Kamen Rider Decade
Encyclopedia
is the title of the first of the 2009 editions of the long-running Kamen Rider Series
of tokusatsu
dramas
. Decade, as its title suggests, is the tenth of the Heisei Rider Series, having begun with Kamen Rider Kuuga
in 2000. It began broadcast the week following the finale of Kamen Rider Kiva
and is featured in Super Hero Time
alongside the 2009 edition of the Super Sentai
Series, Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
. The series ties in with the arcade game
Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbaride
, with Kamen Riders Decade and Diend using cards resembling those used in the game to transform and access various weapons. The catchphrase for the series is .
, who has portrayed Keigo Atobe in the Prince of Tennis musicals
, has been cast in the lead role for Decade as Tsukasa Kadoya/Kamen Rider Decade. Also involved is Kanna Mori
as Natsumi Hikari, and Renji Ishibashi as Natsumi's grandfather Eijiro Hikari. Another member of the cast is Tatsuhito Okuda as the mysterious Narutaki. The World of Kamen Rider Kuuga
, as well as most of the other Rider Worlds, sport several characters that have been renamed and cast with different actors. Ryouta Murai
has been cast as Yusuke Onodera who is the series' version of Kuuga.
The story revolves around the nine previous universes of the Heisei Kamen Riders merging into one, something that would destroy all the worlds. To prevent this, Tsukasa Kadoya transforms into Kamen Rider Decade
and is told that to protect his own world he must travel with Natsumi and her grandfather to the other Kamen Riders' Worlds called A.R. Worlds (Another Rider's World or Alternate Reality World) and eliminate or help the anomaly in that world. Along the way, confronting the mysterious Narutaki and the thief Daiki Kaito
, they are joined by Yusuke Onodera
of the World of Kuuga and Kivala of the World of Kiva.
To fit with the printing motif of the series, the main Kamen Riders of the series follow the CMYK color model
: Decade is magenta
, Diend is cyan
, and Kuuga (Rising Ultimate Form) is black and yellow. In the Cho-Den-O Trilogy
film Episode Yellow: Treasure de End Pirates, Diend is the primary character, emphasizing the yellow accents on his Diendriver and the enhanced Kamen Ride Diend card.
. However, Kamen Rider Kuuga
survived the initial battle, assuming Ultimate Form to confront Decade once again with the two seemingly destroying each other in the ensuing battle. As Narutaki explains to Natsumi, the dream is a predestined event in which Decade will destroy all the worlds.
s episodes were titled with only two kanji and episodes of Kamen Rider Kiva
have a musical reference and musical notation in the title. For the World of Hibiki story arc, the episode title cards are stylized in calligraphy similar to the styles featured in Kamen Rider Hibiki
. For the World of Amazon story arc, the episode title had a reference from Kamen Rider Amazon
episode 3. An episode arc also features a crossover with Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
.
In an interview in the March 2009 issue of Kindai Magazine, Masahiro Inoue stated that Decade was slated as having only 30 episodes. A subsequent interview in Otonafami magazine confirmed that only 30 episodes were filmed, with 31 episodes airing total.
in their new media franchise, the Cho-Den-O Series.
. The film provides light to Tsukasa's past and Decade's relation with the mysterious Dai-Shocker organization, whose membership is composed of the various villains and monsters that previous Kamen Riders battled with.
finale, and is to be released in Japanese theaters on December 12, 2009 (initially hinted during a post credits trailer after All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker). Double was also featured in the sequence. The October issue of TV-Kun also makes reference to this movie, stating that . Gackt will once again perform the film's theme song, "Stay the Ride Alive
" to be released January 1, 2010.
broadcasting. In a collaboration with popular band SMAP
, TV Asahi and Ishimori Productions put forward a special production for SMAP's SmaSTATION talk show titled .
Kamen Rider G featured several actors from previous Kamen Rider programs in cameos. Kohei Murakami
of Kamen Rider 555
fame played a medical experiment subject. Mitsuru Karahashi
(also from 555) and Kenji Matsuda
(from Hibiki
and Kiva
) portrayed members of the Shade terrorist cell. Kazutoshi Yokoyama and Eitoku
, two suit actor
s commonly used by the Kamen Rider production team portrayed security guards in the TV Asahi building. Voice actor Katsumi Shiono provides vocal effects for the Phylloxera Worm, as he often does for Kamen Rider monsters. Popular TV Asahi announcer Yoko Ooshita also makes an appearance in Kamen Rider G as herself.
The original characters for Kamen Rider G are all wine
-themed. The titular character's transformation requires a bottle of wine to be inserted into a transformation belt that acts as a wine opener, and he is armed with a sword that resembles a corkscrew
as well as a sommellier knife. His Rider Kick
finisher is also wine-based, as it is called the . The letter "G" in the title is taken to either meaning "Good", referring to the actor Goro Inagaki
, or as an onomatopoeia of the sound of wine being poured out of a bottle . The antagonist of the piece is a Worm called the ; the phylloxera
fly is a grapevine
pest. The Phylloxera Worm would later be used as the antagonist for the Kamen Rider Kabuto
episodes of Decade.
Within the small production, a terrorist organization known as takes over the TV Asahi studios in Tokyo. The group led by Daidō Oda (Yusuke Kamiji
) demands that that the Japanese government release their leader Seizan Tokugawa (Show Aikawa), who was arrested after the group's human experimentations came to light. The Shade cell is assisted by the brainwashed Goro (SMAP's Goro Inagaki
), but when he sees that his girlfriend Eri Hinata (Yumiko Shaku
) is amongst the hostages, he regains his memories and turns on the Shade terrorists. Oda is forced to reveal himself as the Phylloxera Worm, and reveals that several other Shade members have been converted into Worms. Goro transforms into Kamen Rider G to take on the Worms, defeating them all save for Phylloxera who is much too strong for him. Just then, Kamen Rider Decade and the other Heisei Kamen Riders appear to give Kamen Rider G the confidence he needs to destroy the Phylloxera Worm with his Swirling Rider Kick. As the Phylloxera Worm says in his last breath that the war is not over, Goro reunites with Eri before proclaiming he will protect the world from Shade's evil influence.
magazine.
Hero Saga side story tells of how Tsukasa and the Hikari Studio crew enter the reality in which Kamen Rider Stronger
takes place and meet up with the characters within, such as the original Yuriko Misaki. The first episode was published in Hobby Japan, June 2010.
Ending Theme
Avex Group, as part of Decades soundtrack, is releasing a series of albums featuring the songs of the previous nine Heisei Rider series titled the Masked Rider series Theme song Re-Product CD SONG ATTACK RIDE series. Each album features the original opening theme song, as well as a rearrangement of each by "Kamen Rider's official band" Rider Chips
and by "Climax Jump
" composer Shuhei Naruse
. The first album, released on May 20, 2009, features originally performed by Masayuki Tanaka
for Kamen Rider Kuuga
, "Break the Chain" originally performed by Tourbillon
for Kamen Rider Kiva
, and "Alive A life" originally performed by Rica Matsumoto
for Kamen Rider Ryuki
. The second album, released on June 24, 2009, features "Round ZERO~BLADE BRAVE" originally performed by Nanase Aikawa
for Kamen Rider Blade
, "Justiφ's" originally performed by Issa of Da Pump
for Kamen Rider 555
, and originally performed by Shinichi Ishihara
for Kamen Rider Agito
. The third album was released on July 22, 2009, and features the "Climax Jump
" by AAA DEN-O form
for Kamen Rider Den-O
, "NEXT LEVEL" by YU-KI
for Kamen Rider Kabuto
, and by Akira Fuse
for Kamen Rider Hibiki
.
Gackt
performed the theme to the film Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
. The song is titled "The Next Decade
", and was released on August 11, 2009.
Kamen Rider Series
The is a metaseries of manga and tokusatsu television programs and films created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. The various Kamen Rider media generally feature a motorcycle-riding superhero with an insect motif who fights supervillains often referred to as...
of tokusatsu
Tokusatsu
is a Japanese term that applies to any live-action film or television drama that usually features superheroes and makes considerable use of special effects ....
dramas
Japanese television drama
, also called , are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including murder romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, and many others...
. Decade, as its title suggests, is the tenth of the Heisei Rider Series, having begun with Kamen Rider Kuuga
Kamen Rider Kuuga
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It is the tenth installment of the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu shows and the first of the series to air entirely in the Heisei period. It was a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei, and was shown on TV Asahi from January...
in 2000. It began broadcast the week following the finale of Kamen Rider Kiva
Kamen 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...
and is featured in Super Hero Time
Super Hero Time
is a programming block on the Japanese television network, TV Asahi, featuring new episodes of tokusatsu television series from the Super Sentai and Kamen Rider series...
alongside the 2009 edition of the Super Sentai
Super Sentai
The is the name given to the long-running Japanese superhero team genre of shows produced by Toei Co., Ltd., Toei Agency and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi...
Series, Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
is the title of Toei Company's thirty-third entry in its long-running Super Sentai Series of Japanese tokusatsu television series. It premiered on February 15, 2009, the week following the finale of Engine Sentai Go-onger, and ended on February 7, 2010...
. The series ties in with the arcade game
Arcade game
An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...
Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbaride
Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbaride
is a combination of an arcade game and a collectible card game featuring the protagonists of the Kamen Rider Series. The game is being released as part of the 10th anniversary of the Heisei run Kamen Rider Series by Toei, TV Asahi, Ishimori Productions, and Bandai and features heavy tie-ins with...
, with Kamen Riders Decade and Diend using cards resembling those used in the game to transform and access various weapons. The catchphrase for the series is .
Casting
Masahiro InoueMasahiro Inoue
is a Japanese actor from Kanagawa Prefecture. He got his start in acting portraying Keigo Atobe in the Prince of Tennis musical The Imperial Presence Hyotei Gakuen as part of the Hyoutei B Cast. In 2009 he portrayed the lead role in Kamen Rider Decade, Tsukasa Kadoya, who had the ability to...
, who has portrayed Keigo Atobe in the Prince of Tennis musicals
Tenimyu
The Prince of Tennis Musical , also known as "TeniPuri Musical," "Tenimyu," or "GekiPuri" , is a series of live action stage musicals directed by Yukio Ueshima based on manga series The Prince of Tennis created by Takeshi Konomi and serialized by Shueisha in Weekly Shonen Jump.The first musical...
, has been cast in the lead role for Decade as Tsukasa Kadoya/Kamen Rider Decade. Also involved is Kanna Mori
Kanna Mori
is a Japanese fashion model and actress from Toyama Prefecture. She is best known as Natsumi Hikari, the female lead in the Kamen Rider Decade television series and films. She has since been in the dramas Indigo no Yoru and currently stars in the police drama The Metropolitan Police: Missing Person...
as Natsumi Hikari, and Renji Ishibashi as Natsumi's grandfather Eijiro Hikari. Another member of the cast is Tatsuhito Okuda as the mysterious Narutaki. The World of Kamen Rider Kuuga
Kamen Rider Kuuga
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It is the tenth installment of the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu shows and the first of the series to air entirely in the Heisei period. It was a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei, and was shown on TV Asahi from January...
, as well as most of the other Rider Worlds, sport several characters that have been renamed and cast with different actors. Ryouta Murai
Ryouta Murai
is a Japanese actor best known for his roles as in Fūma no Kojirō, in Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka, in Osananajimi and in Kamen Rider Decade.-TV:* 2007 - Fūma no Kojirō as Kojirō...
has been cast as Yusuke Onodera who is the series' version of Kuuga.
Synopsis
Kamen Rider Decade (character)
is the primary protagonist and eponymous character of the 2009 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Decade. Decade's name is taken from the English word decade as Decade is the 10th of the Heisei run of the Kamen Rider Series, and his chest armor features the Roman numeral X . His logo features the...
and is told that to protect his own world he must travel with Natsumi and her grandfather to the other Kamen Riders' Worlds called A.R. Worlds (Another Rider's World or Alternate Reality World) and eliminate or help the anomaly in that world. Along the way, confronting the mysterious Narutaki and the thief Daiki Kaito
Kamen Rider Diend
is a fictional character in the 2009 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Decade. In 2010, he is the main character of one of the Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider The Movie: Cho-Den-O Trilogy films...
, they are joined by Yusuke Onodera
Kamen Rider Kuuga (Decade)
is a fictional character and one of the protagonists in the 2009 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Decade. He is an alternate universe incarnation and interpretation of the character of the same name from the 2000 series Kamen Rider Kuuga.-Yusuke Onodera:...
of the World of Kuuga and Kivala of the World of Kiva.
To fit with the printing motif of the series, the main Kamen Riders of the series follow the CMYK color model
CMYK color model
The CMYK color model is a subtractive color model, used in color printing, and is also used to describe the printing process itself. CMYK refers to the four inks used in some color printing: cyan, magenta, yellow, and key...
: Decade is magenta
Magenta
Magenta is a color evoked by light stronger in blue and red wavelengths than in yellowish-green wavelengths . In light experiments, magenta can be produced by removing the lime-green wavelengths from white light...
, Diend is cyan
Cyan
Cyan from , transliterated: kýanos, meaning "dark blue substance") may be used as the name of any of a number of colors in the blue/green range of the spectrum. In reference to the visible spectrum cyan is used to refer to the color obtained by mixing equal amounts of green and blue light or the...
, and Kuuga (Rising Ultimate Form) is black and yellow. In the Cho-Den-O Trilogy
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider The Movie: Cho-Den-O Trilogy
is a series of films part of the Kamen Rider Den-O franchise, particularly its Cho-Den-O Series. It was released beginning on May 22, 2010, with each subsequent chapter of the trilogy released in two week intervals. Each of the films' subtitles contains the name of the protagonist...
film Episode Yellow: Treasure de End Pirates, Diend is the primary character, emphasizing the yellow accents on his Diendriver and the enhanced Kamen Ride Diend card.
Rider War
The , first revealed in Natsumi Hikari's dream, composed of many Kamen Riders, all of whom were seemingly defeated by Kamen Rider DecadeKamen Rider Decade (character)
is the primary protagonist and eponymous character of the 2009 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Decade. Decade's name is taken from the English word decade as Decade is the 10th of the Heisei run of the Kamen Rider Series, and his chest armor features the Roman numeral X . His logo features the...
. However, Kamen Rider Kuuga
Kamen Rider Kuuga (Decade)
is a fictional character and one of the protagonists in the 2009 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Decade. He is an alternate universe incarnation and interpretation of the character of the same name from the 2000 series Kamen Rider Kuuga.-Yusuke Onodera:...
survived the initial battle, assuming Ultimate Form to confront Decade once again with the two seemingly destroying each other in the ensuing battle. As Narutaki explains to Natsumi, the dream is a predestined event in which Decade will destroy all the worlds.
Episodes
Generally, episodes of Decade are titled similarly to the episodes of the series that they reference. Kamen Rider KuugaKamen Rider Kuuga
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It is the tenth installment of the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu shows and the first of the series to air entirely in the Heisei period. It was a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei, and was shown on TV Asahi from January...
s episodes were titled with only two kanji and episodes of Kamen Rider Kiva
Kamen 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...
have a musical reference and musical notation in the title. For the World of Hibiki story arc, the episode title cards are stylized in calligraphy similar to the styles featured in Kamen Rider Hibiki
Kamen Rider Hibiki
is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series. It is the fifteenth installment in the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu programs. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei. Kamen Rider Hibiki first aired on January 30, 2005 and aired its final episode on January...
. For the World of Amazon story arc, the episode title had a reference from Kamen Rider Amazon
Kamen Rider Amazon
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. The fourth installment to be produced as part of the Kamen Rider Series, the series aired in Japan from late 1974 to early 1975 on the Mainichi Broadcasting System...
episode 3. An episode arc also features a crossover with Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
is the title of Toei Company's thirty-third entry in its long-running Super Sentai Series of Japanese tokusatsu television series. It premiered on February 15, 2009, the week following the finale of Engine Sentai Go-onger, and ended on February 7, 2010...
.
In an interview in the March 2009 issue of Kindai Magazine, Masahiro Inoue stated that Decade was slated as having only 30 episodes. A subsequent interview in Otonafami magazine confirmed that only 30 episodes were filmed, with 31 episodes airing total.
The Onigashima Warship
was released on May 1, 2009. The film takes place between episodes 15 and 16 of Decade and primarily features the cast characters from Kamen Rider Den-OKamen Rider Den-O
is the seventeenth installment in the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu programs. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei. It premiered January 28, 2007 on TV Asahi, and concluded airing on January 20, 2008...
in their new media franchise, the Cho-Den-O Series.
All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
The film opened in Japanese theaters on August 8, 2009, double-booked with the Shinkenger film. The film is billed as featuring twenty-six Kamen Riders: the original ten Showa Riders, Black, Black RX, Shin, ZO, J, the previous nine Heisei Riders, Decade, and Diend. It also features the first on-screen appearance of the 11th Heisei Kamen Rider: Kamen Rider DoubleKamen Rider Double (character)
is the primary and eponymous protagonist of the 2009–2010 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider W. Kamen Rider Double's name is taken from the English word double as he is the first Kamen Rider that requires two people to transform, and his motif is that of the letter W. His debut was a cameo in the film...
. The film provides light to Tsukasa's past and Decade's relation with the mysterious Dai-Shocker organization, whose membership is composed of the various villains and monsters that previous Kamen Riders battled with.
Movie War 2010
As part of the triple feature, Decades film tells the story of what happens following the television series' cliffhangerCliffhanger
A cliffhanger or cliffhanger ending is a plot device in fiction which features a main character in a precarious or difficult dilemma, or confronted with a shocking revelation at the end of an episode of serialized fiction...
finale, and is to be released in Japanese theaters on December 12, 2009 (initially hinted during a post credits trailer after All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker). Double was also featured in the sequence. The October issue of TV-Kun also makes reference to this movie, stating that . Gackt will once again perform the film's theme song, "Stay the Ride Alive
Stay the Ride Alive
"Stay the Ride Alive" is the thirty-seventh single released by Japanese musical artist Gackt on January 1, 2010. The song was originally titled "Stay the Decade Alive", before being renamed "Stay the Ride Alive" in late November.- Summary :...
" to be released January 1, 2010.
Kamen Rider G
In addition to commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Heisei Kamen Rider Series, Kamen Rider Decade was broadcast during the 50th anniversary of TV AsahiTV Asahi
, also known as EX and , is a Japanese television network headquartered in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The company writes its name in lower-case letters, tv asahi, in its logo and public-image materials. The company also owns All-Nippon News Network....
broadcasting. In a collaboration with popular band SMAP
SMAP
SMAP is a Japanese boy band formed by Johnny & Associates. While originally consisting of six members, the current group members are Masahiro Nakai, Takuya Kimura, Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Shingo Katori...
, TV Asahi and Ishimori Productions put forward a special production for SMAP's SmaSTATION talk show titled .
Kamen Rider G featured several actors from previous Kamen Rider programs in cameos. Kohei Murakami
Kohei Murakami
is a Japanese actor from Tokyo. He graduated from Keio University's business school. He is known for his portrayal of Masato Kusaka/Kamen Rider Kaixa in Kamen Rider 555 and as Yuji Nakajo/Hikomaro/Giza/Hikaru in Cutie Honey: The Live. He also had a regular role as Kent Kiba/Dimensional Investigator...
of Kamen Rider 555
Kamen Rider 555
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It is the 13th installment in the Kamen Rider Series. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei, and was broadcast on TV Asahi from January 26, 2003 to January 18, 2004...
fame played a medical experiment subject. Mitsuru Karahashi
Mitsuru Karahashi
is a Japanese actor for TV Asahi who has had small roles in various tokusatsu series. He was born May 30, 1977 in Fukushima Prefecture.-Filmography:*Kamen Rider 555 as Naoya Kaido/Snake Orphnoch;...
(also from 555) and Kenji Matsuda
Kenji Matsuda
is a Japanese actor. Matsuda began acting in high school when a girl he had a crush on convinced him to join the theatre club. He later joined the sho-gekijo theatrical troupe Haiyu-Za...
(from Hibiki
Kamen Rider Hibiki
is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series. It is the fifteenth installment in the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu programs. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei. Kamen Rider Hibiki first aired on January 30, 2005 and aired its final episode on January...
and Kiva
Kamen 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...
) portrayed members of the Shade terrorist cell. Kazutoshi Yokoyama and Eitoku
Hisanori Ōiwa
, who goes by the stage name , is a Japanese actor, stunt performer and suit actor from Chiba Prefecture affiliated with Japan Action Enterprises. He has been cast in many leading roles in the Kamen Rider series...
, two suit actor
Suit actor
A is a member of a Japanese tokusatsu production who works similar to a stunt performer. However, the suit actor does all of his or her stunts while in a full costume that normally obscures their identity from the viewer and performs pantomime, as an actor's voice will generally be dubbed during...
s commonly used by the Kamen Rider production team portrayed security guards in the TV Asahi building. Voice actor Katsumi Shiono provides vocal effects for the Phylloxera Worm, as he often does for Kamen Rider monsters. Popular TV Asahi announcer Yoko Ooshita also makes an appearance in Kamen Rider G as herself.
The original characters for Kamen Rider G are all wine
Wine
Wine is an alcoholic beverage, made of fermented fruit juice, usually from grapes. The natural chemical balance of grapes lets them ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes, or other nutrients. Grape wine is produced by fermenting crushed grapes using various types of yeast. Yeast...
-themed. The titular character's transformation requires a bottle of wine to be inserted into a transformation belt that acts as a wine opener, and he is armed with a sword that resembles a corkscrew
Corkscrew
A corkscrew is a kitchen tool for drawing stopping corks from wine bottles. Generally, a corkscrew consists of a pointed metallic helix attached to a handle. The user grips the handle and screws the metal point into the cork, until the helix is firmly embedded, then a vertical pull on the...
as well as a sommellier knife. His Rider Kick
Rider Kick
The is the finishing move from the Kamen Rider Series. It has traditionally consisted of a flying side kick and is used against the monster/kaijin after it has been weakened from fighting with the Rider. Throughout the various Kamen Rider series, it has taken many different forms and has become...
finisher is also wine-based, as it is called the . The letter "G" in the title is taken to either meaning "Good", referring to the actor Goro Inagaki
Goro Inagaki
is a Japanese musician and actor from Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan. Inagaki is a member of the Japanese pop group SMAP. His career began while he was in junior high school, when his sister submitted his picture to a talent company; he was subsequently chosen to join SMAP, which has a considerable...
, or as an onomatopoeia of the sound of wine being poured out of a bottle . The antagonist of the piece is a Worm called the ; the phylloxera
Phylloxera
Grape phylloxera ; originally described in France as Phylloxera vastatrix; equated to the previously described Daktulosphaira vitifoliae, Phylloxera vitifoliae; commonly just called phylloxera is a pest of commercial grapevines worldwide, originally native to eastern North America...
fly is a grapevine
Grapevine
Grapevine is the common name for plants of the genus Vitis. Other meanings include:*Grapevine , a term often used to describe a form of communication by means of gossip or rumor, as in "heard it through the grapevine"...
pest. The Phylloxera Worm would later be used as the antagonist for the Kamen Rider Kabuto
Kamen Rider Kabuto
is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series. It is the sixteenth installment in the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu programs. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei. The series was broadcast on TV Asahi. The first episode aired on January 29, 2006, and...
episodes of Decade.
Within the small production, a terrorist organization known as takes over the TV Asahi studios in Tokyo. The group led by Daidō Oda (Yusuke Kamiji
Yusuke Kamiji
is a Japanese actor, singer, and tarento. In the music world, he is known mononymously as .- Biography :Kamiji graduated from Yokohama Senior High School. He belonged to the baseball club while in school, and played catcher. He and Daisuke Matsuzaka played together for one year, and when Matsuzaka...
) demands that that the Japanese government release their leader Seizan Tokugawa (Show Aikawa), who was arrested after the group's human experimentations came to light. The Shade cell is assisted by the brainwashed Goro (SMAP's Goro Inagaki
Goro Inagaki
is a Japanese musician and actor from Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan. Inagaki is a member of the Japanese pop group SMAP. His career began while he was in junior high school, when his sister submitted his picture to a talent company; he was subsequently chosen to join SMAP, which has a considerable...
), but when he sees that his girlfriend Eri Hinata (Yumiko Shaku
Yumiko Shaku
, born in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actress and model. Her management is Tommy's Artist Company.- TV Dramas :*2011: BOSS...
) is amongst the hostages, he regains his memories and turns on the Shade terrorists. Oda is forced to reveal himself as the Phylloxera Worm, and reveals that several other Shade members have been converted into Worms. Goro transforms into Kamen Rider G to take on the Worms, defeating them all save for Phylloxera who is much too strong for him. Just then, Kamen Rider Decade and the other Heisei Kamen Riders appear to give Kamen Rider G the confidence he needs to destroy the Phylloxera Worm with his Swirling Rider Kick. As the Phylloxera Worm says in his last breath that the war is not over, Goro reunites with Eri before proclaiming he will protect the world from Shade's evil influence.
Super Adventure DVD
The called is the Hyper Battle DVD for Decade. Like Kivas DVD, it is another "Choose Your Own Adventure" style story. The viewer's choices throughout the DVD affect how Decade and Diend's fight against Dai-Shocker's as well as Yusuke Onodera's completion of the Decade Bazooka weapon from a punch out sheet in the back of a Televi-KunTelevi-Kun
is a Japanese monthly manga magazine published by Shogakukan, starting in May 1976. Its main target is elementary school aged boys, younger than the readers of shōnen manga...
magazine.
World of Stronger
For Decades S.I.CSuper Imaginative Chogokin
Super Imaginative Chogokin is one of Bandai's popular line-up based on the Kamen Rider franchise and other characters created by Shotaro Ishinomori and his production company. The figures are usually modified and differ from its counterpart as seen in the series...
Hero Saga side story tells of how Tsukasa and the Hikari Studio crew enter the reality in which Kamen Rider Stronger
Kamen Rider Stronger
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. The fifth program to be created as part of the Kamen Rider Series, the series was broadcast on TBS and MBS from April 5, 1975 to December 27, 1975, lasting 39 episodes, and aired every Saturday at 7:00 p.m...
takes place and meet up with the characters within, such as the original Yuriko Misaki. The first episode was published in Hobby Japan, June 2010.
Cast
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Suit actors
- Kamen Rider Decade:
- Kamen Rider Diend:
- Kamen Rider Kuuga: ,
- Apollo Geist:
- Others: , , , , ,
Songs
Opening theme- "Journey Through the DecadeJourney through the Decade"Journey Through the Decade" is the thirtieth single by Japanese musical artist Gackt, released on March 25, 2009. It is his first song performed for Kamen Rider Decade, used as the television series' theme song.-Summary:...
"- Lyrics: Shoko FujibayashiShoko Fujibayashiis a Japanese lyricist who has written the lyrics for several tokusatsu television series' theme songs. Most recently, Fujibayashi has worked with Shuhei Naruse on the soundtracks of Kamen Rider Den-O, Kamen Rider Kiva, and their films...
- Composition: Ryo (of defspiralDefspiralDefspiral is a Japanese visual kei rock band composed of most of the former members of the Underneath. When the Underneath disbanded in 2010, most of the group was signed to Avex Mode to perform songs for the Kamen Rider Series...
) - Arrangement: Kōtarō NakagawaKotaro Nakagawais a Japanese composer and arranger. He is a graduate of the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music's school of music.He is the son of trumpet player Yoshihiro Nakagawa, the elder brother of trombone player Eijirō Nakagawa and the nephew of clarinet player Takeshi Nakagawa and trombone...
, Ryo - Artist: GacktGacktis a Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, voice actor and author. Usually referred to by his mononymous stage name, he is known for his career as a solo artist and as the former vocalist for the defunct visual kei rock band Malice Mizer....
- In its first week on the OriconOricon, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...
Weekly Charts, "Journey Through the Decade" reached the #2 spot, having sold approximately 51,666 records in that time.
- Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
Ending Theme
- "Ride the Wind"
- Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
- Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei NaruseShuhei Naruseis a Japanese musician, composer, and music arranger from Kyoto Prefecture. Naruse attended Ritsumeikan University and his major debut as a musician was in the rock band DEVELOP=FRAME where he played keyboards. He has since worked on the composition and arrangement for various Avex Trax musical...
- Artist: Masahiro InoueMasahiro Inoueis a Japanese actor from Kanagawa Prefecture. He got his start in acting portraying Keigo Atobe in the Prince of Tennis musical The Imperial Presence Hyotei Gakuen as part of the Hyoutei B Cast. In 2009 he portrayed the lead role in Kamen Rider Decade, Tsukasa Kadoya, who had the ability to...
as Tsukasa Kadoya - Episodes: 10-22, 28
- Masahiro InoueMasahiro Inoueis a Japanese actor from Kanagawa Prefecture. He got his start in acting portraying Keigo Atobe in the Prince of Tennis musical The Imperial Presence Hyotei Gakuen as part of the Hyoutei B Cast. In 2009 he portrayed the lead role in Kamen Rider Decade, Tsukasa Kadoya, who had the ability to...
had been recording "Ride the Wind" with Shuhei NaruseShuhei Naruseis a Japanese musician, composer, and music arranger from Kyoto Prefecture. Naruse attended Ritsumeikan University and his major debut as a musician was in the rock band DEVELOP=FRAME where he played keyboards. He has since worked on the composition and arrangement for various Avex Trax musical...
released on April 22, 2009. Prior to its appearance in the series, Inoue announced the song's on his blog and that he would record it under his character's name.
- "Treasure Sniper"
- Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
- Composition & Arrangement: Ryo
- Artist: Kimito TotaniKimito Totaniis a Japanese actor from Shinagawa, Tokyo. He made his acting debut in the 2007 remake of Tsubaki Sanjuro. He is currently known for his portrayal of Daiki Kaito/Kamen Rider Diend in the Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Decade and its films....
as Daiki Kaito - Episodes: 23-27, 29-31
- On June 23, 2009, Kimito TotaniKimito Totaniis a Japanese actor from Shinagawa, Tokyo. He made his acting debut in the 2007 remake of Tsubaki Sanjuro. He is currently known for his portrayal of Daiki Kaito/Kamen Rider Diend in the Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Decade and its films....
announced on his personal blog that he was recording a new song for Decade. The Toei blog for Decade announced its title was "Treasure Sniper". Although "Treasure Sniper" did not have a release as a singleSingle (music)In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
, it and its instrumental are included on the MASKED RIDER DECADE COMPLETE CD-BOX boxed set. It was later released as the B-side to the single "Climax-Action ~The Den-O History~", the theme song for the Cho-Den-O Trilogy film in which Kamen Rider Diend is the main character.
Avex Group, as part of Decades soundtrack, is releasing a series of albums featuring the songs of the previous nine Heisei Rider series titled the Masked Rider series Theme song Re-Product CD SONG ATTACK RIDE series. Each album features the original opening theme song, as well as a rearrangement of each by "Kamen Rider's official band" Rider Chips
RIDER CHIPS
is a Japanese hard rock band started in 2000 on the Avex Mode label. Originally, it consisted of only three instrumentalists who invited different vocalists periodically...
and by "Climax Jump
Climax Jump
"Climax Jump" is the 13th single by the Japanese group AAA, released by Avex Mode on March 21, 2007. The song was composed by Shuhei Naruse with the lyrics by Shoko Fujibayashi. The song is the first opening theme for the 2007 tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Den-O...
" composer Shuhei Naruse
Shuhei Naruse
is a Japanese musician, composer, and music arranger from Kyoto Prefecture. Naruse attended Ritsumeikan University and his major debut as a musician was in the rock band DEVELOP=FRAME where he played keyboards. He has since worked on the composition and arrangement for various Avex Trax musical...
. The first album, released on May 20, 2009, features originally performed by Masayuki Tanaka
Masayuki Tanaka
is a Japanese vocalist. He was born in Imari, Saga Prefecture. He is one of the two original vocalists of the band , known for their anime soundtracks such as where Tanaka provided the vocals in the chorus of its opening theme...
for Kamen Rider Kuuga
Kamen Rider Kuuga
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It is the tenth installment of the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu shows and the first of the series to air entirely in the Heisei period. It was a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei, and was shown on TV Asahi from January...
, "Break the Chain" originally performed by Tourbillon
Tourbillon (band)
is a Japanese rock band formed in 2005 by Luna Sea members Ryuichi Kawamura and Kiyonobu "Inoran" Inoue , and D-Loop member Hiroaki "H...
for Kamen Rider Kiva
Kamen 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...
, and "Alive A life" originally performed by Rica Matsumoto
Rica Matsumoto
is a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer who was born in Yokohama, Japan. Her name is also sometimes romanized as Rika Matsumoto. She was one of the original members of the popular vocal group JAM Project. After the way of the stage, she embarked on voice acting and a singing career...
for Kamen Rider Ryuki
Kamen Rider Ryuki
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It was the twelfth installment in the Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu shows. It was a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei, and it was shown on TV Asahi from February 3, 2002 to January 19, 2003. The catchphrase for the series is...
. The second album, released on June 24, 2009, features "Round ZERO~BLADE BRAVE" originally performed by Nanase Aikawa
Nanase Aikawa
is a Japanese musician known for employing a variety of musical styles, most notably rock. She publishes her music under the Motorod label, a division of Avex Group.- Early life :Nanase Aikawa was born on February 16, 1975, in Osaka, Japan...
for Kamen Rider Blade
Kamen Rider Blade
, is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series. It is the fourteenth installment in the Kamen Rider Series. It aired on TV Asahi from January 25, 2004 to January 23, 2005. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei. Along with the standard insect motif of the Kamen...
, "Justiφ's" originally performed by Issa of Da Pump
Da Pump
is an Okinawan male idol group comprising lead vocalist, Issa and MCs Ken, Yukinari, and Shinobu. The group formed as students at Okinawa Actors School in 1996...
for Kamen Rider 555
Kamen Rider 555
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It is the 13th installment in the Kamen Rider Series. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei, and was broadcast on TV Asahi from January 26, 2003 to January 18, 2004...
, and originally performed by Shinichi Ishihara
Shinichi Ishihara
is an anison singer and anime voice actor who was born on May 26, 1960 in Yamanashi Prefecture. He is famous for singing the theme songs of Kamen Rider Agito and Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGo-V among other theme songs as well as the entire soundtrack to Juukou B-Fighter.-References:...
for Kamen Rider Agito
Kamen Rider Agito
, is the eleventh installment in the popular Kamen Rider tokusatsu franchise. The series represented the 30th Anniversary of the Kamen Rider Series. The series was also a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei and was shown on TV Asahi from January 28, 2001 to January 27, 2002....
. The third album was released on July 22, 2009, and features the "Climax Jump
Climax Jump
"Climax Jump" is the 13th single by the Japanese group AAA, released by Avex Mode on March 21, 2007. The song was composed by Shuhei Naruse with the lyrics by Shoko Fujibayashi. The song is the first opening theme for the 2007 tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Den-O...
" by AAA DEN-O form
AAA (band)
, and also known as Attack All Around, is a Japanese pop band signed to the label Avex Trax which debuted in September 2005. The group originally consisted of five young men and three young women who had all acted in commercials and had been dancers for other Japanese stars, such as Ayumi Hamasaki...
for Kamen Rider Den-O
Kamen Rider Den-O
is the seventeenth installment in the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu programs. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei. It premiered January 28, 2007 on TV Asahi, and concluded airing on January 20, 2008...
, "NEXT LEVEL" by YU-KI
TRF (band)
TRF is a Japanese pop/dance group. Its members are rapper DJ Koo, lead vocalist Yu-ki, and dancers Chiharu, Etsu, and Sam.-History:...
for Kamen Rider Kabuto
Kamen Rider Kabuto
is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series. It is the sixteenth installment in the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu programs. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei. The series was broadcast on TV Asahi. The first episode aired on January 29, 2006, and...
, and by Akira Fuse
Akira Fuse
is a Japanese singer who was once married to Olivia Hussey. He debuted in 1965 with the single . His greatest hits are and . He currently makes consistent appearances on television, performs occasional seasonal tours, hosts a late night talk show, and is involved in a number of stage plays...
for Kamen Rider Hibiki
Kamen Rider Hibiki
is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series. It is the fifteenth installment in the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu programs. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei. Kamen Rider Hibiki first aired on January 30, 2005 and aired its final episode on January...
.
Gackt
Gackt
is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, voice actor and author. Usually referred to by his mononymous stage name, he is known for his career as a solo artist and as the former vocalist for the defunct visual kei rock band Malice Mizer....
performed the theme to the film Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
is the film adaptation of the 2009 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Decade. The film was released in Japanese theaters on August 8, 2009, alongside the Samurai Sentai Shinkenger film, Samurai Sentai Shinkenger The Movie: The Fateful War. The catchphrases for the movie are and...
. The song is titled "The Next Decade
The Next Decade
"The Next Decade" is the thirty-fifth single by Japanese musical artist Gackt, released on August 11, 2009.-Summary:It will be used as the theme song for the Kamen Rider Series film Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker in which Gackt portrays Riderman...
", and was released on August 11, 2009.
External links
- Kamen Rider Decade at TV AsahiTV Asahi, also known as EX and , is a Japanese television network headquartered in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The company writes its name in lower-case letters, tv asahi, in its logo and public-image materials. The company also owns All-Nippon News Network....
- Kamen Rider Decade at Toei CompanyToei Companyis a Japanese film, television production, and distribution corporation. Based in Tokyo, Toei owns and operates thirty-four movie theaters across Japan, a modest vertically-integrated studio system by the standards of the 1930s United States; operates studios at Tokyo and Kyoto; and is a...
- Kamen Rider Decade at Avex Group