Leopardon is a minor antagonist in the anime/manga series Kinnikuman.
He is the Second Guard of Team Big Body who is led by Kinnikuman Big Body, one of the Five Fated Princes who act as the main antagonist force in the Survivor Match for the Kinniku Throne Arc.
Personality[]
Leopardon has a complex about being seen as useless due to his battle against Mammothman with Leopardon even willing to fight against the Choshin Rampageman in order to prove himself.
Biography[]
Kinnikuman[]
Leopardon is first introduced during the Survivor Match for the Kinniku Throne Arc as a member of Team Big Body, acting as the Second Guard of the team after Kinnikuman Big Body hired him to be a member of the team.
Team Big Body would be tasked with fighting Team Super Phoenix in the first round of the tournament. After Pinchman was easily defeated by Mammothman, Leopardon stepped into the ring, intending to defeat the powerful Chojin, however, Mammothman instantly speared Leopardon through the chest with his trunk, instantly killing him.
Kinnikuman (2011)[]
After Kinnikuman Big Body went off the challenge the Choshin, all of Team Big Body would try to kill Rampageman, however, Cannonballer, Pinchman and Golemman would be instantly defeated, but then Leopardon would step up to fight him, wanting to make up for how he instantly lost to Mammothman.
Leopardon manages to put up somewhat of a fight, his tank shots being able to damage Rampageman with each hit, however, once Rampageman got close, he was able to slam Leopardon to the ground, damaging his body badly and breaking the turret on his arm. Leopardon leapt back, breaking one of the pillars with his fist and firing a shot from the cannon on his back.
Rampageman dodged the next volley of tank shots and elbowed Leopardon's head but then Leopardon caught Rampageman and tried to slam him to the ground with his immense strength but Rampageman then latched onto his back and threw Leopardon to the ground and delivered a leg drop to his neck.
Leopardon physically hit Rampageman with the tank cannon on his back and wraps his arms around Rampageman's body. He tries to get Leopardon off of his by repeatedly elbowing his head, however, Leopardon won't let go. Leopardon used his tank cannon to shoot the ground, launching the two into the air with the intention to slam Rampageman to the ground head-first but he reversed it, slamming Leopardon to the ground, hitting his head on one of the stone pillars and severely damaging him but not before Rampageman hit Leopardon with his Punishment Engraver, impaling him through the chest.
Leopardon's near-dead body almost fell out of the ring, but he managed to catch himself and pull his body back inside, however, he was too injured to fight.
Rampageman mocked Team Big Body's lack of strength before telekinetically lifting up Leopardon's body and cutting his body, revealing that Leopardon was still alive and being used as a hostage to be exchanged for the Capillaria Piece that Kinnikuman Big Body had on him.
Big Body quickly leapt into the ring and kicked Leopardon out of it to safety before threatening to fight Rampageman but before he could do that, Kinnikuman Super Phoenix would speak to Rampageman and the rest of the Choshin, making a deal where they would let Team Big Body live in exchange for information on where the Capillaria Pieces.
They agree, leaving Team Big Body alone, all members surviving as Kinnikuman Big Body ran to meet up with Super Phoenix to aid him in the battle against the Chosjin.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Chojin Physiology: As a Chojin, Leopardon has superhuman strength, speed and durability. Other abilities that Chojin have that Leopardon likely has is the ability to grow to be as large as a building and the ability to fly without wings or thrusters, even in the vacuum of space.
- Tank Body: Leopardon's body has characteristics similar to a tank, specifically multiple tank turrets that can shoot out powerful blasts at an opponent. On his tank body, there is also a slot where Leopardon can suck up pieces of rock to use as ammunition.
Trivia[]
- Leopardon is infamous for having one of the shortest fights in the entire series, being beaten in a single attack by Mammothman with the entire fight lasting for 0.9 seconds in the series itself. With Leopardon only appearing in five manga panels after his design is shown off, two panels before he is lethally struck by Mammothman, one panel where he is attacked by Mammothman and two panels where he's bleeding out on the floor.
- Leopardon's fast defeat was so infamous that in an episode of the Japanese variety show Wednesday's Downtown, it was posited that Leopardon's fight against Mammothman was the shortest match in history, including real-world matches and fiction matches from Chargeman Ken and Grappler Baki. In the end, it was determined that Leopardon's match was the second-shortest fight in history with the first going to the 1993 sumo match between Kushimaumi Keita and Kyokudōzan Kazuyasu which lasted 0.8 seconds.
