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So a little late, but yeah, the new guy comes off as more of a parody of what the show thinks a half-boiled character is (As one guy pointed out, Shotaro fits the actual definition of hard-boiled more then the stereotypical “macho man” definition).

Anyway, time for a triple feature.

Rider-lert!

Our Dopant of the fortnight is played by Kento Shibuya, who previously appeared in three mid-season episodes of Hibiki as Tsutomu/Kamen Rider Akatsuki, a retired Oni disciple who was struggling financially. Clearly things haven’t been getting any better in the interim.

Sentai-lert!

The VA behind Shroud (and I presume the face, since she has a similar hairstyle, and based on later developments, is the right age) is Naoko Kouda, who was previously the voice of Jellyfish-Kenma Rageku in the producer’s previous show, Juken Sentai Gekiranger. She later had guest roles as the Joan of Arc Ganma in Ghost and the Stagnant Sea Witch Numajo in Mashin Sentai Kiramager (who has a mask similar to Terror’s head design, funnily enough)

General Drama Alert

Our mysterious new arc villain is the late Tomoyuki Dan, who was a big name in dramas, anime and foreign voice dubbing (he was most notably Christian Bale in the Dark Knight trilogy and Terminator Salvation, James Marsden in the X-Men trilogy, Ben Stiller in the first two Night at the Museum movies and Tim Roth in The Incredible Hulk). Within the world of Toku, he had a supporting role as a security guard in Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy, and after his 2013 death, he reprised the role of the Weather Dopant in video games through the magic of stock recordings.