He made a brief appearance in Ghost arc in Zi-O is what I meant.

Maybe they can flashpoint Hibiki. Maybe have Gatack become Another Kabuto.

They won't 'Flashpoint' anything. Stop saying that.

I've been thinking with Drive, seeing as they are changing up the tribute episodes by having the Legend Rider transform to fight their Another Rider self, if they can't get Ryoma back, then maybe he can be a suit only appearance and have his dialogue be voice clips, ala Gaim in Dr Pac-man.

Tendou made vague comments about treasuring kabuto. It's the typical was it kuuga or gao red said after people question he hated his time on set playing toku characters. Someone made reddit about it. I really want see Tendou kick ass, but gattack is most likely as well as kick hopper since they voiced, comeback promote toy and goonger.
Momotaros most likely. Idk how big takeru's role was. He feel like decade blade in finale of decade. Very out of character in glimpse in movie trailer.

Kiriko was such a wasted damsel in second half. Chase, like asumu is like retired freelance. I'm sure phillip is more popular than them, so that's why he's booked. Takeru got some free time. Idk if ruroni kenshin will go on after author pedo scandal.

Hibiki I am thinking Todoroki or Ibuki. Asemu's actor retired in real life to take over the family business I heard but then again that didn't stop past alumnis to make an appearance or two before so I hope he makes it if possible. Kiriya I would love to see despite me not liking the latter half of Hibiki because that silver and purple suit was the best thing to come out of it. Heck would be funny if they had a Hibiki and Den-O team-up with Yuuto and Kyosuke pulling a Kenji Ohba. :lolol

Den-O probably will be Imagin-focused. Though if they bring back Sato again kudos to Toei.

Kabuto I think Kagami or Yaguruma is more likely if Hiro can't make it.

Kiva I hope to see Masao be explored more because the Kouhei hype was real for Build and why not capitalize on it. That said if Koji Seto can get on board heck yes. :rock:

Drive I feel like Go being featured would be great. Worked for the Wizard eps I thought. :lolol

Here's what I'm thinking/hoping:

-Hibiki: While it'd be nice to see Ibuki, Todoroko, Zanki or Amaki again (and we know they'd be willing to return), I would totally be down with just Asumu and Kiriya. See what has changed about them in 14 years. Is Asumu a licensed doctor at this point? Has Kiriya become a full-fledged Oni? I think this would be exciting to explore. If they bring back more cast members, that'd be bonus. It's doubtful Hosokawa would return based on what's going on with him and TV Asahi, but it'd be a nice surprise and I would love to see Hibiki acting as sort of a mentor to Sougo and Geiz. A reunion between Hibiki and Asumu would be really emotional too.

-Kabuto: Mizushima is willing to return, capitalize on this Toei!! This would literally smash the ratings for Zi-O if he actually does make an appearance. Otherwise, Kabuto is one of those series that never had much in terms of returning cast members, even in cross-overs (aside from Kick-Hopper), so I'd take anyone. The most obvious choice would be Gattack, but Drake, Sasword, hell, even Kickhopper would be a-okay with me.

-Den-O: The Imagin and Ryotaro were covered (spectacularly, apparently) in Heisei Generations Forever, so I'm gonna say Yuuto and Deneb would be great for the in-show tribute. Heck, make this one a double tribute, literally - The film was a Den-O tribute in which Sougo got the Double RideWatch, so make this the opposite. I know Double and Kuuga are taken care of thanks to said film, but I still hope we get to see at least one returning actor from each respective show before Zi-O's time is up.

-Kiva: I'd love to see Koji Seto back as Kiva, but that's really up in the air. I'm happy with IXA/Nago or the Fangire Hunter girls. They'll get Kouhei back as Otoya for sure. This tribute can take advantage of the time travel shenanigans by exploring both 2008 and 1986. If they want to involve future time travel, Masao/Future Kiva and the Neo-Fangire threat could be a plot point worth elaborating on and would definitely make for good fan service.

-Drive: Takeuchi Ryoma would be another ratings-booster, and who knows? Toei might actually have a better chance here since they are on good terms with him. If not, Gou and Kiriko would be good choices. And if they are still doing story continuations at this point, it'd be nice to see Chase come back for good too. Also, based on Shirakura's tweet about the Drive Tribute, it could involve Surprise Future's plot. So Tomari Eiji or evil Krim Steinbelt are not out of the question either.

Either way, stoked to see what happens next!

How about...
- Another Hibiki
- Another Kabuto
- Another Den-O (brought back)
- Another Kiva
- Another Drive

Gatack would obviously go Another Kabuto anyway. Any other good candidates?

Chase as Another Drive would be perfect given his backstory

So I had written a post saying that we shouldn't write off Drive's actor coming back but rewatching 13.5, I dunno. I'm sure he'd like to come back. Guess we'll have to wait and see.