is the title of the first installment of the 2009 editions of the long-running
Kamen Rider Series
The , also known as ''Masked Rider Series'' (until Decade), is a Japanese superhero media franchise consisting of tokusatsu television programs, films, manga, and anime, created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. ''Kamen Rider'' media genera ...
of
tokusatsu
is a Japanese term for live action film or television drama that makes heavy use of practical special effects. ''Tokusatsu'' entertainment mainly refers to science fiction, War film, war, fantasy, or Horror film, horror media featuring such te ...
dramas
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been c ...
. ''Decade'', as its title suggests, is the tenth of the Heisei Rider special anniversary Series, having begun with ''
Kamen Rider Kuuga
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It is the tenth installment of the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu shows and the first of the series to air entirely in the Heisei period, as well as the first standalone Kamen Rider TV series sin ...
'' in 2000. It began broadcasting the week following the finale of ''
Kamen Rider Kiva
is the 2008 ''Kamen Rider'' Japanese ''tokusatsu'' television series produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions. It is the series' ninth series in its Heisei era, and 18th series overall since the debut of ''Kamen Rider'' in 1971. It prem ...
'' and was featured in
Super Hero Time
is a programming block on the Japanese television network TV Asahi featuring new episodes of tokusatsu television series from the Super Sentai, Kamen Rider and Metal Heroes. Both series have decades of history and have been intertwined in the ...
alongside the 2009 edition of the
Super Sentai
is a Japanese superhero team metaseries and media franchise consisting of television series and films produced by Toei Company, and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi ("Sentai" is the Japanese word for "task force" or "fighting squadron"). The sho ...
Series,
Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
is the title of Toei Company's thirty-third entry in its long-running Super Sentai metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series. It premiered on February 15, 2009, the week following the finale of ''Engine Sentai Go-onger'', and ended on F ...
and replaced by
Tensou Sentai Goseiger
is the title of Toei Company's 34th entry in its long-running ''Super Sentai'' franchise. It follows an angelic motif as well as a trading card theme. It joined ''Kamen Rider W'', and later ''Kamen Rider OOO'', as a program featured in TV Asahi' ...
. ''
Kamen Rider Zi-O
is a Japanese tokusatsu drama in the Toei Company's ''Kamen Rider'' franchise. It is the twenty-ninth ''Kamen Rider'' series overall as well as the twentieth and final series in the Heisei period. The show premiered on September 2, 2018, followi ...
'', the last Heisei era series of 2018-2019, acts as a spiritual sequel, where both Decade and Diend play prominent roles as re-occurring side characters who are directly involved in that series plotline.
Production And Casting
The Kamen Rider Decade trademark was registered by Toei on July 29, 2008.
Masahiro Inoue
is a Japanese actor. He got his start in acting portraying Keigo Atobe in '' Musical: The Prince of Tennis: The Imperial Presence, Hyotei'' as part of the Hyoutei B Cast. In 2009, he portrayed the lead role in ''Kamen Rider Decade'', Tsukasa K ...
, who portrayed
Keigo Atobe
''The Prince of Tennis'' manga and anime series has a large cast of Character (arts), fictional characters created by Takeshi Konomi; many have appeared in the musical and film adaptations. The cast of the series is largely made up of the membe ...
in the
''Prince of Tennis'' musicals, was cast in the lead role for ''Decade'' as Tsukasa Kadoya/Kamen Rider Decade. Also involved were
Kanna Mori
is a Japanese actress. She is best known as Natsumi Hikari, the female lead in the ''Kamen Rider Decade'' television series and films.
She worked under the stage name from June 2017 to June 2021.
Personal life
On July 1, 2021, Mori announced h ...
as Natsumi Hikari/Kamen Rider Kivala, and
Renji Ishibashi
, born is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 15th Hochi Film Award for '' Rōnin-gai''.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video game
* '' Yakuza: Dead Souls'' - Oyassan
References
External links
*
Renji Ishib ...
as Natsumi's grandfather Eijiro Hikari.
Another member of the cast was
Tatsuhito Okuda
Tatsuhito (written: 達人, 竜人 or 竜一) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese baseball player
*, Japanese professional wrestler
*, Zainichi-Korean professional wrestler
{{given name
Japanese ...
as the mysterious Narutaki. The world of ''
Kamen Rider Kuuga
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It is the tenth installment of the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu shows and the first of the series to air entirely in the Heisei period, as well as the first standalone Kamen Rider TV series sin ...
'', as well as most of the other Rider Worlds, sport several characters who have been renamed and cast with different actors.
Ryota Murai
is a Japanese actor best known for his roles as Kojirō in ''Fūma no Kojirō'', Kazuya Suzuki in ''Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka'', Takuya Yano in ''Osananajimi'' and Yusuke Onodera in ''Kamen Rider Decade''.
Filmography
TV series
...
was cast as Yusuke Onodera who is the series' version of Kamen Rider Kuuga. Rounding up the cast was
Kimito Totani
is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo. He made his acting debut in the 2007 remake of ''Tsubaki Sanjuro''. He is currently known for his portrayal of Daiki Kaito/Kamen Rider Diend in the Kamen Rider Series ''Kamen Rider Decade
is the ...
who portrayed the thief Daiki Kaito/
Kamen Rider Diend
is the title of the first installment of the 2009 editions of the long-running Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu dramas. ''Decade'', as its title suggests, is the tenth of the Heisei Rider special anniversary Series, having begun with '' Kamen Ride ...
.
Synopsis
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The story follows Tsukasa Kadoya, an amnesiac photographer in the World of Natsumi. During an attack of many different Kaijin from throughout the Heisei Kamen Rider history Tsukasa becomes Kamen Rider Decade. He then learns that he needs to save the World of Natsumi by traveling to the nine AR worlds, meaning other rider worlds or alternate reality worlds. He begins traveling through the worlds with his friend Natsumi and her grandfather. However, he later begins traveling with Yusuke Onodera from the World of Kuuga, Kivala from the World of Kiva, and Daiki Kaito from the World of Diend, who can transform into Kamen Rider Diend. While journeying through the worlds Tsukasa and his companions meet Narutaki, a man who believes Tsukasa is the destroyer of worlds. They also begin running into Dai-Shocker, an alliance of terrorist organizations from across the many worlds. Will Tsukasa and his companions save the many worlds and stop Dai-Shocker, or will Tsukasa become the prophesied destroyer of worlds?
To fit with the printing motif of the series, the main Kamen Riders of the series follow the
CMYK color model
The CMYK color model (also known as process color, or four color) is a subtractive color model, based on the CMY color model, used in color printing, and is also used to describe the printing process itself. The abbreviation ''CMYK'' refers ...
: Decade is
magenta
Magenta () is a color that is variously defined as pinkish- purplish-red, reddish-purplish-pink or mauvish-crimson. On color wheels of the RGB (additive) and CMY (subtractive) color models, it is located exactly midway between red and blue. I ...
, Diend is
cyan
Cyan () is the color between green and blue on the visible spectrum of light. It is evoked by light with a predominant wavelength between 490 and 520 nm, between the wavelengths of green and blue.
In the subtractive color system, or CMYK color ...
, and Kuuga (Rising Ultimate Form) is black and yellow. In the ''
Cho-Den-O Trilogy'' film ''Episode Yellow: Treasure de End Pirates'', Diend is the primary character, emphasizing the yellow accents on his DienDriver and the enhanced Kamen Rider Diend card.
Rider War
The , first revealed in
Natsumi Hikari's dream, is a predestined event composed of many Kamen Riders called the , all of whom were seemingly defeated by Decade. However, Kuuga survived the initial battle, assuming Ultimate Form to confront Decade once again with the two seemingly destroying each other in the ensuing battle. As Narutaki explains to Natsumi, the dream is a predestined event in which
Decade will destroy all the worlds.
Episodes
Generally, episodes of ''Decade'' are titled similarly to the episodes of the series that they reference. ''
Kamen Rider Kuuga
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It is the tenth installment of the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu shows and the first of the series to air entirely in the Heisei period, as well as the first standalone Kamen Rider TV series sin ...
''s episodes were titled with only two kanji and episodes of ''
Kamen Rider Kiva
is the 2008 ''Kamen Rider'' Japanese ''tokusatsu'' television series produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions. It is the series' ninth series in its Heisei era, and 18th series overall since the debut of ''Kamen Rider'' in 1971. It prem ...
'' have a musical reference and musical notation in the title. For the World of Hibiki story arc, the episode title cards are stylized in calligraphy similar to the styles featured in ''
Kamen Rider Hibiki
is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series, serving as the fifteenth installment in the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu programs. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei Company, Toei. ''Kamen Rider Hibik ...
''. For the World of Amazon story arc, the episode title had a reference from ''
Kamen Rider Amazon
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. The fourth installment to be produced as part of the Kamen Rider Series, the series aired in Japan from late 1974 to early 1975 on the NET and Mainichi Broadcasting System. It was the shortest ''Kamen R ...
'' episode 3. An episode arc also features a crossover with ''
Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
is the title of Toei Company's thirty-third entry in its long-running Super Sentai metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series. It premiered on February 15, 2009, the week following the finale of ''Engine Sentai Go-onger'', and ended on F ...
''.
In an interview in the March 2009 issue of ''Kindai'' Magazine, Masahiro Inoue stated that ''Decade'' was slated as having only 30 episodes. A subsequent interview in ''Otonafami'' magazine confirmed that only 30 episodes were filmed, with 31 episodes airing in total.
Films
''The Onigashima Warship''
was released on May 1, 2009. The film takes place between episodes 15 and 16 of ''Decade'' and primarily features the cast characters from ''
Kamen Rider Den-O
is the seventeenth installment in the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu programs. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei. It premiered January 28, 2007 on TV Asahi, and concluded airing on January 20, 2008. Its le ...
'' in their new media franchise, the
Cho-Den-O Series.
''All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker''
The film opened in Japanese theaters on August 8, 2009, double-booked with the ''Shinkenger'' film. The film is billed as featuring twenty-six Kamen Riders: the original ten Showa Riders, Black, Black RX, Shin, ZO, J, the previous nine titular Heisei Riders, Decade, and Diend, serving as a tribute to the entire Kamen Rider franchise as a whole. It also features the first on-screen appearance of the 11th Heisei Kamen Rider:
Kamen Rider Double. The film provides light to Tsukasa's past and Decade's relation with the mysterious Dai-Shocker organization, whose membership is composed of the various villains and monsters that previous Kamen Riders battled with. The events of the movie take place between episodes 29 and 30.
''Movie War 2010''
As part of the triple feature, ''Decade''s film tells the story of what happens following the television series'
cliffhanger
A cliffhanger or cliffhanger ending is a plot device in fiction which features a main character in a precarious or difficult dilemma or confronted with a shocking revelation at the end of an episode or a film of serialized fiction. A cliffhang ...
finale, and was released in Japanese theaters on December 12, 2009 (initially hinted during a post credits trailer after ''All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker''). Kamen Rider W was also featured in the sequence. The October issue of ''TV-Kun'' also makes reference to this movie, stating that . Gackt once again performed the film's theme song, "
Stay the Ride Alive
"Stay the Ride Alive" is the thirty-seventh single released by Japanese musical artist Gackt on January 1, 2010. The song was originally titled "Stay the Decade Alive", before being renamed "Stay the Ride Alive" in late November.
Summary
Like " ...
" that was released on January 1, 2010.
''Super Hero Taisen''
is a film which features a crossover between the characters of the
Kamen Rider
The , also known as ''Masked Rider Series'' (until Decade), is a Japanese superhero media franchise consisting of tokusatsu television programs, films, manga, and anime, created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. ''Kamen Rider'' media generall ...
and
Super Sentai
is a Japanese superhero team metaseries and media franchise consisting of television series and films produced by Toei Company, and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi ("Sentai" is the Japanese word for "task force" or "fighting squadron"). The sho ...
Series, including the protagonists of ''Kamen Rider Decade'' and ''
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
is Toei Company's 35th entry in its long-running Super Sentai metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series following ''Tensou Sentai Goseiger''. It follows a Pirate motif and premiered on TV Asahi on February 13, 2011, joining ''Kamen Ride ...
'' alongside the casts of ''
Kamen Rider Fourze
is a Japanese tokusatsu drama in Toei Company's Kamen Rider Series, being the thirteenth series in the Heisei period run and the twenty-second overall. It began airing on September 4, 2011, the week following the conclusion of ''Kamen Rider OOO'' ...
'', ''
Kamen Rider OOO
is a 2010-2011 Japanese tokusatsu drama in Toei Company's Kamen Rider Series, being the twelfth series in the Heisei period run and the twenty-first overall. It began airing on September 5, 2010, the week following the conclusion of ''Kamen Rid ...
'', and ''
Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters
is Japanese tokusatsu drama and the 36th entry in Toei Company's Super Sentai metaseries, following ''Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger''. Its theme is based on spy movies and cyber technology and premiered on February 26, 2012 on TV Asahi, joining ''Kame ...
''.
Masahiro Inoue
is a Japanese actor. He got his start in acting portraying Keigo Atobe in '' Musical: The Prince of Tennis: The Imperial Presence, Hyotei'' as part of the Hyoutei B Cast. In 2009, he portrayed the lead role in ''Kamen Rider Decade'', Tsukasa K ...
and
Kimito Totani
is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo. He made his acting debut in the 2007 remake of ''Tsubaki Sanjuro''. He is currently known for his portrayal of Daiki Kaito/Kamen Rider Diend in the Kamen Rider Series ''Kamen Rider Decade
is the ...
reprised their roles as Tsukasa'' ''Kadoya and Daiki Kaito, along with
Tatsuhito Okuda
Tatsuhito (written: 達人, 竜人 or 竜一) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese baseball player
*, Japanese professional wrestler
*, Zainichi-Korean professional wrestler
{{given name
Japanese ...
as Narutaki and Doktor G.
''Kamen Rider Taisen''
made its theater debut on March 29, 2014.
Masahiro Inoue
is a Japanese actor. He got his start in acting portraying Keigo Atobe in '' Musical: The Prince of Tennis: The Imperial Presence, Hyotei'' as part of the Hyoutei B Cast. In 2009, he portrayed the lead role in ''Kamen Rider Decade'', Tsukasa K ...
, playing ''Kamen Rider Decade'', alongside many other lead actors of other series appear in the film, including
Gaku Sano
is a Japanese actor, best known for his role as Kouta Kazuraba, the main character of the Kamen Rider series ''Kamen Rider Gaim''. He was the winner of the '' Junon Super Boy Contest 2011''.
Biography
From an early age, Sano took part in the '' ...
of ''
Kamen Rider Gaim
is a Japanese television series, a tokusatsu drama that is in the Kamen Rider Series; it is the 15th series during its Heisei run and 24th overall. The series, written by Gen Urobuchi, directed by Ryuta Tasaki and produced by Naomi Takebe, began a ...
'',
Renn Kiriyama
is a Japanese stage and television actor from Yokohama. His debut role was as Bunta Marui in ''The Prince of Tennis'' musical '' Absolute King Rikkai feat. Rokkaku ~ First Service''. Kiriyama is also known for his role in Shotaro Hidari, the ma ...
of ''
Kamen Rider W
, is a 2009-2010 Japanese tokusatsu drama, the eleventh series in the Heisei period run of the Kamen Rider Series and the twentieth overall. It premiered following the finale of ''Kamen Rider Decade'' on September 6, 2009, and aired alongside ''Sa ...
'',
Kohei Murakami and
Kento Handa
is a Japanese actor and singer, best known for his role as Takumi Inui/Kamen Rider Faiz in ''Kamen Rider 555''. He plays many musical instruments including the guitar, bass, drums and the piano. His album "HOMEMADE" was released in 2017, and his ...
of ''
Kamen Rider 555
is a Japanese tokusatsu television drama. It is the 13th installment in the Kamen Rider Series. It is a joint collaboration between Ishinomori Productions and Toei Company, Toei, and was broadcast on TV Asahi from January 26, 2003, to January 18, ...
'',
Shunya Shiraishi
is a Japanese actor, best known for his role as Haruto Soma, the main character of the ''Kamen Rider Wizard'' tokusatsu series. He finished second at '' Junon Super Boy Contest 2007''. He is also known for his role as Hisashi Uehara in the Net ...
from ''
Kamen Rider Wizard
is a Japanese tokusatsu drama in Toei Company's '' Kamen Rider'' franchise, being the fourteenth series in the Heisei period run and the twenty-third overall. It began airing on TV Asahi on September 2, 2012, joining ''Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters' ...
'',
Ryo Hayami of ''
Kamen Rider X
is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series. It was broadcast in 1974 on the Mainichi Broadcasting System and NET, now known as TV Asahi. It is the third entry in the Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu shows. It starred Ryo Hayami in the ...
'', and
Hiroshi Fujioka
, better known by his stage name , is a Japanese actor known for playing the hero Takeshi Hongo in the tokusatsu superhero series ''Kamen Rider'', and later the Sega Saturn mascot Segata Sanshiro (jokingly revealed to be Takeshi Hongo himself). ...
of the original ''
Kamen Rider
The , also known as ''Masked Rider Series'' (until Decade), is a Japanese superhero media franchise consisting of tokusatsu television programs, films, manga, and anime, created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. ''Kamen Rider'' media generall ...
''. The Sentai teams' ''
Ressha Sentai ToQger'' and
Ryo Ryusei
is a Japanese actor. He is signed with Ken-On.
Career
Ryusei was scouted on his way to a hair salon on Takeshita Street in Harajuku in the summer of 2009, and officially joined Ken-On in January 2010. In April 2010 he made his acting debut a ...
as Daigo Kiryu from ''
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger
is the Toei Company's 37th entry in its long-running ''Super Sentai'' metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series following ''Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters''. ''Kyoryuger'' aired on TV Asahi from February 17, 2013 to February 9, 2014, joining ...
'' are also in the movie.
Shun Sugata
is a Japanese actor.
Career
Sugata was born in Yamanashi Prefecture. He starred in the 2006 film ''Confessions of a Dog''.
He appeared in Amir Naderi's 2011 film ''Cut''.
Filmography Film
* ''Seiha'' (1982) as Nakahara
* ''Kita no hotaru'' ...
playing
Kamen Rider ZX
is a Kamen Rider Series Japanese TV special that aired on January 3, 1984. It is a special meant to celebrate the birth of Kamen Rider ZX, the 10th person to don the Kamen Rider title. Prior to the special, ZX appeared in a manga from 1982 to 1 ...
from the ''
Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!!
is a Kamen Rider Series Japanese TV special that aired on January 3, 1984. It is a special meant to celebrate the birth of Kamen Rider ZX, the 10th person to don the Kamen Rider title. Prior to the special, ZX appeared in a manga from 1982 to 198 ...
'' TV special returns, also performing as Ambassador Darkness.
Itsuji Itao
, is a Japanese comedian and actor. He is a member of the comedy duo 130R and former cast member of one of Downtown's previous shows. He usually appears in their batsu games.
Filmography (actor)
Movies
*2001 ''Desert Moon'' ... Interviewer
* ...
of ''
Kamen Rider The First
is a 2005 Japanese tokusatsu superhero film. The film is a reboot adaptation of the television series ''Kamen Rider'', though there are many differences between the film and the original programme; some of these, however, are due to a closer relia ...
'' plays Ren Aoi, Kamen Rider Fifteen, a main antagonist of the film.
''Kamen Rider G''
In addition to commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Heisei Kamen Rider Series, ''Kamen Rider Decade'' was broadcast during the 50th anniversary of
TV Asahi
JOEX-DTV (channel 5), branded as (also known as EX and and stylized as TV asahi), is a television station that is owned and operated by the subsidiary of certified broadcasting holding company , itself controlled by The Asahi Shimbun Compan ...
broadcasting. In a collaboration with popular band
SMAP
SMAP was a Japanese boy band, composed of Masahiro Nakai, Takuya Kimura, Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Shingo Katori. The group was created in 1988 by music producer Johnny Kitagawa, founder of Johnny & Associates, originally as a six-pi ...
, TV Asahi and Ishimori Productions put forward a special production for SMAP's ''SmaSTATION'' talk show titled . It premiered on January 31, 2009.
''Kamen Rider G'' featured several actors from previous ''Kamen Rider'' programs in cameos.
Kohei Murakami of ''
Kamen Rider 555
is a Japanese tokusatsu television drama. It is the 13th installment in the Kamen Rider Series. It is a joint collaboration between Ishinomori Productions and Toei Company, Toei, and was broadcast on TV Asahi from January 26, 2003, to January 18, ...
'' fame played a medical experiment subject.
Mitsuru Karahashi
is a Japanese actor and illustrator. He is known for having roles in various tokusatsu series, most notably as Naoya Kaido in ''Kamen Rider 555'' and Juzo Fuwa in ''Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
is the title of Toei Company's thirty-third entry ...
(also from ''555'') and
Kenji Matsuda
is a Japanese actor. Matsuda began acting in high school when a girl he had a crush on convinced him to join the theatre club. He later joined the sho-gekijo theatrical troupe Haiyu-Za. Nowadays known for roles such as Kagero in the low-budget f ...
(from ''
Hibiki'' and ''
Kiva
A kiva is a space used by Puebloans for rites and political meetings, many of them associated with the kachina belief system. Among the modern Hopi and most other Pueblo peoples, "kiva" means a large room that is circular and underground, ...
'') portrayed members of the Shade terrorist cell.
Kazutoshi Yokoyama and
Eitoku
was a Japanese era name (年号, ''nengō'', lit. year name) of the Northern Court during the Era of Northern and Southern Courts after Kōryaku and before Shitoku. This period spanned the years from February 1381 to February 1384. The emperors ...
, two
suit actor
A is a member of, usually, a Japanese tokusatsu production who works similar to a stunt performer. However, the suit actor does all of his or her stunts while in a full costume that normally obscures their identity (typically the transformed cha ...
s commonly used by the ''Kamen Rider'' production team portrayed security guards in the TV Asahi building. Voice actor
Katsumi Shiono
is a common Japanese given name used by either sex.
Possible writings
Katsumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
;as a given name
*克己, "overcome, self/oneself"
*克巳, "overcome, sixth earthly branch"
*克美, "ov ...
provides vocal effects for the Phylloxera Worm, as he often does for ''Kamen Rider'' monsters. Popular TV Asahi announcer
Yoko Ooshita
Yoko may refer to:
People
* Yoko (name), a Japanese feminine given name; variants include Yōko and Yohko
* Yoko Gushiken (具志堅 用高, born 1955), Japanese professional boxer
* Yoko Taro (横尾 太郎, born 1970), Japanese video game di ...
also makes an appearance in ''Kamen Rider G'' as herself.
The original characters for ''Kamen Rider G'' are all
wine
Wine is an alcoholic drink typically made from fermented grapes. Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts are m ...
-themed. The titular character's transformation requires a bottle of wine to be inserted into a transformation belt that acts as a
wine opener
A bottle opener is a device that enables the removal of metal bottle caps from glass bottles. More generally, it might be thought to include corkscrews used to remove cork or plastic stoppers from wine bottles.
A metal bottle cap is affixed t ...
, and he is armed with a sword that resembles a
corkscrew
A corkscrew is a tool for drawing corks from wine bottles and other household bottles that may be sealed with corks. In its traditional form, a corkscrew simply consists of a pointed metallic helix (often called the "worm") attached to a hand ...
as well as a
sommelier knife
A corkscrew is a tool for drawing corks from wine bottles and other household bottles that may be sealed with corks. In its traditional form, a corkscrew simply consists of a pointed metallic helix (often called the "worm") attached to a hand ...
. His Rider Kick finisher is also wine-based, as it is called the . The letter "G" in the title is taken to either meaning "Good", referring to the actor
Goro Inagaki
is a Japanese musician and actor from Itabashi, Tokyo. Inagaki was a member of the Japanese pop group SMAP. A year after the group's dissolution, Inagaki, alongside his former bandmates Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Shingo Katori formed the group Atar ...
, or as an
onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is the process of creating a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes. Such a word itself is also called an onomatopoeia. Common onomatopoeias include animal noises such as ''oink'', ''m ...
of the sound of wine being poured out of a bottle (). The antagonist of the piece is a
Worm
Worms are many different distantly related bilateral animals that typically have a long cylindrical tube-like body, no limbs, and no eyes (though not always).
Worms vary in size from microscopic to over in length for marine polychaete wor ...
called the ; the
phylloxera
Grape phylloxera is an insect pest of commercial grapevines worldwide, originally native to eastern North America. Grape phylloxera (''Daktulosphaira vitifoliae'' (Fitch 1855) belong to the family Phylloxeridae, within the order Hemiptera, bugs ...
fly is a
grapevine
''Vitis'' (grapevine) is a genus of 79 accepted species of vining plants in the flowering plant family Vitaceae. The genus is made up of species predominantly from the Northern Hemisphere. It is economically important as the source of grapes, b ...
pest. The Phylloxera Worm would later be used as the antagonist for the ''
Kamen Rider Kabuto
is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series. It is the sixteenth installment in the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu programs. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei. The series was broadcast on TV Asahi ...
'' episodes of ''Decade''.
Within the small production, a terrorist organization known as takes over the TV Asahi studios in Tokyo. The group led by Daidō Oda (
Yusuke Kamiji
is a Japanese actor, singer, and tarento. In the music world, he is known simply as .
Biography
Kamiji graduated from Yokohama Senior High School. He belonged to the baseball club while in school, and played catcher. He and Daisuke Matsuzak ...
) demands that the Japanese government release their leader Seizan Tokugawa (
Show Aikawa
is a Japanese actor.
Career
Show Aikawa was born in Tokushima and raised in Kagoshima. Aikawa has appeared in a number of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's films, including ''Eyes of the Spider'', ''Serpent's Path'', ''License to Live'', ''Seance'', and ''Pu ...
), who was arrested after the group's human experimentations came to light. The Shade cell is assisted by the brainwashed Goro (SMAP's
Goro Inagaki
is a Japanese musician and actor from Itabashi, Tokyo. Inagaki was a member of the Japanese pop group SMAP. A year after the group's dissolution, Inagaki, alongside his former bandmates Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Shingo Katori formed the group Atar ...
), but when he sees that his girlfriend Eri Hinata (
Yumiko Shaku
is a Japanese actress, model and former gravure idol. She is represented by Tommy's Artist Company.
Roles
TV Dramas
*2019: ''Kamen Rider Zi-O'' (Yuko Kitajima/ Another Kiva; Episode 35-36, 2019)
*2014: '' Lost Days no Himitsu'' (Fuji Telev ...
) is amongst the hostages, he regains his memories and turns on the Shade terrorists. Oda is forced to reveal himself as the Phylloxera Worm, and reveals that several other Shade members have been converted into Worms. Goro transforms into Kamen Rider G to take on the Worms, defeating them all save for Phylloxera who is much too strong for him. Just then, Kamen Rider Decade and the other Heisei Kamen Riders appear to give Kamen Rider G the confidence he needs to destroy the Phylloxera Worm with his Swirling Rider Kick. As the Phylloxera Worm says in his last breath that the war is not over, Goro reunites with Eri before proclaiming he will protect the world from Shade's evil influence.
Super Adventure DVD
The called is the Hyper Battle DVD for ''Decade''. Like
''Kiva''s DVD, it is another "Choose Your Own Adventure" style story. The viewer's choices throughout the DVD affect how Decade and Diend's fight against Dai-Shocker's as well as Yusuke Onodera's completion of the Decade Bazooka weapon from a punch out sheet in the back of a ''
Televi-Kun
is a Japanese monthly manga magazine published by Shogakukan, starting in May 1976. Its main target is elementary school aged boys, younger than the readers of shōnen manga. It features super heroes such as ''Kamen Rider'', ''Super Sentai'', ...
'' magazine. The events of the specials take place between episodes 29 and 30.
''World of Stronger''
For ''Decade''s
S.I.C Hero Saga side story tells of how Tsukasa and the Hikari Studio crew enter the reality in which ''
Kamen Rider Stronger
is a Japanese Tokusatsu television show. It is the fifth entry in the Kamen Rider Series, the show was broadcast on TBS and MBS from April 5, 1975 to December 27, 1975. ''Stronger'' is a co-production between Ishinomori Productions and Toei, an ...
'' takes place and meet up with the characters within, such as the original Yuriko Misaki. The first episode was published in ''Hobby Japan'', June 2010.
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, written by Aki Kanehiro and supervised by Toshiki Inoue, is part of a series of spin-off novel adaptions of the Heisei Era Kamen Riders. The novel was released on April 12, 2013.
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Songs
;Opening theme
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Journey Through the Decade
"Journey Through the Decade" (stylized "Journey through the Decade") is a song by Japanese pop singer Gackt, serving as his thirtieth single released on March 25, 2009. It is his first song performed for ''Kamen Rider Decade'', used as the televis ...
"
** Lyrics:
Shoko Fujibayashi
is a Japanese lyricist who has written the lyrics for several tokusatsu television series' theme songs. Most recently, Fujibayashi has worked with Shuhei Naruse on the soundtracks of '' Kamen Rider Den-O'', ''Kamen Rider Kiva'', and their films. S ...
** Composition: Ryo (of
defspiral
Defspiral (stylized as defspiral, and briefly existing under the name Wilma-Sidr) is a Japanese visual kei rock band composed of most of the former members of the Underneath. When the Underneath disbanded in 2010,[Kōtarō Nakagawa
is a Japanese composer and arranger. He is noted for composing the soundtracks for several anime series, including the Gorō Taniguchi-directed productions '' s-CRY-ed'', ''Planetes'', ''Gun Sword'', and ''Code Geass''. He provided the music fo ...]
, Ryo
** Artist:
Gackt
, better known by his mononymous stage name Gackt (stylized as GACKT), is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor.
Born in Okinawa, Japan, to a Ryukyuan family, Gackt learned the piano at a young age and was raise ...
**Episodes: Nine Worlds arc (first verse), New Worlds arc (second verse)
*:In its first week on the
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ...
Weekly Charts, "Journey Through the Decade" reached the #2 spot, having sold approximately 51,666 records in that time.
;Insert themes
* "Ride the Wind"
** Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
** Composition & Arrangement:
Shuhei Naruse
is a Japanese musician, composer, and music arranger from Kyoto Prefecture. Naruse attended Ritsumeikan University. His major debut as a musician was in the rock band DEVELOP=FRAME where he played keyboards. He has since worked on the compositio ...
** Artist: Tsukasa Kadoya (
Masahiro Inoue
is a Japanese actor. He got his start in acting portraying Keigo Atobe in '' Musical: The Prince of Tennis: The Imperial Presence, Hyotei'' as part of the Hyoutei B Cast. In 2009, he portrayed the lead role in ''Kamen Rider Decade'', Tsukasa K ...
)
** Episodes: 10 - 22, 28
*:
Masahiro Inoue
is a Japanese actor. He got his start in acting portraying Keigo Atobe in '' Musical: The Prince of Tennis: The Imperial Presence, Hyotei'' as part of the Hyoutei B Cast. In 2009, he portrayed the lead role in ''Kamen Rider Decade'', Tsukasa K ...
had been recording "Ride the Wind" with
Shuhei Naruse
is a Japanese musician, composer, and music arranger from Kyoto Prefecture. Naruse attended Ritsumeikan University. His major debut as a musician was in the rock band DEVELOP=FRAME where he played keyboards. He has since worked on the compositio ...
released on April 22, 2009. Prior to its appearance in the series, Inoue announced the song on his blog and that he would record it under his character's name.
* "Treasure Sniper"
** Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
** Composition & Arrangement: Ryo
** Artist: Daiki Kaito (
Kimito Totani
is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo. He made his acting debut in the 2007 remake of ''Tsubaki Sanjuro''. He is currently known for his portrayal of Daiki Kaito/Kamen Rider Diend in the Kamen Rider Series ''Kamen Rider Decade
is the ...
)
** Episodes: 23 - 27, 29 - 31
*:On June 23, 2009,
Kimito Totani
is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo. He made his acting debut in the 2007 remake of ''Tsubaki Sanjuro''. He is currently known for his portrayal of Daiki Kaito/Kamen Rider Diend in the Kamen Rider Series ''Kamen Rider Decade
is the ...
announced on his personal blog that he was recording a new song for ''Decade''. The Toei blog for ''Decade'' announced its title was "Treasure Sniper". Although "Treasure Sniper" did not have a release as a
single
Single may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Single (music), a song release
Songs
* "Single" (Natasha Bedingfield song), 2004
* "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008
* "Single" (William Wei song), 2016
* "Single", by ...
, it and its instrumental are included on the ''MASKED RIDER DECADE COMPLETE CD-BOX'' boxed set. It was later released as the B-side to the single "Climax-Action ~The Den-O History~", the theme song for the ''
Cho-Den-O Trilogy'' film in which Kamen Rider Diend is the main character.
Avex Group
is a Japanese entertainment conglomerate led by founder Max Matsuura and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1988, the company manages J-pop talents like Ayumi Hamasaki and internet sensation PikoTaro. It has also shifted into other busi ...
, as part of ''Decade''s soundtrack, released a series of albums featuring the songs of the previous nine Heisei Rider series titled the ''Masked Rider series Theme song Re-Product CD SONG ATTACK RIDE'' series. Each album features the original opening theme song, as well as a rearrangement of each by "Kamen Rider's official band"
Rider Chips
are a Japanese hard rock band started in 2000 on the Avex Mode label. Originally, it consisted of only three instrumentalists who invited different vocalists periodically. But in 2006, Ricky (formerly of Dasein) joined the group full-time as voca ...
and by "
Climax Jump
"Climax Jump" is the 13th single by the Japanese group AAA, released by Avex Mode on March 21, 2007. The song was composed by Shuhei Naruse with the lyrics by Shoko Fujibayashi. The song is the first opening theme for the 2007 tokusatsu series ''K ...
" composer
Shuhei Naruse
is a Japanese musician, composer, and music arranger from Kyoto Prefecture. Naruse attended Ritsumeikan University. His major debut as a musician was in the rock band DEVELOP=FRAME where he played keyboards. He has since worked on the compositio ...
. The first album, released on May 20, 2009, features originally performed by
Masayuki Tanaka
is a Japanese singer. He was born in Imari, Saga Prefecture. He is one of the two original vocalists of the band , known for their anime soundtracks such as where Tanaka provided the vocals in the chorus of its opening theme. After leaving Cryst ...
for ''
Kamen Rider Kuuga
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It is the tenth installment of the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu shows and the first of the series to air entirely in the Heisei period, as well as the first standalone Kamen Rider TV series sin ...
'', "Break the Chain" originally performed by
Tourbillon
In horology, a tourbillon (; "whirlwind") is an addition to the mechanics of a watch escapement to increase accuracy. It was developed around 1795 and patented by the Swiss-French watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet on June 26, 1801. In a tourbill ...
for ''
Kamen Rider Kiva
is the 2008 ''Kamen Rider'' Japanese ''tokusatsu'' television series produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions. It is the series' ninth series in its Heisei era, and 18th series overall since the debut of ''Kamen Rider'' in 1971. It prem ...
'', and "Alive A life" originally performed by
Rica Matsumoto
is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer who was born in Yokohama, Japan. Her name is also sometimes romanized as Rica Matsumoto. She was one of the founders of the anison band JAM Project.
After early stage work, she began both voice ac ...
for ''
Kamen Rider Ryuki
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. The twelfth installment in the Kamen Rider Series, it was a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei, and it was shown on TV Asahi from February 3, 2002 to January 19, 2003. The series ...
''. The second album, released on June 24, 2009, features "Round ZERO~BLADE BRAVE" originally performed by
Nanase Aikawa
is a Japanese singer. She publishes her music under the Motorod label, a division of Avex Group.
Biography
Early life
Nanase Aikawa was born on February 16, 1975, in Osaka, Japan. Throughout her school years, Nanase had sung and participate ...
for ''
Kamen Rider Blade
, is a Japanese media, Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series. It is the fourteenth installment in the Kamen Rider Series. It aired on TV Asahi from January 25, 2004 to January 23, 2005. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Product ...
'', "Justi
φ's" originally performed by Issa of
Da Pump
is a Japanese boy band made up of lead vocalist, Issa Hentona and MCs Ken Okumoto, Yukinari Tamaki and Shinobu Miyara. The band formed as students at Okinawa Actors School in 1996. They made their debut on the Avex Trax subsidiary avex tune und ...
for ''
Kamen Rider 555
is a Japanese tokusatsu television drama. It is the 13th installment in the Kamen Rider Series. It is a joint collaboration between Ishinomori Productions and Toei Company, Toei, and was broadcast on TV Asahi from January 26, 2003, to January 18, ...
'', and originally performed by
Shinichi Ishihara
is a Japanese singer, voice actor and actor from Yamanashi Prefecture. He is famous for singing the theme songs of '' Guyver'', ''Kamen Rider Agito'' and '' Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGo-V'', among other theme songs as well as the entire soundtrack to ''J ...
for ''
Kamen Rider Agito
, is the eleventh installment in the popular Kamen Rider tokusatsu franchise. The series represented the 30th anniversary of the Kamen Rider Series.
The series was also a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei and was shown o ...
''. The third album was released on July 22, 2009, and features the "
Climax Jump
"Climax Jump" is the 13th single by the Japanese group AAA, released by Avex Mode on March 21, 2007. The song was composed by Shuhei Naruse with the lyrics by Shoko Fujibayashi. The song is the first opening theme for the 2007 tokusatsu series ''K ...
" by
AAA DEN-O form for ''
Kamen Rider Den-O
is the seventeenth installment in the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu programs. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei. It premiered January 28, 2007 on TV Asahi, and concluded airing on January 20, 2008. Its le ...
'', "NEXT LEVEL" by
YU-KI for ''
Kamen Rider Kabuto
is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series. It is the sixteenth installment in the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu programs. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei. The series was broadcast on TV Asahi ...
'', and by
Akira Fuse
is a Japanese singer and actor. He debuted in 1965 with the single . Career
His greatest hits are and . He currently makes consistent appearances on television, performs occasional seasonal tours, hosts a late night talk show, and is involve ...
for ''
Kamen Rider Hibiki
is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series, serving as the fifteenth installment in the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu programs. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei Company, Toei. ''Kamen Rider Hibik ...
''.
Gackt
, better known by his mononymous stage name Gackt (stylized as GACKT), is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor.
Born in Okinawa, Japan, to a Ryukyuan family, Gackt learned the piano at a young age and was raise ...
performed the theme to the film ''
Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker''. The song is titled "
The Next Decade
"The Next Decade" is the thirty-fifth single by Japanese musical artist Gackt, released on August 11, 2009.
Summary
It was used as the theme song for the Kamen Rider Series film '' Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker'' in which Gackt ...
", and was released on August 11, 2009.
References
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Toei Company
() (also styled TOEI) is a Japanese film, television production, and distribution and video game developer and publishing company. Based in Tokyo, Toei owns and operates thirty-four movie theaters across Japan (all but two of them operated by i ...
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Avex Group
is a Japanese entertainment conglomerate led by founder Max Matsuura and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1988, the company manages J-pop talents like Ayumi Hamasaki and internet sensation PikoTaro. It has also shifted into other busi ...
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2009 Japanese television series debuts
2009 Japanese television series endings
Crossover tokusatsu television series
Decade
A decade () is a period of ten years. Decades may describe any ten-year period, such as those of a person's life, or refer to specific groupings of calendar years.
Usage
Any period of ten years is a "decade". For example, the statement that "du ...
Television series about parallel universes
Fiction about amnesia