Kamen Rider Kiva - Songs

Songs

Opening theme
  • "Break the Chain"
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition: Shuhei Naruse
    • Arrangement: Tourbillon, Shuhei Naruse
    • Artist: Tourbillon
    The single "Break the Chain" was released on March 26, 2008. In its first day of sales, it hit #3 on the Oricon daily charts for singles. It then reached #3 on the weekly charts. In the finale, "Break the Chain" is used as a true ending theme, playing over the end credits, instead of over the battle.
Ending theme
  • "Destiny's Play"
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition: NKMD
    • Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
    • Artist: TETRA-FANG
    • Episodes: 8-14, 17-18, 22
    The single "Destiny's Play" was released on April 23, 2008. A special edition CD/DVD single was also released containing the music video. TETRA-FANG is a "Limited Rock Unit" for Kiva, with KOJI on vocals, YUJI on guitar, ROY on bass, and SHUHEI on keyboard. Unlike with Den-O, Kiva will not have a different ending arrangement of Destiny's Play for each of Kiva's form changes. It entered at #15 the Oricon Daily Charts on it´s release date, went on place #24 in its first week in the Oricon Weekly Charts and in the second week to place #44. On the Kamen Rider Kiva Original Soundtrack was included a track titled "Destiny's Play IKEMENS Ver. ~feat. Kengo Eritate~ (Destiny’s Play イケメンズVer.~feat.襟立健吾~, Destiny's Play Ikemenzu Ver. ~feat. Eritate Kengo~?), the performance from episode 12.
  • "Individual-System"
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
    • Artist: TETRA-FANG
    • Episodes: 15-16, 20-21
    "Individual-System" is described as having a blend of 1980s pop music and contemporary music. It was initially revealed to be the second ending theme when a posting on the Avex blog for Kiva mentioned that an ending theme song for Kamen Rider Ixa was to be arranged by Naruse with lyrics by Fujibayashi, initially called "Individual System." The single was released on June 25, 2008. "Individual-System" is still performed by TETRA-FANG with KOJI on vocals, but there will be multiple versions of the song to reflect the different users of the Ixa System.
  • "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
    This arrangement of "Individual-System" is the first ending theme to be performed by someone other than TETRA-FANG. The single was released on July 30, 2008, with Keisuke Kato providing the vocals. This version was initially titled "Individual-System~Fight for justice~," however the single has since been renamed "Fight for Justice" on the single "Fight for Justice ~Individual-System NAGO ver.~" The song was sampled for a preview in the "Individual-System NAGO advance fist" track on the "Individual-System" single. In its first week on the charts, "Fight for Justice ~Individual-System NAGO ver.~" peaked at 28 on the Oricon Charts.
  • "Roots of the King"
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
    • Artist: TETRA-FANG
    • Episodes: 34-36, 43
    "Roots of the King" is the theme song for Kamen Rider Dark Kiva and his son Kamen Rider Saga. On September 13, 2008, Naruse announced on the Avex Movie blog for Kiva that the next single to be released by TETRA-FANG is to be titled "Roots of the KING." He also refers to the song as "Roots of the King" on his personal blog, which has since become the title of the song.

Avex's blog for Kiva mentions a song entitled "Bite There Soul" that was written by Naruse and YUJI as a heavy metal song played by street musicians in episode 9 which was planned to be released at a future date, and was subsequently put on the final CD box set as "Bite Their Soul" set for release on January 21, 2009. A mini-album released on August 6, 2008, titled SUPERNOVA features the theme songs for Kiva's four additional forms performed by TETRA-FANG. The tracks include "Innocent Trap,", "Shout in the Moonlight," and "Supernova," which has a music video included on a special DVD edition of SUPERNOVA. An unfeatured song from SUPERNOVA titled "Silent Shout" is Dogga Form's theme. Another track from the album "Message" is a tribute song for the character Otoya Kurenai.

Kouhei Takeda has recorded a song titled "This love never ends" as the theme song for Otoya as Ixa. Nana Yanagisawa and Yu Takahashi have also provided their voices for tracks to be included on an album for all characters who have become Kamen Rider Ixa. This song has since been revealed to be titled "Feel the same" on an album titled Inherited-System. Other songs on this album include "Don't Lose Yourself" performed by Keisuke Kato as Keisuke Nago and "Inherited-System" performed by the Wonderful Blue Sky Organization (素晴らしき青空の会, Subarashiki Aozora no Kai?). Kenji Matsuda as Jiro performs the song "Keep alive" for the album. For a TETRA-FANG album titled DESTINY, Koji Seto has recorded the vocals for a song titled "Mind garden." Several songs from this album are theme songs for the members of the Checkmate Four group: "Lightning to Heaven" for the Rook, "Exterminate Time" for the King (Kamen Rider Dark Kiva), "Eternity Blood" for the Bishop, and "Rainy Rose" for the Queen (Maya). Also on the album is "Prayer~Message 2", another tribute to Otoya.

An album titled Masked Rider Kiva Re-Union was released on June 24, 2009, with some original Kiva songs to be rearranged. "Destiny's Play" will be rearranged, Koji Seto & Shouma Yamamoto will sing "Roots of the King" together, Koji Seto shall give his own rendition of "This love never ends", and in turn Kouhei Takeda will give his own rendition of "Supernova".

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