Shigematsu

Shigematsu
Name
Japanese	茂松 (しげまつ)
Romanized	Shigematsu
Profile
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Status	Deceased
Professional Status
Affiliation	IGO (formerly) NEO (forced)
Occupation	IGO Vice-President (formerly)
Personal Status
Relatives	None known
Debut Appearance
Manga Debut	Gourmet 54
Anime Debut	Episode 17
Voices
Japanese Voice	Ishii Kouji
English Voice	Doug Goodrich
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Shigematsu was the Vice-President of the IGO whose authority was second only to President Ichiryu. He was a man of powerful authority and tremendous strength who took his position very seriously.

In truth however, he had been brainwashed by Joie at an unknown point and forced to join the dark organization known as NEO and act as a spy for them within the IGO against his own will. In his final moments he was able to regain his old identity and pass on with his true heart and mind.

Appearance

He is a very large, muscular man with a big, black beard and mustache and thick, black hair with a stripe of white hair down the middle.His typical attire consist of a black sleeveless v neck and laced shirt, green pants tuck inside knee high laced boots and a white cape. Noticeably on his left arm are three long scars and wears a teeth string bracelet and strapped on his right hip a brown holster like bag with an unknown object sticking out. He keeps one eye closed at all times, as well as a nose plug over the bridge of his nose. When these are removed, which he does when preparing to fight Grinpatch, his appearance becomes wilder and his muscles bulge, causing his clothes to tear.

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Personality

Shigematsu was said to be an ambitious man, a trait which even President Ichiryu admired. He was also a proud and loyal man with great loyalty to Ichiryu and his comrades. When Grinpatch came to the 1st Biotope to retrieve the GT Robos, Shigematsu was shown to be disappointed that Starjun or Tommyrod had not come, showing not only his delight in fighting, but also that he had prior experience with the Gourmet Corp. and did not fear their kind. Sadly when Joie used his "Taste Change" on him Shigematsu's true identity was repressed and he was forced to become a remorseless and unfeeling monster. In the end thanks to Toriko, he was able to regain his original personality at the cost of his own life, but was able to spend his last moments as himself while thanking and apologizing his good friend Ichiryu.

Powers and Abilities

Considering his status as Vice president of IGO and comments about him from other characters in the series, it can be inferred that he is very powerful. It is also likely that he can enter the Gourmet World.

Full Power Form

When he removes his nose plug and flicks his left cheekbone, causing his eye to open, his muscles start to bulge and he gets a wilder appearance.

History

Regal Mammoth Arc

Shigematsu first made his appearance in Gourmet 54. When he was asked about Zebra’s release by Mansam due to the fact that it would have been easier to defend the Regal Mammoth, he replied that it wasn’t going to be easy and Director Glass will have to worry about losing face too.

BB Corn Arc

Shigematsu is seen in a flashback of Grinpatch's explaining to Toriko why he was after the BB Corn. It was because he couldn’t get back the GT Robos from Mansam and Shigematsu in the 1st Biotope. Not wanting to fight them, he left them there as he thought they were worthless pieces of junk.

Cooking Festival Arc

Shigematsu betrays Mansam and stabs him with his beast.

Shigematsu was shown looking over on the horizon waiting for Rin and Mansam to get the beast under control. He asked Mansam to hurry because it may be the last Cooking Festival.

During the ongoing battle in Cooking Fest, Mansam continues to battle it out against the army of giant GT Robos, but he is suddenly stabbed in the back by the tongue of a giant snake which belongs to none other than Shigematsu, who then reveals himself to be a member of NEO and coldly grins at the wounded Mansam. When Midora shoots his Meteor Spice on Cooking Island, Tokage appears from the ground to take Ahmon away along with the other members.

AIR Arc

Shigematsu was defeated by Toriko's Infinite Nail Punch attack.

After the Heavenly Kings, Komatsu and the people of Hex Food World celebrated with a feast for successfully capturing AIR, NEO were preparing themselves to ambush everyone and steal AIR. After the Daruma Hermit's speech and thanking the Heavenly Kings and Komatsu as well as the Hex Food Beast Knights for capturing AIR, NEO attacks. Shigematsu's Beast unleashes a Breath of Eternal Sleep, supposedly causing everyone present to have their heart stop beating whilst Teppei stealthily dispatches Komatsu. Shigematsu is surprised to see that despite his beast's technique, people are still standing. He then announces that the attackers are NEO and they will be taking AIR, he then tells everyone still standing that they will not need to respond and to die a quick death however Toriko tells him that he didn't need to say anything more either and he should only speak when his death throes are only seconds away. Brunch revives everyone through defibrillation by shocking them and causing their hearts to beat once more. Sunny disperses the breath from Shigematsu's beast and Zebra quickly decapitates the beast. When everyone prepares to heal Komatsu, Toriko insists the NEO members be left to him. Just before Kariu can unleash his attack, he is quickly wiped out along with Boneless by Toriko. Shigematsu responds to Toriko's sudden attack and shows his full power however before he can do anything, he was quickly launched away by Toriko's new attack, the "Infinite Nail Punch".

As Shigematsu's body continued to be launched through the air by Toriko's powerful and continuous attack, the intense pain that was being inflicted on his body began to slowly undo the effects of Joie's "Taste Change", removing its diabolical effects and restoring Shigematsu to his old self and he began to remember the kindness Ichiryu had shown him and he began to cry tears of remorse for the vile actions and the betrayal he had committed. Sadly, by the time the pain of the attack finally released him from Joie's control his body was already too badly damaged, so with his final breath Shigematsu hoped that as penance for his actions his body would be consumed by nature's creatures. The former vice-president's wish was then granted and he was quickly eaten by a flock of Angler Birds, finally putting to rest the mentally tortured and remorseful vice-president.

Trivia

• His voice actor also voices Roe Fish Shop Owner.

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