Kamen Rider Gaim

Will of the True Kamen Rider

According to Takeshi Hongo/Rider 1 from Ryo Murasame/ZX, Kouta's heroic potential as a true Kamen Rider is much more powerful than other primary Riders. This ability is shown when he released most of the sealed Riders from the Lockseeds' seals, turning him into a living magnet and absorbs the Lockseeds by unsealing the Riders who were sealed within Helheim, thanks to ZX's Micro Chain assisting him in breaking the glasses where the Rider Lockseeds were held.

Like his fellow Lockseed-using Armored Riders, Kamen Rider Gaim's forms are called Arms. His Sengoku Driver plays Japanese horagai music and announces "Soiya" before every transformation, except when he transforms into Kiwami Arms, while his personal Lockseeds are styled with a mix of Japanese words and English words.

With the exception of Suika Arms, all of Gaim's Japanese Samurai, Ninja and Shogun-themed Arms' helmets share the title Kabuto, while his visors are called Pulp Eye. By pressing the Sengoku Driver's Cutting Blade down on the Lockseed after transforming from one to three times, Gaim can activate one of three finishing moves based on his current Arms form: Squash, Au Lait, or Sparking. In addition to the Sengoku Driver's finishing moves, Gaim can perform either a Fruits Charge or Sonic Volley finishing attack by inserting a Lockseed into the attachment slot of either his Musou Saber, Sonic Arrow, or DJ Gun.

Publication Information

Riders : Kamen Rider Gaim
Japanese : 仮面ライダー鎧武
Known As : Armored Rider Gaim
Protagonist : Kouta Kazuraba
Gender : Male
HomeWorld : Earth (Main Timeline Continuity)
Season : Kamen Rider Gaim
Portrayer : Gaku Sano
Main View : Full Episod

Abilities

Imagination

Being one of the few adults possessing imagination, he can see the Ressha of the ToQgers.

Over Lord Powers

Being affected by the Forbidden Fruit's powers, Kouta gains some of the Over Lords' abilities, which are then further increased when he eats the Fruit of Helheim. Unlike Rosyuo, Kouta prefers close quarter combat, only utilizing his Over Lord powers when he needs to.
- Helheim Plant Generation : He has shown the ability to turn an empty lot into a field of Helheim plants.
- Helheim Plant Control : He can freely control Helheim flora, and even override other Over Lords' manipulation over the flora.
- Fruit Transmutation : He can turn a broken Lockseed back into its fruit form, before restoring its intact state.
- Healing Factor : He has increased health regeneration, allowing him to take lethal damage and still able to recover shortly afterwards.
- Crack Creating : He can open countless cracks to summon Inves from the Helheim Forest. Kouta gains this ability when he eats the Fruit of Helheim to stop Kaito's rampage.

God-like Powers

After eating the Forbidden Fruit, Kouta gains God-like powers, which can reimagine the world at will.
- Enhanced Crack Creating : He can open a huge crack which leads to a planet at the edge of the universe.
- Reality Manipulation : He can globally control any number of objects, bypassing all physical laws of science. He used this power to drag all Inves and Helheim flora around the world to the huge crack.
- Dream Walking : He can penetrate anyone's dreams to communicate with them, even through Kouta himself is currently at the edge of the universe.
- Healing : He can heal someone with serious brain damage, even though Kouta himself is currently at the edge of the universe.
- Teleportation : He can turn himself into energy and travel to another planet via his huge crack.
- Exorcism : He can remove Kougane from his human host effortlessly.

Transformation

He can transform directly into Kiwami Arms without the need of either a Sengoku Driver or having the Lockseeds on hand. The Driver with attached Lockseeds do still appear around his waist with full functionality though. With this skill in mind, it is possible he can transform into any other Arms of his choice.
- While he has this ability, he still has a choice whenever he wants to make the effort to actually insert his Lockseeds for a manual transformation.
Attack Cancellation : He can effortlessly stop and cancel attacks. He showcases this ability by stopping a Darkness Squash from Kamen Rider Jam.
Telepathy : He can read other people's thoughts and telepathically communicate with them.
Mediumship : He can see and presumably communicate with souls.
Appearance Changing : He is able to change his form to match what he looked like before becoming the Man of the Beginning. This ability will automatically kick in if Kouta's life force is lowered down to a certain level.

Arms

By pressing the Sengoku Driver's Cutting Blade down on the Lockseed after transforming from one to three times, Gaim can activate one of three finishing moves based on his current Arms form: Squash, Au Lait, or Sparking. In addition to the Sengoku Driver's finishing moves, Gaim can perform either a Fruits Charge or Sonic Volley finishing attack by inserting a Lockseed into the attachment slot of either his Musou Saber, Sonic Arrow, or DJ Gun.

Byakko Inves

Byakko Inves
- Height : 230 cm.
- Weight : 157 kg.
- Appearances : Episode 40
In a dream placed by Redyue, Kouta had his role with Yuya Sumii reversed, causing him to become the Byakko Inves (White Tiger Inves) and Yuya to become Kamen Rider Gaim. Kouta eventually managed to escape and fight Redyue.

Man Of The Beginning

Man Of The Beginning
- Appearances : Episodes 46-47, Movie War Full Throttle
After Kouta receives the Forbidden Fruit and eats it, he turns into a white haired and silver armored version of himself, which looks similar to Kiwami Arms with a chest plate resembling part of Matsubokkuri Arms' breastplate. His right eye also becomes red in color, similar to the Woman of the Beginning.
This is Kouta's most powerful form in that it has God-like powers. Shortly after this transformation, Kouta sends all of the Helheim plants and Inves to a distant planet and leaves with Mai to terraform said planet into a new Helheim.
When Kouta returns to Earth, he is able to transform directly into Gaim Kiwami Arms either with a simple call of "Henshin" or by summoning his Sengoku Driver appearing with the Kachidoki Lockseed already in place before inserting the Kiwami Lockseed.
As a Man of the Beginning, Kouta is able to create new life with the same restriction as the Femushinmu Man of the Beginning, Rosyuo. This means he is unable to revive people if they die. Kouta manages to circumvent this by creating a copy of himself stored in the Kiwami Lockseed in the event that he dies, leaving the copy to take his place.

Equipment

Devices

Sengoku Driver : Transformation device
Removable slots for additional Lockseeds:
- Genesis Core : Essential to access a Jimber Arms
- Senyo Joint : Essential to access Kiwami Arms
Lockseeds : Gives access to http://adf.ly/1bSFU0">Gaim / http://adf.ly/1bSFU0">Gaim Yami's Arms changes, depending on which lock is used
Lockseed Holder : Carrier strap for Gaim / Gaim Yami's lockseed
Musou Saber Holster : Carrier strap for Gaim / Gaim Yami's Musou Saber
Rainbow Pass : A special cellular-like device that all of the Ressha Sentai ToQger possess, functioning as their belt buckles and communicators.