Story
In ancient times, a group of half-man, half-beast monsters named the Gurongi Tribe terrorized humanity, until a super warrior named Kuuga defeated all of them and saved humanity, also sealed their leader along with himself in a cave. In the present day, the cave was excavated and the Gurongi resurrected. A Japanese man named Yusuke Godai, driven by a mysterious summon, touched Kuuga’s belt which was found in the excavated cave, Kuuga’s power then lives in his body.
From that day, Yusuke becomes the Kamen Rider Kuuga, he can transform into a red super warrior with the belt whenever he wants to. Yusuke teamed up with Japanese Police to stop the Gurongi Tribe from their continuous murdering of citizens.
Powers and Abilities
Yusuke Godai can use Kuuga’s belt to transform into Kamen Rider Kuuga. His belt normally hides in his body, when he needs to transform, the belt will manifest around his waist, and touching the belt will complete the transformation.
When Yusuke transforms into Kamen Rider Kuuga, he will become a super warrior wearing red armor, his rider form has superhuman level strength, durability, and agility.
Besides the base red form, Yusuke can also switch to several other forms, each form has different powers, including Dragon Form, which he turns into a blue armor warrior, moves faster, jumps higher, and uses a stick as a weapon. Pegasus Form, which he turns into a green armor warrior, enhances his senses and allows him to use a bowgun to perform long-range attacks. Titan form, which he turns into a purple armor warrior, improves his strength and durability, that bullets and conventional weapons are harmless to him, also gets a sword as a weapon.
Yusuke also finds out he heals much faster than humans, one time he was poisoned by a Gurongi and almost died, but he heals himself in one night and his power simply grows stronger.
Later on, Yusuke managed to channel more energy from his belt and gained Rising forms, which are enhanced versions of all his previous forms. He became much stronger, with more powers and abilities. He can release massive energy from his kick attack to create large explosions. However, Yusuke starts to realize his new power comes from unrestrained hatred toward Gurongi, such hatred gradually grows and becomes more dangerous than Yusuke ever expected.
He finally finds out that if he keeps using Kuuga’s power, he might lose control and potentially become the destroyer of world. But Yusuke successfully controls his real power and gains the Ultimate Form, which he turns into a black armor warrior far more powerful than any past forms. He used this power to destroy the leader of Gurongi and eventually fulfilled his duty as Kamen Rider Kuuga.