Kamen Rider Imperer

nihongo|Kamen Rider Imperer|仮面ライダーインペラー|Kamen Raidā Inperā is one of the 13 Kamen Riders in the tokusatsu production "Kamen Rider Ryuki". His true identity is Mitsuru Sano, who is portrayed by [http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Hyuuga_Takashi Takashi Hyuuga] . Kamen Rider Imperer appeared later in the series. He also appeared in the 13 Rider Special and Kamen Rider Ryuuki video game.

Imperer is a melee-based Rider. He does not have the pure brute force of Kamen Rider Tiger nor the weapon skills of Kamen Rider Knight or Kamen Rider Ryuki, as such he relies on his Spin Vent card which gives him a double-drill guantlet. Aside from his Spin Vent, Imperer relies on his mass amount of contract monsters to do the fighting for him, after which he lands the final blow. His Final Vent is pretty much the normal tactics, aside from the fact it causes his gazelles to attack in unison. Though the Ryuuki Complete Guide notes Imperer to have a Muay Thai motif, Mitsuru Sano in no way seems to have any fighting experience which would indicate that. Although it may be interesting to note his stance and Final Vent attack heavily reflect Muay Thai technique.

Fictional character biography

Although he came from an affluent family, Mitsuru Sano worked in a parking garage, occasionally cleaning rich people's cars. His father sent him out into the world so that he could learn the hardships of life and not be soiled by a rich upbringing. Because of his poor lifestyle, he believed friendship, respect, and love could be bought, and thus accepted Kanzaki's proposal to become a Kamen Rider in order to become rich and lead a happy life. After his father died, he inherited his father's business and became the boss of a major company. Because of his new found lifestyle, he wanted to give up the Rider war and enjoy his wealth. However, Kanzaki reminded him of his contract with the Gigazelles and what would happen to Sano if he did not fulfill his side of the contract with them.

Shaken, Sano decided to use part of his inheritance to buy the services of the other Riders. He first approached Shinji Kido and Ren Akiyama and offered them the money in exchange for their services, and was initially turned down. Sano tried the same tactics on Suichi Kitaoka, and seemingly succeeded. But Sano cancelled the contract days later after deeming Kitaoka "unreliable", and turned to Tiger for assistance.

Imperer was badly wounded by Tiger after he had betrayed him, following an attack by Ouja while attempting to make his escape. Ouja destroyed Imperer's card deck, making him unable to leave the Mirror World. Mitsuru soon evaporated after being stuck in the Mirror World for too long, screaming and begging for help.

pecifications

Imperer stands out among the other Riders because unlike the rest of them, his color scheme is inconsistent with his respective monster.

Alter Ego: Mitsuru Sano
* Sight: ~10km
* Hearing: ~18km radius
* Speed: 72 km/h
* High jump: 50 m
* Punch: 200 Attack Points
* Kick: 400 Attack Points

Contract Monster

Imperer is the only Rider to have more than one Advent Monster from the start (unlike Kamen Rider Ouja, who had to kill Kamen Rider Gai and Kamen Rider Raia to gain Metalgelas and Evildiver). Besides his contract monster, Gigazelle, he is also joined by Megazelle and Omegazelle because these Gazelle-type Mirror Monsters travel in a group. Although these monsters aided Imperer, he had no cards for the others save for the primary Gigazelle; this sometimes results in Megazelle and Omegazella attacking Imperer.

"Gigazelle": Resembled a cross between a gazelle and a humanoid.
* Height: 2.43 m
* Weight: 125 kg

Advent Cards

Imperer is one of the Riders in the series with the fewest number of cards. Only Ouja, if never contracting 2 more monsters, is assumed to have the same number of cards.

Gazelle Visor
* The card reader was mounted on the right knee of the Rider.

Gigazelle (4,000 Attack Points)
* Summoned Gigazelle.

Spin Vent (2,000 Attack Points)"Gazelle Stab"
* Equipped Imperer's right arm with a huge prong that resembled the horns of Gigazelle.

Final Vent (5,000 Attack Points)"Drive Divider"
* Imperer summons his gigazelle herd to attack his opponent before unleashing a powerful knee strike to the enemy's head..

References

* [http://www.toei-video.co.jp/DVD/sp21/ryuki.html Kamen Rider Ryuki (DVD)]
* [http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ryuki/ Kamen Rider Ryuki @ TV Asahi]
* [http://members.fortunecity.com/jillun/ryuuki/ Kamen Rider Ryuuki Spoiler Page]