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 - 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.
#2 - 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…
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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…
#5 - 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…
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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…
#11 - Memento of My Son
Season 23 - Episode 44 - Aired 7/21/2013
Haruto discovers that Koyomi is the daughter of Fueki, but he keeps this to himself. Meanwhile, Haruto’s former elementary school teacher Yoshikazu Kumagai, who comes to Remnants to purchase an antique toy plane that once belonged to his late son, is discovered to be a Gate when he is attacked by the Phantom Siren.
#12 - The Ringed Novelist
Season 23 - Episode 42 - Aired 7/7/2013
Haruto is alarmed to find Kizaki has disappeared after he has been asked to search for Fueki, who kidnapped Yuzuru to seek out another person worthy of becoming a magician. After Kamen Rider Wizard saves Saionji, a novelist, Saionji reveals he is looking for a young woman who gave him the inspiration to write again ten years ago.
#13 - Stolen Hope
Season 23 - Episode 38 - Aired 6/2/2013
When Haruto goes to save a soccer player from a Phantom, the man recognizes him, and Haruto’s former dreams of being a professional soccer player are revealed. Elsewhere, a well-dressed man enters Remnants and presents Wajima with another magic stone…
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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…
#16 - Life Today, Life Tomorrow
Season 23 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/20/2013
The three-way battle between Kamen Rider Wizard, Kamen Rider Beast, and the Phantom Hydra continues, with Oikawa’s livelihood at stake as he is on the verge of becoming a Phantom. To try to get Kousuke to change his mind, Shunpei and Rinko tell him what really happens to Gates when they fall into despair.
#17 - A Christmas Miracle
Season 23 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/23/2012
Around Christmas time, a new Gate is discovered in the form of a hard-working young man named Tatsuro, and Haruto must get to the bottom of what his hopes are in order to protect him from becoming a Phantom. However, when all hope seems lost, Haruto receives a little help from a jolly old fellow with a white beard…
#18 - 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.
#19 - NSA Section Zero
Season 23 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/2012
The National Security Agency’s Section Zero obtains a green Magic Stone, and so Kizaki abducts Wajima so he can commission his own Wizard Ring. At that time, a Phantom targets a Gate in the form of a child traveling from Akita to Tokyo, leaving Haruto alone on his mission.
#20 - Approaching the Truth
Season 23 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/27/2013
While Haruto tries to help Shiho, a housewife whose life is falling apart around her after being attacked by Ghouls and the new Phantom, Rinko tries to discover the identity of a young man who got into a fight, without knowing that he is Phoenix.
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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…
#25 - 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.