Kamen Rider Ixa

nihongo|Kamen Rider Ixa|仮面ライダーイクサ|Kamen Raidā Ikusa is the secondary protagonist and fictional character that appears in "Kamen Rider Kiva", a Japanese tokusatsu television drama in the Kamen Rider Series. Ixa is the second Rider in "Kiva". "IXA" is an acronym for "Intercept X Attacker." Whereas Kiva is based on various monsters, Ixa's motif is that of a paladin. Ixa's name in Japanese comes from one of the readings of the kanji for nihongo|"fighting," "war," and "battle"|戦|ikusa.

Users

1986

While the Ixa System is promised to Yuri Aso, Jiro is the first user of the System in 1986, using it to save Yuri from the Earwig Fangire. It is initially meant for Yuri to use as she sees it as a memento of her late mother, but after learning of its flaws and seeing Jiro's resolve, Yuri allows him to keep the Ixa System. When he learns of Jiro's plans, Otoya Kurenai takes the Ixa System to fight Jiro as its second user. After Basshaa's intervention between Jiro and Otoya, Jiro once again acquires the Ixa System, using it to fight the Lion Fangire Rook in revenge for the slaughter of the Wolfen Clan. However, Otoya briefly regains the System after Rook defeats Jiro as Ixa, with he and Jiro arguing who is its rightful user soon after. After Yuri's attempt to use the Ixa Knuckle, and Jiro leaving after revealing his true identity to her, Otoya becomes the official user of the Ixa System. After briefly being used by Rook, Otoya regains the belt and then lends it to Yuri to use against Rook in battle, succeeding in wounding the Lion Fangire instead of the intended goal to kill him. Overtime, the Ixa System is perfected and became a counter to the original Kiva when he first arrives in 1986.

2008

In 2008, there is only one official user for the Ixa System: Keisuke Nago. Megumi borrows the System once to kill Rook to finally finish what her mother started years ago.

Keisuke Nago

nihongo|Keisuke Nago|名護 啓介|Nago Keisuke is a 22-year-old elite member of the Fangire Hunters and former member of the 3WA (World Wide Wing Association). He is the current user of the Ixa System, working as a bounty hunter by capturing criminals and taking a button from them as a memento. He has an intense hatred towards Kiva, making him a loose cannon for his intent to kill Kiva. He also has a belief in "humanity's full potential", which gives him the impression of a superiority complex to some people with the ideal that he's always right. He has a prejudice for certain people like Wataru, as he believes they are everything his ideology of "humanity's full potential" is against. Because of this ideology, he has a distaste for music, as he feels it is a waste of that potential. It was due to his intolerance for sinners that Nago played a part in the suicide of his father years ago, exposing him to the media for taking a bribe. However, though he has a sense of righteousness, Nago's perspective on it is warped in his desire to purge the world of evil, refusing to accept the world in grey and going berserk whenever he loses a fight or is denied his quarry. When Nago transforms to Ixa, he first says, nihongo|"Fangire, return that soul to God!"|ファンガイア…その命、神に返しなさい！|Fangaia… sono inochi, Kami ni kaeshinasai!.

Fictional character biography

Nago encounters Wataru when he is after a German fugitive, gaining the young man's praise for his confident exterior. When he learns Kiva has returned and that Shima had known all along, he demands permission to take Kiva out with the Ixa System. However, Shima assigns him the task of keeping Megumi safe, deciding to use that to have Kiva come to him and kill him. However, when Megumi threatens to file a restraining order, Nago uses Wataru to do the job for him instead. When he finally faces Kiva, Nago is about to become Ixa without permission until the Sheep Fangire kidnaps Megumi in the confusion. He is currently unaware that the person he is mentoring, Wataru, is the individual he is trying to kill. When encountering Kiva, Wataru manages to evade him, not engaging in any form of combat against the person he looks up to. However, when he was ultimately left with no choice, Wataru reluctantly transforms into Kiva and soundly defeats Ixa. Since then, Nago becomes mentally unstable to the point of attacking criminals without mercy while proclaiming that the Ixa System lost, not himself. Attempting to snap Nago back to his usual self, Shima presents him the Powerd Ixer, which is completed by the time Rook fully reawakens. Unfortunately, Nago's encounter with the Seastar Fangire only drove Nago even more insane as he became obsessed with obtaining one of the Fangire's buttons as a memento of defeating him. Nago eventually got the button and added it to his collection, seemingly snapping back to reality.

After unsuccessfully trying to find out who Kiva really is by way of a fortune teller Kengo Eritate knew, Nago scolds Kengo for calling him 'old man' repeatedly (even though there is only a year's difference between them in age) and fights with Megumi against the Ladybug Fangire, with him and Kengo being kidnapped in the process before he shatters the Ladybug Fangire, forced to work with Kiva to destroy the Sabbat born from the remains. Since the Ladybug Fangire incident, Nago gains the admiration of Kengo who desires to be his apprentice to perfect his musical skills. While eavesdropping on a conversation between Megumi and Shima regarding his erratic behaviour, Nago finds out that a new upgrade being developed for the Ixa System, and is even more pleased that he will retain the Ixa System even after losing it briefly to Ryo Itoya, the Spider Fangire. Though he came close to being removed as Ixa's user, Nago succeeds in fooling Shima to let him stay as the user by pretending to admit he was flawed, becoming the first to use the upgraded Ixa system and its stronger form, Rising Ixa.

However, a man named Tanahashi uses his connections with the police to arrest all Blue Sky organisation members for the previous Ixa disregarding him in a Fangire attack and put him in the hospital, leaving him in a coma and unable to finish a painting of Maya he was working on. With Nago forced to run on the lamb, he encounters Jiro who him shows to Castle Doran's Time Door to give him the means to travel back in time. In 1986, he encounters Otoya and Yuri, learning that Otoya is the previous user of the Ixa System and tries to get the Ixa Knuckle from him. Nago then encounters Maya and quickly falls in love with her, though denies it, though he failed to her question about human love and gives her his good luck charm, his very first button as a bounty hunter, with a diamond-encrusted crown on one side. After learning that she was actually a Fangire, Nago manages to steal the Ixa Knuckle from Otoya and alter time by allowing Tanahashi to get away from the Cicada Fangire without injury. Once back in his time, after aiding Kiva in his fight against the Crab and Cicaida Fangires, Nago learns that the button he handed to Maya in the past now belongs to Wataru, who informs him that his mother gave it to him as a child. The revelation ultimately led Nago to learn that Wataru and Kiva are one and the same, seeing Kiva is not as much of a threat as he was told and deciding to take Wataru as a apprentice to ensure that while now caring about Kengo's feelings. Since then, Nago has been making regular visits to Wataru's house and joining him in his baths to advise the "right course" to take. However, Nago soon sees the consequences of his actions when Kengo returns, trained by Shima to be a more suited user of the Ixa System when Nago gets injured in his fight against the Horsefly Fangire.

Modes

Ixa does not have forms as the biologically/mystically powered Kiva does, but instead has two Modes as he uses a nihongo|Rider System|ライダーシステム|Raidā Shisutemu. Ixa's default mode is nihongo|Save Mode|セーブモード|Sēbu Mōdo and can transform into nihongo|Burst Mode|バーストモード|Bāsuto Mōdo where the faceplate that covers Ixa's eyes in Save Mode open up.

Although the Ixa System prototype was present in 1986, it had only Save Mode due to technical problems like the armor shooting out steam, Burst Mode not being available, a constant beeping, a different tone of voice for the Ixa Belt, a bronze projection for the Ixa System's transformation and the availability of only one Fuestle: the Knuckle Fuestle. The prototype of Ixa exhausts a qualified person's body considerably even if they are not human, as the System still managed to harm Jiro despite being a Wolfen, and it harmed Otoya to the point of total memory loss. Ixa has been continuously updated since 1986 and with the tenth model used until it is upgraded to the eleventh model with a new mode.

Both Ver. X and Ver. XI have a golden projection of the Ixa System instead of the original's bronze color. A total of six Fuestles are available to the user as well as a new weapon: Ixa Calibur. It does not exhaust the user's body like the prototype, though any other side effects are still unknown.

ave Mode

nihongo|Save Mode|セーブモード|Sēbu Mōdo is the mode used by Ixa mostly in the year 1986 in one of its early prototypes.

Burst Mode

*Rider height: 220cm
*Rider weight: 160kg
*"'Ability perimeters:
**Punching power: 7t
**Kicking power: 3t
**Maximum jump height: 30mnihongo|Burst Mode|バーストモード|Bāsuto Mōdo is the first of Ixa's modes to appear. As the name suggests, Burst Mode creates a burst of heat that damages everything in range when transforming from Save Mode. It uses the Ixa Calibur to perform nihongo|Ixa Judgement|イクサ・ジャッジメント|Ikusa Jajjimento and the Ixa Knuckle to perform nihongo|Broken Fang|ブロウクン・ファング|Burōkun Fangu. When performing the Ixa Judgement, a vision of the sun appears behind Ixa.

Rising Ixa

*Rider height: 215cm
*Rider weight: 120kg
*"'Ability perimeters:
**Punching power: 20t
**Kicking power: 12t
**Maximum jump height: 70m
**Maximum running speed: 100m/3snihongo|Kamen Rider Rising Ixa|仮面ライダーライジングイクサ|Kamen Raidā Raijingu Ikusa is the upgrade to Ixa System, known as Intercept X Attacker Ver.XI. As it is the perfected version, Ixa's power is at maximum strength. This mode is accessed through the new Ixariser and the Ixa Knuckle Ver.XI. After inputting the code, Ixa's outer armor is ejected and the head crest changes once again. In this form, Ixa can perform the nihongo|Final Rising Blast|ファイナルライジングブラスト|Fainaru Raijingu Burasuto. The armor of this form has far more blue on the arms, legs, and head. The chest is primarily white with a red sun-like shape in the center, the core exposed due to the removal of most of the armor plating.

Equipment

Ixa Belt

The nihongo|Ixa Belt|イクサベルト|Ikusa Beruto is a necessary piece of equipment for the Ixa Rider System. In conjunction with the Ixa Knuckle, the Belt lets the user transform to Ixa. The belt's change announcement is nihongo|"Fist On"|フィストオン|Fisuto On. It also stores the Fuestles designed for the Ixa Rider System. Unlike Kiva, the ones who become Ixa are seen to manually put the belt on themselves. The way a user wears the belt varies; Jiro tends to wear it with the Fueslots attached while Otoya wore it on his first two occasions (against Jiro) without them. Every other time after that, Otoya had the Fueslots attached.

Ixa Knuckle

Ixa also has an item called the nihongo|Ixa Knuckle|イクサナックル|Ikusa Nakkuru that serves as his transformation device and becomes the nihongo|Broken Fang|ブロウクン・ファング|Burōkun Fangu with the use of the nihongo|Knuckle Fuestle|ナックルフエッスル|Nakkuru Fuessuru, where the Ixa Knuckle charges up and releases a spreading burst of heat energy on the target, leaving the Fangire in the fragile state without the Knuckle coming in contact with the target. This burst of energy can also take the form of a sphere that flies into the target. When not transformed to the Ixa System, the user can use a much weaker but still effective version of the Broken Fang. When the user pushes the knuckle into his other hand, it announces nihongo|"Ready"|レディー|Redī. Unlike most devices with electronic voices in the franchise, the Ixa Knuckle says its phrases one character/syllable at a time. In the 2008 storyline, it undergoes an upgrade from Ver.X to Ver.XI.

Capacities

;Ver.I:
*Hard-Disk Space: 50GB
*Virtual Memory: 10MB
*Operating System: IXA-OS-PLT-01
*Mother Board: IXA-00086
*CPU: 80MHz/HI-BRAIN-X

;Ver.X:
*Hard-Disk Space: 20TB
*Virtual Memory: 80GB
*Operating System: IXA-OS-10.2
*Mother Board- IXA-080127
*CPU: 7GHz/MACH-BRAIN-RX-IV DUAL

;Ver.XI:
*Hard-Disk Space: 35TB
*Virtual Memory: 120GB
*Operating System: IXA-OS-11.0-RISING
*Mother Board: IXA-080193R
*CPU: 9GHz/MACH-BRAIN-RX-IV DUAL

Fuestles

Ixa has six Fuestles like Kiva, stored in silver Fueslots. They include:

*: This powers up the Ixa Knuckle to become the Broken Fang. When activated, the Ixa Belt announces nihongo|"Ixa Knuckle - Rise Up"|イクサナックル・ライズアップ|Ikusa Nakkuru Raizu Appu prior to the execution of the Broken Fang finisher, primarily used in 1986.
*: This powers up the Ixa Calibur in Calibur Mode. When activated, the Ixa Belt announces nihongo|"Ixa Calibur - Rise Up"|イクサカリバー・ライズアップ|Ikusa Karibā Raizu Appu prior to the execution of the Ixa Judgement finisher, primarily used in 2008.
*: This Fuestle summons Powerd Ixer.
*: A Fuestle that copies the frequency of Kiva's Garulu Fuestle, with the Ixa Belt announcing nihongo|"Garulu Fake"|ガルルフェイク|Garuru Feiku as Ixa hijacks the Garulu Saber when it's summoned.
*: A Fuestle that copies the frequency of Kiva's Basshaa Fuestle, allowing Ixa to hijack the Basshaa Magnum when summoned.
*: A Fuestle that copies the frequency of Kiva's Dogga Fuestle, allowing Ixa to hijack the Dogga Hammer when summoned.
*: A Fuestle found in the grip of the Ixariser that allows Rising Ixa to perform the nihongo|Final Rising Blast|ファイナルライジングブラスト|Fainaru Raijingu Burasuto finisher.

Ixa Calibur

Ixa's weapon is known as the nihongo|Ixa Calibur|イクサカリバー|Ikusakaribā which has a nihongo|Gun Mode|ガンモード|Gan Mōdo and a sword-like nihongo|Calibur Mode|カリバーモード|Karibā Mōdo. While in Calibur Mode and after using the nihongo|Calibur Fuestle|カリバーフエッスル|Karibā Fuessuru, the Ixa Calibur can perform its finisher known as the nihongo|Ixa Judgement|イクサ・ジャッジメント|Ikusa Jajjimento, where Calibur Mode is charged, showing the sun (instead of the moon in Kiva's case), blinding the target before Ixa hits with a powerful slash. When Megumi uses the Ixa System, she defeats Rook with an alternate variation of the Ixa Judgement finisher. The name of the sword is based on King Arthur's sword, Excalibur.

Garulu Saber

The nihongo|Demon-Beast Sword Garulu Saber|魔獣剣ガルルセイバー|Majūken Garuru Seibā is a weapon that Garulu assumes for Kiva to change into Garulu Form. However, due to the Garulu Fake Fuestle tracing Garulu's frequency, the Garulu Saber can be used by Ixa. Although it does not cause Ixa to change into a new form as Kiva does, it retains its power and effect regardless.

Ixariser

The nihongo|Ixariser|イクサライザー|Ikusaraizā is a cellphone-like gun weapon that detaches from Ixa's mouth piece, allowing him to transform into Rising Ixa along with the new Ixa Knuckle Ver.XI. By inputting several numeric codes known as nihongo|Ixariser Blast Commands|イクサライザー・ブラストコマンド|Ikusaraizā Burasuto Komando, Rising Ixa accesses multiple modes of the Ixariser. In its gun mode, accessed by inserting a fuestle into the fuestle slot on the back and rotating the slot around the side to become the handle, the Ixariser has massive recoil, evidenced by Nago forced to revert to human form after just one blast. Nago would offset the recoil if he vaulted off of a nearby wall, but by the time he went into battle against Rook, the recoil is no longer an issue.
*1-9-3 followed by Enter initiates nihongo|Rising Ixa Rise Up|ライジングイクサ・ライズアップ|Raijingu Ikusa Raizu Appu or the transformation into Rising Ixa. In "goroawase", "193" can be read as nihongo|"Ixa"|イクサ|Ikusa.
*5-6-7-8 followed by a pull of the Ixariser's trigger initiates nihongo|Scouter Mode|スカウターモード|Sukautā Mōdo
*0 followed by a pull of the trigger initiates nihongo|Corona Flame Mode|コロナフレイムモード|Korona Fureimu Mōdo, which can overheat.
*2 followed by a pull of the trigger initiates nihongo|Rise Blizzard Mode|ライズブリザードモード|Raizu Burizādo Mōdo.
*4 followed by a pull of the trigger initiates nihongo|Laser Net Mode|レーザーネットモード|Rēzā Netto Mōdo.

Ixalion

*Length: 2030mm
*Width: 720mm
*Height: 1120mm
*Curb weight: 172kg
*Top speed: 753km/h (0 to 400m/s in 2.1s)
*Maximum output: 477.75kw/21000rpmThe nihongo|Ixalion|イクサリオン|Ikusarion is Ixa's motorcycle, a MotoGP style bike, dubbed as the "Stallion" to his White Knight motif.

Powerd Ixer

*Height: 7.5m
*Length: 12.7m
*Weight: 152t
*Top speed: 320km/h
*Maximum output: 41895kw/58000rpmThe nihongo|Powerd Ixer|パワードイクサー|Pawādo Ikusā is Ixa's mechanical dragon developed by the Wonderful Blue Sky Organization as a means to combat a Sabbat, and Kiva's Castle Doran. Piloted by Ixa, the Ixer's mouth functions as a robotic arm to either fling Sabbats and Castle Doran around or like a catapult to launch orbs at an enemy. Although only half as large as Castle Doran, it has proven to be both a formidable ally and nuisance to Castle Doran. The arm can also propel Ixa towards a Sabbat, enabling him to perform a high speed Rider Kick.

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