History
Sagara often made his appearances on any possible screen in Zawame City, usually to deliver updates on the Inves game rankings, the latest actions of the various Beat Rider teams, and the unfolding events surrounding the Armored Riders that wind up drastically changing the game. In reality, Sagara was in the employment of the Yggdrasill Corporation, working alongside it in order to run experiments with the Lockseeds developed from the Helheim fruits and Ryoma Sengoku's inventions, such as the Sengoku Driver. Sagara would rarely appear to his employers in person however, mainly communicating via video.
Publication Information
- Host : DJ Sagara
- Japanese : DJサガラ
- Type : Neutral Character, Messenger, Observer
- Gender : Male
- Season : Kamen Rider Gaim
- Homeworld : Earth (Main Timeline Continuity)
- First Appearance : Transform! The Orange from the Sky!?
- Last Appearance : Fate's Victor
- Number of Appearances : 24 (Gaim), 2 (movies)
- Portrayer : Tomomitsu Yamaguchi
- Main View : Full Episode
Sagara secretly helped to orchestrate the escape of Kouta and Kaito after their capture following the destruction of Ryoji Hase, who had been turned into an Inves. He met with the distraught Kouta, and after a cryptic pep-talk, leaves him with a security card, the Lemon Energy Lockseed, and the Genesis Core from one of Ryoma's prototype Genesis Drivers. The Man Who Developed the Belts He then appears to Kouta and Kaito after they were sent back to the real world. Sagara gave them a Tulip Hopper Lock Vehicle as he tells them about which will the forest choose, which made them curious about his words.
Final Stage
Though the battle for the Golden Fruit ended with Kouta becoming the Man of the Beginning, Sagara would return in light of a new threat, Maja, who he refered to as a fellow "snake". Having slipped into the realm of the dead, Maja's aim was to revive the dead, Armored Riders and Over Lords alike, using them to take over the world of the living. Acting to stop Maja, Sagara appeared before the Armored Riders Gridon, Knuckle and Bravo, having restored their broken Sengoku Drivers. He explained that Kouta, who had appeared before them as an amnesiac, was stripped of his powers having been defeated by Maja, speculating that Kouta's memory loss was Maja's doing.
Personality
As a pirate radio DJ, Sagara incites the excitement in joining Inves Games, and making it fashionable and ranking the standings of the city's teams, refering to the various dance crews of the city as Beat Riders. He starts his shows with a rousing call of "Hello, Zawame City!" and while on the air, he speaks in an exaggerated accent, which he drops while in the personal presence of others.
After revealing himself as the personification of Helheim's will, Sagara shows a colder and more ruthlessly manipulative side to his personality. Yet despite the threat his actions pose to Earth, Sagara himself is neither good nor evil but rather is motivated to produce change in whatever world Helheim infects, viewing himself as the enforcer of the cycle of death and rebirth that drives evolution. He also maintains a sense of fair play, chiding Rosyuo for trying to keep humanity's Forbidden Fruit for himself when he had already claimed the one for his race and frequently giving aid to Kouta whenever the playing field shifts unfairly against the young rider.
And while he disagrees with Kouta and Mai moving Helheim and the Inves to an unpopulated world rather than using the power of the Forbidden Fruit to create new life on Earth, he respects their choice and ceases his activities on Earth, wishing them well despite being defeated, though there's a hint of him being a sore loser, as right after he goes to a new planet and begins the war anew. Although, this could just be part of his duty as the manifestation of Helheim itself, accelerating the cycle of life and death in the worlds he visits.
Abilities
- Manifestation : As the will of Helheim Forest, he doesn't have a physical body, but instead uses a hologram to communicate with humans.
- Snake Transformation : His other form is of a snake, symbolizing Helheim's invasive cycle.
- Fruit Transmutation : He has ability to transmute a normal orange into a metallic version of oneself, then into the Kachidoki Lockseed.
- Healing : He restored Kouta's heavily wounded body to a near-healthy state. Kouta's visible scratches, however, don't disappear.
- Body Immobilization : He can restrict and freeze people's movement. But people with strong will can overcome this restriction.
- Multilingualism : He is fluent in both Japanese and the Femushinmu Language.
- Mind Control : He is able to snap his fingers, somehow controlling a future Gaim.
- Dimensional Travel : As he is indeed the will of Helheim Forest, he is able to travel to multiple planets and alternate dimensions.
- Time Travel : He can travel himself to different timelines, as well as dragging someone from the future.
- Helheim Plant Manipulation : Being the Helheim Forest, he can generate and manipulate floras of the Helheim.
- Forbidden Fruit Creation : Once he is inside a new world, he can create a new Forbidden Fruit for the race of that world to fight for.
