Characters / Dr. Stone: Ishigami Village

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Pre-Stone World | Ishigami Village | Empire of Might | Others

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A small population of 40 non-petrified people in the Stone World, who Senku encounters while investigating the source of smoke signals, gradually recruiting them (and the rest of the village) into his Kingdom of Science with his various re-discoveries of lost inventions and technology.

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In General

"It's likely that neither Kohaku nor any of these people know about what was modern civilization. In other words, this village is made up of the descendants of revived people!"

— Senku

• But Not Too Foreign: Senku and Tsukasa note that Kohaku and Ruri (and a lot of the other villagers) have foreign blood, but can't seem to place why. Turns out it's because they're descendants of astronauts who returned to Earth from the International Space Station in their Soyuz spacecraft.
• Phenotype Stereotype: Many of the villagers have blonde hair and/or blue eyes, which Tsukasa notes is a sign that they aren't full-blooded Japanese. They're descended from a Multinational Team of astronauts, which is where their foreign blood comes from.
• Rock Theme Naming:
  • Everyone in the village is named after a rock or mineral. There are only three exceptions: Genbu, a nameless man (Though his name is revealed in chapter 100 to be Soyuz), and Suika (although Suika is a nickname, and her actual name has yet to be revealed).
  • It becomes a plot point later on - since they know the names of so many minerals, they must have even more in their village's lore. So Senku has their storyteller go over everything she knows regarding rocks and minerals.

Kohaku

Kohaku

Voiced by: Manami Numakura (Japanese), Felecia Angelle (English), Alicia Barragan (Latin American Spanish)

"I couldn't hear what you were talking about, but I don't give a damn! If you've got something to say, apologize to that gentleman sorcerer! And then keep apologizing until your very soul rots!"

One of the village's fighters and caretaker of her sister Ruri. She's also the strongest fighter in the village. Kohaku takes a liking to Senku after watching him confront Tsukasa, then helping her after she is nearly crushed by a tree. She becomes Senku's first villager ally, although she is annoyed by Senku's personality.

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• Action Girl: A fighter skilled and strong enough to even go toe to toe with Tsukasa.
• Animal Motifs: Is called a "lioness" by Senku, which fits her strength and dedication to the ones she loves. However, she hates being called that.
• Berserk Button: Hates being called a "lioness", but "gorilla" is even worse.
• Big Sister Instinct: Technically Ruri is the older sister, but her sickliness means Kohaku is the one who has to protect her. She also has this dynamic with Suika, whom she treats like a little sister.
• Book Dumb: Obviously she never had formal schooling, but Kohaku is still fairly clever and quick on the uptake. During the "Arithmetic Battle" bonus chapter she demonstrates at least a basic understanding of multiplication (since it's the easiest way to count large numbers of fish), and during the Treasure Island arc she gets around her illiteracy by sending Senku a Rebus Bubble message to tell him "The platinum is here."
• Can't Catch Up: Averted. She thinks this is the case for a while because she'd suffered from The Worf Effect every time the group faces a new strong fighter. When it comes time to select a fighter for the space mission, Tsukasa points out that she's always had exceptional physical abilities, and her losses were from fighting enemies like him with more refined technique. Now that she's had time to train and learn those techniques, she is easily the equal of any of the fighters who beat her before.
• Celibate Hero: Aside from some mild flirtations here and there, she overall doesn't seem particularly interested in the whole dating thing, focusing more on protecting her friends and becoming stronger. It also helps that she's One of the Guys and all the men around her typically find her too tomboyish to consider pursuing.
  • During her fight with Moz, he asks her what sort of guy she is attracted to. She replies by describing Senku's character traits. So she might have Single-Target Sexuality but it's not confirmed. These traits also fit Chrome so the issue is further muddled
• Cuteness Proximity: When she sees Suika's face for the first time she starts gushing over how adorable she is.
• Deadpan Snarker: She has her moments of snarkiness, usually when one of her male-friends is doing something stupid (which is, to say, very often).
• Dual Wielding: Wielded a pair of stone knives as weapons. These are later abandoned once Senku introduces the concept of Katanas to the village.
• Fake-Out Make-Out: When Kohaku gets into a fight with Kirisame and realizes she's both in over her head and possibly about to blow their cover, Gen bails her out by claiming that she's a lovesick girl who freaks out when her boyfriend Senku isn't around. He then tries to get them to kiss to prove it, but considering Kohaku and Senku are both Celibate Heroes, neither of them are... particularly into it.
• Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: She's actually really kind. Interestingly, most people from the village are blonde for some reason. Tsukasa even wondered if she is half-Japanese. It's later revealed that Ishigami village is made up of descendants of the multinational crew of the International Space Station. 4 of the 6 were blonde, 3 Russians and 1 European American, leading to the appearances of the villager 3000+ years later.
• Hartman Hips: Courtesy of Boichi. Lampshaded by Minister Ibara, who points out that Kohaku's "curviness" makes up for her rough personality (right before he very nearly gets his arm and hand snapped in half from attempting to grope her).
• Honor Before Reason: Despite knowing for sure that Mantle is lying about Suika drowning, Kohaku still runs off to save her, based on the very slightest chance that Suika might be in danger. When she discovers Suika was merely tied up but already escaped on her own, Kohaku fails to make it back to the Grand Bout in time for her match, disqualifying her and disrupting the Kingdom of Science's plans to win the tournament.
• I Resemble That Remark!: Anyone calling her a gorilla because of her strength and/or aggression will get smacked on the head, which Chrome points out is proof of her gorilla-ness.
• Identical Granddaughter: Both Kohaku and Ruri are the spitting images of their ancestor, Lilian Weinberg.
• Innocent Blue Eyes: Kohaku has some pretty blue eyes. Seeing her for the first time, Tsukasa wondered if she by any chance was half-Japanese due to her eyes and blond hair.
• Lightning Bruiser: Extremely quick in addition to her strength, according to Chrome, she's the only one in their village who is agile and strong.
• Like Brother and Sister: He and Kohaku have this relationship, including the frequent banter, and the fact that Chrome likes Ruri and Kohaku supports them. Before the Village Tournament, Kohaku apologizes to Chrome in advance for letting Ruri marry either Kinro o Ginro because she knows Chrome already likes her sister, so she asks if he would be okay marrying Kohaku as compensation. Chrome smiles and claims that Kohaku is too much of a gorilla for him.
• Love at First Sight: Subverted, says she's "fallen for" Senku after he rescues her, but later clarifies that she just likes people like him and wants to work together. So far she doesn't seem to be lying.
• Mini Dress Of Power: Her usual outfit is a little blue dress that leaves her legs bare for combat. When Amaryllis gives her another type of dress, Kohaku can barely move during her fight with Kirisame. Once they have a friendly spar, Kirisame notes that they are on equal levels after she changes into her usual mini dress.
• Magic Skirt: As an agile action girl, she likes to jump and flip around. But as long as she is dressed, we never get to see her fundoshi; though it does show that she wears one when they are gathering iron sand from the river.
• Ms. Fanservice: While she doesn't fall prey to the usual fanservice for the sake of it, the camera loves her voluptuous body. In a couple of blink-and-you'll-miss-it moments, she even has her bare ass against the glass for example.
• Muscles Are Meaningless: She's a slim girl of average height, yet she can easily take down huge, muscle-bound men like Magma and carry a huge vase full of water for several kilometers effortlessly. Senku and Chrome like to refer to her as a "gorilla" (which she, predictably, isn't very fond of).
• One of the Boys: Fitting her warrior status, most of her friends in the village are male warriors. Funnily enough, despite her beauty and the fact that she looks exactly like her sister, Chrome has no interest in Kohaku romantically because she's apparently "more of a gorilla than a lady" (which earns him some knots on the head). Senku has given similar sentiments.
• Pervert Revenge Mode: Minister Ibara attempts to grab at her breasts while "inspecting" her for the Head's harem (which she's only joining in an attempt to rob the Head of his weapons), and he very nearly gets his thumb and arm snapped in half like a twig before being saved by Moz.
  • Played for Laughs when Ginro intends to hug her, trying to feel her breasts while he is at it, only to be punched to the nearest tree by Kohaku.
• Shameless Fanservice Girl: Downplayed, but she doesn't mind changing her clothes in front of the men at least.
• She Cleans Up Nicely: To help with infiltration during the Treasure Island arc, Amaryllis gives her a makeover: a pink dress, washing and conditioning her hair, flower decorations for her hair and cosmetics that Senku created with science. The result makes Suika exclaim that she looks like a "beautiful priestess".
• Shipper on Deck: After making sure that he doesn't just like her as a prize, Kohaku seems very happy at the idea of Chrome winning her sister Ruri's hand.
• Straight Man: When Senku gets all Mad Scientist, Gen spouts off "feather fluff" or Chrome becomes too passionate about his rock collection, she is the one who dryly reacts to it.
• Tomboyish Ponytail: She's a tomboyish Action Girl who's One of the Boys and wears her hair in a spiky ponytail, in contrast to her more feminine sister Ruri, who wears her hair loose.
• The Tease: She seems to get some amusement out of lightly flirting with Chrome and asking if he'd date her because of her resemblance to Ruri, which Chrome immediately points out is just silly talk before telling her to knock it off.
• Unsound Effect: Whenever she does something that demonstrates her physical strength (like grinding silica sand into a fine powder for glassmaking), it's accompanied by "Gorilla, Gorilla".
• The Worf Effect: She's usually the first person to get pressured in combat by the villains in order to show how powerful they are, falling into this against Tsukasa, Hyoga, Kirisame, and Moz. To Kohaku's credit though, unlike most instances of this trope, she rarely ever loses outright but is simply unable to stop them on her own.
• Worf Had the Flu: During "Round 2" with Kirisame (a friendly sparring match after Minister Ibara has been dealt with), they're equally matched. Kohaku denies holding back, saying that it would be disrespectful, and instead blames her performance last time on the long, awkward dress she was wearing at the time.
• Zero-Approval Gambit: She deliberately decided to become the "wild daughter" that her father would disapprove of and the other villagers wouldn't respect as much as Ruri, all to discourage them from thinking that Ruri was replaceable. She believed that Ruri would lose the will to live if she was no longer the priestess.

Chrome

Chrome

Voiced by: Gen Satō (Japanese), Matt Shipman (English), Jose Luis Piedra (Latin American Spanish)

"Nah, I'm not calling myself a sorcerer anymore... I'm a scientist!"

A young villager regarded as a "Sorcerer", but his "sorcery" is the result of very primitive but meticulous research and experimentation on his surroundings. After meeting Senku, Chrome develops a respect for his superior and becomes his partner and assistant in matters of science. Chrome has a good heart and wants to cure his crush Ruri from the disease she's afflicted with, hence his research. However, Chrome is also an opportunistic braggart.

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• Cannot Spit It Out: Everyone can tell that Chrome and Ruri like each other, but if there's one thing that Chrome loves more than Ruri, it's science. When Senkuu builds the first telephone, Chrome's first words to her is how much he loves... science. Ruri, of course, takes it well and is genuinely happy for him.
• Catchphrase: Frequently describes things he finds cool as "BAAAAD!" (yabee~!) The Crunchyroll sub removes this, but the English dub keeps it.
• Childhood Friend Romance: Chrome has liked Ruri since they were children. Once they resolve the Whyman situation, Chrome decides on the spot to fulfill his promise and asks Ruri to marry him. She accepts immediately.
• Collector of the Strange: While his "sorcerous" knowledge is immediately upstaged as soon as Senku arrives, Chrome has also amassed a large collection of various minerals and chemical components that Senku can immediately take advantage of.
• Commonality Connection: Senku regards him as a kindred spirit, as he is the Stone World equivalent of a scientist. Senku was going to teach him everything he knew too, as he believes he could be a worthy successor, but Chrome rejects the offer (albeit for reasons other than not wanting to learn science, which he does).
• "Eureka!" Moment: He's prone to sudden flashes of inspiration, which has led to him "inventing" some scientific advances completely on his own without any input from Senku. During the Treasure Island arc, he questions why he's one of the "Five Wise Generals" with four modern-day people, but Ryusui says that his unique experiences can offer important insights — and indeed, when Moz shows up in the cave, Chrome is the one who figures out that he's plotting against Minister Ibara, all because he knows from experience how hard it is to track someone.
• Everyone Can See It: It's extremely blatant obvious that he's in love with Ruri, but apparently he himself is completely unaware of it. Until Senku calls him out of it, and he realizes that he can no longer hide it.
• Hope Springs Eternal: In a very grand and philosophical sense. Senku points out that, as hard as Luddites like Tsukasa may attempt to suppress or snuff out scientific advances, there will always be people like Chrome who prove that humanity's innate curiosity will always shine through, and result in the eventual development of technology and cultivation of human civilization, no matter how many generations or lifetimes it may take.
• Hot-Blooded: Extremely loud and passionate about science, even before he found out what his "sorcery" actually was. Every time one of his experiments produces an interesting reaction, he starts raving about how "BAAAAAAAAAAAAAD" it is.
• Idea Bulb: With the spin that it's linked to the current tech level of the story. Initially, his "bulb" is just two hands running electricity through a bamboo filament (based on Senku's initial demonstration of electric light), but after they invent proper light bulbs he "evolves" into using those instead, and later on becomes a radar screen even when other characters are still using light bulbs.
• Improvisational Ingenuity: Chrome's greatest skill by far. He's not as smart as Senku or as strong as Kohaku or Taiju, but he has a wealth of practical experience & lateral thinking skills that let him come up with ideas or apply what he's learned in ways even Senku couldn't immediately come up. Notably, he came up with the concept of a waterwheel with zero prompting from Senku just from seeing a gear, freed himself from prison by (accidentally) brewing up bleach, and came up with the idea of a metal detector by combining radar and magnets to find a massive iron deposit.
• It's Been Done: A Running Gag for him. He comes up with many inventions/discoveries he thinks are revolutionarily new and original ideas, only for the pre-stone world characters to call him out for said subject to have already existed in their era.
  Chrome: So you do know what it is!? Damn it!
• Like Brother and Sister: He and Kohaku have this relationship, including the frequent banter, and the fact that Chrome likes Ruri and Kohaku supports them. Before the Village Tournament, Kohaku apologizes to Chrome in advance for letting Ruri marry either Kinro o Ginro because she knows Chrome already likes her sister, so she asks if he would be okay marrying Kohaku as compensation. Chrome smiles and claims that Kohaku is too much of a gorilla for him.
• Manly Tears: After Senku tells him about the technology and science of the previous world, Chrome is broken down to tears at the thought of all this progress being lost.
• Nightmare Fetishist: Downplayed. Like Kaseki, after he's de-petrified in the Treasure Island arc, he immediately shouts how "BAAAAD" the petrification process was.
• Obfuscating Stupidity: When he's captured by Tsukasa's people and they start mocking him as a backward caveman, he resists the urge to display his actual scientific knowledge and instead plays dumb, acting like boiling seawater for salt is a major discovery. Which makes his subsequent escape by electrolyzing sweat into bleach all the more humiliating for Yo.
• Overshadowed by Awesome: In a sense, by Senku. For the standards of his time, Chrome is actually incredibly intelligent, and his endless curiosity has led him to self-discovery of varying scientific principles. However, Senku already has the pre-existing knowledge from modern society of said principles, as well as knowledge of how to build and create various modern devices and materials. When provided guidance from Senku though, Chrome has proven he has the intellectual capacity to understand and apply science in various crucial scenarios.
• Professor Guinea Pig: Before Senku showed up, Chrome used to experiment the medicinal properties of plants on himself in the hopes of trying to find one that could cure Rurui's sickness with.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: With his strength and determination, he's essentially a smarter Taiju given those were the same qualities given to the latter boy.
• The Team Benefactor: Senku's Kingdom of Science wouldn't be able to accomplish nearly so much in such a short amount of time without the shed full of minerals that Chrome spent ten years accumulating. In this case, the benefactor works for the person he is benefacting.
• The Watson: Becomes this to Senku as someone whose self-taught "sorcery" gives him enough of an understanding to follow along, but still needs the more advanced principles and applications of science explained to him.

Kinro

Kinro

Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno (Japanese), Josh Grelle (English), Alan Huarte (Latin American Spanish, Season 1), Diego Estrada (Latin American Spanish, Season 2)

"Rules are rules."

One of the main fighters of the village. He serves as a guard and rigidly follows the laws of the village.

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• Blatant Lies: He wasn't frightened by the bubbles. He was just confused by seeing something out of his range of knowledge. That's why his first reaction was to attack it.
  Ginro: I was straight off frightened.
• By-the-Book Cop: He's an extreme stickler for rules, and being that a village guard is as close to police as you could get in the Stone World, he definitely qualifies.
• Catchphrase: Often says that "rules are rules".
• Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The responsible to Ginro's foolish. Kinro is the one who has to ensure his brother is doing his share of the work in the first place.
• Good Is Not Nice: He may have a stick firmly implanted up his ass, but he's still a good person. When Kohaku says that she wants his help to save her sister's life, he immediately agrees.
• Handicapped Badass: Even with his "fuzzy eye disease", he was still skilled enough as a fighter to be the bridge guard and thus entrusted with the entire community's safety. He's even better at his job when this handicap is removed through wearing glasses.
• Hiding the Handicap: He has vision problems that wouldn't be an issue in modern society, but in the stone world they limit his fighting ability. He doesn't let anyone know, even after Senku designs glasses for Suika because he doesn't want to "make excuses" for his weakness. However, during his fight in the tournament, Sulka gives him her mask in order to fight at full potential.
• Honor Before Reason:
  • He's the only one on the heroes' side who doesn't agree that saving Ruri is worth cheating in the tournament. It bites him in the ass when he asks Jasper whether or not Suika giving him her glasses counts as interference; the moment he turns his back, Magma jumps up and cracks him over the head, knocking him out cold.
  • He also claims that a man doesn't make excuses for his shortcomings, adamantly refusing to tell anyone that he has "blurry eye disease" (nearsightedness) and demanding that Ginro not tell anyone either.
• Not So Above It All:
  • In order to befriend him and enter the village, Senku coats his spear in a gold alloy, claiming it suits him as "Kinrou" means "gold wolf". Though he claims he won't be won over by such a ridiculous gift, he decides to keep it after briefly fantasizing about how badass his new spear looks.
    • Further shown in an Out-of-Character Moment when he expresses the most emotion seen for him in the entire series when Kohaku forcefully takes his golden spear to make a lightning rod.
  • Later on when the scientists begin automating their work, Ginro enthusiastically celebrates the fact that they'll never be asked to do that kind of back-breaking work ever again. Kinro celebrates too, but stoically.
• Rugged Scar: He has a scar right under his left eye making him look more like a warrior and badass. It works
• The Stoic: Rarely changes expression, and remains firm in following the rules of the village.
• Stoic Spectacles: Senku eventually makes him some proper glasses to wear, and they make him look all the more stoic and serious.
• Those Two Guys: He is always with Ginro because they're always on guard duty together.
• Took a Level in Badass: Senku fixes his eyesight problems eventually with a pair of glasses, which naturally improves his performance in combat since he can clearly see what he's fighting.

Ginro

Ginro

Voiced by: Ayumu Murase (Japanese), Justin Briner (English), Francisco Balzanny (Latin American Spanish)

"Secret Technique: Leave It To Somebody Else!"

A fighter and guard of the village. Unlike his older brother, Kinro, he is much more lax in his duties, and will try to get someone else to do his work if possible.

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• Attractive Bent-Gender: Much to his horror, when forced into a dress and makeup he's cute enough to be immediately selected for the Head's harem, despite trying to show an unattractive personality. He was apparently a much easier pick than Kohaku.
• Big Damn Heroes: In Chapter 32, he manages to save Chrome from the sulfuric acid at the last second.
• Brutal Honesty: Unlike Kinro, he is openly sincere about being a coward.
• Butt-Monkey: Whenever there's some hilarious, general misfortune to be had, 9 times out of 10 Ginro is the unlucky victim.
• The Caligula: Played for Laughs. When he is given the possibility of winning the tournament and becoming the new Village Leader, Ginro immediately declares that he will eat ramen every day and have a personal harem with all the pretty girls of the Village, while trying to hit Senku like a mad man. Everyone immediately decides that anyone would be a better leader than him, which opens the village to accepting Senku as the new leader.
• Changed My Mind, Kid: Initially refuses to return to the sulfuric acid spring, until he realizes that he can't live with himself if his friends get hurt because of his cowardice and rushes back just in time to save Chrome from falling in.
• Charles Atlas Superpower: Though he's not as strong as Kohaku or Kinro, Ginro too is much stronger than he looks.
• Dirty Coward:
  • And damn proud of it. Turns out to be a Cowardly Lion in chapter 32 though, when he sets aside his fear to back up the less physically capable Senku and Chrome. After learning that Ruri will accept anyone who wins the Tournament, his "scum" part of his is unleashed to stop Senku and Chrome for winning the tournament, but is kicked in the nuts, much to everyone' joy.
  • Made even more apparent when the Perseus sets sail. Ginro refuses to join the crew, terrified at the prospect of going on such a dangerous voyage. However, his “scum” part returns and he pretends to swim out after the ship in order to make all the girls who stayed behind believe that he's actually brave. However, that winds up backfiring badly.
  • The "lion" part returns in full force as well though. Ginro wants very badly to escape, but finds that he simply cannot leave Kinro to the fate of petrification, and so he turns to work with Suika to free the mobile lab for Senku.
• Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The foolish to Kinro's responsible. Ginro is the brother most likely to slack off or try and find the easiest way out.
• Harem Seeker: Briefly; he believes he can get a harem if he becomes chief, and promises the same for every man in the village. A girl bluntly points out that there aren't enough women for every man to get a harem, but he ignores her. Everyone in the village agrees they need to do whatever it takes to keep such an idiot from becoming chief.
• He Knows Too Much: This is the reason why Ibara tries to kill him. During the Treasure Island Arc Ginro happened to see the head of Treasure Island petrified, Ibara would have been rebelled against and overthrown if anyone knew the truth and lived to tell the others, so Ibara attempted to silence Ginro forever.
• Hiding Behind Your Bangs: To show that he's shy, but when Chrome almost died made him look pretty badass.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: When the Kingdom of Science completes the Perseus, Ginro is amongst those selected to board it. However, he is adamant about not wanting to go on such a dangerous journey, and even has a panic attack until he's reminded that he has the option to refuse, which he does. However, upon the Perseus' departure, Ginro throws himself into the water and swims after it, calling out that he wants to go after all. It's revealed that it's all an act to look brave in front of all the girls who stayed behind and increase his stature with them. However, he's caught on Senku's radar, and brought on board by Taiju, resulting in Ginro being dragged into the very voyage he wanted to avoid.
  Ginro: Wow...Science is amazing...an amazing pain in the ass.
  • Happens again when the Perseus sets off on the voyage to America. Ginro pretends his legs are weak and damaged to avoid going, only for Matsukaze, whose service Ginro encouraged due to looking like his old master, to carry him aboard the ship, all while proclaiming he will always carry Ginro whenever needed, effectively robbing Ginro of ever using physical-related excuses to get out of going anywhere dangerous.
• Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: He gets impaled from behind by Minister Ibara and he would have died from that if it weren't for Kohaku sacrificing herself by getting themselves petrified by the weapon thrown from Kirisame and so when Senku restores him, so will Ginro's life.
• Inexplicably Identical Individuals: Looks identical to Matsukaze's lord, which immediately earns him Matsukaze's complete loyalty.
• Pretty Boy: He's got some decently soft and feminine facial features and a somewhat slim body compared to other guys his age. This comes to bite him later when it turns out that these features combined with a little makeup and a dress result in him making a convincingly cute girl.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: His "secret technique," is to run away from a fight and make it someone else's problem.
• Shipper on Deck: He is an active shipper for Chrome and Ruri. Of course, when the possibility of being the Village Leader arises, Ginro is quick to put that aside for his own benefit.
• The Slacker: Not very interested in his duties as a guard, especially noticeable in comparison to Kinro.
• Those Two Guys: With Kinro because they're always on guard duty together.. Kinro is the serious type, Not So Above It All type, while Ginro is the Dirty Coward of the duo.
• What the Fu Are You Doing?: Even though he's not a fighter like Kinro, he learned to do some flashy but useless moves with the spear to intimidate. He later exploits this to create a distraction by pretending he's doing a dance to cover Kohaku while she breaks the container with the materials left by Byakuya for Senku.
• Wholesome Crossdresser: He is the only one who can infiltrate the Island's harem along Kohaku and Amaryllis because of his petit frame, medium-length hair, and high-pitched voice.

Suika

Suika

Voiced by: Karin Takahashi (Japanese), Sarah Wiedenheft (English), Valeria Mejía (Latin American Spanish)

"Since I'm always wearing this thing on my head, I'm never able to be useful to anyone. I'll probably be the same when I grow up... That's why whenever Suika sees someone who needs help—"

Click ^here to see Suika as she appears without her mask on.

Click ^here to see Suika as she appears after Chapter 196 (SPOILERS)

A child wearing a watermelon mask who ends up one of Senku's allies.

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• Action Survivor: Following the petrification from Chapter 193, Suika is the only one who survives with the remaining revival fluid, as she does everything she can to bring everyone back alone.
• All of the Other Reindeer: Implied to be an outcast due to her behavior.
• Be the Ball: She can curl up completely inside her mask and roll around at high speed.
• Because You Were Nice to Me: Becomes loyal to Senku because he was the first person who didn't ask why Suika wears a melon on her head... not realizing that he wasn't respecting her privacy, he just doesn't care.
• Blind Without 'Em: Her vision starts blurring only about a foot from her face. Her Suika Cap makes this better, and then Senku converts it into glasses...
• Determinator: Becomes this during chapter 196 as she is the last human in existence, and thus the only one capable of making revival fluid. Even though the only method she can use requires one year and very precise measurements, leading to multiple failures, she keeps persisting over several years until she can finally revive Senku.
• Expressive Mask: The stem on her watermelon mask will sometimes move around when she's happy.
• The Faceless: Is mostly seen wearing her mask. Even when it's revealed what she really looks like, she still keeps wearing the mask after Senku puts lenses in it that allow her to see better. Becomes averted after she grows up because the mask is reduced only to the part where the lenses were fitted, as she is now too big for the watermelon shell to fit her head.
• Gonk: While she's plenty cute underneath the watermelon mask, without it she tends to squint so hard to see that her entire face wrinkles up and she looks like an old woman.
• Hates Being Alone: Played for Drama in Chapter 194, after she is the first to be unpetrified following the second petrification effect. With the glasses in her helmet broken, food supply running low, and no other dose of revival supply in sight, she breaks down in fear of dying alone while everyone around her remains petrified. It's when she remembers that Senku went through the same despair that she jumps back up, vowing to find all her friends and believing one of them have the revival fluid on hand.
• Little Stowaway: She sneaks aboard the Perseus, when it's launched, hiding inside during the trip to Treasure Island, before she's found out by Ryusui, who scolds her for it.
• Masking the Deformity: Downplayed. Suika initially wore her signature melon mask because there was apparently something about her face that she didn't like people seeing. It turns out that the only thing wrong with her is that she's very near-sighted and uses her mask to see via the pinhole effect (though taking it off causes her face to scrunch up, making her look like a Gonk), leading to Senku modifying it with glass lenses to help her see better.
• Odd Name Out: The villagers are generally named after gemstones, minerals and other elements. Then there's Suika, which literally means "Watermelon". Justified due to it being a nickname.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: "Suika" isn't her real name, just a nickname referring to the mask she wears. Despite this, it's the only name she's known by, and she even refers to herself in the third person by that name.
• Plot-Relevant Age-Up: During the South America arc, the only way to survive Stanley's assault was to cause a second global petrification event. Suika is the only one affected by the automated revival fluid delivery system, and by the time she's managed to make more revival fluid, several years have passed, putting her in her mid-teens while everyone else physically stays the same age.
• Snooping Little Kid: Using her Suika cap as a disguise, she's able to easily listen in on conversations. She's also one of the more observant members of Team Science, shown by how she figured out that Kinrou needed glasses after only a few minutes watching his fight with Magma
• Sole Survivor: Chapter 194 has Suika as the only one surviving the climatic battle from Chapter 190-193, as she spends years trying to figure out how to save everyone.
• Stealth Expert: One of Suika's most distinguishing, and useful, traits is her ability to sneak just about anywhere. Whether it's snooping around the other members of Ishigami village to find out what desires Senku can tempt them with, locating Gen and smuggling him a knife in the midst of Hyoga's attack force, or searching for the captured Chrome amidst Tsukasa's stronghold, Suika's ability to slip in just about anywhere unnoticed is one of her most invaluable skills. It even allows her to stow away aboard the Perseus, after it's been launched, though she reveals herself to the rest of the crew once Senku goes ashore. After Ryusui saves her from being petrified, her stealth skills prompt Senku and the shore crew to instantly rate her as infinitely more valuable than Ginro, the sole other survivor.
• Tagalong Kid: Is the sole child to constantly join in on the other main character's activities and pursuits. Even more literally when she stows away on the Perseus on its first voyage to Treasure Island. To her credit though, she has proven to be incredibly helpful many times over, and has rarely if ever served as The Load.
• Third-Person Person: Since she's a little kid, she refers to herself in the third person as "Suika". However, the fact that "Suika" isn't her real name makes this a bit odd. Averted in the english dub where she refers to herself in the first person.
• Verbal Tic: She ends her sentences with "-da yo".
• The World Is Just Awesome: Gets a moment like this after Senku puts corrective lenses into her mask, allowing her to really see the world and people around her clearly for the first time. He even went to the effort of making sure that her first sight would be a beautiful field of sunflowers.

Chalk

Chalk

Voiced by: Sayumi Suzushiro (Japanese), Monica Rial (English)

A dog often found following around Suika.

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• Ambiguous Gender: It has yet to be addressed as any pronoun besides its name.
• Precious Puppy: It's a cute little pup that mostly exists to make Suika cuter.
• Team Pet: It's a dog that hangs around Senku & co.

Kaseki

Kaseki

Voiced by: Mugihito (Japanese) Kenny Green (English), Oscar Rangel (Latin American Spanish)

An elderly craftsman who gets drafted into helping Senku's group make glassware.

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• Badass in a Nice Suit: After more advanced clothing becomes available, Kaseki wears a sharp black suit... which he shreds anyway next time he gets exicted.
• Berserk Button: Exploited. Senku figures out that poor craftsman work really ticks him off, especially if it's done deliberately. And once he's sufficiently angry enough, he breaks out of his binds and shows how crafting is done. This is because Senku needed beakers and measuring cups to make Ruri's medicine.
• Big Ol' Eyebrows: His are thick and somewhat bushy, especially at the edges, to the point they cast constant shadows over his eyes.
• Black Bead Eyes: While in current times he has a case of Hidden Eyes, a flashback shows that when he was a child they were pure black like beads.
• Clothing Damage: After he bursts out of the ropes Chrome has tied him up with, a Running Gag is him flexing so hard his clothes literally explode off his body whenever he's excited to try a new technology.
• Cool Old Guy:
  • Offers Ginro some solid advice about not being ashamed of his fears, and "just happened" to have made an extra gas mask in case "someone" wanted to go help Senku and Chrome collect sulfuric acid.
  • Once his creative fire is lit, he tears his way out of the ropes Chrome has him tied up with and reveals an extremely muscular build.
  • Later, when Chrome comes up with an idea for a waterwheel and tells it to Kaseki, he goes Super Saiyan with excitement.
  • During the ship-building arc, he enters one scene in Senku's automobile, wearing a very nice suit and looking to all the world like some kind of Dwarven pimp.
• Distinguishing Mark: Consciously averted. In Chapter 119, before he's de-petrified, Gen points out that a piece of stone is missing on his back. Since it's not a life-or-death thing the group is okay with it, and Suika remarks that it might even be something cool-looking. When it turns out to be shaped like a pile of poop, the group decides to hold off on reviving him until they get the missing piece back.
• Identical Grandson: In the Byakuya Spin-off manga, it's made abundantly clear that Yakov Nikitin is his ancestor. They share similar facial features and the same Running Gag.
• Instant Expert: He has such skill as a craftsman that he can craft suitable glass jars immediately after seeing molten glass for the first time (and watching Senku and Chrome fail miserably). He's also just as good as Senku in creating the gas masks.
• Intergenerational Friendship: With Senku and Chrome, over their mutual love of science and invention. At one point he laments the fact that he never had friends like them while growing up, but the two boys reply that age means nothing and affirm that they do consider Kaseki a friend, which makes him break down in Manly Tears.
• Nightmare Fetishist: Downplayed. When he's brought back after being petrified in the Treasure Island arc, he gushes about how fascinating it was being turned to stone, to the confusion and mild horror of those around him. According to Kaseki, he wasn't worried because he had absolute faith that Senku and the others would restore him; it also helps that the restoration process cured his "old man problems" like arthritis, making him feel better than ever.
• Manly Facial Hair: He has a rather impressively long white beard, and he's both absolutely ripped and an amazing blacksmith, capable of making almost anything Senku wants that involves construction or crafting, sometimes before Senku even asks him.
• Old Master: Men like Kaseki exist in every era, experts that have devoted their lives to perfecting their skills.
  Kaseki: I've been a craftsman for fifty years, believe it or not. In fact, son, I'm kind of a big deal.
• Our Dwarves Are All the Same: Due to his short build, slightly-pointed ears, bald head, Manly Facial Hair, passion for crafting and later becoming an Ultimate Blacksmith after learning how to make Katanas, Kaseki embodies many qualities that would have made him not too different from Dwarves in a more fantastical setting.
• Running Gag: His muscles bursting his clothes off whenever he gets fired up about building something.
• Smart People Build Robots: In 4D Science, Kaseki's genius engineering and crafstmanship is further cemented when he very quickly grasps how semiconductors work, despite him having spent most of his life in a stone-age society. This allows him to easily build advanced autonomous robots (albeit leaving the programming up to Sai).
• Token Adult: While most of the main cast are technically adults, or eventually reach legal adulthood (by modern standards) due to years progressing, Kaseki is the sole character who is not just a fully grown adult, but an old senior at that, yet also partakes in many of the important events of the series, including both voyages of the Perseus.
• True Craftsman: Kaseki is sought out by Senku precisely because he is a craftsman of great skill. While Senku and Chrome can devise numerous scientific advances for the Stone World, and Kohaku and the local villagers can provide physical strength and manual labor, none of them are able to do the create the finer pieces of equipment that are required for more advanced machines and devices. Kaseki, though initially distrustful, is wowed by the ideas Senku and Chrome show him, form an Intergenerational Friendship with the two teenagers, and is regularly fired up by even the most difficult acts of crafting Senku demands, both dreading and enjoying their difficulty.
• Ultimate Blacksmith: Stone age variant since he's spent almost his entire life in a pre-metalworking culture, but understands crafting techniques so well that just by watching Senku and Chrome fumble around with it, he's able to perfectly make a glass bottle on the first try. It is later played straight once Senku gets him access to a metal forge.

Ruri

Ruri

Voiced by: Reina Ueda (Japanese), Kristen McGuire (English), Alexa Navarro (Latin American Spanish)

Kohaku's older sister, and the shaman of her village.

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• Accidental Marriage: Because Chrome passes out from the injuries he sustained fighting Magma, Senku (who was planning on throwing his match to Chrome) ends up winning the village games and marrying Ruri. However, thankfully, he also became the village chief as a result of his victory... giving him the right to divorce Ruri on the spot 3 minutes after "marrying" her. Ruri, naturally, was dumbfounded by the whole thing.
• Amicably Divorced: Technically applies to her and Senku. They were married. They divorced. And they get along.
• Buxom Beauty Standard: Ginro and Chrome find her more attractive due to her large bust, when compared to her slightly less endowed sister.
• Cannot Spit It Out: Everyone can tell that Chrome and Ruri like each other, but she is too shy to admit it and has to keep appearances because of her role as the Village Priestess.
• Childhood Friend Romance: Chrome has liked Ruri since they were children. Once they resolve the Whyman situation, Chrome decides on the spot to fulfill his promise and asks Ruri to marry him. She accepts immediately.
• Dude Magnet: Chrome, Magma, Ginro, and Kinro all show interest in her at one point or another. The one she marries, Senku, is the only one who doesn't. That "marriage" lasts three minutes.
• Hartman Hips: Even shapelier then Kohaku's.
• High Priestess: Her role in the village is communion with the gods and the passing down of knowledge through the 100 Tales.
• Identical Granddaughter: Both Kohaku and Ruri are the spitting images of their ancestor, Lilian Weinberg.
• I Never Told You My Name: She knew Senku's full name all along because the 100 Tales were authored by his father Byakuya, and the 100th tale was a farewell message directed specifically at Senku.
• Just the Way You Are: On the day of their wedding, Chrome suddenly has an "Eureka!" Moment. Ruri, far from being angry, understands that Chrome has to go to the laboratory to shape his idea and lets him go because that's why she married him.
• The Storyteller: The villagers have learned some stories from the Pre-Stone World through her. Including the tale of Momotarō, which by the time Senku first hears it had been morphed into a hilariously out of place Fist of the North Star parody.
• Strong Family Resemblance: Looks almost exactly like her younger sister◊, which Kohaku herself candidly points out when she jokingly asks if Chrome would fall in love with her next.
• Tempting Fate: During the Village tournament, Ginro told Ruri that both he and Senku were planning to throw their matches since he knows that she really wants to get engaged to Chrome. Ruri, being the Nice Girl that she is, downplays her personal bias by saying that she is honestly okay with marrying anyone who wins the tournament. Ginro, being Ginro takes this as the go-ahead to betray the plan and try to win it all for himself.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: With Kohaku, but due to the fact that she's really frail. After her pneumonia is cured, she goes for a run at full-speed, demonstrating that both sisters can be pretty rambunctious (though she's still far girlier than Kohaku).

Magma

Magma

Voiced by: Yasuhiro Mamiya (Japanese), J. Michael Tatum (English), Ismael Verástegui (Latin American Spanish)

A strong, power-hungry man in Kohaku's village.

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• Arc Villain: Of the Tournament Arc.
• The Berserker: His preferred method of fighting is charging through and attacking with brute force rather than coming up with any strategy.
• Blood Knight: Magma loves fighting and enjoys brutally beating others to a pulp.
• Boisterous Bruiser: He's an obnoxious and arrogant meathead who likes to throw his weight around.
• Character Development: As noted, he's the Arc Villain of the manga's first story arc, more than willing to kill anyone who gets in the way of his plans to become village chief (including a sick girl who probably won't last more than a year or two anyway). After getting humbled in the tournament and witnessing the amazing things science can create, he develops a grudging respect for Senku and puts more of a rein on his ambition. Tellingly, in Part 3 when Mantle suggests killing Senku, Magma looks angry for a second but then dismisses it by saying Senku is far too interesting a person to kill.
• Defeat Equals Friendship: Friendship is a big stretch, but he is at least willing to cooperate with and aid Senku, and has no immediate plans to kill him or any of the villagers, while still retaining ambitions to rule the village.
• Despotism Justifies the Means: Upon his introduction, it's fairly clear he couldn't care less about the village or well-being of its citizens, so long as he's the ruler. While he still wishes to rule the village even after his defeat, time will tell if this attitude continues to stick or not.
• Dumb Muscle: Magma isn't very bright but he's still the strongest villager physically in Ishigami Village, which makes him perfect for jobs that require a lot of strength like mining ore.
• Expy: A pretty transparent one of Gaston from Beauty and the Beast. The difference is that Magma is capable of changing, slightly.
• Glad He's On Our Side: Gen says this word for word about Magma, who was perfectly willing to destroy petrified people so they couldn't be revived for Tsukasa's army.
• Hate Sink: At first. He's willing to kill anyone (including Ruri) and cheat in the Grand Bout in order to fulfill his ambitions to rule Ishigami Village, everyone else be damned. After his defeat, he loses this status somewhat.
• Heel–Face Turn: Downplayed example. Though he continues to harbor his ambitions to someday rule over the village himself, the products of science that Senku and company bring to the village impress him enough that he's willing to cooperate to see what might come next. The threat to the village posed by Tsukasa's army helps too.
• Hidden Depths: Since the villagers are "people of the sea", he has a fairly good understanding of sailing and shipbuilding. During the competition at the start of the third story arc, his design is an outrigger boat that impresses even Senku and leaves Yo (who expected Magma's boat to be a half-assed canoe) with egg on his face. To say nothing of Magmas' artistry from his concept which shows he has a fundamental understanding of perspective, scale, and shading.
• Hot-Blooded: Loud and confident in his abilities.
• Hypocritical Humor: When he, Chrome, and Gen are cornered by Ukyo, he proposes that Chrome absorb the arrows so they can find their assailant and take him down. When Chrome naturally refuses, Magma calls him selfish.
• Jerkass: Said out loud that he doesn't mind if Ruri dies, and that it would even be convenient for him if she did so as soon as possible just as long as he gets to marry her and become the village's chief first. He also shows no remorse from possibly killing Chrome in the Grand Bout, only planning to spare him if Ruri begged.
• Jerk Jock: The strongest man in the village, and a complete tool. He gets a little better later on.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Becomes this after his defeat. He cannot bring himself to kill Chrome or Senku when he has the chance, even saving Senku at first during their trip to the cave. He was also in on Gen's birthday plot.
• Lantern Jaw of Justice: Has a prominent one, though he's anything but just.
• Leeroy Jenkins: In chapter 127 he steals the gun Senku made and proceeds to attempt to face off the entirety of Ibara's army with it, despite not having been trained to use it. Luckily Senku is quite good at Xanatos Speed Chess and figures out a way to use that to his advantage.
• More Expendable Than You: When he, Senku and Chrome are in a cave looking for Tungsten, the cave floor is extremely brittle that when Senku almost falls into a hole, Magma pushes him out of the way to be the one to fall in, only for Senku to catch him and hold his hand to keep him from falling in. When Chrome says aloud that Magma was attempting to kill Senku through the fall, Magma tries to play up to it and have Senku drop him: knowing very well that even though Magma wants to rule over the Village; Senku and Chrome are both going to be needed in order to actually come up with a way to defeat the threat posed by Tsukasa and the Empire of Might.
• Murder by Mistake: Very nearly does this to Gen. After seeing him perform a magic trick, he assumes that Gen is the "sorcerer" helping Kohaku and ambushes him. It's only averted because Gen was Properly Paranoid.
• Murder Is the Best Solution: Whenever there's a new enemy, the first discussion topic by the Kingdom of Science has is usually Magma proposing to just kill them. While pragmatic, Senku has a strict Thou Shalt Not Kill policy, something Magma never learns. This becomes an issue during the Treasure Island arc when he steals the gun and charges on Ibara without knowing how to use it properly.
• Reformed, but Not Tamed: His personality and ambitions remain essentially the same even after becoming an ally.
• Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: Ends up in this dynamic with Yo after the two tribes merge.
• Smarter Than You Look: To Yo, who thought that Magma was just some dumb muscle in the Boat-Making Competition that would only propose a simple Canoe to row across the ocean with; only to be shocked when Magma proposal was an Outrigger Catamaran with functional Clipper Sails and an on-board crew quarters and storehouse. Magma cites that Ishigami Village is a fishing village, and that the residents all knew what should go into a boat designed for long-distance travel and long operation time away from the shore.
  Magma: "I wasn't going to propose some dinky canoe or something."
• Token Evil Teammate: The first one to suggest that Murder Is the Best Solution. When he, Gen and Chrome come across a large number of petrified people Tsukasa is planning to revive and recruit for his army, Magma bluntly states they could simply smash the statues or hack off their limbs. Chrome and Gen then lampshade that Magma is similar to Tsukasa in this regard, and they're glad that he's on their side.
  Magma: “Huh? What do I care about this buncha strangers?”
• Took a Level in Kindness: After being defeated, he willingly cooperates with Senku for the good of the village, and even helps Gen in his plan to give Senku a surprise birthday gift.
• The World Is Just Awesome: The reason for his Heel–Face Turn. He even says that if Senku ever stops showing him cool science he'll kill him.
• Unskilled, but Strong: Having a body that large and muscular, Magma possessed a great deal of physical strength that gave experience fighter like Kinrou and Kohaku a problem in a direct combat with him but his tendency to fight like a berserker easily for them to outmaneuvered him to find an opening to defeat him.

Mantle

Mantle

Voiced by: Shin Matsushige (Japanese), Sonny Strait (English), Eleazar Muñoz (Latin American Spanish)

A small, weaselly supporter of Magma.

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• Blatant Lies: At the start of the tournament, he tries to take Kohaku out of the competition by claiming that he saw Suika drowning so that Kohaku will have to go rescue her. Everyone present points out how obvious a lie this is, even pointing out the flaw in his claim.
• Expy: Just as Magma is stand-in for Gaston from Beauty and the Beast, Mantle is clearly one for LeFou.
• Gonk: Has an extremely unflattering design, with a very deformed and weaselly face and extremely short stature.
• Lazy Bum: When Suika goes to check on him while he's guarding Homura's prison, he's nowhere to be found and she assumes he ran off to take a nap — again. Subverted when it turns out Yo beat him up and freed Homura, but then double subverted when flashbacks show that he was napping when Yo showed up.
• Sycophantic Servant: To Magma. Mantle's entire existence seems to revolve around serving Magma.

Kokuyo

Kokuyo

Voiced by: Tetsuo Kanao (Japanese), Jason Douglas (English), Alejandro Ortega (Latin American Spanish)

Kohaku and Ruri's father and chief of the village. Often gets fed up with his younger daughter's antics.

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• A Glass in the Hand: Kokuyo has a habit of crushing clay cups in his hand when he's angry, such as when Kohaku beat Magma in the first Grand Bout.
• Head-in-the-Sand Management: Is more concerned with maintaining village tradition and refuses to break the rules even if it means saving his daughter's life.
• It Was a Gift: He passed his shield (the one that helped him win the Grand Bout) onto Kohaku when she was a child...so naturally, when she casually says she has no attachment to it and turns it into a cog for one of Senku's machines, Kokuyo looks like she just ripped his heart out of his chest and stomped on it. The scene was Played for Laughs, though.
• Manly Tears: The sight of Ruri, finally cured of her pneumonia, causes him to fall to his hands and knees crying Tears of Joy.
• Parents as People: He does love his daughters, but his inability to accept that Senku is not a threat and his stubborn refusal to break tradition causes him to make severely myopic decisions.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: After he steps down as village chief and hands the position to Senku, he becomes something of a deputy chieftan and becomes more accepting of change and less of a hardass.
• Retired Badass: He was a strong enough fighter to win the position of the village chief (and his wife's hand in marriage) during a previous Grand Bout. During the Stone War arc, he comes out of retirement and fights alongside the other villagers against Tsukasa's Empire of Might.
• Took a Level in Kindness: In the first arc he's highly distrustful of Senku and had hit the final straw on disowning Kohaku for disobedience before the story began. After the two of them manage to save Ruri's life he mellows out a good deal, accepting Senku as the right man to lead the village and gradually mending fences with Kohaku.

Nameless Villager (SPOILERS)

Soyuz

Voiced by: Taito Ban (Japanese), Aaron Roberts (English), Carlo Vázquez (Latin American Spanish)

A nameless villager of Ishigami Village who is actually from another village overseas; he was sent away by his parents when he was a baby. He knows about the island that has the Soyuz spacecraft.

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• Chekhov's Gunman: The nameless villager among the Ishigami Village ends up playing a major role in the hunt for the Soyuz spacecraft, and is named after it.
• Foreshadowing: Amaryllis instinctually charms Soyuz because she mistook him for the Island's leader.
• Hammer and Sickle: He possesses this tied to his belt.
• I Choose to Stay: In Chapter 140, Soyuz decides to stay on the Treasure Island in order to revive its population and take his rightful place as their leader.
• Moses in the Bulrushes: A fairly direct example, since he was the son of Treasure Island's rightful leader, sent away when Ibara staged his coup and took over, and was eventually discovered by residents of Ishigami Village and raised as one of their own.
• No Infantile Amnesia: It's revealed in chapter 134 that he will remember everything that he sees, even as an infant. Somewhat justified in that he was born to be this way, as before Minister Ibara took over, wives used to be selected on basis of their memory skills, rather than beauty.
• The Reveal
  • Chapter 101 reveals that he is actually a descendant of the non-Petrified from the island outside of Ishigami Village, and that said island is inhabited with descendants of the astronauts who evacuated the International Space Station in their Soyuz spacecraft.
  • Chapter 104 reveals that Soyuz remembered that when he was a baby, his mother was fleeing from a Petrification beam, leading to him drifting to Ishigami Village without his parents. This means there is a resistance against the ones who are using the Petrification in his home village!
• Odd Name Out: He's the only person from Ishigami Village whose name has absolutely nothing to do with earth sciences^note Suika is an unusual case since she apparently goes by a nickname and her real name has yet to be revealed; when he reveals his name to Senku, he admits that he just went nameless for most of his life because his real name stood out.
• Photographic Memory: He possesses an incredible memory, recalling details as far back as his own infancy (which Kohaku and Gen rightly call impressive). In Chapter 117 when Ryusui is preparing to de-petrify Taiju, he realizes that the latter is missing one of his arms and they need to recover it first...but Soyuz already has the arm, having seen it when they were swimming to the villagers' location. In chapter 128, it's also how he knows that the island Head is his father despite his statue body broken into pieces by holding his hand from when he was a baby. And then in Chapter 134, we find out that his mother like her mother before her, was selected to become a wife due to her incredible memory.
• Walking Spoiler: When he's first introduced, we don't even know his name, and he doesn't do much until much later, where it's revealed that he's from another inhabited island.

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