Kamen Rider OOO

is the twenty-second entry of the Kamen Rider Series.
It began airing on September 5, 2010, the week following the conclusion of Kamen Rider W, joining and then in the Super Hero Time lineup, until its conclusion on August 28, 2011.
The series' titular Kamen Rider made a cameo appearance in the film Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate. The catchphrase for the series is .
==Production==
OOO is written by Yasuko Kobayashi, known for the screenplays of , , Kamen Rider Ryuki, Den-O, and . The creature designers are Yutaka Izubuchi, known for his work on the Lords in Kamen Rider Agito, and Tamotsu Shinohara, known for his work on the Mirror Monsters of Ryuki, the Orphnoch of Kamen Rider 555, and the Fangires of Kamen Rider Kiva.
Unlike several previous Heisei Rider Series, no alternate name has been given yet for the three O's in the title ( read as "Double" and read as "Φ's/Phi's/Faiz") aside from an alternate spelling of the name of the main Kamen Rider: Ooz.Hyper Hobby, September 2010 Both "OOO" and "Ooz" are intended to be read as "O's", referring to the multiple uses of the letter in the title as well as . The title OOO signifies the three medals that the main Kamen Rider uses to transform as well as being representative of the infinity symbol with an additional circle.
The 28th episode of Kamen Rider OOO serves as the 1000th episode of the Kamen Rider Series since Kamen Rider premiered on April 3, 1971. The episode was originally set to premiere on March 27, 2011. However, due to the , the airing of this episode was postponed by one week to April 3, 2011. For the 999th and 1000th episodes, various guest stars with the kanji for in their name were featured: Chiaki, Chisato Morishita, Chinatsu Wakatsuki, and the duo, Harisenbon (sen also being Japanese for 1000).
==Plot==
Eiji Hino is a traveling man who has no place to call home and a tragic past. When metallic creatures known as the Greeed awaken after their 800-year slumber to attack humans and feed off of their desires, the disembodied arm of the Greed named Ankh gives Eiji a belt and three Medals to fight the other Greed as Kamen Rider OOO. The mysterious Kougami Foundation approaches Eiji and begins assisting him in his fight against the Greed, though their true motives are not clear. As Eiji fights the Greed and their Yummy monsters, learning more of the Greed and Ankh, he starts to find a purpose beyond his journey.
==Characters==
===Kamen Riders===
Kamen Rider OOO 	Unnamed King ► Eiji Hino
Kamen Rider Birth 	Akira Date ► Shintaro Goto (Other Users)
Kamen Rider Birth Prototype	Shintaro Goto ► Akira Date
====Movie exclusive====
Kamen Rider Core 	Kamen Rider Core
Kamen Rider Poseidon	Michal Minato ► Poseidon
Kamen Rider Aqua 	Michal Minato
===Allies===
====Izumi Siblings====
*Hina Izumi
*Shingo Izumi
====Kougami Foundation====
*Kousei Kougami
*Erika Satonaka
====Cuisine Restaurant Cous Coussier====
*Chiyoko Shiraishi
====Other Allies====
*Yoshino Akechi
*Tokugawa Yoshimune
*Kamen Riders
Kamen Rider 1 	Takeshi Hongo 	
Kamen Rider 2 	Hayato Ichimonji	
Kamen Rider V3 	Shiro Kazami 	
Riderman 	Joji Yuki 	
Kamen Rider X 	Keisuke Jin 	
Kamen Rider Amazon 	Daisuke Yamamoto	
Kamen Rider Stronger 	Shigeru Jo 	
Skyrider 	Hiroshi Tsukuba 	
Kamen Rider Super-1 	Kazuya Oki 	
Kamen Rider ZX 	Ryo Murasame 	
Kamen Rider Black 	Kotaro Minami 	
Kamen Rider Black RX 	Kotaro Minami 	
Kamen Rider Shin 	Shin Kazamatsuri	
Kamen Rider ZO 	Masaru Aso 	
Kamen Rider J 	Kouji Segawa 	
Kamen Rider Kuuga 	Yusuke Godai 	
Kamen Rider Agito 	Shouichi Tsugami	
Kamen Rider Ryuki 	Shinji Kido 	
Kamen Rider Faiz 	Takumi Inui 	
Kamen Rider Blade 	Kazuma Kenzaki 	
Kamen Rider Hibiki 	Hitoshi Hidaka 	
Kamen Rider Kabuto 	Souji Tendou 	
Kamen Rider Den-O 	Momotaros 	
Kamen Rider New Den-O	Kotaro Nogami 	
Kamen Rider Kiva 	Wataru Kurenai 	
Kamen Rider Decade 	Tsukasa Kadoya 	
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Gokai Red 	
Gokai Blue 	
Gokai Yellow	
Gokai Green 	
Gokai Pink 	
Gokai Silver	
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Red Buster 	
Blue Buster 	
Yellow Buster	
===Villains===
====Greeed====
Ankh 	Ankh
Uva 	Uva
Kazari 	Kazari
Gamel 	Gamel
Mezool 	Mezool
Ankh (Lost) 	Ankh (Lost)
Shocker Greeed	Shocker Greeed
Kyoryu Greeed 	Kiyoto Maki
Eiji Greeed 	Eiji Hino
====Yummy====
*Kamakiri Yummy
*Otoshibumi Yummy
*Neko Yummy
*Piranha Yummy
*Bison Yummy
*Same Yummy
*Ageha Yummy
*Siam-Neko Yummy
*Rikugame Yummy
*Kabuto Yummy
*Kuwagata Yummy
*Lion-Kurage Yummy
*Batta Yummy
*Ei-Sai Yummy
*Omu Yummy
*Ika-Jaguar Yummy
*Combatman Yummy
*Shachi-Panda Yummy
*Kuro Ageha Yummy
*Pteranodon Yummy
*Fukuro Yummy
*Unicorn Yummy
*Uni-Armadillo Yummy
*Shamo Yummy
*Ankylosaurus Yummy
*Hagetaka Yummy
*Nue Yummy
====Others====
Armored Warrior Inhumanoid	Nobunaga
Gara 	Gara
*Bells
*Foundation X
**Super Galaxy King
*Dai-Shocker
**Doktor G
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*Female Fan (28): 
*Shocker Combatmen (28): 
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===Suit actors===
* Kamen Rider OOO: http://www.toei.co.jp/tv/OOO/story/1193222_1793.html
* Ankh, Kamen Rider BirthKamen Rider OOO / OOO Character Book Count the medals!, Kamen Rider Birth Prototype (Shintaro Goto): 
* Kamen Rider Birth Prototype (Akira Date): Kamen Rider OOO Character Book Vol.2 "Happy Birthday"
* Uva, Shachi-Panda Yummy: 
* Kazari: 
* Gamel, Ankh (Lost)"HERO VISION" Vol. 40, Shamo Yummy: 
* Mezoolhttp://www.toei.co.jp/tv/OOO/story/1193914_1793.html, Ankh (understudy)http://www.toei.co.jp/tv/OOO/story/1195776_1793.html: 
* Kyoryu Greeed, Eiji GreeedKamen Rider Fourze Offical Book : FOURZE GRADUATION, White YummyOOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders "40 Years Chronicle, Waste Yummy: 
* Ankh (opening dance): 
==Songs==
;Opening theme
* "Anything Goes!"Otona Fami, No. 26
** Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
** Composition: Tatsuo (of everset and Galveston 19)
** Arrangement: Tatsuo & Kotaro Nakagawa
** Artist: 
;Ending theme
*"Regret nothing ~Tighten Up~"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
**Artist: Eiji Hino (Shu Watanabe)
**Episodes: 5, 7, 13
*"Got to keep it real"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
**Artist: Eiji Hino (Shu Watanabe)
**Episodes: 6, 16, Movie War Core
*"Ride on Right time"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
**Artist: Eiji Hino (Shu Watanabe)
**Episodes: 9, 10, 15, 40, 42, 45
*"Sun goes up"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
**Artist: Eiji Hino (Shu Watanabe)
**Episodes: 12
*"Time judged all"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
**Artist: Eiji Hino × Ankh (Shu Watanabe & Ryousuke Miura)
**Episodes: 20, 22, 23, 25, 28, 48
*"Shout out"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
**Artist: Eiji Hino (Shu Watanabe)
*"POWER to TEARER"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
**Artist: Eiji Hino (Shu Watanabe) & Akira Kushida
**Episodes: 36, 44
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*:"POWER to TEARER", the theme song for Putotyra Combo, is the first song that Akira Kushida is featured on the main vocals.
*"Reverse/Re:birth"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition & Arrangement: tatsuo (everset)
**Artist: Akira Date & Shintaro Goto (Hiroaki Iwanaga & Asaya Kimijima)
**Episodes: 38, 46, 47
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**Lyrics: Shotaro Ishinomori
**Composition & Arrangement: Shunsuke Kikuchi
**Artist: Koichi Fuji
**Episodes: 27
*"WIND WAVE"
**Lyrics: Tsuyoshi
**Composition: Ayano
**Artist: Tsuyoshi & Ayano
**Episodes: 35
==Novel==
, written by Nobuhiro Mori, is part of a series of spin-off novel adaptations of the Heisei Era Kamen Riders. The novel is split in three parts. The first part, Ankh's part, focuses the origin of the Core Medals, the King, and the Greeeds from Ankh's point of view and reveal secrets unanswered from the series. The second part, Birth's part, takes on the Birth Driver's point of view, deciding between Akira Date and Shintaro Goto to see who is worthy to use it. The final part, Eiji's part, focuses on Eiji's past and reveals how he met Alfreed. The novel was released on November 30, 2012.
==OOZ==
Kamen Rider OOO: OOZ is the S.I.C. Hero Saga story for OOO, which is a sequel to OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders.
==Video game==
A port of Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes titled was released on both the PlayStation Portable and Nintendo Wii on December 2, 2010. In addition to adding Kamen Rider OOO to the game, the previous Heisei Riders' most powerful forms (e.g., Kuuga Ultimate Form & Double CycloneJokerXtreme) are added as playable characters as well as other Heisei Kamen Riders not included in either of the two previous versions.
==References==
==External links==
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*Kamen Rider OOO at Japanese Wikipedia
*Kamen Rider OOO at TV Asahi
*Kamen Rider OOO at Toei TV
*Kamen Rider OOO at Avex Group
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