Kamen Rider OOO: Get to know your Greeed

Another bonus post on getting to know your favourite Kamen Rider series. This time is Get to know your Greeeds!!!~~~

Greeeds are strange beings who were created 8 centuries ago. Like they're henchmans called the "Yummy", they are also made of cell medals. Unlike the Yummies, the Greeeds have core medals. Each of them have 9 core medals in their body. As the body of the Greeed are composed of Core Medals as well as Cell Medals, they are much stronger and are not based on a single animal, unlike their Yummy subordinates whom all Greeed can sense because of the Cell Medals inside them.

The name "Greeed" comes from the English word "greed", as their Medals are powered by human desire, but in the fashion of OOO, there are three E's in their name instead of two. Other than Ankh, the Greeed are named after certain words in Japanese that relate to desire.

Let's get to know each Greeed well.

Ankh (or pronounced as Anku in Japanese). He is a bird-type greeed. He is said to be a character that has a 100% opposite characteristic of the main protagonist, Hino Eiji. Due to his destorted revival, his hand is the only thing  that manifested. He ends up as a disembodied arm. Later, he took over the body of Izumi Shingo(Izumi Hina's elder brother) to move around at ease. He tends to order Eiji around when it comes to collecting medals and fighting yummies. He also developed a liking for popsicles(really obsessed with them), that he took 2 or 3 without even thinking twice. The name "Ankh" comes from the Hindi word for "eye" (आँख ā̃ṅkh), as in a hawk's eye. It is unclear about his full capabilities due to him currently in the state of incomplete revival.

Uva, the insect Greeed, the most hot-headed of the four, able to jump long distances, slice though anything, and discharge lightning from his horns. Due to his short temper personality, Ankh likes to refer him as "Bug-brain", which actually pisses Uva even more. He was also the first to act in tracking Ankh down to seek for his missing core medals. He assumes the form of a young man who wears a green leather jacket in order to blend in with society. His insect-based Yummies pull themselves out of the bodies of certain humans, then seek out and physically consume the object of their progenitor's desire before molting into their complete forms.

"Uva" comes from the Japanese word ubau (奪う"to snatch away").

 Kazari. The feline Greeed, a schemer with a childish personality who is able to move at fast speeds, as well as create mini cyclones. He also proves himself to be quite smart and cunning besides Ankh among the Greeeds.  Kazari assumes the form of a silver-haired young man in a yellow checkered blazer to blend in with society. However, of the five Greeed, it would appear he had the least missing Medals when the Greeed were released, seemingly only missing his Tora Medal. His cat-based Yummies are parasitic in nature, possessing the human and forcing them to partake in their desire even at the risk of their life, until they can finally reach their complete form and consume them. This means that unlike other Yummies, Kazari's retain the human inside them, who must first be pulled out to attack the Yummy without harming the human.

"Kazari" comes from the Japanese word kazaru (飾る, "to decorate").

Gameru(or spelled as Gamel in English). The heavy animal Greeed, and is the strongest, physically, of the four. He is somewhat retarded and even more childish compare to Kazari. Other than his brute strength, Gamel also can form a long trunk from his face to use as a weapon. Among the 4 Greeeds, Gamel has the least core medals during their incomplete revival. Gamel's human form is a young man who wears a grey mesh shirt over a black undershirt. Unlike the other Greeed, Gamel uses his body to create his behemoth-like Yummies by inserting a Cell Medal into his own forehead upon observing a particular behavior he wants to mimic, thus satiating his own desires and being composed of just a single Cell Medal.

Gamel" comes from the Japanese word gameru (がめる"to pilfer").

 Mezuru(or spelled as Mezool in English). the aquatic animal Greeed, the only female of the group with the ability to generate torrents of water from her hand and agility. Mezool appears to be a mother figure to Gamel due to her kindness in sharing the cell medals with him. She also serves as a leader figure to the others, being able to see through Kazari's lies, rein in Uva's temper and soothe the childlike Gamel. Mezool took a form of a high school girl(which is totally different from what she seems to be). Mezool being an aquatic type Greeed, has humid body which Ankh can sense when she is close to him. She tends to called Kamen Rider OOO as "Oz-boy" in a very seductive tone. Mezool's fish-based Yummies, which first become roe-like eggs, feed indirectly off the human's desire while forming a "nest" that incubates over a period of time while the human indulges their desire, their presence mostly concealed until they hatch into their complete forms.

"Mezool" comes from the Japanese word mezuru (愛ずる"to love").

Currently, there are only 5 types of Greeeds showed up in the series. Rumors had been spreading that there's actually 2 more group of Greeeds. The dinosaur type and the reptile type. There's also another type of monster that is similar to Greeeds that have medals based on weapons instead of animals. One has shown itself in the upcoming movie, Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider OOO & W feat. Skull Movie War Core.

So, that is the current info for the Greeeds in kamen Rider OOO.

Referring source: Wiki & Hyper Hobby Magazine

Image source: Ankh taken from CrimsonCafe & some Personal screen shots from the episodes