User:MushroomMan674/Kinnikuman (character)

Suguru Kinniku (キン肉 スグル), better known as Kinnikuman (キン肉マン) or King Muscle in some major English adaptations, is a superhero and the main protagonist of the eponymous manga and anime series created ​by Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada, collectively known as Yudetamago. He is one of many intergalactic superhuman professional wrestlers, a collective known as chōjin (超人) that includes both heroes and villains. Born on Planet Kinniku, he is the prince, and later king, of his native planet.

He was originally conceived as a parody of Ultraman, portrayed as a comedic character who gains his abilities by eating garlic which allowed him to grow to 30 meters tall.

The Kinnikuman character, manga, and anime is seen as one of the earliest predecessors of modern shōnen manga.

Conception and creation
Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada, collectively known under the pen name Yudetamago, have known each other since fourth grade.