Kamen Rider Decade (仮面ライダーディケイド,Kamen Raidā Dikeido?, translated as Masked Rider Decade, also known as Masked Rider DCD) is the twentieth entry of the Kamen Rider Series. Decade, as its title suggests, is the tenth of the Heisei Rider Series, having begun with Kamen Rider Kuuga in 2000.
It began broadcast the week following the finale of Kamen Rider Kiva and is featured in Super Hero Time alongside the Super Sentai Series, Samurai Sentai Shinkenger in 2009. The catchphrase for the series is "Destroy everything, connect everything." (全てを破壊し、全てを繋げ,Subete o hakaishi, subete o tsunage?).
Masahiro Inoue, who portrayed Keigo Atobe in the Prince of Tennis musicals, was cast in the lead role for Decade as Tsukasa Kadoya/Kamen Rider Decade. Also involved was Kanna Mori as Natsumi Hikari, and Renji Ishibashi as Natsumi's grandfather, Eijiro Hikari.[1]
Another member of the cast was Tatsuhito Okuda as the mysterious Narutaki. The world of Kamen Rider Kuuga, as well as most of the other Rider Worlds, sport several characters that have been renamed and cast with different actors. Ryouta Murai was cast as Yusuke Onodera who is the series' version of Kuuga. Rounding up the cast was Kimito Totani who portrayed the thief Daiki Kaito/Kamen Rider Diend.
Plot[]
"Destroyer of Worlds, Decade. What do those eyes see as he travels through 9 worlds?"
―Narrator (Nine worlds Arc)[src]
"Destroyer of Worlds, Decade. What do those eyes see as he travels through many worlds?"
―Narrator (New worlds Arc)[src]
The story revolves around the nine parallel universes of the previous Heisei Kamen Riders merging into one, something that would destroy all the worlds. To prevent this, Tsukasa Kadoya transforms into Kamen Rider Decade and is told that to save his own world he must travel with Natsumi and her grandfather to the other Kamen Riders' Worlds called A.R. Worlds (Another Rider's World or Alternate Reality World) and defeat the other Kamen Riders.
Along the way, confronting the mysterious Narutaki and the thief Daiki Kaito, they are joined by Yusuke Onodera of the World of Kuuga and Kivala of the World of Kiva.[2] To fit with the printing motif of the series, the main Kamen Riders of the series follow the CMYK color model: Decade is[magenta, Diend is cyan, and Kuuga (Rising Ultimate Form) is black and yellow. In the Cho-Den-O Trilogy film Episode Yellow: Treasure de End Pirates, Diend is the primary character, emphasizing the yellow accents on his Diendriver and the enhanced Kamen Ride Diend card.
Generally, episodes of Decade are titled similarly to the episodes of the series that they reference. Kamen Rider Kuuga's episodes were titled with only two kanji and episodes of Kamen Rider Kiva have a musical reference and musical notation in the title. For the World of Hibiki story arc, the episode title cards are stylized in calligraphy similar to the styles featured in Kamen Rider Hibiki. An episode arc also features a crossover with Samurai Sentai Shinkenger.
In case, episodes that are tributes to the previous Kamen Riders will have episode titles similiar to that particular season of Kamen Riders (this was later became the same as Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger).
Cho Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations: The Onigashima Warship (劇場版 超·仮面ライダー電王&ディケイド NEO ジェネレーションズ 鬼ヶ島の戦艦,Gekijōban Chō-Kamen Raidā Den'ō ando Dikeido Neo Jenerēshonzu Onigashima no Senkan?)
Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker (劇場版 仮面ライダーディケイド オールライダー対大ショッカー,Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Dikeido: Ōru Raidā tai Daishokkā?)
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010 (仮面ライダー×仮面ライダー W(ダブル)&ディケイド MOVIE大戦2010,Kamen Raidā × Kamen Raidā: Daburu ando Dikeido Mūbī Taisen Nisenjū?)
Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen (仮面ライダー×スーパー戦隊 スーパーヒーロー大戦,Kamen Raidā × Sūpā Sentai: Sūpā Hīrō Taisen?)
Specials
Kamen Rider Decade: Protect! The World of Televikun (仮面ライダーディケイド 守れ!<てれびくんの世界>,Kamen Raidā Dikeido: Mamore! <Terebikun no Sekai>?)
For Decade's S.I.C Hero Saga side story Masked Rider Decade: World of Stronger (MASKED RIDER DECADE─ストロンガーの世界─,Kamen Raidā Dikeido -Sutorongā no Sekai-?) tells of how Tsukasa and the Hikari Studio crew enter the reality in which Kamen Rider Stronger takes place and meet up with the characters within, such as the original Yuriko Misaki. The first episode was published in Hobby Japan, June 2010.
The Chaotic World! (混沌とする世界!,Konton Tosuru Sekai!?)
The Kamen Riders vs. Great Leader Rock! (仮面ライダー対岩石大首領!,Kamen Raidā Tai Ganseki Daishuryō!?)
Arrival! Kamen Rider Kuuga!! (出現!仮面ライダークウガ!!,Shutsugen! Kamen Raidā Kūga!!?)
Stronger Great Reconstruction!! (ストロンガー大改造!!,Sutorongā Daikaizō!!?)
Riders Captured! Long Live Delza!! (ライダー捕らわる!デルザー万才!!,Raidā Torawaru! Deruzā Banzai!!?)
Tackle, the Final Embrace (タックル、最後の抱擁,Takkuru, Saigo no Hōyō?)
Farewell! The Glorious Kamen Riders! (さようなら!栄光の仮面ライダー!,Sayōnara! Eikō no Kamen Raidā?)
Notes[]
This is the first rider series that has a crossover with Super Sentai.
There are no new kinds of villains in this series, only past villains and villains based on past series (such as the Thorn Fangire and Crocodile Imagin)
Narutaki does not count as he eventually became Colonel Zol and Doktor G.
This is the last Kamen Rider Series to premiere in January.