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Batuan is an old yet spry man with a muscular build, short hair and a scruffy mustache. He is seen wearing Tidat clothes and weapons on his sides.

Like Sham , he is loyal to Lona and always treats her with respect. He seems to not tolerate disrespect, such as telling Sakaki and Kenichi to bow before Lona despite her protests. He seemingly gotten along well with Sakaki since meeting him.


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Boris is usually seen in a grayish camouflaged military outfit due to his loyalty to his country and has a muscular build. When wearing this outfit he covers the sides of his face with warpaint to symbolize himself as a soldier. His hair is silver and spiked in the back and usually has a small headband around his forehead. He was seen in a school uniform to fit in at Kenichi's school.

Being a Russian soldier and the right hand man to a colonel, Boris frequently acts in a militaristic manner. He strictly upholds orders and believes orders are absolute, as he will follow any order from his master or his teacher without question or hesitation. He also particularly hates anyone who disobeys orders, and seems jealous when he finds someone with greater loyalty than his. He seems to have a small degree of respect for anyone who is willing to speak against him openly. Although he is an enemy of Kenichi, he will work with him to take down some opponents and find ways to listen to him, such as hearing Kenichi's words as advice and tips, not orders. He will also find loop holes to turn orders to his advantage without going against them.
Like Ethan, he was one of the few YOMI students to actually leave a good impression on most of the students their and held a respect for his teacher, Kyōko Ono , doing anything she asked without question and always did good deeds at his school. The teacher always thought of Boris as a very kind person, which may not be an overestimation, as he did ally with Kenichi to keep her safe from his own men due to loop holes he found, suggesting he may not be as bad as he seems and actually be more lenient towards the saving fist. He gets along well with his militia men as they follow him as soldiers and commander but doesn't seem to listen to Sho until he hears his master's orders first. Boris is also the first opponent to acknowledge Kenichi for his strength, even to the point of even conceding that he is stronger.
Boris is very good at intelligence gathering, having been able to find Big Lock all on his own, a very impressive feat as even master class fighters are unable to find the prison.


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Christopher has a rather effeminate appearance and hairstyle and is often mistaken for a woman. He has grey hair and wears a dark red coat with white gloves and has blue pants and dark boots. Several women who see him find him very handsome and believe he's a "Hollywood star".

Christopher is rather vain and blunt as his first response when arriving in Japan was how dirty it was. He also has no problem using human shields, especially when it comes to using the elderly and children, something Shio Sakaki hated him and Mycroft for when they worked together for the United States. He is also somewhat sociopathic as he claims to enjoy killing, because he finds it fun, being the only reason he became a killer. He has no problem in kidnapping children such as Kenichi or killing anyone in his way.
Christopher also has female aids work alongside him on missions and has them all wear the same perfume as him. He can be somewhat flamboyant, seemingly enjoying the destruction around him and has a sarcastic sense of being polite, calling Sakaki "Shio-chan", but politely called Kenichi "Kenichi-kun". When pushed, Christopher is very serious and ruthless, such as after being pushed by Kenichi after receiving a punch caused Christopher to take the fight seriously. He also speaks fluent French, being his native language, but also can speak good Japanese.
However, Christopher does have some honor, as during the confrontation with the Hachiō Executioner Blade members, he saved Miu and Kenichi from getting killed due to the order he received from the Japanese government. However, he only would choose to protect them if he was paid to do so, suggesting his sense of honor is meant for financial purposes. Regardless, he is someone who will keep his word when in an agreement. He also has shown to respect certain fighters for their convictions, as he acknowledged the elders strength and Shigure's resolve to protect her disciples.


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Sehrul is a tall and muscular man with long hair slicked in the back and a long light beard. He wears an outfit from India and has golden arm bands around his wrists. He is at least as old as over his 50s, suggesting he's one of the senior members.

Sehrul is shown to be a gentle and passive man, as seen when he stops Chikage Kushinada from pinching herself as punishment. He believes "the punishments of martial arts should be dealt by martial arts." Of the masters, he is the only one not excited about pitting his disciple against Kenichi. However, he has a lethal side to him as well, as seen when he attacks the marma points of the forces sent to detain him, with enough power to kill them had not the Ryozanpaku masters intervened and saved them.
His gentleness is also mentioned by his disciple, who wanted to defeat Kenichi in order to put Rachel Stanley under his care and thus save her from the harm of Silcardo Jenazad . He also seems to have an aptitude for tolerance, as his personality rubbed off on his disciple, contrasting largely with Diego Carlo 's flashy personality.
Despite his overall passivity, Sehrul believes that the true form of the Satsujinken is emotionlessness. When Akira Hongo arrives at the Yami meeting after Sho's death, Cyril comments that one must be heartless in order to effectively utilize the Satsujinken, disapproving of Sho inheriting his techniques. How he managed to get his disciple, a Dou fighter, to take upon or bypass this limit effectively is unknown, though it could be that he taught him to keep his emotions within himself and unleash them through his martial arts.
It should be noted that Sehrul is a very honorable man due to the fact that when Kushinada threatened the Ryozanpaku masters to have Shigure killed (unaware that Shigure has escaped) the passive and gentle Sehrul became disgusted and enraged of the fact that Kushinada is willing to use prisoners as a shield and at that moment he launches a devastating attack that knocks Kushinada backwards damaging her in process as well as telling Kushinada that regardless if your a Satsujinken or not, a true martial artist still needs to have some pride and honor in the way they conduct themselves and that Kushinadas Eternal Sunset is different from his version. Another sign of his honor was how he expressed his disgust with Ogata's usage of his disciples as test subjects for the Seidou goui technique.
Upon seeing how Kushinada and the Hachiou masters conduct themselves, Sehrul Rahman decided to switch sides in order to perserve the honor and intergrity of the Satsujinken so the Hachiou Execuation Blade and Kushinada do not taint the name of "Satsujinken" by their petty tactics, which is a sentiment that is shared by almost all OSNF masters.


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Edeltraft has the appearance of a well-dressed man with long wavy dark hair down to his shoulders. He wears what appears to be artistic and elegant European clothing with gloves and boots. He has a medieval sword sheathed at his waist.

Edeltraft seems to be a complex man, speaking in cryptic tones when addressing others and events, such as in his conversation with Ogata. He appears to be indifferent with the rest of Yami, as Ogata was unable to understand him in their talk together. He appears to speak in a mythical tone from the mid-ages. In fact, his poetic speeches is the only thing he seems to be able to speak in, to which Akisame briefly was able to talk back in with his own poetic verses. However, Akisame admitted that he can't understand him.
When pushed, Edeltraft can be very angry, such as after having been attacked by Sōgetsu, Edeltraft lost his composure and attacked in blind rage.


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Ellen is a young girl with blonde hair and blue eyes she wears a green long-sleeved shirt and a miniskirt. When training she wears an outfit quite similar to Shigure's.


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Ethan is an incredibly tall and immensely muscular young man for his age with short light blond colored hair and a stoic expression at all times. He wears a tight t-shirt with dark pants and, in an effort to fit in at Kenichi's school, he was seen wearing a school uniform. When fighting, he is usually bare chested and wears a Kalaripayattu loincloth to increase his mobility.

Ethan mostly keeps a stoic expression and follows his older sister around. He demonstrates a great amount of resilience, able to get along with his sister despite being constantly ordered around and attacked by her, and expresses great concern for her wellbeing, going as far as to punch a client who said that he wanted to "buy her" from Yami . Even though his sister rarely shows any form of care for her brother and her frequent mistreatment towards Ethan, he has shown that he loves his sister very much and is willing to do anything for her and even was saddened how he lost his fight with Kenichi, thinking she would end up dying because of his loss. Like his master, he is a very considerate person who shows little, if any, offense towards anyone, including his enemies. He doesn't seem to be irritated by others doing things that annoy him, such as when some girls were playing with him and tieing up his short hair for fun, he didn't seem to be bothered by it, suggesting he doesn't let minor things bother him. Ethan is described by Kenichi as the most honest person in Yomi: out of the rest of the Yomi transfer students, he didn't do anything bad in school, defended his classmates on the camping trip, and tries to think of peaceful solutions to solve problems, such as having Kenichi die as a martial artist once again as the best solution for both of them.
Further reflecting his contrast with his sister and his honesty, Ethan uses rather conservationist attacks while his sister uses all manners of flashy moves. When he fights, he seems to switch from a quiet giant to a raging berserker. However, according to Ethan himself this comes from his master who told him to finish off the opponent immediately whenever he enter the ring. He mostly goes all out when fighting, though he will use different stances and hit pressure points to weaken the enemy if the enemy proves resilient. Though he is on the side of the Killing Fist, he appears to be more suited for the Saving Fists. He does not attack Kenichi despite given obvious chances, takes on missions of bodyguarding, and is taking on even more missions to save his sister.
Despite his obvious Katsujiken-like sense of honesty and morality, Ethan has been trained to be an emotionless fighter who eliminates all that stand in his way, and for the sake of his sister, he is more than willing to take a life. Though he was trained to fight like an emotionless killing machine, Ethan has shown to prefer simply beating a person near-death as opposed to actually killing them, but he has shown the willingness to actually follow through if necessary, which was seen during his match with Kenichi. Overall, in spite of his willingness to kill, Ethan has shown that he would gladly prefer not to kill anyone if possible, but states to Kenichi many times that despite having no ill-feelings towards him at all that he will probably kill him if forced to.


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She has brown hair and eyes, she has glasses and wears a maroon suit jacket and black dress suit.


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Gorobee is bald and wears a skin-tight shirt. At 51 years of age, Rofusagi is well over the set age limit in which participants may enter, but he uses his blank appearance to get around those rules. It is likely that he altered his appearance significantly enough such that he appears at a young age.

Gorobee is one of the most dishonest masters seen as he is willing to sneak into a disciple fight to gain access to the millions of dollars of prize money of the DofD. He initially acts docile, but when he is exposed, he immediately disposes of his own team and challenges Garyū X himself, arrogantly attacking the master and believing that he could win.


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Gorō is usually hiding his face under a baseball cap.


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Hajime was a young man of average height with short, spiky blond hair and light brown eyes.

Hajime had a rather playful personality that could be provoked to seriousness when he is confronted with a serious matter, as seen when he eagerly fights a death match with Hongō and Sakaki in Yami 's death match. At the same time, he is also comically afraid of the two in the same manner that Kenichi is. His serious personality could have had an impact upon Hongō in taking Shō Kanō as his successor.
Hajime is very enthusiastic about, as he clearly demonstrates a desire to learn martial arts and use it in his future career. To this end, he especially enjoyed watching Sakaki fight with his arch-rival, Hongō, refereeing 250 of their matches and even requesting Hongō that his eyes are not to be closed upon his death so that he may watch his 251st match with Sakaki. Suzuki even tells the two that his dream is to become the strongest karate master.


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Hayato is a towering fair-skinned man with blue-eyes and blond hair. His hair reaches mid-back and also sports a chest-length beard, macho mustache, and strands forming a thick antenna-like shape hanging in front of his face. Despite his advanced age, he appears deceptively younger in both frame and facial features. He sports a largely muscular and well-defined built, has very few wrinkles, and not a single gray hair. In the past, his hair was shorter and he did not have a beard and donned similar battle gear as he does in the present. When he was fighting Yami with Mikumo Kushinada , he wore the robe he is commonly seen in and grew his hair longer.
As Garyū X, Hayato dons an under-sized mask and a Kamen rider belt, using this thin guise to pose as a 20-year-old disciple.

Hayato recalls that he took on 500 martial artists at once and was extremely reckless in his youth and violent to boot, to the point where he deliberately spilled tea over another relaxing fighter's head just to goad him into fighting. Unlike Kenichi Shirahama , Hayato would take on anyone, man, woman, child, and even animals. To this date, Hayato still takes on anyone. Worth mentioning Hayato (The Invincible Superman) stated that he has never been defeated.
In his presentation, the aged state, Hayato is a kind old man who has been wizened from his experiences. However, he still possesses a reckless streak and can also be very arrogant, the former of which is shown in his tendency to spend the dojo's money as well as getting carried away whenever he gets a chance to showcase his strength. He also tends to speak out his often over-simplified plans to others through even much more over-simplified and blunt manners of speech (e.g. "The fight until you're the last one standing plan", "The run and run and until they finally catch you plan" and "The giant dealing with it when it comes plan"). He's rather cocky in fights, such as overestimating himself and bragging about his numerous fights in the past, showing a bit of a boastful - albeit entirely warranted - side on his part.
Hayato has a strong sense of justice, viewing those that fight for justice has great power and must have responsibility for that. It is this philosophy that may have motivated him into his travels over the years to protect the innocent and keep Miu from falling down the wrong path. This could be for failing to stop his son from falling to the Killing Fist path which he considers to be his greatest failure.
Hayato possesses a soft spot for Miu, stating that for anyone to ever marry her would have to first defeat him in battle. In fact, when Miu kissed Kenichi on the cheek and he saw the whole thing, he was so furious that all the other masters had to hold him back in fear of what he would do to Kenichi. He even once threatened to kill a man who was holding her hostage despite being a devout follower of Katsujinken. He loves his granddaughter very much and worries over her well being when she's hurt or in danger, such as when she was going on the ski trip with her school, Hayato was worried about her panicking about how her mother died in the snow. He was also worried about telling her about her past with Saiga, wondering how she would react with how her father abandoned her and her dying mother. When Miu was taken by Jenazad, Hayato only blamed himself for this and became desperate in his search for her, such as traveling all over the globe in his search for her while angrily shouting out for Jenazad's name. When he arrived at the battlefield and saw Miu was safe he was very happy and pleased that she was safe and that Kenichi protected her, he thanked Kenichi for protecting his granddaughter.
He is also quite fond of Kenichi Shirahama , even calling him "Ken-chan" and is the only one who apologizes to him for the Hell that he and the others put him through (despite, as Kenichi puts it, simultaneously holding the rank of the most brutal training), however, this is implied as apparent mainly because he truly enjoys tormenting the boy. Even though he apologizes for the Hell he's put through, Hayato also has put him through similar brutal training, such as when he took him on more than one training trip, Kenichi noted how horrifying and tough it was to just survive the training. He has even giving Kenichi his approval to date Miu, his granddaughter, for winning the D of D tournament (should Miu agree to it). He tends to not let Kenichi get too close to Miu, such as reminding him if he wants to marry her, he must defeat him (though this was also due to him having caught Miu kissing him on the cheek, greatly angering Hayato). After Kenichi saved Miu from Jenazad's grip, Hayato placed his hands on his shoulders and tearfully thanked the boy for saving his granddaughter, showing that Hayato knows Kenichi can protect Miu. Also, he is not above scolding Kenichi should he do something reckless, such as fighting a master class fighter and as a result putting Kenichi under house arrest. However, in truth, Hayato and all the other masters were very proud of Kenichi of fighting a master class opponent and for fighting for his friends. He also states that Kenichi reminds him of when he was younger and respects Kenichi for that. Others who know the Elder, such as Silkwat Jenazad , have also noted the similarity between the two.
Hayato has a disguise he uses to (rather poorly) dress in called Garyū X. He only wears a mask with a robotic design to look like a 20-year old disciple and even believes the disguise to be perfect despite his outfit still being the same. However, everyone (except Apachai) knows it's him and all believe that he's finally starting to show signs of insanity due to his age.
Hayato is shown to be unable to bring himself to hurt young children even if they were animal, especially if their family were in front of him, which was clear in his battle against Ōganosuke Yogi when he couldn't kill a young fox for nourishment when he saw it a family are staring at him and let it go. This selfless sense of mercy would not go without gratitude, as the same fox, he spared saved his life in his fight with Ōganosuke by biting him on his arm and allowing the elder to escape the island to save his fellow Katsujinken fighters. Also, another example is when he was reunited with Mikumo Kushinada , who has fallen to the path of the asura, the first thing he said to her was to stop injecting darkness into children who don't know anything about the world.
While his wife wasn't seen or interacted with, the Elder seems to be faithful to her as he didn't remarry or had a relationship with another woman. This was shown when he rejected Mikumo Kushinada's advances and claims about them having a relationship in the past. Even after her death, he visits her grave every year which indicates that he hadn't forgotten about her.


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Hyōgo is a short and muscular young man with short, scraggy, light-colored hair. He is seen wearing a dark leather jacket on and when at Big Lock, he was wearing a heavy coat.

Hyōgo is somewhat confident in his skills, as he's willing to pick a fight with Yomi disciple's Rachel Stanley of the One Shadow Nine Fists . However, he doesn't seem to like internal fighting as shown when he tried to stop the fight between the Armed and Unarmed Yomi before its start.


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Takeda is a tall young man with a muscular build, dark skin, and blue hair. He is considered one of the most attractive men at his school and usually seen
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in his school uniform with bandages on his wrists from his training. He's most often seen with a blade of grass in his mouth in an attempt to look cooler. Since undergoing intense training under James Shiba, Takeda's build has become noticeably more defined. Recently, Shigure has given him Steel Arm Guards, along with the rest of the Shinpaku Alliance.
In the original series, Takeda had a drastically different appearance. In fact, his design is probably the most changed after Ma Sougetsu. He had lighter skin, a crew cut, and looked more "Japanese". He still had a similar personality though.
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Unlike the cowardly Kenichi Shirahama , Takeda rushes into battle full of confidence and has a very light hearted attitude, joking even during serious situations. He also shows extreme respect for his master James Shiba and the Masters of Ryozanpaku. He is also passionate about Boxing and was a rising boxing star, but an incident where he came to the aid of his friend caused harm to his left arm, leaving it paralyzed, and him scornful. After his arm is fixed by Kōetsuji , Takeda regains his lighthearted personality and becomes more friendly, to the point where he stepped into the ring to challenge Member J of the Black Force team for the latter's disrespect towards Mizunuma . Takeda is shown to have a poor grasp of the English language, proclaiming to an enemy during the D of D tournament: "I AM WIN! YOU SAY SORRY! OK?", trying to get him to apologize to a member of the Shinpaku Alliance if he were to beat him in the fight. Since he and Ukita were delinquents throughout their last year of high school, they were forced to repeat another year.
Like Kenichi, he is scared to train under James Shiba as his methods are just as cruel and brutal as Akisame's. He even shows fear and often wants to quit mainly for comical purposes. However, he highly respects his master and has never once questioned his training methods and was very glad to finally get praised by him for the first time after his fight with Lugh. He also seems rather scared when his master shows unusual kindness towards him, which he finds scarier than his training.
Takeda has since viewed Kenichi as his savior and close friend for saving his life and fixing his arm. It is because of him that he turned his life around and has become so much stronger. He always has Kenichi's back and will follow his lead without fear or question, showing great loyalty. He respects Kenichi to the point of allowing him to be with Miu out of respect for saving his life. He is best friends with Ukita. They have always hung out together and watched each others backs in any fight or situation they are involved in. The two are so close that they even ended up being forced to repeat another year of school due to their friendship.
He, like many characters in the series, has feelings towards Miu, as he always calls her "Honey". His affection goes largely unaddressed throughout the series as he also tries to protect her, such as refusing to give up in a battle against Sho Kano, during which he states she's "the friend of the person who saved his life". He even said to Kenichi that should Takeda win the match, he would confess his true feelings towards her. After Takeda lost, he just said he was joking to get Kenichi to fight more seriously (though his actions towards her show otherwise). Also, during Yami Transport Data arc he wanted to give Miu his jacket to cover herself, but gave it to Kenichi and told him to give it to her which prove that he  approve their relationship. However, he was shown to release a bloodthirst when he know that they are alone at the dojo and the other are asking them of their progress. Recently, while he still cares for Miu very much, he seems to have taken a liking to Freya since the two were on a double date together and his master, James Shiba , believes they are a couple.
Takeda seems to not get along well with Natsu due to them having once been enemies and due to the fact that Natsu always seems to have a heavy Ki around him whenever Miu and Kenichi are talking to him. He also has a strong sense of humor, often laughing hysterically when something funny happens, such as when Ukita made a fool of himself in front of Kisara and again when Ukita mistook Shiratori's "doppelganger" as a female version of "him.


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Shiba is a tall and lean and muscular man with pale hair parted on the sides and shaved halfway down the middle and a long pointed out mustache which, like Akisame, takes great pride in and is usually pointing upwards. He wears dark pants with knee guards on his knees and dark boots with a ripped sleeveless vest. He has a type of joints inside his right leg and an eye patch over his right eye due to his injuries from Saiga in the past. He's sometimes seen smoking a cigarette.

James is comically shown to be rather dishonorable and arrogant, to the point where Kōetsuji mentions that "even Yami would not accept him for his arrogance" (though his opinion is arguably biased due to a mustache grudge he carries against James). Such is seen in the disciple race between him and Koetsuji, during which he flicks a Pachinko ball at Kenichi ' s head and causes him to fall over, taking advantage of this to give Takeda the lead. The other example is his refusal to cut off his own mustache despite the bet, by exploiting the wording of the bet and shaving only a few hairs off and then escaped by jumping onto the nearby bullet train. James is also not above taking advantage of Takeda, having him fight in betting matches in order to supplement his own income and becomes quite wealthy because of it.
While as dishonorable as Shiba is, he is capable of being honorable enough to at least save Niijima at the request of Kenichi. He also desires to get revenge extends to resort to any means necessary, having resorted to hold Saiga off as long as he can while Niijima uploads the virus in the weapons system. This shows that despite his own arrogance, he knows his own limitations as he is aware that he cannot defeat Saiga.
James also keeps various pets and names his moves after them, such as the Giant Cat Eye Frog Punch, named after a frog with cat eyes. He apparently hates being called "sensei" as he punches Takeda as soon as he calls him "sensei".
During Takeda's fight with Kenichi, James is shown to care about Takeda by forfeiting the match claiming that it is foolish to break his source of money and forgetting the bet of cutting off his mustache if he lost (comically in a seppuku style), which he blatantly and arrogantly refused after being reminded of it. However, after Takeda's fight with Lugh, Shiba showed the ultimate care towards Takeda by stating how glad he is that he's alright and praised him nonetheless. Even Shiba commented how he's surprised at his caring nature to Takeda. Like Takeda, James's best punch is left straight, the knowledge of which helps form a bond between the disciple and master.
James' mustache and beard also indicate his mood: when they point downward, he is in a neutral or bad mood; when they point upward, he is excited. He also made Takeda wear restraints that exercised his boxing muscles, making his training methods similar to Akisame's due to how hellish it is. James harbors a deep grudge against Saiga, as he is willing to do anything to get back at him. James is willing to leave the battle against the One Shadow Nine Fist and the Hachiou Executioner Blade to fight Saiga Furinji leaving them to die in battle (though it is also likely he knows they can take care of themselves).


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Kensei can be described as a fairly short middle-aged man, who is balding with a long pointed out Chinese mustache. He wears typical Chinese clothing used in martial arts with a hat to cover the bald part of his head.
In his youth he had long braided hair, was much taller and very handsome, practically to the point of being called a bishounen, and was popular with women.

Kensei Ma has been shown repeatedly throughout the series as a very active pervert, and he has shown that he is more than comfortable with this fact. Kensei is most often seen attempting to take revealing pictures of beautiful women (especially Shigure and Miu ), which often earns him the wrath of the pair, though this does nothing to deter him from the habit. His perverted behavior has even gotten worse as the series progresses, such that whenever he fights a female opponent he wants to use his "Ma Style Restriction technique", which is basically where he ties them up with their own clothes, leaving them basically naked. He is proven to be very persistent, as he repeats his perverted antics on a daily basis, despite dangerous traps set by Shigure near the spa, where she and Miu takes a bath. He even made a picture book of Miu which he sold for a profit to Kenichi (he said he has one of Shigure too) and convinced Kenichi to move into the dojo by introducing the prospect of developing his relationship with Miu, demonstrating good salesmanship. Sakaki commented that he could 'sell ice to Eskimos'. In contrast with his present-day image, he was said to be a charming and handsome young man in his youth and was very popular with women. This came as a shock to Kenichi, who then sympathized with his aging master, who bluntly refused to accept the sympathy.
He seems to enjoy reading, as he's typically seen reading perverted magazines of beautiful women. He has an odd habit of standing or sitting in odd positions whenever he's either training or something is bothering him or even reading something upside down that he doesn't seem to notice till someone points it out for him. He even stands on objects while balancing himself while reading when he's training.
Under all of this, however, he is shown to be a very kind and wise person at heart who seems saddened at the violent uses of Martial Arts in the world, wishing the world could be more peaceful (and perverted) which was perhaps born from his own estranged relationship with his brother. In battle, he prefers to disable enemies without lethal force, only foregoing this practice when fighting other Master class Martial Artists. Kenichi also states that despite all of Kensei's character flaws, they were "nothing compared to the greatness of Master Ma" and readily admits that he had never doubted Kensei even once. As noted by Kenichi, he has a habit of yelling "Chowa" whenever he fights. Ironically enough, he is the only one among the Masters that is actually capable of cooking and generally does so whenever Miu is in a position unable to cook. He has an odd habit of calling all the other masters their names with "don" at the end.
Kensei, despite his poor parental skill, is shown to love his daughter greatly. His relationship with his other two children is unknown, but he was shown to be afraid of his wife when Renka threatens to tell her mother about Ryōzanpaku and where he is, he, on his knees, begged his daughter not to tell her mother.
Despite being a pervert he was shown to take his job as a doctor seriously when Miu had to be treated after she was saved from the Demon God Fist. He was shown to be worried about her well-being and didn't care that she was almost naked.
In the manga series, his surname is pronounced Ba. In the anime series and some translations of the manga series, it is changed to Ma, possibly because this is the usual Chinese pronunciation.


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Kiyoi is a young woman of average height with medium length wavy dark hair down to her upper back. She wears plain clothes and has a necklace around her neck and a cane around her wrist due to her blindness. Her eyes have no scilla due to her blindness.

Kiyoi is a rather sweet and innocent young woman despite her invovlement in the world of martial arts. She's shown to be rather bold, attempting to get by in her life by dealing with her blindness rather than relying on others. She's also rather perceptive, having deduced correctly the number of people, including by gender, were present in her home.
Her relationship with her brother is somewhat complicated, especially knowing of his involvement with Yami. Nontheless, Kiyoi has shown to love her brother very much, but wishes he would come out of the darkness.


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Kurando is a tall and well-built young man with medium length scraggy black hair and has a dark headband tied around his forehead and lets his bangs fall past his face. He wears a dark blue like vest with a tight dark armor underneath and dark gloves. He wears dark green camo pants and boots for battle.

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Kurando is a serious individual. He doesn't seem to think much of his name and refers to himself and his partner Tsukasa as pawns of their master and that their names are not necessary. In battle he's brutal, going as far as to attack Kenichi's sister Honoka from annoying him with a rubber mallet (though he didn't really hurt her very much and just threw her into a bush just to stay out of the way, hinting a moral side). However, unlike Tsukasa, Kurando has honor, as he complemented Kenichi's skills after their fight and even said that his name is a very nice one and thanked him and Miu for letting him and Tsukasa go. He also cares a great deal for his partner Tsukasa , as he was worried over her well-being when she was defeated, hinting he may have feelings for her.


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Loki is a tall muscular young man with light blue hair that sticks up in the front and has combed in the back. He wears a dark long trench coat with dark gloves that have golden insignia shaped the Roman numeral for "4" and a skin tight fighting outfit. He's well known for always wearing his bug like goggles. He is actually good looking without his goggles on, stated by Takeda as being among the five most handsome guys in Ragnarök, also including Takeda, Ukita, and Hermit. Miu even said that he was attractive.

Despite his strength, Loki prefers to win by using any means necessary: he kidnaps Honoka after learning that she is Kenichi 's sister, despite Hermit 's protests. His ultimate goal is unknown, but it seems that he wanted to destroy Ragnarök from the inside, planting seeds of doubt among the Eight Fists in order to disorient the gang. Niijima states that both he and Loki follow the "Art of Evil", which is why Loki uses dirty methods to win.
However, Loki isn't completely heartless, as he does have care for his men and towards Number 20 , going as far as to rescue her from Yami with his men and admitted he was glad she was safe. However, he's not above using her as a distraction so he himself can escape whenever they are cornered.


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Marmaduke's appearance is that of an overall medieval knight. She wears a large dark armor with a spiked helmet with two spikes on the sides and one in the back. Her overall gear has a cape and a shield on her left arm and a long one-bladed axe and a short sword which she keeps strapped to the lower back of her armor and the whole armor itself grants her a large bulky appearance, which leads most people to believe that she is a man. It was later revealed by Kensei Ma that she is in fact a woman, as was shown after he rips the armor off of her, revealing her feminine body underneath.
Despite the large masculine body armor that she wears, underneath that armor Marmaduke has quite the feminine body, as was shown after having her armor removed by Kensei Ma. She is a tall woman with a very curvaceous figure, with well-endowed breasts wearing an revealing short medieval-styled top with straps down the middle and a pair of underwear that matches the medieval style of her top. It is currently unknown what her face/head looks like on account of the fact that she stills has her helmet, but the staff at Wazadepa stated that she is a beauty [1] .
Based on Raki's facial reaction and surprise, it seems like even the Hachiō Excecutioner Blade members had no idea that Marmaduke was a female while based on Mihai's and Rin's reaction/comment, they were well aware of who Senzui was.

She was first seen running on the water to one of the battleships surrounding her fellow weapons members. She easily blocks the bullets firing at her and gets on the ship and easily destroys the turrets and guns the soldiers are using.
When Miu and Kenichi try to run away, the knight blocks their path. Once Shigure used her Soutou Kyourenzan , she is forced to fight her 'shadow' while allowing Miu and Kenichi to escape with Mycroft and Christopher.
Later, she is seen partnered with a Mikumo Kushinada in another country fighting soldiers beginning the Eternal Sunset. Afterwards Marmaduke, along side Mikumo, Sōgetsu, Mildred, Edeltraft, Raki, Ştirbey, Hongō, Agaard, Cyril, Rin, and Ogata all faced off later against the masters and allies of Ryōzanpaku. When the Ryōzanpaku masters begin to go on the offense, Marmaduke engages battle with them. When Kensei attempts to attack Raki (in a perverted manner), Marmaduke protects her by crashing Kensei with her shield and engages battle with Kensei.
After some of the Yami masters have a change of heart, they are attacked by Sōgetsu, Cyril and Agaard. Assisted by Cyril's mantra, the Ryōzanpaku
Marmaduke's a Woman.
masters (along with Sōgetsu and Agaard) stage a counterattack against Yami. Edeltraft and Marmaduke are damaged from the counterattack as Ma Kensei suddenly senses the swaying of breasts. Marmaduke tries to fight off Kensei but he manages to reach and remove Marmaduke's armor, revealing her to be a woman.
Cyril then uses his mantra on Marmaduke and Rin, who are forced to defend, while Sougetsu runs past Rin and attacks Marmaduke.
Once Yami loses the battle, Marmaduke retreats with everyone else in complete defeat.


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She is a fairly tall and beautiful young woman with long, blonde [1] hair that goes pass her shoulders with long legs, a curvaceous figure, and well-endowed, large breasts. Most noticeably, while slender in frame, she sports a well-defined muscular built, especially in her upper body and arms. Her eyes are unique as they have Pupula duplex .

She is seen wearing a two-piece biki armor in dark green and brown [1] consisting of a matching sports bra and panties with a choker, and special stockings and leg guarders with multiple buckles on them. As an Archer, she wears a special belt with holsters for her arrowheads, a quiver containing several arrows, special gloves for archery, carrying a recurve bow, and armbands with holsters with what could possibly be flechettes in them.  She is also seen wearing a special mask with what appears to be a built in scope in the lenses.

She seems to be very confident on her skills as noted in the way she talks to Shigure during their fight. She also shows that her pride can make her lose her temper which is shown when attacked with her own weapon. She also is very attached to her weapon, as she was very upset when Kensei destroyed it.


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Mizunuma is tall with glasses and smooth hair, not unlike Tsutomu Tanaka ' s style. Like Kenichi before his fight with Odin , Mizunuma was commonly seen in his school uniform during school, and at his dojo in Karate robes.

Also like Kenichi, Mizunuma is a shy person who was frequently bullied (second to Kenichi) and stands up for his beliefs of righteousness by gaining strength and joining Shinpaku. In this, Mizunuma looks up to Kenichi as a role model. Unlike Kenichi, Mizunuma's sense of justice against enemies is not defensive, but offensive, as seen at one point when he attacked a middle school bully so badly that he caused serious injuries (and even hit Matsui in the face at one point).
His other role model is Alan Subishi, his master. When Alan was incapacitated by Yomi ' s Tirawit Kōkin , Mizunuma was overcome with feelings of revenge and was first to step into the ring during the DofD tournament to advance Shinpaku so that he could fight Yomi.


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Jihan is a young handsome dark-skinned man with long wavy black hair tied in the back. He typically wears the clothes of his country of Tidat that rap over his body like a type of cloth and has a decorative sash wrapped around his upper body and wears royal jewellery to show off his royalty. When fighting Kenichi, he was seen bare footed.

Coming from royalty, he acts in an aristocratic manner and particularly despises revolutionists. Claiming 99.9% of the world's population are made up of worthless commoners, Jihan ranks himself, and surprisingly Miu Fūrinji (the Invincible Superman' s granddaughter), to be the 0.1% who will achieve royalty and reign over the commoners. He has a lot of followers who are concerned about his safety but doesn't seem to care about anything other than using them to pull attacks or cause distractions in his fight against Kenichi . He sees Kenichi as a revolutionist who is fighting against his own destiny as a commoner. It is interesting to note that his loyalty to his master and the Satsujinken cause has precedence over his royalty, as Jihan plans to kill Miu as a Katsujinken practitioner instead of preserving her as one of the few who will achieve royalty.
His loss at the hands of Kenichi seems to have mellowed him out somewhat, as he's seen to be more caring and less arrogant, as he finally acknowledged Kenichi's skills as a fighter. Though he still has a habit of calling Kenichi a commoner at times, he apologized for his rude behaviour saying he shouldn't talk like that even though he said Kenichi is a commoner, prompting Kenichi to notice he had "grown up" a little, but was still the same at the core. He's even developed a sense of humour, going as far as to laugh about how he survived the avalanche and owning three companies of the restaurant he helped work at.
Jihan is also immensely prideful, as he refuses the help of outsiders or commoners. It is because of his pride that nearly cost him his life at the hand of his master Jenazad and how he refused help from Kenichi when the latter tried to save his life from the avalanche. His reason is that no matter what, he is a King and does not need any help from anyone. (he was right he climbed out of the Avalanche). His defeat and having to work for the very man who showed him mercy for the first time in his life helped him lose his prideful and arrogant self into a more caring and respectful man. He's also a man who knows when to repay debts he knows he owes others, such as when he was saved from starvation, he worked at the restaurant that saved him for six months to help them in any way he could and helped there shop become a huge success with several in a chain of work. He cares very deeply about his little sister saying that he burdened her with many hardships. He cares about his people also, as he stopped them from fighting and stopping Colonel Gaja from shooting himself by slapping the gun out of his hands, with the words "I know your loyalty well you strayed from your path only because I wasn't in the Country. I Forgive You." Even though Jenazad tried to kill him, even Jihan mourned his death and stated he respected him as his master and as a father figure and shed a lone tear over his death.
In an Omake, Jihan has also shown himself to be (comically) unable to understand Japanese forms of beauty, among them "wabi", "sabi", and "moe", the last term of which he has Sham investigate. With much difficulty, she comes back to him dressed as a maid with several anime figurines and otaku merchandise, the latter two of which pique Jihan's interest. The prince finally asks her as to what the ultimate form of "moe" is, and is met with a miniature of Matsuena's face, startling him to confusion. He decides Sham has failed her mission and has her punished .


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Raki wore a red [1] kimono that is knee length with slit up the side it is decorated with a light floral pattern. She pair's an obi that is light colored with polka dots, sock and sandals with the kimono. Raki's physical appearance is that of around Shigure's age group her black [1] hair is tied up with only the fringe and bangs loose.

Raki is a very calm and mellow woman. As she expresses little surprise over things, even when Shigure was able to hold her and her fellow weapon's users at bay. She has a crush on Rin, and expressed a subtle form of jealousy when he spared Shigure's life a few times, and quickly came to his aid when Apachai attacked him.


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Reo has blue hair in a style similar to Kisara Nanjō 's hair.


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Rin has long hair in the back and some scruffy bangs in the front. Notably, his face is covered with scars from past battles and wears a large samurai like armor and various weapons.

Rin is a very proud of his skills and is willing to try to get Shigure Kōsaka to join The Hachiō Danzaiba. Despite not being blood related, Rin has been shown to see Shigure as his fellow disciple and a "disciple sister" of sorts. Because of this, Rin showed a certain amount of care for Shigure, as he was visibly bothered with her interfering in the raid on the government convoys, and even voiced his disapproval of Mihai Ştirbey and other Hachiō Danzaiba members wanting to kill her, saying that she can still be useful to them alive.
Raki Hoshinano, a fellow Hachiō Danzaiba member, even went as far as to question whether or not he was OK with them battling, taking her hostage, and even killing her, knowing the relationship that they have. He even went as far as trying to convince her to join them during her attempt to escape. Despite this relationship however, He is true to his beliefs as a Satsujinken, as he will gladly put his feelings for her aside to achieve his goal and is more than willing to kill her if she continues to get in his way. This was clearly shown as he showed no actual care at all with the treats that were made by Mikumo Kushinada. He stood by her, Isshinsai Ogata, and the rest of the Hachiō Danzaiba even after the One Shadow Nine Fists members turned on them for their lack of honor and pride. He can also be taunting, as he teased Shigure as a child when they first met about him being able to see up her skirt, which made Shigure embarrassed. He also seems to know Tōchūmaru well enough to immediately recognize him, and to have him locked up alongside Shigure in a box after recapturing her.
While a member of the Hachiō Danzaiba, Rin has shown to have genuine love towards his younger half sister, Kiyoi Kidō, who he worries over and helps provide financially for her and wishes for her to be safe by even telling her to leave Japan for her safety. As stated by Kiyoi, Rin is a man who will follow his word no matter what.


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Like his younger nephew Kensei, Hakubi is a balding old man with a mustache, who wears traditional Chinese clothes. Unlike his younger nephew, Hakubi also wears glasses and has a black beard.

Hakubi is a kind old man who stays on good relations with his younger nephew Kensei and takes care of his grand niece Renka. This bond with Renka may be extravagant, however, as he is tricked into spilling Ryōzanpaku's location with sake by his grand niece, and upon learning of her disappearance, drinks himself to sorrow and takes out the Chinese Mafia residing in Yokohama in a drunken rage.
His relations with his disciples are unknown, but he seems to trust them enough to let them go to search for Renka and bring her back. In this, he also adds that he considers Ryōzanpaku a strange place and warns his disciples to be careful.


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Saiga's exact appearance is tall and slim and wears a striped suit with a tassle around the middle. He slim in frame with a incredibly well-muscled Well-defined build his hair style is somewhat reminiscent of Akisame Kōetsuji's. His hair is blond like his father and daughter. He wears arm and leg gauntlets for battle. When disguised as John, he is a portly short man with short hair and a mustache. He wore a camouflage outfit and glasses. When disguised as Okamoto, he had dark hair in the back with long bangs on the side that frame his face. He is usually seen in nice suits.

Contrary to the persona everyone has been led to previously believe, Saiga appears to in fact be a compassionate man, quite possibly still a follower of the Katsujinken, and possibly not even a member of Yami at all. All the aspects of "Saiga's" personality to be a ruthless killer and a man who murdered his own wife, were in fact a ruse by Senzui who the actual One-Shadow of Yami was while disguised as Saiga and was Shizuha's true killer as well. As seen in his few appearances so far, he cares deeply about his daughter Miu, and loved his wife Shizuha dearly. He desires the safety of his daughter, as well as revenge upon Senzui for the murder of Shizuha. He also seems to have a knack and genuine passion for training disciples, as seen during his time training Kenichi and his friends on the submarine while disguised as Okamoto. He believes that the resolve to protect someone is one of (if not the) most important things for a martial artist and encouraged Kenichi in his resolve to protect Miu. Later, he even entrusted the boy with his old armguards and told Kenichi that he trusts him to put his life on the line to protect Miu, showing that he is a man with great insight into the character and thoughts of others, much like his good friend Akisame.
The real Saiga (as opposed to Senzui) also appears to be quite merciful towards his enemies, and despite his overwhelming power and skill has only ever been seen to use no more and no less than the necessary strength to knock-out an opponent without killing them, unlike the overboard and show-off antics of his father the Elder (who of course never kills anyone, but tends to go quite overboard when he gets the chance). He has a highly analytic approach to battle much like Akisame, as seen when he fixes a man's arm then immediately gave the man a serum able to heal said arm. All of this would seem to indicate that Saiga is quite possibly still a follower of the Katsujinken, and that people like his father the Elder, and his old friend Akisame, only believed him to have become a Satsujinken due to Senzui's masterful frame-job while disguised as Saiga.
Despite only pretending to be a Satsujinken however, Saiga has walked down that path before, out of the grief of losing his wife. This was shown during the Eternal Sunset arc; after finding out that Senzui killed his wife, Saiga openly stated that his old friend needed to stop, and also stated that he wanted revenge. He showed great amounts of anger over his friend's betrayal, and actively attacked him in powerful and dangerous ways, akin to the way most Satsujinken martial artists fight. However, after watching Senzui's death from the missile fire, Saiga showed great remorse in his actions and showed regret in not being able to save his friend.


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Saori is a fairly tall woman of slender frame yet is very curvaceous with a sizeable bust. She is fair-skinned with straight brown hair, and brown eyes. She is deceptively youthful-looking despite being middle-aged and is considered very attractive. Her hair shoulder-length and usually secured in a small ponytail with short short bang hanging between her eyes with the rest being chin-length yet curve outwards to hanging beside her face and also a few stranding hanging over her ears to frame her of her face.
She wears pink lipstick and usually seen wearing a plain yellow shirt with a purple long sleeve underneath with a short skirt just above her knees with stockings around her legs. She is also usually seen wearing a plain apron for chores. As a young teenager, she was considered very beautiful with a noticeable developed figure and she had waist-length brown hair.

Unlike Mototsugu Shirahama who is always acts in a goofy and over-protective manner, Saori is normally a calm and collected member of the Shirahama household who only gets worked up when her husband does something that annoys or embarrasses her. Whenever he gets too excited and tries to go to the Ryozanpaku Dojo with one of his shotguns, usually Sebastian, she is forced to subdue him in a comical manner.
However she often praises him whenever he does something fatherly, which is often because he usually breaks into tears after delivering an inspiring speech to Kenichi. But when it comes to her children, she supports them in anything they wish to do, such as when Kenichi wanted to move in to Ryozanpaku. She was a little worried, but she knew he had a reason for what he was doing and supported his decision. Saori is also kind and gentle when it comes to parenting and making sure they are safe, even telling Honoka to give Kenichi's masters a gift for good luck. When he tried to tell their children about how she gave him love letters when they were younger, she was angry, scratching her nails on the wall and giving a scary look, suggesting she can be quite threatening when she wishes. She even threatened to show their children that he was the one who actually gave her tons of love letters when they were younger. Despite this, she loves her husband very much, as she always calls him "anata".


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Kajima has tanned skin, dark scraggy hair and is covered in scars all around his body. He also wears an eyepatch over his left eye which he lost to his hellish training. He has a muscular body and wears bandages wrapped around his forearms, along with a vest with a fur collar worn unzipped over a sleeveless muscle shirt and jeans that seem tight on his body.

Among his fellow YOMI members, Kajima always has a calm air about him and has a sense of humor, a great difference when compared to the others. He initially seemed extremely intelligent, easily beating Tirawit Kokin , Chikage Kushinada , and Chou Enshin at Chess, Igo, and Shogi respectively at the same time, though it was later revealed he only beat them because he could read their heart, and in essence their minds.
He also has a great interest in the Shinpaku Alliance , specifically Kenichi Shirahama as he was able to beat three YOMI members at the time. This interest is revealed to come from being, like Kenichi, having no talent in martial arts and he had to go through countless battle and training in order to gain the talent that he didn't have and knowing that there is a fellow disciple with similar circumstances and there is a chance to exchange blows with him. He also think it's a shame that thing turn as they did. However, underneath his calm demeanor appears to be that of a death aura, as other members of the Shinpaku Alliance noted how they felt a great shaking Ki from when he approached them.
Kajima's true colors were shown greatly during the Eternal Sunset. Kajiima was shown to be modest as he was embarrassed when he saw Shigure without her clothes and used his jacket to cover her. He also follows the word of his masters to the letter as when one of his masters ordered him to help Shigure escape and did so despite her being the enemy, and even went as far as to willingly help Kenichi Shirahama, Miu Furinji and Niijima get into the base, just so he could follow the the other's order to kill any intruders. He also is, in some ways, more honorable than he appears, as he believes that martial artist don't kill in vain.
Hauro Niijima performed a complete evaluation on Kajima Satomi's personality. In his own words he stated that Kajima: "is the type with honest eyes, who's very frank. Once he believes in something, he sees it to the end." Niijima also stated that If he wasn't on the side of Satsujinken, he could have been a hero. He pointed out that Kajima's eyepatch and wounds were proof of his efforts and a hint on how he handles dangerous situations, and went as far as saying that even his clothing is a sign that he is acknowledged as a boss-like figure, despite the fact that he prefers to be in solitude. Finally, Niijima says that the way he behaves shows that he definitely has a dual nature within him. The accuracy of this evaluation was so great, that when he heard it, Kajima openly showed his anger, and tried to crush Niijima's skull with his bare hands.
Kajima, while fighting Kenichi, figured out that Kenichi started martial arts because of Miu and when Kenichi revealed his other reasons Kajima made it clear that he believe that will lead to Kenichi losing his battle and revealed his past along with his love for martial arts and he would throw away any woman and his own life for the sake of martial arts. Kajima also accused Kenichi with using martial arts as a tool and then stated that their fist will reveal who is it that is right.


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Ishida is a tall man with slick black hair, a scary face and a nice suit.

At first he was just a normal and good politician, but that was just a ruse. In truth, Ishida is a cruel and ruthless man who will kill anyone who opposes Yami, even children. He seems to be rather psychotic, giving off a rather insane and psychotic look when fighting the Shinpaku Alliance and a menacing scream at times.


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He is a very tall and muscular man with long black hair in a ponytail in the back. He wears dark sunglasses and a dark leather suit. He's seen with a sword on his hips.

He's a very serious man, as he takes his job very seriously. He's also perceptive, noting that Ryōzanpaku caged Diego and Alexander in Big Lock using their pride as martial artists. His disciples note that he's a very strict person. He's also very respectable, greeting the masters of Yami with great respect. He is willing to take the Elder of Ryōzanpaku to the inland to fight Ōganosuke Yogi


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Senzui is a fairly tall and slim man, his physique is similar to Saiga, being very well muscled. Senzui has medium long black hair that falls to his back and stands erect on the sides of his head. He dons what appears to be an ancient-like long sleeve shirt with a sash tied across his waist, under his shirt is a chain-mail vest which supports his ninja appearance (similar to Shigure and Kenichi). Senzui also wears gauntlet bands around his arms and legs with soft ninja shoes.

Senzui is a very cunning and manipulative man. He was the mastermind behind the Eternal Sunset operation all along, meanwhile impersonating Saiga Fūrinji, willing to make everyone believe that all his actions were Saiga's, even putting Miu (Saiga's daughter) against him, forcing her to believe that Saiga was Shizuha Fūrinji 's (Saiga's wife) killer.
His most important quality is his indifference and merciless attitude towards innocent people, having claimed he does not have any remorse or mercy in killing anyone in order to fulfill Eternal Sunset plan, claiming that the plan is top priority over everything else (even the human life). This even extends to his own disciple Kajima, as after the latter used a forbidden move solely to advance martial arts and cost him his left eye, Senzui expressed little remorse and refused to let Saiga help him.
However, Senzui wasn't always a ruthless man. As during the war with the Kuremisago and the Liberationists Senzui still maintained some of the Katsujinken beliefs along side his former friend Saiga. However, with the number of lives being lost on the battlefield left him to believe that the war would never end. To that end, he was influenced by the elders of his clan and ruthlessly murdered his own people to cause discourage on both sides while disguised as Saiga to ensure he wouldn't lose face to the public and label Saiga as the culprit to reafirm the clans beliefs. To that end, his lack of morality on life is further extended during the Eternal Sunset as he was more than willing to bomb numerous countries while exhibiting a hypocritical nature stating it was all for "peace". Also, according to Saiga Senzui didn’t want the Eternal Sunset to happen and it was due to Mikumo Kushinada influence that he started to plan for it.
Due to his Kuremisago heritage, he believes that emotions on the battlefield or in martial arts are useless. This extends in battle as well, as when he murdered his father (albeit indirectly) he expressed little remorse. However, he was shocked by the deed somewhat.
He even stated that all of his actions like the killing of Saiga's wife and attempt of his daughter was merely a compensation for Saiga's mistakes. Despite his beliefs about emotion in martial arts being useless, he still showed some level of remorse (albeit very little in amount). Even after killing Shizuha, the woman that he loved, he could't killed Miu as a baby and left her alone in the snow, shedding a single tear by the atrocious act that he just committed.


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Sakaki is a tall and largely muscled tan-skinned man. He has short eggplant-colored hair with a longer strand hanging over his face. Since his late-teen years, he has had a long scar that runs horizontally across the bridge of his nose. A recurring theme with Sakaki's appearances is that he tends to come off as threatening and scary even when not intending to. He is almost always seen shirtless while wearing a brown leather jacket and blue jeans with bandages wrapped around his forearms.
In his youth, Sakaki's hair was slightly shorter and didn't have his scar across his nose. He wore a similar outfit that he does now only the jacket he wore was zipped up. When he is training Kenichi, he almost always seen wearing a traditional karate gi outfit.
He has a habit of destroying the clothing on his upperbody with his muscles when angered.

Sakaki is arrogant, violent, and a drunkard, but is quite possibly the most normal of the masters at Ryozanpaku. Sakaki is a very intimidating person even when he tries not to be, something that he doesn't seem to realize and is put off by whenever someone points it out. This persona belies a kind and somewhat caring nature which he tries (and fails miserably) to hide, though he is somewhat hot-blooded and short-tempered. To this end, he could be seen as a bad liar, pointed out by Kenichi at one point when Sakaki tells him to lie about the money he received from the underground fighting tournament. Amusingly, it is shown that he suffers from stage fright and becomes extremely flustered at being the center of attention, such as when he was posing as Miu's father during a parent-teacher interview and when he was forced to train little children. He's not very good when it comes to children, as due to his intimidating nature, he caused them to cry. However, when he tried again, he at least managed to warm up to them eventually and remember all their names and they all liked him a lot.
However, out of all the masters, he is the nicest when training Kenichi. He's usually the only one who worries over Kenichi's condition in a fight or when he's left alone. Though is usually hard and indifferent towards him, it is because he cares for him and needs to be hard on him in order to push him. Sakaki also tends to be impressed whenever Kenichi impresses him and makes a remark by rubbing his finger under his nose whenever he's moved by his actions, often wondering when did he become such a man. After Kenichi nearly died trying to protect Freya and her grandfather from a master class fighter, Sakaki while praising his actions in secret along with the other masters, was seen crying tears of joy at Kenichi's progress.
At first he was strongly against taking a disciple but eventually warms up to Kenichi and shows much more concern for him than the others, being one of the few to be willing to help out Kenichi when he is in danger despite Ryozanpaku's rule that prohibits a master from involving themselves in their disciples battles. He also gambles and drinks frequently and often places bets on Kenichi. It is shown during Boris's invasion of Ryozanpaku that when Kenichi is not around, his mood becomes worse and that he hates being bothered.
He tends to get embarrassed by trivial things such as when Kenichi calls him sensei (even though it was Sakaki who told him to address him as such). His laughing is considered to be life-threatening by Kenichi, who imitated Sakaki during the second battle with Ryuto. Apachai noticed that their laughs are almost the same, to which an embarrassed Sakaki tried to deny.
He, like the other masters, can be quite childish at times and tends to get into trivial arguments with others (especially Apachai). Like the other masters, Sakaki is devoted to the Katsujinken, despite having been raised by a Satsujinken master. Most of this is due to his personal doubt of the Satsujinken, which persisted throughout his teenage life and reached a new high when he was provoked by Suzuki's death at Hongo's hand.
A running gag is that Sakaki is the closest to being 'evil' out of Kenichi's masters. During a battle, Miu once sensed his ki and immediately assumed him to be an enemy from Yami, possibly due to his angry and somewhat violent nature. Also, for several times during their first meetings, Kenichi feared Sakaki the most, thinking he was the most dangerous and violent (not yet knowing his true personality). Another instance was that during Kushinada's appearance, Sakaki began fighting against her. At the start of this, he exclaimed in joy that he would kidnap her and give her as a present to the Elder (knowing of the small history they shared). Kenichi himself mentally noted that this was exactly the kind of line a 'bad guy' would say. Another example of this was when he followed Rahman and Jenazad in the helicopter and claimed he is not interested in learning the names of "villains" while he himself was sporting a very demonic face.


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Sōgetsu Ma is a tall and very muscular middle-aged man with short black hair and a thick beard. He usually wears a open vest to reveal his chest, dark pants, and has his gourd in his hands all the time and has armbands around his wrists. Compared to his younger brother, Sōgetsu has aged very gracefully, as he looks largely the same apart growing a trimmed beard since his younger years.
Of all the characters who appeared in the original Kenichi series, Sōgetsu seems to have been the design that has been altered the most. In the originally series, Sōgetsu was much smaller, just slightly taller than his brother Kensei. He also had long hair and a moustache, rather than his beard and spiky hair. He was also much more goofy and leaner built in appearance, wearing a baseball cap and wearing much more modern clothes, while carrying a jug of alcohol.

Sōgetsu is a cruel man who does not care for the well-being of other individuals and will attack anyone without hesitation, even his own brother Kensei Ma and his niece, Renka Ma. He is an apathetic man, not caring for the condition of others around him and never has a surprised look on his face over any predicament. Natsu describes him as a bully and believes that there are times where he enjoys tormenting and torturing him during his training. However, as noted by Natsu, he tends to ask too much for him and trains him to do things beyond his capacity, making him forceful in what he wants. He is a compulsive drinker, as he's almost always seen drinking out of his gourd for sake.
Sōgetsu even seemed to be rather amused by Kenichi's efforts at trying to save his life in the fire. Knowing he'll die along with him, Sōgetsu chose to let him live while showing gratitude on his face for his efforts. While the current Sōgetsu is portrayed as somewhat sympathetic, and does somewhat redeem himself by saving Kenichi, the original Sōgetsu was given no positive traits whatsoever, and was a wrathful man consumed with revenge. Also, Kensei cries in response to his "death", unlike the current series, in which he stays silent.
Despite hardened nature as a martial artist, Sōgetsu's compassion has not diminished completely. He cared enough for his disciple to subtle aid in him battle by correcting his battle tactics and openly voices his faith that Natsu would win his initiation match with Yomi. His most noticeable compassion was seen towards his brother Kensei. While willing to kill Kensei personally in battle, Sōgetsu has admitted to Natsu (while drunk) that he truly hopes his little brother would live a happy life in their homeland. During the Eternal Sunset, Sōgetsu has shown more concern for his brother than ever displayed. When Kensei was about to be killed by Edeltraft Sōgetsu saved him by punching Edeltraft, though insisted that it was to defend his own pride as a martial artist.


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Tirawit is Thai with dark colored skin and tribal tattoos over his face. He also has blonde hair and has eyes with black sclera and red irises. Tirawit is often shown wearing a formal dress suit. He is also quite handsome, garnering the affection of many high school girls, some who stare at him as he walks past. He shares many traits with Natsu Tanimoto : the hairstyle, hair color, body build, and even the cold, rational personality.

Tirawit is a calm individual and likes to plan ahead. He is also incredibly intelligent as he can make a 100% correct analysis of a person quickly. This is likely his default personality even when training, as even his master has only seen him while he was calm, and was surprised that he was fighting with anger because Agaard presumably tied with Apachai.
Tirawit also is a master of mind games, as he easily manipulated Kenichi into recklessly fighting him. His calm and calculating nature puts him as one of the strongest members of YOMI and a ruthless fighter, putting Kenichi on the defense for nearly the entire first fight.
He has also shown to be an expert teacher, as he managed to teach an entire karate club Muay Boran attacks with enough ferocity to catch Kenichi off guard, though he only taught them offensive moves. This likely stems from his experience with Agaard.
While a very serious person, Tirawit is capable of showing humor when finding something amusing, such as when Kenichi proclaimed he would end the fight with him using only Muay Thai, Tirawit was unable to control himself and burst into laughter at the thought, stating he couldn't even read his movements.


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Tsukasa is a fairly tall young woman with long brown hair down to her back that she has tied in a ponytail with dreadlocks that frame her face and has a fairly endowed figure. She wears a type of battle armor with red shoulder pads and a dark green top and dark gloves. She wears a very short type of skirt that is tied around her waist and reveals most of her legs and has dark long battle shoes for footwear.

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Tsukasa is cold, stern, and brutal in battle, going as far as to assault Kenichi without even giving him a moment to defend himself and attacking with everything she has. She seems to enjoy a good fight, as she smiled most of the time in her fight with Miu and believed that she, Kenichi, and Ryozanpaku would fall on that day. She's also arrogant, claiming Kenichi can't defeat her partner Kurando if he can't defeat her. However, she's not entirely arrogant, as she knew that Miu would be a strong opponent due to her being the Elder ' s granddaughter but still displayed a cocky side.


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20 is a young woman with short unkempt brown hair and a fairly endowed figure. She is typically seen in a yellow A-shirt and suspenders and has a type of goggles on with night vision seekers on it and has a P90-like automatic airgun with her. She also seems to have some type of markings on her body that are green that seem to be camo make-up. Without her goggles reveals her having a green eyes with yellow star mark pupils.

Like her master, 20 is very underhanded and resorts to any methods in order to win, even hurting innocent children like Honoka. It is also revealed that she has romantic feelings for Loki, despite his occasional mistreatment of her. However, Loki does care for her and was willing to risk his life to save her from Yami.


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She has a small breast size and is fairly tall, she wears a dark green leotard with arm,  shoulder and leg guards.


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She has a curvaceous body with big breasts like Miu Furinji . She wears a red leotard with arm, shoulder, and leg gaurds.

She appears to be a little cocky and believe that her and her partner's ancestry is better.


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Yumeko has slightly ruffed turquoise hair (orange hair in the manga).


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Yōko has dark grayish-blue hair that is tied in a long ponytail with a white bandanna.


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Izumi is a young teenage girl of average height with long black hair she ties in two braids in the back with some fringe in the front and brown eyes.
She is typically seen in her school uniform at school or her swimsuit at school and is always seen with her glasses on.

Izumi is a shy girl who harbors a crush on Kenichi Shirahama , although he is oblivious to it. Her attempts to ask Kenichi on a date are always interrupted. She is relatively a friendly and kind-hearted young girl that is also polite and rather shy, especially when it comes to Kenichi. She heard of the rumors about him, but after getting to know him, she knew they were wrong and accepts him for who he is. Her feelings eventually develop to love, though Kenichi doesn't share the same feelings. Despite this, he cares for her very much as a friend and is always kind to her and worries over her well-being, such as being enraged when Daimonji used her as a hostage and was determined to save her.
In Ryōzanpaku, she is jealous of Miu because Izumi is in love with Kenichi, so she joined in on the plan Niijima created. She's also a little jealous of Miu's figure and how well-endowed it is compared to others and herself, wondering how she has such a figure for someone so young. Despite this, she and Miu are good friends and she cares about her just as much as Miu does to her. Though she seems to be aware of Kenichi's feelings and relationship with Miu, she respects him enough to choose who he wants to be with, but that doesn't stop her from trying to win his affection.


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Chou has always been seen wearing a hooded cowl which completely obscures his features, up until his battle with Natsu Tanimoto .

As mentioned by Rachel, Chou is very distant as he was never shown interacting with any of his fellow YOMI members prior to his death match with Tanimoto and is usually seen looking out the window of one of YOMI's bases. He is also very stubborn, refusing his master's advice to stand down and forfeit his YOMI seat and opening challenging Tanimoto.


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Hachirobe has only been shown as an elderly man, with two scars on his balding head and a thick mustache and beard. He has an eyepatch over his right eye and wears traditional robes, and has been shown to carry a fan.

Hachirobe is an easygoing old man, able to recognize talent when he sees it, shown when he expresses satisfaction at taking Shigure in as the Kosaka style's successor. Prior to this, as he had no legitimate successor, he envisioned Akisame as his successor for the Kosaka style, though understood that Akisame had dedicated himself to Jujitsu. He would ambush Akisame in his home as a means to train him, a training that even Akisame said was extreme.
Hachirobe also possesses a curiosity for antiques, such as the Hitogiri Bouchou he received that he asked Akisame to analyze. At this time, he demonstrates a sharp wit even for his old age, able to deduce that it came from Shigure's Father .


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Kii is very tall and thin man with long arms and legs and a rather lanky figure. He wears a dark suit similar to Lugh's and has dark eyes and pale skin, along with very silky hair pointing upwards. He has rather dark lips. He carries his sword on his back in a dark black scabbard with a dark strap across his chest. After losing Setsunamaru, Kii began carrying wooden practice swords with him as temporary replacements and still wore his strap to add on to the illusion of still having his weapon. After gaining his gardening hoe from Shigure Kosaka, Kii stopped wearing his strap altogether and began carrying his hoe with him everywhere.

Kii is introduced as a master who is rather careless in his skills, as he cuts down one of his own allies reflexively and unconsciously while he meets with them to hunt for Shigure Kōsaka. To compensate for this, he gives out instructions for dealing with him, amongst them to never point a sword at him, never insult him and to stay three meters away from him. He is quite courteous to both his allies and enemies, however, and he tends to become very excited in the middle of a fight.
After Shigure takes Setsunamaru from him, Kii becomes extremely underconfident in himself, reduced to cowering in his shack while birds built a nest in his hair. This extends to his honor as well, as he openly begged (and cried) Shigure to give him back the sword without any regard for his dignity.
Kii holds Setsunamaru dear to himself, likely because any other blade he uses quickly breaks from his power. His love for swords extends to a disinterest in women, whose faces he is never able to remember (he only remembers Mikumo Kushinada after recognizing her techniques). In fact, he has to be reminded of Shigure's name sometimes, as he refers to her as "Mic-Chan". He will use other swords if deemed necessary but will feel no connection with the weapon, though when he does use the Akabanetou, he proclaims his realization of momentary love for the new sword and cries for Setsunamaru to forgive him for his infidelity.
Since having gained the Hoe from Shigure, Kii willingly left Yami and took a turn in life, as he became much kinder and more thoughtful, having no longer hold any ill will to Shigure or Ryozanpaku anymore and now lives a humble life of peace. He's also grown fond of farming, having used his new weapon for farming purposes such as cultivating plants and caring for livestock. He's also grown to care for Shigure now, as he willingly allied with Ryozanpaku to help save her and was more than willing to fight his former Yami allies to save her. However, he is willing to kill them, suggesting he may retain some of his Satsujinken beliefs (though he said it in a comedic manner, suggesting it was just him losing his temper).
Another thing to note is, after receiving the hoe from Shigure he came upon an injured bird next to him on the ground, put it back on the tree and started to care for them until one day he saw one of the injured birds and when he went to the next, he noticed that the nest is empty, and a snake just finished devouring them. He realized that in some ways he was the snake that hurt and ruined many lives and he felt overwhelmed with guilt claiming that he is beyond forgiveness but he still wants to give his life to save Katsujinkens and the pride of Satsujiken's which he did since he saved Akisame's life and was able to help ONSF realize that even if they are Satsujinken they should have some pride and honor as martial artists.
He has a habit of saying "Nyo" when he gets riled up.


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Kai was a fairly tall and very muscular man with spiky hair at the top which was pushed foward over his head. He was seen wearing a traditional karate outfit in a flashback.

Midou Kai is a devout follower of the Saving Fist , having been said by the Elder that if he wasn't dead, he would be fighting Yami alongside Ryōzanpaku .
He is also shown to be hotheaded, to a certain extent. This is shown when Tanaka ' s attraction with his daughter seems to infuriate him, as when a young Tanaka was shown infatuated, Midou could evidently be seen fuming and exerting an aura of anger. While the typical reaction of the father of a girl to a boy who becomes infatuated with her, this contrasts heavily with the Elder's reactions, as he takes Kenichi's attraction to Miu rather calmly and manipulates it for Kenichi's good (though the elder has started to try to keep the two apart due to there growing feelings for each other).


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Mayu was considered a very attractive woman by Tsutomu Tanaka . From the back of her head, she had dark hair in two tied up Chinese buns and was seen wearing a karate Dougi.

Not much was known of her personality, but she appears to be a kind and polite person but can be a little bossy. Tanaka claims he's "whipped" by her, indicating she was the dominant one in the relationship. Regardless, it's proven she loves her husband very much.
Mayu clearly showed a strong devotion and love towards her father, which seemed to be her downfall, as after seeing Kensei murder him, she flew into rage and attempted to avenge him. This reveals that a degree of immaturity at allowing her emotions to get the better of her and attempt challenge someone she had no hope of defeating in battle.


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Shigure's father was a tall middle-aged man with long black wavy hair he had tied in a ponytail in the back in a similar manner like his daughter and had facial hair on his chin. He had similar eyebrows that resembles Shigure. He typically wore a loose kimono with a sash tied around the waist and loose-fitting pants and sandals with socks. His most notable appearance is the prosthetic right arm he has.

as Shigure's father was a serious and emotional man, is very similar to his daughter. He refused to let Akisame die with him, so he cut off his prosthetic arm to save him, showing he was honorable to an extent. He was somewhat strict with Shigure, and seemed to feel that it was unnecessary to give her a name, but he loved his daughter very much, such as protecting her from Kii's wrath and not wanting her to see his fight with Akisame. He was also comfortable with Akisame looking after his daughter.
While he was a member of Yami, he didn't seem to be the kind of man who would kill needlessly for power. It's unknown how loyal he was but it's presumed he may have killed people before, suggesting he may have done some bad things in the past. Towards the end, he was more laid back and more focused on making swords as a capable blacksmith.


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Shizuha was a tall fair-skinned woman with waist-length dark-colored hair that has a Hime style haircut with her bangs were cut in a short fringe that reached cheek length and framed the sides of her face with some strands hanging between her grey eyes and thick strands in front of her ears that hung over her shoulders with elegant bands holding them (while part of her hair flowed freely, some of her hair was braided by the nape of her neck and the rest was held in place by a type of spiraling band), a slender yet noticeably curvaceous and athletic in built with rather large breasts.
She apparently wore two red hairclips, one that concealed a small knife and the other concealed a lockpick. Normally, Shizuha would wear a long floral kimono. Underneath, she wore a similar tight body outfit similar to the one that Miu Fūrinji wears in most situations. In battle, she would also wear gauntlets and similar armor on her shoulders, outer thighs, and legs up to her knees.
Like Miu, Shizuha's hair turns wild when her Ki explodes.

Shizuha was a kind woman who loved Miu Fūrinji very much that she was not afraid to die protecting her. Like Miu, Shizuha was a very brave and selfless woman who was caring for others that she was willing to do anything for the ones she loved. She was a very modest and noble woman, as, aside from her battle outfit, chose to dress in modest and noble features. She was very embarrassed when she kicked a boulder and showed off her legs too much and tried to cover herself. She also had a bit of a temper as an embarrassed Shizuha gave Senzui a playful yet forceful punch. This trait would be passed down to her daughter.
She fell in love with Saiga Fūrinji where he wished for her hand in marriage, and she wanted to be together with him.


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Jenazad is usually seen in Tidat clothes and a unique looking demon mask and has tan colored skin. During his fight with Hongō, the mask is completely destroyed. Underneath his mask, he is a dark-skinned man with a narrow jawline and shoulder-length hair with bangs framing the sides of his face and hanging between his eyes.
Despite being of age similar to Hayato Fūrinji, his appearance is that of a young and handsome man in his early to mid 20s. However, only his face retains this youthful look while the rest of his body is more appropriately aged for a man of his years. These traits, as revealed in chapter 459, are due to the unique nature of an imperfect form of longevity technique he used on himself.

Sadistic, amoral, insane, and sociopathic, Jenazad is a man who has become consumed by his fame in his country, truly believing himself to be a god among men, and has no qualms about sacrificing people to further his own goals, even delighting in others' suffering. Like other members of Yami he sees his martial arts style as the strongest and calls it "Supreme Silat".
He is very strict with high expectations for his disciples and followers. He is well-known for cold-heartedly disposing of those who fail him or are merely not to his liking, as seen when he causes an avalanche to bury Jihan for not having killed Kenichi quickly enough. He is completely unconcerned about losing his disciple, boasting that he could easily train someone else to Jihan's level to replace him. When it comes to his own country and people, Jenazad has no care for them and has no problem in abandoning them when they are injured or killed.
He is a very battle-loving person, as he kept wanting to step in and fight when he saw Shio Sakaki battle Cyril. Jenazad seemingly enjoys watching a good match, such as watching Hongō's and Sakaki's fight and Kenichi and Miu's fight. He has a unique "kakakakaka" laugh and has a strong liking for fruits, it being the best thing for him, especially kaki and loquat. When he visits Japan, he always buys boxes of kaki fruit since they are hard to come by in his country, and he even eats pineapples whole without worrying about the sharp spines on it. He enjoys fruit as a way to quench his so-called thirst. According to Akira Hongō , Jenazad follows the way of the Demon, something not even Ryōzanpaku or even Yami follows, further showing his heartlessness in battle. Similar to Isshinsai Ogata, Jenazad also used his disciples and his followers as test subjects for martial arts, constantly making them kill each other, then kills the winner as another test for mastering martial arts. It should be noted that although Ogata experimented with people because of his love of martial arts, Jenazad experimented only for the sake of developing his "Supreme Silat" style. Also of note is that he has no qualms about going against both Ryōzanpaku and Yami at the same time, claiming that the One Shadow, Nine Fists was merely a "temporary truce between masters". He's also arrogant, which cost him his life in his fight with Hongō, as when he let his guard down having believed Hongō to be dead, Hongō rose up again and almost got killed by him because he underestimated him and was later killed when Hongō tricked him by using the same move again and was killed by Hongō due to his arrogance. He was willing to kill his own Master after becoming a master himself.

Jenazad seems to hold a grudge against Hayato Fūrinji , as shown when he tried to brainwash his granddaughter. However, she is still able to hold back in her fight with Kenichi. In a flashback of the elder, it's implied the two may have been friends once where it is implied Jenazad is the one that taught the Elder Tidat medicine. This hatred extends to Hayato's very bloodline, as he blames it for keeping Miu from being fully under his control. However, this may also have been due to the former comradeship of the disciples and his possible defeat at the hands of the Elder, upon which he wishes to take revenge on his granddaughter. Jenazad has also developed a dislike for Kenichi due to seeing Hayato in Kenichi and Kenichi being a reason that he cannot completely control Miu .


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Sombat is tall, muscular, and sports a thin white beard. His eyes have never been shown, but are implied to be very sharply angular from Apachai's imitations.

Sombat is implied to be a very high-spirited fighter when it comes to Muay Thai and Muay Boran, often saying that Muay Thai is used for killing, among various Satsujinken sayings. Nonetheless, he also proves to be a very good teacher of not just his disciples, but many other students at his gym as well, given that he was able to train many students to the level of Underground Muay Thai semifinalist Hantakku Chattaradda. A large downside to his devotion towards his gym comes after his death, when the gym falls on hard times and many students leave for other gyms, demonstrating just how much his gym depended on him.


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Tanaka is a tall young man with a typically carefree and sincere appearance. He has medium length dark hair that is neatly combed and glasses on his face.
He's always seen in a nice suit, jacket and tie from his job, even in battle and has yet to be seen without it. Despite his reserved appearance, Tanaka in fact sports a muscular, well-defined build from his arduous training.

Tanaka has a seemingly timid and carefree personality, even taking a phone call from his wife during a match. He also seems to be borderline naive as his initial ignorance of the robbery suggests, though this seems to be a facade to hide his true ruthlessness. He is also a polite individual, having a similar trait like Kenichi, treating others around him with respect, regardless the situation.
There's a running gag that whenever he's about to have a serious fight or talking in a serious situation, his phone rings and it's typically his wife and he answers in a timid manner and seems to try to have others (even the entire audience of the DofD Tournament) to be quiet as he talks seemingly not wanting her to find out about his activities. However, it's later revealed his wife was never calling him, just an auto-dialing service, which was revealed was due to her being long dead and an attempt to keep Tanaka from losing control of his killing urges against Ogata.
Nonetheless, he is a devout follower of the Katsujinken , although his emotions tend to override him to the point where he veers on the edge of becoming a Satsujinken. He considers the fact that he would have killed Kenichi because he wasn't able to hold back his Wooden Neck Cross , and that Kenichi held back his punch upon seeing the elder stop Tanaka's attack, as an indication of his defeat. A prime example of him edging onto the path of the Satsujinken was shown he declared his determination to kill Ogata himself. The elder stated this dedication is similar to Ogata himself.
In the end, due to his hatred of Ogata, Tanaka appologized to Kenichi stating they can't walk on the same path and has chosen to kill Ogata. However, despite this, Ogata noted he couldn't sense any killing intent from him, indicating Tanaka has some restraint against the Yami master. However, as Ogata goaded him to killing him as a Satsujinken and into darkness, Tanaka began to lose control of himself and attempt to kill the Yami master to avenge his master. However, after Kenichi listened to his cellphone, it would be revealed his sole desire of revenge against Ogata is solely due to him having not just murdered his master, but also his wife and unborn child, leaving Tanaka seemingly a broken man, making others believe his wife is calling him when his phone rings and seemingly either in denial over her death, or is mentally unstable, and fakes the phone calls from his wife to cope with her and his child's loss. However, in his final moments of life, Tanaka realized how wrong his choices were and told Kenichi to never become like him so he too would not fall down the same path lest he too would regret it.
However, he has a fierce fighting style, defeating an enemy in DofD who was at least three times his size and muscle mass with only one finger. He has also shown that he can make his presence overwhelming, to the point of making Rachel and Ethan Stanley both flinch to distract them, and then disappearing before they could catch up to him.


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Ami is a caramel-skinned girl with curly dark brown hair that is tied in two high fuzzy pigtails and dark brown eyes.


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She has been seen in a woman business suit having her hair in a bun, with a glasses and high heels.

Congress Woman wishes to stop Yami for killing people and starting war.


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Hartini is a small little girl with short dark hair above her shoulders, dark skin and wears Tidat clothes and leg guards and a turf on her head. She also occasionally wears sandals but otherwise prefers to go barefoot and, like Miu in her Tidat outfit, Hartini doesn't wear undergarments.

Hartini is relatively calm and cheerful and loyal to her father and Junazard. She seems to be amazed easily by certain individuals, such as how Kenichi was fighting Miu and brought her back to her senses. She cares for their well-being, such as how she was horrified when Kenichi was struck in the back by Pengulu and said this was too cruel for Kenichi to deal with and when she believed Miu to have been pierced by Pengulu. She's also brave, fighting her own people and master opponents.
She's quite perceptive for her age, as in Hongo's fight with Junazard she correctly guessed that Hongo was throwing himself to the ground to dodge Jenazad's moves, something Sakaki noted she has good eyes.


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Jennifer is a young woman with long blond hair down to her waist and a green headband up top. She usually wears white gloves and a light blue dress having a long side on her left leg and the other completely exposes with a blue band on the thigh usually holding her gun and high heels.
During the Eternal Sunset, she still wears her usual headband, but with a new military outfit. She is now seen wearing a revealing short top with a short bulletproof vest worn over it, with armored shoulder plates, black gloves, combat boots, stockings that go just pass her knees, and ripped thigh-high jean shorts that are unbuttoned at the top. She has a string of Hand Grenades strapped to her chest, and a small travel sac filled with various ammunition and a military-grade rifle, both of which see carries on her back, a bandoleer belt filled with ammo strapped around her waist, and holsters for her guns.

For her age, Jennifer is a strict and serious young woman. She can also be intimidating, such as demanding Kenichi and his friends to stay out of the way during her investigations and pointing her gun at them. However, she does have a childish side, such as demanding (while sobbing) from Sakaki over why Shigure was with him and rolling around while doing so.
Jennifer is in love with Shio Sakaki, claiming that she is his fiancé, when in fact he claimed that his "love" for her was because he was drunk and didn't know any better. She also becomes jealous when she saw Shigure with Sakaki, threatening him with a gun for "infidelity". Nonetheless, she respects him enough to let him choose what he wishes to do, as she chose to let him leave after the tournament ended, seemingly moving on from her love for him. Like her father, she is affiliated with the Katsujinken and uses the code word "angel" to voice the action of her plans. Unlike her father, Jennifer isn't above using her guns to kill somebody, as seen when she angrily shoots the fake Fortuna.
Since her father's death, Jennifer had a strong desire to avenge him by killing his killer, Fortuna. She was willing to even put aside her Katsujinken ways just for vengeance, something Sakaki tried to reason with her, but her hatred blinded her. However, after seeing Fortuna defeated by the Shinpaku Alliance, all of which were still injured from there fights before (except Hermit), rather than take her revenge, Jennifer laughed out uncontrollably over him being beaten by children (an irony due to her being the same as them) and finally lets go of her hatred and desire for revenge and instead chooses to let him be arrested, thanking Sakaki for teaching her a lesson.


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She mostly resembles her mother, but also inherited characteristics from her father such as her hair color and the color of her eyes. She also has a pronounced blush about her cheeks. From her mother she received the hair clips that once belonged to her grandmother Shizuha.


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Ono is a young girl of average height with short dark brown hair, she wore glasses, and is usually seen in a casual teaching outfit or a jogging suit while on the camping trip or heavy clothes on the ski trip.

Ono has a rather carefree, kind and softhearted personality for a teacher, commented on many times by principal Yasunaga. This even comes to the point where she relies on Boris Ivanov to uphold order as her class monitor when the Yomi member "transfers" to the school.
Out of all of the YOMI transfer students, she held a deep respect for Boris, particularly due to Boris doing anything she asked without hesitation and always did good deeds at the school that left a great impression on her, stating she would miss him a lot for his actions. When Boris had to go home, it left Ono crying tears of sadness (for him leaving) but also of joy (for his last good act as a student at the school). She was also oblivious of his fight with Kenichi, believing they were just having fun as friends.