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{{Entry
 | image = Kamen-rider-kuuga.jpg
 | episodes = 49
 | year = 2000-2001
 | country = Japan
 | seasons = 1
 | breakdown = (1) 49
 | category = Superhero
 | colour = Yes
 | format = Series
 | company = TV Asahi, Toei Company and Asatsu-DK
 | run_time = 25
 | language = Japanese
 | creator = Shotaro Ishinomori and Written by Naruhisa Arakawa
 | type = Live Action
 | status = Ended
 | broadcaster = ANN
}}

== Summary ==

Kamen Rider’s tenth instalment did not appear until 2000, when Kamen Rider Kuuga premiered, a production that deliberately broke from several long‑standing franchise conventions. The series centres on Yusuke Godai (portrayed by Joe Odagiri), who discovers an ancient belt unearthed from an archaeological site. When worn, the artefact allows him to transform into Kuuga, an insectoid warrior empowered by the relics of a lost civilisation.

Kuuga possesses multiple elemental and combat‑specialised forms, each designed to counter different threats. These abilities become essential as Yusuke confronts the Grongi, an ancient tribe revived in modern Japan whose ritualistic killings echo their prehistoric conflicts with Kuuga’s predecessors. The narrative follows Yusuke’s efforts to master the belt’s evolving powers while cooperating with law‑enforcement agencies to halt the Grongi’s escalating violence.

== Cast==

Yuusuke Godai/Masked Rider Kuuga JO ODAGIRI, Kaoru Ichijou SHINGO KATSURAYAMA, Sakurako Sawatari KAZUMI MURATA, Minori Godai WAKANA AOI,  Tamasaburo Kazari KITAROU,   Shuichi Tsubaki YOSHITAKA OTSUKA,  Hikari Enokida KAORI MIZUSHIMA,  Bara No Tatoo No Onna (Rose Tattoo Lady) MIE NANAMORI,  Inspector Sugita TAKASHI MATSUYAMA,  Nana Asahina SHIO MIZUBARA, ERIKA NIIBO,  Tsurumaru Kameyama KATUAKI NISHIDE,  Nozomi Sasayama ERI TANAKA,  Sakurai NOBUYUKI YONEYAMA.
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aka: '''Kamen Rider Kuuga''' and '''Kamen Raidā Kūga'''

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Links:
*[[wikipedia:Kamen_Rider_Kuuga|Kamen Rider Kuuga - Wikipedia]]
*[https://bigrednerd.com/2025/04/05/kamen-rider-kuuga-gets-another-visual-and-pv-for-its-25th-anniversary/ Kamen Rider Kuuga Gets Another Visual and PV For Its 25th Anniversary – Red's Nerd Den]