Kamen Rider Skull
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is a fictional character who appears in the films of the 2009-2010 Kamen Rider Series
Kamen Rider W. Kamen Rider Skull first appears in the film Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010 in the portion Kamen Rider W: Begins Night, and then makes appearances in the Movie War 2010 portion, Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider The Movie: Cho-Den-O Trilogy
in the Episode Yellow film, a music video, in Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate, and a starring role in the Kamen Rider Skull: Message for Double portion of Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core
. Kamen Rider Skull's design motifs include the skull
and the letter S
.
during the Melissa case. To combat the Spider Dopant, revealed to be his partner, Seichiro Matsui, a guilt-ridden Sokichi uses the special Gaia Memory and Memory Driver belt that was made by Shroud to deal with Museum, enabling him to become Kamen Rider Skull. Since the incident, Sokichi took the motto "Now, count your sins!" to heart because he saw himself to be unable to realize his ex-partner's madness and stop it before the city suffers as a result. Furthermore, Sokichi's Spider Bomb did not fade after the memory's destruction and he decided to distance himself from Akiko to ensure her safety. Since then, Sokichi became involved in investigating cases involving Dopants that the police force could not handle, including the armored car robberies performed by the "Beastman".
Eventually taking on Shotaro Hidari as his protege, Sokichi agrees to help Shroud stop Museum by infiltrating a research facility known as the Gaia Tower with Shotaro in order to find the young man at its center. After fighting several Masquerade Dopants and the Taboo Dopant, he and Shotaro find the young man as Sokichi offers him freedom to find atonement for his part in the creation of the Gaia Memories, naming him Philip after his favorite fictional character Philip Marlowe
. After Sokichi frees Philip from the Gaia Tower and begins to take both him and Shotaro out of the building, he was shot by several armed guards. As he dies, he gives his white fedora to Shotaro and asks for Shotaro to become a man worthy of wearing it. It was after the Gaia Tower fell into ruins that Shotaro and Philip, spurred by his advice to continue in his place, learn that Sokichi's body is nowhere to be found. Sokichi's death had also caused Shotaro great guilt, as he found it his fault that his mentor had to die. Even in death, Sokichi often inspires Shotaro and Philip within their memories and through his words. Kamen Rider Double has been mentioned to "contain Sokichi Narumi's will".
In Begins Night, Sokichi Narumi and Kamen Rider Skull are among the identities taken by the Dummy Dopant while pretending to be the Death Dopant in a scheme to assume the identities of Futo's upper class members, using Sokichi's form to drive Shotaro off from the case before he realizes the truth. However, Shotaro finally overcomes this and Kamen Rider Double ultimately defeats the imposter Kamen Rider Skull. After the case is concluded in Movie War 2010, Tsukasa Kadoya
uses a Kamen Rider Skull card he has acquired to summon an iteration of Sokichi Narumi from an alternate dimension, giving Shotaro closure. This Sokichi Narumi does not seem to know Shotaro but recognizes the very thing that the real Sokichi wanted of Shotaro: for Shotaro to become a true detective.
In Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate, in spirit, Kamen Rider Skull gives Shotaro advice on Philip's feelings, as well as his Lost Driver before fading away as he takes his leave, enabling Shotaro to transform into Kamen Rider Joker. The Skull Memory is one of the 26 T2 Gaia Memories in the film. In this film, Koji Kikkawa does not make an appearance.
Koji Kikkawa as Sokichi Narumi/Kamen Rider Skull appeared in the film Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core
in late 2010, with the full story behind Narumi becoming Skull being revealed in the first segment.
During the encore
at Koji Kikkawa's concert at the NHK Hall
, Kikkawa appeared dressed up as Sokichi Narumi and performed the song "Big Sleep". At the same time, he was joined on stage by Kamen Rider Double
.
Kamen Rider Skull later appears as one of the Kamen Riders summoned by Kamen Rider Diend
's Complete Form and his Gekijouban Card. In this appearance, he performs a Rider Kick, with a kicking stance similar to Kamen Rider Double's Joker Extreme.
Sokichi Narumi and Kamen Rider Skull are the main characters in the side-story presented in the "Nobody's Perfect" music video, a song credited to Narumi but sung by Koji Kikkawa. In the music video set during his life and prior to Philip's freeing, Narumi takes on a case of a kidnapping by the Museum of a young girl. He crosses paths with several Masquerade Dopants and the Terror Dopant, fighting the latter as Kamen Rider Skull.
. It differs from Kamen Rider Skull's standard form in that the helmet is iridescent
and it lacks the S-shaped "crack". This form is named after the crystal skull
s.
Complete Form in Episode Yellow.In Message to Double, Kamen Rider Skull is also shown to have another Maximum Drive that involves releasing a giant energy skull from his chest and launching it towards an opponent with a jumping roundhouse kick.
s imbued with the powers of the Earth itself. Originally created with funding by the Sonozaki Family, one Gaia Memory makes its way into the hands of Sokichi Narumi.: The Skull Memory, also called the , is Kamen Rider Skull's only Gaia Memory, enabling his transformation as well as powering his Skull Magnum gun.
and only weapon. When the Skull Memory is set in the Skull Magnum's , and then the gun is set in Maximum Mode, it initiates the Skull Memory's Maximum Drive: a series of powerful energy bursts. Although it is not named in the film or any related printed material, the name given to this Maximum Drive in the Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbaride
arcade game is .
resembling Kamen Rider Double's HardBoilder, but all black in color. It is armed with a series of guns called the .
/garage that holds the SkullBoilder. It was created by Shroud and the vehicle later becomes Kamen Rider Double's RevolGarry. The SkullGarry only appears in the Kamen Rider Skull: Message for Double portion of Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core
.
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 W. Kamen Rider Skull first appears in the film Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010 in the portion Kamen Rider W: Begins Night, and then makes appearances in the Movie War 2010 portion, Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider The Movie: Cho-Den-O Trilogy
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider The Movie: Cho-Den-O Trilogy
is a series of films part of the Kamen Rider Den-O franchise, particularly its Cho-Den-O Series. It was released beginning on May 22, 2010, with each subsequent chapter of the trilogy released in two week intervals. Each of the films' subtitles contains the name of the protagonist...
in the Episode Yellow film, a music video, in Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate, and a starring role in the Kamen Rider Skull: Message for Double portion of Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W featuring Skull: Movie War Core
is a 2010 film in the Kamen Rider Series, featuring the casts and characters of Kamen Rider W and Kamen Rider OOO. Originally announced in a teaser at the end of the film Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate, film was released in Japan on December 18, 2010. The catchphrase for...
. Kamen Rider Skull's design motifs include the skull
Human skull
The human skull is a bony structure, skeleton, that is in the human head and which supports the structures of the face and forms a cavity for the brain.In humans, the adult skull is normally made up of 22 bones...
and the letter S
S
S is the nineteenth letter in the ISO basic Latin alphabet.-History: Semitic Šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative . Greek did not have this sound, so the Greek sigma came to represent...
.
Sokichi Narumi
In both the Double television series its related films, is the father of Akiko Narumi and the founder of the Narumi Detective Agency in the fictional city of Futo. Sokichi's mantra was to keep the client safe at all costs. He also gave his old friend Fumine refuge after she was forced to leave her Family and become Shroud. He eventually would confront DopantsDopant (Kamen Rider)
The are the fictional antagonists in the Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider W. Dopants are normal humans who use Gaia Memories. The Gaia Memories are aspects of the true , the knowledge of everything on the Earth. These were originally accessed due to Philip's link to the Gaia Memory by means of the...
during the Melissa case. To combat the Spider Dopant, revealed to be his partner, Seichiro Matsui, a guilt-ridden Sokichi uses the special Gaia Memory and Memory Driver belt that was made by Shroud to deal with Museum, enabling him to become Kamen Rider Skull. Since the incident, Sokichi took the motto "Now, count your sins!" to heart because he saw himself to be unable to realize his ex-partner's madness and stop it before the city suffers as a result. Furthermore, Sokichi's Spider Bomb did not fade after the memory's destruction and he decided to distance himself from Akiko to ensure her safety. Since then, Sokichi became involved in investigating cases involving Dopants that the police force could not handle, including the armored car robberies performed by the "Beastman".
Eventually taking on Shotaro Hidari as his protege, Sokichi agrees to help Shroud stop Museum by infiltrating a research facility known as the Gaia Tower with Shotaro in order to find the young man at its center. After fighting several Masquerade Dopants and the Taboo Dopant, he and Shotaro find the young man as Sokichi offers him freedom to find atonement for his part in the creation of the Gaia Memories, naming him Philip after his favorite fictional character Philip Marlowe
Philip Marlowe
Philip Marlowe is a fictional character created by Raymond Chandler in a series of novels including The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye. Marlowe first appeared under that name in The Big Sleep published in 1939...
. After Sokichi frees Philip from the Gaia Tower and begins to take both him and Shotaro out of the building, he was shot by several armed guards. As he dies, he gives his white fedora to Shotaro and asks for Shotaro to become a man worthy of wearing it. It was after the Gaia Tower fell into ruins that Shotaro and Philip, spurred by his advice to continue in his place, learn that Sokichi's body is nowhere to be found. Sokichi's death had also caused Shotaro great guilt, as he found it his fault that his mentor had to die. Even in death, Sokichi often inspires Shotaro and Philip within their memories and through his words. Kamen Rider Double has been mentioned to "contain Sokichi Narumi's will".
In Begins Night, Sokichi Narumi and Kamen Rider Skull are among the identities taken by the Dummy Dopant while pretending to be the Death Dopant in a scheme to assume the identities of Futo's upper class members, using Sokichi's form to drive Shotaro off from the case before he realizes the truth. However, Shotaro finally overcomes this and Kamen Rider Double ultimately defeats the imposter Kamen Rider Skull. After the case is concluded in Movie War 2010, Tsukasa Kadoya
Kamen Rider Decade (character)
is the primary protagonist and eponymous character of the 2009 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Decade. Decade's name is taken from the English word decade as Decade is the 10th of the Heisei run of the Kamen Rider Series, and his chest armor features the Roman numeral X . His logo features the...
uses a Kamen Rider Skull card he has acquired to summon an iteration of Sokichi Narumi from an alternate dimension, giving Shotaro closure. This Sokichi Narumi does not seem to know Shotaro but recognizes the very thing that the real Sokichi wanted of Shotaro: for Shotaro to become a true detective.
In Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate, in spirit, Kamen Rider Skull gives Shotaro advice on Philip's feelings, as well as his Lost Driver before fading away as he takes his leave, enabling Shotaro to transform into Kamen Rider Joker. The Skull Memory is one of the 26 T2 Gaia Memories in the film. In this film, Koji Kikkawa does not make an appearance.
Koji Kikkawa as Sokichi Narumi/Kamen Rider Skull appeared in the film Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W featuring Skull: Movie War Core
is a 2010 film in the Kamen Rider Series, featuring the casts and characters of Kamen Rider W and Kamen Rider OOO. Originally announced in a teaser at the end of the film Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate, film was released in Japan on December 18, 2010. The catchphrase for...
in late 2010, with the full story behind Narumi becoming Skull being revealed in the first segment.
Other media appearances
Kamen Rider Skull briefly makes an appearance in Kamen Rider W episode 13 "The Radio Q/Targetted Princess". Sokichi Narumi (portrayed by Kikkawa) makes an appearance in a flashback in episode 10 "The S Terror/The Great Detective's Daughter", as well as in a flashback in episode 31 "The B Carried on the Wind/The Beast Pursues".During the encore
Encore (concert)
An encore is an additional performance added to the end of a concert, from the French "encore", which means "again", "some more"; multiple encores are not uncommon. Encores originated spontaneously, when audiences would continue to applaud and demand additional performance from the artist after the...
at Koji Kikkawa's concert at the NHK Hall
NHK Hall
NHK Hall is a part of the NHK Broadcasting Center, located in Jinnan, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Address is 2-2-1, Jinnan, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-8001. This facility has a 3677-seat capacity.* 1955, NHK Hall opened in Tokyo's Uchisaiwai-cho district...
, Kikkawa appeared dressed up as Sokichi Narumi and performed the song "Big Sleep". At the same time, he was joined on stage by Kamen Rider Double
Kamen Rider Double (character)
is the primary and eponymous protagonist of the 2009–2010 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider W. Kamen Rider Double's name is taken from the English word double as he is the first Kamen Rider that requires two people to transform, and his motif is that of the letter W. His debut was a cameo in the film...
.
Kamen Rider Skull later appears as one of the Kamen Riders summoned by Kamen Rider Diend
Kamen Rider Diend
is a fictional character in the 2009 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Decade. In 2010, he is the main character of one of the Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider The Movie: Cho-Den-O Trilogy films...
's Complete Form and his Gekijouban Card. In this appearance, he performs a Rider Kick, with a kicking stance similar to Kamen Rider Double's Joker Extreme.
Sokichi Narumi and Kamen Rider Skull are the main characters in the side-story presented in the "Nobody's Perfect" music video, a song credited to Narumi but sung by Koji Kikkawa. In the music video set during his life and prior to Philip's freeing, Narumi takes on a case of a kidnapping by the Museum of a young girl. He crosses paths with several Masquerade Dopants and the Terror Dopant, fighting the latter as Kamen Rider Skull.
Kamen Rider Skull
By using his Gaia Memory in the Lost Driver belt, Sokichi Narumi is able to transform into Kamen Rider Skull. As Kamen Rider Skull, he still wears his signature white fedora and also wears a white scarf. After the hat is damaged in his fight with the Taboo Dopant, it appears torn, even as a disguise used by the Dummy Dopant. As Kamen Rider Skull, Narumi's strength is increased and he also has access to a unique motorcycle and is armed with the Skull Magnum gun. Before entering a fight, he announces , a motto taken up by his protege. Like any of the Kamen Riders in W, his weapon is capable of performing a finishing attack capable of destroying Gaia Memories.Skull Crystal
is the incomplete form of Kamen Rider Skull that first appears in the events of Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War CoreKamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W featuring Skull: Movie War Core
is a 2010 film in the Kamen Rider Series, featuring the casts and characters of Kamen Rider W and Kamen Rider OOO. Originally announced in a teaser at the end of the film Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate, film was released in Japan on December 18, 2010. The catchphrase for...
. It differs from Kamen Rider Skull's standard form in that the helmet is iridescent
Iridescence
Iridescence is generally known as the property of certain surfaces which appear to change color as the angle of view or the angle of illumination changes...
and it lacks the S-shaped "crack". This form is named after the crystal skull
Crystal skull
The crystal skulls are a number of human skull hardstone carvings made of clear or milky quartz rock, known in art history as "rock crystal", claimed to be pre-Columbian Mesoamerican artifacts by their alleged finders. However, none of the specimens made available for scientific study have been...
s.
Lost Driver
The belt is a second-generation Memory Driver belt that enables the transformation into Kamen Rider Skull by inserting the Skull Memory into its single on the belt buckle. Like the Double Driver, it also has a Maximum Slot where a Gaia Memory can be inserted for a melee Maximum Drive. Although he does not use one in Begins Night, an unnamed Rider Kick is activated by inserting the Skull Memory into the Maximum Slot when Kamen Rider Skull is summoned by Kamen Rider DiendKamen Rider Diend
is a fictional character in the 2009 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Decade. In 2010, he is the main character of one of the Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider The Movie: Cho-Den-O Trilogy films...
Complete Form in Episode Yellow.In Message to Double, Kamen Rider Skull is also shown to have another Maximum Drive that involves releasing a giant energy skull from his chest and launching it towards an opponent with a jumping roundhouse kick.
Gaia Memory
The are mysterious USB flash driveUSB flash drive
A flash drive is a data storage device that consists of flash memory with an integrated Universal Serial Bus interface. flash drives are typically removable and rewritable, and physically much smaller than a floppy disk. Most weigh less than 30 g...
s imbued with the powers of the Earth itself. Originally created with funding by the Sonozaki Family, one Gaia Memory makes its way into the hands of Sokichi Narumi.: The Skull Memory, also called the , is Kamen Rider Skull's only Gaia Memory, enabling his transformation as well as powering his Skull Magnum gun.
Skull Magnum
The is Kamen Rider Skull's firearmFirearm
A firearm is a weapon that launches one, or many, projectile at high velocity through confined burning of a propellant. This subsonic burning process is technically known as deflagration, as opposed to supersonic combustion known as a detonation. In older firearms, the propellant was typically...
and only weapon. When the Skull Memory is set in the Skull Magnum's , and then the gun is set in Maximum Mode, it initiates the Skull Memory's Maximum Drive: a series of powerful energy bursts. Although it is not named in the film or any related printed material, the name given to this Maximum Drive in the Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbaride
Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbaride
is a combination of an arcade game and a collectible card game featuring the protagonists of the Kamen Rider Series. The game is being released as part of the 10th anniversary of the Heisei run Kamen Rider Series by Toei, TV Asahi, Ishimori Productions, and Bandai and features heavy tie-ins with...
arcade game is .
SkullBoilder
The is Kamen Rider Skull's motorcycle. It is a modified Honda CBR1000RRHonda CBR1000RR
The CBR1000RR, also known as the Fireblade, is a liquid-cooled inline four-cylinder sport bike that was introduced by Honda in 2004 to replace the CBR954RR.-Racing roots:...
resembling Kamen Rider Double's HardBoilder, but all black in color. It is armed with a series of guns called the .
SkullGarry
The is a tankTank
A tank is a tracked, armoured fighting vehicle designed for front-line combat which combines operational mobility, tactical offensive, and defensive capabilities...
/garage that holds the SkullBoilder. It was created by Shroud and the vehicle later becomes Kamen Rider Double's RevolGarry. The SkullGarry only appears in the Kamen Rider Skull: Message for Double portion of Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W featuring Skull: Movie War Core
is a 2010 film in the Kamen Rider Series, featuring the casts and characters of Kamen Rider W and Kamen Rider OOO. Originally announced in a teaser at the end of the film Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate, film was released in Japan on December 18, 2010. The catchphrase for...
.