Studless

A single full-sized car tire circles his midsection, marking him at a glance as the rubber devotee he is. Slimmer rings hug both wrists, while his lean, sinewy frame is sealed in a blue full-body suit. Running straight down the center of that suit is a printed tread design that copies the grip of an actual tire.

Studless has a habit of selling himself short. When Red Nose floated the idea that he and Hyottoko could go after Garou, he shot it down at once, insisting that even an S-Class fighter would fall to the Hero Hunter. That caution sits beside a genuinely selfless streak. After Tatsumaki tore the Monster Association's base apart, he brushed off his own wounds and rushed to help the ordinary people caught in the wreckage.

Studless answers a string of monster emergencies over the course of the story. During the sea creature threat, he and other low-tier heroes cross paths with Mumen Rider on the road to J-City and warn him that the enemy far outclasses anyone of their rank. Later, while chatting with Hyottoko and Red Nose about the fall of the Tank Topper Army and the ongoing hunt for heroes, he is ambushed when Garou appears at their backs, and the trio is soon found beaten in the street.

His fortunes fare no better against Eyesight, a clash that leaves him and his allies poisoned until Child Emperor and Pig God haul them clear. When the Monster Association is besieged beneath the Z-City ruins, he throws himself into shielding civilians and moving the injured, and is left awestruck as Tanktop Master rips a transmission tower loose and rides it skyward. He also stands among the ring of heroes hemming in a powerless Garou when King's arrival breaks up the confrontation. Moved by that same show of Tanktop Master's might, he later petitions alongside Hyottoko and Gasmask Cowboy to join the Tank Topper Army. Sitting near the bottom of the C-Class ladder, he is no serious combatant, and what fighting he does favors bare-handed, close-range exchanges.