Name: 'Knocking Prince' Sho
Age: 23
Home: Winter Town
Appearance: bright blue eyes. Long brown hair down to his shoulders, usually tied back. Black tank top, unless temp higher than 10 Celsius then topless. Baggy cargo pants with extra pockets to store supplies and small equipment. Goes barefoot most of the time, skin under foot is extra hard from years on the ice.
Capture Level strength: 28
Strength after time skip: 44
Strength during training: 50-95
Strength after training: 500
Abilities: knocking talent, knocking instinct, gourmet-cell knocking needle- various types (like Toriko's knife and folk), Food honour, Intuition.
Intimidation: humanoid-demon porcupine with needles running along its body like armour, and down its head like hair, long claw-like nails on each hand and two tusk-like canines protruding from its lower jaw, all other teeth sharp.
Personality
Strong-willed but cool headed, Sho only unleashes his full Intimidation on those that truly wishes to fight. Enjoys simply prepared/cooked foods the most, such as Sashimi and Sushi. Likes to enjoy and take his time eating his food to get the full flavour and texture.
he trusts his instincts when in a fight, as such he's able to quickly find which points to use Knocking on when meeting creatures for the first time. If he's not hungry or he can't eat the creature he'll only stop the creature moving for a certain amount of time, having being raised not to waste anything.
Likes:
- Simple prepared/cooked foods
- Good Table Manners
- Cold Places
- Granny Setsuno
Dislikes:
- Overly Hot Places
- Overly Spicy Foods
- Bad Table Manners
- The amount Jirou makes him drink
History
Winter Town is located in the northern part of Human World, hidden in a tundra on top of a thick ice pillar which has been hollowed out to allow access to the town from below.
Winter Town is responsible for growing and tending a large ice tree which grows Summer Ice Fruit, which when made properly makes Winter Ice Cider which is always ice cold and tastes of different fruits with each gulp.
The tree only grows and bares fruit in sub-zero conditions and at high altitude, the fruit takes six months to grows and the cider takes a year and a half to make all while in freezing conditions giving it an alcohol content of 8.5%.
As such the IGO has a contract with the town to supply the town with any equipment and food it needs for the fruit and the cider.
The only person in the town for three generations to born with Gourmet Cells he quickly adapted to the below zero environment at the age of three, not even needing a jacket to play in a blizzard. As he grew Sho quickly became recognised as the strongest person in the village but not because of his physical strength, but because of his instincts in knocking, his high endurance and animal-like agility. In his first fight Sho instinctively used Impact Knocking on the other boys arm by accident leaving it useless for almost an hour.
Talking with the traders from the IGO Sho enjoyed hearing the stories of the outside world and the delicious foods being discovered and hearing the stories of the people behind them, especially about the drunken mishaps about the man called 'Knocking Master'.
By the time he was twelve Sho didn't need knocking rifles any more, his gourmet cells having become strong enough to produce his own knocking needles. At first he could only make one needle per finger at a time but gradually he was able to make more, using his ability to help injured and sick people and hunters.
At fifteen, as is the tradition of the village, Sho was to be lead on his first hunt/gather outside of the village. Before they left each boy was given a glass of Winter Ice Cider, as he drank Sho felt himself instantly get stronger as his Gourmet Cells evolved. Taking this as a good sign the hunter/gatherers set off to show the boys the area, showing them where the best spots are to get what the village needs.
On their way back the group was attacked by a young Gauchi, Capture level 8, which had gotten lost and was angry. Acting as a distraction Sho gave the others time to get away and return with better fire power and knocking rifles, as the others returned they saw a badly beaten up Sho but the Gauchi had been defeated, its blubber helping protect it from Sho's needles and only slowing it down, not stopping it.
Taking the meat back to the village they cooked it up and ate it, again Sho's cells evolved from the meat and recovering from his damage, it was then Sho knew he needed to get stronger not only to protect himself but also his friends, family and village. After that Sho often left the village to fight the animals located around the area, quickly discovering to trust his instincts, and increase the strength intimidation.
By the time he was 18 Sho had conquered the temperature of the tundra, not even being effected by the temperature of the water, and was stronger than every animal that lived in the area accept the Wall Penguins. Becoming the protector of the village Sho helped the parties that left the village but quickly became bored of the occasional fights he got from the beasts of the area, whenever the IGO traders came he questioned them about any work he could do for them, suggesting he become a bishokuya. After an incident with a baby Wall Penguin Sho left Winter Village to become a professional Food Hunter with a parting gift of Spiced Winter Ice Cider.
As he left the coldness of the tundra Sho quickly began to sweat even though the temperature was cool for everyone else, that was when he discovered his body was so used to the cold temperatures anything above 5 Celsius made him sweat. His body quickly adapted to keep its temperature cold, his skin cool to the touch as if he'd just stepped out of a giant fridge, but anything beyond 10 Celsius and he would go shirtless.
After he signed up to the IGO Sho quickly got a reputation of being a knocking expert, and even able to cook medium-level ingredients, but no matter who he asked he couldn't find the one person he wanted to talk to. Having met Toriko on a job he found he liked Toriko as a person, but hated his table manners and habit of just stuffing food into his mouth.
After five years Sho finally got a clue on where Jirou was going to be, and head off to find the puffer whale fish. Finding him after he caught the fish Sho begged Jirou to train him in knocking, but Jirou refused saying he was retired, remembering the cider Sho offered it to him, saying it was made in his home town and that it was still cold even today.