Kamen Rider Geats

The Desire Grand Prix (DGP) is a virtual reality-based survival sports game overseen by a organization of the same name where players must protect the city from the threat of a mysterious enemy called Jyamato. Each participant is bound by the game's rules to continue playing the game until they die or are eliminated while the winner is rewarded with "the right to bring an ideal world to life". In other words, only the true heroes who win the competition can realize their desired reality.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Among the participants are Ace Ukiyo, a mysterious man and undefeated champion of the DGP who competes as Kamen Rider Geats, his rival Michinaga Azuma, a construction worker who competes as Kamen Rider Buffa, graduate student Keiwa Sakurai who competes as Kamen Rider Tycoon, and social media influencer Neon Kurama who competes as Kamen Rider Na-Go. As the group fight the Jyamato to survive and the monsters grow stronger, Ace slowly reveals his reasons for entering the DGP.

The series is divided into arcs, each covering a different season of the Desire Grand Prix:

• Daybreak Arc (黎明編, Reimei-hen) (Episode 1): It introduces the main characters and ends with Ace winning and attaining his wish of "Becoming a Celebrity".
• Encounter Arc (邂逅編, Kaikō-hen) (Episodes 2-9): Keiwa and Neon join the DGP as Kamen Riders while Ace and Michinaga return from the previous season. In the final round, Keiwa is forced to resign after being gravely wounded and Ace wins again, this time using his wish of "Having Girori and Tsumuri (two members of the DGP staff) as part of his family", to investigate further on the DGP and attempt to discover why he can't make his real wish come true, which is to reunite with his long lost mother.
• Conspiracy Arc (謀略編, Bōryaku-hen) (Episode 10-16): Due to special circumstances, Neon and Keiwa are brought back to DGP. Fearing that Ace could be a liability for the organization, Girori, revealed as the DGP's game master, brings DGP agent Win Hareruya to the game in order to remove him permanently from the competition. However, he ends up removed from his position for abusing his authority and indirectly provoking the deaths of Win and Michinaga. In the occasion, it is revealed that the DGP is an inter-dimensional reality game show, and the season ends with no winners, although Ace, Keiwa and Neon are allowed to keep their Kamen Riders status.
• Divergence Arc (乖離, Kairi-hen) (Episode 17-24): Ace, Keiwa, and Neon are joined by two veteran participants, along with a new ruling set by the new game master Chirami that the winner of each round will be determined by popularity rather than performance. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to everyone, Michinaga's prolonged usage of the Zombie Buckle resurrects him as he ends up at a greenhouse where the Jyamato are cultivated by Archimedel. Michinaga learns that the Jyamatos' continuous evolution is the result of being fed the fallen players' ID Cores, the monsters now able to mimic the forms of fallen Kamen Riders. Beroba, a ruthless woman who sponsors the Jyamatos, convinces Michinaga to return to the DGP as one of their represented Riders, but the game is interrupted when Beroba takes the opportunity to attempt to seize the "Goddess of Creation", which is the source of DGP's powers. Leading Ace, Keiwa and Neon, along with their respective supporters Ziin, Kekera and Kyuun (who can also transform into Kamen Riders Ziin, Kekera and Kyuun, respectively) to fight Beroba and the Jamato to stop her. In the occasion, Ace discovers that the DGP supporters are time-travelers from the future, who choose different locations from the past as venues for the DGP. The season also ends up without a winner, this time due to Beroba's interference.
• Lamentation Arc (慟哭編, Dōkoku-hen) (Episode 25-present): Beroba creates a new competition called the Jyamato Grand Prix (JGP) with the roles reversed: The Jyamato (including Michinaga who turned into a human-Jyamato hybrid) fighting the Riders to create their ideal world. Ace and the other riders and their supporters join forces to stop the Jyamato and prevent Beroba's ultimate objective which is to obtain the Goddess of Creation's power. Along the way, Ace, Neon and Michinaga’s further origins comes into light.

The Kamen Rider Geats trademark was registered by Toei on May 23, 2022, and published on May 31, 2022.[8][9]

Geats was officially announced on July 22, 2022.[1][2][3][4][7] An online production announcement conference introducing the main cast and characters and the artist for the show's theme song was held on August 7, 2022.[10]

Geats was influenced by battle royale-related media such as Fortnite, Apex Legends, and Squid Game as well as past Kamen Rider entry Kamen Rider Ryuki to appeal to their target audience.[4][5][7]

The main writer for Geats is Yuya Takahashi, who previously served as the main writer for Kamen Rider Ex-Aid and Kamen Rider Zero-One.[1][2][6][7]

The opening theme song is performed by Koda Kumi and Shōnan no Kaze.[10]

Kamen Rider Geats made his first appearance in the feature film Kamen Rider Revice the Movie: Battle Familia.[1][2][3][4][5][7]

• Kamen Rider Geats: How Is It!? Desire Grand Prix Filled With Men, I Am Ouja!! (仮面ライダーギーツ どやさ!? 男だらけのデザイアグランプリ 王蛇はオレだー!!, Kamen Raidā Gītsu Doyasa!? Otoko-darake no Dezaia Guranpuri Ōja wa Ore dā!!): Televi-Kun's "Hyper Battle DVD" (超(ハイパー)バトルDVD, Haipā Batoru Dī Bui Dī), which exclusively features Kamen Rider Ryuki-themed Legend Rider Raise Buckles, and set to be released on March 31, 2023.

• Ace Ukiyo (浮世 英寿, Ukiyo Ēsu): Hideyoshi Kan (簡 秀吉, Kan Hideyoshi)[10]
• Keiwa Sakurai (桜井 景和, Sakurai Keiwa): Ryuga Sato (佐藤 瑠雅, Satō Ryūga)[10]
• Neon Kurama (鞍馬 祢音, Kurama Neon): Yuna Hoshino (星乃 夢奈, Hoshino Yuna)[10]
• Michinaga Azuma (吾妻 道長, Azuma Michinaga): Kazuto Mokudai (杢代 和人, Mokudai Kazuto)[10]
• Tsumuri (ツムリ): Kokoro Aoshima (青島 心, Aoshima Kokoro)[10]
• Win Hareruya (晴家 ウィン, Hareruya Win): Tsubasa Sakiyama (崎山 つばさ, Sakiyama Tsubasa)
• Daichi Isuzu (五十鈴 大智, Isuzu Daichi): Dai Goto (後藤 大, Gotō Dai)
• Sara Sakurai (桜井 沙羅, Sakurai Sara): Nene Shida (志田 音々, Shida Nene)[15]
• Irumi Kurama (鞍馬 伊瑠美, Kurama Irumi): Ryoko Yuui (遊井 亮子, Yūi Ryōko)
• Kōsei Kurama (鞍馬 光聖, Kurama Kōsei): Shinji Kasahara (笠原 紳司, Kasahara Shinji)
• Niram (ニラム, Niramu): Ryo Kitamura (北村 諒, Kitamura Ryō)
• Samas (サマス, Samasu): Seia Yasuda (安田 聖愛, Yasuda Seia)
• Ziin (ジーン, Jīn): Fuku Suzuki (鈴木 福, Suzuki Fuku)
• Archimedel (アルキメデル, Arukimederu): Shihou Harumi (春海 四方, Harumi Shihō)
• Ben (ベン): Michael Kinder (マイケル・K, Maikeru Kē)
• John (ジョン, Jon): Tom Constantine (トム・コンスタンタイン, Tomu Konsutantain)
• Girori (ギロリ): Shugo Oshinari (忍成 修吾, Oshinari Shūgo)[10]
• Beroba (ベロバ): Ayaka Namiki (並木 彩華, Namiki Ayaka)
• Chirami (チラミ): Shigenori Yamazaki (山崎 樹範, Yamazaki Shigenori)
• Kekera (ケケラ): Mitsutoshi Shundo (俊藤 光利, Shundō Mitsutoshi)
• Kyuun (キューン, Kyūn): Kenta Mizue (水江 建太, Mizue Kenta)
• Vision Driver Voice, Laser Raise Riser Voice: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (松岡 禎丞, Matsuoka Yoshitsugu)[16]
• Narration: Junji Shiono (塩野 潤二, Shiono Junji)

Opening theme

• "Trust・Last"
  • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
  • Composition & Arrangement: Hi-yunk (Back-On)
  • Artist: Koda Kumi × Shōnan no Kaze

  Episode 1 & 16 does not feature the show's opening sequence. This song is used as the ending theme in episode 1 & 16, also as an insert song in episodes 13, 15, and 28.

Insert themes

• "Live for the moment"[18]
  • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi[18]
  • Composition: tatsuo[18]
  • Artist: Ace Ukiyo & Ziin (Hideyoshi Kan & Fuku Suzuki)[18]
  • Episodes: 28

• Official website at TV Asahi (in Japanese)
• Official website at Kamen Rider Web (in Japanese)
• Official Twitter (in Japanese)
• Official website for Kamen Rider Geats × Revice: Movie Battle Royal (in Japanese)