| “ | This stew looks delicious! So yummy... What? It hurts! | „ |
| ~ Ribcage Mask's last words. |
Ribcage Mask (アバラ仮面 Abara Kamen, 62) is an agent of the Black Cross Army. He is the eighth of Commander-in-Chief Golden Mask's Masked Monsters.
He was voiced by Setsuo Wakui, who also voiced Blue Hakaider in Kikaider 01.
Biography[]
Ribcage Mask initially appears to attack Tsuyoshi Kaijo while he was on a mission to deliver the liquid explosive SX-2000 to a secret EAGLE facility for protection before it exploded in thirty hours time. Unknowing of Akarenger's true mission, the Masked Monster attacks him, ultimately cuffing his hands while he's driving Red Star and making him fall off a cliff, becoming seriously hurt. Though trying to reach the other Gorengers, Tsuyoshi has a hard time with Ribcage Mask still searching for him and his means of communication in this dire scenario lacking. Ultimately, he ends up at a mysterious mansion in the woods, where a young female patron awaits him and tries to take care of him. However, the mansion was in truth Ribcage Mask's trap, and the girl in the mansion was already dead and he had revived her as his puppet to lure in Akarenger and to drug him with wine, making him fall within their means.
While investigating their captive prisoner, Ribcage Mask discovers the SX-2000 capsule without knowing what it is and tries to torture Tsuyoshi for the information, even injecting him with poison to reveal the truth. When Kenji and Peggy appear near the mansion to rescue him, he is forced to keep his mouth quiet in fear of revealing about the explosive and his true mission. Despite this, Kenji eventually blurts it out and the Masked Monster takes the explosive to Golden Mask and the Black Cross Führer, who decide to use it as part of a missile to destroy Tokyo.
Once Tsuyoshi, Peggy, and Kenji finally escape the mansion before Ribcage Mask blows it up, they, Akira, and Daigoro reunite to confront the Masked Monster. Akarenger prevents Ribcage Mask from firing the missile while Peggy disarmed the explosive. The team ultimately use Gorenger Hurricane to transform into a bowl of soup broth (with bones still inside it) which Ribcage Mask gobbles down, which makes him sick before finally exploding.
