 This article is about an episode in Kamen Rider 555.
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The Beautiful Assassin (美しき刺客, Utsukushiki Shikaku) is the twentieth episode of Kamen Rider 555. It features Itsuro Takuma's transformation into Kamen Rider Faiz.
Synopsis[]
Two of the members of Smart Brain are ordered to get the Faiz Gear back and kill all traitors. Saeko of Lucky Clover meets another Orphnoch that wants to take Jay's spot. Takumi faces off against one of the members while Yuji Kiba faces the other one. Both fights end up the same: defeat, but Takumi's is much worse because the Orphnoch that he lost to took his Faiz Gear and transformed into Faiz to kill Takumi and finish his job.
Plot[]
Two members of Lucky Clover, Itsuro and Saeko, are ordered to get the Faiz Gear back and kill all traitors. Saeko meets another Orphnoch that wants to take J's spot. Takumi faces off against Itsuro while Yuji faces both Saeko and the Scorpion Orphnoch. Both fights end up the same: defeat, but Takumi's is much worse because the Centipede Orphnoch that he lost to took his Faiz Gear and transformed into Faiz to kill Takumi and finish his job.
Cast[]
- Takumi Inui (乾 巧, Inui Takumi): Kento Handa (半田 健人, Handa Kento)
- Mari Sonoda (園田 真理, Sonoda Mari): Yuria Haga (芳賀 優里亜, Haga Yuria)
- Keitaro Kikuchi (菊池 啓太郎, Kikuchi Keitarō): Ken Mizorogi (溝呂木 賢, Mizorogi Ken)
- Yuji Kiba (木場 勇治, Kiba Yūji): Masayuki Izumi (泉 政行, Izumi Masayuki)
- Yuka Osada (長田 結花, Osada Yuka): Yoshika Kato (加藤 美佳, Katō Yoshika)
- Naoya Kaido (海堂 直也, Kaidō Naoya): Mitsuru Karahashi (唐橋 充, Karahashi Mitsuru)
- Itsuro Takuma (琢磨 逸郎, Takuma Itsurō): Jun Yamasaki (山崎 潤, Yamasaki Jun)
- Saeko Kageyama (影山 冴子, Kageyama Saeko): Waka (和香, Waka)
- Kyouji Murakami (村上 峡児, Murakami Kyōji): Katsuyuki Murai (村井 克行, Murai Katsuyuki)
Guest Cast[]
- Shigehisa Aoki (青木 茂久, Aoki Shigehisa): Sarutoki Minagawa (皆川 猿時, Minagawa Sarutoki)
- Oonogi (大野木, Ōnogi): Teppei Sakata (坂田 鉄平, Sakata Teppei)
- Victim: Takeji Yoshihara (吉原 丈二, Yoshihara Takeji), Koshi Hoshina (保科 光志, Hoshina Kōshi)
- Secretary: Asuka Kataoka (片岡 明日香, Kataoka Asuka)
Notes[]
- As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger
episode 17, Ep. 17: The Battlefield's Abare-Strut. - Viewership: 9.7%
- This episode marks the first time Keitaro's first name is outright said in front of Yuka, although it is apparent that she did not hear it as she was focused on Mari at the time. She does eventually discover Keitaro's identity in Episode 43.
DVD releases[]
Kamen Rider 555 Volume 5, DVD cover
Kamen Rider 555 Volume 5 features episodes 17-20: Takumi, Revival, Narrow Escape from Death, Pure White Justice and The Beautiful Assassin.
Kamen Rider 555 Box 2, Blu-ray cover
Blu-ray Box 2 comes with 17 episodes.