Ryou Shirogane

Elliot Grant (Ryou Shirogane in Japanese) is a wealthy boy who is one of the male heroes of Mew Mew Power.

Personality
Elliot is a genius. In episode 36, he mentions that his IQ was over 180 at age of 10. He is rude, sarcastic, and occasionally anti-social. He teases Zoey Hanson a lot, but he has saved her on many occasions when she has transformed into her cat form. Also, he encourages Bridget Verdant to be more confident.

Appearance
Elliot has tan skin and blond hair. He is tall and has aqua blue eyes, and is 15-years-old. When he's a cat, his eyes remain the same colour. Elliot's Mew mark is on the side of his neck, but he hides it with the collars of his clothes.

Elliot's Childhood
When Elliot was 10, a Predasite attacked his parents's mansion and killed them when he was out with Wesley. He tried to fight the Predasite but Wesley held him back. He moved to America with Wesley and spent the rest of his childhood there, but then returned to Tokyo to perfect his father's work.

Tokyo Mew Mew a La Mode
After her first day of school, Berry Shirayuki almost falls down a set of stairs, but was saved by Elliot, who caught her. He then invites her to the Café Mew Mew and she accepts, then goes there to admire the treats that were being displayed.

Later, Elliot catches Berry by surprise and she falls into a pastry display. She runs away, and goes through a DNA infusion machine, which merges her DNA with that of two endangered animals: The Amami Black Rabbit and the Andes Mountain Cat. She passes out and when she wakes up, Elliot gives her a robot named R2003, which she nicknames Ucha.

The Mew Project
Elliot is dedicated to the Mew Project. When Dr. Grant's (Elliot's father) project was ready, Elliot was unsure that it would be safe, so he tested it on himself. He didn't have the right genes, so he didn't turn into a proper Mew Mew, but does have the ability to change into a cat for ten minutes. If he stays a cat for longer than that, he is permanently stuck in cat form.

When he is a gray cat, he goes by the name Alto. He wears a green scarf around his neck. Alto was introduced in episode 28. Alto saved Zoey's life many times and has kissed her in order to return her back into human form. Elliot is the one who gave the girls their Mew Pendants so that they could transform. He was also the one who (with Wesley) chose which people would get the Red Data Animal DNA implanted in them.

Love Life

 * Zoey Hanson: Elliot seems to have a crush on Zoey, and has kissed her many times to change her back from a cat into a human, though he is rude and demanding to Zoey. He often likes to tease her.

Trivia

 * The different meanings for Elliot's Japanese first and last names have a lot to do with wealth. "Ryou" can mean "angle", "edge", "corner", "power", "majesty", "dragon" and "spirit", and his last name, "Shiro" can mean "white", "gane", (money, or gold) and "platinum".