Vowing to ensure that no one ever feels sad, Shotaro became a protégé of Fuuto's private investigator Sokichi Narumi after admiring his work as a child. Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya The man on the streets, a self-proclaimed "extremely hard-boiled private eye" who emulates famous pulp fiction private eye characters, dresses himself in 1940s fashion, and possesses a sharp intuition that allows him to occasionally deduce the culprit behind a crime before having Philip provide evidence to confirm his suspicions. Shotaro Hidari ( 左 翔太郎, Hidari Shōtarō).As such, W's ability to function is dependent on the condition of its components, as any physical or mental disruption could affect the Kamen Rider's mobility or cancel the transformation entirely.
Their Double Drivers are linked, such that Philip's consciousness is transferred into Shotaro's body along with the former's Gaia Memory.
Main article: List of Kamen Rider W characters Kamen Rider W ( 仮面ライダーW, Kamen Raidā Daburu) Kamen Rider W (alternative Kamen Rider Double) is the titular duo of Shotaro Hidari and Philip, who can fuse with each other and transform via the Double Driver belts and their own set of purified USB memory-like Gaia Memory devices, and the guardian of Fuuto. As Shotaro and Philip solve more cases, they gradually uncover Tokime's connection with the mysterious Aurora Dopant and her past life, along with the true potential of Gaia Memories' next stage used by Dopants in their human forms. After saving her, they decided to hire her at Narumi Detective Agency as their assistant. One day, Shotaro encounters an amnesiac pink-haired girl named Tokime, who is being targeted by Dopants.
They solve cases alongside their boss Akiko Terui, who often joins their investigations with her husband Ryu (a member of the police force who is also Kamen Rider Accel). Together they transform into Kamen Rider W, who protects the city of Fuuto from Dopants, monsters created by Gaia Memories. Taking place after Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Accel, two years after the main TV series' finale, Fuuto PI sees the return of Shotaro Hidari, a private detective who works at Narumi Detective Agency, and his partner Raito "Philip" Sonozaki, the sole survivor of the Sonozaki family who can access the Gaia Library. 3.1.2 Chapters not yet in tankōbon format.