Most people don't know this, but Kamen Rider Hibiki wasn't a kamen rider series during production. It just had the label slapped on to it at the last minute and that was the only way the head writer was going to be able to make his story come to life, by selling it to Toei. While it's sad that that was the case it does explain why there were never any transforming belts, cries of "Henshin!" or rider kicks.



Regardless, as much as I like Kyosokuna (and am going to ship him with Hibiki AND Kanade), it'll be hard for me not to see him and the rest of the Hibiki riders in this story as R.I.N.O.'s (Rider In Name Only).