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 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 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…
#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 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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…
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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…
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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…
#16 - 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…
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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?
#21 - 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…
#22 - 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?
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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.
#25 - 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.