| “ | Now, count up...your sins! | „ |
| ~ Skull's pre-battle catchphrase |
| “ | Skull! (Deep guitar riff to high guitar screech) | „ |
| ~ Transformation Announcement |
Summary
Sokichi Narumi (鳴海 荘吉 Narumi Sōkichi) is Shotaro's mentor and founder of the Narumi Detective Agency, referred by Shotaro as "Boss". His policy with investigations is to ensure the client's safety above all else, and unlike Shotaro, he is truly hardboiled in the sense that he will make difficult decisions when he needs to, and follows through with it. However, later on, Sokichi became involved in the Dopant cases. Sokichi later accepts a job from Shroud, to get Philip away from the Sonozaki Family, transforming into Kamen Rider Skull (仮面ライダースカル Kamen Raidā Sukaru), fend off the Taboo Dopant and an army of Masquerade Dopants during the raid on their factory. But in the end, after talking Philip into coming with him to decide his own fate and find his own atonement, Sokichi is shot in the back and dies telling Shotaro to continue in his place and giving him his white fedora, his dying words being for Shotaro to "grow into a man worthy of wearing it".
Powers and Stats
Tier: 9-B | Low 7-B
Key: Sokichi Narumi | Kamen Rider Skull
Name: Sokichi Narumi, Kamen Rider Skull
Origin: Kamen Rider W
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Classification: Human, Kamen Rider, "Hardboiled" detective
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts, Acrobatics, Martial Arts, Weapon Mastery, Transformation with the Skull Memory, Resistance to Madness Manipulation and Fear Manipulation through Supernatural Willpower (Could fight the Terror Dopant without being affected by the latter's passive influence, which causes people to lose their minds and suffer from extreme fear, such as curling up in a fetal position and shrieking like a madman)
All previous abilities, Energy Manipulation, Energy Projection, Explosion Manipulation
Attack Potency: Wall level (Can harm Shotaro) | Small City level (Fought evenly against the Taboo Dopant, who has fought with Double several times. Seemingly overpowered the Terror Dopant. Vastly stronger than Kamen Rider Joker)
Speed: Athlete Human | Speed of Light combat speed and reactions (Comparable to Double)
Lifting Strength: Average Human | Class T (Comparable to Double)
Striking Strength: Wall level | Small City level
Durability: Wall level | Small City level
Stamina: Above Average
Range: Standard melee range to hundreds of meters with Skull Magnum.
- Lost Driver: Transformation belt as Skull's.
- Gaia Memories: Allow Sokichi to transform into Skull.
Intelligence: Gifted (As the man who solved cases for Futo, Sokichi was both a good teacher and detective to Shotaro Hidari. Far more experienced than Ryu Terui)
Weaknesses: Normal human weaknesses.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Skull Punisher: Kamen Rider Skull's primary finisher, the Maximum Drive ability of his Skull Magnum, a long range shooting attack.
- Finisher Kick: Skull second Maximum Drive, a kick that involves releasing a giant energy skull from his chest, which stuns the opponent and knocks them back before rising into the air. Skull then puts the Skull Memory into the Maximum Drive Slot, jumps up, and does a roundhouse Rider Kick, which propels the energy skull toward the opponent, whom it bites down on.
Gallery
Notable Matchups
Notable Victories:
Notable Losses:
Inconclusive Matches: