Kamen Rider and the numerogical motifs

[Bryd0]

Since W, that and succeeding Kamen Rider shows all contain a numerogical motif and it makes me wonder... how long will that go for? Let's have a breakdown of what we've known from the past five years:

• W - 2. Vertically split appearance and two slots on the DoubleDriver.
• OOO - 3. Three different colours for the head, body and legs and three slots for the OOODriver.
• Fourze - 4. Four shapes on each of his limbs and four slots on the FourzeDriver. Also that his name is a portmanteau of fourty and zero which highlighted Kamen Rider's 40th anniversary.
• Wizard - 5. Five fingers on the hand of the WizarDriver and this is when the numerogical motifs became more subtle.
• Gaim - 6. Only lent to the Lockseeds where they resemble the number 6 when opened and their names containing a pun of "roku", the Japanese word for "six".
• And now Drive, with 7. So far, it seems that number is only lent to the protagonist's codename of "Sevens" even though it's still a rumour to know if it's really true.

Now I wonder... what would the next Riders be like with numbers 8, 9, 10 and beyond taken into account? Feel free to place your bets on these, and maybe even mention of what Riders you had predicted based on those numbers before the real ones came in.

For me, before Gaim came in I predicted the names of "Ghost" (as the G looks similar to 6, and also referring to 666) and "Victory", with the first two letters adding up to the Roman numerals for that same number. Before Drive, I predicted a Rider with something to do with colours, as in the seven colours of the rainbow. 8, couldn't think and 9, another dragon Rider as the number nine has connections with dragons in Chinese mythology.

 

[Captain Shark]

You forgot Decade as he is number one and unifies everything.:laugh:

 

[Aoi Kurenai]

The Drive information was fake, so I wouldn't put much into the idea of the new hero being code named Sevens.

I've always thought the numeric theme ended with Fourze. If you try to continue it after that, you really have to bend the rules of what they were doing with the shows since Decade. "1 card, 2 Memories, 3 Medals, 4 Switches, 5 fingers" doesn't work because you're breaking the set pattern. On top of that, Wizard's form changes don't invoke any of the imagery associated with numbers that the previous Riders did.

Fourze was clearly taking the increasing number of gadgets into new territory to keep it alive - rather than having four different body colors, he could use four different weapons. For whatever reason, this didn't stick with Wizard and I can't see any numerical connection in Wizard and Gaim as anything more than very subtle and coincidental.

 

[FlameDragon]

I've always thought the numeric theme ended with Fourze. If you try to continue it after that, you really have to bend the rules of what they were doing with the shows since Decade. "1 card, 2 Memories, 3 Medals, 4 Switches, 5 fingers" doesn't work because you're breaking the set pattern. On top of that, Wizard's form changes don't invoke any of the imagery associated with numbers that the previous Riders did.

this! people are just stretching to find something in a new rider series that continues the number patterns.

 

[Bryd0]

You forgot Decade as he is number one and unifies everything.:laugh:

He doesn't count... well to me that is

The Drive information was fake, so I wouldn't put much into the idea of the new hero being code named Sevens.

I've always thought the numeric theme ended with Fourze. If you try to continue it after that, you really have to bend the rules of what they were doing with the shows since Decade. "1 card, 2 Memories, 3 Medals, 4 Switches, 5 fingers" doesn't work because you're breaking the set pattern. On top of that, Wizard's form changes don't invoke any of the imagery associated with numbers that the previous Riders did.

Yes, I knew that the Drive info we got was fake but I only knew that after I made that post. And, I thought the numeric theme would stop after OOO.

 

[Murphy]

Yeah, the arguments for a numbers theme get thinner every year, probably just because the higher you go with your numbers, the more difficult it is to actually incorporate it into a costume. I can just about buy that Wizard has a five theme, but I can't buy Gaim having a six theme.

 

[Undrave]

The Drive information was fake, so I wouldn't put much into the idea of the new hero being code named Sevens.

I've always thought the numeric theme ended with Fourze. If you try to continue it after that, you really have to bend the rules of what they were doing with the shows since Decade. "1 card, 2 Memories, 3 Medals, 4 Switches, 5 fingers" doesn't work because you're breaking the set pattern. On top of that, Wizard's form changes don't invoke any of the imagery associated with numbers that the previous Riders did.

Fourze was clearly taking the increasing number of gadgets into new territory to keep it alive - rather than having four different body colors, he could use four different weapons. For whatever reason, this didn't stick with Wizard and I can't see any numerical connection in Wizard and Gaim as anything more than very subtle and coincidental.

this! people are just stretching to find something in a new rider series that continues the number patterns.

Yeah, the arguments for a numbers theme get thinner every year, probably just because the higher you go with your numbers, the more difficult it is to actually incorporate it into a costume. I can just about buy that Wizard has a five theme, but I can't buy Gaim having a six theme.

I just find it FUNNY to try and stretch the definition :laugh:

 

[Yoona]

I just find it FUNNY to try and stretch the definition :laugh:

Gaim has a six theme because G is the sixth letter in the alphabet, providing you start counting from the letter B.

 

[FreedomR8G6B1]

If it starts doing letters I'll be pissed...oh wait...Faiz...oh...and Agito...

If they want to extend the number motif until the next "X" Rider whoever it may be cause we had X, Z-Cross, Kaixa, Decade...let's do letters...oh wait...W


Y'know I'm down for any motif now...cause Kamen Rider made fruits looks awesome.:castlerock:

I mean, who knew.:laugh:

 

[Undrave]

Gaim has a six theme because G is the sixth letter in the alphabet, providing you start counting from the letter B.

Team Gaim had 6 members when Kouta left and before Yuuya died! :laugh: