Initially Ryoma Sengoku's subordinate, she becomes intertwined with Kaito Kumon after noticing his leadership during the Helheim Invasion. She would faithfully follow Kaito in hopes of helping Kaito become the man that would obtain the Forbidden Fruit. Yoko was a quiet soul, but she had a tendency to use excessive force, as seen by beating Kaito down when he loudly got up in a rage during his talk with Ryoma Sengoku, with Kouta soon joining him.
Publication Information
- Protagonist : Yoko Minato
- Japanese : 湊 耀子
- Rider Users : New Generation Rider Marika
- Known As : Kamen Rider Marika
- Gender : Female
- Season : Kamen Rider Gaim
- Homeworld : Earth (Main Timeline Continuity)
- First Appearance : Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Gaim & Wizard : The Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle
- Last Appearance : Kamen Rider Gaim Gaiden
- Appearances : 30 (Gaim), 4 (movies)
- Portrayer : Minami Tsukui
- Main View : Full Episode
History
She seemed to be loyal to Ryoma Sengoku, though this was implied to be a facade. She had some kind of personal interest in Kaito, which Ryoma notes as strange, as she usually didn't involve herself with others. After Ryoma abandons her, she revealed that her loyalty to him was surface-level and that she sees more potential in Kaito. She had no personal interest in obtaining the Forbidden Fruit, preferring to see ambitious people like Kaito reach for its power.
Yggdrasill Saga
When Gaim attempts to stop Ryoji after his descent to an Inves, she along with the other Yggdrasill members transform. She spectates Sigurd as he kills Ryoji. Serving as a bodyguard for Ryoma Sengoku, she easily defeats Kouta and Kaito, both trying to escape and also take back their Drivers without Ryoma realizing. During Gaim and Baron's escape from Headquarters, under the guise of Marika, she stops Sigurd's fatal shot towards the two Armored Riders.
Helheim Saga
As Ryoma decides to kick Kaito off their team after analyzing the Over Lords' data, Yoko asked him to give Kaito one more chance. Surprised at her request, Ryoma decides to give him one more chance as he gives Yoko a Genesis Driver and the Lemon Energy Lockseed. Mitsuzane enters Ryoma's office as he hasn't told Takatora about the Over Lords yet. He also told them that they could find the Over Lords easily if they follow his plan. Later, Yoko delivers the Genesis Driver to Kaito before she leaves. In the Helheim forest, Yoko gave the location of the Over Lords to Kaito and later as Marika, she attacks Gaim, but Ryugen blocks it as she continues fighting Gaim, following Mitsuzane's plan.
Super Hero Time
Kamen Rider Marika alongside various other New Generation/Armored Riders poses with the ToQgers in the Gaim/ToQger Super Hero Time opening. She also clashes with ToQ 5gou at one point.
Great Soccer Battle! Golden Fruits Cup!
Set place in a Dream World created by Lapis sometime after Kouta received the Kiwami Lockseed, she is part of Team Genesis. However, she runs away after witnessing Sid's death. Recruiting help to find out the truth, she saved Kaito from his death and throws away his Banana Lockseed to give the illusion that he died. She aids Ryugen, the last survivor besides her and Kaito against Gaim-Yami and Mars. After Kouta breaks from his corruption turning Gaim-Yami back into Gaim, she aids him, alongside the all of the revived Riders (except Sid and Ryoma) against Mars.
Gaim Gaiden : Zangetsu
Yoko was among the Yggdrasill personnel who was attacked by Kamen Rider Idunn. She transformed into Marika to fight Idunn, who vanished.
Gaim Gaiden : Baron
Yoko briefly appeared during Baron's battle with Tyrant, giving Baron the Ringo Lockseed. She later watched Kaito from a distance as he stood next to his father's grave.
Gaim Gaiden : Duke
Yoko chased after a brainwashed staff member who was running to Ryoma's laboratory. As the staff member was about to use the blank Zakuro Lockseed as a bomb to kill Ryoma, she kicked him off, causing the staff member to fall off a window and die by the Lockseed's.
Arms
Like the Armored Riders and her fellow New Generation Riders, Kamen Rider Marika's forms are called Arms. Her Genesis Driver announces "Soda" before every transformation. By pushing the Genesis Driver's Seaboll Compressor into the Energy Lockseed after transforming from one to two times, Marika can activate one of two finishing moves based on her current Arms form: Squash or Sparking. In addition to the Genesis Driver's finishing moves, Marika can perform a Sonic Volley finishing attack by inserting an Energy Lockseed into the Energy Drive Bay of her Sonic Arrow.
Marika Genetic Ride Wear
- Marika Genetic Ride Wear
- Marika Genetic Ride Wear is Marika's default form undersuit, which is briefly seen during Marika's transformation sequence before the Armor Part attaches.
- However, this form is completely vulnerable to any incoming attacks when shot at directly in the suit rather than at the Arms that is descending down on the Rider
Marika Peach Energy Arms
- Marika Peach Energy Arms
- Soda! Peach Energy Arms! (Arabian techno music) ― Transformation announcement
- Height : 198 cm (6 ft. 5 in.)
- Weight : 93 kg (205.03 lb.)
- Punching power: 12.1 t.
- Kicking power : 16 t.
- Maximum jump height : 27 m.
- Maximum running speed : 100 m. per 5.5 sec.
- Appearances : Gaim Gaiden: Duke, Episodes 14-15, 17, Gaim Gaiden: Zangetsu, 22, 24, 26, 28,
- 30-33, 35, Golden Fruits Cup!, 39-40, 44-45, Final Stage
- Peach Energy Arms is Marika's default peach-based armored Arabian Soldier/Archer form. Accessed through the Peach Energy Lockseed, this form bears the Momoc Headpiece helmet with the Steering Eye visor. This form debuts in episode 14.
- While assuming Peach Energy Arms, Marika dons the Peach Energy Armor Part and her Arms Weapon is the Sonic Arrow. Compared to her fellow New Generation Riders, Marika has the weakest punches and kicks, though this is made up for by Minato's own fighting prowess. She does, however, have an advantage over them in terms of jumping height and running speed, making her the swiftest of all the New Generation Riders.
- Genesis Driver + Sonic Arrow finisher:
- Unnamed Rider Slash : Marika activates the Squash function on her Genesis Driver and fuels all the energy from the Peach Energy Lockseed into her body, which is then converted into her Sonic Arrow before she slashes the target
- Sonic Arrow finisher:
- Sonic Volley : Marika locks the Peach Energy Lockseed into the Sonic Arrow and fires a powerful arrow shot that when it hits a target traps them in a peach-shaped sphere before they are assaulted by multiple arrows being fired in a row.
Peach Energy Lockseed
- Peach Energy Lockseed
- Allows Marika to transform into Peach Energy Arms.
- Its code is ELS-03 and it is Class S.
- Yoko lost her first Peach Energy Lockseed to Kouta when he ripped it out of her Genesis Driver after she cancelled her transformation. She acquired another one sometime later.
- It was render useless by Ryoma's killswitch, but she later used it with the stolen Ryoma's Genesis Driver until her death.
- The Energy Lockseed's location is currently unknown. Its voice is pitched-up to sound higher
Other Arms
These Arms involve Lockseeds that are normally used by a different New Generation Rider. None of these Arms were assumed on-screen, but can be simulated via the Arms Change toyline.
Marika Lemon Energy Arms
- Marika Lemon Energy Arms
- Soda! Lemon Energy Arms: Fight, Power! Fight, Power! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fi-Fi-Fi-Fi-Fight! ― Transformation announcement
- Lemon Energy Arms is Marika's lemon-based armored European Knight/Archer form. Accessed through the Lemon Energy Lockseed, this form bears the Lemos Headpiece helmet with the Steering Eye visor.
- While assuming Lemon Energy Arms, Marika dons the Lemon Energy Armor Part and her Arms Weapon is the Sonic Arrow. Lemon Energy Arms is normally used by Kamen Rider Duke.
- Marika Lemon Energy Lockseed
- Allows Duke to transform into Lemon Energy Arms.
- Its code is ELS-01 and it is Class S.
- Kouta Kazuraba was given a Lemon Energy Lockseed, along with a Genesis Core, by DJ Sagara after the latter was impressed by the former's sense of duty.
- It was later revealed that the Lemon Energy Lockseed and Genesis Core that DJ Sagara had were stolen from Ryoma's, though he soon makes another one, along with a replacement Genesis Core.
- After his Genesis Driver is stolen by Yoko Minato, the location of this Lockseed is unknown
Marika Cherry Energy Arms
- Marika Cherry Energy Arms
- Soda! Cherry Energy Arms! (Techno beat music) ― Transformation announcement
- Cherry Energy Arms is Marika's cherry-based armored European Viking/Archer form. Accessed through the Cherry Energy Lockseed, this form bears the Cher Headpiece helmet with the Steering Eye visor.
- While assuming Cherry Energy Arms, Marika dons the Cherry Energy Armor Part and her Arms Weapon is the Sonic Arrow. Cherry Energy Arms is normally used by Kamen Rider Sigurd.
- Marika Cherry Energy Lockseed
- Allows Sigurd to transform into Cherry Energy Arms.
- Its code is ELS-02 and it is Class S.
- Sigurd lost his first Cherry Energy Lockseed to Gaim after the Rider beat him with an enhanced Burai Kick while in Jimber Lemon Arms.
- He acquired another one, but it was later destroyed by Rosyuo's attack, along with his Genesis Driver, shortly before his death.
Marika Melon Energy Arms
- Marika Melon Energy Arms
- Soda! Melon Energy Arms! (Japanese techno music) ― Transformation announcement
- Melon Energy Arms is Marika's Yubari King cantaloupe-based armored Japanese Samurai/Archer form. Accessed through the Melon Energy Lockseed, this form bears the Barilon Kabuto helmet with the Steering Eye visor.
- While assuming Melon Energy Arms, Marika dons the Melon Energy Armor Part and her Arms Weapon is the Sonic Arrow. Melon Energy Arms is normally used by Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin.
- Marika Melon Energy Lockseed
- Based on a Yubari King cantaloupe): Allows Zangetsu Shin to transform into Melon Energy Arms
- Its code is ELS-04 and it is Class S.
- After Takatora was betrayed by Ryoma and the others, this Lockseed falls into the possession of Mitsuzane, along with Takatora's Genesis Driver.
- Mitsuzane later uses them to make Kouta think Takatora has betrayed him, until he fought Oren, whose years of combat training allowed him to realize the false Zangetsu's fighting style, which was not Takatora's.
- The Energy Lockseed is rendered useless by Ryoma's killswitch. However, in Movie War Full Throtttle, Mitsuzane returns the Lockseed to Takatora who uses it in conjunction with Mecha Ryoma Sengoku's Genesis Driver. Its voice is pitched-down to sound deeper.
Marika Dragon Energy Arms
- Marika Dragon Energy Arms
- SODA! Dragon Energy Arms! (Fast techno music) ― Transformation announcement
- Dragon Energy Arms is Marika's pitaya-based (specifically the Pitahaya blanca) armored European Knight/Archer form, which is accessed through the Dragon Fruits Energy Lockseed.
- While assuming Dragon Energy Arms, Marika dons the Dragon Energy Armor Part and her Arms Weapon is the Sonic Arrow. Dragon Energy Arms is normally used by Kamen Rider Tyrant.
- Marika Dragon Fruits Energy Lockseed
- Allows Duke to transform into Dragon Energy Arms.
- Its code is ELS-HEX.
- This is the only Energy Lockseed which is red in color, unlike the usual Energy Lockseeds, which are colored blue. Unlike the main four Energy Lockseeds, its shout of "SODA" is much louder and more excited, being the "Soda" sound used in Gaim's summer movie.
- And this Energy Lockseed doesn't possess Helheim powers as well, unlike Tyrant's own Dragon Fruits Energy Lockseed ELS-PROTO.
- The Dragon Fruits Energy Lockseed is normally used by Kamen Rider Tyrant. It later destroyed along with Mecha Ryoma Sengoku's death, but the Genesis Driver he used was kept intact.
Rider Arms
Rider Arms are forms based on past Kamen Riders. Inexplicably, the New Generation Riders are capable of using the Legend Rider Lockseeds despite none of them being Class S Energy Lockseeds. All of these forms is exclusive to Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbarizing. However, some of these forms are also used in the norm by other Armored and New Generation Riders.
Marika Fourze Arms
- Marika Fourze Arms
- Liquid! Fourze Arms : Seishun Switch On! ― Transformation announcement
- Fourze Arms is a Legend Rider Arms based on Kamen Rider Fourze's Base States, which is accessed through the Fourze Lockseed.
- While assuming Fourze Arms, Marika dons the Fourze Armor Part and her Arms Weapon is the Rocket Module.
- Marika Fourze Lockseed
- Squash : Limit Break
- Au Lait : Drill On
- Sparking : Rocket On
- Allows Kamen Rider Zangetsu to transform into Fourze Arms, equipped with the Rocket Module. By channeling the Fourze Lockseed into the Heisei Rider Lockseed, Kamen Rider Fifteen can transform into Fourze Arms, which instead equips him with different States form-exclusive weapons like Elek Module Billy the Rod and Cosmic Module Barizun Sword.
- The core image depicts the Fourze Driver while the lid backside image depicts the Rocket Switch.
- Strangely a Gaim/Kurokage/Bujin Gaim/Kamuro-styled Lockseed in the toyline.
Equipment
- Devices
- Arms Weapons : Weapons that come with the Arms:
