Kamen Rider Kiva (2008) (Japan)

Kamen Rider Kiva (2008) (Japan)
Episodes: 45
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Genre Tokusatsu
Created by ; Shotaro Ishinomori
Written by ; Toshiki Inoue, Shōji Yonemura
Directed by ; Ryuta Tasaki, Hidenori Ishida, Kenzo Maihara, Naomi Tamura, Takao Nagaishi, Shōjirō Nakazawa
Starring ; Koji Seto
Kouhei Takeda
Keisuke Kato
Nana Yanagisawa
Yu Takahashi
Kazuhiko Kanayama
Houka Kinoshita
Rina Koike
Kouhei Kumai
Kenji Matsuda
Yuuki Ogoe
Eiji Takigawa
Tomokazu Sugita
Narrated by ; Tomokazu Sugita
Akira Ishida (30-48)
Opening theme ; "Break the Chain" by Tourbillon
Ending theme ; "Destiny's Play," "Individual-System," "Shout in the moonlight," "Innocent Trap," "Supernova," & "Roots of the King" by TETRA-FANG
"Fight for Justice" by Keisuke Nago
Composer(s) ; Tsuneyoshi Saitō
Country of origin ; Japan Japan
No. of episodes ; 48 (List of episodes)

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 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 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.


Synopsis
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) and his father Otoya in the past (1986), slowly revealing the link between the Fangire Race and Kiva.


Characters
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.

Fangire
The Fangires (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, with which they can disguise themselves as humans. Because of this, aware humans have formed a group to hunt the Fangires. Though Kiva usually captures a Fangire's soul to feed to Castle Doran, Fangires can be completely destroyed when shattered as seen by Ixa and stronger Fangires.
[edit] Episodes
Main article: List of 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. For example, the second episode's title is written in Japanese as "組曲♪親子のバイオリン", using the eighth note. 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. Erlking: 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 Toki?)
44. Punk: Back to Father (パンク・バックトゥ・ファーザー, Panku: Bakkutu Fāzā?)
45. With You: Final Transformation (ウィズユー・最後の変身, Wizuyū: 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?)


Kiva Movie : Climax Deka
A movie titled Movie Edition: 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?) opened in theaters on April 12, 2008. It features a meeting between the characters of Kiva and the characters of Kamen Rider Den-O. They team up to fight a new evil Imagin who has teamed up with the Fangire Clan. Alongside Climax Deka, a short film titled Momotaros's Let's Go Kiva! (モモタロスのキバっていくぜ！, Momotarosu no Kiba tte Ikuze!?) will be shown as double feature.[1][2][3][4]
[edit] King of the Castle in the Demon World
Main article: Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World

Movie Edition: 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?) opened in Japanese theaters on August 9, 2008. It featured two new Riders who have been shown in silhouettes in Japanese children's magazines, Kamen Rider Rey (仮面ライダーレイ, Kamen Raidā Rei?)[5], who is a monster hunter named Takato Shiramine (白峰 天斗, Shiramine Takato?) played by Shouma Yamamoto (山本 匠馬, Yamamoto Shōma?), partnered to Rey Kivat (レイキバット, Reikibatto?, voiced by Norio Wakamoto) and the villain of the movie Takashi Sugimura (杉村 隆, Sugimura Takashi?), a death-row inmate who transforms into Kamen Rider Arc (仮面ライダーアーク, Kamen Raidā Āku?) with Arc Kivat (アークキバット, Āku Kibatto?, voiced by Norio Wakamoto), portrayed by Ken Horiuchi of the comedy troupe Neptune. 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 plays Takato Shiramine in the Kamen Rider Kiva movie, but he also plays Taiga Nobori in the actual series.
[edit] 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.[6]
[edit] 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 four 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 first chapter uses the Segno.

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 (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?)