Ken Shiga (Earth-616)

Koi Boi
Name	Ken Shiga
Current Alias	Koi Boi
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Chipmunk Hunk's partner Formerly Squirrel Avengers Initiative
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: Brown
Hair	Black
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human Mutate
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Second-year computer science student, adventurer, vigilante
Education	Second-year computer science major
Base of Operations	Empire State University, Manhattan, New York City, New York
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Ryan North, Erica Henderson
First	Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #2 (February, 2015)
First	Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #2 (February, 2015)

 Greetings, citizen. I am Koi Boi, defender of New York and protector of the scales of justice. 

—Koi Boi

History

Ken Shiga is a computer science student at Empire State University and secretly the superhero crimefighting partner to Chipmunk Hunk, known as Koi Boi.

Ken studying at ESU

Koi Boi has also fought alongside Squirrel Girl, against villains like Hippo the Hippo, Ratatoskr, Swarm, and Mole Man.

Attributes

Powers

Koi Boi has several marine and aquatic powers including:

• Marine Zoopathy: Koi Boi can communicate with fish.
• Aquatic Physiological Adaptation: Koi Boi's body appear specially developed for underwater conditions including the ability to breathe underwater.
  • Enhanced Strength
    • Flopping: Due to his enhanced core muscles, Koi Boi can flop his body to leap great distances similar to the leaping abilities of Squirrel Girl and Chipmunk Hunk.
  • Enhanced Agility
  • Superhuman Speed: Koi Boi can swim at super speeds.
• Growth Retardation and Alteration: Koi Boi claims to be able to grow very slowy to fit the size of his container.
• Magneto-Navigation: Similar to some types of fish, Koi Boi has magnet-sensitive cells that provide him with an innate sense of direction while navigating Earth's magnetic field.

Abilities

Communication with Squirrels: Due to lessons from Squirrel Girl, Ken has learned to communicate with squirrels.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Fish-Eye Googles

Notes

• As Koi Boi, Ken is very fond of using fish-related puns like calling others "chums", replacing "see" with "sea", and talking about the "scales of justice".

Ken seen wearing a chest binder while changing

• Ken was seen wearing a chest binder in Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (Vol. 2) #9 and Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Beats Up the Marvel Universe! #1. Although never explicitly stated in the comics, it was later confirmed by Koi Boi's co-creator, Erica Henderson, that he is indeed transgender.

Trivia

• Ken favorite pop culture figure is Zorro.
• Ken lists his likes as justice, no crime, and talking to fish. He lists his dislikes as injustice, lots of crime, and not talking to fish.
• While helping Squirrel Girl develop an online dating profile, Ken reported he has already dated with optimum efficiency.
• Ken is a fan of Namor the Sub-Mariner.

See Also

• 41 appearance(s) of Ken Shiga (Earth-616)
• 5 minor appearance(s) of Ken Shiga (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) of Ken Shiga (Earth-616)
• 58 image(s) of Ken Shiga (Earth-616)
• 2 quotation(s) by or about Ken Shiga (Earth-616)