Kamen Rider Gaim/Characters/Beat Riders

Rivaling group of Dancers formed by the youths of Zawame City. Originally competing in the Inves Games for fame and glory, everything changes when Kouta Kazuraba found the Sengoku Driver and Lockseeds, leading the birth of the Armored Riders.

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General Tropes

 * Adorkable: Many of them to an extent, but Kouta takes the cake.
 * Badass: Their Armored Riders can practically eat waves of Inves for breakfast on a daily basis and are the only ones in Zawame who have a chance of standing up to Yggdrasil
 * Dude, Where's My Respect?: Although they (well, mostly Kouta but still) break their necks and spines trying to the civilians from time to time, the citizens of Zawame City hate them for supposedly causing the Inves outbreak.
 * Five-Man Band: Zig-zagged all over the place, mostly averted though. The armored riders almost never come more than groups of two, but at rare times can put aside their differences for a short amount of time. Originally this is how is should've gone for each arc.
 * The Beat Rider Saga
 * The Hero: Gaim, he's the first Armored Rider and their main fighter throughout the series. In fact, his Driver was meant to be given to his leader, Yuya, not Kouta.
 * The Lancer: Sandwiched between Baron or Ryugen. For Baron, he's Kouta equal and main rival, and is quite antagonistic to the other Armored Riders. For Ryugen, he's Kouta's best friend and the most supportive to him.
 * The Big Guy: Either Baron or Kurokage, the latter more so. For Baron obviously, he's the second strongest Beat Rider next to Gaim. For Kurokage, it's because of his attitude and seems to specialize in unclose-and-personal combat, seeing as he even managed force back Zangetsu.
 * The Smart Guy: Ryugen, he's the smartest of the Armored Riders and has used both strategy and cunning to his and other's greatest advantage.
 * The Chick: Gridon, he's the weakest fighter and a Dirty Coward to boot. Kurokage's strategy involves using him as a Meat Shield.
 * The Heart: Mai, she ain't no Armored Rider, but she's the most associate to three out of seven (or eight) of them, Gaim, Ryugen, and Baron. And as a result, becomes the source of their best traits. And of course, her actress has her own henshin pose during a public interview.
 * Wild Card/Sixth Ranger Traitor: Bravo, he's not even a Beat Rider, only associated with them because he stole a Sengoku Driver meant for an actual Beat Rider. He's the best natural fighter out of them, the reason he joined the Inves Game in the first place was to upstage the Beat Riders, in an attempt to show/remind people how a real fight goes.
 * Yggdrasil Saga
 * The Hero: Still Gaim, he's the most involved with Yggdrasil and the main force standing in their way.
 * The Lancer: Baron this time around. With Ryugen becoming less supportive of Kouta, Kaito acts as Gaim's main combat partner from time to time. Them fighting together shows they are much stronger that way than they are alone. Whereas Kouta wants to save everyone as much as possible, Kaito
 * The Big Guy: Knuckle, while the other Armored Riders typically use weapons, he just uses his fists.
 * The Smart Guy/The Chick: Ryugen, he works under Yggdrasil with the intention of keeping his friends safe while weaseling information from Yggdrasil. He becomes conflicted over which side he should choose.
 * Helheim Saga/Overlord Saga
 * The Hero: Kouta, he's now sure of what he desires and wants and what he should do. Whereas and  have willingly turned evil for the sake of their own goals, Kouta remains entirely for who he is.
 * The Lancer: Kaito, he's now the second strongest of the Armored Riders in total due to his new, and gets to show his charisma with his speech to the other Riders.
 * Finally, the Forbidden Fruit Saga
 * The Hero: Kouta, the most powerful of the group and the only one with a real chance to deal with the Overlords,
 * The Lancer/: Kaito, Kouta's strongest ally and closest competitor for the Forbidden Fruit. Originally second to him in strength,.
 * Heroes with Bad Publicity: They become this when the Inves outbreak happened, causing everyone to point fingers at them, due to the fact they're the only ones who use Inves in their games and how they treat them like toys.
 * Finally, the Forbidden Fruit Saga
 * The Hero: Kouta, the most powerful of the group and the only one with a real chance to deal with the Overlords,
 * The Lancer/: Kaito, Kouta's strongest ally and closest competitor for the Forbidden Fruit. Originally second to him in strength,.
 * Heroes with Bad Publicity: They become this when the Inves outbreak happened, causing everyone to point fingers at them, due to the fact they're the only ones who use Inves in their games and how they treat them like toys.
 * Heroes with Bad Publicity: They become this when the Inves outbreak happened, causing everyone to point fingers at them, due to the fact they're the only ones who use Inves in their games and how they treat them like toys.
 * Heroes with Bad Publicity: They become this when the Inves outbreak happened, causing everyone to point fingers at them, due to the fact they're the only ones who use Inves in their games and how they treat them like toys.
 * Heroes with Bad Publicity: They become this when the Inves outbreak happened, causing everyone to point fingers at them, due to the fact they're the only ones who use Inves in their games and how they treat them like toys.
 * Heroes with Bad Publicity: They become this when the Inves outbreak happened, causing everyone to point fingers at them, due to the fact they're the only ones who use Inves in their games and how they treat them like toys.

Kouta Kazuraba/Kamen Rider Gaim
The main character of Kamen Rider Gaim. Kouta is an earnest young man who quits Team Gaim so that he can get a job and support his sister. However, after finding the Sengoku Driver and Orange Lock Seed, he is drawn back into the competition between the different Beat Rider gangs, believing that his new-found power is the key to his maturation as an adult.

"Kouta: I'll never give up! If you say sacrifices are necessary, I'll fight the world that demands them!"
 * Acquired Situational Narcissism: Downplayed, but after getting his Rider powers he used them for every little thing while acting very cocky.
 * Adorkable
 * Alternate Character Interpretation: An in-universe example:
 * Arch-Enemy:
 * Kouta's morals slowly make him Sid's most hated enemy after he becomes Sigurd.
 * Badass: While not all that great at the start of his tenure, he shows signs of this as he was completely willing to fight off a monster before gaining powers. Plus, the intro to the series and his appearance in Kamen Rider Wizard assures us he will eventually grow into a full-fledged badass, then #11 comes around making his Wizard appearance look like a joke compared to the potential he showed as a One-Man Army.
 * Badass Biker: Just like any other Rider.
 * Badass Boast: Gives one to Takatora in #23.
 * Badass: While not all that great at the start of his tenure, he shows signs of this as he was completely willing to fight off a monster before gaining powers. Plus, the intro to the series and his appearance in Kamen Rider Wizard assures us he will eventually grow into a full-fledged badass, then #11 comes around making his Wizard appearance look like a joke compared to the potential he showed as a One-Man Army.
 * Badass Biker: Just like any other Rider.
 * Badass Boast: Gives one to Takatora in #23.
 * Badass Boast: Gives one to Takatora in #23.

"Gaim/Ichigo: Rider…KICK!"
 * Bash Brothers: Had this relationship with Ryugen then to Baron through the series.
 * Batman Grabs a Gun: This is basically what accepting Kiwami Arms really is for Kouta. He takes the power in an obvious Deal with the Devil situation because he needs greater strength to deal with the Overlords. He's also essentially admitting that it's hopeless to reason with the Overlords, abandoning his role as a protector to become both a conqueror and destroyer as he unleashes lethal force on sapient beings (though his intentions remain noble and the Overlords are almost entirely evil).
 * Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Mai, according to the rest of the team.
 * Beware the Nice Ones: Friendly, nice, somewhat naive and all around do-gooder…until you piss him off enough.
 * Big Good
 * Big "NO!": Does an epic one when he tries to stop Sigurd from killing Ryoji.
 * Bishonen Line: His transformation from the bulky and heavily armored Kachidoki Arms to the lightly armored and rather thin Kiwami Arms can be seen as this.
 * Calling Your Attacks: While he normally doesn't do this, when he uses the Showa Rider Lockseed in Kamen Rider Taisen, he shouts out two famous words when he activates the Ichigo Squash.
 * Calling Your Attacks: While he normally doesn't do this, when he uses the Showa Rider Lockseed in Kamen Rider Taisen, he shouts out two famous words when he activates the Ichigo Squash.
 * Calling Your Attacks: While he normally doesn't do this, when he uses the Showa Rider Lockseed in Kamen Rider Taisen, he shouts out two famous words when he activates the Ichigo Squash.


 * Character Tics: Holding his sword over his shoulder and going into a Horse Stance as Gaim.
 * Childhood Friends: With Mai.
 * Chronic Hero Syndrome: Suffers from this big time. He will always rush to save people, even when it puts him at odds with Mitsuzane.
 * Confusion Fu: In the Beat Rider Saga, initially he didn't know how to use his powers properly so his fighting style is really sporadic and weird until episode 9.
 * A straighter, more controlled version of this would be in his Super Mode, Kiwami Arms. He can summon a number of any weapon belonging to any of the Kamen Riders in the series in quick progression, even combine some of their powers for greater synergy.
 * Determinator: He will stop at NOTHING in order to help those in need.
 * Department of Redundancy Department: Gaim's name means Armored Warrior, so he's pretty much called…Armored Rider Armored Warrior.
 * Multiform Balance: Titled "Arms".
 * Jack of All Stats: Orange Arms.
 * Mighty Glacier: Pine and Watermelon.
 * Glass Cannon/Fragile Speedster: Strawberry Arms.
 * Lightning Bruiser: The Jimber Forms, due to all of them using S-Class Lockseeds (more powerful than A Class Lockseed users)
 * Infinity-1 Sword: Kachidoki Arms
 * Super Mode: Kiwami Arms