Shotaro Hidari
Shotaro's basic personality is an homage to the fictional detective Philip Marlowe (ironically, his partner's namesake), as is his aspiration to be a hard-boiled detective. Shotaro's decisiveness and honed detective intuition make him a remarkable detective even without the help of his partner.
However, his friends and contacts often refer to him as 'half-boiled', as he was (initially) thought to be inexperienced (until Movie War 2010 where the A.R Narumi Sokichi accepts him as a full fledged detective) by others along with the fact that he wears his heart on his sleeve and lets his emotions get in the way of making the cruel yet necessary decisions that real hard-boiled detectives, such as his mentor, would have little problem making. He also felt guilty for Sokichi`s death and felt unworthy of wearing his hat. Eventually after a series of events including meeting the A.R Sokichi and defeating Museum did Shotaro feel worthy of wearing his mentor`s hat as he faced the Utopia Dopant. Even though his emotion and dedication to the choices that he makes causes him to come to blows with his partner and others.
Publication Information
- W / Double : Kamen Rider Joker
- Japanese : 仮面ライダージョーカー
- Type : Left Hand Side Of Kamen Rider W
- Known As :
- Gender : Male
- Homeworld : Earth (Main Timeline Continuity)
- Season : Kamen Rider W
- First Appearance : Kamen Rider Decade : All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
History
Kamen Rider W & Decade : Movie War Core 2010
To Be Added
Shotaro returns in Kamen Rider Taisen, as both Kamen Rider Double and Kamen Rider Joker. After being informed what happened in Japan, Shotaro meet with Tsukasa and Kaito, to be asked for finding someone related to Shun Aoi but refuse it due receiving job to search the missing pets (which Kaito claims to be idiotic). After being helped by Kaito, Tsukasa tells about the Heisei and Showa Riders are beginning to fight and he wants Shotaro to research the reason as it is related to Shun. Soon, he confronts by two BLACKs who think that Heisei Riders are nuisances as they attack Tsukasa when he is taking Shun to his mother.
Game appearances
- Kamen Rider Travelers Record
- Kamen Rider Super Climax Heroes
- Kamen Rider Battride War Genesis
Form
Kamen Rider Joker
- Kamen Rider Joker
- Height : 195 cm.
- Weight : 85 kg.
- Punching Power : 1.25 tons
- Kicking Power : 3 tons
- Maximum Jump Height : 30 m
- Maximum Running Speed : 100 m. per 6.2 sec
- Senses :
- Defense :
- Finisher Power :
- Appearances : The Gaia Memories of Fate, W Episode 49, Movie War Mega Max, Kamen Rider Taisen
- By utilizing a Joker Memory into the Lost Driver, Shotaro transforms into Kamen Rider Joker, with his appearance being similar to that of Kamen Rider Double. Shotaro briefly used the T2 Joker Memory when accessing this form for the first time, being able to defeat both the Heat Dopant and the Metal Dopant with relative ease despite having difficulty as Double. The Lost Driver was acquired when Kamen Rider Skull's ghost aided Shotaro.
- Shotaro loses access to the T2 Joker Memory when he is defeated by Kamen Rider Eternal. When he encounter Eternal, Shotaro as Kamen Rider Joker also takes a point blank Maximum Drive to his Driver, knocking him out of his Rider form. It is unknown what happened to this Driver.
- Sometime later, Philip gives Shotaro a Lost Driver as a parting gift after he is absorbed back into the True Gaia Memory. (It is never stated exclusively if it was Philip's personal Lost Driver from his time as Kamen Rider Cyclone or if it was Kamen Rider Skull's Lost Driver as the novel's continuity in canon is never mentioned in-show).
- In place of the T2 Joker Memory, he utilizes the T1 Joker Memory, which overall makes Kamen Rider Joker weaker. Despite its lower stats, Shotaro's fighting experience makes up for any power loss by using his skill against his opponent and usually can still defeat some monsters with little trouble. In the T1 version of Kamen Rider Joker, his stats are effectively halved from that of Kamen Rider Double. Shotaro accesses this form exclusively in the event that Philip is not available.
Kamen Rider W
- Main Article : Kamen Rider W
- Rider Height : 195 cm.
- Rider Weight : 85 kg.
- Punching Power : 2.5 tons
- Kicking Power : 6 tons
- Maximum Jump Height : 60 m.
- Maximum Running Speed : 100 m. per 5.2 sec.
- Joker Extreme : 12 tons
- Senses :
- Defense :
- Finisher Power :
- Ending theme : Cyclone Effect
- Appearances : All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker, W Episodes 1-14, Movie War 2010, 15-19, 21, 23-27, 29-34, Donburi's α/Farewell Beloved Recipe, 35-37, 39-44, The Gaia Memories of Fate, 45, 46, 49, Movie War Core, Let's Go Kamen Riders, W Returns (Accel, Eternal), Movie War Mega Max, Super Hero Taisen, Movie War Ultimatum, Super Hero Taisen Z, Wizard Episodes 52-53, Kamen Rider Taisen, Super Hero Taisen GP
- CycloneJoker is the primary and default form used by Double, first seen in All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker and the first form utilized within the television series. It is colored green and black from the Cyclone and Joker Memories, hence known as the Fast Skilled Warrior.
- CycloneJoker is considered to be the most well balanced, thus making it Double's default form, despite being capable of initiating transformation with any set of Double's Gaia Memories.
- This form's Maximum Drive finisher is the Joker Extreme, during which Double's body splits down the middle as the halves descend on their target. A variation of this attack involves Double jumping off the back wheel of Kamen Rider Accel Bike Form, allowing for faster acceleration upon descent.
- During the events of Shotaro's jidai geki-influenced dream, the Gaia Memories are replaced by wooden placards known as kifuda and uses the Japanese pronounciation of the Gaia Memory names or synonyms; thus, this form is dubbed as ShippūKirifuda. During the transformation, kabuki makeup-like patterns appears on Shotaro's face.
- In Movie War Ultimatum, CycloneJoker performs an unnamed Memory Break with the Cyclone Memory; it consists of a wind-charged flying kick followed by a mid-air spin kick.
FangJoker
- Main Article : FangJoker
- Rider Height : 195cm
- Rider Weight : 82kg
- Punching Power : 8t
- Kicking Power : 13t
- Maximum Jump Height : 30m
- Maximum Running Speed : 100m/3.2s
- Fang Streiser : 45t
- Senses :
- Defense :
- Finisher Power :
- Appearances: Begins Night, W Episodes 16, 17, 20, 22, 28, 31, 38, 43, 44, The Gaia Memories of Fate, Movie War Ultimatum (Director's Cut)
- FangJoker is a white and black form that Double uses to escape from Philip's captors during the events of the Begins Night as seen in Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010. As the Fang Memory was designed for Philip, his and Shotaro's roles as Double are reversed in FangJoker, with Shotaro's consciousness transferred into Philip's body for the transformation, Double's left eye flashes whenever Shotaro speaks.
Equipment
Devices Weapons:
- Joker:
- Double:
Vehicles:
Legend Rider Device:
Joker Lockseed
- Main Article : Joker Lockseed
- Squash : Maximum Drive, let's go
- Au Lait : Rider Punch
- Sparking : Rider Kick
- Allows the user to transform into Joker Arms. The core image depicts the Lost Driver while the lid backside image depicts the Joker Memory. Ryugen-styled Lockseed.
- Main Article : Joker Rider Cards
- Through the Kamen Ride and Form Ride cards Decade can transform into any of the previous primary nine Heisei Era Kamen Riders and their forms, with the exception of their most powerful forms.
- Main Article : Joker Lockseed
