List of Kamen Rider Drive characters

The series follows police officer Shinnosuke Tomari after he is chosen by an advanced artificial intelligence called Mr. Belt to become the titular Kamen Rider Drive to battle the Roidmudes, androids that wish to usurp humanity as the dominant species on Earth through their ability to slow the passage of time.

[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] While transformed, he wields the Handle-Ken (ハンドル剣, Handoru Ken, Steering Wheel Sword) and the Door-Ju (ドア銃, Doa Jū, Door Gun), can perform Full Throttle (フルスロットル, Furu Surottoru) finishers, is immune to the Roidmudes' Heavy Acceleration fields, and can use other Shift Cars to either perform a Tire Exchange (タイヤ交換, Taiya Kōkan) technique and grant himself unique abilities or alternate between varying Type (タイプ, Taipu) forms, which are as follows: Shinnosuke Tomari is portrayed by Ryoma Takeuchi (竹内 涼真, Takeuchi Ryōma).

"Mr. Belt" (ベルトさん, Beruto-san) is an artificial intelligence (AI) who was originally Krim Steinbelt (クリム・スタインベルト, Kurimu Sutainberuto), a human scientist who created the Core Driviars (コアドライビア, Koa Doraibia), the technology used in Kamen Rider Drive's Shift Cars and Tridoron as well as his colleague Tenjuro Banno's Roidmudes, who killed him and led to him uploading his consciousness into the Drive Driver.

Years prior to the series, he was tortured by Banno before eventually joining Freeze and Brain in killing him and Krim Steinbelt, though Heart was left with a hatred for humanity.

After learning Banno survived, Heart breaks off from his fellow Roidmudes to focus on killing him permanently, to the detriment of all else and refusing to forgive humanity as a result.

After Medic modifies him, he gains the ability to generate a Super Heavy Acceleration (超重加速, Chō Jūkasouku) field, which freezes everything within its vicinity, such as humans and Shinnosuke in his regular forms.

As Kamen Rider Heart, he initially assumed the mismatched, hastily-made Type Speed Wild Technic (タイプスピードワイルドテクニック, Taipu Supīdo Wairudo Tekunikku) form due to Brain's compiled data on their battles with Shinnosuke.

Initially assuming the identity of the intelligence agency's programming deputy director Mitsuharu Kineta (杵田 光晴, Kineta Mitsuharu) after escaping into cyberspace during the Global Freeze, Brain later assumes the alias of Sou Noumi (能見 壮, Nōmi Sō),[a] a consultant from a Paranormal Science Institute, to help Freeze hinder the Special Investigations Division's efforts to stop the Roidmudes and get Shinnosuke Tomari suspended from the police force.

Following Freeze's death, Brain uses a Neo Viral Core to fuse with Mitsuhide Nira, who was envious of Shinnosuke's father, Eisuke Tomari, to achieve his Over-Evolved form.

In his Roidmude form, Brain can attack a target's nervous system via a powerful neurotoxin, hack technology by tapping his glasses, and strengthen himself via envy as his emotional catalyst.

With no recollection of his past save for a directive to protect humans, Chase is tasked with destroying rogue Roidmudes' bodies and taking their numbers so Brain can reset them, developing a rivalry with Shinnosuke in the process and slowly regaining his memories.

Go Shijima (詩島 剛, Shijima Gō) is Kiriko's younger brother who lived in the United States for some time, working as a freelance photographer, before eventually returning to Japan to fight the Roidmudes as Kamen Rider Mach (仮面ライダーマッハ, Kamen Raidā Mahha), who uses Signal Bikes (シグナルバイク, Shigunaru Baiku) as opposed to Drive's Shift Cars.

Upon learning Banno's consciousness is stored in Brain's tablet computer, Go pretends to betray his allies to get closer to the Roidmude leaders and rescue him while working undercover as "Mr. X" to covertly help the Special Investigations Division.

While taking part in the Global Freeze, Medic found and nursed an injured Heart back to health, but entered a catatonic state when the event ended.

After Tenjuro Banno resurfaces as Gold Drive, he manipulates Medic into facilitating his scheme to enact a second Global Freeze, though her loyalty to Heart causes her to achieve her Over-Evolved form.

Designed by Professor Tenjuro Banno as life forms capable of evolving like and mimicking humans 15 years prior to the series, his friend and colleague, Krim Steinbelt unwittingly provided him with prototype Core Driviars to complete their development.

Following their activation six months prior to the series, the Roidmudes launched a full-scale attack on Northeastern Asia in an event called the Global Freeze (グローバルフリーズ, Gurōbaru Furīzu).

Upon learning of Banno's plot to sacrifice four of them to the Sigma Circular to instigate a second Global Freeze across the rest of the world, several of the Roidmudes help the Riders thwart him, resulting in most of the androids' destruction.

The Grim Reaper Unit (死神軍団, Shinigami Gundan) is a cockroach-themed division of remodeled Plain Roidmudes who serve as Medic's subordinates and wield Hell Scythes (ヘルサイス, Heru Saisu), guns, and claws.

Six months prior to the beginning of the series, they were investigating the Neo-Shade terrorist organization when the Global Freeze occurred, during which Shinnosuke accidentally hospitalized Hayase.

In an alternate timeline depicted in the film Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3, Otta became a Shocker general and the monstrous Cheetahkatatsumuri (チーターカタツムリ, Chītā Katatsumuri, lit.

Additionally, he suffers from an inferiority complex towards his partner, Eisuke Tomari, and killed him years prior while working with him to arrest Itsuro Negishi, who Nira framed for the murder.

Dubbing himself Gold Drive (ゴルドドライブ, Gorudo Doraibu),[e] Banno attempts to enact a second, worldwide version of the Global Freeze by using himself and three other Roidmudes to power the Sigma Circular.

While he was within Brain's tablet, Banno possesses the ability to manipulate data, allowing him to create constructs such as tentacles capable of delivering painful electric shocks and a shield, and heal people infected by Roidmudes.

Initially starting in an orb-like form, Banno intends to use Medic as a sacrificial power source and vessel, but Brain takes her place to save her from being brainwashed.

Following this, Banno and the Grim Reaper Unit infiltrate the Special Situation Defense Center to help the Sigma Circular evolve so he can use it to enact a second Global Freeze.

First appearing in the crossover film Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Drive & Gaim: Movie War Full Throttle and sometime after the Global Freeze, an aged Tojo found Cyberoid ZZZ (サイバロイドZZZ, Saibaroido Surī Zetto), an android that Krim Steinbelt created in preparation for the Roidmudes' attack against humanity with the intention of transferring his consciousness into it before he was forced to put the android in storage as it requires a strong mind to control it.

However, he is confronted and defeated by Kamen Rider Drive, who burns out Cyberoid ZZZ and forces out Tojo's consciousness, which ends up in a Bat Viral Core.

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

However, Eiji used mind link technology that Krim Steinbelt had developed to upload his consciousness into his double-sided Shift Next Special (シフトネクストスペシャル, Shifuto Nekusuto Supesharu) Car to help the present Shinnosuke defeat Paradox.