Ruler

Evil-doer
Full Name	Unknown
Alias	Ruler Great Emperor Zero
Origin	Kamen Rider Amazon
Occupation	True Leader of Geddon and Garanda Empire
Powers / Skills	Spearwielding
Goals	Conquer the world and destroy Amazon.
Crimes	Terrorism Attempted world domination
Type of Villain	Leader

“	Great Emperor Zero. I am the ruler. My power is infinite.	„
	~ Ruler communicating with Great Emperor Zero.

“	Great Emperor Zero is immortal! Are you surprised? I, as the Ruler, controlled both Garanda and Geddon.	„
	~ Ruler reveals himself to Amazon.

The Ruler is the true leader of the Garanda Empire and Geddon organization, and the overarching antagonist of Kamen Rider Amazon. He communicates with Great Emperor Zero as a disembodied voice and in his physical form wears silvery white robes that hide his true nature.

He is later revealed to be the real Great Emperor Zero (支配者 (真のゼロ大帝) Shihaisha (Shin no Zero Taitei), with the Zero who served as figurehead of Garanda being nothing more than a body double.

He was voiced by Osamu Saka, who also voiced the G.O.D. General Commander in the previous series Kamen Rider X.

Biography

The Ruler was presumably the one who gave Ten-Faced Demon Gorgos the GiGi Armlet and tasked him with obtaining the GaGa Armlet from Amazon.

After Gorgos was defeated by Amazon and Geddon was destroyed, the Ruler directed the Garanda Empire to claim the GaGa Armlet and strike next. He first communicated with Great Emperor Zero after the failure of Diving Beetle Beastmen's "Sea of Flames" operation in Tokyo, telling him to continue with his efforts to take over the world.

After the Garanda Empire's operations were continually thwarted by Amazon, the Ruler spoke with Zero again and suggested he confront Amazon himself.

After Amazon defeats Zero and destroys the Helium Bomb's detonation system, the Ruler makes himself known to the Kamen Rider and reveals himself as the true ruler of both Geddon and Garanda as well as the real Great Emperor Zero, with the Zero Amazon fought before being a body double. After being unmasked he fights Amazon in his throne room before being impaled on his spear and having both his arms cut off. He still refuses to go down quietly, forcing Amazon to use Super Dai Setsudan to behead him, causing him to explode with Garanda's base destroyed in the process.

Gallery

The Ruler facing Amazon.

Amazon pulling off the Ruler's hood.

True Emperor Zero escapes from Amazon.

Trivia

• The Ruler of the Garanda Empire was voiced by Osamu Saka (阪 脩 Saka Osamu). Revealed as Great Emperor Zero, he was portrayed by Hirohisa Nakata (中田 博久 Nakata Hirohisa).
• Emperor Zero is mentioned in the Super Hero Taihen The Grown-ups’ Narumi Detective Agency Ep. 3: What’s the Show That Came After Amazon? web movie, which reveals how Amazon's 7:30pm Saturday night time slot on NET-TV was taken by the original Super Sentai, Himitsu Sentai GorengerIcon While the Kamen Rider Series was moved to a new time slot as Kamen Rider Stronger aired on Saturday nights on TBS. Gokai Silver mentioned watching the last episode of Amazon, saying the identity of Emperor Zero was a surprise.
• When the Great Leader of Delza Army revealed to the original Seven Riders that he had been behind the other previous evil organizations opposed by the Riders. Along with Shocker, Gel-Shocker, Destron, G.O.D., and Black Satan, the Great Leader noted Geddon, but not Garanda, among them. What relationship the Ruler and the Great Leader had is unknown. Years later, when the Badan Empire emerged, they noted Geddon and Garanda among the past evil organizations who failed in their ambitions to to take over the world.