Overview of 'Kamen Rider' Season 23

Episode 1 - The Ringed Magician

Release Date: 2012-09-02

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".

Episode 2 - I Want to Be a Magician

Release Date: 2012-09-09

While trying to battle the Phantom Hellhound, Haruto is accosted by Shunpei Nara, who wants to be a magician just like him.

Episode 3 - Transform! Live Broadcast

Release Date: 2012-09-16

Shunpei Nara 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.

Episode 4 - The Doll and the Pianist

Release Date: 2012-09-23

While trying to fight a new Phantom that has appeared looking for a new Gate, Koyomi is suddenly attacked by Medusa.

Episode 5 - The Deciding Match of the Contest

Release Date: 2012-09-30

Haruto must find a way to defeat Caitsith before he converts Takagi while also helping Koyomi discover the truth of her origins.

Episode 6 - To a Beautiful Flower

Release Date: 2012-10-07

Shunpei, the donut shop worker, and Wajima all fall for a woman selling power stones, but she sticks close to Haruto, particularly when a Phantom appears to be chasing after her.

Episode 7 - Buying Memories

Release Date: 2012-10-14

Yamagata must remember where he first met Manami before she falls victim to Gnome and falls into despair.

Episode 8 - A New Magic Stone

Release Date: 2012-10-21

After a mysterious white Garuda delivers a new Magic Ring and stone to Omokagedo, Medusa sends out Ghouls to attack a young boy who is suspected of being a Gate as Haruto finds himself facing Phoenix.

Episode 9 - Dragon's Cry

Release Date: 2012-10-28

After finding out that Hiroki is the son of his old friend Mikiko, Haruto suggests that he watches over him until the Phantom case is solved. However, Phoenix attacks Mikiko instead of bringing Hiroki into despair and when Haruto realises this, he searches for his father.

Episode 10 - National Security Agency's Section Zero

Release Date: 2012-11-04

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 arrives to create a new Phantom from a child traveling from Akita to Tokyo, leaving Haruto alone on his mission.

Episode 11 - The Promise to Defend

Release Date: 2012-11-11

While hunting down Gargoyle and having to deal with Kizaki, Kamen Rider Wizard appears to fall into a trap set up by Phoenix.

Episode 12 - The Wagashi of Hope

Release Date: 2012-11-18

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 wagashi store and is targeted by the Phantoms.

Episode 13 - Heir to the Dream

Release Date: 2012-11-25

As Haruto must keep Valkyrie and Medusa from placing Matsuki in despair, Shunpei questions his worth in helping in the fight against the Phantoms.

Episode 14 - The Film Director Came Back

Release Date: 2012-12-02

As Haruto fights a familiar Phantom on a film set, Koyomi starts to think that she remembers some of the people involved in the filming.

Episode 15 - After the Last Scene is...

Release Date: 2012-12-09

Haruto must stop Lizardman from bringing Chizuru into the depths of despair while trying to figure out what Satoshi's plans are.

Episode 16 - The Miracle of Christmas

Release Date: 2012-12-16

Around Christmas time, Misa locates a new Gate in the form of a young man with a Yankee fashion sense named Tatsuro, and Haruto must get to the bottom of what his hopes are in order to protect him from becoming a Phantom.

Episode 17 - Another Magician

Release Date: 2012-12-23

Both the Phantoms and Haruto keep an eye on the mysterious young man Kosuke Nitoh.

Episode 18 - The Magic of Food

Release Date: 2012-12-30

Haruto's and Kosuke's differing ways of handling things, from how to approach the issue on Phantoms to even eating doughnuts, causes a rift between the two magicians.

Episode 19 - Today's Life, the Life of Tomorrow

Release Date: 2013-01-06

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 Kosuke to change his mind, Shunpei and Rinko tell him what really happens to Gates when they fall into despair.

Episode 20 - Learning the Truth

Release Date: 2013-01-13

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 drunken fight, without knowing that he is the Phantom Phoenix.

Episode 21 - The Dragons' Wild Dance

Release Date: 2013-01-20

Kamen Rider Wizard takes on the Beelzebub Phantom. Meanwhile, Rinko discovers more on the identity of Yugo, and discovers what had happened to him.

Episode 22 - The Phoenix's Rampage

Release Date: 2013-01-27

When Rinko disappears and all that's found is her bloodied ID, Haruto seeks out her attacker, unaware that Yugo has disobeyed Wiseman and acted on his own volition, with Rinko in the way of his goals.

Episode 23 - The Decisive Battle

Release Date: 2013-02-03

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.

Episode 24 - The Magician's Grandmother

Release Date: 2013-02-10

Kosuke's grandmother, Toshie, has appeared to visit him, but things get personal when she and Shunpei are targeted by the newest Phantoms.

Episode 25 - Choosing the Life

Release Date: 2013-02-17

Gremlin and Weretiger keep Shunpei hostage and offer to free him in exchange for Toshie. Meanwhile, Kosuke has a crisis over his choice to become the Ancient Magician, as it has brought danger to his loved ones. Toshie, however, is willing to give up her life to free Shunpei...

Episode 26 - Academy Infiltration

Release Date: 2013-02-24

Kosuke 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.

Episode 27 - Big Sister and Little Sister

Release Date: 2013-03-03

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.

Episode 28 - The Stolen Belt

Release Date: 2013-03-10

Kosuke is meeting an archeologist to get the new Beast Color and a gun-like weapon. However, the BeastDriver is suddenly stolen. To make things worse, Gremlin and a new Phantom appear to defeat the magicians.

Episode 29 - The Evolving Wild Beast

Release Date: 2013-03-17

Kosuke must find a way to retrieve his Beast Driver and Wizard Rings back from Spriggan while Chimera tells him about his chance to eat him alive.

Episode 30 - The Day Magic Vanished

Release Date: 2013-03-24

Gremlin unleashes a dangerous Phantom who assumes form of a man called Naitō. But unlike the Phantoms Haruto and Kosuke had faced before, Naitō is attacking humans without discrimination.

Episode 31 - Tears

Release Date: 2013-03-31

With Legion too strong for even Kosuke to battle, Haruto must find a way to restore Wizardragon's powers before Legion strikes again.

Episode 32 - Dangerous Part-Time Job

Release Date: 2013-04-07

Nitoh's high school friend Tsuchiya arrives in town, having discovered a job offer that will pay ¥1 million for a day's work. Nitoh joins him on the interview, but Haruto and Koyomi suspect something is off.

Episode 33 - Things Money Cannot Buy

Release Date: 2013-04-14

Haruto and Nitoh must race to Tokyo to save Tsuchiya, who has won a shopping spree at a mall, as well as 5 other contestants, from falling victim to the Phantom Bogy.

Episode 34 - The Reverse Side of a Popular Model

Release Date: 2013-04-21

While Haruto and Rinko send by Kizaki to investigate Gremlin's human identity as Sora, Nitoh 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...

Episode 35 - The Other Side of Sora

Release Date: 2013-04-28

With Chiaki revealed to be the Gate sought out by Argus, Omokagedō group tries to figure out what her despair may arise from, with Nitoh believing it 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 0 to investigate, and they discover what exactly happened to Sora Takigawa, as Haruto suspects the Phantom still has his human mind.

Episode 36 - The Myna Speaks

Release Date: 2013-05-05

With Sora's words in mind, Haruto meet 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.

Episode 37 - Wanted: Despair

Release Date: 2013-05-12

The group must protect Nemoto from both the Phantom Raum and the police who want to question him on an arson case. However, can they clear Rinko's name before it's too late?

Episode 38 - The Stolen Hope

Release Date: 2013-05-19

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 the Omokagedō, although his reasons are not clear.

Episode 39 - What was Forgotten on the Pitch

Release Date: 2013-05-26

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.

Episode 40 - I Want to Ride a Bike

Release Date: 2013-06-02

While Rinko tries to investigate Fueki, Nitoh 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.

Episode 41 - Magician is Fate

Release Date: 2013-06-09

With Mayu now as 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, Sylphi continues its attack on Yuzuru, just as White Wizard gains interest in him as well.

Episode 42 - The Ringed Novelist

Release Date: 2013-06-16

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 to give him the inspiration to write again.

Episode 43 - White Wizard's Secret

Release Date: 2013-06-23

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 Nitoh about White Wizard, and he prepares to face him in battle as Kamen Rider Beast and Beast Hyper.

Episode 44 - The Son's Keepsake

Release Date: 2013-06-30

Haruto discovers that Koyomi is the daughter of Fueki, but he keeps this to himself. Meanwhile, elementary school teacher Yoshikazu Kumagai, who comes to the Omokagedō to purchase an antique toy plane for his late son, is discovered to be a Gate when he is attacked by the Phantom Siren.

Episode 45 - A Smile in the Chest

Release Date: 2013-07-07

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? Medusa and Mayu face each other again.

Episode 46 - Shattered Memory

Release Date: 2013-07-14

Mayu approaches White Wizard asking to become stronger so she may defeat Medusa. Haruto and Nitoh have trouble battling a fast moving Phantom. Sora approaches Haruto at Hungry, inquiring as to whether or not he has found out about Koyomi's past.

Episode 47 - Wiseman's Truth

Release Date: 2013-07-21

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.

Episode 48 - The Philosopher's Stone

Release Date: 2013-07-28

With the knowledge that Fueki is not only White Wizard, Koyomi's father, and the Phantoms' leader Wiseman, Haruto, Kosuke, and Mayu work together to try to discover his true plans.

Episode 49 - The Beginning of the Sabbath

Release Date: 2013-08-04

With Yamamoto and Yuzuru both Kamen Rider Mages under White Wizard's thrall, Haruto and Koyomi are kidnapped to begin the new Sabbath. After Kosuke is approached by Beast Chimera in his dreams, he goes to assist Rinko and Shunpei to help save Haruto and Koyomi.

Episode 50 - The Important Thing is...

Release Date: 2013-08-11

Haruto finds he must battle White Wizard on his own for Koyomi's sake after Kosuke uses the last of his mana to disrupt the Sabbath. Elsewhere, Yuzuru and Yamamoto come to their senses and plan to fight alongside Mayu and Haruto for Kosuke.

Episode 51 - The Last Hope

Release Date: 2013-08-18

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 Kosuke cannot battle to save anyone or even himself from the monstrous Phantom.

Episode 52 - The Kamen Rider Rings

Release Date: 2013-08-25

After Gremlin's defeat, Haruto is lost in the World of Kaijin, a parallel world where it is inhabited by monsters 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 13 Heisei Kamen Riders.

Episode 53 - Neverending Story

Release Date: 2013-09-01

Haruto and Kosuke must defeat Amadum before he can use the Rider Rings to transform their world into a kaijin's paradise.