Kamen Rider Kiva

Kamen Rider Kiva is the 2008 Kamen Rider Japanese tokusatsu television series produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions.

Kamen Rider Kiva
Genre	Tokusatsu Superhero fiction Action Supernatural Drama Horror
Created by	Shotaro Ishinomori
Developed by	Ishimori Productions Toei Company
Written by	Toshiki Inoue Shōji Yonemura
Directed by	Ryuta Tasaki Hidenori Ishida Kenzo Maihara Naoki Tamura Takao Nagaishi Shojiro Nakazawa
Starring	Kōji Seto Kouhei Takada Keisuke Kato Rina Koike Nana Yanagisawa Yu Takahashi Shouma Yamamoto Kazuhiko Kanayama Houka Kinoshita Kenji Matsuda Yuuki Ogoe Eiji Takigawa Yuria Haga Mitsu Murata Saki Kagami Kohei Kumai Shinya Niiro Sohto Tomohide Takahara
Voices of	Tomokazu Sugita
Narrated by	Tomokazu Sugita Akira Ishida (30-48)
Theme music composer	Shuhei Narase
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	Tsuneyoshi Saito
Country of origin	Japan
No. of episodes	48
Production
Producers	Atsushi Kaji Naomi Takebe Takaaki Utsunomiya Takahito Ōmori
Running time	24–25 minutes
Production company	Toei Company
Original release
Network	TV Asahi
Release	January 27, 2008 (2008-01-27) – January 18, 2009 (2009-01-18)

Schedule

It is the series' ninth season in its Heisei era. It is also the 18th season overall since the debut of Kamen Rider in 1971. It premiered on January 27, 2008, following the finale of Kamen Rider Den-O. It was aired as a part of TV Asahi's 2008 Super Hero Time block with Engine Sentai Go-onger. The series was known to have Horror movie 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.

Actors

2008 side

• Wataru Kurenai / Kamen Rider Kiva: Kōji Seto
• Keisuke Nago / Kamen Rider Ixa Ver.X: Keisuke Kato
• Megumi Aso / Kamen Rider Ixa: Nana Yanagisawa
• Kengo Eritate / Kamen Rider Ixa: Kohei Kumai
• Shizuka Nomura: Rina Koike
• Taiga Nobori / Kamen Rider Saga: Shouma Yamamoto
• Mio Suzuki: Yuria Haga
• Tatsulot (Voice): Akira Ishida

1986 side

• Otoya Kurenai / Kamen Rider Dark Kiva: Kouhei Takeda
• Yuri Aso / Kamen Rider Ixa: Yu Takahashi
• King / Kamen Rider Dark Kiva: Shinya Niiro

No side

• Mamoru Shima: Kazuhiko Kanayama
• Akira Kido: Houka Kinoshita
• Riki: Eiji Takigawa
• Jiro: Kenji Matsuda
• Ramon: Yuuki Ogoe
• Maya: Saki Kagami
• Bishop: Mitsu Murata
• Ryo Itoya: Sohto
• Rook: Tomohide Takahara
• Kivat-bat the 3rd (Voice), Kivat-bat the 2nd (Voice): Tomokazu Sugita
• Fangire (Vocal effects): Katsumi Shiono

Guest actors

• Kaoru Tsugami (1): Nobuo Kyo
• Hitomi Miyazawa (2): Masako Umemiya
• Takeo Ōmura (9, 10): Katsuyuki Murai
• Tohru Miyake (13, 14): Satoshi Jinbo
• Tanahashi (27, 28): Atsushi Ogawa
• Mitsuhide Aso (29, 30, 31, 48): Masei Nakayama
• Kurosawa (32, 33): Kazuoki
• Kaede (34, 35): Tomomi Miyashita
• Masao Kurenai / Kamen Rider New Kiva (Finale): Kouhei Takada

King of the Castle in the Demon World cast

• Takato Shiramane / Kamen Rider Rey: Shouma Yamamoto
• Natsuki Tsukue: Rei Okamoto
• Towa Sakakibara (Natsumi Tsukue): Sayuri Anzu
• Sayaka: Gal Sone
• Rey Kivat, Arc Kivat (Voice): Norio Wakamoto
• Takashi Sugimura / Kamen Rider Arc: Ken Horuichi

Songs

Opening theme

• "Break the Chain"
  • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
  • Composition: Shuhei Naruse
  • Arrangement: Tourbillon, Shuhei Naruse
  • Artist: Tourbillon

Insert themes

• "Destiny's Play"
  • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
  • Composition: NKMD
  • Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
  • Artist: TETRA-FANG
  • Episodes: 8 – 14, 17, 18, 22
• "Individual's 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

  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)
  • Artist: TETRA-FANG
  • Episodes: 23

  "Shout in the Moonlight" is Garulu Form's ending theme.

• "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

  "Supernova" is Emperor Form's ending theme.

• "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