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'''The President''' ({{j|社長|Shachō}}) is the owner or co-owner of [[Hocotate Freight]], and a playable character in {{p2}}.

Although the President was not seen until ''Pikmin 2'', he was alluded to by Olimar in his [[Olimar's voyage log|daily journal entries]] in [[Pikmin (game)|the first game]]. His name is Shacho,since he's only ever referred to as "the President", or "the President of Hocotate Freight", and the only known family member is his [[Minor characters#The President's wife|wife]], who occasionally sends [[Mail|messages]] to him.

In {{p3d}}, the President plays a minor role in the [[Side Stories]] mode. In it, he demands Olimar and Louie go back to PNF-404 at once to retrieve the Hocotate ship they had abandoned following the former's rescue from the Plasm Wraith. While not appearing directly, his correspondence provides hints for the player in the day select and loading screens, and will also comment on the player's final score at the end of each level.

The President is the the main source of [[mail]] in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'' before the debt has been paid off, his news getting worse as he finds out that the lending agency he actually used was the All-Devouring Black Hole Loan Sharks, as opposed to Happy Hocotate Savings and Loan, and goes into hiding.

After the debt is erased, Louie is left behind on the planet, and the President goes to help Olimar find him (albeit with the intent of collecting the planet's remaining treasure). When switching to him while playing after that, he calls himself "shacho", which is Japanese for "company president" (although it's commonly mistaken as "Schyaco", "Syecho", etc.). He becomes a playable character from then on, and permanently takes Louie's place as a [[leader|Pikmin leader]]. His wife says in some pieces of mail that she is "the REAL boss" of the company.{{cite quote|Your notification report was wrong again. How many times do I have to correct you? It's because of behavior like this that I, the REAL boss, have to work so hard.|The President's wife|a [[Mail|letter]]}} It is currently not known if she says that as an insult, if she is in fact the real boss, or a co-owner that works harder than the President does.

President side view.jpg|Side artwork.

Thepresident.jpg|Render of the President.

President side.png|Side artwork, from the official Japanese ''Pikmin 2'' website.

The President's Wife.png|The President's wife.

The President alarmed face P2.png|The President's alarmed expression.

The President in game design.png|thumb|The President in a cave.

File:Louie and the President.jpg|thumb|The President and [[Louie]] in the intro cutscene of ''Pikmin 2''.

*According to [[Olimar's voyage log]], the President is in charge of the Pilot's Union,{{cite quote|When I am surrounded by legions of Pikmin, I always picture the face of my boss, the head of Pilot Union. He was always so sharp-tongued with his orders, but I imagine he must have felt much the way that I do now. It's funny, how a change in perspective can bring with it a deeper understanding of others.|Captain Olimar|[[Olimar's voyage log|his voyage log]]}} however it is possible that this is no longer [[canon]] as the President's character had not been fully established when this was stated.

*The President is one of two [[leader]]s with facial hair, the other one being [[Captain Charlie]].

*If the player takes a long time to repay the last part of the debt in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'', the President will get caught by debt collectors, though this does not cause anything else to happen.

{{listen|filename=P2 President name call.ogg|helpnote=no|title=Name call after switching leaders, in ''Pikmin 2''.}}