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Gon Freecs (ゴン=フリークス)
- Birthday - 5 May
- Place of birth - Whale Island
- Height - 154cm
- Weight - 49kg
- Blood Type - O
- Hatsu - Reinforcement (Kyouka)
The son of the legendary Hunter Ging Freecs, Gon was left in the care of his aunt since infancy, and has never met his father since. During his youth, Gon met another Hunter, Kite, who was once Ging's apprentice. That fateful meeting made Gon all the more intrigued to meet his father, and also gave him the hope and inspiration to take the Hunter license.
Talents: A naturally optimistic youth, Gon's friendliness and innocence has charmed and won many trusted friends to his side, including Kurapica and Killua. With uncanny and extraordinary senses of smell, taste, and hearing, Gon's instinct has aided his friends through many tough obstacles during the Hunter exam. Gon has another remarkable talent; he is able to talk to and befriend animals easily.
Fighting Ability: Gon has an unusual choice of a weapon, which is a fishing rod. Though it doesn't deal much damage to his enemies, Gon is able to accurately swing and 'hook' it onto targets, proving itself to be useful time and time again.
Nen ability: Out of the 6 main nen types, Gon proves to be a reinforcement user. People belonging to such a category excel in attack and defense, and also have the ability to heal themselves quickly. Building on this type, Gon has sharpened his use of nen, and has managed to increase his attack power with his fists, dealing more damage than before.
His hatsu is a special punch called Jajanken .
- Rock (Guu) - Used to attack on the outside of someone's body with his fist. It's a close range attack.
- Paper (Paa) - Used to attack someone's inner organs, also done with his fist. It's a long distance attack.
- Scissors(Shi) - Used to attack a specific body part, done with two fingers. It's a middle distance attack.
Note on the name of his ability:
Gon originally did not intend for his ability to be called Jajanken; he originally named it Janken. However, when Knuckles asked him what his ability was called, he stuttered and said "Ja-janken" instead of "Janken", leading Knuckles to believe that the ability was called Jajanken.
Killua Zoldyck (キルア=ゾルディック)
- Birthday -7 July
- Place of birth - Kukulu Mountain
- Height - 158cm
- Weight - 49kg
- Blood Type - B
- Nen Type - Transformation (Henka)
Killua was born to a family of renowned assassins, the Zoldyck family. Showing great promise from birth, Killua has already mastered many killing techniques at a tender age, and is set to be one of the best assassins the family has produced. Bored and tired of killing, Killua unexpectedly rebelled against his family, injuring both his mother and brother, and ran away to join the Hunter exam. Meeting with Gon during the first obstacle, Killua saw Gon as a friendly competitor, and ended up becoming fast friends.
Attributes: From the outside, Killua seems just to be the boy next door, cheeky, cheerful and full of mischievous ideas. However, his ruthlessness and aptitude in killing shows the other side of him--deadly, violent and bloodthirsty. Having been repeatedly tortured since birth, Killua has been conditioned to possess extreme tolerance for poison, electrocution and pain. Possessing both extraordinary agility and strength to match, Killua is one mean killing machine--definitely not one to be trifled with, as many of his adverseries had seen. However, his greatest flaw is to fear characters more powerful than him, like his elder brother.
Fighting ability: Killua does not use any weapons in combat. Instead, he uses his hands that change into razor sharp claws at will, delivering a swift and fatal attack, that can rip out beating hearts or behead opponents in a split second.
Nen Ability: As an transformation type, who can transform the nen into any substance at their will, Killua is busily practising this ability. So far, he has managed to successfully transform his surrounding nen into an electrically charged form, producing volts of electricity. The inspiration for this has been attributed to the daily doses of shock therapy he received at home, a favourite torture device of his brother, Milluki.
Kurapika Kuruta (クラピカ=クルタ)
- Birthday - 4 April
- Place of birth - Kuruta tribe
- Height - 171cm
- Weight - 59kg
- Blood Type - AB
- Hatsu - Materialization (Gugenka) in his normal state. Specialization (Tokushitsu) in his scarlet eyes state.
Kurapika is a member of the Kuruta tribe, a reticient group of people that chose to live in obscurity. They possess a pair of eyes that turn flaming red in times of anger or emotional agitation. The legendary brilliance of such scarlet eyes caused them to be in high demand as a collector's treasure. A few years ago, the Phantom Troupe (Genei Ryodan) came to Kurapika's hometown and massacred all the members of his tribe, leaving behind scores of dead bodies with eyes gorged out in their wake. As the last surviving member of his tribe, Kurapica vows to gain back all the stolen eyes of his people, by tracking the Phantom Troupe down and seeking revenge, even if he must sacrifice his life in the process.
Personality: Kurapika is a level headed and intelligent individual, possessing knowledge of a great variety of things. Of sound judgement, his in-depth and cool analysis has saved his friends from the brink of death many times. Needless to say, his quickmindedness and bargaining technique has also saved him from being killed by oppressively powerful enemies like Hisoka.
Nen Abilities: Kurapika is a materialization user, one that can fashion objects that act according to his imagination. The weapon that he creates is a unique one--extending from his fingers of his right hand are five chains, which were specially created to deal vengeance upon the Phantom Troupe. When Kurapika's eyes turn red (his scarlet eye state), his nen ability shifts from materialization to specialization. His attack, defense and accuracy in all nen abilities would be increased to 100% efficiency, making him virtually invincible during this span of time.
To increase his effectiveness against the formidable Phantom Troupe, Kurapika places strict restrictions on the usage of his nen blades:
Use of each chain:
- Thumb - Holy Chain
- Shaped like a cross, it cures wounds by drawing from the Kyouka ability. When Kurapica is in tokushitsu, it can heal serious injuries in seconds.
- Third finger - Chain Jail
- Wraps around enemies, restricting movement. Also forcefully causes captured person to enter zetsu (they are unable to release their nen through there shouko, or nen openings, in this state). This chain is restricted in that it can only be used to deal with Phantom Troupe (Genei Ryodan) members, and if the restriction is violated, Kurapika will die.
- Fourth finger - Dowsing Chain
- Kurapika uses this frequently under normal situations, for defense and attack purposes. It is also useful for other investigative activities, like determining the location of missing individuals.
- Small finger - Judgement Chain
- A small nen blade enters the victim's body and stabs the heart. Kurapica sets a condition and if the victim breaches it, he would lose his life. Only can be of use when Kurapica is in tokushitsu.
The purpose of the chain on his index finger has yet to be revealed.
Other notes Yoshihiro Togashi was said to have gotten the inspiration for Kurapika's red eyes from the insect ohmu, which was a creation of Hayao Miyazaki from the manga and later anime, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. A special feature of the large insect is that its many eyes turn from calm blue to fiery red when enraged.
Leorio (レオリオ)
- Birthday - 3 March
- Place of birth - Unknown
- Height - 193cm
- Weight - 85kg
- Blood Type - O
- Nen Type - Emission (Houshutsu)
Much is unknown about Leorio. What we do know is that he once lost a close friend to a debilitating illness. Leorio feels deeply remorseful about not saving his friend, due to lack of money and knowledge in curing the illness. Thus, he aspires to become a doctor--one that not only cures the ill of their disease, but also waives the fee for the poor. In this light, his outwardly superficial reason to join the Hunter Exams in the pursuit of great wealth has a nobler justification--the money he gains is used not only to fund for his medical school fees, but also to pay for the medicine and other miscellaneous expenditures when treating the poor.
(N.B: When asked for his main reason for joining the Hunter Exam, his immediate reply was to earn lots of money, becoming rich, which greatly annoyed Kurapica initially)
Personality: Leorio is not one who balks and retreats when faced against overwhelming odds in battle. A loyal, trustworthy ally who greatly values the ties of friendship, he acts like the 'big brother' of the group. However, his impulsive and brash nature has sometimes caused more trouble to people around him. Another flair he has is his ability to 'straight-talk' past any situation at hand.
Fighting Ability: Leorio is a good fighter in his own state. His weapon of choice is a long pocket knife which he can use very fastly.
(N.B: As in the arm-wresting stall he managed to set-up and become the spokesperson for) Bargaining is one of his strengths, some say inherent nature, as he is able to haggle his way with shopkeepers and cut prices down to a unimaginable level.
(N.B: When Gon and Killua wanted to purchase handphones at Auction City, Leorio managed to cut down its original price by about 1/3, and bragged that his was bought at a cheaper price. Passers-by even clapped and cheered during the successful purchase!)
Hisoka (ヒソカ)
- Birthday- unknown
- Place of birth - Unknown
- Height - 187cm
- Weight - 91kg
- Blood Type - B
- Nen Type - Transformation (Henka)
Still a great mystery, no one knows where he came from or who he really is. Even Hisoka may not even know himself, preferring to forget his past.
Attributes: An erratic, volatile, killing machine that enjoys the act of killing, especially people whom he has targeted as victims, one being Gon. He believes himself to be the best fighter in the world, and always seeks to challenge anybody who appears to be equally powerful as him. He has set his current sight on Kuroro, the leader of the Brigade, finding him to be a worthy opponent which he would want to <kill> with relish.
Fighting Ability: Unarguably one of the best fighters in the world, Hisoka is not only deadly in normal attacks, but has many tricks up his sleeve--his deviousness and volatility has made many opponents difficult to anticipate his next move, and this has led to him winning many battles. Using poker cards as his weapens, he throws them with ease and deadly accuracy, which cut into enemy flesh like a knife to butter.
Hisoka's nen abilities (transformation) has served him well on numerous occasions, and especially compliments his devious nature. While fighting with Kastro, he once fooled everyone by masking his supposedly chopped arms with nen. Unlike most nen users who only have one hatsu, Hisoka has developed two:
Dokiri Texture: He can change the texture of anything with this hatsu. For instance, he once changed the words on the prediction that Kuroro's stolen ability wrote for him so that he could fool the Phantom Troupe (Genei Ryodan) into thinking that he was innocent. He did the same thing in Greed Island to fool Gon and Killua into thinking that the Ryodan weren't on Greed Island.
Bungee Gum: Hisoka uses nen to alter its consistency into a sticky and gluish substance that is very much like bubble gum, to pull back opponents within punching range for a flurry of rebound pummels.
Other notes: Interpretation of his name - Hisoka in kanji can mean "secret" or "mysterious"; it fits his elusive personnage.