Wekapipo

Wekapipo (ウェカピポ)
	File:Wekapipo younger.jpg
Namesake	"Wake Up People" (single by SOUL'd OUT)
Debut	Chapter 51, SBR Vol. 13 - "Wrecking Ball 1"
Final Appearance
Seiyuu	None
Voice Actor	None
Profile
Age	31
Date of Birth	1858-60
Date of Death	1890
Eye color
Hair color
Height	cm
Weight	kg
Stand	none
Weapon of choice	Wrecking Balls (Steel Ball variant)

Wekapipo is a fictional character featured in Steel Ball Run. He was introduced as an enemy to the protagonists, but later became an ally.

Appearance/Personality

Wekapipo enters the story sporting a moustache, which he later shaves off.

Synopsis

Wekapipo was once a soldier from Italy, his family uses the Steel Balls much like Gyro Zeppeli's but they have a different purpose as well as a different effect on people.

History

When Wekapipo was younger, his sister married one of his friends, who would unfortunately grow to abuse her. This leads him to challenge for his sister's honor, of which they both do so with their wrecking balls. Wekapipo won, but due to the high status of the man he killed, he was sentenced to exile.

Steel Ball Run

Later in his life, he was hired by Funny Valentine, who promised him and his family security in the United States, to attack Johnny and Gyro, and his partnered with Magenta Magenta. However, after losing, he began to side with Johnny and Gyro during the attack on Stephen Steel.

In another dimension, Johnny was shot by Wekapipo in one of the many outlooks of the situation where Johnny is shot (some of the local kids assumed it was either Wekapipo and Diego Brando). However, it turned out to be a result of a dimension hop since Wekapipo thought he was shooting someone else.

After attempting to confront the president, he meets his end after being tricked by Diego into coming in contact with himself from another universe, causing both to merge and be split into thousands of cubes.

Weapon of Choice

File:Wrecking ball.jpg

Wrecking Balls: Wekapipo posees another type of steel ball proved to be effective to blind opponents with mere touch of one of their satellites.

Trivia

• Wekapipo's Wrecking Balls are a reference to Neil Young's song "Wrecking Ball"
• The shockwaves from Wekapipo's Wrecking Balls causes his victims to completely lose sense of their entire left side. Notably, in a similar manner to stand users obtaining their stands, Wekapipo had a younger sister who had become blind on her left side.