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 - Inheriting the Dream
Season 23 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/2/2012
As Haruto must keep Valkyrie and Medusa from placing Matsuki in despair, Shunpei questions his worth in helping in the fight against the Phantoms.
#2 - The Sweets of Hope
Season 23 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/25/2012
After receiving a new Magic Stone from Kizaki, Shunpei believes that Haruto’s abilities are getting better enough for him to start teaching him magic. Meanwhile, a high school student named Tetsuya begins an apprenticeship at a sweets shop and is targeted by the Phantoms.
#3 - 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?
#4 - What Matters the Most
Season 23 - Episode 50 - Aired 9/8/2013
Haruto finds he must battle the White Wizard on his own for Koyomi’s sake after Kousuke used the last of his mana to disrupt the Sabbat. Elsewhere, Yuzuru and Yamamoto come to their senses and plan to fight alongside Mayu and Haruto for Kousuke.
#5 - The Last Hope
Season 23 - Episode 51 - Aired 9/15/2013
With Gremlin in possession of the Philosopher’s Stone, Koyomi dies. However, Fueki says that the light in Haruto’s heart is the true Philosopher’s Stone. Meanwhile, Gremlin, now evolved, goes on a rampage, and Kousuke cannot battle to save anyone or even himself from the monstrous Phantom…
#6 - A New Magic Stone
Season 23 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/21/2012
After a mysterious white Garuda delivers a new Magic Ring, Wajima works to get it set in a new ring. Meanwhile, Medusa sends out Ghouls to attack a young boy who is suspected of being a Gate as Haruto finds himself facing Phoenix.
#7 - Dragon’s Roar
Season 23 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/28/2012
Haruto and Shunpei watch over Hiroki until the Phantom case is solved. However, with Phoenix still on the loose, Haruto finds himself outmatched until he discovers how to tap into the power of the Phantom within him, unleashing a new form.
#8 - 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…
#9 - 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…
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - Transform! The Live Broadcast
Season 23 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/16/2012
Shunpei decides to go on live television to show off his burgeoning magical powers while Haruto tries to deal with both the young man and Hellhound’s attempts to attack him now that it is clear Shunpei is a Gate.
#13 - 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…
#14 - Another Side of Sora
Season 23 - Episode 35 - Aired 5/12/2013
With Chiaki revealed to be the Gate sought out by Argus, Nitou believes the source of her despair may be her loss of popularity. Elsewhere, Haruto has met with Sora, the Gremlin Phantom, and upon realizing that not is all it seems, asks Rinko and Section Zero to investigate, and they discover what exactly happened to Sora Takigawa, as Haruto suspects the Phantom still has his human mind.
#15 - The Pianist and the Doll
Season 23 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/23/2012
While trying to fight a new Phantom that has appeared looking for a new Gate, Koyomi is suddenly attacked by Medusa.
#16 - The Final Competition
Season 23 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/30/2012
Haruto must find a way to defeat Cat Sidhe before he converts Takagi while also helping Rinko and Shunpei to understand the truth of Koyomi’s origins.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - For a Beautiful Flower
Season 23 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/7/2012
Shunpei, the donut shop worker, and Wajima all fall for a woman selling various items, but she sticks close to Haruto, particularly when a Phantom appears to be chasing after her.
#20 - Buying Memories
Season 23 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/14/2012
Yamagata must remember where he first met Manami before she falls victim to Gnome and falls into despair.
#21 - 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.
#22 - Cracked Memories
Season 23 - Episode 46 - Aired 8/4/2013
Mayu approaches the White Wizard asking to become stronger so she may defeat Medusa as Haruto and Nitou have trouble battling a fast-moving Phantom. Later, Sora approaches Haruto at Hungry Donuts, inquiring as to whether or not he has found out about Koyomi’s past.
#23 - 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.
#24 - The Sabbat Begins
Season 23 - Episode 49 - Aired 9/1/2013
With Yamamoto and Yuzuru both Kamen Rider Mages under the White Wizard’s thrall, Haruto and Koyomi are kidnapped to begin the new Sabbat. After Kousuke is approached by Beast Chimera in his dreams, he goes to assist Rinko and Shunpei to help save Haruto and Koyomi.
#25 - 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…