

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.

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: 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. 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 first episode began with a commemoration of the series in honor of the seventieth anniversary of Shotaro Ishinomori's birthday.Ģ2 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. The series was advertised to have horror film themes, such as Kamen Rider Kiva being a vampire. 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.

It is the series' ninth series in its Heisei era, and 18th series overall since the debut of Kamen Rider in 1971. Kamen Rider Kiva ( 仮面ライダーキバ, Kamen Raidā Kiba) is the 2008 Kamen Rider Japanese tokusatsu television series produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions.
