is a Japanese tokusatsu series that serves as the 26th installment in the Kamen Rider franchise and the 17th entry in the Heisei era.
Main characters Takeru Tenkūji is the current heir to Daitenkū-ji who displays in an interest in historical figures after his ghost hunter father, Ryū, left him the tsuba from Miyamoto Musashi's katana, which the former wears as a necklace, and enjoys reading from a book titled . Wishing to follow in his father's footsteps despite being unable to see ghosts, Takeru receives a on his 18th birthday, which allows him to see monstrous ghosts called Gamma before they kill him for other Eyecons. A mysterious hermit brings Takeru back to life as a ghost and grants him the ability to transform into Kamen Rider Ghost as the latter has 99 days to find 15 Eyecons based on famous historical figures to fully restore his life.
After seeing his childhood friend Makoto Fukami become the cold Kamen Rider Specter as a result of his sister Kanon's body being trapped in the Gamma World, Takeru sacrifices the opportunity to revive himself to save Kanon instead and gains the ability to enter people's memories following his first trip to the Gamma World. Along the way, Takeru discovers he disrespected Ryū for involving him in the latter's ghost hunting expeditions, but his father did so because of his potential to bring peace between the human and Gamma Worlds. Additionally, Takeru's Eyecon was supposed to contain Ryū's soul and if he does not restore his original body within another 99 days, both Tenkūjis will disappear forever. While doing so, Takeru and his allies save the world from the Gammisers and he receives multiple wishes from the Great Eye in recognition of his good deeds. Using one to fully revive himself, Takeru returns to high school to finish his education.
In the tie-in novel Novel: Kamen Rider Ghost: Memories to the Future, Takeru marries Chloe after sacrificing the Mugen Eyecon and half of his life force with the Great Eye's help, eventually having a son named Ayumu not long after. In the near future, the lack of his Mugen Eyecon prevents him from accessing his full potential and he is absorbed by the Great Demia. However, Takeru is rescued after Ayumu dons the mantle of Ghost and kills the Great Demia without endangering Takeru's life, allowing him to reunite with his family once more.
Utilizing the Eyecon, which contains his soul, in conjunction with the belt, Takeru can transform into Kamen Rider Ghost . While transformed, he gains levitation capabilities and can perform the finisher. He also wields the , which can be reconfigured into varying forms, such as its sword-like for performing the finisher and its double-bladed for performing the finisher. His personal vehicles are the motorcycle and the ghost ship-esque aircraft, which can combine to form the mecha. Additionally, Takeru possesses other forms, which are as follows: : The evolved form of Ore Damashii accessed from the Eyecon, which is powered by Ryū's soul, that allows Takeru to enhance any of his preexisting Damashii and grants pyrokinesis. In this and all subsequent forms, he wields the , which has a for performing the finisher and a for performing the finisher. His finisher in this form is the . Initially, this form served as Takeru's sole means of accessing Goemon, Ryoma, and Himiko Damashii to keep up with their enormous power until his continuous development as a Kamen Rider allowed him to access their forms with Ore Damashii. This form first appears in the non-canonical crossover film Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive: Super Movie War Genesis. : Takeru's super form accessed from the belt, also known as the , that allows him to utilize the powers of all 15 heroic Eyecons at once and grants the ability to summon their Hoodie Ghosts for combat assistance. However, the Eyecon Driver G can only function if Takeru assembles all 15 heroic Eyecons' spirits into a team, as he will lose access to this form if even one spirit does not cooperate with him. His finishers in this form are the on his own and the alongside the Hoodie Ghosts. : Takeru's final form accessed from the Eyecon, which is powered by his friends' emotions, that grants photokinesis and the ability to perform enhanced versions of the Gan Gun Saber's finishers. His finisher in this form is the .
Takeru Tenkūji is portrayed by . As a child, Takeru is portrayed by .
Akari Tsukimura is Takeru's childhood friend, college student, and physics major who wishes to be a successful scientist like her teachers. A rationally-minded young woman, she experiences difficulty in believing anything related to the supernatural and strives to find logical explanations despite learning of what happened to Takeru and assisting in reviving him. Along the way, she develops spray, which allows her to temporarily see Takeru as Kamen Rider Ghost and Gamma without an Eyecon. After finding a piece of a Gamma Eyecon, she is able to weaponize the Shiranui spray and use it to defend herself against Gamma. Following the Gammisers' defeat and Takeru's resurrection, she assists him in finishing his education.
Akari Tsukimura is portrayed by . As a child, Akari is portrayed by .
Makoto Fukami , original name , is an artificial human created by Danton before his father Daigo spirited him and his sister Kanon to the human world and raised them until their mother died. 10 years prior to the series, Daigo left Makoto and Kanon at Daitenkū-ji, where the young Fukamis befriended Takeru and transported to Gamma World as a result of Chikara Saionji's machinations. After meeting Alia and Alain, Kanon's body died, leaving her soul trapped in a Gamma Eyecon. Seeking to revive her, Makoto obtained the means to become , joined forces with Saionji and Alain, and returned to the human world to find 15 Eyecons, clashing with Takeru in the process. After Takeru gathers the 15 Eyecons and uses his wish to revive Kanon, Makoto vows to help revive him and leaves Kanon in Takeru and his allies' care while Makoto returns to Gamma World to regain his body with Javel's help. Following the Gammisers' defeat, Makoto and Kanon help Alain reform Gamma World.
During the events of the film Kamen Rider Ghost the Movie: The 100 Eyecons and Ghost's Fated Moment and the V-Cinema Ghost Re:Birth: Kamen Rider Specter, Makoto encounters and reconciles with Daigo upon learning of the latter's reasons for leaving him and Kanon as well as learns of his origins before stopping Danton from destroying Gamma World.
Utilizing the Eyecon in conjunction with the Ghost Driver, Makoto can transform into Kamen Rider Specter. While transformed, he gains superhuman speed and can perform his own version of the Omega Drive. He also wields the , which like the Gan Gun Saber can be reconfigured into varying forms, such as its club-like for performing the finisher. His personal vehicle is the motorcycle, which contains Houdini's Hoodie Ghost instead of its eponymous Eyecon. Additionally, Makoto possesses the following evolutions of his Rider form: : An upgrade form accessed from the Necrom Eyecon that increases the capabilities of Makoto's default form at the cost of his free will. : Makoto's final form accessed from the Eyecon, which is powered by the Gammisers, that allows him to enhance any of his preexisting Damashii and grants the use of the ability to generate a pair of energy wings. While transformed, he wields the , which similar to the Sunglasseslasher has a Sword Mode for performing the finisher and a Blaster Mode for performing the finisher. However, unless Makoto uses the Deep Specter Eyecon's power for righteousness, this form will render him uncontrollable. His finisher in this form is the . : A special form accessed from the Eyecon, which is powered by Makoto's sins, that grants umbrakinesis and the ability to perform enhanced versions of the Gan Gun Hand and Deep Slasher's finishers. His finisher in this form is the . This form appears exclusively in the V-Cinema Kamen Rider Ghost Re:Birth: Kamen Rider Specter.
Makoto Fukami is portrayed by . As a child, Makoto is portrayed by .
Alain is the son of Gamma emperor, Adonis, who seeks the Eyecons to examine their power and follows a twisted form of justice. He initially assists his family in combating Takeru Tenkūji and Makoto Fukami until Alain is framed for his father's apparent death. Unaware of his brother, Adel's, treachery, Alain attempts to take the throne from him while trying to adjust to life in the human world. Due to being rescued by Takeru and Makoto several times, Alain became honor-bound to help them. Upon learning that Adonis is alive, but trapped in his mortal body, Alain searches for him, learning the reason why he and the Gammas are immortal and learning more about Takeru along the way. After Adonis sacrifices himself to save him, Alain promises to carry out his father's will by saving the human and Gamma worlds, though he is temporarily unable to continue fighting until Makoto helps him come to terms with Adonis' death, vowing to defeat Adel himself. Following the Gammisers' defeat and the end of the Demia Project, Alain is pardoned and returns to his homeworld to help restructure the Gamma world's society with Makoto and his sister Kanon's help.
As of the crossover film Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Rider and the V-Cinema Ghost Re-Birth: Kamen Rider Specter, Alain has married Kanon.
Utilizing the Eyecon, which allows him to brainwash Ghost Driver users, in conjunction with the bracelet, Alain can transform into . While transformed, he can control others' minds, turn intangible, transfer his consciousness to another Gamma's body and transform it into his own, and perform an finisher known as the , though he is vulnerable to electricity-based attacks. Due to the Necrom Eyecon being a prototype, Alain is forced to absorb other Gamma to sustain his Rider energy and is unable to lose his temper lest the Eyecon destroys his body. Later in the series, he acquires the , which similar to the Gan Gun Hand has a Rod Mode for performing the finisher and a Gun Mode for performing the finisher.
During the events of the V-Cinema Kamen Rider Ghost Re:Birth: Kamen Rider Specter, Alain acquires the Eyecon, which is powered by his bonds with his friends and allows him to assume his final form; . His finisher in this form is the .
Alain is portrayed by . As a child, Alain is portrayed by .
Recurring characters Hoodie Ghosts The , also known as , are hoodie-like spiritual entities who embody the spirits of historical figures. After being unlocked from an object tied to them, said figures later inhabit their respective Eyecons and can be summoned to augment their users with their powers. As they are sentient beings in their own right, they can also move around within their personal Eyecons and refuse cooperation with any user they deem unworthy.
15 heroic Eyecons The main 15 heroic Eyecons are a numbered group of Hoodie Ghosts who Ryū Tenkūji carefully selected to serve as an antithesis to the Gammisers under Edith's suggestions. By gathering them around the monolith, they have the ability to summon the Great Eye from the Planet Gamma to grant the wish of a Ghost Driver user. Although most of them are primarily used by Kamen Rider Ghost, especially to invoke Grateful Damashii, others are also used by Kamen Riders Specter and Necrom.
The 15 heroic Eyecons' spirits are voiced by in their Hoodie Ghost forms.
01. : A red-colored form used by Ghost that grants proficiency in sword fighting. In this form, he primarily wields the Gan Gun Saber in its two-piece , which allows him to perform the finisher. In his original human body, Musashi is portrayed by .