The BEST episodes of Kamen Rider season 23
Every episode of Kamen Rider season 23, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Kamen Rider season 23!
A motorcycle-riding hero of justice rises up to fight an evil force, stopping their evil deeds while using their own power against them.
#1 - The Neverending Story
Season 23 - Episode 53 - Aired 9/29/2013
Haruto must defeat Amadum before he can use the Rider Rings to transform their world into a monster’s paradise. Can the combined power of 15 Heisei Riders protect the world?
#2 - His Tears
Season 23 - Episode 31 - Aired 4/14/2013
With Legion too strong for even Kousuke to battle, Haruto must find a way to restore Dragon’s powers before Legion strikes again. However, when all appears lost, Haruto’s dedication to his friends unlocks his greatest power yet…
#3 - A Smile in Your Heart
Season 23 - Episode 45 - Aired 7/28/2013
Haruto must split his attention on saving Kumagai from Siren while they try to find a toy for his son and revealing what he knows to Koyomi about her past. Meanwhile, a red crack appears on Koyomi’s hand. What does this mean? Meanwhile, Medusa and Mayu face each other again.
#4 - The Philosopher's Stone
Season 23 - Episode 48 - Aired 8/18/2013
With the knowledge that Fueki is not only the White Wizard, Koyomi’s father, and the Phantoms’ leader Wiseman, Haruto, Kosuke, and Mayu work together to try to discover his true plans.
#5 - I Want to Ride a Bicycle
Season 23 - Episode 40 - Aired 6/23/2013
While Rinko tries to investigate Fueki, Nitou starts to teach a boy named Yuzuru to ride a bicycle after he watches Kamen Rider Beast battle a Phantom and his Ghouls with a mountain bike.
#6 - Wiseman’s Revelations
Season 23 - Episode 47 - Aired 8/11/2013
Even though Haruto reveals that Koyomi is Fueki’s daughter, the group keeps their mission to save Yamamoto from Arachne, particularly when his pregnant wife Aya goes missing.
#7 - The Stolen Belt
Season 23 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/24/2013
Kousuke meets an archeologist who has discovered artifacts, one of which is a ring that looks like Chimera. However, the BeastDriver is suddenly stolen. To make things worse, Gremlin and a new Phantom appear to defeat the wizards.
#8 - Part-Time Danger
Season 23 - Episode 32 - Aired 4/21/2013
Nitou’s high school friend Tsuchiya arrives in town, having discovered a job offer that will pay 1 million yen for a day’s work. Nitou joins him on the interview, but Haruto and Koyomi suspect something is off.
#9 - Things Money Can’t Buy
Season 23 - Episode 33 - Aired 4/28/2013
Haruto and Nitou must race to Tokyo to save Tsuchiya, who begins repeatedly experiencing extremely favorable luck, as well as the 5 other Gates, from falling victim to the Phantom Hobgoblin.
#10 - The Fugitive’s Despair
Season 23 - Episode 37 - Aired 5/26/2013
The group must protect Nemoto from both the Phantom Raum and the police who want to question him about several arson cases. But can they clear Rinko’s name before it’s too late?
#11 - A Fate of Wizardry
Season 23 - Episode 41 - Aired 6/30/2013
With Mayu joining the fight Kamen Rider Mage, she focuses her attention on her former sister Medusa, with Haruto asking her what her true goals are now that she is a witch. Meanwhile, Sylph continues its attack on Yuzuru, just as the White Wizard gains interest in him as well.
#12 - The White Wizard's Secret
Season 23 - Episode 43 - Aired 7/14/2013
Saionji reveals it is Koyomi who he has been looking for all this time, saying he met her once 10 years ago. Meanwhile, Sora warns Nitou about the White Wizard, resulting in Nitou facing him in battle.
#13 - The Myna Bird Speaks
Season 23 - Episode 36 - Aired 5/19/2013
With Sora’s words in mind, Haruto meets Wiseman to get answers. Meanwhile, Rinko investigates an arson case with Shunpei, only to discover that a man with a caged myna bird may be a Gate.
#14 - What He Forgot on the Field
Season 23 - Episode 39 - Aired 6/9/2013
With Kazuya in the hospital, Haruto must find a way to defeat the Phantom Bahamut, even though the Phantom is much too powerful for him as Kamen Rider Wizard. Meanwhile, the mysterious Fueki commissions a Wizard Ring from Wajima.
#15 - Dance of the Dragons
Season 23 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/3/2013
Kamen Rider Wizard takes on the Beelzebub Phantom. Meanwhile, Rinko discovers more on the identity of Yugo, and discovers what had happened to him.
#16 - The Kamen Rider Rings
Season 23 - Episode 52 - Aired 9/22/2013
After Gremlin’s defeat, Haruto is lost in a parallel world inhabited by monsters defeated by past Riders, created by an entity called Amadum, who wants to steal the powers of the Kamen Riders for himself. Using the Legend Rider Rings, he will summon the past 13 Heisei Kamen Riders…
#17 - The Phoenix Cuts Loose
Season 23 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/10/2013
When Rinko disappears and all that’s found is her bloodied ID, Haruto seeks out her attacker, unaware that Yuugo has disobeyed Wiseman and acted on his own volition, with Rinko in the way of his goals.
#18 - Decisive Battle
Season 23 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/17/2013
With Rinko's life on the line, Haruto readies himself for a battle with Phoenix who has become more powerful, despite Kosuke's intention to take Phoenix's magical power for himself.
#19 - The Wizard's Grandmother
Season 23 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/24/2013
Kosuke's grandmother, Toshie, has appeared to visit him, but things get personal when she and Shunpei are targeted by the newest Phantoms.
#20 - Life Decisions
Season 23 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/3/2013
Gremlin and Weretiger keep Shunpei hostage and offer to free him in exchange for Toshie. Meanwhile, Kousuke has a crisis over his choice to become the Ancient Wizard, as it has brought danger to his loved ones. Toshie, however, is willing to give up her life to free Shunpei…
#21 - Sneaking into School
Season 23 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/10/2013
Kuosuke discovers Medusa’s true identity as the school-aged girl Misa and attacks her, only for Rinko to arrest him. Going on the magician’s hunch that she’s after another schoolgirl as a Gate, Haruto and Shunpei attend the school to try to thwart Medusa’s plans.
#22 - Sisters
Season 23 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/17/2013
When it is discovered that Mayu is the twin sister of Misa, the girl who has become Medusa, Mayu makes it her mission to seek out the one part of her sister that is still alive within Medusa, even though Haruto believes it is better to save Takako first.
#23 - Evolving Beast
Season 23 - Episode 29 - Aired 3/31/2013
Kousuke must find a way to retrieve his BeastDriver and Rings from Gremlin, but after he discovers the real location off his equipment, he finds himself too weak to fight. After trying to use the new ring in a last-ditch move, Chimera appears and tells him about the chance to eat the Phantom alive.
#24 - The Day the Magic Died
Season 23 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/7/2013
Gremlin unleashes a dangerous Phantom who assumes the form of a man called Naitou. But unlike the Phantoms Haruto and Kousuke had faced before, Naitou is attacking humans without discrimination. It’s when he attacks Haruto that the game changes for the ringed magician…
#25 - The Model’s Dark Side
Season 23 - Episode 34 - Aired 5/5/2013
While Haruto and Rinko are sent by Kizaki to investigate Gremlin’s human identity as Sora, Nitou and Shunpei help save a young woman attacked as a possible Gate, only to discover that she is their favorite fashion model Chiaki. Meanwhile, Gremlin is acting stranger than usual…