Kamen Rider Saga

Kamen Rider Saga preparing his Snaking Deathbreak

Kamen Rider Saga (仮面ライダーサガ Kamen Raidā Saga) is a fictional character and the third rider to appear in the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Kiva. Saga resembles the king chess piece, and the suit's design also incorporates serpents (specifically the viper and the ouroboros) and stained glass. The last syallable in Saga's name comes from the Japanese word for "Fang" (牙 Ga).

Taiga Nobori

Taiga Nobori (登 太牙 Nobori Taiga, portrayed by Shouma Yamamoto) was born prior to 1986 as the first-born son of Maya, the Queen of the Checkmate Four, and the Checkmate Four's original King. He would receive the title of King at infancy after his father's death, caused by him being weakened by Otoya as Dark Kiva and the present day Kiva then Taiga, as an infant, reflecting the King's attack back at him, destroying him. Afterwards, he was spirited away by Maya to be raised by Mamoru Shima as a human child, wearing a glove over his hand to conceal his Checkmate Four crest. It would be while as a boy that he encounters Wataru Kurenai (who in fact is his younger half-brother) and the two become good friends until Taiga was spirited off, his childhood being under heavy watch. Along with learning of his true nature as the Fangire offspring of the previous King and Queen of the Checkmate Four, Taiga developed a disdain for humans as he attacks Shima, scarring his foster father's back before taking his leave. As the current King, Taiga intends to prevent the progress of humanity from moving forward to the point of becoming a problem for Fangires like with Ixa. The crime becomes even more unforgivable should the guilty party be a Fangire. When executing an opponent, he says, "The King's Sentence is given. It's death!" (王の判決を言い渡す。死だ！ Ō no hanketsu o iiwatasu. Shi da!).

Though his Fangire form and name are a mystery, he displays impressive powers such as summoning a giant shadowy mass of vipers or conjuring up the Feathered Serpent called Kukulkan (ククルカン Kukurukan) and multiple giant Sagarc under a larger Mother Sagarc (マザーサガーク Mazā Sagāku) as his support. Even as an infant he displayed a great deal of power, proving able to deflect the Fangire King's attack back at him.

Kamen Rider Saga

Saga's only form is accessed by inserting the Jacorder into Sagarc after the Sagarc Belt is formed. It is with this same item that Saga performs the Snaking Death-break (スネーキングデスブレイク Sunēkingu Desubureiku).[1][2] Taiga then abandons his power as Saga to gain the power of Dark Kiva.

Equipment

Sagarc Belt

The Sagarc Belt (サガークベルト Sagāku Beruto) is Kamen Rider Saga's means of transforming when the Jacorder is placed into it. It is a form manifested by the ancient UFO-like cobra monster Sagarc (サガーク Sagāku) who was created by the Fangires in the distant past and has been by Taiga's side as a baby. Sagarc speaks in only the long forgotten Fangire language, with only Taiga able to understand him, only speaking in modern language phrases when Taiga becomes Saga or when a Fuestle is used. Sagarc's fate after Taiga became the new Dark Kiva is never revealed.[3]

Fuestles

Like Kiva, Saga accesses his arsenal through the Fuestles (フエッスル Fuessuru), which he gives to Sagarc to blow into to evoke a power-up.

Jacorder

The Jacorder (ジャコーダー Jakōdā) is an item that is inserted into Sagarc to evoke the transformation into Saga. In battle, it has two modes, the rapier-like Rod Mode (ロッドモード Roddo Mōdo) and the whip-like Bute Mode (ビュートモード Byūto Mōdo). After using the Wake Up Fuestle, Saga turns day into crescent moon night as he executes his Snaking Death-Break (スネーキングデスブレイク Sunēkingu Desubureiku) attack with the destructive power of the Jacorder's two modes, piercing the target with Rod Mode before jumping through the Kiva insignia formed in midair to hang the target using the Bute Mode until it is destroyed.[3]

The Sagarc Belt and Jacorder appear to be based on Kamen Rider X's henshin belt/main weapon, the Ridol.

DN-01

Though he does not ride it as Saga, Taiga possesses a modified Honda DN-01 as a personal vehicle.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "TV Asahi's page for Kamen Rider Saga". Retrieved 2009-06-27.
  2. ↑ "TV Asahi's page for the Saga Persona". Retrieved 2009-06-27.
  3. 1 2 "TV Asahi's page for the Sagarc Belt and the Jacorder". Retrieved 2009-06-27.
  4. ↑ "チェックメイトフォーのキングであり、仮面ライダーサガの登 太牙（山本 匠馬）が普段乗っているバイクは何ですか？". Retrieved 2008-11-20.

See also

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