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Kamen Rider Blade ( Kamen Raidā Bureido?, Masked Rider) ,(Blade), is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series. It is the 14th installment in the famous Kamen Rider Series. It was broadcast on TV Asahi from January 25, 2004 to January 23, 2005. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei.

The primary motif of the series was the use of playing cards. This is similar to the series' 12th installment, Kamen Rider Ryuki. Each Rider in Blade is assigned one of the suits, as well as using them for attacks and defense.

An English dub of Masked Rider Blade is currently being shown in Singapore on Mediacorp's Kids Central, starting from January 7 2007, Sunday.

Also, continuing the 3rd Generation Kamen Rider Series in order, after the success of Ryuki and Faiz in the Philippines, it is currently being shown on local TV station in GMA 7 and started airing on March 24, 2007 (Weekends).

Detail

• Genre Superhero action, adventure
  
• Created by Shotaro Ishinomori
  
• Starring Takayuki Tsubaki, Hironari Amano, Ryōji Morimoto, Takahiro Hōjō
  
• No. of episodes 49 (List of episodes)

Production

• Running time 24-25 minutes (per episode)
  
• Original channel TV Asahi
  
• Original run January 25, 2004 – January 23, 2005
  
• Preceded by Kamen Rider 555

 Synopsis

Centuries ago, a battle royale known as the Battle Fight was commenced to decide what species would rule the Earth. There were 52 undeads that represented 52 different species. The winner of that battle was the Human Undead (also known as Heart Category 2 or 2 of Hearts) and the world has been populated by humans ever since. In the present, human archaeologists discovered the sealed Undead and accidentally set them free. Thus, a new Battle Fight begins.

To counter this situation and seal all Undead again, BOARD created the Rider system. 2 young men were chosen as Kamen Riders: Kazuma Kenzaki and Sakuya Tachibana fought together as Kamen Riders Blade and Garren to protect humans from Undead and sealed them until Kenzaki encounters the mysterious Kamen Rider Chalice whose purpose remains unknown appeared. Things get worst as a fourth rider, Leangle, emerges. The 4 Kamen Riders who come from four paths of life fight against the Undead, as well as their own inner conflicts..

Rouze Cards

• Category Ace cards are necessary for the Rider's transformation.
  
• Category Two cards are weapon enhancement cards, except for Chalice, who uses a Category Two card to assume a human appearance.
  
• Category Three cards are hand strike enhancements.
  
• Category Four cards involve speed or mobility at some point, with Blade and Leangle's cards powering up their tackle attacks, Garren's speeding up his rate of fire, and Chalice's to grant him the ability to fly.
  
• Category Five cards are kick enhancements.
  
• Category Six cards are elemental cards. They are necessary for King Kamen Rider Blade's Four Cards finisher.
  
• Category Seven cards are defensive type cards, except for Chalice, who uses a Category Seven card as a disabling attack and Category Eight as a defensive card.
  
• Category Eight cards are offensive support cards, except for Chalice, who uses a Category Eight card as a defensive card.
  
• Category Nine cards are support cards as well, with Blade and Garren's used more offensively while Chalice and Leangle's used defensively.
  
• Category Ten cards are special cards relating to the Rider's deck, except for Blade, whose Category Ten card's real effect is unrevealed.
  
• Category Jack cards grant Riders with a secondary form, except for Leangle, who has never used his
• Category Jack Card.
  
• Category Queen cards are necessary for Riders to take on a different form, except for Chalice who could take the form of any Undead as Black Joker. Despite the category name, Absorb Capricorn is male.
  
• Category King cards grant Riders with the most power. Only Garren's King Form is unrevealed, as he has never used the card. Leangle's transformation into his Category King, Tarantula, is teased to be his King Form.

Missing Ace Cards (and Other Cards)

• Wild Card: Used by Chalice Wild Form; formed from all 13 Heart Type cards when Wild Slashers are inserted into the Chalice Arrow. Initiates attack called "WILD CYCLONE."
• Vanity Blank : Created from the 4 Evolution King Cards.
• Vanity 14: Amane's sealed card; used as a sacrifice to awaken Jyushin 14.
• Black Joker: Hajime's sealed card as a Joker Undead.
• Albino Joker: Shimura's sealed card as a Joker Undead.
• Change Keroberos: A artificial card created by Tennōji as the fifth Ace, housing the essence of the ultimate Undead Keroberos. Depending on the transformation device, the use can Henshin in Glaive or become Keroberos II.
• Change Keroberos (Green): Lance Henshin Card
• Change Keroberos (Red): L'arc Henshin Card
• Mighty Gravity: A stronger version of Spade Type-Category 2: SLASH LIZARD; initiates Glaive's final attack called "GRAVITY SLASH" which is an equivalent of Blade's "Lightning Slash."
• Mighty Impact: A stronger version of Club Type-Category 2: STAB BEE; initiates Lance's final attack called "IMPACT STAB" which is an equivalent of Leangle's "Blizzard Venom."
• Mighty Ray: A stronger version of Diamond Type-Category 2: BULLET ARMADILLO; initiates Larc's final attack called "RAY BULLET" which is an equivalent of Garren's "Burning Shot."

 Characters

• Kazuma Kenzaki / Kamen Rider Blade (Kenzaki Kazuma / Kamen Raidā Bureido, Kazuma Kenzaki / Kamen Rider Blade?): Chosen by the B.O.A.R.D. organization, 22-year-old Kazuma uses the sealed Category Ace of Spades (Change Beetle) to become Blade. He has a good heart and believes in fighting to protect humanity.
• Sakuya Tachibana / Kamen Rider Garren (Tachibana Sakuya / Kamen Raidā Gyaren?): Chosen by the B.O.A.R.D. organization, 25-year-old Sakuya uses the sealed Category Ace of Diamonds (Change Stag) to become Garren. At first he thought that the Rider System was flawed and using it extensively would ultimately consume his life. But it turned out to be his fear is the reason for the system's malfunction. But with aid from Isaka, with his girlfriend dying, Garren managed to overpower his fear and defeat the Jack Undead.
• Hajime Aikawa / Kamen Rider Chalice (Aikawa Hajime / Kamen Raidā Karisu?): Though he looks 23, Hajime is actually the Joker using uses the sealed Category Ace of Hearts (Change Mantis) to become Chalice. In order to maintain human form, he uses the "Category 2 of Hearts" (Spirit Human) in order to take human form. He lives at Jacaranda Cafe with Kurihara family.
• Mutsuki Kamijō / Kamen Rider Leangle (Kamijō Mutsuki / Kamen Raidā Rengeru?): As a weak-willed 17-year-old high-school kid, Mutsuki was chosen by the Category Ace of Clubs (Spider Undead) to become Leangle, though reluctantly at first. He then gains a thirst for power as the Category Ace partially takes over his mind. But, later he redeemed.
• Shiori Hirose (Hirose Shiori?): One of the few remaining B.O.A.R.D. members after it was attacked by the released Undead, 20-year-old Shiroi helps the Riders by detecting the Undead on her Undead-searching computer.
• Kotarō Shirai (Shirai Kotarō?): An aspiring writer, 23-year-old Kotarō helps Kazuma and Shiroi's mission by giving them hospitality. He loves to drink milk.
• Haruka Kurihara (Kurihara Haruka?): Kotarō's 29-year-old sister.
• Amane Kurihara ( Kurihara Amane?): Haruka's 9-year-old daughter who has feelings for Hajime.
• Kei Karasuma (Karasuma Kei?): 48-year-old. Professor who created the Rider system.
• Nozomi Yamanaka (Yamanaka Nozomi?): 17-year-old girl of Mutsuki.
• Yoshito Hirose (Hirose Yoshito?): Shiori's father, the one responsible for breaking the Undead's seal in a fit of maddness, dying soon after.
• Hiroshi Tennōji (Tennōji Hiroshi?): The Chairman of BOARD who intentionally set up the series events in the fake Battle Fight so that he can have his warped dream of a new world order as Keroberos II. In the end, he was murdered by Griffa Undead.
• Sayako (Sayako, Sayako?): Tachibana's girlfriend, a friend of his from college. Being a nurse, her office was open to Tachibana whenever he needs to rest. She attempted to help him before she was killed by Isaka/Peacock Undead for her interference in his plan. Because of her death, Tachibana's fear ceased, and she was avenged by Tachibana sealing Isaka.
• Kiryu (Kiryu, Kiryu?): a former member of BOARD which was to be the first user of Garren. Kiryu had a warped sense of justice, using his prosthetic hand to electrocute petty crooks. Eventually, upon the discovery of Leangle, he briefly used the Leangle belt, recognized by the Spider Undead as a more suitable vessel out of like-mindedness. But once defeated, Spider Undead abandoned Kiryu for Mustsuki as the Locust, Deer and Jaguar Undeads mauled Kiryu on command.