The President

Template:Infobox leader The President (社長 shachō) is the owner of Hocotate Freight, and is featured in Pikmin 2. He is called 'Shacho' in the Japanese version (which is Japanese for President), though when you switch to his character, he calls himself "shachō" rather than "president" (although it's commonly mistaken as 'Schyaco', 'Syecho', etc.). He claims to have once been a famous space explorer, perhaps explaining his willingness to travel to the Planet of the Pikmin.

Traits and Abilities

The President displays many of the same abilities of Olimar and Louie. Strangely, even though Louie had his spacesuit on with all the upgrades that the player had aquired at the end of the game, the President's spacesuit displays all of these power-ups. This spacesuit consists of the suit he wore while on Hocotate (suggesting that it is airtight), a helmet, and some golden/yellow gloves to cover his hands. His life-support backpack is also golden. His whistle sounds more like a car horn than a whistle. His spacesuit's antenna bears the same blue light that is also emitted from Louie's helmet.