Kinro

"Rules are rules."

— Kinro's personal motto

Kinro (金 (キン) 狼 (ロー) , Kinrō) is the elder brother of Ginro and the son of Tetsuken and Shirogane. Originally having served as one of the guards of Ishigami Village alongside Ginro^[10], he quickly joined Senku as a member of the Kingdom of Science, serving as part of the Power Team's Defense Division.

Appearance

Kinro is a muscular young man of slightly above-average height with brown hair, green eyes, a scar on his right cheek and a lock of long hair that hangs between his eyes. He often has a scowl on his face partially caused by his nearsightedness.

He wears a sleeveless royal blue karate gi-like uniform with a rope belt. On his back, he wears a buckler emblazoned with the village's star pattern.

After the tournament to determine the chief of Ishigami Village, Kinro begins wearing a pair of glasses to correct his nearsightedness. He also carries a katana strapped to his side after Hyoga's raid.

When Yuzuriha built a fashion store, Kinro wore a modern outfit.^[11]

Personality

Kinro is the stern half of the two guard brothers. He takes his job seriously and is not easily distracted. He believes in hard work and despises laziness or cheating of any form, even if for a noble cause, such as being the only one against entering more of their allies to fix the Village Games so the Kingdom of Science would win despite them needing to win in order to cure Ruri.

He's dedicated to upholding the rules, refusing Senku's entry into the village, despite him saving Kohaku's life.^[10][12] He maintains his principles even when a huge portion of the village gets bribed by Senku's ramen, vehemently refusing to participate in any "sorcerous" activities or try "sorcerer" food.^[13] In the village tournament, after using Suika's eyeglasses made by Senku to fight against Magma, he consults with Jasper about the mask's legality, feeling as though he unfairly cheated. Though initially suspicious of Senku^[14], he becomes a loyal member of the Kingdom of Science, vouching for Senku to the rest of the village. This also proves that, despite his adherence to rules, he is not prejudiced towards others and is capable of seeing the good in them.

Kinro's reasoning skills are a bit poor in the beginning. He refused to believe there was life outside the village aside from those banished. Plus, he overlooked the fact that it would be impossible for Senku to be a banished person as he is similar in age to him and never met him before. Again, the rule wouldn't apply to those descended from those banished as they didn't commit crimes towards the village.

In addition, he proves that, despite being a "stick in the mud" most of the time, he is genuinely loyal to his friends and is dedicated to his duty as a guard, especially in protecting the other villagers. When Kohaku asked for his help in winning the grand bout to help her sister, he was perfectly willing to help. He also often helps Senku with his man-powered generator by utilizing his labor, though is happy when it becomes automated and he doesn't have to work himself to death on it anymore.

When the village is attacked by Hyoga and his forces, he is willing to sacrifice himself by having Ginro cut the bridge that holds him and Hyoga's goons to ensure they cannot harm the village. Even when heavily injured, he immediately goes back to guard duty the next day as he feels that, as the guard, he shouldn't lay around and use his injury as an excuse to shirk his duties (though his injury was serious and definitely needed more than a day to heal). He is straight-laced to a fault and tends to act as Ginro's conscious to motivate him.

Prideful to a fault, he refuses to disclose his "blurry eye disease" even though it puts him at a severe disadvantage in combat.^[15] After being frightened by Senku's soap bubbles^[16], he claims that he was merely reacting cautiously to the unknown. He tends to react mostly stoically to most things and does his best to keep his calm at all times.

Despite his serious temperament, Kinro often acts emotionally. Senku successfully bribes Kinro into letting him pass by gilding his spearhead. Afterwards, Kinro shows a strong emotional attachment to the spear.^[17] He often gets annoyed and worn out by Senku's experiments at his expense. After Senku creates a generator that eases his work, Kinro is excited, despite his normal disdain for laziness. In addition, he is genuinely excited by the automobile Senku makes alongside the other guys. When Minami hinted at a possible attraction of his to Kirisame, he became nervous and could only vouch for her skill. He values less shallow qualities in a woman compared to Ginro.^[18]

Kinro seems to be manipulated easily, likely due to his purity and honor. Gen Asagiri made use of this when he manipulated Kinro into eventually helping Senku power an electricity generator.^[19]

As a member of the Kingdom of Science, he learns to overcome some of his stubbornness. Initially dismissing arithmetic as unnecessary and impractical for combat, he is quick to join Senku's literacy school, telling Ginro that learning to write is an increasingly important part of communication.

Abilities and Skills

• Spearmanship: Kinro wields a spear and a buckler. For a time, the spearhead was gilded (as a bribe from Senku in order to let him into the village).

• Swordsmanship: For his second battle with the Empire of Might, he used a standard Japanese katana. He was shown to be highly proficient with using the blade. He later reverted back to using his trusty spear.

• Enhanced Physical Prowess: Kinro is one of the physically strongest members of Ishigami Village, rivaled only by Magma and Kohaku. Initially, he was hindered by his poor eyesight but after being given glasses he overcomes it.^[20] Kohaku's brief power rating would place him above Ginro who has 100 battle points, but below Kohaku who has 1000 battle points, himself having 500 according to Kohaku, although this was given before his eyesight was taken care of.^[21]

• Enhanced Strength: Once given partly proper glasses to adjust his vision, he quickly overwhelms Magma, a man considered to be the physically strongest individual in the Ishigami Village.^[22]

• Enhanced Stamina: Kinro was tasked with maintaining electricity through spinning a hand-powered electrical generator along with his brother. They were to frequently do so until they were replaced by a water-powered mill.^[23] He was capable of taking a flurry of hits from Magma, then recovering and consequently beating the latter.^[24]

Stats

Power		3/5 C
Speed		2/5 D
Technique		3/5 C
Reach		4/5 B

Kinro's stats, according to Volume 6

Chapter Appearances

Chapter Appearances
Kingdom of Science Arc 13. Part 1: Stone World: The Beginning Absent 14. Those Who Have Faith Absent 15. Two Kingdoms of the Stone World Absent 16. Kohaku Absent 17. Nasty Looks Debut 18. Sorcery Showdown Appears 19. Two Million Years of Being Appears 20. Stone Road Absent 21. Dawn of Iron Appears 22. Survival Gourmet Absent 23. The Smooth Talker Appears 24. Lightning Speed!!! Appears 25. By These Hands, the Light of Science Pictured 26. A Shadow Alliance Absent 27. A Certain Scientists Wish Appears 28. Clear World Appears 29. Senku's Lab Appears 30. Death Green Absent 31. Friends Have Each Other's Backs Mentioned 32. Brain & Heart Pictured 33. Baaad Chemicals Appears
Village Games Arc 34. Sneaky Grand Bout Strategy Absent 35. The Masked Warrior Appears 36. Kinro and Ginro Appears 37. Science-User Chrome Appears 38. Master of Flame Pictured 39. And the Winner is... Appears 40. Two Million Years in the Making Appears
Village Origins Arc 41. Doctor Stone Pictured 42. Tale for the Ages Absent 43. Humanity's Final Six Absent 44. One Hundred Nights, One Thousand Skies Pictured 45. Epilogue of Part 1 (End of Part 1) Part 2: Stone Wars Appears
Vs. Hyoga Arc 46. Stone Wars Appears 47. Science Vs. Power Appears 48. Blades of Science Appears 49. To the Present Pictured 50. Humanity's Greatest Weapon Pictured
Communications Arc 51. Sweets for the Stone World Pictured 52. Age of Energy Appears 53. Hard Knocks Crafting Club Pictured 54. Flickering Blue Jewel Appears 55. Treasure Dungeon Push Start Absent 56. The Treasure Pictured 57. Heat Heart Pictured 58. Wave of Science Absent 59. Voices from Here to Infinity Pictured 60. Angel's Song, Devil's Whisper Pictured 61. Stone Wars Begin Appears 62. Double Chase Appears 63. Information Warfare Appears 64. Hotline Appears 65. Call From the Dead Absent 66. Liars and Truth Tellers Absent 67. Full Mobilization Appears 68. Flame of Revolution Pictured 69. Steam Gorilla Appears 70. Paper Shield Appears 71. Prison Break Absent 72. Experience Points Absent 73. Top-Secret Mission Appears 74. Fateful 20 Seconds Pictured 75. 20-Second Countdown Appears 76. Final Battle Appears 77. The Power of Science Appears 78. That Which Destroys or Saves Appears 79. For This Very Moment Absent 80. Humanity's Strongest Tag Team Absent 81. Fingertip Absent 82. Epilogue of Stone Wars (End of Part 2) Appears
Age of Exploration Arc 83. Dr. Stone Absent 84. People = Power Pictured 85. Ultimate Resource Absent 86. Money Pictured 87. Senku's Department Store Appears 88. Wings of Humanity Appears 89. Adventures Absent 90. New World Map Absent 91. Need Bread? Start with Wheat Absent 92. Desire is Noble Absent 93. The First Shot Is Yours Absent 94. The Scent of Black Gold Appears 95. First Contact Absent 96. Eye of Science Absent 97. The Joy of Leadership Appears 98. Ryusui Appears 99. Kingdom of Science Photo Journal Appears 100. Origin of the 100 Tales Appears
Treasure Island Arc 101. Treasure Chest Flashback 102. Perseus, Ship of Science Appears 103. Light of Hope and Despair Appears 104. Men of Forensics Petrified 105. The Island's Great Beauty Absent 106. The Secret of Petrification Absent 107. To the Trump Card Science Vessel Absent 108. Two Trump Cards Flashback 109. The Great Escape Petrified 110. Beautiful Science Absent 111. Science Wars Absent 112. King of Three Dimensions Absent 113. Cryptography Science Flashback 114. Silently, Science Pierces the Stone Absent 115. One Second, One Grain Absent 116. Miracle in Hand Absent 117. The Kingdom of Science Strikes Back Absent 118. Silent Soldiers Absent 119. Science Soldiers Absent 120. Top Secret Absent 121. Medusa's True Face Flashback 122. Brain-Battle Puzzle Pieces Absent 123. The Battle of Wits' Deal Game Absent 124. The Invention of God and the Devil Absent 125. The Decisive Three-Dimensional Battle Appears 126. A 3-D Strategy Pictured 127. Medusa and Perseus Pictured 128. Island-Wide Battle Royale Appears 129. Joker Appears 130. Devil's Choice Pictured 131. Nasty Crimes Pictured 132. The Strongest Weapon Is... Appears 133. Flash of Destruction Pictured 134. Commander Faceoff Absent 135. Counting Petrified 136. Medusa Vs. Science Absent 137. Last Man Standing Absent 138. End Of Part 3 Appears
New America City Arc 139. First Dream Appears 140. New World Plots Appears 141. First Team Absent 142. World Power Absent 143. Ryusui vs. Senku Appears 144. Ryusui & Gen vs. Senku & Kohaku Absent 145. Bar Francois Absent 146. Bar Francois: Bitters Appears 147. Science Journey Appears 148. Pioneers of Earth Absent 149. Light Lure in Darkness Appears 150. Righteous Science User Appears 151. Dr. X Absent 152. Doctor Vs. Doctor Absent 153. Science Wars Pictured 154. Spy vs. Spy Appears 155. Science Is Elegant Appears 156. Two Scientists Absent 157. Same Time, Same Place Absent 158. Who's the Scientist? Absent 159. Lock On Absent 160. Gunshots Echo Appears 161. Craft Wars Appears 162. Down the Earth-Stained Path Appears 163. Multifront Final Battle Appears 164. Re-Lock On Absent 165. Know the Rules, Make the Rules Pictured 166. Ultimate Knight Absent 167. Different Strokes Absent 168. Corn City: Population One Million Pictured 169. RISK or HEART Appears
South America Arc 170. Staring Up at the Same Moon Appears 171. Staring at the Same Light Absent 172. Marked with an "X" of Wisdom Absent 173. Earth Race Absent 174. The Specter of the Panama Canal Absent 175. Ultra Race Across South America Absent 176. Net-Breaking Battle Plan Absent 177. Medusa Mechanism Appears 178. Science Scales Mountains Absent 179. Bonds on the High-Wire Absent 180. Sickening Yet Beautiful Absent 181. New World Science Absent 182. Diamond Heart Appears 183. Stone Sanctuary Appears 184. Fort Medusa Absent 185. Lovely Cleavage Plane Absent 186. To Each Their Own Blade Absent 187. Cyber Guerilla Absent 188. What I Once Sought to Destroy Absent 189. Our Dr. Stone Absent 190. Science Transcends Life Appears 191. Divine Scream, Down to Earth Pictured 192. Until We Meet Again Absent 193. Our Stone World Absent
New Stone World Arc 194. Homo Sapiens, All Alone Petrified 195. Treasure Hunter, All Alone Absent 196. Scientist, All Alone Absent 197. A Stony Eden and Its Forbidden Fruit Absent 198. Whole New World Fantasy 199. Superalloys Absent 200. Future Engine Absent
Globetrotting Arc 201. Morse Talk Absent 202. Ryusui Corp. Absent 203. Missile Heart Absent 204. The Universe is Written in the Language of Mathematics Absent 205. Universe of Zeroes and Ones Absent 206. Dawn of the Computer Pictured 207. Linking the Circuit Diagram Absent 208. Science Transcends Humanity Appears 209. The Rocket's Hard Truth Absent 210. Not One-Way Absent 211. World Tour for Resources Absent 212. Final Part: Stone to Space Absent
Moon Mission Arc 213. Unknown Known Absent 214. Stone World's Earth Defense Force Absent 215. Long, Long Road Absent 216. Hello, World Absent 217. Science Underdogs Absent 218. WWW (World Wide Workshop) Appears 219. Three Heroes Pictured 220. A Desire for All Absent 221. Entrusting It All Absent 222. Science Road Absent 223. 0 Absent 224. In Space Absent 225. Docking Absent 226. Giant Step Appears 227. It Was You Pictured 228. Life Stone Absent 229. Why-Man Absent 230. Human Absent 231. A Future To Get Excited About Absent 232. Final Chapter: Dr. STONE Pictured

Trivia

• Kinro's name can be translated as "golden wolf" as it contained the kanji for Gold (金, Kin) and Wolf (狼, Rō). This ties into Ginro's name, which means "silver wolf".
• Kinro's birthday is 7/9, which is the atomic number for gold (79).
• The scar on Kinro's cheek disappears frequently, only to reappear on random panels as early as the Village Games arc. By the time Kinro gets petrified the first time, his scar seems to have fully 'healed'.
• Kirisame appears to have a crush on Kinro, which he may not be aware of.
• Kinro is the second most popular hunk amongst the villagers.^[25]

References

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v • eIshigami Villagers
Male	Alabaster • Argo • Carbo • Chrome • Ganen • Genbu • Ginro • Hagane • Jasper • Kaseki • Kinro • Kokuyo • Magma • Mantle • Natri • Sagan • Sho • Soyuz • Tetsuken • Titan • Unmo
Female	Alumi • Azura • Beryl • Dia • En • Garnet • Kohaku • Kujaku • Namari • Ruby • Ruri • Sango • Sapphire • Shirogane • Shovel • Suika • Suzu • Turquoise
Unknown	Chalk • Sagara

v • eKingdom of Science
Male	Chrome • Gen Asagiri • Ginro • Hyoga • Joel Gear • Kaseki • Kinro • Kokuyo • Magma • Ryusui Nanami • Sai Nanami • Senku Ishigami • Taiju Oki • Tetsuya Kinomoto • Tsukasa Shishio • Ukyo Saionji • Yo Uei
Female	Chelsea Childe • Homura Momiji • Kohaku • Minami Hokutozai • Mirai Shishio • Nikki Hanada • Ruri • Suika • Yuzuriha Ogawa
Unknown	Francois
Affiliated Groups	American Colony • Ishigami Villagers • Petrification Kingdom

v • ePost-Petrification Humans
Ishigami Villagers	Male	Alabaster • Argo • Carbo • Chrome • Ganen • Genbu • Ginro • Hagane • Jasper • Kaseki • Kinro • Kokuyo • Magma • Mantle • Natri • Sagan • Sho • Tetsuken • Titan • Unmo
	Female	Alumi • Azura • Beryl • Dia • En • Garnet • Kohaku • Kujaku • Namari • Ruby • Ruri • Sango • Sapphire • Shirogane • Shovel • Suika • Suzu • Turquoise
Petrification Kingdom	Male	Soyuz's father • Ibara • Matsukaze • Moz • Oarashi • Soyuz
	Female	Amaryllis • Kirisame