The Burning Wild Man

The Burning Wild Man, known in Japanese as Moeru! Onii-san (燃える! お兄さん) is a manga created by Tadashi Satō. It ran in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1987 to 1991 with 19 volumes. It was later adapted into an anime series by Studio Pierrot. The 24 episode series aired on Nihon Television from March 1988 to September 1988.

Kenichi Kokuho (国宝ケンイチ) became lost in the mountains as a small child. A foster father raised Kenichi; when Kenichi was 15 the foster father told Kenichi about his background and the teenager returned to the civilized world at age 15.

Kokuhō Family

 * Kenichi Kokuhō (国宝 憲一)
 * AKA Onii-san (お兄さん). The main character and a practitioner of Cha Genmai Style Karate.


 * Yukie Kokuhō (国宝 雪絵)
 * Kenichi's little sister who often acts as his straight man.


 * Kenkichi Kokuhō (国宝 憲吉)
 * AKA Tou-chan. The head of the Kokuhō family and a potted plant artisan.


 * Kenji Kokuhō (国宝 憲二)
 * Kenichi's little brother.


 * Kaede (かえで)
 * The young girl who lived as Kenichi's sister in the mountains.


 * Cha Genmai (玄米 茶)
 * The old man who found and raised Kenichi and taught him karate.


 * Flipper (フリッパー)
 * Kenichi's wolf companion from the mountains. He becomes the Kokuhō family pet. His face looks more like a cat face.

Classmates

 * Gai Hidō (火堂 害)
 * A school delinquent and third generation yakuza of the Hidou Boryokudan Group. He is always depicted with his mouth open in an evil smile. He likes Yukie.


 * Sayuri Ayanokouji (綾小路 さゆり)
 * Yukie's best friend.


 * Rocky Hada (ロッキー羽田)
 * A half-Japanese and half-Filipino boy who is highly influenced by American culture and is always wearing flashy outfits.


 * Tarō Anausu (穴薄 太郎)


 * Jirō Kaisetsu (貝節 次郎)


 * Akira Shiranui (不知火 明)


 * Sandy Uper (サンディ・ウーパー)

Teachers

 * Ayako Osanai (小山内 文子)
 * Ekkusu Suparutan (酢張丹 悦楠)

Animals

 * Duck Nicholson (ダック・ニコルソン)
 * AKA Duck-kun (ダックくん).

Others

 * Narrator