List of Toriko characters

This is a list of characters from the manga series Toriko by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro.
Toriko (トリコ) is a Gourmet Hunter and the title character of the series. He has blue hair and wears an orange vest and short pants. He is one of the Four Heavenly Kings (also The Legendary Four), and his nickname is "The Glutton."
Toriko's hunting rule to only killer animals he is hunting, and to "knock" (immobilize) the rest. When he sees life taken for granted, he goes into a state of untamed rage. His regular technique is called "Fork and Knife" where he forms one of his hands as a claw (fork) and the other in a chop position (knife). His "Spiked Punch" attack is a series of punches to the same location that he employs to break through walls or defeat opponents.
He has immunity to 70 different poisons and also has an animal-like sense of smell. He adopts a Battle Wolf's newborn pup and names it Terry.
Toriko has been featured in a crossover TV specials with One Piece's Monkey D. Luffy and Dragon Ball Z's Goku.
It is revealed that Starjun is his brother and his father is none other than the great Gourmet God Acacia and his mother is the Chef Goddess Froese.
Komatsu (小松) is a master chef at the Hotel Gourmet, which is part of the IGO (International Gourmet Organization). He is timid, but greatly interested by what he finds in his travels with Toriko. As a result, he tries to overcome his fear and does his best to help. He is a highly skilled and competent chef and has a large knowledge of foods that he knows which foods would work well. He is the only chef in the world who knows the complete recipe of the Century Soup. He keeps a baby Wall Penguin as a pet, which is also a key element of the soup. Toriko decided on Komatsu as the chef in his bishoku-ya and chef combo, which Komatsu accepted, (though Zebra and Sunny have also indicated a desire for Komatsu to form a combo with them). Despite Komatsu's small stature, he has shown remarkable courage in situations in which he might very well be killed. It is also revealed that despite his looks, he and Toriko are of the same age. He is also one of the few people who is able to get along amicably with all four Heavenly Kings. After gaining global recognition for finding a simple method to prepare Yuda's "Medical Cooking Mochi," Komatsu was put into the list of top 100 chefs in the world, ranked at 88.
Coco (ココ, Koko) "The Gentleman" of the "Four Heavenly Kings," is good friends with Toriko. He earns most of his living by working as a fortune-teller, which also makes him extremely popular with women. While Toriko mostly relies on his brute strength, Coco prefers using stealth techniques and strategy to subdue aggressors. He has exceptional vision, where he can see in the dark and can read electromagnetic auras in order to predict a beast's next action. His specialty is poison: he has developed immunity to over 500 different kinds, and with newer poisons, generates antibodies to counter them. He attacks by converting his body fluids into poison and shooting them like projectiles with various dosages.
Hunting Method: Sunny hunts by using his hair to capture his prey. He can also use it to stop and counter enemy attacks.
Hunting Method: Zebra hunts by using his mammoth body and strength, as well as his ability to create massive bursts of "sound", capable of breaking steel and killing animals with one hit. His voice can travel up to 70 kilometers.
Jiro is the grandfather of the Saiseya Teppei, who has also inherited his Knocking talent. He is one of the three disciples of the legendary Bishoku-ya, Acacia, along with Ichiryū, head of IGO, and the boss of the Bishoku-kai, of the three he is the only one that does not the head of an organization, as well as being the only one in retirement. When Jirō was younger, he had a wild, dangerous personality and had part of his power sealed by Acacia so that he could be taught Knocking and other techniques. In addition to his various Knocking tools, Jirō also has a handheld gauntlet with various spikes coming out of it that he only uses in incredibly serious battles, known as the "Fangs of the Wolf King".
Hunting Method: Jirō uses his mastery of Knocking to paralyze and defeat wild beasts, but can also use Knocking to revive and alter organic tissue. He also has a good amount of physical strength, having a hand chop that feels like an axe chop to Toriko, and is able to freely survive in the Gourmet World, although he has to stop drinking when he enters so he has more focus.
Bureaus The IGO, being a massive global organization, is made of up several bureaus to manage all of its affairs.
The 0th Biotope is one of the IGO's Biotopes for studying ingredients, but it is kept secret from the rest of the world and is located in the Gourmet World. The 0th Biotope is staffed by 17 private citizens from all around the world, all hand selected by the IGO's president, Ichiryuu. Among the tasks undertaken by the 0th Biotope is the collection of Acacia's "Full Course" ingredients, as well as monitoring the Nitro beasts and fighting the Bishoku-kai. All members of the 0th Biotope have their own individual jobs as well.
The members of the 0th Biotope include: Yosaku, Ryuu, Chin Chinchin, and Love. They also include:
Voiced by: Hiroshi Naka (TV series)
The seven "Taste Masters" chosen from the chief member nations of the IGO. They are an organization of members who hold a miraculous sense of taste, said to be able to recognize the taste of a single grain of sugar in a twenty-five meter pool. They take part in important decisions of the gourmet age, such as assigning the number of stars to hotels and restaurants, and the rank of cooks, these important people also serve as inspectors for the IGO.
Bishoku-kai (literally: Beautiful Food Organization, Gourmet Corps. in the English Dub), a rival organization to the IGO, their headquarters are Castle Shokuyokubō (Appetite's Desire) located in the Forest of Sorrow, "Thorn Wood". The dining kitchen for the Bishoku-kai is on top of a large stone arc, accessible only by flying beast, and the remains from ingredients used in cooking fall below into the ocean to such an extent that they've created a new island of rotting food known as the "Dust Zone". The Bishoku-kai also has a Gourmet World headquarters, which is on top of a tall stone spire and is surrounded by wild beasts. This headquarters is also equipped with a kitchen where enslaved chefs are brought to prepare food for Midora, who lives in the Gourmet World headquarters. The Bishoku-kai serve as the main antagonists for the first half of the series, being replaced by NEO during the second half. After the Cooking Festival arc, Bishoku-kai has been essentially crippled, with most of its members either dead or having joined with NEO.
The "New Food Utopia," NEO is a massive organization separate from both the IGO and the Bishoku-kai. The membership of NEO includes many of the major CEOs and other wealthy, powerful individuals. In addition, NEO members are also hidden in the IGO and the Bishoku-kai. The goal of NEO appears to be to control the food resources of the world, similar to what the Bishoku-kai wants, except NEO seems to only see the world's food in terms of money. However, NEO also has more information and resources than all other organizations, and with that information, can find rare ingredients that the Bishoku-kai cannot. Following the Cooking Fest, NEO has usurped Bishoku-kai as the primary antagonists of the series.
The Saiseiya are a gourmet police, given the power of judgment to arrest anyone dealing with illegal gourmet products, in both procurement and black market trading. Their powers also extend to those who break the law by overfishing and poaching certain species.
Shokurin Temple is a world-famous temple where strict "Food Etiquette" or "Food Honor" is taught. Shokurin Temple has many smaller, pilot schools around the world, but the main temple is located in the Lost Forest, a mysterious forest the size of Africa. Some prisoners from Honey Prison are taken to Shokurin Temple to learn "Food Honor," in the hopes that they will be rehabilitated. Because of the vastness of the Lost Forest, very few people ever find Shokurin Temple, so it is also known as Disappearance Temple. Shokurin Temple is made out of special materials that will make the temple turn invisible and even attack guests who do not show any "Food Honor." Near Shokurin Temple is the 10-star restaurant Disappearance Cuisine, which is made out of similar material to Shokurin Temple and will be invisible to those who do not have "Food Honor," and one must bow before it in order to see the restaurant. At Shokurin Temple, one can find the "Bubble Fruit," which is a very high-class ingredient made out of a bubble, but it cannot even be approached, let alone eaten, unless someone has mastered "Food Honor."
An organization much hated by the constitutional countries, seemingly made up completely of orphans and slum dogs from the crime slum Nerg, a non-IGO affiliated city. 10% of the prisoners in Gourmet Prison come from this city, giving it the nickname "Criminal-Producing Factory." The Yakuza, seemingly altruistic, are told by the Boss upon joining to repay their debt not to him, but to the "hungry children of the slums." Since defeating the Underground Cooking World, Match has taken control of the Gourmet Yakuza and they are running the Jidar Kingdom together with the Underground Cooking World.
The Gourmet Knights follow "Gourmet Doctrine": to entrust one's life completely to nature. This means shunning man-made medicines, putting Takimaru at odds despite his affiliation. Other tenets of the "Gourmet Doctrine" include a month of fasting, as well as avoiding extravagant food. All of the Gourmet Knights shown so far ride horses and wear a plain jumpsuit, with different straight-line tattoos around the eyes. The Gourmet Knights are based from "Simple Diet Hill," a small, hilled area free from human development, which is near the village "Eco Land," where the citizens use only all-natural supplies.
Members of the Gourmet Knights are broken up into different "groups," with four groups being shown so far: The Four Seasons group, the Blue Sky group, the Hidden Leaf group, and the Milky Way group. Whether this is the extent of the Gourmet Knight "groups" or what the functions of the different groups are is unknown at this time.
Techniques:
Every month, the top 100 chefs in the world are chosen by the IGO's G7. Every four years, those 100 chefs compete in an international competition known as "Cooking Fest."
Voiced by: Akio Otsuka (TV series)
Full Course Menu:
Techniques:
The following characters were developed for the anime series.
Tina (ティナ) is a television reporter, and host of the program "Gourmet News." She sums up the various creatures Toriko encounters at the end of the episode and previews the next one. She follows Toriko in order to get a scoop on the various rare ingredients he encounters. She also has a Carrier Balloon Pigeon named Cruppo. She has a short temper and likes to criticize people, but has a crush on Toriko, whom she wants to interview. She makes a small cameo appearance on chapter 145 (lower left corner of page 2.)