 This article is about a transformation item used by several identities in Kamen Rider Drive.
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- "Start your engine!"
- ―Standard activation announcement[src]
- "Start our engine!"
- ―Special activation announcement[src]
- "Start our mission!"
- ―Activation announcement for Dark Drive[src]
- "Drive! Type (Shift Car name)! (ドライブ！タイプ◯◯！, Doraibu! Taipu (Shift Car name)!)"
- ―Transformation announcement[src]
- "Tire Koukan! (Shift Car name)! (タイヤコウカーン！◯◯！, Taiya Koukān! (Shift Car name)!)"
- ―Tire Koukan announcement[src]
- "(Second half of Shift Car name)!"
- ―Shift Up announcement[src]
- "Hissatsu! Full Throttle! (Second half of Shift Car name)! (ヒッサーツ！フルスロットル！◯◯！, Hissātsu! Furu Surottoru! (Second half of Shift Car name)!)"
- ―Standard finisher announcement[src]
- "Dead Heat! (デッドヒート！, Deddohīto!)"
- ―Finisher announcement for Type Dead Heat[src]
- "Next! (ネクスト！, Nekusoto!)"
- ―Finisher announcement for Type Next[src]
- "Come On! (Second half of Shift Car names)! Tire Kakimazerl! (Combo name)! (カモン！◯◯！タイヤカキマゼール！◯◯！, Kamon! (Second half of Shift Car names)! Taiya Kakimazēru! (Combo name)!)"
- ―Tire Kakimazerl announcement[src]
- "Hissatsu! Full Throttle! (Combo name)! (ヒッサーツ！フルスロットル！◯◯！, Hissātsu! Furu Surottoru! (Combo name)!)"
- ―Tire Kakimazerl finisher announcement[src]
- "Nice drive!"
- ―Transformation cancelling announcement[src]
The Transformation Belt Drive Driver (変身ベルト ドライブドライバー, Henshin Beruto Doraibu Doraibā) is the transformation device primarily used by Shinnosuke Tomari to transform into Kamen Rider Drive. It houses the consciousness of the scientist Krim Steinbelt, whom Shinnosuke affectionately refers to as Mr. Belt (ベルトーさん, Beruto-san).
As the Drive Driver is Krim's current body, it was also among the arsenal locked by Krim Steinbelt beneath the Drive Pit after Gold Drive and Sigma Circular's defeat to ensure that no Core Driviars would be used for malicious purposes again. [Who Will You Entrust the Future to, My Friend?] While the original Drive Driver would return alongside Drive in succeeding media, a duplicate named the AI Driver (AIドライバー, AI Doraibā) that used an AI in place of Krim's consciousness was created by Rinna Sawagami as part of the plan to revive Chase. When Heart was accidentally revived instead, he used Driver to stop Roidmude 5886's rampage. What happened to the belt is unclear after Heart, Medic and Brain's Cores expired once the transformation ended. [Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Heart]
Design[]
The Drive Driver consists of the following parts:
- Advanced Ignition (アドバンスドイグニッション, Adobansudo Igunisshon): The red ignition key used to activate the engine of the Driver. When the Advanced Ignition is turned, the Core Driviar-D's mechanisms inside the Driver is rotated at very high speeds, shifting the Driver to a standby state to allow transformations and deathblows.
- Core Driviar-D (コア・ドライビア-D, Koa Doraibia-D): The section with the Drive logo underneath the Central Face and between the Front Hexa Intakes, The Core Driviar-D creates energy through its internal mechanisms, and is responsible for preserving Drive's transformation state and any human consciousness (in this case, Krim Steinbelt) inside of the Driver. In any case the Driver is compromised, the Core Driviar-D forces the inbuilt consciousness to enter a sleep mode, when it can then be moved to a different area of the Driver.
- Front Hexa Intake (フロントヘキサインテーク, Furonto Hekisa Intēku): The two small black grille-like sections at the front of the Driver. It takes up any energy in the air and sucks it up to assist the Core Drivar-D in energy production. Additionally, the sucked-in air helps cool down the Driver.
- Dual Scanner (デュアルスキャナー, De~yuaru Sukyanā): The two yellow headlight-like sections of the Driver. It is an optical scanner that allows the Driver to scan and inspect objects. It also serves as a video recorder, allowing the Driver to identify people, places and/or things and compare them with image or video fragments from police archives.
- Safe Solid Buckle (セーフソリッドバックル, Sēfu Soriddo Bakkuru): Metal fittings that allow the Drive Driver to attach to the Driver Webbing. If the red "PRESS" button on the left side of the Driver is pushed, the Driver can disengage from the strap, akin to a seatbelt. A vibration reduction device is installed on the Buckle to reduce violent vibrations in combat to prevent the Driver from falling off. Because of the vibration reduction device, any vibration produced by the Core Driviar-D is cancelled, allowing the Driver to stay silent while still producing energy.
- Driver Webbing (リアセーフティデバイス, Doraibā U~ebingu) The strap of the belt. It is made by a flexible metal fiber and can retract or extend as the Krim desires.
- Central Face (セントラルフェイス, Sentoraru Feisu): The most prominent feature of the Drive Driver. As the name suggests, it is the Central portion of the Driver that also acts as Krim Steinbelt's face. It is a circular digital display that exhibits corresponding graphics according to the Rider's current form. It also allows Krim to display facial expressions, allowing him to communicate with other people much easier.
- Shift Link Reciever (シフトリンクレシーバー, Shifuto Rinku Reshībā): A gray section jutting on top of the Central Face, it receives signals from the Shift Brace and tells the Driver when to transform, deal deathblows or summon weapons.
- Rear Safety Device (リアセーフティデバイス, Ria Sēfuti Debaisu): The rear plating section of the Driver Webbing. It analyses the Rider's condition and warns them of his/her condition whenever sustaining injuries. Of course, the final decision to continue combat is up to the wearer. It also serves as a connecting device when the Driver is fitted onto a cradle or something similar when out of combat. It is also responsible for data communication.
Functionality[]
The main six expressions of Mr. Belt. (Staring from the top left corner clockwise; Happy, Angry, Confounded, Normal, Expressionless, & Sad)
Unlike other conventional drivers, the Drive Driver only acts as a sensor, while the actual activation for the Shift Cars is performed on the Shift Brace. This does not detract at all from Mr. Belt's role, however. He can remotely control Tridoron and the Shift Cars on his own to provide reinforcements for Shinnosuke.
If he needs a more "hands-on" approach to communication and reconnaissance, he can directly control Tridoron and any of the Type Change Shift Cars, excluding Shift Deadheat. Once enough Shift Tires have been summoned by Drive, Mr. Belt can command all of them to fly towards the enemy with the command "All Tire Attack" (オールタイヤアタック, Ōru Taiya Atakku).
Episode 18 also shows that the Drive Driver's belt straps can be used as claws to attack Roidmudes, which Mr. Belt used when he was summoned by Shinnosuke to distract the Judge Roidmude long enough for him to transform.
As of episode 25, the Drive Driver has been upgraded to deal with Roidmudes that evolved using Neo Viral Cores by targeting attacks to harm only the Roidmude body and Core, without harming the human host, much to Krim's discomfort.
Drive Driver in control of Shinnosuke.
When Mr. Belt and Shinnosuke were revived by the Special Investigation Unit members and the new Shift Car Shift Tridoron was introduced, he gains an additional ability, which is to borrow Shinnosuke's body as well as Drive in Type Tridoron to fight alongside him. Once Mr. Belt is in command, Shinnosuke's eyes shine red with a car beeping noise to signify Belt's control.
In the dystopian future of year 2035, the Drive Driver has been modified and upgraded. Though the Krim Steinbelt AI in the driver is gone or nonexistent, the Drive Driver has an autonomous mode that allows the Drive Driver to fight without a host. The Krim Steinbelt AI from 2015 is restored onto the 2035 Drive Driver during Surprise Future.
Users[]
- Kamen Rider Drive
- Shinnosuke Tomari (Drive Episodes 1-4, Secret Mission Type TV-KUN, Drive 5, 7-9, Movie War Full Throttle, Drive 10-13, Type HIGH SPEED, Drive 14-16, 18-22, Ninninger Vs. Drive, Super Hero Taisen GP, Kamen Rider 4: Episodes 1-3, Drive 23, Secret Mission Type TOKUJO Episode 1, 4, Drive 25, 27-35, 38, 40, Surprise Future, Drive Saga: Chaser, Drive 42, Type LUPIN, Drive 45, 48, Super Movie War Genesis, Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Rider, Be The One, Heisei Generations FOREVER, Over Quartzer, Reiwa: The First Generation, Kamen Rider Saber ＋ Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger: Superhero Senki)
- Kiriko Shijima (Secret Mission Type TOKUJO Episode 1)
- Kamen Rider Protodrive (Type ZERO, Drive Episodes 1, 3-4, 10, 31, Drive Saga: Chaser)
- Fake Drive (Type HIGH SPEED! The True Power! Type High Speed is Born!)
- Kamen Rider Dark Drive (Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future, Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Chou Super Hero Taisen)
- Kamen Rider Zero Drive (Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive: Super Movie War Genesis)
- Kamen Rider Heart (Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Heart)
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Raise Buckle[]
- "Drive Driver."
- ―Insertion announcement in the Desire Driver[src]
- "Drive Type Speed! Ready, fight."
- ―Standalone Transformation announcement in the Desire Driver[src]
- "Drive Strike!"
- ―Standalone finisher announcement in the Desire Driver[src]
- "Magnum Drive Victory!"
- ―Finisher announcement with the Magnum Buckle in the Desire Driver[src]
Drive Driver Buckle (ドライブドライバーバックル, Doraibu Doraibā Bakkuru): Allows any of the Geats Riders to access Drive Form. It is based on Kamen Rider Drive and his transformation belt, the Drive Driver.[1]
Behind the Scenes[]
Portrayal[]
The Drive Driver is voiced by Chris Peppler.
Conception[]
The Drive Driver has been noted by producer Takahito Omori as Drive's version of K.I.T.T., the automobile housing an artificial intelligence in the TV series Knight Rider, keeping with Drive's description as 'Kamen Rider meets Knight Rider'.[2]
Notes[]
References[]
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Appearances[]
Kamen Rider Drive
- Secret Mission Type ZERO Episode 0: Countdown to Global Freeze
- Episode 1: Why Did My Time Stop?
- Episode 2: What is a Kamen Rider?
- Episode 3: Who Stole the Woman's Smile?
- Episode 4: What is That Prideful Chaser Thinking?
- Secret Mission Type TV-KUN: Hunter & Monster! Chase the Mystery of the Super Thief!
- Episode 5: What Are the Steel Robbers After?
- Episode 6: Who Does the Warrior Fight For?
- Episode 7: How Was That Decisive Moment Captured?
- Episode 8: What is the Secret That Dwells in the Heart?
- Episode 9: How Can I Get Used to the Cool Body?
- Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Drive & Gaim: Movie War Full Throttle
- Kamen Rider Drive: The Challenge from Lupin
- Movie War Full Throttle
- Episode 10: What is in the Belt's Past?
- Episode 11: Who Can Prevent the Dark Christmas Eve?
- Episode 12: Where Did That White Kamen Rider Come From?
- Episode 13: Why Won't My Little Brother Put On the Brakes?
- Secret Mission Type HIGH SPEED! The True Power! Type High Speed is Born!
- Episode 14: Who Is the Black Shadow Chasing Her?
- Episode 15: When Will These Feelings Reach You?
- Episode 16: Why is Rinna Sawagami Nervous?
- Episode 17: Who Will Control Deadheat?
- Episode 18: Why is Lt. Otta Following That Guy?
- Episode 19: What Can Judge the Police?
- Episode 20: When Did Kyu Saijo Become a Roidmude?
- Episode 21: What Can Be Spoken About the Irregular Dead?
- Episode 22: How Can I Use the F1 Body to Fight?
- Shuriken Sentai Ninninger Vs. Kamen Rider Drive Spring Vacation One-Hour Combining Special
- Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3
- D-Video Special: Kamen Rider 4
- Episode 1: Deathmatch! The Kamen Rider Died Three Times!!
- Episode 2: Fighting!! The Airstrike of Sky Cyclone
- Episode 3: Duel! The True Identity of Shocker's Great Leader
- Episode 23: Who Can Stop the Hoax Smile?
- Episode 24: What Can Keep Mach Running?
- Secret Mission Type TOKUJO
- Episode 1: How Were the Special Investigation Unit Selected?
- Episode 2: Just What is the Anima System?
- Episode 3: Who Killed Professor Odagiri?
- Episode 4: Why Was Professor Banno Targeted during the Global Freeze?
- Episode 25: Why Has a New Battle Started?
- Episode 26: Where is Chaser Going?
- Episode 27: What's Go Shijima's Reason to Fight?
- Episode 28: Why Were the Families Targeted?
- Episode 29: What Really Happened in the Robbery?
- Episode 30: Who Reveals the Real Criminal?
- Episode 31: Why Did the Important Memories Disappear?
- Episode 32: What is Waiting At the End of Evolution?
- Episode 33: Who Claimed the Life of Shinnosuke Tomari?
- Episode 34: Who Claimed the Life of Eisuke Tomari?
- Episode 35: Why Did the Siege Happen?
- Episode 36: Where Will the Bullet Guide Justice?
- Episode 37: Who is Aiming for the Ultimate Taste?
- Episode 38: Why is the Devil Still Seeking Evolution?
- Episode 39: When Will the Whirlwind Kidnapper Attack?
- Episode 40: Why Are the Two Genius Scientists Having a Conflict?
- Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future
- Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Chaser
- Episode 41: How is the Golden Drive Born?
- Episode 42: Where is the Truth About the Goddess?
- Secret Mission Type LUPIN: ~Lupin, The Last Challenge~
- Episode 43: When Will the Second Global Freeze Start?
- Episode 44: Who Loves Heart the Most?
- Episode 45: What is a Roidmude's Last Dream?
- Episode 46: Why Must They Fight?
- Episode 47: Who Will You Entrust the Future to, My Friend?
- Episode 48/Finale: Final Story (Special Edition): The Case of Ghost
- Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive: Super Movie Wars Genesis
- Kamen Rider Ex-Aid
- Kamen Rider Build: Be The One
- Kamen Rider Zi-O
- Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever
- Episode 41: 2019: World, Reset
- Kamen Rider Zi-O: Over Quartzer
- Episode 45: 2019: Eternal Party
- Episode 49: 2019: Apocalypse
- Kamen Rider: Reiwa The First Generation
- Kamen Rider Saber ＋ Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger: Superhero Senki
- Kamen Rider Revice: The Mystery (flashback)
