Characters / Kinnikuman Protagonists

These are the main characters who appear in the series Kinnikuman and its spinoffs.

Seigi Choujin/Idol Choujin/Justice Choujin

Kinnikuman

Kinnikuman AKA Prince (later King) Kinniku Suguru (King Muscle in US)

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

Voiced by: Akira Kamiya (original series), Toshio Furukawa (Nisei), Eric Stuart (dub), Mamoru Miyano (Perfect Origin arc)

The main protagonist of the series. Born Suguru Kinniku, prince and heir to the throne of Planet Kinniku, he was accidentally exiled to Earth when his parents mistook him for a pig and tossed him out (and leaving the pig to become prince instead). Having went from a life of luxury to one of poverty, Suguru barely edges out a living by doing oddjobs and occasionally (which is, to say, when no other options exist) protecting the world from extraterrestrial invaders. He dreams of becoming a 'Superhero', a symbol of hope for all of humanity and Choujins alike.

Although clumsy, buffoonish and none too brave, Kinnikuman is nonetheless a kind-hearted person with a strong moral compass and a big heart that desires to do good, the costs be damned.

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• Adaptation Dye-Job: Kinnikuman's red trunks and boots from the anime were white in the manga. Likewise, his black and red KIN outfit from the Scramble for the Throne arc is blue and red in said arc's anime.
• Adaptational Badass: Not him, but his FuuRinKaZan is usually treated as the finishing move to end all finishing moves in filler arcs and movies, likely due to it's flashy nature.
• Aesop Amnesia: The manga series revival in 2010 basically rebooted his character, all the valor, heroism, and courage he got at the end of the original 36 volumes run is set back a bit so the jokes on Suguru’s cowardice can keep running, all to make the moments where Suguru does get serious more climatic and pave way for him to grow up again. In-universe, it's mostly explained as a combination of him thinking his fighting days were finally over, and the fact that he's began to realize that his luck aided him greatly in matches, and now doubts if he truly fought any hard battles, or if his luck carried him through all the time.
• Anti-Hero: Was a Type I at first, but grew out of it. And then into it. And then back out.
• Back from the Dead: He's died two times throughout the series, only to be revived soon after
• Beautiful All Along: Kinnikuman spends almost all of the series wearing his mask, to a point where it can be hard to remember that it isn't his face, but when we finally get to see the real thing we learn that the ugly, bumbling idiot, was secretly a drop-dead gorgeous Hunk all along.
• Berserk Button:
  • Insulting or harming his friends in any way will make him drop the Crouching Moron side and the Hidden Badass will wreck you.
  • He also doesn't take kindly to tainting the ring, as his reaction to the ring being filled with concrete before Ramenman's match against Brocken.Jr. indicates.
    "What do you think you're doing to the holy ring!?"
• Birthmark of Destiny: The "KIN" mark, located on his left butt-cheek.
• Boring, but Practical: His fighting style in Nisei. He can't perform any power moves in his old age without seriously damaging himself, so he mainly uses submission holds, which don't rely on their user's strength, for most of his fight with his son.
• Bring My Brown Pants: His bowels would break down so frequently that at one point Meat was considering bringing extra underwear for him. It once saved his life against Ramenman. Ramenman became so disgusted by the act he released Kinnikuman from the Camel Clutch and let him go change.
• Brought Down to Badass: The "Scrabmle for the Throne" arc plays with this. Kinnikuman gets separated from his Burning Inner Strength. Without it, the damage Kinnikuman takes in every fight really takes its toll on him, and he's limited to his 950,000 Choujin Power. That said, he's far from a wimp and still wins his share of fights.
• Bumbling Dad: In (Nisei), he's become this to the point that Mantarou doesn't fear or respect him at all. However, this is justified in story: Suguru and Bibinba had Mantaro in their older age, and Suguru cared deeply for Mantarou. As such, unwilling to repeat the mistakes Mayumi made with him, choose to devote himself to Mantarou. He went so far as to get every trophy and achievement he got annulled by the Muscle League, erase every public trace of his glorious past and raise Mantarou as a simple father rather than a glorious hero. Unfortunately, this left Mantaro with little interest in taking up the family business.
• Butter Face: Kinnikuman has a stunning physique and an ugly, ridiculous-looking face. Played with somewhat, as the "face" in this situation is actually a mask, though since Kinnikuman is almost never seen not wearing it and it's extremely expressive, it more or less functions like a second face for him. This is subverted during the rare occasions when we get to see his real face, which reveals that Kinnikuman is actually very handsome.
• Butt-Monkey:
  "Why does this always happen to me? Dammit!"
• Cast from Hit Points: The Kinniku Buster and Kinniku Driver in the GBA game for his older self.
• Charlie Brown from Outta Town: Channelman, in the American Tour arc.
• Cool Mask: The red chinguard on his mask slides upwards and covers the bottom half of his face when he gets serious.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: When not fighting, he's an idiot who farts around all day (literally!) and can't even tie his shoes. In the ring, Kinnikuman is a master tactician, a Determinator, and a nearly unstoppable powerhouse.
• Dangerous Forbidden Technique: By Nisei, the Kinniku Buster has become this for him. He can't do it without seriously hurting himself.
• Dented Iron: Becomes this in Nisei. All of those years of performing those explosive moves did not fare well for his body in the intervening years, whether he wants to admit it or not. It does become somewhat averted by the time of the Choujin Olympics Revival, where we see Kinnikuman looking much closer to his younger self.
  Bibinba: Look at you now! All those battles left you with bad knees, herniated discs, not to mention poor eyesight and hemorrhoids! King Muscle? More like King Gristle!
• Determinator: His Burning Inner Strength essentially requires him to be one.
• Distaff Counterpart: Has one in the form of Kinnikuman Lady. As mentioned on the main page, it could be considered a subversion, as Lady Kin is much nicer than Kinnikuman and unlike Kin she's not an idiot; just spacey at some times. Keeping up with the subversion is Lady Kin's attitude. While Suguru knows how to fight, he's (quite famously) reluctant to do so. In contrast, Lady Kin had no idea how to fight but she took it upon herself to learn how to by asking her parents to hire Meat.
• Does Not Like Spam: He really doesn't like milk, and in the anime, he hates scallions instead.
• Expressive Mask: So much so that it was years before it was revealed he was even wearing a mask.
• The Faceless: Kinnikuman's real face has never been completely shown, with the audience at best only getting a few peeks at it whenever he performs the Face Flash technique.
• Facial Markings: Technically it's on his mask, but the kanji 肉 (niku), meaning "meat" (and part of kinniku, meaning "muscle"), is on his forehead.
• Fartillery: Not only would he use farts as a weapon, he would also use them to fly.
• Finishing Move:
  • Kinniku Flash and Kinniku Beam (during the monster-hunting days).
  • Kinniku Buster, his most iconic and recognizable finisher. He grabs hold of his opponents ankles while they're placed upon his shoulder in an upside down position before leaping to the air and landing on his butt or feet, damaging his enemies neck, spine, and groin all at once.
  • Kinniku Driver, a modified tombstone piledriver consisting of him grabbing his opponents ankles and standing on their armpits that Suguru first pulled off on accident during his fight with Ashuraman.
  • Muscle Spark, Kinnikuman bounces his opponent of his chest in a bridge position multiple times until he reaches a great enough height, where he then grabs them in mid-air and preforms a submission hold consisting of him grabbing their wrists with his hands and pulling on their neck and left leg with his right and left leg respectively, then locking up their ankles and wrists with his hands and ankles and descending into the ground, arching his back before he impacts.
  • FuuRinKazan also counts as, in all its appearances, its used as a finisher, Curiously, it's the only one of Kinnikuman's finishers that was never defeated.
  • In tag matches, he has Muscle Docking (with Terryman and Kinnikuman Great), the Cross Bomber (with Robin Mask), and the Cross Enzui, Ganryu Island Drop, and Rainbow Bridge Suplex (with Neptuneman)
• Five Moves of Doom: The FuuRinKaZan is a series of four moves chained together.
• Formerly Fit: By Nisei.
• Geek Physiques: Both the skinny and fat versions at the same time by the time of Nisei despite not being much of a geek outside of being an Ultraman fan—he has noodly arms and a pot belly.
• Give Him a Normal Life: Deconstructed. He tried to make sure his son Mantaro would have an actual childhood by destroying all records of his wrestling career and raising him as a normal father. Unfortunately, it made Mantaro spoiled, lazy, cowardly and perverted on top of giving him no interest in becoming a wrestler like his dad, which became a huge problem when the dMp showed up and they needed a wrestler with the Burning Inner Strength.
• 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.
  • Played much straighter in Nisei, where he's lost a lot of his muscles, leaving him with noodly arms, a pot belly, missing teeth, and if his mask is any indication, his cheekbones and chin have stretched out considerably. Mantaro outright says that he looks 100 despite only being in his 50s or 60s.
• The Greatest Story Never Told: In-universe example. Many people had wished for a match between him and Terryman, as according to Mantaro it was "the only legendary match-up that never happened". "Kinnikuman vs. Terryman showed that the matchup did indeed happen^note and surprisingly enough, Terryman was the one to issue the challengebut only a few were there to see it^note or rather, allowed to see it as Suguru banned all press and audience from viewing. It ends in a draw. It also applies to his entire career by Nisei, as he had all records of his career erased.
• Heroic Second Wind: A literal actual superpower of his in the form of his Burning Inner Strength.
• Henpecked Husband: In Nisei.
• Hot-Blooded: It manifests in the Fire, which usually is his Heroic Second Wind that turns the match around
• Human Aliens: So much so that Suguru didn't believe he was an alien.
• Idiot Hero: Back when Goku didn't exist in media, Kinnikuman was the biggest example.
• Image Song/Leitmotif: "Moeru Champion Kinnikuman" (Burning Champion Kinnikuman)
• I Was Quite a Looker: By Nisei, he's really let himself go; see Gonk above for details.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Normally a bumbling coward, when he finally decides to fight he gives it his all.
• The Klutz: Especially in his early days.
• Let's Get Dangerous!: He spends most of the time acting like a goof and trying to avoid battle. However, once someone or something breaks through and gives him the drive to fight, he's one of the toughest Choujin around. It's also referenced in the anime's second theme.
  Saa, oasobi wa koko made da! ("Okay, enough playing around!")
• Lovable Coward: Initially. Probably the first thing that would click to someone about him was how willing he was to run away from any villain that looked threatening.
• Luke, I Am Your Father: The 2011 series reveals that Silverman is his ancestor.
• Meaningful Name: "Kinniku" means "muscle."
• My Nayme Is: The "Kin" part of his name is spelled with Katakana rather than Hiragana or Kanji.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed:
  • Eric Stuart started channeling Dan Castellaneta for his younger self in the dub of Galactic Wrestling.
  • His fighting style is said by the Kinnikuman Wiki to be based off of Antonio Inoki's.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Suguru, burning all your records of your exploits and not telling your son about your wrestling career may not have been the best idea at the time. Especially when a horde of heel wrestlers begin invading Earth.
• Obfuscating Stupidity:
  • According to his own Image Song, Kinnikuman willingly keeps acting as bumbling and silly as he did in his earlier days to entertain his public and keep everyone smiling. Despite Kinnikuman being an Unreliable Narrator, especially about himself, he is able to become serious when the need arises.
  • When Kinnikuman and Bimbiba had a son in Ultimate Muscle, Kinnikuman had every single of his trophies and awards annulled, acting with his own son in a silly, bumbling and cheerful way so genuine that Mantarou himself grew up believing his father was a spoiled, no-good nobleman that bribed his way to greatness to live a lazy life.
• Parental Abandonment: Was confused for a pig when his family was visiting Earth and was thrown out with the trash. When he became a father himself, he tried to avoid this trope by devoting his entire life to Mantarou and spoiling him rotten. Mantarou ended up exactly the way he was at the start of his career, if not somewhat worse.
• Power-Up Food: Garlic in the early days allowed him to grow to kaiju size, gave him super strength, and enabled his fart attacks, among other things.
• Royals Who Actually Do Something: In fact, he hates his royal duties.
• Spell My Name With An S: In Japanese the name Kinniku is written as キン肉 rather than the two kanji that make the word "muscle" (筋肉).
• Tag Team: The Machine Guns (with Terryman); Muscle Brothers (with Kinnikuman Great); Blue Impulse (with Robin Mask); Ganryu Island Combo (with The Samurai/ Neptuneman)
• Took a Level in Badass:
  • When trained by Prince Kamehame, he goes from someone with Unskilled, but Strong and Born Lucky, to someone who can throw a choujin through the moon, causing a crater, then then complain that he wanted him to fly to Pluto.
  • The openings of the original anime also show this progress, with the 1st showing Suguru as an incompetent fool, 2nd and 3rd slowly showing less of these traits and the 4th being a certified badass.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Gyudon. He also likes Garlic and Morinaga brand Cocoa.
• Underwear of Power: Usually only wore trunks and boots in and out of the ring.
• Unskilled, but Strong: While he knows far more wrestling techniques than the average person, he's still rather dumb and relies mostly on power moves to decisively win matches. He grows out of this later.
• Vocal Evolution: In the English dub of the games, Eric Stuart initially voiced him identically to how he voiced his older self in the anime, but by Galactic Wrestling he fully differentiated his younger self's voice from his older one's.
• Weak, but Skilled: In Ultimate Muscle he shows that he can still pull off submission moves at his age. He even pulled off the Choujin Kousatsu Kei (Twisted Rope of No Hope) against Mantarou.
  • He also temporarily becomes this for almost all of the Scramble for The Throne Arc, due to him being deprived of his Burning Inner Strength by Mixer Taitei, which greatly reduces his power, forcing him to rely on both technical skill and strategies.
• Weaksauce Weakness: Kin just can't stand milk because milk can reduce the effect of herbs and spices (specifically the burning sensation). Since Suguru was powered by garlic in those days, the milk canceled the garlic out.
• Wearing a Flag on Your Head: He wears a wrestling singlet styled after the Planet Kinniku Flag in the Scramble For The Throne Arc, complete with it's Blue, Yellow, and Red color scheme.
• Worthy Opponent: To Robin Mask. In fact, the Farewell, Kinnikuman! one-shot covers how Robin Mask is disappointed that he never properly lost to Kinnikuman and covers their last fight before Kinnikuman "retires" after the Survivor Match tournament.

Alexandria Meat

Alexandria Meat

"Supporting the Justice Choujin...that's my life!"

Voiced by: Minori Matsushima (original series), Konami Yoshida (Nisei), Mike Pollock (Ultimate Muscle dub), Sumire Uesaka (Perfect Origin arc)

• Added Alliterative Appeal: The US Gag Dub of Ultimate Muscle gives Meat an impressively consistent habit of alliterating every time he runs his mouth explaining something or telling Mantarou what to do.
• Awesomeness by Analysis: In his fight against Mixer Taitei, he managed to use moves from several other Choujin by just recalling them from his memory.
• Badass Adorable: If his fight with Mixer Taitei is any indication, he's perfectly able to stand on his own despite his physical disadvantages.
• Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: Provides a more grounded and serious balance to the childish Kinnikuman.
• Facial Markings: Has the hirigana characters にく (niku), meaning "meat," on his forehead. Averted in the Ultimate Muscle dub where he (and most other characters) had their forehead marks removed.
• Finishing Move: During the Scramble For The Throne Arc, he copies Suguru's Back Drop to finish off Mixer Taitei, and he's implied to have liked it so much that it became his move of choice, as he tries to use it against The Manriki, and tries it again on Black Ship in Wolfman's one-shot The Warrior In The Dohyo. Also counts as Suplex Finisher.
• Human Aliens: Just like Kinnikuman, few even know he is an alien.
• Human Popsicle: In (Nisei), he willingly became this in order to preserve his mind.
• Image Song/Leitmotif: "Meatball no Meat-kun"(original series), "Meat ni Omakase"(Nisei)
• Miniature Senior Citizens: This seemed to be the presumption behind the Ultimate Muscle dub. Instead of having a child-like voice, Meat was given a deep, gruff voice
• Morphic Resonance: He tends to physically berate Mantarou by turning into a popular wrestler (such as Giant Baba or Hulk Hogan) and performing that wrestler's trademark move. However, he always retains his square glasses and sometimes his height.
• The Nicknamer: Almost always referred to Suguru as Ouji ("prince") and Mantarou as Nisei ("the second" or "junior").
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: His voice seems to be based off of Danny DeVito in the 4Kids dub of Nisei.
• Not Allowed to Grow Up: Averted. By the Throne arc he's 14, but he didn't grow a single inch.
• Not So Above It All: He's usually the one to stop Suguru from fooling around, but sometimes he'll join in on the fun.
• Older Than They Look: Yes, you're reading this right. It's true that Meat's a child back in OG, but could you really tell from his height that, in Nisei, he's the same age as Mantaro's?
• Smart People Wear Glasses: Renowned for his knowledge of wrestling fundamentals and he he wears glasses. The glasses were especially noticable in his initial character design.
• Vocal Dissonance: In the original Kinnikuman and Kinnikuman Nisei, he had a childlike high pitched voice. In the English Dub by 4Kids, he has a gravelly voice, similar to Danny DeVito.
• Weak, but Skilled: He reveals himself to be this in his fight against Mixer Taitei, as while he's much weaker than he is, he's clearly the MUCH better fight of the two, as Mixer Taitei amounts to flailing around and trying to strangle Meat, while the latter uses the techniques of other Justice Choujin perfectly and without flaw in their execution. Sadly, this is useless against King the 100 Ton and The Vice, the former of the two being simply too strong for him, and the latter having actual skill to back up his strength.
• Wise Beyond Their Years: If it wasn't for the fact that his age was stated in the manga, it would be quite easy to think that he was just a really short adult. His voice in the Ultimate Muscle US dub doesn't help, as he sounds like Danny DeVito.

King Kinniku Mayumi

King Kinniku Mayumi AKA Kinniku Daioh (Grandpa in US)

Voiced by: James Carter Cathcart (Ultimate Muscle (dub)), Akira Kamiya (Perfect Origin arc)

• Abusive Parent: Played for Laughs. He's a good person, just not a very good parent.
• Bumbling Dad: Apparently it runs in the family.
• Cloud Cuckoolander: He tends to do really bizarre things from time to time. One notable instance is him offering himself as a replacement for the plate of curry that Curry Cook carries on his head by placing himself atop the Brutal Choujin's head while curled up with his arms holding his legs. While Curry Cook was in the middle of a match with Mayumi's own son, Suguru.
• Facial Markings: Has the kanji 王 (Oh), meaning "king," on his forehead.
• Hypocritical Humor: 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.
• Image Song/Leitmotif: "Eikou no Daiou" ("Glorious King")
• Mr. Exposition: Is occasional this at times in later chapters. Sometimes, he lets Suguru know of a certain special technique that helps Suguru win the day; other times, he's even more this at the start of some chapters, where he gives some important information about what ends up being the core element of the plot of the arc.

  "Say son, you know about that Golden Mask which was never mentioned before and which probably didn't exist in the series canon until I mentioned it just now? Well, let me tell you something about that old mask..."

• Secret-Keeper: Harabote and him willingly kept under wraps the very existence of Nemesis, aka Sadaharu Kinnikuman, their own uncle turned Perfect Chojin, relaying to Suguru a modified account of Tatsunori's (Mayumi's father) life editing out all the needed details.
• The Rival: Harabote.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: Again, with Harabote.

Terryman

Terryman

"Come to think of it, I've heard of this..."

Voiced by: Hideyuki Tanaka (original series, Nisei), Hiromi Tsuru (as a child), Ted Lewis (dub), Daisuke Ono (Perfect Origin arc)

An American Choujin hailing from good ol' Texas, Terryman was once an antithesis rival to Kinnikuman - popular, handsome and motivated by purely self-interest. After fighting together and making important sacrifices for one another however, he has since become one of Kinnikuman's most trusted friends.

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• Adaptation Dye-Job: Most (but not all) colored manga images portayed him with a red outfit, as well as white hair and stars. Others have the more commonly-seen blue and blonde.
• All-American Face: Probably the most well known example of this in Anime.
• Americans Are Cowboys: Justified, given he's from Texas, he also even owns his own ranch.
• Berserk Button: Insulting the Justice Choujin is one for all of them in general, but it's probably the biggest one for Terryman.
• Boring, but Practical: Nearly all of his attacks are basic punches, kicks and standard wrestling holds. The only real exceptions are his Texas Condor Kick and holds taught to him by Prince Kamehame (such as the Kinniku Buster and Driver). He defeated the Mountain and Max Radial with a simple brainbuster, using their own weight against them to knock them out. Back when the series was still primarily a comedy, he simply flew around and blasted monsters with a six-shooter as well.
• Charlie Brown from Outta Town: Kinnikuman Great II (Lord Wrangler in US)
• Character Tic: Terry has the bad habit of dramatically winding his left arm before a strong blow. This did actually help him in the fight with Ashuraman, though. He also has the tendency for his shoelaces to break before (or when) something bad is happening, which is actually seen as an indicator of bad luck in Japanese culture, much like how breaking a mirror is seen as bad luck in American culture.
• Characterization Marches On: In his first appearance he was a Type 2 Eaglelander instead of a Type 1.
• David vs. Goliath: He tends to face off against opponents much larger and more physically powerful than he is, such as The Mountain, Sunshine, Big The Budo, King The 100 Ton, and Max Radial.
• Distaff Counterpart: Terrygirl is his counterpart. Just like Kin, it's possible that this can be considered a subversion because his counterpart is wilder and much easier to anger than he is.
• Diving Kick: His Texas Condor Kick.
• Eagleland: Type 1, although he started out as a Type 2, due to him demanding pay from the people he saved.
• Expy: Of Terry Funk. Both are from Amarillo, TX, both own a ranch, and Terryman happens to be the son of Doryman and have a brother named Doryman Jr.
• Facial Markings: Usually confused for an asterisk, he has the kanji used to symbolize America (米) on his forehead.^note The kanji used literally means "uncooked rice". Before Japan developed its phonetic katakana writing system, they used kanji to spell out foreign words and 米 was part of the phonetic name for America and has since gained the alternate American meaning.
• Finishing Move: Texas Clover Hold, Spinning Toe Hold, Calf Branding. The latter is also his only non-submission finisher.
  • In tag matches, he shares Muscle Docking with Kinnikuman. (He usually does the Kinniku Driver part of the move, but he has done the Kinniku Buster part at least one (though it may have been a mistake on the part of the artists).)
• Good Old Fisticuffs: A notable thing about his fighting style is that he'll often preform combinations of punches.
• Handicapped Badass: Thanks to Kinkotsuman's failed attempt at killing Kinnikuman, Terryman got shot in the leg, which eventually had to be amputated. He was even wearing it in the 2011 series and plays a critical role in his fight against Justiceman.
• Hypocrite: A flashback in the sequel series shows Terryman telling his son that their bodies aren't made to do fancy moves like the Kinniku Buster. This ignores the fact that Terryman knows how to perform the Kinniku Buster and the Kinniku Driver, and has done both as part of the Muscle Docking technique, although it should be stated that he never uses them outside of the Muscle Docking.
• Image Song/Leitmotif: "Texas Bronco"
• Legacy Character: Terryman took the identity of Kinnikuman Great after Prince Kamehame died.
• Mundane Made Awesome: Almost all of his moves tend to be mundane and down-to-earth wrestling moves in a series where dynamic and reality defying moves have become the norm, and are treated with same fanfare as those moves.
• The Power of Friendship: During the Dream Tag Arc, the friendship power between Kinnikuman and the other Justice Choujin was sealed away by Sunshine and Ashuraman (somehow). Despite that, a dying Prince Kamehame was able to revive Terryman's friendship with Suguru, getting Terryman to agree to don the mantle of Kinnikuman Great.
• Red Baron: He's known as the "Texas Bronco", for obvious reasons, but he's also known as the Giant Killer, because of his tendency to go up against Chojin who are bigger, heavier, and stronger than he is and emerge as the victor over them.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to Kinnikuman's red. He could also be considered the blue to his son's red.
• Tag Team: The Machine Guns (with Kinnikuman); The New Machine Guns (with Geronimo); Muscle Brothers (with Kinnikuman, as Kinnikuman Great)
• Underwear of Power: Wrestled in trunks, boots, and gloves.
• Weak, but Skilled: He admits that he's not a powerhouse, but he easily matches Robin Mask in terms of skill and technique.
• What the Hell, Hero?: Was berated by Kinnikuman for refusing to fight monsters for free back in the monster-fighting days, and again when he Took a Level in Jerkass in the Tag Team Tournament arc, though that wasn't entirely Terryman's fault.
• Would Hurt a Child: He kicked a kid for not having enough money to hire him. This infuriated Kinnikuman, who retaliated by punching Terryman.

Robin Mask

Robin Mask

Voiced by: Daisuke Gōri (original series, Nisei), Dan Green (Ultimate Muscle dub), Katsuyuki Konishi (Perfect Origin arc)

• Abusive Parent: In Ultimate Muscle he pushed his son Kevin so hard in training and studying that Kevin ran away and became at best an Anti-Hero and, at worst, an Anti-Villain. While the fact that he doesn't seem to be bothered by this doesn't really help matters, it's implied that Robin simply raised Kevin the way he'd been raised by his father. During his fight with Mariposa, Robin mentions he was "...Scolded... by my father that night." when the family staff was stolen. The Nintendo GameCube game "Ultimate Muscle - Legends vs New Generation" has him acknowledge this.
• The Ace: Generally considered as this by the Justice Choujin.
• Adaptation Dye-Job: The anime turned his silver armor into dark blue/black and had him wearing blueish-purple "undershirt" underneath, making him appear to have blue skin. His yellow eyes in the manga are also changed to red in the anime.
• Becoming the Mask: Back in the 20th Choujin Olympics, his trainer explicitly stated that he just pretended to be a gentlemen to hide the wild demeanor he had. Eventually, he did start to actually be one.
• Big Brother Mentor: Despite being just a few years older than everyone, he's still considered this by many of the Justice Choujin.
• Broken Pedestal: When people saw his true self in his match against Kinnikuman in the 20th Choujin Olympics they were absolutely horrified.
• Charlie Brown from Outta Town: Mr. Barracuda, Warsman's trainer.
• Disney Death: He gets this two times in the series. After his third death at the hands of Nemesis, he was brought back to life by a dying Mammothman's Chojin energy ball.
• Easily Forgiven: It isn't as talked about as much when compared to characters like Kinkotsuman, but Robin also tried to kill Kinnikuman multiple times, the difference being that Robin was much better at doing so and a lot closer to doing so.
• Fallen Hero: In the American Tag Team arc.
• The Fettered: The armor Robin wears isn't used as protection, but as a Power Limiter.
• Finishing Move: The Tower Bridge and the Robin Specials. In the revival, it is revealed that he was also developing the Big Ben Edge that would later become his son's Finishing Move, but it wasn't finished by the time he tried using it.
• Handicapped Badass: See below.
• Heel–Face Revolving Door: Up until the Seven Devil Choujin arc.
• Hunk: The anime shows Robin without his mask, as opposed to it being mostly shadowed out sans eyes in the manga, and he is shown to have a very handsome face.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: Since Kinnikuman lacked a Finishing Move during the 20th Choujin Olympic finals, Robin suggested they allow 3-count pinfalls like standard Professional Wrestling matches. Guess how Robin loses the match.
• Image Song/Leitmotif: "Nijiro No Kishi"(Rainbow Colored Knight)
• Knight in Shining Armor: To the point where he has actual knight armor.
• Meteor Move: His Robin Special involves him throwing his opponent into the air with an airplane spin, then catching them in his legs, and finishing them off with a pile driver. Version 2 involves him tossing his opponent into the air with repeated headbutts and then catching them in a triangle hold.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: His voice was a Sean Connery impression in the US dub of Ultimate Muscle.
• Red Baron: He's known as the Chojin Professor, thanks to his knowledge and skill as a wrestler, but he's also known as the Mad Noble, thanks to being secretly Ax-Crazy.
• Power Limiter: He actually wears his armor for his opponents' protection, and breaking it off makes Robin even stronger.
• Tag Team: Choujin Master/Student Combo (with Warsman); The Adrenalines (with Terry the Kid)
• Training from Hell: Usually what he uses to train the new generation.
• Unexplained Recovery: 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 and participated in matches up through the end of the series.

Ramenman

Ramenman

^{Click here to see him as Mongolman}

"Fool! 3,000 years of Chinese history no lose to 300 years of Gyudon history!"

Voiced by: Eiji Kanie^note  eps. 7~110 and movies 1-4, TV special, Masaharu Sato^note eps. 120 and 125, Banjo Ginga^note eps. 130~137 and movies 5-7(original series), Kenichi Ono (Nisei), Marc Thompson (dub), Tomokazu Seki (Perfect Origin arc)

A master practitioner of Kung Fu and Choujin Kenpo, Ramenman was one of Kinnikuman's opponents during the 20th Choujin Olympics. Once an infamous Brutal Choujin who has no compunctions in using excessive violence and gleefully murdering his opponents, Ramenman was humbled by his loss at the hands of Suguru and has since become a much kinder and wiser figure.

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• Ax-Crazy: At least, at first. He gleefully tore Brockenman in half and laughed maniacally over what he had done, and he shows an unsettingly, literal animalistic hunger before he fights Suguru in the anime, as he's breathing heavily like a wild, agitated, animal and laughing to himself.
• Bare-Fisted Monk: All Chojin are this by default, but Ramenman is as strong a believer in this as the Perfect Chojin^note  Or at least the ones that don't break their code when the chips are down .
• Berserk Button: He doesn't mind violence or brutality in the ring, but he hates it when other Chojin use weapons.
• Characterization Marches On: When he was introduced in the 20th Choujin Olympics, he was basically a noodle-eating psychopath who described blood as tasty. Nowadays, he's introduced as a wise and collected martial artist.
• Charlie Brown from Outta Town: Mongolman (Lomeinman in US)
• Deadpan Snarker: Had elements of his in the time between the 20th and 21st Choujin Olympics.
• Facial Markings: Has the kanji for China (中) on his forehead.
• Fantastic Fighting Style: He practices Choujin Kenpo.
• Finishing Move: Camel Clutch, Kowloon Sen Drop, Leg Lariat, and Longhorn Train (Tag with Buffaloman)
• Handicapped Badass:
  • 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 got over it for Ultimate Muscle.
  • In the revival, even after a long medical sleep to heal the injuries he's taken over the course of the series, the scar he got from Warsman is still there.
• Heel–Face Turn: Was introduced as a Brutal Choujin, but turned to Justice after his match against Kinnikuman in the 20th Choujin Olympics.
• Heroic Second Wind: He gives one to Kinnikuman twice. Curiously, both times were right before the Choujin Olympics finals, and both times, Robin Mask was involved.
• I Know Kung Fu: He preforms martial arts moves alongside regular wrestling throws and holds in his fights.
• Image Song/Leitmotif: "Kung Fu Fighter", "Asia no Ookami" (Asian Wolf) as Mongolman
• I'm a Humanitarian: In the anime, instead of ripping Brockenman in half with his camel clutch, he instead makes noodles out of his body and eats him.
• Manly Tears: After coming in fourth in the first Choujin Olympics (via purposely disqualifying himself in his third place match against Terryman), he tearfully begs Kinnikuman to defeat Robin Mask in order to win the tournament and make the battle they had fought something he could be proud of. In the manga, he cried Tears of Blood.
• Mr. Exposition: He introduced the concept of the Kajiba no Kuso Djikara to the series.
• My Kung-Fu Is Stronger Than Yours: After all, Ramenman has "10,000 years of Chinese history" on his side.
• Noble Demon: When he was a Brutal Choujin. He made a point to fight honorably, such as refraining from the use of weapons, and kept his violence within the ring. He also begged for Kinnikuman to take Robin Mask seriously as he was saddened and disappointed in him for acting so lackadaisical and carefree before his match with him.
• Nonstandard Character Design: He's drawn a lot more stylized and cartoonish than other characters.
• Noodle People: He believed in this back when he was a Brutal Choujin. By that, we mean that he believed that people are noodles.
  "Noodles are people, people are noodles!"
• Paper-Thin Disguise: Downplayed. He actually wears a muscle overbody as well as a pauldron over that as Mongolman, but even then, his distinctive headshape makes it plenty obvious that it's him, and Yudetamago don't even try to make it seem like he's a different character, as no time is really wasted with his true identity being revealed thanks to him literally carrying his old clothes in a suitcase.
• Progressively Prettier: He was a lot more menacing and thuggish looking in the earliest arcs, as he had visible cheekbones, had his gums shown whenever he opened his mouth, and also had a more emaciated build, in contrast to his current appearance, where he has no visible cheekbones and had his mouth drawn like the rest of the characters, as well as a more muscular build, making him look more regal and dignified.
• Punch-Clock Villain: Back when he was a Brutal Choujin. He kindly signed the autograph of a young fan and his response to an annoying reporter was to yell at him to scare him away.
• Stereotypes of Chinese People: Initially had the unfortunate trait of poor grammar associated with Japanese views on Chinese People, at least before his character was really established. The dub of Ultimate Muscle also gives him a habit of spouting proverbs.
• Tag Team: 20 Million Powers (with Buffaloman, as Mongolman)
• Trademark Favorite Food: ...well, guess. What's interesting is his love of instant ramen. This appears to be a Running Gag throughout all Japan media.
• You No Take Candle: In the anime, he spoke like this when he was a Brutal Choujin. The truth is that it's actually the Japanese stereotype of how Chinese people speak Japanese.
• Worthy Opponent: He deems Suguru as this for making a comeback against him in their first f ight.

Canadianman

Canadianman (Manitoban in US)

• Big Damn Heroes: Helps Wolfman fight off the True Devil Chojin when they invade Sagrada Familia.
• Butt-Monkey: Never had much luck in the series. Even when he doesn't appear in Deep of Muscle, Sneagator still manages to severely insult him by calling him "a damn wimp".
• A Day in the Limelight: Receives a spinoff comic series called the Choujin Guys with Specialman and Puripuriman, which is about their conversations in a diner.
• Expressive Mask: Unless the white parts are his skin.
• Finishing Move: Canadian Backbreaker and North America Corporation (Tag with Specialman)
  • Five Moves of Doom: His Level 3 super in Galactic Wrestling is a Maple Leaf Lock & Canadian Backbreaker combo.
• Half the Man He Used to Be: Torn in half by Pirateman during their match.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners/Those Two Guys: With Specialman.
• Tag Team: Big Bombers (with Specialman)
• Took a Level in Jerkass: Has suddenly become a jerk in Ultimate Muscle
• Unskilled, but Strong: He's an unfortunate case. He can match even Kinnikuman and Robin Mask in terms of strength and brute force. Problem is, the wrestling world is moving from a time where powerful people like him would rule the circuit to a time where one needs strength and at least some technique to be a good wrestler. He even notes this during his match with Pirateman and attempts to avert this by using the Tiger Suplex and Stepover Toehold Facelock techniques on Pirateman
• Wearing a Flag on Your Head: Or your entire body, in this case.

Specialman

Specialman

• Facial Markings: His is...just an S.
• Flat Character: Doesn't really get much character development other than being "The other American representative besides Terryman and Pentagon."
• Finishing Move: Touchdown of Glory and North America Corporation (Tag with Canadianman)
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Canadianman.
• Tag Team: Big Bombers (with Canadianman)
• Those Two Guys: Also with Canadianman.

Brocken Jr.

Brocken Jr.

"My father was a dirty fighter and got what he deserved, but I still cannot forgive you!"

Voiced by: Tetsuo Mizutori(original series), Kawazu Yasuhiko (Nisei), Wayne Grayson (dub), Jun Kasama (Perfect Origin arc)

• Adaptation Dye-Job: His green uniform was turned black for the anime. Also, his skin was made white (or really pale). In the 2024 anime, while he went back to having flesh-toned skin, his uniform is now blue.
• The Alcoholic: In the intervening time between Nisei and the original series, he becomes this.
• Avenging the Villain: His main reason of entering the 21st Choujin Olympics was to avenge his father's death at the hands of Ramenman. As the quote above shows, Brocken is well aware just how bad a person his father was.
• The Baby of the Bunch: He's the youngest of the Idol Choujin at a tender 18, and is only 21 by the Throne Arc, still a very young adult.
• Badass Boast: in the TV Special.
  Brocken Jr.: How big is the enemy?
  Beansman: An army over one thousand.
  Brocken Jr.: And how many of us?
  Terryman: Seven.
  Brocken Jr.: Seven is too many!
• Bowdlerise: His design in Perfect Origin Arc anime adaptation evokes this. While Brocken's design has been toned down for decades to comply with Japan's strict regulations on Nazi depiction, he still retains some imagery often associated with them on his uniform such as the Iron Cross. Here though, that Iron Cross has been removed.
• Charles Atlas Superpower: A really weird subversion. In the Throne Arc it was revealed that the Brocken family are born as humans and then are subjected to extremely harsh training. Once they make it through the training alive, they are given a skull insignia (changed to an eagle in the Scramble for the Throne anime) that gives them the power to become Choujin.
• Combination Attack: Battlefield Dropkick, Drill-A-Hole Cannon Driver, and Napalm Combination (with Ataru). The games give him Most Dangerous Rush with Wolfman and the Red Rain of Berlin (which is actually not subjected to Dub Name Change like the solo version in the localization) with Jade.
• Cleavage Window: Male variant. His design for the 2024's Perfect Origin Arc anime adaptation has him unbuttoned his uniform to show a little bit of his chest.
• Dark Is Not Evil: Yes, he wears a Nazi uniform, but just look at the way the guy acts throughout the series and just try to say that he displays Nazi-like behavior.
• Defeat Means Friendship: Even though Brocken Jr. failed to avenge his father, being spared by Ramenman seemed to cause a change of heart. When Ramenman is seriously injured later in the fight with Warsman, it's Brocken who cares for Ramenman, usually seen pushing the latter's wheelchair.
• The Dreaded: Kind of played for laughs in Nisei. When Brocken Jr. overhears that Kevin Mask knows some secret about Scarface, Brocken firmly (but not really violently) grabs Kevin's coat and "suggests" they have a talk with the Choujin Committee. The usually cool and arrogant Kevin Mask simply replies with a meek, "Uh, okay."
• Empowered Badass Normal: See Charles Atlas Superpower.
• Finishing Move:
  • Berurin no Akai Ame/The Red Rain of Berlin (renamed The Red Rain Of Pain in US)
  • Burokken no Kikan/Brocken's Repatriation - Like the Red Rain of Berlin, only now Brocken has a blade appear in his leg. Developed as a result of the Timey-Wimey Ball.
• Heroic BSoD: After the 21st Choujin Olympics, seeing a cement-coated ring can cause one.
• Image Song/Leitmotif: It's the same name as his finishing move.
• Kill It with Fire: In Ultimate Muscle, he states that his Finishing Move is incomplete and that Jade's version of the move (which is to also have your hand be engulfed in flames as well as having a blade protrude from your hand) is the true version.
• Luke, I Am Your Father: Only in the Ultmate Muscle dub, he is Jaeger's father.
• Memento MacGuffin: The skull insignia on his cap is a reminder for the harsh training he endured as a youth.
• Putting on the Reich: Zigzagged. He wears World War II-era military outfits, but he shares no beliefs with the Nazis.
• Tag Team: Most Dangerous Combo (with Wolfman); The Choppers (with Geronimo); Full Metal Jackets (with Kinnikuman Soldier
• Those Wacky Nazis: Completely subverted. Brocken Jr. dresses like a Nazi, but he is a Token Good Teammate who doesn't hold any of their beliefs.
• Timey-Wimey Ball: In (Nisei) he lost his hand in a fight in the past. Now in the present he has a hook for a hand, which in turn rewrote how he trained Jade.
• Training from Hell: Has used the exact expression when referring to how he trained Jade.
• Weak, but Skilled: A debatable example. True, he doesn't have the raw power as some Choujin, but he's hardly a wimp that can only win by out-thinking an opponent.

Warsman

Warsman

"Ko~Ho~..."

Voiced by: Ryoichi Tanaka ^note eps. 47-58 and TV Special and Hideyuki Hori ^note eps. 59~ and all movies (original series), Hideyuki Tanaka (Nisei), Maddie Blaustein (dub, anime and Galactic Wrestling), Dan Green (dub, Legends vs. New Generation), Yuki Kaji (Perfect Origin arc)

• A Day in the Limelight: Warsman Begins, a Perspective Flip of the final of 21st Choujin Olympics, as well as some insight into his life.
• Ambiguously Brown: He's been consistently depicted with a darker skin tone outside of his anime color palette.
• Awesome, but Impractical: As mentioned under Mega Manning, he can emulate Kinnikuman's Burning Inner Strength. However, a single attack while doing this overloads his systems and incapacitates him.
• Awesomeness by Analysis: One of the perks to having an electronic brain.
• Ax-Crazy: He temporarily becomes this when he reverts to his old Brutal Chojin self during his fight with The Vice, laughing as he literally tortures his fellow Brutal Chojin and yells at him to scream, saying that his screams of agony are like music to his ears.
• Came Back Wrong: Warsman managed to be reborn by escaping the afterlife. Unfortunately, he had no memory of his Character Development, and he returned to his early ultra-violent way.
• Charlie Brown from Outta Town: Twice in Ultimate Muscle: Kuroé/Chloe/Cloé (Lord Flash in US) during the Choujin Olympics Revival, and then Hell's Bear Belmond during the time travel arc. Technically Belmond was the second time. He also pretended to be a craftsman during Demon Seed to impart some wisdom to Kevin Mask.
• Foil: For Ramenman during the 21st Choujin Olympics Arc. Like Ramenman, he was a Noble Demon who was absolutely brutal within the ring, but kind and gentle outside of it. The main difference between the two is that Ramenman was able to command respect from other people and was reserved outside of it, while Warsman was more timid, yet also more emotional, as he was incredibly upset when a disabled little boy he tried to help up smacked his hand away and told him that he hated him, causing him to go berserk.
• Finishing Move: Screwdriver/Double Screwdriver, Palo Special, Storm Elbow, Wars Leg Breaker, Siberian Snow Storm (anime only) Tower of Babel (Tag with Robin Mask, game only)
• Heel–Face Turn: After his fight with Kinnikuman.
• Hollywood Cyborg: One of the more frightening examples of the trope. Also an interesting example in that he was apparently born that way.
• Hour of Power: Super Friendship Mode, which lasts 10 minutes, is used to defeat Polarman.
• Husky Russkie: Inverted. He's not even close to being the most muscular character and relies more on technique rather than raw strength.
• Image Song/Leitmotif: "Kanashimi No Bear Claw" ("Bear Claws of Sorrow")
• Knight of Cerebus: While Suguru's battle against Robin Mask had already shown that the series was going to be more than just an Ultraman parody, Warsman's introduction is where things really get serious.
• Mega Manning: Warsman's fight against Buffaloman has a great one. First, you hardly ever see a secondary protagonist do it. It's either the goodest good guy or the most diabolical villain pulling this stunt. Furthermore, it's quite rare when the main character gets a power MegaManned by a fellow good guy. Even weirder, Mega Manning hardly EVER fails. However, Warsman heroically comes to an understanding of Kinnikuman's Burning Inner Strength and refines his techniques to temporarily increase his Power Level by severalfold. He is ultimately not victorious, but given that the 12,000,000 power Double Screw Driver actually managed to slice through solid bone, it would have likely won the match if it had been a direct hit.
• Morality Pet: Bibinba^note  Natsuko in the anime , Komandas in Warsman Begins.
• Mother Russia Makes You Strong
• Not Even Bothering with the Accent: When voiced by Dan Green in Legends vs. New Generation. Averted by Maddie Blaustein in the anime proper and Galactic Wrestling.
• The Reveal: Seems fond of these.
• Russian Guy Suffers Most: The writers sure like dumping on Warsman, don't they?
• Slasher Smile: The only expression that appears on his mask, and it's damn scary!
• Tag Team: Choujin Master/Student Combo (with Robin Mask); Hell's Bears (with Michael (Mammothman), as Belmond)
• Training from Hell
• Vader Breath
• The Voiceless: Never talked until after his match with Kinnikuman.
• Wolverine Claws: His Bear Claws.
• Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds:
  • The man may have been a literal killing machine before his Heel–Face Turn, but his life was an absolute hell when he was growing up because of his cyborg heritage. He even states that he turned to wrestling because it was the only way he could fight back.
  • Warsman Begins makes him even more of a woobie: his mother died when he was young, and when he was only a baby, his cyborg father blew himself up because he had a power overload and accidentally brutalized his opponent and the referee, making him think he had "encroached on the realm of God" and needed to repent.
• The Worf Effect: After his fight with Kinnikuman, he seems to be beaten for the sake of showing how powerful a villain is.
• Yank the Dog's Chain: He's overjoyed after being selected by the SKGB to represent Russia in the Choujin Olympics, and worked hard to survive the multiple Training from Hell montages that he's put through. Then he overhears that the SKGB is just a front, and they're really just training Warsman to mass-produce him in order to battle the West with robot Choujin.

Geronimo

Geronimo (Beetlebomb in US)

"Urara~!"

Voiced by: Kaneto Shiozawa (original series), Ohba Mahito (Nisei), Eric Stuart (dub), Kensho Ono (Perfect Origin arc)

• Ascended Fanboy: Strove to become a Choujin because one saved his life as a child.
• Badass Normal: He was shown to be pretty badass by saving the Seigi Choujin from having their life force drained by Akuma Shogun, going toe-to-toe with Sunshine and winning and saving the Seigi Choujin again from being trapped inside of Warsman's body. And in his childhood, he tried to jump in front of a boulder to protect some humans.
• Bowdlerization: His character was completely changed in the US from a Native American to a British man with a bad Ringo Starr impression for a voice. His attack names in the US-released games remained the same, making things even more absurd.
• Came Back Wrong: Because he was a normal human at the time, he was comatose after the Perfect Mask revived all Choujin. Terryman fixed it by helping him become a Choujin.
• Determinator: He suffers multiple injuries just from throwing the heavyweight Sunshine around, and his heart even gives out when he uses his Apache War Cry on him, but instead of giving up at all, he manually restarts his heart by forcing it to pump with his hand and going on to win the fight!
• Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: He managed to defeat Sunshine, the most physically powerful of the Devil Knights, as a human. And as a Chojin, he gets thrown a bone with his victory over The Executioner.
• Empowered Badass Normal: And that's all before his ascension to Chojin. In the 2011 revival, he has the potential to manipulate the Capillaria Rays as Prisman's Rainbow Shower didn't have an effect on him. And thus, Prisman fuses his heart with Geronimo's heart to grant him that ability proper.
• Fantastic Racism: Is called a fake Chojin by Prisman. After the match with Bicorn, Prisman tries out the Rainbow Shower on Geronimo, but it doesn't affect him as he's been chosen by the God of the Superman Road.
• Finishing Move: Tomahawk Chop Tempest, Apache War Cry (Apache Yell in US, Wild War Cry in Throne Arc), Apache Death Yell (Nisei), and the New Machineguns Cowbell Stampede.
• Image Song/Leitmotif: "Tamashii no Otakebi" ("War Cry From The Soul")
• Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Sort of. He's one of the more boyish looking members of the Justice Choujin, and he has an impressive mane of hair.
• Magical Native American: Sort of. He's a Native American who's a Choujin, so this probably counts. Also, one of these helped him become a Choujin.
• Make Some Noise: His Apache War Cry and later his Apache Death Yell.
• Tag Team: The New Machine Guns (with Terryman); The Choppers (with Brocken, Jr.)
• Took a Level in Badass: His ascension from human to Choujin.
• Took a Level in Jerkass: Briefly. His ascension from human to Choujin gave him a power boost, but gave him an ego as big. Briefly because it only lasts until his defeat in the Tag Team Tournament arc.
• Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: It's revealed in the Choushin Arc that all his losses as a Choujin have devastated his sense of self-esteem and confidence, and he breaks down crying when Prisman gives his Capillaria Piece to him.

Wolfman

Wolfman (Rikishiman in the anime; Sosumi in US)

"DOSUKOI!"

Voiced by: Masashi Hirose, Daisuke Gōri (episodes 98 & 100), Yasuhiko Kawazu (Scramble for the Throne), Yuki Sato(Nisei), Dan Green (dub)

• Abusive Parents: Made out to be one in the Nisei English dub, albeit in a Played for Laughs sort of way:

"What a brat! If my son talked to me like that, I'd beat him to within an inch of his life! I'd whip him senseless with my belt, and hold his head in the toilet until he was begging for mercy! I still don't understand why the judge cut off my visitation rights..."

• Adaptation Name Change: He's called Rikishiman in both the original anime and the Nisei anime.
• Career-Ending Injury: Due to the damage to his Achilles Tendon during his career, Wolfman retires as of his one-shot story and after the Perfect Origin Arc. But in both cases, he will step in the ring to fight for his honor and to save the world because he has to.
• Death Is Cheap: Has died three times throughout the series.
• Defeat Means Friendship: He originally despised Kin before he was beaten by him in their match in the 21st Choujin Olympics.
• Early-Installment Weirdness: He used to be drawn with a purely muscular build, rather than a Stout Strength build.
• Finishing Move: Gassho Hineri and Shiranui-Unryuu Nage, which he uses against Lunaight.
• Heroic Sacrifice: Pulled one to bring Kinnikuman back to life in the Golden Mask arc.
• Monochromatic Eyes: His eyes have no pupils...for some reason. In the anime they're also yellow.
• Shout-Out: The name Wolfman references sumo wrestler Mitsugu "Wolf" Chiyonofuji.
• Sole Survivor: Of the B-Team of the Justice Choujin, who died fighting against the Six Spears.
• Tag Team: Most Dangerous Combo (with Brocken, Jr.)
• The Rival: Served as this for Suguru in the 21st Choujin Olympics arc, due to them both representing Japan.
• Throw the Dog a Bone: His one-shot gives him a victory over rival Sumo Choujin Black Ship, and in the True Devil Choujin Arc, he beats Rouknight from the Six Spears, and survives the whole ordeal, unlike his comrades from the Justice Choujin B-team.
• Training from Hell: Whenever he dies, he forces the Graveyard Oni to subject him to harsh torture in order to endure life-threatening pain. The worst part is that this form of training is also hellish towards the Graveyard Oni.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: As is shown during his match with Lunaight, he still is belligerent and insulting towards Kinnikuman but considers him his closest friend.
• The Worf Effect: Forget Canadianman, he got hit with this trope the hardest.

Buffaloman

Buffaloman

See Kinnikuman Antagonists for more details

Supporting Cast

Horumon Bibinba

Horumon Bibinba (Belinda in US)

• Adaptational Attractiveness: In the Ultimate Muscle anime, she's considerably prettier and nicer than the manga.
• Because You Were Nice to Me: Why she fell for Kinnikuman. She also has a non-romantic version with Warsman.
• Character Development:
  • It's interesting how time has treated Bibinba. Before the original series was completed, there was absolutely nothing that Kin could do to make her reconsider becoming his wife - she was the one girl that the Casanova Wannabe couldn't disgust. In fact, Bibinba was probably the person that respected him the most as she addressed him as "Suguru-sama". Now, in Ultimate Muscle, we see that 28 years of putting up with Suguru's bad habits and constantly having to remind him that he's not the Kinnikuman that he used to be have clearly worn her out, but she still shows that she loves him, with or without muscles.
  • Also, Mantaro is shown as being as loyal and adoring towards his mother, going so far to call a take-away meal she cooked for him her love and violently beat up an evil Chojin for crushing her love into the ground (i.e. stepping on the meal). Considering Mantaro has no respect for Suguru, treating him as a lovable and annoying goofball, this is a testament to her being even a better parent than Suguru.
• Chickification: Parodied.
• Defeat by Modesty: Inadvertently done by Kinnikuman with her sword in their fight early on.
• Modest Royalty: It's easy to forget that she's the princess of the Horumon tribe.
• Supreme Chef: She's come a long way from cooking gruel for Kinnikuman's breakfast, making incredible cow with rice for both her husband and her son.
• What Does She See in Him?: The usual reaction from seeing her devotion to Kinnikuman. It is odd considering she rejects Shishekaba Boo, who doesn't look all that different from him.

Kinniku Ataru

Kinniku Ataru / Kinnikuman Soldier II (Sgt. Muscle in the dub)

• Becoming the Mask: In Ultimate Muscle and the Kinnikuman revival, he keeps his Soldier Costume
• Big Brother Mentor
• The Bus Came Back: Shows up to stop the Six Spears in the True Devil Chojin arc.
• Charlie Brown from Outta Town: His Soldier identity
• Finishing Move: Napalm Stretch, Ataru Muscle Spark, and Napalm Combination
• Foreshadowing/Fridge Brilliance: He nicknames his team the Blood Brother Brigade. While this is clearly a reference to the military's attitude regarding fellow soldiers, it could also have another meaning given who Soldier is.
• Knight Templar Big Brother
• Legacy Character: He remains Kinnikuman Soldier and is even chosen by God of Brutality instead of the first to take action again.
• Long Lost Sibling - Ataru/Kinnikuman Soldier is this to the point where Kinnikuman didn't even know he existed. However, he ran away before Suguru was even born, so it's justified.
• Mega Manning: At one point he starts using moves used by all of his teammates.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: His response to the incredibly spartan lifestyle being the Prince required.
• Tag Team: Full Metal Jackets (with Brocken Jr.)

Chairman Harabote Muscle

Chairman Harabote Muscle (Vance McMadd in US)

Voiced by: Darren Dunstan (dub), Toshio Furukawa (Perfect Origin arc)

• Borrowed Catchphrase: In the US manga: "I'm Vance McMadd, dammit!"
• Character Development: In the 2011 revival, while he still resents Suguru's stupidity, it is explictly shown how he's grown to respect him after witnessing all his exploits firsthand.
• Facial Markings: In the original anime only, has the kanji 委 (i) on his forehead. The character is part of 委員長 (iinchou), meaning "committee chairman."
• Flanderization: In both the original series and (Nisei), his disdain for Suguru and Mantaro was that they were fools that tarnished the reputation of the honor of choujin, and often was harsh for the sake of trying to keep the matches fair, even though often they were in the enemies' advantage. By the time of the Chojin Crown, it had degenerated into petty jealousy (He also became excessively greedy). It probably doesn't help that he's constantly paired with his son, who's an even bigger jerk than he is.
• I Was Quite a Looker: Judging from a statue of him seen in Nisei, he was far more handsome during his wrestling career than he is now.
• Jerkass: Which is then Flanderized in (Nisei).
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: In Ultimate Tag Arc, he uses his position to prevent Suguru from committing suicide if he removed his mask and showed his face to the public.
• Loophole Abuse: In Ultimate Tag Arc, he ends up saving Suguru from committing suicide if he showed his true face by using the rule that who ever loses in a Mask vs Mask match should only take off their mask, not expose their face in the public! This along with Mantaro using his Face Flash to obscure both of their faces and switched their masks along with the audience's pleas invoked by Harabote ends up saving his life and Mantaro's future.
• Money, Dear Boy: His primary motivation for reviving the Choujin Olympics.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: In (Nisei), his attempt to replace Mantarou and his friends for slacking off on superhero duty did much more harm than good considering that one of the replacements was an Evil Choujin in disguise.
• The Rival: The entire Kinniku family, but especially Mayumi.
• Time-Passage Beard: Grows a van dyke beard by Nisei.
• Took a Level in Kindness: The 2011 manga shows a lot more of his positive aspects, such as his Justice Chojin pride and his past involving Sadaharu Kinniku, and he even acts as a mentor of sorts to Suguru, almost completely derailing from his Nisei characterization.
• Ungrateful Bastard: He's always berating Suguru and Mantarou despite the fact that they've saved the world multiple times.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: Again, Mayumi.