Kamen Rider Kiva

**Kamen Rider Kiva** (仮面ライダーキバ, *Kamen Raidā Kiba*?, translated as **Masked Rider Kiva**) is the nineteenth entry of the *Kamen Rider 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-Onger*. 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

### Allies

#### 2008 Side

* Shizuka Nomura
* Kengo Eritate
* Mio Suzuki
* Kivat-bat the 3rd
* Tatsulot

#### Neutral

* Akira Kido
* Kivat-bat the 2nd

### Fangire

#### Subordinate - 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
* Polar Bear Fangire

#### Checkmate Four

* Lion Fangire
* Pearlshell Fangire (1st)
* Pearlshell Fangire (2nd)
* Swallowtail Fangire
* Bat Fangire

#### Movie Fangires

* Antlion Fangire
* Zebra Fangire

#### Other Fangires

* Beetle Fangire
* Thorn Fangire
* Super Apollo Geist
	+ Super Apollo Geist is a result of marrying the Thorn Fangire, Apollo Geist becomes half-Fangire.

## Episodes

*Main article: Kamen Rider Kiva Episodes*
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/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. Sabre 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. Devil: 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 Tok?*?)
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 Deka* (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* (ライダーキバ キミもキバになろう, *Kamen Raidā Kiba: Kimi mo Kiba ni Narō*?)

## 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 cast

* Kaoru Tsugami (津上 カオル, *Tsugami Kaoru*?, 1): Nobuo Kyo (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 Omura (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): Ryusei 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): Yuichi 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

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, 40, 44
* "Roots of the King"
	+ Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
	+ Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
	+ Artist: TETRA-FANG
	+ Episodes: 34–36, 43

## "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 Kiva'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*?)

## References

1. ↑ "『仮面ライダーキバ』主題歌にTourbillonが決定！". http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20080115-00000098-bark-musi. Retrieved 2008-01-15.  [*dead link*]

## External links

* *Kamen Rider Kiva* at Wikipedia
* *Kamen Rider Kiva* at Japanese Wikipedia
* *Kamen Rider Kiva* at TV Asahi
* *Kamen Rider Kiva* at Toei
* *Kamen Rider Kiva* at Avex Trax