Dopants

This article is about a race of monsters in Kamen Rider W.

The Dopants (ドーパント, Dōpanto) are the main antagonists of Kamen Rider W. They are a race of humans who transform into monsters using Gaia Memories, primarily distributed by the organization Museum, and later the gang Street.

Overview[]

In order to transform into a Dopant, the Gaia Memory is first inserted into a device called the L.C.O.G (the acronym for "Living Connector Setting Operation Gun" (生体コネクタ設置手術器, Seitai Konekuta Setchi Shujutsu Ki)), though normally called called a Connect Shooter (コネクトシューター, Konekuto Shūtā), which then produces a USB port-like tattoo on the user's skin called a Living Connector (生体コネクタ, Seitai Konekuta). Whenever the Gaia Memory is pressed onto the Living Connector, it enters the user's body and transforms the user into a Dopant. Use of a Gaia Memory without a Living Connector is possible, but the side effects of doing so seem to be nearly fatal.

This direct insertion will eventually drive its user insane from its addictive influence, which is why special belts called Memory Drivers have been developed for use by high ranking members of the Museum to filter out these and other side effects. This has the side affect of visibly weakening the Dopant's powers. Due to this, Museum members use some of the strongest Gaia Memories ever created to more than compensate the loss of power.

In Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate, the Dopants use T2 Gaia Memories, which appear to have some sentience, injecting themselves into people who are compatible with them (Watcherman and Santachan) or causing a Living Connector to appear on someone's skin (Queen). Other than their leader, each member of NEVER uses a T2 Gaia Memory based on a few of Double's Memories.

Dopant Memories can be destroyed by a Kamen Rider's Maximum Drive (マキシマムドライブ, Makishimamu Doraibu) in a process known as a Memory Break (メモリブレイク, Memori Bureiku). Evolved Gaia Memories, however, require a direct strike on its location within the Dopant's body to execute the Memory Break without the risk of killing the user. If the Dopant does not have a Living Connector, a Memory Break will not occur, however the Gaia Memory will still be ejected from the user's body. In order to defeat a Dopant that uses a Memory Driver, the belt must be broken in order to defeat the Dopant and cause the Memory Break.

Later history[]

Shocker Greeed[]

The Dopants, of both the Museum and Foundation X, were among the various evil organizations and monster races which were allied with Shocker in an alternate timeline where they conquered the world thanks to the Shocker Greeed. The Museum was represented by the Terror Dopant at the Great Leader of Shocker's conference of alliance, while the T-Rex, Triceratops, Beast, Hopper and Utopia Dopants were among Shocker's army of monsters. When all the Kamen Riders came back in 2011, Shotaro and Philip returned as Kamen Rider Double and defeated the Dopants allied with Shocker who were attacking the Fumen Master. ^{[OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders]}

Dai-Shocker[]

Dopants Cockroach and Spider under the Weather Dopant were part of the revived Dai-Shocker assembled by Decade to wipe out the Super Sentai, ensuring the survival of the Kamen Riders. After Dai-Shocker's alliance with Dai-Zangyack was revealed, both organizations were wiped out by a gathering of Kamen Riders and Super Sentai. ^{[Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen]}

Monster Army[]

Several Dopants as well as several Yummies and Zodiarts were part of the Monster Army, a hoard of kaijin who were revived by the Akumaizer to conquer humanity. They were defeated by a group of eight Kamen Riders consisting of Kamen Rider Wizard, Fourze, Meteor, Nadeshiko, Double, Accel, OOO, and Birth. ^{[Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Wizard & Fourze: Movie War Ultimatum]}

Space Shocker[]

A Bat and Beast Dopant were members of Space Shocker, an evil amalgamation organization similar to Dai-Shocker, which aimed to conquer the universe. It was actually a front for the revival of the Space Crime Syndicate Madou. ^{[Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z]}

World within the Magic Stone[]

The souls of defeated Dopants (the essence of their Gaia Memories presumably), among the other monster races fought by the Kamen Riders, surfaced in the world within the Magic Stone which was ruled by the evil wizard Amadum with the Violence Dopant, the Anomalocaris Dopant, the Iceage Dopant, a group of Masquerade Dopants and the T-Rex Dopant in its' Big T-Rex form being part of said army of monsters. Amadum's army of monsters were fought and destroyed by the 15 Heisei Riders when they were summoned to this world. ^{[The Kamen Rider Rings] [Neverending Story]}

Bujin Gaim[]

Seven Dopants, Death, Bat, Spider, Eyes, Luna, Trigger, and Metal, were part of the monster army of Kamen Rider Bujin Gaim in the Sengoku Period world of the Bujin Riders. The Death Dopant, the Bat Dopant, the Spider Dopant and the Eyes Dopant had appeared as a group of Dopants who had attacked the Double Army under the orders of their master. Thankfully, Kamen Rider Bujin Double had transformed into CycloneJokerXtreme before he then subsequently destroys all four Dopants in question. Later on, when Bujin Gaim had entered his Rengeza form during the final battle, the Luna Dopant, the Trigger Dopant and the Metal Dopant were part of the army of Kaijins that he himself had created in order to outnumber and overpower his enemies as a result. In the end, however, both the Luna Dopant and the Metal Dopant were destroyed by Kamen Rider Baron OOO Arms whereas the Trigger Dopant was destroyed by Kamen Rider Beast Hyper. ^{[Kamen Rider Gaim: Sengoku Battle Royale]}

Super Hero Taisen GP[]

In an alternate timeline created by Shocker's History Modifying Machine enacting an assassination of the Double Riders by Kamen Rider 3 in 1973, at least one Dopant, Weather, was among the many monsters that served the evil organization which ruled the world in this timeline. During the final battle against the Kamen Riders, Weather Dopant was destroyed by V3. ^{[Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3]}

Riders' Souls![]

Ryubei Sonozaki was brought back by Frey as an opponent in order for the current Kamen Riders to unlock Kamen Rider Double's Ghost Eyecon, a feat which was achieved by Kamen Rider Specter who used it to assume Double Damashii and destroy the Terror Dopant again. ^{[Kamen Rider Ghost: Legendary! Riders' Souls!]}

Major Dopants[]

Sonozaki Family[]

Main article: Sonozaki Family

Weather Dopant[]

Main article: Shinkuro Isaka

Masquerade Dopants[]

Main article: Masquerade Dopants

Foundation X[]

Main article: Foundation X

Utopia Dopant[]

Main article: Jun Kazu

EXE[]

Minor Dopants[]

Magma[]

Main article: Yousuke Togawa

T-Rex[]

Main article: Marina Tsumura

Money[]

Main article: Taizo Kaga

Anomalocaris[]

Main article: Genzo Takamura

Cockroach[]

Main article: Ikari

Sweets[]

Main article: Yukiko Sasaki

Virus[]

Main article: Sachi Yamamura

Violence[]

Main article: Tsuyoshi Ageo

Arms[]

Main article: Kenji Kurata

Bird[]

Main article: Bird Dopant

Ice Age[]

Main article: Kiyoshi Katahira

Triceratops[]

Main article: Aya Kujo

Liar[]

Main article: Sachio Sawada

Puppeteer[]

Main article: Keio Horinouchi

Invisible[]

Main article: Lily Shirogane

Nightmare[]

Main article: Hajime Fukushima

Beast[]

Main article: Maruo Arima

Zone[]

Main article: Suzuko Arima

Yesterday[]

Main article: Yukie Sudo

Quetzalcoatlus[]

Main article: Nagi Shimamoto

Hopper[]

Main article: Grasshopper Woman

Gene[]

Main article: Toru Kawai

Jewel[]

Main article: Makoto Uesugi

Old[]

Main article: Suguru Soma

Energy[]

Main article: Energy

Movie Dopants[]

In Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Double & Decade: Movie War 2010's Kamen Rider Double: Begins Night, Masquerade Dopants appear in the movie as well.

Death Dopant[]

• Statistics
  • Gaia Memory: Death Memory
  • Memory Break: Kamen Rider Skull's Skull Banisher

The Death Dopant (デス・ドーパント, Desu Dōpanto), has the ability to bring anyone back from the dead and carries a scythe with a white dummy attached to it. It was defeated by Kamen Rider Skull at an unknown time. It's appearance was used by the Dummy Dopant in a plot he devised.

Dummy Dopant[]

Main article: Roberto Shijima

Dr. Shinigami[]

Main article: Dr. Shinigami

• Identity: Eijiro Hikari
• Actor: Renji Ishibari

At some unknown point, Eijiro Hikari was given the Dr. Shinigami Memory by Ryubei Sonozaki, which causes him to transform into Dr. Super Shinigami when conned by Narutaki into speaking the word "Ika Devil". In this form he acts as the leader of Super Shocker. After the Neonoid takes over the Super Crisis Fortress, Dr. Super Shinigami is trapped within the fortress until it is hit by Kamen Rider Double HeatMetal's Maximum Drive, which destroys the fortress and the Dr. Shinigami Memory. This causes Eijiro to forget the entire experience. How and when Eijiro originally encountered Ryubee or was injected with the Memory is entirely unclear.

Spider[]

Main article: Seiichiro Matsui

Bat[]

Main article: Eren Komori

NEVER[]

Main article: NEVER

T2 Luna Dopant[]

Main article: Kyosui Izumi

T2 Heat Dopant[]

Main article: Reika Hanehara

T2 Metal Dopant[]

Main article: Gozo Domoto

T2 Trigger Dopant[]

Main article: Ken Ashiwara

T2 Cyclone Dopant[]

Main article: Maria S. Cranberry

Other T2 Dopants[]

In addition to the above five Dopants, there are also new Iceage, Nasca, Violence, and Weather Dopants who transform using T2 Gaia Memories. In addition to the above, Eternal, and Joker, the other Gaia Memories featured in the movie are Accel, Bird, Dummy, Fang, Gene, Key, Ocean, Puppeteer, Queen (クイーン, Kuīn), Rocket (ロケット, Roketto), Skull, Unicorn (ユニコーン, Yunikōn), Xtreme, Yesterday, and Zone.

Ocean[]

Main article: Nagi Oshima

Other Dopants[]

Oyakodon[]

Main article: Izo Aida

Bean[]

In the webisode "The Doctor is Happy About B/Now, In the Mumbling", the Bean Memory is tested on Makura with the intent to turn him into the Bean Dopant (ビーン・ドーパント, Bīn Dōpanto). This Gaia Memory had previously appeared in the television series in where it is shown being forcibly used on a Museum test subject before resulting in the man's death.Appears in episode 21 in a flashback

Kabuki[]

In the webisode "The K is Drowsy/A Speaking Only Experiment", the Kabuki Memory is tested on Jinno with the intent to turn him into the Kabuki Dopant (カブキ・ドーパント, Kabuki Dōpanto).

Yoga[]

In the webisode "The Comedy of Y/The Man Searching for Curry", the Yoga Memory is tested on Makura with the intent to turn him into the Yoga Dopant (ヨーガ・ドーパント, Yōga Dōpanto), a Dopant with stretching powers not unlike the Luna Dopant.

UFO[]

In the webisode "The U is a Mystery!/Rondo", Master of the Fumen ramen stand becomes the UFO Dopant (UFO・ドーパント, Yūfō Dōpanto) while Jinno and Makura were studying the UFO Memory.

Commander[]

Main article: Hiroshi Sagami

Futo[]

Main article: Akiko Narumi

Memory[]

Main article: Yoshie Onodera

Manga/Anime Dopants[]

Road[]

Main article: Sabu

Toadstool[]

Main article: Chuuta Tsubosaki

Aurora[]

Main article: Yukiji Bando

Scream[]

Main article: Scream Dopant

Brachiosaurus[]

Main article: Brachiosaurus Dopant

Meganeura[]

Main article: Meganeura Dopant

Caracal[]

Main article: Caracal Dopant

Alcohol[]

Main article: Alcohol Dopant

Puzzle[]

Main article: Puzzle Dopant

Reactor[]

Main article: Reactor Dopant

Antlion[]

Main article: Antlion Dopant

Owl[]

Main article: Owl Dopant

Trash[]

Main article: Trash Dopant

Crab[]

Main article: Crab Dopant

Laugh[]

Main article: Laugh Dopant

Deep[]

Main article: Deep Dopant

Scissors[]

Main article: Scissors Dopant

Diva[]

Main article: Diva Dopant

Hungry[]

Main article: Hungry Dopant

Quest[]

Main article: Quest Dopant

City[]

Main article: City Dopant

Unite[]

Main article: Unite Dopant

Game Dopants[]

Zeus[]

Main article: Zeus Dopant

Gallery[]

Legend Rider Devices[]

Dopant Stamp[]

A Kaijin Stamp that possesses the genetic information of the Dopants.

Behind the Scenes[]

Etymology[]

The name comes from the English words "dopant" and "doping".

Notes[]

• All Dopants are designed by Katsuya Terada.
• Even though the memories used by Minor Dopants are hinted to be weaker than the Gold Memories, some of them seem to actually surpass the ones used by Museum in one way or another. Examples would be the Virus Memory, Quetzalcoatlus Memory, Jewel Memory, Death Memory and the Old Memory.
• Dopants are the first and only Heisei Era monsters to not have an overarching motif.

Appearances[]

References[]

1. "TV Asahi's page on the Magma Dopant". Retrieved 2009-09-05.
2. "TV Asahi's page on the T-Rex Dopant". Retrieved 2009-09-13.
3. "TV Asahi's page on the Money Dopant". Retrieved 2009-09-20.
4. "TV Asahi's page on the Anomalocaris Dopant". Retrieved 2009-10-10.
5. "TV Asahi's page on the Gokistar manga". http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/double/manga/index.html. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
6. "TV Asahi's page on the Cockroach Dopant". Retrieved 2009-10-18.
7. "TV Asahi's page on the Sweets Dopant". Retrieved 2009-11-07.
8. "TV Asahi's page on the Virus Dopant". Retrieved 2009-11-22.
9. "TV Asahi's page on the Violence Dopant". Retrieved 2009-12-05.
10. "TV Asahi's page on the Arms Dopant". Retrieved 2009-12-19.
11. "TV Asahi's page on the Bird Dopant". Retrieved 2010-01-09.
12. "TV Asahi's page on the IceAge Dopant". Retrieved 2010-01-24.
13. "TV Asahi's page on the Triceratops Dopant". Retrieved 2010-02-07.
14. "TV Asahi's page on the Liar Dopant". Retrieved 2010-02-21.
15. "TV Asahi's page on the Puppeteer Dopant". Retrieved 2010-03-06.
16. "TV Asahi's page on the Invisible Dopant". http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/double/dopant/15.html. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
17. "TV Asahi's page on the Nightmare Dopant". http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/double/dopant/17.html. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
18. "TV Asahi's page on the Beast Dopant". http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/double/dopant/18.html. Retrieved 2010-04-18
19. "TV Asahi's page on the Zone Dopant". http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/double/dopant/19.html. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
20. "TV Asahi's page on the Yesterday Dopant". http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/double/dopant/20.html. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
21. "TV Asahi's page on the Quetzalcoatlus Dopant". http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/double/dopant/21.html. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
22. "TV Asahi's page on the Hopper Dopant". http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/double/dopant/22.html. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
23. "TV Asahi's page on the Gene Dopant". http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/double/dopant/29.html. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
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28. Hyper Hobby Magazine, July 2010

Kamen Rider W
Narumi Detective Office
Shotaro Hidari - Philip - Akiko Narumi - Sokichi Narumi - Tokime
Gear
Memory Drivers
Doubledriver - Acceldriver - Lostdriver - Gaia Driver - Gaia Driver Rex
Gaia Memory-related
Gaia Memories - Memory Gadgets - Fang Memory - Xtreme Memory - Trial Memory - Gaia Memory Enhancing Adapter
Weapons
Metalshaft - Triggermagnum - Engineblade - Skullmagnum - Prismbicker - Eternaledge - Shroudmagnum
Vehicles
Revolgarry - Hardboilder - Gunner A - Diablossa - Skullboilder - Skullgarry - Hardmammother
Other Devices
Gaia Progressor - X-Bicker
Terminology
Gaia Library - Maximum Drive - Gaia Impact - True Gaia Memory
Futo Irregulars
Santachan - Watcherman- Queen - Elizabeth - Isamu Bito - Lily Shirogane - Frank Shirogane - Akira Aoyama
Futo Police Department (Futo PD)
Ryu Terui - Mikio Jinno - Shun Makura
Museum and the Dopants
Foundation X
The Sonozaki Family: Terror - Claydoll - Taboo/R Nasca - Nasca - Smilodon - Masquerade Dopants
Dopants: Magma Dopant - T-Rex Dopant - Money Dopant - Anomalocaris Dopant - Cockroach Dopant - Sweets Dopant - Virus Dopant - Violence Dopant - Arms Dopant - Bird Dopant - Ice Age Dopant - Triceratops Dopant - Liar Dopant - Puppeteer Dopant - Invisible Dopant - Nightmare Dopant - Beast Dopant - Zone Dopant - Yesterday Dopant - Quetzalcoatlus Dopant - Gene Dopant - Jewel Dopant - Old Dopant - Utopia Dopant - Energy Dopant
Movie-Exclusive Villains: Dummy Dopant - Heat Dopant - Trigger Dopant - Metal Dopant - Luna Dopant - Cyclone Dopant - Bat Dopant - Spider Dopant - Kamen Rider Eternal - Commander Dopant - Eyes Dopant - Ocean Dopant
Novel-Exclusive Villains (The One Who Continues After Z): Zoo Dopant - Zero Dopant - Queen Bee Dopant - Flower Dopant - Elephant Dopant - Dolphin Dopant - Salamander Dopant - Fish Dopant - Bird Dopant - Ape Dopant - Bee Dopants
Manga-Exclusive Villains (Futo Tantei): Road Dopant - Toadstool Dopant - Caracal Dopant - Aurora Dopant - Meganeura Dopant -Brachiosaurus Dopant - Scream Dopant - Alcohol Dopant - Puzzle Dopant - Reactor Dopant - Antlion Dopant - Owl Dopant - Trash Dopant - Crab Dopant - Laugh Dopant - Deep Dopant - Scissors Dopant - Diva Dopant - Death Dopant - Joker Dopant - Hungry Dopant - Quest Dopant - City Dopant
Street
Yukiji Bando - Kazuha Gojo - Hideo Chiba - Mamoru Nikaido - Hikaru Futami - Towa
NEVER
Katsumi Daido - Maria S. Cranberry - Reika Hanehara - Kyosui Izumi - Gozo Domoto - Ken Ashiwara
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