Nanaue

**Nanaue**, also known as **King Shark**, is a deity criminal who is believed to be the descendant of an ancient shark god. While very sweet and endearing, he is a slow and monosyllabic dolt who simply wants people to think he's intelligent. Many dismiss him out of hand as a savage mutation due to his taste for human meat and complete loss of self-control when he's hungry, even around his allies.

## Biography

### Early life

The exact nature of Nanaue's origin is unknown, although it's mentioned that some believe him to be the descendant of an ancient shark god from Atlantis. Nanaue turned to crime at some point in his life, likely acting as hired muscle.

## Personality

Nanaue is incredibly animalistic in nature. Once he finds a target, he is fixated on it and will stop at nothing to complete his mission.

## Powers and abilities

### Powers

* **Shark/meta-human physiology**: Nanaue is an amphibious, shark-like metahuman. He has the physical attributes of a human, such as speech and being bipedal, as well as a shark, such as superhuman physicality and aquatic respiration.
	+ **Superhuman strength**: Nanaue is superhumanly strong. He was able to pick a man up with both arms and hoist him high into the air with ease before consuming him, as well as tear a man vertically in half with no visible effort. His incredible strength extends to his feet as well, allowing him to jump great heights without much effort.
	+ **Superhuman durability**: Nanaue, also known as King Shark, possesses a highly durable and resilient body that surpasses that of a regular human. He can endure falls from significant heights, albeit experiencing temporary disorientation upon impact. He has demonstrated the ability to withstand multiple high-caliber bullet hits, although it appears that covering his eyes during the attack is a defensive measure.
	+ **Superhuman stamina**: Nanaue's advanced musculature is considerably more efficient than that of a human. As a result, his muscles produce far fewer fatigue toxins during physical activity compared to those of humans.
	+ **Regenerative healing factor**: Despite his body's great resistance, Nanaue can sustain a physical injury. If injured, his metabolism enables him to regenerate damaged bodily tissue quicker and more extensively than an ordinary human being is capable of.
	+ **Aquatic respiration**: Due to his shark physiology, King Shark possesses gills as well as lungs, enabling him to breathe both water and air.
	+ **Jaw Strength**: Nanaue has the hundreds of sharp teeth of a shark. They are very strong and can easily tear through flesh and bone, as he was seen easily eating a man and through Starro.
	+ **Claws**: Nanaue has short yet sharp claws at the end of each of his meaty fingers, which he can sink into enemy flesh.

### Weaknesses

* **Electricity:** Nanaue has a huge weakness when it comes to electricity, especially in water, which is how Barry was able to beat him.
* **Water dependency:** Due to his shark physiology, Nanaue must stay in or regularly return to water to re-oxygenate his blood, which restricts his ability to operate on dry land for long periods of time.

## Behind the scenes

* In DC Comics, Nanaue is a human-shark hybrid whose shark-like features were natural and came from his father, a shark god from Hawaiian mythology. He eventually became a supervillain named King Shark and an enemy to Superboy and Aquaman.