K
KamenRiderBritannia
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Seriously what? ive had a quick google search and couldnt find anything and google translate was no help!
kuroihikari
Member
鎧武 = 鎧 "gai" armored + 武 "mu" warrior
K
KamenRiderBritannia
Guest
ahhhhh makes sense
Keith Justice
New Member
Huh....
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BLASTMATIC
Lurker
nice so it translates the whole thing.................as KAMEN RIDER ARMORED WARRIOR HMMMMM I'LL TAKE THE WORD "GAIM" IT JUST STROLLS OFF THE TONGUE ALLOT BETTER AND EASIER
Kaji Motomiya
PARTY HARD
This makes me wonder where the Beat Riders got their team names from, like Gaim and Baron.
Dessa
Fangtaku
Well, "Baron" is written in katakana, indicating it's a borrowed word, and the only thing my dictionary comes up with is the English word baron. I can see a team coming up with that on their own.
As for the other riders...
Ryugen (龍玄) was partially explained in-show, as the 龍 (ryu) is "dragon". 玄 (gen), from what my dictionary gives, means "mysterious" or "occultness". However, words that use that kanji have a wide variety of meanings, and only a few include the kanji itself's definition, so I'm not sure. Tentatively I'd say that it means "mysterious dragon", but I don't know Japanese well enough.
Kurokage (黒影) is written with kanji that together mean "silhouette/dark shadow" (kuroei), but separately mean "black" (kuro) and "shadow" (kage).
Gridon is also written in katakana, but was explained in-show, as it's a reversal of "don" and "gri", the Japanese word for acorn.
Zangetsu is written with 斬 and 月, which don't seem to anything together, but separately, 斬 is "beheading, kill, murder" and is used in words that translate as cutting, slashing, beheading, assaulting with a sword, etc. 月 is "tsuki", which is "moon" (or month, but I doubt it in this case). Depending on how "dark" you want to translate it, I'd use something like "Cutting Moon" or "Killing Moon" as a meaning.
Finally, Bravo is spelled with katakana, indicating that it's the English word "bravo".
As for the other riders...
Ryugen (龍玄) was partially explained in-show, as the 龍 (ryu) is "dragon". 玄 (gen), from what my dictionary gives, means "mysterious" or "occultness". However, words that use that kanji have a wide variety of meanings, and only a few include the kanji itself's definition, so I'm not sure. Tentatively I'd say that it means "mysterious dragon", but I don't know Japanese well enough.
Kurokage (黒影) is written with kanji that together mean "silhouette/dark shadow" (kuroei), but separately mean "black" (kuro) and "shadow" (kage).
Gridon is also written in katakana, but was explained in-show, as it's a reversal of "don" and "gri", the Japanese word for acorn.
Zangetsu is written with 斬 and 月, which don't seem to anything together, but separately, 斬 is "beheading, kill, murder" and is used in words that translate as cutting, slashing, beheading, assaulting with a sword, etc. 月 is "tsuki", which is "moon" (or month, but I doubt it in this case). Depending on how "dark" you want to translate it, I'd use something like "Cutting Moon" or "Killing Moon" as a meaning.
Finally, Bravo is spelled with katakana, indicating that it's the English word "bravo".
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Hell Kaiser Andy
Aronbafon
I believe reading Ryugen's name is composed of elements from Seiryu and Genbu.
Kaji Motomiya
PARTY HARD
Oh no, not that. I meant like how the Beat Riders AS DANCE TEAMS came up with their names. Like, okay, Raid Wild makes sense. Red Hot, okay. Some of these names make sense. Baron as well, Invitto not so much.
But Gaim? "Armored Warrior"? I'm a little skeptical with how "Armored Warrior" applies more to the Rider itself than it does that dance group.
But Gaim? "Armored Warrior"? I'm a little skeptical with how "Armored Warrior" applies more to the Rider itself than it does that dance group.
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