Undead (Kamen Rider)

Undead (Kamen Rider)

The Undead (アンデッド, Andeddo?) are a fictional race of monsters in the 2004 Japanese Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Blade. The story of the Undead is the focus of the series as they were created 10,000 years ago by God in the form of the a stone slab called the Monolith (モノリス, Monorisu?), to kill each other in a free-for-all battle royale known as the Battle Fight, with the winner granted a wish to alter the world. The 52 Undead represented 52 different species and battled so they can wish for the species they represent to rule the Earth, while the Joker represented death. While the other Undead were sealed by the Monolith, the winner of that battle was the Human Undead and the world has been populated by humans ever since. In the present, human archaeologists discover the sealed Undead and a madden Hirose set them free by mistake. However, the new Battle Fight was a front for a sinister plot by BOARD's chairman. Developing Rider Systems based around the Undead, a Rider can defeat an Undead, forcing its Ouroboros buckle to open up with a Blank Card thrown at it to reseal the Undead.

Several of the Undead have been made into collectable figurines, including the Caucasus and Tarantula Undeads, the Giraffa Undead and most recently the Peacock Undead.

The Undead were designed by Yasushi Nirasawa (韮沢 靖, Nirasawa Yasushi?), who later went on to create the Horrors in GARO, the Worms in Kamen Rider Kabuto, and the Imagin in Kamen Rider Den-O. The Undead designs were later published in a book titled UNDEAD GREEN BLOOD.