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Hideo Hayashi
Profile
Alias

Techman

Dr. Hayashi

Brilliant Mind

The Greatest Inventor of the History

Race

Technorganic Being (Cyborg)

Superhuman (mutate - hyper)

Alignment

Lawful Good

Gender

Male

Age

28 years old

Birth Day

April 17th

Hair Color

Black

Eye Color

White

Brown (formerly)

Height

1m68cm

Weight

60kg

Personal Data
Birth Place

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Affiliation

World Security League

Occupation

Superhero; Scientist

Family

Unknown

Base of Operation

World Security Headquarters, City of Heroes, H-Island

Power Level

3-C, Variable w/ Techno-Charges, possibly High 3-A w/ Energy Generation | 2-A, higher w/ Techno-Charges, possibly High 1-B (Mecha Mode)

Emotions? I lost that a long time ago. I don't know how to express myself anymore. I forgot everything I ever was, because now they are only long lost memories that my mind refuses to accept as reality. But, at this point, that's nothing I can do. This is the new me.

Hideo Hayashi, also known as Techman, is a powerful cyborg (probably the 1st one on Earth), and the Japanese member of the World Security League.

Appearance[]

Hideo is now almost a completely technological being. But, through his morphing abilities, still takes his original form, who is a young adult japanese man with black hair, brown eyes and is light-skinned.

As a hero, the only thing that he changes in the body is the absence of any clothes, because every part of his body except the head (although the eyes are technological as well) becomes robotic-like, being a dark-silver metal-like material, with several technological gadgets and details, a "jet-pack" and a black mask who covers the mouth.

Personality[]

Hideo embodies an unwavering seriousness, exuding an aura of coldness, apathy, and quiet resolve that surpasses even Carmen and Mikhail. His personal experiences have forged a path that leaves little room for emotions beyond stoicism, frostiness, and intermittent anger. Devoted to carrying out the directives of his superiors, Hideo perseveres with unyielding determination, adhering strictly to the rules of those whom he holds in high regard.

Yet, beneath this unwavering seriousness lies a surprising ability to collaborate effectively with his colleagues, particularly in matters of strategy and tactical execution, where he demonstrates superior leadership skills even when compared to Chris. However, in all other aspects of life, Hideo remains unyieldingly serious, harboring an aversion to foolishness, laziness, and any semblance of what he perceives as bothersome behavior.

Devoid of any discernible sense of humor or friendly disposition, his mere presence evokes fear in those around him, with even Gabi, the team's most extroverted member, recoiling in trepidation. His inclination towards violence when confronted with villains and criminals is evident, as he exhibits no qualms about inflicting severe harm or potentially ending their lives, although he adheres to the WSL's regulations, abstaining from taking lives.

Hideo possesses an acute awareness of his own demeanor and acknowledges the circumstances that have shaped him. Despite this self-awareness, he remains resigned to his current state, showing no interest in reversing the transformation or exploring the depths of his past self. These fragments of his former being, once vibrant with feelings and emotions, have been reduced to ethereal remnants by the very techno-powers that now define him. In a bygone era, he was revered as a brilliant and accomplished scientist, hailed as one of Japan's greatest intellects.

Powers and Abilities[]

  • Technorganic Physiology: Hideo's remarkable journey began when he pioneered a groundbreaking nanotechnology. Driven by his desire to witness its effects, he took the audacious step of injecting himself with the nanites. The microscopic machines swiftly permeated every facet of his being, both internal and external, granting him a fusion of supernatural technological powers and a transformed, cyborg physique. These nanites meticulously replaced his cells, leaving only his heart, a fraction of his brain, and a portion of his cranial dermis as remnants of his organic form.
    • Superhuman Strength: Hideo's cybernetic enhancements bestow upon him an exceptional level of strength that surpasses that of ordinary humans and even certain extraterrestrial beings. Initially capable of lifting up to 5 tons, his continuous system updates have propelled his strength to new heights, with ongoing growth. He effortlessly contends with physically formidable opponents, including some of his esteemed colleagues and numerous other mighty beings. Notably, he engaged in a hand-to-hand clash with Samuel Sanders (Steel Master) while the latter was clad in his formidable armor, a testament to Hideo's standing as a formidable adversary, albeit not matching the sheer strength of some of his peers.
    • Superhuman Speed: Hideo transcends the boundaries of velocity, traversing distances at speeds exceeding the limits of light itself. His swift movements create an illusion of teleportation, leaving onlookers astounded. Furthermore, in the vast expanse of space, he can envelop his form in a spatial hyperdrive, delving into the realm of hyperspace and achieving speeds massively surpassing that of light. In his prime, he claims to accomplish the extraordinary feat of journeying from Earth to the Andromeda Galaxy in a mere 5 hours.
      • Superhuman Reflexes: Bolstered by his extraordinary speed, Hideo possesses reflexes that match the swiftness of his motion. His sensory perception seamlessly melds with his heightened agility, enabling automatic reflexive responses to any threat.
    • Invulnerability: Hideo's cybernetic composition renders his body highly resistant to an array of perils, particularly those that prove lethal to ordinary humans. He defies the dangers of radiation, thermal assaults, energy beams, cosmic radiation, and various physical attacks. At will, he can reinforce his nanites, bolstering his anatomy to unparalleled levels of durability. His nanites generate force field-like constructs around their structure, which bends space to a way and evades most attacks easily.
    • Superhuman Agility: In addition to his other extraordinary attributes, Hideo possesses remarkable agility, epitomized by his exceptional body coordination and balance.
    • Superhuman Stamina: Hideo enjoys an abundance of stamina and endurance that appears boundless, enabling him to sustain extended periods of intense physical exertion without succumbing to fatigue.
    • Flight: Integrated propulsion and gravity technologies implanted within his back, hands, and feet empower Hideo with the ability to soar through the skies at incredible velocities.
    • Technology Manipulation: At the core of Hideo's superpowers lies his unrivaled proficiency in manipulating and controlling all forms of technology. With unfathomable ease, he can infiltrate and manipulate any device, breaching encryptions and unraveling complex codes in mere seconds. His mastery extends to the augmentation and enhancement of technological systems, amplifying their capabilities and restructuring their very foundations. Hideo's command over this extraordinary power extends to alien and enigmatic technologies, allowing him to influence and control devices far beyond the realm of human understanding.
      • Solar Empowerment: Adorned with solar panels across his body, Hideo seldom finds himself devoid of energy. By overloading his already formidable attributes, he taps into the vast reserves of solar energy, fortifying his strength and augmenting his powers.
        • Self-Sustenance: As a result of his cybernetic augmentation, Hideo is liberated from the constraints of sustenance, rendering eating, sleeping, and other physiological needs obsolete. His self-sustaining body enables him to venture freely through the vacuum of space without concern.
      • Electronic Communication: He is able to intervene, communicate, understand, read/scan, control and generate electronic, radio and digital transmissions.
      • Holographic User Interface: Through his advanced cybernetics, Hideo perceives the world through a holographic user interface, enabling him to access and view information about various objects and entities simply by observing them.
        • Interface Creation: Leveraging the capabilities of his holographic user interface, Hideo can generate interfaces containing comprehensive data on any subject of his choosing.
      • Data Manipulation: He possesses the remarkable ability to create, shape, and manipulate digital information and data from complex systems and networks. Hideo's mastery extends to converting physical objects and entities into data and vice versa. With his expertise, he can construct and manipulate statistics, rendering them accurate and irrefutable.
      • Superhuman Senses/Sensors: Integrated within his robotic components are highly advanced sensors, endowing Hideo with extraordinary vision and hearing capabilities. His sensors possess unparalleled motion perception and can discern minute details within his environment, rivaling the capabilities of the most advanced telescopes. Additionally, his technokinesis enables him to remotely access and hear from a vast array of devices, granting him an unprecedented level of surveillance and awareness.
        • Scanning: Hideo can conduct comprehensive scans of various subjects, gathering data and information for analysis. These scans extend beyond technological and digital subjects to encompass biological and chemical entities.
          • Scanner Vision: Employing his advanced visual capabilities, Hideo can perform intricate visual scans on his surroundings and living creatures. This enables him to discern their internal properties, detect their presence, and diagnose any irregularities or anomalies.
      • Techno-Telekinesis: By channeling energy through his fingertips, Hideo generates energetic holographic projections that exhibit telekinetic-like abilities. With this power, he can manipulate and levitate matter, effectively simulating telekinesis.
      • Energy Projection: Hideo possesses the capacity to generate and project energy in various forms across the electromagnetic spectrum. His unique energies, which he claims are impervious to external influences, can manifest as beams emanating from his hands, feet, chest, and other body parts. These beams encompass a range of energies, including heat, cold, electricity, and concussive forces, allowing him to unleash devastating attacks upon his adversaries. Hideo states his nanites are consistently generating energy endlessly, as such he always need to use it somehow (otherwise, he would be able to generate enough energy to obliterate/empower an entire dimension).
        • Energy Constructs: Utilizing his mastery over energy manipulation, Hideo can fashion constructs made entirely of energy. These constructs may take the form of buildings, holograms, weapons, or other entities. Additionally, he can generate force-fields and energy blades for both defensive and offensive purposes.
      • Nanite Manipulation: An extraordinary ability at his disposal, Hideo possesses the power to manipulate, shape, and generate nanites—microscopic robots that exist within his body. Through precise control over these nanites, he can mold and reshape his own body, rapidly regenerate injuries (often instantaneously), increase their quantity to assume a colossal mecha-sized form, and restore or heal external matter by infusing it with his nanites. He can also rearrange his nanites and channel his energy to enter different states he calls "Techno-Charges", where he will exponentially gain power according to the situation.
        • Technomorphism: He can rearrange his cells through his nanites to assume almost any shape he wants. He can take the form and/or shape his body into objects, other people, animals and vehicles. He mostly uses this ability to mold parts of his body into powerful weapons, such as cannons, guns, missile launchers, technological bows, etc. He can also make his nanites physically adapt to environmental problems and even produce more of the nano-robots.
          • Mecha Transformation: Hideo possesses the ability to generate and mold additional nanites, enabling him to undergo a remarkable transformation into a towering mecha—a colossal robot of immense power and strength. In this form, Hideo surpasses his human size and becomes a force to be reckoned with. Though he has yet to utilize this form, he estimates his mecha form to be at least skyscraper-sized, if not larger, thanks to the manipulation of his nanites.
            • Size Manipulation: While in his Mecha Form, Hideo can effortlessly manipulate his size, granting him the flexibility to increase or decrease his colossal stature at will.
        • Technological Regeneration: Drawing upon the remarkable regenerative capabilities of his nanites, Hideo can instantaneously heal injuries, regenerate lost limbs, and repair damaged components of both his own body and the surrounding technology. This extraordinary control over nanites grants him a form of immortality, ensuring his continuous functionality.
        • Physical Restoration: Through the power of his nanites, Hideo can restore physical objects and structures to their original state, mending them with unparalleled precision and efficiency.

Abilities[]

  • Superhuman Intelligence: Hideo's exceptional intelligence was evident even before his transformation into a cyborg. However, his cybernetic enhancements allow him to download vast amounts of data and information from the internet and other digital sources, bestowing him with a nearly omniscient level of knowledge. He possesses an extensive understanding of various scientific disciplines, exhibiting remarkable intuition in fields such as biotechnology, mechanics, programming, engineering, cybernetics, and physics. Hideo's scientific prowess enables him to adapt and apply his knowledge to diverse situations.
    • Tactical Analysis: Leveraging his advanced scanning abilities and holographic interfaces, Hideo excels in strategic analysis. He can swiftly and accurately assess a situation, providing valuable tactical insights and enhancing his decision-making capabilities.
    • Master Combatant: Having undergone extensive combat training and utilizing his data analysis to mimic and adapt various combat techniques, Hideo has honed his skills to become a formidable combatant. He combines his physical prowess with his technological enhancements to engage in combat with great proficiency.
    • Indomitable Will: Hideo's unyielding determination and resolute spirit drive him to persevere in the face of adversity. He displays unwavering resolve, refusing to surrender until his opponents are vanquished.
      • Intimidation: Hideo's unwavering seriousness and cold demeanor naturally evoke a sense of fear and intimidation. Merely locking eyes with him instills a deep sense of dread, as demonstrated by Gabi, whose inherently optimistic nature is overshadowed by fear in Hideo's presence.

Weaknesses[]

  • If somehow his solar panels are destroyed, Hideo's “battery” will function limitedly.
    • So if it runs out, he will be unable to use his powers (technically becoming a normal “human”).
  • He cannot manipulate and control anything that is not technological and digital in origin, such as biological/completely-organic materials, and other types of inorganic materials.
  • His emotionless mindset tends to make him unable to care and understand other's emotions and feelings.

Quotes[]

The more time passes, the more I am less human. Is this good or bad? Who knows? But if this continues I'll be nothing else as well, other than a programmed amount of nanites in the form of a human.

This man. He's generating a great amount of energy. Capable of destroying the universe if he keeps doing it. Someone do something.

I am aware that strictly follow rules may be bad and overwhelming at times. But my senses... they always request it! It's like a urge, that will make me follow an order to feel better! Would be this a subconsciously form that my mind is trying to restore my humanity? Who knows?

Energy reservoirs; stable and operating. Percentage of available power; 90%, of good use. I'm fully capable of fighting. Let's do this.

Trivia[]

  • He is similar to Cyborg (DC Comics) and Vision (Marvel Comics), but he is not a homage to them.
  • He is slowly dying.
  • The reason of why he is so cold, is that since he was a human scientist, he was keeping concentrated in his work (but yet, at this time he could still show emotions). However, after the cyborgnization accident, the data absorbed by him replaced his emotions, thus becoming extremely serious, cold and unfriendly (despite being still honorable, having rigid sense of justice, and can co-work when needed).
    • And, the reason he created these nanites, is that he was hoping to heal his mother from a fatal disease (as the nanites maybe could heal her). But, to not test on her or on a guinea pig, he injected in himself first (and only, because the data wiped out the original goal, making him forget what he was trying to do) and became what he is.
    • Despite all of that, he was successful on healing his mother and she is still alive.
  • His favorite hobby is analyzing and seeing things around the world, as he remained with the desire of exploring and try to understand the same.
  • He has a good relationship with a IUH worker and fellow Japanese citizen at H-Island called Dr. Yuuki. Like how he was before being a cyborg, she's specialised in cybernetics and nanotechnology; and she's the one who constantly helps Hideo with his systems and upgrades.
  • The thing he most hates is any illogical and non-sensical acts coming from anyone else.
    • Everything, according to him, should have a logical explaining behind, and hates "clowns".
  • Despite his lack of outward enthusiasm, Hideo's secretly follows a popular virtual reality gaming series and occasionally indulges in immersive gaming sessions during his downtime. He finds it a welcome escape from his serious reality.
  • Yuuki often discretely tries to slow down Hideo's nanite evolution so she can pass more time with him before he fully turns a machine. However, she doesn't know how to completely stop it and states it's completely impossible.
  • The only times that he shows sadness is when he remembers he cannot eat anything else (his entire body sans the head are completely technological).
    • His favorite food when he as a human was mochi.
  • In his cybernetic state, Hideo has an enhanced sense of smell and finds comfort in the aroma of freshly brewed coffee. The scent serves as a reminder of his humanity and provides a fleeting sense of nostalgia.
  • Among colleagues, Carmen noticed she had to develop a unique training regimen to Hideo, so she did it. She has developed a specialized combat training regimen tailored to his cybernetic enhancements. This training focuses on maximizing his strengths while mitigating potential weaknesses, ensuring his readiness for any combat scenario.
  • He maintains an impeccably organized workspace, with every tool and instrument meticulously arranged.
    • Hideo believes that an ordered environment fosters clarity of thought and optimal productivity.