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Other Choujin

Prince Kamehame

Prince Kamehame (Prince Lou Ow in US)

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Voiced by: Akira Kamiya (Perfect Origin arc)

• The Ace: As Kinnikuman Great I.
• Almighty Janitor: Officially he was Jesse's sidekick, but is much stronger and in fact is one of the strongest characters in the series
• Charlie Brown from Outta Town: Kinnikuman Great I (Lord Muscle in US)
• Cool Old Guy: An amazing advisor and good at kicking ass, this grandpa helped Kinnikuman win the Tag Tournament before kicking the bucket.
• Defeating the Undefeatable: Wins a match against Kinnikuman within seconds, just after the latter's victory in the Choujin Olympics.
• Finishing Move:
  • Back Flip (a Leaping Samoan Drop)
  • He later reveals the Triple Beefcake when the Omegaman takes his form in the Throne Arc, which is a sequential combination of his Bow Backbreaker, then the Gory Special, and finally, his signature Back Flip.
• Glass Cannon: He reveals himself as this in the Dream Tag arc. He might be strong for an old man thanks to his rigorous training, and has everybodies number in terms of technical fighting, he's still an old man whose body is breaking down from age, and thus, he tires quickly. This leads to him dying from his injuries when Sunshine puts him through his Cursed Roller without intending to.
• Image Song/Leitmotif: "Tetsujin Kamehame" (Iron Man Kamehame), "Idai na Tamashii" ("A Great Soul") as Kinnikuman Great I
• Killed Off for Real: Out of all of the Choujin, he is the only one that doesn't come back to life. Justified, as he was pretty old at the time, and probably would have died of old age sooner or later.
• Misplaced Accent: Has an Australian accent in the dub of Galactic Wrestling despite still being Hawaiian.
• Old Master: He's one of the most skilled Chojin in the series and still keeps in good shape and trains even today.
• Ring Oldies: He's the oldest of the choujins, but he masterfully dominates the match with Black Hole and the Pentagon easily. He also defeated Kinnikuman in 7 seconds.
• Shout-Out: Named after the first Hawaiian king Kamehameha.
• Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: His death, essentially. In spite of him training and keeping fit to this day, the onset of age, combined with his health problems, cause him to sustain mortal injuries that he's unable to recover from when he sacrifices himself to save Terryman from Sunshine's new Cursed Rolller finisher.
• Vocal Dissonance: Aside from having an Australian accent in the dub of Galactic Wrestling, he also sounds surprisingly younger.

Jesse Maivia

Jesse/Jessie Maivia

• Adaptational Attractiveness: While he's the opposite of being bad-looking in the manga, his design in the anime has him portrayed with a much more boyish face.
• Crippling Overspecialization: He can reverse any move with ease. Pulling off his own moves...not so much. In fact, it lead to his defeat when Maivia attempts to go on the offensive against Kinnikuman.
• Counter-Attack: His bread and butter.
• The Gimmick: His entire fighting style is focused around counter attacks, and he isn't as strong as you'd expect a champion to be.
• Master of None: He is incredibly skilled in many wrestling techniques, but he hasn't mastered any of them at all.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Of "High Chief" Peter Maivia (Grandfather of The Rock)

Brockenman

Brockenman

• Cruel and Unusual Death: He gets ripped in half, or turned into ramen noodles and eaten in the anime.
• Deader than Dead: Upon learning that Brocken Jr. had forged a new path in life, Brockenman was proud of him and ascended to heaven, free of his mortal attachments.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Genuinely cares for his son Brocken Jr. He even sees great potential in him and was even willing to endure the trials of the Chojin Hakaba just to teach him the Brocken Clan's greatest techniques.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Feels that Hitler was a delusional man who espoused lies. For his Reich, Brockenman plans on having an empire that transcends race and religion. He also feels that hypocrisy is the greatest form of evil in his eyes.
• Evil Versus Evil: Back when Ramenman was evil.
• Family-Unfriendly Death: Ramenman rips him in half. In the anime, this was changed to Ramenman snapping his back, turning him into noodles, and then serving and eating him as bowls of ramen. The latter is arguably more disturbing to watch.
• Irony: It's revealed in Deep of Muscle that he wanted a Fourth Reich where race and religion are transcended and everybody is united as one, and able to live in peace and harmony.
• Killed Off for Real: By Ramenman.
• Poisonous Person: During his match with Ramenman he spews out poisonous gas from his mouth.
• Politically Correct Villain: Ironically, despite his uniform and appearance, he despised Hitler, and wanted a Reich that transcends race and religion, making him the exact opposite of a Nazi.
• Putting on the Reich: He wears a World War II-era German military uniform. Surprisingly, despite being significantly more ruthless than his son, it's just for show, given that he wants a utopia where race and religion are no longer of importance and people are unified.
• So Proud of You: In the Chojin Graveyard, Brockenman learned that his son turned a new leaf and forged a new path in life. Brockenman is proud of his son as he doesn't need the Brocken Clan's teachings to succeed.
• The Rival: Considers the Robin Clan to be the greatest rivals for the Brocken Clan.
• Those Wacky Nazis: His gimmick. Subverted when it's revealed in Deep of Muscle that he he despised Hitler and wanted to have his own Reich where race and religion are of no importance and all people on earth are united and able to live in peace.

Puyo-Puyo

Puyo-Puyo

• Cute Bruiser: He looks adorable, but he is able to kick space samurai butt
• Voluntary Shapeshifter: He is able to turn into a variety of objects including a hand which he punches Kinnikuman with on their first encounter when the latter insulted him

Crystalman

Crystalman

With Puyo-Puyo

• The Big Guy: During the Space Samurai Arc
• Sixth Ranger: He's a new member brought up to defeat the Space Samurai

Benkiman

Benkiman (Formerly known as Heladoman) (Mr. P in US)

"Giganteman! I'm afraid to say I can't afford to lose this fight! My Incan Chojin pride is on the line!"

• A Day in the Limelight: He's the protagonist of Benkiman: ~Lost Incan Memories~, which depicts his origins and backstory.
• Adaptational Job Change: In the dub of Ultimate Muscle, he had a side job as a movie director.
• Adaptational Wimp: He gets portrayed as a Joke Character in the Kinnikuman Muscle Grand Prix Series, as his dial-a-combos will often leave him tired out and immobilized as he takes a breather, his special moves all deal minimal damage and have ridiculous animations, involving him using plungers, sweeps, and toilet brushes, as well as tossing toilet paper and feces, and worst of all, his Benki Flush technique only deals as much as one of the more damaging special moves, and costs all of his super gauge. All of this contrasts him in canon, where he's shown to be a fairly effective fighter and his Benki Flush is shown to be a death sentence as long as long as you are unable to clog him.
• Awesome, but Impractical: His Benki Flush technique can be defeated by simply clogging it up, as shown with his fight against Kinnikuman, and it also causes him massive damage as well, given that he violently sprays up water and comes crashing down after Kinnikuman does so. Also, if you have some mean of propelling yourself, like with Gear Master, you can also easily escape from it.
• Be the Ball: One of his abilities is to roll up Choujin that are too big for him into tiny balls, so that his Benki Flush will work.
• Big Damn Heroes: Shows up with the other Choujin Olympic finalists to help Wolfman fight off the True Devil Choujin.
• Boring Yet Practical: In his special side story, he's implied to have been a more simplistic wrestler in the past (more specifically, the 21st Choujin Olympics qualifier in Peru), which wasn't too exciting for the audience.
• Bowdlerization: The anime changed the coiled turd on his head to a faucet.
• Brought Down to Normal: via Strong The Budo.
• Death by Irony: He winds up getting killed by Gearman, a Chojin who has a similar finisher that involves using his own body to destroy his enemies, except instead of flushing them, Gearman grinds them up with his body.
• Exactly What It Says on the Tin: A benki is an old fashioned toilet, so Benkiman's strategy is to flush down anyone that gets in his grasp.
• Finishing Move: Benki Flush.
• Ground by Gears: Crushed to death by Gear Master's gears during their match.
• Logical Weakness: He's a toilet Choujin whose weakness is anything that can clog him up.
• Making a Splash: His Benkiya Washing technique. He shoots out a stream of water at his foe.
• Muscles Are Meaningless: Exaggerated. He literally has pipes for limbs, giving him no musculature whatsoever, but can put much larger Choujin in holds and even throw them around.
• Parental Abandonment: His parents had died during Francisco Pizarro's invasion, resulting in Trauma-Induced Amnesia.
• Related in the Adaptation: He's the father of his apprentice Wash Ass in the dub of Ultimate Muscle.
• This Is a Drill: Benkiman's Helado Spin technique. He spins the coil of poop on his head so fast, it can be used like a drill.
• Yank the Dog's Chain: Just as Benkiman flushes Gear Master down his toilet body, Gear Master uses his gear materialization powers on Benkiman and frees himself. Gear Master then crushes Benkiman with his Genocide Gears.

Curry Cook

Curry Cook

"A Brutal Chojin's fight is like the light of the winter sun. No matter how bright it is, it will never feel warm."

• Big Damn Heroes: Shows up with the other Choujin Olympic finalists to help Wolfman fight off the True Devil Choujin.
• Brought Down to Normal: via Strong The Budo but he goes back to being a Choujin in the end.
• The Bus Came Back: He becomes the protagonist in his own one shot special of 2016.
• Combat Pragmatist: The Garam Masala Thumbing technique, which is used to blind an opponent during a fight. He also uses a spoon as a weapon, too, to gouge his enemies.
• Demoted to Extra: Despite being a Choujin Tournament finalist, he fades into the background as the series moves on.
• Does Not Like Spam: It's revealed in his backstory that he actually doesn't like curry at all, despite deriving his title from the dish and wearing a plate of curry on his head.
• Dying as Yourself: His Mala gets shattered after his loss to Mariquitaman. Since his Mala is a symbol of his hatred, Curry Cook gets a chance to have a friendly conversation with Kinnikuman before passing on.
• Finishing Move: Charkha Sting and Ganges Breaker. Charkha Sting is a powerful dive-kick that pierces through the opponent's gut. The Ganges Breaker is a powerful torture-rack backbreaker made possible with Curry Cook's flexible body.
• Freudian Excuse: He is a Brutal Choujin because in India before the series, he defended the townspeople from a villainous Choujin Cambridgeman who has been terrorizing the people including the woman he loves. Curry Cook manages to defeat him but killed him brutally, causing him to not be praised for saving them but instead be feared by even the woman he loves. Curry realises what he has done and leaves town, going down the path as the Brutal Choujin.
• Given Name Reveal: It's revealed in his backstory that his name is actually Singh.
• A Handful for an Eye: Garam Masala Thumbing. Curry Cook grabs a handful of curry from his curry bowl and claws his opponent's face, blinding them in the process.
• Heel–Face Turn: He's now one of the Idol Choujin.
• Hypocritical Humor: He takes great pleasure in violently beating up a terrified Suguru, but the second he turns the tables on him and starts mercilessly beating him up, throwing him around, and even biting him, he freaks out and yells at him, calling him a "Muscle Devil" and runs away screaming in fear for his life.
• Odd Friendship: With Skyman, a fellow competitor in the 20th Choujin Olympics. Curry Cook is a feared Brutal Chojin who attacks dishonrably and with sheer brutality, while Skyman is a beloved Justice Chojin who isn't as confident as he seems that fights with grace and uses high flying moves.
• Mythical Motifs: He's compared to a Kappa by Mayumi, and surprisingly, he does end up having some traits similar to one, namely his Mala (the plate of Curry he carries on his head) is the source of his power, much like a Kappa needs the water they carry in their Sara (the cavity on the top of their heads).
• Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Played for Laughs. His Garam Masala Thumbing winds up driving Kinnikuman insane when they first fought, causing him to violently and mercilessly attack him until Curry Cook gave up and ran away in fear.
• Tag Team: Joint # 1 with Skyman. Their backstory is covered in Deep of Muscle, where Curry Cook teaches Skyman what it means to be a Brutal Chojin. They lost to the 4-D Killer Combo before they could enter the Dream Tag Tournament.
• Thin-Skinned Bully: He's a Brutal Choujin who characterises himself through sheer brutality and sadism in a fight, but he can't take being on the receiving end of a merciless and violent fighting style.
• Weaksauce Weakness: Can't perform well without a plate of curry on his head.

Pentagon

Pentagon

• Enemy Mine: With Black Hole against Kinnikuman during the Tag Tournament. Deep of Muscle Episode 9 covers why the two teamed up despite being on opposing factions. Pentagon stood up for Black Hole when he was bullied by Bermuda III.
• The Faceless: Other than a star, he has no facial features
• Image Song/Leitmotif: "Stop The Time", the name of his signature move.
• Tag Team: 4D Combo (with Black Hole)
• Time Stands Still: As Kinnikuman figured out, he's able to stop time using the star on his head.
• Took a Level in Badass: Not only saves a worn down Black Hole from dying in the current arc, but also quickly beats down Jack Tea in the match.
• Took a Level in Jerkass: He was Justice Choujin with a mild temper in the 2nd Choujin Tournament arc, but by the Tag Tournament arc, he's resorting to underhanded moves and mocking Kinnikuman's loss when Kinnikuman Great was temporally sucked into Black Hole's void. Then there's the mere fact that he's teaming with a Devil Choujin!
• Winged Humanoid: Has wings on his back

Teapackman

Teapackman

"The only tea I'll let you drink is skin searing, face-meltingly hot tea!"

• Big Damn Heroes: Shows up with the other Choujin Olympic finalists to help Wolfman fight off the True Devil Choujin.
• Human Popsicle: Hailman freezes him into a popsicle and tears off his head with the Blizzard Sword technique to finish him off.
• Improbable Weapon User: He uses large teabags as weapons. The teabags can be used to strangle his opponents, can be used to whack his opponents, and can be used like a skateboard in case the floor suddenly becomes slippery.
• Rooting for the Villain: invoked After his death at the hands of Warsman, Teapackman cheered for Warsman to kill his opponents, so he would have some company in the Chojin Graveyard. Miraculously, Pentagon and Ramenman survived. Kinnikuman won his match against Warsman. His efforts to gain a friend have failed magnificently.
• Took a Level in Badass: Teapackman coming off from his defeat against Warsman, actually improved his body along with neck and is able to go against one of the True Devil Choujin.
• Weak, but Skilled: His Choujin Power remains 250,000 even after improving his body.
• The Worf Effect: To Warsman in their match at the 2nd Choujin Tournament Arc to show how the latter is brutal by getting impaled and then had his head ripoff.

Silverman

Silverman

• Badass Pacifist: As God of Peace, duh. He and Goldman were equals. Now, he's ready to get back in battle!
• Boss Subtitles: Perfect Second
• Finishing Move: Arrogant Spark, an even more brutal version of Muscle Spark!
• Flawed Prototype: He considers his Finishing Move to be this. Despite that the Arrogant Spark is much more lethal and brutal than Muscle Spark, he considers it a flaw because it is a move to kill and it is a double-edged sword to use as it reflects his Perfect Choujin nature. He considers Suguru's Muscle Spark to be the perfect one he was looking for as unlike Nemesis's, it requires mercy to let the opponent live while remain defeated.
• Good Is Not Soft: His Arrogant Spark as Psychoman learns the hard way.
• The Mole: Psychoman labels him as this for the Perfect Origin on the Justice Choujin faction, when actually he is a mole trying to lay the foundations for the Justice Choujin.
• My Greatest Failure: Unable to shake off his nature as Perfect Choujin after using Arrogant Spark and isn't able to rework his Arrogant Spark that is a move to kill into the Muscle Spark we all know before dying in battle with Goldman.
• Sibling Yin-Yang: He's God of Peace to Goldman's God of Battle. Goes into Cain and Abel territory.
• Thanatos Gambit: He was the one who crafted the Finishing Hold Fresco that depicts the Kinniku Clan's Sacred Three Moves so he hopes that those can complete the Muscle Spark in the ways he couldn't.
• Token Good Teammate: Of the Perfect Origin surprisingly. He's interfering with Psychoman and the Perfect Origin's plans for some reason and turns out while he didn't really leave the Perfect Origin, he is against The Man's corruption and he puts his faith in the Justice Choujin even though he's unable to move on from being a Perfect Choujin.

American Dream Tournament

Doros Phlears

Doros Phlears

• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Disappears after the American Tag Arc
• Da Chief: To the Choujin in the World Choujin Association.
• Expy: stated to be a parody of Lord Blears on the Kinnikuman Wiki.
• Retired Badass: Once was a powerful choujin, but due to his age, he can't fight anymore

Beauty Rhodes

Beauty Rhodes

• Acrofatic: As Chanelman notes, he's pretty fast for someone of his size.
• Expy: Of "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes
• Facial Horror: He gets his face destroyed by Skull Bozu, so he has to wear a metallic mask to cover the injury.
• Robotic Reveal: ...the anime, on the other hand, adapts said metallic mask by turning it into this.
• Worf Effect: Dispite his title as World Choujin Council Champion, he gets beaten pretty quickly by Kinnikuman, and then Skull Bozu.

Edith Harrison

Edith Harrison

• One of the Guys: Showers with the wrestlers in her fed; none of them even blink.
• Rich Bitch: Head of the WCC, and extremely conceited about it.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite being standoffish and conceited, she protects a kid from Kinkotsuman after the latter attacks him for giving Terryman his prosthetic leg back.

God von Elric

God von Elric

• Awesome McCoolname: GOD. VON. ELRIC.
• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: He would've been very useful during the later fights, if he actually showed up in the later parts of the series.
• Expy: Of Fritz Von Erich

Jean Steamboard

Jean/John Steamboard

• "Blind Idiot" Translation/Gratuitous English: His name in Japanese is spelled ジャンヌ (Jannu). This makes no sense, since Jean or John can be spelled with ジャン (Jan). It's possible his name was supposed to be Johnny Steamboard (which better fits the Ricky Steamboat reference), in which case his name should have been spelled ジャンニ (Janni).
• Expy: Of Ricky Steamboat

Recurring Characters

Kazuo Nakano

Kazuo "Aderans" Nakano/"Doc" Nakano

• Breakout Character: Despite being a gag character, he became popular enough to become one of the two commentators of the matches in the anime adaptation of Kinnikuman, which carried over to Ultimate Muscle's manga and anime.
• Canon Immigrant: After several anime-only appearances as a commentator, Ultimate Muscle made him a commentator in the manga proper.
• Combat Commentator: In the anime and the sequel series. Some of the manga-only Tazahama's dialogue was even adapted into him.
• Cuckoolander Commentator: In the original anime, and he only gets crazier as it goes on.
• Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: He even calls himself Kazuo of the Wig.

Mari Nikaido

Mari Nikaido

• Adaptational Badass: In the dub of Ultimate Muscle, she mentions she joined a biker gang some time after Kinnikuman got together with Bibinba.
• Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: She and Bibinba were best friends in the dub of Ultimate Muscle despite having little to no interaction in the source material.
• Ascended Extra: Essentially replaces Bibinba as Suguru's love interest in the anime.
• Betty and Veronica: The Betty to Bibinba's Veronica, especially during the Ultimate Tag Team arc in Nisei.
• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: She never was officially Put on a Bus in the original series, but in Nisei, she said that she left Japan to study overseas because she felt overshadowed by Bibinba.
  • The Bus Came Back:
    • In Nisei, we meet an Older and Wiser Mari who is also the adoptive mother of Rinko, Mantarou's love interest.
    • Happens in the past during the Ultimate Tag Team arc. Mari suddenly returns and begins openly showing affection towards Sugaru, making herself a love rival for Bibinba.
• Composite Character: She got a lot of Bibinba's characteristics from the manga in the anime (because the latter never even appeared in the anime until the very end), as well as her own characteristics from the manga.
• Hot Teacher: Was a kindergarten teacher.
• Lethal Chef: In the dub, she supposedly could never cook gyudon as well as Bibinba.
• Satellite Love Interest: Kinnikuman was interested in her, but she lacked a lot of characteristics other than being nice, so Bibimba, a more upbeat girl was brought into the story.
• Tsundere: Type B. She seems to be a patient and sweet girl, but she's got quite a fast temper when provoked.

Natsuko Shouno

Natsuko Shouno

Voiced by: Hiromi Tsuru

• Clingy Jealous Girl: She won't allow anyone to lay a hand on Terryman. Not even Kazuo.
• Fiery Redhead: She has a fierce temper to anyone who gets too close to Terryman
• Happily Married: With Terryman in Nisei.
• Intrepid Reporter: She's a reporter who works for a choujin documentary newsprint
• Morality Pet: For Warsman (in the anime), at first. She was the first person to call him out on his ruthless behavior, which slowly started to get through...
• Never Bareheaded: She is never seen without her newsboy's flat cap.

Akaiwa

Akaiwa (Detective Gobugari in the anime)

• Ascended Extra: He only has two minor appearances in the manga's early chapters. The anime features him as a recurring gag character, constantly interacting with Kinkotsuman and Iwao.

Yosaku

Yosaku

• Ascended Extra: He constantly appeared in the anime, even becoming Kinnikuman's Phrase Catcher.
• Attention Whore: Loves being on television every chance he gets.
• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: In the manga, out of all the gag characters, he's the only one to avert this, appearing as late as the Throne arc.
• Naked People Are Funny: Will often strip down and do a nude fan dance.
• New Job as the Plot Demands: Played to a ridiculous degree in the anime.
• Phrase Catcher: In the anime, he's usually the one to give out the classic response to Kinnikuman's "I won't need the push of my farts!"

Hiroshi Tazahama

Hiroshi Tazahama

• Adapted Out: Nakano replaces him in the anime, even taking some of his original dialogue.
• Combat Commentator: The original one, alongside Yoshigai.
• Dirty Old Man: Played to a disturbing degree when he looks inside Meat's trunks in the manga.
• Nostalgia Filter: Is fond of old-fashioned wrestling, as seen with him praising Mayumi and Harabote's pre-show matches in the Olympic arcs.

Yoshigai

Yoshigai/Mac Metaphor

• Ascended Extra: He had quite a prominent role as a commentator in the first tournament arcs, alongside color commentator Tazahama. In the first anime, on the other hand, he joins Nakano at the booth, which later carried over to Ultimate Muscle.
• Combat Commentator: His main role in both the original anime and Ultimate Muscle.
• Large-Ham Announcer: More noticable in the English Dub of Ultimate Muscle when voiced by Eric Stuart.
• The Straight Man: To Nakano.
• You Don't Look Like You: His design is quite different in the anime.

Earth Defense Chief

Earth Defense Chief

• Expy: He has one in-verse as a doctor who looks exactly like him.
• Reused Character Design: His design comes from Don Picadillycaone, from Shitamachi Sensō, an earlier Yudetamago manga.

Tahara

Tahara

• Put on a Bus: Only appears in the 2nd Kaiju Extermination arc.

Seiko Yamaguchi

Seiko Yamaguchi/ Takahara Nana

Gorizaemon

Gorizaemon

• Art Evolution: Changes from the image above to more of an actual gorilla by his next appearance

Alice Macintosh

Alice Macintosh

• Love Interest: To Robin Mask