Kamen Rider Kuuga
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| Kamen Rider Kuuga 仮面ライダークウガ | |
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| Genre | Kamen Rider |
| Creator | Ishinomori Shoutarou |
| Writer | Arakawa Naruhisa, others |
| Director | Ishida Hidenori, others |
| Starring |
Odagiri Joe Katsuyama Shingo Murata Kazumi Ootsuka Yoshitaka Mizushima Kaori |
| Narrator | Tachiki Fumihiko |
| Opening theme |
Kamen Rider Kuuga! by: Tanaka Masayuki |
| Ending theme |
Aozora ni Naru by: Hashimoto Jin |
| Composer(s) | Sahashi Toshihiko |
| No. of episodes | 49 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Shimizu Yuumi (TV Asahi) Suzuki Takeyuki Takadera Shigenori (Toei) |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
TV Asahi Toei Company ADK |
| Fan Rating | / 5 Stars |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | TV Asahi |
| Time | 8:00 am Sun |
| Original run | January 30, 2000 – January 21, 2001 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Kamen Rider Agito |
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仮面ライダークウガ Masked Rider Kuuga
January 30, 2000 - January 21, 2001 (49 episodes)
Catchphrase: "A New Hero. A New Legend."
Series Synopsis
An ancient race, the Grongi, have revived in the modern day. Godai Yuusuke is a young man who discovers the power of Kuuga that dwells within an ancient belt. He is the only one who can fight against the monstrous threat of the Grongi.
Characters
The Linto (リント)
Godai Family and Friends
- Godai Yuusuke 五代雄介 / Kamen Rider Kuuga 仮面ライダークウガ
- Actor: Odagiri Joe
- An adventurer who possesses 2000 skills.
- Godai Minori 五代 みのり
- Actress: Aoi Wakana
- Godai Yuusuke's younger sister who works at the Wakaba Nursery.
- Sawatari Sakurako 沢渡桜子
- Actress: Murata Kazumi
- A good friend of Godai Yuusuke. She deciphers the ancient text to learn about Kuuga.
- Jean ジャン・ミッシェル・ソレル
- Actor: セルジュ・ヴァシロフ
- A university student who shares the office with Sakurako. He is responsible for researching the fragments of Gouram.
- Oyassan (Boss) おやっさん
- Actor: Kitarou
- Owner of the Pore-Pore Tea Cafe. His real name is Kazari Tamasaburou (飾 玉三郎).
- Asahina Nana 朝比奈奈々
- Actress: Mizuhara Shio
- Kazari Tamasaburou's niece who helps out in the Pore-Pore Tea Cafe.
Police
- Ichijou Kaoru 一条 薫
- Actor: Katsuyama Shingo
- Godai's main ally in fighting the Grongi. He was a detective in the Nagano Police Department before being transferred to the Police Headquarters in Tokyo.
- Enokida Hikari 榎田ひかり
- Actress: Mizushima Kaori
- A scientist who works to aid the police department. She's also the mother of a young son.
- Sugita Morimichi 杉田守道
- Actor: Matsuyama Takashi
- A cop who works alongside Ichijou.
- Sasayama Nozomi 笹山望見
- Actress: Tanaka Eri → MegaYellow, Female Police Officer in Kuuga
- She is responsible for reporting urgent messages via the radio.
- Matsukura Sadao 松倉 貞雄
- Actor: Ishiyama Yuudai
- The Police Chief of the Police Headquarters in Tokyo.
- Sakurai Tsuyoshi 桜井 剛
- Actor: Yoneyama Nobuyuki
- A field cop.
- Kashiwabara Hitoshi 柏原仁、警察官
- Actor: Kikuchi Takashi
- Ebisawa Tatsuhiko 海老沢達彦
- Actor: Mori Fujio
- A middle aged cop who works in Nagano.
- Kameyama Tsurumaru 亀山鶴丸
- Actor: 西手勝秋
- Works in Nagano with Ebisawa. Ichijou's underling before Ichijou is transferred to the Police Headquarters in Tokyo.
Police Related Agencies
- Tsubaki Shuuichi 椿秀一
- Actor: Ootsuka Yoshitaka
- Ichijou's old friend who works as a doctor in Kantou University Hospital.
Others
- Natsume Mika 夏目 実加
- Actress: Takeshima Yuka
- Professor Natsume's daughter. She had a fragment of Gouram which her father sent to her before his death. She was disappointed at the police for being unable to find her father's killer.
- Kanzaki Shouji 神崎 昭二
- Actor: Inoue Takashi
- Godai Yuusuke's elementary school teacher.
- Chouno Junichi 蝶野 潤一
- Actor: 内田大介
- A mysterious man who tried to abandon his humanity.
- Enokida Atsuko 榎田篤子
- Actress: Naka Machiko
- Enokida Hikari's mother.
- Enokida Sayuru 榎田冴
- Actor: Niibo Kentaro Template:I
- Enokida Hikari's only child.
- Motoshiro Keiko 元城恵子
- Actress: Okada Rie
- Godai Minori's colleague at the Wakaba Nursery.
- Yashiro Hiroyuki 社広之 - Kamata Yuutarou
- Terashima Shuto 寺島周斗 - 高木智晃
- Suyama Kanako 須山可奈子 - Mino Yukako
Voice Work
- Narration - Tachiki Fumihiko
- Radio DJ - Suwabe Junichi
- TryChaser 2000 Manual VTR Narration - Ogata Bunkou
- N Daguba Zeba ン・ダグバ・ゼバ (EPISODE 1 only) - Natsui Takahiro
- Go Jiino Da ゴ・ジイノ・ダ - Inada Tetsu
Grongi
グロンギ
Also known as the Unidentified Lifeforms in modern day.
Links to pages explaining the Grongi language
Terms
Ruins of Mountain Kurogatake - The mountain in Nagano where the Unidentified Lifeforms were revived.
Locations
- Bunkyou District - Pore-Pore Tea Cafe
- Chiba - Police Science Research Institute
- Jounan College - Archeology Research Lab
- Toshima District - Wakaba Nursery
Chronology
| Episode | Title | 日本語 | Air date | Writer | Director | Viewership |
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| Episode 01 | Revival | 復活 | January 30, 2000 | Arakawa Naruhisa | Ishida Hidenori | 8.9% |
| Episode 02 | Henshin | 変身 | February 6, 2000 | 9.2% | ||
| Episode 03 | Tokyo | 東京 | February 13, 2000 | Watanabe Katsuya | 10.8% | |
| Episode 04 | Sprint | 疾走 | February 20, 2000 | 9.2% | ||
| Episode 05 | Distance | 距離 | February 27, 2000 | Nagaishi Takao | 10.3% | |
| Episode 06 | Blue Dragon | 青龍 | March 5, 2000 | 8.6% | ||
| Episode 07 | Grief | 傷心 | March 12, 2000 | Ishida Hidenori | 9.7% | |
| Episode 08 | Archer | 射手 | March 19, 2000 | 9.2% | ||
| Episode 09 | Siblings | 兄妹 | March 26, 2000 | Watanabe Katsuya | 9.1% | |
| Episode 10 | Violence | 熾烈 | April 2, 2000 | 8.4% | ||
| Episode 11 | A Promise | 約束 | April 9, 2000 | Nagaishi Takao | 8.6% | |
| Episode 12 | Indebted Teacher | 恩師 | April 16, 2000 | 8.5% | ||
| Episode 13 | Doubt | 不審 | April 23, 2000 | Inoue Toshiki | Ishida Hidenori | 9.3% |
| Episode 14 | Omen | 前兆 | April 30, 2000 | 9.5% | ||
| Episode 15 | Armored | 装甲 | May 7, 2000 | Arakawa Naruhisa | Watanabe Katsuya | 9.5% |
| Episode 16 | Faith | 信条 | May 14, 2000 | 10.8% | ||
| Episode 17 | Battle Preparations | 臨戦 | May 21, 2000 | Suzumura Nobuhiro | 8.5% | |
| Episode 18 | Loss | 喪失 | May 28, 2000 | Inoue Toshiki | Nagaishi Takao | 10.4% |
| Episode 19 | Spirit Stone | 霊石 | June 4, 2000 | Arakawa Naruhisa | Ishida Hidenori | 11.0% |
| Episode 20 | Smile | 笑顔 | June 11, 2000 | 8.1% | ||
| Episode 21 | Secret Maneuvers | 暗躍 | June 25, 2000 | Watanabe Katsuya | 10.0% | |
| Episode 22 | Game | 遊戯 | July 2, 2000 | 10.9% | ||
| Episode 23 | Unease | 不安 | July 9, 2000 | Inoue Toshiki | Nagaishi Takao | 7.2% |
| Episode 24 | Augmentation | 強化 | July 16, 2000 | 10.7% | ||
| Episode 25 | 彷徨 | July 23, 2000 | Arakawa Naruhisa | Ishida Hidenori | 8.9% | |
| Episode 26 | 自分 | July 30, 2000 | 10.1% | |||
| Episode 27 | 波紋 | August 6, 2000 | Inoue Toshiki | Watanabe Katsuya | 8.5% | |
| Episode 28 | 解明 | August 13, 2000 | 8.1% | |||
| Episode 29 | 岐路 | August 20, 2000 | Arakawa Naruhisa | Nagaishi Takao | 7.6% | |
| Episode 30 | 運命 | August 27, 2000 | 9.1% | |||
| Episode 31 | 応戦 | September 3, 2000 | Suzumura Nobuhiro | 9.7% | ||
| Episode 32 | 障害 | September 10, 2000 | Inoue Toshiki | Kaneda Osamu | 11.1% | |
| Episode 33 | 連携 | September 17, 2000 | 9.6% | |||
| Episode 34 | 戦慄 | October 1, 2000 | Arakawa Naruhisa | Ishida Hidenori | 10.2% | |
| Episode 35 | 愛憎 | October 8, 2000 | 9.3% | |||
| Episode 36 | 錯綜 | October 15, 2000 | Watanabe Katsuya | 10.4% | ||
| Episode 37 | 接近 | October 22, 2000 | 11.7% | |||
| Episode 38 | 変転 | October 29, 2000 | Nagaishi Takao | 11.2% | ||
| Episode 39 | 強魔 | November 12, 2000 | 11.3% | |||
| Episode 40 | 衝動 | November 19, 2000 | Ishida Hidenori | 10.4% | ||
| Episode 41 | 抑制 | November 26, 2000 | 10.2% | |||
| Episode 42 | 戦場 | December 3, 2000 | Kaneda Osamu | 10.9% | ||
| Episode 43 | 現実 | December 10, 2000 | 11.0% | |||
| Episode 44 | 危機 | December 17, 2000 | Watanabe Katsuya | 11.4% | ||
| Episode 45 | 強敵 | December 24, 2000 | 10.9% | |||
| Episode 46 | 不屈 | December 31, 2000 | 8.1% | |||
| Episode 46.5 | 初夢 | January 2, 2001 | Takenaka Kiyoshi | Kofuji Kouichi | 5.1% | |
| Episode 47 | 決意 | January 7, 2001 | Arakawa Naruhisa | Ishida Hidenori | 8.4% | |
| Episode 48 | 空我 | January 14, 2001 | 10.5% | |||
| Episode 49 | 雄介 | January 21, 2001 | 11.8% |
Average Viewership: 9.7% (SP excluded) Highest: 11.85% (#49) Lowest: 7.2% (#23) [1]
Other Releases
- Kamen Rider Kuuga Himitsu Video
仮面ライダークウガ超ひみつビデオ「仮面ライダークウガVS剛力怪人ゴ・ジイノ・ダ」
- EPISODE 50 乙彼
- Special Version 特別篇
Episode 1-2 Director's Cut
- 超古代語対訳版
Trivia
- Kuuga is the only series featuring a single Rider in the Heisei era.
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External Links
T-N Release List
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