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Kamen Rider Kiva
File:Kiva logo.jpg
The logo for Kamen Rider Kiva
GenreTokusatsu
Created byShotaro Ishinomori
Written byToshiki Inoue
Directed byRyuta Tasaki, Hidenori Ishida
StarringKoji Seto
Opening theme"Break the Chain" by Tourbillon
ComposerTsuneyoshi Saitō
Country of originJapan Japan
No. of episodesOngoing (list of episodes)
Production
ProducersJun Kaji
Takahito Ōmori
Naomi Takebe
Takaaki Utsunomiya
Running time24-25 minutes (per episode)
Original release
NetworkTV Asahi
Release2008-01-27

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 series produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions. It premiered on January 27, 2008, following the finale of Kamen Rider Den-O. It will be a part of TV Asahi's 2008 Super Hero Time block with Engine Sentai Go-onger. Advertisements show 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! Release the chains of destiny." (Ｗａｋｅ　ｕｐ！宿命(さだめ)の鎖を解き放て, Ueiku appu! Sadame no kusari o tokihanate).

Synopsis

Twenty-two years after the dissappearence of his father, Wataru Kurenai (portrayed by Koji Seto[1][2][3][4]) lives a famous "haunted house" where he is destined as Kamen Rider Kiva to fight life-draining monsters known as the Fangaia, the very race his father fought years ago before his disappearence. Wataru is later joined by a second rider in the series (named Kamen Rider Hunter (tentative) (仮面ライダーハンター（仮）, Kamen Raidā Hantā (kari))) who is part of an organization seeking to destroy the Fangaia menace.[5] The story is split between the actions of Wataru in the present (2008) and his father Otoya in the past (1986), slowly revealing the story behind the Fangaia and Kiva.

Characters

Wataru

Main article: Kamen Rider Kiva (character)

Wataru Kurenai/Kamen Rider Kiva (紅 渡／仮面ライダーキバ, Kurenai Wataru/Kamen Raidā Kiba): A young shy man who never lies, keeping to himself due to his germ phobia. He works at an atelier to continue his father's legacy of violin making with a dream to create the ultimate violin. But, Wataru is destined from birth to become Kamen Rider Kiva as his mother is a Fangaia. He teams up with Kivat to fight the Fangaia race and protect humanity from them, learning of his family legacy and nature as a dhampir.

Otoya

Otoya Kurenai (紅 音也, Kurenai Otoya): Wataru's father who battled the Fangaia menace 22 years ago, a ladies man who by accident intefered in Yuri's mission, who eventually brought him in their group. During his battle with the Fangaia, Otoya fell in love with a female Fangaia as a result.

Shizuka

Shizuka Nomura (野村 静香, Nomura Shizuka): A preteen girl able to get around the shyness of Wataru being a motherly figure to him as he teaches her how to play the violin.

The Fangaia Hunters

  • Yuri Aso (麻生 ゆり, Asō Yuri): Founding member of the Fangaia Hunters 22 years ago, meeting Otoya by sheer accident. She hates the Fangaia with a passion. She seems to be afraid of dogs.
  • Megumi Aso (麻生 恵, Asō Megumi): The daugther of Yuri, Megumi makes it her duty to hunt down the Fangaia, as well as Kiva. She meets Wataru and and develops a liking towards him, unaware that he is actually Kiva himself.
  • Mamoru Shima (嶋 護, Shima Mamoru): A mysterious millionaire who funded the Fangaia Hunters.
  • Akira Kido (木戸 明, Kido Akira): Owner of the Cafe Mal D'amour (カフェ・マル・ダムール, Kafe Maru Damūru) and a friend of Otoya's in the past. He owns a golden retriever named Buruman (ぶるまん, Buruman).

Support Monsters

  • Kivat-bat the 3rd (キバットバットⅢ世, Kibattobatto Sansei): An century-old mysterious vampire who drinks blood to sustain himself, creating rumors of Wataru's European-style home being haunted. Called "Kivat" for short, he is a solid character with dry wit, tending to have a bitter attitude. He formed a partnership with Wataru to give the power of Kiva, drinking a bit of blood before attaching to the Kivat Belt (キバットベルト, Kibatto Beruto) to allow his human partner to transform, as well as blow the Fuestles to evoke their power. He enjoys the artwork of Amedeo Modigliani, finding the artist's depiction of women fascinating.
  • Castle Dran (キャッスルドラン, Kyassuru Doran): Kiva's base of operations, a giant dragon born in the mold of a castle. While dormant, it assumes the form of a building to conceal itself in plain sight. When exposed to moonlight, or when Kiva performs his finishing move, the monster awakens and assumes its true form. Due to its unique abilities of sealing defeated Fangaia, Castle Dran is home to three sealed Fangaia, forced into human form and to become servants of the master of Castle Dran.
  • Garuru (ガルル, Garuru): A violent and impulsive werewolf (狼男, ōkami-otoko) Fangaia sealed in Castle Dran long ago, assuming human form and serves as lead caretaker.
  • Basher (バッシャー, Basshā): A merman (半魚人, hangyojin) Fangaia with a cool attitude who became Castle Dran's housekeeper, assuming the form of a 13-year old child.
  • Dogga (ドッガ, Dogga): A frankenstein (フランケン, furanken) Fangaia with unbeatable strength, Castle Dran's butler after assuming human form.

Fangaia

The Fangaia (ファンガイア, Fangaia) are stained glass-based vampires who feed off of the Life Energy (ライフエナジー, Raifu Enajī) of humans to survive. By using glass shards to drain the Life Energy, they can assume a human form to hide within everyday society to feed in secret. When a human's Life Energy is stolen, the victim becomes transparent like glass. Each Fangaia belongs to a specific tribe based on the animal form it takes and each Fangaia has a true name. Whenever Kiva defeats a Fangaia, the monster's physical body shatters like glass. In this weakened state, the Fangaia's soul is sealed within Castle Dran's body before it can escape and eventually reform itself.

Spider

Spider Fangaia (スパイダーファンガイア, Supaidā Fangaia)
  • Statistics
    • True Name: The Imposter Twins' Dreaming, Sincere and Melancholy (双子のペテン師が夢見る、誠実と憂鬱, Futago no Petenshi ga Yume Miru, Seijitsu to Yūutsu)
    • Tribe: Insect Class (インセクトクラス, Insekuto Kurasu)
    • Human Form: Ryo Itoya (糸矢 僚, Itoya Ryō)
    • Height: 210cm
    • Weight: 180kg
  • Episodes: 1-

A Fangaia that awakened in 1986, at a funeral. Yuri attempted to kill him but the Spider Fangaia escaped her using his invisiblity ability. [6]

Horse

Horse Fangaia (ホースファンガイア, Hōsu Fangaia)
  • Statistics
    • True Name: Light Within the Paradise Capriccio (光ある楽園の綺想曲, Hikari Aru Rakuen no Kisōkyoku)
    • Tribe: Beast Class (ビーストクラス, Bīsuto Kurasu)
    • Human Form: Kaoru Tsugami (津上 カオル, Tsugami Kaoru)
    • Height: 220cm
    • Weight: 280kg
  • Episodes: 1
  • Destroyed by: Kiva Kiva Form's Darkness Moon Break

Wielding a sword as his weapon, the Horse Fangaia posed as a company manager in 1986, was preying on women until Yuri attempts to kill him. However, Otoya's interference allowed him to escape. By 2008, the Horse Fangaia assumes the identity of a teen model. But due to the trickery of Megumi, the Horse Fangaia ends up being destroyed by Kiva and sealed in Castle Dran.[7]


Episodes

Main article: List of Kamen Rider Kiva episodes
  1. Fate: Wake Up! (運命：||ウェイクアップ！, Unmei: Weiku Appu!)
  2. Musical Suite: Father/Son Violin (組曲♪親子のバイオリン, Kumikyoku: Oyako no Baiorin)

Songs

Opening theme
The single Break the Chain will be released on March 26, 2008.[9][10]

Cast

  • Wataru Kurenai/Kamen Rider Kiva (紅 渡／仮面ライダーキバ, Kurenai Wataru/Kamen Raidā Kiba) - Koji Seto (瀬戸 康史, Seto Kōji)
  • Otoya Kurenai (紅 音也, Kurenai Otoya) - Kouhei Takeda (武田 航平, Takeda Kōhei)
  • Shizuka Nomura (野村 静香, Nomura Shizuka) - Rina Koike (小池 里奈, Koike Rina)(refactored from [[[α]|Luna]])
  • Megumi Aso (麻生 恵, Asō Megumi) - Nana Yanagisawa (柳沢 なな, Yanagisawa Nana)(refactored from [[[β]|Selene]])
  • Yuri Aso (麻生 ゆり, Asō Yuri) - Yu Takahashi (高橋 優, Takahashi Yū)
  • 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)
  • Keisuke Nago (名護 啓介, Nago Keisuke) - Keisuke Kato (加藤 慶祐, Katō Keisuke)
  • Kengo Eritate (襟立 健吾, Eritate Kengo) - Kouhei Kumai (熊井 幸平, Kumai Kōhei)
  • Garuru (ガルル, Garuru) - Kenji Matsuda (松田 賢二, Matsuda Kenji)(refactored from [[[γ]|Zanki]])
  • Basher (バッシャー, Basshā) - Yuuki Ogoe (小越 勇輝, Ogoe Yūki)(refactored from [[[δ]|Daiki]])
  • Dogga (ドッガ, Dogga) - Eiji Takigawa (滝川 英治, Takigawa Eiji)
  • Kivat-bat the 3rd (キバットバットⅢ世, Kibattobatto Sansei, Voice) - Tomokazu Sugita (杉田 智和, Sugita Tomokazu)
  • Belt (ベルト, Beruto, Voice) - Kōji Yusa (遊佐 浩二, Yusa Kōji)(refactored from [[[ε]|Urataros]])

Guest

  • Kaoru Tsugami/Horse Fangaia (津上 カオル／ホースファンガイア, Tsugami Kaoru/Hōsu Fangaia, 1) - Nobuo Kyō (姜 暢雄, Kyō Nobuo)(refactored from [[[ζ]|Isshuu]])
  • Hitomi Miyazawa (宮澤 ひとみ, Miyazawa Hitomi, 2) - Masako Umemiya (梅宮 万紗子, Umemiya Masako)(refactored from [[[η]|Midori]])

Suit actor

Notes

Template:Ent Rina Koike has previously portrayed Sailor Luna in Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Template:Ent Nana Yanagisawa has previously portrayed Phantom Thief Selene in GoGo Sentai Boukenger episode 13 Template:Ent Kenji Matsuda has previously portrayed Zanki/Kamen Rider Zanki in Kamen Rider Hibiki Template:Ent Yuuki Ogoe has previously portrayed Daiki Saitō in Kamen Rider Den-O episodes 5 and 6 Template:Ent Kōji Yusa has previously voiced Urataros in Kamen Rider Den-O Template:Ent Nobuo Kyō has previously portrayed Isshuu Kasumi/KuwagaRaiger in Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger Template:Ent Masako Umemiya has previously portrayed Midori Takizawa in Kamen Rider Hibiki

Movie

There will be a theatrical movie for Kamen Rider Kiva released in the middle of the 2008. The title has yet to be announced.

References

  1. ^ "もちろん来年もクライマックスだぜっ！". Retrieved 2007-12-27.
  2. ^ "初公開、新しい仮面ライダーは吸血鬼？". Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  3. ^ "仮面ライダーキバ：電王の次は「怪物くん」？　初の父子ライダーの戦い描く". Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  4. ^ "【サブカル最前線】初公開、新しい仮面ライダーは吸血鬼？　 (2/3ページ) - MSN産経ニュース". Retrieved 2008-01-26.
  5. ^ "Image of 仮面ライダーハンター". Retrieved 2007-12-09.
  6. ^ "TV Asahi's official page on the Spider Fangaia". Retrieved 2008-01-27.
  7. ^ "TV Asahi's official page on the Horse Fangaia". Retrieved 2008-01-27.
  8. ^ "『仮面ライダーキバ』主題歌にTourbillonが決定！". Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  9. ^ "avex映像インフォメーション：リリースカレンダー". Retrieved 2008-01-20.
  10. ^ "仮面ライダー：Break the Chain [CDシングル]｜mu-mo ショップ". {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessate= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

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