Shadow Moon

nihongo|Century King Shadow Moon|世紀王シャドームーン|Seiki Ō Shadō Mūn is a fictional character who serves as the primary antagonist in the Japanese tokusatsu drama "Kamen Rider BLACK". In all of Shadow Moon's appearances, he is voiced by Masaki Terasoma, including the 3D short film "Kamen Rider World". [cite web|url=http://www.freewebs.com/basrisite/moon.htm|title=Dedicated To Black - Shadow Moon|accessdate=2008-01-01] In "Kamen Rider SD", he is voiced by Kaneto Shiozawa. [ann name|id=852 Retrieved on February 15, 2008.] . Nobuhiko is played by Takahito Horiuchi.

History

Shadow Moon is the alter ego of nihongo|Nobuhiko Akizuki|秋月 信彦|Akizuki Nobuhiko, who had been abducted by Gorgom to become one of their new kings. [cite web|url=http://incolor.inebraska.com/stuart/riders/gorgom.htm|title=Gorgom|accessdate=2008-01-01] Shadow Moon is both the step-brother and rival to Kotaro Minami/Kamen Rider BLACK RX [cite web|url=http://www.igadevil.com/KamenRiders/kamenriderblack.html|title=Kamen Rider BLACK|accessdate=2008-01-01] , both having been abducted by Gorgom in their childhood, with Kotaro escaping. Both utilize the Kingstone to transform. [cite web|url=http://www001.upp.so-net.ne.jp/heian/kumo/shadowmoon.html|title=シャドームーン|accessdate=2008-01-01]

Kamen Rider Media

Shadow Moon is one of the few villains in the Kamen Rider Series to be given an action figure [cite web|url=http://www.geocities.jp/gatekeeper000072/shadow.html|title=シャドームーン|accessdate=2008-01-01] , Sochaku Henshin figure [cite web|url=http://www.geocities.jp/czonea/shadowmoon.html|title=装着変身　シャドームーン|accessdate=2008-01-01] , and a S.I.C. figure. [cite web|url=http://www.diced.jp/~fbi/review_shadowmoon.htm|title=S.I.C.匠魂Vol.6シャドームーン|accessdate=2008-01-01] [cite web|url=http://home.att.ne.jp/sea/syagi/kaz-kamenraida1-.htm|title=S.I.C　仮面ライダー|accessdate=2008-01-01] [cite web|url=http://akke23.blog19.fc2.com/blog-entry-25.html|title=S.I.C シャドームーンの巻。 おもちゃ日和|accessdate=2008-01-01] He is also one of the few Kamen Rider villains to have a Rider Kick, without being a Kamen Rider himself. [cite web|url=http://maryu.sakura.ne.jp/hero/rider/rider11s.htm|title=世紀王シャドームーン|accessdate=2008-01-01] Shadow Moon was also featured as the first Secret Rare card in the Rangers Strike Masked Rider Expansion Vol. 1 and the only character in the Dark Alliance group in the Masked Rider Expansion Vol. 1. [cite web|url=http://www.carddas.com/rangers/rider/cardlist/SK-001.html|title=SK-001 シャドームーン|accessdate=2008-01-02]

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