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“ | You are already dead. | „ |
~ Kenshiro's iconic catchphrase. |
Summary
Kenshiro (拳士郎 Kenshirō ) is the protagonist of the Hokuto no Ken franchise, the 64th successor of the Hokuto Shinken style of martial arts, and the greatest of all of them in its 1,800 years. Originally an orphan from Taiseiden, Asura, and a descendant of the Hokuto Sōke bloodline, he was sent to the mainland as a baby with his adoptive siblings Raoh and Toki. He was adopted by Ryuken and named after his uncle. Although younger and more passive than his brothers, he was still named Ryuken's successor after Toki became gravely ill. Soon after, he was attacked by his rival Shin, separated from his fiancé Yuria, and left to die in the desert, with the Big Dipper stabbed into his chest. However, he survived. From that day, he was no longer the gentle, passive man of the past, and went on to become the savior of the wasteland.
Powers and Stats
Tier: At least 6-C, higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō | High 6-A, higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō | High 6-A, higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō | High 6-A, higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō | High 6-A, higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō | High 6-A, higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō
Key: Start of Series | Pre-Musō Tensei | Post-Musō Tensei | Post-Timeskip | Seals Lifted | End of Series
Name: Kenshiro, Ken
Origin: Fist of the North Star
Gender: Male
Age: Late 20's
Classification: Human, Martial Artist, 64th grandmaster, and successor of Hokuto Shinken, "God of Death" (All successors of Hokuto Shinken are considered Gods of Death)
Powers and Abilities:
- Superhuman Physical Characteristics
- Supernatural Willpower (Was able to stand up and fight Kaioh while in coma and unable to move his body, and was also able to overcome the vital point that Toki pressed which immobilizes one's body through sheer willpower)
- Social Influencing (Charisma & Reputation; Ken inspired Lin and multiple people to fight. Raiga and Fuga immediately placed all their trust in Ken. Shu sacrificed his own eyesight to save Kenshiro, despite the fact he had just met him. Ryuga who was loyal to Raoh, belived in Kenshiro by the end of his life. Even after Shachi turned into a monster Ken was able to completely change Shachi's heart to the point that Shachi would risk everything to protect him)
- Limited Sound Manipulation (Kenshiro is stated to be able to mimic many sounds, including animal cries)
- Genius Intelligence
- Photographic Memory (Stated to be capable of memorizing up to 50,000 words after reading them once. Comparable to Kasumi who demonstrated this)
- Standard Kenpo Abilities
- Hokuto Shinken Master
Attack Potency: At least Island level (Stronger than Jagi, could casually injure him without powering up and he couldn't do any significant damage to Kenshiro once he went all out), higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō (Can become 3.33x stronger by using his strength at 100%, while normally he can use only 30%. Easily defeated Shin at his 100%) | Multi-Continent level, higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō (Much stronger than before. Fought and defeated Souther in their second fight. Fought against a 30% Raoh and tied with him) | Multi-Continent level, higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō (Contended and defeated Raoh at 100%) | Multi-Continent level (Fought and matched Falco while using only 30% his power, Falco was comparable to Raoh. Fought against Han and barely won), higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō | Multi-Continent level (While at 30%, Ken fought and matched a Hyoh who had received the same power boost after also awakening the power of the original Hokuto), higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō | Multi-Continent level+ (His initiation ritual should have given him a power boost similar to the one Kasumi received. After lifting the seals of the original Hokuto, he became strong enough to match an amped Kaioh), higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō (Matched and eventually defeat Kaioh, who was much stronger than before). He can ignore conventional durability with most of his attacks
Speed: FTL (Faster than Jagi, who should be comparable to Garuda, who can fight at the speed of light. Comparable to Kasumi Kenshiro who can outspeed Zhang Taiyan who is able to attack without leaving a shadow), higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō (Can become 3.33x faster than before) | At least FTL (Much faster than before. Was able to react and dodge Falco's light attack), higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō (Keep up against a 30% Raoh) | At least FTL, higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō (Fought against a 100% Raoh) | At least FTL, higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō (Fought and defeated Han, whose fists are too fast to even cast a shadow. Should be comparable to his uncle) | At least FTL, higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō | At least FTL, higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō
Lifting Strength: Class K (Pushed a boulder that should weigh over 300 metric tonnes and did this in base and without powering up. Casually lifted a specially shaped rock to fix a water dam), higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō | At least Class K, higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō | At least Class K, higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō | At least Class K, higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō | At least Class K, higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō | At least Class K, higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō
Striking Strength: At least Island level, higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō | Multi-Continent level, higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō | Multi-Continent level, higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō | Multi-Continent level, higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō | Multi-Continent level, higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō | Multi-Continent level+, higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō
Durability: At least Island level (Much tougher than Jagi, who took a massive nuclear blast from a few meters away), higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō | Multi-Continent level, higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō | Multi-Continent level, higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō, , Unknown with Musō Tensei (Musō Tensei allows the users body to become completely intangible and allows them to glide through air or phase, and only other practitioners of Musō Tensei or Hokuto Ryūken can hurt them) | Multi-Continent level (While having his energy drained, tanked a blast from a base Kaioh, while suffering only moderate damage), higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō, Unknown with Musō Tensei | Multi-Continent level, higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō, Unknown with Musō Tensei | Multi-Continent level+, higher with Tenryū Kokyū Hō, Unknown with Musō Tensei
Stamina: Superhuman (Kenshiro can go without food and water much longer than an average human. The Databook, "All about the man" states he can remain strong even if he goes three months without eating. He can recover very quickly, even during a battle after being severely wounded from having his muscles and bones sliced or crushed, and can cross distances across the desert on foot, which would require normal people to use cars or other vehicles to cross. He can also recover instantly from any major wounds given, and regain his stamina [even when his body was exposed to deadly sulfuric gas]. Has much better stamina than the likes of Rei and Souther)
Range: Standard Melee Range; Tens of Meters to Hundreds of Meters with certain ranged ki techniques and aura.
Standard Equipment: A pair of nunchucks.
Intelligence: Genius in daily aspects; Extraordinary Genius in regards to combat (Kenshiro stands as the single most skilled fighter in his setting, surpassing all his predecessors and having absolute mastery over every single martial art displayed throughout the series. He has uncanny precision, to the point of being able to strike a pressure point as small as the tip of a pin with a strand of hair. His memory is refined to the point that he's able to memorize up to 50,000 words after reading them once. His technique and grace are unrivaled. He's capable of mastering an opponent's martial art after seeing it once, to the point where he can simply nullify its effects and see right through it. He can copy and adapt to incredibly complex techniques on the fly, such as when he adapted to Anryū Tenha's space-warping ability, when he surpassed Solia's prowess in Gento Kō Ken [a martial art once deemed to be more deadly than Hokuto Shinken and with 2000 years of history], after only seeing a single move of said style or when he managed to fight Raoh to a standstill and would have killed him had he not been stopped, despite Toki stating only minutes prior that Ken didn't even have a 1% chance of defeating Raoh. He's stated to have "infinite potential" in terms of technique and combat prowess multiple times throughout the series. Scales significantly above Toki, who, with his sheer skill and talent, bent Raoh's fate and manifested his harbinger of death. Shown multiple times throughout the series to be capable of demolishing entire armies all by himself, stated by enemy soldiers to "march calmly, unstoppable, through thousands of soldiers like he was in the middle of an empty field", casually crushed both Falco's and Jakoh's armies at the same time. Even before his final fight against Raoh and achieving Muso Tensei, he was unfathomably above combatants such as the Red Berrets, who are each capable of defeating 500 soldiers at the same time, and defeated their general with his eyes closed. In that same fight, Ken states that due to the nature of Hokuto Shinken's transmission, it's like he has 1800 years worth of combat experience and training, he was an assassin from the very moment he was born. Hokuto Shinken's very nature is of one adaptability and it has infinite fighting variations in order to overcome every obstacle and opponent, no matter the difference in strength)
Weaknesses: Given the heavy reliance on pressure points, the Hokuto Shinken is significantly less effective against opponents with altered physiology. He rarely goes all out, often using "less than 30% of his power". An opponent capable of "destroying nothingness" could bypass the intangibility given by Muso Tensei.
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Hokuto Shinken (北斗神拳 ): Hokuto Shinken is a 1,800-year-old Chinese martial art based around assassination and passed on only from teacher to student. Its power is based around targeting and hitting the 708 Keiraku Hikō (or pressure points) in an opponent's body, channeling energy into them, and through that, manipulating their movements. These pressure points can be used to control an enemy's body, in ways such as forcing them to move or destroying them from the inside with an explosion, or they can be used for healing, such as in the restoration of someone's memories, eyesight, or voice. Kenshiro is the 64th successor of Hokuto Shinken, a master of the art who has knowledge of every signal technique. Through Musō Tensei and Suieishin, Kenshiro should have access to the martial arts and techniques of all his rivals, from Rei to Kaioh, and as the 64th and greatest successor to Hokuto Shinken, he should know all of its techniques. He can even use the unique forms of Hokuto Shinken used by his older siblings. His mastery of it spreads even to its original form, Hokuto Sōke no Ken.
Keiraku Hikō (経絡秘孔 ): The pressure points Kenshiro can hit and their effects include;
Nanto Seiken (南斗聖拳 ): The opposite martial art to Hokuto Shinken. While Hokuto Shinken revolves around destroying an opponent from the inside, Nanto Seiken revolves around destroying them from the outside, slashing and stabbing to create waves of air pressure that slice opponents apart. Having fought several of the Nanto Rokusei Ken, Kenshiro has assimilated their fighting styles into his own through Suieishin and Musō Tensei.
Gento Kō Ken (元斗皇拳 ): A style created to protect the Heavenly Emperor. It focuses on the use of ki in combat, using it in blasts and to cut through opponents on a cellular level. Due to his fight with Falco, Kenshiro should have assimilated this into his fighting style.
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Notable Matchups
Victories:
- Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII) Cloud's Profile (Both are High 6-A in their second key; Speed was equalized)
Losses:
Inconclusive:
- Reid Astrea (Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu) Reid's Profile (Both are 5-C; Speed was equalized; Starting distance of 20 meters)
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