Kamen Rider Kiva

***Kamen Rider Kiva*** is the 2008 _Kamen Rider_ Japanese _tokusatsu_ television series produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions.

## Schedule

It is the series' ninth season in its Heisei era. It is also the 18th season overall since the debut of _Kamen Rider_ in 1971. It premiered on January 27, 2008, following the finale of _Kamen Rider Den-O_. It was aired as a part of TV Asahi's 2008 Super Hero Time block with _Engine Sentai Go-onger_. The series was known to have Horror movie themes, such as Kamen Rider Kiva being a Vampire. The first episode began with a commemoration of the series in honor of the seventieth anniversary of Shotaro Ishinomori's birthday.

## Actors

- 2008 side
- Wataru Kurenai / Kamen Rider Kiva: Kōji Seto
- Keisuke Nago / Kamen Rider Ixa Ver.X: Keisuke Kato
- Megumi Aso / Kamen Rider Ixa: Nana Yanagisawa
- Kengo Eritate / Kamen Rider Ixa: Kohei Kumai
- Shizuka Nomura: Rina Koike
- Taiga Nobori / Kamen Rider Saga: Shouma Yamamoto
- Mio Suzuki: Yuria Haga
- Tatsulot (Voice): Akira Ishida

- 1986 side
- Otoya Kurenai / Kamen Rider Dark Kiva: Kouhei Takeda
- Yuri Aso / Kamen Rider Ixa: Yu Takahashi
- King / Kamen Rider Dark Kiva: Shinya Niiro

- No side
- Mamoru Shima: Kazuhiko Kanayama
- Akira Kido: Houka Kinoshita
- Riki: Eiji Takigawa
- Jiro: Kenji Matsuda
- Ramon: Yuuki Ogoe
- Maya: Saki Kagami
- Bishop: Mitsu Murata
- Ryo Itoya: Sohto
- Rook: Tomohide Takahara
- Kivat-bat the 3rd (Voice), Kivat-bat the 2nd (Voice): Tomokazu Sugita
- Fangire (Vocal effects): Katsumi Shiono

### Guest actors

- Kaoru Tsugami (1): Nobuo Kyo
- Hitomi Miyazawa (2): Masako Umemiya
- Takeo Ōmura (9, 10): Katsuyuki Murai
- Tohru Miyake (13, 14): Satoshi Jinbo
- Tanahashi (27, 28): Atsushi Ogawa
- Mitsuhide Aso (29, 30, 31, 48): Masei Nakayama
- Kurosawa (32, 33): Kazuoki
- Kaede (34, 35): Tomomi Miyashita
- Masao Kurenai / Kamen Rider New Kiva (Finale): Kouhei Takada

### King of the Castle in the Demon World cast

- Takato Shiramane / Kamen Rider Rey: Shouma Yamamoto
- Natsuki Tsukue: Rei Okamoto
- Towa Sakakibara (Natsumi Tsukue): Sayuri Anzu
- Sayaka: Gal Sone
- Rey Kivat, Arc Kivat (Voice): Norio Wakamoto
- Takashi Sugimura / Kamen Rider Arc: Ken Horuichi

## Songs

- Opening theme
- "Break the Chain"
    - Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    - Composition: Shuhei Naruse
    - Arrangement: Tourbillon, Shuhei Naruse
    - Artist: Tourbillon

- Insert themes
- "Destiny's Play"
    - Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    - Composition: NKMD
    - Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
    - Artist: TETRA-FANG
    - Episodes: 8 – 14, 17, 18, 22
- "Individual's 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
    - Toei's website for _Kiva_ lists "Innocent Trap" as Basshaa Form's ending theme.
- "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
- "Roots of the King"
    - Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    - Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
    - Artist: TETRA-FANG
    - Episodes: 34 – 36, 43

## Infobox (television)

- **genre**: Tokusatsu
Superhero fiction
Action
Supernatural
Drama
Horror
- **runtime**: 24–25 minutes
- **creator**: Shotaro Ishinomori
- **developer**: Ishimori Productions
Toei Company
- **writer**: Toshiki Inoue
Shōji Yonemura
- **director**: Ryuta Tasaki
Hidenori Ishida
Kenzo Maihara
Naoki Tamura
Takao Nagaishi
Shojiro Nakazawa
- **starring**: Kōji Seto
Kouhei Takada
Keisuke Kato
Rina Koike
Nana Yanagisawa
Yu Takahashi (actress), Yu Takahashi
Shouma Yamamoto
Kazuhiko Kanayama
Houka Kinoshita
Kenji Matsuda
Yuuki Ogoe
Eiji Takigawa
Yuria Haga
Mitsu Murata
Saki Kagami
Kohei Kumai
Shinya Niiro
Sohto
Tomohide Takahara
- **voices**: Tomokazu Sugita
- **narrated**: Tomokazu Sugita
Akira Ishida (30-48)
- **theme music composer**: Shuhei Narase
- **opentheme**: "Break the Chain" by Tourbillon
- **endtheme**: "Destiny's Play"
"Individual-System"
"Shout in the moonlight"
"Innocent Trap"
"Supernova"
"Roots of the King" by TETRA-FANG
"Fight for Justice" by Keisuke Nago
- **composer**: Tsuneyoshi Saito
- **producer**: Atsushi Kaji
Naomi Takebe
Takaaki Utsunomiya
Takahito Ōmori
- **country**: Japan
- **company**: Toei Company
- **network**: TV Asahi
- **num episodes**: 48