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Kamen Rider Gavv
Japanese television drama
Kamen Rider Gavv (仮面ライダーガヴ, Kamen Raidā Gavu) is a Japanese tokusatsu television series, the 35th entry of Toei Company's Kamen Rider metaseries, and the sixth series to debut during the Reiwa period. The series debuted on September 1, 2024, joining Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger in the Super Hero Time lineup after the finale of Kamen Rider Gotchard.[1] It also marks the debut of a snack motif including candies, sweets, and chocolates.
Plot
Shoma Stomach, a human-Granute hybrid and child of the Stomach Family, a powerful family of the Granute World, flees the Granute World and becomes stranded on Earth after his mother was slain. There, he discovers that when he consumes snacks, he creates Gochizo, small creatures which he can use to transform into Kamen Rider Gavv. As Gavv, Shoma fights against the rest of the Stomach Family, who killed his human mother and is kidnapping humans for their happiness to transform them into Dark Sweets, which she warned him to never eat, renouncing the Stomach name and adopting her surname, Inoue. He is aided by Sachika Amane, CEO of the jack-of-all-trades shop Hapipare, who takes him in, and Hanto Karakida, a freelance writer investigating Shoma and the Granute who can becomes Kamen Rider Valen using a weapon developed by the researcher Kenzo Suga that can also tap the power of Shoma's Gochizo.
Production
The Kamen Rider Gavv trademark was registered by Toei Company on April 27, 2024, and published on May 10, 2024.[2]
Gavv was officially announced on July 1, 2024.[1]
The opening theme song "Got Boost?" is performed by dance and vocal group Fantastics from Exile Tribe.[3]
Episodes
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English title
Original Japanese title
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Writer
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Original airdate
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| 1 | "A Snack Kamen Rider!?"[4]
Transliteration: "Okashi na Kamen Raidā!?" (Japanese: おカシな仮面ライダー!?) | Teruaki Sugihara | Junko Kōmura | September 1, 2024 (2024-09-01) |
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A young man from the Granute World called Shoma gets stranded on Earth, the home world of his mother. When he learns that other humans are being abducted by the Granutes to be transformed into Dark Snacks, Shoma decides to make use of the power of his new companions, the Gochizo to protect them as Kamen Rider Gavv. |
| 2 | "Happy Zakuzakuchips"[5]
Transliteration: "Shiawase Zakuzakuchippusu" (Japanese: 幸せザクザクチップス) | Teruaki Sugihara | Junko Kōmura | September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08) |
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Hungry and homeless, Shoma is taken in by Sachika Amane, who runs an anything and everything general store. Meanwhile, the Stomach Family, who are the responsible for the abductions and the death of Shoma's mother, send another agent to kidnap a client of hers. |
| 3 | "Soda Punch Is a Guilty Pleasure"[6]
Transliteration: "Sōda Panchi wa Tsumi na Aji" (Japanese: ソーダパンチは罪な味) | Takayuki Shibasaki | Junko Kōmura | September 15, 2024 (2024-09-15) |
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Shoma befriends a man called Yahiko Sujimoto. When Sujimoto is attacked by the Granute, Shoma transforms into Gavv to protect him, watched from afar by Hanto. |
| 4 | "More Marshmallows Please!"[7]
Transliteration: "Mashumaro Okawari!" (Japanese: マシュマロおかわり！) | Takayuki Shibasaki | Junko Kōmura | September 22, 2024 (2024-09-22) |
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Shoma gets acquainted with an old couple until he is attacked by the Granutes. Among them are Siita and Jiip Stomach, members of the Stomach Family and Shoma's siblings. In the occasion, it is revealed that his mother was a human and wife of the Stomach Family patriarch, who was killed in front of Shoma after his father's passing. Meanwhile, Hanto visits Kenzo Suga, a researcher who also reveals to him the true nature of the Granutes and their objective. |
| 5 | "The Memories Are Painful"[8]
Transliteration: "Omoide ga Hirihiri" (Japanese: 思い出がヒリヒリ) | Satoshi Morota | Junko Kōmura | September 29, 2024 (2024-09-29) |
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Shoma meets his great-uncle Dente Stomach, a Granute who took refuge in the human world and the one who performed the operation that gave him his powers. When Shoma fights the agents to protect the people, humans mistake him for a monster but Hanto steps in to defend him and Suga begins making a weapon to fight the Granute using some of Shoma's Gochizo, particularly Chocodon that he captured. At night, Hanto's mentor and adoptive father, Soji Shioya is assassinated by Granute during his investigation. |
| 6 | "Transformation Is Bitter Chocolate"[9]
Transliteration: "Henshin wa Bitā Choko" (Japanese: 変身はビターチョコ) | Satoshi Morota | Junko Kōmura | October 6, 2024 (2024-10-06) |
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Shoma starts living with Sachika, and the latter is responsible for giving Gochizos their species' namesake. Although Sachika is still not aware that Gochizos are alive. Meanwhile, Hanto volunteers Kenzo's Kamen Rider system compatibility surgery to test his new invention, the Valenbuster, which he uses to transform into Kamen Rider Valen in order to avenge Shioya's death. Meanwhile, having becoming astonished by a prove of his previous mentor and great-uncle Dente's Kamen Rider system surgery on Shoma to be successful, Nyelv decides to gather the Kamen Riders' combat datas. Nyelv is also directly responsible for Hanto's path into a Kamen Rider, as he was the one who sent a Granute to kill Shioya, and steals Shioya's lower half of his Hito Press state to him before Hanto finds Shioya's upper half. |
| 7 | "What Flavor Lies Underneath the Mask?"[10]
Transliteration: "Kamen no Shita wa Don'na Aji" (Japanese: 仮面の下はどんな味) | Teruaki Sugihara | Junko Kōmura | October 13, 2024 (2024-10-13) |
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Kamen Riders Gavv and Valen cooperate together to protect the citizens from the Granutes while keeping their identities a secret from each other. Meanwhile, Sachika and Shoma are asked to do housework at her grandaunt Masako Takarayashiki's mansion and Hanto investigates another disappearance. |
| 8 | "Dual Chocolate"[11]
Transliteration: "Dyuaru Chokoreito" (Japanese: デュアル チョコレイト) | Teruaki Sugihara | Junko Kōmura | October 20, 2024 (2024-10-20) |
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After rescuing the kidnapped girl, Shoma and Hanto are suspicious that the Granute are still targeting the artists in Masako's mansion and keep watching over them. Meanwhile, the rest of the Stomach Family take heed of the Kamen Riders' interference and decide to come with measures against them. |
| 9 | "Trick or Dance!"[12]
Transliteration: "Torikku Oa Dansu!" (Japanese: トリック オア ダンス！) | Takayuki Shibasaki | Kaori Kaneko | October 27, 2024 (2024-10-27) |
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It's Halloween and Shoma is delighted by experimenting some sweets he never tasted before, which also gives birth to a new type of Gochizo. Meanwhile, Siita and Jiip decide to deal with Shoma personally after being fired by their siblings. |
| 10 | "Extra Large! Candy Cannon!"[13]
Transliteration: "Tokumori! Kyandi-hō!" (Japanese: 特盛り！キャンディ砲！) | Takayuki Shibasaki | Kaori Kaneko | November 10, 2024 (2024-11-10) |
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Films
Kamen Rider Gavv debuted in the feature film Kamen Rider Gotchard: The Future Daybreak.[1]
Cast
- Shoma Stomach (ショウマ・ストマック, Shōma Sutomakku): Hidekazu Chinen (知念 英和, Chinen Hidekazu)[14]
- Hanto Karakida (辛木田 絆斗, Karakida Hanto): Yusuke Hino (日野 友輔, Hino Yūsuke)
- Sachika Amane (甘根 幸果, Amane Sachika): Nozomi Miyabe (宮部 のぞみ, Miyabe Nozomi)
- Lango Stomach (ランゴ・ストマック, Rango Sutomakku): Takashi Tsukamoto (塚本 高史, Tsukamoto Takashi)
- Glotta Stomach (グロッタ・ストマック, Gurotta Sutomakku): Machi Chitose (千歳 まち, Chitose Machi)
- Nyelv Stomach (ニエルブ・ストマック, Nierubu Sutomakku): Ryo Takizawa (滝澤 諒, Takizawa Ryō)
- Siita Stomach (シータ・ストマック, Shīta Sutomakku): Honoka Kawasaki (川﨑 帆々花, Kawasaki Honoka)
- Jiip Stomach (ジープ・ストマック, Jīpu Sutomakku): Ruito Koga (古賀 瑠, Koga Ruito)
- Michiru Inoue (井上 みちる, Inoue Michiru): Arisa Nakajima (中島 亜梨沙, Nakajima Arisa)
- Soji Shioya (塩谷 壮士, Shioya Sōji): Toshimasa Komatsu (小松 利昌, Komatsu Toshimasa)
- Kenzo Suga (酸賀 研造, Suga Kenzō): Shintarō Asanuma (浅沼 晋太郎, Asanuma Shintarō)
- Dente Stomach (デンテ・ストマック, Dente Sutomakku, Voice): Yōhei Tadano (多田野 曜平, Tadano Yōhei)
- Agents (エージェント, Ējento, Voice), Gochizo (ゴチゾウ, Gochizō, Voice): Kōki Sakurai (櫻井 皓基, Sakurai Kōki), Ayu Shōji (東海林 亜祐, Shōji Ayu)
Guest cast
- Man (1): Jin Katagiri (片桐 仁, Katagiri Jin)
- Jogger (2): Yoshiyuki Tsubokura (坪倉 由幸, Tsubokura Yoshiyuki)
- Masako Takarayashiki (宝屋敷 雅子, Takarayashiki Masako, 7,8): Karin Yamaguchi (山口 果林, Yamaguchi Karin)
Theme songs
- Opening theme
- "Got Boost?"
- Episode 1 does not feature the show's opening sequence, and it is instead used as an insert song in episode 1.
References
External links
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