List of Baki the Grappler characters

The following is a list of characters that appear in Keisuke Itagaki's manga series Baki the Grappler.

Main

 * Baki Hanma (範馬 刃牙 Hanma Baki), Kappei Yamaguchi (OVA) - The main character, and son of Yujiro Hanma. He has been training in martial arts since the age of three, and has trained under various teachers and coaches throughout his life.  At the age of thirteen, he decided to take his training into his own hands and left the coaches to perform more intense training "in his father's footsteps".  He later meets with his father and becomes disillusioned as to his father's true character, and afterwards, aims to defeat and kill him.  His fighting style is called "Total Fighting" and includes techniques from many different martial arts. He fights Arudi Regan in round 1, Zool in round 2, Igari Kanji in round 3, and Retsu Kaioh in round 4 before facing his brother in round 5 which are the finals of the tournament.  He eventually develops the ogre/demon face on his back when fighting his brother, but manages to suppress it.  Unlike Yujiro, he chooses to control his killing intent and fight his battles fair and honorably no matter what the outcome. Shadow boxing, or visualizing fighting an opponent, is a big part of Baki's regimen.  Sometimes his visions take an almost corporeal form.  Baki has encounters with all the escaped convicts in the 'Search of Our Strongest Hero' series, has just defeated Biscuit Oliva, and is now faced with a new challenge against the prehistoric man Pickle.  He is currently waiting for his fight with Pickle after Retsu and Katsumi are defeated.  He had a shadow boxing visualization fight with a T-Rex prior to the Katsumi/Pickle fight. He has been recently defeated by Pickle in the Korakuen area.


 * Yujiro Hanma/The King (範馬 勇次郎 Hanma Ujirō) - The father of Baki and Jack Hanma.  He is the strongest creature in the world, and is known to have mastered all styles of unarmed combat.  His repertoire apparently includes all of the well-known fighting styles (such as karate, boxing, taekwondo, judo, jujutsu, wrestling, street-fighting, and so on) as well as some more esoteric ones (such as the udonde or uzunde style, an actual system used in the Motobu style of karate).  He has been fighting on the battlefields, using only his bare hands, since the age of sixteen, when he fought against both American and Vietcong in the Vietnam War.  Since then, it appears that he has obtained respect from the American forces, and has begun fighting as a kind of mercenary for them.  It is said that when he stopped fighting for survival but for pleasure the image of the demon's face appeared on his back.  Below is a list (no order) of styles Yujiro has fought and won against:


 * Brazilian Jiu-jitsu
 * Kickboxing
 * Judo
 * Sumo Wrestling
 * Greco-Roman Wrestling
 * Various forms of Karate including Doppo's Shinshinkai
 * Aikido
 * Sambo
 * Street fighting
 * Jujutsu
 * Boxing
 * Military fighting tactics of Green Berets, Navy Seals, and Army Airborne Rangers
 * Muay Thai
 * Yoga
 * Taekwondo
 * Chinese Kung Fu
 * Israeli Krav Maga
 * The Forces of Nature itself

The only known time that Yujiro has ever been knocked unconscious is when Tokugawa had him shot several times with tranquilizer bullets. Despite having enough trances in his system to kill a blue whale, however, he made a full recovery after a rather short period of time.


 * Doppo Orochi (愚地 独歩 Orochi Doppo), Shōzō Iizuka (OVA) - A karate master and head of the shinshinkai-kan (a karate style which seems to be inspired by the real-life style of kyokushin karate). One of the few people in the world able to stand toe-to-toe with Yujiro.  He whips his students into shape by fighting them regularly, and practices all of his karate techniques at least one thousand times daily.  A very devoted karate practitioner, and a mentor of Baki's.  Also, the instructor of Katou and father of Katsumi.  He fought Yujiro, who gouged his eye out and almost killed him.  However, Doppo was revived by Kureha.  He eventually fights the escaped American convict Dorian in the 'Search of Our Strongest Hero' manga series.  Dorian manages to cut off Doppo's hand with a strange wire-cutting technique in which he uses a wire blade projected from a lighter.  Doppo later avenges this loss when he, Katsumi, and Retsu track Dorian down.  Shortly after this however, Dorian escapes from the hospital and uses an explosive that is implanted into his hand to blow off part of Doppo's face.  Doppo later returns to have a battle with Mohammad Ali Jr.  In the Maximum Tournament, he fights Richard Phyllis in round 1, Amanai Ryu in Round 2 before facing another master Gouki Shibukawa in round 3 which he loses after a brutal match.  After that loss, he decides to close down his dojo and start his training all over again.  He is apparently based on the real-life creator of Kyokushin karate, Sosai Masutatsu Oyama.  They are very similar to each other: they both created forms of karate, they both gained notoriety by killing deadly animals, and they have similar appearances.


 * Katsumi Orochi (愚地 克巳) - (Teenage) Yūko Maekawa - Doppo's son and current prodigy of Shinshinkai karate.  He fights Roland Gustof in round 1 defeating him easily before fighting Hanayama Kaoru and fighting a more even round 2 using his sonic fists technique.  In round 3 he loses miserably to Retsu Kaioh getting knocked out in 1 punch.  Retsu was impressed that Katsumi could take one of his punches.  A rematch in the 'Search of Our Strongest Hero' series is interrupted when the convict Dorian comes into the Shinshinkai building and attacks Katsumi.  Katsumi also later trains the convict Doyle in Shinshinkai Karate.  In the anime it is revealed that Doppo is actually Katsumi's adoptive father.  The final moments of the anime show him washing up at Doppo's home.  He has a fight with Pickle which he loses despite his new Mach Punch technique, and as a result he got his right arm torn off and several limbs broken. He is seen in hospital recovering from his wounds shortly after.


 * Goki Shibukawa (渋川 剛気 Shibukawa Goki) - - Master of the ancient jujutsu arts used by the samurai soldier-warriors of feudal Japan.  Is sixty years of age, and has trained since prior to World War II, in the "old days" of the martial arts.  His art makes use of the martial arts principle of aiki, which uses the opponents' attacks against him.  Manages to make it all the way through to semi-finals in the Maximum Tournament series and battles against Jack Hanma.  In his third match with Doppo, Goki is shown to act in an insane manner while fighting.  He also states that he's killed many people.  He later teams up with Baki to face the Japanese convict Yanagi Ryukou in the 'Search of Our Strongest Hero' series.  He also has a friendly sparring match with Biscuit Oliva and another match with Mohammad Ali Jr.  In the Maximum Tournament, he faces Roger Harlon in round 1, and Shinogi Koushou in round 2 before facing Doppo in round 3 and losing to Jack Hammer in round 4.  When not fighting, he's quite eccentric (as well as a bit senile) as he lives the day and fears nothing. Although in the series Goki is said to be a master of the old style of jujutsu, and when he fights Doppo it is said that he represents Jujitsu, most Goki's techniques looks like Aikido, and even Goki himself resembles the Aikido Master Gozo Shioda, founder of the Yoshinkan Aikido.


 * Kaoru Hanayama (花山 薫 Hanayama Kaoru) - (Teenage)Motoko Kumai - Nineteen-year-old yakuza leader and strongman.  When his father died he was adopted by his uncle who saw great potential in him.  His grip is so strong that if he grabs an opponent's arm he can usually cause it to explode from restricting the blood flow.  He is also a street fighter and it is unknown if he has trained in martial art styles.  He broke Yuri Chakosky's arm, thus ending his boxing career, but when they cross paths again they hold no grudge against each other, understanding each other's warrior spirit.  He has memorable battles with Baki Hanma, Katsumi Orochi, and the infamous showdown with the convict Speck.  Speck manages to place a handful of bullets into Hanayama's mouth and slam it shut, causing them to explode and create two large holes in Hanayama's mouth.  Although Hanayama won the battle, he wears a facemask for most of the series.  Later on, he is shown surgically treated.  His code of honor is great as he chooses not to fall in battle even if it means his death; a family vow which has been held in a long tradition passed from generations.  Even after 3 direct strikes from Katsumi, he still chose not to fall and chose to risk death.  Katsumi even admitted that he lost his battle to him despite winning the match.  He faces Bunnoshin Inagi in round 1, before losing to Orochi Katsumi in round 2.  He is looked upon as an older brother figure to Baki. His act of pouring a drink over Emi's grave suggests a feeling of love, but it is not known.  He reappears briefly in Baki: Son of Ogre, by having a strength test with Pickle in the streets, interrupted by Baki.


 * Retsu Kaioh (烈 海王) - -  Chinese Kung-Fu (referred to as "Kenpo" in Japanese) practitioner.  Trained in China and became the heir to his Kung Fu style in his temple.  He fights Sergei Taktarov in round 1, Mount Toba in round 2, and destroys Orochi Katsumi in round 3.  He then makes it to the semi-finals of the Maximum Tournament and is pitted against Baki Hanma where Baki nearly kills him by breaking his neck.  Despite his great knowledge in his style, there is one flaw in his system that Baki seems to possess.  In the 'Search of Our Strongest Hero' saga, he has encounters with the British convict Hector Doyle and American convict Dorian.  Retsu brings Baki to China to cure his poisoned body and have him fight in a Chinese Tournament.  He reappears in Baki: Son of Ogre, during the Pickle saga, having a fight with the prehistoric man and losing it.  He then gets his leg eaten by Pickle, as a "gift" for his victory.  He later trains Katsumi so that he can become stronger before his fight with Pickle.


 * Jack Hanma (or Jack Hammer) (ジャック・ハンマー) - - Baki's half brother who, like Baki, must follow the Hanma path.  He's a pitfighter from Canada and the son of Yujiro and a Canadian soldier woman who Yujiro met in Vietnam during the Vietnam War.  Like Baki, he has since childhood wished to surpass his father Yujiro in strength and martial ability.  His obsession to defeat his father led to extreme overtraining and overworking which led to the deterioration of his body. He claimed he will never be able to defeat his father with normal training.  After his encounter with the Yujiro-inspired scientist, he received from him steroids to match his overtraining and gained immense power in the process.  One of his main techniques is biting, and he can bite hard enough to easily crush wood with his teeth.  He fights Shenusiba in round 1, and Misaki Kengo in round 2 before beating the undefeated Andre Andov Garrand in round 3.  In round 4 he fights Goki Shibukawa and he then fights Baki Hanma in the finals of the Maximum Tournament where he congratulates his brother for a well fought victory.  Afterwards, he takes on his father and is soundly defeated.  Makes an appearance in the 'Search of Our Strongest Hero' series and battles against the Russian convict Sikorsky and Mohammed Ali Jr.  He is treated by Kureha Kosho by having his limbs extended, making Jack Hammer even bigger than when he fought in the Maximum Tournament.  In the English dub, his name has been changed to Jak Xamma (pronounced "Zah-mah").  He reappears in Baki: Son of Ogre, in the military base where Pickle is captive, along with 7 other fighters (Doppo Orochi, Katsumi Orochi, Jyaku Kaiou, Retsu Kaiou, Kureha Shinogi, Gaia, Goki Shibukawa).  He is currently fighting Pickle in the Korakuen area.  First they do a "bite challenge", and Jack gets his jaw's flesh stripped off, leaving his teeth and muscles.  It appears Jack has taken drugs once again, and he manages to hit Pickle many times while also getting his right ear bitten off. Then, he get a clean hit from Pickle with full power to the jaw, and get his jaw as well as his teeth and parts of his cranium broken.  However, he choose to continue to fight, making Pickle run out of fear, but then Jack is K.O. once again, and tied to the flag of a building. Upon learning this, Jack has a mental breakdown. He is based on the legendary British professional wrestler Dynamite Kid.


 * Gerry Strydum (ゲリー・ストライダム) - - A Captain in the US Navy and Yujiro's companion and comrade-at-arms.  Originally met Yujiro as an enemy in the Vietnam War, where he was nearly killed by him.  He eventually developed an admiration for Yujiro, and now he travels, fighting with him on the battlefields across the world.  He somewhat understands Yujiro's mentality and mentions that he is the only person to bring the United States to its knees.  He is also a friend and mentor of Baki's, who keeps him up to date about Yujiro's whereabouts.


 * Shinogi Koushou (昂昇 鎬) -, Kaneto Shiozawa (OVA) - The younger brother of Kureha, he fights using a technique called cord cutting which involves cutting your opponents nerves so they can't move. He does this because he was over shadowed by his older brother, Kureha, who always came to his rescue when they were children.  Shinogi fought Baki in season 1 and was knocked out.  In the Maximum Tournament, he fights his brother in round 1 who gives up after seeing Shinogi's resilience.  In round 2, he fights Goki Shibukawa and though he breaks Goki's fake eye he still loses. Returns in the 'Search of Our Strongest Hero' series and fights against the convict Doyle.  Doyle uses an explosive device in his chest to defeat Shinogi, and it is later shown that his older brother Kureha has been taking care of his burn wounds following the battle.


 * Kureha Koushou (昂昇 紅葉) - - (Teenage)Yukie Maeda.  The older brother of Shinogi, he is very narcissistic and trains to develop the perfect body.  He is also a surgical genius able to do surgeries that normally take several hours in only 30 minutes, though he does not have a license.  He fights Baki Hanma and is destroyed in combat by him after Baki meets the people that got screwed over by him.  Ironically, he is saved by one of his victims when he needed a blood transfusion after his match with Baki.  In the tournament, he fights his younger brother Shinogi and though he destroys Shinogi he decides to give up to let his younger brother continue in the tournament.  During that match, despite losing his eyesight when Shiogi severed two of his cords, he surgically fixed his nerves during his fight.  He serves as tournament medic as the matches go on and tried to stop Jack Hammer from using any steroids only to be beaten by him. Later, he helps Jack Hanma develop new ways of getting stronger without the use of steroids.


 * Kyosumi Katou (加藤清澄) -, Kazumi Tanaka (OVA) - A top student of Doppo orochi, who left the dojo after having enough of Doppo's "weak" training regime and trained around the world. He returns to Japan after finding out about the Underground tournaments.  Katou's attitude is best described as arrogant, but usually being the butt of a joke; especially around Doppo, Katsumi, Tokugawa, and Baki.  However, it is shown that he truly admires and cares for Doppo.  He originally is supposed to fight Mike Gerald, but both of them are beaten senseless by a Giant Red Gorilla called Ghost Monkey.  Their match is declared a no contest.  Katou shows up in the 'Search of Our Strongest Hero' and fights against the convict Dorian in his secret underground hiding place.  Katou has his face scarred horribly from a broken glass bottle and is announced "dead" upon his body being found by Retsu Kaioh in the Shinshinkai building.  It is later revealed that Katou is alive.


 * Atsushi Suedou (末堂厚) -, Kōji Totani (OVA) - A Shinshinkai student, he fought Baki in a karate tournament, representing Doppo's Shinshinkai karate, and was defeated by Baki. His role is greatly downsized in the anime TV series.  He is somewhat skilled, but he does not compete in the tournament.  When Katou vandalized the Shinshinkai building, Suedo was one of many who tried to defeat him.  Like the rest of his friends, he failed miserably.  He later has a fight with Dorian in the Convicts saga, to avenge Katou's defeat, but he fails and is nearly killed by falling from a rollercoaster.  He reappears in Son of Ogre, alive and well.


 * Mitsunari Tokugawa (徳川 光成) -, Naoki Tatsuta (OVA) - The tournament runner and owner of the underground arena. He is an old man of very small stature, possibly even being a dwarf.  While not a fighter himself, he is very knowledgeable about the martial arts and can easily point out several fighting techniques, regardless of whether they are obscure or well-known.  He has the final say in each and every one of the battles that take place in his arena.  While he usually prefers to keep every fight in order, he will sometimes bend the rules if it means amplifying the fight in some way, even going so far as to threaten one of his own doctors with a knife when they tried to stop the fight between Baki and Jack.  He is close personal friends with Doppo and Igari, as well as acquaintances (though not exactly friendly) with Yujiro.  He is one of the few people to ever outsmart Yujiro.  When Yujiro attempted to upset the balance of his tournament, he had his snipers, who he had secretly stationed around the arena, to shoot him with enough tranquilizer to put down a blue whale.  This gives him the very rare achievement of being the only person who has ever knocked Yujiro unconscious.  While it is unknown if Tokugawa was once a fighter himself in his early days, his odd antics and physical appearance make him more likely to be nothing more than an eccentric billionaire who prefers to watch fights instead of participating in them.  His namesake is clearly based on Ieyasu Tokugawa and Mitsunari Ishida, the opposing commanders at the Battle of Sekigahara.


 * Kozue Matsumoto (松本梢江), Yumi Touma (OVA) - A girl from Baki's school, her mother is Baki's landlord. Her father fought and died in the Underground arena. She cares deeply for Baki, but denies when asked.  She is dissilusioned by Baki's violent life as an Underground fighter and begs him several times to quit.  Though she still disapproves, Kozue better understands Baki's resolve after visiting Emi's grave site.  After Baki's first tournament match, he reveals that he cares for Kozue.  She became his love interest in  'Search for Our Strongest Hero', and makes love with him just before his fight with Yanagi, allowing Baki to become a "full man".  She became also the love interest of Ali Jr., and despite loving Baki, she develops a cheerful relationship with him.  After the fight between Baki and Ali Jr. she hasn't reappeared.


 * Izo Motobe (本部 以蔵): - An old Japanese jujutsu master, he is beaten in the first round by Kin Ryuzan, but continues to offer commentary for future fights.  He later appears again in the 'Search of Our Strongest Hero' manga, this time fighting against the convict Ryuuko Yanagi.  He develops new techniques in order to fight Yujiro, but usually fails.

Grappler Baki Characters

 * Emi Akezawa (朱沢 江珠) - - The mother of Baki Hanma. It is implied that she was a prostitute before she married into money. She and her husband saw Yujiro while on vacation.  Her husband was angered by her infatuation of Yujiro and hit her, but he had his neck broken by Yujiro.  She loved him and vowed to raise Baki to be a warrior like Yujiro. Over time, her love becomes obsession and she never acts lovingly toward her son. Yujiro wasn't satisfied with Baki's skills however and left her, leaving Emi with hatred towards Baki.  When Baki and Yujiro fought, Emi looked on as Baki was beaten into the ground, seemingly dead.  Suddenly she snapped and risked her life to save Baki.  Although Baki survived the ordeal, Yujiro killed Emi, breaking her back with a bearhug.


 * Hitoshi Kuriyagawa (栗谷川等) - - Emi Akizawa's personal assistant.  His job to keep an eye on Baki as well as set up "fights" for him.  Despite his age, he is a capable fighter.  He serves as a father figure to Baki.


 * Detective Kido (木戸刑事) - - A neighborhood detective who sees potential in Baki.  He is off struck by Baki's nature and usually hangs out by Baki's house smoking a cigarette.  He eventually finds out why Baki is the way he is and is shocked by this revelation.  Like Kuriyagawa, he serves as a father figure to Baki.


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 * Dinoy (ディーノイ) - - Former Muay Thai champion.  Since every boxer was afraid to spar Yuri, Dinoy stepped in to be a sparring partner.  He was easily defeated by Yuri.


 * Kitazawa (北沢) - - A street thug from Baki's school.  He hates Baki because of his fighting skills.  He gathers members from his gang and fight Baki; unfortunately, he and his gang are no match for him.  He comes to realize how powerful Baki really is and admits defeat.


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 * Kizaki (木崎) - - Kaoru Hanayama's bodyguard and right-hand man, he does most of the talking for Hanayama.  He was also a friend of Kaoru's father, in turn Kaoru sometimes refers him as "uncle".  His sister adopted Kaoru after his father was killed.  He's seen Kaoru's strength firsthand and has great confidence in him.  In the first season, his name is unrevealed and he's credited as "Slick", but during Kaoru's 1st match in the Maximum Tournament, it's revealed that his real name is Kajima.


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 * Keechi Ando (安藤玲一) - . Once a friend of Yujiro's.  Ando is a mountain of a man, comparable in size to the yasha ape.  He lives as a hermit secluding himself deep in the woods on a treacherous mountain.  Few could even survive the journey to his home, much less eke out a life there.  But because of Ando's physical and mental strength, he thrives.  His trains by eating a lot and chopping logs with his heavy ax.  He appears in New Grappler Baki, searching for a cure for Baki after he got poisoned by Yanagi, but fails and then Retsu brings Baki to the Dai Raitai Sai.


 * Yasha (夜叉猿) - (The Yasha Ape, The Beast of Yasha Crag) - . While training in the mountains Baki encountered this legendary monster.  It is said that it stands 9 feet tall.  Warriors who went to face the beast were never seen again.  He was able to fight Ando and injuring him despite being struck by Ando's ax.  In his rematch with Baki, its eye was gouged out only to be eaten by him afterwards.  In the end Baki won his fight with him showing Baki a sign of respect.  It was revealed that Yujiro killed the Yasha Ape's wife.  In return, Baki returned the skull of his wife as a sign of respect.  Likewise, he gave Baki one of his fangs as a gift.  It's shown that it is a docile creature and only fights to survive.  As Baki departs, it reveals that he was raising three children on his own.  Later, it is revealed that he is murdered by Yujiro, who then showed his head to Baki.  Baki's battle, and victory, against the Yasha Ape is his first fight after gaining near-death concentration(死に際の集中力).


 * Yuri Chakovsky (ユリー・チャコフスキー) - . The first opponent to ever soundly defeat Baki.  He was a welterweight boxing champion moving up to heavyweight.  He was injured by Hanayama, due to his impatience to fight Baki.  As a result, his arm was broken and he could not compete in boxing again.  However, his will enables him to fight anyway.  He holds no grudge against Hanayama for what he has done and understands why Hanayama did what he did.  He is cheered on by his little sister, Nina.


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 * Nina (ニーナ) - . Yuri's younger sister. Yuri once saved her from a pack of wolves.  Since then she has supported and encouraged her brother in boxing.  When Yuri was injured his manager berated him and threatened Nina, but Baki stopped him.


 * Yuri's Grandfather  (ユリーの祖父) - . He helped Yuri become stronger and gave him advice that inspired his boxing career.


 * Julio Quevas  (フリオ・ゼール・ケバス) - . Former middleweight boxing champion who fought Yuri.  He was no match for Yuri, who beat him in one punch.


 * Hanayama's Mother (花山の母) - . She was a good mother to Hanayama.  She wore rose perfume, as roses were her favorite flowers.  She was afflicted with cancer, making her a feeble shell of her former self. Hanayama visits her often.  He revealed to Baki that she's 90 years old, and that he's jealous that Baki's mother is still alive and well.


 * Kenichi Akezawa (朱沢健一) - - Emi's ex-husband and former head of the Akezawa Group.  He married Emi and showed her off to his colleagues.  When he noticed that she had become enthralled by Yujiro, Kenichi hit her.  He threatened to shoot Yujiro when Yujiro broke in to his house, but Yujiro choked him to death.


 * Lorion Tracy (ロリオン・トレーシー) - - A judo master and a friend of Kenichi Akezawa.  Emi witnessed a no-holds-barred fight between Tracy and Harmon, which Tracy easily won.  When Yujiro entered the ring he killed the judo master with an axe kick.


 * John Harmon (ジョン・ハーロン) - . Former heavyweight world boxing champ.  He fought judo master Lorion Tracy in a no-holds-barred ring. Tracy proceeded to break Harmon's arm, despite Harmon tapping out.


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 * Gaia/Nomura (ガイア/野村) - . The leader of a mercenary group who fought Baki.  He was once a reckless mercenary called Nomura who loved killing. However, after facing the "ultimate fear" when faced with a firing squad during the Ugandan Bush War, he lost his hair and the personality of Gaia manifested from Nomura, as well as gaining supersensory ability.  It is said that Gaia is Yujiro's equal in combat.  However, when it comes to jungle warfare, he is considered to be the king and he is often called as "Mr.War" and "War god".  As a evidence of his ability, he and his mercenary team was hired by the JGSDF as a instructor for non-conventional warfare, and they defeated a entire company of soldiers including a Type 90 Tank in a training battle with ease.  As Nomura he is best described as a weakling who acts as a medic for the team.  However, when the situation is right and his adrenaline starts pumping, the Gaia personality will manifest itself to fight.  He utterly despises Yujiro stating he's nothing but a thrill seeker that fights for pleasure.  He fights Baki and honorably loses to him.  When he crossed paths with Yujiro, Gaia told him that Baki is a better warrior than Yujiro can ever be before the two fight (even though he loses miserably). Gaia makes a surprising appearance in the 'Search of Our Strongest Hero' manga by replacing Jack Hammer during his fight with the Russian convict Sikorsky.  He proceeds to defeat Sikorsky with ease, and terrorises Sikorsky into admitting defeat.  His three philosophies when fighting are one, take care of your body and give it rest; two, free your body from the control of your mind; and finally, use every part of your surroundings as a weapon.  In the current series, he no longer works for the JGSDF, and is seen working as a bodyguard for the new American president.


 * '''Sanada (真田) - - Baki's first opponent from Gaia's squad.  His expertise is knife combat.


 * Kuraishi (倉石) - . Baki's second opponent from Gaia's squad.  He's a Catholic and prays after "killing" Baki.  His specialty is grappling.  Baki learns from him how to fight "dirty".


 * Chiba (千葉) - old brother - young brother  - Twin brothers in Gaia's squad who fight as one.  Usually, the two have to wear disguise so their allies won't be confused.  But against the enemy they can fight as one person shifting back and forth against an opponent.  Chiba is a close combat and blade expert, while his brother, Sanada, is a wire and trap specialist.


 * Kanemoto (金本) - - A hunter who uses bows and arrows instead of guns.  He's a friend of Yujiro.  He used titanium arrows a bow that requires 200 pounds to draw to try and kill Yujiro as part of a little game suggested by Yujiro.  The attempt failed as Yujiro caught the arrow just as Kanemoto released it.


 * Kurokawa (黒川) - . A master swordsman who Baki tests his speed on by attempting to dodge his blade. Although his sword actually did cut Baki, it was only a small cut, not the eviscerating blow that he had thrown. After the test, Kurokawa found that he respected Baki not only for his tremendous skill, but also his humility and work ethic.


 * Dickson (ディックソン) - . A Brazilian martial artist whose style is never stated. In sanctioned fights, he had 600 victories and no losses. Through his fighting he amassed great wealth and fame.  Baki visited him to ask where he could find the best fighters in the world, only to find a broken Dickson, having suffered a loss.  Dickson told Baki that the path to true greatness as a fighter exists in the underground arena, saying that even fighters like himself with so much fortune and fame are nothing compared to those who fight underground. He is based on Brazilian fighter Rickson Gracie.


 * Kinuyo Matsumoto (松本きぬよ) -, Sanae Takagi (OVA). Kozue's mother and Baki's landlord.  Her husband fought and died in the underground arena.  For years she hid the truth from Kozue.  Kinuyo admires Baki as he reminds her of her late husband.


 * Musashi (ムサシ) - . An old, scarred dog that Baki found during his travels. Musashi is shown to be quite lazy.  He doesn't even eat food unless it is right in front of him.  Although he's Baki's dog, Musashi is more partial to Kozue.


 * Mai (麻衣) -


 * Natsuki Orochi (愚地 夏恵): . Doppo's wife.  She is very timid and, like Kozue, she always fears for her loved ones' safety.  Unlike Kozue, however, she supports Doppo's violent lifestyle and always cheers for him.  She appears frequently throughout the series.  She was though to be killed by Dorian but in fact, he left her unharmed.


 * Hideaki Kano (加納秀明) - . Former chief of security at the Tokugawa residence and veteran underground fighter.  He has no particular style, rather imitating his opponent's stance to anticipate their movements.  He's a defensive fighter who rarely attacks, and thus his offense is not very strong.  He's easily defeated by Baki.  His defeat landed Baki into the underground arena.


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 *  (花田) -


 * Dr. Zyon (ジョン博士) - . In the English translation he is called Dr. Buren.  He was a doctor who tried to create a serum that could exponentially increase human strength.  However, no one wanted to test it.  The idea came from a chance encounter with Yujiro, whom he saw kill a polar bear with his bare hands.  He developed a serum and then found Jack Hammer.  The serum proved to be successful in increasing his strength, but he took too much and it turned him into a ruthless fighter.  Dr. Buren's idea was good and his intentions pure, but Jack took things way too far. In the anime, Buren is last seen typing a document of his sighting of Yujiro and his experience with Jack.  Once finished, he shoots himself in the head.


 * ジェーン - - The Mother of Jack Hammer.  She acted as if she was attracted to Yujiro's fighting skills and traveled with him during the Vietnam War.  It was all part of a ploy to capture and kill him.  Yujiro knew almost instantly, but he kept her around anyway.  When he revealed that he knew, Yujiro raped her.  Unlike Emi, who Yujiro chose to bare his son, Yujiro raped Jane out of anger rather than desire.  She reappears very briefly at the end of Grappler Baki.  Apparently she has followed the Korakuen Tournament in the shadows.  She doesn't reappear after that.


 * ゲーリー -

A Block

 * Baki Hanma


 * Andreas Regan (アンドレアス・リーガン) - A man of immense size, he is over 8 feet tall and weighs over 600 pounds.  He is easily the biggest man in the tournament, second only to Andre Andov Garrand, and makes Mount Toba look small.  He fights using professional wrestling and loses to Baki in round 1.  According to Toba, just one small strike from Regan can knock a person out, and because of it many wrestling promoters got angry at him for ending matches quickly.  Baki convinces him to use all of his might which surprises him because no one has ever asked him to use all his power.  Andreas Regan is based on pro wrestling legend André René Roussimoff, also known as Andre the Giant. During the credits in the anime's second to last episode, he is seen sleeping during the flight back home.


 * Zulu (ズール) - - More of a beast than a man, he is a large fighter from Brazil that uses Vale Tudo.  He beats Danny Shubaka in the first round before losing to Baki in the second.  He is based on the legendary vale tudo fighter Rei Zulu.


 * Dentoranee Jitpika (デントラニー・シットパイカー) - A kickboxer that got destroyed by Zulu in the first round of block A. He is one of many fighters that continue to get their faces punched in after the fight is over.


 * Rob Robinson (ロブ・ロビンソン) - . An American kickboxing champion who fights Igari Kanji in the first round.  Thinking he will have an easy win over Igari because Igari is old he proceeds to get beaten senseless.  He later gets his leg broken by Yujiro.  Is confronted and has his throat slit by Doyle.


 * Kanji Igari (猪狩 完至) - . An old pro wrestler known all over the world. Tokugawa mentions that Igari once had a great battle with Doppo Orochi.  In the Tournament, he fights and defeats Rob Robinson in the first round and Kin Ryuzan in the second round before losing to Baki in the third.  Before the 3rd match, he realizes he could lose and goes so far to kneel and cry, begging Baki to let him win.  He is well known for fighting dirty going as far to kick Baki in the balls, as well as pretend to give up so he could sneak attack Baki.  He is based on real life pro wrestler Antonio Inoki.  In the English dub, he's called Kanjo.  In New Grappler Baki, he is defeated two times and left for dead by Sikorsky who scars his face badly in the shape of a star.  However he survives and reappears in helping transport Sikorsky to the Korakuen arena.  At the end of New Grappler Baki he witnesses the shadow boxing fight that Baki visualizes against Yujirô.  He hasn't reappeared yet in Baki: Son of the Ogre. He also appeared in the anime and during the credits of the second to last episode, he is seen drunk in a bar with Mount Toba, who is also drunk.


 * Izo Motobe - A well known master of freestyle fighting. This grey veteran is said to have adopted many forms of martial arts into his reportior.


 * Kinryuuzan (金竜山) - . The current yokozuna, he beats Motobe Gizo in round 1 before accidentally breaking his arm and shoulder in the fight with Igari Kanji in round 2 which resulted in his trainer throwing in the towel.  Afterwards he rips off his top knot as a sign of disgrace only to be congratulated by Igari for a good fight and convinces him to never stop fighting.  Later almost has his back broken by Yujiro.

B Block

 * Sergei Taktaroff (セルゲイ・タクタロフ) - A sambo fighter from Russia who breaks Regan's arm before his match with Retsu Kaioh as a show of strength. Though he is almost killed by Retsu in round 1, he is brutally beaten again, but this time by Andre Andov Garrand because he failed Russia.  He is based on the Russian fighter Oleg Taktarov.


 * Retsu Kaiou - A Chinese Kenpo master, he is a man of great discipline and skill. He is sworn to uphold the honor and pride of the ancient art of kung-fu.  He get's defeated by Baki in the semi-finals of the Underground tournament.


 * Robert Geran (ラベルト・ゲラン) - A man who appears to be a boxer, he was supposed to fight Katou. However, he and his trainer were beaten by the Red Ape before the match could start.


 * Kyosumi Katou


 * Kaoru Hanayama - A young Yakuza member, he first meets and fights Baki at the age of 15 and is said to be Japan's strongest fighter. He is defeated by Baki, who is 13 years old at the time, and they become friends after. Kaoru is huge, he has an "X" shaped scar in his face and a large tattoo on his back covered with more scars. He only makes it to the 2nd round in the tournament. His mother is terminally diseased with cancer.


 * Bunnoshin Inagi (稲城 文之信) - . Inagi fights Hanayama Kaoru in the first round using a style called Nippon Kenpo which is a form of full contact fighting in Japan that uses many elements from different styles.  He taunted Hanayama by offering him a faceguard, which Hanayama promptly crushed and rolled into a ball.  In turn, Inagi was offered a katana by Kaoru, which he broke with his fist.  He breaks his own back trying to block Kaoru's arm and his trainer attempts to fight Kaoru after their fight though Kaoru talks him out of it.


 * Roland Gustaf (ローランド･グスタフ) - . (Teenage) Akeno Watanabe. A catch-as-catch-can wrestler who is beaten by Orochi Katsumi in round 1.  He lost despite managing to dislocate two of Katsumi's joints.  He is fairly well known as Doppo knew quite a bit about him.  He is trained by Billy Riley, who happened to be a real-life legendary trainer of catch wrestlers in Great Britain.  He later fights and is choked out by Yujiro.  He was given the nickname "Lion Slayer" for fighting lions while training in Africa.


 * Katsumi Orochi - Adopted son of Doppo Orochi. Said to be karate's greatest asset.

C Block

 * Li Mouko (李 猛虎) - . The only Taekwondo user in the tournament he fights Ian McGregor in round 1.  He nearly wins but is knocked out in one punch by the boxer.  He later fights and is knocked out in one axe kick by Yujiro.


 * Ian McGregor (イアン・マクレガー) - . Ian is the heavyweight boxing champ.  He knocks out Li Mouko in the first round and fights Shiba Chiharu in the second round.  The spirit of Ian's stepfather's father (Ian's stepfather is also his boxing trainer) appears to him in order to give him inspiration to continue fighting against the very tough Shiba Chiharu.  He is clearly based on John Lawrence Sullivan because he describes himself as a bare-knuckle boxing champion with only one loss on his record, and he has a very similar appearance to Sullivan.  In the fight against Shiba one of Ian's hands are broken and his trainer throws in the towel in order to protect his boxing career.  Despite this, Ian chooses to keep fighting, but he eventually breaks both hands, causing his trainer to run into the arena and restrain him.  As a result, his decision is overruled and he loses.  He is later knocked out by Yujiro with an uppercut.  Baki encounters Ian inside the Arizona Prison.  Ian had been trying to become the strongest convict - a dream he gives up on.  Before he is released he's beaten by Mouth, only to be rescued by Guevara.  He may have been based on Mike Tyson.  In the English dub, his name is changed to Olam McGregor (perhaps to avoid confusion with the actor Ewan McGregor). During the credits of the second to last episode, he is seen on a flight back home sitting across from Regan.


 * Chiharu Shiba (柴 千春) - . Leader of the Kurenai racing gangs, he is a street fighter that doesn't seem to feel pain.  He fights Hatanaka Kouhei in round 1 where he severely breaks his own arm as a form of intimidation before viciously beating Kouhei.  In round 2 he fights Ian McGregor with shadow bonding and nearly defeats the boxer.  Shiba wins by breaking both of McGregors hands with his rock hard skull.  Though he wins he is unable to continue due to injury.  He is replaced By Andre who proceeds to throw him through the ceiling after a disgruntled Shiba confronts him and demands to know why he's being replaced by Andre in the tournament.  After recovering from that, he is struck in the throat by Jack Hammer and knocked out.  He's last shown (still injured), riding with his gang.


 * Kohei Hatanaka (畑中 公平) - . A judo practitioner who breaks Chiharu's left arm before being beaten senseless by Chiharu.  He later fights Yujiro who destroys him again by using his own style of judo against him and throwing into the ground.


 * Kengo Misaki (三崎 健吾) - . A shorinji kempo user who beats Mike Queen in round 1 with an armlock, before having his wrist and ankle bitten into by Jack Hammer and getting knocked out in round 2.


 * Mike Queen (マイク・クイン) - . An American Pro Wrestler who loses by submission to Misaki Kengo.  He is based on the famous pro wrestler The Ultimate Warrior.


 * Sergio Silva (セルジオ・シルバ) - . The only Brazilian jujutsu user in the tournament.  He is brutally knocked out by Jack Hammer in round 1.


 * Jack Hanma - First known as Jack Hammer.  Jack Hanma is a son of Yujiro that came forth out of a secret Vietnam op where Yujiro intervened and took out half the army.  Yujiro had sex with a soldier woman named Jane which resulted in the birth of Jack.  Jack was found by a body sculpting scientist.  At that time he was practicing non-stop on a punch bag for several hours.  He wasn't much more than skin and bones because his body had been damaged by overwork.  The scientist promises him great results if he tries using a special chemical that will enhance his body.  The drugs that made him invincible nearly kill him in the final match again Baki.

D Block

 * Jagatta Sherman (ジャガッタ・シャーマン) - A grappler with a scarred face. Nothing is known about him, not even his style.  He doesn't fight in the tournament because Yujiro brutally breaks his back to substitute Yu Amanai for him.


 * Minoru Yamamoto (山本 稔) - A shootwrestler who loses to Amanai Ryu in round 1 before even getting any offense in the fight. Based on Pancrase founder Minoru Suzuki.


 * Richard Filth (リチャード・フィルス):  He's a bouncer from America.  Though his style could be described as brawling, he more less just stands there and takes punishment. Though this works with 3 men armed with baseball bats this does not work with Doppo. He wears a tuxedo to the ring and Doppo complied by wearing a nice suit of his own.  He later fights and loses to Yujiro after breaking his hand punching Yujiro in the head, and a groin kick that makes him fly away.  In the English dub his name is changed to Phyllis, perhaps not to label Americans as filth.


 * Doppo Orochi - The world famous Orochi God of Fight Doppo is a karate veteran. In a certain episode of the series he claims he is the only one able to fight Hanma Yujiro on an equal level.  He adopted Katsumi Orochi when Katsumi was a child.


 * Roger Harlon (ロジャー・ハーロン) - A Greco-Roman wrestler who loses to Gouki Shibukawa in round 1.  He is also one of the many people Yujiro beats on his rampage by giving him a powerful belly to belly suplex.  Harlon is shown to be a big fan of Andre Anov Garland. He is possibly based on Rulon Gardner


 * Gouki Shibukawa: A Jiu-Jitsu fighter that fights Doppo Orochi and defeats him in the ultimate clash of Japanese style between Jiu-Jitsu and Karate.


 * Koushou Shinogi: A fighter who uses a deadly nerve severing type of karate.


 * Koushou Kureha - A world famous doctor and older brother of Koushou. He competes in the tournament to try out his experiment; the perfect human body, which he claims to have.  His martial arts style is similar to Koushou, except he doesn't use nerve severing techniques and he has a few of his own techniques based on the training he's done in various Olympic sports.  Kureha's defeated by forfeiting the match against his brother and allowing him to advance to the next fight.

Tournament Reserves

 * Mount Toba (マウント斗羽) -  A large Pro wrestler known all over the world.  He first started fighting in the underground to prove his legitimacy as a fighter.  He fought Baki and lost honorably.  He fights as a replacement for the Katou/Monkey fight and goes up against Retsu Kaioh in round 2 losing by submission to kneebar.  Like Igari he also fights dirty going as far as to kick sand into Retsu's eyes as well as throw his cape over Retsu to bind him like a net.  He later provides commentary for Igari's matches in the tournament.  He is based on real life pro wrestler Giant Baba.  He dies in Baki Gaiden after a fight with Igari.  A grand funeral is held in his honor after his death.


 * Yashazaru Jr. (夜叉猿Jr.) (The Ghost Ape) - (Teenage)Kiyomi Asai  A giant red ape that fights Katou in the first round though he beats Katou.  Orochi Katsumi proceeds to almost kill the ape before the intervention of Baki.  He is the son of Yasha, The Beast of Yasha Crag.  He crashed the tournament to avenge his father by hunting for Yujiro.  Baki promised him that he would avenge him and his father by winning the tournament.


 * Amanai Yuu (天内 悠) - . Yujiro's apprentice.  Yujiro meets him in America, where he is serving as a bodyguard to the President.  It is unknown whether he is Japanese or American, but it is most likely that he is American but of Japanese descent.  However, he might be based on a young follower of Che Guevara.  In the manga Yujiro takes him under his wing after he kidnapped the president.  If that is the case he's from La Serna which is explained in the manga.  His style is based on love in contrast to Yujiro's style which is more aggressive and based on rage.  He fights Yamamoto Minuru in round 1 before losing to Doppo.  After the fight he begged Tokugawa to end his match for Doppo's safety, and Yujiro nearly kills him and calls him weak.


 * Andre Anov Garland (アンドレアノフ・ガーランド) -  A giant Greco-Roman wrestler who has over 600 wins and no losses.  He replaces the injured Chiharu and is beaten by Jack Hammer who almost bites off his hand leaving it dangling by a piece of skin.  He is later nearly killed by the Russian convict Sikorsky.  He requested himself to be chained with specialized titanium shackles because he could not control his strength, but vowed to unlock himself if "Mother Russia" was in danger; thus given the nickname by his peers, "The Chained Patriot".  In the English dub his name is pronounced "Zeigan/Zargan".  This character is based on the real life Russian wrestler Alexander Karelin.

Baki characters

 * Dorian (ドリアン) - An American convict that escaped from Argathos prison after being hanged. In his youth he was a Private in the United States Army shortly after World War II, and he was stationed in Japan where he presumably started learning martial arts.  He became a practitioner of Chinese kenpo and learned from the same school, and reached the same rank of Kaioh as Retsu, the first Western man in history to attain that title.  Besides Chinese Kempo he also knows a form of hypnosis to cloud his opponents' senses and allows Dorian to defeat them.  He has memorable battles with Doppo Orochi and Katou where he nearly killed them.  After being beaten by Doppo he is hospitalised where he escaped and goes to Doppo's house where he attacks him and blows part of Doppo's face off using a bomb located in his wrist.  He is later defeated by Retsu and is mentally incapacitated, making him harmless.  He is later seen, under the protection of Oliva, at the Chinese Tournament where he loses in the first match.  He is briefly seen in the anime during the Maximum Tournament storyline.


 * Hector Doyle (ヘクター・ドイル) - A British convict who escaped after surviving his execution on the electric chair. While not clearly stated, he was probably a soldier in the British Armed Forces since in Britain the death penalty only exists for treason and military law, and he had a soldier acquaintance who helped his escape to Japan. He attacked and severely injured Rob Robinson and later scares Baki at school, although they don't actually fight. He has fights with Biscuit Oliva, Shinogi, Orochi Katsumi, Retsu Kaioh and later Doppo after Doyle used explosives to detonate the floor of the Shinshinkai dojo.  After being stabbed in the eye by Retsu, he later befriends Katsumi and plans on escaping the country on a ship.  Yanagi comes and nearly kills Doyle and blinds him before Doyle escapes.  Doyle is later seen in a cave where Oliva finds and captures him.  His fate remains unknown.  He fights using metal blades implanted into his joints and controlled by his nervous system.  He also has a generator where his heart is which boosts his strength. As a side note, he is presumed to be Scottish since he referred Ardbeg Scotch as being "a drink from my home country" during his conversation with Retsu.


 * Sikorsky (シコルスキー) - A Russian convict who escaped from Evanse prison in Russia. To do this he had to climb up the smooth surface of a missile silo since the prison was converted from an old ICBM base. After escaping, he nearly killed Andre Andov Garland. He fights with Baki, Oliva, and Jack Hammer and even teams up with Yanagi to try to defeat Baki.  He is defeated by Gaia in the Maximum Tournament arena.  Gaia uses his environmental battle method to beat up and terrorise Sikorsky, and forces him to surrender and admit his defeat.  His fate afterwards is unknown.  Although it does not say if Sikorsky has a particular martial art, it seems he uses just strength and has extremely powerful fingers.


 * Speck (スペック) - American convict who escaped from a Florida state prison, located 200 feet underwater in a giant submarine. Speck kills the councillor, who came to see him in prison, before escaping and killing five more guards on the shore.  After wanting to fight Baki he is arrested.  Instead of yielding to the law, he decides to make the Japanese detention centre his second home.  Speck has quite possibly the bloodiest battle in the series with Hanayama Kaoru where they both inflict severe injuries on each other.  He threw bullets into Hanayama's mouth and forced his jaw shut, setting them off and blowing two large holes in his face.  Speck has his throat ripped out after their second fight, which ultimately kills him.  He knows a technique called "The Apnea Rush" where he throws a hundred rapid punches, without breathing, that destroys an opponent by melting their bones.  Speck used it to heavily damage the Statue of Liberty which was almost destroyed.  After his defeat, he aged rapidly and it is found out he is actually 97 years old.  This character is based on the real life serial killer Andrei Chikatilo and Richard Speck.


 * Yanagi Ryuukou (柳 龍光) - Japanese convict who escapes from being enclosed in rocket-proof special glass. The smallest of the convicts physically, he is later being shown as the most deadly.  He is the only convict whose crime is known, that he killed a dozen men in prison as a test bed for his new skill.  He uses a special martial art called Way of the Void.  In this style he practices Vacuum Palm, Whip of Mercury, Poison Hand and many others.  He is seen to be an old acquaintance of Shibukawa Gouki.  He has fights with Shibukawa, Baki, Doyle and Izo Motobe.  He is responsible for poisoning Baki with his Poison Hand technique and also for nearly killing Doyle and for destroying Shibukawa's eye preceding the storyline.  He fights with Izo who uses kenjutsu to stab his leg and cut off his Poison Hand.  Yujiro then comes and declared Yanagi the loser which Yanagi did not accept. As Yujiro was ready to leave he quickly spins and breaks Yanagi's neck with a backhand, presumably killing him.  Yanagi's death ended the Escaped Convicts saga.


 * Morio Sonoda (園田 盛男) - The Japanese inspector in charge of the escaped convicts. After the failure of the special forces of police, he hires Oliva to finish the job.  He respects the grapplers fighting the convicts, since they do a better job than the police.  However, he doesn't understand how powerful the fighters actually are.


 *  (館岡)


 *  (片平 恒夫)


 *  (バート・アレン)


 *  (ジュリアス・ノートン)


 *  (バレンチン・ソコロフ)


 *  (ジョン・スペンサー)


 *  (名護秀信)


 * Michael Holes  (マイケル・ホールズ) -  Warden of The Arizona Prison.  He arranged a fight between Ian McGregor and "The Mouth", to ensure that Ian could not restart his boxing career.


 * Biscuit Oliva (AKA the Dark Arrow, Unchained) (ビスケット・オリバ) - An assassin working for the US.  He possesses an iron body and is almost invulnerable to anything.  He and Yujiro crossed paths while he was sent to assassinate a drug cartel leader. At the same time, he ran into Yujiro.  He refers to Yujiro as "Mr. Ogre" and tends to be polite and eccentric before fighting.  Yujiro mentions to him that he should take time with his kills rather than being quick about it.  Oly understands Yujiro's blood lust, but prefers to do his job than play around.  His trademark is his punch which can go through his opponent's heart.  Is brought in by the US government to track down and capture the escaped convicts in the Search For Our Strongest Hero manga series. He has just defeated "Che Guevara" in the Arizona Prison and was recently defeated by Baki Hanma in a brute force showdown. He doesn't seem to practice any form of martial arts, instead using his freakish strength and resilience to overcome threats.  His various feats of strength and muscle control seen in the manga are doing an exercise in which he repeatedly pulls a Chinook helicopter towards the ground, withstanding multiple shotgun blasts and then squeezing out the shot by flexing, breaking through iron doors with ease in the Arizona prison (in one case by turning a locked handle until the metal twists and ruptures around it), and flinging the convict Hector Doyle by one ankle into the floor with such force that the entire building they are in shakes.  He also has one bizarre technique in which he curls into a perfect sphere of muscle in which he is impervious to attacks, but can uncurl and seize his opponents, 'eating' them "like Pac-Man".  He then crushes them with his muscles.  He uses this on Baki, but fails the second time he tries to use it.  He is then beaten unconscious, if briefly, by Baki when they abandon the use of techniques and simply pound each other with all their might without dodging or blocking.  His appearance and name are based on former Mr. Universe and three-time Mr. Olympia Sergio Oliva.


 * Jeff Markson (ジェフ・マークソン) - A former NYPD cop, who used to threaten and extort from hippies, as a "secret side job". As a result of his corruption, Oliva was sent to hunt him down. Markson encountered Oliva while he was doing his usual side job, and Oliva destroyed every part of his body, "barely within a limit of not killing a human" according to Markson, leaving him in a hideously disfigured shape. Since then, Markson lived only thinking of avenging Oliva. 24 years later, he attacked and took control of a business building after setting a bomb, taking two dozen hostages. He demanded Oliva to face him in exchange of the life of the hostages, to which Oliva happily complied. He welcomed Oliva with several blasts of shotgun, but the bullet was stopped by Oliva's muscle. Markson then drawed out a Japanese sword and attacked him, but again it had no effect on him. Oliva, disappointed by Markson's powerless attack, gave a punch into Markson's chest. The punch crushed his heart, killing him instantly and the force of the punch blasted Markson's body out of the building's window.


 * Master Kunimatsu (マスター国松) - Ryuukou Yanagi's sensei.  He appears to be about Tokugawa's age, being very thin and old.  His left arm is missing and he later divulges to Tokugawa that he had his left arm removed to prevent Yanagi from killing him with his poison hand technique.  Yanagi keeps his teacher's rotten arm on display.  Kunimatsu's dojo roster features students from across the globe, but none from Japan (Yanagi being the one exception).


 * Muhammad Ali (マホメド・アライ) - The legendary boxer who dedicated his life in fighting for the weak, and developing a perfect art of fighting. When he was still young, he encountered a young Yujirô with who he had a fight, to see how his art of fighting is developed. Yujirô gained the upper hand, and the two legends have since kept a friendly relationship.  He became catatonic after his son defeated him soundly, 5 years before the events of New Grappler Baki. However, he finally retrieves his punch and starts training again, explaining his reason for doing so during an interview.  He saved the life of his son during his fight with Baki, by punching him before he killed Ali Jr.  He left his son crying after his defeat.


 * Muhammad Ali Jr. (マホメド・アライJr.) - The son of the famous boxer Muhammad Ali. He possesses some of the fastest reflexes and has destructive power in his punches.  He participated in the Chinese tournament alongside the Japanese/American team.  During the tournament he showcased his amazing abilities as a fighter.  He claims to have perfected a martial art that only involves punches.  After the tournament he challenged Baki's friends to provoke Baki himself. He easily defeated Gouki in match (Gouki didn't take it as a life or death fight) and slightly struggled against Doppo Orochi (he wasn't taking Ali seriously, and Ali dominated in their match), but is then beaten senseless by Jack Hammer who never really shows mercy in any fights unlike Doppo and Gouki.  He is then seriously injured and totally defeated by Doppo and Gouki in fights in which they do not hold back against Ali Jr.  Despite this, he still challenges Baki to a fight in the Korakuen Underground arena, believing that his strength and style is better.  However he has one major weakness: unlike every other fighter who has faced Baki, he was not prepared to face the possibility of his own death in the fight, which goes back to his losses against Gouki and Doppo in the second matches he had against them.  He loses to Baki without landing a single hit, and Baki almost kills him before Ali Sr. jumps into the ring and stops him.


 * Ryu Kaioh (劉 海王): - An aged warrior, though not as old as Kaku Kaioh.  Ryu challenged his students to reach the Kaio rank, but was disappointed by failure.  He's encountered by Retsu Shon (having not yet achieved Kaio).  Disillusioned with Retsu's past misdeeds, Ryu had no intention of letting Retsu become Kaio.  However, Dorian recommended making Retsu a Kaio.  Ryu obliged, stating that Dorian could never be mistaken. He is apparently 100 years old and has retained a massively muscled physique.  He battles Yujiro in the Raitai's first battle, and loses badly.  He fails to land a single hit, and has his face ripped off.  He is able to stand and attack again despite this injury, but Yujiro dodges and kicks him square in the face again, taking him out for good.  Retsu later learned that his master is still alive.


 * Kaku Kaioh (郭 海皇) - The Kaioh of Kaiohs in Retsu's system of Chinese fist fighting, and current champion of the Raitai (the Chinese tournament of Kaiohs against Kaiohs), he is roughly 146 years old when first seen in the manga. He is a shrunken old man, even shorter than Baki, who is almost skeletally thin, has a severely receding hairline, and a fantastically wrinkled face, who requires glasses and gets around in a wheelchair when not fighting.  Despite his advanced age, however, he is a phenomenally lethal and skilled fighter with an almost sociopathic ruthlessness and pride in Chinese fighting and culture, viewing all others in contempt.  His skills, the result of over a century of training in Chinese martial arts, allow him to easily defeat a Muay Thai-using 'Kaioh', who is a fifth his age, in less than ten seconds wthout sustaining injury.  He can slice several human limbs off with a simple chop of his hand, and even injure and send flying Yujiro himself.  Kaku Kaioh's primary technique is called 'Xiao-lee' or hyposthenia, a form of bodily control that allows him to present zero resistance to oncoming blows.  He absorbs the impact of attacks so perfectly that even Yujiro's punches at full force only give him a slightly bloody nose.  This also allows him to put his entire body weight into his blows, along with the force of his opponent's own attacks.  This allows his withered fists to blast craters in stone walls and injure Yujiro.  It is Kaku who disrupts the structure of the Chinese tournament, turning it into a 'Chinese team vs Japanese/American team' match-up when the majority of other Kaiohs at the tournament prove disappointing and are easily defeated by Baki and his friends.  He ends up battling Yujiro Hanma, and is shown to be one of the opponents that Yujiro respects.  The match ends in a draw, and Kaku bestows the title of 'Kaioh' on Yujiro after the fight-as well as a challenge to battle again in another hundred years.  He surprisingly reappears in Baki: Son of Ogre, to help Katsumi in the fusion between the 500 years in karate and the 4000 years of Chinese martial arts.


 * Zyaku Kaioh (寂 海王) - A bald Kaiou with beard and glasses, he uses a fighting style which focuses on not harming the adversary. He joined the Stranger Team when the Raitai had his rules changed by Kaku, and was defeated by Retsu during a long fight, in which Zyaku focused on defense and managed to take many hits without being so harmed.  In the end, Retsu hits his vertebral column, and takes him down with one punch in the face.  He reappears in Baki: Son of Ogre, in the military base, searching to fight Pickle.He also has a tendency to ask other fighters to go back to Japan with him.


 * Han Kaioh (範 海王) Brother of Ri Kaiou and part of the Chinese team, he fights Ali Jr. and gets his face slashed before being defeated in one hit.


 * Ri Kaioh (李 海王) Brother of Han and master of poisons, like Yanagi. He fights the poisoned Baki in the Raitai and manages indirectly to "heal" him with his poisoned hands, as a counter effect. He is then knocked out in two hits.


 * Somewane Kaioh (サムワン 海王) - A Thai-born Muay Thai user, Samwon is 25 at the time of the Raitai tournament. He had apparently been spotted and trained by another former Kaioh while playing with a live Cobra in the streets.  While his Muay Thai skills were impressive enough for him to be granted the title of Kaioh in China and qualify for the Raitai, they aren't nearly enough against Kaku Kaioh, who pulls off his pants and flicks his testicles, paralysing him with pain and defeating him in a profoundly humiliating manner.  He later attempts to take out some of his anger and frustration on Yujiro, an ill-advised move that ends with his head smashed into the floor.  He has little respect or even belief in the more philosophical or mystic side of martial arts, believing that "whoever uses his body better, wins".  This is what leads to his downfall against the more logical or intellectual style of Kaku Kaioh.  Samwon, or a character who resembles him, is briefly seen in the Underground Tournament arc of the anime as a champion of Muay Thai.  He tries to fight Yujiro, who labels him as a hollow champion.  Samwon launches a fierce attack, but his blows are blocked only by Yujiro's finger.  Yujiro knocks him out with a flick on the forehead.


 * You Kaioh (楊 海王) A Kaiou specifically trained into having a "diamond body" (by a harsh training where he is hit by sticks, cars, torrents, rocks...). He defeats the mentally retarded Dorian Kaiou and then tests his body against Oliva's strength, but he is crushed by one hand.


 * Zyo Kaioh (徐 海王) A tall Kaiou who fights again Ali Jr, he is rapidly defeated after not even landing a single hit.


 * Son Kaioh (孫 海王) A Kaiou focusing on a style with fingers, he is defeated in an arm wrestling match (or finger wrestling match) against Retsu.


 * Tin Kaioh (陳 海王) A Kaiou who fights Jyaku Kaiou and is distracted by his kindly nature, and then is beaten by having his arm twisted on the ground.


 * Mou Kaioh (毛 海王) - A fat Kaiou who doesn't fight all because he is knocked out by Kaku with one finger in the chin, because Kaku changed the rules of the Raitai in the Chinese vs Stranger team.


 * Ron Shun Bun (龍書文) User of Yami Kenpou (Dark arts), an unbeaten fighter of the Chinese underground area hired by Kaku Kaiou to make the Chinese team. He hardly speaks Japanese and is mainly silent. He fights Oliva and manages to wound him significantly with is Kiai (hidden stance) which focuses on a "pocket trick", mainly letting both hands in the pockets and then attacking (like a sword stance). However Oliva blocks him and defeats him with powerful headbutts.


 * Kaku Shunsei (郭春成) Nicknamed "crazy beast", he was conceived when Kaku Kaioh was 120 years old (He's his son, 27 years old). He gets KO by Baki before even landing a single hit.

Hanma Baki characters

 *  (規格外象)


 * Saman (サマン)' - Leader of a special task force in Africa. He gathered many troops together to kill a raging elephant. The elephant was ten or more times bigger than a normal elephant. It was big enough to impale a lion with its tusks.  Saman's weapons could not defeat it, and neither could anti-aircraft weapons.  Yujiro came and killed the elephant without a weapon.  Saman relayed this story to the news, only to be ridiculed.


 * Rumina Miyugawa (鮎川ルミナ)' - A grade-schooler who challenged Baki to become the strongest. Baki slapped him.  Afterwards, Rumina was complimented for taking a blow.  Baki then took Rumina to his home and demonstrated his shadow boxing.


 * Jun Gebaru/'Che' Guevara (純・ゲバル) - In the 'Son of Ogre' series, an 'alternative universe' version of the famous Che Guevara exists. This Edwardo 'Che' Guevara is a former pirate of the high seas who went on to found his own sovereign nation of 'La Serna'.  His appearance is nearly identical to the real Guevara as seen in the classic photograph, and he is one of the three strongest men in the entire world, along with Biscuit Oliva and Yujiro Hanma.  Much like the real-life version, this manga version of Guevara is notorious for his radical political philosophy, his anti-captitalist and more specifically anti-US stance (the crime he is presumably imprisoned for is that he broke into George W. Bush's house and threatened his family, after Bush considered using bullying military tactics against La Serna), and his harsh discipline.  It is this discipline that has made him so powerful, as he is described as 'one of the three men alive more powerful than a machine gun'.  He uses a fighting style developed from the exclusive use of bare hands against all weapon types, and so is quite capable of killing someone in a single hit.  He can defeat an opponent who has a gun to his head, or destroy several abnormally strong and/or skilled opponents at once.  He is first encountered in the Arizona prison, as he has intentionally allowed himself to be captured and imprisoned there in order to battle Biscuit Oliva, a man he sees as representing the strength and arrogance of the United States.  He puts up a good fight against Oliva, but loses in the end after enduring several hits from Oliva's full strength, Oliva noting that he is the first man in ages to be able to withstand his full strength.  Apart from these obvious differences in personality and ability, this manga version of Guevara is also much younger than the real-life version would be, being about mid-thirties at the oldest, with the manga being set in current times. He goes back to his country after his defeat.


 * George W. Bush  (ジョージ・ボッシュ) - The President of the United States. He considered taking military action against La Serna, only to be thwarted by one of Guevara's men.  He was later kidnapped by Baki.  Over a cup of coffee, Baki told Bush that he kidnapped him because it was an offense making Baki worthy to go to the Arizona Prison.


 * Chamomile Lessen  (カモミール・レッセン) - One of Guevara's underlings, he infiltrated the secret service as a bodyguard of President Bush. While Bush was having a conference about military action in La Serna, Chamomile stopped him and informed him that Guevara's men have infiltrated every state.


 * Samuel  (サミュエル) - The coach and manager of Ian McGregor. he appears first in the Maximum Tournament arc, where he is very protective of Ian. He later interferes with Ian's match against Chiharu Shiba, costing him the fight. Samuel briefly appears in "Son of Ogre" at the Arizona prison. In the English dub of the anime, it is said that Samuel is Ian's stepfather. Neither the Japanese version nor the manga make such indications, however.


 * Mouth (Lips, Teeth, and Tongue)  (唇（リップ）・歯（トゥース）・舌（タング）) - Identical triplets who have a knack for finishing each other's sentences. They are formidable soldiers sent to fight Ian McGregor to ensure that he can't start his boxing career again.  Fighting all at once, they beat Ian nearly to death, but Che Guevara stops them.  Che urinated on Tongue, who unleashed much profanity before being beaten by Guevara.  With a core member defeated, Lips and Teeth knew they could not win and retreated, to which Guevara casually said, "As usual, the Tongue was the only one who got dirty".


 * Maria (マリア) - A morbidly obese woman and the lover of Biscuit Oliva. Oliva is stunned by her beauty, so much that he says that a handkerchief from her hometown has the most intense scent.  However, Maria constantly belittles and insults Oliva. She watches the Guevara/Oliva fight from atop her king-sized bed.  It is later revealed she was once a slim and incredibly attractive woman, but an unknown disease and the drugs used to treat it caused her massive weight gain, possibly affecting her metabolism.  Oliva continues to love her because her attitude and bearing never changed despite her hardship.


 * Pikuru/ Pickle (ピクル) - A primitive form of man found perfectly preserved in a saline rock formation (hence he is 'pickled') this giant humanoid supposed lived originally in the Jurassic/Cretaceous era. He is revived from his long suspended animation in Baki 10.5, and is sent to Japan by Strydum after he defeats entire army battalions and even a high-tech exo-skeletal powersuit sent against him.  Pickle does not resemble any form of primitive man (Neanderthal or Cro-Magnon) or even modern humans, standing taller than Jack Hammer and possessing a level of muscular development equivalent to Oliva.  He possesses upper and lower exaggerated canines, giving him a 'fanged' appearance, and his nails resemble claws.  His muscles are so developed and powerful that he withstands three 9 mm. shots to the stomach at point blank range, none of which penetrate his abs, and indeed he believes the man who shot him to be engaging in some sort of rough-house 'game'.  He hunted, killed and ate T-Rexes without the use of weapons in his prehistoric life, and is one of the most blatantly superhuman characters in the entire manga.  He has never been heard to speak intelligibly so far in the manga.  His strength is shown in various occasions, being capable of withstanding a strength test with Yujiro himself, resisting a charge from Hanayama, sending Baki flying through the Korakuen arena with a single kick, chopping a leg from Retsu Kaiou after beating him, and enduring Katsumi Orochi's attacks and taking his right arm as a gift. When fighting Jack Hammer he lost his left ear to a bite attack after ripping off the flesh from Jack's jaw. He goes mad after this and beats Jack senseless. In Baki's battle against Pickle, Baki's adaption of dinosaur-like stances has led Pickle into believing that he's as dangerous as the combined-form of all the dinosaurs he's ever faced.


 * Dr. Albert Payne (アルバート・ペイン) - A nobel prize winner. He appears to be very knowledgeable about Pickle, whom he views as a treasure to the human race.  Thus he harshly rebukes anyone who tries to defame Pickle, saying that his acts (i.e., sexually assaulting a female reporter, killing and eating an endangered tiger) are only natural to him in his time and thus is not wrong.  He is based on Albert Einstein.


 * Amur Tiger (シベリアトラ) A Siberian Tiger that was sacrificed as a meal to Pickle. Pickle ate it because it attacked him without fear.  Doctor Payne suggested sacrificing the entire species (including around 500 tigers) to satisfy Pickle's hunger.  Retsu Kaiou stopped this by sacrificing himself.


 * Takesi Kenmoti (剣持武志)


 * Terada (寺田)


 * Sakimura (崎村)


 * Katsumi's Mother (克巳の母)


 *  (向山努)


 * Barack Obama (バラク・オズマ) - The newly elected President of the USA appears in the Gaia Gaiden. He's out jogging and is targeted by a sniper who is quickly dispatched by Gaia.


 *  (藻木)


 *  (波斗山征夫)


 *  (金尚中)


 *  (與田政道)


 *  (木頼武)


 *  (世戸内若鳥)

Pickle characters

 * Tyrannosaurus (ティラノサウルス)


 *  (アレン)


 *  (M.P.B.M) - A soldier outfitted in a massive set of powered armour, who was required to more or less live in the suit for two and a half years. Despite his huge level of skill in using the armour (he was able to feed himself with a normal set of cutlery with the massive gauntlets, and even knit), the armoured, hydraulic powered suit was no match for Pickle when the army deploys the suit against him.  He first shatters the armoured canopy, frightening the pilot into attempting to use lethal force, and when he attempts to break Pickle's neck, he grabs the arm of the suit and the rest of the machine gets twisted under its force instead.

Scarface characters

 * ヒロシ


 * 田中KEN
 * 堀尾吉晴


 * 犬


 * 登倉竜士
 * Great white shark (ホホジロザメ)


 * 花山景三 - The father of Kaoru Hanayama.


 * 秋田太郎
 * 源王会会長


 * 花山弥吉


 * マスタージハド


 * アーサー中尉

Other characters

 * 関根努


 * 小倉ツネ


 * Yujiro's Mother (勇次郎の母) - Yujiro's mother and Baki and Jack's grandmother. Her face is never seen and her name is unknown.  Apparently Yujiro was her first and last child, after which she apparently went into a monastery.  She has great feelings of shame, fear and disgust for her monstrous offspring, and seems unaware of the existence of Jack and Baki.


 * 某国元指導者

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