Katsuo
If there's anything I love, it's tokusatsu style heroes. I enjoy things like Kamen Rider and Super Sentai series. Ultraman, Kaiketsu Zubat, Garo, and the game Viewtiful Joe are also something I enjoy. Maybe not the most proudest thing to say as a young adult male, but I'm not too concerned about my interest. Anyway, Katsuo is the second character I created in Champions Online overall, but he's the one I enjoy playing the most and he's currently my main character you could say. As tokusatsu is something that I really enjoy, I wanted to capture a lot of the spirit with Katsuo. I also drew inspiration from Guyver. With Katsuo I tried to make something unique, but I think I just ended up making a character too similar to things that already existed. I'll try to work on that, but this is Katsuo's page as it stands now.
Legal US Immigrant
Kasami Ijiri (Mother/Alive)
Aika Ijiri (Older Sister/Unkown)
Healing Factor
Enhanced Durability
Enhanced Speed
Enhanced Reflexes
Contents
Background
Spoiler Warning
The following details are about a player-created storyline, or is information currently unrevealed about a character.
Please do not use this information ICly unless given permission to do so.
Hisashi Ijiri was born March 27th 1986. For the most part he had a normal family life growing up. His father worked a decent paying job as an accountant. He never lived luxurious as a child, but his father had worked hard enough to support everyone in his family. Since they were well enough off, Hisashi's mother, Kasami, had spent all her time raising Hisashi and his elder sister Aika. Since he had a fairly comfortable life, Hisashi never had any particular drive or ambition so he was never outspoken as he hardly felt strongly about anything. Often this lead to others thinking he was a bit aloof, so others stayed a bit away from him. He was close to his sister Aika while growing up and she would constantly urge Hisashi to become a more open person so he'd be more successful in his endeavors. While he was alright the way he was, he did take steps in order to become more open than he was. This gave rise to a passion inside Hisashi. During the time he started high school he joined his school's boxing club and would become a prominent member simply due to how scary of an opponent others said he was due to a frightening amount of skill and speed. Hisashi enjoyed boxing since he had found it fun and he made quite a few friends as well. He quickly fell in love with the sport and devoted a lot of his time to practicing to make sure his skills stayed sharp.
Hisashi had remained a member of his school's club all through high school, and pursued the path to become a professional boxer. Of course, he started out as an amateur and began to work his way up. He was pretty successful, but it hadn't lasted for as long as Hisashi would have wished. A couple years after he started to begin on his career, Hisashi's sister had sudden disappeared. Fearing the worse, Hisashi began to look into her disappearance since he was still close to his sister. Hisashi was approached by an agent of the Cicada corporation who had offered to help Hisashi in his search provided he help with one of their subsidiaries. Confused, Hisashi had accepted their aid as he didn't have the resources to really continue his personal search for too long.
It quickly became apparent that Hisashi had involved himself in something he shouldn't have. The Cicada corporation had began funding an almost terrorist-like group. Cicada was a large corporation was plenty of subsidiaries and branches devoted to a variety of tasks, so the corporation had a lot of money. They weren't too widely known either, but their main ploy was to create a utopia. Their first step was to remove any species not native to Earth. To accomplish this, Cicada had set up a group specifically for targeting and removing aliens on earth. Thrust in the middle of this was Hisashi, who just happened to be convenient enough that he could easily be placed in the group without too much trouble. Hisashi wouldn't stand for it however, and he often voiced his dislike of the group and their practices, which often subjected him to punishment.
To further their goals, Cicada had gotten hold of alien biotech and began placing it inside humans to create an army of super soldiers. Hisashi was randomly selected and had to undergo surgery to have the tech placed inside his body. Cicada had also wired tech inside his brain that they could easy manipulate to keep their soldiers docile and controlled. Hisashi became a fighting force within the group, but he greatly hated it yet couldn't do anything about it due to the tech in his brain. Hisashi had been sent on plenty of missions to further promote the group's agenda. It had been about two years of grueling service, but eventually the group began to fall into infighting after more and more members began to hate Cicada's practices and ambitions. Renegade members of the group broke Cicada's control on Hisashi, as well as a handful of other with him. Since his hatred of them had been growing, Hisashi began in aiding in the destruction of the Cicada organization. It was about a year before the group had actually collapsed, afterward Hisashi just tried to sink away and live the rest of his life with some sense of normality.
During early 2011, Hisashi had made his debut as Katsuo in Japan. Hisashi had slowly grown tired of being passive. He had surrendered his career in boxing since his body was now enhanced by tech. In truth he became a hero so he could have some sort of challenging fight, he missed the competition. About a year later in mid 2012, he immigrated to the United States, specifically to Millennium City. Since then Katsuo has maintained his heroic reputation in places all around the globe that require his aid.
Abilities and Equipment
Abilities
Hand-to-Hand Combat- Probably the only ability that Hisashi doesn't get directly from his suit in some form or other. Being a part of his school's boxing club in high school, and being quite successful at it too, Hisashi has some skill and experience in fighting others with just his fists. While just boxing isn't too practical in some fights, Hisashi has an improvised fighting style and has no formal martial arts training. His hits are usually vicious, bone breaking blows without any real sort of 'flow' in his combat.
Healing Factor- An ability he gained from his nanomachines. Hisashi's ability to regenerate from damage is a valuable asset since it has been the primary attribute to why he's still alive. If he hadn't had the ability to regenerate like he does, he would've most likely died due to his recklessness. Hisashi can heal basic wounds nearly instantly due to the incredible speed he regenerates. Gunshots and the like don't take too long either. However, missing limbs and such are incapable of being regenerated on their own. They can be reattached if the removed appendage is reattached to the lost area, his body would reattach the appendage itself as it's a part of him.
Super Strength- His greatest and most fearsome ability. Katsuo has great physical strength due to his nanomachines. HIsashi has show the ability to lift vehicles, and other such things, with relative ease. Not only that, he can throw them a moderate distance. Bending and breaking metal aren't too difficult for him. He may not be the strongest person with this ability in the world, but one can't deny he isn't strong. Katsuo doesn't have limitless strength, yet the height of strength hasn't been determined. He has been observed lifting something upwards of 10 tons, but hasn't been able to go above this, which is most likely as far as his enhanced strength allows. He can reach his limit without much trouble with the help of his Escalation Dial.
Enhanced Reflexes- While under the influence of his suit, Hisashi is able to react very quickly to the world around him. Dodging melee attacks isn't too difficult with the right circumstances. Dodging long range fire on the other hand might prove challenging, if not impossible for him.
Enhanced Durability- Hisashi's suit is a lot more tough than one would think by looks. While wearing the suit, Hisashi can shrug off quite a few blows (quite a few factors come into play to determine this though).
Enhanced Speed- Given his endurance and strength, Katsuo is able to run at moderately high speeds for quite a bit of time.
Equipment
Nanobiomachinery
What makes Katsuo, Katsuo. His bread and butter, Hisashi's nanomachines greatly increase his physical ability by tremendous amount in comparison to a normal human. Hisashi obtained the mysterious tech when he was part of Cicada. The main asset from his tech is the suit it places over his body. The suit varies from individual to individual so it has a special flair to each one. His nanomachines are mostly organic in nature. Unbeknownst to Hisashi, they're slightly parasitic and using his body as a sort of 'home' as they're not climatized to living on earth. The alien species in particular are actually tools created by another race. Katsuo's nanomachines used to be part of another civilization, the civilization created the machines to be an all-purpose tool specifically for their species. A tool that could be use at any time by will, and would be able to withstand the planet's harsh environment and rugged terrain. However, their planet soon ran dry of most natural resources and eventually what was left of the nanomachines simply left on their own accord.
Escalation Dial
The Escalation Dial is a dial located on Katsuo's belt. The more he turns the dial, the more energy the suit takes in and puts out. This cumulated energy can be dispersed out in a variety of ways. The energy pulled into the suit can also be used for certain, special suit functions. Most dial functions are still being explored, but there are a few known and commonly used ones:
Half Twist
- Minor increase to physical ability by a small percentage. Only useful when needing that extra boost when base values can not deliver.
One Twist (Dispersing his suit's energy will drop him down to about 85% normal levels and prevent the use of the Escalation Dial for some time.)
- Energy output is increased by roughly 50% of base levels. The increase in physical ability is more noticeable. His strength is increased by about 1/3.
- Cumulated energy can be unleashed for a charged up punch or kick.
- Tri-Beam - A weaker set of beam fired out of his belt. While not lethal, they do strike with intense hit that can be quite disabling if he hits a more tender area.
Two Twists (Dispersing his suit's energy will drop him down to about 50% normal levels and prevent the use of the Escalation Dial for some time.)
- Overall output of his suit is doubled, as is his strength. With increased strength, Katsuo is able to lift about 3 tons or so.
- Plasma Knife- Exactly what it seems. Katsuo is able to form a small handle and, by forcing excess energy through it, make a small super-heated blade. It does exactly what one would think a knife capable of doing. Its shape is similar to a combat knife.
- Shock Wave- Katsuo can disperse his energy into a very powerful wave. While it's not as much of a wave that an energy projector might be able to push out, it does have some raw power behind it.
- Energy Beam- Gripping the sides of his belt, Katsuo is able to concentrate his collected energy into belt and fire off a powerful beam of pure energy.
- Comet Disruptor- Charging both feet with collected energy, Katsuo can unleash a powerful dropkick combing both his strength, and the force of the energy being dispersed from his feet.
Three Twists (Dispersing his suit's energy will drop him down to about 30% normal levels and prevent the use of the Escalation Dial for some time.)
- Overall output of his suit is tripled, as is his overall strength. He's able to lift up to about 6 tons, maybe a bit more with enough effort.
- Plasma Blade- An upgrade to his knife essentially. Katsuo is able to pump the extra energy into making his blade his larger. The knife takes the appearance of a machete or something similar instead.
- Energy Burst- By dispersing energy, Katsuo can unleash his suit's collected energy into a powerful pulse of energy around him.
Four/Full Twist (Dispersing his suit's energy will drop him down to about 10% normal levels and prevent the use of the Escalation Dial for some time.)
- Overall output of his suit is quadrupled. He's able to reach the pinnacle of his strength. However, due to the extreme stress absorbing and dispersing so much energy causes on his body, a full twist is rarely ever used since it puts too much strain on the body.
- Meteor Punch- Since it's dangerous to use the suit for a long time in this condition, Katsuo can disperse all the energy at once for a massive punch combining both his sheer strength and hit suit's stored energy. The Comet Punch is wild and destructive as the energy released spreads out in a violent manner, often ripping apart what it hits.
- Burst Cannon- Opening his chest plate to reveal his core, Katsuo can focus a lot of energy at his core and fire out a large and powerful blast. A bit slow moving, but especially dangerous in closer ranges.
Weaknesses
Cold- Katsuo's nanomachines do no like cold. Cold enough temperatures will cause them to go dormant. This is dangerous for Katsuo since, without his nanomachines, his organs could begin to fail and possibly kill him. If he's in a fight and his machines go dormant he could lose all his abilities and turn into a normal human, which is equally as dangerous since Hisashi isn't used to fighting anything superpowered as a regular human.
Salt- The organic components of his nanomachines dehydrate quickly when exposed to salt and other such things, so much so that they can break down rapidly. Hisashi has had to manage his salt intake and monitor his hydration to prevent any incident of death. He has a lot of nanomachines in his body so this might not be such a problem. Salt can also prevent his body from regenerating, so it can be quite dangerous.
Limited Strength- Katsuo is strong, but there's a limit to how much he's able to lift (with or without the use of his Escalation Dial), he can easily be crushed by objects too heavy to lift off himself.
Escalation Dial- While it's a great asset in a fight by greatly increasing his abilities, the Escalation Dial can kill him upon repeated use over a fairly short period of time without a break.
Stubborn- Hisashi can be a pretty determined and stubborn person. Even if he's losing a fight he'll just keep going until stopped one way or another, or his target is defeated.
Psionics- Hisashi has no degree of mental protection, making him quite susceptible to mental assault among other things.
Friends and Acquaintances
None currently of note.
Miscellaneous
Comments
Have anything to say?
"Silent? Check. Deadly? Double check. This guy embodies the very definition of a ninja in my eyes. I get alot of misconceptions about me being a so called 'ninja' but this guy takes the cake from what I've experience so far. Very calm and very cool. Never once heard a complaint out of him. Or anything for that matter. He's not behind me is he?"-SoulStar
"Definitely keeping an eye on him. He's a quiet one and a bit of a loner... I understand that. He seems to fare well though when partnered with others. I may not be the best to say this, but I want to see him come out of his shell. With a bit more actual hand to hand combat training he could work wonders fighting crime, impressive as he already is." - Sparrowhawk
"He's so quiet and standoffish... I've dealt with teammates like that before, but it's still kind of... sad? I guess. Other than that he's tough as hell and very focused. The armor's pretty sweet too." - Dobergirl
"He's definitely more quiet than most people I know, but nevertheless he's a nice person to work with - very professional. I think people misunderstand his silence though. It's not like he's unsocial. He just doesn't have much to say!" - Black Sigil
"Aquamarine." - KeioIsis
RP Hooks
- To make a living, Hisashi does a lot of freelance work. He's not necessarily a mercenary, but he doesn't have a real permanent occupation. He makes just enough to support himself. It wouldn't be too odd for him to have met colorful people while jumping from job to job.
- Katsuo has a fair bit of reputation. He has a bit of a more negative reputation in Japan due to collateral damage he caused during the beginning of his hero work.
- He is willing to take missions if requested, depending on the work itself.
- While he doesn't really drink alcohol, Hisashi does go to bars for the atmosphere.
- Hisashi still enjoys boxing and doesn't mind a chance to get into the ring.
Trivia
- Hisashi also has a love of fishing as he had done it quite a bit as a child since he didn't have much to do.
- On his off time Hisashi mostly reads books. Commonly he reads medieval fantasy stories or horror novels.
- Hisashi cannot write in English, but he can speak and type it well since he's been studying it for years.
- Hisashi got into boxing because other sports had too many members.
- In some cases Hisashi has been known to break a finger or two due to how hard he punches. With a high pain tolerance and his regenerative abilities, it's not too worrisome for him.
- Katsuo is more popular on the internet than he is in the media. Not that he's very famous to begin with as he often dodges out of the way of the media spotlight.
- To his unusual physiology as a result of his biotech, Katsuo doesn't need to eat a lot of food as his body is almost entirely self-sufficient in that regard.
- Also because of his physiology, the food he does eat is often unseasoned due to his body's reaction to salt and his own taste.
Tropes
Weaksauce Weakness - The cold and salt.
Living Weapon - Katsuo's nanomachines are living things but are not entirely sentient to the degree that they're an actual intelligent species.
Berserk Button - Never threaten to harm a kid when Hisashi's around as that's something that he hates.
Clingy MacGuffin - Hisashi can not live without his nanomachines as they maintain some of his vital organs and parts of his brain. His body isn't use to carrying out these functions themselves anymore so Hisashi would most likely die if his nanomachines were removed under most circumstances. Complete removes of his tech would require time and patience as his body would slowly have to adjust to taking back control over previous functions.
Not Good With People - Katsuo has a problem expressing himself or expressing the right thing at the right time.
Organic Technology - His nanomachines obviously.
Super Strength - His core ability.
Action Hero - There hasn't been any trouble Katsuo couldn't solve by beating it up.
Bare Fisted Monk - Sort of. While he does use his fist a lot, he does use his knife or blade occasionally.
Laser Blade - His plasma knife and plasma blade.
Determinatior - If Katsuo is fighting another person, one of them has to go, and Katsuo will go to all sorts of lengths to do so.
Friend To All Children and Wouldn't Hurt A Child - For the most part, Hisashi thinks children are innocent, and doesn't wish harm to them by himself or others. However, he dislikes kid heroes. He doesn't believe they have a place in fighting, and are endangering themselves needlessly when there are others more experienced in operation. Granted, there are a few exceptions for those that show competence and skill. The majority he dislikes simply because they don't show the same level as level headedness that comes with experience and maturity.
Henshin Hero - While he doesn't have a phrase or such, he does need to transform in and out of his suit to have powers or not.
Instant Armor - Katsuo's suit forms around him nearly instantly and he can use it anywhere for the most part.
Nanomachines - For a variety of reasons.
The Syimbiote - Katsuo and his machines have a mutual partnership.
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