List of Kamen Rider Drive characters

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The main cast of Kamen Rider Drive, including the Tridoron car that the lead character drives instead of a motorcycle. Background, left to right: Chase, Heart, Brain. Foreground, left to right: Jun Honganji, Shinosuke Tomari, Kiriko Shijima.

Kamen Rider Drive (仮面ライダードライブ, Kamen Raidā Doraibu) is a Japanese tokusatsu drama in the Kamen Rider Series, written by Riku Sanjo. Police officer Shinosuke Tomari is chosen by an advanced artificial intelligence to become the titular hero 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.

Metropolitan Police's Special Investigations Division[]

The Metropolitan Police's Special Investigations Division (警視庁特状課, Keishichō Toku-jō-ka)^[a] is in charge of investigating the strange happenings regarding the Roidmude and "Heaviness" within the city. This division is located inside Kuruma Driver's License Center (久瑠間運転免許試験場, Kuruma Unten Menkyo Shikenjō). They are assisted by Kamen Rider Drive, but very few on the force are aware of his identity. After the Roidmudes' (Banno's) case is over, the division is finally disbanded.

Shinosuke Tomari[]

Shinosuke Tomari (泊 進ノ介, Tomari Shinosuke) is a young man who joined the Metropolitan Police to solve the mystery behind the death of his father Eisuke Tomari. During an event called the Global Freeze, while tracking down a terrorist organization called Neo-Shade, Shinosuke accidentally left his squad partner Akira Hayase behind and he was critically wounded. This upset Shinosuke, making him lose his motivation to be a police officer, as he was transferred to the police department's Special Investigations Division. When he encounters the Drive Driver, he secretly becomes the hero Kamen Rider Drive to fight the Roidmudes, androids who are the cause of the Global Freeze and several strange events occurring in the city. In time, Shinosuke learns more about the arsenal at his disposal among other truths as he is joined by Go Shijima and later the reformed Roidmude Chase. Eventually, Shinosuke is forced to publicly reveal his identity as Kamen Rider Drive and it results in the Roidmudes targeting him for their plans. Upon learning that the Roidmudes were involved in his father's death years before, Shinosuke confronts the Freeze Roidmude in search for answers, just to nearly be killed when the Roidmude achieves his Over-Evolved form. After being revived by the Special Investigations Division, Shinosuke manages to defeat and destroy the Freeze Roidmude and succeeds in tracking down his father's true murder, whom he later arrests. Soon after, Shinosuke and his friends and comrades turn their attention on stopping the remaining Roidmudes from threatening to mankind, by thwarting Professor Banno's plan to use them to start a second Global Freeze. After the world is saved from the Roidmudes, the Special Investigations Division is disbanded, Shinosuke is promoted to police sergeant, and he is transferred back to the First Investigation Division.

At the end of the film Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive: Super Movie War Genesis, Shinosuke marries Kiriko Shijima. Some time in the future, starting from Heisei Generations then Drive Saga: Mach, the two eventually have a son who they name Eiji (英志).

As Kamen Rider Drive, instead of using a motorcycle like previous Kamen Riders, Shinosuke's personal vehicle is a car called the Tridoron (トライドロン, Toraidoron).^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]} Shinosuke uses the 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) device to transform into Kamen Rider Drive where he possesses three primary forms known as "Types" (タイプ, Taipu) that he can alternate between for different abilities: the default sports car-based Type Speed (タイプスピード, Taipu Supīdo) with superhuman speed, the dune buggy-based Type Wild (タイプワイルド, Taipu Wairudo) with superhuman strength, and the garbage truck-based Type Technic (タイプテクニック, Taipu Tekunikku) with superhuman precision. In any of these forms, he is armed with the Handle-Ken (ハンドル剣, Handoru Ken, Steering Wheel Sword) and Door-Ju (ドア銃, Doa Jū, Door Gun) sidearms. There are other Shift Cars that Kamen Rider Drive can use during fights to grant him different abilities by swapping out his form's Shift Tire (シフトタイヤ, Shifuto Taiya) with a new one in a process known as Tire Exchange (タイヤ交換, Taiya Kōkan). For example, the Shift Max Flare Car empowers Drive's attacks with the element of fire, while the Shift Mad Doctor Car can be used to heal either his or other people's injuries. Some Shift Cars do not factor into Drive's attacks, such as the Shift Burning Solar Car which absorbs solar energy or the Shift Colorful Commercial Car which produces 3D holograms for uses like camouflage. Other Shift Cars are used as the basis of stronger forms:

• Type Dead Heat (タイプデッドヒート, Taipu Deddo Hīto) is Drive's motorcycle and sidecar-based form. This form change can be shared with Mach, allowing either Rider to emulate the Heart Roidmude's Dead Zone ability. However, as this Shift Car has not been perfected yet, it has a serious drawback in that it leaves the user out of control to where they attack anyone after a few minutes of use. Since Kamen Rider Drive never overcame this limitation, the Shift Car becomes part of Mach's regular arsenal instead.
• Type Formula (タイプフォーミュラ, Taipu Fōmyura) is Drive's Formula One car-based form, which is powered by three subordinate Shift Cars that give him a larger range of abilities. He can also use the Trailer-Hou (トレーラー砲, Torērā Hō, Trailer Cannon) to unleash powerful Full Throttle (フルスロットル, Furu Surottoru) finishers when combined with the Shift Cars.
• Type Tridoron (タイプトライドロン, Taipu Toraidoron) is Drive's sports car-based ultimate form, inadvertently created while they attempted to revive him. Because Shinosuke and Mr. Belt share the same mind and body while transformed, the former takes on several of the latter's mannerisms while converting the Tridoron into their armor. In this form, Drive utilizes an ability known as Tire Blending (タイヤカキマゼール, Taiya Kakimazēru) where he combines three Tire Exchange Shift Cars of a particular set into one singular Shift Tire with the combined powers of its components. He can also use all the weapons from his other forms, as well as allow Mr. Belt to take control of his body when needed.

In the film Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Drive & Gaim: Movie War Full Throttle, Kamen Rider Drive gains access to a Type Fruits (タイプフルーツ, Taipu Furūtsu) form gained from Kamen Rider Gaim sharing some of his power with him. He gains access to Gaim's Daidaimaru and Musou Saber weapons while resembling a samurai with a large straw hat in the form of an orange.

Type High Speed (タイプハイスピード, Taipu Hai Supīdo) is exclusive to the Kamen Rider Drive Hyper Battle DVD. It is a silver-colored version of his Type Speed form which is stronger than Type Speed, however it is eventually revealed that it is just a placebo effect and it is no different from the standard Type Speed form.

In the film Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future, Shinosuke uses Chase's Mach Driver Honoh and the Tridoron Key (トライドロンキー, Toraidoron Kī) to transform into Kamen Rider Super Deadheat Drive (仮面ライダー超デッドヒートドライブ, Kamen Raidā Chō Deddo Hīto Doraibu), a form similar in appearance to Mashin Chaser. The Tridoron Key as well capable of manipulating the Tridoron to its driver and serves as a contingency to Krim's consciousness should the original one destroyed, at the cost of the object's existence. He also gains the ability to transform into Type Special (タイプスペシャル, Taipu Supesharu) through the Shift Next Special Car. This form is originally used by his son Eiji Tomari in the year 2035, but after he is killed by Roidmude 108, his Shift Car and Drive Driver are used and corrupted by the Roidmude in order to become Kamen Rider Dark Drive. After Roidmude 108 becomes the Paradox Roidmude, he damages the Shift Car and Drive Driver from the future, but Kiriko retrieves both and uses the Mad Doctor Shift Car to restore them to their original states, allowing Shinosuke to use both to battle the Paradox Roidmude as Type Special. Upon transforming, Shinosuke is greeted by a hologram of his son, as he had used the mind link technology to implant part of his consciousness into the Shift Car before his death in the future.

In the film Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive: Super Movie War Genesis, two new forms of Drive are shown. The first is Kamen Rider Deadheat Drive (仮面ライダーデッドヒートドライブ, Kamen Raidā Deddo Hīto Doraibu), a form resembling Type Dead Heat, that Shinosuke transforms into with a Mach Driver Honoh given to him by Professor Harley, as Mr. Belt is still locked away after the Roidmudes were all defeated earlier in the year. After being sent back in time 10 years with Takeru Tenkūji, Shinosuke discovers the Mr. Belt of 2005 and together they transform into Kamen Rider Zero Drive (仮面ライダーゼロドライブ, Kamen Raidā Zero Doraibu), a more advanced form of Kamen Rider Proto Drive but not yet the completed Kamen Rider Drive.^[10]

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

Kiriko Shijima[]

Kiriko Shijima (詩島 霧子, Shijima Kiriko) is another officer in the Special Investigations Division who tries to keep up a serious exterior, doing her best to not smile while working with mechanical precision, and losing her composure whenever Shinosuke points out that she has smiled. She is initially the only member of the force who actually knows that Shinosuke is Kamen Rider Drive and as such often assists him in battles as a sidekick. She is shown to be very athletic despite her looks and also has the habit of physically dragging Shinosuke back to work when she finds that he is slacking off, often handcuffing him in the process. Kiriko is later revealed to have had a history with the Kamen Riders since the Global Freeze event when it is revealed that Proto Drive saved her from Roidmude 010. Shinosuke ultimately helps her overcome her fear of the particular Roidmude when she faces him again after he has become the Paint Roidmude. When Kiriko learns that Chase is Proto Drive, as part of his explanation that he cannot harm her, she plays a role in helping Chase regain his memories. Kiriko is later revealed to be the daughter of Professor Banno, yet is unaware of their familial ties until Go inadvertently reveals the truth to her after he had been trying to bring him back. Despite not knowing that Banno is her father, she was aware that her father was an evil man, as he had done something horrible enough to break her mother's heart and then abandon her and their family. As a child, Kiriko never told Go anything about their father, as he was too young to understand, but he comes to realize the truth when he unleashes Banno into the world once more. After the Special Investigations Division is disbanded, Kiriko is transferred to the First Investigation Division with Shinosuke.

In the film Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3, Kiriko's memories of the proper timeline are instrumental in saving everyone from Shocker.

At the end of the film Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive: Super Movie War Genesis, Kiriko marries Shinosuke. Some time in the future, chronologically start from Heisei Generation Drive Saga: Mach movie storylines, they have a son who they name Eiji.

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

Rinna Sawagami[]

Rinna Sawagami (沢神 りんな, Sawagami Rinna) is the Special Investigations Division's visiting electro-physicist and she is in charge of engineering. In her personal life, she is single, and has some anxiety about her situation, but her bright personality still brings up everyone's moods in the Special Investigations Division. She is revealed to know about Krim Steinbelt and Shinosuke's actions as Kamen Rider Drive, and she is revealed to be the engineer behind most of Drive's arsenal. After the division is disbanded at the end of the series, Sawagami returns to academia and becomes an international expert in electro-physics. Some time in the future, she is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.

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

Kyu Saijo[]

Kyu Saijo (西城 究, Saijō Kyū),^[b] a pseudonym for Kenta Imai (今井 健太, Imai Kenta), is the Special Investigations Division's visiting network engineer. He is the resident expert on electronics networks and often performs the information gathering for the group. He seems to be a little too interested in the occult and other topics the Special Investigations Division covers, which everyone seems to notice. After the division is disbanded, Kyu becomes a popular network researcher and author. His novel Mechanical Friendship (機械じかけの友情, Kikai-jikake no Yūjō) becomes 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. He appears to be a typical incompetent management level person who does little more than to please his superiors and does nothing more than keep tabs on everyone in his department, particularly how he tries to have trouble-free days. He is the one who assigns Kiriko to watch over Shinosuke, who is constantly skipping work and lazing off somewhere. He is an avid believer in divination and fortune-telling, and his necktie will be in the lucky color for that day. After Shinosuke transforms into Kamen Rider Drive in front of many civilians, Honganji reveals that he is a longtime friend and supporter of Krim Steinbelt and has long been aware that Shinosuke was chosen to become Kamen Rider Drive. He also reveals that he is personally responsible for establishing the Special Investigations Division to serve as the base of operations of Kamen Rider Drive and his support team within the police department. It is also revealed that Honganji is actually a very astute and perceptive police officer, with his goofy, incompetent, and trouble-fearing attitude only a clever facade. Along with establishing and keeping the Special Investigations Division intact, his eager pleasing of his superiors has always been a front to dig for information regarding the Global Freeze event from the upper levels of the police force. He was also responsible for revealing Shinosuke's identity as Kamen Rider Drive to the mass media, having judged that doing so would protect Shinosuke from the Roidmudes. After the Special Investigations Division is disbanded, Honganji keeps rising in the chain of command until finally becoming the Deputy Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police Department.

Honganji eventually receives a Mass-Produced Mach Driver (量産型マッハドライバー, Ryōsan-gata Mahha Doraibā) belt and a Tokujo-Ka Key (特状課キー, Tokujō-ka Kī) from Rinna Sawagami, to become the first user of the Mass-Produced Kamen Rider Mach (量産型仮面ライダーマッハ, Ryōsan-gata Kamen Raidā Mahha) system, dubbing himself Kamen Rider Jun (仮面ライダー純, Kamen Raidā Jun). However, it is ultimately revealed to still be a prototype, leaving Honganji open to the effects of the Roidmude's time-freezing abilities.

In the film Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3, Honganji is one of a few people mostly unaffected by the changes to history by Kamen Rider 3, as he still leads the Special Investigations Division with Rinna Sawagami and Kyu Saijo. After Kiriko reveals to him that the timeline has been altered, leading him to help keep Kamen Rider Black safe from Shocker surveillance. He is killed when Cheetahkatatsumuri discovers Kamen Rider Black's location, but is brought back to life when the timeline is restored to normal.

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. He serves as a liaison between his division and the Special Investigations Division. He often dismisses the actions of the Special Investigations Division as that of an "occult club", but he is in fact quite fond of Shinosuke, a fact he tries to hide. After the Special Investigations Division is disbanded, Otta is promoted to police inspector. He later becomes the chief of the First Investigation Division.

In the events of the film Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3, Otta has been turned into a general in Shocker and has become the monster Cheetahkatatsumuri (チーターカタツムリ, Chītā Katatsumuri, lit. "Cheetah Snail"). He is destroyed by the combined efforts of Kamen Riders 1, 2, and 3, but is brought back to life as a normal human when the timeline is restored to normal.

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

Mr. Belt/Krim Steinbelt[]

Mr. Belt (ベルトさん, Beruto-san) is the name given to the Drive Driver's artificial intelligence by Shinosuke, who serves as the navigation system for the Tridoron and is the one to summon the Shift Cars for Kamen Rider Drive. Mr. Belt was originally Krim Steinbelt (クリム・スタインベルト, Kurimu Sutainberuto), a scientist who created the system known as Core Driviars (コアドライビア, Koa Doraibia) for the Shift Cars and Tridoron. However, after he gave Core Driviars to his colleague Professor Banno, the man used them to create the Roidmudes, resulting in Steinbelt's death at their hands. He had originally planned on implanting his memories into the robot Cyberoid ZZZ, but ultimately decided on the Drive Driver. During the Global Freeze, Mr. Belt worked with the android Proto Zero to fight the Roidmudes as Proto Drive, until Proto Zero's apparent death. In the ensuing time, Mr. Belt upgraded the Kamen Rider Drive arsenal to its current state when Shinosuke finds him. He chooses the young man to be Kamen Rider Drive because of his nature to act first without any hesitation. With the proper guidance and advice, Shinosuke's personality would be a major force in future battles. When not in use inside the Tridoron, Mr. Belt sits upon a station-pump like stand inside the Tridoron's Drive Pit which is located in the basement of the Kuruma Driver's License Center. After Shinosuke gains the ability to transform into Drive Type Tridoron, Mr. Belt gains the ability to temporarily assume control of Drive's body and fights in his place. He also discovers that Banno is still alive, trapped in the tablet computer used by Heart, and is disappointed that his former colleague still wants to rule the world. After Banno and the Roidmudes are all defeated and the second Global Freeze is prevented, Mr. Belt projects a hologram of his original human appearance and bids farewell to his allies, sealing himself, the Tridoron, and all of the Kamen Rider arsenal away so it can never fall into the wrong hands in the future.

In Movie War Full Throttle, Mr. Belt was destroyed by Kamen Rider Lupin, whom took Drive's title as the "Kamen Rider". Although he was restored later because of Shinosuke's desire to not giving up against Lupin, it was revealed that in Type Lupin! ~Lupin, the Last Challenge~, Go was partly responsible in his restoration, having visited the Drive Pit in his alter-ego Mach and deliver Krim's backup A.I. sometime during the movie.

In the film Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future, it is revealed that Roidmude 004, who has stolen Krim Steinbelt's appearance, has put a computer chip in the Drive Driver to corrupt Mr. Belt's AI. The presence of the AI corrupting chip is revealed by the appearance of Eiji Tomari, Shinosuke's son from 20 years in the future, and its effects are compounded by the appearance of an apparently evil Krim Steinbelt ordering around Kamen Rider Dark Drive in the present time to cause the second Global Freeze. This leads Mr. Belt to plead with Shinosuke to destroy him, particularly after Type Tridoron takes over his body and nearly kills both Shinosuke and Go Shijima. However, this is all part of Roidmude 108's plans to cause the second Global Freeze, having posed as both Eiji and the Steinbelt as Kamen Rider Dark Drive. After he becomes the Paradox Roidmude, he discards the Drive Driver he had been using, but Shinosuke and Kiriko restore it to working order and discover that the Tridoron Key that Shinosuke used to become Super Deadheat Drive can be used to restore Mr. Belt to normal in the future Drive Driver, as Krim Steinbelt used a mind link technology to ensure he can be brought back to normal.

In a half-canonical Super Movie War Genesis, Shinosuke meets a younger Mr. Belt when both the former and Takeru are brought 10 years into the past. Despite not knowing who Shinosuke is, Mr. Belt allows to use the Drive Driver to become Kamen Rider Zero Drive through the Shift Speed (prototype) Car. When Shinosuke and Takeru return to the future, Mr. Belt and the Shift Brace stay in the past. Present day, Mr. Belt arrives in Tridoron to assist Shinosuke, having remembered that in 10 years the latter would require his assistance. After the defeat of the Renaissance Gamma, Mr. Belt congratulates Shinosuke on his upcoming marriage to Kiriko and seals himself and Tridoron once again.

During Next Genome's terrorism on Heisei Generations, Kouta Kazuraba/Kamen Rider Gaim enters a sealed Drive Pit with his godlike power to get Mr. Belt to help Shinosuke and their fellow Kamen Riders Haruto Soma/Wizard, Takeru and Emu Hojo/Ex-Aid against Next Genome. Mr. Belt was surprised on how Gaim enters Drive Pit, as the former forgot remember Gaim's status as a god since his and Shinosuke first met him in Movie War Full Throttle.

In Kamen Rider Zi-O the Movie: Over Quartzer, Krim's family bloodline started from one of his ancestors, Clara in Sengoku era, 16th century.

Krim Steinbelt, as a human and as an AI voice, is portrayed by Chris Peppler (クリス・ペプラー, Kurisu Pepurā), who also serves as series narrator.

Akira Hayase[]

Akira Hayase (早瀬 明, Hayase Akira) is a retired cop who was once Shinosuke's colleague. Six months before the start of the TV series, he and Shinosuke are investigating a crime when the Global Freeze happens. Shinosuke's pistol misfires, causing their patrol car's gas tank to explode, crushing him under metal bars and leaving him horribly injured. During the events of the television series, Akira has started physical rehabilitation in the hospital, but he can never return to active duty on the police force. Shinosuke feels guilty for his former partner's current state, but Akira does not blame him and pushes Shinosuke to seek new goals in life so he is not burdened by the event. After learning that Shinosuke is Kamen Rider Drive, Hayase secretly supports his colleague from behind the scenes with the other members of the Special Investigations Division. He reveals his part in supporting Kamen Rider Drive to Shinosuke after Banno destroys the Drive Pit, as he has worked with the Metropolitan Police's vehicles division to procure space and materials for a Makeshift Emergency Drive Pit.

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

Go Shijima[]

Go Shijima (詩島 剛, Shijima Gō) is Kiriko's younger brother. He has been living in the United States for some time as a freelance photographer, but has returned to Japan where he reveals he is another Kamen Rider, Kamen Rider Mach (仮面ライダーマッハ, Kamen Raidā Mahha). Go hates all Roidmudes because he has discovered that his father is Professor Banno and he wants to wipe out all of his father's creations. He holds a particular hatred towards Chase, even after Chase regains his humanity, but he soon mellows out and accepts Chase as another heroic Kamen Rider. When Go discovers that his father's consciousness has been stored in a tablet computer used by Brain, he goes on an undercover mission, pretending to betray Kamen Riders Drive and Chaser to get closer to Brain and Freeze. He still supports them, having used the alias "Mr. X" to contact the Special Investigations Division during his secret mission. When he has the opportunity, he steals the tablet from Brain, blowing his cover to save his father. He tries to convince Mr. Belt to work alongside Banno so they can both wipe out all of the Roidmudes, but Mr. Belt angrily declines due to their past, all while Go reveals that he knows Banno is his father, inadvertently revealing the truth to Kiriko as well. Go is shocked when Banno reveals he has been using him to enact his own plans to cause the second Global Freeze. Betrayed, Go and Chase hunt down Banno, who has taken the form of Gord Drive. Chase falls in battle, giving Go the inner strength to defeat his father. He uses Chase's Shingou-Axe to completely destroy Gord Drive's Drive Driver, finally freeing the world from his father's evil. After the Special Investigations Division is disbanded, Go departs for America with Professor Harley Henderickson, hoping to use Chase's Signal Bike to bring him back. Go later becomes a famous photographer.

In a novel adaption of his storyline Mach Saga, explains how he held a grudge against the Roidmudes was because some Roidmude named Gunman had killed Go's friend, Ethan Woodward (イーサン・ウッドワード, Īsan Uddowādo), and Go was too weak against his friend's murderer, until Harley rescues him to prepare Go to fight Roidmudes' threat as Mach before he returned to his home country, Japan. When most of the former Neo-Viral Core user criminals whom Special Investigation Division arrested, Go visits one former Neo-Viral Core user criminal, Koya Nishihori's daughter, Reiko and both shares their feelings towards each other, such as sharing their similar past backgrounds. He is unable to save Nishihori from using Anima System into maximum voltage, which kills his mind and leave only his corpse. In the same time Reiko got poisoned and manage gives Go the hints from the death of Ethan and Chase, Shinosuke's near-death experience and Banno's reawakening when Go manage to take her to hospital in time. Once he got the evidence, and obtain both prototype of Mach Driver Honoo and a new Shift Viral Core from Rinna, Mach confronts the true culprit, who is none other than Roidmude 005, whom Kamen Rider supposedly destroyed, but recently his the core recovered and reviving his body, thus transformed to Revenger Roidmude. As Go transforms into Chaser Mach to fight, but he is overwhelmed by Revenger's strength being above of Gord Drive. At the end of the 5th minute, Go lands a punch on Revenger before the transformation is cancelled, then later uses Shift Viral Core to transform into Super Deadheat Mach, and presumably destroys Revenger with a Rider Kick. By the time during Mach Saga's movie, he soon learned that Reiko is framed for the crime she never committed, leading Go to defend her and find a proof that she's innocent, thus finding a true culprit who framed Reiko, and is none other than the still alive late-Nishihori's Roidmude sync Revenger. With the help of Chase-possessed human sync, Koichi Kano, Go is being given a Shift Ride Booster Car to transform into Kamen Rider Mach Chaser and destroys Revenger permanently, thus clearing Reiko's name as both Go and Reiko starts dating.

To transform into Kamen Rider Mach, Go uses the Mach Driver Honoh (マッハドライバー炎, Mahha Doraibā Honō) belt and one of many Signal Bikes (シグナルバイク, Shigunaru Baiku) for either transforming or initiating a Signal Exchange (シグナル交換, Shigunaru Kōkan). It uses an updated version of Drive's technology called the Next System (ネクストシステム, Nekusuto Shisutemu) which is apparently more powerful. Mach can also use Drive's Shift Cars for Tire Exchanges, but Drive cannot use a Signal Bike as the Drive Driver does not have the Next System. Using the Shift Dead Heat Car, Mach can become Kamen Rider Deadheat Mach (仮面ライダーデッドヒートマッハ, Kamen Raidā Deddo Hīto Mahha) form unlike Drive, Mach has no problems with this Shift Car being even more powerful than Drive in its form Type Dead Heat. He drives a motorcycle known as the Ride Macher (ライドマッハー, Raido Mahhā) that can combine with Chase's Ride Chaser to form the car Ride Crosser (ライドクロッサー, Raido Kurossā). He also later receives the Ride Booster Red (ライドブースターレッド, Raido Būsutā Reddo) go-kart. His primary sidearm is the Zenrin Shooter (ゼンリンシューター, Zenrin Shūtā, Front Wheel Shooter), which can also perform Full Throttles. Using Chase's Signal Bike, Go can transform into Kamen Rider Chaser Mach (仮面ライダーチェイサーマッハ, Kamen Raidā Cheisā Mahha), allowing him to use the Shingou-Axe as well as summon the three Viral Cores used by Mashin Chaser to fight by his side. In Type Lupin! ~Lupin, the Last Challenge~, it was revealed that the Mach Driver Honoh he used contained Krim's backup A.I., which he used to restore the Drive Driver when visiting the Drive Pit sometime in Movie War Full Throttle. In his novel storyline Mach Saga, he obtain a modified Chase's Rhino Super Viral Core called Shift Viral Core and a prototype Mach Driver Honoo from Rinna to transform into Super Deadheat Mach (超デッドヒートマッハ, Chō Deddo Hīto Mahha) form, a form which is described to be a white version of Super Mashin Chaser with Mach's head and Chaser's orange eyes, yet also powerful than Chaser Mach form. During a final battle against Revenger Roidmude in Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Mach, Go obtain the Shift Ride Crosser Shift Car from presumably Chase (revealed to be a possessed Koichi Kano) to transform into a second variation of Chaser Mach known as Kamen Rider Mach Chaser (仮面ライダーマッハチェイサー, Kamen Raidā Mahha Cheisā), in addition from the power of Ride Crosser.

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).

Harley Hendrickson[]

Professor Harley Hendrickson (ハーレー・ヘンドリクソン博士, Hārē Hendorikuson-hakase) is an American scientist who is the creator of Mach's technology, as well as Krim Steinbelt's teacher. He also lends hints for Rinna Sawagami to help her develop the Trailer-Hou for Drive Type Formula. After the Special Investigations Division is disbanded, Harley finds Go walking on foot to return to America, and picks him up to take him along himself. This eventually leads Go to accept Harley as a family, finally understanding that the concept doesn't only apply to bloodlines alone.

Harley Hendrickson is portrayed by Ulf Ōtsuki (大月 ウルフ, Ōtsuki Urufu).

Mitsuhide Nira[]

Mitsuhide Nira (仁良 光秀, Nira Mitsuhide) is a corrupt chief of the Metropolitan Police's First Investigation Division, working directly under Soichi Makage. Despite knowing Makage's true identity as the Freeze Roidmude, Nira aids him in controlling the police force while giving the Special Investigations Division grief. The reason behind this is that Nira has an inferiority complex towards Shinosuke's father Eisuke Tomari, and is actually Eisuke's murderer, having shot him dead when working with him on a bank siege. After Freeze abandons him, Nira aids the Special Investigations Division in reviving Shinosuke before his role in Eisuke's death is revealed. From there, Nira uses a Neo Viral Core to form a symbiosis with Roidmude 106 to become the Thief Roidmude (シーフロイミュード, Shīfu Roimyūdo). After Roidmude 106 is destroyed, Nira forms a new symbiosis with Brain to help the Roidmude achieve his Over-Evolved Form. From there, Nira turns the police and the public against the Special Investigations Division, leading to their arrest, but his underhanded dealings are revealed to the public and after being abandoned by Brain, Nira is arrested by Shinosuke, finally avenging his father's death.

The Thief Roidmude is one of the three Roidmudes that are brought back from the dead and faces off against Shinosuke until being destroyed by Kamen Rider Ghost.

Mitsuhide Nira is portrayed by Kisuke Iida (飯田 基祐, Iida Kisuke). Roidmude 106 is voiced by Anri Katsu (勝 杏里, Katsu Anri).

Eisuke Tomari[]

Eisuke Tomari (泊 英介, Tomari Eisuke) is Shinosuke's father who was a cop in the Metropolitan Police's First Investigation Division. He discovered Makage's identity as Freeze 12 years earlier and confronted him to find out the truth, being immune to Roidmude 001's memory altering abilities. Eisuke ends up being killed by Nira while the two attempted to arrest a bank robber whom Nira framed for Eisuke's murder.

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

Tenjuro Banno[]

Tenjuro Banno (蛮野 天十郎, Banno Tenjūrō) is a scientist with a superiority complex and the main antagonist of the series. He is also father to Kiriko and Go Shijima. He was one of Krim Steinbelt's colleagues, but he secretly held a grudge against Steinbelt after the man created the Core Driviars. Fifteen years before the events of the television series, Banno attempted to create an artificial life form that can transcend humanity, but the dead ends in his research slowly drove him mad by the time he convinced Steinbelt to share the Core Driviarto provide him with the Core Drivar technology that he used to create the Roidmudes. Steinbelt was horrified at his colleague's depravity after he watches him torture Roidmude 002 who he had made impersonate a businessman that had slighted him. Steinbelt turned his back on Banno, who secretly stole the man's mind link technology as well. Banno completed the Roidmude technology on his own, implanting within them a desire to eradicate humanity, and allowed the completed Roidmudes to fatally wound himself so he could upload his mind into a computer tablet, as well as kill Krim Steinbelt. The tablet ultimately ended up in the hands of Brain, who uses the tablet to reset rogue Roidmude Cores. Banno also caused the first Global Freeze after releasing the Roidmudes in northeast Asia, particularly in Japan, the Koreas, and Russia. Though Go later manages to steal the tablet from Brain to save his father, Banno has been pretending to be hostage to the Roidmudes, as he wants to manipulate the Kamen Riders for his own ends. He reveals his true colors when Kiriko is abducted by the Tornado Roidmude. With the help of Roidmude 004, Banno creates a copy of the Drive Driver known as the Banno Driver (バンノドライバー, Banno Doraibā) and then removes the Core of Roidmude 006 to house his mind and transform into Gord Drive (ゴルドドライブ, Gorudo Doraibu). He reveals he has no love for his family and considered them his slaves like he treats the Roidmudes. As Gord Drive, Banno seeks to initiate the second Global Freeze, but this time he seeks to propagate it worldwide by using himself as the fourth Roidmude to power the machine Sigma Circular, even planning on sacrificing Medic to complete his plans. Brain's self-sacrifice to save Medic does not thwart Banno's plans, as his energy is enough to power Sigma Circular, using the Special Situation Defence Center (特殊状況下防衛センター, Tokushu Jōkyōka Bōei Sentā) as his base of operations. Roidmude 004 manages to save Banno from being apprehended by the Kamen Riders by self-destructing allowing his escape, but Banno as Gord Drive is confronted one last time by Chaser and Mach. He defeats both Kamen Riders and prepares to kill his own son, but Chase transforms into Mashin Chaser one last time and temporarily stops Gord Drive, leading to his own death. Go, pushed over the edge by Chase's admiration of humanity at his death and Banno's callous response to it, uses the Signal Chaser to transform into Kamen Rider Chaser Mach, ultimately destroying Banno's body in Roidmude 006. With his consciousness still remaining in the Banno Driver, Go reverts from his transformation and uses the Shingou-Axe to destroy the Banno Driver, ending Banno's reign of terror on humanity all while his father pleads for mercy despite all he has done to the Roidmudes and his family.

While within Brain's tablet, Banno has the ability to manipulate data in various ways. He can produce tentacles that can attack and deliver painful electric shocks, heal people infected by Roidmudes by restoring their bodies to normal, and he can even produce a digital shield to protect people from Roidmude attacks. As Gord Drive, his appearance is based on both versions of Drive's Type Speed, such as the current Drive Type Speed helmet and Proto Drive's body armor, while his power is similar to that of an Over-Evolved Roidmude, or rather, he himself is the Over-Evolved Roidmude, and is able steal the arsenal of compatible Kamen Riders, including the Shift Cars and Signal Bikes, until Rinna Sawagami develops a special data coating that protects them from falling under his control, but not their weaponry.

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

Roidmudes[]

The Roidmudes (ロイミュード, Roimyūdo) are androids that wish to usurp humanity as Earth's dominant species. Designed by Professor Banno as life forms capable of evolution like humans, his friend and colleague, Krim Steinbelt unwittingly, provided him with the necessary prototype Core Driviars to complete their development. With their numbers estimated at 108 constructed, they were purposely programmed by Banno to attack humans. They rebelled against their creator upon activation and began a full-scale attack on the planet in an event called the Global Freeze (グローバルフリーズ, Gurōbaru Furīzu), which later turns out to be a set up for Banno's plans to rule the world, having stolen Krim Steinbelt's mind uploading technology to ultimately become a Roidmude himself. The Roimudes are responsible for the phenomenon known as Heavy Acceleration (重加速, Jūkasoku, colloquially referred to as "Heaviness" (どんより, Don'yori)), described as the sudden physical sensation of slowed time caused by extraordinary decelerated movement. The Roidmudes can use devices called Viral Cores (バイラルコア, Bairaru Koa) for the purpose of sustaining, empowering, and evolving their existence.

There are three natural phases in a Roidmude's evolution: Minor Roidmude (下級ロイミュード, Kakyū Roimyūdo) forms known as Plain Roidmude (プレーンロイミュード, Purēn Roimyūdo) forms, Advanced Roidmude (上級ロイミュード, Jōkyū Roimyūdo) forms called Evolved Forms (進化態, Shinkatai), and Giant Roidmude (巨大ロイミュード, Kyodai Roimyūdo) forms. The Minor Roidmudes come in three variations: Cobra-Type (コブラ型, Kobura-gata), Spider-Type (スパイダー型, Supaidā-gata), and Bat-Type (バット型, Batto-gata). Each Minor Roidmude is set apart from others of the same type by a unique breastplate holding their numbers which is the essence of the Roidmude and is called the Roidmude's Core (コア, Koa). As long as the Core is not destroyed, a Roidmude can revive their body with a Viral Core. If these Roidmudes copy the appearances and memories of their targets and gather enough information, they can evolve into Advanced Roidmudes. Unlike Minor Roidmudes, Advanced Roidmudes develop a distinct personality that reflects their unique appearance, and are also able to produce a Heavy Acceleration that affects large parts of the city. If Roidmudes use more than one Viral Core at one time, they can change into Giant Roidmudes that resemble their respective Viral Cores. They are currently operating in the shadows to fulfill an ultimate agenda that requires four Over-Evolved Roidmudes. Any Roidmude deemed a threat to their goal will be put on trial by Brain, Medic, and Heart, and if necessary, be dealt with by Chase to be reformatted back into a Minor Roidmude.

After Chase defects to the Kamen Riders' side, the Roidmudes gain a new method of evolution from the Neo Viral Cores (ネオバイラルコア, Neo Bairaru Koa) that Freeze developed. The use of a Neo Viral Core allows a Minor Roidmude to fuse with a human host body to instantly assume a red-colored Advanced form called a Fusion Evolved Form (融合進化態, Yūgō Shinkatai) through symbiosis with the human host, forcing the Kamen Riders to save the human within them before destroying the Roidmude.

If a Roidmude's certain emotion intensifies and exceeds a specific limit, the Roidmude can evolve into a gold-colored ultimate Advanced form called an Over-Evolved Form (超進化態, Chō Shinkatai). The Roidmudes' main objective is to have at least four of them achieving this state, reaching their so-called "Promised Number". This has only been attained by Freeze, Brain, Heart, Medic, and Tenjuro Banno as Gord Drive. It is Banno's plan to have four Over-Evolved Roidmudes in order to instigate a new Global Freeze that this time will propagate across the whole world instead of just northeastern Asia by sacrificing one of the Roidmudes (intended to be Medic) to power Sigma Circular. This leads to a series of events that culminates in the Roidmudes defecting to help the Kamen Riders as well as the ultimate destruction of all Roidmudes on Earth, thus saving the world from Banno's Global Freeze.

In the film Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive: Super Movie War Genesis, changes in the past due to the machinations of the Da Vinci Gamma makes it so the Roidmudes were never destroyed, and none of them remember having gained empathy for humanity. However, Chase still remembers his human emotions and helps the Kamen Riders and humans out. After the Da Vinci Gamma is destroyed, history is restored to what it once was, and the Roidmudes all fade out of existence.

Apparently, as of Mach Saga novel and Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Mach and Kamen Rider Heart, some Roidmudes are still alive somewhere, or starting from Mach Saga novel, other than what Kyu described since his encounter with his copy and partner, Roidmude 072 prior that Roidmude's death, Roidmudes, besides can enter to World Wide Web for more information and infiltration, can also upload their core backup into that network, should their original core destroyed. In Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Heart when some of all 108 Roidmudes destroyed, it creates an unstable Roidmude fusion designate 5886, as mean for the deceased Roidmudes' revival, once 5886 is destroyed.

Heart[]

Heart (ハート, Hāto), or rather the Heart Roidmude (ハートロイミュード, Hāto Roimyūdo), is an imposing figure always wearing a red trench coat, serving as false leader of the Roidmudes stationed in Japan after the Global Freeze until revealed that Freeze is the true leader. Originally Roidmude 002 (Spider-Type), his human guise is modeled after Shinzo Hiroi (広井 真蔵, Hiroi Shinzō), a businessman who refused to invest in Banno's research. He has a jovial and showy figure who likes referring to fellow Roidmudes as friends. He has the ability to activate the Dead Zone (デッドゾーン, Deddo Zōn), an uncontrollable overwhelming power. Prior to assuming his current form and capturing Proto Drive, he murdered his creator and even Heart's own savior, Krim Steinbelt, unaware that the two survived when their minds were separately transferred into Brain's tablet computer and the Drive Driver, respectively. Heart's emotional stimulant is the joy he finds in facing a worthy opponent, who he finds in Shinosuke as Kamen Rider Drive, not only for his strength, but for his honor. Heart eventually achieves Over-Evolution when recognizing Kamen Rider Drive as an equal. When Heart learns of Banno's survival, he makes it his principal concern to deal with the threat his creator poses. When chasing Banno, Chase understands Heart's reasons behind hating humanity as being because of Banno himself, and he tries to convince Heart to reconcile with humanity in order to set things right to stop Banno's madness. Heart refuses his offer and prefers doing things his own way due to their conflict in the first Global Freeze. After Medic is being reprogrammed into by Banno, Heart sacrifices himself to save the Kamen Riders in exchange for Medic's life. He is captured by Banno, but he has already decided to prevent the mad scientist's evil plans on his own, but Banno's use of a Grim Reaper Roidmude as another hostage forces Heart to work with him. After Brain's sacrifice to save Medic's life during the process to start Sigma Circular, Heart helps the Kamen Riders fight Banno and destroy Sigma Circular. Once both of them have been defeated, unfortunately, Heart refuses to want to make coexist with humans and Roidmudes and tries to attack Shinosuke only he has suffered a mortal wound during the ensuing battle. However, Shinosuke instead makes his peace with the dying Roidmude.

In Kamen Rider Heart two years after the defeat of Banno and the event Super Movie War Genesis, Heart has been revived twice, but now by Go, Reiko and Kyu, and with him, the cores of Brain and Medic within him. It is revealed that Heart's revival was originally meant for Chase's revival. At the same time despite Go, Reiko and Kyu's accidental revival on Heart, a hostile creatures very similar to the Roidmudes appear and start attacking people, specifically the human templates of previous Roidmudes. Heart thinks about the crimes Roidmude committed and seeks a redemption for his race and himself. Out of this desire, Heart volunteers to assist Inspector Otta in investigating the attacks. Heart deduces the identity objective of this monster. However, since he is unable to regain his power as a Roidmude, he is at a big disadvantage. He is later given a copy of the Drive Driver and the Shift Heartron (シフトハートロン, Shifuto Hātoron) Shift Car to transform into a Kamen Rider known as Kamen Rider Heart (仮面ライダーハート, Kamen Raidā Hāto). At first Heart's first Rider form was a hybrid of Drive's three main Type forms known as Type Speed Wild Technic (タイプスピードワイルドテクニック, Taipu Supīdo Wairudo Tekunikku), such as Type Wild's body suit, Type Speed's middle armor parts and Type Technic's helmet, until he retain his Roidmude powers and transform into his true primary Type form which has a similar body suit as Drive Type Tridoron with a similar helmet as Heart's Roidmude form known as Type Miracle (タイプミラクル, Taipu Mirakuru), combining his powers with Medic's and Brain's. However and sadly, the transformation overloads their cores, destroying them once again soon after Rodmude 5886 is defeated only Heart said that only coexist with humans and Roidmudes.

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

Brain[]

Brain (ブレン, Buren), or rather the Brain Roidmude (ブレンロイミュード, Buren Roimyūdo), is responsible for collecting and managing information on the Roidmudes. Originally Roidmude 003 (Bat-Type), Brain copied the identity of the intelligence agency's programming deputy director Mitsuharu Kineta (杵田 光晴, Kineta Mitsuharu) while escaping into cyberspace to evade Proto Drive during the Global Freeze. He has a stoic and no-nonsense personality, and detests chaos. As such, he is irritated by the fact that all Advanced Roidmudes are those with brash, disorderly personalities, and he is in charge of reformatting the Roidmudes that Chase has captured. Brain sees Kamen Rider Drive as dangerous to their goals. He has the ability to inflict attacks on his target's nervous system, and can hack into nearby technology by tapping on his glasses. He despises any unruly behavior, even amongst his comrades, and is constantly irked by the idea that the unruly Roidmudes tend to be more powerful. Brain also serves as Heart's advisor but is wary of Medic's increasing influence on him, leading to Brain being overcome with envy for Medic, an envy that Freeze reveals to be Brain's emotional stimulant. Brain later assumes the alias of Sou Noumi (能見 壮, Nōmi Sō)^[c] after siding with Freeze, presenting himself as a consultant from a Paranormal Science Institute sent to review the Special Investigations Division to trick Shinosuke into attacking him so he would be suspended from the police force and as Kamen Rider Drive for attacking a human. After Freeze's demise, Brain decides to assume his Over-Evolved Form by using a Neo Viral Core to form a symbiosis with Nira to use the human's envy towards Eisuke Tomari as a booster agent. It takes all three Kamen Riders to defeat Brain, but his number survives. He is then subjected to torture by Medic, until he regains his old body back. He witnesses Banno's awakening as Gord Drive in horror, and apologizes to Heart for his previous indiscretions while warning him that Medic is under Banno's brainwashed control. Brain goes on the run to keep himself from being used by Banno in the second Global Freeze, and is ultimately placed under the Special Investigations Division's protection. Brain ultimately decides to help Heart save Medic by allowing himself to be captured, and he sacrifices his life to save her from being used to activate Sigma Circular.

In Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Brain, Brain, Heart and Medic's remains were reconstituted by Go during his attempt to revive Chase. Following this, Brain dreams of becoming Kamen Rider Brain (仮面ライダーブレン, Kamen Raidā Buren) and fights against the organization Mu (無) to prevent them from wiping out individuality on Earth. Initially conceived as a dream-exclusive Rider, he makes a physical appearance in Kamen Rider Zi-O the Movie: Over Quartzer as part of the reinforcements who stood against the Quartzers. Since his Rider form retained several of his Roidmude traits, Brain can utilize the Rider Poison Hands (ライダー毒手, Raidā Dokushu) attack to secrete 999 types of toxicants and toss Poison Handkerchiefs (ポイズンハンカチーフ, Poizun Hankachīfu). His ultimate attack is the Brain Head Crusher (ブレンヘッドクラッシャー, Buren Heddo Kurasshā) headbutt. He also wields the Brain Megane Blade (ブレンメガネブレード, Buren Megane Burēdo) sword as his main weapon and rides the Ride Braiser (ライドブレイザー, Raido Bureizā) motorcycle.

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

Chase[]

Chase (チェイス, Cheisu) is a specially created Roidmude who was originally Krim Steinbelt's aide Roidmude 000, dubbed Proto Zero (プロトゼロ, Puroto Zero), who copied the appearance of the traffic police officer Koichi Kano (狩野 洸一, Kano Kōichi). During the Global Freeze, Proto Zero attempted to fight off the rampaging Roidmudes as Kamen Rider Proto Drive (仮面ライダープロトドライブ, Kamen Raidā Puroto Doraibu), before being captured and reprogrammed by Freeze, Heart, and Brain to work for them. His memory has been altered with no recollection of his past, and is referred by the Roimudes as the "Grim Reaper" (死神, Shinigami) and is tasked to hunt down out-of-line Roidmudes and destroy their physical forms while taking their numbers to be reformatted by Brain. He is soft-spoken and sees Drive as his rival. In battle, he transforms into a Kamen Rider-like form called Mashin Chaser (魔進チェイサー, Mashin Cheisā),^[d] and is armed with the Break Gunner (ブレイクガンナー, Bureiku Gannā) fire arm and drives the Ride Chaser (ライドチェイサー, Raido Cheisā) motorcycle. He later receives Chaser Viral Cores (チェイサーバイラルコア, Cheisā Bairaru Koa) which allows Mashin Chaser to become the armed Tune Chaser (武装チェイサー, Busō Cheisā) forms, which each have their own weapons. Some of his memories of his former life arise when he sees Kiriko Shijima, who he once saved as Proto Drive, so he continues to meet with Kamen Rider Drive in order to discover his previous identity. Despite Medic's attempts to keep him from remembering his past by changing his purpose to serve as the Roidmudes' defender, Chase fully regains his memories when Kiriko tends to his wounds after a fight with Kamen Rider Drive. Using a Mach Driver Honoh and the Signal Chaser (シグナルチェイサー, Shigunaru Cheisā) Signal Bike, reverse engineered by Rinna Sawagami from Mashin Chaser's armor, to become Kamen Rider Chaser (仮面ライダーチェイサー, Kamen Raidā Cheisā), the evolved form of his Mashin Chaser form, armed with the Shingou-Axe (シンゴウアックス, Shingō Akkusu, Signal Axe), while still using the Break Gunner as a firearm. He also later receives the Ride Booster Blue (ライドブースターブルー, Raido Būsutā Burū) go-kart. When the Shift Prototype Car is repaired, Chase uses it in his Break Gunner to retrieve all his memories, revealing to everyone that Freeze, Heart, and Brain were responsible for his reprogramming, and also revealing Soichi Makage's true identity as Freeze. When Tenjuro Banno returns, Chase is skeptical of his creator's intentions and witnesses Banno's betrayal. After Chase learns the concept of human emotions, he now has a dream to become one like them, in following their good example. Chase also realizes that he loves Kiriko but discovers that Shinosuke does as well. He reveals his love of Kiriko to Go, who refuses his humanity and reminds Chase that Kiriko cannot love a "machine". When Kiriko is hospitalized, Chase asks if she loves Shinosuke, which she tries to deny but Chase sees through her ruse. Chase leaves, shedding tears upon realizing that Kiriko does not feel the same for him, willingly holding the burden of his unrequited love as it makes him feel closer to being human. During the final battle against Banno, Chase's Mach Driver Honoh is destroyed. Gord Drive takes Chase's Shingou-Axe to kill Go, but Chase transforms into Mashin Chaser one last time to save Go. He is mortally wounded by Gord Drive's attack, and as he is about to die, Chase tells Go of his dream to protect something important and wanting to become human. He leaves the Signal Chaser and his driver's licence to Go and charges at Gord Drive, activating his self-destruct mechanism. Go watches in horror as the explosion engulfs them both and Chase's Core is destroyed, after which he uses the Signal Chaser to fight Gord Drive as Kamen Rider Chaser Mach and destroy Banno's Drive Driver with the Shingou-Axe. After the world is saved, Go takes the Signal Chaser with him to America in the hopes that Harley Hendrickson can use it to bring Chase back to life. Elsewhere, Shinosuke and Kiriko happen across Koichi Kano.

During the events of the film Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive: Super Movie War Genesis, Chase, along with all Roidmudes, has been brought back to life due to Takeru Tenkūji altering the events of the past in hopes of making sure his father lives. This is all part of the Da Vinci Gamma's plot to change the future to his liking. Chase, however, still possesses his memories of the original timeline and is not focused on attacking humans and he assists the Kamen Riders once more. After the Da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo Gammas are defeated, history is restored back to normal, and the Roidmudes all disappear once more. However, Chase bids Go Shijima one final farewell before he disappears.

In novel and movie saga of Kamen Rider Mach, Chase's human sync, Koichi joins the Special Investigation Division. In final battle between Kamen Rider Mach and Revenger/005 Roidmude, it is revealed that Chase's core is actually being revived within the Shift Ride Crosser Shift Car and possessed his human sync for temporary before he fades away from Koichi's body, as well as the one who gave Go Shift Ride Crosser for Go's use to transform into Kamen Rider Mach Chaser and helps him to clear Reiko Nishimori's name from being framed by that Roidmude.

Chase is portrayed by Taiko Katono (上遠野 太洸, Katōno Taikō), who also portrays the real Koichi Kano. In Drive Saga, his early days as Proto-Zero is voiced by Daichi Endō (遠藤 大智, Endō Daichi).

Medic[]

Medic (メディック, Medikku), or rather the Medic Roidmude (メディックロイミュード, Medikku Roimyūdo), is responsible for healing and altering a Roidmude's body and Core. Originally Roidmude 009 (Cobra-Type), she played a role in the Global Freeze and copied the appearance of Misuzu Hatori (羽鳥 美鈴, Hatori Misuzu), a human ballerina who was a hospital patient having developed paralysis and amnesia after a car crash, a situation only exacerbated by Medic's care for Misuzu's dog who she believed was lost forever. The night of the Global Freeze, Medic found an injured Heart, and took care of him. However, after the Global Freeze ends, Medic enters a catatonic state that is only ended by the energy gathered by the Volt Roidmude. The revived Medic assists Heart and Brain in their tasks to achieve their Over-Evolved states. She is also responsible for reprograming Chase after he nearly regains all of his memories as his former life as Proto Zero, ultimately leading to the creation of the Grim Reaper unit when Chase becomes the Roidmudes' defender. According to Freeze, Medic's emotional stimulant is "devotion", possibly out of her desire to please Heart. Despite being a heartless Roidmude, she has Misuzu's kinder side intact within her, such as her affections for Misuzu's supposedly lost dog. However, her emotions are twisted as a result of synchronizing with other Roidmudes. Her appearance changes depending on whether or not Misuzu's kindness or other Roidmudes' twisted minds are in control of her emotions. After Banno transfers himself into his own Drive Driver, Medic becomes the first of his new victims. She attempts to rescue Misuzu from the man responsible for the car crash, her boyfriend, and conversations with Kamen Rider Drive ultimately lead to the boyfriend's arrest. Despite being manipulated by Banno, her loyalty towards Heart leads to her evolution into an Over-Evolved Form. However, her reprogramming turns her into Banno's obedient puppet who attacks anyone (even Heart) at his commands. Banno plans on using her as a vessel to activate Sigma Circular, but Brain's selfless sacrifice to save her leads her to regain her memories and control to mourn for his death and rejoin Heart to stop Banno. When she helps the Kamen Riders and Heart stop Banno, she is still weakened from nearly being used as a sacrifice for Sigma Circular, and she tells Heart and Kamen Rider Drive to go on without her. She is ultimately destroyed by Sigma Circular, but not before she uses her powers to heal Shinosuke's wounds and thanks him for helping them regain their freedom.

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

Freeze[]

Freeze (フリーズ, Furīzu), or rather the Freeze Roidmude (フリーズロイミュード, Furīzu Roimyūdo), is the true leader of the other Roidmudes and the first of their kind as Roidmude 001 (Cobra-Type). Freeze, along with Heart and Brain in their Minor Roidmude states, killed their creator Tenjuro Banno before going after Krim Steinbelt. Roidmude 001 also led the Global Freeze prior to the start of the series, having been the cause of the event as he has control over an even stronger version of Heavy Acceleration. During that time, he had 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), in order to keep an eye on the police forces. After assuming his current form, Freeze gained the ability to use snowflakes to suppress memories. The only person who was immune to this was Eisuke Tomari, which revealed to Freeze that his emotional stimulant is "humiliation". When Brain asks for help after he is bested by Medic as Heart's subordinate, Freeze becomes personally involved in the fight with the Kamen Riders by providing Roidmudes Neo Viral Cores that allow them hasten their evolution by selecting compatible human hosts to fuse with. Freeze also gains Go Shijima as an ally (who is secretly undercover) as he personally works to remove Shinosuke from the police force, while also using him to complete his evolution. Once resurrected in his Over-Evolved Form, Freeze nearly kills Shinosuke, but he is brought back to life with Mr. Belt's help and Freeze is destroyed by the newly transformed Drive Type Tridoron. Freeze is initially believed to be the one responsible for Eisuke's death, but in his last words confesses that he was not the culprit. However, he was present at the time of Eisuke's death, and witnessed the man's murder at the hands of Mitsuhide Nira who Freeze had used to manipulate the police department from behind the scenes.

The Freeze Roidmude is one of the three Roidmudes that are brought back from the dead and faces off against Shinosuke until being destroyed by Kamen Rider Ghost.

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

Roidmude 004[]

Roidmude 004 is a Spider-Type Roidmude who is Banno's right-hand man. Before the Global Freeze, 004 copied Krim Steinbelt's identity before Steinbelt transferred his mind into the Drive Driver. However, Roidmude 004's mind would later become corrupted, leading to his deactivation. Banno eventually reactivates him to serve as his subordinate, helping Banno become Gord Drive, hunting down Brain, and developing the Sigma Circular. He poses as a future version of Krim Steinbelt who became the evil ruler of a world where Roidmudes are the dominant species. He is defeated in battle by Drive Type Tridoron, but survives and attempts to destroy the Kamen Riders, as well as Medic and Heart, by self-destructing himself. However, he fails when Deadheat Mach uses his power to save everyone before Roidmude 004 explodes.

During the events of Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future, after Roidmude 004 plants the chip in Mr. Belt and Mr. Belt is destroyed by Shinosuke to apparently prevent the dystopian future ruled by Roimudes, Roidmude 004 becomes the leader of the numberless Roidmudes in the future. He sends various Roidmudes to hunt down rebel humans, and personally sends Roidmude 108 to kill Eiji Tomari to disguise himself as the Kamen Rider during Roidmude 108's time in the past to enact a stable time loop.

Roidmude 004 is portrayed by Chris Peppler.

Grim Reaper Unit[]

The Grim Reaper Unit (死神軍団, Shinigami Gundan) is a division of remodeled Minor Roidmudes that serve as Medic's subordinates. They take over Mashin Chaser's duties to eliminate rogue Roidmudes, destroying them completely instead of just resetting them. They are adorned with capes that give them a cockroach-like appearance and are armed with Hell Scythes (ヘルサイス, Heru Saisu), guns, and claws.

Roidmude combatants[]

• The Iron Roidmude (アイアンロイミュード, Aian Roimyūdo) is a Roidmude who has a habit of picking the traits of other people, sneaking into gyms and talent agencies to find ideal humans to emulate. Originally Roidmude 029 (Cobra-Type), the Roidmude assumed the identity of Nobuo Masuda (益田 信夫, Masuda Nobuo) and ambushes his targets to add their traits to his human guise. Though destroyed by Drive's SpeeDrop attack, Roidmude 029's Core survived and is revived by Heart with a Viral Core. In his new and perfected body, after copying several human body parts, the Iron Roidmude's arms can extend outward to attack. The Iron Roidmude is later destroyed by Drive Type Speed Hunter's Justismash. Portrayed by Masafumi Yokoyama (横山 真史, Yokoyama Masafumi). The Iron Roidmude's female human form is portrayed by Maari (麻亜里), who also played the character Iyo Sawai (澤井 伊代, Sawai Iyo).
• The Paint Roidmude (ペイントロイミュード, Peinto Roimyūdo) is a Roidmude who desires to capture women into his paintings, and responsible for Kiriko's trauma when she encounters him and one of his subordinates. Originally Roidmude 010 (Spider-Type), he attacked Kiriko before being driven off by Proto Drive. Having assumed his current form six months later, the Paint Roidmude assumed the identity of Kazuhiro Asaya (浅矢 一広, Asaya Kazuhiro) and established an art gallery where he stores all of his victims as he begins a mass kidnapping with the assistance of Roidmude 084. However, Paint Roidmude is exposed and he was only able to evade Kamen Rider Drive thanks to Chase. Portrayed by Lou Oshiba (ルー大柴, Rū Ōshiba).
• The Crush Roidmude (クラッシュロイミュード, Kurasshu Roimyūdo), formerly Roidmude 023 (Cobra-Type), is a Roidmude who uses the large hammers on his arms to produce powerful smashing blows. The Crush Roidmude assumes the identity of a criminal named "Crush", an overweight man in colorfully-dressed attire who targets the Font Earl company's armored vehicles with Roidmudes 060 and 074. In his investigation, Shinosuke discovers that the Crush Roidmude is after the explosives possessed by the Font Earl company for use in a major heist. Portrayed by HIRO (from Yasuda Dai Circus).
• The Scooper Roidmude (スクーパーロイミュード, Sukūpā Roimyūdo), formerly Roidmude 033 (Bat-Type), is a Roidmude that has the ability to steal metal from within buildings, causing them to collapse. It also possesses the ability to fire balls of light as a defensive measure. It is revealed that the Scooper Roidmude has developed a new way to evolve itself, taking information from a willing human partner, in this case the reporter Shunsuke Kusaka (久坂 俊介, Kusaka Shunsuke), who is given a Special Badge (特殊なバッジ, Tokushu na Bajji) from the Roidmude to avoid the effects of Heavy Acceleration. Voiced by Hiroshi Naka (中 博史, Naka Hiroshi). Shunsuke Kusaka is portrayed by Takuya Nagaoka (永岡 卓也, Nagaoka Takuya).
• The Volt Roidmude (ボルトロイミュード, Boruto Roimyūdo), formerly Roidmude 024 (Spider-Type), has been absorbing electricity throughout the city to gather energy to create a citywide blackout on Christmas Eve. He possesses the ability to send this electricity back out at his target in the form of lightning. The Volt Roidmude is discovered to have taken the human form of the deceased writer Goro Minami (美波 護郎, Minami Gorō). After the Volt Roidmude is destroyed, Volt Ghost (ボルトゴースト, Boruto Gōsuto) materializes out of his original's power controller containing a backup of himself. Portrayed by Isamu Ago (あご勇, Ago Isamu).
• The Gunman Roidmude (ガンマンロイミュード, Ganman Roimyūdo), formerly Roidmude 017 (Bat-Type), gives a special band to a group of human so they can induce Heavy Acceleration. He uses a gun called the Emperor 17 (エンペラ17, Enpera Jūnana) to fire energy blasts. In Mach Saga novel revealed that he and 018 the one who murdered Go's friend, Ethan. He is defeated by the new Kamen Rider Mach, but he is revived later by Medic, but was destroyed again. Portrayed by Bernard Ackah (ベルナール・アッカ, Berunāru Akka).
• Roidmude 018 is a Spider-Type Roidmude that assists the Gunman Roidmude, possessing the same headgear, having failed to fully evolve and Heavy Acceleration Bands. He takes the form of the Boss (元締め, Motojime) of the black market. He can fire energy bullets from his fingertips and can use both of his Heavy Acceleration Bands. In Mach Saga novel revealed that he and 018 the one who murdered Go's friend, Ethan. Portrayed by Marvin Jr. (マービンJr., Mābin Junia).
• Roidmude 096 is a Bat-Type Roidmude armed with special red claws. It is stalking and impersonating the famous actress Rira Nanao (七尾 リラ, Nanao Rira), attacking those around her to protect her, having learned so from Rira's dead lover Hiroki Nikaido (二階堂 弘樹, Nikaidō Hiroki) who was a tarot card reader. If it stabs someone with its claws they are trapped in suspended animation and turn blue. The Roidmude takes on Rira's form as its own. Roidmude 096 is voiced by and Rira Nanao is portrayed by Haruka Suenaga (末永 遥, Suenaga Haruka). Hiroki Nikaido is portrayed by Masashi Mikami (三上 真史, Mikami Masashi).
  • Suenaga and Mikami previously acted together in GoGo Sentai Boukenger and enjoyed being able to work together on another show, even if Mikami's parts were only for a single episode.^[11]
• The Voice Roidmude (ボイスロイミュード, Boisu Roimyūdo), formerly Roidmude 030 (Spider-Type), has the ability of sonokinesis for their own nefarious purposes. He assumes the form of the businessman Shu Amagi (甘城 秀, Amagi Shū), and later the applied physicist Kisaburo Sasamoto (笹本 喜三郎, Sasamoto Kisaburō). Shu Amagi is portrayed by Hiroshi Matsunaga (松永 博史, Matsunaga Hiroshi), while Kisaburo Sasamoto is portrayed by Yoshihiko Narimatsu (成松 慶彦, Narimatsu Yoshihiko).
• The Judge Roidmude (ジャッジロイミュード, Jajji Roimyūdo), formerly Roidmude 065 (Cobra-Type), is armed with the Shock Judge (ショックジャッジ, Shokku Jajji) electrodes and the Blade Judge (ブレードジャッジ, Burēdo Jajji) electric shock prod. He assumes the form of the retired cop Shingo Tachibana (橘 真伍, Tachibana Shingo). The Judge Roidmude is voiced by Shūhei Takubo (田久保 修平, Takubo Shūhei), while Shingo Tachibana is portrayed by Seiroku Nakazawa (中沢 青六, Nakazawa Seiroku).
• The Shoot Roidmude (シュートロイミュード, Shūto Roimyūdo), formerly Roidmude 091 (Bat-Type), is a Roidmude that has the ability to fire the Blast Darts (ブラストダート, Burasuto Dāto) at super-high speed. He assumes the form of a high school student Takuro Mogi (茂木 拓郎, Mogi Takurō). Portrayed by Naoki Takeshi (武子 直輝, Takeshi Naoki).
• The Sword Roidmude (ソードロイミュード, Sōdo Roimyūdo) is one of the first Neo Viral Core-based Advanced Roidmudes that Kamen Rider Drive confronts. Originally Roidmude 007 (Bat-Type), having faced Proto Drive during the Global Freeze, he freed a criminal named Hajime Taga (多賀 始, Taga Hajime) to serve as his partner. He fuses with Taga to allow him to have his revenge on Akira Hayase, which forces Shinosuke to expose his identity as Kamen Rider Drive to the public. Despite being separated by Kamen Rider Drive, the Sword Roidmude and Taga overwhelm both him and Kamen Rider Mach before attempting to kill Kiriko. However, Chase arrives and becomes Kamen Rider Chaser, using his new powers to remove Taga from the reverting Roidmude 007 before destroying it. Roidmude 007 is voiced by Takashi Ōhara (大原 崇, Ōhara Takashi), while Hajime Taga is portrayed by Mitsuyoshi Tani (谷 充義, Tani Mitsuyoshi).
  • The Sword Roidmude is reanimated after escaping a dark portal from the spirit world and seeks revenge on Shinosuke, but he is ultimately destroyed by Kamen Rider Ghost.
• The Seeker Roidmude (シーカーロイミュード, Shīkā Roimyūdo) is a Neo Viral Core-based Advanced Roidmude armed with the Blow Wand (ブロウワンド, Burō Wando). Originally Roidmude 050 (Spider-Type), he forms a symbiosis with Reiko Nishihori (西堀 令子, Nishihori Reiko), the daughter of the arrested criminal psychologist Koya Nishihori and goes by the pseudonym Yoriko Soma (相馬 頼子, Sōma Yoriko). Using its powers to look for humans compatible with Neo Viral Cores at first, Reiko's true objective was to have Go destroy the Roidmude, killing her in the process and making of him a murderer. However, Shinosuke discovers her true identity and defeats 050 after separating them, arresting her in sequence. Roidmude 050 is voiced by Kiyohito Yoshikai (吉開 清人, Yoshikai Kiyohito), while Reiko Nishihori is portrayed by Haneyuri (はねゆり).
  • During a prison breakout in Mach Saga novel event, where most of the criminals who align with Roidmudes are escaping, Reiko still remained in prison and don't want to make a trouble with the authorities. She is confronted by Go, and both shares their feelings each other due to having a similar past background and gave him the information of what her father, Koya is up to. After the death of her father, when he used Anima System that has a short system, killing his mind and leaving only his corpse, Reiko is recently poisoned and manage to given Go a hint about the true culprit, starting from Ethan and Chase's deaths, Shinosuke's near-death experience and Banno's reawakening when Go manage to take her to hospital in time for her recovery, before going to find the culprit who turns out to be none other than supposed deceased Roidmude 005/Revenger.
    • Apparently in its movie sequel, Revenger, whose core was trapped within Roidmude 5886 back in Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Heart finds out where Kamen Rider Mach know the information and began to lure him by framing Reiko and accuses her for the current crime she never committed anymore on killing both father and daughter by copying her body, leaving Go to defend Reiko's trial and find a proof. After Revenger is completely destroyed by Kamen Rider Mach Chaser, thanks to a gift from Chase possessed Koichi Kano, Reiko's name is clear, then she and Go starts dating in the end.
• The Open Roidmude (オープンロイミュード, Ōpun Roimyūdo) is a Neo Viral Core-based Advanced Roidmude that can open any lock with the Common Master Key (コモンマスターキー, Komon Masutā Kī). Originally Roidmude 067 (Cobra-Type), he forms a symbiosis with Itsuro Negishi (根岸 逸郎, Negishi Itsurō), an armed robber who was assumed to have killed Eisuke Tomari during the bank heist while the cop was saving Yukari Karasawa (唐沢 ゆかり, Karasawa Yukari) 12 years prior to the start of the series. He is defeated by Chaser (who removes Negishi from 067) and Drive Type Formula. Shinosuke later arrests Negishi, and learns the truth behind his father's death. Roidmude 067 is voiced by Yoshimasa Kawata (河田 吉正, Kawata Yoshimasa). while Itsuro Negishi is portrayed by Hiroaki Fukui (福井 博章, Fukui Hiroaki). Yukari Karasawa is portrayed by Coco Koizumi (小泉 ここ, Koizumi Koko). As a child, Yukari is portrayed by Sara Naito (内藤 咲愛, Naitō Sara).
• The Cook Roidmude (クックロイミュード, Kukku Roimyūdo) is a Neo Viral Core-based Advanced Roidmude. Originally Roidmude 090 (Cobra-Type), she takes the form of Miho Masukawa (増川 美穂, Masukawa Miho) and forms a symbiosis with the cook Matsutaro Okumura (奥村 松太郎, Okumura Matsutarō). Roidmude 090's human form is portrayed by Momoka Ayukawa (鮎川 桃果, Ayukawa Momoka), while Matsutaro Okumura is portrayed by Sonrei Yoshioka (吉岡 そんれい, Yoshioka Sonrei).
• The Tornado Roidmude (トルネードロイミュード, Torunēdo Roimyūdo), formerly Roidmude 008 (Spider-Type), is a Roidmude. He assumes the form of the fashion designer George Shirogane (ジョージ白鐘, Jōji Shirogane), and upon returning to Japan, he starts kidnapping several young women seeking a suitable one to help him achieve his Over-Evolution. After several failures, he claims to have finally found his target in Kiriko, thus kidnapping her. Portrayed by Joe Hyuga (日向 丈, Hyūga Jō).
• Roidmude 006 is a Cobra-Type Roidmude who assumes the form of a mafia boss. Though sent by Heart to eliminate Banno after he transferred himself into the Banno Driver, Roidmude 006's Core ends up being removed from his body and destroyed while his husk becomes a vessel of the mad scientist to manifest himself as Gord Drive. Portrayed by Arata Matsuura (松浦 新, Matsuura Arata).

Other Roidmude combatants[]

Roidmude 072[]

Roidmude 072 is a Bat-Type Roidmude who assumes the form of Kyu Saijo. He originally intended to kill Saijo and take his place in the Special Investigations Division, having attacked him near New Year's by infiltrating Saijo's computer system. However, he grants Saijo's final request to watch his favorite anime that night and watches it with him, being moved to tears by how wonderful a human creation is. From that point on, he and Saijo switch places at the police department whenever Saijo is too busy with other activities. The ruse is ultimately revealed when Roidmude 072 kidnaps an idol who is to have a guest role in his and Saijo's favorite anime. Shinosuke decides to let him live as he has gained humanity just like Chase did, but he is chased down by Medic and the Grim Reaper Unit. Medic kills him right in front of Shinosuke and the others before escaping. Before Roidmude 072 dies, he asks Shinosuke to tell Saijo that he had to be destroyed by the Kamen Riders because he got out of control, as he knew that Saijo's obsessive personality would lead to an emotional breakdown if he were to discover that Medic was the one who killed him. He ends up being the inspiration for Saijo's novel Mechanical Friendship.

Roidmude 072 is voiced by Kenta Hamano.

Sigma Circular[]

Sigma Circular (シグマサーキュラー, Shiguma Sākyurā) is a destructive machine created by Banno and Roidmude 004, acting as the mad scientist's will, in order to dominate all of humanity to erase those who opposes his superiority into a data and out of existence from the real world. During the first attempt to activate this machine, Medic was originally meant to be a sacrificial vessel, but Brain takes her place to save her from brainwashing and sacrifices himself instead. Later, Gord Drive and the Grim Reaper Unit infiltrated the Special Situation Defence Center building, and placed Sigma under evolution process before the Kamen Riders (and later joined by the now-defected Roidmude generals Heart and Medic) would stop him from his plan on occurring the second Global Freeze. It kills a weakened Medic while she heals Shinosuke for his debt to understand the Roidmudes' feelings, and soon being destroyed by Drive Type Tridoron and Heart Over-Evolved Form for good, freeing a data imprisoned civilian and allies alike, even saving Kiriko from being erased into a data.

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

Keisuke Okamura[]

Keisuke Okamura (岡村 ��助, Okamura Keisuke) is the leader of the criminal organization Neo-Shade (ネオシェード, Neo Shēdo). He is a fugitive who prior to the start of the series was being chased by Shinosuke and Hayase. Just as they are about to arrest him, the first Global Freeze occurs, injuring Hayase and allowing Okamura to escape capture. One year later (in the series finale which follows the events of the film Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future), Okamura resurfaces, having recruited some of the remaining Roidmudes as members of Neo-Shade and having somehow obtained Kamen Rider Ghost's Newton Ghost Eyecon after Kamen Rider Ghost lost it in the fight against the Paradox Roidmude. Many years after all Roidmudes and Banno are destroyed, Shinosuke and Genpachiro Otta manage to track Okamura down, but the Newton Ghost Eyecon also draws the attention of a Gamma Commando and Kamen Rider Ghost himself. The fight between the Gamma and Kamen Rider Ghost allows Okamura to escape capture, again, and in the confusion he takes Kiriko hostage. Shinosuke manages to track him down back to where he and Hayase had originally cornered Okamura before the first Global Freeze, but this time Shinosuke manages to arrest Okamura without anyone getting hurt. Shinosuke also manages to give the Newton Eyecon to Yurusen, who brings it back to Kamen Rider Ghost.

Keisuke Okamura is portrayed by Hassei Takano (高野 八誠, Takano Hassei).

Film & special-exclusive characters[]

Roidmude 005/Revenger[]

Roidmude 005 is a Bat-Type Roidmude. He assumes the form of the criminal psychologist Koya Nishihori (西堀 光也, Nishihori Kōya). Though he is destroyed by Kamen Rider Drive, turns out, as revealed in Mach Saga novel that he manage to upload his core backup to World Wide Web to seek information for revenge against the Kamen Riders, which evolves him into Revenger Roidmude (リベンジャーロイミュード, Ribenjā Roimyūdo), a form which is far more powerful than Gord Drive and Chaser Mach. After being destroyed by Super Deadheat Mach, his core revealed to have been absorbed within an unstable, yet newly Roidmude 5886 in Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Heart. In Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Mach he freed from Roidmude 5886's body by Kamen Rider Heart, 005 escape where he framed Nishihori's daughter, Reiko by syncing her form as well to lure Mach into his trap and kills both any other fathers and daughters, but finally being destroyed permanently by Kamen Rider Mach Chaser. In a said novel storyline during a prison break out, before Revenger is found to be a culprit by Go, the original Nishihori attempt to digitize himself to fuse with entire World Wide Web use the Anima System which Masahiko Odagiri invented, but died in a freak accident where the system had a short circuit, destroying both the system along with Nishihori's consciousness, leaving only his corpse and Go was too late to save him.

Roidmude 005/Revenger is portrayed by Toru Nomaguchi (野間口 徹, Nomaguchi Tōru).

Zoruku Tojo[]

Zoruku Tojo (ゾルーク東条, Zorūku Tōjō) is a master criminal was known as Phantom Thief Ulimate Lupin (怪盗アルティメット・ルパン, Kitō Arutimetto Rupan). Some time after the Global Freeze, an aged Zoruku comes upon the resting place of Cyberoid ZZZ (サイバロイドZZZ, Saibaroido Surī Zetto), an android that Krim created in preparation for the Roidmudes' attack against humanity. While Krim intended to transfer his mind into Cyberoid ZZZ, he was forced to put the android in storage as it requires a strong mind to control it. Before his own death, Zoruku transferred his mind into Cyberoid ZZZ and goes on a crime spree in his new body during the events of Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Drive & Gaim: Movie War Full Throttle. Confronted by Shinosuke, Zoruku uses the Lupin Gunner (ルパンガンナー, Rupan Gannā) to transform into Kamen Rider Lupin (仮面ライダールパン, Kamen Raidā Rupan).

But after being hit by Drive Type Speed Flare's SpeeDrop, Zoruku's consciousness is forced to leave the burned out Cyberoid ZZZ before it was absorbed by Megahex. After ZZZ Megahex is destroyed by both Drive and Gaim, Zoruku's consciousness ends up in a Bat Viral Core, allowing him to appear as a hologram while telling Shinosuke that he will be back in the future.

Zoruku Tojo later reappears in the DVD special Kamen Rider Drive Secret Mission: Type Lupin! ~Lupin, the Last Challenge~. His Roidmude body has recovered from its wounds and he is attacked by Roidmude 100, who steals his Lupin Gunner. While Roidmude 100 is posing as him, he manages to catch up during his fight with Kamen Rider Drive, and he joins in the battle, regaining the Lupin Gunner and battling alongside Kamen Rider Drive as Kamen Rider Lupin. However, the events have used up the last of his energy, which he later reveals in a letter he has sent to Shinosuke once he has died. He leaves his Lupin Gunner and Viral Core with him for safekeeping as the Unit gives him a final respect.

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

Roidmude 027[]

Roidmude 027 is a Spider-Type Roidmude who attempted to sell counterfeiter Televi-Kun issues before he is found by Shinosuke and Kiriko. During the fight, Roidmude 027 gathers enough data on Shinosuke to become a counterfeit version of Kamen Rider Drive as his replication of Drive's arsenal gradually improves. However, Roidmude 027 is forced back to his original form and destroyed by Drive in his High Speed form.

Roidmude 027 is portrayed by Tomokazu Seki (関 智一, Seki Tomokazu).

Roidmude 089[]

Roidmude 089 is a Spider-Type Roidmude who used the trace remains of the DNA of a deceased Shocker scientist named Doctor Dee (ディー博士, Dī-hakase) to assume his form to finish his incomplete Dimensional Distortion Machine (空間変異装置, Kūkan Heni Sōchi), a prototype of the History Modification Machine. During the events of Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs. Kamen Rider Drive: Spring Break Combined 1 Hour Special, Roidmude 089 allied himself with Kyuemon Izayoi to create the Yokai Buruburu. But after Bururu is destroyed, Roidmude 089 used the Sealing Shuriken to become Shocker Buruburu (ショッカーブルブル, Shokkā Buruburu) that can perform the Terrible Pressure (テリブルプレッシャー, Teruburu Puresshā) attack, combining Shocker technology with the heavy acceleration from the Roidmudes and the power of fear from the Kibaoni Army Corps. He is destroyed by Drive Type Formula assisted by Deadheat Mach and the Ninningers.

Roidmude 089 is portrayed by Yūji Kishi (岸 祐二, Kishi Yūji).

Kyoichiro Kuroi[]

Kyoichiro Kuroi (黒井 響一郎, Kuroi Kyōichirō) is a man who was kidnapped by Shocker and turned into Kamen Rider 3 (仮面ライダー3号, Kamen Raidā Sangō), a Kamen Rider that should have never existed, and who drives a car called the TriCyclone (トライサイクロン, Torai Saikuron). Prior to being kidnapped by Shocker, Kyoichiro was once a race car driver who sought to win anything he can. Through a History Modification Machine (歴史改変マシン, Rekishi Kaihen Mashin), surviving members of the Shocker organization kidnapped Kyoichiro and converted him into a cyborg before sending him back in time to defeat the Double Riders. Without Kyoichiro knowing, just in case if he regained his consciousness back, Shocker also turned him into a vessel of Rider Robo (ライダーロボ, Raida Robo) for the Great Leader.

Prior to carrying out his mission, Kyoichiro is sent to test his skill against Go Shijima during the events of Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs. Kamen Rider Drive: Spring Break Combined 1 Hour Special and spares the Kamen Rider as he is not the one he is after.

Kyoichiro is then sent back in time to the year 1973, defeating the Double Riders after they defeated the Gel-Shocker organization. This causes time to be altered, with a restored Shocker becoming a world power with only a few Kamen Riders remaining, namely Yuto Sakurai (Kamen Rider Zeronos), Go, and Takumi Inui (Kamen Rider Faiz), who together attempted to save the Double Riders upon discovering that their history has been corrupted. In this new time line, Kyoichiro finds himself on the run from both Shocker and some Kamen Rider resistance groups before Shinosuke, Yuto, and Go try to find a way clear Kyoichiro's name and change history back to normal. He is targeted by the Kamen Riders (known as Shocker Riders in that timeline), even Kamen Rider Faiz who is only after him to restore the world to normal. Kamen Rider 3 is later re-brainwashed while sacrificing his life to have Kamen Rider Zeronos escape first. It is ultimately revealed that Kyoichiro was not brainwashed, and his role as a rogue Kamen Rider was just a mere ruse that he wanted to become the strongest Kamen Rider and used Shocker to feed his obsession of defeating all of Kamen Riders endlessly. However, he still does not yet realize that he is still being used by Shocker itself, as a vessel for the Great Leader's use to modify history via the Rider Robo. The following day, he and his Shocker goons find Yuto and capture him. However, he is confronted Shinosuke, who has his memories of history restored to normal. He who challenges Kyoichiro to a race on the next day, which he accepts but only if he can keep both Yuto and Kiriko Shijima hostage. During the race, Kamen Rider 3 uses the TriCyclone's weapons and Shocker Riders (including Mashin Chaser) as shields to win for Shocker. However, his dirty tricks are counteracted by Drive's remaining allies, including Kotaro Minami as Kamen Rider Black RX, Kamen Rider Faiz, and Kamen Rider Mach. Kamen Rider Drive tries to tell Kamen Rider 3 that he should try to win without any dirty tricks, because racing with his actual skills instead of cheating makes him a winner in his heart regardless of winning or losing the real race, and asks if Kamen Rider 3 regrets killing the original Double Riders prior the timeline alteration in the past. Kamen Rider 3 refuses and says the deaths do not matter, as long he vows to become the strongest Kamen Rider there is, but he loses the race in the end. He ultimately accepts his loss as a sign of good sportsmanship, realizing his error. However, the Great Leader uses him to activate Rider Robo to attack the surviving Kamen Riders and those who defied Shocker. With the last of his own willpower, Kyoichiro sends the original Double Riders to the future to restore the Shocker Riders' memories to normal. He breaks free of the Great Leader's control and helps the other Kamen Riders fight Shocker, while Kamen Rider Drive and the Shuriken Sentai Ninninger team destroy the Great Leader's Rider Robo form, which Kyoichiro realizes is the source of his own Kamen Rider powers. Before the timeline returns to normal, Kyoichiro bids his Kamen Rider allies a farewell, but promises that he will meet them in the restored timeline, where he is a human once more and supported in his racing endeavors by the Tachibana Racing Club and BOARD.

Kyoichiro Kuroi is portrayed by Mitsuhiro Oikawa (及川 光博, Oikawa Mitsuhiro).

Kamen Rider 4[]

Kamen Rider 4 (仮面ライダー4号, Kamen Raidā Yongō) is another Kamen Rider who should not exist but is created by Shocker to alter history, just as they did with Kamen Rider 3. As a Kamen Rider, he pilots a plane called the Sky Cyclone (スカイサイクロン, Sukai Saikuron). He is sent back in time with the History Modification Machine because Takumi Inui's wish to protect people without having them die caused a time paradox to allow for his existence. He is assisted in his attempts to change history by Kamen Riders Ouja, Sasword, Dark Kiva, and Baron, until he is destroyed by Drive Type Formula.

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

Eiji Tomari[]

Eiji Tomari (泊 エイジ, Tomari Eiji) appears in the film Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future. He is Shinosuke and Kiriko's son, and in the year of 2035 he claims that Mr. Belt's AI has been destroyed by a corrupted chip Banno had secretly implanted in the belt. Before the future had become a post-apocalyptic dystopia, he had protected it as the second Kamen Rider Drive, using the Shift Car Next Special to transform into Type Next (タイプネクスト, Taipu Nekusuto). However, the Eiji that Shinosuke and the others meet in the present time is actually Roidmude 108 who "killed" Eiji in the future and assumed his form, and steals Drive Driver equipments by renaming himself as Kamen Rider Dark Drive before traveling to the past to personally cause the second Global Freeze. Unbeknownst to Roidmude 108, Krim Steinbelt had created mind link technology to upload his mind to any other equipment related to the Drive Driver system like the Tridoron Key. Eiji used this to upload his consciousness into the Shift Car Next Special, which is ultimately used by Shinosuke to transform into Drive Type Special to destroy the evolved Paradox Roidmude. With both iterations of Roidmude 108 destroyed, the future is saved and Eiji will grow up in a world of peace. In 2018 during Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Mach, Eiji is seen as an infant.

Adult/Future Eiji Tomari is portrayed by Mackenyu (真剣佑, Makkenyū).

Shinji Koba[]

Shinji Koba (古葉 進次, Koba Shinji) is a deputy officer of the Metropolitan Police Department. During the events of Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future, he orders the police to execute Shinosuke by a firing squad at the height of the crisis caused by Kamen Rider Dark Drive.

Shinji Koba is portrayed by Shingo Yanagisawa (柳沢 慎吾, Yanagisawa Shingo)

Paradox[]

Paradox (パラドックス, Paradokkusu) is the main antagonist of the film Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future. Paradox is Roidmude 108 who becomes the Paradox Roidmude (パラドックスロイミュード, Paradokkusu Roimyūdo). He was sealed away by his fellow Roidmudes in a timeline that takes place after Banno caused the second Global Freeze. In the year 2035, he breaks free and attack and nearly defeat Eiji Tomari, stealing the young man's Drive Driver and his appearance to turn the future into a post-apocalyptic dystopia. He is loyal to Tenjuro Banno and Roidmude 004, who in the future lead the army of numberless Roidmudes. He also duplicates himself into an AI to pose as Kamen Rider Dark Drive. He travels back in time to 2015, posing as Eiji Tomari, so he can fuse with his past self to use his newly evolved state called a Supreme Evolved Form (超絶進化態, Chōzetsu Shinkatai) to personally cause the second Global Freeze as part of a predestination paradox. He first manages to trick Shinosuke to destroy Mr. Belt because of the presence of the evil Roidmude chip in him from Banno, as every time Shinosuke transforms into Kamen Rider Drive, the belt's AI system becomes more corrupted, ultimately leading Mr. Belt to plead for Shinosuke to destroy him. This allows Roidmude 108 to transform into Kamen Rider Dark Drive at will. He then frames Shinosuke for several crimes, trying to turn the police force against him, but Shinosuke is saved by Chaser revealing the truth about Kamen Rider Dark Drive. The two of them then battle it out as Kamen Riders Super Deadheat Drive and Dark Drive, but Roidmude 108 uses the events one more time to further his plans, as it frees the 2015 iteration of himself and the two Roidmudes fuse into the evolved Paradox Roidmude. While his plans are complete, he is caught off guard when Shinosuke manages to transform into Drive Type Special and he is destroyed.

As Kamen Rider Dark Drive (仮面ライダーダークドライブ, Kamen Raidā Dāku Doraibu), utilizing the reversible Shift Next Special Car to assume Type Next (タイプネクスト, Taipu Nekusuto), he uses the Blade Gunner (ブレードガンナー, Burēdo Gannā) as his weapon and drives the NEXTridoron (ネクストライドロン, Nekusutoraidoron), a modified Mercedes-AMG GT made for the movie.^[12] After abandoning the Dark Drive's arsenals in favor of his Supreme Evolved Form, all of them ended up in Shinosuke's possession, using the future Drive Driver as Krim's new vessel and had the NEXTridoron participated in Paradox's destruction.

He has futuristic Next versions of three Tire Exchange Shift Cars. To use these Shift Cars, they must first take control of a normal car in the present, and then this car is driven by a numberless Roidmude summoned from the future. The Next Shift Cars can only be destroyed once both the numberless Roidmude and real car are also destroyed.

• Shift Next Builder (シフトネクストビルダー, Shifuto Nekusuto Birudā) is used to possess an ASTACO construction vehicle from Hitachi Construction Machinery. The Roidmude driver, along with his possessed vehicle, is destroyed by Drive Type Tridoron.
• Shift Next Deco Traveller (シフトネクストデコトラベラー, Shifuto Nekusuto Deko Toraberā) is used to possess a dekotora truck. It spawns two Roidmudes, posing as its original drivers respectively. One Roidmude driver is destroyed by Super Deadheat Drive, while the other Roidmude is destroyed along with the truck by Kamen Rider Ghost Newton Damashii respectively.
• Shift Next Hunter (シフトネクストハンター, Shifuto Nekusuto Hantā) is used to possess a police car to spawn a Roidmude controlling it. The Roidmude, along with his possessed car, is destroyed by Kamen Rider Mach.

Paradox is voiced by Rikiya Koyama (小山 力也, Koyama Rikiya), while his disguise as Eiji Tomari is portrayed by Mackenyu.

Angel[]

Angel (エンジェル, Enjeru), or rather the Angel Roidmude (エンジェルロイミュード, Enjeru Roimyūdo) is the main antagonist of the film Kamen Rider Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Chaser. She was originally Roidmude 099 (Spider-Type), until evolving by copying the form of a female psychiatrist named Shoko Hazama (羽佐間 翔子, Hazama Shōko) and eventually attaining the Over-Evolution by herself. By developing a special feather that allows a Roidmude to unlock the full potential of their human emotions, she convinces several others of her kind to rebel against Heart's leadership and join her side. Angel also presents Chase with a feather as well, which makes him feel emotions like a normal human for the first time, and the Rhino Super Viral Core, which empowers his Mashin Chaser form in a state similar to the Roidmudes' Over-Evolution. However, it is later revealed that Angel's true objective is to use her feathers to overload the minds of Roidmudes and humans alike to state of joy until their deaths. Assisted by Drive and Mach, Chase pursues Angel and eventually destroys her to stop her plans and free the core of several other Roidmudes she captured in order to empower herself, including Heart, despite knowing that by opposing her, he would lose his newfound emotions.

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

Roidmude 077[]

Roidmude 077 is a Bat-Type Roidmude who appears in the film Kamen Rider Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Chaser. Involved in serial incidents related to Gaia Memories, he attempts to use the Beast Memory on himself, just to collapse on the border between the Tokyo and Futo prefectures, creating a conflict of jurisdictions between the police of both cities. After awakening, he uses the Beast Memory again, this time managing to transform himself into the Beast Dopant (ビースト・ドーパント, Bīsuto Dōpanto), but soon after, he is destroyed by the combined efforts of Kamen Riders Drive, Mach and Accel along with the Beast Memory as well.

Roidmude 100[]

Roidmude 100 is Cobra-Type Roidmude of the Grim Reaper Unit who appears in the DVD special Kamen Rider Drive Secret Mission: Type Lupin! ~Lupin, the Last Challenge~. He has the ability to re-use defeated Roidmudes' weapons. His goal is to hunt 100 different kinds of weapons and learning 100 combat techniques. In one of his hunts, he steals Zoruku Tojo's Lupin Gunner and begins posing as him. Prolonged transformation as the rider granted him the ability to summon Core-Less Roidmudes. He taunts Shinosuke and the Special Investigations Unit until Shinosuke reveals his true identity during his 100th weapon theft (a historical Katana from a museum) by revealing that the real Lupin had returned the "Kamen Rider" title to him, something that the impostor forgotten. After Zoruku Tojo regains the Lupin Gunner, he assists the Kamen Riders in defeating Roidmude 100.

Roidmude 100 is voiced by Kenji Takahashi (高橋 研二, Takahashi Kenji). While disguised as Kamen Rider Lupin, he is portrayed by Yūji Ayabe.

Roidmude 5886[]

Roidmude 5886 is a newly unstable Roidmude, created from the merge of the broken data of the destroyed Roidmudes which driven by his wild nature. He is the main antagonist of Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Heart. His goal is to complete himself by stealing the identity those Roidmudes copied like Medic's human sync, Misuzu Hattori in the past while absorbing their life-forces. However, one Roidmude core inside 5886's body, 005 already had his human, Koya Nishimori died earlier during Mach Saga novel event. He is destroyed by Kamen Rider Heart, thus freeing most of the Roidmudes, including 005 who later plotting a revenge against Kamen Rider Mach and Nishihori's daughter, Reiko.

Roidmude 5886 is voiced by Takaya Kuroda (黒田 崇矢, Kuroda Takaya).

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• Cast on TV Asahi