Mitsuhide Nira

This article is about a character in Kamen Rider Drive.

Template:VillainInfoComplex Mitsuhide Nira (仁良 光秀, Nira Mitsuhide) is the new manager of the First Investigation Division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, and also the direct boss of Genpachiro Otta. He worked under Soichi Makage, the secretary of the National Bureau of Defense.

With the help of Roidmude 106, later Brain, he synchronized with them to become Thief Roidmude (シーフロイミュード, Shīfu Roimyūdo).

History

Nira kills Eisuke.

Formerly acquainted with Eisuke Tomari, Nira envied him for his success in apprehending criminals. One day in the year 2003, Nira intruded a bank where several people had been held hostages by Itsuro Negishi and Maruya. When Negishi pointed his gun to Eisuke after he tried to cover a little girl, Nira took this opportunity to paralyse Maruya and confiscated his gun but instead of targeting Negishi, he was blinded by jealousy and instead choose to fire Eisuke. Traumatized of what he had done, Roidmude 001/Soichi Makage revealed himself and erased what happened in the robbery, thus making a pact. ^{[Who Claimed the Life of Eisuke Tomari?]}

In 2014, he was promoted to the new manager of First Investigation Division and sometime later, he also became a member of the National Bureau of Defense. After the Roidmude cases surfaced, 001 ordered him to purposely give the Special Investigation Unit trouble and spite Shinnosuke when possible.

When Freeze abandons Nira, Nira aids the Special Investigation Unit out of spite, ^{[What is Waiting At the End of Evolution?]} and even helps to aid Shinnosuke's revival ^{[Who Claimed the Life of Shinnosuke Tomari?]}. However, with Freeze stating that he was never the real murderer of Eisuke Tomari to Shinnosuke as his final words, Nira realised that the truth would be surfaced sooner. To prevent this, Brain helped him by fusing him to Roidmude 106, becoming Thief Roidmude and tried to steal every records and evidence that related to Eisuke until Shinnosuke unmasked him and thus, he was forced to reveal the truth. He was escorted by Brain to safety, where Brain used the Neo Viral Core to absorb Nira's jealousy and empowered himself, thus achieving Super Evolution. ^{[Who Claimed the Life of Eisuke Tomari?]}

Nira/Thief, with Brain in synchronization targets Yukari Kasawara, one of the eyewitness of Eisuke's death until the Kamen Riders rescue her though they did successfully manage to poison her. Nira and Brain later framed Shinnosuke for trying to take the lead of the Roidmudes and with Special Investigation Unit being backing him up. Despite Shinnosuke escapes with the help from his friends, but Nira/Thief faces him instead and nearly gets himself killed by Drive and Chase, had Brain not using his Super Evolve form. Nira lures Shinnosuke into the Unit's office, and fakes a hostage crisis with him as a hostage, using this to kill Shinnosuke under the alibi of self-defense. ^{[Why Did the Siege Happen?]}

However, with the help of Chase, Go, Mr. Belt, the Shift Cars and Banno, Shinnosuke was able to escape from Nira and at the same time bring Nira's crimes to light once and for all. Nira was later arrested by Shinnosuke after Brain's body was destroyed. ^{[Where Will the Bullet Guide Justice?]}

Profile

Thief Roidmude

• Episodes: 34-36
• Motif basis: Dorobo (Japanese thief)
• Separated by:
  • Kamen Rider Drive's Handle-Ken slashes
  • Kamen Rider Drive Type Tridoron's Technic-Hou Trailer Impact
  • Kamen Rider Drive Type Speed's Drift Slash and Kamen Rider Chaser's Across Breaker
• Height: 216 cm
• Weight: 136 kg

Powers and Abilities

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Acceleration

Thief is capable of running in a blinding speed.

Arm Hook

Thief Roidmude has a giant hook as a left arm.

Retractable Hook

The giant hook is capable of stretching from ranged distance.

Energy Hook Blast

The giant hook can charge and unleash a hook-shaped energy blast.

Energy Hook Boomerang

Thief can generate energy hook as makeshift boomerang.

Object Absorption

Thief Roidmude can absorb stolen items into his body.

Toxigenesis

After Brain becomes the next Roidmude synchronize, Thief is capable of using toxic-based abilities. The poison released is even more powerful than a normal neurotoxin created by Brain in his regular Advanced form, even with Shift Mad Doctor Car left useless. Among them are:

Poisonous Tentacles

Thief can generate tentacles to capture a target. These tentacles also carries dangerous neurotoxin that capable of killing the target in several hours.

Poison Gas Generation

From his mouth, Thief can release poisonous gases for smokescreen purposes.

Behind the Scenes

Portrayal

Mitsuhide Nira is portrayed by Kisuke Iida (飯田 基祐, Iida Kisuke).

Etymology

Nira's first name, Mitsuhide (光秀, Mitsuhide) has the kanji "Hikari" (光, "Hikari" lit. "light"). Alternatively, the kanji can also be read as "mitsu" (みつ, "mitsu"), another way of pronouncing "3".

External Links

• TV Asahi's page on Thief Roidmude