Kamen Rider Drive

is a Japanese tokusatsu drama in Toei Company's Kamen Rider Series. It is the sixteenth series in the Heisei period run and the twenty-ninth series overall. The series started on October 5, 2014 and joined  in the Super Hero Time line-up after the finale of Kamen Rider Gaim. After the conclusion of ToQger, it was joined by on February 22, 2015. 
Its series tagline is "Start Your Engine!"
The average ratings of the series was 5.34%.https://www10.atwiki.jp/shichouseiko/pages/551.html
==Story==
Shinnosuke Tomari is a former elite police officer in the Metropolitan Police who, after an event that traumatized one of his colleagues, has been "demoted" into the Special Investigations Division, a group that looks into the stranger happenings in the city, particularly the "Heavy Acceleration" events that leave people unable to move that the public have termed the "Slowdown." When he is chosen by the Drive Driver and Tridoron, Shinnosuke transforms into Kamen Rider Drive and is tasked with battling the Roidmudes who wish to take over the world by eliminating humanity.
==Characters==
===Kamen Riders===
====TV Show====
Kamen Rider Drive 	Shinnosuke Tomari (Other users)
Kamen Rider Mach 	Go Shijima
Kamen Rider Protodrive	Chase
Kamen Rider Chaser 	Chase
====Movie/Special-exclusive====
Kamen Rider Lupin 	Zoruku Tojo ►◄ Roidmude 100
Kamen Rider Drive 	Kiriko Shijima, Eiji Tomari , Heart
Kamen Rider 3 	Kyoichiro Kuroi
Kamen Rider 4 	Kamen Rider 4
Kamen Rider Faiz 	Great Leader of Shocker
Kamen Rider Dark Drive	Paradox ►◄ Autopilot
Kamen Rider Chaser 	Chase
 	Go Shijima & Chase
Kamen Rider Heart 	Heart (Other users)
Kamen Rider Brain 	Brain
=====Shocker and Mu followers=====
Kamen Rider Baron 	Unknown person
Kamen Rider Ouja 	Unknown person
Kamen Rider Sasword 	Unknown person
Kamen Rider Dark Kiva 	Unknown person, Unnamed follower
Kamen Rider Poseidon 	Unnamed follower
Kamen Rider Wiseman 	Unnamed follower
Kamen Rider Duke 	Unnamed follower
Kamen Rider Dark Ghost 	Unnamed follower
Kamen Rider Another Para‑DX	Unnamed follower
====Stageshow-exclusive====
Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin	Foieg
Kamen Rider 4 	Akagi
Kamen Rider 3 	Kuroda, Shocker Leader
Kamen Rider Drive 	Chase, Brain, Go Shijima, Medic, HeartLord of Hebi
===Debatable Riders===
====TV Show====
Mashin Chaser 	Chase
Gold Drive 	Tenjuro Banno
Kamen Rider Jun	Jun Honganji
====Other media====
Fake Drive 	Roidmude 027
Rider Robo 	History Modifying Machine
Kamen Rider Genpachiro	Genpachiro Otta
Omega Kuuga 	Omega Combatman
Omega Ryuki 	Omega Combatman
Omega OOO 	Omega Combatman
Omega Wizard 	Omega Combatman
Omega Mach 	Omega Combatman
Road Hunter 	Road Hunter
Gaim Obimude 	Gaim Obimude
Mnemosyne Decade 	Mnemosyne Decade
===Allies===
Drive Driver	Krim Steinbelt
====Special Investigation Unit====
*Kiriko Shijima
*Jun Honganji
*Rinna Sawagami
*Kyu Saijo
*Genpachiro Otta
====Others====
*Akira Hayase
*Harley Hendrickson
Hypnos	Hypnos
*Deneb
*Mai Takatsukasa as a Woman of the Beginning
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*Naoya Kaido
*Yukari Karasawa
*Eisuke Tomari
*Yurusen
*Akari Tsukimura
*Onari Yamanouchi
*Shibuya Hachioji
*Narita
====Kamen Riders====
Kamen Rider 1 	Takeshi Hongo
Kamen Rider 2 	Hayato Ichimonji
Kamen Rider V3 	Shiro Kazami
Riderman 	Joji Yuki
Kamen Rider X 	Keisuke Jin
Kamen Rider Amazon 	Daisuke Yamamoto
Kamen Rider Stronger	Shigeru Jo
Kamen Rider Black 	Kotaro Minami
Kamen Rider Black RX	
Kamen Rider Faiz 	Takumi Inui
Kamen Rider Blade 	Kazuma Kenzaki
Kamen Rider Garren 	Sakuya Tachibana
Kamen Rider Chalice 	Hajime Aikawa
Kamen Rider Leangle 	Mutsuki Kamijo
Kamen Rider Zeronos 	Yuto Sakurai
Kamen Rider Accel 	Ryu Terui
Kamen Rider Wizard 	Haruto Soma
Kamen Rider Gaim 	Kouta Kazuraba
Kamen Rider Baron 	Mecha Kaito Kumon
Kamen Rider Ryugen 	Mitsuzane Kureshima
Kamen Rider Zangetsu	Takatora Kureshima
Kamen Rider Ghost 	Takeru Tenkuji
Kamen Rider Specter 	Makoto Fukami
Kamen Rider Necrom 	Alain
Kamen Rider Ex‑Aid 	Emu Hojo
Kamen Rider Brave 	Hiiro Kagami
Kamen Rider Snipe 	Taiga Hanaya
Kamen Rider Lazer 	Kiriya Kujo
Kamen Rider Horobi 	Horobi
Kamen Rider Ark-Zero	Ark
Kamen Rider Revi 	Ikki Igarashi
Kamen Rider Vice 	Vice
Kamen Rider Demons 	Hiromi Kadota
Kamen Rider Juuga 	George Karizaki
Kamen Rider Orteca 	Orteca
Kamen Rider Zein 	Yuto Sakurai
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KiNinger 	
ShiroNinger	
MomoNinger 	
===Villains===
====Roidmudes====
Heart Roidmude 	Heart
Brain Roidmude 	Brain
Medic Roidmude 	Medic
Freeze Roidmude 	Freeze
Tornado Roidmude 	Tornado
Paradox Roidmude 	Paradox
Angel Roidmude 	Angel Roidmude
Sigma Circular 	Sigma Circular
Revenger Roidmude	Roidmude 005
*Roidmude 006
*Roidmude 004
*Roidmude 5886
*Minor Roidmudes
**Fusion Roidmudes
***Sword Roidmude
***Seeker Roidmude
***Open Roidmude
***Cook Roidmude
***Thief Roidmude
**Paint Roidmude
**Gunman Roidmude
**Crash Roidmude
**Volt Roidmude
**Iron Roidmude
**Voice Roidmude
**Scooper Roidmude
**Judge Roidmude
**Shocker Buruburu
**Shoot Roidmude
====Others====
*Eiji Kirihara
*Shunsuke Kusaka
*Koichi Sakaki
*Kisaburo Sasamoto
*Makoto Asamura
*Takuro Mogi
*Koya Nishihori
*Kazuya Igarashi
*Mechanical Life Form
Megahex 	Megahex
ZZZ Megahex	Megahex
====Next Genome Institute====
Dr. Pac‑Man 	Michihiko Zaizen
Genomes 	Michihiko Zaizen
Robol Bugster	Soji Kuruse
Doral Bugster	Kazushige Ryuzaki
Giril Bugster	Ageha Takeda
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*National Bureau of Defense
*Neo Shade
**Keisuke Okamura
*Gamma
**Chikara Saionji
**Gamma Assault
**Gamma A
**Da Vinci Gamma
**Michelangelo Gamma
**Raffaello Gamma
*Mu
**Cancer Zodiarts
**Gremlin
**Demushu
**Gamma Superior
**Guren Graphite
**Oogumo Great Leader
===Other characters===
*Shinji Koba
*Miku Hanasaki
*Truckers
*Manager of Idol
*Shinzo Hiroi
*Mitsuharu Kineta
*Misuzu Hatori
*Koichi Kano
==Episodes==
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===Games===
The following video games feature characters from Drive.
*Kamen Rider Summonride
*Charisou DX3 Time Rider
*Narerunda! Kamen Rider Drive
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===Suit Actors===
*Kamen Rider Drive: Uchusen, Vol. 146
*Kamen Rider Mach: 
*Mashin Chaser, Kamen Rider Protodrive, Kamen Rider Chaser: 
*Kamen Rider Chaser (38-42): 
*Brain Roidmude: 
*Heart Roidmude: , 
*Medic Roidmude: 
*Freeze Roidmude: , 
*Gold Drive: 
*Kamen Rider Drive (episode 48): 
==Songs==
===Opening theme===
SURPRISE-DRIVE
===Insert themes===
*Don't lose your mind
*Full throttle
*Unlimited Drive
*Spinning Wheel
==Notes==
*The series premiered on the 35th anniversary of Skyrider.
*This is the first Kamen Rider series since Kamen Rider Fourze in which the riders are actually referred to as Kamen Riders.
*This is the first Kamen Rider season to have an automobile motif, and the second series to have elements of a detective story since Kamen Rider W.
*This is the first Heisei Era Phase 2 Kamen Rider series without a cameo appearance from any of its characters during either the previous Rider's summer movie or final episode.
*Takahito Omori, one of the producers of the show, called Kamen Rider Drive a tribute to the 1982 American television series, , quoting it as "Kamen Rider meets Knight Rider" in an interview.
**He also stated in the interview that he had a plan where the Shift Brace is worn/stolen by someone else, and is used to force Shinnosuke to transform and be controlled, but his idea was never implemented.https://youtu.be/rhW5ubJG-5E?t=846
*This is the first Kamen Rider season to have the opening theme be sung by a singer who has portrayed a Kamen Rider in the past. In this case, Mitsuru Matsuoka, who played Katsumi Daido (Kamen Rider Eternal), and later, Kamen Rider 4.
*This is the first Kamen Rider season with a "monster of the fortnight" format to have three-part episode plots (9-11, 31-33, 34-36) that is not close to the final episode.
*This is one of the Kamen Rider seasons that has Riders and Monsters utilize chronokinesis which came from the same principle, the other one is Kamen Rider Kabuto.
*Episode 1 in this series is similar to Kamen Rider Kabuto, when Kabuto is fighting worms, Kabuto fights them using Clock Up to freeze the time.
*The villains in this show are an homage to Ganbare!! Robocon. Heart resembles Robocon, Brain resembles Robogari, Medic resembles Robin-chan and Tenjuro Banno resembles Gantsu Sensei.
==External links==
* at 
*Kamen Rider Drive at Japanese Wikipedia
*Official website at TV Asahi
*Official website at Toei Company
*Official website at Kamen-Rider-Official
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