Specialman - Monster Extermination Chapter

Monster Extermination Chapter

• Kinnikuman (Akira Kami) is the protagonist of the series and prince of Planet Kinniku. Though usually a clumsy idiot, when things are at their worst he is capable of tremendous power, luck, and stamina. His favorite food is gyuudon and he will do anything for a bowl of it. His real name is Suguru Kinniku.

• Meat Alexandria (Minori Matsushima) is Kinnikuman's young sidekick and trainer. He is much smarter than Kinnikuman and often scolds him for being stupid. He is usually referred to as Meat-kun.

• Terryman (Hideyuki Tanaka) is Kinnikuman's best friend. An extremely popular American Chōjin from Texas who is also a brilliant strategist. He was modeled after Terry Funk.

• Mayumi Kinniku (Kazuhiko Kishino) is Kinnikuman's father and the 57th King of Planet Kinniku. Though usually embarrassed by Kinnikuman's stupid behavior, he is one of his loudest supporters. He is usually referred to as Kinniku-Daiō (King Kinniku).

• Sayuri Kinniku (キン肉小百合, Kinniku Sayuri?) is the mother of Kinnikuman, wife of Mayumi Kinniku, and the 57th Queen of Planet Kinniku. She has the katakana that read "Mama" (ママ, Mama?) written on her forehead. She is usually depicted as a typical long-suffering, loving mother character, but she has been known to transform into a violent fan during her sons matches, even to the point of using her husband to show Kinnikuman which moves to use. She has the ability to grow large liker her son, as evident from the time she masqueraded as him in order to fight Kaijū and redeem his image. In the anime, she is very jealous of Mari, because Kinnikuman takes more attention on his love interest than his mother. In the manga and first anime she is typically referred to as Mama, but in the Throne Arc anime she is called by her real name. In both anime, she was listed in the credits as Queen Kinniku (キン肉王妃, Kinniku Ōhi?). By the sequel, Kinnikuman Nisei, she has died, leaving Mayumi a widower. Her name comes from Sayuri Yoshinaga. She is voiced by Nana Yamaguchi (Yōko Matsuoka in Kinnikuman: Scramble for the Throne).

• Natsuko Shōno (翔野ナツ子, Shouno Natsuko?) is a young reporter for Weekly Hero (週刊HERO, Shūkan HERO?) who becomes Terryman's girlfriend. She is almost never seen without her trademark newsboy cap and camera. She is a bit of a tomboy, wearing bellbottoms and a tanktop in earlier chapters and overalls and a sweater from the Choujin Olympics on. Her nickname for Kinnikuman is Kin-chan (キンちゃん?). She is very possessive of Terryman and has even been known to attack his female admirers (and Nakano-san) for getting too close to him. Their relationship is made more obvious in the anime, as they are frequently shown on dates and she gets really into his fights (similar to Sayuri Kinniku with Kinnikuman's fights). She is voiced by Hiromi Tsuru (Akiko Hiramatsu in Kinnikuman: Scramble for the Throne).

• Kazuo Nakano (Sanji Hase) is a frequent background character who serves as the color commentator in the anime. He was actually a parody of the assistant editor of Shonen Jump at that time. He is usually referred to as Nakano-san.

• Yosaku (Tetsuo Mizutori) is an odd little guy who often pops up wherever there's a TV camera, doing an impromptu naked fan dance. In the anime he is known for appearing just about anywhere and performing numerous jobs, most notably working at Kinnikuman's favorite gyuudon place. He also will often fill in as announcer with Nakano-san. He appears frequently throughout the series as several different character, including Bibinba's father Horumon Yāki, and had a longer tenure than the more recognizable Nakano-san. An elderly Yosaku makes a cameo appearance in Kinnikuman Nisei volume 25, chapter 248. Some of his most notable appearances were an eyewitness who claimed to see Nessie, Kinnikuman's Rocky-obsessed boxing coach in the tradition of Mickey Goldmill, Horumon Yāki, and the janitor at Himeji Castle who finds Bikeman. His nickname is Be Anywhere Do Anything Yosaku-san (何処にでも出てきて何にでもなる与作さん,, Doko ni demo Detekite Nani ni demo naru Yosaku-san?).

• Mari Nikaidō (二階堂マリ, Nikaidō Mari?) is a teacher at Suminoe Kindergarten that inexplicably falls for Kinnikuman. When Bibinba arrives, she feels overshadowed by her and gives up on Kinnikuman, going overseas to study. In Kinnikuman II Mari has returned to Japan and has an adopted daughter named Rinko who is the love interest of Kinniku Mantaro. Theme Song: "Tsukamaete Mai Hiiroo (Catch Me, My Hero)" by Kaori Kumiko.

• Detective Akaiwa (赤岩刑事, Akaiwa-keiji?) is a Jōsai District Police Inspector. He is a parody of Tetsuya Watari's cop character Raisuke Kuroiwa from the TV series Daitokai (大都会). When there's trouble, he and his men will often show up with machine guns blazing and then leave without actually solving anything. In the manga he only appears in two stories, but in the anime he is renamed Gobugari (五分刈 "close haircut"), Police Inspector of the West Sumidagawa Station" and appears frequently. He was referenced in Ultimate Muscle briefly as "Detective Tommy Gunn".

• Earth Defense Force Chief (地球防衛軍長官, Chikyuu Bouei-gun Choukan?)/Don Pikeur Derikaone (ドン・ピカー・デリカオーネ?) is a short bald mustachioed man who frequently appears throughout the series. He has a very active imagination and will sometimes try to get involved with the fights. He originally appears as the chief of the Earth Defense Force, but appears again during Kinnikuman's fight with Curry Cook during the Choujin Olympics as a fan eating gyuudon. He appears twice as a doctor: first during the American Tour Arc as the doctor who takes care of Robert, and then during the Seven Akuma Choujin Arc as the doctor who tells Kinnikuman to rest for a few days. He is voiced by Kazuhiko Kishino.

• King Tōn (キング・トーン?) is a pig. When Suguru was a baby, the Kinniku family was flying in space over the earth. A pig in the ship was causing a commotion, and Mayumi mistakenly threw Suguru out of the ship to Earth. The pig, Ikue, was mistakenly raised as prince in place of Suguru. It become known as King Tōn (Pork) and took over Kinniku Planet. Although he managed to defeat Kinnikuman, a butcher who was King Ton's original owner arrives and chases King Ton away. He is voiced by Issei Futamata.

• Gōriki (ゴーリキ?) was a member of the Kinniku Clan who came along with Meat to retrieve Kinnikuman. If Suguru could beat Gōriki in a Steel Cage Match, he could stay on Earth. Gōriki proved to be too strong for Kinnikuman and soon had him in his trademark Bear Hug. He was about to beat Suguru when he suddenly noticed the goofy faces Suguru was making while in pain. He instantly let go of the Bear Hug and began laughing uncontrollably on the ground. He tossed and turned so much that he broke his spine, allowing Suguru the win (it did not matter anyway because the next day Meat offered Kinnikuman a gyuudon if he came home so he agreed). He is voiced by Kazuhiko Kishino.

• Kimiko Nakano (中野公子, Nakano Kimiko?) is Kazuo's wife. In the manga Kazuo will often try to sell her off, but in the anime he had a cloyingly loving relationship with her. She is voiced by Nana Yamaguchi.

• Kazuhiko Torishima (鳥嶋和彦, Torishima Kazuhiko?) is another frequent background character and parody of Kazuhiko Torishima, an editor of Weekly Shōnen Jump. He is usually referred to as Mayuusu no Torishima (マユうすの鳥嶋?, "Thin Eyebrows" Torishima).

• Pandaman (パンダマン?) is the hero of a popular children's TV Program. Kinnikuman mistook him as a real chōjin at an amusement park and challenged him. Meat sometimes wears a Pandaman T-shirt. Much later in 1998, Eiichiro Oda created a gag profile for an unrelated chōjin also called Pandaman for the Kinnikuman tribute book Kinnikuman 77 Mysteries. He later used him as a recurring background character in his own manga series One Piece. He appeared as a hidden character in the game Kinnikuman Nisei: New Generation vs Legends. However, Oda's character has never appeared in any Kinnikuman manga or anime stories.

• Kunta (クンタ?) is the princess of Roots Island. When all of the soldiers on her island are killed by Ukon, Octopus Dragon, and Harigorasu, she enlists the aide of Kinnikuman and Terryman. Meat refers to her as Irresponsible Princess (いいかげんな王女,, Iikagen na Oujou?).