Shinji Kido (Kamen Rider Ryuki)

Shinji Kido (城戸 真司, Kido Shinji) is a journalist trainee working for ORE Journal who finds himself drafted into the ongoing Rider War after obtaining an Card Deck, Transforming into Kamen Rider Ryuki (仮面ライダー龍騎, Kamen Raidā Ryūki, lit. "Dragon Knight").

Why He Rocks

 * 1) Unlike with most participants/riders, to be found within Ryuki, Shinji seems to differ as he only became a rider, to protect others to tend to get harm.
 * 2) *Also Shinji is a pacifist, who tends to assess things through conversations, however when he has no choice to use his brawns, when the treat doesn't seem to cooperate with Shinji's way of assessing things.
 * 3) *He is also willing to put his life, (mainly through villainous riders), as he knows that there is a chance that their life could be turned around, and stepping away from their old roots and starting a new life as a redeemed person, even if the outcome is not what he expects.
 * 4) He knows that he isn't the strongest person himself, yet he tries his best within battles, and even growing stronger through correcting his mistakes from previous battles, this was proven within Ep.3
 * 5) He also provides some of the finest comedic scenes, luckily unlike with some Toku characters, it doesn't make Shinji look irritating or outlandish, with notable examples such as,
 * 6) *Where Shinji gets involved into an accident within a truck driver that leads into an argument.
 * 7) *Within the same episode, where he tried to fight the monster with his sword.
 * 8) *Where Shinji got a nightmare about an office fire, and extinguished the whole office down.
 * 9) *Where Kitaoka is injured during a fight, and is unable to use his cards properly, then lending it to Shinji, which leads to slight irritation towards him.
 * 10) He al matures up as the show progresses due to the events, he encounters and even slightly loses his naive nature.
 * 11) His suit designs are pretty simplistic yet well-designed, especially his base form which utilizes the red, silver and black accents coloration perfectly.
 * 12) His death within the penultimate episode, was pretty heartbreaking, yet brings a deep meaning within the word Heroism, and even bringing slight sorrow towards another character due to losing his former rival turned best friend and partner.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Initially he tends to be rather annoying due to his immaturity.