Kamen Rider Strike is the sixth of the 13 Kamen Riders the story revolves around, and he can be considered one of the primary antagonists. The kanji for Ohja translates out in Japanese as "King Snake" or "Cobra".
Strike's Earthern counterpart is James Trademore, nicknamed JTC, a hacker and UFO specialist who is wanted by the US government for stealing some of their files. When JTC was caught, he was offered a deal by the No-Men: work for them and have his crimes overlooked or spend his time in jail. He declined their offer and, consequently, was sent to jail. There he was approached by Xaviax who reveals himself to be an alien to James and breaks him out of jail. James joined up with Xaviax to be on the winning side, as well as knowing the truth, and becomes Kamen Rider Strike armed with a cobra Advent Deck.
Price is the original Ventaran Kamen Rider Strike. He was rescued by Master Eubulon from the Advent Void. Similar to James Trademore, his mirror twin, Price is very charismatic and friendly. But as JTC has more of a snake-like personality, using that charisma for his own goals, Price is a lot more trustworthy and trusting, as well as being a lot more open. In addition he can read others really well often stating when something's wrong about someone. Due to the actions of JTC, Maya Young, who is currently using the Siren deck, does not trust Price very much, with Price stating that she was giving off an odd energy. Later he manages to find out from Maya that she's having trouble with him because of his Earth counterpart JTC. He reassures her that although he and JTC look alike, they are not the same person. Maya realizes this, and during the Epilogue, they begin dating each other.
Fighting Style
Strike is a melee based Rider like majority of the Kamen Riders. However, he is extremely sadistic, showing no mercy as well as superior tactics over his opponents. He fights relentlessly, but only if he is sure he will win, and isn't hesitant to use other Riders as factors or pawns in his battles. His Sword Vent is his most frequently used weapon. He becomes even more powerful when he forms Contracts with Metalgelas and Evildiver. This allows him access to Thrust's Strike Vent and Sting's Swing Vent, making him a more versatile as well as a more deadly force. His Contract Monster Venosnaker participates in his battles, and is often seen as Dragredder's evil equivalent in the series.
However, Strike is weaker against far range opponents, and his own unstable nature outclasses his fighting potential, hence he rarely uses his special card Steal Vent (possibly because he is comfortable with his choice of weapon, as well as only using it to disarm Riders, which is an ineffective strategy). Also, he rarely takes advantage of the more powerful Genocider, using the united Contract Monster as a more menacing or intimidating distraction in the battlefield. This may also prove that the united Contract Monster is difficult to control, but is restrainable.
Visor and Advent Decks
Strike's fighting style helped him in his victories more often than any of his Advent cards, using the Veno Visor scepter to conjure his spiral-bladed Veno Saber.
Kamen Rider Strike is the only Rider who has the most Advent Cards out of any of the Riders. This was because he has two extra Contract Cards which he uses to contract with two of the Mirror world monsters that were previously contracted with Riders he defeated, namely Metalgelas and Evildiver.
Strike's own cards
- Advent (AP: 5000): Summons Venosnaker, a giant mechanical cobra.
- Sword Vent (AP: 3000): Conjures Veno Saber, a spiral saber modeled after Venosnaker's tail tip.
- Steal Vent: Steals a target Rider's weapon.
- Final Vent (AP: 6000): Executes Veno Crash. Venosnaker launches Strike at the opponent where Strike performs a devastating bicycle kick on the opponent.
Metalgelas-Based Advent
- (AP: 4000): Summons Metalgelas.
- Strike Vent (AP: 2000): Conjures Metal Horn.
- Final Vent (AP: 5000): Executes Heavy Pressure. Strike rides on Metalgelas' with the Metal Horn extended in front of him to pierce through the opponent.
- Advent (AP: 4000): Summons Evildiver.
- Swing Vent (AP: 2000): Conjures Evil Whip.
- Final Vent (AP: 5000): Executes Hide Venom. Strike rides on Evildiver's back and rams straight into the enemy.
- Advent: Summons Genocider, a Chimeric Contract Monster with the head armor, lower neck, and body of Metalgelas, the head and tail of Venosnaker, and Evildiver's body mounted on its back.
- Unite Vent: The card used to combine Venosnaker, Metalgelas and Evildiver into Genocider.
- Final Vent (AP: 8000): Executes Doomsday. Strike corkscrew kicks his opponent into a vortex that materializes on Genocider's torso.
