Gabishi

Gabishi is cruel, frivolous and openly sadistic. He treats mutilation as part of victory rather than an unfortunate consequence of combat, giving him a particularly disturbing reputation even in the violent upper levels of the Storm Rider world.

His brutality nevertheless operates within his allegiance to Sleeping Forest. Gabishi follows the Law of Trophaeum and performs missions assigned by the team rather than pursuing indiscriminate destruction without purpose.

He has a particular fascination with skull imagery, reflected throughout his clothing and the design of Hatch Venom.

Gabishi is a King-class rider and first-generation Gravity Child. His enhanced spatial ability and physical performance allow him to compete with other Kings and even move across water using Air Trecks.

Hatch Venom uses skull-shaped air intakes to compress air while braking friction heats it into a supercritical state. Gabishi then releases that accumulated pressure as a projectile. The mechanism refines principles similar to those used in the Bloody Road's Fang but directs the resulting force in a straight line.

Air Cannon is the principal offensive application. Gabishi performs rapid kicks and releases the heated compressed air as a high-speed shell capable of inflicting severe damage.

His equipment is also associated with his practice of stripping facial skin from defeated opponents, the behavior that earns him the Skin Face epithet.

Gabishi belongs to Kilik's Sleeping Forest and helps defend the interests of Trophaeum against riders approaching the Sky Regalia. He is dispatched against powerful figures connected to Genesis and Kogarasumaru.

He clashes with Nue and damages the Thunder King's Regalia badly enough to demonstrate that Sleeping Forest's less prominent Kings remain dangerous even against Genesis's principal riders.

Gabishi also attacks Yasuyoshi Sano, defeating him and preparing to take his face. Emily Adachi intervenes, while Nue returns after his Thunder Regalia is rapidly retuned.

Nue ultimately traps Gabishi in his wire system and overwhelms him with Atmosphere Max. Gabishi is subsequently captured and becomes one of the high-level riders caught in the escalating struggle between Sleeping Forest and Genesis.

Kilik leads the Sleeping Forest to which Gabishi belongs, placing Gabishi among the riders responsible for defending Trophaeum.

Nue is one of Gabishi's principal opponents. Gabishi initially seriously damages him and the Thunder Regalia, but Nue later returns and defeats him with Atmosphere Max.

Yasuyoshi Sano is another rider Gabishi defeats and attempts to mutilate.

Emily Adachi intervenes when Gabishi prepares to remove Yasuyoshi Sano's face.

Om is a fellow Sleeping Forest King who operates alongside Gabishi during the team's conflict with outside factions.