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Originally Posted by Androzani84

the suit actor for IXA isn’t anybody you’d expect, like Eitoku, Makoto Ito, Jun Watanbe or Motokuni Nakagawa. Instead, it’s Jiro Okamoto, who was the main suit actor for the Showa Riders after 1984. There’s a subtle reason for this.

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

I have conflicted opinions about IXA. I like the knight motif, color scheme and its importance to the backstory. But I think it's annoying how the distorted voice emphasizes every syllable, probably the only Driver voice I actually dislike.

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Originally Posted by Kurona

Ixa is one of those Riders that makes me wish I liked this series more. I don't have a lot of love for the suit or anything - it's pretty good - but the belt being a weapon, and that weapon being a knuckleduster? I'm glad Build used this concept later because it's a hell of a cool one!

These comments all remind me of things I also wanted to point out about Ixa that I forgot to mention, (because I am always forgetting something) so thanks everyone!

- As has now been pointed out, Okamoto filled the secondary Rider role for Kiva, since Makoto Itou's involvement with the franchise had dropped significantly? (I'm not entirely clear on the details there, but Zeronos was his last major role in Rider.) Playing a character as involved with the action as Ixa again must've been a bit of an adjustment for Okamoto compared to playing Kintaros the last year, too, as Wikipedia mentions him entering into a diet for the role extreme enough that friends were apparently worried he was ill when they saw him.

- I don't think I liked it at first, but the Ixa belt's voice is something I appreciate now. It's highly distinctive, and the lifeless mechanical nature of it is yet another strong contrast between the two Riders.

- As is the the whole emphasis on fists through the Ixa Knuckle, since of course Kiva has an entire bit of armor dedicated to Kicking things. I really can't stress this enough: they did an amazing job making these two polar opposites.

- And you what, on the subject of belts, here's a fourth thing before I forget that too – how neat is Kiva's belt? I mean, the whole idea of a bat that bites you and then naps on your waist, upside-down and everything, that's such a wonderfully quirky concept, and it's so unapologetically blunt about the theming I can't help but adore it.