Krim Steinbelt

is a scientist whose consciousness resides in his creation, the to support Shinnosuke Tomari while occasionally taking control as Type Tridoron.
==History==
===Background===
Krim Steinbelt was a scientist who created the Core Driviars for the Shift Cars and Tridoron. He was also an avid collector of vintage cars, possessing a massive collection of them in what would later become the First Drive Pit. 
Krim assisted his friend and lab partner Tenjuro Banno in developing the Roidmudes, and powered them with the Core Driviars when they hit a wall in their development.
Krim and Banno hit a dent in their partnership after Banno had made Roidmude 002 take on the form of an investor who had refused to funding his research, in order to enact his fantasies of torturing the person who defied him. Horrified by the sight of what his colleague was doing, he declared that their friendship and partnership were over, and when Banno attempted to convince him to change his mind, he yelled "SHUT UP!" before leaving in disgust.
==="Death"===
In the year 2000, fifteen years before meeting Shinnosuke Tomari, the Roidmudes soon went out of control and began to wage war against humanity. Krim resolved to stop them by using contingencies including the equipment used by Drive, but his mansion was attacked by the first three Roidmudes, and he was mortally injured by Roidmude 002. However, before he died, Roidmude 004 appeared to copy his data for Banno. He was originally supposed to inhabit the body of Cyberoid ZZZ but abandoned it due to the need of a stronger will. Thus, he transferred his consciousness to the Drive Driver, intending to finding a partner to fight the Roidmudes.
===Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive: Super Movie Wars Genesis===
Sometime after transferring himself into the Drive Driver, he is visited by Shinnosuke Tomari from the future who used Krim to become Zero Drive effortlessly. 
===Protodrive===
He later reawakened Proto-Zero, a prototype Roidmude created by Krim, who was chosen to become Protodrive and fight against the Roidmude. During the hours that followed the Global Freeze, Krim as the Drive Driver continued assisting Protodrive to investigate the Roidmude's primary motive. While Protodrive proved to be an nigh-infallable warrior against the Roidmudes during Global Freeze, Krim was seperated from his partner after Heart defeated him in battle. Following Protozero's supposed death and being haunted by dreams of his past life, Krim grew to fear both Heart and 001.
Sometime afterward, Krim received help from one of his old colleagues, Jun Honganji, who set up the formation of Special Investigation Unit as well as the setting of the Drive Pit. He even recruited Rinna to create most of Drive's arsenals and seeking his mentor Harley Hendrickson to built a new Rider System that would surpass him as a safety precaution.
===The Drive Driver===
Krim continued to supervise the upgrades to the Drive system and scouted out a new candidate, finding one in forlorn, depressed super cop Shinnosuke Tomari. For about a month, Krim kept communicating with Shinnosuke while riding Tridoron until he found where the sound was coming from. While the Drive Driver wrapped around his waist, Shinnosuke began to call him "Mr. Belt" and the latter informs him about the Roidmudes and how he must use the Shift Cars to fight them as the warrior Drive.
One day, when Drive was about to face Heart for the first time, Mr. Belt forced Shinnosuke and Kiriko to retreat. Returning to the Drive Pit, he finally revealed to Shinnosuke about his past and guided him to the ruins of his mansion. Heart arrives to fight them, and despite Mr. Belt's fears, Shinnsouke decides to fight without hesitation. Although overwhelmed by Heart's deadliest attack, the Dead Zone, Drive managed to withdraw thanks to the Shift Cars. Shinnosuke was critically injured and Mr. Belt becomes irate about his actions. However due to Shinnosuke's actions from the battle, this reminded Mr. Belt why he built Tridoron.
When the Roidmude guardian Chase appeared, Mr. Belt realized that Mashin Chaser's appearance and powers were themed after Protodrive, the first Drive. Ever since then, Krim doubted and was curious of what Chase had in relation with Protodrive. This wasn't until the Special Investigation Unit's Christmas Eve ceremony, Mr. Belt witnessed Chase's Roidmude form and number, confirming that Proto-Zero is his long lost comrade had mysteriously sided with the Roidmudes.
When Medic had placed the Tire Exchange Shift Cars under her control and an upgraded Mashin Chaser overpowered Drive Type Wild and later Dead Heat, Krim remembered Shift Formula, a Shift Car he created a long time ago but forced to hide it's existence due to the risk it carried. Having no other options left, he was forced to release the Shift Car for Drive's safety, granting Drive the ability to access Type Formula. However, the form was later made to be safely used with the creation of Trailer-Hou by Rinna.
Followed by the revealing of Neo-Viral Cores that let Roidmdues fuse with humans through their darker hearts, Mr. Belt undergoes modifications by Rinna to only attack the Roidmudes' structures without harming the human inside with a sample of Mashin Chaser's blasted-off Violet Guard.
In the end, when Hayase's life is endangered by the Sword Roidmude, Mr. Belt forcefully agrees to let Shinnosuke transform in front of several citizens including Kyu Saijo and Genpachiro Otta. With all Special Investigation Unit members made aware of the Drive Pit, Jun revealed himself as an ally of Krim and had made Shinnosuke's identity as Kamen Rider Drive public.
With the emergence of Freeze, Mr. Belt's fear escalated to the point of frequently dreaming of Protodrive's defeat back in the Global Freeze, fearing that he would lose Shinnosuke as well. Due to this, he always scolded Shinnosuke for acting on his own but after encouragements by Chase, whom returned to his aid, and his old colleague Jun, Mr. Belt ceased his fears and helped Drive defeated Freeze Roidmude. But as it seemed that they won, Freeze's Core intact and evolved into Over Evolved, killing both Shinnosuke and the Drive Driver.
However, it was later revealed that he had fused himself with Shinnosuke, making it possible for Shift Tridoron to be used to resurrect both of them. Once Mr. Belt and Shinnosuke have been resurrected, they easily defeated Freeze with their new form, Drive Type Tridoron however Freeze reveals that he was not the one that murdered Eisuke which confused Shinnosuke. Sometime after Eisuke's murder had been exposed, Mr. Belt met Banno again by Go, as he displeased and remembered his inner darkness from the past. The rest of the Units at first trust him until he revealed his true colors by stealing the data from Drive Pit, hijacking a Ride Booster and knocked out Drive Type Tridoron and Deadheat Mach.
During his kidnapping by Banno, Roidmude 004 placed a computer chip with a virus inside to slowly alter Krim's A.I. into a more sinister and violent personality. Roidmude 108, disguised as Tomori Eiji, took advantage of Krims altered AI to prove that Krim has always had an evil AI in the Drive Driver with the intention of global conquest. This chip was later destroyed by Shinnosuke along with Mr. Belt himself using the Shingou-Ax after he tried to seize control of Shinnosuke's body in Drive Type Tridoron and attempted to kill Go with the Trailer Hou before being forcefully ejected out of transformation. He was later restored thanks to a backup of his A.I. inside the Tridoron Key and using the 2035 version of the Drive Driver Shinnosuke swiped off of the Paradox Roidmude after the villain discarded it. http://www.toei.co.jp/tv/drive/story/1206137_2271.html
Soon, a climatic battle between humanity and Banno, having assumed the power as Gold Drive, ensued when all four Over Evolved Roidmudes presented and the creation of Sigma Circular, a machine used to initiate the Global Freeze. Mr. Belt also led to met 004, surprised by him for copying his form and intellect.
===Lockdown===
Followed by both Gold Drive and Sigma's destruction, Mr. Belt went to the severely ruined Drive Pit, gathering all Shift Cars, Signal Bikes, and all of the Kamen Riders' arsenals to prepare themselves for a lockdown beneath the Drive Pit to ensure that no Core Driviars would fall into the wrong hands. But before that, he bid his farewell to Shinnosuke and the Special Investigation Unit, all while he projected a hologram of his past human self and retrieving back the Shift Brace.
===In Spirit===
During Shinnosuke's final case with the Special Division, there are brief moments where he imagined Mr. Belt being there. When Shinnosuke holds the Newton Ghost Eyecon, Mr. Belt momentarily appears around him, though it is unknown if it was actually him via the power of the Eyecon or if Shinnosuke was only imagining he was there.
===Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders===
Krim was retrieved by Gaim and reunited with Shinnosuke to do battle with the Next Genome Institute. Krim most likely returned to lockdown afterwards. 
===Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Heart===
Though Krim himself does not return, Rinna built another Drive Driver model with an AI based on Krim, which was to be used to revive Chase. When Heart was revived instead, Heart uses this Driver to transform into Kamen Rider Heart.
==Personality==
"Mr. Belt" is an elegant individual, guiding Shinnosuke as he adapts and learns more about being Drive. He is very smart, having been the inventor of the Drive Driver, and his intelligence manifests in often adding English to his sentences. He often makes puns about driving like Kiriko, and though he is often cool, calm and collected, he becomes hot-blooded in battle. He'll have the tendency to say "Start Your Engines!" every time Shinnosuke is able to enter battle.
However, he is not without a dark side. Considering his past life as Krim Steinbelt, Mr. Belt is very driven to fight the Roidmudes. He often prefers to keep secrets from Shinnosuke and everyone he knows (Rinna as his third assistant, Go Shijima, Kiriko's little brother as the candidate for a new Rider System) despite having themselves as trustworthy allies, which angered them further. Even if that's the case, Krim eventually cares for his comrades, having tried to keep Shinnosuke out from any battles against Roidmude Executives as possible to prevent his loss.
Since Heart was the one whom killed him, Banno and Protodrive (who was later revealed to be alive), Mr. Belt developed a fear towards him and if Drive and Kiriko would come to face him, he would order them to retreat. Ever since he assisted Banno in the creation of the Roidmudes, he was guilt-driven for the rest of his life, having given a hand in creating the "monsters".
==Forms==
==Family==
*Pietro - Ancestor
*Clara Steinbelt - Ancestor
*Howard Steinbelt - Grandfather
*Nicole Steinbelt - Grandmother
*Tony Steinbelt - Father
*Irma Steinbelt - Mother
*Lucas Steinbelt - Brother
*Helena Steinbelt - Sister
==Behind the Scenes==
===Portrayal===
Krim Steinbelt is portrayed by Chris Peppler, who continues to voice the character himself through his digitized mind inside the Drive Driver. While possessing Shinnosuke, he is portrayed by Ryoma Takeuchi while retaining Peppler's voice.
===Conception===
The Drive Driver has been noted by producer Takahito Omori as Drive's version of , the automobile housing an artificial intelligence in the TV series , keeping with Drive's description as 'Kamen Rider meets Knight Rider'.Translated version of the Interview from the "Kamen Rider Drive Staff Cross Talk" Magazine Scan
==Notes==
*Steinbelt's surname contains the syllabic representation for the word , which is also a nickname given to the Drive Driver.
**This was acknowlged in-series in episode 10, when Shinnosuke quips how Mr. Belt's nickname wasn't that bad after the Drive Driver reveals his real name was "Krim Steinbelt".
*When Mr. Belt announces "Tire Koukan", the screen shows a rolling wheel which looks like the Typhoon's fan.
*The Drive Driver resembles a car's speedometer and parts of a dashboard, while its straps resemble a seat belt.
*Before Shinnosuke turns the advanced Ignition to assume Type High Speed, he says “Start Your Engine” much more softly and gentle.
*This is the only transformation belt from the Heisei Phase II Era that can verbally communicate with its user.
*Due to his actor being fluent in English, Mr. Belt often injects English words and phrases into his sentences, such as Exactly or Absolutely.
*The Driver Driver's head and stand while in Tridoron becomes the head for Tridoron's OtomoNin mode.
*Krim was one of the suspects for the identity of Kamen Rider Dark Drive, which was the subject of mystery in the run-up to the premiere of Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future, with a trailer following the Drive episode airing on the Sunday before the film's release offering a list of six suspects which also included Go Shijima, Chase, Kiriko Shijima, Eiji Tomari, and Shinji Koba. Ultimately, it turned out to be Paradox Roidmude disguised as Eiji.
*Mr. Belt was stated to not being able to eat, as shown in episodes 17 and 37. However in Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Chaser, he was shown able to drink by the use of straw, hinting that while he isn't able to eat, he can still drink.
**Said V-Cinema also reveals that he requires a pair of sunglasses while watching the solar eclipse, thus revealing his sense of vision as the Drive Driver is similar to that of humans.
**The final episode of Secret Mission Type TOKUJO also reveals that Mr. Belt can feel pain, just like normal humans do, on his driver chassis.
*In Kamen Rider Zi-O: Over Quartzer, it is revealed that Krim's father is named "Tony Steinbelt" and his paternal grandfather's name is "Howard Steinbelt". This was a reference to the characters from Marvel Comics' due to being noticed by fans in Japan, where Chris Peppler's portrayal of Krim Steinbelt resembles the character Tony Stark, whose father is also named Howard.
==Appearances==
==External Links==
*TV Asahi's page on the Drive Driver.
*TV Asahi's page on Kamen Rider Drive Type Tridoron forms.
**TV Asahi's page on Kamen Rider Drive Type Tridoron.
**TV Asahi's page on Kamen Rider Drive Type Tridoron Attack 1.2.3.
**TV Asahi's page on Kamen Rider Drive Type Tridoron People Saver.
**TV Asahi's page on Kamen Rider Drive Type Tridoron Kouji Genbar.
***TV Asahi's page on Tri-D Met.
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