History Characters / Kinnikuman

* BadassSpaniard: He is born from Spain and his ImageSong even has Spanish motifs as well.

* [[CosmicHorror Cosmic]] [[HumanoidAbomination Abomination]]: The guy can create ''black holes''.

* JerkassWoobie: The man may be a JerkAss, but you can't deny that you'd be as jealous of Kinnikuman as he is if you grew up completely poor and alone as he did, and you couldn't do anything to elevate your status.

* FridgeBrilliance: Constantly trying to belittle the protagonists because he doesn't like them and trying to find new people for Japan to recognize as their heroes? Sounds like a perfect candidate for having their name changed to be a parody of VinceMcmahon.

* FridgeHorror: Kinkotsuman stopped appearing in the manga from the end of the Seven Devil Choujin arc. Since the theory in the AbusiveParent entry has been made canon, one must really wonder just ''how much'' training could he have put Bone Cold through. It also makes you wonder how worse than regular training could it be since the methods of regular training for ''all'' Choujin in the world of Nisei qualify for TrainingFromHell.

* AngstWhatAngst: You know when you have no angst when [[spoiler: you become TheObiWan for someone that killed both you ''and'' the student that you were trying to avenge.]]

* JerkassWoobie: He was forced to be a CompleteMonster by his parents (which pretty much killed any chance of him having a friend), but when it comes down to it, he just doesn't have it in him. The Dream Choujin Tag Team arc shows just how alone he is because of his high status in the Demon World, when Sunshine acknowledged him as a friend and he proceeds to break down in tears: that's the first person to consider him as a friend in his ''entire life''.

* JerkassWoobie: Yes, he was cruel. Yes, he was selfish. But there's a reason why he's quoted on the [[TearJerker/{{Kinnikuman}} TearJerker page.]]

* FridgeLogic: Mayumi often complains about how stupid-looking Suguru's face is. Mayumi seems to forget that he picked out Suguru's mask in the first place.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Ramenman was so popular among fans that [[BreakoutCharacter he has his own spinoff series]]: Tatakae!! Ramenman [[hottip:*: Literally Fight!! Ramenman and a success in of itself]].

* FridgeBrilliance: [[spoiler:Lomeinman is arguably a more fitting name than Mongolman, since lo mein is a popular Chinese noodle dish, like ramen.]] A rare case where a DubNameChange could be considered an improvement.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Scored 3rd in the first character poll in [[KinnikumanNisei Nisei]] despite only having a cameo appearance in the series at that point.

* FridgeBrilliance: At first, it might seem odd that Warsman has a Palo Special as one of his finishing moves, considering the fact that the inventor of the Palo Special (Jackie Pallo) was British. [[spoiler: But then in the 21st Choujin Olympics, it's revealed that the obviously British Robin Mask is Mr. Barracuda in disguise and taught Warsman everything he knew. This fridge brilliance is eventually made canon in Nisei, when Warsman recalls his training under Robin while mentoring Robin's son, Kevin Mask.]]

* JerkassWoobie: It's really hard to not feel sorry for the guy. He was probably the only person in the entire series not to get stronger, he's a laughingstock among supervillains, even with the fact that he abused his kid and with the fact that he treated Iwao like crap is cancelled out by the fact that he's filled to the brim with guilt for doing those things.

* JerkassWoobie: His backstory was already sad enough with the fact that he was a good guy who made a DealWithTheDevil just to get more power in order to win matches for a change, but when he tries to HeelFaceTurn it gets even worse, because after being killed by TheDevil himself for failing to kill Kinnikuman and subsequently revived, he wants to help Kinnikuman and company but he's understandably too scared to oppose Akuma Shogun and the Devil Knights. Then the Throne Arc makes it worse, because the reason why he participated was in order to make sure that the true successor got to the throne, in order to prevent Kin's family from ending up like his: A clan whose members constantly started wars with each other until there were very few survivors.

* TheJimmyHartVersion: The music for his ImageSong sounds like a slightly altered version of Screw Kid's.

* MemeticMutation: Fans joke that his Sacred Throne room is just to gallantly step into the ring (Muscle Step), due to it being the only thing he managed to do in his battle against SuperPhoenix.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: When he reappeared during the Demon Seed arc of Nisei, with a BadassBeard to boot.

* HotAmazon

* FinishingMove: Atlantis Driver.

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* Gonk : Played with, as originally his bald, ugly mask passed as his real face, and his body was nowhere as fit. Then we start to get hints that his true face could be ''way'' different than his mask and the final volume reveals that Kin's real face is very gentle and ''very'' handsome.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: His unmasked face. There's a reason why it's the current image for the page.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Everything about him. He normally attacks by biting the opponent, his finishing move involves ''mummifying'' the opponent and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking he has fangs.]]

* ReptilesAreAbhorrent

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: His response to the incredibly spartan lifestyle being the Prince required.

* IGotBetter: Was stated to never fight in the ring again after his match against Kinnikuman in the American Tag Team arc, but by the Seven Devil Choujin arc he was perfectly fine.

* HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler:Had his brain punctured by Warsman, leaving him in a vegetative state unless he covers the wounds with a special material. It's never revealed how he [[IGotBetter got over it]] for the sequel.]]

!!Natsuko Shouno

* KansaiReginoalAccent

* ChinesePeople: Obviously.

--->''"I won't even need the push from my farts!"''

---> '''Voiced by:''' AkiraKamiya (original series), ToshioFurukawa ([[KinnikumanNisei Nisei]]), EricStuart ([[UltimateMuscle dub]])

* MissFanservice

* Gonk: Played with, as originally his bald, ugly mask passed as his real face, and his body was nowhere as fit. Then we start to get hints that his true face could be ''way'' different than his mask and the final volume reveals that Kin's real face is very gentle and ''very'' handsome.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Ramenman was so popular among fans that he has his own spinoff series: Tatakae!! Ramenman [[hottip:*: Literally Fight!! Ramenman and a success in of itself]].

* HotScoop
* IntrepidReporter

** BadassAbnormal: And that's all before he got his superpowers.