History
He is a cold loner who fights constantly and is frequently unemployed. He received his Advent Deck before the start of the series. He accepted Kanzaki's offer to join the Rider war to give his fiancée, Eri Ogawa, a full recovery, who has been in a mysterious coma ever since an encounter with Darkwing. Ren later contracted with Darkwing and became Kamen Rider Knight. After Shinji Kido, he would still persist to fight any and all Riders. But the ordeal of his memory loss had him leave the Tea Atori to clear his head.
Publication Information
- Protagonist : Ren Akiyama
- Japanese : 秋山 蓮
- Rider Users : Kamen Rider Knight
- Gender : Male
- HomeWorld : Earth (Main Timeline Continuity)
- Season : Kamen Rider Ryuki
- First Appeareance : Kamen Rider Ryuki Episod 1 : The Secret Story's Birth
- Last Appeareance : Kamen Rider × Super Sentai : Super Hero Taisen
- Number of Appeareance : 50 (Ryuki), 2 (Decade), 3 (Movie), 1 (Ryuki Special)
- Potrayer : Satoshi Matsuda
- Main View : Full Episod
Meeting Miyuki Tezuka, who reveals himself as Raia, while pointing out that though he accepted his fate as a Kamen Rider, Ren had doubts in his heart if he could actually take a life. He later inherited the Survive Shippu Card from Tezuka. Over time he eventually softened up and slowly came to return Shinji's constant offers of friendship. Throughout the series they formed a somewhat of a rivalry, which Ren took more seriously than Shinji because of the Rider War.
Personality
Ren is a cold, harsh person, and hardcore loner. He is pretty talented as he always able to serve the customer in Cafe alongside Shinji. But despite his cold, he is actually a kind person and can become emotionally distracted when someone he consider close is injured or dying. Even when he got amnesia, his personality didn't change.
Kamen Rider Ryuki Special : 13 Riders
In the 13 Riders TV Special (alternate story), he sees Shinji taking over the Ryuki deck after its last owner dies, and demands the deck be returned, until he sees the list of names. He warns Shinji, but later after setting Shinji up as plotted with the other Riders (in a form of a truce between the Riders) he couldn't bring himself to finish Shinji off, with their friendship developing. In the end, he pushed Ryuki out of the way and took Kamen Rider Verde's Death Vanish Final Vent. He shook the damage long enough to kill Verde with his Hishouzan Final Vent (similar to how Miyuki Tezuka died in the series, pushing Ryuki out of the way to receive Kamen Rider Ohja's Veno Crash Final Vent).series.
Kamen Rider Ryuki : Episode Final
In the movie: Episode Final (alternative ending), Ren, together with the remaining fighters fought one another. He too, like Miho Kirishima had mistook Shinji as Kamen Rider Ryuga from a battle he witnessed (Ryuga and Femme were fighting with each other) and in his case thought that Shinji had realised the meaning of the Rider War and demanded they battle, until he saw the real Shinji absorbed into Ryuga he understood and battled Ryuga as well. Later seeing Yui dead, as Shinji and Ryuga battle, he witnesses Shinji finishing Ryuga off, after which he confesses his friendship to Shinji. However he marks his words that he must win, which Shinji promises to fight with, where Ren also agrees to Shinji's terms not to die before the fight with the Hydragoons.
S.I.C. Hero Saga
Kamen Rider Ryuki : Advent Calendar
In the Advent Calendar, with the Rider War is reaching it's final, Ryuki, Knight, Ouja, Zolda and Odin are the surviving Riders left. While Ouja fought Knight he causes Knight to buried under some rubbles. Ryuki shows up and challenges Ouja into a fight as he stole Knight's Survive Card and and transformed into Ouja Survive with Venosnaker evolves into Venoviper. He then uses his new Unite Vent card with all the contracted monsters' cards he's gathered up till now from the Riders he defeated with Darkwing card which he also stole from Knight. All of his monsters, as well as Dragreder which just happened to be nearby, combine to form the Genosurvivor.
Kamen Rider Ryuki : World of If
In the World of If, after Eri Ogawa died in the hospital, Ren himself quits being a Kamen Rider while throwing away Knight's Advent Deck. While wandering at the streets, Shiro Kanzaki shows up and give him an Advent Deck and turned him into Odin's puppet. Ouja, as the final Rider, stands before Odin. His wish is for the Rider War to continue for all eternity. While in the middle of the battle, Alternative Zero jumps in and join forces with Ouja in order to fight Odin. Ouja activates his Final Vent; Venoviper transforms into a bike and charges at Odin, spitting poison along the way. A moment before it his him, though, he activates his Time Vent and vanishes, then reappears on Venoviper's seat, behind Ouja and strikes him quickly.
Kamen Rider Decade : Battle Trial - Ryuki World
Later while forced to fight Shinji who accuses him of playing a part in Reiko's death, Decade's fight with Imperer stops theirs. Soon after, Decade battles Knight with the former being the superior fighter until Abyss intervenes. After defeating Odin, Ren acquires the Time Vent card at the cost of being too injured to use it himself.
OOO, Den-O, All Riders : Let's Go Kamen Riders
Kamen Rider Knight was part of a group of reinforcement riders led by Akira Date/Kamen Rider Birth to aid the primary riders in defeating the Rock Great Leader. All the Kamen Riders got on their bikes and performed the All Rider Break attack which destroyed the Great Leader.
Kamen Rider × Super Sentai : Super Hero Taisen
Knight is one of the Rider Team which consist of Black, G3, Zolda, Hibiki and Gatack that fought against Gokai Red only to be defeated by his Gokai Sabre Slash. It's unknown if he reappeared or not during the final battle.
Video Game Appearances Kamen Rider Knight appears as a Second Rider in the video game Kamen Rider Battride War.
Forms
Style
Knight is essentially a close range fighter. His primary weapon is his rapier, Dark Visor as well as his powerful Sword Vent. These weapons make Knight suited to close-range, but make him weak at long-range. To compensate, his other Advent Cards are centered on disorientation (Nasty Vent) or confusion (Trick Vent) to help him close in on the opponent, and unique among the Riders he can wear Darkwing as a cape using his Guard Vent or Advent to fly at high speeds. These cards make Knight a powerful combatant for one-on-one duels. His Survive mode enhances his close range capabilities with a more powerful Sword Vent, modifies his Nasty Vent into a more offensive form (Blust Vent) and gives him a far-range weapon (Shoot Vent).
Kamen Rider Knight
Ren transforms into Kamen Rider Knight through his Advent Deck and his V-Buckle. These are the following forms throughout the course of the series run. In Kamen Rider Ryuki: World of If, he transforms into Kamen Rider Odin and thus turning into it's puppet.
Knight Blank Form
- Knight Blank Form
- Blank Form is Knight's default form when lacking a Contract Monster.
- It was not seen in the series, only in concept art as seen in the artbook Kamen Rider Art Collection Hero Hen.
Kamen Rider Knight
- Kamen Rider Knight
- Sight : 10km radius
- Hearing : 25km radius
- Maximum Running Speed : 80km/h
- Highest Jump : 40m
- Punching Power : 10t (AP: 200)
- Kicking Power : 15t (AP: 300)
Knight's card reader, the Dark Visor (his rapier) has the guard section resembling Darkwing. When not in use, the Dark Visor is sheathed on the left hip.
- Advent (AP : 4000) : Summons Darkwing.
- Nasty Vent (AP : 1000) : Summons Darkwing, who then does the Sonic Breaker attack, where Darkwing unleashes painful sonic screeches.
- Guard Vent (AP: 3000) : Summons Darkwing to attach onto his back for the Wing Wall cape-like shield.
- Sword Vent (AP: 2000) : Summons the Wing Lancer, which is a giant lance that resembles somewhat of Darkwing's tail.
- Trick Vent (AP: 1000) : Allows Knight to pull off the Shadow Illusion, where Knight can create up to 8 functional doubles.
- Final Vent (AP : 5000) : Knight executes the Hishouzan (Flying Slash), where he starts of running at the opponent with Wing Lancer in hand as Darkwing lands on its master's back to form a cape, then Knight leaps into the air. Once he reaches the peak of his jump, he then front flips into position, with the Wing Lancer held up in a piercing position and right leg in a kicking position, wrapping himself with the cloak mid-attack as Rider and Monster descend in the form of a spinning cloth-like drill to impale the opponent with great force.
- Survive Shippu : A special Advent Card that transforms Knight into Survive Form and evolves Darkwing into Darkraider. When activated, the background of the card shines with a spiraling blue tornado effect.
Knight Survive Form
- Knight Survive Form
- Survive! ― Transformation announcement
- Sight : 15km radius
- Hearing : 30km radius
- Maximum Running Speed : 85.7km/h
- Highest Jump : 50m
- Punching Power : 15t (AP: 300)
- Kicking Power : 22.5t (AP: 450)
- Kamen Rider Knight Survive is Knight's ultimate form, assumed by using the power of the Survive Shippu (Hurricane) Card, given to him by Tezuka before his death by Ohja.
- In this form, Knight's Rider Visor transforms into an arm-mounted scabbard called Dark Visor-Zwei, which could transform into either the Dark Arrow, or the Dark Shield and Dark Sword.
- Advent (AP : 6000) : Summons Darkraider.
- Sword Vent (AP : 4000) : Allows Knight's Dark Visor Zwei to assume the form of the Dark Blade by grabbing the pummel of the sword and removing it, though there have been instances where Knight removes the Dark Blade and having not used the Sword Vent Card. Since the Advent Card slot is on the Dark Blade, Knight can still use Advent Cards.
- Shoot Vent (AP : 3000) : Allows Knight's Dark Visor Zwei to assume the form of the Dark Arrow , where the outer trims of the Visor swing upward to make the Visor resemble an arm-mounted crossbow. Paradoxically, it seems the shots of the Dark Arrow seem to be made of solar energy.
- Guard Vent (AP : 3000) : Allows Knight's Dark Visor Zwei to assume the form of the Dark Shield , by removing the Dark Blade.
- Trick Vent (AP : 2000) : Knight can execute Shadow Illusion, replicating up to 8 copies of himself.
- Final Vent (AP : 8000) : Performs the Shippudan. As Darkraider assumes its motorcycle form, Knight Survive rides Darkraider as it paralyzes the monster with a laser, then the cape pieces on Knight Survive wraps around Darkraider in a manner like Hishouzan, then turns into a missile and run through the opponent with extreme force.
Kamen Rider Odin
- Kamen Rider Odin
- Height: 205cm
- Weight: 100kg
- Sight: 20km
- Hearing: 25km
- Maximum Running Speed: 100m/4s
- Maximum Jump Height: 50m
- Punching Power: 350AP
- Kicking Power: 500AP
- As a fighter, Odin was observant, methodical, silent, and usually only moved when using a card or attacking, otherwise relying heavily on his ability to teleport, and his opponent's brashness.
- Odin is mostly a melee fighter, though has been known to send a gust of exploding feathers while his opponent was vulnerable. Kamen Rider Femme can also use these abilities, but to a more limited degree.
- Interestingly, his teleportation ability and gust attacks do not require an Advent Card to use.
Contract Monster
- Darkwing : Wings of Darkness Darkwing is the Contract Monster of Kamen Rider Knight.
Device
- Knight Advent Deck : Advent Card holders, also used as a key to transformation. As long as Ren holds one, he can detects presents of other Riders and Mirror Monsters inside the Mirror World, as well as surviving without dying when return to real world
- Knight V-Buckle : Transformation belt materialised from a mirror reflection.
- Knight Advent Cards : Trading cards that supply the user powers, weapons and Mirror Monsters (if they catch any).
- Knight
- Dark Visor : Sword-like Visor for Knight to summon the Advent Cards' powers to him and other Riders if he used theirs.
- Wing Lancer : Lance modeled after Darkwing's tail.
- Wing Wall : Cape-like shield modeled after Darkwing's wings.
- Knight Survive
- Knight Dark Visor-Zwei : Improved version of Dark Visor that enables Knight to evolve into Knight Survive. Can act as a shield once the Dark Blade taken out.
- Knight Dark Arrow : Bow-like weapon transformed from Dark Visor-Zwei once the Shoot Vent Card scanned and the blade is returned.
- Knight Dark Blade : Sword that released from Dark Visor-Zwei once the Sword Vent Card scanned.
- Odin
- Odin Gold Visor : Staff-like Visor for Odin to summon the Advent Cards' powers to him and other Riders if he used theirs.
- Odin Gold Sabers : A pair of swords modeled after Goldphoenix's feathers.
- Odin Gold Shield : Odin's shield modeled after Goldphoenix's tail.
- Ride Shooter : Motorcycles that used by Riders to enter Mirror World.
- Darkraider Bike Mode : Knight Survive's Honda Shadow bike resulted from the transformed Darkraider.
