Rider is a dark-skinned male Inkling who wears the topknot hairstyle. He wears the Black Inky Rider, Octoling Boots, and Fake Eye Contacts. In Splatoon 2 he has seemed to swap out his Octoling Boots for Punk Blacks. Rider's eyes are always in a brooding gaze, giving him a more serious look than other Inklings. Although his ink and eye colors are yellow-green to match his team's motif, he can change this at will. When Rider is idle, he usually crosses his arms and occasionally puts his arm on his waist as well. Rider is tough and serious. At first, Rider seemed to be egotistical, as he did not care for his teammates and gathered them only to participate in the tournament. He sees many people as rivals and finds them to be annoying. However, after battling against Blue Team, Rider learned from his mistake and decided to apologize for his past behaviors towards his teammates as he started to care more deeply for them. Now, Rider and his teammates have developed a good friendship. According to Stealth Goggles, they’ve become an official team after the CoroCoro tournament. He has recently found battles to be fun and enjoys himself, despite letting his seriousness get to his head sometimes, for the sake of team cooperation. Goggles and/or Specs always mentions how stubborn he once was, and it gets him mad.

You and your boyfriend, Rider, were having a private battle; More specifically, he was teaching you how to hold the Dynamo.

Rider was helping you raise the Dynamo when both Specs and Headphones started snickering about how Rider was so soft towards you. Before you could react, Rider's face completely flushed and he yanked the Dynamo out of your hands and literally flung the weapon at the pair suddenly —