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.

Last Updated: 12/6/2024Network: TV AsahiStatus: Continuing
Inheriting the Dream
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6.33
3 votes

#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.

Directors: Ryuta Tasaki
Dragon’s Roar
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6.00
3 votes

#2 - 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.

Directors: Shojiro Nakazawa
The Sweets of Hope
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6.00
3 votes

#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.

Directors: Ryuta Tasaki
What Matters the Most
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6.00
3 votes

#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.

Directors: Shojiro Nakazawa
The Last Hope
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6.00
3 votes

#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…

Directors: Shojiro Nakazawa
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6.00
3 votes

#6 - 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?

Directors: Hidenori Ishida
Writer: Shō Aikawa
A New Magic Stone
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5.67
3 votes

#7 - 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.

Directors: Shojiro Nakazawa
The Kamen Rider Rings
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5.67
3 votes

#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…

Directors: Hidenori Ishida
Writer: Shō Aikawa
His Tears
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5.50
2 votes

#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…

Dance of the Dragons
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5.33
3 votes

#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.

Directors: Hidenori Ishida
Decisive Battle
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5.33
3 votes

#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.

Directors: Shojiro Nakazawa
The Ring-Bearing Wizard
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5.00
4 votes

#12 - The Ring-Bearing Wizard

Season 23 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/2/2012

When strange magical creatures including something resembling the Minotaur begin to attack in Toriizaka, they are all confronted by a man with a strange ring and belt calling himself “Wizard”…

Directors: Shojiro Nakazawa
The Model’s Dark Side
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5.00
3 votes

#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…

Directors: Kenzo Maihara
Another Side of Sora
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5.00
3 votes

#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.

Directors: Kenzo Maihara
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4.50
2 votes

#15 - 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.

Directors: Hidenori Ishida
The Philosopher's Stone
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4.50
2 votes

#16 - 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.

Directors: Satoshi Morota
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4.25
4 votes

#17 - 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.

Directors: Kenzo Maihara
Cracked Memories
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4.00
2 votes

#18 - 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.

Directors: Kenzo Maihara
The Sabbat Begins
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4.00
2 votes

#19 - 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.

Directors: Satoshi Morota
Wiseman’s Revelations
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4.00
2 votes

#20 - 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.

Directors: Kenzo Maihara
Another Wizard
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3.67
3 votes

#21 - 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…

Directors: Shojiro Nakazawa
Sisters
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3.67
3 votes

#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.

Directors: Satoshi Morota
The Day the Magic Died
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3.67
3 votes

#23 - 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…

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3.33
3 votes

#24 - 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.

Directors: Hidenori Ishida
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3.33
3 votes

#25 - 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.

Directors: Satoshi Morota