Pyunma

Pyunma aka Cyborg 008 is the eighth of the 00 Cyborgs and one of the nine main protagonists of the Cyborg 009 manga by Shotaro Ishinomori. He possesses cybernetic augmentations that grant him a greater versatility while swimming as well as the capacity to breath underwater.

History
Born in the African nation of Muamba, Pyunma grew up under the tyrannical regime of the dictator Unbaba and when he was old enough, joined a rebel group led by his friend Kabore to overthrow the despot and restore freedom to the Muamban people.

However, during a skirmish at night, Pyunma became separated from his comrade Mamado and was abducted by the Black Ghost organization, who brought him to one of their laboratories to be experimented on and converted into the eighth model of their 00 Cyborg line, designated Cyborg 008. Pyunma received cybernetic modifications that granted him a greater swimming ability as well as the power to breath underwater.

After Cyborg 009 was added to the line, 008 and his fellow 00 Cyborgs made their escape from Black Ghost with help from an ex-scientist of Black Ghost named Dr. Gilmore. Alongside the other 00 Cyborgs, Cyborg 008 would fight against Black Ghost's plans of warmongering and instigating a third world war.

During one mission, 008 and the other cyborgs traveled to Muamba to investigate Black Ghost activity there, where 008 was reunited with his old comrades. Pyunma learned though that his friend Mamado hadn't been seen since the same night 008 had also vanished.

Interfering with Black Ghost's plans to play both the regime of Unbaba and the Muamban rebels against each other, Pyunma and the 00 Cyborgs soon encountered Black Ghost's new Cyborgmen troops. Their leader, Number One, eventually turned out to be none other than Mamado, who had been kidnapped and brainwashed by Black Ghost on the same night Pyunma was abducted.

After a failed attempt to reason with Mamado, Pyunma was ultimately forced to kill his now brainwashed friend before he killed him.

Some time after that, 008 was reconstructed by Dr. Gilmore after being heavily injured in a fight against a cybernetically enhanced animal, receiving a new body covered in fish scales to make him a more versatile swimmer. While first objecting to the upgrade as he felt it made him less human, 008 soon came to accept it as it made him a better fighter.