[Suzu]

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Originally Posted by Yellow Ranger

I look at it like this: A female main Rider would pretty much be the equivalent of a female Batman,Prime,Spiderman or Iron Man in the West and just as unlikely to happen for the same reason I said earlier: execs think rightly or wrongly boys wouldn't support a heroine.

I mean heck there was a shitfest over a woman getting Thor's powers in the comics awhile ago and this is a demograph you'd think would like that kind of thing.

I think that's pretty much it. You associate a character (or the character's gender) with his/her powers, especially in a franchise. And rider protagonists or most riders in general are just associated with being male. Honestly, if the design doesn't have some very defining feminine features, such as Marika's pink suit or Shuki's skirt, it's sometimes hard to imagin a female in it. IXA is more neutral, but due to the white color, I tend to see it as a very feminine design (compared to, say, OOO or Wizard) and have trouble imagining Nago, Jirou and Otoya in the suit, while I have a hard time with Akiko and Kiriko briefly transforming into W and Drive. And the Mages in Wizard also look extremely masculine to me, even though Rinko and Mayu also use that form.

And well, Thor also has the problem that he was inspired by a male god and a exlusively male name doesn't help either xD