It premiered on January 27, 2008, following the finale of Kamen Rider Den-O, and aired as a part of TV Asahi's 2008 Super Hero Time block with Engine Sentai Go-onger.

22 years after the disappearance of his father, Wataru Kurenai lives in an infamous "haunted house" where he is destined as Kamen Rider Kiva to fight Fangires, a species of life force-draining vampires who can assume stained glass-like monster body that his father fought years ago before his disappearance.

The story is split between Wataru in the present (2008–09) and his father Otoya in the past (1986–87), slowly revealing the link between the Fangire race and Kiva.

It is a crossover between the characters of Kiva and Kamen Rider Den-O, who join forces to fight a new evil Imagin who has teamed up with the Fangire Clan.

It featured two new Riders who have been shown in silhouettes in Japanese children's magazines: Kamen Rider Rey (仮面ライダーレイ, Kamen Raidā Rei),[5] who is a monster hunter named Takato Shiramine (白峰 天斗, Shiramine Takato) portrayed by Shouma Yamamoto, and is partnered Rey Kivat (レイキバット, Rei Kibatto, voiced by Norio Wakamoto).

The villain of the movie is Takashi Sugimura (杉村 隆, Sugimura Takashi) portrayed by Ken Horiuchi of the comedy troupe Neptune, a death-row inmate who transforms into Kamen Rider Arc (仮面ライダーアーク, Kamen Raidā Āku) with Arc Kivat (アークキバット, Āku Kibatto, voiced by Norio Wakamoto).

[6] In the Hyper Battle DVD Kamen Rider Kiva: You Can Also Be Kiva (仮面ライダーキバ キミもキバになろう, Kamen Raidā Kiba Kimi mo Kiba ni Narō), Wataru Kurenai, Keisuke Nago, and Otoya Kurenai introduce themselves to a boy (the viewer) who has wandered into the Café mald'amour and offer to teach him how he can be like each of them.

The last chapter is a retelling of the final scene of the TV series, except instead of Masao and the Neo-Fangires, Kiva-la comes to warn them about the Lion Fangire having turned into a giant Sabbat.

Avex's blog for Kiva mentions a song entitled "Bite There Soul" that was written by Naruse and YUJI as a heavy metal song played by street musicians in episode 9 which was planned to be released at a future date,[25] and was subsequently put on the final CD box set as "Bite Their Soul" then released on January 21, 2009.

[26][27] A mini-album released on August 6, 2008, titled SUPERNOVA[28] features the theme songs for Kiva's four additional forms performed by TETRA-FANG.

[31] Nana Yanagisawa and Yu Takahashi have also provided their voices for tracks to be included on an album for all characters who have become Kamen Rider Ixa.