Hamukichi

Hamukichi (ハムキチ, Hamukichi) is a Martial Artist and user of the Sunflower Dojo's Gentle Self Defense. He ran a dojo to teach women and children self-defense.

After eating a monster cell, offered by Gouketsu, Hamukichi became a Mysterious Being and a member of the Monster Association. After the Monster Association's downfall, he is caught by the Hero Association.

Appearance
Hamukichi is a very muscular man, with many scars on his body and face. His hair is light with two small buns on each side. He has a full beard and a perpetual blush on his cheeks. He wears light shorts with hamster prints on it, and dark leg warmers, wrist bands & belt.

After eating a monster cell and becoming a Mysterious Being, his appearance changed drastically. He appears as an anthropomorphic feral bear-like beast with light-colored fur that grows over his entire body and develops razor-sharp teeth. In stark contrast to his previous appearance, his eyes are now completely open but his pupils disappeared, yet he still maintains the blush on his cheeks and the scar on his head. He also has the kanji for "eat" (食む, hamu) written on his chest.

Personality
Despite his benevolent appearance and personality, he is a miserable man whose lack of stable income from his dojo made him willing to trade his humanity for power in order to live the life he always wanted.

After becoming a monster, he initially seems to have lost any form of intellect, acting more like an wild animal than a person. It appears like The Three Crows, if the person who eats monster cells doesn't have a strong enough will, they will lose their minds. However, he later regains his intellect and sanity, showing signs of regret and guilt, as he recalls that numerous kids in his dojo have seen his willingness to become a monster. Not wanting to see them again while being a hideous creature, Hamukichi begs the Hero Association to help revert him to being a human again and obliges with their experiments.

Monster Raid Arc
Hamukichi is participating in the Super Fight Tournament in C-City at the C-City Super Stadium. This is the first time Hamukichi has participated in the tournament. While watching the match between Max and Suiryu, he is shocked by the strength of the latter, easily defeating his opponent.

He is defeated by Gatlin after getting hit by his Ultra High-Speed Barrage, despite injuring his opponent greatly.

Super Fight Arc
Hamukichi is later present at the closing ceremony, when it is suddenly interrupted by The Three Crows and Gouketsu, who threatens to kill them unless they become monsters. He decides to eat a monster cell and becomes a monster to escape his miserable life as a low-income martial arts instructor. After his monsterization, Hamukichi is defeated by Suiryu with an elbow to the face.

Ninjas Arc
It is revealed that Hamukichi survived his defeat at Suiryu and had been captured by the Hero Association. Alongside Benpatsu and Volten, he was put under experimentation to find the key to separating their Monster Cells from them. During the procedure, the experiments become too much and are stopped with Volten and Benpatsu given a break. Unlike the latter two, Hamukichi begs to continue as he feels guilty for his choice of having become a monster, recalling that numerous kids from his dojo have been watching him and wishing to revert to being a human again. While the procedure harms him, Hamukichi is noted to be more stable with Blast commenting that one's psychological state is the key to undoing human monsterification, and he is soon given a break to rest.

Abilities and Powers
Not much is known about Hamukichi's strength. He managed to injure Gatlin, but was still overpowered by the powerful combo of the martial artist. After becoming a monster, his strength increased enough to somewhat impress Gouketsu, while the latter even looked down on the strongest fighters of the tournament, though he was still no match for Suiryu.

Fighting Style
Sunflower Dojo's Gentle Self Defense (ひまわり道場の優しい護身術, Himawari Dōjō no Yasashī Goshin-jutsu): Not much about this style was shown but, it is claimed to be formidable enough to inflict heavy injuries to a strong fighter like Gatlin.

Trivia

 * The cost of attending his dojo is 2000 yen a month.

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