Kamen Yaiba

Kamen Yaiba
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Profile
Japanese name:	仮面ヤイバー (Kamen Yaibā)
English name:	Masked Yaiba
Age:	Unknown
Gender:	Unknown
Statistics
First appearance:	Manga: File 36 Anime: Episode 005
Appearances:	Chapters: 19 Chapters: 2 Episodes: 49 Episodes: 1 Movies: 4 Specials: 3 Chapters: 1
Actors
Japanese voice:	Isshin Chiba Wataru Takagi

Kamen Yaiba (仮面ヤイバー ,Kamen Yaibā) is a television show inside the Detective Conan universe that falls into the genera of tokusatsu, live action special effects. It is a parody of the Kamen Rider franchise created by Shotaro Ishinomori in the 1970s.

Appellations

Picture	Name	What they call Kamen Yaiba	What Kamen Yaiba calls them
	Conan Edogawa	Kamen Yaiba	-
	Ayumi Yoshida	Kamen Yaiba	-
	Genta Kojima	Kamen Yaiba	-
	Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya	Kamen Yaiba	-

Plot overview

First appearance.

Code Sheet Case (Manga: 036-039, Anime: 005)

Introduction to Kamen Yaiba through a special event at Tohto Tower. Conan begins to tell Ran who he is, but stops himself and announces his identity as Kamen Yaiba. The scene where Conan's identity was questioned was removed from the anime version of the Code Sheet Case (Episode 004) and then added back in to The Shinkansen Bomb Case (Episode 005)

Dark and Clutered Room Case (Manga: 417-419, Anime: 335-336)

Yukiko Kudo takes the Detective Boys to the studio where Kamen Yaiba is produced, Tohto Studio, for a sneak peak at Kamen Yaiba's second movie.

The Original Kamen Yaiba.

The Original Kamen Yaiba in the manga.

Takagi's Last Case (Manga: 450-452, Anime: 390-391)

The Detective Boys witness a suspicious man and the clues lead to Kazunobu Chiba's roommate. While in Chiba's apartment the Detective Boys watch the first six episodes of the Original Kamen Yaiba. The fourth episode features him fighting a recurring enemy (宿敵) called Baron Potato (ジャガイモ男爵).

Group Date Kidnapping Case (Manga: 511-514, Anime: 431-432)

A mysterious stranger gives a small kid a rare Kamen Yaiba battle card worth 3,000 yen, featuring a look at the cybernetics inside of Yaiba's head. During the case it is mentioned that one of the suspects bought two limited edition event Kamen Yabia battle card bags, and send one to a friend. Neither of the two got the legendary Potato Queen (ジャガイモクイーン) platinum card. Seven cards come to a bag, and some of the cards are worth up to 800,000 yen.

The Original Kamen Yaiba's love interest.

Onsen Murder Case (Manga: 722-724, Anime: 597-598)

The Detective Boys run into Mishio Natori, the 28 years old actress who played the Original Kamen Yaiba's love interest.

The VHS Tape of Memories (Manga: 741-742, Anime: 624)

Kazunobu Chiba reveals that he made made a knock-off Tokusatsu tape as a kid titled "Kamen Baiya" 13 years ago, due to him being a fan of Kamen Yaiba. Which means that Kamen Yaiba has existed for at least that long.

The Kamen Yaiba movie in the manga.

A Missing Item Murder Case (Manga: 869-871, Anime: 748-749)

A Kamen Yaiba movie was used as a trick to commit murder.

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Mention of Yaiba boss's second in command.

The Old Warehouse of Teitan Elementary School (Manga: File 966-968, Anime: TBA)

Mitsuhiko mentions that the next episode of Kamen Yaiba will feature a mysterious female Yaiba.

Interchanged Betting Ticket Case (Manga: 975-977, Anime: TBA)

It is mentioned that an episode featuring the second in command of the enemy boss in the Yaiba tv show will air that night.

Haibara's Lost Phone Charm (Manga: 997-999, Anime: TBA)

A father described the length of travel time between two train stations as the same length as a Kamen Yaiba episode, 30 minutes.

Non-Canon Plot overview

The Kamen Yaiba Murder Case (Anime: 119)

This is Kamen Yaiba TV show. Kamen Yaiba is a normal young person who's always in the park with his childhood friend Natsume Rei selling hot dogs. But if something happens, he immediately drives to the scene and begin to battle the evil people or aliens. But, Natsume Rei does not know that he really is Kamen Yaiba. She only knows that her boyfriend often finds excuses to stop work, and ride away somewhere on his motorcycle. But every time, Natsume Rei forgives Kamen Yaiba with forgiving eyes. When the author was planning the story for Kamen Yaiba he made a scenario where his younger sister got killed. But, Kamen Yaiba doesn't fight for vengeance. He fights to maintain justice.

Moon, Star, and Sun Case (Anime: 163-164)

While this case is canon to the manga, it replaces the Voice-Changing Pen with a non-canon Kamen Yaiba Voice Changer

The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa (Anime Special: The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History)

A Kamen Yaiba festival is used as a backdrop for an assassination plot. Statues of Kamen Yaiba are placed around and a theme tune plays in the background.

Kaitou Kid's Busy Date (Anime Special: Kaitou Kid's Busy Date)

In the manga, the 3-D movie that Kaito and Aoko go to is titled Captain E.T.; in the special anime version, it is a Kamen Yaiba movie (the original Magic Kaito manga predates the existence of both Kamen Yaiba and Yaiba, another one of Gosho Aoyama's manga).

Kamen Yaiba Villians

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Name Origin

Kamen Yaiba is a parody of Kamen Rider.

The name Kamen Yaiba is a combination of a parody of the Tokusatsu tv show Kamen Rider, as well as Gosho Aoyama's previous manga and anime Yaiba. The Kamen Rider franchise itself has had screenplays done by Toshiki Inoue. Several Detective Conan actors have appeared on Kamen Rider, including: Tori Matsuzaka, Seizo Kato, Rikiya Koyama, Takanori Jinnai

Trivia

• Kamen Yaiba is the cell phone background of Mitsuhiko's phone in Episode 622-623.

In other languages

Language	Given Name	Family Name
Japanese	仮面 Kamen	ヤイバー Yaibā
English	Masked	Yaiba

Gallery

The Original Kamen Yaiba.

The full Original Kamen Yaiba suit.

Kamen Yaiba with a kid.

Kamen Yaiba on his motorcycle.

Kamen Yaiba's helmet close up.

The Original Kamen Yaiba's love interest in the manga.

The Original Kamen Yaiba's love interest.

Kamen Yaiba

See also

• Characters
• Culture
• Night Baron
• Gomera
• Detective Samonji