List of Hunter × Hunter characters

This page contains the characters of Hunter × Hunter

Gon Freaces

Birthday- 5 May Place of birth- Whale Island Height- 154cm Weight- 49kg Blood Type- O Hatsu- Kyouka

Background The son of the legendary Hunter Ging Freeces, Gon was left in the care of his aunt since infancy, his father was never heard of since. During his youth, Gon met another Hunter, Carter, who was once Ging's apprentice. That fateful meeting made Gon all the more intrigued to meet his father, and also gave him the hope and inspiration to take the Hunter license.

Talents A naturally optimistic youth, Gon's friendliness and innocence has charmed and won many trusted friends to his side, including Kurapica and Killua. With an uncanny and extraordinary sense of smell, taste and hearing, Gon's instinct has aided his friends through many tough obstacles during the Hunter exam. Gon has another remarkable talent, being able to talk to and befriend with animals easily.

Fighting Ability Gon has an unusual choice of a weapon, which is a fishing rod. Though it doesn't deal much damage to his enemies, Gon is able to accurately swing and 'hook' it onto targets, proving itself to be useful time and time again.

Nen ability Out of the 6 main Nen Types, Gon proves to be a Kyouka which is a ‘Strengthen type’. People belonging to such a category excel in attack and defense, and also have the ability to heal themselves quickly. Building on this type, Gon has sharpened his use of nen, and has managed to increase his attack power with his fists, dealing more damage than before.

Killua Zoldyck

Birthday-7 July Place of birth- Kukulu Mountain Nen Type- Manipulative Height- 158cm Weight- 49kg Blood Type- B Hatsu- Enka

Background: Killua was born to a family of renowned assassins, the Zoldyck family. Showing great promise from birth, Killua has already mastered many killing techniques at a tender age, and is set to be one of the best assassins the family has produced. Bored and tired of killing, Killua unexpectedly rebelled against his family, injuring both his mother and brother, and ran away to join the Hunter exam. Meeting with Gon during the first obstacle, Killua saw Gon as a friendly competitor, and ended up becoming fast friends.

Attributes: From the outside, Killua seems just to be the boy next door, cheeky, cheerful and full of mischievous ideas. However, his ruthlessness and aptitude in killing shows the other side of him--deadly, violent and bloodthirsty. Having been repeatedly tortured since birth, Killua has been conditioned to possess extreme tolerance for poison, electrocution and pain. Possessing both extraordinary agility and strength to match, Killua is one mean killing machine--definitely not one to be trifled with, as many of his adverseries had seen. However, his greatest flaw is to fear characters more powerful than him, like his elder brother.

Fighting ability: Killua does not use any weapons in combat. Instead, he uses his hands that change into razor sharp claws at will, delivering a swift and fatal attack, that can rip out beating hearts or behead opponents in a split second.

Nen Ability: As an Enka person, who can transform the nen into any substance at their will, Killua is busily practising this ability. So far, he has managed to successfully transform his surrounding nen into an electrically charged form, producing volts of electricity. The inspiration for this has been attributed to the daily doses of shock therapy he received at home, a favourite torture device of his brother, Milluki.

Kurapica

Birthday- 4 April Height- 171cm Weight- 59kg Blood Type- AB Hatsu- Gugenka and Tokushitsu

Background: Kurapica is a member of the Kuruta tribe, a reticient group of people that chose to leave in obscurity. They possess a pair of eyes that turn flaming red in times of anger or serious agitation. The legendary brilliance of such scarlet eyes caused them to be in high demand as a collector's treasure. A few years ago, the Phantom Brigade came to Kurapica's hometown and massacred all the members of his tribe, leaving behind scores of dead bodies with eyes gorged out in their wake. As the last surviving member of his tribe, Kurapica vows to gain back all the stolen eyes of his people, by tracking the brigade down and seek revenge. Even if this entails sacrificing his life.

Personality: Kurapica is a level headed and intelligent individual, possessing knowledge of a great variety of things. Of sound judgement, his in-depth and cool analysis has saved his friends from the brink of death many times. Needless to say, his quickmindedness and bargaining technique has also saved him from being killed by oppressively powerful enemies like Hisoka.

Nen ability: Kurapica is a Gugenka, one that can fashion objects that act according to his imagination. The weapon that he creates is a unique form--extending from his fingers of his right hand are five chains, which were specially created to deal vengeance upon the Phantom Brigade. Blood red eyes.. When Kurapica's eyes turn red, his special ability, Tokushitsu, surfaces. All nen abilities besides Gugenka would be increased to 100% efficiency, making him virtually invincible during this span of time. To increase his effectiveness against the formidable Phantom Brigade, Kurapica places strict restrictions on the usage of his nen blades:

Use of each finger: Thumb- Healing Shaped like a cross, it cures wounds by drawing from the Kyouka ability. When Kurapica is in tokushitsu, it can heal serious injuries in seconds.

Third finger- Immobility Wraps around enemies, restricting movement. Also forcefully causes captured person to enter setsu (a crippling effect that diminishes their nen abilities). Restricted only in dealing with brigade members, with the violation resulting in Kurapica's death.

Fourth finger- Investigation Kurapica uses this frequently under normal situations, for defence and attack purposes. It is also useful for other investigative activities, like determining the location of missing individuals.

Small finger- Judgement A small nen blade enters the victim's body and stabs the heart. Kurapica sets a condition and if the victim breaches it, he would lose his life. Only can be of use when Kurapica is in tokushitsu.

Some Comments Alternative spellings of his name- Kurapica, Curarpikt (heavens, how do you pronounce this??) Possible meanings of his name

Kura:: Shares the same first 2 syllables with Kurama, a character in Yoshihiro Togashi's other famous work Yuu Yuu Hakusho. Both also share similar characters too. More on this below..

Pika/Pica:: Used in printing- to represent a character size 12pts equivalent to 1/6 inches. (i.e a rather small size- and Kurapica's far from that!)

Origins I've read somewhere that Yoshihiro-sensei got the inspiration of Kurapica from an insect, but I can't verify whether it's true or not.

Male/ Female? Lots of readers and fans of the series often speculate about the gender of Kurapica- on some aspects, he certainly resembles a female- his pretty features, the sometimes narrow waist, the voice (earlier episodes of the anime); Kurapica's modesty- remember the explosive reaction from Leorio emerging naked from the shower? Various mannerisms contribute to this impression. However, it seems now that it's about 99% confirmed that Kurapica is male: why?

Incident 1:: Kuroro mentions that he didn't expect that his abductor would be female (Kurapica's disguise). Kurapica retorts while removing the wig, "Did I ever say that I'm female? You should never judge people by their appearances."

Incident 2:: The cover of book 14 tells it all. Picture shows Kurapica's upper half nake torso- and it's completely flat. Various scenes in the anime episodes also hint this- the episode where he trains with the nen sensei shows one scene where his body in entwined in chains- showing a hint of his flat-chest.

Kurpica vs Kurama

Leorio

Birthday- 3 March Height- 193cm Weight- 85kg Blood Type- O

Background: Much is unknown about Leorio. What we do know is that he once lost a close friend to a debilitating illness. Leorio feels deeply remorseful about not saving his friend, due to lack of money and knowledge in curing the illness. Thus, he aspires to become a doctor--one that not only cures the ill of their disease, but also waives the fee for the poor. In this light, his outwardly superficial reason to join the Hunter Exams in the pursuit of great wealth has a nobler justification--the money he gains is used not only to fund for his medical school fees, but also to pay for the medicine and other miscellaneous expenditures when treating the poor. (N.B: When asked for his main reason for joining the Hunter Exam, his immediate reply was to earn lots of money, becoming rich, which greatly annoyed Kurapica initially)

Personality: Leorio is not one who balks and retreats when faced against overwhelming odds in battle. A loyal, trustworthy ally who greatly values the ties of friendship, he acts like the 'big brother' of the group. However, his impulsive and brash nature has sometimes caused more trouble to people around him. Another flair he has is his ability to 'straight-talk' past any situation at hand. (N.B: As in the arm-wresting stall he managed to set-up and become the spokesperson for) Bargaining is one of his strengths, some say inherent nature, as he is able to haggle his way with shopkeepers and cut prices down to a unimaginable level. (N.B: When Gon and Killua wanted to purchase handphones at Auction City, Leorio managed to cut down its original price by about 1/3, and bragged that his was bought at a cheaper price. Passers-by even clapped and cheered during the successful purchase!)