Kinro

Kinro
Biographical Information
Japanese Name	金 (キン) 狼 (ロー)
Rōmaji Name	Kinrō
Personal Description
Race	Human
Birthday	5721 AD
Age	18 20 (Currently)
Gender	Male
Hair Color	Brown?
Eye Color	Green
Status
Status	Alive
Family	Tetsuken (Father) Shirogane (Mother) Ginro (Brother)
Occupation	Village Guard Power Team
Affiliation	Ishigami Village Kingdom of Science
First Apppearance
Manga Debut	Chapter 17
Anime Debut	Episode 7
Portrayal
Japanese Voice	Tomoaki Maeno
English Voice	Josh Grelle

Kinro (金 (キン) 狼 (ロー) , Kinrō) is the elder brother of Ginro and the son of Tetsuken and Shirogane. Originally serving as the guard of Ishigami Village along with Ginro, he quickly joins Senku as a member of the Kingdom of Science.

Appearance

Kinro is a muscular young man of average height. He has a scar on the right side of his face and a cluster of long hair that hangs between his eyes.

He wears a sleeveless karate gi-like uniform with a rope belt. On his back, he wears a buckler emblazoned with the village's star pattern.

After the tournament to determine the chief of Ishigami Village, Kinro begins wearing a pair of glasses to correct his nearsightedness.

Personality

Kinro is the stern half of the two guard brothers. He takes his job seriously and is not easily distracted.

He's dedicated to upholding the rules, refusing Senku's entry into the village, despite him saving Kohaku's life. When during the village tournament he uses glasses made by Senku to defeat Magma, he forfeits the match, feeling as though he unfairly cheated. Though initially suspicious of Senku, he becomes a loyal member of the Kingdom of Science, vouching for Senku to the rest of the village.

Despite his serious temperament, Kinro often acts emotionally. Senku successfully bribes Kinro into letting him pass by gilding his spearhead; afterwards, Kinro shows a strong emotional attachment to the spear. He often gets annoyed and worn out by Senku's experiments at his expense. After Senku creates a generator that eases his work, Kinro is excited despite his normal disdain for laziness.

Prideful to a fault, he refuses to disclose his "blurry eye disease" even though it puts him at a severe disadvantage in combat. After being frightened by Senku's soap bubbles, he claims that he was merely reactly cautiously to the unknown.

As a member of the Kingdom of Science, he learns to overcome some of his stubbornness. Initially dismissing arithmetic as unnecessary and impractical for combat, he is quick to join Senku's literacy school, telling Ginro that learning to write is an increasingly important part of communication.

Abilities and Skills

Physical Abilities

Kinro is one of the physically strongest members of Ishigami Village, rivaled only by Magma and Kohaku.

Equipment

Kinro wields a spear and a buckler. For a time, the spearhead was gilded (as a bribe from Senku in order to let him into the village). After the village tournament, he also wears a pair of glasses.

Stats

Power		3/5 C
Speed		2/5 D
Technique		3/5 C
Reach		4/5 B

Kinro's stats, according to Volume 6

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History

Kinro was born into Ishigami Village and at some point took up the role as guard with his brother.

Plot

Kingdom of Science Arc

Kinro is first introduced alongside Ginro, blocking Kohaku and Senku from entry into the village due to their policy on outsiders. Senku, unamused by this, blows bubbles with a bar of soap, causing the two of them to freak out until Chrome explains what's going on.

Village Games Arc

Suika eventually deduces Kinro has "blurry eye disease", prompting her to throw her hat to him so he can see during his tournament fight. However, due to him being strictly by the rules, when asking for clarification on whether the melon helmet disqualified him, Magma struck him from behind and knocked him out.

Kinro is given custom glasses.

Vs. Hyoga Arc

Kinro battles Hyoga and nearly falls off a bridge. He later battles Hyoga again, with help from Ginro, Magma and Kohaku.

Trivia

• Kinro's name can be translated as "golden wolf". This ties into Ginro's name, which means "silver wolf".

• His name contains the kanji for Gold (金, Kin) and Wolf (狼, Rō) and put together mean Gold Wolf, in keeping with the fact that all other members of Ishigami village have names referencing metals and crystals. His being the reference to the chemical element Gold, its elemental symbol is Au and atomic number is 79.