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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 Juken Sentai GekirangerIcon-crosswikifor a brief period before joining 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.

The average rating of the series was 6.2%[1]

Story[]

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

From Left to Right: Dark Kiva, Emperor Kiva, future Kiva, Rising Ixa, and the 3 Arms Monsters as seen in the finale.

Kamen Riders[]

TV Show[]

Kamen Rider Kiva Wataru KurenaiMasao Kurenai (Other users)
Kamen Rider Ixa Keisuke Nago (Other users)
Kamen Rider Ixa (Proto Ixa) JiroOtoya Kurenai (Other users)
Kamen Rider Saga First KingTaiga Nobori
Kamen Rider Dark Kiva KingOtoya KurenaiTaiga Nobori

Movie/special-exclusive[]

Kamen Rider Kiva Unnamed boy
Kamen Rider Rey Takato Shiramine
Kamen Rider Arc Lord (Other users)

S.I.C. Hero Saga-exclusive[]

Proto Ixa (The First) Mamoru Shima
Kamen Rider Kiva‑la Megumi Aso

Stageshow-exclusive[]

Kamen Rider Ixa Kin
Kamen Rider Dark Kiva Neo King
Kamen Rider Ixa No.2 Megumi Aso

Allies[]

2008 Side[]

Arm Monsters[]

Main article: Arm Monsters
Garulu Jiro
Basshaa Ramon
Dogga Riki

Kamen Riders[]

Kamen Rider Den-O Sword Form Ryotaro Nogami/Momotaros
Kamen Rider Den-O Rod Form Ryotaro Nogami/Urataros
Kamen Rider Den-O Ax Form Ryotaro Nogami/Kintaros
Kamen Rider Den-O Gun Form Ryotaro Nogami/Ryutaros
Kamen Rider Zeronos Yuto Sakurai
Kamen Rider Zeronos Vega Form Yuto Sakurai/Deneb

Others[]

Go-On Red Sosuke EsumiIcon-crosswiki
Go‑On Blue Renn KousakaIcon-crosswiki
Go‑On Yellow Saki RouyamaIcon-crosswiki
Go‑On Green Hant JouIcon-crosswiki
Go‑On Black Gunpei IshiharaIcon-crosswiki
Toppa Bashin
Cure Dream Nozomi Yumehara

Fangire[]

Main article: Fangire
Lion Fangire Rook
Pearlshell Fangire MayaMio Suzuki
Swallowtail Fangire Bishop
Bat Fangire King

Legendorga[]

Main article: Legendorga

Episodes[]

Main article: Kamen Rider Kiva Episodes


The series is divided into three story arcs[2]:

  • Episode 01-24 - Story Arc: Begin: Destiny's Play Through Time (「開演・時を駆けるDestiny's Play」編, Kaien: Tokio Kakeru Destiny Play Hen)
  • Episode 25-43 - Story Arc: Climax: Shocking Supernova (「最高潮・衝撃のSupernova」編, Saikōchō: Shōgeki no Supernova Hen)
  • Episode 44-48 - Story Arc: Finale: Bond's Break the Chain (「終曲・絆のBreak the Chain」編, Shūkyoku: Kizuna no Break the Chain Hen)

Each episode's title is a word or phrase relating to music and a phrase describing the episode separated by a symbol from musical notation (an exception is the finale, which uses the music end barline at the end of the title).

From episode 2 onward, Kivat begins each episode by stating a piece of trivia about music, art, chess, and other subjects. From episode 30 onward, Tatsulot joins the opening statement as he and Kivat provide recaps of the previous episode.

  1. Fate: Wake Up! (運命・ウェイクアップ!, Unmei: Weiku Appu!)
  2. Suite: Father and Son Violin (組曲・親子のバイオリン, Kumikyoku: Oyako no Baiorin)
  3. Heroic: Perfect Hunter (英雄・パーフェクトハンター, Eiyū: Pāfekuto Hantā)
  4. Reverie: Wild Blue (夢想・ワイルドブルー, Musō: Wairudo Burū)
  5. Duet: Stalker Panic (二重奏・ストーカーパニック, Nijūsō: Sutōkā Panikku)
  6. Replay: Humans are All Music (リプレイ・人間はみんな音楽, Ripurei: Ningen wa Minna Ongaku)
  7. Hymn: Three-Star Full Course of Darkness (讃歌・三ツ星闇のフルコース, Sanka: Mitsuboshi Yami no Furukōsu)
  8. Soul: Dragon Castle, Angered (ソウル・ドラゴン城、怒る, Sōru: Doragon-jō, Ikaru)
  9. Symphony: Ixa, Fist On (交響・イクサ・フィストオン, Kōkyō: Ikusa, Fisuto On)
  10. Saber Dance: Glassy Melody (剣の舞・硝子のメロディ, Tsurugi no Mai: Garasu no Merodi)
  11. Rolling Stone: Door of Dreams (ローリングストーン・夢の扉, Rōringu Sutōn: Yume no Tobira)
  12. First Live: Golden Speed (初ライブ・黄金のスピード, Hatsu Raibu: Ōgon no Supīdo)
  13. Unfinished: Daddy Fight (未完成・ダディ・ファイト, Mikansei: Dadi Faito)
  14. Pomp and Circumstance: Thunderstrike Purple Eye (威風堂々・雷撃パープルアイ, Ifū Dōdō: Raigeki Pāpuru Ai)
  15. Resurrection: Checkmate Four (復活・チェックメイトフォー, Fukkatsu: Chekkumeito Fō)
  16. Player: The Rules of Cruelty (プレイヤー・非情のルール, Pureiyā: Hijō no Rūru)
  17. Lesson: My Way (レッスン・マイウェイ, Ressun: Mai Wei)
  18. Quartet: Listen to Your Heart's Voice (カルテット・心の声を聴け, Karutetto: Kokoro no Koe o Kike)
  19. Fusion: Aura Storm (フュージョン・オーラの嵐, Fyūjon: Ōra no Arashi)
  20. Nocturne: The Lovely Messiah (夜想曲・愛の救世主, Yasōkyoku: Ai no Kyūseishu)
  21. Rhapsody: The Fate of the Ring (ラプソディー・指輪の行方, Rapusodī: Yubiwa no Yukue)
  22. Overture: Fateful Intersection (序曲・運命の交差点, Jokyoku: Unmei no Kōsaten)
  23. Variation: Fugitives Forever (変奏曲・永遠の逃亡者, Hensōkyoku: Eien no Tōbōsha)
  24. Emperor: Golden Fever (皇帝・ゴールデンフィーバー, Kōtei: Gōruden Fībā)
  25. Fanfare: The Queen's Awakening (ファンファーレ・女王の目醒め, Fanfāre: Joō no Mezame)
  26. Metronome: Miraculous Memory (メトロノーム・記憶のキセキ, Metoronōmu: Kioku no Kiseki)
  27. 80's: Angry Rising Blue (80’s・怒れるライジングブルー, Eitīzu: Ikareru Raijingu Burū)
  28. Request: Time-Altering Battle (リクエスト・時を変える戦い, Rikuesuto: Toki o Kaeru Tatakai)
  29. When the Saints Go Marching In: I am King (聖者の行進・我こそキング, Seija no Kōshin: Ware koso Kingu)
  30. Curtain Raising: Kiva's Identity (開演・キバの正体, Kaien: Kiba no Shōtai)
  31. Applause: Motherly Dedicated Transformation (喝采・母に捧げる変身, Kassai: Haha ni Sasageru Henshin)
  32. New World: Another Kiva (新世界・もう一人のキバ, Shinsekai: Mō Hitori no Kiba)
  33. Supersonic: Saga's Fight (スーパーソニック・闘いのサガ, Sūpāsonikku: Tatakai no Saga)
  34. Noise: Melody of Destruction (ノイズ・破壊の旋律, Noizu: Hakai no Senritsu)
  35. New Arrangement: Flying Rose (ニューアレンジ・飛翔のバラ, Nyū Arenji: Hishō no Bara)
  36. Revolution: Sword Legend (革命・ソードレジェンド, Kakumei: Sōdo Rejendo)
  37. Triangle: Behead the King (トライアングル・キングが斬る, Toraianguru: Kingu ga Kiru)
  38. Erlkönig: Mother and Child Reunion (魔王・母と子の再会, Maō: Haha to Ko no Saikai)
  39. Shout: Targeted Brother (シャウト・狙われた兄弟, Shauto: Nerawareta Kyōdai)
  40. Encore: Nago Ixa Explosively Returns (アンコール・名護イクサ爆現, Ankōru: Nago Ikusa Bakugen)
  41. Lullaby: Release the Heart (ララバイ・心を解き放て, Rarabai: Kokoro o Tokihanate)
  42. The Power of Love: The King's Anger (パワー・オブ・ラブ・王の怒り, Pawā Obu Rabu: Ō no Ikari)
  43. Wedding March: Time of Parting (結婚行進曲・別れの時, Kekkon Kōshinkyoku: Wakare no Toki)
  44. Punk: Back to Father (パンク・バックトゥ・ファーザー, Panku: Bakku Tu Fāzā)
  45. With You: Final Transformation (ウィズユー・最後の変身, Wizu Yū: Saigo no Henshin)
  46. Full Stop: Farewell, Otoya (終止符・さらば音也, Shūshifu: Saraba Otoya)
  47. Break the Chain: Obey Me! (ブレイク・ザ・チェーン・我に従え!, Bureiku za Chēn: Ware ni Shitagae!)
  48. Finale: The Inheritors of Kiva (フィナーレ・キバを継ぐ者, Fināre: Kiba o Tsugu Mono)

Movies

  1. Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Cop (劇場版 仮面ライダー電王&キバ クライマックス刑事(デカ), Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Den'ō ando Kiba Kuraimakkusu Deka)
  2. Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World (劇場版 仮面ライダーキバ 魔界城の王, Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Kiba Makaijō no Ō)

Specials

  1. Kamen Rider Kiva: You Can Also be Kiva (仮面ライダーキバ キミもキバになろう, Kamen Raidā Kiba Kimi mo Kiba ni Narō)
  2. Kamen Rider Kiva & Den-O: DenLiner, 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!)

Net movies

  1. Kamen Rider Backwards-Kiva: Queen of the Castle in the Demon World (ネット版 仮面ライダー裏キバ 魔界城の女王, Nettoban Kamen Raidā Urakiba: Makaijō no Joō)

Stageshows

  1. Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka Released Memorial Den-Kiva Festival 〜From start to finish, I'm Kiva all the way〜!!〜 (仮面ライダー電王&キバ クライマックス刑事(デカ)公開記念 電キバ祭り〜最初から最後までキバっていくぜ〜!!〜, Kamen Raidā Den'ō ando Kiba Kuraimakkusu Deka Kōkai Kinen Den Kiba Matsuri 〜Saisho Kara Saigomade Kibatte Ikuze 〜!!〜)
  2. Kamen Rider Super Live 2008 (仮面ライダースーパーライブ2008, Kamen Raidā Sūpāraibu 2008)
  3. Kamen Rider Kiva: Final Stage (仮面ライダーキバ ファイナルステージ, Kamen Raidā Kiba Fainaru Sutēji)

Other media[]

Manga[]

  1. Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Cop (manga) (仮面ライダー電王&キバ クライマックス刑事, Kamen Raidā Den'ō ando Kiba Kuraimakkusu Deka)
  2. Kamen Rider Kiva (manga) (仮面ライダーキバ, Kamen Raidā Kiba)
  3. Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World (manga) (仮面ライダーキバ 魔界城の王, Kamen Raidā Kiba Makaijō no Ō)
  4. Kamen Rider Kiva: Ultimate Battle Chapter (幪面超人月騎【終極激鬥篇】, Mung Min Chiu Yan Yuet Ke Zung Gik Gik Dau Pin)

S.I.C. Hero Saga[]

  1. King of Vampire

Novel[]

  1. Kamen Rider Kiva (novel) (小説 仮面ライダーキバ, Shōsetsu Kamen Raidā Kiba)

"DenLiner, Into Space!"[]

"Kamen Rider Kiva & Den-O: DenLiner, 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.

Cast[]

2008 Side
1986 Side
Both Sides

Guest actors[]

Suit Actors[]

Songs[]

Opening theme
Ending theme
  • "Destiny's Play"
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition: NKMD
    • Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
    • Artist: TETRA-FANG
    • Episodes: 8–14, 17–18, 22
  • "Individual-System"
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
    • Artist: TETRA-FANG
    • Episodes: 15–16, 20–21
  • "Innocent Trap"
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
    • Artist: TETRA-FANG
    • Episodes: 19
  • "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
  • "Roots of the King"
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
    • Artist: TETRA-FANG
    • Episodes: 34–36, 42-43

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,[4] and was subsequently put on the final CD box set as "Bite Their Soul"[5] set for release on January 21, 2009.[6] A mini-album released on August 6, 2008, titled SUPERNOVA[7] features the theme songs for Kiva's four additional forms performed by TETRA-FANG. The tracks include "Innocent Trap,",[8][9] "Shout in the Moonlight," and "Supernova," which has a music video included on a special DVD edition of SUPERNOVA.[10] An unfeatured song from SUPERNOVA titled "Silent Shout" is Dogga Form's theme.[11] 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.[12] Nana Yanagisawa and Yu Takahashi have also provided their voices for tracks that where included on an album for all characters who have become Kamen Rider Ixa.[13] This song has since been revealed to be titled "Feel the same" on an album titled Inherited-System.[14] 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).[15] Kenji Matsuda as Jiro performs the song "Keep alive" for the album.[16] For a TETRA-FANG album titled DESTINY,[14] Koji Seto has recorded the vocals for a song titled "Mind Garden."[12] 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" was rearranged, Koji Seto & Shouma Yamamoto sang "Roots of the King" together, Koji Seto gave his own rendition of "This love never ends", and in turn Kouhei Takeda gave his own rendition of "Supernova".

References[]

  1. http://www10.atwiki.jp/shichouseiko/pages/19.html
  2. [1]
  3. "『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]
  4. "地獄の業火". March 25, 2008. http://mv.avex.jp/kiva/blog/blog7.html. Retrieved 2008-04-02. 
  5. "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]
  6. "MASKED RIDER KIVA COMPLETE CD-BOX [DVD付初回受注限定生産]/ 特撮". http://www.neowing.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVCA-29110. Retrieved 2009-01-15. 
  7. "SUPERNOVA". http://mv.avex.jp/kiva/blog/blog38.html. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
  8. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Toei 20
  9. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Shinseido
  10. "TETRA-FANG PV". http://mv.avex.jp/kiva/blog/blog34.html. Retrieved 2008-07-03. 
  11. "ごめんなさい!!!". http://mv.avex.jp/kiva/blog/blog27.html. Retrieved 2008-06-24. 
  12. 12.0 12.1 "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. 
  13. "白を纏う者たち (::: studio incuse | blog :::)". http://www.incuse.net/blog/2008/10/post_256.php. Retrieved 2008-10-26. 
  14. 14.0 14.1 "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. 
  15. "Nana Yanagisawa-OFFICIAL". http://www.sunmusic.org/nana/n2.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-15. 
  16. "仮面ライダーキバ 第41話 ララバイ・心を解き放て|東映[テレビ]". http://www.toei.co.jp/tv/kiva/story/1175859_1182.html. Retrieved 2008-11-15. 

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