So I guess you could say the entire show is about...
Timing.


If those 'guess' sketches are right, almost kind of seems like they worked in a back to the future nod with Marty's vest.

Personally, I'm kind of hoping for the 'jumping into tv' aspect as true. That has a lot of potential in later Rider war crossover stuff if they do another, as well as other uses besides jumping into shows or time traveling into shows.

Really looking forward to how this one develops out.

The no belt rumor is believable as Yokai Watch is pretty hot, toywise. Considering this, a watch henshin device makes sense from a toy sales perspective and Rider is definitely not against grabbing the zeitgeist. We've had a few non-belt riders, so it's not unheard of.

According to the rumor, ZI-O will use 24 different clock faces which will represent the past rider's timeline and powers and these are:

01am - Kuuga
02am - Agito
03am - Ryuki
04am - Faiz
05am - Blade
06am - Hibiki
07am - Kabuto
08am - Den-O
09am - Kiva
10am - Decade
11am - Rider #1
12am - V3
01pm - W
02pm - OOO
03pm - Fourze
04pm - Wizard
05pm - Gaim
06pm - Drive
07pm - Ghost
08pm - Ex-Aid
09pm - Build
10pm - Zi-O
11pm - BLACK
12pm - BLACK RX

Take note, this is just a rumor and must be taken with a grain of salt as everything will be revealed in the August issues of Televi-Kun and Televi Magazine.
Source
http://www.jefusion.com/2018/07/kame...ed-to.html?m=1

Seems relatively plausible. Full on "number theory" poking fun at with the series. That fits Toei's kind of humor.

Though, erm, your 12pm and 12am should likely be switched. V3 would be high noon(12pm), while Black RX is Midnight(12am).

It's impossible for Zi-O's sounds to be leaked this early. The toys haven't even been seen, let alone released.

Possibly the first image of Zi-O! Straight from Buttobasoul. Tweet from Matt Hunt

If that indeed is what ZI-O will be, I dig it. Especially like how the times are a part of the visor/helmet. That color scheme too though.

First thing that came to mind was KR Specter. don't know why.

Oh my god that looks great. The rumoured hacker motive's also visible as he's got an earpiece

That helmet is fantastic. Great use of a clock aesthetic and you can even see a little Go-Busters in the eyes. Also love that the silver part of his chest armor is supposed to be a metal wrist strap for a watch.

Looks great. It remindes me of wizard’s helmet

hah, i was right. dude's got a watch face. complete with straps going down his chest too.

his visor literally reads out "RIDER" in katakana...i dunno how should i feel about that :p

Awesome design! I really love the color scheme too. The design really remind me to Wizard! :D

W and DenO had a kid & painted it neon, apparently...

Looks like it's time to get hyped.

Hype can wait. What I am intrigued at is that...
THEY ACTUALLY MADE A CHILDREN'S SUPERHERO OUT OF A ROLEX.
Forget hype.
IT'S A ROLEX.
I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THAT.

He specifcally resembles a watch. His head is the watch face (with dial bits and the time markers) and his chest design encorporates a metal/steel link wrist strap/band.

.....This reminds me of ex-aid.

I hope the show keeps the trend of tohei hiring actual writers going. To be fair though, build is having writing issues and ex-aid was probably a freak accident.

Let us hope that we end up with a show as bad as OOO rather than a show as bad as wizard.

I can't believe Zi-O is a Rolex

Yep. This one tops them all.

The head design reminds me a lot of Ghost, not a bad thing. Dig the color scheme too, black and purple always looks classy.

isn't it always the case around the time the staff is also busy working on the summer movie ?

I had a watch like this as a kid.

Also, if we are in fact going for a time motif, then great shades of Den-O that's gonna be interesting.

Huh... so it is a watch. Neat! I kinda like it.

I like it. Cool design, good colors; I am definitely feeling this one.

I dig the design, not sure if I'm sold for this to be his main form though. Are we going to see other watch riders? Will their be a Calculator rider and and an Apple rider? Will the villain wear a fitbit?

I'm excited though, bring on the collectibles!

I haven't been initially impressed by a new Rider like this in a long time, but Zi-O is looking super sharp.

This was posted on 4chan about a week or two ago, people wrote it off as a fanficy troll post, but they got the "Rider on the helmet" right, so who knows what else they got right.

https://imgur.com/oJJ2vaa

I'm in love with the design already

Oh that's awesome, really kinda looking forward to this.

Maybe I'll actually bother to keep up with it this time. I still need to finish Ex-Aid, Ghost and Build despite liking all of them (and sadly getting lots of unwanted spoilers on them).

I really like it! It's silly in all the right ways; just plastering its theme on its face like Drive without a care in the world for how dumb people might think it is.
I really like the dial on the side of the head. Looks like that clock-to-decide-legend-rider gimmick rumour might be correct.

Oh my god a new W/Joker movie would be fucking great, If this ends up being true then I'm down with so many returning Riders. Kinda hoping Kuuga's actor shows up as well.

I like this suit a lot

It's like we're getting a fusion of Build and Den-O in the best possible ways.

Also, he has a clock for a face xD

OMG! That’s one badass helmet design. :)

Wasn't he the one who actually hated his Kamen Rider role ?

Ah! Thanks for pointing that out. I figured it was katakana, but couldn't read it. (I'm only at the "starting to recognize characters" stage.) I suppose that's a phrase I should really learn to recognize...

I've been told he either hated the roll or Tokusatsu in general, and the only reason he did Kuuga was because it was different enough from older Riders. Don't take my word for it though, I'd just love for him to show up.

That's exactly right. He hates Kamen Rider, and everything it stands for, and only did Kuuga (which he actually loves) because it was different.
He's said he'd come back for a Kuuga reunion movie...but not for anything mainstream-Kamen Rider-related, so he won't be in it.