Kamen 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 for a brief period before joining with . 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 . 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%http://www10.atwiki.jp/shichouseiko/pages/19.html
==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==
===Kamen Riders===
====TV Show====
Kamen Rider Kiva 	Wataru Kurenai ► Masao Kurenai (Other users)
Kamen Rider Ixa 	Keisuke Nago (Other users)
Kamen Rider Ixa (Proto Ixa)	Jiro ► Otoya Kurenai (Other users)
Kamen Rider Saga 	First King ► Taiga Nobori
Kamen Rider Dark Kiva 	King ► Otoya Kurenai ► Taiga 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====
*Kivat-Bat the 3rd
*Tatsulot
*Shizuka Nomura
*Akira Kido
*Kengo Eritate
*Mio Suzuki
*Kivat-Bat the 2nd
====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====
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Go‑On Black 	
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Toppa Bashin
*Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo!
Cure Dream	Nozomi Yumehara
===Fangire===
*Checkmate Four
Lion Fangire 	Rook
Pearlshell Fangire 	Maya ► Mio Suzuki
Swallowtail Fangire	Bishop
Bat Fangire 	King
*Minor Fangires (Pawns)
**Spider Fangire
**Horse Fangire
**Octopus Fangire
**Moth Fangire
**Sheep Fangire
**Prawn Fangire
**Frog Fangire
**Earwig Fangire
**Rhinoceros Fangire
**Seastar Fangire
**Ladybug Fangire
**Chameleon Fangire
**Grizzly Fangire
**Shark Fangire
**Cicada Fangire
**Crab Fangire
**Warthog Fangire
**Moose Fangire
**Tortoise Fangire
**Horsefly Fangire
**Rat Fangire
**Mantis Fangire
**Seamoon Fangire
**Silkmoth Fangire
**Sungazer Fangire
**Polarbear Fangire
*Other Fangires
**Antlion Fangire
**Zebra Fangire
===Legendorga===
*Mummy Legendorga
*Medusa Legendorga
*Mandrake Legendorga
*Gargoyle Legendorga
==Episodes==
==Other media==
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===S.I.C. Hero Saga===
#King of Vampire
===Novel===
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=="DenLiner, Into Space!"==
 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.
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===Suit Actors===
*Kamen Rider Kiva, Kamen Rider Dark Kiva, Garulu: 
*Kamen Rider Ixa, Kamen Rider Dark Kiva, Moose Fangire, Rat Fangire, Bat Fangire: 
*Kamen Rider Ixa (Yuri/Megumi Aso), Chameleon Fangire, Silkmoth Fangire, Cicada Fangire: 
*Basshaa, Pearlshell Fangire, Ladybug Fangire: 
*Kamen Rider Saga, Dogga, Kamen Rider Dark Kiva (Otoya Kurenai/Taiga Nobori), Spider Fangire, Octopus Fangire, Frog Fangire, Kamen Rider Kiva (sub): 
*Earwig Fangire, Seastar Fangire, Swallowtail Fangire, Rat Fangire, Mantis Fangire, Sungazer Fangire: 
*Grizzly Fangire (ep. 23 & 24), Crab Fangire, Warthog Fangire: 
*Dogga (finale): 
*Sheep Fangire, Prawn Fangire, Rhinoceros Fangire: 
*Tortoise Fangire, Rat Fangire, Warthog Fangire, Polarbear Fangire: 
*Horse Fangire, Moth Fangire: 
*Shark Fangire, Cicada Fangire, Seamoon Fangire: 
==Songs==
;Opening theme
*"Break the Chain"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: Shuhei Naruse
**Arrangement: Tourbillon, Shuhei Naruse
**Artist: Tourbillon 
;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
*"Shout in the Moonlight"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition & Arrangement: Ryo (of defspiral)
** Artist: TETRA-FANG
**Episodes: 23
*"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
* "Fight for Justice"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
**Artist: Keisuke Nago (Keisuke Kato)
**Episodes: 28, 30-31, 34, 38, 40, 44, 48
*"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, and was subsequently put on the final CD box set as "Bite Their Soul" set for release on January 21, 2009. A mini-album released on August 6, 2008, titled SUPERNOVA features the theme songs for Kiva's four additional forms performed by TETRA-FANG. The tracks include "Innocent Trap,", "Shout in the Moonlight," and "Supernova," which has a music video included on a special DVD edition of SUPERNOVA. An unfeatured song from SUPERNOVA titled "Silent Shout" is Dogga Form's theme. 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. 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. This song has since been revealed to be titled "Feel the same" on an album titled Inherited-System. Other songs on this album include "Don't Lose Yourself" performed by Keisuke Kato as Keisuke Nago and "Inherited-System" performed by the . Kenji Matsuda as Jiro performs the song "Keep alive" for the album. For a TETRA-FANG album titled DESTINY, Koji Seto has recorded the vocals for a song titled "Mind Garden." 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==
==External links==
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*Kamen Rider Kiva at Japanese Wikipedia
*Kamen Rider Kiva at TV Asahi 
*Kamen Rider Kiva at Toei
*Kamen Rider Kiva at Avex Trax
*Official website at Kamen-Rider-Official
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