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 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.
#2 - 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?
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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…
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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…
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - Another Wizard
Season 23 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/6/2013
Both the Phantoms and Haruto keep an eye on the mysterious young man Nitoh Kousuke. However, just when they think they have him figured out, they discover he’s another wizard when he transforms before their eyes…
#13 - 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…
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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…
#18 - 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?
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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…
#24 - 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.
#25 - 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.