[Ridersen]

Most every Heisei era Kamen Rider are actually basically Riderman.

No kaizo-ningen. Just people with belts that gives powers.

[Matrixbeast]

Isn't Riderman a cyborg thanks to his arm?

[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by Ridersen

Most every Heisei era Kamen Rider are actually basically Riderman.

No kaizo-ningen. Just people with belts that gives powers.

Speaking of Riderman, pretty much every main Rider/secondary Rider relationship is a redo of V3 and Riderman: initially hostile new guy eventually comes around and becomes BFFs with the main Rider.

[Hibiki]

Basically, I just realized Ghost's design is somewhat based on a firefly.

[MarsHottentot]

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Originally Posted by Ridersen

Most every Heisei era Kamen Rider are actually basically Riderman.

No kaizo-ningen. Just people with belts that gives powers.

Yeah, I wouldn't mind a return to the cyborg / Frankenstein idea in some manner for old time's sake. But, that is the big difference between Showa and Heisei.

[Sunred]

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Originally Posted by Hibiki

Basically, I just realized Ghost's design is somewhat based on a firefly.

You know what, I can see the similarities. Good find.

Found this not too long ago.


The scan here says the motifs for each Heisei rider up to Gaim are:

Kuuga: Stag Beetle
Agito: Western Dragon
Ryuki: Chinese Dragon + Knight
Faiz: The Greek Alphabet Phi(and as most of us know, secretly a shark)
Blade: Hercules Beetle + Spade
Hibiki: Oni
Kabuto: Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle
Den-O: Peach + Momotaro's Jinbaori(surcoat)
Kiva: Jack-O-Lantern + Bat
Decade: Barcode
W: Grasshopper
Kamen Rider OOO: Hawk + Tiger + Grasshopper
Fourze: Space Rocket + Astronaut Suit
Wizard: Ruby + Wizard
Gaim: Orange + Musha + Armor

[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by Sunred

Faiz: The Greek Alphabet Phi(and as most of us know, secretly a shark)

Nope; construction worker.

[Sunred]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Nope; construction worker.

[Matrixbeast]

It's not a current realization, I realized it a few years back, but I was a little embarrassed at the time to realize Faiz's name wasn't a pun of "Fives" but rather, "Phi's."

[IXRollOutIX]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

It's not a current realization, I realized it a few years back, but I was a little embarrassed at the time to realize Faiz's name wasn't a pun of "Fives" but rather, "Phi's."

Why not both?