List of Kamen Rider Drive characters

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Select cast members of Kamen Rider Drive. From left to right:
* Back: Chase, Heart, and Brain.
* Front: Jun Honganji, Shinnosuke Tomari, and Kiriko Shijima.

Kamen Rider Drive (仮面ライダードライブ, Kamen Raidā Doraibu) is a Japanese tokusatsu series that serves as the 25th installment in the Kamen Rider franchise and the 16th entry in the Heisei era. The series follows police officer Shinnosuke Tomari after he is chosen by an advanced artificial intelligence called Mr. Belt to become the titular Kamen Rider Drive to battle the Roidmudes, androids that wish to usurp humanity as the dominant species on Earth through their ability to slow the passage of time.

Main characters

Shinnosuke Tomari

Shinnosuke Tomari (泊 進ノ介, Tomari Shin'nosuke) is a detective of the Metropolitan Police's First Investigation Division who seeks to solve the mystery behind his father, Eisuke Tomari's, death. Prior to the series, amidst the "Global Freeze", Shinnosuke accidentally abandoned his partner, Akira Hayase, who was left critically injured. Upon hearing of this, the former lost all motivation to be a police officer and was transferred to the Special Investigations Division. After encountering Mr. Belt, Shinnosuke secretly becomes Kamen Rider Drive to combat the Roidmudes, who caused the Global Freeze. Following the Roidmudes' defeat and the Special Investigations Division's disbandment, Shinnosuke is promoted to police sergeant and transferred back to the First Investigation Division. As of the crossover films Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive: Super Movie War Genesis and Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Rider and the V-Cinema Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Mach, Shinnosuke goes on to marry his Special Investigations partner, Kiriko Shijima, and have a son named Eiji.

Utilizing one of several Shift Cars (シフトカー, Shifuto Kā) in conjunction with the Drive Driver (ドライブドライバー, Doraibu Doraibā) belt and the Shift Brace (シフトブレス, Shifuto Buresu), Shinnosuke can transform into Kamen Rider Drive. Unlike most Kamen Riders, his personal vehicle is the Tridoron (トライドロン, Toraidoron), which can switch between sports car, dune buggy, and garbage truck forms as well as combine with a pair of Ride Booster (ライドブースター, Raido Būsutā) go-karts to form the Booster Tridoron (ブースタートライドロン, Būsutā Toraidoron) hovercraft.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] While transformed, he wields the Handle-Ken (ハンドル剣, Handoru Ken, Steering Wheel Sword) and the Door-Ju (ドア銃, Doa Jū, Door Gun), can perform Full Throttle (フルスロットル, Furu Surottoru) finishers, is immune to the Roidmudes' Heavy Acceleration fields, and can use other Shift Cars to either perform a Tire Exchange (タイヤ交換, Taiya Kōkan) technique and grant himself unique abilities or assume alternate Type (タイプ, Taipu) forms, which are as follows:

Shinnosuke Tomari is portrayed by Ryoma Takeuchi (竹内 涼真, Takeuchi Ryōma). As a child, Shinnosuke is portrayed by Ryohei Aoki (青木 綾平, Aoki Ryōhei).

Mr. Belt

"Mr. Belt" (ベルトさん, Beruto-san) is an artificial intelligence (AI) who was originally Krim Steinbelt (クリム・スタインベルト, Kurimu Sutainberuto), a human scientist who created the Core Driviars (コアドライビア, Koa Doraibia), the technology used in Kamen Rider Drive's Shift Cars and Tridoron as well as his colleague Tenjuro Banno's Roidmudes, who killed him and led to him uploading his consciousness into the Drive Driver. During the Global Freeze, Mr. Belt worked with Proto Zero as Kamen Rider Proto Drive to combat the Roidmudes until the latter's apparent death. In the intervening months, Mr. Belt upgraded the Drive arsenal until he is found by and chose Shinnosuke Tomari to become Kamen Rider Drive because of the officer's tendency to act first without hesitation. Mr. Belt continues to fight alongside Tomari and the Special Investigations Division until Banno and the Roidmudes are eventually defeated. Following this, Mr. Belt bids farewell to his allies before sealing himself and the Drive arsenal beneath the Kuruma Driver's License Center to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands by the series finale, though he returns twice to help Shinnosuke during the events of the crossover films Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive: Super Movie War Genesis and Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Rider.

Mr. Belt is voiced by Chris Peppler (クリス・ペプラー, Kurisu Pepurā), who also portrays Krim Steinbelt and serves as the series narrator.

Kiriko Shijima

Kiriko Shijima (詩島 霧子, Shijima Kiriko) is an athletic officer in the Special Investigations Division who tries to maintain a serious exterior by refusing to smile and working with mechanical precision, though she loses her composure whenever Shinnosuke points out the times she does smile and is forced to physically drag him back to work when he slacks off, often handcuffing him in the process. After being attacked by the Paint Roidmude and rescued by Kamen Rider Proto Drive during the Global Freeze, she attempts to become Kamen Rider Drive. Due to being incompatible however, she assists Shinnosuke as Drive in the field and is, as such, initially the only member of the division who is aware of his secret identity. Additionally, she was aware of her father, Tenjuro Banno's, evil despite not knowing him personally and did her best to protect her brother Go from the truth. She would later help Chase recover his memories upon learning he was Proto Drive and, following the Special Investigations Division's disbandment, join Shinnosuke in the First Investigation Division. As of the crossover films Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive: Super Movie War Genesis and Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Rider and the V-Cinema Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Mach, Kiriko goes on to marry Shinnosuke and have a son named Eiji.

Kiriko Shijima is portrayed by Rio Uchida (内田 理央, Uchida Rio). As a child, Kiriko is portrayed by Yui Kato (加藤 結, Katō Yui).

Heart

The Heart Roidmude (ハートロイミュード, Hāto Roimyūdo), also known simply as Heart (ハート, Hāto) and formerly known as Roidmude 002 (ロイミュード002, Roimyūdo Zero Zero Ni), is a jovial and hedonistic yet imposing namesake-themed Spider-Type Roidmude and the field leader of the Roidmude forces stationed in Japan. He refers to his fellow Roidmudes as his friends, desires a worthy opponent to fight, and can assume the human guise of Shinzo Hiroi (広井 真蔵, Hiroi Shinzō), a businessman who refused to invest in Heart's creator, Tenjuro Banno's, research. Years prior to the series, he was tortured by Banno before eventually joining Freeze and Brain in killing him and Krim Steinbelt, though Heart was left with a hatred for humanity.

In the present, Heart finds his rival in Shinnosuke Tomari, admiring his strength and honor, and uses this to achieve his Over-Evolved form. After learning Banno survived, Heart breaks off from his fellow Roidmudes to focus on killing him permanently, to the detriment of all else and refusing to forgive humanity as a result. However, he is forced to work with Banno after the latter takes Medic and a member of the Grim Reaper Unit hostage. When Brain sacrifices himself to save Medic, Heart helps the Kamen Riders defeat Banno and destroy the Sigma Circular before attempting to face Shinnosuke in a final battle, refusing to let go of his grudge. Nonetheless, Shinnosuke makes his peace with the dying Roidmude.

Two years later, during the events of the V-Cinema Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Heart, Heart is revived by Go Shijima, Rinna Sawagami, and Kyu Saijo, who intended to revive Chase, with Brain and Medic's Cores within him. After learning of Roidmude 5886 attacking the various human templates the Roidmudes mimicked or fused with and seeking redemption for his and his kind's crimes, Heart volunteers to help stop it, but is unable to regain the full potential of his former Roidmude power. Instead, he uses the Shift Heartron (シフトハートロン, Shifuto Hātoron) Car in conjunction with copies of the Drive Driver and Shift Brace to transform into Kamen Rider Heart (仮面ライダーハート, Kamen Raidā Hāto) and combine his power with Brain and Medic's in order to defeat 5886, though their Cores are overloaded and they are destroyed once more. Despite this, a changed Heart dies believing humans and Roidmudes can coexist.

In his Roidmude form, Heart can strengthen himself via joy as his emotional catalyst and possesses heat absorption, the ability to adapt to opponents' power and strategies once he has fought them once, the ability to grow stronger over time, illusion casting, an ability called the Dead Zone (デッドゾーン, Deddo Zōn), which grants uncontrollable overwhelming combat capability and the ability to generate energy blasts, though it will cause him to explode over time and damage him. After Medic modifies him, he gains the ability to generate a Super Heavy Acceleration (超重加速, Chō Jūkasouku) field, which freezes everything within its vicinity, such as humans and Shinnosuke in his regular forms.

As Kamen Rider Heart, he initially assumed the mismatched, hastily-made Type Speed Wild Technic (タイプスピードワイルドテクニック, Taipu Supīdo Wairudo Tekunikku) form due to Brain's compiled data on their battles with Shinnosuke. After regaining his Roidmude power, Heart is able to assume his true Rider form, Type Miracle (タイプミラクル, Taipu Mirakuru), which grants the use of the Viral Blending (バイラルカキマゼール, Bairaru Kakimazēru) ability to combine his, Brain, and Medic's powers.

Heart is portrayed by Tomoya Warabino (蕨野 友也, Warabino Tomoya).

Brain

The Brain Roidmude (ブレンロイミュード, Buren Roimyūdo), also known simply as Brain (ブレン, Buren) and formerly known as Roidmude 003 (ロイミュード003, Roimyūdo Zero Zero San), is a cold, arrogant, calculating, and stoic namesake-themed Bat-Type Roidmude who is responsible for collecting and managing information on their kind, resetting rogue members, and serving as Heart's advisor. Detesting chaos and unruly behavior, even amongst his comrades, he is easily irritated by the brash and disorderly Advanced Roidmudes and the idea that they seem to be the most powerful. Additionally, he sees the Kamen Riders as a threat to the Roidmudes' goal. Initially assuming the identity of the intelligence agency's programming deputy director Mitsuharu Kineta (杵田 光晴, Kineta Mitsuharu) after escaping into cyberspace during the Global Freeze, Brain later assumes the alias of Sou Noumi (能見 壮, Nōmi Sō),[a] a consultant from a Paranormal Science Institute, to help Freeze hinder the Special Investigations Division's efforts to stop the Roidmudes and get Shinnosuke Tomari suspended from the police force.

Following Freeze's death, Brain uses a Neo Viral Core to fuse with Mitsuhide Nira, who was envious of Shinnosuke's father, Eisuke Tomari, to achieve his Over-Evolved form. However, the Roidmude is defeated by Kamen Riders Drive, Mach, and Chaser and subsequently tortured by Medic for his failure. After witnessing Tenjuro Banno's return as Gold Drive and warning Heart of Medic being under Banno's control, Brain goes into hiding to prevent himself from being used in Banno's plot to enact a second Global Freeze, leading to Brain entering the Special Investigations Division's protective custody. Ultimately, Brain chooses to help Heart save Medic by sacrificing himself to power Banno's Sigma Circular in her place.

During the events of the V-Cinema Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Brain, Go Shijima reconstitutes Brain, Heart, and Medic's consciousnesses while attempting to revive Chase. Following this, Brain dreams of becoming Kamen Rider Brain (仮面ライダーブレン, Kamen Raidā Buren) via the Brain Driver (ブレンドライバー, Buren Doraibā) belt and fighting the Mu (無) organization to prevent them from wiping out individuality on Earth.

During the events of the web-exclusive crossover series Kamen Rider Outsiders, Brain is revived by Foundation X as a Humagear.

In his Roidmude form, Brain can attack a target's nervous system via a powerful neurotoxin, hack technology by tapping his glasses, and strengthen himself via envy as his emotional catalyst. Additionally, he used a tablet to keep track of the Roidmudes, though he was unaware of Banno's consciousness being within it until the mad scientist became Gold Drive. In his Over-Evolved form, Brain possesses ESP, the use of psionic attacks, poisonous tentacles, and data manipulation. As Kamen Rider Brain, he retains his Roidmude powers while gaining the use of the Brain Megane Blade (ブレンメガネブレード, Buren Megane Burēdo) sword and the Ride Braiser (ライドブレイザー, Raido Bureizā) motorcycle. He can also perform the Rider Poison Hands (ライダー毒手, Raidā Dokushu) and Poison Handkerchiefs (ポイズンハンカチーフ, Poizun Hankachīfu) attacks, which allow him to secrete 999 types of toxicants, and the Brain Head Crusher (ブレンヘッドクラッシャー, Buren Heddo Kurasshā) Full Throttle.

Brain is portrayed by Shota Matsushima (松島 庄汰, Matsushima Shōta).

Chase

Chase (チェイス, Cheisu), also known as Roidmude 000 and Proto Zero (プロトゼロ, Puroto Zero), is a soft-spoken specially modified Roidmude created to serve as Krim Steinbelt's aide. During the Global Freeze, Chase attempted to stop the Roidmudes as Kamen Rider Proto Drive before he was captured and reprogrammed by Freeze, Heart, and Brain to work for them as their "Grim Reaper" (死神, Shinigami), Mashin Chaser, while adopting the form of traffic police officer Koichi Kano as a civilian disguise. With no recollection of his past save for a directive to protect humans, Chase is tasked with destroying rogue Roidmudes' bodies and taking their numbers so Brain can reset them, developing a rivalry with Shinnosuke in the process and slowly regaining his memories. In response to the latter, Medic reprograms Chase to protect Roidmudes instead of humans, during which he develops a separate rivalry with Go Shijima until he is eventually defeated by Shinnosuke. Presumed dead, Kiriko finds and nurses Chase back to health in return for him saving her during the Global Freeze.

Initially torn over whether to be a Roidmude or a Kamen Rider, he chooses to become the latter after Kiriko gives him to the means to become Kamen Rider Chaser and attempts to become more human after learning of human emotions. Along the way, he develops an attraction towards her, though he realizes she loves Shinnosuke and continues to bear an unrequited love for her to become closer to being human. Amidst Tenjuro Banno's attempt to enact a second Global Freeze, Chase joins forces with Go to stop him, sacrificing himself in the process. Following this, Go takes Chase's Signal Chaser Bike with him to the U.S. in the hopes of reviving him someday.

Throughout the series, Chase has assumed the following forms:

Chase is portrayed by Taiko Katono (上遠野 太洸, Katōno Taikō), who also portrays Koichi Kano, while Proto Drive is voiced by Daichi Endō (遠藤 大智, Endō Daichi) in Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Chaser.

Go Shijima

Go Shijima (詩島 剛, Shijima Gō) is Kiriko's younger brother who lived in the United States for some time, working as a freelance photographer, before eventually returning to Japan to fight the Roidmudes as Kamen Rider Mach (仮面ライダーマッハ, Kamen Raidā Mahha), who uses Signal Bikes (シグナルバイク, Shigunaru Baiku) as opposed to Drive's Shift Cars. Having dedicated himself to destroying his father, Tenjuro Banno's, work, Go displays a hatred for the Roidmudes and develops a rivalry with Chase before eventually warming up to him. Upon learning Banno's consciousness is stored in Brain's tablet computer, Go pretends to betray his allies to get closer to the Roidmude leaders and rescue him while working undercover as "Mr. X" to covertly help the Special Investigations Division. After eventually rescuing Banno however, Go discovers the former used him in a plot to enact a second Global Freeze and joins forces with Chase to stop him before returning to America in the hopes of reviving Chase, becoming a famous photographer along the way.

In the tie-in novel Kamen Rider Drive: Mach Saga, Go's grudge against the Roidmudes is revealed to have stemmed from Roidmudes 017 and 018 killing his friend Ethan Woodward (イーサン・ウッドワード, Īsan Uddowādo) and Go being unable to save him. Afterward, Professor Harley Hendrickson rescued Go and prepared him to face the Roidmudes. In the present, Go develops a mutual attraction towards Reiko Nishiori due to their similar backgrounds and battles the Revenger Roidmude after the latter contributes to Reiko's father's death, seemingly destroying the monster. During the events of the V-Cinema Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Mach, Go works to find proof of Reiko's innocence after the Revenger Roidmude frames her for his crimes and permanently destroys the Roidmude, clearing her name and entering a relationship with her.

Utilizing the Signal Mach (シグナルマッハ, Shigunaru Mahha) Bike in conjunction with the Mach Driver Honoh (マッハドライバー炎, Mahha Doraibā Honō, Mach Driver Flame) belt, Go can transform into Kamen Rider Mach. While transformed, he gains the use of the Next System (ネクストシステム, Nekusuto Shisutemu), which allows to utilize Signal Bikes and Shift Cars, and wields the Zenrin Shooter (ゼンリンシューター, Zenrin Shūtā, Front Wheel Shooter) handgun. His personal vehicles are the Ride Macher (ライドマッハー, Raido Mahhā) motorcycle and the Ride Booster Red (ライドブースターレッド, Raido Būsutā Reddo) go-kart. Similarly to Drive, most of Go's Signal Bikes allow him to perform a Signal Exchange (シグナル交換, Shigunaru Kōkan) technique and grant himself unique abilities while some allow him to assume alternate forms, which are as follows:

Go Shijima is portrayed by Yu Inaba (稲葉 友, Inaba Yū). As a child, Go is portrayed by Ryu Hashizume (橋爪 龍, Hashizume Ryū).

Medic

The Medic Roidmude (メディックロイミュード, Medikku Roimyūdo), also known simply as Medic (メディック, Medikku) and formerly known as Roidmude 009 (ロイミュード009, Roimyūdo Zero Zero Kyū), is a heartless namesake-themed Cobra-Type Roidmude who assumed the form of Misuzu Hatori (羽鳥 美鈴, Hatori Misuzu), a human ballerina who was left hospitalized, paralyzed, and amnesiac following a car crash. While taking part in the Global Freeze, Medic found and nursed an injured Heart back to health, but entered a catatonic state when the event ended.

In the present, Volt gives his life to contribute to Medic's revival, allowing her to help Heart and Brain achieve their Over-evolved forms, reprogram Chase to become the Roidmudes' defender after he slowly regains his memories as Proto Zero, and create the Grim Reaper Unit to take his place in helping Brain reset rogue Roidmudes. Despite taking on Hatori's kindness, Medic's emotions became twisted as a result of synchronizing with other Roidmudes, which manifests as her alternating between nurse/ballerina-inspired attire and Gothic Lolita-inspired attire in her human form based on whether Hatori's kindness or the other Roidmudes' collective minds hold the most influence on her. After Tenjuro Banno resurfaces as Gold Drive, he manipulates Medic into facilitating his scheme to enact a second Global Freeze, though her loyalty to Heart causes her to achieve her Over-Evolved form. Banno reprograms her to obey him instead so he can use her to power his Sigma Circular. However, Brain sacrifices himself to save her, causing her to regain her memories and rejoin Heart to stop Banno before she is destroyed by the Sigma Circular.

In combat, Medic can use feelings of devotion to strengthen herself, produce healing energy from her hands, which has the side effect of causing her to absorb targets' emotions, absorb Roidmudes' Cores for transportation purposes, teleport, alter other Roidmudes' programming, produce scalpel-tipped tentacles from her shoulders in both her human and Roidmude forms capable of penetrating Roidmudes' bodies and destroying their Cores, fire a scalpel beam, produce human clones, and enhanced vision. In her Over-Evolved form, she possesses aero- and ergokinesis and superhuman strength.

Medic is portrayed by Fumika Baba (馬場 ふみか, Baba Fumika).

Recurring characters

Roidmudes

The Roidmudes (ロイミュード, Roimyūdo) are 108 androids that wish to usurp humanity as Earth's dominant species. Designed by Professor Tenjuro Banno as life forms capable of evolving like and mimicking humans 15 years prior to the series, his friend and colleague, Krim Steinbelt unwittingly provided him with prototype Core Driviars to complete their development. Following their activation six months prior to the series, the Roidmudes launched a full-scale attack on Northeastern Asia in an event called the Global Freeze (グローバルフリーズ, Gurōbaru Furīzu). In the present, the Roidmudes operate in the shadows to pursue varying individual agendas and create four Over-Evolved Roidmudes and find the "Promised Number" even as their numbers are reduced by Kamen Riders Drive, Mach, and Chaser, among others. If a Roidmude works against their plan, the leading members will have the dissenter's body destroyed so their Core can be reset back into line. Upon learning of Banno's plot to sacrifice four of them to the Sigma Circular to instigate a second Global Freeze across the rest of the world, several of the Roidmudes help the Riders thwart him, resulting in most of the androids' destruction.

Roidmudes possess the ability to produce Heavy Acceleration (重加速, Jūkasoku) fields, which is colloquially referred to as "Heaviness" (どんより, Don'yori) and drastically decelerates everything around them, with victims caught in the fields describing it as the sudden physical sensation of slowed time. To sustain, empower, and evolve themselves, the Roidmudes use devices called Viral Cores (バイラルコア, Bairaru Koa). All Roidmudes possess a Core (コア, Koa), which contains their essence, and start out as Plain Roidmudes (プレーンロイミュード, Purēn Roimyūdo), which are divided between the following variations: Cobra-Types (コブラ型, Kobura-gata), which possess superhuman strength; Spider-Types (スパイダー型, Supaidā-gata), which can cling to walls and ceilings as well as produce spider silk; and flight-capable Bat-Types (バット型, Batto-gata). As long as their core remains intact, the Roidmudes can survive losing a physical body and revive themselves with a Viral Core.

If Plain Roidmudes copy the appearances and memories of a particular target and gain enough information, they can evolve into Advanced Roidmudes (上級ロイミュード, Jōkyū Roimyūdo), gaining a distinct personality reflecting their new individualized form and the ability to spread their Heavy Acceleration fields across multiple city blocks. If they absorb multiple Viral Cores at once, they can transform into Giant Roidmudes (巨大ロイミュード, Kyodai Roimyūdo), which resembles their base Viral Core.

Following Chase's defection, Freeze develops Neo Viral Cores (ネオバイラルコア, Neo Bairaru Koa), which allow Roidmudes to fuse with a human and instantly assume a red-colored Fusion Evolved Form (融合進化態, Yūgō Shinkatai) via symbiosis. If a Roidmude forms a connection with a particular emotion and exceeds a certain limit, they can evolve into a gold-colored Over-Evolved Form (超進化態, Chō Shinkatai).

Freeze

The Freeze Roidmude (フリーズロイミュード, Furīzu Roimyūdo), also known simply as Freeze (フリーズ, Furīzu) and formerly known as Roidmude 001 (ロイミュード001, Roimyūdo Zero Zero Ichi), is an ice/snow-themed Cobra-Type Roidmude, the leader of the Roidmude forces, and one of Tenjuro Banno's earliest creations who joined Heart and Brain in killing Banno and Krim Steinbelt before causing the Global Freeze as Freeze has the ability to create the strongest Heavy Acceleration field, even in his original form. Not long afterwards, Freeze assumed the form of Soichi Makage (真影 壮一, Makage Sōichi), secretary of the National Bureau of Defense (国家防衛局, Kokka Bōeikyoku), to watch over the police force and evolved into his Advanced form.

In the present, he creates Neo Viral Cores to bolster the Roidmudes in their fight against the Kamen Riders and fights to personally remove Shinnosuke Tomari from the police force while using him to complete his evolution. While Freeze succeeds in attaining his Over-Evolved form using humiliation as his emotional catalyst and killing Shinnosuke, the latter's allies revive him so he can destroy Freeze in retaliation for seemingly killing his father, Eisuke Tomari, though Freeze reveals it was Mitsuhide Nira instead before he dies.

In his Advanced form, Freeze possesses cryokinesis and the ability to produce snowflakes capable of suppressing memories, though Eisuke proved immune. In his Over-Evolved form, Freeze can fly, generate snowstorms, and produce energy blasts and shields.

Freeze is portrayed by Masami Horiuchi (堀内 正美, Horiuchi Masami).

Roidmude 004

Roidmude 004 (ロイミュード004, Roimyūdo Zero Zero Yon) is a Spider-Type Roidmude and Tenjuro Banno's right-hand man who copied Krim Steinbelt's appearance before the Global Freeze, though 004's mind became corrupted and he was deactivated. In the present, Banno reactivates 004 to serve as his subordinate and pose as a future version of Steinbelt who became the ruler of a Roidmude dominant Earth. After being defeated in battle by Kamen Rider Drive, 004 attempts to destroy the Kamen Riders, Medic, and Heart by self-destructing, but Kamen Rider Deadheat Mach protects them before 004 explodes.

In a possible future time period depicted in the film Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future, 004 planted a chip in Mr. Belt that allowed the Roidmudes to take over Earth after Shinnosuke destroyed the latter. By 2035, 004 became the leader of an army of blank Roidmudes and tasked Roidmude 108 with going back in time to ensure their future comes to pass.

Roidmude 004 is portrayed by Chris Peppler, who also portrays Krim Steinbelt and voices Mr. Belt.

Grim Reaper Unit

The Grim Reaper Unit (死神軍団, Shinigami Gundan) is a cockroach-themed division of remodeled Plain Roidmudes who serve as Medic's subordinates and are armed with Hell Scythes (ヘルサイス, Heru Saisu), guns, and claws. Medic creates them to take over Mashin Chaser's duty of eliminating rogue Roidmudes, destroying them completely instead of resetting them.

Minor Roidmudes

Other Roidmudes

Akira Hayase

Akira Hayase (早瀬 明, Hayase Akira) is a retired police officer and Shinnosuke's former colleague. Six months prior to the beginning of the series, they were investigating the Neo-Shade terrorist organization when the Global Freeze occurred, during which Shinnosuke accidentally hospitalized Hayase. As of the present, the latter has begun physical rehabilitation, but is unable to return to active duty. Despite what happened, Hayase does not blame Shinnosuke and pushes him to move beyond his guilt and seek new goals in life. After learning Shinnosuke is Kamen Rider Drive, Hayase secretly supports him and works with the Metropolitan Police's vehicles division to procure space and materials for a Makeshift Emergency Drive Pit. Two years later, during the events of the tie-in novel Kamen Rider Drive: Mach Saga and the V-Cinema Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Mach, Hayase has joined the newly reassembled Special Investigations Division.

Akira Hayase is portrayed by Yukihiro Takiguchi (滝口 幸広, Takiguchi Yukihiro).

Special Investigations Division

The Metropolitan Police's Special Investigations Division (警視庁特状課, Keishichō Toku-jō-ka)[c] is a separate branch of the Metropolitan Police charged with investigating Roidmude and "Heaviness"-related incidents that is based inside the Kuruma Driver's License Center (久瑠間運転免許試験場, Kuruma Unten Menkyo Shikenjō). Despite being allies of Kamen Rider Drive, few of their number are initially aware of his secret identity until he is forced to expose it later in the series. Following the Roidmudes' destruction, the Special Investigations Division is disbanded in the series finale, but is revived two years later during the events of the tie-in novel Kamen Rider Drive: Mach Saga and the V-Cinema Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Mach.

Rinna Sawagami

Rinna Sawagami (沢神 りんな, Sawagami Rinna) is the Special Investigations Division's visiting electro-physicist who is in charge of engineering. Though she displays anxiety about her situation, her bright personality still brings up her teammates' spirits. Later in the series, she is revealed to be the engineer behind most of Shinnosuke's arsenal and aware of his and Mr. Belt's work. Following the Special Investigations Division's disbandment, she returns to academia, becomes an expert in electro-physics, and is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Rinna Sawagami is portrayed by Rei Yoshii (吉井 怜, Yoshii Rei).

Kyu Saijo

Kenta Imai (今井 健太, Imai Kenta), also known as Kyu Saijo (西城 究, Saijō Kyū),[d] is the Special Investigations Division's visiting network engineer and resident electronic networks expert who often serves as an information gatherer. Due to his obsessive personality, he also displays an intense fascination towards the topics the Special Investigations Division covers, such as the occult. Following the division's disbandment, Saijo becomes a popular network researcher and author, with his novel Mechanical Friendship (機械じかけの友情, Kikai-jikake no Yūjō) becoming a best seller.

Kyu Saijo is portrayed by Kenta Hamano (浜野 謙太, Hamano Kenta).

Jun Honganji

Jun Honganji (本願寺 純, Honganji Jun) is the Chief of the Special Investigations Division who comes off as an incompetent and goofy management level employee more concerned with pleasing his superiors and keeping an eye on his subordinates to ensure they stay out of trouble, but is secretly an astute and perceptive officer. An avid believer in divination and fortune-telling, he also has a tendency to wear an appropriately-colored tie based on the day's lucky color. Later in the series, Honganji reveals he was always aware of Shinnosuke's activities as Kamen Rider Drive, a longtime friend of Krim Steinbelt's, and that he personally established and maintained the Special Investigations Division to support Drive. Additionally, his apparent sycophancy was a front for him to find information on the Global Freeze from the police force's upper levels. Following the Special Investigations Division's disbandment, Honganji eventually rises through the ranks to become the Deputy Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police Department.

In an alternate timeline depicted in the film Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3, Honganji continues to lead the Special Investigations Division with Rinna Sawagami and Kyu Saijo, being one of the few people who are largely immune to Shocker's changes to the timeline. After learning of what happened, he keeps Kamen Rider Black safe until he is killed by Cheetahkatatsumuri.

Jun Honganji is portrayed by Tsurutaro Kataoka (片岡 鶴太郎, Kataoka Tsurutarō).

Genpachiro Otta

Genpachiro Otta (追田 現八郎, Otta Genpachirō) is a lieutenant in the Metropolitan Police's First Investigation Division (捜査一課, Sōsaikka), the first group to be sent out to investigate crimes, and liaison between his group and the Special Investigations Division. Despite dismissing the latter group as an "occult club", he is quite fond of Shinnosuke, which he tries to hide. Following the Special Investigations Division's disbandment, Otta is promoted to police inspector for, later chief of, the First Investigation Division.

In an alternate timeline depicted in the film Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3, Otta became a Shocker general and the monstrous Cheetahkatatsumuri (チーターカタツムリ, Chītā Katatsumuri, lit. "Cheetah Snail") before he is killed by Kamen Riders 1, 2, and 3.

Genpachiro Otta is portrayed by Taira Imata (井俣 太良, Imata Taira).

Mitsuhide Nira

Mitsuhide Nira (仁良 光秀, Nira Mitsuhide) is a corrupt chief in the Metropolitan Police's First Investigation Division who works directly under Freeze as Soichi Makage, assisting him in controlling the police force and hindering the Special Investigations Division's attempts to stop the Roidmudes. Additionally, he suffers from an inferiority complex towards his partner, Eisuke Tomari, and killed him years prior while working with him to arrest Itsuro Negishi, who Nira framed for the murder.

After Freeze kills Shinnosuke and abandons him, Nira helps the Special Investigations Division revive Shinnosuke before they discover what he did. Nira uses a Neo Viral Core to fuse himself with Roidmude 106 and become the Thief Roidmude, but Shinnosuke separates them and destroys the Roidmude. Nira fuses himself with Brain and helps him achieve his Over-Evolved Form before turning turning the police and the public against the Special Investigations Division. However, his corruption is revealed and Brain abandons him, leading to Nira being arrested by Shinnosuke.

In the tie-in novel Kamen Rider Drive: Mach Saga, Roidmude 005 breaks Nira and five other criminals out of prison. After killing Makoto Asamura for getting himself arrested again, Nira descends into madness from being humiliated by the Tomari family over the years and joins Negishi in leading an army of officers brainwashed by 005 in an attempt to kill Yukari Karasawa. However, a reformed Negishi sacrifices himself to shield the woman, allowing Shinnosuke to arrest Nira once more.

Mitsuhide Nira is portrayed by Kisuke Iida (飯田 基祐, Iida Kisuke).

Eisuke Tomari

Eisuke Tomari (泊 英介, Tomari Eisuke) is Shinnosuke's father and an officer in the Metropolitan Police's First Investigation Division. Twelve years earlier, the former discovered Freeze's deception, but was killed by his partner and Freeze's subordinate, Mitsuhide Nira, who framed bank robber Itsuro Negishi.

Eisuke Tomari is portrayed by Tareyanagi (たれやなぎ).

Tenjuro Banno

Tenjuro Banno (蛮野 天十郎, Banno Tenjūrō) is a cruel scientist, former colleague of Krim Steinbelt, and father of Kiriko and Go Shijima with a superiority complex who secretly holds a grudge against Steinbelt for creating the Core Driviars and cares little for his family, willing to treat them like slaves. Fifteen years prior to the series, Banno attempted to create an artificial life form capable of transcending humanity, but dead ends in his research drove him mad and forced him to convince Steinbelt to share the Core Driviar technology with him, which allowed Banno to create the Roidmudes. After witnessing Banno abusing a Roidmude, a horrified Steinbelt abandoned him, but Banno secretly stole his colleague's mind link technology, completed the Roidmudes on his own, and subsequently allowed them to mortally wound him so he could upload his consciousness into a computer tablet and kill Steinbelt. While the tablet wound up in Brain's possession, Banno used the Roidmudes to cause the Global Freeze.

In the present, Banno manipulates the Kamen Riders to suit his needs and Go into believing he was being held hostage by the Roidmudes before receiving Roidmude 004's help in creating an imitation of the Drive Driver called the Banno Driver (バンノドライバー, Banno Doraibā) and stealing Roidmude 006's body to house his mind and turn himself into a Kamen Rider Drive-esque Over-Evolved Roidmude. Dubbing himself Gold Drive (ゴルドドライブ, Gorudo Doraibu),[e] Banno attempts to enact a second, worldwide version of the Global Freeze by using himself and three other Roidmudes to power the Sigma Circular. However, he is eventually confronted by Go and Chase, with the latter sacrificing himself to help the former destroy Banno's body and the Banno Driver over his pleas for mercy.

During the events of the web-exclusive crossover series Kamen Rider Outsiders, Banno is revived by Foundation X as a Kamen Rider Drive-esque Humagear, Bronze Drive (ブロンズドライブ, Buronzu Doraibu), before his body is destroyed by Kamen Rider Zein.

While he was within Brain's tablet, Banno possesses the ability to manipulate data, allowing him to create constructs such as tentacles capable of delivering painful electric shocks and a shield, and heal people infected by Roidmudes. As Gold Drive, he possesses ergokinesis and the ability to steal and use the other Riders' Shift Cars, Signal Bikes, and weapons until Rinna Sawagami develops a special data coating to protect the Shift Cars and Signal Bikes.

Tenjuro Banno is portrayed by Masakazu Morita (森田 成一, Morita Masakazu).

Sigma Circular

The Sigma Circular (シグマサーキュラー, Shiguma Sākyurā) is a sentient machine created by Banno and Roidmude 004 that acts as the former's will and serves to dominate humanity and convert those that oppose Banno into data. Initially starting in an orb-like form, Banno intends to use Medic as a sacrificial power source and vessel, but Brain takes her place to save her from being brainwashed. Following this, Banno and the Grim Reaper Unit infiltrate the Special Situation Defense Center to help the Sigma Circular evolve so he can use it to enact a second Global Freeze. After the Kamen Riders, Heart, and Medic foil Banno's plans, the Sigma Circular kills a weakened Medic and saves Kiriko Shijima before it is destroyed by Kamen Rider Drive and Heart.

The Sigma Circular is voiced by Ayumi Fujimura (藤村 歩, Fujimura Ayumi) and Masakazu Morita.

Guest characters

Spin-off exclusive characters

Roidmude 005

Roidmude 005 (ロイミュード005, Roimyūdo Zero Zero Go) is a Bat-Type Roidmude who assumed the form of criminal psychologist, Koya Nishihori. First appearing in the DVD specials Type Zero Episode 0: Countdown to Global Freeze and Type TV-Kun Hunter & Monster! Chase the Mystery of the Super Thief!, 005 briefly kidnapped Koya to steal his form before the former's body was destroyed by Kamen Rider Proto Drive during the Global Freeze before his core was seemingly destroyed by Kamen Rider Drive. In the tie-in novel Kamen Rider Drive: Mach Saga, it is revealed 005 uploaded a backup of his core to the internet to plan revenge on the Kamen Riders, which caused him to evolve into the Revenger Roidmude (リベンジャーロイミュード, Ribenjā Roimyūdo), though his new body is destroyed by Super Deadheat Mach. During the events of the Drive Saga V-Cinemas, Kamen Rider Heart and Kamen Rider Mach, Revenger's core is temporarily absorbed by the unstable Roidmude 5886 before Kamen Rider Heart destroys it, allowing Revenger to escape and frame Nishihori's daughter, Reiko, for his crimes, lure Mach into a trap, and attempt to kill him along with several father/daughter pairs, only to be destroyed permanently by Kamen Rider Mach Chaser.

Roidmude 005 is portrayed by Toru Nomaguchi, who also portrays Koya Nishihori.

Zoruku Tojo

Zoruku Tojo (ゾルーク東条, Zorūku Tōjō) is a master criminal and gentleman thief nicknamed "Phantom Thief Ultimate Lupin" (怪盗アルティメット・ルパン, Kitō Arutimetto Rupan). First appearing in the crossover film Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Drive & Gaim: Movie War Full Throttle and sometime after the Global Freeze, an aged Tojo found Cyberoid ZZZ (サイバロイドZZZ, Saibaroido Surī Zetto), an android that Krim Steinbelt created in preparation for the Roidmudes' attack against humanity with the intention of transferring his consciousness into it before he was forced to put the android in storage as it requires a strong mind to control it. Before his death, Tojo transferred his mind into Cyberoid ZZZ, obtains a variant of the Break Gunner called the Lupin Gunner (ルパンガンナー, Rupan Gannā), and goes on a crime spree as Kamen Rider Lupin (仮面ライダールパン, Kamen Raidā Rupan). However, he is confronted and defeated by Kamen Rider Drive, who burns out Cyberoid ZZZ and forces out Tojo's consciousness, which ends up in a Bat Viral Core. Via a holographic projection, Tojo promises Drive he will return.

As of the DVD special Kamen Rider Drive Secret Mission: Type Lupin! ~Lupin, the Last Challenge~, Tojo has become a Roidmude and recovered from his injuries, only to be attacked by Roidmude 100, who steals his Lupin Gunner to pose as him. Tojo eventually finds Drive and 100, steals back the Lupin Gunner, and helps the former defeat the latter, burning up the last of his energy in the process. Through a letter he sent before he died, Tojo leaves his Lupin Gunner and Viral Core with Drive for safekeeping.

As Kamen Rider Lupin, Tojo possesses enough power to destroy regular Roidmudes and their cores. He can also combine the Lupin Gunner and the Lupin Blade (ルパンブレード, Rupan Bureido) Viral Core to access the former's dagger-like Blade Mode (ブレードモード, Bureido Mōdo), which allows him to perform the Ultimate Lupin Stlash (アルティメットルパンストラッシュ, Arutimetto Rupan Sutorasshu) finisher.

Zoruku Tojo is portrayed by Yūji Ayabe (綾部 祐二, Ayabe Yūji).

Kamen Rider 4

Kamen Rider 4 (仮面ライダー4号, Kamen Raidā Yongō) is a Rider that Shocker created to alter history who was created from a time paradox due to Takumi Inui's wish to protect people without having them die and appears exclusively in the after-credits scene of the crossover film Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3 and a self-titled three-episode web series. Following their failure to use Kamen Rider 3 to alter history, Shocker uses the History Modification Machine to send 4 back in time and lead the Shocker Air Force in another attempt. However, 4 is killed by Kamen Rider Drive.

While transformed, 4 possesses a wingsuit and pilots the Douglas A-1 Skyraider-esque Sky Cyclone (スカイサイクロン, Sukai Saikuron) aircraft, which can combine with two Shocker Fighters.

Kamen Rider 4 is voiced by Mitsuru Matsuoka (松岡 充, Matsuoka Mitsuru).

Eiji Tomari

Eiji Tomari (泊 エイジ, Tomari Eiji) is Shinnosuke Tomari and Kiriko Shijima's son. First appearing in the film Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future, Paradox kills and poses as a future version of Eiji from the year 2035 in an attempt to alter history. However, Eiji used mind link technology that Krim Steinbelt had developed to upload his consciousness into his double-sided Shift Next Special (シフトネクストスペシャル, Shifuto Nekusuto Supesharu) Car to help the present Shinnosuke defeat Paradox. As of the V-Cinema Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Mach, Kiriko has given birth to Eiji.

The adult Eiji Tomari is portrayed by Mackenyu (真剣佑, Makken'yū).

Paradox

The Paradox Roidmude (パラドックスロイミュード, Paradokkusu Roimyūdo), also known simply as Paradox (パラドックス, Paradokkusu) and formerly known as Roidmude 108 (ロイミュード108, Roimyūdo Ichi Zero Hachi), is a namesake-themed Spider-Type Roidmude loyal to Tenjuro Banno and Roidmude 004 who appears exclusively in the film Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future. In a future timeline where Banno succeeded in enacting the second Global Freeze, Paradox was sealed away by his fellow Roidmudes. After breaking free in the year 2035, he attacks and kills Eiji Tomari before stealing his Rider equipment to pose as him while using a duplicate AI of himself to operate as Kamen Rider Dark Drive (仮面ライダーダークドライブ, Kamen Raidā Dāku Doraibu). Traveling back in time to the present, Paradox tricks Shinnosuke into destroying Mr. Belt, turns the police force against the former, and fuses with his present self to transform into a Supreme Evolved Form (超絶進化態, Chōzetsu Shinkatai) to personally cause the second Global Freeze as part of a predestination paradox. However, Chase rescues and reveals the truth to Shinnosuke, who transfers Mr. Belt's consciousness to Paradox's abandoned Rider equipment before destroying him.

Utilizing the yellow-colored Next (ネクスト, Nekusuto) side of Eiji's Shift Next Special Car in conjunction with the Drive Driver and Shift Brace, Paradox can transform into Kamen Rider Dark Drive Type Next (タイプネクスト, Taipu Nekusuto). While transformed, he wields the Blade Gunner (ブレードガンナー, Burēdo Gan'nā) sword. His personal vehicle is the Mercedes-AMG GT-esque NexTridoron (ネクストライドロン, Nekusutoraidoron) car.[12]

Paradox is voiced by Rikiya Koyama (小山 力也, Koyama Rikiya).

Angel

The Angel Roidmude (エンジェルロイミュード, Enjeru Roimyūdo), also known simply as Angel (エンジェル, Enjeru) and formerly known as Roidmude 099 (ロイミュード099, Roimyūdo Zero Kyū Kyū), is a namesake-themed Spider-Type Roidmude who assumed the form of psychiatrist Shoko Hazama (羽佐間 翔子, Hazama Shōko), quickly achieved her Over-Evolved form, and appears exclusively in the V-Cinema Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Chaser. She uses her Feather Circuits (フェザーサーキット, Fezā Sākitto), which allow Roidmudes to experience human emotions, to convince others of her kind to join her in rebelling against Heart's leadership and give Chase the opportunity to fulfill his quest to become human via emotions as part of her plot to overload Roidmudes and humans' minds with euphoria until they die. Despite absorbing several Roidmudes to strengthen herself, she is eventually destroyed by Chase at the cost of his newfound emotions.

Angel is portrayed by Mami Yamasaki (山崎 真実, Yamasaki Mami).

Notes

  1. ^ Nōmi Sō (能見 壮) is a pun on the Japanese word nō miso (脳みそ, "brain").
  2. ^ Mashin (魔進) is made up of the kanji ma (魔, "evil" or "demonic") and shin (進, "advance" or "progress"). It is also a homophone of "machine" (マシン, mashin).
  3. ^ Toku-jō-ka (特状課) is an abbreviation for Tokushu Jōkyōka Jiken Sōsaka (特殊状況下事件捜査課).
  4. ^ His name is a pun on the Japanese word saijōkyū (最上級, "superior").
  5. ^ Alternately referred to as Kamen Rider Gold Drive (仮面ライダーゴルドドライブ, Kamen Raidā Gorudo Doraibu) and "Gord Drive" in other media.
  6. ^ In the tie-in novel Kamen Rider Drive: Mach Saga, his real name is revealed to be Makoto Asamura (浅村 誠, Asamura Makoto).

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