List Of Kamen Rider Kiva Characters

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 premiered on January 27, 2008, following the finale of '' Kamen Rider Den-O'', and aired as a part of TV Asahi's 2008 Super Hero Time block with ''Engine Sentai Go-onger''. The series was advertised to have horror film 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.

Synopsis

22 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 Fangires, a species of life force-draining vampires who can assume stained glass-like monster body that his father fought years ago before his disappearance. Wataru also deals with Kamen Rider Ixa, who is part of an organization seeking to destroy the Fangire menace, and the Fangires' Rider, Kamen Rider Saga, Wataru’s half-brother Fangire who later becomes the present-day Kamen Rider Dark Kiva at the finale. The story is split between 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 found in two related periods where the heroes fight the Fangires and protect a few of them who are non-hostile:
* From 1986 until 1987, Otoya Kurenai, Fangire Hunter Yuri Aso, and the three respective sole surviving monster races who will become Wataru’s familiars (Jiro the Wolfen, Ramon the Merman, and Riki the Franken) utilize Kamen Rider Ixa Ver. I system to fight against the newly-born Fangires, while also being able to redeem a few of them to live with humanity, such as the former Fangire Queen, Maya. Following the defection of Kivat III’s father Kivat II from the Fangire King, the original Dark Kiva, Otoya sacrifices his life by transforming himself into the second Dark Kiva to destroy the misanthropist Fangire leader.
* From 2008 until 2009, Otoya's son Wataru (as Kamen Rider Kiva), Keisuke Nago (as Kamen Rider Ixa Ver. X), and Yuri's daughter Megumi (also a Fangire Hunter), as well as their new and old allies fight against the remaining hostile Fangires, including the resurrected Fangire King. After being joined by their former enemy Taiga Nobori, Wataru’s half-brother at the finale, the Fangire King is permanently destroyed and the heroes maintain peace between human and non-human races aside from the surviving non-hostile Fangires, followed by Keisuke and Megumi’s marriage.

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. For example, the second episode's title is written in Japanese as "". From episode 2 onward, Kivat begins the majority of episodes 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.

Films

''Climax Deka''

A movie titled opened in theaters on April 12, 2008. It is a crossover between the characters of ''Kiva'' and '' Kamen Rider Den-O'', who join forces to fight a new evil Imagin who has teamed up with the Fangire Clan. Alongside ''Climax Deka'', a short film titled was shown as a double feature.

''King of the Castle in the Demon World''

opened in Japanese theaters on August 9, 2008. It featured two new Riders who have been shown in silhouettes in Japanese children's magazines: , who is a monster hunter named portrayed by Shouma Yamamoto, and is partnered . The villain of the movie is portrayed by Ken Horiuchi of the comedy troupe Neptune, a death-row inmate who transforms into with . The movie takes place in an alternate universe, as trying to place the story of the movie anywhere within the story of the series always leaves events out of place and would cancel out other events. Furthermore, Shouma Yamamoto portrays Takato Shiramine in the Kamen Rider Kiva movie, but he also portrays Taiga Nobori in the actual series.

"Den-Liner, Into Space!"

is a planetarium show that featured the cast of ''Kiva'' and ''Den-O'' to teach children about the universe. It was shown at the Kagoshima Municipal Science Hall's planetarium between January 2 and March 30, 2009.

Adventure Battle DVD

In the Hyper Battle DVD , Wataru Kurenai, Keisuke Nago, and Otoya Kurenai introduce themselves to a boy (the viewer) who has wandered into the Café mald'amour and offer to teach him how he can be like each of them. This DVD is referred to as an and it takes on the form of a Choose Your Own Adventure story. After having an "Ixa-cise" with Nago and a special lesson from Otoya, a Fangire attacks and the viewer can choose to transform Kiva into Garulu Form, Basshaa Form, Dogga Form, or the secret DoGaBaKi Emperor Form.

Production

The Kamen Rider Kiva trademark was registered by Toei on October 10, 2007.

''King of Vampire''

''Kiva''s S.I.C. Hero Saga side story follows the life of the characters after the finale while expanding on moments in the history of the 1986 storyline. The story had begun 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 feature 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 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.
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Novel

, written by Kenji Konuta 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 March 18, 2013.

Cast

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Songs

;Opening theme
*"Break the Chain"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: Shuhei Naruse
**Arrangement: Tourbillon, Shuhei Naruse
**Artist: Tourbillon
*:The single "Break the Chain" was released on March 26, 2008. In its first day of sales, it made No. 3 on the Oricon daily charts for singles before becoming No. 3 on the weekly charts. In the finale, "Break the Chain" is used as a true ending theme, playing over the end credits instead of over the battle.

;Insert themes
*"Destiny's Play"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: NKMD
**Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
**Artist: TETRA-FANG
**Episodes: 8 – 14, 17, 18, 22
*:The single "Destiny's Play" was released on April 23, 2008. A special edition CD/DVD single was also released containing the music video. Unlike with ''Den-O'', ''Kiva'' does not have a different ending arrangement of ''Destiny's Play'' for each of Kiva's different forms. It entered at No. 15 on the Oricon Daily Charts on its release date and reached No. 44 in its second week in the Oricon Weekly Charts. On the ''Kamen Rider Kiva Original Soundtrack'' was an included track titled , the performance from episode 12.
*"Individual-System"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
**Artist: TETRA-FANG
**Episodes: 15, 16, 20, 21
*:"Individual-System" is described as having a blend of 1980s pop music and contemporary music. It was initially revealed to be the second ending theme when a posting on the Avex blog for ''Kiva'' mentioned that an ending theme song for Kamen Rider Ixa was to be arranged by Naruse with lyrics by Fujibayashi, initially called "Individual System." The single was released on June 25, 2008. "Individual-System" is still performed by TETRA-FANG with KOJI on vocals, but there were multiple versions of the song to reflect the different users of the Ixa System.
*"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

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