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This article is about a/an rider in Metroid: Kamen Rider Generations Vol. 3: Fates Intertwined and Engine Sentai Go-Onger: 10 YEARS PRELUDE feat. Kamen Rider Build .
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- "I'll face my own destiny!"
- ―New G7 Icarus's pre-battle catchphrase[src]
Reiji Matsushima (松島 冷児 Matsushima Reiji?) is the 18-year old former aide to the CEO of Elpis Corporation, Kaguya Kozuki.
Later on, he becomes the second Kamen Rider New G7 Icarus (仮面ライダーニューG 7イカルス Kamen Raidā Nyū Jī Sebun Ikarusu?), succeeding the previous New G7 Icarus, who is currently Kamen Rider G7 Icarus XYZ.
Following the final battle against Kaguya Kozuki and Evolto, Reiji now works in ZETA Technology Industries with the Izumi siblings, and is now the tech intern, the very first position that Goro started before becoming CEO.
History[]
Personality[]
Inside of Elpis Corporation's echelon, Reiji serves as the second-in-command in Kaguya's behalf. He prioritizes his duty as her aide very seriously, and like his superior, Reiji is devoted in her ideology of peace. He's unaware of Kaguya's sinister and malignant personality and at the same time she sees him nothing more than a tool.
Reiji despises everything that's related to Namba Heavy Industries Ltd. with passion, true to the company's shady activities, he deems the said company as warmongers that needed to be put to justice. This is made apparent when his superior tasked him to hunt down one of the Namba Children in order to bring the war to a quick end.
After finding out the dark truth about Kaguya, Reiji's conviction and pacifistic beliefs were shattered. He thought Kaguya as a paragon of peace and the reason why he wanted to stop the war, until Soichi Isurugi and Ryohei Kusanagi revealed that Kaguya's anti-war activism was merely a front so she could not only manipulate him into kidnapping Sawa so she could torture her and rape her as revenge by proxy towards Sento because he was actually Takumi Katsuragi, she would also manipulate Sento and his friends so she could gain their trust and get close to the Pandora Box and claim it as her own. Ultimately, courtesy of Goro's encouragement not to give up his convicition, Reiji decided to defect from Kaguya's faction, and becoming a Rider. Goro sees Reiji as a young boy with a passion similar to his, which explains his decision of passing his Sclash Driver to the youth. Even after defecting from Kaguya's faction, Reiji retains his pacifistic ideology as a result of the renewed hope he found in becoming a Kamen Rider.
Despite being courageous and bold as a Rider, Reiji has a tendency to scurry in fear whenever it concerns anything that involves supernatural, as shown when he suddenly ran behind Goro's back at the sight of Vernage assuming control of Misora Isurugi's body. Reiji also has a habit of relating 100,000 years in his speech when taunting enemies.
In Engine Sentai Go-Onger: 10 YEARS PRELUDE feat Kamen Rider Build, Reiji becomes more mature and an active member of SOLGU next to the Izumi siblings, Taki, and Natsu. He serves as the voice of reason to the entire team, making him the only sane man in the group aside from Taki herself.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Knowledge of the Ultramen: In Taki Gaiden, Reiji is revealed to have extensive knowledge of the various Ultramen since witnessing Ultraman Orb's battle against a Kaiju. Decade Returns ~A.D. 2019~
- Engineering: Reiji is shown to be a capable mechanic as he fixed/re-enhance Taki's Time Mazine after the Another Neo incident. And after a paintjob, it became rechristened as Version 2.0.Decade Returns ~A.D. 2019~
- Piloting: Reiji is also shown to be a capable pilot. Combining his knowledge of the Ultramen and the Kaiju they've fought against and his engineering skills, he would prove pivotal in his role in helping Taki, Orb and Decade in defeating Ray's summoned Kaiju. Decade Returns ~A.D. 2019~
Weakness[]
Kamen Rider New G7 Icarus[]
- "Tsubureru! Nagareru! Afurederu! (Afterburner noises followed by techno rock music) Stealth In New G7 Icarus! Buraa!"
- ―Transformation announcement[src]
New G7 Icarus
Rider Statistics
- Rider Height: 200.5 cm
- Rider Weight: 119.5 kg
Ability Perimeters:
- Punching Power: 73.5 t
- Kicking Power: 64.3 t
- Maximum Jump Height: 79.2 m (one leap)
- Maximum Running Speed: 157 m. per 0.117 sec.
- Maximum speed at altitude: Mach 7.3 (5,601.06 mph, 9,014.04 km/h)
New G7 Icarus (ニューG 7イカルス Nyū G 7 Ikarusu?) is G7 Icarus's second stage super form. This form is accessed by inserting the Stealth Sclashjelly into the Sclash Driver and pumping the lever.
New G7 Icarus's stats is inverse from G7 Type-S in terms of punching and kicking power, but retains the similar jumping height and running speed as the latter. Both of which are higher compared to Kamen Riders Cross-Z Charge, Build, and Grease.
In this form. New G7 Icarus is equipped with a wingpack called Machine Raiser Wings (マシンライザーウィング Mashin Raizā Uingu?), allowing him to fly and uses Variable Jelly to propel its twin thrusters. With the Machine Raiser Wings, New G7 Icarus is also able to fly without Shadow Winger's aid, who also happens to be transformed into Goro's personal weapon, the Shadow Saber.
New G7 Icarus's personal weapon is the Shadow Saber, a sword-and-gun weapon that Shadow Winger transforms into akin to WizarDragon becoming the Ax-Calibur whenever Wizard transforms into his Infinity Style. He uses the Twin Breaker as a secondary weapon. As with the G7 system weapons, he can still gain access with his main weapons such as the XGM-01II G7 Sky Buster, XGR-02II Neo Artemis, and XGS-03II Yoshiyuki Shin. Reiji would also utilize the Transteam Gun and Steam Blade, Blood Stalk's former weapons.
New G7 Icarus has three different finishers:
- Sclash Driver finisher:
- Scrap Bomber (スクラップボンバー Sukurappu Bonbā?):
- Rider Kick: New G7 Icarus uses his Machine Raiser Wings to generate Variable Jelly (ヴァリアブルゼリー Variaburu Zerī?) in order to propel himself forward as he delivers a powerful kick to the enemy, coated in metallic-orange energy.
- Rider Punch:
- Charge Crash (チャージクラッシュ Chāji Kurasshu?): New G7 Icarus can use the power of an Organic Fullbottle.
- Discharge Crash (ディスチャージクラッシュ Disuchāji Kurasshu?): New G7 Icarus can use the power of an Inorganic Fullbottle..
- Scrap Bomber (スクラップボンバー Sukurappu Bonbā?):
- Shadow Saber finisher:
- Blade Mode:
- Saber Straight (サーベルストレート Sāberu Sutorēto?):
- Fullbottle
- 2 Fullbottles
- Saber Straight (サーベルストレート Sāberu Sutorēto?):
- Gun Mode:
- Shadow Break (シャドーブレイク Shadō Bureiku?):
- Fullbottle
- 2 Fullbottles
- Shadow Break (シャドーブレイク Shadō Bureiku?):
- Blade Mode:
- Twin Breaker finishers:
- Attack Mode (アタックモード Attaku Mōdo?): New G7 Icarus channels the energy of a Fullbottle or the Stealth Sclashjelly and performs a powerful slash.
- Single Break (シングルブレーク Shinguru Burēku?):
- Fullbottle:
- Sclashjelly:
- Twin Break (ツインブレイク Tsuin Burēku?): New G7 Icarus channels the energy of 2 Fullbottles or a Fullbottle and the Stealth Sclashjelly and performs a powerful slash.
- Fullbottle + Sclashjelly:
- 2 Fullbottles
- Let's Break (レッツブレイク Rettsu Burēku?): New G7 Icarus channels the energy of Arc-Winger, Cross-Z Dragon or the RabbitTank Sparkling Fullbottle and performs a powerful slash.
- Single Break (シングルブレーク Shinguru Burēku?):
- Beam Mode (ビームモード Bīmu Mōdo?):
- Single Finish (シングルフィニッシュ Shinguru Finisshu?): New G7 Icarus channels the energy of a Fullbottle or the Stealth Sclashjelly and performs a powerful blast.
- Fullbottle:
- Sclashjelly:
- Twin Finish (ツインフィニッシュ Tsuin Finisshu?): New G7 Icarus channels the energy of 2 Fullbottles or a Fullbottle and the Stealth Sclashjelly and performs a powerful blast.
- Fullbottle + Sclashjelly:
- 2 Fullbottles:
- Single Finish (シングルフィニッシュ Shinguru Finisshu?): New G7 Icarus channels the energy of a Fullbottle or the Stealth Sclashjelly and performs a powerful blast.
- Attack Mode (アタックモード Attaku Mōdo?): New G7 Icarus channels the energy of a Fullbottle or the Stealth Sclashjelly and performs a powerful slash.
This form's theme is entitled "ETERNAL BLAZE".
Legend Rider Devices[]
KamenRide: New G7 Icarus.
Kamen Ride: New G7 Icarus: This card can be used in Diend's Neo Diendriver to summon Kamen Rider New G7 Icarus.
Behind the Scenes[]
Portrayal[]
Reiji is portrayed by Kensuke Takahashi (高橋 健介 Takahashi Kensuke?). He is best known for the role of Daichi Ozora, the human host of Ultraman X in the series of the same name. As the second Kamen Rider New G7 Icarus, his suit actor is Yohei Fujita (藤田 洋平 Fujita Yohei?).
Etymology[]
His given name translates as "child of ice".
Notes[]
- As his superior, Kaguya is based on Ragyo Kiryuin, the main antagonist of Kill la Kill, Reiji is based on Rei Hōōmaru from the same anime. Another similarities is that they are both secretaries to the said main antagonists, at the same time both of their given names start with "Rei", though the kanji of their names are spelled differently. Reiji is more of a pawn to Kaguya as opposed to Hōōmaru's undying loyalty towards Ragyo. Nevertheless, both of them were redeemed and joined with the heroes side under different circumstances - after Ryuko defeats Hōōmaru in an attempt to avenge Ragyo, Satsuki offers the former Revocs Corporation secretary a chance of redemption, while Reiji ultimately chose to defect to Goro's party after learning the truth about Kaguya.
- Despite being only 18 years old, Reiji's actor, Kensuke Takahashi is currently 23.
- One of Reiji's catchphrase, "If you wanna beat me/us so badly, give it a few 100,000 years!" (お前（たち）はまだ俺（たち）を倒すに１０万年早いぜ！ Omae(-tachi) wa ore(-tachi) o taosu ni Jūman-nen hayai ze!?) which he says before he does his finishing move is a paraphrase of Ultraman Zero's catchphrase: "You're still 20,000 years too early to beat me! Fun fact that the main protagonist of Ultraman X portrayed by Kensuke Takahashi has also met Ultraman Zero.
- Reiji could be seen as a foil to Nariaki Utsumi when it comes to their roles as aides to a high-ranking villain: Reiji to Kaguya Kozuki and Utsumi to Gentoku Himuro. What separates him from Utsumi is that Reiji is unknowingly a pawn to Kaguya while Utsumi defects from Gentoku's faction to Namba Heavy Industries Ltd.
- On the side of the Space Explorers, he is also a foil to both Mitsuzane Kureshima and Go Shijima in terms of their past experience and alignment with their respective series' villains. Mitsuzane was manipulated by the Over Lord Inves (particularly Redyue) and Ryoma Sengoku, which led to his downfall. Go was tricked by his own father, Tenjuro Banno into freeing the latter from his Roidmude captors.
- Reiji becoming the second New G7 Icarus while Goro stays as G7 Icarus XYZ brings to mind the users of the Birth System from Kamen Rider OOO. Reiji appears to be an inversion of Shintaro Goto, who first used the Prototype Birth before he takes the mantle of the complete version of Birth in Akira Date's place.
