Liam Kagawa (born. 26 September 1996), also known as Hawkman, is a Japanese-American high school student from New York, who at one point was bullied and tormented by Brick Jablonski and always gets overshadowed by his six brothers and sisters, the childhood best friend of Michael and Jake and one of the five main protagonists of Chargeshock Thompson & the Justice Avengers created by Man of Action.
Appearance
He is a tall young man with black hair, fair skin and black eyes. He wears a green shirt and black pants.
As Hawkman, he wears a color-coded orange suit and orange helmet and can fly like a hawk.
Personality
As the brains of the team, Liam is described as calm and relaxed, but intelligent and calculated. In class, however, he is the definition of an introvert, as it's shown that he is quiet, reserved and gets really shy and clumsy around the transfer student, Nicole, who's also his crush. Towards Jake's father, Derrick Thompson, he is the most polite and respectful and often sees him as the father he never had; the two share moments of quiet while Jake and the others goof off in a way he can't connect with, but little did he know at first that Jake used humor to hide his perfectionist tendencies and insecurities until he told him about it in a heart to heart. Due to his quiet and reserved demeanor, he is often bullied and picked on by Brick Jablonski until it backfires when Jake or Michael steps in. Due to him being a quiet and reserved individual, who's also not the strongest physically and because of his social awkwardness around Nicole, he is sometimes the butt of Max and Dennis' jokes.
Due to his sometimes introverted nature and annoyed demeanor when Max does something stupid, Liam is also more sarcastic than Jake, but can be somewhat cranky on his worst days and despite his cool headed exterior, Liam has moments when he is stressed and loses his cool under pressure. But these flaws are only an extent to Liam's supportive nature, as he cheered on Michael in the race in each way he could. He is also shown to care a lot about his six brothers and sisters, as shown when he confronted Michael for not attending Fiona's spelling bee.
As Hawkman, he is less shy and prone to being the butt of jokes in his team. He is analytical, logical and doesn't tolerate nonsense from others, according to the fact that he sometimes sees Soundwave as immature, thickheaded and cumbersome every time he makes a joke. However, despite his aloof and calculated demeanor, he is dedicated when it really matters and very supportive.
One of the reasons why he sometimes keeps things to himself is because of his insecurities and self doubt, which were caused by the pressure that he has on him as the middle child of his family, since his older brothers have been aces in school when they were his age and a constant need to prove himself, which explains his overachieving nature.
Powers and Abilities
Powers
Flight: As Hawkman, Liam can fly naturally, while using his suit wings.
Superhuman Strength: As Hawkman, Liam once was strong enough to grab Dr. Tarantula by his robotic arms and snatch them, leaving him defenseless.
Superhuman Agility: As Hawkman, Liam can dodge machine gun fire.
Superhuman Speed: As Hawkman, Liam can fly faster than police helicopters.
Superhuman Durability: As Hawkman, Liam has crashed into buildings, when he first used his powers and came out unscathed.
Superhuman Stamina: As Hawkman, Liam was able to carry both Nicole and Michael (As Goldspeed) to an Aztec temple in Mexico without being exhausted.
Abilities
Genius Level Intelligence: Like Jake, Liam shows a remarkable proclivity toward science. He is gifted in at least physical sciences, being able to determine the specifics needed to siphon a vortex of energy into space with minimal communication of the idea. Additionally, he had absorbed extensive knowledge about the inner workings of Jake's Chargeshock suit and the gadgets he built. An example of this can be seen when he recalibrated Jake's electro bombs, using only equipment available to him within Dr. Maddie Connors' laboratory. Liam is also a genius when comes to tactics and preparations.
Hand-to-Hand Combatant: After a lot of training with the Justice Avengers, he is trained in hand-to-hand combat.
Multilingualism: Apart from English and Japanese, Liam is also fluent in Korean, Spanish, French, Italian and Cantonese Chinese. He even knows some high school Latin.
Athleticism: Despite not being the most physically adept, Liam is pretty skilled at Basketball, which is shown by the fact he can score three pointers from a distance after calculating an angle and by the fact that he can dribble, making it look effortless.
Trivia
Liam's character is based on Tim Drake's Robin/Red Robin, Sam Wilson/Falcon and TMNT's 2012 version of Donatello.
Liam has never had detention before
Liam is the only student in Jake's class who gets higher grades than Jake himself.
Liam sucked at dodgeball, which is why he prefers basketball.
He's skeptical about ghosts and other supernatural stuff.
None of the Justice Avengers can guess what his vehicle was.
He gets angry if you call him "Stickman". Dennis had to find out the hard way.
