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Kamen Rider Mach’s Actor & Identity Revealed

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The mysterious new hero of Kamen Rider Drive finally has a face and a name!

Kamen Rider Mach, master of the Signal Bikes, will be portrayed by actor Yu Inaba. The characters’ backstory has also been revealed via an interview with the actor, but out of respect for viewers we will keep spoilers off the front page. Feel free to join in our Discussion Thread if you wish to talk about Mach’s secrets!

Kamen Rider Mach is expected to appear in Drive’s 12th episode, currently scheduled to air December 28!

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  2. Azure's Avatar Azure says

    I'll have to see his character in action before I form an opinion.

  3. Sins of Virtue's Avatar Sins of Virtue says

    I read another post on here that he's also supposed to be Kiriko's brother. Is that true?

  4. Paladin's Avatar Paladin says

    I hope they explain some things here.


    He's apparently Kirikos' brother so I'd love to know why he gets a belt and she doesn't get to become a Rider. She's the best character in the show by far.

  5. baltmatrix's Avatar baltmatrix says

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Paladin View Post
    I hope they explain some things here.


    He's apparently Kirikos' brother so I'd love to know why he gets a belt and she doesn't get to become a Rider. She's the best character in the show by far.
    Because the show is for boys. And sexism.

  6. Sins of Virtue's Avatar Sins of Virtue says

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Paladin View Post
    I hope they explain some things here.


    He's apparently Kirikos' brother so I'd love to know why he gets a belt and she doesn't get to become a Rider. She's the best character in the show by far.
    Marketing. The secondary rider is a chance for bandai to sell a plethora of brand new toys for this new rider. Unfortunately this line is marketed to mainly young boys, so bandai probably fears that if they made the new rider a woman it could possibly hurt their sales.

    I have a feeling that Gaim was only able to get away with Marika because of the fact that she shared a belt(and weaponry) with three other characters, which were all boys. Gaim even used Marika's lock seed, so there was more of an incentive to buy the one toy they put out for her in the main line.

  7. henshinzero has no avatar! henshinzero says

    I hope Mach's identity is known to Shinnosuke and Kiriko. He'll be mysterious in the first debut episode until the end of that episode, he reveals his identity to them like Birth did.

    I don't want another Meteor!

  8. MaskedRiderAsakura's Avatar MaskedRiderAsakura says

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Paladin View Post

    He's apparently Kirikos' brother so I'd love to know why he gets a belt and she doesn't get to become a Rider. She's the best character in the show by far.
    Because she's a woman, and we can't have any secondary Riders who are female.

  9. Goblez's Avatar Goblez says

    Japan's views on woman are still stuck in the 1940s and nothing is really going to change that.


    to be fair there isn't any male members of Precure teams :P

    anyway, the actor is really cute and he seemed really excited at the movie press conference

  10. Den-O's Avatar Den-O says

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by henshinzero View Post
    I hope Mach's identity is known to Shinnosuke and Kiriko. He'll be mysterious in the first debut episode until the end of that episode, he reveals his identity to them like Birth did.

    I don't want another Meteor!
    Amen. I couldn't stand the pointlessness of keeping Meteor's identity secret. Only to completely throw it out a few episodes later.

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