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Here we have the cast of the 80s [[Manga]] and [[Anime]] classic, ''[[Fist of the North Star]].''
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== From the first series ==
=== Kenshiro ===
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* [[And Knowing Is Half the Battle]] - During the [[Animated Adaptation]] of the Raoh arc, [[Executive Meddling]] and [[Moral Guardian]]s forced Toei Animation to put Kenshiro into contrived situations where he spares the lives of kids who are about to go down the wrong path, and deliver [[Anvilicious|heavy-handed life lessons]] ("You may steal to stay alive, but keep doing it and you'll grow to like it, and become ''real'' villains" IE "then I will REALLY kill you") with the subtlety of a brick. Thankfully, this is not done to the detriment of the plot and the story's thematic soul, [[Ending Fatigue|unlike the post-Shura storyline of the manga, left un-animated]].
* '''''[[Badass]]'''''- Easily considered one of the best examples of this when it comes to shonen heroes.
* [[Bash Brothers]] - With Rei.
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** It's also a VERY bad idea to abuse women in front of Kenshiro, see the Wife-Basher Basher entry below.
* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]
* [[Bruiser
* [[Bullying a Dragon]] - Are the thugs and mooks really that dumb to try to taunt and torment this guy?
** Most of those mooks are at least a head taller than him and are usually armed. Now, the ones who attack him AFTER seeing their pals explode are either [[Too Dumb to Live|not very smart]] or have [[Bad Boss|BOSSES who will kill them]] if they run; either way the poor bastards just don't have it easy.
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]] - He may be a pretty serious guy, but he does get a few lines in when killing mooks.
* [[Death Glare]] - If Ken gives you one of these prepare to [[Your Head Asplode|shout "Hidebu" on the top of your lungs.]]
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: In ''Ken's Rage'', Yuria was [[Spared
* [[Easily Forgiven]] - One of the flaws that Kenshiro gets called upon by fans is the ease and ''frequency'' with which he applies this trope towards the most vile and undeserving villains in their final moments, whilst butchering armies of [[Mooks]] without a second's hesitation.
** The worst case is
** It generally depends on the [[Freudian Excuse]] the villain had. Shin did everything out of his love for Yuria (and was prodded heavily by Jagi, although Kenshiro didn't know that at the time), and Souther did everything out of devotion to his fallen master (however misguided). Jagi, on the other hand, has no such excuses, and as a result is given one of the most agonizing deaths that Kenshiro ever dishes out.
* [[Even the Guys Want Him]] - Occasionally played around with the likes of Mr. Heart.
* [[Emotional Bruiser]] - "And so you see, boys and girls, it IS manly to be sensitive and kind."
* [[Expy]] - of [[Bruce Lee]] ''and'' Mad Max, played by [[
* [[Flanderization]] - The three-episode ''New Fist of the North Star'' OVA series didn't really try to make Kenshiro appear soft and gentle, or a genuine protector of the innocent, making him look like a cold-blooded killer. However, while Kenshiro is a '''lot''' harsher and colder in the OVA, the characters were also a '''lot''' less sympathetic, and any character he actually felt sympathy for forced him to kill him in one way or another anyway. In fact, none of the villains are sympathetic in the OVA. Furthermore, the smaller amount of characters and the length of the OVA reducing his time spent not killing villains and showing his gentle nature outside of battle much.
* [[Four Is Death]] - Kenshiro's [[Catch Phrase]] and [[Meaningful Name]].
* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]] - [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|Red]], and seriously evil looking.
* [[Hitman
* [[Honor Before Reason]]
* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]] - Not only will Kenshiro never back down from doing the right thing, offering him rewards for doing so is [[Curb Stomp Battle|to get on the wrong side of a one-sided ass-beating]].
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* [[Manly Tears]] - All the time. Notable in that at ''no'' point does he attempt to hide said tears.
* [[Made of Iron]] - Oh boy...
* [[Meaningful Name]] - In the ''Hokuto no Ken'' pilot illustrated by Tetsuo Hara before working with Buronson, Kenshiro's name was written in kanji characters that literally meant the "[[Four Is Death|Fourth Son of the Fist]]".<ref>拳四郎</ref>
* [[Mega Manning]] - Kenshiro is able to learn an opponent's techniques just from fighting or observing them. (When fighting Shu he claimed that this itself was a Hokuto Shinken technique.) Probably the two most notable examples are how Kenshiro defeated Souther the second time around (he found out that {{spoiler|Souther's pressure points were actually on the opposite side from the normal locations}}), and when Kenshiro confronts Raoh in the Nanto capital, he ends up using both Toki's stance and one of Rei's attacks, after which Rihaku (and in the anime, Raoh) see the spirits of the most notable fighters that Kenshiro has fought and learned from.
** More explicitly evoked by a blinded Kenshiro in the anime when several of Raoh's biker troops tried to stop him from reaching the Nanto capital
* [[Men Don't Cry|"Real" Men Don't Cry]] - [[Averted Trope|Oh the HELL they don't!!]]
* [[The Messiah]] - Albeit a rather ''violent'', unforgiving one.
** [[Good Is Not Soft]]
* [[Names to Know
** Original, movie: [[Akira Kamiya]]
** Hokuto Musou: [[Katsuyuki Konishi]]
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* [[Papa Wolf]] - You'll be even ''more'' dead if you mess with innocent children.
* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]: Very frequently.
* [[Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs]] - The ''Hokuto Hyakuretsuken'',<ref>the North Dipper Hundred Crack Fist</ref>
* [[Shipper
* [[Sleeves Are for Wimps]] - Curiously, the first time he was ever defeated, he was wearing a leather jacket with sleeves.
* [[The Stoic]]: ''Some'' of the time. Other times...
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* [[Your Head Asplode]] - One of the more common occurrences when Kenshiro uses a Hokuto Shinken move on his enemies, although he gets ''far'' more creative later on.
=== Bat ===
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* [[Bratty Half-Pint]] - Before the [[Time Skip]].
* [[Cross-Dressing Voices]] - In the TV series, Bat was voiced by Mie Suzuki, a female voice actress, until he became an adult and was replaced by Keiichi Nanba, a male actor.
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** Also averted in the English dubs for the first Movie and TV series though as he was voiced by men namely [[Tony Oliver]] and Gary Michaels respectively.
* [[Emotional Bruiser]] - When he grew up.
* [[Jerk
* [[Joke Character]] - He once tried to be this when up against one of Amiba's [[Mooks]], trying to punch one of the soldiers and tricking that soldier into thinking that he somehow performed a Hokuto Shinken move on him, deliberately invoking Kenshiro's own catchphrase and mannerisms. It
* [[Kid Sidekick]] - To Ken.
* [[Large Ham]] - Is also a rather bit of a showoff, but to be fair, he's a pretty good harmonica player.
* [[Meaningful Name]] - Named after the flying rodent of the same name, according to an interview with [[Word of God|Buronson]] on the Japanese ''Raoh Den'' DVD.
* [[Ship Tease]] - While it might be debatable in the first series [[Relationship Upgrade|it's definitely romantic in the later part of the manga]].
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Tender Tears]] - An adoptive big brother like Ken tends to even make the snarkiest [[Jerkass]] kid grow up to be just as sensitive and kind-hearted as a man.
* [[Took a Level
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** He even kills the very last villain of the manga.
=== Lin ===
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* [[Cute Mute]] - Before Kenshiro restores her voice in the first chapter.
* [[Dumb Struck]] - As a result of seeing her family murdered right in front of her.
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* [[Nice Girl]]
* [[Tender Tears]]
* [[Token
=== Shin ===
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* [[Air Jousting]] - Probably the most famous example of this trope is when he crosses aerial kicks with Kenshiro in their battle.
* [[All There in the Manual]] - The name of his martial art style was unknown until it was revealed in the ''All About the Man'' guidebook, which established it to be ''Nanto Koshūken''. Originally Shin's style was simply designated as ''Nanto Seiken'', being its first practitioner introduced in the story, but once the name was established to be an umbrella term for the other ''Nanto'' styles introduced afterward, the name ''Nanto Koshūken'' was introduced as a [[Retronym]].
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* [[Emotional Bruiser]]
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]] - Sure, he's a maniacal overlord who raids villages and enslaves people, but he's chivalrous to a fault and in the series extends mercy to a young servant who betrayed him.
* [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]: If Shin really knew and loved [[The Messiah|Yuria]], he '''really''' shouldn't be surprised that she was [[Driven to Suicide]] by the cruelty and genocide committed in the name of earning her love.
** In ''Hokuto Musou'''s Dream Mode, Shin is shown to ''literally'' not comprehend selflessness. However, he eventually does come to understand love, and this instigates a [[Heel Face Turn]].
* [[Evil Former Friend]]
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* [[Finger-Poke of Doom]]: Shin can kill you just by poking his finger straight into your heart. Many of his other moves are jabbing motions intended to drive his hand straight into the enemy.
* [[A God Am I]]
* [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]] - Surprisingly averted. Shin intentions with Yuria was that she favor him over Kenshiro.
* [[I Love You Because I Can't Control You]]: Shin loves Yuria because she is an emotionally strong-willed woman whom he sees as a challenge to make ''willingly'' fall in love with him.
* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]] - Subverted ''so'' hard by Jagi's influence.
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* [[Might Makes Right]]: Shin's personal mantra.
* [[Murder the Hypotenuse]]
* [[Names to Know
** Original, movie, ASW fighting game: [[Toshio Furukawa]]
** Hokuto Musou: [[Tomokazu Sugita]]
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* [[Rival Turned Evil]]
* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[Stalker
* [[Starter Villain]]: He sets off as Kenshiro's old nemesis, but doesn't last beyond the first story arc.
* [[Token Motivational Nemesis]]: In the manga, he is unceremoniously killed in the end of the ''tenth'' chapter, having served his purpose of giving Ken his scars, traumatizing him and taking Yuria away from him. Given somewhat better character development and treatment in the TV series' [[Adaptation Expansion]], where he gets his own moment of glory when he thwarts a traitorous General and his entire Army by himself.
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* [[Yandere]]
=== Yuria ===
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* [[Adaptation Dye Job]] - From black in the manga to red (or violet during the Southern Cross arc) in the Toei anime.
* [[Driven to Suicide]] - In an attempt to stop Shin's [[Love Makes You Evil|madness]]. We later find she was saved at the last moment.
* [[Dude Magnet]] - She really does nothing to cause this but men '''''want''''' her. No really. Men ''flock'' to her like moths to a flame.
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: As seen in [[Spared
* [[Emotionless Girl]] - For all of two pages, but hey.
* [[The Heart]] - She's the only member of the Nanto Rokusei <ref>the South Dipper Six Stars</ref> who does not possess any actual martial art skills, but her kindness and compassion can move the hearts of even the most merciless of tyrants.
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* [[Posthumous Character]] - Yuria seems to become this at first after the Southern Cross arc, where she is mentioned a lot by other characters. Subverted in that she's not actually dead at all and then played straight after she dies for real.
* [[Save the Princess]] - Kenshiro's objective in the first arc is to save her from his old rival Shin. Later, she gets kidnapped by Raoh to lure Kenshiro for their final battle.
* [[Silk Hiding Steel]] - Such is the unconditional love and compassion of Yuria, the fiance of Kenshiro, that even the tyrant Raoh, whose fists could shatter Heaven and Earth itself is utterly helpless before her redemptive kindness.
* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]] - For all the violent and cruel warlords wanting her as their consort, Yuria loves Kenshiro for his kind and caring nature.
* [[Spared
* [[Too Good for This Sinful Earth]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Lavender/purple in the anime. Interestingly, it was a natural shade of red in the flashback where Shin kidnapped her. No explanation for her change in hair color is given. And then it turns gold during the Last Nanto General arc. Again, no explanation is given. In ''Hokuto Musou'' it's purple at all times.
* [[Zettai Ryouki]]: Her outfit after she is revealed to be the Last General of Nanto.
=== Zeed ===
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* [[The Bully]]
* [[Carry a Big Stick]]: [[Dual Wield]](s) two spiked maces in ''Hokuto Musou''.
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* [[Your Head Asplode]]: The first boss to do so.... and definitely not the last.
=== Spade ===
One of the four lieutenants in the KING organization and the first one encountered by Kenshiro, Spade is the weakest of the group, barely above the average punk in strength. Not really a martial artist, Spade uses a variety of weapons like a wrist-mounted crossbow, dual axes and a spear to fight.
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* [[The Archer]]
* [[An Axe to Grind]] - Two at a same time.... not a very smart or efficient way to fight [[The Hero]].
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* [[Expy]]: Bears a resemblance to Wez from ''[[Mad Max]]''.
* [[Eyepatch of Power]] - Eye-patch of disgrace, rather, considering how quickly and miserably he lost to Kenshiro.
* [[Hoist
* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] - The weakest of Shin's card-themed henchmen.
=== Diamond ===
The second of the four KING lieutenants, Diamond is a bright, garishly-clad warrior skilled in Bojutsu. Very sadistic, his torture of the local villagers incites Ken to kill him.
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* [[Blood Knight]]
* [[The Bully]]
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* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] - The diamond of Shin's playing-card henchmen, with the tattoo to match.
=== Club ===
The third of the four KING
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* [[The Bully]]
* [[Dirty Coward]] - Begs and screams like a little girl for the mercy that he never gave the men who's lives he toyed with.
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* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] - The penultimate henchmen Kenshiro faces before challenging the mighty Mr.Heart.
* [[The Sociopath]] - Takes intense sexual-pleasure in the despair of the men whom he forces to fight him for their lives.
* [[Wolverine Claws]] - Second ground-rule of the [[Hokuto no Ken]] universe: [[Never Bring a Knife
=== Mr. Heart ===
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* [[Acrofatic]] - In the anime, he jumps off a cliff by doing a somersault before fighting Ken.
* [[Affably Evil]] - Subverted, at first he seemed to be the only nice guy in Shin's army as he scolds his own men for harassing a Bartender. Unfortunately [[Berserk Button|he changed]] as soon as he noticed that he actually got his hand cut by a shard of broken glass in which that cut drew blood.
* [[Ascended Extra]] - In the manga, he was a [[Giant Mook]] who lasted for only four chapters before he was killed (and only two episodes in the TV series). However he's a recurring character in various video games despite his fairly minor status (when it comes to Shin's card-theme named minions he is usually either given the most attention or the only one to get any attention). His popularity can be attributed to the fact that he is one of the first adversaries in the manga who proves to be more than a mere pushover against Ken.
** There's a reason why he's called "Mr. Heart" (or "Heart-sama") and everyone else is just "Spade", "Diamond", and "Club".
** He's even a playable character in ''Hokuto Musou'' via DLC, and he's unique in that he's a "Special" type character who ''doesn't'' use weapons. Instead, his body [[Rubber Man|literally is rubber-like]], as he can inflate his belly and hand. Also he can [[Fire-Breathing Weapon|breath fire]] and fire a beam of [[Ki Attacks|ki]] from his [[Breath Weapon|mouth]].
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* [[Kung Fu-Proof Mook]]: due his [[Kevlard]] he's apparently immune to Kenshiro's pressur point strikes. At least until Kenshiro ''moves'' the fat and hits his pressure points once, that's it.
* [[Macho Camp]] - One of the fairly uncommon confirmed cases of this in the whole ''shounen'' genre namely in the TV show, as just before he fought Kenshiro he was admiring Kenshiro's marvelous physique in a flirty tone of voice. (Though that doesn't seem to be the case in the movie though.)
* [[Minor Injury Overreaction]] - Despite his enormous frame, a paper cut can send him into a wild frenzy.
* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] - The last and most powerful of Shin's playing-card-themed henchmen.
* [["Wake
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Mr. Heart was originally going to be renamed "Elephant" in the 1986 to go along with the animal-themed naming of Jackal and Fox (Jagi's other two underlings in the movie).
=== Colonel ===
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* [[Colonel Badass]]
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: In the TV series, he went from being the feared leader of his own organization to a deluded lackey of Shin who worships him as a god. He had it worse in the movie, where he was simply an informant who is killed by Shin without putting much of a fight.
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* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] -His reason for founding Godland was to prevent another nuclear holocaust from happening.
=== Jackal ===
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* [[Animal Theme Naming]]: The members of his own gang (including himself) are all animal-based, although only two of his lackeys are named in the manga (Fox and Hawk).
* [[Bad Boss]] - Gleefully betrays his employees long as it can be profitable to his wealth or health.
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* [[Badass Longcoat]]
* [[Blade Below the Shoulder]]: Hss two wristblades hidden in his gauntlets.
* [[Dirty Coward]]
* [[Demoted to Extra]] - Despite his role as a central villain in an entire story arc of the manga, he appears in the movie as an unfortunate lackey of Jagi whose head gets blown up by him just for taking a peek at his unmasked face. Even in the TV series, he's nothing more than an underling for Shin whose ass gets saved by [[Filler Villain|Joker]] on one ocassion.
* [[Genre Savvy]] - The reason why he never fights Kenshiro directly.
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* [[Throw Down the Bomblet]]: Jackal's main weapons are dozens of dynamite sticks.
=== Devil's Rebirth ===
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* [[Attack of the
* [[Blow You Away]]: His ''Kongou Fuusatsu Ken'' technique.
* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]] - Practically an innocent and easily-manipulated toddler in the body of an adult when it comes to his beloved mother.
* [[Monstrosity Equals Weakness]] - Literally being the size of a 10-storey-tall building is STILL not enough to survive Kenshiro's wrath.
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]
* [[Spell My Name
=== Rei ===
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* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: From black in the manga to light blue in the Toei anime. This caused some problems when it was time for him to be [[Locked Into Strangeness]]. The 1986 movie streamlined this by giving him white hair from the beginning.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: A [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type IV]] whilst searching for his kidnapped sister, before reverting back to a straight-up hero later on.
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** In ''Hokuto Musou'', the camera view [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaJBH1S1uBU won't even follow him inside].
* [[Death Glare]]
* [[A Death in
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]] - to Mamiya.
* [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!]]: A milder version: Rei forbids Mamiya from despairing over his death, instead asking her to live life fully from then on.
* [[Dying Alone]]: To spare his friends the displeasure of seeing him die explosively, Rei locks himself in a house to die by himself. As if his death wasn't tragic enough...
* [[Dying Moment of Awesome]]: Right after he dies, at the funeral (read: burning the damn building down) Mamiya stares into the heavens and realizes that she cannot see the Death Star anymore. Anyone who sees the star is doomed to die soon, NO EXCEPTIONS. Mamiya is the only character in the series spared this fate because [[The Power of Love|Rei gave his life to save her.]]
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: His ''Hokuto Musou'''s Dream Mode is this in a nutshell. {{spoiler|After avoiding his death by Raoh, Rei is forced to do a [[Face Heel Turn]], serve the tyrannical Thouzer as Nanto Army's [[Token Good Teammate]], witnessed the death of Shew who's helping him, fought against Kenshiro, all to save Airi and later Mamiya, then finally turns back against Thouzer once Mamiya inspired him enough to not serve Evil. The result is that Rei, Airi, Mamiya live [[Happily Ever After]] in Mamiya Village.}} [[Tear Jerker|Then Rei refused to take that chance and prefers to meet his fate against Raoh]].
* [[Emotional Bruiser]]: His first major [[Pet the Dog]] moment is when he warmly and kindly smiles at how the big brother of the siblings he gave chocolate to gave the bigger half to his baby sister. Aww...
* [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]]: To the point where he was given a ''de facto'' hentai doujin-disguised-as-manga, ''Soukoku no Garou - Hokuto no Ken Rei Gaiden'' ("Bloody Wolf of Blue Darkness - Fist of the North Star Rei Side-Story").
* [[Face Death
* [[Famed in Story]]: If Kenshiro is about to instill an asskicking on someone and reminisces about following the path laid by those who came before him, Rei will ALWAYS be shown front and center, even over Toki.
* [[A Good Way to Die]]
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** The anime added another moment - after the agony of having his Shinreidai triggered by Toki, Rei explodes out of his hospital room and takes out two thugs holding Mamiya hostage with one stroke each.
* [[Honor Before Reason]]
* [[I Fight for
* [[Kung Fu Jesus]]
* [[The Lancer]]: Kenshiro even calls him one of the greatest men he's ever known.
* [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]: Raoh is one of the most well-known characters in the series, and it's impossible to mention anything he does without spoiling Rei's death.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: THE fastest, most graceful fighter on the good guys' side.
* [[Living
* [[Locked Into Strangeness]]: After having his Shinreidai power point touched by Toki to extend his life, the pain is so great that Rei's hair turns white.
* [[Love Martyr]]
* [[Meaningful Funeral]]: Rei may have died alone, but he did ''not'' die unloved. His place of death is surrounded by those who loved him, crying bitter tears at the loss of such a great man.
* [[The Messiah]]
* [[Names to Know
* [[One-Man Army]]
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Literally, with his pale pink protective cloth that make people believe the one coming to them is a woman.
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* [[Senseless Sacrifice]]: As a show of gratitude to Kenshiro, Rei tries to take down Raoh to spare him. Raoh dooms Rei to a slow, painful, helpless death.
* [[Sleeves Are for Wimps]]
* [[Stay in
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: Practitioner of Nanto Seiken? Kenshiro's best friend? Hopelessly in love with a woman he can't have? Sounds a lot like Shin in his younger days...
** The relationship is inverted in this case. Whereas Shin was Ken's friend until he turned evil, Rei wasn't exactly on the best of terms with Ken when they first met. Interestingly, the reason why both were after Ken (or in Rei's case, the man with seven scars) was because of Jagi.
* [[Taking You
* [[Tender Tears]]: He sheds these for the suffering of Mamiya, the one true love of his life.
* [[Tragic Hero]]
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* [[Wife-Basher Basher]]: "I think we're both here for the same reason... we are both weak to the tears of a woman."
=== Mamiya ===
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* [[Action Girl]]: Though still prone to getting captured, Mamiya is still one of the more heroic and competent women of 1980's shonen.
* [[Badass in Distress]]: Several times.
* [[Combat Stilettos]]: Wandering the rocky wastelands and scaling cliffs in heels about six inches high.
* [[Commuting
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Once kidnapped by Yuda, who made her his concubine and also [[Kick the Dog|killed her parents for no reason]]. As such, Mamiya has abandoned her femininity.
* [[Defeat
* [[Fiery Redhead]]
* [[Hot Amazon]]: Subverted. Rei finds her very attractive and respects her courage and strength, but he would still rather have her stay on the sidelines, if only because he's not comfortable with the idea of her getting hurt.
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* [[Killer Yoyo]]: Looks real [[Badass]] when using them!
* [[Plucky Girl]]
* [[Rape
** [[Rape and Revenge]]: Because of this, she chose to fight rather than being helpless again.
* [[Stripperiffic]]: Notably averted. She dresses in realistic combat clothes. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Rei before he gives her a [[Stay in
* [[Team Mom]]: If Ken and Rei are the fists of the team, she is easily the heart.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: Apart from her bladed yoyos, combat needles and a crossbow.
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* [[Zettai Ryouki]]: One of Mamiya's outfits in the manga has her wearing a miniskirt and thigh-high boots with high heels.
=== Kiba Daioh/Boss Fang ===
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* [[Big Badass Wolf]] - His entire clan's thematic motiff is that of wolf-skin clad Mongolian Warriors.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Holy shit. [[The Fresh Prince of Bel
* [[Made of Iron]] - Literally, when he uses a technique that looks suspiciously familliar. Though it can be dispelled by hitting certain pressure points.
* [[Moral Myopia]] - He mourns the deaths of his sons and begins seeking retribution, despite the fact that his clan is just as guilty of many atrocities.
* [[Papa Wolf]] - Played straight and then subverted with ''delightful'' viciousness at the last minute.
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* [[Villain Team-Up]]: With Zeed in "Hokuto Musou".
=== Airi ===
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* [[Adaptation Dye Job]] - From blond in the orignal manga to pink in the TV series to blue in the movie.
* [[The Chick]]
* [[Commuting
* [[
* [[Rape
=== Jagi ===
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* [[Accidental Hero]] - In his Dream Mode in ''Ken's Rage'', this is what the entire plot is all about. He and Amiba show up at a village to raid it, only to arrive a fraction of a minute after the Fang Clan and Zeed arrive, joining the villagers' favor over to their side simply by showing up and killing them. Then they manage to run into Souther's army while pursuing Zeed and the Fang Clan, eventually managing to defeat the entire Nanto army as a result, and actually earning recognizion as a Hokuto Shinken user from both Kenshiro and Toki in the process. And then when they finally decide that enough is enough and decide to take revenge on Kenshiro and Toki once and for all, it is later revealed that they actually defeated ''another set'' of impersonators, boosting their reputations even more while actually believing they had enacted their revenge.
* [[Adaptation Dye Job]] - From black hair to blond in the Toei anime.
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* [[Calling the Old Man Out]] - Happens twice with Ryuken during the ''Jagi Gaiden'' manga, and both times it is a defining moment in Jagi's life. First, Jagi calls him out for not teaching him Hokuto Shinken (which Ryuken did not want to do because he loved Jagi as his adopted son and wanted to spare him the tragedy that befalls practitioners of Hokuto Shinken). Eventually, Ryuken relents. This is a ''bad'' idea. The second time is after the bombs have fallen and Jagi's lost his girlfriend. He threatens Ryuken and calls him a fool. Kenshiro does not approve, and the rest is history.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]] - Jagi makes using underhanded tactics into an art form. He spits needles while charging, uses a gun, and picked up a pillar to use against Kenshiro. The arguably ultimate example of this is where he makes a hole in a oil tanker, jumps on said tanker, and ''sets the oil on fire'' while Kenshiro is down on the ground. It didn't work, but it's such a great example that it was made into Jagi's Fatal KO in the Arc System Works fighting game.
* [[A Day in
* [[Despair Event Horizon]] - He clearly was close to losing all sense of hope completely when the bombs dropped, but he truly crosses it shortly after the death of his girlfriend Anna after being raped at the hands of a gang. Combined with the news of Kenshiro's succession shortly after, this is what drove him to flat-out monsterdom.
* [[Dirty Coward]] - Has the ignonimity of being the ''only'' Hokuto practitioner to beg and grovel for his life in the tradition's entire 2000 year history.
* [[Evil Chancellor]] - He serves this role temporarily to Shin, kicking off the series. One of his many, many moments of pure unadulterated assholeness.
* [[Face Death
* [[Fate Worse Than Death]] - Despite being spared by Kenshiro in their first fight, Jagi had to use metal implants to stop his head from erupting, causing him excruciating pain and fuelling the revenge against his little brother.
* [[For Want of a Nail]] - ''So'' much could have gone better had his minions in ''Jagi Gaiden'' not gotten to him in time to give him the bad news about Kenshiro's succession...
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* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]] - Jagi is Kenshiro's absolute polar opposite: evil, sadistic, underhanded, manic, sociopathic and completely lacking in empathy.
* [[Sleeves Are for Wimps]]
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Start of Darkness]] - The ''Gokuaku no Hana'' spinoff series is all about this, which gives Jagi a [[Belated Backstory]] in an attempt to make him into a [[Sympathetic Murderer]].
* [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch]] - He really likes to combine this with his [[Catch Phrase]] in Ken's Rage.
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* [[The Unfavorite]] - Jagi feels this way because of not being taught Hokuto Shinken.
* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: Though ''Jagi Gaiden'' is commendable in '''not''' making everyone else in Jagi's life a [[Jerkass]] (like most [[Sympathetic Murderer]] retellings unfortunately do) while still making him a ''genuinely'' sympathetic victim, unless the manga itself is endorsed as canon [[Word of God|by Buronson and Hara]], it can only be at best viewed as the warped and deeply biased flashbacks of an already mentally-disturbed individual; further twisted out of context by an exploding brain in the final moments of his life.
* [[Used to Be
* [[Villain Team-Up]]: With Amiba in ''Hokuto Musou''.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]] - One of the reasons Jagi wants to learn Hokuto Shinken is that he desperately wants Ryuken's approval, failing to realize that Ryuken does not want to teach Jagi Hokuto Shinken ''because'' he loves him, and that there was no need to seek his approval at all.
** Subverted upon Kenshiro's succession (when Jagi found out) and when he's
=== Amiba ===
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* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: From black in the manga to white in the Toei anime, likely done to avoid the [[Continuity Snarl]] of Amiba being able trick Kenshiro when Toki's hair was whitened during the Nuclear War. His natural hair color though, is blond in the anime.
* [[Ax Crazy]]
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Becoming a sadistic murderer in retaliation to ''being accidentally slapped in the face''.
* [[Easy Impersonation]] - Subverted somewhat. Amiba manages to disguise himself by literally rearranging his face so that he looks more like Toki and even goes as far as to reproduce the scar on Toki's back. The only real oversight is that Kenshiro later reveals that Toki's hair was whitened due to nuclear fallout, yet he is still tricked by Amiba's black hair. In the anime version, [[Adaptation Dye Job|this was corrected by giving Amiba white hair.]]
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* [[Good Eyes, Evil Eyes]]: His facial structure is exactly like Toki's, except for his eyes.
* [[Minor Injury Overreaction]]
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: [[Word of God]] says his appearance is modeled after [[Highlander
* [[Villain Team-Up]]: With Jagi in ''Hokuto Musou''.
=== Uighur ===
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* [[Evil Laugh]] - One of the most ridiculous/hilarious ones ever recorded.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMqHJrdXj0s Your hope has become despair!]
* [[Large and In Charge]]
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* [[Whip It Good]]: Actually played straight with no BDSM undertones or jokes, but rather as a serious martial art.
=== Raiga and Fūga ===
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* [[Ascended Extra]]: They survived a bit longer in the anime, where they get to fight their former sensei in one filler scene.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]
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* [[Worthy Opponent]]
=== Toki ===
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* [[Badass]]: Originally chosen to be the successor to Hokuto Shinken before contracting radiation poisoning, and roughly on-par with Raoh even while succumbing to his illness. Just let that sink in for a moment.
* [[Badass Beard]]
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* [[Combat Medic]]
* [[Died Standing Up]]
* [[Dead All Along]]: Gracefully done in the aftermath of Ken's fight with Ryuuga.
* [[Emotional Bruiser]]: More subdued than Kenshiro, but this guy has a smile so warm and kind that can melt glaciers.
* [[Genius Bruiser]]
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* [[Honor Before Reason]] (He allows Raoh to escape after his first fight with Kenshiro)
** Subverted and played straight at the same time. While letting Raoh go was partially out of love for his brother and not wanting to see him die, he acknowledged that if the three of them kept fighting, they would all die that day. Ken, Toki, and Raoh all agree that a world with all of them dead is far worse off than one with them all alive.
* [[Ill Boy]]
* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]: Even MORE idealistic and benign than Kenshiro. Part of what made Kenshiro such a good guy is he had a big brother like Toki to guide him.
* [[Kung Fu Jesus]]: Almost literally. Practically his [[Fan Nickname]], thanks to his most famous technique becoming [[Fan Nickname
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]
* [[Locked Into Strangeness]]
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* [[Worf Had the Flu]] - Raoh states that Toki had surpassed him in strength, but Toki's radiation poisoning severely weakened him in both of their fights.
=== Raoh ===
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* [[Adaptation Dye Job]] - From silver hair in the manga to black in the Toei anime.
* [[Anti-Villain]] - For what its worth, he ''did'' make the world a better place.
* [[Ascend to
* [[Aloof Big Brother]]
* [[Ambition Is Evil]]
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* [[Face Heel Turn]]
* [[Fallen Hero]]
* [[Famous Last Words]]: "わがしょうがいにいっぺんのくいなし!!" ("Waga Shougai Ni Ippen No Kui NASHI!!"/"My Life Was One Lived Without A Single Regret!!")
* [[Fighting Spirit]]: He can use his [[Battle Aura]] to attack an enemy without moving a muscle.
* [[A God Am I]]: And intends to ''literally'' take down God himself in becoming one.
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* [[Go Out with a Smile]]: ...and a defiant fist to Heaven itself!!
* [[Graceful Loser]]: Broken-and-defeated by Kenshiro, [[Final First Hug|Raoh holds the younger warrior's face for the first and final time]] like a big brother:
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* [[Hidden Heart of Gold]] - Very well hidden unless you earn his respect like Shuh, Shuren, Juza and Yuria did.
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* [[I Regret Nothing]]
* [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]]: From the innocent wish of an idealistic boy was a sea of blood and tears shed:
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* [[Kamehame Hadoken]]: '''HOKUTO GŌSHŌ HA'''
** '''TENSHŌ HONRETSU'''
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* [[Lightning Bruiser]]
* [[Love Redeems]]: And HOW!
* [[Names to Know
* [[Necessarily Evil]] - Bringing peace to a wartorn planet with sheer brute force.
* [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]] - If he hadn't taught Kenshiro kung fu while they were children, Kenshiro never would have become the successor.
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* [[Tragic Villain]]
* [[Unskilled but Strong]]: In the ''Raoh Gaiden'' OVA, he claims he doesn't need the kind of precise control that Toki is capable of, and that only strength matters in achieving victory.
* [[Used to Be
* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: Raoh is arguably the protagonist of the series in the original saga's last storyline, as all the major battles feature him and revolve around his ambition and eventual redemption.
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* [[Wife-Basher Basher]]: Not only is Raoh one of the few tyrants in the post-war world to have ''never'' struck a woman, he himself '''despises''' those who do so. This is demonstarted in the manga wherein he ''literally'' SLAPS THE HEAD OFF A RAPIST who served in his army upon finding out the bastard has been up to his old tricks in his absence. This major [[Pet the Dog]] moment is unfortunately ruined in the animated adaptation, wherein the slapper is changed to Kenshiro.
=== Ryuken (Ramon Kasumi) ===
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* [[Badass Beard]]
* [[Badass Grandpa]]
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* [[Batman Gambit]]- The ''[[Word of God|All About The Man]]'' [[All There in the Manual|guidebook]] reveals he knew Jagi was a scumbag and kept him around just so his successor would have someone evil to overcome.
* [[Bratty Half-Pint]] - All the way back during [[World War Two]] Shanghai in ''[[Fist of the Blue Sky]]''.
* [[Doppelganger Spin]] - Uses one against Raoh. One that travels in a Big Dipper-shaped path no less!
* [[Horrible Judge of Character]] - Subverted, Jagi believes Ryuken is this but actually he never intended Jagi to the successor in the first place and Jagi was infact a pawn to train the real succesor.
* [[Jerkass]] - For the sake of producing a savior, Ryuken is willing to throw children down canyons to test their strength and '''un'''-adopt "sons" too weak (like Kim) to advance onto higher levels of training to fend for themselves. For a great warrior, Ryuken is truly ''lousy'' father material.
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* [[Succession Crisis]] - With his older students turning to evil or falling to illness, Ryuken ultimately put faith in the younger and more naive Kenshiro.
=== Yuda ===
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* [[Camp Straight]] - The guy looks like a [[Ambiguously Gay|walking gay stereotype]] but he very much prefers women.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Knowing Rei's style depends on his footwork, Yuda chooses his battlefield to be flooded by the breaking of a damn, resulting in the mud bogging Rei down and Yuda's [[Razor Wind]] style to cut him up. Still loses, though.
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* [[Died in Your Arms Tonight]] - Died in the arms of Rei, the only man he considered worthy of his envy.
* [[Easily Forgiven]] - He's treated with sympathy when he dies despite all his evil deeds.
* [[Effeminate Misogynistic Guy]]: He's extremely effeminate and treats his harem as dolls.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]
* [[The Fighting Narcissist]] - The [[Trope Maker]] and [[Trope Codifier]] in Japanese media.
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* [[Narcissist]] - ''And how!''
* [[Razor Wind]]: ''Nanto Kokakuken'''s speciality is to send vacuum waves that slice enemies at long range.
* [[Spell My Name
* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]] - Yuda is named after Judas Iscariot, the infamous 13th disciple who betrayed Jesus Christ. Yuda himself betrayed the Nanto Seiken school by joining Raoh's army at the time of the Nuclear War.
=== Souther ===
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* [[
* [[Animal Battle Aura]]: Gets one in the anime in the shape of a phoenix, befitting his ''Nanto Hō-ōken''.
** In ''Hokuto Musou'', his Tensho Juji Ho'o literally becomes a phoenix, he can ''throw'' it at enemies as a hyper signature move.
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* [[Death Glare]] - His ''default'' expression.
* [[Evil Laugh]] - For someone who claims to have no emotions left, he REALLY loves doing this.
* [[Evil Sounds Deep]] - His villainous bass is impressive as is
* [[Face Heel Turn]]
* [[Fallen Hero]] - Subverted. Despite showing all the signs of being a fine young man, and his master's every intention that he grow up to be a hero, Souther never did anything heroic after becoming the master of Nanto Hō-ōken.
* [[Freak-Out]] - After accidentally killing his master.
* [[Freudian Excuse]] - Having unintentionally killed his beloved adopted father, Souther became [[Ax Crazy]].
* [[Genre Savvy]]
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* [[A God Am I]]
* [[A Good Way to Die]]
* [[Graceful Loser]] - Despite everything, he was finally humbled by Kenshiro. ''"Hokuto Shinken successor... You were my greatest opponent."''
* [[Ignored Epiphany]] - in [[Dynasty Warriors|Hokuto Musou]], every single person around Souther tells him that it's better to build an empire where the subjects adore you rather than fear you, as they will be more loyal. [[
* [[Jabba Table Manners]] - Sets up a banquet of a dozen courses just to watch the attending slave children shake in hunger at the sight of it. After eating less than half a plate, he smashes the entire table, ordering all the scraps to be thrown into the trash, just so he can take twisted joy in watching a child being beaten for trying to eat a single drumstick.
* [[Light Is Not Good]] - He's associated with crosses and bright light, and he's called the '''Holy Emperor'''.
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* [[Jerk Justifications]] - Part of his [[Freudian Excuse]] fits with Type 1.
* [[Monster Sob Story]] - Suddenly told to Kenshiro right before their final battle.
* [[Names to Know
* [[
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: In the anime, not long after Shuu's blood seeps out from under the stone that crushed him, the Holy Cross Pyramid starts to inexplicably crumble and collapse, and Souther makes no attempt to escape its destruction.
* [[Relationship Voice Actor]] - [[Banjo Ginga|In the anime and fighting game he is]] [[Metal Gear Solid|Liquid Snake]], [[Akio Ohtsuka|in the movie he is]] [[Metal Gear Solid|Solid Snake]]
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Start of Darkness]] - It began with 'To master Nanto Hō-ōken... you have to be ''tricked'' into killing your beloved master and father'.
* [[Straw Vulcan]] - It can be said that Souther is a heavy-handed (though totally valid) example of the kind of villain you become when you cynically claim to give up your emotions.
* [[Tragic Villain]]
* [[Used to Be
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]] - Well, he tried. Though his kind-hearted old master would most likely weep tears of shame at what his beloved son has done ''in his memory'', after all the trouble ''he died for''.
** If you successfully use Souther's "Fatal KO" ''Tensho Jujihou'' in the fighting game, he poses and declares while an image of his late master appears and declares, "Your Holy Cross Pyramid will be completed soon!"
=== Shuh ===
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* [[Badass Long Hair]]
* [[Disability Superpower]] - He might be blind, but he can see with his ''heart''.
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* [[One-Man Army]]
* [[Papa Wolf]] - Arguably the greatest in the series next to the big guy Fudoh himself... his love for his children conflicted with his duty as a warrior; costing him a priceless opportunity to slay a ''completely defenceless'' Souther; then his dignity, and finally his life.
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Tender Tears]] - Has a heart that is softer than both Kenshiro and Toki's.
* [[Tragic Hero]]
* [[Too Good for This Sinful Earth]] - One of the '''very few''' unambiguously good person in this wasteland torn by nuclear fire. Even Raoh, who would usually sneer at benevolence, reverently admits "a magnificent end."
=== Ryuga ===
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* [[Anti-Villain]] - Only wanted peace for the new world, but misguided in his actions.
* [[Dead Little Sister]] - Granted she was still alive, but neither he nor Ken knew that at the time.
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* [[I'm Cold... So Cold...]]: His attacks have this effect on his victims.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]] - Modelled after Davie Bowie 'The White Duke'.
* [[Suicide
* [[Tragic Villain]]
* [[We Hardly Knew Ye]] - Unlike most of Kenshiro's friends and rivals, we never see his upbringing in flashbacks. His absence in Yuria and Juza's flashbacks is odd too.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]
=== Hyui ===
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* [[Combination Attack]]: He has a few with Shuren in ''Juza Gaiden''.
* [[Kiai]]: "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHbgoLFvpmE EEEEAAAAUUUUUAAAAHHHH!!!]"
* [[Razor Wind]] - Controls the actual element of wind, whereas the other Nanto fighters concentrate air pressure.
* [[Spell My Name
* [[We Hardly Knew Ye]]
=== Shuren ===
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* [[Combination Attack]]: With Hyui in ''Juza Gaiden''
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: In the anime, at least.
* [[Manly Tears]] - A river of it too.
* [[Playing
* [[We Hardly Knew Ye]]
=== Juza ===
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* [[Anti-Hero]] - [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type II]]. He's ''a lot'' more smart-mouthed and hedonistic than the other members of the Nanto Goshasei, but just as selfless and protective of others when he's on the battlefield.
* [[Badass Normal]]
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* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]] - When he sees for himself that Kenshiro IS a decent and kind man, and that Yuria will be happy if she spends her life with him.
* [[Jerkass Facade]]
* [[Jerk
* [[Leaning
* [[Lovable Sex Maniac]]
* [[Love Martyr]]
* [[Power Palms]]: His ''Gekiheki Haisui Shou''<ref>"Strike Wall Backwater Palm"</ref> technique.
* [[Senseless Sacrifice]] - Doubly so.
** Attempts to break one of Raoh's arms in his final moments. It doesn't work.
** Dies after refusing to tell Raoh who the Star of Compassion is. Raoh guesses correctly from the way he refuses.
* [[Show the Forehead]] -
* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]
* [[The Worf Effect]] - Despite an amazing stand against Raoh, he's ultimately crushed.
* [[Worthy Opponent]] - Raoh admits as much, and orders a hero's burial for him.
=== Fudoh ===
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* [[Adorkable]]
* [[Badass]]
* [[Badass Adorable]] - Fudoh is a big cuddly teddy-bear of a sweetheart who is kind to children, and is the only character to really qualify for this trope in the franchise (Mamiya is far too butch to be adorable and adult Rin is too much of a [[
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]
* [[The Big Guy]]
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* [[Doting Parent]] - To every child under his care.
* [[Doomed Moral Victor]] - Raoh may have killed Fudoh's physical body, but Fudoh absolutely ''demolishes'' the tyrant's belief in himself as a man:
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* [[The Dreaded]]: Before his [[Heel Face Turn]] he was this, scaring the crap out of ''Raoh''. He still knows the trade, as he was able scare the crap out of him again ''while Raoh was killing him''.
* [[Emotional Bruiser]]
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* [[Tragic Hero]]
=== Rihaku ===
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* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]] - If it weren't for the traps he put to fight Raoh, Raoh wouldn't had escaped from his fight with Kenshiro, nor captured Yuria on his way out.
* [[Non-Action Guy]]: In the manga, he had no actual martial art skills, but rather his speciality came from his military planning and his ability to set up traps. The anime gave him his own fighting style (''Gosha Hasuiken'' or "Wave Crush Fist") and had him have a tussle with Raoh.
* [[Sole Survivor]] - Only Rihaku survives his battle with Raoh and helps Bat and Lin form the Hokuto Army in the second series.
=== Tou ===
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* [[Disposable Woman]]
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: Kills herself in front of Raoh so that he will never forget her.
* [[Love Martyr]] - Harbored unrequited feelings for Raoh, and took her own life in front of him just so that Raoh would remember her. Raoh was unimpressed.
== From the second series ==
=== Ein ===
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* [[Badass Normal]] - He never received any formal martial art training, but he's still more powerful than the average [[Mook]].
* [[Emotional Bruiser]] - "I understand how Falco feels!! Anyone who kills women and children are NOT human beings!!"
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* [[Papa Wolf]] - Do anything to harm Asuka and you're pretty much screwed.
* [[Tender Tears]] - Shed when {{spoiler|Lin and Lui reunited.}}
* [[Wearing a Flag
=== The Harn Bros. ===
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* [[Death
* [[Emotional Bruiser]] - Gill.
* [[He Will Not Cry, So I Cry for Him]] - In the manga, when Asuka refused to cry at Ein's funeral so he can rest easily, Gill [[Tender Tears|cries in the brave little girls place.]]
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]] - Blatantly based on Hawk and Animal Warrior of WWF fame.
* [[Scary Black Man]] - Played straight initially with both brothers, but averted with Gill in the manga. See [[He Will Not Cry, So I Cry for Him]] above.
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Tragic Hero]]
=== Falco ===
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* [[Artificial Limbs]] - One of his legs is a prosthetic, having sliced his real one as a truce offering to Raoh. It is implied that he might had been more powerful than Ken had he still had both of his legs.
* [[Dropped a Bridge
* [[Emotional Bruiser]] - He wouldn't have spared baby Rin if he didn't have a heart.
* [[Ki Attacks]]: He uses ''Gento Ko Ken''. His color is gold.
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* [[Worthy Opponent]]- He starts out like this, but once the Empress is rescued by Bat and Lin, he does a [[Heel Face Turn]] and kills the true mastermind Jakoh. Unfortunately he does not last long as one of Ken's allies.
=== Jakoh ===
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* [[Actor Allusion]]: His voice in the anime is provided by [[Shigeru Chiba]], who in addition to being the show's narrator, also voiced the [[Filler Villain]] Joker. Given who Jakoh was modeled after, the casting of Chiba as Jakoh was obviously deliberate.
* [[Dirty Coward]]
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* [[Non-Action Big Bad]]: Pretty rare for this series, but he relies on his sons Jask and Shieno (or Taiga and Boltz in the anime) to enforce his will.
=== Solia ===
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* [[Anti-Villain]] - He all but admits he's only fighting Kenshiro to ensure he's ready to face Falco.
* [[Better to Die Than Be Killed]] - His death in the manga.
* [[Eyepatch of Power]]
* [[Ki Attacks]] - His are purple.
* [["Wake
* [[We Hardly Knew Ye]] - He's the only other Gento successor who appear in the manga (unless you count Shoki, who was a Gento successor in the anime, but was never declared as such in the manga), yet he only appears to fight Kenshiro.
=== Shoki ===
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* [[Ascended Extra]] - In the manga, he is unceremoniously killed off by Jakoh's younger son during his first appearance. In the anime, he was made into the Gento Kōken General of Red Light and has a decent fight scene with Kenshiro. Moreover, he is killed off by a more dignified adversary (fellow Gento Kōken practitioner Blue Light Boltz).
* [[Ki Attacks]] - Red, but only in the anime (he only uses his brute strength in the manga).
* [[Meaningful Name]] - Named after the Chinese guardian deity Zhong-Kui, who awarded his best friend with his beautiful sister's hand in marriage. Before becoming an Imperial General, Shoki was a village guardian who provided shelter to Kenshiro and Yuria during Yuria's final years. Kenshiro pays him back by defeating Shieno for him.
* [[Remember the New Guy?]] - Kenshiro recognizes him the moment the Hokuto Army first encounters him, even though he never appeared in the series up to that point. Admittedly it occured during the [[Time Skip]] between the Raoh and Tentei arcs.
=== Lui ===
{{quote|Lin's estranged twin sister and the Celestial Empress. She was separated from her sister when they were only babies and taken hostage by the despicable Jakoh. He uses her life to blackmail the Gento warriors, such as Falco, into servitude and forces them to destroy rival martial arts in the name of the Celestial Empress. }}
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* [[Damsel in Distress]]
* [[Long Bus Trip]]: After the Shura arc, Lui is neither seen or mentioned again.
* [[Twin Telepathy]]: Lin is drawn to her sister's whereabouts by ESP.
=== Akashachi ===
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* [[Artificial Limbs]] / [[Disability Superpower]] - His right hand and right leg has been replaced by a grappling hook and a knife respectively.
* [[Badass Normal]]
* [[Eyepatch of Power]]
=== Shachi ===
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* [[Eyepatch of Power]]
* [[Mysterious Watcher]]
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]] - In the anime, at least.
=== Han ===
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* [[Badass]] - Such as having a harem of beauties, willingly drinking poison to mock his assassins, and don't forget his ball-breaking fight with Kenshiro.
* [[Chinese People]]
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* [[We Hardly Knew Ye]] - Compared to the other two Rasho, we see little of his backstory.
=== Hyoh ===
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* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] - Thanks to Kaioh.
* [[Chinese People]]
* [[Dropped a Bridge
* [[Face Heel Turn]] - The noblest of Shura's overlords until the death of Sayaka sends him [[Ax Crazy]].
** [[Heel Face Turn]] - When he is reunited with Kenshiro and finds out that Kaioh lied to him.
* [[One-Man Army]]
=== Kaioh ===
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* [[Card-Carrying Villain]] - One of the few ''Hokuto'' villains who openly brags about his evilness
* [[Chinese People]]
* [[Composite Character]] - Think Souther's [[Oedipus Complex]] turned [[Up to Eleven]] mixed with Raoh's character design, add a few facial scars, shake and bake. Heck, even the manner in which Kaioh dies {{spoiler|jumping into the air and falling into Kenshiro's fist}} is exactly identical to the blond-haired Nanto Hōōken master's.
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* [[Kung Fu Wizard]]: ''Hokuto Ryu Ken'' is more like magic than martial arts.
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]] / [[Backup Twin]] - Basically Raoh with an x-shaped scar on his face.
* [[Kick the Dog|Kill The Dog]] - In the manga, he crushes his pet dog's head while mourning his mother's death. In the anime, this [[Bowdlerize]] by letting the dog drown in a river.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]
* [[Monster Sob Story]] - Suddenly told to Kenshiro right before their final battle.
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]
=== Kuroyasha ===
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* [[Badass Grandpa]]
* [[Chinese People]]
* [[Dropped a Bridge
* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]
* [[Wolverine Claws]]
=== Jukei ===
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* [[Chinese People]] - As the [[World War Two]] [[Prequel]] ''[[Souten no Ken]]'' reveals his nationality to be.
* [[Jerkass]] - For a sensei, he did everything to screw up his students. Blackmailing young Kaioh into becoming Hyo's patsy, and erasing Hyo's memory of his darling brother Kenshiro.
* [[What Have I Done]] - After murdering his wife & child in a violent frenzy.
=== Nameless Shura ===
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* [[Chinese People]]
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]] - Many fans have voiced their disgust at how a nonentity like the Nameless Shura managed to wound one of Kenshiro's mightiest rivals from the second series.
** The technical possibility of Falco losing so easily was explained by the fact that Falco still hadn't recovered from nearly-fatal damage taken in the fight with Kenshiro. Still, story-wise this was perhaps ''the'' most pointless and spiteful death in the series.
* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[No Name Given]]
* [[We Hardly Knew Ye]]
=== Alf ===
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* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Kaiser promised him one to Lin if he killed Kenshiro.
* [[Doppelganger Spin]]
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* [[We Hardly Knew Ye]]
=== Ryu ===
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* [[Kid Sidekick]]: To Kenshiro.
* [[Unnamed Parent]]: His mother is conveniently unidentified. Fans speculate that it may had been Yuria, who could have been impregnated by Raoh while she was under his captivity, if Raoh truly took advantage of her. The fact that she is hinted to be pregnant in the prologue of ''Kenshiro Den'' gives credence to this theory, assuming the child isn't Kenshiro's. However, [[Word of God|Buronson and Hara]] have said nil about the subject. Other candidates includes Reina (Raoh's female general who appears in the movies) and Toh (who may have had an affair with Raoh at some point).
=== Kouketsu ===
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* [[Adults Are Useless]]: Toyed with when Kenshiro refuses to intervene, telling Ryu that he must "fight his own battles." Then averted when Ken steps in and saves the day, anyway.
* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: Is only so successful because he realizes that the times have changed.
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* [[Expy]]: Has a henchman that looks just like the Frankenstein Monster. later hops on his shoulders to become a direct expy of Master-Blaster from Mad Max.
* [[Fat Bastard]]
* [[Hoist
* [[Non-Action Big Bad]]
* [[Rummage Sale Reject]]: Surprisingly averted, as his outfit is even MORE normal and recognizable than the Colonel's.
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* [[The World Moves On]]: The sole reason for his success. "The wolves have become pigs," indeed.
=== Baran ===
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* [[A God Am I]]: Sort of. See below.
* [[Go Out with a Smile]]: Just like most of the other characters in this series who got to choose how they died.
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* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]] - Modelled on singer Pete Burns during his ''Dead or Alive'' days.
* [[Straw Atheist]]: Is waging his own personal war against God because his sister tied. Reconverts near the end to the strange monotheistic Buddhist/Hindu/Astrology mishmash that is Fist of the North Star's main religion.
* [[Used to Be
=== Bolge ===
{{quote|The final villain in the manga, Bolge was a Mook whom kenshiro had spared (but cut out his eyes), and went insane. he grafted all sorts of weapons to his body and went on a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] against every single person who had wronged him in the past. Unfortunately, by the time he reaches Ken, Ken had lost his memory. It's up to Bat to save the day...}}
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* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: And ''how''. He almost rivals Jagi for this position.
* [[Coup De Grace]]: Delivered by Bat, of all people.
* [[Defiant to
* [[Disability Superpower]]: Being blind really doesn't seem to inhibit Bolge very much.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Slaughters everybody who ever wronged him in any way by crucifying and torturing them to death.
* [[Gonk]]: Extremely ugly even for [[Fist of the North Star]]. Of course, his head did deform from Kenshiro's fists... but as the flashback showed, he was pretty bad even then.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: He has grafted weapons all over his body, and even added metal plating to his skull for protection. Another translation for his name is [[Star Trek
* [[Mook Promotion]]: The final villain of the manga is a bandit Kenshiro spared.
* [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: Is responsible for Ken getting his memory back, which leads to his undoing.
* [[Not Quite Dead]]: After Ken uses his most famous finishing move, and most of Bolge explodes, he's still capable of getting up and fighting back.
* [[Senseless Sacrifice]]: Bat almost has one of these.
* [[Remember the New Guy?]]: Never appeared before in the manga. A flashback is provided to show when Ken beat him up.
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: His entire tenure in the manga.
* [[Your Head Asplode]]: Almost happens to him, but he lives long enough to try for one last stab.
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