Toriko
Name
Name	Toriko
Kanji	トリコ
Romanji	Toriko, Torico
Aliases	The Glutton, Charismatic Bishokuya
Profile
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Birthday	25.05.????
Age	25
Height	220 cm
Weight	230 Kg
Blood Type	O
Professional Status
Affiliation	Four Heavenly Kings
Occupation	Gourmet Hunter
Partner	Komatsu, Coco, Sunny, Zebra, Terry
Personal Status
Relatives	Ichiryuu (adoptive father)
Pets	Terry Cloth, Ob
First Appearance
Manga Debut	Chapter 1
Anime Debut	Episode 1
Games	Gourmet Survival 1 & 2 Gourmet Monsters Gourmet Battle
Voices
Japanese Voice	Takashi Kondo (In OVAs) Ryōtarō Okiayu (TV Anime & Movie)
English Voice	Ian Sinclair
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Contents 1 Hunting Method 1.1 Intimidation 1.2 Superhuman Smell 1.3 Knocking 1.4 Life Erase 1.5 Intuitive Learning 1.6 Food Honor 1.7 Routines 2 Battle Techniques 2.1 Appetite Energy 2.2 Offensive Moves 2.3 Defensive Moves 2.4 Joint Attacks 3 Adaptations 3.1 Shivering 3.2 Phytoncide 3.3 Immunity 3.4 Cold/Low-Air Environments 3.5 High Gravity 3.6 Heat 4 Gallery

Hunting MethodEdit

Toriko relies on his sheer physical strength to capture his targets; this strength puts him on par with those who can enter the Gourmet World. He also utilizes his inhuman sense of smell, which has been said to surpass that of a dog's, in order to locate and gather information about his targets. Toriko is one of the few people whose bodies possess Gourmet Cells. Gourmet Cells evolve physically as Toriko consumes delicious gourmet foods that suit his Gourmet Cells (Varies from person to person; depending on the preference of the eater and cells). While the evolutions do not cause any changes to his appearance, Toriko's strength and senses are drastically enhanced each time his cells “level up”.

IntimidationEdit

When Toriko fights, his intimidation is so strong that Toriko appears as a giant hannya demon to both friend and foe. Its appearance grows more demonic as he gets angrier. He can also artificially increase the level of his intimidation by using Rin's Battle Fragrance.

Superhuman SmellEdit

His enhanced sense as one of the Four Heavenly Kings is smell. He uses his highly developed sense of smell in order to gather information. For example, he was able to determine that the female Battle Wolf was pregnant by the faint scent of amniotic fluid. He is even capable of detecting pheromones with his sense of smell, although he couldn't actually smell it. He can use smell alone to fight in complete darkness, although not very effectively. He was also able to detect Mellow Cola inside a Salamander Sphinx's tear ducts. With it, he has been able to fight in complete darkness and grossly locate the Jewel Meat from the inside of a Regal Mammoth.

KnockingEdit

Toriko is skilled enough to knock one extremely sensitive Puffer Whale within an hour of trying, using just a finger from his ‘fork’ hand. Later on he was able to use the skill on a Grand Shark. Toriko's skill in knocking is impressive, though not exceptional, and he mainly uses it when facing beasts he doesn't wish to eat it, like when he faced the Troll Kongs, using a basic Knocking Gun, due to his doctrine of not killing anything he is not going to eat.

Life EraseEdit

Life Erase (消命 Shoumei) is a technique that erases your presence allowing you to get close to an animal without it being aware. Toriko was able to use this technique almost immediatly after seeing Coco use it while hunting Puffer Whale.

Intuitive LearningEdit

Toriko has displayed the ability to almost instantly learn techniques after seeing them only once. Such as learning life erase from Coco after witnessing it once, and picking up Sunny's ability to use instinct after hearing about it once.

Food HonorEdit

After training in Food Honor at the Shokurin Temple, Toriko managed to increase the speed and strength of his attacks several times over, by both cutting down on useless movements and an increase in his concentration. This in turn reduces calorie consumption and makes his attacks capable of more delicate handling, allowing him to last longer in combat, since his techniques originally had poor calorie consumption rate. After he acquired Food Immersion, his techniques’ power increased.

• Food Immersion (食没 Shokubotsu): When nearly starving to death on the Bubble Way near the Shokurin temple, Toriko began to express true, pure appreciation for food, and by that he grasped the secret technique of Food Honor that is “Food Immersion”. Toriko is now able to immerse himself with a meal and by that, able to absorb and save more nutrients from it inside his body than normally possible. Much like with Master Chin Chinchin this will help him store almost unlimited amounts of energy inside his body, enabling him to survive for abnormal timespans without food or water and supporting his overall stamina.

RoutinesEdit

After learning Food Honor, Aimaru taught Toriko about Routines. When Toriko uses Routines, his attacks cause his opponent to see their death before it happens, similar to intimidation.

• Conduct of the King: Ultimate Routine: A technique taught to Toriko by Aimaru, it is the "supreme" routine.

Battle TechniquesEdit

Appetite EnergyEdit

Appetite Energy is pure cellular energy emitted from Gourmet Cells to the outside of the body, and can only be brought about when one possesses an immense appetite. Throughout the series, Toriko has subconciously been using an introductory version of it in the form of his two main moves, Fork and Knife, though only managed to use the true form of this ability during his battle against the Four Beast, alongside the other Heavenly Kings.

Offensive MovesEdit

• Fork (フォーク) and Knife (ナイフ): The first of Toriko's hunting attacks. He forms his left hand into a 'claw' position (Fork) and his right into a 'chopping' position (Knife). With Toriko's strength he can easily pierce into a beast with his Fork then quickly cut them with his Knife, which has been shown to be able to cleanly cut through a Don Acorn. The Knife and Fork are somehow extremely sharp, able to cut or pierce through stone and steel, and even dent a freshly sharpened Melk's knife, the most expensive kitchen knife brand in the world. Since regrowing his left arm, Toriko's Fork has gained more power. After learning Food Honor, his techniques have become even faster, managing to cut a Golem's arm into several slices in an instant. He also seems to have learned the Shuu's Petty Knife as he cuts off his hair after Food Imersion.
  • Single Fingered Fork (Unnamed): Toriko uses his Fork hand, but to increase its piercing power and reduce its surface area uses his index finger. This move was used on a Puffer Whale to perform knocking on it.

• Flying Fork and Knife (フライングフォーク; フライングナイフ): After consuming the Jewel Meat of an adult Regal Mammoth and the Blue Blood Popcorn, Toriko's Fork and Knife have gained ranged attack capability, though currently they seem to be effective only at mid-range. These 'Flying' attacks, speculated by Toriko himself to be composed of Appetite Energy released subconsciously, are portrayed as actual forks and knives flying towards the target. There is a singular type which fires a single Fork or Knife and a Rapid-Fire Type (連射型 Rensha-Gata) which shoots 30 smaller Forks or Knives. Through Food Honor, Toriko can send out countless of them without worrying about exterting his strength.
  • Stabbing Knife (Unnamed): After learning Food Honor, Toriko created a new version of Knife. Unlike his ordinary Knife attack which slices, Toriko uses this technique to stab into his opponent like he would with Fork. He first used this technique to stab Chiyo's foot, pinning her in place.
  • Cannon Fork (キャノンフォーク): A technique derived from the Flying Fork. Toriko sends out an untold amount of Flying Forks (which he can now achieve thanks to Food Honor) in which they merge into one powerful fork. This move was first use on Gaoh after its leg was cut by Toriko’s Leg Boomerang.

• Leg Fork and Knife (レッグフォーク; レッグナイフ): During his battle with Bishokukai Sous Chef Tommyrod, one of Toriko's arms was blown off and the other rendered useless, so he switched to using Fork and Knife with his legs. Because the legs have 3-4 times the muscle strength of the arms, these are far more powerful then Toriko's regular Fork and Knife, even cutting and piercing straight through Tommyrod's powered-up form. Like the hand-based Fork and Knife, the Leg Fork and Leg Knife have Flying variations.
  • Leg Boomerang (レッグブーメラン): A technique derived from the Leg Knife. It can home in on the opponent through the delicate control Toriko attained through “Food Honor” and “Intuition”. This move was first used on Gaoh to prevent it from dodging his Fork Cannon. Leg boomerang seems to have enough power to scare Gaoh out of the way while causing a deep fissure in its wake and cut Gaoh's muscular body cleanly in half.

• Nail Punch (釘パンチ Kugi Punch Spiked Punch in English versions): Toriko can create a punch so powerful that it can easily break through concrete and steel, and knock out even extremely powerful beasts; this is Toriko's most potent and signature move. After building up power in his arm, Toriko unleashes it as a flurry of straight jabs that seem to hit the target simultaneously, creating a number of surreal, delayed shockwaves. By straining his muscles even more he can land more hits in the same instant; the power increases immensely with every additional Hit (連 Ren Fold in English versions). Toriko likens the effect to a hammer repeatedly striking a nail, hence the name of the technique. At the series beginning, Toriko could use up to a five-hit Nail Punch which when scattered was strong enough to create a massive hole in an approximately 40 foot thick wall of concrete and steel at an IGO Biotope. He later develops it to ten hits after consuming the Jewel Meat, thirteen after having his arm regenerated and eating the Century Soup, fifteen after eating the Ozone Herb and seventeen after further Autophagy, then eighteen after drinking the Mellow Cola. The more hits the attack consists of, the more time he needs to gather up his strength and the more calories it uses. After consecutive Nail Punches, his arm will become sore. Having mastered Food Honor, Toriko's Nail Punch has advanced so much that a single fisted strike can land more blows than his pre-Food Honor Twin Nail Punch, and has stated he could do more if he wanted to. He used this against a Golem, causing it to explode from the sheer amount of force. Against Gaoh, Toriko used a single arm 30-hit Nail Punch with no visible strain on hs arm. Against Starjun, his punch grew to 50-hit.
  • Toriko has two types of Nail Punches: “scattered” and a “concentrated”. Toriko usually uses the scattered type as the concentrated type requires much higher levels of concentration and is more detrimental to his arm. However, the concentrated Nail Punch has a greater piercing power than the scattered type, due to its narrower scope. When he uses the concentrated type, the muscles in his arm grow to incredible proportions and begin giving off high amounts of body heat.
    
  • Twin Nail Punch (ツイン釘パンチ): A technique that Toriko comes up with after he witnesses Sunny's Super Spatula and the secret behind it, which implies this attack also involves some level of instinct rather then conscious thought. He builds up strength in both arms to unleash a two-handed Nail Punch. Toriko can use the 36-Hit Twin Nail Punch and the 100-Hit Twin Nail Punch. It used no less than 1,000,000,000 calories so, as a result, this technique couldn't be used in rapid succession (this was before he learned Food Honor, so it is unknown how many calories it currently uses). So far the most times he has been shown using it consecutively is three in a row to break the treasure chest containing Ichiryuu's Hors d'Oeuvre. However doing so consumed most of his energy supply and he had to eat before doing anything else.
  • Fork Shield Plated Twin Nail Punch (Unnamed): Toriko can combine the Fork Shield with his Nail Punch to perform a new kind of technique. By surrounding his fist with a Fork Shield, Toriko is able to attack nearly anything while avoiding damaging his very own hand. This is also possible for his Twin Nail Punch. Using this technique Toriko countered Chiyo's knives head on without receiving injury.
  • Nail Gun (ネイルガン): The evolved form of the Nail Punch, Toriko, in order to overcome the time Nail Punch takes for each individual hit to pierce into its target, which can give the target time to avert the attack, developed the technique in which several Hits are released as one single Hit, resulting in an attack that is faster, more piercing and more powerful than the standard Nail Punch. Currently, a 50-Hit attack is powerful enough to destroy a boulder the size of a mountain, yet Starjun was able to withstand such an attack, the strain of which exhausts Toriko so much he cannot use this technique consecutively.

• Ice Pick (アイスピック): Using his Fork hand, Toriko places his middle finger over his ring and index fingers. This gives him more piercing power than his Fork. Ice Pick can be combined with Nail Punch for even more piercing power. However, putting such force into a punch without a clenched fist may break his fingers, ruining his Fork hand for a while. This isn't a big problem though since Toriko heals quickly when he eats.
  • Ice Pick Nail Punch (アイスピック釘パンチ): A combination of Ice Pick with 5-Hit Nail Punch with enough piercing power to completely obliterate a GT Robo's head. It was first used against Bei's GT Robo. Toriko also used this technique during a spar against Ichiryuu however, the technique was easily blocked.

Defensive MovesEdit

• Fork Shield (フォークシールド): After he was defeated in the Gourmet World, Toriko developed his Fork into a defensive move. After making an arch over his head and then quickly making a horizontalarch in front of him, he creates a fork, composed of Appetite Energy, which covers 360° of his body, acting as a shield capable of stopping attacks from creatures with capture levels in the 40's. The major drawback is that it requires a lot of stamina to maintain the shield. It takes Toriko 50,000,000 calories to use it.

• Autophagy (自食作用 Ji Shoku Sayou): Autophagy occurs when animals are starved and need energy, so their cells consume other cells in their body to get a temporary increase in stamina, and also to remind the body to not enter this state again. Because of Toriko's high metabolism and appetite, if he has not eaten for a long period of time (usually around 12 hours), his cells begin to go into Autophagy, although this can also occur after shorter periods of time if Toriko exerts himself significantly and uses up all his energy, such as when battling the Salamander Sphinx. In Toriko's case, his Gourmet Cells are “eaten,” and he gains a boost in power and stamina, good for 5 minutes. After undergoing Food Honor training, Toriko can now last several months before undergoing Autophagy. The first time Autophagy occurred, Starjun stated that if he lived through it his Gourmet Cells would evolve, it is unknown if this happens every time Autophagy is activated. He also seems to have the ability to control whether he “permits” his cells to do this, although he technically has little choice if in combat. Within this 5-minute period, he needs to re-nourish his body or face serious health risks, even death.

Joint Attacks Edit

• Speed of Sound Nail Punch (音速釘パンチ Onsoku Kugi Punch): This attack was used against the Nitro in the Gourmet Pyramid. This is a joint forced attack of Toriko working together with Zebra. Toriko prepares for a concentrated Nail Punch and Zebra launches a sound attack which can launch Toriko forward at the speed of sound, making an incredible impact when the attack connects. So far, the highest number of hits shown of this attack is 17-Hits.

• Super Spatula Multiplied Twin Nail Punch (スーパーフライ返し倍ツイン釘パンチ Super Furaigaeshi Bai Twin Kugi Punch): A powerful joint attack used by Toriko working with Sunny. It was first used to shatter a massive 5000 metre tall mountain, a feat that would be impossible for either Toriko or Sunny individually. Toriko uses his Twin Nail Punch while Sunny uses his Super Spatula to launch the force of the attack at a target while multiplying the force of each punch over many times. So far the only number shown was Twin 36-Hit Nail Punch and 30 times Super Spatula with 300,000 strands.

• Paralyzed Nail Punch (Unnamed): An attack done in 2 parts by Coco and Toriko. This was first used in the Puffer Whale arc where Coco shot parlyzing poison at the pit organs at a Devil Serpent and waited for it to take effect while Toriko charged up his 5-Hit Concentrated Nail Punch. Once the poison paralyzed the Serpent, Toriko unleashes his attack making the mid section of the paralyzed beast explode.

• Dinner of Kings (王食晩餐 Ou Shoku Bansan): A joint attack using the effort and Appetite Energy of all Four Heavenly Kings. The Kings concentrate their all their energy into a ball of pure appetite, which, when launched, turns into a giant all-consuming maw. The attack will then proceed to consume the prey, regardless of the opponents actions, until it is completely eaten, and form into a ball, which harmlessly bursts after some time. One of the greatest advantages of this technique is that it will only aim for the intended prey, and nothing else, leaving anything unnecessary in a seperate sphere. The greatest disadvantage of this technique is that the process of making this move requires a great deal of concentration and energy, leaving the users vulnerable to attack. Furthermore, for this technique to work, the users "appetite" and "spirits" need to sync.

AdaptationsEdit

Due to his Gourmet Cells, Toriko's body has the ability to adapt and change its fuctions in response to environmental hazards and bodily needs. He has developed many such adaptations throughout his quest, but is still being told by seniors like Ichiryuu and Jirou that he will need more training to even survive the extreme climates of the Gourmet World.

ShiveringEdit

Toriko can maintain his body temperature in sub-zero temperatures simply by his natural application of shivering. This even allows him to defrost and restore frozen body parts before necrosis can set in. Toriko has this ability thanks to his incredible metabolism, which allows him to release tens of thousands of watts of energy constantly. He has a limit of approximately two hours in these temperatures.

PhytoncideEdit

After being swarmed by 1,000 insects by Tommyrod, Toriko’s Gourmet Cells started to emit the toxin which trees use to protect themselves against insects, germs and other threats. Since he's a master of the sense of smell his gourmet cells had remembered the smell of phytoncide from said trees. If he can actually produce the chemical or just imitate the smell is up for debate. The amount he emits is so potent that even a small amount is able to repel the insects and prevent them from approaching; the smell went as far as to irritate Tommyrod.

ImmunityEdit

Toriko is immune to 70 different types of poisons, by injecting himself with a near fatal dose of each poison. Toriko's body has made numerous antibodies to combat againt each type of poison.

Cold/Low-Air EnvironmentsEdit

Toriko trained high up in the atmosphere near Vegetable Sky for his cells to adapt to the low oxygen concentration and freezing cold. What he does is take advantage of the low temperature. The human body isn’t very effective at separating oxygen from carbon dioxide, but carbon dioxide has a lower freezing point than oxygen. So when it starts to solidify in Toriko's lungs he can exhale only the carbon dioxide to conserve lots of oxygen, creating a sparkling white breath that Ichiryuu had been talking about, and Setsuno displayed.

High GravityEdit

Toriko trained in Heavy Hole to adapt to high-gravity environments by making his cells vibrate against each other to produce a powerful charge of static electricity, using it to produce an electromagnetic field that repels Toriko against the unique magnetic field of Heavy Hole, allowing him to oppose gravity to an extent. This technique consumes a lot of stamina from Toriko.

HeatEdit

Toriko went to the Desert Labyrinth so his cells could adapt to extremely high-temperature environments. He found the ability to stop his body from releasing excess water. This is something the kidneys normally do to prevent the veins from bursting for holding too much water. After evolving his Gourmet Cells by catching and consuming all the Ingredients in Ichiryuu's List, Toriko is now capable of standing in fire without being affected as shown during his confrontation with Starjun at the Cooking Festival.

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