Kamen Rider Decade (character)

Kamen Rider Decade (仮面ライダーディケイド, Kamen Raidā Dikeido) is the primary protagonist and eponymous character of the 2009 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Decade. Decade's name is taken from the English word decade as Decade is the 10 year anniversary of the Heisei run of the Kamen Rider Series. His design is based on a striped shield bug.

Tsukasa Kadoya

Tsukasa Kadoya (門矢 士, Kadoya Tsukasa, portrayed by Masahiro Inoue) is a hypocritical and self-righteous young man who does not know much about his past and has the ability to transform into Kamen Rider Decade. As a photographer, he uses the Hikari family's print shop to develop his photos, but his photographs never develop well. He learns that this is because of his world being supplanted by the worlds of the other nine Kamen Riders.

Kamen Rider Decade

• Rider height: 192cm
• Rider weight: 83kg
• Ability perimeters
  • Punching power: 4t
  • Normal kicking power: 8t
  • Maximum jump height: 25m
  • Maximum running speed: 100m/6s

While it is not known if Decade, like other Kamen Riders before him, has alternate forms, Decade can transform into previous Riders via the Rider Cards. In the first episode, he uses this ability to transform into Kamen Rider Kabuto to use his Clock Up ability, Faiz to use his Faiz Pointer and the Autovajin, and Hibiki to use his KiBoujutsu RekkaDan ability.

Equipment

Decadriver

• Change announcement: KAMEN RIDE
• Attack announcement: ATTACK RIDE

Tsukasa transforms into Decade through the use of the Decadriver (ディケイドライバー, Dikeidoraibā) belt that is based around the Rider Cards (ライダーカード, Raidā Kādo). With the command "Kamen Ride" (「カメンライド」, "Kamen Raido"), the user can transform into either Decade or into any main Heisei Kamen Rider. While assuming the form of a Heisei Rider, Decade can use Attack Ride Cards (アタックライドカード, Atakku Raido Kādo) to access the rider's arsenal. Once the transformation ends, the Rider's image in the card loses color and blurs, presumably unusable until the image becomes clear again.

Attack Ride Cards

• Clock Up (クロックップ, Kurokku Apu): As Kabuto, Decade can move so extremely fast that seconds slow down into minutes.
• Autovajin: With Decade as Faiz, the Machine Decader transforms into Autovajin, complete with the ability to transform from its Vehicle Mode to Battle Mode.

Ride Booker

Decade's primary weapon is the Ride Booker (ライドブッカー, Raido Bukkā) which has three modes: Book Mode (ブックモード, Bukku Mōdo), Gun Mode (ガンモード, Gan Mōdo), and Sword Mode (ソードモード, Sōdo Mōdo). While in Book Mode, the Ride Booker holds the Rider Cards that Decade uses in his arsenal. In Sword Mode, the Ride Booker's finishing move is the Decade Slash (ディケイドスラッシュ, Dikeido Surasshu). In Gun Mode, the Ride Booker's finishing move is the Decade Blast (ディケイドブラスト, Dikeido Burasuto).

Machine Decader

• Length: 2320mm
• Width: 835mm
• Height: 1155mm
• Top speed: 350km/h

Decade's bike is called the Machine Decader (マシンディケイダー, Mashin Dikeidā). Like its owner can assume the form of a Heisei Rider, the Machine Decader can assume the form of the respective Rider's motorcycle.