Kamen Rider
Before joining Shocker, Doctor Shinigami was known as Ivan Tawanovitch a half-Japanese, half-Russian citizen who was given the title 'Shinigami' due to the deaths of people he met, even if he did not have anything to do with the deaths and 'Doctor' after he graduated from college with a doctorate as a famous researcher.
Shinigami was working with the Nazis during WWII when Japan was allied with them. He was working on a way to make replacement bodies for dying people, one of them was his father but it was a failure. His sister had became ill and after an accident in the arctic her body was frozen. After the war, the doctor traveled the world after hearing rumors of a monk who can bring back the dead. After finding the monk, Chan Mao, in Tibet, the doctor begged the monk to tell him the secret of bringing back the dead. But the monk refused as the doctor because he is too bound to human emotions. A few years later, Shinigami finds Mao supposedly dead in South America, but Mao had actually just transcended his Earthly body. Mao then asks Shinigami to join him in his goal to take over the world offering to help save his sister. After Colonel Zol's destruction at the hands of Rider #2 Shinigami takes command of Japan's branch.
Publication Information
- Host : Doctor Shinigami
- Japanese : 死神博士/イカデビル
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- Gender : Male
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- HomeWorld : Earth (Main Timeline Continuity)
- Season : Kamen Rider
- First Appearance : Kamen Riders Episod 40 : Deathmatch! Monster Snowman vs. Two Riders
- Last Appearance : Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff : Super Hero Taisen Z
- Number of Appearances :
- 23 : Kamen Rider
- 2 : V3
- 4 Movies
- Voice Actor :
- Hideyo Amamoto
- Hironobu Ohashi
- Tadao Futami
- Main View : Full Episod
When Takeshi Hongo appears to fight him Shinigami discards his cape and transforms into his Inhumanoid form, Ikadevil, a Squid Kaijin with the ability to use his tentacles as whips. Ikadevil had Shocker Soldiers take care of Kazuya Taki while he fought Hongo. At first Ikadevil had the upper hand, with guidance from Tobei, Rider #1 manages to overpower Ikadevil and weaken him with a Rider Chop before finishing him off with his Rider Tailspin Shoot.
Kamen Rider V3
Along with Colonel Zol, Ambassador Hell, and General Black. He was resurrected by Doktor G to initiate Operation: Japan Annihilation using a new toxic gas called Girard Gamma. His assignment is Osaka. When Ambassador Hell captured by V3, he is agree to execute him alongside V3 until Great Leader interference stating they cannot afford to lose even Ambassador Hell when carried out their mission and let V3 go as he pleases. He died with the other revived commanders when Destron's base accidentally self destructed.
OOO, Den-O, All Riders : Let's Go Kamen Riders
Due to a change in history caused by Ankh leaving a O Medal behind in 1971, Shocker achieved its goal of world dominion with the Shocker Greeed which defeated the Double Riders, and new members from the various groups that would had manifested in the normal timeline after Shocker's destruction. Ikadevil was among the many villains who were part of the this alliance. When the riders united against Shocker, he along with Ganikomol and Garagaranda was destroyed by Kamen Rider Den-O Climax Form Boistous Slash and Kamen Rider New Den-O Counter Slash.
Manga
In the manga adaptation, Eijiro's transformation into Doctor Shinigami was played for real. Natsumi was more visibly upset and Eijiro didn't return at the end after Shinigami was destroyed. Shinigami also didn't transform into Ikadevil neither did Ambassador Hell transform into Garagaranda.
Kamen Rider : The First
Shocker Staff : Elderly Gentlema : Depicted in the film as the figurehead of Shocker, he is a mysterious elderly man with vampire-like fangs and dons a long black and red cape. During the course of the film, he appears only via satellite on screens in the Shocker headquarters. His physical whereabouts are unknown. He is an adaptation of the original television series' character Doctor Shinigami.
Kamen Rider Decade
Kamen Rider Decade : All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
In Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker, a new version of Doctor Shinigami appeared, under the guise of Eijiro Hikari as a Dai-Shocker commander, using cape once again to assume transformations. Like in Kamen Rider, Shinigami has the ability to assume his Inhumanoid form, Ikadevil. In the film Ikadevil now has the ability to shoot flaming squids at his opponents called Ika Missiles. He is destroyed in the final battle against the Riders by Kamen Rider Decade, Kamen Rider Diend, and Momotaros using the Final Form Rides of Kiva, Blade, and Faiz, telling the Riders that he'll be seeing them again. Despite this, Ejiro lives having no memories of being Shinigami.
In spite of his different appearance, his official profiles originally just gave him the story of the Shinigami from the original Kamen Rider series as his backstory. However, in Movie War 2010, the true nature of the new Shinigami was revealed as something else. In the manga adaptation, Eijiro's transformation into Doctor Shinigami was played for real. Natsumi was more visibly upset and Eijiro didn't return at the end after Shinigami was destroyed. Shinigami also didn't transform into Ikadevil neither did Ambassador Hell transform into Garagaranda.
Kamen Rider W & Decade : Movie War 2010
In Kamen Rider Decade: Final Chapter, Eijiro regains his memories after seeing a squid dish and a bottle of beer presented to him by Narutaki. Through the black Shinigami Hakase Gaia Memory, given to him by Ryubee Sonozaki, Eijiro becomes Super Doctor Shinigami, the leader of Super Shocker. In the movie he revives the Neo Organism to destroy Decade. However, Super Doctor Shinigami reverts back to Eijiro as the Memory ejects out of him caused by Kamen Rider Double HeatMetal's HardMammother Maximum Drive and he is saved by Natsumi in her Kamen Rider Kiva-la form.
Games Appearances: Ikadevil appears as a monster in the video game All Kamen Rider : Rider Generation.
- Kamen Rider Club
- Kamen Rider SD : Sortie!! Rider Machines
- Kamen Rider On Super Famicom
Form
Original Doctor Shinigami Form
- Original Doctor Shinigami Form
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- Doctor Shinigami, 40-52, Rider vs Shocker, 61, 63 & 68, V3 27 & 28 & Decade: All Riders vs Great-Shocker, Let's Go Kamen Riders is an executive member of Shocker from the Switzerland branch.
Doctor Shinigami Form In Kamen Rider Decade
- Main Article : Eijiro Hikari
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- In the film Ikadevil now has the ability to shoot flaming squids at his opponents called Ika Missiles. He is destroyed in the final battle against the Riders by Kamen Rider Decade, Kamen Rider Diend, and Momotaros using the Final Form Rides of Kiva, Blade, and Faiz, telling the Riders that he'll be seeing them again. Despite this, Ejiro lives having no memories of being Shinigami.
Space Ikadevil
- Main Article : Space Ikadevil
- Space Ikadevil is the reincarnation of Ikadevil. A squid-like commander of Space Shocker who oversees the capture of Psycholon, he ends up being destroyed by the Gokaigers using the Metal Hero Keys.
