Kamen Rider Drive

television series

Kamen Rider Drive is a Japanese tokusatsu television series, Kamen Rider franchise.

Kamen Rider Drive
GenreTokusatsu
Superhero fiction
Action
Police procedural
Slapstick
Comedy-drama
Created byShotaro Ishinomori
Developed byIshimori Productions
Toei Company
Written byRiku Sanjo
Keiichi Hasagawa
Junko Kōmura
Nobuhiro Mouri
Directed byRyuta Tasaki
Takayuki Shibasaki
Satoshi Morota
Kyohei Yamaguchi
Osamu Kaneda
Hidenori Ishida
Nobuhiro Suzumura
Shojiro Nakazawa
Kenzo Maihara
StarringRyoma Takeuchi
Rio Uchida
Yu Inaba
Taiko Katono
Tomoya Warabino
Shota Matsushima
Fumika Baba
Voices ofChris Peppler
Masakazu Morita
Narrated byChris Peppler
Opening theme"SURPRISE-DRIVE" by Mitsuru Matsuoka EARNEST DRIVE
Ending theme"Full throttle" by S.S.P.D. ~Steel Sound Police Dept~
"Don't lose your mind" by S.S.P.D. ~Steel Sound Police Dept~
"UNLIMITED DRIVE" by Kamen Rider Girls
"Spinning Wheel" by Shinnosuke Tomari, Go Shijima, & Chase
ComposersShuhei Naruse
Kōtarō Nakagawa
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes48
Production
ProducersMotoi Sasaki
Takahito Ōmori
Taku Mochizuki
Running time24–25 minutes
Production companyToei Company
Original release
NetworkTV Asahi
ReleaseOctober 5, 2014 (2014-10-05) –
September 27, 2015 (2015-09-27)

Schedule

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Super Hero Time Ressha Sentai ToQger and then Shuriken Sentai Ninninger.

  • Shinnosuke Tomari / Kamen Rider Drive: Ryoma Takeuchi
  • Kiriko Shijima: Rio Uchida
  • Go Shijima / Kamen Rider Mach: Yu Inaba
  • Chase / Mashin Chaser / Kamen Rider Chaser, Koichi Kano (47): Taiko Katono
  • Heart, Business Man (40): Tomoya Warabino
  • Brain, Mitsuharu Kineta (43): Shota Matsushima
  • Medic, Misuzu Hatori (41, 42): Fumika Baba
  • Akira Hayase: Yukihiro Takiguchi
  • Harley Hendrickson: Ulf Ōtsuki
  • Eisuke Tomari: Tareyanagi
  • Rinna Sawagami: Rei Yoshii
  • Kyu Saijo, Roidmude 072: Kenta Hamano
  • Genpachiro Otta: Taira Imata
  • Krim Steinbelt, Mr. Belt, Roidmude 004, Drive Driver Equipment Voice, Narration: Chris Peppler
  • Mitsuhide Nira: Kisuke Iida
  • Soichi Makage: Masashi Horiuchi
  • Tenjuro Banno, Sigma Circular (Voice; 46, 47): Masakazu Morita
  • Jun Honganji / Kamen Rider Jun: Tsurutaro Kataoka

Guest cast

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  • Niina Kisaragi (2, 13, 14): Hitomi Isaka (Kamen Rider Girls)
  • Satsuki Yamabuki (2, 13, 14): Mitsuki Endo (Kamen Rider Girls)
  • Yuzo Ichikawa (5, 6): Kohei Yamamoto
  • Gunman (12, 13): Bernard Ackah
  • Rira Nanao (14, 15): Haruka Suenaga
  • Hiroki Nikaido (15): Masashi Mikami
  • Takuro Mogi (23, 24): Naoki Takeshi
  • Kamen Rider Ghost (Voice; 47, 48): Shun Nishime
  • Yurusen (Voice; 47, 48): Aoi Yūki
  • Keisuke Okamura (48): Hassei Takano

Movie War Full Throttle cast

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  • Zoruku Tojo / Kamen Rider Lupin, Cyberoid ZZZ (Voice): Yūji Ayabe
  • Megahex (Voice) / ZZZ Megahex (Voice), Genesis Drive Equipment Voice: Shin-ichiro Miki

Super Hero Taisen GP cast

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  • Kyoichiro Kuroi / Kamen Rider 3: Mitsuhiro Oikawa
  • General Black: Nobuhiro Takada
  • Mitsuru: Masahiro Ezaki
  • Naoki: Mitsumasa Sato
  • Shigeru: Daikichi Sano

Surprise Future cast

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  • Eiji Tomari / Kamen Rider Dark Drive: Mackenyu
  • Miku Hanasaki: Miwako Kakei
  • Miku's manager: Taihei Katō (of TV Asahi announcer)
  • Shinji Koba: Shingo Yanagisawa

Driver Saga cast

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Kamen Rider Mach/Kamen Rider Heart
  • Heart / Kamen Rider Heart: Tomoya Warabino
Kamen Rider Brain
  • Brain / Kamen Rider Brain: Shota Matsushima

Theme Song

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Opening theme
  • "SURPRISE-DRIVE"
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition & Arrangement: tatsuo (of everset)
    • Artist: Mitsuru Matsuoka EARNEST DRIVE
Insert themes
  • "Full Throttle"
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition & Arrangement: tatsuo (of everset)
    • Artist: S.S.P.D. ~Steel Sound Police Dept~
    • Episodes: 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 24, 46
  • "Don't lose your mind"
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition & Arrangement: tatsuo (of everset)
    • Artist: S.S.P.D. ~Steel Sound Police Dept~
    • Episodes: 15, 16, 18, 30
  • "UNLIMITED DRIVE"
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition: DJ Hurrykenn
    • Arrangement: Ryo (of difspiral)
    • Artist: Kamen Rider Girls
    • Episodes: 33, 34
  • "Spinning Wheel"
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
    • Artist: Shinnosuke Tomari, Go Shijima, & Chase (Ryoma Takeuchi, Yu Inaba, & Taiko Katono)
    • Episodes: 36, 38, 40, 45
  • "sing my song for you ~Sayanora no Mukōgawa made~" (subtitle "Farewell From the Other Side")
    • Lyrics: Mitsuru Matsuoka
    • Composition: Mitsuru Matsuoka, tatsuo (of everset)
    • Artist: Mitsuru Matsuoka EARNEST DRIVE with TEAM Drive and Gaim (Gaku Sano, Yutaka Kobayashi, Yuumi Shida, Ryoma Takeuchi, Rio Uchida, Taiko Katono, Tomoya Warabino, and Shota Matsushima)
  • "Who's That Guy"
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition & Arrangement: SAKOSHIN
    • Artist: Mitsuhiro Oikawa
  • "re-ray"
    • Lyrics & Composition: Mitsuru Matsuoka
    • Arrangement: tatsuo (of everset), Shuhei Naruse
    • Artist: Mitsuru Matsuoka EARNEST DRIVE
  • "good bye little moon"
    • Performed by: Mitsuru Matsuoka EARNEST DRIVE