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Granute Dean (グラニュート・ディーン, Guranyūto Dīn)[1] is a part-timer working for Stomach Inc.. He pretends to be a gallery manager named Katsumi Iwashimizu (岩清水 克美, Iwashimizu Katsumi) and later an Italian art dealer named Amanto Sardina (アマント・サルディーナ, Amanto Sarudīna).
History[]
After being surgically modified with a new ability by Nyelv Stomach, Dean resumed his task of collecting Human Presses by targeting artists under the guise of a gallery manager. One evening, he approached Masako Takarayashiki's mansion and chose Tamaki Tatehori, lying to her by offering her a trip to Paris, only to bring her to his artist studio and turn her into a Human Press. The next day, Shoma arrived, after being told by one of his Poppingummy Gochizo of Dean's action, and demanded to let Tamaki go after showing the Gochizo's memory through his new phone. Dean scoffed and both combatants transformed into their respective forms to fight, each trading blows that lead them to a parking garage. Dean had the upper hand with his sardine projectiles until Kamen Rider Gavv transformed it his Chocodan form, evening the playing field as Gavv countered to Dean's sardine projectiles with his chocolate shots from his Chocodangun. Gavv then executed his Chocodan Finish after forcing Dean into a corner, seemingly destroying the Granute and retrieving Tamaki. [What Flavor Lies Beneath the Mask]
Dean, however, survived by using his ability to creating a copy of himself with his sardines, and returned to Takarayashiki's mansion the following evening under the alias Amanto Sardina, selecting Suetsugu Egawa as his next target. Dean returned the next day as Shoma, Hanto Karakida and Sachika Amane watched from afar, planning to abduct Suetsugu. He examined Suetsugu's art until Shoma arrived with tea and spilled it on Dean as part of a ploy to expose Dean's true form by lifting up his shirt to reveal his Gavv. With his disguise ruined, Dean reverted back to his Granute form and escaped with Hanto and Shoma in pursuit. As Shoma and Hanto transformed into their respective rider forms, they engaged Dean in a warehouse, who was using the racks as cover to create his clones for the riders to fight.
Dean kept hiding and creating clones as both Gavv Chocodon and Valen destroy them with their respective Rider Shooting finishers until an enraged Sachika arrived and doused orange paint on the real Dean, who used the cover of a rack being destroyed by Valen's finisher to create a clone for them to fight. Both Sachika and Gavv noticed the clone wasn't covered in paint, with the latter realizing Dean's game and managed to find him and expose his strategy. Backed into a corner, Dean modified his clone to create a swarm of flying sardines to attack both riders. Dean managed to overwhelm the riders until Gavv used his Chocodon Gochizos to create the Chocodonguns for himself and Valen, allowing them to turn the tables and destroy the sardine swarm. Both riders then turned their attentions to the genuine Dean, overpowering the Granute before finishing him off with a Chocodon Burst and Chocodon finisher combo. [Dual Chocolate]
Granute Dean[]
Granute Dean
- Statistics[1]
- Height: 197.7 cm
- Weight: 91.8 kg
After working as a part timer for some time, Dean was brought back to Nyelv Stomach and modified a second time. This enabled him fire projectiles from the holes in his palms as well as clone himself.
- Arsenal
- Sardine Projectiles: After being modified a second time by Nyelv, Dean gained the ability to produce sardine-like projectiles. He usually fires them from the holes in his palms, generating enough force to pierce concrete. Dean can also produce large numbers of the projectiles from his entire body. In this case, they can be remotely controlled by Dean and fly through the air like a school of fish swimming in the ocean.
- Cloning: Dean can gather together the sardine-shaped projectiles generated from his body to create copies of himself. By sending the copies to fight in his place, he was able to the create the illusion of being immortal. Dean can also revert the clones to the constituent fish at will.
- Abilities
- Human Disguise: Due to being modified by Stomach, Dean can adopt a human form by inserting a Mimic Key into his gavv. He is able to return to his original form by removing the Mimic Key.
- Human Press Transformation: As a part-timer, Dean has been modified to be able to turn humans into Human Press by grabbing them with his gavv's tongue. This can be accomplished in either his original form or human disguise.
- Foam Generation: Dean can produce blasts of multicolored foam from the holes in his palms for close-quarters combat.
Behind the Scenes[]
Portrayal[]
- Granute Dean is voiced by Yohei Kaneshige (金重 陽平, Kaneshige Yōhei), who portrays Dean's first disguise of Katsumi Iwashimizu, while his second disguise of Amanto Sardina is portrayed by Ingo (インゴ).
- His suit actor is Naoya Iguchi (井口 尚哉, Iguchi Naoya).
Etymology[]
- Dean's name is derived from his animal motif, sardine. The surname of his first human disguise, Iwashimizu, contains the Japanese word for sardine, iwashi (イワシ). The surname of his second disguise, Sardina, is the Italian word for sardine.
Notes[]
- Like the other part-timers, Dean has fly elements hidden in his design. In his case, there is a fly on his right shoulder.
Appearences[]
Kamen Rider Gavv
- Episode 7: What Flavor Lies Beneath the Mask
- Episode 8: Dual Chocolate