History
At age 13, he murdered his entire family in a fire, though his younger brother survived. Since, Asakura developed a reputation as a sadistic felon with a love to fight, maim and otherwise destroy anything in his random fits of rage. As a result of his sadistic nature, prior to becoming a Rider, Asakura was personally responsible for both ending the piano career of Tezuka's friend Yuichi Saito and murdering the older sister of Miho Kirishima. Eventually, his arrogant personality results with his defense attorney, Shuichi Kitaoka refusing to represent him and left him to rot in jail.
Publication Information
- Host : Takeshi Asakura
- Japanese : 浅倉 威
- Rider : Kamen Rider Ouja
- Gender : Male
- Season : Kamen Rider Ryuki
- Motif : King Cobra, Pharaoh
- Rider Type : Villain (Current), Hero (Kamen Rider Hyper Video : Vs Kamen Rider Agito, OOO, Den-O, All Riders : Let's Go Kamen Riders Live and show)
- Homeworld : Earth/li>
- First Appearance : The Grieving Knight
- Last Appearance : OOO, Den-O, All Riders : Let's Go Kamen Riders
- Appearances : 33 (Ryuki), 1 (Decade), 3 (Movies), 1 (Special)
- Portrayer : Takashi Hagino
Kamen Rider Ryuki : Episode Final
In the movie, Episode Final, Asakura was targeted by Miho Kirishima, who became Kamen Rider Femme to hunt him down for revenge. Though she was outmatched by the stronger opponent, Kamen Rider Ryuga's destroying of Genocider reverted Ouja to Blank Form. Weakened, Femme stabbed right at Ouja's blank deck, destroying it. Shortly, Ouja's armor disintegrated and Asakura dissolved in the Mirror World as he attempted to take Miho down with him.
Kamen Rider Decade
In Kamen Rider Decade, Ouja is summoned in the World of Hibiki by Kiva-la, wielding a kanabō which he uses to summon a Bakegani from the mountain side after knocking Kiva-la aside.
Kamen Rider Decade : All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
Asakura later appears in All Riders VS Dai-Shocker to fight the organization. However due to his sadistic nature he sides with Dai-Shocker along with KickHopper (Yaguruma). He attempts to stop Diend and Natsumi only for Diend to summon Gai, Raia, and PunchHopper to fight him and Yaguruma. He fought Gai and Raia, the two riders he killed in the series. The outcome of the fight is unknown.
OOO, Den-O, All Riders : Let's Go Kamen Riders
Kamen Rider Ouja 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.
Fighting Style
Ouja is a melee based Rider like majority of the Kamen Riders. However, he is extremely sadistic, showing no mercy as well as superior tactics over his opponents. He fights relentlessly, but only if he is sure he will win, and isn't hesitant to use other Riders as factors or pawns in his battles. His Sword Vent is his most frequently used weapon. He becomes even more powerful when he forms Contracts with Metalgelas and Evildiver. This allows him access to Gai's Strike Vent and Raia's Swing Vent, making him a more versatile as well as a more deadly force. His Contract Monster Venosnaker participates in his battles, and is often seen as Dragreder's evil equivalent in the series (this has been replaced by Dragblacker).
However, Ouja is not without weaknesses. He's more vulnerable towards long-ranged opponents, his own unstable nature outclasses his fighting potential, he rarely uses his special card Steal Vent (possibly because he is comfortable with his choice of weapon, as well as only using it to disarm Riders, which is an ineffective strategy), and he rarely takes advantage of the more powerful Genocider, using the united Contract Monster as a more menacing or intimidating distraction in the battlefield. This may also prove that the united Contract Monster is difficult to control, but is restrainable.
Forms
Ouja Blank Form
- Ouja Blank Form
- Blank Form : is Ouja's default form when his Mirror Monsters are destroyed. It's much weaker than any other form and any of the other Riders, though it's enough to keep him from disintegrating in the Mirror World. First shown in Kamen Rider Ryuki: Episode Final. Ouja's Blank Form is the only form among the 13 Kamen Riders seen in the show, movie, and special, not to appear in the Kamen Rider Ryuki video game.
- Ouja Form
- Height : 200cm
- Weight : 98kg
- Sight & Hearing : 15km
- Maximum Running Speed : 100m/5s
- Maximum Jump Height : 40m
- Punching Power : 12.5t (AP:250)
- Kicking Power : 20t (AP:400)
- This is Ouja's standard form that he had throughout most of the series, obtained once he forms his contract with Venosnaker. A melee-based Rider, Ouja's fighting style helped him in his victories more often than any of his Advent cards, using the Veno Visor scepter to conjure his spiral-bladed Veno Saber. His Final Vent is Veno Crash, running at an opponent with Venosnaker slithering behind before raising its head up as its master jumps back towards it and the Mirror Monster launches him so he can deliver a rapid bicycle kick at the target.
Once he defeated Gai and Raia, he had access to both their contract monsters and their Advent cards, becoming an even more dangerous force to be reckoned with the Unite Vent to create Genocider so the Final Vent Doomsday is used, with Ouja corkscrew kicking his opponent into a vortex that materialized on Genocider's torso.
- Ouja Survive Form
- Height : 198cm
- Weight : 97kg
- Punching Power : 17.5t (AP:350)
- Kicking Power : 27.5t (AP:550)
- Maximum Jump Height : 60m
- Kamen Rider Ouja Survive : is Ouja's ultimate form, which only appeared in the first Ryuki's S.I.C. Hero Saga story in Monthly Hobby Japan magazine, Kamen Rider Ryuki: Advent Calendar. This form is acquired when Ouja stole the Survive Shippu card from Kamen Rider Knight, becoming more powerful than his other forms. From the magazine, his contract monster Venosnaker, is also able to change into a more powerful version, Venoviper, and combine it with other stolen contract monsters to form Genosurviver.
Venosnaker
- Main List : Venosnaker
Genocider
- Main List : Venosnaker
Advent Cards
Kamen Rider Ouja had the most Advent Cards out of any of the Riders. This was because he obtained two extra decks of cards by contracting with two of the Mirror world monsters that were previously contracted with Riders he defeated.
- Venosnaker-Based
- Advent (AP : 5000): Summons Venosnaker.
- Sword Vent (AP : 3000): Conjures Veno Saber.
- Steal Vent : Steals a target Rider's weapon.
- Final Vent (AP : 6000) : Executes Veno Crash. Venosnaker launches Ouja at the opponent where Ouja performs a devastating bicycle kick on the opponent.
- Metalgelas-Based
- Advent (AP : 4000) : Summons Metalgelas.
- Strike Vent (AP : 2000) : Conjures Metal Horn.
- Final Vent (AP : 5000) : Executes Heavy Pressure. Ouja rides on Metalgelas with the Metal Horn extended in front of him to pierce through the opponent.
- Evildiver-Based
- Advent (AP : 4000) : Summons Evildiver. Swing Vent (AP : 2000) : Conjures Evil Whip.
Final Vent (AP : 5000) : Executes Hide Venom. Ouja rides on Evildiver's back and rams the enemy.
- Advent : Summons Genocider.
- Unite Vent : Combines Venosnaker, Metalgelas, and Evildiver into Genocider.
- Final Vent (AP : 8000) : Executes Doomsday. Ouja corkscrew kicks his opponent into a vortex that materializes on Genocider's torso
- Kamen Ride: Ouja : A Rider Card containing the power of Kamen Rider Ouja. Used by Diend to summon Kamen Rider Ouja. First used to battle the Oni Rider Brothers, Ouja is quickly possessed by Ryutaros. This card is also included with the DX Diendriver toy and also used by Diend in Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbaride and Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes.
- Takeshi Asakura is portrayed by Takashi Hagino. As Kamen Rider Ouja, his suit actor was Jiro Okamoto, his sub was Keizo Yabe.
- Kamen Rider Ouja is also based on the Shocker monster, Cobra Man where both individuals share a dominant purple color.
- Ouja's Contract Monster, Venosnaker also shared this motif to the point where it can also spits dangerous venoms like the said Shocker monster.
- A homage to Ouja appears in Kamen Rider Den-O in the form of the Cobra Imagin, who not only shares Ouja's cobra motif but is also voiced by Ouja's actor, Takashi Hagino. As pointed out in the design book Imagin: Say Your Wish..., the Cobra Imagin is designed to resemble Ouja.
- Gen Urobuchi, the head writer of Kamen Rider Gaim, used Ouja to describe Takatora Kureshima (Kamen Rider Zangetsu), referring to him as 'the Ouja' of the series.
- Although it was later revealed that he was really talking about his brother as Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin.
- The kanabo used by Kamen Rider Ouja in Kamen Rider Decade is similar to the one used Tohki.
- How he obtained his deck in a recent Kamen Rider crossovers remains unknown, as the timeline of Ryuki has been negated and thus Takeshi would still be in prison.
