Kamen Rider Gavv

Kamen Rider Gavv
Genre	Tokusatsu Superhero fiction Fantasy Comedy
Based on	Kamen Rider concept by Shotaro Ishinomori
Developed by	Ishimori Productions Toei Company
Written by	Junko Kōmura
Directed by	Teruaki Sugihara
Starring	Hidekazu Chinen Yusuke Hino Nozomi Miyabe Machi Chitose Ryo Takizawa Honoka Kawasaki Ruito Koga Arisa Nakajima Toshimasa Komatsu Shintarō Asanuma Takashi Tsukamoto Kohei Shoji
Opening theme	"Got Boost?" by Fantastics from Exile Tribe
Composer	Go Sakabe
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	16
Production
Producers	Takehiro Ōkawa (TV Asahi) Keisuke Shibataka (TV Asahi) Naomi Takebe (Toei) Minami Takijima (Toei)
Production companies	Toei Company TV Asahi ADK Emotions
Original release
Network	ANN (TV Asahi)
Release	September 1, 2024 (2024-09-01) – present
Related
Kamen Rider Gotchard

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 and later, No.1 Sentai Gozyuger in the Super Hero Time lineup after the finale of Kamen Rider Gotchard. It also marks the debut of a snack motif including gummy candies, potato chips, marshmallows, chocolates, and lollipops.

Plot

Main article: List of Kamen Rider Gavv characters

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 his mother's kidnapping by a Granute 18 years ago who becomes Kamen Rider Valen after passing though a modification surgery by the researcher Kenzo Suga that gives him the ability to also tap the power of Shoma's Gochizo, unaware that the latter is working with one of the Stomach siblings.

Production

The Kamen Rider Gavv trademark was registered by Toei Company on April 27, 2024, and published on May 10, 2024.

Gavv was officially announced on July 1, 2024.

The opening theme song "Got Boost?" is performed by dance and vocal group Fantastics from Exile Tribe.

Episodes

#	English title Original Japanese title	Director	Writer	Original airdate
1	"A Snack Kamen Rider!?" 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)
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 Sweets, Shoma decides to make use of the power of his new companions, the Gochizo to protect them as Kamen Rider Gavv.
2	"Happy Zakuzakuchips" Transliteration: "Shiawase Zakuzakuchippusu" (Japanese: 幸せザクザクチップス)	Teruaki Sugihara	Junko Kōmura	September 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" 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)
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 freelance journalist Hanto Karakida.
4	"More Marshmallows Please!" Transliteration: "Mashumaro Okawari!" (Japanese: マシュマロおかわり！)	Takayuki Shibasaki	Junko Kōmura	September 22, 2024 (2024-09-22)
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" Transliteration: "Omoide ga Hirihiri" (Japanese: 思い出がヒリヒリ)	Satoshi Morota	Junko Kōmura	September 29, 2024 (2024-09-29)
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" 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)
Shoma starts living with Sachika, the latter of whom is responsible for giving the Gochizo their species' namesake. Although Sachika is still not aware that Gochizo are alive. Meanwhile, Hanto volunteers to undergo Suga'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, one of Shoma's older brothers, 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?" 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)
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, where he is approached by Glotta, one of Shoma's older sisters.
8	"Dual Chocolate" Transliteration: "Dyuaru Chokoreito" (Japanese: デュアル チョコレイト)	Teruaki Sugihara	Junko Kōmura	October 20, 2024 (2024-10-20)
After rescuing the kidnapped girl, Shoma and Hanto are suspicious that the Granutes are still targeting the artists in Masako's mansion and keep watching over them. Even without transforming into a Granute form, Glotta can still defeat Valen single handledly during their first encounter, while also recalling how she knew Hanto lost his mother to a canine Granute. Meanwhile, the rest of the Stomach Family take heed of the Kamen Riders' interference and decide to come with measures against them. When Shoma manages to expose a Granute who is sent to kidnap the artists, to his friends and clients, Sachika helps the Kamen Riders to counteract the Granute's newfound self-cloning ability.
9	"Trick or Dance!" Transliteration: "Torikku Oa Dansu!" (Japanese: トリック オア ダンス！)	Takayuki Shibasaki	Kaori Kaneko	October 27, 2024 (2024-10-27)
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 Lango, the eldest son in the Stomach Family.
10	"Extra Large! Candy Cannon!" Transliteration: "Tokumori! Kyandi-hō!" (Japanese: 特盛り！キャンディ砲！)	Takayuki Shibasaki	Kaori Kaneko	November 10, 2024 (2024-11-10)
Shoma once again gave birth to another new Gochizo. Shortly after, both Shoma and Hanto discovered the true identity of a Granute who kidnapped children to be a cake shop owner, who has the ability to turn a building complex he took over into a shell to assume full hermit crab-like form while carrying said hostages. After rescuing the children, Valen only reveals Gavv a little detail on how he became a Rider without slipping his secret identity to him, and also apologize for his creator's cause on kidnapping one of the Chocodon Gochizo to create his Rider power. Nevertheless, Gavv gives Valen several Chocodon Gochizo, believing that Valen is a Granute who did not have an ability to produce Gochizo like he was. Meanwhile, Suga recorded all of the Kamen Riders' combat data on his flash drive.
11	"Beware of Sweet Words!" Transliteration: "Amai Kotoba ni Goyōjin!" (Japanese: あまい言葉にご用心！)	Kazuya Kamihoriuchi	Junko Kōmura	November 17, 2024 (2024-11-17)
Hanto is suddenly being suspected for a romance scam, and decides to seek both Sachika and Shoma. As the scammer uses Hanto's profile picture on an online dating platform, Hanto pretends to go on a date with the woman who became the latest victim of the scam in order to find the culprit who framed him, with the help from the victim's younger sister. It is later revealed that a Granute disguised as a young boy was responsible behind the romance scam and framed Hanto. Meanwhile, Lango officially fires Siita and Jiip and decides to briefly visit Shoma. In the midst of the attack, Shoma comes to learn of Hanto's secret identity as Valen, when a Granute forced Hanto to detransform.
12	"A Bond Connected by Doughnuts" Transliteration: "Dōnatsu ga Tsunagu Kizuna" (Japanese: ドーナツがつなぐ絆)	Kazuya Kamihoriuchi	Junko Kōmura	November 24, 2024 (2024-11-24)
Hanto is rescued by Shoma and in the occasion, his secret as Kamen Rider Valen has been revealed. Shoma decides to come clean by revealing his secret identity as Kamen Rider Gavv. After sharing each other's tragedies of losing their respective mothers at the hands of the Stomach Family and their Granute servants, they decide to keep working together against the Granutes. While arranging marriages for Siita and Jiip, both Lango and Glotta also captures a fugitive Granute into working for them. To replace the lost part timers, Lango instructs Glotta to hire new ones among those who are addicted to the Dark Sweets and thus willing to do anything to get more of them.
13	"Promised Homemade Cake" Transliteration: "Yakusoku no Tezukuri Kēki" (Japanese: 約束の手作りケーキ)	Teruaki Sugihara	Junko Kōmura	December 1, 2024 (2024-12-01)
Having lost their jobs and forced to take part in arranged marriages by Lango, Siita and Jiip decide to take revenge on Shoma by fighting him personally.
14	"Miraculous Awakening! Caking" Transliteration: "Kiseki no Kakusei! Kēkingu" (Japanese: 奇跡の覚醒！ケーキング)	Teruaki Sugihara	Junko Kōmura	December 8, 2024 (2024-12-08)
Shoma survives Siita and Jiip's violent attacks but is badly wounded. The twins then begin threatening humans in order to draw him out and Shoma decides to face his siblings again, this time with a new type of Gochizo that gives him an enhanced, more powerful form, that he uses to defeat them, but Siita sacrifices herself to protect her twin brother from the final blow, leaving him devastated. Meanwhile, Suga meets an associate of his who happens to be Nyelv.
15	"Escaped Granute!" Transliteration: "Dassō Guranyūto!" (Japanese: 脱走グラニュート！)	Satoshi Morota	Nobuhiro Mouri	December 15, 2024 (2024-12-15)
Shoma meets a Granute who affirms that he is done associating himself with the Stomach Family and wants to be protected with them. Shoma is willing to help but Hanto insists that he is still an enemy to be destroyed. Meanwhile, Jiip is devastated with his twin sister's death and Suga and Nyelv move on with their plans.
16	"The Gift of Noël" Transliteration: "Noeru no Okurimono" (Japanese: ノエルのおくりもの)	Satoshi Morota	Nobuhiro Mouri	December 22, 2024 (2024-12-22)
17	"Caramel Tentacles Taste Like Happiness" Transliteration: "Karameru Shokushu wa Kōfuku Aji" (Japanese: カラメる触手は幸福味)	Takayuki Shibasaki	Kaori Kaneko Junko Kōmura	January 5, 2025 (2025-01-05)

Films

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

Cast

• Shoma Stomach (ショウマ・ストマック, Shōma Sutomakku): Hidekazu Chinen (知念 英和, Chinen Hidekazu)
• 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)
• Lage Nine (ラーゲ9, Rāge Nain): Kohei Shoji (庄司 浩平, Shōji Kōhei)
• 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)
• Kani (可児, 13-16): Yosuke Kishi (岸 洋佑, Kishi Yōsuke)

Theme songs

Opening theme

• "Got Boost?"
  • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi (藤林 聖子, Fujibayashi Shōko)
  • Composition: SKY BEATZ, FAST LANE
  • Artist: Fantastics from Exile Tribe

  Episode 1 does not feature the show's opening sequence, and it is instead used as an insert song in episode 1.

Insert theme

• "Aishite" (愛して)
  • Lyrics: Yosuke Kishi
  • Composition & Arrangement: Yosuke Kishi, Ryunosuke Yamagishi (山岸 竜之介, Yamagishi Ryūnosuke)
  • Artist: Kani (Yosuke Kishi)
  • Episodes: 13

External links

• Official website at TV Asahi (in Japanese)
• Official website at Kamen Rider Web (in Japanese)
• Official X (formerly Twitter) (in Japanese)