident, the BeatChaser 2000 would not to be given to Kuuga as the Go-Badā-Ba finally begins to play, saving Kuuga as his final victim. While Ichijo convinces his fellow officers, Yusuke is aided by Sugita in tracking down Badā until Ichijo arrives with the Beat Chaser which allows Kuuga to destroy Badā. However, the incident with the sadistic Go-Jaraji-Da, influences Yusuke's behavior for the worse, causing him to subconsciously assume Kuuga's Ultimate Form while killing the Gurongi in a brutal rage.
Later, Yusuke goes to Enokida when she wanted to investigate the reason on how he can turn everyday objects into weapons like the Go Gurongi before going after Go-Zazaru-Ba when she went up against an evolving Gooma, worried that two Gurongi fighting each other was a very bad omen. This is made worst when Yusuke learns the "Kuuga" character not of Linto origin, but is actually an incomplete Gurongi character and may be tied to Number 0, later revealed as the Gurongi lord N-Daguva-Zeba when he arrived to slaughter Gooma before making his way to Tokyo for end-game. Yusuke's fears of their relation were confirmed as Sakurako fully translated the Linto text and the Gurongi characters on it, revealing his mental well-being during the incident with Jaraji while understanding that he'll be alright as long as he doesn't fight out of hate. After learning from Enokida that the Gurongi may also share Kuuga's ability to change form, Yusuke leaves when Go-Jāza-Gi makes her move. During a flawed attempt to get her, Kuuga senses Daguva and got wounded while his guard was down before he finally kills Jāza in the next confrontation. After a post-discussion of the recent Gurongi/Kuuga connections after the death of Go-Baberu-Da, Yusuke makes his way to the 12 Arikawa Group Flute Competition, having brush in with Daguva before arriving to the Arikawa Group building after a hostage situation is resolved with Mika traumatized by the incident. As he escorts Mika to her train for home, Yusuke tells her not to run away even if things get scary.
During the battle with the last of the Go Gurongi, Go-Gadoru-Ba, Kuuga is overwhelmed by the Gurongi's ability to assume forms similar to his own. Severely wounded as a result, Yusuke is brought to the hospital where after a question of ethics, Tsubaki agrees to induce an electro-therapy charge after his heart gave out. By the time he leaves the hospital, Yusuke arrives to the stadium where Gadoru is fighting Ra-Dorudo-Gu. However in the ensuing rematch, Kuuga assumes the dark-armored Kuuga Amazing Mighty Form to kill Gadoru. With all the Gurongi warriors dead, Daguva finally reveals himself, overpowering Kuuga's Amazing Mighty Form and cracking the Amadam while killing numerous people before taking his leave, sparing Kuuga so he can get even stronger.
Knowing that he has no choice but to break his word and assume that form, Yusuke visits to his friends one-by-one, knowing that he may not come back, with Sakurako realizing his intentions as Daguva finally makes his move, telling Yusuke to meet him at Mount Kuro. With Ichijo joining him, Yusuke tells him to shoot him in the Arcle should he go berserk and becoming the entity that bring ultimate darkness, though the officer is reluctant to do that. Ichijo also apologizes to Yusuke for dragging him all this far, though he only wants an adventure, but Yusuke thinks glad of it because he can meet and befriend Ichijo.
Once assuming Ultimate Form, powered by his gentle nature rather than hatred, Kuuga battles Daguva to the point of exhaustion, continues to battle even when both revert to human form and nearly getting himself killed. However, despite both coming out of the fight badly wounded, Daguva dies from his wounds and Yusuke survives. Three months after the final battle, Yusuke had begun a new adventure to travel the world, starting at a Cuban beach where he helps some kids before walking off, continuing his adventure.
with his alternate incarnation
). Aside from his first form, Growing Form, he has four base forms that he relies on and would upgrade throughout the series, which he can alternate in between by saying . His armor would also change color depending on the form being used at the time. Like the Go Gurongi, Kuuga can alter any item he has into a weapon by temporarily changing its atomic structure. Later in the series, it was revealed that Kuuga may have been from the Gurongi instead of the Linto. However no one is sure.
armor, originally referred to by the police as . Yusuke was first able to transform into this form while fighting Zu-Gooma-Gu. In this form, Kuuga uses his Rider Kick
the attack to kill the Gurongi. Later in the series, Mighty Form was enhanced by the golden power into , with golden trimmings. The attaches onto the right leg, upgrading Kuuga's Rider Kick to , which not just destroys his target, but also unleashes an explosion with a 3000 meter blast radius. By episode 46, Kuuga's Rising Form had become permanent and further advanced into the gold-trimmed & black-armored , which seems to be a perfect "Mighty-Type" form. He gains an additional Mighty Anklet, and it is attached to the left leg. Then both Mighty Anklets together, can deliver the deadly dropkick
attack. But even with Amazing Mighty, he was easily defeated by the Gurongi's leader, N-Daguva-Zeba.
form that allows Kuuga to be more agile and quicker, but his physical strength is lower than Mighty Form. Dragon Form enables Kuuga to run and jump quicky in order to pursue the enemy. However, it also gives Kuuga less protection, yet being better suited for quick movements and more jump power. To make up for his lack of strength, he uses the staff as his weapon, transmogrified from any long pole or stick-like object. His finishing move is , an aerial thrust attack to the torso. Dragon Form was later upgraded by the golden power into , gaining a golden trim with his weapon enhanced into the voulge
and his finishing move improved into .
form where Kuuga's senses are heightened to extreme, superhuman levels; enabling him to see, hear, and hit his opponents with deadly precision. It also allows Kuuga to detect the enemy's position, despite whatever ability they may have to avoid detection. However the drawback is that he can only stay in this form for a limited amount of time, due to over stimulation on his nervous system (only 50 seconds), and if Kuuga were to exceed this limit, he will forcefully revert into Growing Form and be unable to transform again for two hours. Kuuga uses the crossbow, created out of any gun-like object, commonly Ichijo's hand gun. His finishing move is , a blinding fast arrow shot from the bowgun. Once he upgraded to , Kuuga's time limit gets extended by 30 seconds and can use the ; a upgraded bowgun for his , which rapidly fires three arrows.
herculean form with increased defense, allowing him to withstand most attacks long enough to attack at close range by sacrificing his speed. This form has much larger armor which is mainly silver with large purple trimmings. Although this armor provides superior protection, it still leaves parts of his body exposed, thereby making him still susceptible to damage. He uses the that can be created out of short pole or stick-like objects, normally the control handle of his bike. His finishing move is , a powerful sword thrust when Kuuga twists the blade after it is impaled. This was also the first form to be upgraded by the newly found golden power, becoming , turning his armour purple with gold trimmings. As a result, Kuuga can now use the longer & bigger for the attack, or he can create an additional Rising Titan Sword to use in the even stronger attack.
armor with both gold
and "slightly visible" silver
trims all over his body. Ultimate Kuuga has a much different design, with five horns and a black belt core, as well as spiky-looking armor. However the most dangerous risk was that Yusuke would lose control and become like Daguva, a monster bent on destroying everyone and everything; a living weapon whose only purpose is to fight endlessly. However, due to Yusuke's gentle and kind nature, he manages to retains his will as he uses the newly unlocked form against Daguva, retaining the color of Mighty Form, opposed to the original . When in battle, Ultimate Kuuga is able to see a monster's human form, and every attack he deals causes his opponent to bleed, no matter how powerful the enemy's armor may be. This form can also utilize the same powers as Daguva, which includes Pyrokinesis
, as well as utilizing the Dragon Rod, Pegasus Bowgun, and Titan Sword, with similar "Rising"-type weapons, but in a black-gold color scheme, but this was never shown in the series. Kuuga Ultimate Form's most powerful attack, is the which is stated to be able to destroy the world at its full power, This form was also known as the and .
or Horse's armor for Kuuga's bike. However, after a certain amount of time, it reverts back to its shattered fragments until Yusuke replenishes it by touching its Amadam. It is very maneuverable and capable of a top air speed of 500 km/h (310.69nbsp;mph). However, after it became exposed to the golden power, Gouram returns to the Police Science Division in a new, different color, as well in one piece.
Kamen Rider Series
The is a metaseries of manga and tokusatsu television programs and films created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. The various Kamen Rider media generally feature a motorcycle-riding superhero with an insect motif who fights supervillains often referred to as...
Kamen Rider Kuuga
Kamen Rider Kuuga
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It is the tenth installment of the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu shows and the first of the series to air entirely in the Heisei period. It was a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei, and was shown on TV Asahi from January...
. Kuuga is the only Kamen Rider appearing in the series. In the series, he is referred simply as Kuuga. His motif is the stag beetle
Stag beetle
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. Kuuga's name in Japanese comes from the readings for .
An alternate version of Kuuga
Kamen Rider Kuuga (Decade)
is a fictional character and one of the protagonists in the 2009 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Decade. He is an alternate universe incarnation and interpretation of the character of the same name from the 2000 series Kamen Rider Kuuga.-Yusuke Onodera:...
appears as one of the main supporting characters in the 2009 series Kamen Rider Decade
Kamen Rider Decade
is the title of the first of the 2009 editions of the long-running Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu dramas. Decade, as its title suggests, is the tenth of the Heisei Rider Series, having begun with Kamen Rider Kuuga in 2000...
.
Yusuke Godai
is a young, happy-go-lucky, multi-talented man said to possess 1999 (later 2000) different abilities. He is an honest person that fights to protect everyone's smile. He and his younger sister, Minori, lost their mother while they were both young and later their father in Afghanistan when they were older and living with their father's friend Tamasaburo Kazari. Yusuke's trademark, along with his positive-thinking ideology, is to always give a thumbs up (the RomanAncient Rome
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sign to convey that everything is alright) to everybody around him.
On the day he returns from Indonesia to Japan at the airport, Yusuke's life changed the day that he returned with a mask for Sakurako Sawatari, who was helping in Professor Natsume's archaeological finding of the Tribe and a mummified corpse, whose disruption marked the unsealing of a strange monster that attacks the archaeologists. Receiving a distress call from them, Yusuke makes his way to the excavation site, seeing the light that marks the rebirth of the Gurongi Tribe. By the time he arrived the scene at daybreak, he finds the police investigating the area and meets detective Kaoru Ichijo, finding a strange belt tied to the visions he's been seeing. He later meet Ichijo has as he and Sakurako are brought to police station to learn the archaeologists were all slaughtered by the mysterious monster, later referred to as "Unidentified Lifeform 0", before being given the Arcle to translate the markings on it.
However, as they leave, the two encounter the Gurongi Zu-Gumun-Ba attacking the station upon being revived, Yusuke puts on Arcle to fight him, resulting with the belt fusing onto him as he assumes Kuuga's Growing Form and saves Ichijo from the Gurongi, the detective recognizing Yusuke. After a 11 hour rest, Sakurako suggests they return to Tokyo as they are visited by Ichijo who tells him not to meddle in police and go to Tokyo to see Shuichi Tsubaki. Later that night, Yusuke goes against Ichijo's wishes to help fight Zu-Gooma-Gu, only to be beaten by the stronger monster and later get chewed up by Ichijo. But after seeing the daughter of the late Professor Natsume cry over her father's death, Yusuke's resolve to fight for the sake to keep people from suffering him to assume Mighty Form, taking name of "Kuuga" as he saves Ichijo from Gooma and destroys Gumun. Starting with inspector Kaoru Ichijo, Yusuke eventually gains the trust of the police force by receiving the TryChaser 2000 from Ichijo. While brought to doctor Shuichi Tsubaki for a confidential check-up, Yusuke learns that the Arcle's fusion onto him is more complex is it had spread into his muscular and nervous systems.
During his first battle with Zu-Badzū-Ba, Kuuga assumes Dragon Form and eventually masters it with Sakurako's aid to kill Badzū. Then while fighting Me-Bajisu-Ba, Kuuga assumes Pegasus Form but was overwhelmed by his enhanced senses as Bajisu escapes, vowing revenge on Kuuga. Unable to change, Yusuke decides to help Ichijo by finding Mika Natsume, who is on the verge of being suicidal when her father's murderer not yet caught. After talking Mika into letting things resolve themselves over time, Bajisu attacks and Yusuke is able to effectively use Pegasus Form's power to kill the Gurongi sniper. While dealing with Me-Giiga-Gi, and Minori's apprehensive feelings for being Kuuga, Yusuke is able to become Titan Form to defeat Giiga after convincing Minori that it all be right.
Upon on the way on reuniting with his old teacher Shoji Kanzaki, Yusuke must ask Sakurako to go in his place, as he has to deal with the rampaging Zu-Zain-Da. During the fight Kuuga is overwhelmed by the Gurongi's incredible raw power and even his Mighty Kick is useless. Yusuke however able to perfect his Mighty Kick in the next encounter and able to destroy the Gurongi and fulfill his promise to Shoji. Yusuke later meets Junichi Chono, a young man who lost his faith in humanity and thought to be able to relate more the Unidentified Lifeforms. However, his encounter with Me-Biran-Gi said otherwise when Kuuga saves the boy before killing the Gurongi. During the fight however, Yusuke felt the reawakening of the Gouram as it was excavated and whirled to life to make its way towards him, providing its power for him to counter Me-Gyarido-Gi.
Later, when poisoned by Me-Ginoga-De, Yusuke manages to survive the near death experience due to the Amadam countering the poison when induced with shock therapy, allowing him to arrive to the police's aid to destroy Ginoga and later his clone. But since then, Yusuke begins to felt a numbing pain during his next few battles as Kuuga against stronger Gurongi, learns that it may be tied to a greater power that maybe needed as he believes that stronger Gurongi will eventually appears. After training to bring out the "golden power" with Enokida's help, Yusuke's battle against the promoted Go-Garima-Ba leads to an upgraded version of Kuuga's Titan Form, Rising Titan Form.
The next two fights allow Yusuke to become bring Rising Pegasus Form and Rising Dragon Form while learning that the Arcle had fused further into his body. After healing from being wounded by Go-Gamego-Re, Yusuke meets Chono as he took up being an artist since their last encounter before he finds the Gurongi and kills him once achieving Rising Mighty Form, accidentally causing mass devastation. Because of the incident, the BeatChaser 2000 would not to be given to Kuuga as the Go-Badā-Ba finally begins to play, saving Kuuga as his final victim. While Ichijo convinces his fellow officers, Yusuke is aided by Sugita in tracking down Badā until Ichijo arrives with the Beat Chaser which allows Kuuga to destroy Badā. However, the incident with the sadistic Go-Jaraji-Da, influences Yusuke's behavior for the worse, causing him to subconsciously assume Kuuga's Ultimate Form while killing the Gurongi in a brutal rage.
Later, Yusuke goes to Enokida when she wanted to investigate the reason on how he can turn everyday objects into weapons like the Go Gurongi before going after Go-Zazaru-Ba when she went up against an evolving Gooma, worried that two Gurongi fighting each other was a very bad omen. This is made worst when Yusuke learns the "Kuuga" character not of Linto origin, but is actually an incomplete Gurongi character and may be tied to Number 0, later revealed as the Gurongi lord N-Daguva-Zeba when he arrived to slaughter Gooma before making his way to Tokyo for end-game. Yusuke's fears of their relation were confirmed as Sakurako fully translated the Linto text and the Gurongi characters on it, revealing his mental well-being during the incident with Jaraji while understanding that he'll be alright as long as he doesn't fight out of hate. After learning from Enokida that the Gurongi may also share Kuuga's ability to change form, Yusuke leaves when Go-Jāza-Gi makes her move. During a flawed attempt to get her, Kuuga senses Daguva and got wounded while his guard was down before he finally kills Jāza in the next confrontation. After a post-discussion of the recent Gurongi/Kuuga connections after the death of Go-Baberu-Da, Yusuke makes his way to the 12 Arikawa Group Flute Competition, having brush in with Daguva before arriving to the Arikawa Group building after a hostage situation is resolved with Mika traumatized by the incident. As he escorts Mika to her train for home, Yusuke tells her not to run away even if things get scary.
During the battle with the last of the Go Gurongi, Go-Gadoru-Ba, Kuuga is overwhelmed by the Gurongi's ability to assume forms similar to his own. Severely wounded as a result, Yusuke is brought to the hospital where after a question of ethics, Tsubaki agrees to induce an electro-therapy charge after his heart gave out. By the time he leaves the hospital, Yusuke arrives to the stadium where Gadoru is fighting Ra-Dorudo-Gu. However in the ensuing rematch, Kuuga assumes the dark-armored Kuuga Amazing Mighty Form to kill Gadoru. With all the Gurongi warriors dead, Daguva finally reveals himself, overpowering Kuuga's Amazing Mighty Form and cracking the Amadam while killing numerous people before taking his leave, sparing Kuuga so he can get even stronger.
Knowing that he has no choice but to break his word and assume that form, Yusuke visits to his friends one-by-one, knowing that he may not come back, with Sakurako realizing his intentions as Daguva finally makes his move, telling Yusuke to meet him at Mount Kuro. With Ichijo joining him, Yusuke tells him to shoot him in the Arcle should he go berserk and becoming the entity that bring ultimate darkness, though the officer is reluctant to do that. Ichijo also apologizes to Yusuke for dragging him all this far, though he only wants an adventure, but Yusuke thinks glad of it because he can meet and befriend Ichijo.
Once assuming Ultimate Form, powered by his gentle nature rather than hatred, Kuuga battles Daguva to the point of exhaustion, continues to battle even when both revert to human form and nearly getting himself killed. However, despite both coming out of the fight badly wounded, Daguva dies from his wounds and Yusuke survives. Three months after the final battle, Yusuke had begun a new adventure to travel the world, starting at a Cuban beach where he helps some kids before walking off, continuing his adventure.
Kamen Rider Kuuga
Kuuga has eleven in total (with an additional form appearring in the movie Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-ShockerKamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
is the film adaptation of the 2009 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Decade. The film was released in Japanese theaters on August 8, 2009, alongside the Samurai Sentai Shinkenger film, Samurai Sentai Shinkenger The Movie: The Fateful War. The catchphrases for the movie are and...
with his alternate incarnation
Kamen Rider Kuuga (Decade)
is a fictional character and one of the protagonists in the 2009 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Decade. He is an alternate universe incarnation and interpretation of the character of the same name from the 2000 series Kamen Rider Kuuga.-Yusuke Onodera:...
). Aside from his first form, Growing Form, he has four base forms that he relies on and would upgrade throughout the series, which he can alternate in between by saying . His armor would also change color depending on the form being used at the time. Like the Go Gurongi, Kuuga can alter any item he has into a weapon by temporarily changing its atomic structure. Later in the series, it was revealed that Kuuga may have been from the Gurongi instead of the Linto. However no one is sure.
Growing Form
is the first, but weakest form of Kuuga. It has white armor with small horns. In the first episode, Yusuke puts on the belt to fight Zu-Gumun-Ba, but was unable to fully utilize its power. Kuuga will turn also revert to his Growing Form if he is seriously injured and will not be able to transform for 2 hours. In the first few episodes, he is labeled as "Unidentified Life Form #2" and thought to be a different being from his other form. Although his power is weaker in this form, he can still use a weaker version of his finisher, called , only being 1/3 as powerful as the Mighty Kick. Therefore, Kuuga must strike his opponent three consecutive times to destroy him.Mighty Form
is Kuuga's default form and has redRed
Red is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye, in the wavelength range of roughly 630–740 nm. Longer wavelengths than this are called infrared , and cannot be seen by the naked eye...
armor, originally referred to by the police as . Yusuke was first able to transform into this form while fighting Zu-Gooma-Gu. In this form, Kuuga uses his Rider Kick
Rider Kick
The is the finishing move from the Kamen Rider Series. It has traditionally consisted of a flying side kick and is used against the monster/kaijin after it has been weakened from fighting with the Rider. Throughout the various Kamen Rider series, it has taken many different forms and has become...
the attack to kill the Gurongi. Later in the series, Mighty Form was enhanced by the golden power into , with golden trimmings. The attaches onto the right leg, upgrading Kuuga's Rider Kick to , which not just destroys his target, but also unleashes an explosion with a 3000 meter blast radius. By episode 46, Kuuga's Rising Form had become permanent and further advanced into the gold-trimmed & black-armored , which seems to be a perfect "Mighty-Type" form. He gains an additional Mighty Anklet, and it is attached to the left leg. Then both Mighty Anklets together, can deliver the deadly dropkick
Dropkick
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attack. But even with Amazing Mighty, he was easily defeated by the Gurongi's leader, N-Daguva-Zeba.
Dragon Form
is an azureAzure (color)
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form that allows Kuuga to be more agile and quicker, but his physical strength is lower than Mighty Form. Dragon Form enables Kuuga to run and jump quicky in order to pursue the enemy. However, it also gives Kuuga less protection, yet being better suited for quick movements and more jump power. To make up for his lack of strength, he uses the staff as his weapon, transmogrified from any long pole or stick-like object. His finishing move is , an aerial thrust attack to the torso. Dragon Form was later upgraded by the golden power into , gaining a golden trim with his weapon enhanced into the voulge
Voulge
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and his finishing move improved into .
Pegasus Form
is a greenGreen
Green is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 520–570 nanometres. In the subtractive color system, it is not a primary color, but is created out of a mixture of yellow and blue, or yellow and cyan; it is considered...
form where Kuuga's senses are heightened to extreme, superhuman levels; enabling him to see, hear, and hit his opponents with deadly precision. It also allows Kuuga to detect the enemy's position, despite whatever ability they may have to avoid detection. However the drawback is that he can only stay in this form for a limited amount of time, due to over stimulation on his nervous system (only 50 seconds), and if Kuuga were to exceed this limit, he will forcefully revert into Growing Form and be unable to transform again for two hours. Kuuga uses the crossbow, created out of any gun-like object, commonly Ichijo's hand gun. His finishing move is , a blinding fast arrow shot from the bowgun. Once he upgraded to , Kuuga's time limit gets extended by 30 seconds and can use the ; a upgraded bowgun for his , which rapidly fires three arrows.
Titan Form
is a purplePurple
Purple is a range of hues of color occurring between red and blue, and is classified as a secondary color as the colors are required to create the shade....
herculean form with increased defense, allowing him to withstand most attacks long enough to attack at close range by sacrificing his speed. This form has much larger armor which is mainly silver with large purple trimmings. Although this armor provides superior protection, it still leaves parts of his body exposed, thereby making him still susceptible to damage. He uses the that can be created out of short pole or stick-like objects, normally the control handle of his bike. His finishing move is , a powerful sword thrust when Kuuga twists the blade after it is impaled. This was also the first form to be upgraded by the newly found golden power, becoming , turning his armour purple with gold trimmings. As a result, Kuuga can now use the longer & bigger for the attack, or he can create an additional Rising Titan Sword to use in the even stronger attack.
Ultimate Form
His most powerful and dangerous form, the combines the powers of all his past forms together, it has blackBlack
Black is the color of objects that do not emit or reflect light in any part of the visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of light...
armor with both gold
Gold (color)
Gold, also called golden, is one of a variety of orange-yellow color blends used to give the impression of the color of the element gold....
and "slightly visible" silver
Silver (color)
Silver is the metallic shade resembling gray, closest to that of polished silver.The visual sensation usually associated with the metal silver is its metallic shine. This cannot be reproduced by a simple solid color, because the shiny effect is due to the material's brightness varying with the...
trims all over his body. Ultimate Kuuga has a much different design, with five horns and a black belt core, as well as spiky-looking armor. However the most dangerous risk was that Yusuke would lose control and become like Daguva, a monster bent on destroying everyone and everything; a living weapon whose only purpose is to fight endlessly. However, due to Yusuke's gentle and kind nature, he manages to retains his will as he uses the newly unlocked form against Daguva, retaining the color of Mighty Form, opposed to the original . When in battle, Ultimate Kuuga is able to see a monster's human form, and every attack he deals causes his opponent to bleed, no matter how powerful the enemy's armor may be. This form can also utilize the same powers as Daguva, which includes Pyrokinesis
Pyrokinesis
Pyrokinesis, derived from the Greek words and , was the name coined by horror novelist Stephen King for the ability to create or to control fire with the mind that he gave to the protagonist Charlie McGee in Firestarter...
, as well as utilizing the Dragon Rod, Pegasus Bowgun, and Titan Sword, with similar "Rising"-type weapons, but in a black-gold color scheme, but this was never shown in the series. Kuuga Ultimate Form's most powerful attack, is the which is stated to be able to destroy the world at its full power, This form was also known as the and .
Arcle
The is an ancient belt created by the Linto tribe and used by the previous Kuuga. While being attacked by Zu-Gumun-Ba, Yusuke grabbed the belt and after putting it on, it immediately fused into his body. When he transforms it reappears around his waist and is always the same color as his current form. A stone embedded in the belt, called , is the source of Kuuga's power and able to extend the lifespan of a person. Furthermore, the Amadam is present in Daguva as well.Gouram
is a mysterious, beetle-shaped entity formed from the fragments found at the original excavation site. After its initial formation, the Gouram assimilated various other metals as it made its way to Tokyo and find Kuuga. It assists Kuuga in various capacities such as aerial transportation and becoming BardingBarding
Barding is armour for horses. During the late Middle Ages as armour protection for knights became more effective, their mounts became targets...
or Horse's armor for Kuuga's bike. However, after a certain amount of time, it reverts back to its shattered fragments until Yusuke replenishes it by touching its Amadam. It is very maneuverable and capable of a top air speed of 500 km/h (310.69nbsp;mph). However, after it became exposed to the golden power, Gouram returns to the Police Science Division in a new, different color, as well in one piece.