Kōzō Ukita (宇喜田 孝造 Ukita Kōzō), better known as Ukita the Thrower, is part of the Three Man Army with Ikki Takeda and Taichi Koga. He was a member of Ragnarök and would later join the Shinpaku Alliance and is currently a third year student at Kōryō High Schoolin Class 3-A.
Characteristics[]
Physical Appearance[]
Ukita is a tall young man with a fairly lean and muscular build with short spike brown hair that sticks up and has the lower half shorter and has a scar under his chin. He typically wears his Judo outfit for fighting and his school uniform and has sunglasses at all times. Also to note is that underneath his thug-like appearance, especially the scar and wearing black sunglasses, he has kind eyes which was said by Takeda to have been one of the five most handsome men in Ragnarök. Recently, Shigure has given him Steel Arm Guards, along with the rest of the Shinpaku Alliance.
Personality[]
Ukita was originally just a thug that enjoyed fighting and winning by using underhanded methods. He has a passion for Judo and that caused him to practice it and eventually join Ragnarök. Since his and Takeda's defeat at the hands of Kenichi Shirahama Ukita has become much nicer and more honorable, going as far as to no longer act like a delinquent and fight to protect those dear to him. Since joining the Shinpaku Alliance, he's grown to be fond of the group and enjoys the time he has with them and the new friends he's made.
Ukita and Takeda are best friends and have known each other since their time in Ragnarök. They always have each others back and are always seen together. Ukita has shown to be very loyal to Takeda, as when Takeda quit Ragnarök and Ukita was ordered to take him out, Ukita changed sides and walk down the path Takeda goes down for the better. The loyalty and dedication Ukita has to Takeda as a friend is so great that Ukita was more than willing to interfere in his fight with Lugh and be the only one to try to save him without hesitation, stating that even though he's a martial artist, he's Takeda's friend first, something Kenichi agrees with.
Ukita has a crush on Kisara, as shown when he tried to impress her by giving her a picture book and because he has pet cats to let her come over whenever she wants to play with them. He always tries to impress her with anything he can come up with and show how much he cares for her and will defend her from any attack without hesitation, such as when they fought against the Capoeira team members, he shielded her from the leader despite her saying he shouldn't. While Kisara denies any feelings towards him, she has shown to harbor even deeper feelings for him, such as blushing when he said he needs her help with something. She was also against the plan Niijima had that involved him getting beaten to death by the Capoeira team. She also worries over his condition in fights more than any other member despite her saying otherwise. She becomes flustered when others mention she likes him.
Ukita is also very oblivious to the obvious around him, such as Freya's crush on him and even Shiratori's. The prime example was when at the pool he walked right by Shiratori in her swimsuit and only when she put on her jacket, he said he found her doppelgänger that looked just like "him" but as a girl, resulting in Shiratori to kick him in the face and Takeda running off laughing hysterically over Ukita's blindness.
Ukita has shown to have a strong bond with Kenichi. The two are able to talk about things that Kenichi can't talk with others. Kenichi even tells him things about him that his masters and other members don't know about, showing a strong amount of trust in him. The two can also relate about how they feel towards Kisara and Miu respectively. He even gave Kenichi advice on how to deal with Miu and was under the assumption they were very intimate with each other. He also can act like Kenichi when the two try to impress the girl they like. He later revealed to Miu that he has a strong amount of admiration of Kenichi due to how far he's come as a fighter and as a man, so he's worthy of being with Miu and even thinks Kenichi helped inspire himself to become stronger. His master Machino also commented he's got fire inside his heart lately.
Due to the fact he's the weakest martial artist of the Shinpaku Alliance, Ukita has some self-doubts in himself as a fighter and even as a man. During the double date, when he tried to protect Kisara he was left unable to and Shiratori topped him in everything and Kisara said she'll protect him, somewhat hurting his pride similarly to Kenichi. However, this would cause him to gain the courage to face Shiratori to win Kisara over and in an effort to prove his worth as a fighter.
Skills[]
As Ukita is one of the weakest martial artists of the Shinpaku Alliance, he has proven to be a reliable and very resilient fighter on his own right. He is capable of taking on several followers and throwing them with little effort with his Judo fighting style. His main fighting style is a rush in grab and throw style and typically uses it to throw his enemies into submission.
- Judoka: Ukita is a practitioner of Judo, and as such he has excellent skills at using throwing techniques. Ukita's throwing skills are so great that he was able to climb up the ranks of Ragnarök and earn the nickname "Ukita the Thrower", becoming one of the three members of the Ragnarök's Technique Takedown Trio along with Takeda and Taichi Koga He can throw most people both big and small with little effort and has been seen throwing more than one person at a time. With help from Chikage Kushinada of Yomi, he gained the ability to throw several members of Yami's Armed Division without using any of his strength for a short time (Which is similar to the Kushinada Style of Jujitsu, which allows its users to effectively throw multiple opponents using 100% skill and 0% strength). He even managed to throw one of the weapon users of Yami once without Chikage's help. Chikage even pointed out he managed to do it without using hardly any strength at all, which is a sign that despite only being at mid-disciple level, Ukita has enough potential to at least use similar methods to the Kushinada's unique style, something that Chikage herself noticed.
- Enhanced Strength: Befitting his large build, Ukita has great strength, capable of throwing people his age with one arm and grown men with both with little effort or tiring. He's also able to carry them and run at a considerable speed without slowing down.
- Enhanced Endurance: Ukita's greatest feat doesn't lie in his strength, but in his stamina. Ukita has a remarkable amount of resilience and stamina that, while he's only a disciple, his stamina is already master level on par with Kenichi. He was able to take a massive beating from Berserker and able to try to fight back and later fought against Ryūto's grunts with little effort. In Niijima's SFI Plan, Ukita took a massive amount of damage but was still able to throw one of the opponents out of the ring, protecting Kisara while taking even more damage from the other members and even breaking the team leader's finger before taking more damage from the leader and succumbing to his injuries. Even against master class opponents or weapon users he can take heavy injuries and still able to fight before he collapses from his wounds. Even after being thrown numerous times by Chikage, Ukita was still conscious and able to move despite the impact of her throws.