Haruto Soma also known as the Ringed Magician or Magician of Hope is the main protagonist and the title character of the Kamen Rider Series installment Kamen Rider Wizard.
Given the WizarDriver and the Wizard Rings by the White Wizard, he is able to transform into Wizard. He later inherits the name of Kamen Rider Wizard, becoming the titular hero. In Super Hero Taisen GP : Kamen Rider 3 an alternate timeline where Shocker rules the world after the defeat of the Double Riders by Kamen Rider #3, he is referred to as Shocker Rider Wizard. It is under this title that he participates in the Rider Grand Prix.
Publication Information
- Wizard : Haruto Soma
- Japanese : 操真 晴人
- Version : Kamen Rider Wizard Series
- Type :
- Ringed Magician or Magician of Hope
- Survivor Of The Day Of Solar Eclipse Mysterious Ceremony
- Known as : Kamen Rider Wizard
- Gender : Male
- Season : Kamen Rider Wizard
- Origin : Earth
- First Appearance : Kamen Rider Fourze the Movie : Everyone, Space is Here!
- Last Appearance : Kamen Rider × Super Sentai : Chou Super Hero Taisen
- Number of Appearances :
- 1 : Fourze
- 53 : Wizard
- 9 : Movie
- 4 : Special
- Portrayer :
- Shunya Shiraishi
- Kaito Nakashima : Child
- Main View : Full Episod
During his childhood, Haruto's parents were badly injured during a car crash. In this event, he made a promise to keep his hope alive, saving his own life as an adolescent when he was one of the first few Gates sacrificed during a solar eclipse. Subjected to the Sabbath, pro-soccer player Haruto manages to keep his inner phantom WizarDragon from emerging by facing despair head on. As a result, he obtains magical powers. Being the only one to survive the eclipse, The White Wizard entrusted Koyomi to Haruto and receives a WizarDriver and the Flame Ring. Haruto then hunts down Phantoms as Wizard, seeking to prevent others from falling into despair, and to protect his and their hope.
Haruto later comes to the aid of Kamen Riders Fourze and Meteor. It is during that battle that he inherits the name of Kamen Rider, naming himself Kamen Rider Wizard. Along his journey, Haruto becomes allies with amateur magician Shunpei Nara, police officer Rinko Daimon, and Yu Kamimura. Helping to stop the Phantom outbreaks with his friends, he learns to tap more into his mana pool and more of WizarDragon's power, allowing him to assume improved forms of his normal ones called Dragon Styles of either the Fire, Water, Wind, or Earth elements. Creating the Drago Timer from his raw mana, Haruto is able generate three copies of himself, all assuming the upgraded Wizard Dragon Style Forms at the expense of draining his mana. Later he meets mayonnaise-lover Kamen Rider Beast, Kosuke Nitoh, which they form an alliance and prevent outbreaks together.
Kamen Rider Bujin Wizard
After defeating the Ogre Phantom, Haruto gives the Hope Ring to the Koyomi that resides in his Underworld. In the aftermath, Kosuke is absorbed by the Nepenthes Monster who runs through a Crack. Arriving in the Sengoku Period World, Haruto inherits the Infinity Wizard Ring from Ieyasu, which originally belonged to Kamen Rider Bujin Wizard. Teaming up with the Armored Riders, they defeat Bujin Gaim. After the fight between Bujin Gaim and the Nepenthes Monster, Kosuke and Haruto return back to the main world.
Heisei Rider vs Showa Rider : Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai
Wizard is one of the surviving Riders in the battle between Heisei and Showa. He fights Riderman, defeating each other at the same time and transforming into their Lockseeds. Gaim is soon left as the last Rider standing before Ambassador Darkness of the Badan Empire reveals himself to be Ryo Murasame (Kamen Rider ZX). Together, they restore the other Riders and all 30 Kamen Riders defeat the Badan Empire. After battling the Badan Empire, Hongo stated that their battle wasn't over as the Rider War continues.
Super Hero Taisen GP : Kamen Rider 3
Due to the timeline alteration caused by Shocker, Haruto became one of the brainwashed Riders in that timeline, donning the name of Shocker Rider Wizard. He later volunteered in a Kamen Rider Grand Prix. Later on, he aided the other Riders to combat Shocker after he, and the other Riders, were released from being brainwashed by the revived Double Riders.
Kamen Rider Ghost : Legendary! Riders' Souls!
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Kamen Rider Heisei Generations : Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Rider
To Be Added
Kamen Rider Ex-Aid "Tricks" : Kamen Rider Genm
Despite not appearing in the web-exclusive series, Wizard and 13 Heisei Riders were the projections of the Ganbarizing Critical Strike.
Kamen Rider × Super Sentai : Chou Super Hero Taisen
Wizard Water Style fights as part of the Kamen Riders Blue Warrior Team.
Game appearances Haruto appears as Wizard Flame Style only. He can only be unlocked by password. Haruto appears as the main characters selection of this game. He has three modes for fight: using all his Styles (exclude Dragon), using Flame Dragon only, and Flame Style only with the unique move available. He only has Flame and Hurricane Dragon. Hurricane Dragon only can be accessed while teamed up with another rider. Kamen Rider Wizard appears as a Main Rider in the video game Kamen Rider: Battride War, which unites the riders of the Heisei era from Kuuga to Wizard. Wizard functions as the protagonist of the game, being the first Rider to escape imprisonment and thus the one to begin the process of freeing the others. Wizard's special attacks are: Kamen Rider Wizard reappears in Kamen Rider: Battride War II, summoned by Cinema along with the other Neo-Heisei Riders in order to create the "ultimate movie". Wizard's stages are based off of Kamen Rider Wizard in Magic Land, with Kamen Rider Sorcerer as his main enemy; he also plays a role in Gaim's stages, which are based off of Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Gaim & Wizard: The Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle and feature Bujin Gaim as the main antagonist. The Kamen Riders, past and present, are being mysteriously erased from existence. To discover the culprit behind this plot, Kamen Rider Ghost, accompanied by Den-O who survived the incident, must use the Den-Liner to travel in time to undo this calamity. To be added
Form
Styles
Kamen Rider Wizard's forms are called Styles. In any Style, Wizard uses a fighting style that mostly deals with kicking and acrobatics seen in the dance-like martial art Capoeira. This is to avoid punching with his hands so that he doesn't break the rings he wears on them and hurt his fingers. After Haruto transforms into Kamen Rider Wizard, he says "Now, it's showtime!" and when Wizard executes one of his finishers, he says "The finale!".
Kamen Rider Wizard
- Main Article : Kamen Rider Wizard
- Height : 198 cm.
- Weight : 90 kg.
- Punching Power : 4.5 tons
- Kicking Power : 7.3 tons
- Highest Jump : 35 m.
- Fastest Speed : 100 m. per 5 seconds
- Ending theme : Last Engage
- Appearances : Everyone, Space is Here!, Wizard Episodes 1-13, Movie War Ultimatum, Wizard 14-22, 24-27, Super Hero Taisen Z, Wizard 28-30, 32, 34-40, 43, Wizard in Magic Land, Wizard 44-46, 48, 49, 51-53, Sengoku Movie Battle, Kamen Rider Taisen, Super Hero Taisen GP, Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Rider
- Wizard's default ruby-based fire elemental form, which is accessed through the Flame Wizard Ring. This form debuts in episode 1. This form is the most offensive-balanced of the four Styles, due to its combination of strength and agility. By concentrating the power of the Flame Wizard Ring, Wizard can strike with flaming kicks, which are strong enough to clear a mob of Ghouls.
- Main Article : Kamen Rider Wizard Powers and Abilities