Ryutaro Takeshi

Characteristics and Background

Age: 18Hair Color: BrownEye Color: BrownHeight: 5"8Weight: 140 lbs (mostly muscle)Birthday: October 5thBorn into a family of pro heroes with similar Quirks, Ryutaro had a fairly normal childhood. Ever since he discovered his Quirk, he wanted to train with the best just like his parents, which he's done all of his life. Ever since he was 8, he's loved kung fu movies and wanted to do what they did. When the time came, he traveled the world and trained under several fighting masters, mastering what they taught him and honing his Quirk abilities to near perfection. He enrolled in U.A. when his training was complete. He is currently in Class 3-B, taking one of the class's recommendation slots.He was inspired by Marvel's Iron Fist.His name can be translated to "Brave Great Dragon Son".

Quirk and Abilities

His Quirk is called Chi.With it, he can manipulate the chi in his body to perform several actions. The chi itself manifests as an orange aura that can appear on his fists or his entire body. He can sense the presence of others, whether from far away (up to 10 miles) or close. He can use his chi to heal minor wounds on himself or others. He can use it to enhance his speed and strength.Quirk weakness: He gets exhausted if he uses it for too long. He's currently training to mitigate this.Even without his quirk, he's quite skilled. One of his masters told him about spirit animals and was told that his own spirit animal is the Dragon. As such, he can use the spirit of the dragon to enhance some of his abilities. Such as his speed, strength and endurance. He's been trained in every form of martial arts on the planet, can strike all pressure points in the human body, has mastered several combat weapons from swords, to nunchaku to kusuri-gamas and more, can dodge gun fire, can shatter steel with chi-enhanced strikes, can run up to 35 MPH, has incredible agility and reflexes (thanks to some ninjutsu training), can move faster than the eye can see in combat and can hit just as fast, being able to land thirty punches in just a second, has senses that are so refined that he can fight and dodge without thinking and can even sense the presence of an individual just by listening to the sweat roll off of their body or their heart beat.

Personality and Hobbies

Ryutaro is a very upbeat and energetic individual. He loves to fight and defend others, so he will do whatever it takes to help those in need. As his name suggests, hes also very brave, never backing down from any challenge or threat. He always jumps into action when the situation arises. He's dedicated to his training and likes making friends when the opportunity arises, but he prioritizes his training above all else. This makes it hard for him to keep friends, but he does have a heart of gold that makes him passionate about his hero work. He also has a high sense of honor, meaning he will not take advantage of an opponent being unarmed if they are using weapons or if his opponent has a disadvantage during the fight. This trait gets him into more trouble than he knows, but he won't get rid of this trait. His masters instilled this into him when he was training. Regardless, he sticks to his guns and is still passionate about becoming a Hero. He's also achieved inner peace during his training, meaning he cannot be bothered by minor annoyances or insults. He tries to use peace to solve issues, but more often than not, this doesn't work out.As for his hobbies, he likes to cook meals in his spare time. He usually cooks traditional Chinese and Japanese cuisine. He can also read, write and speak in Chinese as a result of him training in China for a few years before enrolling in U.A. High. Meditation is another favorite pass time of his. He does it to train his mind to be able to use his Quirk more. Training his body is to ensure it can endure the strain of using it. He also rides a skateboard outside of classes. He's pretty good at it, too. He can even pull off some cool tricks. He's so skilled with his martial arts, he can even carve a sculpture from stone with his bare hands. It's another thing he likes to do sometimes.Likes: Training, his friends, Xanthe (especially), meditation, cooking, art, skateboarding, sculpting.Dislikes: Dishonorable fighters, Villains, the untrustworthy, slackers.

Outfits

Hero Outfit

Casual Attire

Techniques

There are a variety of techniques he's learned over the course of the years of his training, but these will be only a select few. Ones he'll use the most in combat.Chi Strike: A punch or kick that he amplifies by covering his limb of choice with his quirk, increasing the power of his strikes. This technique is powerful enough to allow Ryu to punch through Tungsten and even diamond.Pressure Point Barrage: Attacking his opponents pressure points, he disables their movements temporarily and launches a series of hard-hitting strikes while they're vulnerable.Chi Barrier: By focusing his chi on his entire body, he can create armor for himself that protects him from what he perceives as minor damage such as bullets and small knives. He can use more chi to enhance the barrier, but it will tire him out quickly. He's currently training to strengthen its durability and have it last longer.Earth-Shattering Force: Infusing chi to his fist, he punches the ground so hard, that it causes the ground not only to break apart and explode, but create a violent tremor that's on par with a Magnitude 5 earthquake.Chi Blast: A technique he developed on his own, Ryu charges his chi into his fists and is able to fire either small bursts or a large beam of energy made from his chi. The small bursts are strong enough to shatter boulders while the laser is strong enough to cut through them like butter. He's training to make it stronger.Chi Kick Barrage:
A flurry of chi-enhanced kicks that are just as strong as his punches, but much faster due to how well trained his legs are.Flight: By manipulating his chi and allowing it to flow through his body, he can levitate into the air and fly at high speeds. He's nowhere near Hawks' level of speed, but he's still pretty fast.Strike of The Dragon: One of his ultimate techniques. He concentrates all of his power into this strike, forming a dragon made out of his chi from his hand and lunging forward with it. If this hits his opponent, they will receive massive damage and the dragon will also be able to move around briefly before disappearing and tiring him out completely. He can only use this technique once per day and, if he uses it while already tired, he will pass out.Secret Art: Draconic Avatar: Another ultimate technique. He calls forth all his chi to summon a dragon avatar constructed from it. He can use this to fight giant foes like Gigantomachia if only for a few moments. His body is completely surrounded by this dragon avatar, so it serves as a perfect defensive technique. The avatar itself can move according to his own movements, shoot chi lasers from its mouth and fly with it's wings. This technique can only be sustained by him for a total of twenty minutes before he's worn out. He can't use both ultimate attacks in the same fight unless he's fully reenergized somehow.