CHARACTERS IN FIST OF THE NORTH STAR

The following is a 'list of fictional characters from the manga and anime franchise ''Fist of the North Star''' by Tetsuo Hara and Buronson. Characters are organized primarily by their fighting styles and allegiance whenever possible, and ordered by the story arcs where they primarily appear. All characters are from the original manga unless otherwise noted.

Contents

Major characters

Hokuto Shinken

Toki

Jagi

Previous masters

Nanto Seiken

Nanto Roku Seiken

Shin

Rei

Yuda

Shū

Souther

Yuria

Nanto Goshasei

Others (From Prologue to Hokuto Shinken Successor Dispute Conclusion)

King's army

Golan

Jackal's gang

Kiba Ichizoku (Fang Tribe)

Amiba's gang

Cassandra

Ken-Oh's army

Unassorted villains

Villagers and rebels

Imperial Capital arc

Gento Kōken

Others

Land of Asura arc

Hokuto Ryūken

Others

Hokuto Sōke

Final chapters

''New Fist of the North Star'' (1995 novel, 2003 OVA series)

''Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu'' (2006 movie series)

''Raō Den: Jun'ai no Shō''

''Yuria Den''

''Raō Den : Gekitō no Shō''

''Hokuto Gaiden'' series (manga spinoffs)

''Ten no Haō: Raō Gaiden''

Major characters

While the series had a constantly changing cast of main characters, these are the three main characters who appeared during the original manga's entire run.

★ 'Kenshiro' -The protagonist of the series. The youngest of Ryūken's adopted sons and his successor of the Hokuto Shinken style.

★ 'Bat' - A young thief who accompanies Kenshiro in his journey. He grows up and becomes founder of the Hokuto Army.

★ 'Lin' -An orphaned girl whom Kenshiro saves in the beginning of the series. She grows into a young woman and forms the Hokuto Army with Bat.

★ 'Raoh' - The main antagonist for the majority of the first half of the series. The eldest of Ryūken's adopted sons, also trained in Hokuto Shinken. He takes on the mantle of Ken-Ō ("Fist King"), the self-proclaimed "Conqueror of the Century's End".

Hokuto Shinken

Toki

'Toki' (トキ) is the second of the four Hokuto Shinken brothers and the true brother of Raoh (and by extension, Kaioh and Sayaka). Toki was the most skilled practicioner of Hokuto Shinken, and was chosen by Ryūken as the true successor to the Hokuto Shinken school, but during the nuclear holocaust, Toki received radiation poisoning while trying to save Kenshiro and Yuria. This poisoning left him weak and sickly, and as such he renounced the succession to the Hokuto Shinken school and the responsibility fell on the next worthiest successor, Kenshiro. Toki's self-made style, ''Hokuto Ujō Ken'' (北斗有情拳, "North Star Humane Fist") is an art adept at both healing and destroying. Toki became a wandering doctor, easing the people's ills, as well as defending them from abuse. When he killed someone with his style, the person actually died while feeling great euphoria and pleasure instead of horrifying pain. Toki sacrificed his own life to make Kenshirō become stronger by sadness and grief since Hokuto Shinken is based on sadness and loneliness for his upcoming battle against Raoh.

★ ''Voiced by'': Takaya Hashi (TV series), Hideyuki Tanaka (''Shin Hokuto no Ken''), Kenyuu Horiuchi (''Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu'' movie series), Tetsuharu Ota (''Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu'' movie series, as a child)

Jagi

'Jagi' (ジャギ) is the third of Ryūken's four adopted sons. Deceptive and evil. Jagi stops at nothing to win, including the use of guns. Hideously disfigured by Kenshirō after trying to kill him, he hid his face with an iron helmet. Jagi is obsessed with destroying his younger brother and his reputation. Persuaded Shin to abduct Yuria, and later killed Rei's parents and sold his sister into slavery, inscribing seven scars on his chest so Kenshirō would be blamed. He was killed by Kenshirō's ''Hyakuretsu Ken'', as Kenshiro said "An ugly death suits you right", revealed to Kenshirō that Toki and Raoh were still alive before he exploded. Although Jagi is officially one of the four Hokuto brothers, he is never really mentioned in the manga again. Instead the series would refer to Ken, Raoh and Toki as the ''Three Hokuto Brothers'', probably because Jagi was disowned by his brothers and became a common wasteland thug. Raoh even commented that Jagi wasn't strong enough against Kenshirō, and would do a great service to him if Kenshirō killed him. As a youngster, he usually trained with Raoh.

★ ''Voiced by'': Kouji Totani (TV series), Chikao Ohtsuka (1986 movie), David Itō (''Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu'' movie series)

Previous masters

★ 'Ryūken' (リュウケン): The 63rd successor of Hokuto Shinken. Known as 'Kasumi Ramon' in the manga ''Fist of the Blue Sky''. He was the sifu who adopted and trained Raoh, Toki, Jagi, and Kenshirō. After choosing Kenshirō as the next successor, Ryūken was slain by Raoh, largely by chance, as he suffered a temporary heart attack just when he was about to seal Raoh's fist after failing to prevent his misuse of Hokuto Shinken. Kenshirō did not know the real cause of Ryūken's death, having been told that Ryūken died from illness, until Toki revealed the shameful secret during their first battle. Both Kenshirō and Raoh remember a lot of Ryūken's teachings whenever they are in difficult situations. He makes a few cameo appearances in ''Fist of the Blue Sky'' as an adult during the 1970's and a child in 1935.

★ ''Voiced by'': Junji Chiba (TV series, episode 5) → Ryūji Saikachi (TV series, episode 30 and onward), Kouji Totani (TV series, as a young man), Chikao Ohtsuka (''Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu'' movie series)

★ 'Kōryū' (コウリュウ): Kōryū studied Hokuto Shinken with Ryūken his old rival, but yielded the succession despite having the stronger style to avoid having the tragic fate of death shared by multiple Hokuto Shinken martial artists. He is also known as the "Hokuto Dragon." To prevent any knowledge regarding his martial art to be passed on, Kōryū led an ascetic life in the mountains, but was later sought out and killed by Raoh. He had two sons named Zeus and Aus who were spared by Raoh who told not to seek the same tragic path as Raoh and Toki.

★ ''Voiced by'': Hidekatsu Shibata

Nanto Seiken

Nanto Roku Seiken

The are the six primary masters of , the 102 other branches being their tributaries. Each of them has a fate linked to a certain star in the constellation, aka the Milk Dipper (part of Sagittarius in Western astrology). Yuda betrayed the Nanto Rokusei and joined Raoh's army; after this, the fates of all of the Nanto stars turned tragic. Each of the Nanto Roku Seiken (with the exception of Yuria) is affiliated with an avian totem: Eagle, Swan, Crane, Heron and Phoenix.

Shin

★
: 'Style':
: 'Star': .
: Notable for being the first major antagonist in the series, Shin was Kenshiro's close friend, but secretly loved Yuria. However, Jagi manipulated Shin into believing Kenshiro was not strong enough to protect Yuria in the new age, and that Shin must claim her for himself. Following this, Shin engaged Kenshiro and defeated him, engraving the seven Big Dipper-shaped stab wounds onto his chest, and abducting Yuria. Later, he took the name of "King" and raised an army of thugs to build himself an empire, building Yuria the city of Southern Cross. Yuria was unable to accept that so much evil was being done in her name, and seemingly leapt to her death. At the request of the Nanto Goshasei, Shin agreed to pretend Yuria was dead to keep Raoh from taking over Southern Cross to get her. During Yuria's absent, he keeps a life-like mannequin of Yuria's likeness in her throne. A furious Kenshirō then caught up to Shin and defeats him with the ''Hokuto Jūji Zan'' (North Star Cross Kill), inscribing Shin's emblem of the Bloody Cross on his chest. Refusing to die from Hokuto Shinken, Shin leapts to his death, maintaining that Yuria had died. Despite Shin's earlier betrayal, Kenshirō prepares a grave for him, claiming "he loved the same woman (he did)". In the 1986 movie, Shin confronts Raoh, who comes to Southern Cross to capture Yuria. When Kenshiro later fights Shin, Shin dies from previously inflicted Hokuto Shinken wounds he suffered from his unseen battle with Raoh
: ''Voiced by'': Toshio Furukawa (TV series), Takuya Kirimoto (''Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu'' movie series)

Rei

★
: 'Style':
: 'Star':
: Rei's parents were slain and his sister kidnapped by a man with seven scars on his chest (actually Jagi). He was hired as a mercenary by the Fang Tribe to attack Mamiya's village, however, he betrayed them, sensing the noble purpose in Kenshirō. Working together, the two of them and Mamiya were able to eliminate the Fang King and recover Rei's sister Airi. He is the first one to meet Raoh, while trying to save Lin and Airi during an attack of Raoh's Invasion Division. Sensing Raoh's immense power, he decides to fight him in order to repay Ken for giving him back his humanity. He uses a special technique, which empowers him to defeat his opponent while sacrificing his own life. But Raoh sees through it and defeats Rei, who is left with three days to live in pain and agony. Before he dies, though, he is able to kill Yuda, who had kidnapped his love Mamiya years ago and scarred her with his personal mark. Tetsuo Hara admitted that Rei is one of his favourite supporting character and that it was a difficulty for him to work on Rei's agonizing three days of life. Rei's death was portrayed in a respectful way in which we don't really see graphical explosion of him as happened to any common thugs killed by Hokuto Shinken. He is arguably the most popular of the six Nanto stars, as evidence by his appearances outside the manga. He is the only Nanto Seiken character to appear as a support character in ''Jump Ultimate Stars'' and is the star of his spinoff manga, ''Rei Gaiden''. He plays a prominent role in the OVA ''Yuria Den'', where it is established that he met the Last Nanto General (Yuria) before meeting Ken.
: ''Voiced by'': Kaneto Shiozawa (TV series), Isshin Chiba (''Fist of the North Star'' arcade game), Shinichiro Miki (''Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu'' movie series)

Yuda

★
: 'Style':
: 'Star': , also known as the .
: The traitor of the Nanto Roku Seiken. After the nuclear war, Yuda broke up the Six Nanto Stars by joining Raoh's army along with 27 subordinate branches (it is later revealed he was manipulated by Souther into doing so). Vain and treacherous, Yuda keeps a concubine of female slaves that worship his beauty and is more than willing to sacrifice his own underlings for his own gain. In the past, he kidnapped Mamiya on her 20th birthday, killing her parents before her eyes and making her part of her concubine before she eventually escaped. He fights Rei, who sought to avenge her honor. Yuda has been envious of Rei prior to the war, feeling that the beauty of Rei's Suichō Ken style was overshadowing his Kōkaku Ken style. After he is defeated by Rei, he stabs himself with Rei's hands so he could die "by someone beautiful like him." At his death, he concedes that Rei is more beautiful.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Bin Shimada

Shū

★
: 'Style':
: 'Star':
: Rebel leader and a friend of Rei. Originally Shū was Souther's second-in-command, but was awakened to his destiny by a young Kenshirō. When Kenshirō was ten, Raoh brought him to the Nanto Temple for a test of his worthiness. Kenshirō would defeat ten Nanto warriors or die in the attempt. Sensing that Kenshirō reacted to his ki, Shū volunteered himself as the tenth opponent and handily defeated the boy. When Souther demanded his death, Shū refused and instead clawed out his own eyes, carrying Kenshirō from the temple. Shū taught himself to see with his heart, and later leads a resistance movement against Souther. Shū's son Shiva, who Shū did not want taking part in his tragic destiny, dies saving Kenshirō from Souther after his defeat. Later, Shū's hideout is raided, and Shū allows himself to be tormented and slain to protect his young charges. During his final moment, he miraculously recover his eyesight and sees the grown Kenshirō for the first and last time. When Souther is defeated, the summit of the pyramid (where Shū died) leaks out Shū's blood, showing that the Benevolent Star wept even with death of someone as black-hearted as Souther.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Katsuji Mori (TV series), Hōchū Ōtsuka (''Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu'' movie series)

Souther

★
: 'Style':
: 'Star': , also known as and .
: Shō-sei rules the other Nanto stars; therefore, none of the other Nanto arts can defeat Souther implying that he is the strongest of the Nanto fighters. Souther establishes himself as after Raoh's injury and becomes known as a cruel and heartless man, kidnapping children to build his Holy Cross Mausoleum. When he was a child, he was orphaned and adopted by the previous Nanto Hō-ō Ken successor Ōgai, who instructed him in the art. When he was fifteen, he was blindfolded and attacked by an assailant. He defended himself, but when he removed the blindfold, he discovered that it had been Ōgai who had attacked. He had not dodged Souther's blow and was mortally wounded. He told Souther that this was the way of their art, that the young replace the old. Souther was crushed, and vowed to never feel love again, believing that it only brought pain. After meeting Shū, Kenshirō fights against Souther and loses horribly when Hokuto Shinken does not work on Souther's body. After Shū's death, he fights Souther again and is able to discover that Souther has ''situs inversus dextrocardia''-- his heart is on his right side and his pressure points' positions are subsequently reversed from where a normal person's would be. He defeats Souther with a merciful "Ujō Moshō Ha", much to his surprise. Despite his tyranny, he is shocked that Kenshirō shows mercy towards him. He then dies in front of Ogai's shrine regaining his humanity. In the movie ''Raō Den: Jun'ai no Shō'', his death scene is different than in the manga or TV series; there is no mention of his sensei Ogai or the reason why he build the pyramid, also the scene where he embraces his sensei's body is omitted. Instead, he commits suicide by stabbing himself with his fist, refusing to succumb to Ken's killing blow.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Banjō Ginga (TV series), Akio Ōtsuka (''Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu'' movie series)

Yuria

★
: 'Star':
: Kenshirō's fiancee. Kidnapped by Shin, but attempts to commit suicide by jumping off the roof of Shin's palace at Southern Cross, unable to tolerate the atrocities Shin committed in her name. Later in the series, it is revealed she actually survived thanks to the Nanto Goshasei. After the death of the other Nanto stars, she becomes the Last General of Nanto and orders the Goshasei against Raoh. Raoh manages to kidnap her, but discovers that she is dying of radiation poisoning. This sadness enables him to use the ''Musō Tensei'' against Kenshirō. After Raoh gives his life to the heavens, Ken and Yuria leave together, eventually settling in Shōki's village. Yuria eventually dies of her illness. She has no martial arts skills and is shown to have only empathic abilities. However, she has had several men fall in love with her, including Toki, Raoh, Shin, her half-brother Jūza and Kenshirō, with Kenshirō being the only man she loved back.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Yuriko Yamamoto (TV series), Yuriko Ishida (''Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu'' movie series)

Nanto Goshasei

The are sworn to protect the Last Nanto General. Despite their service to the Nanto, their fighting styles are not counted among the 108 schools of ''Nanto Seiken''. The stars of Goshasei correspond to the constellation .

★ : One of the five Nanto Goshasei and leader of the Wind Army. He fought Kenshiro (in the anime, not in the manga) only to lose to inform him that the Nanto Goshasei would come after him and Raoh. He was killed by Raoh after trying to thwart his attempts for world conquest. He was named and modeled after singer Huey Lewis.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Kazuyuki Sogabe, Hiroshi Tsuchida (''Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu'' movie series)

★ : Another one of the five Nanto Goshasei Generals and leader of the Red Army. Shuren wishes to avenge Hyūi's (his brother star) death at the hands of Raoh, and he shows his commitment to this cause by lighting a funeral pyre for Hyūi which also burns down his castle, leaving him and the Red Army with no home and only a desire to fight Raoh. He, as his name suggests, has the ability to control and manipulate fire, using it in such moves as the . Shuren confronts Raoh and his army during a march in a valley, but is swiftly defeated by the much more powerful Raoh. Shuren shows his anger over Hyūi's death his devotion to last Nanto General, Yuria. Shuren tries one final, self-immolating attack which, after being countered by Raoh leaves him burnt to a crisp. After this, Raoh wonders how anyone could have such a burning devotion to The Last General of Nanto Roku Seiken

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Norio Wakamoto, Nobuyuki Hiyama (''Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu'' movie series)

★ : A giant Nanto Goshasei fighter. Fudō was once a terrible outlaw known as . Fudō attacked the Hokuto dojo and terrified the young Raō. But a very young Yuria stood up to him, risking her life to save some puppies from Fudō's rampage. Fudō learned from her courage that life is the most important thing on earth. Fudō the Ogre became Fudō of the Mountains, one of the five Nanto Goshasei; the guardians of Yuria. Once an orphan himself, Fudō also took care of orphaned children. After trembling in the presence of Kenshirō's Musō Tensei, Raō decided to eliminate the first person who ever frightened him, and challenged Fudō to battle. Raō ordered his own men to shoot him if he took a step back. Fudō was able to make him do so, but Raō's men shot Fudō instead and killed him. ''"Fudō"'' is Japanese for Acala.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Shōzō Iizuka, Daisuke Gōri (''Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu'' movie series)

★ : Jūza's self-styled martial art was the best of the Goshasei. Jūza had grown up with Yuria and wished to marry her, but his dreams were crushed when he learned she was his half-sister from the same father. As a result he became like a gigolo and chased all the pretty girls but not really loving any of them. A free-spirited type, Jūza did not wish to fight Raōh for the sake of the Last of the Nanto Rokusei Ken until he learned that she was Yuria. Jūza and Raoh have known each other since childhood, Jūza usually getting the best of Raoh, quickly angering him. Ryūken then told Raoh that Jūza was good of a fighter as he was. Jūza was actually able to briefly take Kokuoh-Go from Raoh, which was a first. Raoh sits down on a boulder and refuses to move until his horse comes back. Eventually Jūza comes back to fight Raoh, and Jūza definitely gives Raoh a tough fight. Raoh is just too strong and eventually Jūza is hit with a fatal blow. Jūza falls on his back apparently dead. As Raoh begins to walk away, Jūza's body leaps up for one last attack which Raoh blocks. Before Raoh counterattacks however, he realizes that Jūza is dead and that his body was still trying to attack, so he lets Jūza's body fall to the ground lifeless. Raoh, comments to himself, "Jūza truly was terrible" in respect for the tough battle Jūza gave him. Jūza was the only member of the ''Goshasei'' omitted from the ''Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu'' film series. His battle with Raoh was omitted in ''Raoh Den: Gekitō no Shō'' and Rei essentially serves Jūza's role in ''Yuria Den''.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Yoshito Yasuhara

★ : Military General of the Goshasei and seems to know Yuria since she was a child. Attempts to save Yuria from Raoh by first setting multiple traps to slow him down, then fight him hand to hand. He loses the fight but does not die, as Kenshiro comes to his rescue. He bears witness to Kenshiro's first use of the Musō Tensei technique, the ultimate technique of Hokuto Shinken. Rikahu later becomes the elder statesman of Lin and Bat's "Hokuto Army" after Ken leaves with Yuria. ''"Rihaku"'' is Japanese for Li Bai.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Takeshi Aono, Katsuhisa Houki (2007)

★ : Rihaku's daughter. She fell in love with Raoh when he saved her from a pack of hungry wolves when she was a child. After posing as the Last Nanto General in Yuria's place, she professes her feelings for Raoh, but kills herself when Raoh rejects her in favor of Yuria.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Mika Doi, Yuko Kaida (2007)

★ : The younger brother of Hyui. Second-in-command of the Wind Army. He appears only as a filler character in the TV series.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Keiichi Nanba

Others (From Prologue to Hokuto Shinken Successor Dispute Conclusion)

King's army

After Shin kidnapped Yuria, he continued his reign of conquest, taking the identity of and establishing the city of as his base of operations. In the manga, the King organization (called the "Kingsmen" in the Viz English manga) are composed of King himself, along with Spade, Diamond, Club, Heart and their numerous underlings, all whom follow a playing card-motif. In the TV anime, Joker (another playing card-themed villain) , General Barcom and various other thugs (including Nanto Seiken practitioners) are added to his organization. The God's Army (GOLAN) and the Warriors (Jackal's gang) were turned into subordinate organizations of King during the first story arc of the series.

★ 'Spade' (スペード, ''Supēdo'') - The first Kingsman that appears in the manga. Kenshiro first confronts Spade while he's after Misumi, which results in the loss of Spade's right eye. Later, he attacks Misumi's village and kills him in retaliation for his earlier loss. Kenshiro arrives back to the village a bit too late to save Misumi, but kills Spade with the ''Hokuto Zankai Ken'' (Fist of Remorse). In the anime series, he is referred as the ''Jack of Spades'', along with King's other three lieutenants from the manga. He closely resembles the character Wez from ''. A prototype of the character appeared in Tetsuo Hara's debut manga, ''Mad Fighter''.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Tesshō Genda

★ 'Diamond' (ダイヤ, ''Daiya'') - A Kingsman who specializes in bōjutsu and wears clown-like makeup. Kenshiro confronts him while he's trying to execute a villager for fun. Kenshiro kills him with the Koushu Hagan Ken (Face Breaking Fist). In the anime series, he is the Jack of Diamond.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Daisuke Gōri (TV), Riichi Nishimoto (Games)

★ 'Club' (クラブ, ''Kurabu'') - A Kingsman who fought using long claws. He practiced his fighting style by killing captured peasants. Kenshiro kills him by striking the pressure point Meimon (Gate of Life), which broke his spine in half.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Kōji Totani

★ 'Heart' (ハート, ''Hāto'') - A Kingsman who is a giant bald fat man. He is the most amicable of the four , but goes insane at the sight of his own blood. His rubber-like stomach allowed him to absorb any attack, earning the title of "Destroyers of Martial Artists". Normally, Hokuto Shin Ken would be useless against him, but Kenshiro found a way around by using the Hokuto Jūha Zan (Soft Breaking Slash). Heart is famous for coining the series' trademark death cry, "hidebu". In the original manga, he is the final henchman Kenshiro faces before fighting Shin. In the anime series, the fight between him and Ken occurred at the middle of the desert, while Ken and his friends were helping a group of captured villagers escape from their confinement. In the 1986 movie, he is Jagi's bodyguard instead of Shin's. In a trailer for the film, his name appeared listed as 'Elephant' (エレファント, ''Erefanto'').

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Shōzō Iizuka (TV series), Junpei Takiguchi (1986 movie)

★ 'Joker' (ジョーカー, ''Jōkā'') - A Kingsman who did not appear in the manga, but was created specifically for the TV series. He is Shin's primary informant and right-hand man. He uses a Nanto Seiken style known as ''Nanto Shōten Ken'' ("South Star Ascension Fist"). His techniques includes teleporting, creating optical illusions of himself and attacking with playing cards. He used a giant eagle to travel from Shin's fortress in Southern Cross. Kenshiro faces him several times, but does not get the chance to kill him until episode 21. Kenshiro defeats him with the Hokuto Zankai Ken and when faced with the choice of leading him to Shin's hideout or dying, Joker chooses death.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Shigeru Chiba

★ 'Patra' (パトラ, ''Patora'') - A practitioner of ''Nanto Ryūjin Ken'' ("South Star Dragon God Fist") who appears only in the TV series. She is a sorceress who fights using illusions and is notable for being the first female villain that Kenshiro ever confronts. She runs a slave-trading ring for Shin. Kenshiro blinds her after countering one of her attacks and she is accidentally killed by Dragon's fire breath.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Kazuko Yanaga

★ 'Dragon' (ドラゴン, ''Doragon'') - Patra's henchman and a ''Nanto Ryūjin Ken'' practitioner himself. He wears Greek-style toga. He accidentally kills Patra while fighting Kenshiro before being killed himself . Appears only in the TV series with Patra.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Saburō Kamei

★ 'Dante' (ダンテ) - A character who appears only in the TV series. A biker gang leader who learned ''Nanto Seiken'' with Shin. His style is ''Nanto Hyakuzan Ken'' ("South Star Hundred Slash Fist"), which focuses on slashing techniques and the use of boomerangs. He has a tendency of kissing his victims after killing them. He wears a biker outfit with a cop hat.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Tesshō Genda

★ 'Zaria' (ザリア) - A TV series character. He is a mad scientist-type who uses the style ''Nanto Ansho Ken'' ("South Star Dark Bell Fist") to turn the residents of a village into mindless zombies. Wears a wig and glasses.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Katsuji Mori

★ 'Junk' (ジャンク, ''Janku'') and 'Baron' (バロン) - A pair of TV series characters. They're the respective leaders of the rival gangs the Snakes and the Scorpions. They agree to uphold a truce when Joker decides to combine their forces to hunt down Kenshiro. However, both of them are secretly attempting to recruit Kenshiro to their side. Kenshiro fights them both and kills them both using a technique in which they embrace each other to death.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Yūji Mikimoto (Junk) and Kōji Totani (Baron)

★ 'Generalissimo Barcom' (バルコム大将軍, ''Barukomu Daishōgun'') - The leader of Shin's army in the TV series. He leads an all-out assault against Kenshiro when he joins a local rebellion against Southern Cross. Later, when Kenshiro is presumed dead, he revolts against Shin. He is notable for being modelled after 'Kinbu Baiken', a villain from the pilot version of ''Hokuto no Ken''. He uses the same ''Taizanji Kenpō'' techniques and the battle him and Shin is visually identical to the battle between Baiken and Kenshiro Kasumi.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Seizō Katō

Golan

The is a fanatical militiant organization composed of members of the Red Berets unit that survived the nuclear war. They strive to create , a nation for the chosen people. They kill anyone they deem unworthy and capture young women for the purpose of procreation. In the TV series, they're renamed the and turned into a subordinate organization of King's (Shin's).

★ - The founder of Golan and a practitioner of ''Nanto Muon Ken'' ("Silent Fist of the South Star"). Uses boomerangs during battle. Has a scarred face and wears an eyepatch that covers his right eye. He was alleged to have telepathic abilities, which was actually just him anticipating his opponent's actions by the movement of their eyes. He was once a patriotic member of Red Berets, but lost his faith in his country when he reported back to the mansion of his commanding officer, where he found the top men of his country drunk in a party. After surviving the nuclear holocaust, he was convinced that he and his men were chosen by God. Kenshiro fought him and defeated him, first by taking out his eyesight using the pressure point Dōmei and then using ''Hokuto Kaikotsu Ken'' ("North Star Bone Crushing Fist"). In the anime, he was a deranged follower of Shin who worshipped him as a God. In the 1986 movie, he makes a cameo as one of Shin's security officers. Shin kills him when he refuses to look for Yuria during Raoh's incoming assault on the city.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Kōji Yada

★ - A Golan commando who can decapitate his opponent using a piano wire and uses throwing knives as well. In the TV series, he uses a whip instead. His rank is never given in the original manga, as he was merely a generic GOLAN soldier who got killed by Kenshiro.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Tomomichi Nishimura

★ - The Golan's drill instructor. A knife expert who can stab ten times a second and uses blood-sucking needle knives as well. In the anime, his knife is soaked with scorpion venom.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Yasurō Tanaka

Jackal's gang

A motorcycle gang that tries to sway Kenshiro into joining them. When he refuses, they attempt to take over Toyo's village for its clean water supply. Their hideout is Villainy Prison. In the TV series, they were renamed 'The Warriors' and were made into a subordinate organization of King.

★ 'Jackal' (ジャッカル, ''Jakkaru'') - The leader of the gang. He knows of Kenshiro's true powers and uses every underhanded tactics to avoid fighting him directly. Fights using concealed blades and dynamite. He is responsible for the death of Toyo, the old woman who raised Bart. Kenshiro chases him to his hideout in Billeny Prison. He tricks Devil into fighting Ken by using a picture of his mother, but Kenshiro defeats Devil and kills Jackal with a stick of his own dynamite. In the TV series, Jackal's fighting style is identified as Nanto Bakusatsu Ken (South Dipper Explosive Murder Fist) and took his orders from Joker. In the 1986 movie, he makes a cameo as a henchman of Jagi who gets killed after being horrified at the sight of Jagi's disfigured face.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Masayuki Katō (TV series), Hiroshi Ohtake (1986 movie)

★ 'Fox' (フォックス, ''Fokkusu'') - Jackal's right-hand man. Fought using a technique known as Levitating Blades. Kenshiro already saw him using this techniques once against a group of villagers and managed to see around his technique. Kenshiro then interrogated him by striking the Shin'ichi pressure point. Ken kills him and uses his corpse as a warning to Jackal. In the movie, he was one of Jagi's underlings who terrorizes a village in Kenshiro's name.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Kōji Totani (TV), Takeshi Aono (Movie)

★ 'Devil Rebirth' (悪魔の化身 (デビルリバーズ), ''Debiru Ribāzu'') - Also known as the Devil Incarnate. A giant, ogre-ish man who uses the fighting style Rakan Niō Ken (Fist of the Arhat Deva King). He was convicted of killing 700 people and was executed 13 times. He survived all of his executions and was finally senteced to 200 years in Villainy Prison. Jackal tames him by using a picture of his mother and convinces Devil that they're lost brothers. Kenshiro fights him, proclaiming that Hokuto Shinken is the incarnation of Indra and defeats him by striking his pressure points in the shape of the Big Dipper.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Eiji Kanie

Kiba Ichizoku (Fang Tribe)

The Fang Tribe (牙一族, ''Kiba Ichizoku'') is a group of bandits that reside near Mamiya's village and which want to take the village as their own. They modeled themselves after a wolf pack, with Kiba Daiou being their "father" figure and wear wolf fur as their uniform. Their fighting style is

★ 'Kiba Daiō' (牙大王, "Great Fang King") - The leader of the Fang Tribe. Master of , which allows him to turn his body to hard steel. He is known as "Father" (oyaji) to his underlings. He places so much value into his own "children" that when a group of them are killed, he decides to avenge them by killing a group of peasants. He tries to make Kenshiro and Rei fight each other, by kidnapping Airi and then holding Mamiya hostages. However, Kenshiro and Rei trick him into releasing the women by putting themselves in a false state of death. Ultimately, Kenshiro confronts him and kills by striking a pressure point that turn Kiba Daiō's steel body into rust. Kiba Daiō makes an extended cameo in the 1986 movie as a rival warlord who fights against Ken-Ō (Raoh) over his terrirtory.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Takeshi Watabe (TV/Movie)

★ 'Kemada' (ケマダ) - The Fang Tribesman responsible for the death of Mamiya's brother, Ko, and then steals his necklace. He is later killed by Kenshiro and Rei. The name Kemada is only given in the anime, as he was a nameless tribesman in the original manga.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Shingo Kanemoto

★ 'Gibara' (ギバラ) - Kemada's younger brother. In a flashback scene, he is given a plush toy by his older brother. He tries to avenge his brother's death and prepares a coffin for Kenshiro. However, Rei puts him inside instead and cuts him into pieces. He appears only in the TV series.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Shigezo Sasaoka

★ 'Gojiba' (ゴジバ) - The smartest member of the Fang Tribe. He is Kiba Daio's right-hand man and informant. He is the one who informs Kiba Daiou of Airi's whereabouts.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Yasurō Tanaka

★ 'Madara' (マダラ) - A werewolf-like member of the Fang Tribe. He has sharp teeth and claw-like fingernails. He becomes enraged when he senses Kenshiro's presence.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Eiji Kanie

Amiba's gang

★ 'Amiba' (アミバ) - An impersonator of Toki, he is known for his sadistic "new pressure point test" on living humans, also claims that he can learn any martial art under short period. He develops a style imitating Hokuto Shinken, which he names ''Hokuda Shinken'' (北蛇鍼拳, "Needle Fist of the North Snake") in ''Ten no Haō''. Amiba bore a grudge against Toki because Toki once pushed him away forcefully when Amiba was recklessly trying to "heal" an old man (by randomly pressing a painful point on the old man's injured leg). He also used to be a dropout of the Nanto Seiken school as revealed by Rei. Kenshiro finally used ''Zankai Sekiho Ken'', making Amiba walk towards his death in a high rise building. Despite his death, Amiba (or a character who closely resembles him), appears as a non-speaking extra in two subsequent episodes of the TV series. He appears in episode 108 (the penultimate episode of the first series) among a group of villagers after Raoh's death and in episode 152 (the final episode of the second series) among members of the Hokuto Army.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Takaya Hashi

★ 'Habu' (ハブ, "Viper") - The diminutive leader of Amiba's guinea-pig gathering squad. He was given the speed of the monkey by Amiba. He is the master of ''Kōken'' (Monkey Kung Fu) and fights with a Ru Yi Bang staff. Kenshiro ends up locking his hands to his staff with a pressure point and by force smashing him straight through a stone pillar (in a black comical way). He is mistakenly killed by Amiba when Ken used him as a shield to deflect a sword Amiba threw towards him.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Ichirō Nagai

★ 'Gyūki' (ギュウキ) - A minion of Amiba's who was given the strength of the bull. He goes around challenging men to arm-wrestling promising them a month's worth of food if they win. Gyūki arm-wrestled a man on a table saw and sliced the man's arm off. Kenshirō then took Gyūki's challenge and stunned everyone present by beating Gyūki and cutting ''his'' arm in the process.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Kazuo Oka

★ 'Gōda' (ゴウダ) - A minion of Amiba's that was given the strength of the bear. A Taizanji Kenpō master, he uses the "Bear Claw Bisection Fist" to rip people in half. He also has metal blades hidden in his mohawk. Although he appears only in anime filler during this arc, Gōda originally came from the ''Hokuto no Ken'' prototype one-shot, where he was originally the murderer of Kenshirō Kasumi's teenage girlfriend, Yuki.

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★ ''Voice by'': Masaharu Sato

★ 'Nevada' (ネバダ, ''Nebada'') - Nevada trained in Nanto Seiken along with Amiba and Rei. Rei recognized Nevada in "Toki"(Amiba)'s service and figured out Amiba's true identity from that. Rei exposed Amiba's ruse to Kenshirō before killing Nevada.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Akio Nojima

Cassandra

★ - The head of the prison under direct order of Raoh, an Uyghur whom claims Mongolian descent. He fights using the style, however his true power lay on his shoulder tackle called where he concentrate all his muscle and strength at one of his shoulder. Kenshiro was seriously injured when he got attacked by this technique, however in the rematch Ken managed to literally stop and crush his shoulder before killing him off with Hundred crack fist of the north star. He appears in the 1986 movie as the second-in-command and public executioner of Raoh's army and gets killed by Rei prior to the final battle.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Daisuke Gōri

★ 'Zakoru' (ザコル)

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Yasurō Tanaka

★ and - The twin successors of the style. They are guardians for the Cassandra gate, but are only reluctantly working for Uighur because he was holding their younger brother Mitsu as a hostage. Kenshiro spared their lives since Kenshiro noticed that their eyes are "full of sadness".

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★ ''Voiced by'': Yūji Mikimoto (Raiga), Ikuya Sawaki (Fūga)

★ - The younger brother of Raiga and Fūga. He is held hostage by Uighur in order to coerce the twins to work for him. In the manga, he is saved after Uighur is defeated, whereas in the anime series he is killed when the twins fail to defeat Kenshiro

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Ryō Horikawa

Ken-Oh's army

★ 'Kokuoh-Go' (黒王号 ''Kokuō-gō'', "Black King"): A large black stallion and Raoh's personal mount. Koku-Oh was the leader of a herd of wild horses that ruled a valley called "Kokuōdani". They would trample to death anyone who entered their territory. A rival lord tricked a squadron of Raoh's into entering the valley, where they were killed in a stampede. Raoh, Reina, and Sōga went into Kokuōdani alone and witnessed Koku-Oh fighting off two tigers that had attacked a foal. Raoh confronted Koku-Oh and they fought briefly. Raoh used a pressure point to euthanize the suffering foal and earned Koku-Oh's respect. Koku-Oh and his fellow horses then joined forces with Raoh's army, with Koku-Oh becoming Raoh's personal steed. After the end of the Raoh saga, Koku-Oh deemed Kenshiro as his new owner. It was never explained how he lost his left eye when he travelled with him.

★ 'Zarqa' (ザルカ, ''Zaruka'') - One of the Ken-Oh Bodyguards (拳王親衛隊, ''Ken'ō Shin'eitai''). A master of a sword fighting style called "Shuchō Shokei Kenjutsu" (首長処刑刀術, "Shiek Execution Fencing"), which involves the use of scimitars and Arabian-style shurikens. In the manga, he was the one responsible for Fūga's and Raiga's deaths.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Kōzō Shioya

★ 'Qasim' (カシム, ''Kashimu'') - A member of the Ken-Oh Bodyguards that is always seen with Zarqa.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Yonehiko Kitagawa

★ 'Seeker' (シーカー, ''Shǐkā'') - A spy of Ken-Oh who attacks Mamiya during the night. His most notable characteristics includes his goggles and long tongue, which is notable visible when he laughs. In the anime, he is a member of the Ken-Oh Scouting Party (拳王偵察隊, ''Ken'ō Teisatsutai'') and the other members are just like him.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Shigeru Chiba

★ 'Dekai Babā' (でかいババア, "Giant Hag") - A seemingly innocent old lady who offers her hospitality to Kenshiro, Toki and Mamiya after they left Cassandra. "She" is actually a cross-dressing assassin of Ken-Oh.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Issei Futamata

★ 'Gallon' (ガロン, ''Garon'') - The leader of the Ken-Oh Invasion Squad (拳王侵攻隊, ''Ken'ō Shinkōtai'') that takes over Mamiya's village after the Cassandra arc. He fights by using fire breathing fighting style (similar to those parlour tricks) named Katōjutsu (火闘術, Fire Combat Skills) which involves spitting fire after drinking a whole can drum of petrol. Gallon attempts to force the villagers to be loyal follower of Raoh or else be burned alive in a steel platform. He was killed by Rei when he cut open his stomach so that the petrol inside him leaked out and mix with the open flames. He is an unnamed character in the original manga and anime, and is only named in the second ''Rei Gaiden'' one-shot.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Saburō Kamei

★ 'Dog Master Galf' (狗法眼ガルフ, ''Kuhōgan Garufu'') - A pointy-nosed villain who rules over Medicine City. He values his own pet dogs more than human life. His favorite dog is named 'Seki'. However, when Galf met his end at the hands of Kenshiro, even his favorite dog abandons him. He makes a cameo appearance in the movie.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Tessho Genda (TV series), Jouji Yanami (1986 movie)

★ 'Ryūga' (リュウガ) - Neither embracing the Hokuto nor Nanto style, he is master of ''Taizan Tenrō Ken'' (泰山天狼拳, "Taishan Celestial Wolf Fist"). Ryūga is of the ''Tenrō-sei'' (天狼星) or solitary star of Sirius; the Lone Wolf. His unique Taizan Tenrō Ken scoops out chunks of flesh from his enemies, letting them experience bitter cold before death. He is the older brother of Kenshiro's beloved Yuria. Having despised the chaos and turmoil that followed the post-apocalyptic world, he joined Raoh believing that his iron fist would bring stability and order back to the world. The Tenrō was destined to help Hokuto. As a result, Ryūga destroyed those who opposed Raoh and set out to fight Kenshiro in order to discover who was stronger among the two. After attacking Toki to draw out Kenshiro, Ryūga's mentality began to change. Just before his fated duel with Kenshiro, Ryūga slit his belly already believing that it would be he who would save the world instead of Raoh. He appears in the opening flashback in ''Yuria Den'' as a child.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Hideyuki Hori (TV series), Daisuke Sakaguchi (''Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu'' movie series, as a child)

★ 'Abida' (アビダ) - Gonzu's boss. Unnamed in the manga. Killed by Ryuga.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Ikuya Sawaki

★ 'Gonzu' (ゴンズ) - A former pig-tailed underling of Ken-Oh who is a record holder in a cruel sport called the "human throw" (a variation of the hammer throw using people instead of the traditional ball and wire). Kenshiro beats him in his own game, using Gonzu as his "hammer".

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Yasurō Tanaka

★ 'Zaku' (ザク) - A general in Ken-Oh's army.

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★ ''Vocied by'': Masato Hirano

★ 'Hiruka' (ヒルカ) - An underling of Ken-Oh who kidnaps Danji and Jiro, two of Fudō's adopted children, to lure him into combat. A master of Taizan Yōken ("Taishan Bewitching Fist"). In the manga, it is established that he is the true biological father of the two kidnapped boys and even then he is more than willing to sacrifice them to kill Fudō.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Kan Tokumaru

★ 'Jadō' (ジャドウ)

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Yukitoshi Hori

★ 'Usa' (ウサ) - A short and bald-headed steward of Raoh, he was killed by an offended Raoh after he suggested that Raoh should "seize the opportunity" while Yuria was captived in his castle.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Shigeru Chiba

★ 'Jacob' (ヤコブ, ''Yakobu'')

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Jurota Kosugi

Unassorted villains

★ 'Zeed' (ジード, ''Jīdo'') - The first villain that Kenshiro faces in the series. He has "Z 666" tattooed on his forehead and is the leader of the biker gang which attacks Lin's village. Kenshiro fights him while he's holding Lynn captive and kills him using the ''Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken'' (北斗百列拳, "North Star Hundred Crack Fist").

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Eiji Kanie (TV series), Hidekatsu Shibata (1986 movie)

★ 'Dagarl' (ダガール, ''Dagǎru'') - Master of ''Nanto Hiyoku Ken'' (南斗比翼拳, "South Star Conjoined Wings Fist'') and Yuda's lieutenant.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Yūsaku Yara

★ 'Komaku' (コマク)

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Shigeru Chiba

★ 'Beji' (ベジ) and 'Giji' (ギジ) - Masters of Nanto Sōzan Ken (南斗双斬拳, South Dipper Paired Kill Fist). A pair of soldiers working for Souther.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Shigeru Chiba (Beji) and Hirano Masato (Giji)

Villagers and rebels

★ 'Bell' (ペル, ''Peru'') - Lin's pet dog. Appears only in the anime series. He is a recurring character in the earlier episodes, but disappears from the series sometime during the Souther arc.

★ 'Misumi' (ミスミ) - An old man who attempts to deliver a bag of seed rice to his home village in the hopes of harvesting the seeds for future generations. He is harassed by Spade and his gang, only to be saved by Kenshiro. Ken and Bart accompany Misumi to his village. Afterwards, Spade attacks the place and kills Misumi in retaliation for his earlier defeat. After Spade is killed, Kenshiro buries Misumi and scatters the seed rice over Misumi's grave. In the TV series, Misumi was renamed 'Smith' (スミス, ''Sumisu'').

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Ryūji Saikachi

★ 'Saki' (サキ) - A young girl who is a recurring character in the early episodes of the TV series. She is Yuria's personal servant, hired by Shin in Southern Cross. She provides emotional support to Yuria after learning about her situation and makes an escape attempt with Yuria, hoping to reunite her with Kenshiro. Shin catches the two in the act and decides to punish Saki. However, instead of killing her, she is sent back to her home village. She later appears in the Ryuga, in which she is shown to be the caretaker of Shin's and Yuria's graves.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Kazumi Amemiya (episodes 12-21) → Yumiko Shibata (episode 73)

★ 'Jennifer' (ジェニファー, ''Jenifā'') - A young woman from the village of Jina who assists Kenshiro and his friends in their journey to Southern Cross. She assists the trio in battle against the various gangs deployed by Shin, but is ultimately killed when she acts as decoy for Touda's gunfire.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Masako Katsuki

★ 'Johnny' (ジョニー, ''Jonii'') - A bartender who runs a food-trading business (a recurring motif in early chapters) at Rob's Bar. His name is given only in the TV series. He first helps Ken after Ken saves him from a hungry musclebound thug and serves as his informant during the Golan arc. He is later given the task of taking care of Toyo's orphans while Ken sets out to eradicate Jackal and his gang.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Ikuya Sawaki

★ 'Toyo' (トヨ) - Nicknamed "Grannie" and called 'Martha' (マーザ, ''Māza'') in ''Raoh Den: Jun'ai no Shō'', she is the woman that raised the young Bat among other orphans. Although, she may not seem to get along with Bat, the two are very fond of each other in reality. She tries to dig out a well at her village, but isn't successful until Kenshiro arrives to break off the rock plate that's blocking the water. After Kenshiro leaves, Jackal attacks the village takes Toyo and the orphans captive. Kenshiro comes back and rescue them, but she dies from her wound given by Jackal. Before dying Bat finally shows his true feeling to Toyo by calling her "mother", she passed away with a smile on her face.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Reiko Suzuki (TV series), Seiko Fujiki (''Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu'' movie series)

★ 'Taki' (タキ) - One of Bat's younger adoptive brothers raised by Toyo, who's only seven-years-old. Taki left the village and eventually wandered into Oasis blindly, where he met with Bat, who was now with Kenshiro and Lin. He returned to Toyo's village with the three, only to set off by himself at night to steal water from a neighboring village for Toyo. Kenshiro goes after him, but arrives too late to save him from a thug. In the anime series, he goes to steal water with Bat. Since children weren't allowed to be killed in the TV series, Kenshiro actually saves Taki from the thug and he stays behind after Toyo's death as the leader of the orphans. He appears in 2006 movie ''Raoh Den: Jun'ai no Shō'' under the name of 'Kaito' (カイト).

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★ ''Voiced by'': Kyōko Tongū (TV series), Tōko Aoyama (''Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu'' movie series)

★ 'Mamiya' (マミヤ, also transliterated as "Mamia") - A beautiful female warrior who bears a striking resemblance to Kenshiro's fiancee, Yuria. She fights using bladed yo-yos and a bowgun. On her twentieth birthday, her parents were slain by Yuda and she was kidnapped by him, having his mark (''UD'') marked on her back. She escaped and became a new person. Rejecting her feminity, she became a warrior and inherited leadership of the village. When the Fang Tribe threatens her village, she hires Kenshiro and Rei to protect it. She is initially attracted to Ken, but Ken does not return her affection. Rei falls in love with her and kills Yuda during his dying days after he learns of what he did to Mamiya. Her name and yo-yos are believed to be based on Sukeban Deka; "Mamiya" being a common misreading of the main character's name, "麻宮, ''Asamiya''" She appears during the Gento arc to take care of Asuka (Ein's daughter) while he goes off to fight Jakō and again during the Bolge arc in the end.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Toshiko Fujita

★ 'Kō' (コウ) - Mamiya's 15-year-old brother. He is taken captive by the Fang Tribe on the field and is slain in front of Mamiya and the villagers. In the original manga, he dies during his 15th birthday, but this was changed in the anime so that he was killed during Mamiya's birthday instead while he was collecting strawberries for her birthday cake. His necklance is stolen by ones of the tribesman, but it is later recovered by Kenshiro and Rei and returned to Mamiya. His death bear a small similarity with ''Mad Max 2'' (when the captured villagers get executed).

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Ryō Horikawa

★ - Rei's younger sister. On the day of her wedding, her parents were killed by Jagi and she was kidnapped and sold into slavery. She could not withstand the horrors she saw and turned herself blind by pouring poison into her eyes. The Fang Clan manage to get ahold of her and used her as a leverage against Rei. After the Fang King is defeated, Kenshiro cures Airi of her blindness. She become a strong and independent woman during Raoh invasion of Mamiyas village in which she took up arms again Raoh's army. After Rei's death she stayed behind in Mamiya's village to look after her brother's grave.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Arisa Andō

★ - Shū's son. A brave young child that saved Kenshirō after he was captured and tortured by Souther. He blew himself up with dynamite sticks just to buy time for Kenshiro to escape. During Shū final moment he said that Kenshiro eyes could be similar to Shiva.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Keiichi Nanba, Miyu Irino (''Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu'' movie series)

★ - Souther's sifu and adoptive father, a person that Souther really loved a lot during his younger days, although he is adopted however Ōgai treated Souther as his own son,. Souther didn't mind much about how hard the training was, he only cared when Ōgai shows his warmth and compassion to Souther after each successful training. He was killed (unknowningly) by Souther during the final graduation, Ōgai admitted that he couldn't have blocked Souther's attack as he has already surpassed him. Souther made a pyramid grave for Ōgai.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Masanobu Ōkubo

★ 'Rizo' (リゾ) - Trained in Nanto Seiken with Shū and later became one of Souther's soldiers. While watching Souther torture Shū, Rizo pleaded with Souther to allow him to bandage Shū's wounded legs. Souther said he would only allow it if Rizo forfeited his family's lives. Rizo backed down and Shū told him his thoughts were sufficient enough.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Tomomichi Nishimura (TV series), Keiichi Sonobe (''Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu'' series)

★ 'Zengyō' (ゼンギョウ) - A servant of Kōryū who informs Kenshirō and Toki of his master's death. In the anime, he was changed into an elderly ninja.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Tomomichi Nishimura

★ 'Kim' (キム, ''Kimu'') - A student of Ryuken who failed to qualify for Hokuto Shinken succesorship during the early training sessions. Kenshiro tried to cheer him up after he was expelled from the dojo.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Keiichi Nanba

Imperial Capital arc

Gento Kōken

★ - Also known as "Falco, the Gold." The strongest successor of Gento Kōken. Although Jakoh orders him to kill the Hokuto and Nanto fighters in the name of the Celestial Empress, he is an honorable man. When the Empress is discovered alive, he turns against Jakō and kills him. His right leg is a prosthetic, the original was offered to Raoh to convince him to leave the imperial capital alone. Later on, when fighting Falco, Kenshirō disables one of his own legs to even their fight. He pursues the kidnapped Lin to the Land of Asura, but dies after battling the Nameless Asura. Prior to dying, he receives news that his wife Myū is pregnant with his child.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Hideyuki Tanaka

★ - Also known as "Purple Light Solia." One of Falco's proteges, he seeks out and challenges Kenshiro. He lost an eye in a sparring match with Falco. In the anime, he was the one who killed the Elder of Mamiya's village instead of Falco.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Michihiro Ikemizu

★ - Also known as "Red Light Shōki." An old friend of Falco's. When Ken and Yuria set out after Raoh's death, Shōki allowed them to live in his home village. Later, he attempts to kill Jakoh and is seemingly killed by Falco in a ruse. Shieno (Boltz in the anime) sees through the ruse and kills Shōki with a spear. Shōki dies after seeing Kenshiro one last time.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Tessho Genda

★ and - Also known as "Blue Light Boltz" and "Green Light Taiga" respectively. A pair of renegade Gento warriors under Jakō's command. They're filler characters created for the TV series to substitute Jakō's two sons, Shieno and Jask respectively.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Yousuke Akimoto (Boltz) and Masaharu Satou (Taiga)

★ - Lin's twin sister. The Celestial Empress (天帝, ''Tentei''). Only one of the children was permitted to live, but Falco could not bring himself to kill Lin and instead left her in the care of his aunt and uncle.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Yoshino Takamori

★ - Falco's wife. When the Empress Lui was kidnapped, she became Jakoh's woman to learn the whereabouts of the Empress. She later discovers she is pregnant with Falco's child.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Kuniko Ogawa

Others

★ 'Ein' (アイン, ''Ain'') - A famed tracker and a headhunter who fights with unorthodox moves (or street fighting style). He is hired to capture Kenshiro, bur after a brief fight with Ken, he begins to respect him. Has a daughter he protects with his very life and is the reason why he earns money. He sacrifices his own life just to rescue Bat, Lin and Lui because he felt he owed Kenshiro one. Kenshiro is given Ein's gloves by Asuka after his death in which he was seen wearing throughout the rest of the series (as well as in the OVA series ''New Fist of the North Star'').

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Ken Yamaguchi)


★ 'Bask' (バスク, ''Basuku'') - An area governor for Jakō's Gento empire, issues a bounty on Lin and Bat as their militia Hokuto Army keep on raiding the Empire's slave trade. Bask is modelled after Hulk Hogan.

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★ ''Voiced by:'' Masaru Ikeda

★ 'Barona' (バロナ) - An underling of Bask, was about to execute one of the members of the Hokuto Army before Kenshiro arrives. Was killed easily by Kenshiro. Bears a resemblance to Mr T.

★
★ ''Voiced by:'' Yasurō Tanaka


★ 'Harn Brothers' (ハーン兄弟, ''Hān Kyōdai'') - 'Buzz' (バズ, ''Bazu'') and 'Gill' (ギル, ''Giru'') are two dangerous brothers that were captured by Ein in the past through luck and wit (ironically they would be rescued by Ein and Kenshiro). They are masters of ''Nanto Sōyō Ken'' (南斗双鷹拳, "South Dipper Twin Hawk Fist") and have a grudge against Falco for killing several Nanto masters. In the original manga, Buzz is killed after detonating a decommissioned nuclear mortar in a failed attempt to take Falco's life, while Gill lives on and joins the Hokuto Army before being phased out from the series. In the anime, both Buzz and Gill die during the explosion. Buzz is also known as 'Hazu' (ハズ) due to a misprint in the manga (that was fixed in the Kanzenban edition), which is the name he goes by in the anime. Very clearly modeled on the Road Warriors from the World Wrestling Federation mid 1980s.

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★ ''Voiced by:'' Daisuke Gouri (Buzz) and Yutaka Shimaka (Gill)

★ 'Gayler' (ゲイラ, ''Geira'') - A fat overweight employer of a head hunting agency, he hires Ein to capture Kenshiro, instead Kenshiro appears in front of his headquarter. Attempts to hypnotize Kenshiro by using two pendant and a bad breath but is killed by Ken when he stopped his breathing. He is based off of Jabba the Hutt, although the anime changed his appearance.

★
★ ''Voiced by:'' Tetsuo Mizutori

★ 'Jakō' (ジャコウ) - The Governing General of the Imperial Capital, he has kidnapped the Celestial Empress Lui and ordered Falco to destroy the Hokuto and Nanto fighters. Ostensibly, this is because they attempt to outshine the Gento's imperial star, . In reality, when Raoh was about to leave the Empire after Falco convinced him to leave it alone, Raoh told Falco that Jakō had evil intentions and that Falco should kill him. Falco was unable to at the time because his mother had raised both of them as their sons and would have been heartbroken. After Lui is saved, Falco himself kills Jakō in an act of vegeance.

★
★ ''Voiced by:'' Shigeru Chiba

★ 'Asuka' (アスカ) - Ein's young daughter, to whom he refers to as his "woman". In the TV series it was further established that she was his adopted daughter, whom he adopted from a young widow that used to take care of him. The widow was killed by bandits and Ein adopted Asuka as his own.

★
★ ''Voiced by:'' Saori Sugimoto

★ 'Jask' (ジャスク, ''Jasuku'') - Jakō's eldest son. While Kenshirō is fighting Jakō, he takes off to the Land of Asura with Lin, only to be killed by the fighters of the land. In the TV series, he is replaced by Taiga.

★ 'Shieno' (シーノ, ''Shīno'') - Jakō's youngest son. He is responsible for the death of Shōki but Kenshiro later kills him with his own murder weapon. In the TV series, he is replaced by Boltz.

Land of Asura arc

Hokuto Ryūken

★ 'Kaioh' (カイオウ, ''Kaiō'') - The First Rashō (羅将, a term which loosely means "General of Asura" or "Warlord") that rules over the Land of Asura. At first, his face is concealed in an iron helmet, but later he removes, revealing that he bears a striking resemblance to Raoh, but with an "x"-shaped scar that covers his face. He is in fact the long-lost older brother of Raoh and Toki, who remained in Asura while his two brothers left the country with Ken. He wears a special armor that keeps his demonic aura focused. He hates the Hokuto Sōke ruling line and all it stands for, due to the fact that he was forced by Jukei to lose his sparring matches with Hyo as a child to encourage him, despite the fact that Kaioh was a more gifted fighter himself. Kaioh began losing his humanity when his mother sacrificed her life to save a baby Kenshiro from a burning building. Kaioh is the last opponent Kenshiro faces before saving Lin. Ken strikes him with the ''Hokuto Ujo Ken'', so that Kaioh wont feel pain before he dies. Kaioh then proceeds to bury himself together with Hyo into a flux of lava.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Kenji Utsumi

★ 'Hyō' (ヒョウ) - The Second Rashō. Kenshiro's true brother, Kaioh killed his fiance, Sayaka, and laid the blame on Kenshiro. Ken defeated Hyo and knew the truth about Sayaka's death. He swears to kill Kaioh, but forgives him due to their deep friendship. He dies from his injury after destroying Kaio's elite army of three hundred men.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Shinji Ogawa

★ 'Han' (ハン) - The Third Rashō. Han is always in danger of being assassinated and claims to have lost count of disposing assassins after the 100th time. He is the one who reveals Kenshiro's origin in the Land of Asura during their fight. Kenshiro clobbers his sight and then massacres him with the Hyakuretsu Ken.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Koji Totani

★ 'Shachi' (シャチ, "Orca") - A foreigner of Asura, son of a pirate. Learned Hokuto Ryūken after accidentally killing some Asura soldiers when they harassed his girlfriend. Begged Jukei to teach him Hokuto Ryuken because Shachi couldn't wait for the "saviour". Shachi lost his humanity when he learned this forbidden art until he met Lin. He became feared across the land as "'Rakshasa' (羅刹, ''Rasetsu''), the Asura-devouring beast". Died from bloodloss during a battle against Kaio. He is the son of Akashachi a pirate, managed to find his father before being killed by Kaio's arrow.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Hirotaka Suzuoki

★ 'Jūkei' (ジュウケイ) - The successor of Hokuto Ryūken. Taught Kaiō, Han, Shachi and Hyō the art of Hokuto Ryūken. Referred as the "Great Elder" (大老, ''Tāron'') by his students. Killed his own wife and child during a demonic possession by being engulfed in demonic aura until Ryūken stopped him. Later came to accept his role as servant of the Hokuto Sōke clan. He is killed by a brainwashed Hyō at the end and dies with regret.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Kōhei Miyauchi

★ 'Kuro-Yasha' (黒夜叉, "Black Yaksha") - A very short dwarfish man, whom worked as a servant of Hokuto bloodline, when Kenshiro was a baby, Kuro-Yasha could already feel an aura of love and friendship from baby Kenshiro. He attacks with iron claws while jumping in the air. Dies from his injury after valiantly assisting Hyo against Kaioh's elite army.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Shigeru Chiba

Others

★ 'Akashachi' (赤鯱, "Red Orca") - Father of Shachi and also a one legged and one eyed pirate that transported Kenshiro reluctantly to Asura. He gave a mission to Kenshiro to find his son Shachi that somehow got lost in Asura. Albeit he is portrayed as a brutal pirate in the beginning, he did reveal his good side at the end especially when he tried to save a fatally injured Kenshiro. He was killed by Kaio's hidden crossbow however he did managed to find his son Shachi. Raoh personally thanked Akashachi at some point.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Daisuke Gōri, Nobuaki Kakuda (2007 movie)

★ 'Nameless Asura' (無名修羅, ''Mumei Shura'') - An Asura warrior that had literally not yet earned himself a name. At the age of 15, he single-handedly killed a hundred of Akashachi's pirates during the pirates' botched raid on the land of Asura. Later when Falco came to the shores of the Land of Asura, he attacked him and took his artificial leg. Falco eventually cut him in half with his "Ōkō Setsudan" technique. He's been popularly nicknamed 'Sunagumo' (砂蜘蛛, "Sand Spider"), due to Falco calling him so derisively.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Shigeharu Matsuda

★ 'Kaiser' (カイゼル, ''Kaizeru'') - A master of the Mongolian Martial Arts. He has the ability to reach an opponent's internal organs and break their bones without making an external injury. Killed by Shachi.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Yūsaku Yara

★ 'Alf of the Hourglass' (砂時計のアルフ, ''Sunadokei no Arufu'') - An Asuran warrior who claimed he could kill any challenger in less than two minutes. Killed by Ken.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Tomomichi Nishimura

★ 'Leia' (レイア, ''Reia'') - An Asuran native girl who breaks Asuran law by preaching against violence. She becomes Shachi's girlfriend which makes him choose to stay in Asura, but later comes to an agreement with Shachi to distance herself from him for her protection. However before Shachi's final battle with Kaio she travels with him, and eventually holds Shachi and sheds tears for him as he dies.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Masako Katsuki

★ 'Tao' (タオ) - Leia's younger brother. He aspired to become a warrior like his idol Shachi and joined the Asuran training camp against his sister's wishes, but deserted when he was slated to kill one of his friends in combat.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Nozomu Sasaki

★ 'Sayaka' (サヤカ) - Hyo's fianceé and the younger sister of Kaioh. In order to manipulate Kenshiro and Hyo into fighting each other, Kaioh kills his own sister and then tells Hyo that Kenshiro was the culprit. This triggers Hyo's demonic aura, turning the once benevolent ruler into a merciless tyrant.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Gara Takashima

★ 'Locke' (ロック, ''Rokku'', also transliterated "Rock") - A filler character from the TV anime series. Locke is the leader of a group of horse-riding cowboys in Asura modeled after ''The Magnificent Seven''.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Masashi Hironaka

Hokuto Sōke

★ 'Ōka' (オウカ) - The sister of Shume and mother to Ryūō. A woman of the Hokuto clan, Ōka and her Shume gave birth to their respective sons on the same day. However, the priests of the Hokuto clan forbade the existence of two possible successors and choose to sacrifice expose both children to a pack of hungry wolves. Realizing that Shume was dying of a terminal illness and would not live to see her child grow, Ōka gave away her life in order to concede the successorship to Shume's son.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Mika Doi

★ 'Shume' (シュメ) - The mother of Shuken. She was already suffering from a terminal illness when she gave birth to Shuken and wished for her son to be the Hokuto successor, going as far as to take Shuken away during the sacrificial ritual the priests set up to determine the successor.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Yuriko Yamamoto

★ 'Shuken' (シュケン) - The ancestor of Kenshiro and Hyo. A practitioner of the original Hokuto Sōke style. He was destined by to be sacrificed by the Hokuto priests as a part of a successorship ritual, but was spared by the compassion of his mother and his aunt's sacrifice. He is founder of Hokuto Shinken. In the manga ''Fist of the Blue Sky'', it is revealed that he created Hokuto Shinken by blending the Hokuto Sōke style with ''Seito Gekken''.

★ 'Ryūō' (リュウオウ) - The ancestor of Raoh, Kaio and Toki. His mother Ōka sacrificed her life so that he and Shuken would grow up together. Ryūō grew up without the love of his mother and lost all respect for love. In the anime series, it is established that he is also the founder of Hokuto Ryūken. He also had a birthmark in the shape of the Big Dipper.

Final chapters

★ 'Ryū' (リュウ) - Son of Raoh, and the future inheritor of Hokuto Shinken after Kenshiro. At a young age, he already shows his wit and bravery, he also possess his fathers eye. Kenshiro was his personal mentor for some time (during the "Kōketsu", "Sava" and "Blanca" arc) before he left Ryu to be taken care of by Balga. In ''New Fist of the North Star'', Kenshiro is waiting Ryu to grow up so he can battle against Ryu for the Hokuto Shinken successor title.

★ 'Kōketsu' (コウケツ) - A short and fat dictator who possessed some intelligence, used to work as a horsefeeder in Raoh army, he one time tried to influence Raoh by deliberately brushing his shoes for him, however Raoh saw through his tomfoolery and threatened to kill Koketsu, he was humiliated in front of Raoh's army. When peace returned to the land with Raoh's death, Koketsu used his intelligence and ruthlessness to steal lands from farmers and enslaving gullible wasteland dwellers. One of those land that he stole was from Ryu's adoptive parents. He is killed by his own mouse trap in the food storage room. Koketsu is probably a caricacture of those corrupt and greedy dictator in present day society.

★ 'Balga' (バルガ, ''Baruga'') - One of Raoh's former generals. After Raoh died he didn't have a reason to fight and lost his "sting" as one of the hardhitting Generals of Raoh's army. Therefore he became soft and Kōketsu took advantage of that and enslaved Balga. He had to work hard in order to keep his son 'Shingo' and the other children alive. Later as Kenshiro arrived with Ryu (Raoh's son) they defeated Kōketsu and left Balga in charge of the land, protecting the people and reclaiming his honor. After Baran is defeated, Kenshiro leaves Ryu in Balga's care. In the movie ''Raoh Den: Gekitō no Shō'', it is established that Balga was the unnamed soldier that shot Raoh in the leg with an arrow to stop him from killing Yuria.

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★ ''Voiced by'': Masaki Terasoma

★ 'Asam' (アサム, ''Asamu'') - The ruler of the Sava Kingdom and Master of ''Daijō Nanken'' (大乗南拳 "Southern Fist of Mahayana"). He is the father of three spoiled sons (and one daughter) that don't like each other, as they three fight to be the leader of the land. Attempts to hire Kenshiro to kill his three sons to prevent a civil war.

★ 'Kai' (カイ) - One of the Viceroys of the Sava Kingdom and the eldest son of Asamu. He was born under the sign of the Red Emperor and bears a resemblance to his father. He competes with his brothers for the successorship, but the three decides to set aside their differences when they learn their father is dying. He is later killed when he is struck from behind by one of the bandits threatening his kingdom.

★ 'Bukō' (ブコウ) - The second Viceroy of Sava and the midle child of Asamu's sons. He was born under the sign of the Blue Emperor. After the death of Asam and Kai, he attempts to leave the Kingdom along with Satora, but Satora forces him to stay.

★ 'Satora' (サトラ) - The third Viceroy of Sava and the youngest of Asam's sons. He was born under the sign of the Yellow Emperor. After the death of Kai and Asam, he concedes the successorship of the throne to Bukō and follows Kenshiro and Ryu to the Kingdom of Blanca to see his fiancee Luseli.

★ 'Sara' (サラ) - Princess of the Sava Kingdom and the young daughter of Asam. She is the one who seeks Kenshiro's help in order to solve the dispute between her three brothers.

★ 'Luseli' (ルセリ, ''Ruseri'') - Princess of the Blanca Kingdom and Satora's fiancee. She was saved by Baran, whom bares some resemblance to his younger sister who died many years ago.

★ 'Baran' aka 'Emperor of Light Baran' (光帝バラン, ''Kōtei Baran'') - As a boy he asked Raoh to teach him some of the Hokuto Shinken secrets (like Tenha Kassatsu technique) to get revenge on God for the death of his sister Yūka. However, Raoh declined his request, since Hokuto Shinken is "transferred only from father to son", he suggest Baran to learn it by watching and studying Raoh. One fateful day, Raoh's army walked past a destroyed village where Baran saw a girl that lost her mind, feeling pity on her and he tried to give his mantle to her, however Raoh came and told Baran to end her suffering, however Baran couldn't do it and thus Raoh discharged Baran from service. Many years later he conquers the land of Blanca and takes over as the "Kōtei" (Emperor of Light). He relinquishes control after being defeated by Kenshirō's proper "Tenha Kassatsu" technique and when Ryu (son of Raoh) persuaded Baran to kill him for Raoh's sin. However seeing the wrong doings he caused, Baran instead had himself executed by the people of Blanca. While teaching Ryu "How to die heroic".

★ 'Bolge' (ボルゲ, ''Boruge'') - A blind wasteland thug that Kenshiro and Bat killed during the last final story arc of manga. Although he is depicted as a generic wasteland thug without any special martial art skills, his existence is mostly used as a plot device for the Ken, Bat and Lin triangle drama. He was blinded by a young Kenshiro during an incident in the past (their story was never mentioned in the manga before) and thus bears a deep hatred towards Kenshiro. To protect Kenshiro and Lin as a way to repay the debt for numerous times Kenshiro saved him (at the time Kenshiro was suffering from amnesia and thus forgot most of his Hokuto Shinken techniques), Bat pretends to be Kenshiro in front of the blind Bolge. However, his ruse doesn't work out well and he is captured in the process and then tortured slowly by Bolge in the belief that Bat is Kenshiro. Kenshiro regains his memory and defeats Bolge with the Hyakurestsu Ken, which Bolge manages to resist somehow and grabs Lin hostage. Bat gives him the final dead blow just to protect Lynn. However, Bolge gives Bat a fatal wound in the process (but Bat life is saved at the end by Kenshiro).

''New Fist of the North Star'' (1995 novel, 2003 OVA series)

The following characters are exclusive to the 1995 ''Hokuto no Ken'' novel ''Jubaku no Machi'' and its three-part OVA adaptation, ''New Fist of the North Star''.

★ 'Tobi' (トビ) - A wandering adventurer known for his intelligent service to the people, rescued by Kenshiro when the Sanga's scouting party ambushed him and other villagers searching for water. Tobi was searching his brother Bista while travelling town to town, has a secret crush on Sarah. Later on he incited a religious Jihad in the Lastland using his brotherly connection with Bista, later on he got corrupted with power that led to his downfall.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Akimitsu Takase

★ 'Bista' (ビスタ, ''Bisuta''), aka 'Doha' (ドーハ, ''Dōha'') - Tobi's little brother known for his illusion and parlour magic also was suffering from amnesia, he was taken by Sanga as a tool for fooling the common people in Lastland as a God. His amnesia was healed by Sarah through acupressure, was remained seriously wounded throughout the OVA.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Romi Pak

★ 'Sarah' (サーラ, ''Sāra'') - A kind hearted female healer in Freedom Village where she heals people with a passed down knowledge of Hokumon no Ken through her parents. Although she knows the pressure points of Hokumon No Ken, she doesn't have any fighting abilities since she only learned the healing part of this art. Her life was saved by Seiji in the past when a wild dog was attacking them.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Yurika Hino, Sanae Kobayashi (young)

★ 'Sanga' (サンガ) - The dictator of the city Last Land, known for being manipulative and ambitious. He was killed by Kenshiro towards the end of first episode. He was cruel and hard towards his own son Seiji, but later revealed that he did that because he loved Seiji and wanted him to become stronger in this harsh wasteland.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Unshou Ishizuka

★ 'Seiji' (セイジ) - A dropout of Hokumon no Ken, who has a love hate relationship with his father Sanga. He took over Lastland while Kenshiro was away to Hokumon temple get medicine for Bista. It was revealed that he learned all the secret of Hokumon No Ken in less than three years. Committed suicide by pressing a fatal point in his body after ridden with guilt over his past crime.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Gackt, Daisuke Kishio (young)

''Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu'' (2006 movie series)

The following characters are originally from the ''Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu'' movie series and are ordered by the installments where they first appear.

''Raō Den: Jun'ai no Shō''

★ 'Reina' (レイナ) - A childhood friend of Raoh who becomes a devoted female general of his cavalry. Her character design was done by Tsukasa Hojo.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Kou Shibasaki

★ 'Souga' (ソウガ, ''Sōga'') - A childhood friend of Raoh. Master of ''Sūzan Senpū Kyaku'' (嵩山旋風脚, "Songshan Whirlwind Kick"). He lost his right leg in battle and wears a prosthetic. He and his sister Reina left the Land of Asura to join Raoh's army and become his loyal followers. After he became fatally ill, he came up with a ruse to scare Raoh's men out of any inclinations of desertion or rebellion. He made it look as if he had allowed an assassin into Raoh's palace and Raoh subsequently killed him in front of his horrified troops.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Unshou Ishizuka

★ 'Yō' (ヨウ) - Souga's butler.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Yuzuru Fujimoto

★ 'Meiō' (冥王) - A rival warlord who fights against Reina.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Masuo Amada

''Yuria Den''

★ 'Dharma' (ダーマ, ''Dāma'') - Predecessor of Last General of Nanto. He also served as Yuria and Ryūga's guardian when they were children. He gave his position to Yuria before his death. He originally appeared in the manga as an unnamed character in a flashback.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Yusaku Yara

★ 'Toby' (トビー, ''Tobī'') - Yuria's pet dog (a bull terrier), whom she found abandoned as a pup at the doorsteps of Ryūken's dojo when she was a child. Yuria proclaims that he bears the ""Star of Loyalty"" (忠義の星 ''Chūgi no Hoshi'').

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Yoshimitsu Shimoyama

''Raō Den : Gekitō no Shō''

★ 'Giraku' (ギラク) - A smarmy and sycophantic minion of Raoh's that wears a wig. Anticipating his own possible death in battle with Kenshiro, Raoh kills Giraku so he and his evil ilk will not succeed him.

★
★ ''Voiced by'': Masanori Takeda

''Hokuto Gaiden'' series (manga spinoffs)

The following characters are from all the ''Hokuto no Ken'' manga spinoffs (excluding ''Fist of the Blue Sky'').

''Ten no Haō: Raō Gaiden''

★ Demon King 'Goram' (鬼王ゴラム) - Uses ''Gabi Ken'' (峨嵋拳, "Emei Fist").

★ 'Hakka' (ハッカ) and 'Riron' (リロン) - Two minions of Souther's; masters of ''Nanto Hien Ken'' (南斗飛燕拳, "South Star Swallow Fist").

★ Wise King 'Gion' (智王ギオン)

★ Dragon King 'Amon' (龍帝アモン) - Master of Taikyoku Ryū Ken (太極龍拳, Taiji Dragon Fist).

★ 'Ryūrō' (リュウロウ) -Master of Nanto Ryūō Ken (南斗流鴎拳, South Dipper Flowing Seagull Fist).