Solo Leveling Baek Yoonho

Appearance

Baek is a muscular young man with spiky orange hair, orange eyes, pronounced canine teeth, and neatly trimmed sideburns. He is typically seen wearing a black tux. During the Jeju Island Raid, he wore a black armor with yellow shoulder guards, gray pants, and a set of golden claws. When using his powers, his eyes glow yellow, his hair turns white, and his pupils become slits.

Personality

Baek is an ambitious and serious man who cares for his guild members, as demonstrated when he left his original guild to create his own, nearly got into a fight with Hwang Dongsoo when the man strangled one of his employees, and then tried to force an explanation out of Jinwoo as to why only three of his guild members survived the Red Gate Incident. He is also curious and notably perceptive, as he was the first person to realize that Jinwoo had no limit to his strength.

Abilities

As a S-Rank Hunter, Baek is one of the top hunters in Korea. However, despite his status, Baek is actually mediocre in strength for a S-Rank, as noted by Hanekawa, and quite possibly one of the weakest S-Ranks in the world.

• Enhanced Strength: Baek possesses great physical strength, as displayed by how he was able to fight evenly against Ma Dongwook without fully transforming and hold his own against Kumamoto during their sparring bout without too much trouble. His transformation ability was also said to buff his strength to the point that he would be able to easily overpower Dongwook in a 1-on-1 battle.

• Enhanced Speed: Baek can move at great speeds, as displayed by how he was able to react in time to Kumamoto's attacks and keep up with the latter's movements for a brief period of time.

• Enhanced Durability: Baek possesses great physical durability, as displayed by how he was able to remain conscious and keep moving at a relatively normal pace even after being badly beaten and strangled by the Ant King.

• Transformation: Baek is able to transform into a tiger-like humanoid monster with white fur, pure white hair, sharp claws, and prominent fangs, which significantly increases his strength and speed. He is also able to partially transform and chose which specific parts of his body to transform, as displayed when he only transformed his hands and hair during his sparring match with Kumamoto.

• Eyes of the Beast: Baek is able to enter an "Enlightened State" and accurately measure the power level of a monster or another hunter with his eyes. As a bonus, this skill also enhances his reflexes. (Ch. 65 ^WB)

Trivia

• In the Japanese version of the anime, Baek's name is changed to Taiga Shirakawa (白川大虎).