Makeo Kawakami

Former:

9th (Japan)

B-Tier:

International - 3x Top 4

Sapporo Dan - 1x Top 8

Regional - 3x Champion

Makeo Kawakami is a Professional Martial Artist and a member of North Star. A short, self-proclaimed socialite, Makeo was the shortest member of the JMAA Ten Titans, when he was 9th in Japan.

Makeo would start his international career after the Underground Syndicate invasion. He is currently ranked 87th in the world.

## History

Like many fighters, Makeo started learning martial arts at a young age of around eight. At the time, he was taller than most of his friends, but stopped growing during his teens. Makeo would train in North Start his entire career. He made successful strides regionally in the North Division, but never made pass the top 8 in the Senior Dan tournaments.

Makeo's performance would lead him to enter the Ten Titans, obtaining the 9th rank at the age of 18. He is part of the the young generation of fighters to obtain the top ten ranks in Japan.

## Appearance

Makeo is a short, half-Japanese, half-white, young man. His biracial appearance has made him somewhat of a celebrity. Many girls say that they would want to date him if it wasn't for his height.

When fully consuming his Elixir, Makeo's hair shoots up and has a white aura around him.

## Personality

*"What can I say? I'm Makeo! Everyone's favorite fighter!"*

Makeo is known for his cocky, celebrity-like attitude. He loves getting media attention and will always do interviews while practicing, much to his Dojo's annoyance. Makeo claims he is a socialite and entrepreneur. He shamelessly advertises himself and his Dojo. It is possible that the media and public only pays attention to him because of his short stature, which they think is adorable.

Makeo is constantly made fun about his height by his peers. While his fellow Dojo members are too afraid, Bulat Ozeki and Momo Kurogama love teasing about his height.

Makeo's nick-name is Sukoshi Mak, which means 'Little.' His goal is to compete in the United States against American Boxers.

## Abilities

### Elixir: Milk

Makeo's Elixir is Milk. Like other Elixir fighters, the more milk Makeo consumes, the stronger and faster he becomes. Makeo initially drank a lot of milk to get taller, but discovered this increased his Martial Gene potential. Makeo says that the different percent of fat in each milk can increase his ability. The more fat in a milk, the more power Makeo can gain, but this makes it harder to digest and the power output disappears quickly. Makeo has experimented with soy and almond milk to determine whether this might give him more sustainable output. When consuming a whole liter, Makeo's punching speed is the fastest, capable of forcing Momo Kurogama, the fastest Japanese fighter in recent years, to go on defense.

### Goju-ryu

Makeo holds a 3rd Degree Black Belt in Goju-ryu but he only focuses on the upper-body attacks. Makeo never uses kicks, claiming his lack of height makes it impractical. Makeo's style is similar to a western boxer. Makeo improved his technique by learning grappling counters, which he used to defeat dedicated ground fighters.

### Fight Tactics

Makeo likes to take fights up close because of his lack of height. Since most of his opponents are taller than him, has a specific way to deal with strikers. He goes on defense blocking and dodging with ease and waits for a heavy slower blow. If that attack misses, he goes into the opponent past the defenses and starts pummeling him/her. Makeo never uses leg attacks. He tends to play footsies, forcing opponents to try to escape his speed and punish them with a knockout punch.