Cohozuna

Cohozuna​

Cohozuna

Cohozuna as it appeared upon first reveal.

Species	Salmonid
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Location	Salmon Run Next Wave
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Maximum HP	40,000
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“	That is a Cohozuna. Now, don't get squished by it, or that's going in your file. Oh, and it'll splat you too.	”
— Mr. Grizz

Cohozunas are King Salmonids that appear in Salmon Run Next Wave during an Xtrawave. They are the first King Salmonid introduced in Splatoon 3.

Appearance

Cohozunas resemble giant, extremely obese Cohocks with red scales on their backs and gray ones on their sides. They have two glowing bulging white eyes, chains around their neck, and a pair of pants with two belts. They have a mohawk similar to that of the mohawk hairstyle used for Smallfry, and have been described as "unfathomably terrifying" and "ginormous".

Description

Cohozunas are high ranking Salmonid. They usually sleep at the bottom of the sea, but the strong smell of Inklings invading its territory will awaken them.

A 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 a Cohozuna by shooting ink at it, or by launching Golden Eggs at it with egg cannons that deal 800 damage per shot. A 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 with their main weapons and Specials as well as launching Golden Eggs at it 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 amount of damage inflicted upon it and the quality of them being based on the current hazard level.

A Cohozuna's health, like other King Salmonids, is linearly correlated to the room's hazard level, using the formula 0.7 * MaxHP + 0.005 * HL(%) * MaxHP, where HL denotes the hazard level percentage (capped at 60) and MaxHP is set at 40,000 for Cohozuna. For example, a team of Apprentice 40/99 (hazard level 8%) will meet a Cohozuna with 29,600 HP. When facing a team of Overachievers 0/99 (hazard level 60%) or above, Cohozuna has the maximum 40,000 HP.

Tips

• All five Splashdown-like attacks are timed (87, 71, 55, 39 and 23 seconds marks) and each lasts for about 3 seconds, so use this information to retreat and heal or deal with surrounding Salmonids while Cohozuna is in the air.
• Since Cohozuna targets the nearest player, at least one of the short range weapon users should be busy luring Cohozuna closer to the Golden Eggs for other players to shoot at it, as well as stalling the King Salmonid on ledges that it can only climb with its Splashdown-like attacks.
• Only using Egg cannon against Cohozuna requires many Golden Eggs. On the highest difficulty (40,000 HP) it would take 50 Golden Eggs to defeat it, which could be extremely hard to perform if the team has trouble defeating Boss Salmonids. Despite lower difficulties like Overachiever dealing with a lower HP total, they may also have difficulty relying on Golden Eggs if there are not enough Boss Salmonid spawns (or have trouble defeating them). Because of that, do not forget to use your main weapons against Cohozuna as well. Weapons with high damage per second are exceptionally good for this role.
  • For the Hydra Splatling, Snipewriter 5H, E-liter 4K, Sploosh-o-matic, and Dapple Dualies, it is recommended to focus on shooting the Cohozuna because of the main weapon's outstanding damage.
  • It is recommended to use Crab Tank solely on the Cohozuna by firing streams of bullets with , finishing off with one final ball of ink using . If all 111 shots (60 damage per shot) and the final ball of ink (300 direct damage and 150 blast damage) land, it deals the maximum 7,110 damage.
  • All other special weapons help with defeating Boss Salmonids, dealing damage to the King Salmonid, or crowd control, so do not forget to use the one you get.
• Remember that using the Egg cannon does not cost any ink to deal 800 damage, so do not delay firing an Egg if you have a clear shot at Cohozuna.
  • Likewise, the Egg cannon can defeat many (but not all, check a Boss' page for their HP) of the Boss Salmonids in one shot, potentially trading one Golden Egg for three. It is also useful as an emergency attack against a boss to escape a bad situation. Be careful in considering the risk/reward at any time as that is also 800 damage not being dealt to Cohozuna.

Quotes

“	Last but certainly not least, Squid Research Lab is excited and more than a little scared to reveal the existence of a King Salmonid. This unfathomably terrifying creature can be scientifically described as "ginormous." We hope to release more details soon.	”
— @SplatoonNA on Twitter

“	Earth-shaking! Sightings have been reported of a mighty monster in the Splatlands – King Salmonid. Intel is scarce on this terrible titan, but it sure looks ready for a battle…	”
— @NintendoEurope on Twitter

“	A King Salmonoid[sic] characterized by a giant body. They attack the nearest Clock Puncher and occasionally make big jumps to emit a shockwave.	”
— Nintendo Magazine 2024 winter

Rewards

Main article: Badge#Salmon Run Next Wave

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

Cohozuna badges
	Cohozuna Splats x 10
	Cohozuna Splats x 100
	Cohozuna Splats x 1,000

Cohozuna figure locker decorations are also available as Big Run rewards.

Decoration	Obtain
	Participation
	The Top 50%
	The Top 20%
	The Top 5%

Gallery

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  A Cohozuna as it appears on the Salmon Run Next Wave main artwork

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  Cohozuna as seen by a security camera in the Salmon Run Next Wave trailer

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  Concept art

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  The icon of a Cohozuna

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  Render

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  Icon part featured in Nintendo Switch Online

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  Unofficial render of Cohozuna's game model on The Models Resource

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  Cohozuna's lunge attack

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  Cohozuna's Splashdown-like attack

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  A Cohozuna rising from the sea as an Xtrawave begins. (click for animation)

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  A defeated Cohozuna

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  A Cohozuna at Wahoo World during a Big Run

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  The Tableturf Battle card icon of Cohozuna.

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  Early icon of Cohozuna

Trivia

• The Cohozuna's design seems to reference the daikaijū Godzilla, due its immense size, loud roar, its mohawk resembling the 2014 design of Godzilla's dorsal plates, and its milky eyes resembling those of the Godzilla design featured in the 2001 film Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack. Additionally, the Cohozuna's pose in the Salmon Run Next Wave main artwork bears a striking resemblance to one Godzilla takes in a poster for the 2019 movie Godzilla: King of the Monsters.
  • Coincidentally, the Cohozunas' rank of King Salmonid is similar to Godzilla's title as King of the Monsters.

Etymology

Cohozuna is a portmanteau of "Cohock" (which in turn is derived from "coho salmon") and "yokozuna", the highest rank in professional sumo wrestling, possibly alluding to the Cohozuna's size.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ヨコヅナ Yokozuna	From 横綱 yokozuna ("Yokozuna") and ツナ tsuna ("tuna")
Dutch	Sumosalmo	From sumo and salmoniet ("Salmonid")
French	Salmotori	From salmonoïde ("Salmonid") and tori (from sumotori, Japanese for "sumo wrestler")
German	Malmsalm	From zermalmen ("to crush, to pulverize") and Salmonide ("Salmonid")
Italian	Colossalmonoide	From colosso ("colossus") and salmonoide ("Salmonid")
Russian	Исполид Ispolid	From исполин ispolin ("giant, titan") and Самонид Samonid ("Salmonid")
Spanish	Salmonote	From salmón and the suffix -ote, indicating bigness
Chinese (Simplified)	横纲 héng gāng (Mandarin)	Yokozuna
Chinese (Traditional)	橫綱 héng gāng (Mandarin)	Yokozuna
Korean	천하장사 Cheonhajangsa	The Strongest Under the Sky
Internal	SakelienGiant