Kamen Rider Gavv (仮面ライダーガヴ, Kamen Raidā Gavu) is a Japanese drama, 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]

Kamen Rider Gavv
GenreTokusatsu
Superhero fiction
Fantasy
Comedy
Based onKamen Rider concept
by Shotaro Ishinomori
Developed byIshimori Productions
Toei Company
Written byJunko Kōmura
Directed byTeruaki Sugihara
Starring
  • Hidekazu Chinen
  • Yusuke Hino
  • Nozomi Miyabe
  • Machi Chitose
  • Ryo Takizawa
  • Honoka Kawasaki
  • Ruito Koga
  • Arisa Nakajima
  • Toshimasa Komatsu
  • Takashi Tsukamoto
Opening theme"Got Boost?" by Fantastics from Exile Tribe
ComposerGo Sakabe
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes2
Production
Producers
  • Takehiro Ōkawa (TV Asahi)
  • Keisuke Shibataka (TV Asahi)
  • Naomi Takebe (Toei)
  • Minami Takijima (Toei)
Production companies
Original release
NetworkANN (TV Asahi)
ReleaseSeptember 1, 2024 (2024-09-01) –
present
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Plot

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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. 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 transform into Kamen Rider Valen.

Production

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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
Director Writer Original airdate
1"A Snack Kamen Rider!?"[4]
Transliteration: "Okashi na Kamen Raidā!?" (Japanese: おカシな仮面ライダー!?)
Teruaki SugiharaJunko KōmuraSeptember 1, 2024 (2024-09-01)
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 SugiharaJunko KōmuraSeptember 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
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 ShibasakiJunko KōmuraSeptember 15, 2024 (2024-09-15)
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.

Films

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Kamen Rider Gavv debuted in the feature film Kamen Rider Gotchard: The Future Daybreak.[1]

Cast

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  • Shoma Stomach (ショウマ・ストマック, Shōma Sutomakku): Hidekazu Chinen (知念 英和, Chinen Hidekazu)[7]
  • 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)
  • 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

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  • Man (1): Jin Katagiri (片桐 仁, Katagiri Jin)
  • Jogger (2): Yoshiyuki Tsubokura (坪倉 由幸, Tsubokura Yoshiyuki)

Theme songs

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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

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  1. ^ a b c "『仮面ライダーガヴ』情報解禁!" (in Japanese). Toei Company. July 1, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  2. ^ "商標ウォッチ" (in Japanese). Chizai Watch. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  3. ^ "『仮面ライダーガヴ』 主題歌解禁! 主題歌を歌うのは FANTASTICS!" (in Japanese). Kamen Rider Web. July 15, 2024. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  4. ^ "TV Asahi's official summary for 「おカシな仮面ライダー!?」" (in Japanese). TV Asahi. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  5. ^ "TV Asahi's official summary for 「幸せザクザクチップス」" (in Japanese). TV Asahi. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  6. ^ "TV Asahi's official summary for 「ソーダパンチは罪な味」" (in Japanese). TV Asahi. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
  7. ^ "お菓子のライダー、仮面ライダーガヴに変身するのは、ショウマ役:知念英和!" (in Japanese). Kamen Rider Web. July 26, 2024. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
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