Trivia / Kamen Rider Kiva

• Acting for Two:
  • Shoma Yamamoto played Takato Shiramine/Kamen Rider Rey in the Kiva movie, yet he appears in the television series as Taiga Nobori/Kamen Rider Saga, who has no connection to Takato/Rey.
    • Given that "rey" is Spanish for "king", it makes for a bit of subtle foreshadowing, but in this case, "rey" is derived from a Japanese word for "cold".
  • Kouhei Takeda playing both Wataru's father Otoya, and his Kid from the Future Masao in the Grand Finale.
  • Kivat-Bat III and his father, Kivat-Bat II, are both voiced by Tomokazu Sugita, and the two Kivats were reunited near the end of the series. Norio Wakamoto also voiced both Arc Kivat and Rey Kivat in The Movie, but the two never interacted with each other.
• Bonus Episode: The Hyper Battle DVD, Kamen Rider Kiva: You Can Also be Kiva was released with an issue of TV Kun.
• The Danza: Keisuke Kato as Keisuke Nago.
  • An interesting one, while Jiro is played by Kenji Matsuda and his Garulu form is portrayed by suit actor Seiji Taikawa, his suit actor for when he was briefly Ixa is Jiro Okamato.
• Dawson Casting: Averted. Kamen Rider 555 may have been 5 years earlier, but Yuria Haga was born in 1987, which realistically places Mio's birth after the events of '86.
• Prop Recycling: The same sword weapon is used by several Fangire, including Horse, Frog, Moth and Bishop (Swallowtail).
• Real Life Writes the Plot: The reason Kiva's four base forms were essentially abandoned in the latter half of the series was because the suits were too heavy for suit actor Seiji Takaiwa due to the fact they used real metal chains. Thus, Kiva had to rely on the lighter Emperor Form suit for most of the series.
• Write Who You Know: According to Toshiki Inoue in his father’s biography, Otoya Kurenai’s antics as The Casanova were based on his father Masaru Igami (who was notably the head writer for many Kamen Rider seasons of the Shōwa era) being a complicated Mr. Vice Guy, and that Otoya’s depiction as a Chivalrous Pervert is reflective of Igami’s redeeming qualities that earned him the admiration of his peers and son despite those flaws.

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