Kamen Rider TheBee

Kamen Rider TheBee (仮面ライダーザビー, Kamen Raidā ZaBī ?) is one of the characters in Kamen Rider Kabuto. It is based on a bee/ wasp motif. [ 1]Similar to the Hopper Riders, it relies on close-range combat because of the lack of any weapons.

Personality
Sou Yaguruma (矢車 想, Yaguruma Sō ?), a 27-year old agent of ZECT, was the first TheBee user. Yaguruma, while TheBee, had his own personal army of ZECT Troopers called Shadow, which had yellow stripes on their uniform, indicating that they are an elite unit of ZECT Troopers. He is a perfectionist, believing in a philosophy known as "Kanzen Chōwa" (完全調和 ?, aka "Perfect Harmony"). When he's calm, he's a caring person who possesses a strict code of teamwork and demands perfection. He cares deeply for his team members, and in battle he is a brilliant tactician. However, he's also impulsive, brash and quick to anger. It is interesting to note that during battle he primarily uses kicks, foreshadowing his later role as Kamen Rider Kick Hopper.

Fictional character biography
When Tendou managed to infiltrate his flawless security team and upstage him by revealing how a Worm had done the same, he was so angry that he immediately challenged Kabuto to a fight. While he managed to defeat Tendou and destroy his belt, he was shocked to learn that he had been unsuccessful in his mission to eliminate Kabuto forever when Tendou transformed with a repaired belt.

His resulting hatred caused him to disregard the safety of his team in favor of getting revenge against Tendou, which led to the TheBee Zecter rejecting him. After this he was reassigned to another part of the city, but returned when members of his former team were being eliminated from within by a traitor. Despite his renewed vow to protect his team, the TheBee Zecter had chosen Kageyama, making him the new leader of Shadow. Afterwards, he asked Kageyama to let him rejoin Shadow, but Kageyama turned him down. He returns in episode 33 as Kamen Rider Kick Hopper.

In the movie adaptation God Speed Love set in an alternate timeline, however, he appeared as a high-ranking ZECT official in league with Kamen Rider Ketaros and is still the wielder of the TheBee Zecter. He commanded the counterattack against Neo-ZECT and was able to annihilate a majority of the Neotroopers with his ZECT Trooper team (Shadow did not appear for some unknown reasons), calling it a "perfect mission". Despite this, he was killed on combat with Kamen Rider Hercus. His last words lamented having received a "perfect death."

Personality
Shun Kageyama (影山 瞬, Kageyama Shun ?) gained the TheBee Zecter during episode 13 and became TheBee. Under Yaguruma's command, he was injured by Tendou in an early battle and has had hostility burnt in towards Kabuto ever since. He was once a good friend of Yaguruma, believing deeply in his philosophy of teamwork and "Kanzen Chouwa". He considers Kagami a kid. Even while injured, he continued to fight the Worms and would protect his commander at all costs. After TheBee Zecter rejected Yaguruma and chose Kagami, he attempted to make Kagami understand his new responsibilities. He was baffled when Kagami rejected TheBee Zecter in favour of his friendship with Tendou. It was then that he was chosen by TheBee and became the next captain of Shadow. Kageyama mainly uses punches as TheBee, foreshadowing his future role as Kamen Rider Punch Hopper.

Biography
One of his first actions as the new leader was a plan to fake the disbanding of Shadow in order to expose a traitor eliminating Shadow members one by one. After eliminating Yaguruma from the suspect list, his former commander attempted to rejoin Shadow, but Kageyama turned him down, coldly telling him that he would bring disharmony to the group. His next move was to frame Kagami as the traitor in the hopes that the traitor would attempt to shut Kagami up, but this plan failed when Tendou exposed the real traitor. He does not mind sacrificing the life of an "unimportant" ZECT member in order to further the greater cause; his actions contradict his mentor's beliefs of "Kanzen Chouwa", which is why Tendou sees Kageyama as unfit to be a leader.

He was unpleasant when Soujiro Tendouji (Tendou) became the leader of Shadow. He attacked Kamen Rider Drake and tried to frame Tendouji (Tendou) but Tendou found this out and punished him by making do wash the dishes at Bistro la Salle. In Episode 20, Mishima makes him pick up Tsurugi Kamishiro (Kamen Rider Sasword), which results in Kageyama being made to sing Happy Birthday to Kamishiro, whose butler Jiiya had to get Kageyama to sing it right. Mishima also sees him as weak because despite being TheBee, he feels that he cannot handle the missions. TheBee, along with Drake, was also under Shun Kageyama when the full body Put On system was first utilized. He is defeated by Yaguruma as Kick Hopper, and then loses his Zecter, which is obtained by Tendou. He then proceeds to do everything Tendou says in order to get his TheBee Zecter back, but ends up failing. Yaguruma returns to save Kageyama from Shadow and some Worms, and Kageyama agrees to fight alongside him and becomes Kamen Rider Punch Hopper.

Kageyama faces a change of heart as he returns to the TheBee Zecter and uses it one more time during episode 44. However, he was defeated by Cassisworm Gradius, and was afterwards abandoned by the TheBee Zecter. He then returned to being Punch Hopper. 20 years old.

He did not appear in the movie God Speed Love, as Yaguruma was the assigned user of TheBee.

Arata Kagami
Arata Kagami (加賀美 新, Kagami Arata ?) received the TheBee Zecter in episode 9 after it abandoned Yaguruma. Being easily angered, Yaguruma made Tendou's defeat a higher priority than protecting his subordinates. In turn, the TheBee Zecter went to Kagami who was desperate to protect the injured Shadow Troopers. However, Kagami relinquished his role as TheBee because of his respect for Tendou. Kagami later became Kamen Rider Gatack.

Masato Mishima
Masato Mishima (三島 正人, Mishima Masato ?) temporarily used the TheBee Zecter after Kageyama's transformation canceled in the fight against Formicaalubusworm Maxilla in episode 16. Despite the Zecter's attempt to reject him, he did a superhuman jump into the air, caught the fleeing Zecter, and forced the transformation. He is the strongest of the TheBee Zecter's wearers, capable of taking out the Formicaalubusworm with bare punches. After defeating the Worm, the Zecter returns to Kageyama.

Statistics

 * Rider Height: 192cm (Masked Form); 192cm (Rider Form)
 * Rider Weight: 127kg (Masked Form); 92kg (Rider Form)
 * Ability Perimeters:
 * Punching Power: 8t (Masked Form); 3t (Rider Form)
 * Kicking Power: 9t (Masked Form); 6t (Rider Form)
 * Maximum Jump Height: 21m (Masked Form); 39m (Rider Form)
 * Maximum Running Speed: 100m/8.6s (Masked Form); 100m/5.6s (Rider Form)
 * Finisher Power: 17t

TheBee Zecter

 * Device Type: TheBee Brace ('Henshin' Brace)
 * Animal: Bee or wasp
 * Color: Yellow
 * Cast Off System: Flipping the TheBee Zecter's wings out, then rotating the Zecter clockwise 180°.
 * Cast Off Announcement: "CHANGE WASP!!!"
 * Clock Up System: Slip fingers along the Trace Switches on the ZECT Buckle.
 * Primary Finisher: RIDER STING - A power charge begins when the button on TheBee Zecter is pressed. When attacking, TheBee uses the prick-stinger of the Zecter Needle to punch at the Worm. Because of its extended charge-life, TheBee can deal consecutive 'stings'; usually when confronted by multiple opponents. This is a variation of the classic finisher "Rider Punch."

Equipment

 * Rider Brace: The device that is used to call upon the TheBee Zecter. It serves as the docking device for the TheBee Zecter and allows for the transformation.
 * Zecter Needle: A prick-stinger used to perform Rider Sting attack. It has extended charge-life and can be used to destroy multiple opponents.
 * Machine Zectron: Standard-issue bikes for each Rider; mass produced by ZECT. Zectron Pinch is the standard weapon equipped to the bike. It launches a molecular shock forward, ridding any obstacles ahead. Each Rider has its respective symbol located on the windshield of the bike. Kamen Rider TheBee under Sou Yagurama was the first Rider to use his Machine Zectron.