Kamen Rider ZX

Kamen Rider ZX (仮面ライダーZX (ゼクロス), Kamen Raidā Zekurosu^?) is the tenth fictional superhero in the Kamen Rider franchise to bear the eponymous title. ZX holds the distinction of being the first Rider who did not star in his own television series. The character debuted in an eponymous manga series which began serialization on the July 1982 issue of the Japanese publication Television Magazine. ZX was then featured in a short radio drama broadcast during a special episode of All Night Nippon hosted by Shotaro Ishinomori on August 14, 1982 commemorating the character's official debut, before making his live-action television debut in the special Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!!.^[1]

Ryo Murasame

Ryo Murasame (村雨 良, Murasame Ryō^?, voiced by Akira Kamiya in the radio drama and portrayed by Shun Sugata in the TV special) and his sister were shot down while flying in the Amazon jungle by a terrorist organization known as the Badan Empire and had both of them captured. Later, Badan kills his sister and turns Murasame into a cyborg warrior named ZX and brainwashes him; however, an accident enables him to regain his memory. Murasame becomes a Kamen Rider to avenge his sister. His first encounter with the past Kamen Riders is when he mistakes both Kamen Rider Super-1 and Riderman as soldiers of Badan.

Kamen Rider Spirits

Kamen Rider Spirits manga tells alternate story about ZX. Murasame is an evil rider of Badan Empire. Having his memory wiped off by Badan, Murasame becomes emotionless and fights against the nine Kamen Riders and humanity. When Murasame regains his memory and realizes that his sister Shizuka was killed by Badan, he turns against them and eventually joining forces with other Riders to destroy Badan and its evil leader Judo. However, he refuses the title of Kamen Rider initially, later he starts to call himself Kamen Rider ZX, although not considering himself official yet.

Kamen Rider ZX

ZX has the most cybernetic body out of any Kamen Rider created thus far. His body has many hidden abilities reminiscent of a ninja, including shuriken and chain-sickles. His finishing attack is a Rider Kick called the ZX Kick (ZX(ゼクロス) キック, Zekurosu Kikku^?), in which ZX glows his body into red before delivering a devastating kick on the target. Also the manga story also made variations to the original film in describing ZX's power. While the original story only describes ZX's abilities as similar to a ninja, in the manga ZX also has incredible regeneration ability which make him almost unbeatable. This difference in ZX's abilities makes some fans confused. It is then officially confirmed, that ZX's true abilities are the ones that shown in original film, Birth Of 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!!

Equipment

ZX Belt

The ZX Belt (ZX(ゼクロス)ベルト, Zekurosu Beruto^?) is Ryo's transformation belt that allows him to transform into ZX.

Helldiver

The Helldiver is ZX's personal motorcycle.

References

1. ^ Masato Hayase. "Shotaro Official Website - Masked Rider ZX". http://en.ishimoripro.com/database/live-zx.html. 

See also