Kamen Rider Decade
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 "Destroy everything, connect everything." (全てを破壊し、全てを繋げ, Subete o hakaishi, subete o tsunage?).
Casting
Masahiro Inoue, 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.
Tsukasa uses this twin-lens reflex camera produced by Blackbird, Fly, specially made for the series in a color described as "Decade Pink".
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 (referred to as an A.R.
Along the way, confronting the mysterious Narutaki and the thief Daiki Kaitoh, they are joined by Yusuke Onodera of the World of Kuuga and Kiva-la of the World of Kiva.
To fit with the photography motif of the series, the main Kamen Riders of the series follow the CMYK color model: Decade is magenta, Diend is cyan, and Kuuga (Ultimate Form) is black. While no specific Rider has been yellow, the armor of Kuuga Rising Ultimate is yellow (gold).
Rider War
The Rider Army (ライダー軍, Raidā Gun?), first revealed in Natsumi Hikari's dream, composed of many Kamen Riders, all of whom where seemingly defeated by Kamen Rider Decade.
Kamen Rider Kuuga'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.
The film takes place between episodes 15 and 16 of Decade and primarily features the cast characters from Kamen Rider Den-O in their new media franchise, the Cho Den-O Series.
All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker (劇場版 仮面ライダーディケイド オールライダー対大ショッカー, Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Dikeido: Ōru Raidā tai Daishokkā?) opened in Japanese theaters on August 8, 2009, double-booked with the Shinkenger film.
It also features the first on-screen appearance of the 11th Heisei Kamen Rider: Kamen Rider Double. The October issue of TV-Kun also makes reference to this movie, stating that "All of the mysteries will be answered by the movie coming out in December!!" (すべての謎は、１２月公開の映画で明らかに!!, Subete no nazo wa, jūnigatsu kōkai no eiga de akiraka ni!!?).
Gackt will once again perform the film's theme song, "Stay the Ride Alive" to be released January 1, 2010.
Cast
Tsukasa Kadoya (門矢 士, Kadoya Tsukasa?): Masahiro Inoue (井上 正大, Inoue Masahiro?)
Daiki Kaitoh (海東 大樹, Kaitō Daiki?): Kimito Totani (戸谷 公人, Totani Kimito?)
Yusuke Onodera (小野寺 ユウスケ, Onodera Yūsuke?): Ryouta Murai (村井 良大, Murai Ryōta?)
Natsumi Hikari (光 夏海, Hikari Natsumi?): Kanna Mori (森 カンナ, Mori Kanna?)
Eijiro Hikari (光 栄次郎, Hikari Eijirō?): Renji Ishibashi (石橋 蓮司, Ishibashi Renji?)
Narutaki (鳴滝?): Tatsuhito Okuda (奥田 達士, Okuda Tatsuhito?)
Kiva-la (キバーラ, Kibāra?, Voice): Miyuki Sawashiro (沢城 みゆき, Sawashiro Miyuki?)
Guy (ガイ, Gai?): Kazuhisa Kawahara (川原 和久, Kawahara Kazuhisa?)
Decadriver Voice, Diendriver Voice, K-Touch Voice (ディケイドライバー音声、ディエンドライバー音声、ケータッチ音声, Dikeidoraibā Onsei, Diendoraibā Onsei, Kētatchi Onsei?): Mark Okita (マーク・大喜多, Māku Ōkita?)
Narration (ナレーション, Narēshon?): Eiichiro Suzuki (鈴木 英一郎, Suzuki Eiichirō?)
Guest stars
Wataru Kurenai (紅 渡, Kurenai Wataru?, 1, 31): Koji Seto (瀬戸 康史, Seto Kōji?)
Sou Yaguruma (矢車 想, Yaguruma Sō?, 2-3): Hidenori Tokuyama (徳山 秀典, Tokuyama Hidenori?)
Shun Kageyama (影山 瞬, Kageyama Shun?, 2-3): Masato Uchiyama (内山 眞人, Uchiyama Masato?)
Wataru (ワタル, Wataru?, 4-5, 30-31): Arashi Fukasawa (深澤 嵐, Fukasawa Arashi?)
Kivat-bat the 3rd (キバットバットⅢ世, Kibattobatto Sansei?, 4-5): Tomokazu Sugita (杉田 智和, Sugita Tomokazu?)
Ryo Itoya (糸矢 僚, Itoya Ryō?, 4): Sohto (創斗, Sōto?)
Masato Kusaka (草加 雅人, Kusaka Masato?, 4-5): Kohei Murakami (村上 幸平, Murakami Kōhei?)
Shinji Tatsumi (辰巳 シンジ, Tatsumi Shinji?, 6-7): Momosuke Mizutani (水谷 百輔, Mizutani Momosuke?)
Kazuma Kendate (剣立 カズマ, Kendate Kazuma?, 8-9, 30): Hiroki Suzuki (鈴木 拡樹, Suzuki Hiroki?)
Takumi Ogami (尾上 タクミ, Ogami Takumi?, 10-11): Syunsuke Seino (制野 峻右, Seino Shunsuke?)
Shouichi Ashikawa (芦河 ショウイチ, Ashikawa Shōichi?, 12-13): Satoshi Yamanaka (山中 聡, Yamanaka Satoshi?)
Naomi (ナオミ, Naomi?, 14-15): Rina Akiyama (秋山 莉奈, Akiyama Rina?)
Kohana (コハナ, Kohana?, 14-15): Tamaki Matsumoto (松元 環季, Matsumoto Tamaki?)
Owner (オーナー, Ōnā?, 14-15): Kenjirō Ishimaru (石丸 謙二郎, Ishimaru Kenjirō?)
Momotaros (モモタロス, Momotarosu?, 14-15, 18): Toshihiko Seki (関 俊彦, Seki Toshihiko?)
Urataros (ウラタロス, Uratarosu?, 14-15): Kōji Yusa (遊佐 浩二, Yusa Kōji?)
Kintaros (キンタロス, Kintarosu?, 14-15): Masaki Terasoma (てらそま まさき, Terasoma Masaki?)
Ryutaros (リュウタロス, Ryūtarosu?, 14-15): Kenichi Suzumura (鈴村 健一, Suzumura Ken'ichi?)
Ryotaro Nogami (野上 良太郎, Nogami Ryōtarō?, 15): Takuya Mizoguchi (溝口 琢矢, Mizoguchi Takuya?)
Kotaro Nogami (野上 幸太郎, Nogami Kōtarō?, 15): Dori Sakurada (桜田 通, Sakurada Dori?)
Sieg (ジーク, Jīku?, 15): Shin-ichiro Miki (三木 眞一郎, Miki Shin'ichirō?)
Souji, Sou Otogiri (ソウジ、弟切 ソウ, Sōji, Otogiri Sō?, 16-17): Daijiro Kawaoka (川岡 大次郎, Kawaoka Daijirō?)
Asumu (アスム, Asumu?, 18-19, 30-31): Kazuki Koshimizu (小清水 一揮, Koshimizu Kazuki?)
Hibiki (ヒビキ, Hibiki?, 18-19): David Ito (デビット 伊東, Debitto Itō?)
Ibuki (イブキ, Ibuki?, 18-19): Jouji Shibue (渋江 譲二, Shibue Jōji?)
Todoroki (トドロキ, Todoroki?, 18-19): Shingo Kawaguchi (川口 真五, Kawaguchi Shingo?)
Zanki (ザンキ, Zanki?, 18-19): Kenji Matsuda (松田 賢二, Matsuda Kenji?)
Akira (アキラ, Akira?, 18-19): Nana Akiyama (秋山 奈々, Akiyama Nana?)
Takeshi Asakura (浅倉 威, Asakura Takeshi?, 19): Takashi Hagino (萩野 崇, Hagino Takashi?)
Otoya Kurenai (紅 音也, Kurenai Otoya?, 20-21): Kouhei Takeda (武田 航平, Takeda Kōhei?)
Junichi Kaitoh (海東 純一, Kaitō Jun'ichi?, 22-23): Yuki Kuroda (黒田 勇樹, Kuroda Yūki?)
Haruka Miwa (三輪 春香, Miwa Haruka?, 22-23): Yoko Mitsuya (三津谷 葉子, Mitsuya Yōko?)
Shin Magaki (禍木 慎, Magaki Shin?, 22-23): Takao Sugiura (杉浦 太雄, Sugiura Takao?)
Takeru Shiba (志葉 丈瑠, Shiba Takeru?, 24-25): Tori Matsuzaka (松坂 桃李, Matsuzaka Tōri?)
Ryunosuke Ikenami (池波 流ノ介, Ikenami Ryūnosuke?, 24-25): Hiroki Aiba (相葉 弘樹, Aiba Hiroki?)
Mako Shiraishi (白石 茉子, Shiraishi Mako?, 24-25): Rin Takanashi (高梨 臨, Takanashi Rin?)
Chiaki Tani (谷 千明, Tani Chiaki?, 24-25): Shogo Suzuki (鈴木 勝吾, Suzuki Shōgo?)
Kotoha Hanaori (花織 ことは, Hanaori Kotoha?, 24-25): Suzuka Morita (森田 涼花, Morita Suzuka?)
Genta Umemori (梅盛 源太, Umemori Genta?, 24-25): Keisuke Sohma (相馬 圭祐, Sōma Keisuke?)
Hikoma Kusakabe (日下部 彦馬, Kusakabe Hikoma?, 24-25): Gorou Ibuki (伊吹 吾郎, Ibuki Gorō?)
Shitari of the Bones (骨のシタリ, Hone no Shitari?, 24): Chō (チョー?)
Chinomanako (チノマナコ, Chinomanako?, 24-25): Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (大友 龍三郎, Ōtomo Ryūzaburō?)
Kotaro Minami (南 光太郎, Minami Kōtarō?, 26-27): Tetsuo Kurata (倉田 てつを, Kurata Tetsuo?)
Daisuke Yamamoto (山本 ダイスケ, Yamamoto Daisuke?, 28-29): Enrique Sakamoto (坂本 エンリケ, Sakamoto Enrike?)
Yuki (ユウキ, Yūki?, 30): Yuria Haga (芳賀 優里亜, Haga Yuria?)
Kazuma Kenzaki (剣崎 一真, Kenzaki Kazuma?, 30-31): Takayuki Tsubaki (椿 隆之, Tsubaki Takayuki?)
Suit actors
Kamen Rider Decade: Seiji Takaiwa (高岩 成二, Takaiwa Seiji?)
Kamen Rider Diend: Eitoku (永徳?)
Kamen Rider Kuuga: Kenji Tominaga (富永 研司, Tominaga Kenji?), Norihito Itō (伊藤 教人, Itō Norihito?)
Apollo Geist: Jun Watanabe (渡辺 淳, Watanabe Jun?)
Others: Makoto Itō (伊藤 慎, Itō Makoto?), Yoshifumi Oshikawa (押川 善文, Oshikawa Yoshifumi?), Jiro Okamoto (岡元 次郎, Okamoto Jirō?), Naoki Nagase (永瀬 尚希, Nagase Naoki?), Toshihiro Ogura (おぐら としひろ, Ogura Toshihiro?), Yūki Ono (小野 友紀, Ono Yūki?)
Songs
The cover for the limited edition version of "Journey through the Decade", featuring Kamen Rider Decade in the foreground and Gackt in the background.
Opening theme
"Journey through the Decade"
Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
Composition: Ryo (of Ketsumeishi)
Arrangement: Kōtarō Nakagawa, Ryo
Artist: Gackt
In its first week on the Oricon Weekly Charts, "Journey through the Decade" reached the #2 spot, having sold approximately 51,666 records in that time.
Ending Theme
"Ride the Wind"
Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
Artist: Masahiro Inoue as Tsukasa Kadoya
Episodes: 10-22, 28
Masahiro Inoue had been recording "Ride the Wind" with Shuhei Naruse 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 Totani as Daiki Kaitoh
Episodes: 23-27, 29-31
On June 23, 2009, Kimito Totani 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 single, it and its instrumental are included on the MASKED RIDER DECADE COMPLETE CD-BOX boxed set.
Avex Group, as part of Decade's 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 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 "Kamen Rider AGITO" (仮面ライダーAGITO, Kamen Raidā AGITO?) 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 "Shōnen yo" (少年よ?) by Akira Fuse for Kamen Rider Hibiki.
Gackt will perform the theme to the film Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs.