Summary[]
Reno Ichikawa ( レノ, Ichikawa Reno) is the deuteragonist of the Kaiju No. 8 series.
He briefly worked at Monster Sweeper Inc. where he met and befriended Kafka Hibino. After witnessing Kafka's transformation, Reno helped him enter the Defense Force and joined with him. He was a member of the Third Division and after destruction of Tachikawa Base he was transferred to the Fourth Division.
Powers and Stats[]
Tier: 9-B, 8-C with 8%, up to High 8-C with 18% | 8-B, 8-A with 43%, up to Low 7-C with 51% | High 7-A
Keys: Base | Numbers Weapon Suit (Pre-Training) | Numbers Weapon Suit (Post-Training)
Name: Reno Ichikawa
Origin: Kaiju Number 8
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Classification: Human
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Weapon Mastery, Acrobatics, Damage Boost (In the verse, it is shown that fighting methods can bring a significant increase in power to the user, which enables them to overpower characters that are more powerful than they are), Statistics Amplification, Forcefield Creation, Holographic Projection, Damage Reduction, Non-Standard Breathing (All officers wear half-face elastomeric air-purifying respirators and full-face gas masks that not protect officers from kaiju's bodily fluid and gasses, but helps with their breathing in combat), Instinctive Reactions (Characters such as Numbers Weapon Users and Daikaiju can use willpower to force their bodies to move and fight even if they are unable to control their own thoughts) | With Number Weapon Suit Gains: Fear Manipulation, Perception Manipulation (Daikaiju's aura can augment a person's fears to the point of causing hallucinations, one powerful enough to have prevented Kafka Hibino from transforming until he overcame his own fear), Corruption, Madness Manipulation and Mind Manipulation (Type 1 and 2, Madness - Types 1 and 2. Anybody who tries to sync with a daikaiju's massive energy and cells without proper training will experience brain stimulation that causes an abnormal spike in their neurotransmitter levels as well as transmission rate. As a result, a person's basic human nature and desires emerge. Depending on their personality, the impulse may be strong enough to destroy their body. Furthermore, the toll of this energy and cells has been noted to be sufficient to cause constant pain to the point of being unable to control their own rampant thoughts. It can also cause mental instability and make people slaves to their distorted emotions until their bodies can no longer keep up), Reactive Evolution, Additional Limbs, Telepathy, Passive Temperature Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Sealing and Limited Durability Negation (By using Numbers Weapon 6, Reno is able to release high amounts of ice and freezing energy from his suit, replicating Kaiju No. 6's late powers. Through this energy, Reno can lower the temperature around him, allowing one to see their own breath as well as create snowstorms, a fog composed of ice crystals (aka ice fog), and solid ice, all of which require temperatures near, at, or below freezing.)
Attack Potency: Wall level (He stated that he is on par with Iharu Furuhashi in terms of fitness), Building level with 8% (Soshiro stated that as long as your number’s above zero, you’re sure to pass the Second Round Final Test, which is filled with Primigenius Yoju), up to Large Building level with 18% (Far Superior to his 8% Full Release.) | City block level (Far stronger then his base self), Multi-City Block level+ with 43% (With a 43% Full Release, he should be far superior to 42% Full Release Iharu Furuhashi) up to Small Town level with 51% | Large Mountain level+ (When Kaiju No. 8 sensed Reno’s attack, he was frightened by its intensity, something he did not do when he sensed the power of Full Release Kikoru Shinomiya and Full Release Soshiro Hoshina, Easily blew apart giant Kaijus)
Speed: Superhuman, Supersonic Attack Speed with Weaponry | Superhuman up to Subsonic with 46%, Supersonic Attack speed with Weaponry | Superhuman up to Subsonic+ with Full Release, Sub-Relativistic Attack speed with his Weaponry
Lifting Strength: Class 10 (Comprable to other Defense Force Suits augments a wearer's strength, allowing them to lift and throw vehicles with one hand, break large shards of ice and jump tens of meters into the air) | Class T (Number Weapons Suits augments a wearer's strength much more than a regular suit, allowing for them to physically compete with the strength of kaiju)
Striking Strength: Wall level, Building level with 8%, up to Large Building level with 18% | City block level (Far stronger then his base self), Multi-City Block level+ with 43%, up to Small Town level with 51% | Large Mountain level+
Durability: Wall level, Building level with 8%, up to Large Building level with 18% | City block level, Multi-City Block level+ with 43%, up to Small Town level with 51% | Large Mountain level+
Stamina: Peak Human with Defense Force Suit | Superhuman with Numbers Weapon
Range: Standard Melee Range, Tens of Meters with Pistol, Hundreds of Meters with Rifle
Standard Equipment: Combat Suit, Rifle, Pistol, Kaiju Number Suit
Intelligence: Gifted (According to Hoshina, Reno has been noted as the second-best talent after Kikoru since joining the Third Division and training for two months. This was further demonstrated when Soshiro claimed that Reno has the potential to scale the wall that people hit with unleashed combat powers)
Weaknesses: Overheating can be caused by the abuse or prolonged use of the power of the combat suit, which can weaken the wearer and induce physical agony to the point where they bleed