Kamen Rider Kuuga

is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It is the tenth installment in the popular Kamen Rider of tokusatsu shows. It was a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei, and was shown on TV Asahi from January 30, 2000 to January 21, 2001.

Characters

 * The young adventurer who changes into Kuuga. He is a happy-go-lucky and honest person that fights to protect everyone's smile. Yuusuke and his sister, Minori, lost their mother while they were both young and their father when they were older. He was born in Hokkaidō Prefecture on March 18, 1975. His blood type is O.


 * The police inspector who assists Godai in fighting the Grongi. He is a model policeman that firmly believes in doing the right thing. Though he is very strict with himself, he will do everything he can, even bend police rules, to help Yuusuke fight the Grongi. He was born in Nagoya City in Aichi Prefecture on April 18, 1974. His blood type is AB.
 * A friend of Godai who translates the ancient "Lintonese" transcripts that tell of Kuuga and the Grongi. At first she was against helping because she was worried about Yuusuke, but now she believes in him fully and works hard to help Yuusuke understand his powers by deciphering the writings. She was born in Gunma Prefecture on October 30, 1976. Her blood type is B.
 * A trusted friend of Ichijo, he is the doctor that looks after Yuusuke and treats him when he becomes injured. Though he's a light-hearted person, he was very serious and worried when talking about Yuusuke's future transformations because of the constant dangers that surrounded the Kuuga legend. He also performs the autopsies of the Grongi victims in order to determine causes of death.
 * Another old friend of Ichijo, she is in charge of the Science Division of the Police Department. She studies the biology of the Grongi in order to develop effective weapons against them. She also assists in the study of Kuuga and the Gouram. Because of the massive amount of work required of her to fight the Grongi, she was away from home quite often and her child felt alone and neglected.
 * A university student from America that shares the work office with Sakurako. He researched the broken fragments that later formed into Gouram. He has a crush on Enokida and hoped to help her reconnect with her child.
 * Yuusuke's younger sister who works a teacher at a local daycare. Yuusuke will occasionally visit her there to entertain the kids. Like Sakurako, she was at first apprehensive about her brother transforming into Kuuga, but she believes in Yuusuke and helps out however she can. She was born in Hokkaidō Prefecture on September 4, 1977. Her blood type is O.
 * He was friends with the father of Yuusuke and Minori, who refer to him as like everyone else. He owns and runs the Pore-Pore Tea Cafe. He is a goofy, light-hearted character that keeps a scrap book of all of Kuuga's exploits from the newspaper, though unaware of Yuusuke being "Number 4" and that the name "Kuuga" is a some jibberish. He was born on June 9, 1955. His blood type is A.
 * The daughter of Proff. Natsume, one of Daguba's victims, she was greatly depressed when her father's murder was being overlooked for the Grongi attacks, taking the findings her father had at their house. But after Yuusuke reasons with her, Mika decides to aid in the Grongi matter as Jean's assistant.
 * Tamasaburo's niece, who helps out at the Pore-Pore Tea.

The Grongi
The is a mysterious ancient civilization that can transformed into their monster forms to kill people for their ruthless game, the first being their rival civilization the Linto. But Kuuga defeats the leader of the Grongi and seals all 2001 of them away. However, by present day, the newly resurrected Deguba revives his tribe from their rest and resume their game on the human race. They are referred by the Police as. Each of them possess a strange artifact in all of their bodies. Those seen to assume human form are labeled as "B", each the human-like Grongi possessing a tattoo that resemble their true animalistic forms. Unidentified Lifeform #B1 only remains in human form for the rest of the series. The naming pattern of the Grongi are "Group･Species･Creature type".

N Daguba Zeba
is the lord of the Grongi Tribe responsible for murdering the archaeologists before resurrecting the Grongis in modern times, labeled "Unidentified Lifeform 0" by the Police. He appears to have killed other Grongi as well, as not all of them appeared in the series due to their unworthiness to be in the game. Once he appears physically, Daguba is labeled as "B13" before being killed by Kuuga Ultimate Form

Ra Group
The Judges of the Grongi game and Daguba's righthands.


 * - Assuming the guise of a, she is labeled "Unidentified Lifeform B1". Killed by Ichijo's Neurotmesis Bullet, her corpse was never found.
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 47 and B9. Killed by Sugita and Sakurai's Neurotmesis Bullet

Nu･Zajio･Re
is the last of the Nu, the group within the Grongi who crafts the artifacts used by the other groups. Posing as middle aged man, Zajio manages to remain in hiding while creating the items used by the Grongi until he is eventually killed by Daguba.

Be Jimin Ba
is the last of the Be Group, who were all murdered by N･Daguba･Zeba without acquiring the right of the game. The monster only appears on the Kuuga stage show.

Zu Group
Lower tier. The creatures of Zu group which is not in the list are considered to have been murdered by Daguba, without acquiring the right of the game. The one that are qualified are brought into the game by writing their names on a portable black board and using the beads of their bracelets to mark the number of people they have killed. Their leader is Zu･Zain･Da.


 * Referred to the police as "Unidentified Lifeform 1". He was Kuuga's first opponent, though he survived as Kuuga was in "Growing Form". But by the next episode, Gumun reappeared to settle the score while aiding Gōma. But in the end, the Zu was destroyed by Kuuga Mighty Form's Mighty Kick.
 * Labeled as "Unidentified Lifeform 3" originally and B2. He posed as a preacher when he first appears, later while donning a black trenchcoat and fedora to protect himself from direct sunlight. Though he survived Kuuga in the first encounter, Gōma was temporary removed from the game as a result and becomes Ra･Baruba･De's underling when the Zu lose the right to play. His numerous failures got him killed by Daguba.


 * Labeled "Unidentified Lifeform 5", she fought Kuuga and ended up losing her eye to gunshots by the police. She was eventually Destroyed by Kuuga Mighty Form's Mighty Kick.


 * - Labeled as "Unidentified Lifeform 6" and "B5", the arrogant Bazu assumes the form of a young man with a scarf. When he begins his part in the game in Suginami, Bazu grabs unsuspecting people where the smoke from a factory doesn't point, leaping high enough so his victims can fall to their death. Kuuga arrives before Bazu kills a police officer, with Bazu overpowering Kuuga's Mighty Form with his jumping abilities, though he retreats when the smoke comes their way. Bazu later resumes the game, almost killing Ichijou and attacking the Police before Yuusuke arrives to finish the fight. Though losing at first, Kuuga manages to master Dragon Form's power thanks to Sakurako, using his Splash Dragon attack to kill Bazu.


 * - Unidentified Lifeform 7.
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 8.
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 9.
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 10.
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 11.
 * and - Unidentified Lifeforms 12 A and 12B.
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 13.


 * Unidentified Lifeform 22 and B4, able to assume the form of a hulking strongman with a temper. Soon after the Me group's turn begins with the Zu no longer worthy to play, and when their first hideout got compromised by the police's smoke bombs, Zain starts acting on his own by attacking trucks and jabbing the drivers to death with his horn. He overpowered Kuuga in both human and Grongi forms when Biran intervened. While Zain resumes his attack on large motor vehicles, Yuusuke manages to perfect his Mighty Kick to finally kill the Grongi.

Me Group
Middle tier, above the ranks of the Zu, they are brought into the game by using a abacus to predict the number of people there are to kill and the time period to accomplished that. Their leader is Me･Garima･Ba.


 * The first of the Me group to join the game, labeled "Unidentified Lifeform 14", he assumes the form of a young man in a yellow jacket. Bajisu uses the stingers from his wrists to execute vertical sniping from high in the sky, with the victim dying a fatal anaphylatic shock. However Kuuga, intervenes, with Bajisu forced to leave his bracelet behind as Kuuga pursing him. But once Kuuga assumes Pegasus Form, Bajisu took advantage of this and retreat, getting a new bracelet to resume his game. Using a tracking device, Ichijou manages to track down Bajisu and give pursuit as the Grongi makes his way to the beach to kill Yuusuke as payback. However, once able to master Pegasus Form's power, Kuuga blasts the Grongi out of the sky with his Blast Pegasus attack.


 * Unidentified Lifeform 15.
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 16.
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 17.
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 18.
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 19.
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 20.


 * - Labeled "Unidentified Lifeform 21", Giiga assumes the form of a man dressed in white with a dunce cap. When he begins to play, he shoots glops ink from his mouth that explodes on compact to kill his victims, retreating into a nearby body of water as his stomach overheats from producing more of the ink. Kuuga was unable to defeat Giiga in Mighty Form, though the Grongi retreated when he begins to overheat. When Giiga resumes his game, Kuuga assumes Titan Form and withstands the Grongi's attacks before running the Grongi though with his Calamity Titan attack.


 * - Labeled as "Unidentified Lifeform 23" and "B7", assuming the form of a young man, Biran briefly challenged Zain after insulting him and his Zu. Biran later first made himself known to Kuuga when he attacks Zain for "stealing his turn". Once his turn began, Biran gets to kill off 180 people within a period of 2 days by attacking any form of water transportation and slaughtering the passengers single handily. But he is driven out of his game by the smell of blood overriding his senses, the police arrive to fight Biran until Kuuga arrives to fight him. But when Mighty Form and Titan have no effect, Biran is forced away when hit with a Neurotmesis Bullet. In spite of being, Biran was intend to make his quota to the very end. When Ichijou manages to lure Biran out into the open, Kuuga kills him in Dragon Form with his Splash Dragon attack.


 * - Unidentified Lifeform 24. Destroyed by Kuuga Mighty Form's Try Gouram Attack
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 25.
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 26A. Destroyed by Kuuga Growing Form's Growing Kick
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 26B. Melted by Kuuga Mighty Form's Mighty Kick
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 27.
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 28.
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 29.
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 30.
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 31 and B3, the first of the Me Group to appear before he eventually joins the game. Destroyed by Kuuga Pegasus Form's Blast Pegasus
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 32.
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 33. Destroyed by Kuuga Titan Form's Calamity Titan
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 34.
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 35.
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 36 and B6. Destroyed by Kuuga Rising Titan Form's Rising Calamity Titan

Go Group
High tier. All of their weapons are created from each respected ornament. The one who can defeat all the Go class Grongi will be able to fight Daguba. Their leader is Go･Gadoru･Ba.


 * - Unidentified Lifeform 37. Destroyed by Kuuga Rising Pegasus Form's Rising Blast Pegasus
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 38. Destroyed by Kuuga Rising Dragon Form's Rising Splash Dragon
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 39. Destroyed by Kuuga Rising Mighty Form's Rising Mighty Kick
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 40.
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 41 and B8. Destroyed by Kuuga Rising Mighty Form's Rising Mighty Kick
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 42. Destroyed by Kuuga Rising Titan Form's Rising Calamity Titan
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 43. Destroyed by Kuuga Rising Pegasus Form's Rising Blast Pegasus
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 44 and B10. Destroyed by Kuuga Rising Titan Form's Double Rising Calamity Titan
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 45 and B12. Destroyed by Kuuga Rising Mighty Form's Rising Beat Gouram Attack
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 46 and B11. Destroyed by Kuuga Amazing Mighty Form's Amazing Mighty Kick
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 45 and B12. Destroyed by Kuuga Rising Mighty Form's Rising Beat Gouram Attack
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 46 and B11. Destroyed by Kuuga Amazing Mighty Form's Amazing Mighty Kick
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 46 and B11. Destroyed by Kuuga Amazing Mighty Form's Amazing Mighty Kick
 * - Unidentified Lifeform 46 and B11. Destroyed by Kuuga Amazing Mighty Form's Amazing Mighty Kick

Specials

 * The Movie (Compiled from the first two episodes with extra footage)
 * (SP)
 * (EX)
 * (Comic)

Suit actor

 * Kamen Rider Kuuga -

Songs

 * Opening theme
 * Lyrics: Shōko Fujibayashi
 * Composition: Toshihiko Sahashi
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 * Ending theme
 * Lyrics: Shōko Fujibayashi
 * Composition: Toshihiko Sahashi
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