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, litt. "Masked Sword") is a children's 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

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

First appearance.

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 and then added back in to The Shinkansen Bomb Case.

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.

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

The Original Kamen Yaiba.

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, "The Intrigues of Baron Potato!!", features him fighting his arch-enemy, the Potato Baron, who is the fiend boss of an evil aliens' organization.

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 platinum card, who is the queen of all Potato Aliens. Seven cards come to a bag, and some of the cards are worth up to 800,000 yen.

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

The Original Kamen Yaiba's love interest.

The Detective Boys run into Mishio Natori, the 28-year-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" thirteenth years ago, due to him being a fan of Kamen Yaiba. Which means that Kamen Yaiba has existed for at least that long.

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

The Kamen Yaiba movie.

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

The Old Warehouse of Teitan Elementary School (Manga: 966-968, Anime: 889-890)

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

Interchanged Betting Ticket Case (Manga: 975-977, Anime: 894-895)

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: 925-926)

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

Monday Night 7:30 p.m. Murder Case (Anime: 36)

According to Genta, that night's Masked Yaiber was very interesting, and for Mitsuhiko especially the final fight with Batora ("Butler"), a Green Alien.

The Mysterious Mole Alien Case (Anime: 107-108)

According to the Detective Boys, Masao Kouda, a Kogoro's client, looks exactly like the Mole Alien, who shakes off his comrades and tricks Kamen Yaiba. Like a mole, he suddenly comes out of the earth.

The Kamen Yaiba Murder Case (Anime: 119)

This is Kamen Yaiba TV show. Kamen Yaiba is a normal young and good looking person who's always in the park with his childhood friend Rei Natsume selling hot dogs. But if something happens, he immediately drives to the scene and begin to battle the evil people or aliens. But, 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, Rei forgives Kamen Yaiba with forgiving eyes. Ran can kinda relate to how she feels, and according to Conan that's almost how it works between Ran and him.

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 Small Eye-Witnesses (Anime: 281)

That night airing "The End of the Fake Yaiba", the last episode of the Fake Yaiba series. The Fake Yaiba is dangerously closing in on Shunsuke. The true name of Kamen Yaiba is Satoshi.

The Car Stunt's Utmost Limit (Anime: 440)

During a stunt show, it's revealed Kamen Yaiba's actor face.

The Alibi of the Fall (Anime: 596)

A broadcast of the show of Kamen Yaiba was shown and we could see the hero fighting two ennemies as Kogoro, Ran, and Conan had to meet the organizer of the Kamen Yaiba programs for a case. The company called Orion Planning produced this show. Conan also remembers him and the Detective Boys seeing one of his live action shows. When Yaiba's ally, Laser Police, fired his laser gun, the Potato monster with scales went "pushuu" and fell all flat.

The Séance's Double Locked Room Mystery Case (Anime: 603-605)

Kamen Yaiba is used on posters that Takagi and Chiba borrowed from Chiba's friend to recreate one of the murder tricks.

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.

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.

The Man Who Died Twice (Anime: 834-835)

The suspect recalls there being a show of Kamen Yaiba on a local park where he had to meet with another man which established his alibi.

The Disappeared Detective Boys (Anime: 922)

Kamen Yaiba appear in the docks for a kids' show and jumps from a container to another before knocking out some Potato Aliens and making his iconic pose. A lots of people attend the show including the Detective Boys and the Animation director in charge of the direct filming is introduced.

Kamen Yaiba villians

Kamen Yaiba vs. Potato Aliens

Potato Aliens

Monster

Kamen Yaiba vs. Mole Alien

Monkey mushroom alien

The pighead alien

Black Planet Man

Black Planet Man

Potato Queen

One of Potato Aliens' leaders

Potato Baron

Potato Baron

Kamen Yaiba vs. Potato Aliens

Kamen Yaiba and Laser Police.

Potato monster with scales

The movie

Kamen Yaiba vs. Potato Aliens

Kamen Yaiba vs. Potato monster with scales

File:EP922 Aliens Jc.png Potato Aliens

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

• The characters in the series are often compared to those in Detective Conan:
  • Kamen Yaiba: Shinichi Kudo/Conan Edogawa
  • Rei Natsume/The Original Kamen Yaiba's love interest: Ran Mouri
  • The female spy who's betrayed the criminal organization and confessed her love to Kamen Yaiba: Ai Haibara
  • Laser Police: Law Enforcement
  • Potato Baron: The Boss
  • Second-in-command of the boss: Rum
  • Potato Aliens: Black Organization
• Kamen Yaiba is the cell phone background of Mitsuhiko's phone in Emergency Situation 252.
• He's been referred to as Samurai Kid since around volume 30 of the English translation of the manga, which is what the translation used to call Yaiba whenever elements of that series made a cameo. This is an obvious translation error; they have similar names.

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.

The full 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.

Kamen Yaiba

Kamen Yaiba's actor.

Kamen Yaiba's true face.

Kamen Yaiba's poster.

Kamen Yaiba on TV.

See also

• Characters
• Culture