Kamen Rider Geats

The Desire Grand Prix (DGP) is a survival game overseen by an organization of the same name, where players must protect the city from a mysterious enemy called Jyamato. Each participant is bound by the game's rules to continue playing until they die or are eliminated. The winner is rewarded with "the right to bring an ideal world to life", and so only 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 the DGP's undefeated champion 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, the truth about the DGP and its creators is revealed.

With the exception of Daybreak (黎明, Reimei), which serves as both the prologue and epilogue of the series, the series is divided into six arcs, each covering a different season of the DGP:

• Daybreak-Prologue (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. Ace wins again and uses his wish of "Having Girori and Tsumuri (two members of the DGP staff) as part of his family", to investigate further on the DGP. He wants to discover why he cannot make his real wish come true, which is to reunite with his long lost mother Mitsume.
• Conspiracy Arc (謀略編, Bōryaku-hen) (Episodes 10–16): Fearing that Ace could be a liability for the organization, Girori, who is revealed to be the DGP's game master, brings DGP agent Win Hallelujah to the game to remove him permanently from the competition. Meanwhile, some of the Jymato gain the ability to transform into Jyamato Riders. However, he ends up removed from his position for abusing his authority and indirectly causing Michinaga's death along with sacrificing Win in an attempt to kill Ace. It is revealed that the DGP is an interdimensional reality game show, and the season ends with no winners.
• Divergence Arc (乖離, Kairi-hen) (Episodes 17–24): Chirami assumes the role of the DGP's new game master, and Ace finds the format has changed to a popularity context to place him at a disadvantage. He also learns he and the other Kamen Riders have supporters who aid them. Meanwhile, Michinaga's prolonged usage of the Zombie Buckle resurrects him, and he learns the Jyamato are evolving because a mysterious gardener named Archimedel is cultivating and nourishing them using fallen players' ID Cores. Over time, Michinaga gradually becomes a human-Jyamato hybrid as he and a disqualified DGP player named Daichi Isuzu are recruited by Archimedel and the Jyamatos' supporter Beroba. They seek to throw a wrench into the DGP and seize the "Goddess of Creation", which is the source of the DGP's power. Ace also discovers that the DGP supporters and staff are time-travelers from the future, who choose different locations from the past as venues for their games. The season ends without a winner due to Beroba seizing control.
• Lamentation Arc (慟哭編, Dōkoku-hen) (Episodes 25–32): Beroba, seeking full access to the Goddess of Creation, creates a new competition called the Jyamato Grand Prix (JGP) with the roles reversed: The Jyamato, joined by Michinaga and the Dunkleosteus Jyamato, fight the Riders, with the last one standing creating their ideal world as a Jyamashin. Ace is revealed to have been continuously reincarnated and participating in the DGP since 1 AD, while Neon learns her father created her to replace his deceased daughter Akari. During the final round, Ace learns that Mitsume was transformed into the Goddess of Creation by the DGP's owner Suel, with the power to grant wishes coming from her absorbing the lives and happiness of the games' causalities. The game ends with Michinaga's victory as he attains his longtime wish to have "The power to destroy all Kamen Riders".
• Yearning Arc (慕情編, Bojō-hen) (Episodes 33-38): Jyamashin Michinaga proceeds to hunt down the Kamen Riders, including those from the DGP staff, until Tsumuri revives Ace by awakening a similar power to Mitsume. But when Ace turns against the DGP for what they did to his mother and Michinaga disposes of Chirami, Suel offers them his version of the Desire Royale. This version is an elimination game founded by Colus where Kamen Riders fight each other, with the winner allowed to decide the DGP's fate. Ace and Michinaga are joined by Neon and Daichi, with Keiwa also participating after Kekera tricks his sister Sara into joining the game as part of his deal with Beroba to revive his ward. Daichi is eliminated while Archimedel, whose mind was absorbed into the Dunkleosteus Jyamato, is destroyed. But the game is revealed to be a cover for Suel to have Niramu move DGP broadcasting to a different time period. Win, who is revealed to have survived being Girori's sacrificial puppet, joins Tsumuri in secretly helping Ace. The two learn about his first incarnation's birth and that his reincarnation ability is a result of Mitsume's forbidden marriage with the previous Desashin. Samas kills Niramu for opposing Suel's intention to erase everything and make Tsumuri a replacement Goddess of Creationm while a dying Mitsume uses her remaining power to unlock her son's full potential. Ace uses this power to defeat Suel and restore everything from memory, with the DGP's existence now public knowledge.
• Creation Arc (創世編, Sōsei-hen) (Episodes 39-48): Despite the laws he established to remove them from the world, Ace learns the Jyamato have evolved into small parasites that bypass his rules by possessing human hosts, and forms a task force with Win, Michinaga, and Keiwa to stop them. These Jyamoto are creations of Daichi, who used Archimedel's research to turn himself into a human-Jyamato hybrid in a plan to become a Jyamashin. Kekera and Beroba, who used Mitsume to remain in the present to observe their wards, manipulated Daichi before forming an alliance with a new Game Master named Zitt, who was sent by the DGP to capture Tsumuri. The three convince Keiwa to work for when Sara is killed, having him use Tsumuri's power to grant his wish of bringing back everyone killed in the DPG games. However, his wish also revives criminals, with his revived family killed again as Zitt, a game master that crafts unhappy endings, establishes an Apocalypse Game. Neon makes peace with her parents when her father Kōsei protects her as a Kamen Rider before giving his gear and entry to her, allowing her to become Na-Go once more. Ace gets Keiwa to realize he was being manipulated while having Win rescue Tsumuri shortly before absorbing her powers to thwart Zitt. This momentarily immobilizes Ace while Keiwa and Michinaga defeat their evil former supporters. However, Zitt uses a tear extracted from Tsumuri's Goddess of Creation state to create her evil counterpart and obtain the God of Destruction's power of Kamen Rider Regad. This allows Suel to absorb him and most of their audience’s cameras to enact the latter's final plan.
• Daybreak-Epilogue (Episode 49): Tsumuri is possessed by her counterpart to kill Ace on Suel’s command, unaware that was part of Ace's secret plan to use his Boost Mark III Buckle's hidden power to revive himself as a deity. With his new powers, Ace help the other Riders defeat Suel for good while erasing the DGP’s staff and Game Masters. The series ends with the other characters moving on with their lives and pursuing their own dreams, with Tsumuri among the few to remember Ace as he watches over them as their new deity.

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).
• Geats Extra (ギーツエクストラ, Gītsu Ekusutora): A web-exclusive series of Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club.
  • Kamen Rider Punk Jack (仮面ライダーパンクジャック, Kamen Raidā Panku Jakku): A prequel and midquel special released on May 21, 2023 that focuses Win Hareruya. The theme song is "ROLLIN’ ROLLIN’ PUNK KING" performed by Weather Hearts.[21]
  • Kamen Rider Tycoon Meets Kamen Rider Shinobi (仮面ライダータイクーンmeets仮面ライダーシノビ, Kamen Raidā Taikūn Mītsu Kamen Raidā Shinobi): A crossover special between Geats and Kamen Rider Zi-O's spin-off, Rider Time: Kamen Rider Shinobi released on June 18, 2023 which features episode 46 of Shinobi and ninja-themed Kamen Riders. Hideya Tawada, Asuka Hanamura, Takuma Zaiki, and Shun Sugata reprised their respective roles as Rentarō Kagura, Iroha Kagura, and Isamichi Konjō from Shinobi and Ryo Murasame from Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!! while Nobuo Kyo and Eiji Togashi reprised their respective voice roles as Master Gamano from Shinobi and Kamen Rider Kenzan from Kamen Rider Saber. The theme song is "IZANAGI" performed by Sakuramen feat. Hideya Tawada.[21][22]
  • Geats Anime: Another Grand Prix (ギーツあにめ あなざーぐらんぷり, Gītsu Anime Anazā Guran Puri): A web-exclusive animated short series released on August 6, 2023.[23]
  • Emergency Special: Taken Out of Storage! Desire Grand Prix Special (緊急特番 蔵出し！デザグラスペシャル, Kinkyū Tokuban Kuradashi! Dezagura Supesharu): A special released on October 8, 2023 that features deleted scenes from Geats.[24]
  • Kamen Rider Gazer (仮面ライダーゲイザー, Kamen Raidā Geizā): An upcoming prequel special scheduled for release in 2024 that focuses Niramu.[25]
• Jack-of-All-Trades!? Boss Micchy's Day (よろずや!?ミッチー親方の一日, Yorozuya!? Mitchī-oyakata no Ichi'nichi): A special that will be included as part of the third Blu-ray release of Geats and focuses Michinaga Azuma.[26]

A V-Cinema release with the same title as the series is scheduled for a limited theatrical release in spring 2024, followed by its DVD and Blu-ray release on July 24, 2024. The events of the V-Cinema take place after Kamen Rider Geats the Movie: The 4 Aces and the Black Fox. The V-Cinema is written by Yuya Takahashi and directed by Koichi Sakamoto.[27]

• 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), Black Tsumuri (黒いツムリ, Kuroi Tsumuri): Kokoro Aoshima (青島 心, Aoshima Kokoro)[10]
• Kyuun (キューン, Kyūn): Kenta Mizue (水江 建太, Mizue Kenta)
• 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)[28]
• 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)
• Niramu (ニラム): Ryo Kitamura (北村 諒, Kitamura Ryō)
• Samas (サマス, Samasu): Seia Yasuda (安田 聖愛, Yasuda Seia)
• Kekera (ケケラ): Mitsutoshi Shundo (俊藤 光利, Shundō Mitsutoshi)
• Beroba (ベロバ): Ayaka Namiki (並木 彩華, Namiki Ayaka)
• Zitt (ジット, Jitto): Ryuji Sato (佐藤 流司, Satō Ryūji)
• 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)
• Archimedel (アルキメデル, Arukimederu): Shihou Harumi (春海 四方, Harumi Shihō)
• Ziin (ジーン, Jīn): Fuku Suzuki (鈴木 福, Suzuki Fuku)
• Chirami (チラミ): Shigenori Yamazaki (山崎 樹範, Yamazaki Shigenori)
• Girori (ギロリ): Shugo Oshinari (忍成 修吾, Oshinari Shūgo)[10]
• Suel (スエル, Sueru, Voice), Vision Driver Voice, Laser Raise Riser Voice: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (松岡 禎丞, Matsuoka Yoshitsugu)[29]
• Mitsume (ミツメ, Voice): Yuka Terasaki (寺崎 裕香, Terasaki Yuka)
• Narration: Junji Shiono (塩野 潤二, Shiono Junji)
• Jyamato Grand Prix Narration: Sayumi Watabe (渡部 紗弓, Watabe Sayumi)

Opening theme

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

  Episodes 1, 16, 33, 38, and 49 do not feature the show's opening sequence. This song is used as the ending theme in episodes 1, 16 and 33, also as an insert song in episodes 13, 15, 28, 38, and 49.

Insert themes

• "Live for the moment"[31]
  • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi[31]
  • Composition: tatsuo[31]
  • Artist: Ace Ukiyo & Ziin (Hideyoshi Kan & Fuku Suzuki)[31]
  • Episodes: 28
• "Negai" (願い, "Wish")
  • Lyrics: Saori Codama
  • Composition: Go Sakabe
  • Artist: Yuka Terasaki
  • Episodes: 40, 42
• "Chair"
  • Lyrics: KENJI03, TEEDA
  • Composition & Arrangement: KENJI03
  • Artist: Back-On
  • Episodes: 42
• "Change my future"
  • Lyrics: Koda Kumi
  • Composition & Arrangement: Hi-yunk (Back-On), Alan Shirahama, SLAY
  • Artist: Koda Kumi
  • Episodes: 49

• Hirogaru Sky! Precure
• Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger

• 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) at the Wayback Machine (archived 13 June 2023)
• Official website for Kamen Rider Geats the Movie: The 4 Aces and the Black Fox (in Japanese)
• Official website for Kamen Rider the Winter Movie: Gotchard & Geats (in Japanese)
• Official website for the V-Cinema Kamen Rider Geats (in Japanese)