History Series / KamenriderKiva

*** '''[=DoGaBaKi=]''': Transformed by [[AllYourPowersCombined using all three Arms Monsters at once]] and can use all three weapons at once. Has higher kick power than basic forms, but weaker arm strength than Dogga, slower than Garulu, and lower jump than Kiva. This form also causes high physical stress, so it can only safely activate for 5 minutes.
*** '''Emperor''': SuperMode activated by having Tatsulot remove his PowerLimiter. Superior to the basic forms in almost every respect[[note]]the sole exception is speed, which is slower than Garulu[[/note]] and can use the Arms Monsters without transforming as well as the new [[CoolSword Zanvat Sword]].

*** '''Emperor Bat'''[[note]]also known as Flight Style[[/note]]: [[PowerUpgradingDeformation Transforms from Emperor Form]] into a [[BatOutOfHell bat monster]]. [[{{Flight}} Can fly]] at a speed over mach 3.4 and is powerful enough to engage in a fight against a [[{{Kaiju}} Sabbat]].

** Nago becoming [[TemporaryBlindness temporarily blind]] after a battle and needing Megumi's help to keep fighting the Fangire resembles the time when [[Series/KamenRiderAgito Hikawa]] went temporarily blind from exhaustion and needed help to fight as G3-X.

** Nago [[TemporaryBlindness becoming temporarily blind]] after a battle and needing Megumi's help to keep fighting the Fangire resembles the time when [[Series/KamenRiderAgito Hikawa]] went temporarily blind from exhaustion and needed help to fight as G3-X.

** Nago [[Temporary Blindness becoming temporarily blind]] after a battle and needing Megumi's help to keep fighting the Fangire resembles the time when [[Series/KamenRiderAgito Hikawa]] went temporarily blind from exhaustion and needed help to fight as G3-X.

** IXA going blind and needing Megumi's help to fight resembles the time when [[Series/KamenRiderAgito Makoto Hikawa]] went temporarily blind and needed help to fight as G3-X.

** Saga's name's last syllable is a pun on "Ga" (a kanji that means fang, and the same Ga that's the first kanji of Gaoh's name)

* BloodBrothers: Otoya and the Arms Monsters.

*** '''Dogga''': Transformed by using [[DropTheHammer Dogga Hammer]]. He gains SuperStrength to wield it and heavy armor. [[MightyGlacier Naturally, this costs him speed]].

%%*** Basshaa Form: CoolGuns
%%*** Dogga Form: DropTheHammer

* AlternateContinuity: The 2013 novel, which is a reimagining of the TV series where Kiva is Wataru's Fangire form. With that, Kivat, Bassha and Dogga do not exist in this story. Meanwhile, Jiro/Garulu, who is in turn, a Fangire Hunter. Shizuka Nomura is an important character and actually does something to contribute to the plot. And Nago never befriends Wataru, who ends up as the final villain.

* NonSerialMovie: ''King of the Demon Castle'' can't fit within the series' continuity and is never referenced again, but it explains where [[spoiler:Kiva Flight Style]] comes from.
** Though it's implied that Flight Style is Wataru's Fangire form. Dragon Fangire anyone?

* ''Kamen Rider Kiva: You Can Also Be Kiva'', a non-canon DVD special distributed by ''Televi-kun'' magazine where Wataru, Otoya, and Nago interact with the viewer.

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Kiva'' is created to be much darker tone in comparison to it's LighterAndSofter predecessor ''Den-O''. While it has its fair share of comedic moments, themes such as human prejudice towards a monster race and frequent death counts towards random civilians perpetrated by the MonsterOfTheWeek is quite common not unlike Toshiki Inoue's [[Series/KamenRiderAgito previous]] [[Series/KamenRider555 Rider shows]].

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** And Yuria Haga in the role of Mio [[spoiler:takes a fatal Rider Kick from one Rider to defend another one, just like she did in Series/KamenRiderFaiz. Interestingly, the roles of the Riders are inverted in each season.]]

*** Lampshaded in [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Decade]] when Tsukasa gets into a fight with an AlternateUniverse Wataru, using each of Kuuga's forms to match up with their respective Kiva forms.
** Kiva also contains some nods to Series/KamenRiderAgito - Garulu and Basshaa Form are asymmetrical, just like Agito's Flame and Storm Forms, Garulu and Storm have their own set of similarities (blue, left-handed melee fighter), and of course [=DoGaBaKi=] Form corresponds to Trinity Form, both being mish-mashes of their respective Riders' alternate forms and using AllYourPowersCombined-empowered Rider Kicks as their finishers. Additionally, in the early parts of the series Wataru tends not to talk when he's in the Kiva suit; Shoichi was much the same in Agito.
*** The origins of the four Riders in Kiva also mirrors that of the four Riders in Agito - Magic Based Primary Rider, Technology Based Second Rider, Incomplete version of the Primary Rider, Alternate Version of the Primary Rider.

** Rising IXA's TransformationTrinket pops out of the mouthpiece, possibly a tribute to Series/KamenRiderX. In addition, the fact that Rising’s transformation involves parts of its armor being shed off is reminiscent of the Cast Off system from Series/KamenRiderKabuto.
*** IXA's weapon works ''just'' like [[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kaixa's]] (a plus shaped weapon that changes from a gun to a sword), they both have a phone TransformationTrinket (although to be fair, IXA's phone is for his most powerful form), and just look at their names! Not to mention that the one who uses it the longest is... [[AxCrazy not all]] [[KnightTemplar there.]]

** At the end of TheMovie, there is a shot of a bunch of mascot costumes goofing around, four of which were the same ones the Taros wear in one of ''Den-O's'' own movies, Final Countdown. The one wearing Momotaros's dog costume was even holding a sign that reads "Yakisoba [[CatchPhrase Sanjou]]!".
** Taiga's costume of a white jacket and a black glove on one hand resembles what Minami Kotaro wears in Series/KamenRiderBlackRX: a white jacket and a white glove on one hand.