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Kamen Rider Kiva
Number 19
Number of episodes: 48
First episode: Fate: Wake Up!
Last episode: Finale: The Inheritors of Kiva
Intro: Break the Chain
Original airing: January 27, 2008-January 18, 2009
Producer: Toei
Production Order
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For the series' main character, Kiva, see Wataru Kurenai.

Kamen Rider Kiva (仮面ライダーキバ Kamen Raidā Kiba?, Masked Rider Kiva) is the title of the 2008 Kamen Rider Japanese tokusatsu television series produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions. It premiered on January 27, 2008, following the finale of Kamen Rider Den-O. It aired as a part of TV Asahi's 2008 Super Hero Time block with Engine Sentai Go-ongerIcon-crosswiki. Advertisements showed a horror film theme to the series, with the motif for Kamen Rider Kiva as a vampire. The advertising slogan for the series is "Wake up! Break the chains of destiny!!" (覚醒（ウェイクアップ）! 運命（さだめ）の鎖を解き放て!! Weiku appu! Sadame no kusari o tokihanate!!?). The first episode began with a commemoration of the series in honor of the seventieth anniversary of Shotaro Ishinomori's birthday.

Plot[]

Twenty-two years after the disappearance of his father, Wataru Kurenai lives in an infamous "haunted house" where he is destined as Kamen Rider Kiva to fight life-draining monsters called Fangires, the very race his father fought years ago before his disappearance. Wataru must also deal with Kamen Rider Ixa who is part of an organization seeking to destroy the Fangire menace, as well as the Fangires' own Rider, Kamen Rider Saga. The story is split between the actions of Wataru in the present (2008-09) and his father Otoya in the past (1986-87), slowly revealing the link between the Fangire Race and Kiva.

The characters of Kamen Rider Kiva are spread throughout two time periods, each related to one another. There are the actions of Otoya Kurenai and the Fangire Hunter Yuri Aso with the Wolfen Jiro in the year 1986 with the first Ixa Ver.I that result in the various Fangires that persist to the current day, in 2008, with Otoya's son Wataru (as Kamen Rider Kiva) along and Keisuke Nago (as Kamen Rider Ixa Ver.X) and Yuri's daughter Megumi (also a Fangire Hunter), dealing with the Fangires to prevent deaths.

Characters[]

Kiva and others

Kiva and the others as seen in the finale.

Kamen Riders[]

Kamen Rider Kiva Wataru Kurenai
Kamen Rider Ixa Keisuke Nago (Other Users)
Kamen Rider Proto Ixa Jiro ► Otoya Kurenai
Kamen Rider Saga Taiga Nobori
Kamen Rider Dark Kiva King ► Otoya Kurenai ► Taiga Nobori
Kamen Rider New Kiva Masao Kurenai

Allies[]

2008 Side[]

  • Shizuka Nomura
  • Kengo Eritate
  • Mio Suzuki

Arm Monsters[]

Main article: Arm Monsters
Garulu Jiro
Basshaa Ramon
Dogga Riki

No Sides[]

  • Mamoru Shima
  • Akira Kido

Movie Exclusive Riders[]

Kamen Rider Rey Takato Shiramine
Kamen Rider Arc Takashi Sugimura

Fangire[]

Main article: Fangire

The Fangires (ファンガイア Fangaia?) are stained glass-based vampires who feed off of the Life Energy (ライフエナジー Raifu Enajī?) of humans to survive, with which they can disguise themselves as humans. Because of this, aware humans have formed a group to hunt the Fangires. Though Kiva usually captures a Fangire's soul to feed to Castle Doran, Fangires can be completely destroyed when shattered as seen by Ixa and stronger Fangires.

Episodes[]

Main article: Kamen Rider Kiva Episodes

Kamen Rider Kiva Episodes

"Den-Liner, Into Space!"[]

"Kamen Rider Kiva & Den-O: Den-Liner, Into Space!" (仮面ライダーキバ＆電王 デンライナー、宇宙へ！ Kamen Raidā Kiba ando Den'ō Denrainā, Uchū e!?) is a planetarium show using the cast of Kiva and Den-O to teach children about the universe. It was being shown at the Kagoshima Municipal Science Hall's planetarium between January 2 and March 30, 2009.

King of Vampire[]

For KivaTemplate:'s S.I.C. Hero Saga side story Kamen Rider Kiva: King of Vampire (仮面ライダーキバ -KING OF VAMPIRE- Kamen Raidā Kiba -Kingu ovu Vanpaia-?), the story follows the life of the characters following the finale while expanding on other instances in the history of the 1986 storyline. The story is set to begin running in the January 2010 issue of Monthly Hobby Japan magazine. Like the series' episode titles, the titles of the first three chapters of the S.I.C. Hero Saga follow a similar format, but features two musically themed titles separated by an item from musical notation (the former is an opera while the latter is a song from said opera, the third names the composer and one of his songs). The first chapter uses the Segno. The last chapter is a retelling of the final scene of the TV series, except instead of Masao and the Neo-Fangires, Kiva-la comes to warn them about the Lion Fangire having turned into a giant Sabbat.

Chapter titles
  1. A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March (夏の夜の夢・結婚行進曲 Natsu no Yoru no Yume: Kekkon Kōshinkyoku?)
  2. Lohengrin: Bridal Chorus 2 (ローエングリン・結婚行進曲２ Rōengurin: Kekkon Kōshinkyoku 2?)
  3. Saint-Saëns: Marche Héroïque (サン・サーンス・英雄行進曲 San Sānsu: Eiyū Kōshinkyoku?)
  4. The Last Scene Again (ラストシーンをもう一度 Rasuto Shīn o Mō Ichido?)

Cast[]

2008 side
  • Wataru Kurenai (紅 渡 Kurenai Wataru?): Koji Seto (瀬戸 康史 Seto Kōji?)
  • Keisuke Nago (名護 啓介 Nago Keisuke?): Keisuke Kato (加藤 慶祐 Katō Keisuke?)
  • Megumi Aso (麻生 恵 Asō Megumi?): Nana Yanagisawa (柳沢 なな Yanagisawa Nana?)
  • Kengo Eritate (襟立 健吾 Eritate Kengo?): Kouhei Kumai (熊井 幸平 Kumai Kōhei?)
  • Shizuka Nomura (野村 静香 Nomura Shizuka?): Rina Koike (小池 里奈 Koike Rina?)
  • Taiga Nobori (登 太牙 Nobori Taiga?): Shouma Yamamoto (山本 匠馬 Yamamoto Shōma?)
  • Mio Suzuki (鈴木 深央 Suzuki Mio?): Yuria Haga (芳賀 優里亜 Haga Yuria?)
  • Tatsulot (タツロット Tatsurotto?, Voice): Akira Ishida (石田 彰 Ishida Akira?)
1986 side
  • Otoya Kurenai (紅 音也 Kurenai Otoya?): Kouhei Takeda (武田 航平 Takeda Kōhei?)
  • Yuri Aso (麻生 ゆり Asō Yuri?): Yu Takahashi (高橋 優 Takahashi Yū?)
  • King (キング Kingu?): Shinya Niiro (新納 慎也 Niiro Shin'ya?)
No side
  • Mamoru Shima (嶋 護 Shima Mamoru?): Kazuhiko Kanayama (金山 一彦 Kanayama Kazuhiko?)
  • Akira Kido (木戸 明 Kido Akira?): Houka Kinoshita (木下 ほうか Kinoshita Hōka?)
  • Jiro (次狼 Jirō?): Kenji Matsuda (松田 賢二 Matsuda Kenji?)
  • Ramon (ラモン Ramon?): Yuuki Ogoe (小越 勇輝 Ogoe Yūki?)
  • Riki (力 Riki?): Eiji Takigawa (滝川 英治 Takigawa Eiji?)
  • Maya (真夜 Maya?): Saki Kagami (加賀美 早紀 Kagami Saki?)
  • Rook (ルーク Rūku?): Tomohide Takahara (高原 知秀 Takahara Tomohide?)
  • Bishop (ビショップ Bishoppu?): Mitsu Murata (村田 充 Murata Mitsu?)
  • Ryo Itoya (糸矢 僚 Itoya Ryō?): Sohto (創斗 Sōto?)
  • Kivat-bat the 3rd, Kivat-bat the 2nd (キバットバットⅢ世、キバットバットⅡ世 Kibattobatto Sansei, Kibattobatto Nisei?, Voice): Tomokazu Sugita (杉田 智和 Sugita Tomokazu?)
  • Fangire (ファンガイア Fangaia?, Vocal effects): Katsumi Shiono (塩野 勝美 Shiono Katsumi?)

Guest actors[]

  • Kaoru Tsugami (津上 カオル Tsugami Kaoru?, 1): Nobuo Kyō (姜 暢雄 Kyō Nobuo?)
  • Hitomi Miyazawa (宮澤 ひとみ Miyazawa Hitomi?, 2): Masako Umemiya (梅宮 万紗子 Umemiya Masako?)
  • Takeo Ōmura (大村 武男 Ōmura Takeo?, 9-10): Katsuyuki Murai (村井 克行 Murai Katsuyuki?)
  • Tohru Miyake (三宅 徹 Miyake Tōru?, 13-14): Satoshi Jinbo (神保 悟志 Jinbo Satoshi?)
  • Ladybug Fangire (レディバグファンガイア Redibagu Fangaia?, 19-20): Ryūsei Nakao (中尾 隆聖 Nakao Ryūsei?)
  • Tanahashi (棚橋 Tanahashi?, 27-28): Atsushi Ogawa (小川 敦史 Ogawa Atsushi?)
  • Aberu (阿鐘 Aberu?, 29-31): Akira Kubodera (窪寺 昭 Kubodera Akira?)
  • Kurosawa (黒沢 Kurosawa?, 32-33): Kazuoki (和興 Kazuoki?)
  • Kaede (楓 Kaede?, 34-35): Tomomi Miyashita (宮下 ともみ Miyashita Tomomi?)
  • Masao Kurenai (紅 正夫 Kurenai Masao?, Finale): Kouhei Takeda (武田 航平 Takeda Kōhei?)

Suit actors[]

  • Kamen Rider Kiva, Kamen Rider Dark Kiva, Garulu, Kamen Rider New Kiva: Seiji Takaiwa (高岩 成二 Takaiwa Seiji?)
  • Kamen Rider Ixa: Jiro Okamoto (岡元 次郎 Okamoto Jirō?)
  • Kamen Rider Ixa (Yuri/Megumi Aso): Yūichi Hachisuka (蜂須賀 祐一 Hachisuka Yūichi?)
  • Basshaa, Pearlshell Fangire: Naoko Kamio (神尾 直子 Kamio Naoko?)
  • Kamen Rider Saga, Dogga, Kamen Rider Dark Kiva (Otoya Kurenai/Taiga Nobori): Eitoku (永徳 Eitoku?)
  • Fangire: Eitoku, Hiroyuki Muraoka (村岡 弘之 Muraoka Hiroyuki?)
  • Grizzly Fangire (ep. 23-24): Yasuhiko Imai (今井 靖彦 Imai Yasuhiko?)

Songs[]

Opening theme
  • "Break the Chain"
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition: Shuhei Naruse
    • Arrangement: Tourbillon, Shuhei Naruse
    • Artist: Tourbillon[1]

The single "Break the Chain" was released on March 26, 2008.[2] In its first day of sales, it hit No. 3 on the Oricon daily charts for singles. It then reached No. 3 on the weekly charts.[3] In the finale, "Break the Chain" is used as a true ending theme, playing over the end credits, instead of over the battle.

Ending theme
  • "Destiny's Play"
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition: NKMD
    • Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
    • Artist: TETRA-FANG
    • Episodes: 8–14, 17–18, 22

The single "Destiny's Play" was released on April 23, 2008. A special edition CD/DVD single was also released containing the music video.[4][5] TETRA-FANG is a "Limited Rock Unit" for Kiva, with KOJI on vocals, YUJI on guitar, ROY on bass, and SHUHEI on keyboard.[6][7][8] Unlike with Den-O, Kiva will not have a different ending arrangement of Destiny's Play for each of Kiva's form changes.[9] It entered at No. 15 the Oricon Daily Charts on its release date, went on place No. 24 in its first week in the Oricon Weekly Charts and in the second week to place No. 44. On the Kamen Rider Kiva Original Soundtrack was included a track titled "Destiny's Play IKEMENS Ver. ~feat. Kengo Eritate~ (Destiny's Play イケメンズVer.～feat.襟立健吾～ Destiny's Play Ikemenzu Ver. ~feat. Eritate Kengo~?), the performance from episode 12.

  • "Individual-System"
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
    • Artist: TETRA-FANG
    • Episodes: 15–16, 20–21

"Individual-System" is described as having a blend of 1980s pop music and contemporary music. It was initially revealed to be the second ending theme when a posting on the Avex blog for Kiva mentioned that an ending theme song for Kamen Rider Ixa was to be arranged by Naruse with lyrics by Fujibayashi,[10] initially called "Individual System."[11] The single was released on June 25, 2008.[12] "Individual-System" is still performed by TETRA-FANG with KOJI on vocals, but there will be multiple versions of the song to reflect the different users of the Ixa System.[13]

  • "Innocent Trap"
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
    • Artist: TETRA-FANG
    • Episodes: 19

Toei's website for Kiva lists "Innocent Trap" as Basshaa Form's ending theme.[14]

  • "Shout in the Moonlight"
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition & Arrangement: Ryo (of defspiral)
    • Artist: TETRA-FANG
    • Episodes: 23

"Shout in the Moonlight" is Garulu Form's ending theme.

  • "Supernova"
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition: NAOKI MAEDA
    • Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
    • Artist: TETRA-FANG
    • Episodes: 24–27, 29, 31–33, 37–39, 41–42, 45, Finale

"Supernova" is Emperor Form's ending theme.

  • "Fight for Justice"
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
    • Artist: Keisuke Nago (Keisuke Kato)
    • Episodes: 28, 30, 40, 44

This arrangement of "Individual-System" is the first ending theme to be performed by someone other than TETRA-FANG. The single was released on July 30, 2008, with Keisuke Kato providing the vocals.[15] This version was initially titled "Individual-System～Fight for justice～,"[14] however the single has since been renamed "Fight for Justice" on the single "Fight for Justice ~Individual-System NAGO ver.~" The song was sampled for a preview in the "Individual-System NAGO advance fist" track on the "Individual-System" single. In its first week on the charts, "Fight for Justice ~Individual-System NAGO ver.~" peaked at 28 on the Oricon Charts.

  • "Roots of the King"
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
    • Artist: TETRA-FANG
    • Episodes: 34–36, 43

"Roots of the King" is the theme song for Kamen Rider Dark Kiva and his son Kamen Rider Saga. On September 13, 2008, Naruse announced on the Avex Movie blog for Kiva that the next single to be released by TETRA-FANG is to be titled "Roots of the KING."[16] He also refers to the song as "Roots of the King" on his personal blog,[17] which has since become the title of the song.

Avex's blog for Kiva mentions a song entitled "Bite There Soul" that was written by Naruse and YUJI as a heavy metal song played by street musicians in episode 9 which was planned to be released at a future date,[18] and was subsequently put on the final CD box set as "Bite Their Soul"[19] set for release on January 21, 2009.[20] A mini-album released on August 6, 2008, titled SUPERNOVA[21] features the theme songs for Kiva's four additional forms performed by TETRA-FANG. The tracks include "Innocent Trap,",[14][15] "Shout in the Moonlight," and "Supernova," which has a music video included on a special DVD edition of SUPERNOVA.[22] An unfeatured song from SUPERNOVA titled "Silent Shout" is Dogga Form's theme.[23] Another track from the album "Message" is a tribute song for the character Otoya Kurenai.

Kouhei Takeda has recorded a song titled "This love never ends" as the theme song for Otoya as Ixa.[24] Nana Yanagisawa and Yu Takahashi have also provided their voices for tracks to be included on an album for all characters who have become Kamen Rider Ixa.[25] This song has since been revealed to be titled "Feel the same" on an album titled Inherited-System.[26] Other songs on this album include "Don't Lose Yourself" performed by Keisuke Kato as Keisuke Nago and "Inherited-System" performed by the Wonderful Blue Sky Organization (素晴らしき青空の会 Subarashiki Aozora no Kai?).[27] Kenji Matsuda as Jiro performs the song "Keep alive" for the album.[28] For a TETRA-FANG album titled DESTINY,[26] Koji Seto has recorded the vocals for a song titled "Mind garden."[24] Several songs from this album are theme songs for the members of the Checkmate Four group: "Lightning to Heaven" for the Rook, "Exterminate Time" for the King (Kamen Rider Dark Kiva), "Eternity Blood" for the Bishop, and "Rainy Rose" for the Queen (Maya). Also on the album is "Prayer~Message 2", another tribute to Otoya.

An album titled Masked Rider Kiva Re-Union was released on June 24, 2009, with some original Kiva songs to be rearranged. "Destiny's Play" will be rearranged, Koji Seto & Shouma Yamamoto will sing "Roots of the King" together, Koji Seto shall give his own rendition of "This love never ends", and in turn Kouhei Takeda will give his own rendition of "Supernova".

References[]

  1. ↑ "『仮面ライダーキバ』主題歌にTourbillonが決定！". Archived from the original on 2008-01-18. http://web.archive.org/20080118232338/headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20080115-00000098-bark-musi. Retrieved 2008-01-15.  [dead link]
  2. ↑ "avex映像インフォメーション：リリースカレンダー". Archived from the original on February 1, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080201135647/http://www.avexmovie.jp/calendar/index.php?year=2008&month=3. Retrieved 2008-01-20. 
  3. ↑ "祝！TOP5 (::: studio incuse | blog :::)". April 2, 2008. http://www.incuse.net/blog/2008/04/top5.php. Retrieved 2008-04-02. 
  4. ↑ "Amazon.co.jp: TETRA-FANG – - Artist Name: 音楽". http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/250-1664750-5182662?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=music-artist&field-artist=TETRA-FANG. Retrieved 2008-02-17. 
  5. ↑ "仮面ライダーキバ："オトメン"瀬戸康史がロッカーに　エンディング曲で限定ユニット結成". Archived from the original on 2008-02-25. http://web.archive.org/20080225125209/mainichi.jp/enta/mantan/graph/anime/20080222/. Retrieved 2008-02-22. 
  6. ↑ "瀬戸康史 BLOG: 瀬戸丸３５１". February 21, 2008. Archived from the original on February 27, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080227052632/http://blog.watanabepro.co.jp/setokoji/archives/2008/02/21_22_post_290.html. Retrieved 2008-02-22. 
  7. ↑ "TV LIFE　瀬戸康史が『仮面ライダーキバ』エンディングテーマを熱唱！". February 21, 2008. http://www.tvlife.jp/news/080221_02.php. Retrieved 2008-02-22. 
  8. ↑ "とれたて！ほびーちゃんねる – ◇「仮面ライダーキバ」新エンディングテーマ「Destiny's Play」は瀬戸康史初のロック！". http://hobby-channel.net/content/view/4242/67/. Retrieved 2008-04-17. 
  9. ↑ "TETRA-FANG [1] エンディングテーマ企画". http://mv.avex.jp/kiva/blog/blog5.html. Retrieved 2008-02-27. 
  10. ↑ "イクサ". http://mv.avex.jp/kiva/blog/blog16.html. Retrieved 2008-04-15. 
  11. ↑ "フォームチェンジ". http://mv.avex.jp/kiva/blog/blog20.html. Retrieved 2008-04-28. 
  12. ↑ "TETRA-FANG、2ndシングル6月25日リリース – OOPS!". http://oops-music.com/info/view_news.html?nid=37791. Retrieved 2008-04-21. 
  13. ↑ "フォームチェンジ". http://mv.avex.jp/kiva/blog/blog22.html. Retrieved 2008-05-02. 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "仮面ライダーキバ 第20話　夜想曲・愛の救世主｜東映［テレビ］". http://www.toei.co.jp/tv/kiva/story/1174710_1182.html. Retrieved 2008-05-31. 
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "SHINSEIDO SHOPPING SITE | 仮面ライダーキバ". Archived from the original on April 20, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080420190627/http://www.shinseido.co.jp/animekids/toku/kiva.html. Retrieved 2008-05-15. 
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  17. ↑ "TETRAな日 (::: studio incuse | blog :::)". http://www.incuse.net/blog/2008/09/tetra_2.php. Retrieved 2008-09-18. 
  18. ↑ "地獄の業火". March 25, 2008. http://mv.avex.jp/kiva/blog/blog7.html. Retrieved 2008-04-02. 
  19. ↑ "仮面ライダーキバ(DVD付き, 初回限定盤, ボックスコレクション)【CD】/音楽/HMV". http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail.asp?sku=2813501&track=1. Retrieved 2009-01-15.  [dead link]
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  21. ↑ "SUPERNOVA". http://mv.avex.jp/kiva/blog/blog38.html. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
  22. ↑ "TETRA-FANG PV". http://mv.avex.jp/kiva/blog/blog34.html. Retrieved 2008-07-03. 
  23. ↑ "ごめんなさい！！！". http://mv.avex.jp/kiva/blog/blog27.html. Retrieved 2008-06-24. 
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 "仮面ライダーキバ 第39話　シャウト・狙われた兄弟｜東映［テレビ］". http://www.toei.co.jp/tv/kiva/story/1175640_1182.html. Retrieved 2008-10-26. 
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  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 "仮面ライダーキバ 第40話　アンコール・名護イクサ爆現｜東映［テレビ］". http://www.toei.co.jp/tv/kiva/story/1175797_1182.html. Retrieved 2008-11-08. 
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