[Den-O]

Not sure that anyone else noticed this yet but, Shinnosuke specifically says as his partner's dying that "While the rest of the world was frozen, there was one person fighting to save us."

Clearly Shinnosuke is not the first Drive. When you look closer at the silhouetted Drive from the beginning of the episode you should notice 4 things.

1. No spoiler on the helmet. Just two antennae.
2. No tire bandolier across the chest. This Drive used the shift cars to fight, but may not have had Tire Koukan abilities.
3. He rides a motorcycle
4. The suit is actually black. It's not a shadow or silhouette, the initial Drive is actually a black rider. Now the color could be subject to change depending on what or if we find out about this guy. But as is that suit is definitely black in place of Shinnosuke's red.



I think we're about to get some crazy Kamen Rider Skull type action going on here. Possibly a character that used to be Kiriko's partner. Maybe even something wild like her father, hence why only she knows about Drive and the Pit. Or equally as likely, Chase was the original Drive. Hence the motorcycle.