Toriko/Characters

Here are some of the characters who have appeared in the Toriko anime and manga. Under Construction

'Warning! Spoilers ahead!'

Main Characters
The main duo of the story, the Bishoku-yu Toriko and the five star chef Komatsu, the series follows their gourmet adventures and are the center of the group. However, they're joined by others, depending on the arc.

Toriko
""10 Ren, Kugi Punch!" ("10 Hit, Nail Punch!") Voiced By: Ryotaro Okiayu (JP, TV), Takashi Kondo (JP, OVA)"

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 * Action Duo: With Komatsu
 * Absurdly Sharp Blade: His Fork and Knife techniques, where he uses his hands as a fork (for stabbing) and a knife (for cutting). This later extends to his legs, which are three or four times more powerful due to legs being muscularly stronger than the arms.
 * Adaptive Ability: Due to his Gourmet Cells, he can adapt to the harshest environment, whether it be in a sub-zero ice cavern, low-oxygen environments or even places with high gravity. He can also gain Acquired Poison Immunity.
 * Anti-Hero: While he's definitely not bad, Toriko only fights for his own goals. That said, he does have a heart of gold.
 * Badass
 * Battle Couple:
 * Bare-Fisted Monk: He only ever uses his bare fists and fighting techniques in combat.
 * Big Eater: Even moreso than Goku and Luffy, which is saying a lot.
 * What would normally be a full course meal, would be considered to be 10% full to him.
 * Character Title
 * Game-Breaking Injury:
 * Game Face: When he's really psyched, his face contracts into a devilish grin, and a Hannya-like intimidation starts.
 * Healing Factor: After mastering Food Honor and Immersion, Toriko gains a high degree of regeneration.
 * The Hero
 * Heroes Fight Barehanded: Fights entirely without any weapons, except for his Knife and Forks.
 * Image Song: "Fight And Eat!!"
 * Megaton Punch: Kugi Punch (Nail Punch). Its power depends on how much he charges. The effect of is to hit the opponent with consecutive hits that build in one area. Later, his Nail Gun technique takes this up to eleven, which combines the power of the hits at once without any delay.
 * Nice Guy: Despite his profession and his gluttony, he is a kind man.
 * The Nose Knows: In fact it can gauge power levels and the ingredients used in recipes through the oils of the skin.
 * The Other Darrin: Voiced by Takashi Kondo in the Jump Festa OVA, the TV anime has him voiced by Ryotaro Okiayu.
 * Power Makes Your Hair Grow: During the Bubble Fruit Arc
 * Rated "M" for Manly: Of course!
 * Razor Wind: He learns how to use techniques similar to this trope, although they're more like flying forks and knives.
 * Thou Shall Not Kill: While he will kill, Toriko believes in only killing when he wants to eat. This separates him from some other Bishoku-ya.
 * Unstoppable Rage: During one of the earliest arcs, after  Toriko loses it.

Komatsu
"Voiced By: Romi Park (JP, TV), Daisuke Kishio (JP, OVA)"

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 * Absurdly Sharp Blade:
 * Action Survivor
 * Butt Monkey: Early on, he was often at the receiving end of many darkly humorous punishments, including.
 * Cowardly Lion: He is a very meek man, but he begins to overcome his fear through his adventures with Toriko.
 * Morality Pet/Morality Chain: To Zebra
 * Nice Guy
 * Older Than They Look: The guy is 25. Really.
 * The Other Darrin: Voiced by Daisuke Kishio in the Jump Festa OVA, replaced by Romi Park for the TV anime.
 * Ship Tease: With  not to mention the abundant Ho Yay between him and Toriko.
 * Supreme Chef
 * Took a Level In Badass: He's gone from being scared out of his mind by Level 5 to 9 creatures, to confronting ZEBRA on his actions.

Coco
"voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai"


 * Acquired Poison Immunity: To the point where he can make new antidotes and poisons in only a few minutes.
 * Bad Powers, Good People: He is a kind gentleman capable of producing extremely deadly poison and acids.
 * Big Damn Heroes: During the Regal Mammoth arc.
 * Bishonen
 * The Chessmaster: Coco is a brilliant strategist, as shown in the Regal Mammoth Arc and even more so in the Livebearer Arc. Hell, his actions against Livebearer put him very near Magnificent Bastard territory.
 * Celibate Hero: Doesn't return the affections of his in-universe fangirls, which considering his main power, is understandable.
 * Elemental Powers: Poison.
 * Fortune Teller
 * Image Song: "Poison Teller"
 * Nice Guy: He's called the 'Gentleman of the Four Kings.' Though, compared to Toriko, Sunny, and Zebra, anyone would seem like a gentleman.
 * Poisonous Person: He's afraid that he can hurt people with his great amount of poisons, so he shuts himself in, only interacting to tell people their fortunes...that is, until the Puffer Whale arc.
 * Power Dyes Your Hair: Inverted,
 * Prophecy Twist: The two times he saw a Death Omen on somebody, they took fatal wounds, but they recovered from them.
 * The Smart Guy: The smartest of the Heavenly Kings (which is saying something, as the others are already smart in their ways), and the one to use wits the most.
 * Technicolor Toxin: In the manga his skin turns red and supposedly his poison too is red. In the anime, it's purple.
 * Tonight Someone Dies: He gets "Death Omens" when somebody is close to getting killed. However, see Prophecy Twist.

Sunny
"Voiced by: Mitsuo Iwata"


 * Agent Peacock
 * Ambiguously Gay: He's flamboyant, but nothing suggests he likes other men, nor is he seen attracted to women.
 * Anime Hair
 * Attack Reflector: His Spatula technique can take force and reflect it back.
 * Bishonen
 * Don't Think. Feel This is what Yosaku tells him to do to increase his power, and it works.
 * The Fighting Narcissist
 * Image Song: "Arienhodo Beauty"
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: Feminine Boy to Rin's Masculine Girl.
 * Megaton Punch:
 * Multicolored Hair
 * Prehensile Hair: Up to Eleven
 * Tranquil Fury: Seeing the rotting corpses left behind by the Bishokukai during the Regal Mammoth arc.

Zebra
"Voiced by: Kenji Matsuda"


 * Anti-Hero: For one thing, he doesn't give "humble thanks" before eating something.
 * Ax Crazy: Holy shit.
 * Badass: Possibly the biggest badass in the whole series. His first act after getting out of prison? Slaying beasts left-and-right.
 * That's not even getting into why he got into prison in the first place.
 * Barrier Warrior: Yes, really. He can use his voice to create armor made of sound that can protect other people. He uses it to protect Komatsu from afar during the Gourmet Pyramid arc. Much later he uses it to protect civilians during the battle with the Four Beasts.
 * Berserk Button: "Cocky" people. Also, creatures that annoy him. And especially liars, because he believes lying is the most "cocky" thing to do.
 * Blood Knight
 * Broken Ace: Technically type 1, he's the strongest of the four, but lacks the moral restraints of the other three.
 * Can't Hold His Liquor: He's insanely Badass, but staying sober is one of the few things he can't do.
 * Catchphrase: "Don't get cocky!"
 * Deal with the Devil:
 * Death From Above: His Thunder Noise and Meteor Noise, the form looking like lightning bolts.
 * The Dreaded: The very news of him getting release is enough to cause a global social and economic crisis. Entire developing countries disappear because of it.
 * Elemental Powers: All of his attacks are themed after (and made out of) Sound, except for Thunder Noise which looks to be sound vibration-induced electricity.
 * Jerkass/Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He tends to swerve in between.
 * Lightning Bruiser: He's pretty quick and agile, despite being the burliest of the Heavenly Kings.
 * Make Me Wanna Shout
 * Megaton Punch:
 * Not Distracted by the Sexy: Warden Love's pheromones have absolutely no effect on him.
 * Person of Mass Destruction: Which is why IGO put him in jail in the first place.
 * Rated "M" for Manly: Even more so than Toriko.
 * Smug Super: And he can back it up.
 * Sociopathic Hero: Emphasis on "sociopath".
 * Token Evil Teammate: He shows absolutely no remorse for his actions. None.

Ichiryu
"Voiced by: Kenyu Horiuchi"


 * Authority Equals Asskicking
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He acts very goofy and senile to Toriko when we first see him. And then the sparring match starts...
 * Old Master
 * Walk On Water
 * Walk On Water
 * Walk On Water

Mansam
"Voiced by: Jurota Kosugi"


 * The Alcoholic: All his dishes in his Full Course Meal are to do with alcohol, for one!
 * Badass
 * Catch Phrase: "Did you just call me HANDSOME?!"
 * Oh Crap:
 * Super Mode: He also can use Knocking, this time to boost his stats up.

Rin:
"Voiced by: Asami Tano"


 * The Beast Master: Her job at the first Biotope colosseum. She uses different scents to either excite or calm down the various monsters before/after they fight.
 * Image Song: "Ring Ring"
 * Stealth Pun: The kanji that make up her name mean "little bell"
 * Sibling Yin-Yang: She's quite a tomboy, as opposed to her incredibly campy brother Sunny.
 * Single-Target Sexuality: Toriko.
 * Sweet Tooth
 * Sweet Tooth

"Voiced by: Masaki Terasoma"


 * Animal Motifs: Tiger
 * Anime Hair
 * Big Bad
 * The Stoic: Even Century Soup, which can make anyone smile goofily.
 * The Unseen:
 * Tiger Versus Dragon: With Ichiryu.
 * Tiger Versus Dragon: With Ichiryu.

Starjun
"Voiced by: Shinichiro Miki"


 * Badass
 * : Cue fangirl Squee.
 * Cool Mask
 * I Let You Win
 * Noble Demon: So far, he seems to be the least murderous of the Bishokukai. Time will tell though.
 * That said, he has absolutely no qualms about killing anyone who gets in his way over anything. This includes Komatsu, who wasn't about to let him take his knife so easily. If you're going to back off and let him through with no problems, then you should be safe.
 * He does atleast try to get Komatsu to back off with his intimidation and warns him it's a bad idea so it's still up in the air.
 * Worthy Opponent: He sees Toriko as this.

Tommyrod
"Voiced by: Akira Ishida"


 * Ax Crazy
 * The Bad Guy Wins: To Toriko, albeit losing an arm in doing so, and losing swiftly to Teppei, though he was tired from his fight with Toirko.
 * Body Horror: He contains the insect eggs in his stomach and they hatch when he spits them up. Urrrgh...
 * The Beast Master: Of the parasitic variety, and god is it scary.
 * Bee-Bee Gun: One of his techniques allows him to do things similar to this.
 * Everything's Worse with Bees: Not just bees though. ALL KINDS OF INSECTS.
 * Faux Affably Evil: Unlike Starjun and Grinpatch, his politeness covers up the fact that he is a disgusting sadist.
 * Knight of Cerebus:
 * Lack of Empathy: He doesn't even seem to care about his subordinates, and Toriko notes this about his personality in their battle.
 * Nightmare Face: When he's ready to kill.
 * Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant: From keeping hideous bugs within him to having razor sharp fangs, he can even become bigger and more disgusting.
 * Monster Clown: Looks like one, and is definitely a monster compared Starjun and Grinpatch.
 * More Teeth Than the Osmond Family: And actually uses them to bite Toriko.
 * My Death Is Only the Beginning:
 * Sealed Evil in a Can: Not him, the sad bug in his mouth.
 * Winged Humanoid

Grinpatch
"Voiced by: Yuji Mitsuya"


 * Animal Motifs: The mosquito.
 * Breath Weapon
 * I'm a Humanitarian: He MEANS it when he says he wants to drink up Toriko and Terry.
 * Improbable Weapon User: Who says straws can't be badass?

Bogey Woods
"Voiced by: Eiji Takemoto"


 * Body Horror
 * Cool Mask: Too bad he ditches it after his initial appearance.
 * Grand Theft Me: His flexible body allows him to take control of all sorts of bodies.
 * Smug Snake
 * Suicidal Overconfidence:

Joejoe
"Voiced by: Bin Shimada"


 * Gadgeteer Genius: In charge of the GT Robos' R&D. Grinpatch also ordered him to make a new straw, which suggests his skills aren't limited to robots.
 * Glasgow Grin: His mouth has stiches around it...
 * Non-Action Guy


 * Cool Old Lady: Chiru and Gourmet National Treasure Chin
 * Face Heel Turn:
 * Never Mess with Granny:  might not be one of the Gourmet National Treasures, but a single swipe of   knife was valued at 100 MILLION yen.
 * Supreme Chef: Master of Food Honor and Food Immersion, capable of cooking and eating all of Disappearance Cuisine's dishes.
 * When Elders Attack:

Accai
"Voiced by: Hideyuki Tanaka"


 * The Messiah: Worshipped like one, anyway.
 * Posthumous Character
 * Shrouded in Myth
 * Supreme Chef: The meal he created from GOD ended a world war.

Setsuno
"Voiced by: Sakiko Uran"


 * Cool Old Lady
 * Never Mess with Granny: Seriously...don't.
 * Supreme Chef

Knocking Master Jiro
"Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa"


 * The Alcoholic
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Older Than They Look: In the Gourmet World, Jiro can make himself look younger.

Terry Cloth

 * Ambiguous Gender: Due to inconsistency, it's still not for certain what Terry's gender is.
 * Big Badass Wolf
 * Canine Companion
 * Cool Pet: Oh hell yeah.
 * Last of His Kind: Possibly?
 * Lightning Bruiser

Zonge
"Voiced by: Wataru Takagi"


 * An Axe to Grind
 * Butt Monkey
 * Joke Character
 * My Name Is Not Durwood: He's called Zombie, for one, due to his name sounding similar to that.
 * Even the closed caption has gotten it wrong.
 * Wrong Genre Savvy: He seems to believe the world operates to RPG logic. And that he's the hero.
 * Genre Savvy:

Match
"Voiced by: Kousuke Toriumi"


 * Badass
 * Cool Sword
 * Dissonant Serenity: His ultimate technique requires him to be calm for three minutes, then when he explodes, he EXPLODES!
 * Scars Are Forever:
 * Yakuza

Takimaru
"Voiced by: KENN"


 * Bishonen: Borderline Dude Looks Like a Lady thanks to his face shape.
 * Body Horror: His abilities are able to dislocate bones and skeletal structures, especially if he concentrates enough.
 * The Fettered: He's a member of the Gourmet Knights, who have very strict rules about what they can and can't eat.
 * Mismatched Eyes: The result of a disease that originated in the Gourmet World.

Teppei
"Voiced by: Masaya Onosaka"


 * The Ace:
 * Forget that, this guy took down.
 * With help from Yosaku.
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Oh hell yeah, he is.
 * Hypocritical Humor: Leans toward this. Tells other people to be silent only to blab important info recklessly, and when talking about how reckless revivers are bringing back dangerous ingredients, he admits that it's mostly his doing.
 * Technical Pacifist: While Teppei's not a killer, he will use Knocking on his enemies until they can't stand.
 * Thou Shall Not Kill: He adopted this belief when he, on a trip with his grandfather Jiro, found a barren wasteland from hunting.

Yosaku
"Voiced by: Banjo Ginga"


 * Badass: Handed Sunny his ass in a sparring match (Himself only getting a single wound- which he admits is quite a feat, on Sunny's part) and is cited by the IGO as someone capable of entering the Gourmet World.
 * Jerk With A Heart Of Gold: Drifts towards this. He honestly a decent person, but so very rough with his patients. He's also a loudmouth with no manners.
 * Old Master: He's Teppei's.
 * Warts and All: When first meeting him, no one in Toriko's group could believe that the loud, obnoxious man was a legendary reviver who could heal any disease.

Livebearer

 * Body Horror: His face constantly warps in an Off-Model way, and he just does not look right.
 * Curb Stomp Battle: Coco beats the tar out of him so badly, the battle is not even shown.
 * Mega Manning: How he got his culinary abilities, by eating the information off genuine chefs.
 * Mind Rape
 * Supreme Chef
 * Defeat Equals Friendship: After watching Komatsu work so diligently to prepare the Meteor Garlic, and being reminded of his former self, he helps prepare the Meteor Garlic, and hands the Gourmet Casino over to Match, hoping to return to being a respectable cook.

First Generation Melk
"Voiced by: Hiroshi Naka"


 * Absurdly Sharp Blade
 * BFS: Makes knives larger than your normal human
 * Gentle Giant: Especially with his daughter, Melk the Second.
 * Old Master
 * The Stoic: Believed to be this, but in actuality is a very talkative and friendly man, with a very tiny voice.
 * Vocal Dissonance: A mountain of a man who talks in a whisper.

Melk the Second
"Voiced by: Akiko Yajima"


 * Absurdly Sharp Blade: Makes these as a living.
 * Berserk Button: Being considered weak due to his belief that strength is what matters in sharpening.
 * Happily Adopted: By the First Generation Melk
 * Scars Are Forever: Has a pair of scars on her left cheek from a pair of knives falling off a table and cutting her as a child.
 * Ship Tease: With Komatsu.
 * : With Komatsu.
 * : With Komatsu.

Master Chin

 * Absent Minded Sensei: He constantly gets people's names wrong...but only in casual conversation. When he's watching from a distance, it is the only time he gets Toriko's name right.
 * Alliterative Name: His full name is Chinchinchin; the title name removes the other two "Chin" from his name
 * Badass Grandpa
 * Enlightenment Superpower: The apparent by-product of his teachings of "Food Honour", if "Spoon" is anything to go by.
 * Retired Badass: A world renowned Bishokuya; he now spends his days teaching at the Shokurin Temple, but...
 * Training From Hell: His method of test for Toriko and Komatsu?  and seeing if they survive.

Tina (anime-only)
"Voiced by: Nana Mizuki"


 * Bare Your Midriff in her working outfit
 * Canon Foreigner
 * Hot Scoop
 * Image Song: "Miracle of Only 1 Gram"
 * Incredibly Lame Pun: She occassionally makes these her news segments.
 * Intrepid Reporter
 * Ms. Fanservice Her working outfit.
 * Most Common Superpower
 * Yank the Dog's Chain: No matter what amazing things she films, circumstances stop every one of them from being shown. Most blatantly done in episode 39.