Cohozuna

Cohozuna is a King Salmonid that appears in Salmon Run Next Wave during the Xtrawave and Big Run. It is the first, and so far, the only King Salmonid.

Appearance
Cohozuna resembles a giant, extremely obese Cohock. It has two glowing bulging white eyes, chains around its neck, and a pair of pants with two belts. It has a mohawk similar to that of the mohawk hairstyle used for Smallfry. It has been described as "unfathomably terrifying" and "ginormous".

Description
Cohozuna has two attacks. It can jump high into the air and land on teammates, splatting them instantly if they are underneath it, and dealing heavy damage if they are relatively close to its point of impact. This attack is similar to the Splashdown, with the Splashdown landing marker appearing before it lands. It can also attack by falling onto its front, crushing those before it.

Players can attack Cohozuna by shooting ink at it, or by launching Golden Eggs at it with egg cannons that deal 800 damage per shot. Cohozuna's size can create problems such as cutting off access to Golden Eggs or trapping teammates in dangerous areas. Despite being an easy target due to the aforementioned size and its sluggish movement, it has massive health and will require a full team concentrating their fire and launching multiple Golden Eggs to have a decent chance of defeating it within 100 seconds. The player is rewarded with fish scales by dealing damage to the Cohozuna, with the exact amount rewarded being based on the hazard level and the amount of damage inflicted upon it.

Cohozuna's health is based on the room's hazard level. When facing a team of Profreshionals or above, it will have the maximum 40,000 HP.


 * Hazard level 0% ~ 7.9%: 28,000 HP
 * Hazard level 8.0% ~ 19.9%: 29,600 HP
 * Hazard level 20.0% ~ 39.9%: 32,000 HP
 * Hazard level 40.0% ~ 79.9%: 36,000 HP
 * Hazard level 80.0%+: 40,000 HP

Badges
Splatting Cohozuna a specific number of times in Salmon Run: Next Wave will reward the player with special badges that they can use on their Splashtag.

Etymology
Cohozuna is a portmanteau of "Cohock" (which in turn is derived from "coho salmon") and "yokozuna", the highest rank in professional sumo wrestling.