Kamen Rider Kiva

Kamen Rider Kiva (仮面ライダーキバ, Kamen Raidā Kiba, Masked Rider Kiva) is the title for the 2008 Kamen Rider series produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions. It premieres 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, and also feature a second Rider tentatively named Kamen Rider Hunter (仮面ライダーハンター, Kamen Raidā Hantā).^[1] 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).

Wataru Kurenai (紅 渡, Kurenai Wataru), a young man who likes the violin, is destined from birth to become Kamen Rider Kiva^[2] to fight the Fangire (ファンガイア, Fangaia) that feed off of humans' lifeforce and are the very race his mother came from.^[3] Koji Seto of the D-Boys portrays Wataru Kurenai.

Wataru is assisted by a creature called Kivat-bat the 3rd (キバットバットⅢ世, Kibattobatto Sansei who attaches to the Kivat Belt (キバットベルト, Kibatto Beruto) to allow his human partner to transform. Kiva accesses his arsenal through whistles on his belt called Fuestles (フエッスル, Fuessuru). The Wake Up Fuestle (ウエイクアップフエッスル, Ueiku Appu Fuessuru) opens up the chains on his right leg so Kiva can use his Darkness Moon Break (ダークネスムーンブレイク, Dākunesu Mūn Bureiku) attack. Kiva has five other Fuestles, but the names are not currently known. Kiva's motorcycle is named the Machine Kiver (マシンキバー, Mashin Kibā).^[5] and his base of operations/mecha is called Castle Dran (キャッスルドラン, Kyassuru Doran)