Kamen Rider TheBee
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is one of the characters in Kamen Rider Kabuto
. It is based on a bee
/wasp
motif. Similar to the Hopper Riders, it relies on close-range combat because of the lack of any weapons.
When Tendou managed to infiltrate his flawless security team and upstage him by revealing how a Worm had done the same, he was so angry that he immediately challenged Kabuto to a fight. While he managed to defeat Tendou and destroy his belt, he was shocked to learn that he had been unsuccessful in his mission to eliminate Kabuto forever when Tendou transformed with a repaired belt.
His resulting hatred caused him to disregard the safety of his team in favor of getting revenge against Tendou, which led to the TheBee Zecter rejecting him. After this he was reassigned to another part of the city, but returned when members of his former team were being eliminated from within by a traitor. Despite his renewed vow to protect his team, the TheBee Zecter had chosen Kageyama, making him the new leader of Shadow. Afterwards, he asked Kageyama to let him rejoin Shadow, but Kageyama turned him down. He returns in episode 33 as Kamen Rider KickHopper.
In the movie adaptation God Speed Love
set in an alternate timeline, however, he appeared as a high-ranking ZECT official in league with Kamen Rider Ketaros
and is still the wielder of the TheBee Zecter. He commanded the counterattack against Neo-ZECT and was able to annihilate a majority of the Neotroopers with his ZECT Trooper team (Shadow did not appear for some unknown reasons), calling it a "perfect mission". Despite this, he was killed in combat with Kamen Rider Hercus. His last words lamented having received a "perfect death."
One of his first actions as the new leader was a plan to fake the disbanding of Shadow in order to expose a traitor eliminating Shadow members one by one. After eliminating Yaguruma from the suspect list, his former commander attempted to rejoin Shadow, but Kageyama turned him down, coldly telling him that he would bring disharmony to the group. His next move was to frame Kagami as the traitor in the hopes that the traitor would attempt to shut Kagami up, but this plan failed when Tendou exposed the real traitor. He does not mind sacrificing the life of an "unimportant" ZECT member in order to further the greater cause; his actions contradict his mentor's beliefs of "Perfect Harmony", which is why Tendou sees Kageyama as unfit to be a leader.
He was unpleasant when Soujiro Tendouji (Tendou) became the leader of Shadow. He attacked Kamen Rider Drake
and tried to frame Tendouji (Tendou) but Tendou found this out and punished him by making do wash the dishes at Bistro la Salle. In Episode 20, Mishima makes him pick up Tsurugi Kamishiro (Kamen Rider Sasword
), which results in Kageyama being made to sing Happy Birthday to Kamishiro, whose butler Jiiya had to get Kageyama to sing it right. Mishima also sees him as weak because despite being TheBee, he feels that he cannot handle the missions. TheBee, along with Drake, was also under Shun Kageyama when the full body Put On system was first utilized. He is defeated by Yaguruma as KickHopper, and then loses his Zecter, which is obtained by Tendou. He then proceeds to do everything Tendou says in order to get his TheBee Zecter back, but ends up failing. Yaguruma returns to save Kageyama from Shadow and some Worms, and Kageyama agrees to fight alongside him and becomes Kamen Rider PunchHopper.
Kageyama faces a change of heart as he returns to the TheBee Zecter and uses it one more time during episode 44. However, he was defeated by Cassis Worm Gradius, and was afterwards abandoned by the TheBee Zecter. He then returned to being PunchHopper. 20 years old.
that has very little offensive capabilities. This is the default form that TheBee transforms into, until the user rotates the TheBee Zecter around its wrist mounting to initiate the command.
on which TheBee is named after and themed. It is in this form that TheBee has access to the command which allows TheBee to travel at near-light speeds to match the speeds of the Worms. By pressing the button on TheBee Zecter, the tachyon-powered punch is activated, allowing the user to pierce through a Worm with the stinger on the TheBee Zecter.
series, it can fire "horn drill" needle projectiles.: The Machine Zectron is a standard-issue modified Honda CBR1000RR
given to members of ZECT. The is the standard weapon equipped to the bike. It launches a molecular shock forward, ridding any obstacles ahead. Each Rider has its respective symbol located on the windshield of the bike. Kamen Rider TheBee under Sou Yagurama was the first Rider to use his Machine Zectron.
Kamen Rider Kabuto
is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series. It is the sixteenth installment in the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu programs. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei. The series was broadcast on TV Asahi. The first episode aired on January 29, 2006, and...
. It is based on a bee
Bee
Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, and are known for their role in pollination and for producing honey and beeswax. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea, presently classified by the unranked taxon name Anthophila...
/wasp
Wasp
The term wasp is typically defined as any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a bee nor an ant. Almost every pest insect species has at least one wasp species that preys upon it or parasitizes it, making wasps critically important in natural control of their...
motif. Similar to the Hopper Riders, it relies on close-range combat because of the lack of any weapons.
Sou Yaguruma
, a 27-year old agent of ZECT, was the first TheBee user. Yaguruma, while TheBee, had his own personal army of ZECT Troopers called Shadow, which had yellow stripes on their uniform, indicating that they are an elite unit of ZECT Troopers. He is a perfectionist, believing in a philosophy known as . When he's calm, he's a caring person who possesses a strict code of teamwork and demands perfection. He cares deeply for his team members, and in battle he is a brilliant tactician. However, he's also impulsive, brash and quick to anger. It is interesting to note that during battle he primarily uses kicks, foreshadowing his later role as Kamen Rider KickHopper.When Tendou managed to infiltrate his flawless security team and upstage him by revealing how a Worm had done the same, he was so angry that he immediately challenged Kabuto to a fight. While he managed to defeat Tendou and destroy his belt, he was shocked to learn that he had been unsuccessful in his mission to eliminate Kabuto forever when Tendou transformed with a repaired belt.
His resulting hatred caused him to disregard the safety of his team in favor of getting revenge against Tendou, which led to the TheBee Zecter rejecting him. After this he was reassigned to another part of the city, but returned when members of his former team were being eliminated from within by a traitor. Despite his renewed vow to protect his team, the TheBee Zecter had chosen Kageyama, making him the new leader of Shadow. Afterwards, he asked Kageyama to let him rejoin Shadow, but Kageyama turned him down. He returns in episode 33 as Kamen Rider KickHopper.
In the movie adaptation God Speed Love
Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love
is the theatrical film adaptation of the Kamen Rider Kabuto TV series directed by Hidenori Ishida and written by Shōji Yonemura. Unlike many others Kamen Rider movies, it does not follow the TV series's storyline. Instead, it is more like a prologue...
set in an alternate timeline, however, he appeared as a high-ranking ZECT official in league with Kamen Rider Ketaros
and is still the wielder of the TheBee Zecter. He commanded the counterattack against Neo-ZECT and was able to annihilate a majority of the Neotroopers with his ZECT Trooper team (Shadow did not appear for some unknown reasons), calling it a "perfect mission". Despite this, he was killed in combat with Kamen Rider Hercus. His last words lamented having received a "perfect death."
Shun Kageyama
gained the TheBee Zecter during episode 13 and became TheBee. Under Yaguruma's command, he was injured by Tendou in an early battle and has had hostility burnt in towards Kabuto ever since. He was once a good friend of Yaguruma, believing deeply in his philosophy of teamwork and "Perfect Harmony". He considers Kagami a kid. Even while injured, he continued to fight the Worms and would protect his commander at all costs. After TheBee Zecter rejected Yaguruma and chose Kagami, he attempted to make Kagami understand his new responsibilities. He was baffled when Kagami rejected TheBee Zecter in favour of his friendship with Tendou. It was then that he was chosen by TheBee and became the next captain of Shadow. Kageyama mainly uses punches as TheBee, foreshadowing his future role as Kamen Rider PunchHopper.One of his first actions as the new leader was a plan to fake the disbanding of Shadow in order to expose a traitor eliminating Shadow members one by one. After eliminating Yaguruma from the suspect list, his former commander attempted to rejoin Shadow, but Kageyama turned him down, coldly telling him that he would bring disharmony to the group. His next move was to frame Kagami as the traitor in the hopes that the traitor would attempt to shut Kagami up, but this plan failed when Tendou exposed the real traitor. He does not mind sacrificing the life of an "unimportant" ZECT member in order to further the greater cause; his actions contradict his mentor's beliefs of "Perfect Harmony", which is why Tendou sees Kageyama as unfit to be a leader.
He was unpleasant when Soujiro Tendouji (Tendou) became the leader of Shadow. He attacked Kamen Rider Drake
Kamen Rider Drake
is one of the characters of Kamen Rider Kabuto. The motif is of a dragonfly; his name is a pun on that, as "Drake" has dragon connotations.-Daisuke Kazama:...
and tried to frame Tendouji (Tendou) but Tendou found this out and punished him by making do wash the dishes at Bistro la Salle. In Episode 20, Mishima makes him pick up Tsurugi Kamishiro (Kamen Rider Sasword
Kamen Rider Sasword
is one of the characters in Kamen Rider Kabuto. His name is a pun on sasori, the Japanese word for "scorpion" , and "sword". He is the only Rider in the show that is not based on an insect, but an arachnid.-Tsurugi Kamishiro:...
), which results in Kageyama being made to sing Happy Birthday to Kamishiro, whose butler Jiiya had to get Kageyama to sing it right. Mishima also sees him as weak because despite being TheBee, he feels that he cannot handle the missions. TheBee, along with Drake, was also under Shun Kageyama when the full body Put On system was first utilized. He is defeated by Yaguruma as KickHopper, and then loses his Zecter, which is obtained by Tendou. He then proceeds to do everything Tendou says in order to get his TheBee Zecter back, but ends up failing. Yaguruma returns to save Kageyama from Shadow and some Worms, and Kageyama agrees to fight alongside him and becomes Kamen Rider PunchHopper.
Kageyama faces a change of heart as he returns to the TheBee Zecter and uses it one more time during episode 44. However, he was defeated by Cassis Worm Gradius, and was afterwards abandoned by the TheBee Zecter. He then returned to being PunchHopper. 20 years old.
Arata Kagami
received the TheBee Zecter in episode 9 after it abandoned Yaguruma. Being easily angered, Yaguruma made Tendou's defeat a higher priority than protecting his subordinates. In turn, the TheBee Zecter went to Kagami who was desperate to protect the injured Shadow Troopers. However, Kagami relinquished his role as TheBee because of his respect for Tendou. Kagami later became Kamen Rider Gatack.Masato Mishima
temporarily used the TheBee Zecter after Kageyama's transformation canceled in the fight against Formicaalubus Worm Maxilla in episode 16. Despite the Zecter's attempt to reject him, he did a superhuman jump into the air, caught the fleeing Zecter, and forced the transformation. He is the strongest of the TheBee Zecter's wearers, capable of taking out the Formicaalubus Worm with bare punches. After defeating the Worm, the Zecter returns to Kageyama.Kamen Rider TheBee
The allows its user to transform into Kamen Rider TheBee. As with all of the Zecters, TheBee has two basic forms that the user can transform into.Masked Form
TheBee's is a heavily armored form resembling a beehiveBeehive
A beehive is a structure in which bees live and raise their young.Beehive may also refer to:Buildings and locations:* Bee Hive, Alabama, a neighborhood in Alabama* Beehive , a wing of the New Zealand Parliament Buildings...
that has very little offensive capabilities. This is the default form that TheBee transforms into, until the user rotates the TheBee Zecter around its wrist mounting to initiate the command.
Rider Form
TheBee's is the sleeker and more offensive-based form which more resembles the waspWasp
The term wasp is typically defined as any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a bee nor an ant. Almost every pest insect species has at least one wasp species that preys upon it or parasitizes it, making wasps critically important in natural control of their...
on which TheBee is named after and themed. It is in this form that TheBee has access to the command which allows TheBee to travel at near-light speeds to match the speeds of the Worms. By pressing the button on TheBee Zecter, the tachyon-powered punch is activated, allowing the user to pierce through a Worm with the stinger on the TheBee Zecter.
Equipment
: By attaching the TheBee Zecter to the Rider Brace, the wearer is transformed into Kamen Rider TheBee.: The Zecter Needle is the primary weapon of the TheBee Zecter, enabling its user to perform the Rider Sting attack. It has extended charge-life and can be used to destroy multiple opponents. In the live stage shows as well as the Kamen Rider DecadeKamen Rider Decade
is the title of the first of the 2009 editions of the long-running Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu dramas. Decade, as its title suggests, is the tenth of the Heisei Rider Series, having begun with Kamen Rider Kuuga in 2000...
series, it can fire "horn drill" needle projectiles.: The Machine Zectron is a standard-issue modified Honda CBR1000RR
Honda CBR1000RR
The CBR1000RR, also known as the Fireblade, is a liquid-cooled inline four-cylinder sport bike that was introduced by Honda in 2004 to replace the CBR954RR.-Racing roots:...
given to members of ZECT. The is the standard weapon equipped to the bike. It launches a molecular shock forward, ridding any obstacles ahead. Each Rider has its respective symbol located on the windshield of the bike. Kamen Rider TheBee under Sou Yagurama was the first Rider to use his Machine Zectron.