Additionally, almost all Showa Riders are solely powered by purely science fiction concepts, whereas many Heisei and Reiwa series introduce fantasy concepts such as magic. While most Showa Riders were superpowered cyborgs who could activate their full set of abilities through their belts, a majority of modern Riders gain powers from the belt itself or its accompanying trinkets, with the belt either generating a suit or, less commonly, physically altering the user's body. Later Heisei and Reiwa installments of the franchise introduced in-story biometric or various other electronic safeguards to prevent malicious people from using a hero’s belt. In some cases, Heisei transformation gear can also be used by multiple users as opposed being bound to a single user, like the Faiz, Kaixa, and Delta Belts and the Ixa System.

Therefore, most Heisei Riders first need to equip their gear before being able to transform. While this is also a fact for some Heisei Kamen Riders, most notably Kuuga and Agito, the majority of Heisei (and all of Reiwa) transformation gear is separate from their owner's body. The term “Driver” was first used in Kamen Rider Faiz and eventually became a universal term for Rider Belts in the later half of the Heisei era and beyond.Īnother key difference between both eras is that Riders from the Showa Era always have their belts be a part of their (normally cyborg) bodies. Especially in Heisei Series Phase 2, these smaller objects are also used to activate form changes. Examples of these smaller objects are cards, coins, and mobile phones. After this is done, the transformation can be completed.

On the other hand, the transformation gear of Heisei (and to an extent, Reiwa) Riders almost always consists of multiple pieces a belt and a smaller object that either has to be inserted into the belt or have it interact with the belt in another way. Showa transformation gear almost always consists of solely a belt that is activated by the Rider doing a pose and saying 'Henshin' ( 変身, 'Henshin' lit.

Other forms of transformation gear are wrist braces and weapons. The items listed here are equipment used by Kamen Riders to transform.

This article is about a set of devices in the Kamen Rider Series.

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