# List of Kamen Rider Gavv episodes

This is a list of episodes for Kamen Rider Gavv, a Japanese tokusatsu television drama. It is the sixth series in the franchise released in Japan's Reiwa Era and the 35rd entry of Toei's long-running Kamen Rider series produced by TV Asahi.

## Episodes

| # | English title Original Japanese title | Director | Writer | Original airdate |
| 1 | "A Snack Kamen Rider!?" Transliteration: "Okashi na Kamen Raidā!?" (Japanese: おカシな仮面ライダー!?) | Teruaki Sugihara | Junko Kōmura | September 1, 2024 (2024-9-1) |
| A human-Granute hybrid from the Granute World called Shoma gets stranded on Earth, the home world of his mother. When he learns that other humans are being abducted by the Granutes to be transformed into Dark Snacks, Shoma decides to make use of the power of his new companions, the Gochizo to protect them as Kamen Rider Gavv. |||||
| 2 | "Happy Zakuzakuchips" Transliteration: "Shiawase Zakuzakuchippusu" (Japanese: 幸せザクザクチップス) | Teruaki Sugihara | Junko Kōmura | September 8, 2024 (2024-9-8) |
| Hungry and homeless, Shoma is taken in by Sachika Amane, who runs an anything and everything general store. Meanwhile, the Stomach Family, who are the responsible for the abductions and the death of Shoma's mother, send another agent to kidnap a client of hers. |||||
| 3 | "Soda Punch Is a Guilty Pleasure" Transliteration: "Sōda Panchi wa Tsumi na Aji" (Japanese: ソーダパンチは罪な味) | Takayuki Shibasaki | Junko Kōmura | September 15, 2024 (2024-9-15) |
| Shoma befriends a man called Yahiko Sujimoto. When Sujimoto is attacked by the Granute, Shoma transforms into Gavv to protect him, watched from afar by freelance journalist Hanto Karakida. |||||
| 4 | "More Marshmallows Please!" Transliteration: "Mashumaro Okawari!" (Japanese: マシュマロおかわり！) | Takayuki Shibasaki | Junko Kōmura | September 22, 2024 (2024-9-22) |
| Shoma gets acquainted with an old couple until he is attacked by the Granutes. Among them are Siita and Jiip Stomach, members of the Stomach Family and Shoma's siblings. In the occasion, it is revealed that his mother was a human and wife of the Stomach Family patriarch, who was killed in front of Shoma after his father's passing. Meanwhile, Hanto visits Kenzo Suga, a researcher who also reveals to him the true nature of the Granutes and their objective. |||||
| 5 | "The Memories Are Painful" Transliteration: "Omoide ga Hirihiri" (Japanese: 思い出がヒリヒリ) | Satoshi Morota | Junko Kōmura | September 29, 2024 (2024-9-29) |
| Shoma meets his great-uncle Dente Stomach, a Granute who took refuge in the human world and the one who performed the operation that gave him his powers. When Shoma fights the agents to protect the people, humans mistake him for a monster but Hanto steps in to defend him and Suga begins making a weapon to fight the Granute using some of Shoma's Gochizo, particularly Chocodon that he captured. At night, Hanto's mentor and adoptive father, Soji Shioya is assassinated by Granute during his investigation. |||||
| 6 | "Transformation Is Bitter Chocolate" Transliteration: "Henshin wa Bitā Choko" (Japanese: 変身はビターチョコ) | Satoshi Morota | Junko Kōmura | October 6, 2024 (2024-10-6) |
| Shoma starts living with Sachika, the latter of whom is responsible for giving the Gochizo their species' namesake. Although Sachika is still not aware that Gochizo are alive. Meanwhile, Hanto volunteers to undergo Suga's Kamen Rider system compatibility surgery to test his new invention, the Valenbuster, which he uses to transform into Kamen Rider Valen in order to avenge Shioya's death. Meanwhile, having becoming astonished by a prove of his previous mentor and great-uncle Dente's Kamen Rider system surgery on Shoma to be successful, Nyelv, one of Shoma's older brothers, decides to gather the Kamen Riders' combat data. Nyelv is also directly responsible for Hanto's path into a Kamen Rider, as he was the one who sent a Granute to kill Shioya, and steals Shioya's lower half of his Hito Press state to him before Hanto finds Shioya's upper half. |||||
| 7 | "What Flavor Lies Underneath the Mask?" Transliteration: "Kamen no Shita wa Don'na Aji" (Japanese: 仮面の下はどんな味) | Teruaki Sugihara | Junko Kōmura | October 13, 2024 (2024-10-13) |
| Kamen Riders Gavv and Valen cooperate together to protect the citizens from the Granutes while keeping their identities a secret from each other. Meanwhile, Sachika and Shoma are asked to do housework at her grandaunt Masako Takarayashiki's mansion, and Hanto investigates another disappearance, where he is approached by Glotta, one of Shoma's older sisters. |||||
| 8 | "Dual Chocolate" Transliteration: "Dyuaru Chokoreito" (Japanese: デュアル チョコレイト) | Teruaki Sugihara | Junko Kōmura | October 20, 2024 (2024-10-20) |
| After rescuing the kidnapped girl, Shoma and Hanto are suspicious that the Granutes are still targeting the artists in Masako's mansion and keep watching over them. Even without transforming into a Granute form, Glotta can still defeat Valen single handledly during their first encounter, while also recalling how she knew Hanto lost his mother to a canine Granute. Meanwhile, the rest of the Stomach Family take heed of the Kamen Riders' interference and decide to come with measures against them. When Shoma manage to expose a Granute wno is sent to kidnap the artists, to his friends and clients, Sachika helps the Kamen Riders to counteract the Granute's newfound self-cloning ability. |||||
| 9 | "Trick or Dance!" Transliteration: "Torikku Oa Dansu!" (Japanese: トリック オア ダンス！) | Takayuki Shibasaki | Kaori Kaneko | October 27, 2024 (2024-10-27) |
| It's Halloween and Shoma is delighted by experimenting some sweets he never tasted before, which also gives birth to a new type of Gochizo. Meanwhile, Siita and Jiip decide to deal with Shoma personally after being fired by Lango, the eldest son in the Stomach Family. |||||
| 10 | "Extra Large! Candy Cannon!" Transliteration: "Tokumori! Kyandi-hō!" (Japanese: 特盛り！キャンディ砲！) | Takayuki Shibasaki | Kaori Kaneko | November 10, 2024 (2024-11-10) |
| Shoma once again gave birth to another new Gochizo. Shortly after, both Shoma and Hanto discovered the true identity of a Granute who kidnapped children to be a cake shop owner, who has the ability to turn a building complex he took over into a shell to assume full hermit crab-like form while carrying said hostages. After rescuing the children, Valen only reveals Gavv a little detail on how he became a Rider without slipping his secret identity to him, and also apologize for his creator's cause on kidnapping one of the Chocodon Gochizo to create his Rider power. Nevertheless, Gavv gives Valen several Chocodon Gochizo, believing that Valen is a Granute who did not have an ability to produce Gochizo like he was. Meanwhile, Suga recorded all of the Kamen Riders' combat data on his flash drive. |||||
| 11 | "Beware of Sweet Words!" Transliteration: "Amai Kotoba ni Goyōjin!" (Japanese: あまい言葉にご用心！) | Kazuya Kamihoriuchi | Junko Kōmura | November 17, 2024 (2024-11-17) |
| Hanto is suddenly being suspected for a romance scam, and decides to seek both Sachika and Shoma. As the scammer uses Hanto's profile picture on an online dating platform, Hanto pretends to go on a date with the woman who became the latest victim of the scam in order to find the culprit who framed him, with the help from the victim's younger sister. It is later revealed that a Granute disguised as a young boy was responsible behind the romance scam and framed Hanto. Meanwhile, Lango officially fires Siita and Jiip and decides to briefly visit Shoma. In the midst of the attack, Shoma comes to learn of Hanto's secret identity as Valen, when a Granute forced to detransform him. |||||
| 12 | "A Bond Connected by Doughnuts" Transliteration: "Dōnatsu ga Tsunagu Kizuna" (Japanese: ドーナツがつなぐ絆) | Kazuya Kamihoriuchi | Junko Kōmura | November 24, 2024 (2024-11-24) |
| Hanto is rescued by Shoma and in the occasion, his secret as Kamen Rider Valen has been revealed. Shoma decides to come clean by revealing his secret identity as Kamen Rider Gavv. After sharing each other's tragedies of losing their respective mothers at the hands of the Stomach Family and their Granute servants, they decide to keep working together against the Granutes. While arranging marriages for Siita and Jiip, both Lango and Glotta also captures a fugitive Granute into working for them. To replace the lost part timers, Lango instructs Glotta to hire new ones among those who are addicted to the Dark Treats and thus willing to do anything to get more of them. |||||
| 13 | "Promised Homemade Cake" Transliteration: "Yakusoku no Tezukuri Kēki" (Japanese: 約束の手作りケーキ) | Teruaki Sugihara | Junko Kōmura | December 1, 2024 (2024-12-1) |
| Having lost their jobs and forced to take part in arranged marriages by Lango, Siita and Jiip decide to take revenge on Shoma by fighting him personally. |||||
| 14 | "Miraculous Awakening! Caking" Transliteration: "Kiseki no Kakusei! Kēkingu" (Japanese: 奇跡の覚醒！ケーキング) | Teruaki Sugihara | Junko Kōmura | December 8, 2024 (2024-12-8) |
| Shoma survives Siita and Jiip's violent attacks but is badly wounded. The twins then begin threatening humans in order to draw him out and Shoma decides to face his siblings again, this time with a new type of Gochizo that gives him an enhanced, more powerful form, that he uses to defeat them, but Siita sacrifices herself to protect her twin brother from the final blow, leaving him devastated. Meanwhile, Suga meets an associate of his who happens to be Nyelv. |||||
| 15 | "Escaped Granute!" Transliteration: "Dassō Guranyūto!" (Japanese: 脱走グラニュート！) | Satoshi Morota | Nobuniro Mouri | December 15, 2024 (2024-12-15) |
| Shoma meets a Granute who affirms that he is done associating himself with the Stomach Family and wants to be protected with them. Shoma is willing to help but Hanto insists that he is still an enemy to be destroyed, with the latter's suspicion of the Granute's plan to lure and capture both Kamen Riders is confirmed. Meanwhile, Jiip is devastated with his twin sister's death, and both Suga and Nyelv move on with their plans. Elsewhere, a recently hired Lage Nine begin his mission for Stomach Inc., having demonstrate his ability which allows to capture his victims at once and earn him a higher rank within the company. |||||
| 16 | "The Gift of Noël" Transliteration: "Noeru no Okurimono" (Japanese: ノエルのおくりもの) | Satoshi Morota | Nobuhiro Mouri | December 22, 2024 (2024-12-22) |
| Having learnt his lesson not to be gullable, Shoma must rescue Hanto from being imprisoned to the Granute World. Although Lage Nine is made an employee of the month for his ability, he started to question his action, and revealed to have a disinterest of eating Dark Treats for reasons. Shortly, Nyelv successfully created Vrastum Gear belt, then chose Lage Nine to become Kamen Rider Vram and promote him to be Stomach Inc.'s henchman. |||||
| 17 | "Caramel Tentacles Taste Like Happiness" Transliteration: "Karameru Shokushu wa Kōfuku Aji" (Japanese: カラメる触手は幸福味) | Takayuki Shibasaki | Kaori Kaneko Junko Kōmura | January 5, 2025 (2025-1-5) |
| The Stomach Inc.'s next targets are "kind and gentle" people, and Sachika is believed to be in danger. While in a middle of hunting the Granute, Shoma and Hanto and are interrupted by Lage Nine, now Stomach Inc.'s own Kamen Rider. |||||
| 18 | "Extremely Strong! The Pudding Bodyguard" Transliteration: "Gekitsuyo! Purin na Yōjinbō" (Japanese: 激強！プリンな用心棒) | Takayuki Shibasaki | Kaori Kaneko Junko Kōmura | January 12, 2025 (2025-1-12) |
| As both sides retreating, Shoma reveals Hanto about the former's siblings. Despite Hanto's drawing save most people to escape from a disguised Granute, the Granute himself starts to have a breakdown into revealing his true form. While having too late to rescue one of the civilians both Shoma and Hanto prioritize, Lage Nine reveals his true intention why he let himself be recruited to Stomach Inc., defeating Hanto out of anger for being mistaken to be loyal to the company. |||||
| 19 | "The Secret Bittersweet Flavor of Pudding" Transliteration: "Purin no Horoniga Kakushiaji" (Japanese: プリンのほろ苦隠し味) | Teruaki Sugihara | Junko Kōmura | January 19, 2025 (2025-1-19) |
| It turns out, the addiction of eating Stomach Inc.'s Dark Treats took away the life of Lage Nine's younger brother. Lage Nine let himself be captured and forced to work for the company, in order to destroy it from inside and avenge his brother's death. However, upon realizing Lage Nine's true intention, Lango starts to regret recruiting him. Whilist Hanto is critically injured and being brought to Suga's lab, Shoma must confront Lage Nine by himself. Once everthing settle down by revealing each other's tragic past for losing someone who are close to them at the hands of Stomach Inc., Lage Nine reveals to Shoma his true name, Rakia Amarga. Unbeknownst to Shoma, Suga took a sample of his hair without him noticing. |||||
| 20 | "Break In! To the Dark Treats Factory!" Transliteration: "Totsunyū! Yamigashi Kōjō e!" (Japanese: 突入！闇菓子工場へ！) | Teruaki Sugihara | Junko Kōmura | January 26, 2025 (2025-1-26) |
| Shoma convinces Rakia to help him infiltrate Stomach Inc. to rescue the captured civillians. Once there, they are confronted by Glotta who attacks them. Shoma and Rakia take the captives back to the human world where they are pursued by Glotta. In the occasion, Hanto recovers and rushes to help him, but hears from Glotta that Shoma is a member of the Stomach Family before she flees. An angry Hanto lashes at Shoma as he considers all Granute as enemies, including Shoma himself. |||||
| 21 | "Too Bitter Gavv" Transliteration: "Bitā Sugiru Gavu" (Japanese: ビターすぎるガヴ) | Ryuta Tasaki | Junko Kōmura | February 2, 2025 (2025-2-2) |
| After confronting Shoma, Hanto spots another individual resembling him who starts attacking humans, capable of transforming into Kamen Rider Bitter Gavv. Meanwhile, a now homeless Shoma is rescued by Dente after gradually lost his stamina. Additionally, Rakia, whose intention has been exposed is currently on the run, while remain keeping an eye on the Stomach Inc.'s activity on Earth. |||||
| 22 | "The Truth Is Sweet and Bitter" Transliteration: "Shinjitsu wa Amaku Nigai" (Japanese: 真実は甘く苦い) | Ryuta Tasaki | Junko Kōmura | February 9, 2025 (2025-2-9) |
| Hanto discovers that Shoma is not the one attacking humans, but a clone posing as him, who calls himself "Bitter Gavv". In the occasion, Shoma and Hanto reconcile and join forces aganst Bitter Gavv, while Rakia confronts Suga, certain that he is somehow involved. |||||
| 23 | "Broken Sweets" Transliteration: "Burōkun Suītsu" (Japanese: ブロークンスイーツ) | Satoshi Morota | Junko Kōmura | February 16, 2025 (2025-2-16) |
| After destroying Bitter Gavv, Shoma regains the memory of his encounter with Hanto's mother, Sae, and tells him all the truth he knows about how she died after the Stomach Inc. captured her. As Shoma had no strength to stop Lango from killing Sae, and her death in front of him is the reason he begin to understand what his mother, Michiru warned him about the Dark Treats, a similarly despaired Hanto tells Shoma not to blame himself for what happened to her. While Hanto retreats to Suga where he gains four new Gochizo, Shoma introduces Rakia to Dente, who then reveal the latter two how he co-founded Stomach Inc. with his brother, Zomb, and how the Dark Treats were first created. Dente admit that he was unaware of his brother's criminal activity on using humans as secret ingredients for the Dark Treats, and his evil influence affects his descendants, barring Shoma. Shortly, Shoma gets surprised when Bitter Gavv reappears, declaring himself immortal. As it turns out, Suga created more than one Bitter Gavv clones. |||||
| 24 | "A Spoonful of Revival Ice Cream" Transliteration: "Fukkatsu no Aisu Hitosaji" (Japanese: 復活のアイスひとさじ) | Satoshi Morota | Junko Kōmura | February 23, 2025 (2025-2-23) |
| Shoma fails to stop the second Bitter Gavv clone's rampage. While Shoma recovers, Dente is spared by Rakia, out of guilt for his unwittingly involvement of the Dark Snacks' creations that led to Comel's death, and gave him a Gavvphone like the one used by Shoma. In midst of Bitter Gavv's next attack, Sachika gives Shoma some ice cream which unlocks a new Gochizo that gives him another powerful form to fight back. Meanwhile, Hanto begin to use a new Gochizo he received from Suga while fighting a difficult Granute, who wants to avenge his fallen friend whom Hanto killed during his first time as a Kamen Rider. |||||
| 25 | "Virtual Happiness, the Taste of Nectar" Transliteration: "Kyozō no Shiawase Mitsu no Aji" (Japanese: 虚像の幸せ 蜜の味) | Takayuki Shibasaki | Nobuhiro Mouri | March 2, 2025 (2025-3-2) |
| Rakia begins working for Hapipare by Shoma and Sachika's recommendation and suspects that a Granute must be targeting children and Rakia himself, revealing not only he steals someone's VTuber account for a crime the young human boy never committed, but has an information regarding Comel's demise at the hands of Stomach Inc. Meanwhile, Hanto notices that his body is becoming strange since he began using the new Gochizo provided by Suga. |||||
| 26 | "Angry Pudding" Transliteration: "Ikari no Puttsun Purin" (Japanese: 怒りのぷっつんプリン) | Takayuki Shibasaki | Nobuhiro Mouri | March 9, 2025 (2025-3-9) |
| Koji Minamoto, who reveals himself to be the original Kabutodanshi (Helmet Boy), wants to get his VTube persona account back from a Granute who stole it, and asks Rakia to accompany him again, but he refuses, saying that humans are no match for him. Koji gets angry and runs off on his own, triggering Rakia to change his mind after seeing the late Comel in the former, and successfully helped him retrieve his Kabutodanshi account from a Granute who stole it. Elsewhere, Hanto, whose body becomes weaker by the side effect of a black Gochizo finds out Suga's true intentions, upon seeing him interacting with one of the Bitter Gavvs. |||||
| 27 | "Sour and Sweet to the Point of Burning" Transliteration: "Sui mo Amai mo Kogasu Hodo" (Japanese: 酸いも甘いも焦がす程) | Teruaki Sugihara | Junko Kōmura | March 23, 2025 (2025-3-23) |
| As Hanto's condition becomes critical, Shoma and Sachika escort him to Dente, in hopes to find a cure to negate the side effects of Suga's dark Gochizo in him. As Suga's true intentions have been exposed, he builds his own transformation device to transform himself into Kamen Rider Bake and subsequently challenges Shoma to a fight. |||||