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Kamen Rider Drive (仮面ライダードライブ, Kamen Raidā Doraibu) is a Japanese tokusatsu television series serving as the 16th Heisei Kamen Rider Series, and 25th series overall. Riku Sanjo returns to the Kamen Rider Series to serve as Drive's lead screenwriter, with Ryuta Tasaki as director. It premiered on TV Asahi and affiliate stations throughout Japan on October 5, 2014, the week following the finale of its preceding series Kamen Rider Gaim, and joining Ressha Sentai ToQger then Shuriken Sentai Ninninger in the Super Hero Time programming block, until Drive concluded on September 27, 2015. Drive is peculiar among the heroes in the Kamen Rider franchise, as his motif and main mode of transportation is a car, rather than the signature motorcycles used by his predecessors.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
| Kamen Rider Drive | |
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| Genre | Tokusatsu Superhero fiction Action Police drama Slapstick Comedy |
| Created by | Shotaro Ishinomori |
| Written by | Riku Sanjo |
| Directed by | Ryuta Tasaki |
| Starring | |
| Voices of | Chris Peppler Masakazu Morita |
| Narrated by | Chris Peppler |
| Opening theme | "SURPRISE-DRIVE" by Mitsuru Matsuoka EARNEST DRIVE |
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| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 48 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 24–25 min. (per episode) |
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| Original release | |
| Network | TV Asahi |
| Release | October 5, 2014 – September 27, 2015 |
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Shinnosuke Tomari is a former elite police officer in the Metropolitan Police, who, after an event that crippled one of his colleagues, has been "demoted" into the Special Investigations Division. This division looks into the stranger happenings in the city, particularly the recent "Density Shift" events. These events, termed "Slowdown" by the public, leave people unable to move. When he is chosen by the Drive Driver and Tridoron, Shinnosuke transforms into Kamen Rider Drive and is tasked with battling the Roidmudes who plan to rise against humanity and take over the world. He is aided by Kiriko Shijima and her brother Go, who transforms into Kamen Rider Mach. Chase, a special Roidmude with a strange past who was then known as Proto Drive and later became an evil warrior known as Machine Chaser, also reassumes his Rider identity and reclaims his 'justice' to protect humanity as he transforms into Kamen Rider Chaser. However, a greater threat later appears in the form of Kiriko and Go's father, Tenjuro Banno, the scientist who created the Roidmudes, who despite having long lost his human body, revives in the form of the evil Gold Drive, intending to make use of the remaining Roidmudes in his plan to bring down the whole world at his mercy.
The Kamen Rider Drive trademark was registered by Toei on April 17, 2014.[10]
The series marks the first time that a Kamen Rider's main vehicle is a car rather than a motorcycle, which has been remarked upon by entertainment news as a shock and a major change from previous Kamen Rider television series.[1][3][5][6]
| Number | English title Original Japanese title |
Director | Writer | Original airdate |
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| 1 | "Why Has My Time Stopped?" Transliteration: "Ore no Jikan wa Naze Tomatta no ka" (Japanese: 俺の時間はなぜ止まったのか) | Ryuta Tasaki | Riku Sanjo | October 5, 2014 |
| 2 | "What Is a Kamen Rider?" Transliteration: "Kamen Raidā to wa Nani ka" (Japanese: 仮面ライダーとはなにか) | Ryuta Tasaki | Riku Sanjo | October 12, 2014 |
| 3 | "Who Stole Her Smile?" Transliteration: "Dare ga Kanojo no Egao o Ubatta no ka" (Japanese: だれが彼女の笑顔を奪ったのか) | Takayuki Shibasaki | Riku Sanjo | October 19, 2014 |
| 4 | "What Is the Proud Chaser Thinking About?" Transliteration: "Hokoritakaki Tsuisekisha wa Nani o Omou no ka" (Japanese: 誇り高き追跡者はなにを思うのか) | Takayuki Shibasaki | Riku Sanjo | October 26, 2014 |
| 5 | "What Are the Steel Robbers After?" Transliteration: "Hagane no Gōtōdan wa Nani o Nerau no ka" (Japanese: 鋼の強盗団はなにを狙うのか) | Satoshi Morota | Riku Sanjo | November 9, 2014 |
| 6 | "Who Does the Warrior Fight For?" Transliteration: "Senshi wa Dare no Tame ni Tatakau no ka" (Japanese: 戦士はだれのために戦うのか) | Satoshi Morota | Riku Sanjo | November 16, 2014 |
| 7 | "How Was That Decisive Moment Captured?" Transliteration: "Ketteiteki Shunkan wa Ika ni Satsuei-sareta no ka" (Japanese: 決定的瞬間はいかに撮影されたのか) | Kyohei Yamaguchi | Keiichi Hasegawa | November 23, 2014 |
| 8 | "What Is the Secret That Dwells in the Heart?" Transliteration: "Sono Mune ni Yadoru Himitsu to wa Nani ka" (Japanese: その胸に宿る秘密とはなにか) | Kyohei Yamaguchi | Keiichi Hasegawa | November 30, 2014 |
| 9 | "How Can I Get Used to the Cool Body?" Transliteration: "Dō Sureba Kūru Bodi ni Nareru no ka" (Japanese: どうすればクールボディになれるのか) | Osamu Kaneda | Riku Sanjo | December 7, 2014 |
| 10 | "What Is in the Belt's Past?" Transliteration: "Beruto no Kako ni Nani ga Atta no ka" (Japanese: ベルトの過去になにがあったのか) | Osamu Kaneda | Riku Sanjo | December 14, 2014 |
| 11 | "Who Can Prevent the Dark Eve?" Transliteration: "Ankoku no Ibu o Fusegu no wa Dare ka" (Japanese: 暗黒の聖夜を防ぐのはだれか) | Osamu Kaneda | Riku Sanjo | December 21, 2014 |
| 12 | "Where Did the White Kamen Rider Come From?" Transliteration: "Shiroi Kamen Raidā wa Doko kara Kita no ka" (Japanese: 白い仮面ライダーはどこから来たのか) | Hidenori Ishida | Riku Sanjo | December 28, 2014 |
| 13 | "Why Won't My Little Brother Put On the Brakes?" Transliteration: "Watashi no Otōto ni wa Naze Burēki ga Nai no ka" (Japanese: 私の弟にはなぜブレーキがないのか) | Hidenori Ishida | Riku Sanjo | January 11, 2015 |
| 14 | "Who Is the Black Shadow Chasing Her?" Transliteration: "Kanojo o Nerau Kuroi Kage wa Dare ka" (Japanese: 彼女を狙う黒い影はだれか) | Satoshi Morota | Keiichi Hasegawa | January 18, 2015 |
| 15 | "When Will These Feelings Reach You?" Transliteration: "Sono Omoi ga Todoku no wa Itsu ka" (Japanese: その想いが届くのはいつか) | Satoshi Morota | Keiichi Hasegawa | January 25, 2015 |
| 16 | "Why Is Rinna Sawagami Fidgeting?" Transliteration: "Sawagami Rinna wa Naze Sowasowa Shiteita no ka" (Japanese: 沢神りんなはなぜソワソワしていたのか) | Kyohei Yamaguchi | Riku Sanjo | February 1, 2015 |
| 17 | "Who Will Control the Deadheat?" Transliteration: "Deddohīto o Seisuru no wa Dare ka" (Japanese: デッドヒートを制するのはだれか) | Kyohei Yamaguchi | Riku Sanjo | February 8, 2015 |
| 18 | "Why Is Lieutenant Otta Following That Guy?" Transliteration: "Naze Otta Keibuho wa Soitsu o Otta no ka" (Japanese: なぜ追田警部補はそいつを追ったのか) | Hidenori Ishida | Keiichi Hasegawa | February 15, 2015 |
| 19 | "What Can Judge a Detective?" Transliteration: "Nani ga Keiji o Sabaku no ka" (Japanese: なにが刑事を裁くのか) | Hidenori Ishida | Keiichi Hasegawa | February 22, 2015 |
| 20 | "When Did Kyu Saijo Become a Roidmude?" Transliteration: "Saijō Kyū wa Itsu kara Roimyūdo Datta no ka" (Japanese: 西城究はいつからロイミュードだったのか) | Osamu Kaneda | Riku Sanjo | March 1, 2015 |
| 21 | "What Do the Unusual Dead Speak About?" Transliteration: "Fuzoroi no Shisha-tachi wa Nani o Kataru no ka" (Japanese: 不揃いの死者たちはなにを語るのか) | Osamu Kaneda | Riku Sanjo | March 8, 2015 |
| 22 | "How Do I Fight With the F1 Body?" Transliteration: "Efu Wan Bodi de Dō Yatte Tatakaeba Ii no ka" (Japanese: F1ボディでどうやって戦えばいいのか) | Osamu Kaneda | Riku Sanjo | March 15, 2015 |
| 23 | "Who Can Stop the Mischievous Smile?" Transliteration: "Itazura na Emi o Tomeru no wa Dare ka" (Japanese: 悪戯な笑みを止めるのはだれか) | Nobuhiro Suzumura | Junko Komura | March 22, 2015 |
| SP | "Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs. Kamen Rider Drive: Spring Break Combined 1 Hour Special" Transliteration: "Shuriken Sentai Ninninjā Tai Kamen Raidā Doraibu Haruyasumi Gattai Ichijikan Supesharu" (Japanese: 手裏剣戦隊ニンニンジャーVS仮面ライダードライブ 春休み合体1時間スペシャル) | Shojiro Nakazawa | Riku Sanjo | March 29, 2015 |
| 24 | "What Is Making Mach Run?" Transliteration: "Nani ga Mahha o Hashiraseru no ka" (Japanese: なにがマッハを走らせるのか) | Nobuhiro Suzumura | Junko Kōmura | April 5, 2015 |
| 25 | "Why Has a New Battle Begun?" Transliteration: "Aratanaru Tatakai wa Naze Hajimatta no ka" (Japanese: 新たなる闘いはなぜ始まったのか) | Satoshi Morota | Riku Sanjo | April 12, 2015 |
| 26 | "Where Will Chaser Proceed?" Transliteration: "Cheisā wa Doko e Mukau no ka" (Japanese: チェイサーはどこへ向かうのか) | Satoshi Morota | Riku Sanjo | April 19, 2015 |
| 27 | "What Is Go Shijima's Reason to Fight?" Transliteration: "Shijima Gō ga Tatakau Riyū wa Nani ka" (Japanese: 詩島剛が戦う理由はなにか) | Hidenori Ishida | Keiichi Hasegawa | April 26, 2015 |
| 28 | "Why Were the Families Targeted?" Transliteration: "Naze Kazoku wa Nerawareta no ka" (Japanese: なぜ家族は狙われたのか) | Hidenori Ishida | Keiichi Hasegawa | May 3, 2015 |
| 29 | "What Really Happened During the Robbery?" Transliteration: "Gōtō Jiken de Hontō wa Nani ga Atta no ka" (Japanese: 強盜事件で本当はなにがあったのか) | Ryuta Tasaki | Junko Kōmura | May 10, 2015 |
| 30 | "Who Will Reveal the True Culprit?" Transliteration: "Shin Hannin o Kataru no wa Dare ka" (Japanese: 真犯人を語るのは誰か) | Ryuta Tasaki | Junko Kōmura | May 17, 2015 |
| 31 | "Why Did the Important Memories Disappear?" Transliteration: "Taisetsu na Kioku wa Dōshite Kesareta no ka" (Japanese: 大切な記憶はどうして消されたのか) | Kyohei Yamaguchi | Keiichi Hasegawa | May 24, 2015 |
| 32 | "What Is Waiting at the End of Evolution?" Transliteration: "Shinka no Hate ni Matsu Mono wa Nani ka" (Japanese: 進化の果てに待つものはなにか) | Kyohei Yamaguchi | Keiichi Hasegawa | May 31, 2015 |
| 33 | "Who Claimed the Life of Shinnosuke Tomari?" Transliteration: "Dare ga Tomari Shin'nosuke no Inochi o Ubatta no ka" (Japanese: だれが泊進ノ介の命を奪ったのか) | Satoshi Morota | Riku Sanjo | June 7, 2015 |
| 34 | "Who Claimed the Life of Eisuke Tomari?" Transliteration: "Dare ga Tomari Eisuke no Inochi o Ubatta no ka" (Japanese: だれが泊英介の命を奪ったのか) | Satoshi Morota | Riku Sanjo | June 14, 2015 |
| 35 | "Why Did the Besiege Incident Happen?" Transliteration: "Rōjō Jiken wa Naze Okita no ka" (Japanese: ろう城事件はなぜ起きたのか) | Kyohei Yamaguchi | Keiichi Hasegawa | June 28, 2015 |
| 36 | "Where Will the Bullet Guide Justice?" Transliteration: "Jūdan wa doko ni Seigi o Michibiku no ka" (Japanese: 銃弾はどこに正義を導くのか) | Kyohei Yamaguchi | Keiichi Hasegawa | July 5, 2015 |
| 37 | "Who Is Searching for the Ultimate Flavor?" Transliteration: "Kyūkyoku no Mikaku o Nerau no wa Dare ka" (Japanese: 究極の味覚を狙うのはだれか) | Kenzo Maihara | Riku Sanjo | July 12, 2015 |
| 38 | "Why Does the Devil Still Want to Evolve?" Transliteration: "Akuma wa Naze Shinka o Motometsuzukeru no ka" (Japanese: 悪魔はなぜ進化を求め続けるのか) | Kenzo Maihara | Riku Sanjo | July 19, 2015 |
| 39 | "Where Will the Whirlwind Kidnappers Strike Next?" Transliteration: "Senpū no Yūkaihan wa Itsu Osottekuru no ka" (Japanese: 旋風の誘拐犯はいつ襲って来るのか) | Takayuki Shibasaki | Riku Sanjo | July 26, 2015 |
| 40 | "Why Did the Two Genius Researchers Clash?" Transliteration: "Futari no Tensai Kagakusha wa Naze Shōtotsu Shita no ka" (Japanese: 2人の天才科学者はなぜ衝突したのか) | Takayuki Shibasaki | Riku Sanjo | August 2, 2015 |
| 41 | "How Was the Golden Drive Born?" Transliteration: "Ōgon no Doraibu wa Dō Yatte Umareta no ka" (Japanese: 黄金のドライブはどうやって生まれたのか) | Kyohei Yamaguchi | Keiichi Hasegawa | August 9, 2015 |
| 42 | "Where Is the Goddess' Truth?" Transliteration: "Megami no Shinjitsu wa Doko ni Aru no ka" (Japanese: 女神の真実はどこにあるのか) | Kyohei Yamaguchi | Keiichi Hasegawa | August 16, 2015 |
| 43 | "When Will the Second Global Freeze Start?" Transliteration: "Dai Ni no Gurōbaru Furīzu wa Itsu Okiru no ka" (Japanese: 第二のグローバルフリーズはいつ起きるのか) | Hidenori Ishida | Riku Sanjo | August 23, 2015 |
| 44 | "Who Had Loved Heart the Most?" Transliteration: "Dare ga Hāto o Ichiban Aishiteita ka" (Japanese: だれがハートを一番愛していたか) | Hidenori Ishida | Riku Sanjo | August 30, 2015 |
| 45 | "What Is the Roidmudes' Final Dream?" Transliteration: "Roimyūdo no Saigo no Yume to wa Nani ka" (Japanese: ロイミュードの最後の夢とはなにか) | Takayuki Shibasaki | Riku Sanjo | September 6, 2015 |
| 46 | "Why Did They Have to Fight?" Transliteration: "Karera wa Naze Tatakawanakereba Naranakatta no ka" (Japanese: 彼らはなぜ戦わなければならなかったのか) | Takayuki Shibasaki | Riku Sanjo | September 13, 2015 |
| 47 | "Who Will You Entrust the Future to, My Friend?" Transliteration: "Tomo yo, Kimi wa Dare ni Mirai o Takusu no ka" (Japanese: 友よ、君はだれに未来を託すのか) | Takayuki Shibasaki | Riku Sanjo | September 20, 2015 |
| 48 | "The Case of Ghost" Transliteration: "Gōsuto no Jiken" (Japanese: ゴーストの事件) | Osamu Kaneda | Nobuhiro Mouri | September 27, 2015 |
The Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Drive & Gaim: Movie War Full Throttle (仮面ライダー×仮面ライダードライブ&鎧武 MOVIE大戦フルスロットル, Kamen Raidā × Kamen Raidā Doraibu Ando Gaimu Mūbī Taisen Furu Surottoru) was released in Japanese theaters on December 13, 2014. It features a crossover with the previously aired Kamen Rider series Kamen Rider Gaim. The Kamen Rider Drive portion of the film guest stars Yūji Ayabe of the owarai duo Piece as the antagonist Kamen Rider Lupin (仮面ライダールパン, Kamen Raidā Rupan). The events of the movie took place between episodes 9 and 10.
The first million ticket buyers would also receive a special DVD featuring Type Zero Episode 0: Countdown to Global Freeze, one of the Secret Mission series of Drive.[11][12][13][14]
Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3 (スーパーヒーロー大戦GP 仮面ライダー3号, Supā Hīrō Taisen Guranpuri Kamen Raidā Sangō) is the 2015 entry of the "Super Hero Taisen" film series, featuring the cast of Kamen Rider Drive and the appearance of Kamen Rider 3, which was originally created by Shotaro Ishinomori for the one-shot 1972 manga Rider #3 VS. General Black (3ごうライダーたい ブラックしょうぐんのまき, Sangō Raidā Tai Burakku Shōgun no Maki). Tetsuo Kurata, (Kamen Rider Black, Kamen Rider Black RX), Yuichi Nakamura (Kamen Rider Den-O), Kousei Amano, Takayuki Tsubaki, Ryoji Morimoto and Takahiro Hojo (Kamen Rider Blade), and Kento Handa (Kamen Rider 555) reprised their roles in the film, which opened in theaters on March 21, 2015.[15][16] A new actor Mitsuhiro Oikawa, confirmed to perform his role as Kamen Rider 3, as well as Shuriken Sentai Ninninger cast also appeared. The events of the movie took place between Episode 22 and 23.
Kamen Rider Drive the Movie: Surprise Future (劇場版 仮面ライダードライブ サプライズ・フューチャー, Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Doraibu Sapuraizu Fyūchā)) was released in Japanese theaters on August 8, 2015, double-billed with Shuriken Sentai Ninninger the Movie: The Dinosaur Lord's Splendid Ninja Scroll!. It features a new enemy Rider known as Kamen Rider Dark Drive, driving a Rider Machine labeled the "NexTridoron", based on a real life Mercedes-AMG GT car.[17] It also featured the first on-screen appearance of the 17th Heisei Kamen Rider: Kamen Rider Ghost, who later reappeared in two last episodes of this TV series, followed by the appearance of some Gamma Assaults and Yurusen in the final/special episode. The events of the movie took place between episodes 40 and 41, with the flashback scene in the final/special episode shown was after this movie event is over and before episode 41 starts.
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive: Super Movie War Genesis (仮面ライダー×仮面ライダー ゴースト&ドライブ 超MOVIE大戦ジェネシス, Kamen Raidā × Kamen Raidā Gōsuto Ando Doraibu Chō Mūbī Taisen Jeneshisu) was released in Japanese theaters on December 12, 2015. It featured a crossover between Kamen Rider Drive and Kamen Rider Ghost.
A Movie War film, titled Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Rider (仮面ライダー平成ジェネレーションズ Dr.パックマン対エグゼイド&ゴーストwithレジェンドライダー, Kamen Raidā Heisei Jenerēshonzu Dokutā Pakkuman Tai Eguzeido Ando Gōsuto Wizu Rejendo Raidā), was released in Japan on December 10, 2016. The film features Kamen Rider Drive teaming up with Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, Kamen Rider Ghost, Kamen Rider Gaim, and Kamen Rider Wizard as they battle against a virus based on Bandai Namco Entertainment's video game character, Pac-Man.[18][19][20] The professional wrestler Hiroshi Tanahashi was announced to be one of the main antagonists of the movie.[21]
Kamen Rider Zi-O the Movie: Over Quartzer (劇場版 仮面ライダージオウ Over Quartzer, Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Jiō Ōvā Kwōtsā) was released on July 26, 2019. The film features Go Shijima and Krim Steinbelt teaming up with Time Riders to stop Quartzers from erasing Krim's family ancestors from 1575 of the Sengoku period.
The Secret Missions (シークレット・ミッション, Shīkuretto Misshon) are a series of special episodes.
Drive Saga (ドライブサーガ, Doraibu Sāga) is a hybrid set with the combination of V-Cinema, CD audio drama and web releases that serve as spin-offs of characters from the Kamen Rider Drive series.
Kamen Rider Drive: Mach Saga (仮面ライダードライブ マッハサーガ, Kamen Raidā Doraibu Mahha Sāga), written by Takahito Ōmori and supervised by Keiichi Hasegawa, is part of a series of spin-off novel adaptions of the Heisei Era Kamen Riders. The events of the episode take place two years after the final episode, Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive: Super Movie War Genesis, along with the final episode of Kamen Rider Ghost in 2018. The novel was released on April 20, 2016.
Kamen Rider: Battride War Genesis (仮面ライダー バトライド・ウォー 創生, Kamen Raidā Batoraido Wō Sōsei), a third installment of the Kamen Rider: Battride War series, was released in 2016 for the PlayStation consoles (PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita). It features characters from Kamen Rider Drive, Kamen Rider Ghost, characters in previous versions of the game that were included as NPCs or assistants, as well as the Shōwa era Kamen Riders.
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