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* InexplicablyAwesome: Garland is just a well-built tall man, with no recorded genetic abnormalities or mutations like Hanayama or Baki. Yet, he manages to perform some of the most ''baffling'' feats of strength in the entire series, including suplexing a Titanaboa-sized anaconda as a ''warmup.''
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: He's got as many as ''three'' names: he was originally named Alexander Gallen, had his name changed to Andreanov Garland in the second anime season, and in the English dub his name is pronounced Zargan.
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* CombatPragmatist: Initially gets the better of Baki by JumpingTheGun and attacking before the match formally begins. Tokugawa blames Baki for being so distracted and inattentive that he allowed it to happen. He also freely uses tossing debris in the eyes of opponents and biting.
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* CombatPragmatist: Initially gets the better of Baki by JumpingTheGun DeliberatelyJumpingTheGun and attacking before the match formally begins. Tokugawa blames Baki for being so distracted and inattentive that he allowed it to happen. He also freely uses tossing [[AHandfulForAnEye tosses debris in the eyes of opponents opponents]] and biting.bites Baki's neck while in close.
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* CombatPragmatist: Initially gets the better of Baki by JumpingTheGun and attacking before the match formally begins. Tokugawa blames Baki for being so distracted and inattentive that he allowed it to happen. He also freely uses tossing debris in the eyes of opponents and biting.
* HiddenDepths: Of a sort. Tokugawa notes that as wild and artless as Zulu's fighting appears at first glance, it's not actually without technique or strategy, and his tactics often are the same as a trained mixed martial artist. Some DubText in the anime also reveals shortly before Baki defeats him that beneath all the ferocity and savagery he is afraid of Baki.
* HiddenDepths: Of a sort. Tokugawa notes that as wild and artless as Zulu's fighting appears at first glance, it's not actually without technique or strategy, and his tactics often are the same as a trained mixed martial artist. Some DubText in the anime also reveals shortly before Baki defeats him that beneath all the ferocity and savagery he is afraid of Baki.
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* WildMan: Zulu is presented as a nearly feral sort of man transplanted straight from the jungle to a fighting competition.
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* OneFreeHit: Known for always giving an opponent in a one-on-one fight the first shot.
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* WillfullyWeak: According to him his distanciation from proper sumo is why he performed poorly during the tournament and an WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer approach could have gotten him better results.
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* WillfullyWeak: According to him his distanciation distancing from proper sumo is why he performed poorly during the tournament and an WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer approach could have gotten him better results.
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* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: He's very patriotic, to the point where Soviet politicians are awestruck by the lengths of training he's willing to go through to serve Russia. When Jack has him on the ropes, "Forward!" and "For the motherland!" becomes his MadnessMantra. This is, for once, not TruthInTelevision; Karelin had a very sober view of the Soviet Union and has been outspoken about it's horrors ever since it collapsed in 1991.
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* SignatureMove: The suplex, in particular the so-called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpOfnUkkXtc&ab_channel=takedownindex Karelin Lift]], due to the fact that Deadlift Gutwrench Suplexes had been thought completely impossible in the higher weightclasses until Garland's basis made it his trademark in the Superheavyweight division. He wrote a ''Ph.D'' on it.
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* SignatureMove: The suplex, in particular the so-called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpOfnUkkXtc&ab_channel=takedownindex Karelin Lift]], due to the fact that Deadlift Gutwrench Suplexes had been thought completely impossible in the higher weightclasses until Garland's basis made it his trademark in the Superheavyweight division. He wrote a ''Ph.D'' D thesis'' on it.
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* RazorSharpHand: He can severe nerves with them. He even manages to cripple Baki's entire right side in their fight. He is noted to be even better at this than Orochi, who can cut off a ''man's ear'' if he wants to.
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* RazorSharpHand: He can severe nerves with them. He even manages to cripple Baki's entire right side in their fight. He is good enough to cut a basketball to ribbons. He is noted to be even better at this than Orochi, who can cut off a ''man's ear'' if he wants to.
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* CombatPragmatist: During his scrap with Orochi, he jabbed his finger under the man's leg while Orochi was kicking him and make him bleed.
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* CombatPragmatist: During his scrap with Orochi, he jabbed his finger under the man's leg knee while Orochi was kicking him and make him bleed.severed his ACL.
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The brother of Kousho Shinogi and a renowned genius in the medical field who is often responsible for patching up most of the fighters post-battle.
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* WrestlerOfBeasts: He released a tiger and killed it to prove he could.
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* WrestlerOfBeasts: He released a tiger and killed it just to prove that he could.
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A Brazilian JiuJitsu practitioner.
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A Brazilian JiuJitsu UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu practitioner.
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* CombatPragmatist: During his scrap with Orochi, he jabbed his finger under the man's leg while Orochi was kicking him and make him bleed.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: A handful of the tournament roster are inspired by real-life combat athletes,
* CharacterDeath: Following the death of the real Antonio Inoki, Itagaki wrote a memorial bonus chapter of sorts. Kanji Igari, in his elderly age, [[RefugeInAudacity gets arrested for assaulting an MMA fighter in the middle of the Octagon]] before his passing.
A Japanese delinquent gang leader renowned for his utter inability to give up whenever he fights. He won twice in the Maximum tournament before being forcibly retired due to injury. He crops back up in the second half of Baki Dou, being sent by Hanayama to serve as a warm-up of sorts for Baki's fight against Yujiro.
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* BreakOutCharacter: The author seemingly like him enough to keep showing up in the series. He proves popular enough to get his own [[https://baki.fandom.com/wiki/Baki_Gaiden:_Hana_no_Chiharu spinoff]].
The offspring of the late Yasha Zaru who makes his way into the stadium.
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An American kickboxer.
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The Heavyweight Boxing champion of America. He shows back up in Baki Hanma, being on of the prisoners of the Arizona superprison.
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An American wrestler as well as a Golden Gloves boxer.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He is based on legendary Panamanian boxer Roberto Duran. In some translations his name is one letter away from his inspirations, being Roberto '''Guran'''.
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* InvulnerableKnuckles: Averted, when he decides to honor Shiba in a bare knuckle fight he destroys his hands to the point his manager forfeited the match, even though Shiba was so beat up he had to be replaced after his victory.
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* TrainingFromHell: Which, among other things, involved digging a giant hole in frozen Siberian soil with just a pickaxe and pushing the earth he digs away in a fully loaded minecart, up a hill on a track of frozen, rusty rails. If it starts skidding backwards, then Garland has to suplex the cart and it's contents over his head to not be crushed and start over again. [[RatedMForManly This is only somewhat of an exaggeration of his real-life basis' training regiments, which including rowing in icy rivers until his hands bled and running barechested in the Siberian winter.]]
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* MusicalThemeNaming: While Zulu is also the name of an ethnic group found in the Southern regions of the African continent, it's also the name of a genre of music associated with said group as well.
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* StoneWall: His fighting style in a nutshell. He has neither the superhuman strength or skill that other fighters have, but makes up for it due to his sheer determination and spirit as well as his drive to win a fight no matter how badly he gets injured.
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* IAmNotLeftHanded: The reason he's accused of faking matches? His throws are so dangerous that most wrestlers just give up fighting back and let themselves get thrown so they can focus on actually landing safely from them, and Garland always tells them to do it before the match if he likes the guy.
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A rival of Baki's that appears in the anime and battles Shibukawa at the Maximum Tournament.
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* TheAce: He's an expert in the medical community, able to perform surgeries in half the time of most doctors.
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[[folder:In General]]
* AscendedExtra: Certain competitors, such as Kureha Shinogi, Chiharu Shiba, and to a lesser degree, Kanji Igari and Iron Michael have become recurring secondary characters.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: And at the same time, certain fighters have never made any real appearances after the Maximum Tournament arc, such as Zulu, Mike Queen, Sergio Silva, and Richard Filth.
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[[folder:Kousho Shinogi]]
* BadassOnPaper: His hands are sharp enough to sever nerves and he once nearly defeated Baki after crippling his right side. His later performances in battle... don't really live up with someone who can do this.
* BullyingADragon: Feels shafted about not being selected to fight the five death row convict and decides to go fight Doyle. He dominates the fight until Doyle shows him what dirty fighting is all about and throws an explosive at him.
* KickTheDog: He blinded a man, just for bumping into him.
* RazorSharpHand: He can severe nerves with them. He even manages to cripple Baki's entire right side in their fight.
* SanitySlippage: After the beating his brother gave him, he briefly regressed to a child. He recovered after the match.
* TheWorfEffect: Poor guy just can't seem to catch a break when it comes to fights, despite having what should be one of the most lethal techniques in the series.
* WrestlerOfBeasts: He once participated in the running of the Bulls and defeated some.
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[[folder:Kureha Shinogi]]
* AgentPeacock: Depicted as a muscular man complete with an effeminate demeanor and long luscious hair, especially when taunting. Also extremely deadly, as his vast knowledge of the human body allows him to easily drop a lot of fighters to their knees, despite not having much professional fighting experience. Also is capable of finishing what should be a 4-hour surgery in only 30 minutes due to his special techniques, and is capable of bringing back a person from the dead using the most limited resources and his own hands.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He was eager to fight Yuujiro. When he got his chance, the mad man had decimated his allies and made it clear he would've killed him if Kosho hadn't intervened.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He attempts to convince his brother to give up the tournament to save himself, and gave up after he broke down.
* FinalBoss: Of Season 1 in the anime.
* MartialMedic: His specialty when it involves the human body, he also managed to save Doppo from dying after he was punched in the heart so hard by Yujiro he flatlined.
* MrFanservice: He probably has one of the most attractive looking faces alongside having a muscular physique and having his battle uniform simply being a pair of shorts and shoes, and in the Scarface Gaiden featuring Hanayama, he also even gets shown on vacation wearing nothing but a pair of sunglasses, a towel around his neck, and a speedo, exposing his muscular physique to the reader in all it's glory.
* SmugSnake: He was confident enough in his abilities to think he could defeat [[WorldsStrongestMan Yujiro]].
* SuperDoc: To an absurd degree, as he's what to doctors as to what Baki's fighters are to martial artists.
* UnskilledButStrong: He's never had any combat training, but he makes due with a body that is at the absolute apex of bodybuilding. Somewhat downplayed because he uses his medical knowledge to strike at some of Baki's weak points.
* WrestlerOfBeasts: He released a tiger and killed it to prove he could.
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[[folder:Kanji Igari]]
* AintTooProudToBeg: Performs a supplication pose when he realize Sikorsky is still above his level even armed. It doesn't work.
* AssholeVictim: Sikorsky beats him so hard he seemingly dies, but that was after Igari kidnapped him and tried torturing him to death in a gym. Also this is the guy who hired an actress to stage as Baki's mom just to get an edge and spoiled one of the biggest martial event when he fought Ali Sr.
* LanternJawOfJustice: Subverted. He has a massive jawline like his real-life basis, but he's more than willing to use underhanded tactics.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Based off of real-life pro wrestler Wrestling/AntonioInoki.
* RuleOfThree: In the anime, he bodyslams Rob threes times before his match is over.
* UnexplainedRecovery: He manages to survive the attack from Sikorsky with only some scars on his face and neck and when Jack knocks out Sikorsky and Igari hand him thrown into the coliseum ring. He appears in the front seat watching him get humiliated by both Jack and Gaia. He also appears in the ''Ali Jr. Arc'' including the final chapter when he relays the news to Jack that Baki is going to challenge Yujiro.
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[[folder:Chiharu Shiba]]
* AscendedFanboy: He was a major fanboy of Hanayama. After impressing him in the Maximum Tournament, he joins his gang and becomes TheLancer to him.
* BadassBiker: He's the leader of a biker gang known as the Tokkōtai racing gang, and while he may not be strongest or most skilled fighter, he has an unbreakable will and never gives up in a fight no matter how hard it gets.
* BadassNormal: He has neither any actual strength or skill when compared to the inhumanly powerful fighters that are a dime-a-dozen in Baki, yet is capable of standing toe-to-toe with, and even striking fear into their hearts due to his sheer determination and bravery.
* BullyingADragon: After being substituted, he goes to confront Garland about it. He ends up getting smashed into the ceiling for his troubles.
* CurbStompCushion: Despite injuring Iron Michael fists, he is still savagely beaten.
* {{Determinator}}: His entire schtick. He'll never give up in a fight no matter how strong his opponent is, how injured he gets, or how much pain he's feeling. His unbreakable will and determination in spite of the disadvantages he faces actually manages to move the audience to tears during the Maximum Tournament Arc.
* {{Fanboy}}: Of Kaoru Hanayama. He decides to be a pure street fighter and not learn a technique to imitate Hanayama.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: As expected of a delinquent like him, he fights with just his fists.
* HorrifyingTheHorror: His sheer tenacity and bravery manages to genuinely unsettle and strike fear into the heart of Iron Michael.
* JapaneseSpirit: He's practically the embodiment of Seishin (精神), the third form of it, due to his astounding bravery and determination in the face of great difficulties, and the main reason why he fights Iron Michael is to represent Tokyo as the boxer represents Brooklyn.
* TheLancer: Towards Hanayama. He has swiftly become one of his most trustworthy and reliable allies and can usually be seen by his side, due to having become his closest subordinate after the Maximum Tournament.
* PyrrhicVictory: His VictoryByEndurance causes him so much injury that he cannot continue the tournament.
* {{Reconstruction}}: Of the {{Determinator}}. He may suffer grievous injuries in his fights due to his lack of skill and recklessness, but he manages to win in the end due to getting up, time and time again, no matter how many times his opponent sends him to the ground or how badly they injure him.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** It doesn't matter how strong you are. If you're going to fight against somebody who absolutely refuses to give up and soldiers through any pain or injury you can inflict on them, you're going to have a VERY hard time actually getting them to go down for good, and such, Chiharu Shiba is ''always'' a CurbStompCushion for anybody he goes up against and loses, due to absolutely refusing to throw in the towel and continuing to fight on using solely his sheer bravery and determination.
** At the same time, although he wins against Iron Michael, he only does so by technicality due to almost jeopardizing his career as a boxer by breaking all of the bones in his hand with a headbutt, and he winds up being too injured to continue in the tournament and is replaced by Aleksandr Garland due to the damage that Iron Michael managed to inflict on him.
* UseYourHead: After getting a serious concussion from Iron Michael he resorts to headbutt and breaks the boxer's fists by parrying with his skull.
* VictoryByEndurance: Deconstructed. He wins after Iron Michael manager interferes with the match to prevent a CareerEndingInjury, but Shiba is too injured to continue the tournament.
* ViolationOfCommonSense: How he manages to defeat Iron Michael. He straight up headbutts his fist so hard that it manages to break all the fingers and knuckles in it, causing his manager to step in to throw in the towel for the sake of Mike's career.
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[[folder:Mount Toba]]
* CareerEndingInjury: A bad knee put him out of the game for good.
* CurbStompCushion: He's the only opponent Retsu faced that was actually land a blow on him besides Baki.
* DentedIron: Downplayed. He's still capable of flattening a big car by dropping down onto it from a great height and walking away unscathed, but his bad knee is quite the issue for him.
* TheGiant: He's one of the biggest fighters in the series.
* ImpossiblyGracefulGiant: Deconstructed. He's capable of flipping into the air and then crushing his opponent underneath him with a body splash, but he can only use this move sparingly due to having a bad knee.
* KnowWhenToFoldThem: He surrendered his match to Retsu, after being forced to land on his bad knee.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's a wrestler that looks exactly like Wrestling/GiantBaba.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Sure he might be able to do high jumps and flip through the air but he suffers from a bad knee due to his sheer size putting a lot of stress on it.
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[[folder:Artemis Reagan]]
A huge wrestler that appears in season 2 of the Anime.
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* CurbStompBattle: He is completely overwhelmed by Baki and later Sergei.
* GenderBlenderName: He's named after a Greek goddess for some reason.
* TheGiant: He's '''ENORMOUS''', much like his real-life basis.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His character is based on Wrestling/AndreTheGiant.
* ThrowingTheFight: He was ordered to do this several times by his manager because people wanted to "see Goliath lose". He wasn't too happy about it.
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[[folder:Yasha-Zaru Ape Jr.]]
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** Defeats Kiyotsumi without much difficulty.
** He is defeated by Katsumi pretty quickly as well.
* SoleSurvivor: He is the last known member of his species.
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[[folder:Yuu Amanai]]
A former Secret Service bodyguard for Bill Clinton who Yujiro takes an interest in, and Shanghai's into the tournament by [[{{Jobber}} Yujiro folding a random competitor's spine like a harpsichord]].
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* CreepilyLongArms: Long limbs in general, to the point where he borders on NoodlePeople. The extra length allows him to set up some incredibly awkward submission holds that would be impossible for a less lanky man.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Yuujiro chops him in the shoulder so hard it shatters the clavicle entirely and goes straight into his heart, before tearing off his scalp, spilling his brains (as Doppo had already horribly injured his skull).
* {{Determinator}}: Keeps on fighting even when Doppo makes his skull collapse.
* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: So much so that he even begs the audience to help him persuade Doppo to surrender.
* FacialHorror: Has his jaw dislocated by Doppo right before he has his ''skull cleanly divided into several pieces'' by a Roppagaeshi five-finger strike to the coronal suture of his skull. This causes BloodFromEveryOrifice and immense agony, but is [[{{Determinator}} somehow not enough to make Amanai throw in the towel]].
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: He gets brutalized by Yujiro for attempting to show Doppo mercy.
* ThePowerOfLove: States this as the source of his strength, specifically, if you have a keen understanding of what your "partner" (in this case, the opponent) wants, you can also understand what they want the ''least''.
* VirtueIsWeakness: Gets killed and thrown across the coliseum by Yujiro for trying to [[DontMakeMeDestroyYou beg a]] {{Determinator}} like Doppo into surrendering.
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[[folder:Aleksander Garland]]
A Siberian man and the greatest Greco-Roman wrestler in the world who is substituted in in place of Shiba Chiharu after the thug can't clear the medical check.
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* BoxingBattler: Garland busts out a few crisp boxing moves on Jack to seize the initiative early in the fight. [[TruthInTelevision While no records of it exist, his real-life basis was known to have boxed while he was in school and in the military]].
* BrutalHonesty: When Chiharu comes to confront him about being replaced in the tournament, Garland flat out tells him he's in no shape to continue the tournament. When that doesn't tell Chiharu off, Garland does things the thug's way and throws Chiharu through the ceiling so he's hanging through the hole his head just dug like a Looney Tunes character who just got uppercutted.
* CharacterExaggeration: He is basically a perfect stand-in for [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Karelin the greatest Greco-Roman Wrestler of all time]] who was at the height of his fearsome reputation at the time of the manga's publishing in the late nineties, with all his real-life TrainingFromHell and anecdotes from interviews[[note]]As an example, [[BadassBoast Karelin once said in an interview that his toughest opponent had been his huge Soviet-era fridge]], which he bear hugged and carried up eight flights of stairs. In ''Baki'', one spectator claims the rumor goes he carried it up ''ten'' flights of stairs. With one hand.[[/note]] dialed up to true CharlesAtlasSuperpower levels.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: He manages to knock out Hanayama, who is INFAMOUS for being able to tank hits like there's no tomorrow, in one hit, something that even Yuujiro was unable to do.
* {{Fingore}}: Jack bites off two of his fingers.
* HuskyRusskie: Being a huge Russian wrestler, he definitely counts.
* LightningBruiser: Has as much brute force, if not more, than Jack and is still capable of doing consecutive summersaults like he was a gymnast a third of his size.
* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: He's very patriotic, to the point where Soviet politicians are awestruck by the lengths of training he's willing to go through to serve Russia. When Jack has him on the ropes, "Forward!" and "For the motherland!" becomes his MadnessMantra. This is, for once, not TruthInTelevision; Karelin had a very sober view of the Soviet Union and has been outspoken about it's horrors ever since it collapsed in 1991.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Based on the greatest Greco-Roman wrestler of all time who dominated tournaments across the globe since the mid 80's and won gold in the Greco-Roman Wrestling Superheavyweight Olympics in 1988, 1992 and 1996, Aleksandr "The Experiment" Karelin, who retired with an unfathomable '''887-2''' record at national-or-world level after getting silver in the 2000 Olympics. [[https://i.imgur.com/1qhbodQ.png One panel in particular]] of his days wrestling in the Olympics is basically a one-to-one recreation of [[https://i.imgur.com/UJtLOIQ.png this iconic photo of him]].
* NotQuiteDead: Despite showing on panel how badly Sikorsky beat him and the guards mourning their national hero he turns out to have survived.
* PetTheDog: The reason he's accused of faking matches? His throws are so dangerous that most wrestlers just give up fighting back and let themselves get thrown so they can focus on actually landing safely from them, and Garland always tells them to do it before the match if he likes the guy.
--> ''"If we meet on the mat, kindly take a fall."''
* SignatureMove: The suplex, in particular the so-called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpOfnUkkXtc&ab_channel=takedownindex Karelin Lift]], due to the fact that Deadlift Gutwrench Suplexes had been thought completely impossible in the higher weightclasses until Garland's basis made it his trademark in the Superheavyweight division. He wrote a ''Ph.D'' on it.
* SmokingIsCool: Sure as hell is when you can light a matchstick on your flexed bicep.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: He's got as many as ''three'' names: he was originally named Alexander Gallen, had his name changed to Andreanov Garland in the second anime season, and in the English dub his name is pronounced Zargan.
* StrongAndSkilled: Is both a 160 kilo juggernaut of a human being and one of the most skilled Greco-Roman wrestlers to ever live. [[GeniusBruiser His real-life counterpart wrote a doctorate on defending suplexes, holds a post-doc in Sports Pedagogy and is a politician in his home city nowadays]].
* SuperStrength: Let's put this way: he one-shotted ''Hanayama'', something '''''Yujiro''''' can't do. He trains day in and day out while using a ''100kg'' pickaxe so huge it could kill a normal man by falling on them and suplexes fully loaded minecarts for practice.
* TrainingFromHell: Which, among other things, involved digging a giant hole in frozen Siberian soil with just a pickaxe and pushing the earth he digs away in a fully loaded minecart, up a hill on a track of frozen, rusty rails. If it starts skidding backwards, then Garland has to suplex the cart and it's contents over his head to not be crushed and start over again. [[RatedMForManly This is only somewhat of an exaggeration of his real-life basis' training regiments, which including rowing in icy rivers until his hands bled and running barechested in the Siberian winter.]]
* WorfHadTheFlu: Despite being one of the strongest fighters of the Maximum Tournament, he's beaten and nearly killed off-screen by Sikorsky. However, he did sustain incredibly serious injuries from fighting Jack and was likely still recovering from them when he was attacked by Sikorsky[[note]]Baki was still wearing a cast from his injuries in the Maximum Tournament at the time, and Jack drove ''shards of Garland's ribs into his heart with a spearhand'' just days before. It's already a legit miracle Garland could even dress himself that morning, much less fight off Sikorsky unprepared.[[/note]]. One guard also mentions that Garland would have won in a wrestling match against Sikorsky anytime.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: A very strong and skilled Greco-Roman wrestler, he tanks a punch to the face from [[TheBigGuy Hanayama]] and knocks him out with a single mighty suplex.
* WrestlerOfBeasts: In order to prove he deserved his spot in the tournament, he wrestles a giant anaconda onto the ground before stomping its head flat.
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[[folder:Zulu]]
An Afro-Brazilian Vale Tudo fighter.
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* AxCrazy: He has a highly violent fighting style that focuses on holding nothing back whatsoever.
* BlankWhiteEyes: He has these, for some reason.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatDown: He often delivers to his opponents, due to being a savage fighter.
* NonIndicativeName: Anime-only. "Zulu" may be a fitting name for a Black character, but not so much for a White character who isn't Music/JohnnyClegg.
* RaceLift: He's white for some reason in the anime, despite being an Afro-Brazilian man in the manga.
* ScaryBlackMan: He's Afro-Brazilian and probably the most violent fighter in the Maximum Tournament.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: He pulls off a suplex on Baki.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: His appearance is completely changed in the anime, as he's now white and has visible irises and pupils instead of BlankWhiteEyes. This makes him look so different that you'd be forgiven for thinking if he were a different character if it weren't for his name.
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[[folder:Rob Robinson]]
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* AdaptationExpansion: He lasts a bit longer against Kanji Igari than in the manga, still loses though.
* ButtMonkey: He's never won a fight on-screen.
* CurbStompBattle: Most of his fights end this way, and not is his favor.
** Yuujiro effortlessly breaks his leg before he can retaliate.
** Doyle cuts him up with zero effort.
* UnderestimatingBadassery:
** He mistakes Igari as a weakling due to being in his sixties. Igari teaches him his mistake the hard way.
** He mistakes Doyle for an amateur when encountering him. Doyle shows him just how wrong he is after cutting his neck.
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[[folder:Iron Michael]]
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* BoxingBattler: He's a heavy weight boxer and hits hard enough to beat Shiba onto the defensive or knock out Li Mouko in one punch.
* BrooklynRage: "If Chiharu Shiba represents Tokyo, then this fighting kid represents Brooklyn!"
* TheBusCameBack: Baki meets him again in Son of Ogre, where he is an inmate in Arizona's prison.
* TheCameo: He briefly appears as a mental image for Baki's training.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Being a boxer, and one more focused on slugging than in fighting, he has a really limited range compared to other fighters. He is still resourceful enough to line his opponents up for his punches.
* {{Irony}}: He's based off of Mike Tyson, yet at no point does he use his real-life basis' iconic uppercut.
* InvulnerableKnuckles: Averted, when he decides to honor Shiba in a bare knuckle fight he destroys his hands to the point his manager forfeited the match, even though Shiba was so beat up he had to be replaced after his victory.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: It's Mike Tyson, they changed his name to Ian [=McGregor=] in early English translations.
* NormalFishInATinyPond: He admits that, despite his strength, he isn't even in the top ten in prison.
* NoodleIncident: Whatever got him in the Arizona prison. In-series its never brought up; In his real life basis' case, it was rape and domestic abuse.
* RedBoxingGloves: He wore blue gloves until Shiba convinced him to take them off.
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[[folder:Mike Queen]]
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* CurbStompBattle: Kengo defeats him pretty quickly.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's very obviously based off of the Wrestling/UltimateWarrior.
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[[folder:Li Mouko]]
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* CurbStompBattle: The first to go down to Yujiro after a brutal axe kick to the face.
* CurbStompCushion: He managed to hurt Michael's legs by using the superior reach of his kicks to strike at one of the few parts of the body boxers aren't used to take a hit on, before being taken out by a direct punch when Michael steps off the rafters to line it up when Mouko tried to land a decisive attack.
* ExtremityExtremist: Since he's a Taekwando instructor for the Korean military, his expertise obviously lies in kicking.
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[[folder:Bunnoshin Inagi]]
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* TheAce: He is to Kempo what Katsumi is to karate.
* CurbStompCushion: Despite being completely overwhelmed, Hanayama admits Inagi would've broken his arm if his spine didn't give out when it did.
* {{Determinator}}: Deconstructed. He refuses to surrender to Hanayama, saying that if he were to go down to a simple brawler his martial art is worthless in it's purpose of self-defense against unjust violence. This makes him overcommit on his last-ditch flying armbar, breaking his spine and most of his ribs trying to break Hanayama's arm.
* SuperStrength: He can smash a katana with his bare hands and nearly dislocated Hanayama's arm.
* TheWorfEffect: Despite nearly breaking Hanayama's arm, he is quickly defeated by Yuujiro after a failed Judo throw.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kohei Hatanaka]]
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* AttackTheInjury: He threatens to do this to Shiba after breaking his arm. However, Shiba doesn't care and gives him a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.
* CurbStompBattle: He was taken down by Yuujiro in a single move.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Shiba manages to defeat him simply by cornering him by repeatedly headbutting him until they reach the wall of the arena and then repeatedly stomping and kicking him against said wall, which swiftly defeats him in no time, as not even a trained martial artist would stand a chance against a complete amateur like Shiba if they managed to down them and continue to attack them while they lay prone on the ground.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Roger Harlon]]
An american athlete.
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* CurbStompBattle:
** He was completely overwhelmed by Shibukawa's Aiki.
** He's also effortlessly choked out by Yuujiro.
* TheWorfEffect: The first victim of Shibukawa's Aiki in the series.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sergio Silva]]
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* CurbStompBattle: Jack overwhelms him completely in their match.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Richard Filth]]
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* TheAlcoholic: He washes down an entire tray of cocktails, made by hand on the spot by an elderly-looking bartender who seems to be his cornerman, before his fight with Doppo without getting even remotely intoxicated. Knowing his occupation, it might as well have been lunch.
* BaldHeadOfToughness: His hair's shaved into a buzzcut and he's renowned for his obscene toughness.
* BadassInANiceSuit: His incredibly expensive-looking tuxedo is Richard's equivalent of a Gi, since it's what he's always wearing when he's kicking ass.
* {{Bouncer}}: A 129-kilo brick wall who works in a huge Chicago nightclub throwing out rowdy guests, with some insinuation that he's involved with [[TheMafia the mob]]. He even wears a suit and bites into a cigar for his fight.
* CigarChomper: At all times. He even walks in with one in his mouth against Doppo.
* CurbStompCushion: Ends up getting defeated by Doppo, though not without giving him some bruises he'd definitely be feeling in the morning; Doppo collapses backstage immediately after the fight into his wife's arms.
--> '''Doppo:''' ''"Man... Yank fights are great."''
* MadeOfIron: Not unlike Hanayama. He demonstrates his toughness by having a bunch of men hitting him with bats and explicitly saying he'll beat the shit out of them if they hold back, the bats end up breaking without Filth reacting or even getting bruised by it. He eats Doppo's first punch like it was breakfast, cigar still in his mouth, before punching him across the room. It's telling that he manages to survive Yujiro giving him a GroinAttack that sends him flying and recovers fairly quickly.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: He enjoys expensive tuxedos, martinis, and cigars.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's based off of Wrestling/DickTheBruiser, as his appearance, combined with his cigar, is the spitting image of an [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVfBhoEX0AIcdxM?format=jpg&name=small advertisement he featured in for cigars]], as well as his gimmick of being obscenely tough and durable also reflects how his inspiration played an impossibly tough wrestler capable of taking any attack as if it weren't even there. His occupation as a bouncer also isn't something incidental either, as his inspiration was once a bouncer like he is, except at a Casino instead of a nightclub.
* UnskilledButStrong: He's a super strong bouncer who is undefeated in street fights and while he has the mindset of a true warrior, he's not a martial artist. The closest thing he has to a technique is a telephone punch enhanced by his SuperStrength.
* VillainousValor: He always lets his opponent go first. He'll ''always'' eat that first punch no matter how hard it is (unless it's Yujiro's headbutt against his fist), and retaliate in equal measure. His job as a {{bouncer}} is also a lot more pleasant than some of the other fighters, some of which are outright {{Serial Killer}}s.
* TheWorfEffect: Despite being able to make Doppo falter, he breaks his hand when Yujiro headbutts it and is then PunchedAcrossTheRoom via a brutal kick in the nuts.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Minoru Yamamoto]]
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* CurbStompBattle: He is swiftly defeated by Yuu Amanai.
* TheWorfEffect: He shows up to show how tough Amanai is.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sergei Taktarov]]
* ButtMonkey: Effortlessly defeated by Retsu in his match and beaten up by Garland for shaming Russia.
* CurbStompBattle: Retsu completely overwhelms him in their match, by breaking his neck.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dentoranee Jitpika]]
* CurbStompBattle: Despite a decent start, Zulu defeats him pretty quickly.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kinryuzan]]
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* TheBusCameBack: After a long absence, he returns in ''Baki-Dou 2018'', due the series focusing on sumo.
* CareerEndingInjury: The spinal injury Yuujiro dealt him forced him to retire from sumo for good.
* ForWantOfANail: Had he not injured his arm when he did, it is implied he would have defeated Igari.
* TheHandler: He heard rumors about Nomi no Sukune's descendant and searched far and wide for him to be this for him to take Sumo back to it's more rough-and-tumble everything goes days as ''Kakuriki''.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Based in part on [[https://i.postimg.cc/T3k1q1hj/image.png Takanohana Koji]], a Yokozuna from 1994 to 2001 who made Sumo the most popular it had been since the 1930's together with his brother Wakanohana Masaru. His post-retirement look in particular is almost a 1:1 transition of Koji into Itagaki's artstyle.
* RetiredBadass: By the time he returns to the series, he's retired from sumo due to his injuries and lost over 100 kilos. He's still a ''big'' man despite no longer eating to have a competitive weight.
* SmokingIsCool: Started smoking after his retirement and loves himself a good cigar now.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: He is forced to retire from being a venerable and respected Yokozuna due to extremely extensive injuries in the Maximum Tournament, including Yujiro breaking his back against the ringside (after Igari had already put him in ''Gorin Kudaku'' earlier, a hold that puts the cervical vertebrae at direct risk) and a severely broken shoulder.
* WillfullyWeak: According to him his distanciation from proper sumo is why he performed poorly during the tournament and an WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer approach could have gotten him better results.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kengo Misaki]]
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* CombatPragmatist: He will use lethal force if pushed, like his fight against Jack.
* CurbStompCushion: He came pretty close to asphyxiating Jack before being defeated.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Roberto Guerlain]]
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* CurbStompBattle: Defeated by Yasha-Zaru Jr. before his match could even begin.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jagatta Sherman]]
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* SacrificialLamb: His only role in the series is to be taken out by Yujiro so Yuu can take his place in the tournament.
[[/folder]]
* AscendedExtra: Certain competitors, such as Kureha Shinogi, Chiharu Shiba, and to a lesser degree, Kanji Igari and Iron Michael have become recurring secondary characters.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: And at the same time, certain fighters have never made any real appearances after the Maximum Tournament arc, such as Zulu, Mike Queen, Sergio Silva, and Richard Filth.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kousho Shinogi]]
* BadassOnPaper: His hands are sharp enough to sever nerves and he once nearly defeated Baki after crippling his right side. His later performances in battle... don't really live up with someone who can do this.
* BullyingADragon: Feels shafted about not being selected to fight the five death row convict and decides to go fight Doyle. He dominates the fight until Doyle shows him what dirty fighting is all about and throws an explosive at him.
* KickTheDog: He blinded a man, just for bumping into him.
* RazorSharpHand: He can severe nerves with them. He even manages to cripple Baki's entire right side in their fight.
* SanitySlippage: After the beating his brother gave him, he briefly regressed to a child. He recovered after the match.
* TheWorfEffect: Poor guy just can't seem to catch a break when it comes to fights, despite having what should be one of the most lethal techniques in the series.
* WrestlerOfBeasts: He once participated in the running of the Bulls and defeated some.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kureha Shinogi]]
* AgentPeacock: Depicted as a muscular man complete with an effeminate demeanor and long luscious hair, especially when taunting. Also extremely deadly, as his vast knowledge of the human body allows him to easily drop a lot of fighters to their knees, despite not having much professional fighting experience. Also is capable of finishing what should be a 4-hour surgery in only 30 minutes due to his special techniques, and is capable of bringing back a person from the dead using the most limited resources and his own hands.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He was eager to fight Yuujiro. When he got his chance, the mad man had decimated his allies and made it clear he would've killed him if Kosho hadn't intervened.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He attempts to convince his brother to give up the tournament to save himself, and gave up after he broke down.
* FinalBoss: Of Season 1 in the anime.
* MartialMedic: His specialty when it involves the human body, he also managed to save Doppo from dying after he was punched in the heart so hard by Yujiro he flatlined.
* MrFanservice: He probably has one of the most attractive looking faces alongside having a muscular physique and having his battle uniform simply being a pair of shorts and shoes, and in the Scarface Gaiden featuring Hanayama, he also even gets shown on vacation wearing nothing but a pair of sunglasses, a towel around his neck, and a speedo, exposing his muscular physique to the reader in all it's glory.
* SmugSnake: He was confident enough in his abilities to think he could defeat [[WorldsStrongestMan Yujiro]].
* SuperDoc: To an absurd degree, as he's what to doctors as to what Baki's fighters are to martial artists.
* UnskilledButStrong: He's never had any combat training, but he makes due with a body that is at the absolute apex of bodybuilding. Somewhat downplayed because he uses his medical knowledge to strike at some of Baki's weak points.
* WrestlerOfBeasts: He released a tiger and killed it to prove he could.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kanji Igari]]
* AintTooProudToBeg: Performs a supplication pose when he realize Sikorsky is still above his level even armed. It doesn't work.
* AssholeVictim: Sikorsky beats him so hard he seemingly dies, but that was after Igari kidnapped him and tried torturing him to death in a gym. Also this is the guy who hired an actress to stage as Baki's mom just to get an edge and spoiled one of the biggest martial event when he fought Ali Sr.
* LanternJawOfJustice: Subverted. He has a massive jawline like his real-life basis, but he's more than willing to use underhanded tactics.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Based off of real-life pro wrestler Wrestling/AntonioInoki.
* RuleOfThree: In the anime, he bodyslams Rob threes times before his match is over.
* UnexplainedRecovery: He manages to survive the attack from Sikorsky with only some scars on his face and neck and when Jack knocks out Sikorsky and Igari hand him thrown into the coliseum ring. He appears in the front seat watching him get humiliated by both Jack and Gaia. He also appears in the ''Ali Jr. Arc'' including the final chapter when he relays the news to Jack that Baki is going to challenge Yujiro.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Chiharu Shiba]]
* AscendedFanboy: He was a major fanboy of Hanayama. After impressing him in the Maximum Tournament, he joins his gang and becomes TheLancer to him.
* BadassBiker: He's the leader of a biker gang known as the Tokkōtai racing gang, and while he may not be strongest or most skilled fighter, he has an unbreakable will and never gives up in a fight no matter how hard it gets.
* BadassNormal: He has neither any actual strength or skill when compared to the inhumanly powerful fighters that are a dime-a-dozen in Baki, yet is capable of standing toe-to-toe with, and even striking fear into their hearts due to his sheer determination and bravery.
* BullyingADragon: After being substituted, he goes to confront Garland about it. He ends up getting smashed into the ceiling for his troubles.
* CurbStompCushion: Despite injuring Iron Michael fists, he is still savagely beaten.
* {{Determinator}}: His entire schtick. He'll never give up in a fight no matter how strong his opponent is, how injured he gets, or how much pain he's feeling. His unbreakable will and determination in spite of the disadvantages he faces actually manages to move the audience to tears during the Maximum Tournament Arc.
* {{Fanboy}}: Of Kaoru Hanayama. He decides to be a pure street fighter and not learn a technique to imitate Hanayama.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: As expected of a delinquent like him, he fights with just his fists.
* HorrifyingTheHorror: His sheer tenacity and bravery manages to genuinely unsettle and strike fear into the heart of Iron Michael.
* JapaneseSpirit: He's practically the embodiment of Seishin (精神), the third form of it, due to his astounding bravery and determination in the face of great difficulties, and the main reason why he fights Iron Michael is to represent Tokyo as the boxer represents Brooklyn.
* TheLancer: Towards Hanayama. He has swiftly become one of his most trustworthy and reliable allies and can usually be seen by his side, due to having become his closest subordinate after the Maximum Tournament.
* PyrrhicVictory: His VictoryByEndurance causes him so much injury that he cannot continue the tournament.
* {{Reconstruction}}: Of the {{Determinator}}. He may suffer grievous injuries in his fights due to his lack of skill and recklessness, but he manages to win in the end due to getting up, time and time again, no matter how many times his opponent sends him to the ground or how badly they injure him.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** It doesn't matter how strong you are. If you're going to fight against somebody who absolutely refuses to give up and soldiers through any pain or injury you can inflict on them, you're going to have a VERY hard time actually getting them to go down for good, and such, Chiharu Shiba is ''always'' a CurbStompCushion for anybody he goes up against and loses, due to absolutely refusing to throw in the towel and continuing to fight on using solely his sheer bravery and determination.
** At the same time, although he wins against Iron Michael, he only does so by technicality due to almost jeopardizing his career as a boxer by breaking all of the bones in his hand with a headbutt, and he winds up being too injured to continue in the tournament and is replaced by Aleksandr Garland due to the damage that Iron Michael managed to inflict on him.
* UseYourHead: After getting a serious concussion from Iron Michael he resorts to headbutt and breaks the boxer's fists by parrying with his skull.
* VictoryByEndurance: Deconstructed. He wins after Iron Michael manager interferes with the match to prevent a CareerEndingInjury, but Shiba is too injured to continue the tournament.
* ViolationOfCommonSense: How he manages to defeat Iron Michael. He straight up headbutts his fist so hard that it manages to break all the fingers and knuckles in it, causing his manager to step in to throw in the towel for the sake of Mike's career.
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[[folder:Mount Toba]]
* CareerEndingInjury: A bad knee put him out of the game for good.
* CurbStompCushion: He's the only opponent Retsu faced that was actually land a blow on him besides Baki.
* DentedIron: Downplayed. He's still capable of flattening a big car by dropping down onto it from a great height and walking away unscathed, but his bad knee is quite the issue for him.
* TheGiant: He's one of the biggest fighters in the series.
* ImpossiblyGracefulGiant: Deconstructed. He's capable of flipping into the air and then crushing his opponent underneath him with a body splash, but he can only use this move sparingly due to having a bad knee.
* KnowWhenToFoldThem: He surrendered his match to Retsu, after being forced to land on his bad knee.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's a wrestler that looks exactly like Wrestling/GiantBaba.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Sure he might be able to do high jumps and flip through the air but he suffers from a bad knee due to his sheer size putting a lot of stress on it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Artemis Reagan]]
A huge wrestler that appears in season 2 of the Anime.
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* CurbStompBattle: He is completely overwhelmed by Baki and later Sergei.
* GenderBlenderName: He's named after a Greek goddess for some reason.
* TheGiant: He's '''ENORMOUS''', much like his real-life basis.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His character is based on Wrestling/AndreTheGiant.
* ThrowingTheFight: He was ordered to do this several times by his manager because people wanted to "see Goliath lose". He wasn't too happy about it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Yasha-Zaru Ape Jr.]]
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* CurbStompBattle:
** Defeats Kiyotsumi without much difficulty.
** He is defeated by Katsumi pretty quickly as well.
* SoleSurvivor: He is the last known member of his species.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Yuu Amanai]]
A former Secret Service bodyguard for Bill Clinton who Yujiro takes an interest in, and Shanghai's into the tournament by [[{{Jobber}} Yujiro folding a random competitor's spine like a harpsichord]].
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* CreepilyLongArms: Long limbs in general, to the point where he borders on NoodlePeople. The extra length allows him to set up some incredibly awkward submission holds that would be impossible for a less lanky man.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Yuujiro chops him in the shoulder so hard it shatters the clavicle entirely and goes straight into his heart, before tearing off his scalp, spilling his brains (as Doppo had already horribly injured his skull).
* {{Determinator}}: Keeps on fighting even when Doppo makes his skull collapse.
* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: So much so that he even begs the audience to help him persuade Doppo to surrender.
* FacialHorror: Has his jaw dislocated by Doppo right before he has his ''skull cleanly divided into several pieces'' by a Roppagaeshi five-finger strike to the coronal suture of his skull. This causes BloodFromEveryOrifice and immense agony, but is [[{{Determinator}} somehow not enough to make Amanai throw in the towel]].
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: He gets brutalized by Yujiro for attempting to show Doppo mercy.
* ThePowerOfLove: States this as the source of his strength, specifically, if you have a keen understanding of what your "partner" (in this case, the opponent) wants, you can also understand what they want the ''least''.
* VirtueIsWeakness: Gets killed and thrown across the coliseum by Yujiro for trying to [[DontMakeMeDestroyYou beg a]] {{Determinator}} like Doppo into surrendering.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Aleksander Garland]]
A Siberian man and the greatest Greco-Roman wrestler in the world who is substituted in in place of Shiba Chiharu after the thug can't clear the medical check.
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* BoxingBattler: Garland busts out a few crisp boxing moves on Jack to seize the initiative early in the fight. [[TruthInTelevision While no records of it exist, his real-life basis was known to have boxed while he was in school and in the military]].
* BrutalHonesty: When Chiharu comes to confront him about being replaced in the tournament, Garland flat out tells him he's in no shape to continue the tournament. When that doesn't tell Chiharu off, Garland does things the thug's way and throws Chiharu through the ceiling so he's hanging through the hole his head just dug like a Looney Tunes character who just got uppercutted.
* CharacterExaggeration: He is basically a perfect stand-in for [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Karelin the greatest Greco-Roman Wrestler of all time]] who was at the height of his fearsome reputation at the time of the manga's publishing in the late nineties, with all his real-life TrainingFromHell and anecdotes from interviews[[note]]As an example, [[BadassBoast Karelin once said in an interview that his toughest opponent had been his huge Soviet-era fridge]], which he bear hugged and carried up eight flights of stairs. In ''Baki'', one spectator claims the rumor goes he carried it up ''ten'' flights of stairs. With one hand.[[/note]] dialed up to true CharlesAtlasSuperpower levels.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: He manages to knock out Hanayama, who is INFAMOUS for being able to tank hits like there's no tomorrow, in one hit, something that even Yuujiro was unable to do.
* {{Fingore}}: Jack bites off two of his fingers.
* HuskyRusskie: Being a huge Russian wrestler, he definitely counts.
* LightningBruiser: Has as much brute force, if not more, than Jack and is still capable of doing consecutive summersaults like he was a gymnast a third of his size.
* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: He's very patriotic, to the point where Soviet politicians are awestruck by the lengths of training he's willing to go through to serve Russia. When Jack has him on the ropes, "Forward!" and "For the motherland!" becomes his MadnessMantra. This is, for once, not TruthInTelevision; Karelin had a very sober view of the Soviet Union and has been outspoken about it's horrors ever since it collapsed in 1991.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Based on the greatest Greco-Roman wrestler of all time who dominated tournaments across the globe since the mid 80's and won gold in the Greco-Roman Wrestling Superheavyweight Olympics in 1988, 1992 and 1996, Aleksandr "The Experiment" Karelin, who retired with an unfathomable '''887-2''' record at national-or-world level after getting silver in the 2000 Olympics. [[https://i.imgur.com/1qhbodQ.png One panel in particular]] of his days wrestling in the Olympics is basically a one-to-one recreation of [[https://i.imgur.com/UJtLOIQ.png this iconic photo of him]].
* NotQuiteDead: Despite showing on panel how badly Sikorsky beat him and the guards mourning their national hero he turns out to have survived.
* PetTheDog: The reason he's accused of faking matches? His throws are so dangerous that most wrestlers just give up fighting back and let themselves get thrown so they can focus on actually landing safely from them, and Garland always tells them to do it before the match if he likes the guy.
--> ''"If we meet on the mat, kindly take a fall."''
* SignatureMove: The suplex, in particular the so-called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpOfnUkkXtc&ab_channel=takedownindex Karelin Lift]], due to the fact that Deadlift Gutwrench Suplexes had been thought completely impossible in the higher weightclasses until Garland's basis made it his trademark in the Superheavyweight division. He wrote a ''Ph.D'' on it.
* SmokingIsCool: Sure as hell is when you can light a matchstick on your flexed bicep.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: He's got as many as ''three'' names: he was originally named Alexander Gallen, had his name changed to Andreanov Garland in the second anime season, and in the English dub his name is pronounced Zargan.
* StrongAndSkilled: Is both a 160 kilo juggernaut of a human being and one of the most skilled Greco-Roman wrestlers to ever live. [[GeniusBruiser His real-life counterpart wrote a doctorate on defending suplexes, holds a post-doc in Sports Pedagogy and is a politician in his home city nowadays]].
* SuperStrength: Let's put this way: he one-shotted ''Hanayama'', something '''''Yujiro''''' can't do. He trains day in and day out while using a ''100kg'' pickaxe so huge it could kill a normal man by falling on them and suplexes fully loaded minecarts for practice.
* TrainingFromHell: Which, among other things, involved digging a giant hole in frozen Siberian soil with just a pickaxe and pushing the earth he digs away in a fully loaded minecart, up a hill on a track of frozen, rusty rails. If it starts skidding backwards, then Garland has to suplex the cart and it's contents over his head to not be crushed and start over again. [[RatedMForManly This is only somewhat of an exaggeration of his real-life basis' training regiments, which including rowing in icy rivers until his hands bled and running barechested in the Siberian winter.]]
* WorfHadTheFlu: Despite being one of the strongest fighters of the Maximum Tournament, he's beaten and nearly killed off-screen by Sikorsky. However, he did sustain incredibly serious injuries from fighting Jack and was likely still recovering from them when he was attacked by Sikorsky[[note]]Baki was still wearing a cast from his injuries in the Maximum Tournament at the time, and Jack drove ''shards of Garland's ribs into his heart with a spearhand'' just days before. It's already a legit miracle Garland could even dress himself that morning, much less fight off Sikorsky unprepared.[[/note]]. One guard also mentions that Garland would have won in a wrestling match against Sikorsky anytime.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: A very strong and skilled Greco-Roman wrestler, he tanks a punch to the face from [[TheBigGuy Hanayama]] and knocks him out with a single mighty suplex.
* WrestlerOfBeasts: In order to prove he deserved his spot in the tournament, he wrestles a giant anaconda onto the ground before stomping its head flat.
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[[folder:Zulu]]
An Afro-Brazilian Vale Tudo fighter.
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* AxCrazy: He has a highly violent fighting style that focuses on holding nothing back whatsoever.
* BlankWhiteEyes: He has these, for some reason.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatDown: He often delivers to his opponents, due to being a savage fighter.
* NonIndicativeName: Anime-only. "Zulu" may be a fitting name for a Black character, but not so much for a White character who isn't Music/JohnnyClegg.
* RaceLift: He's white for some reason in the anime, despite being an Afro-Brazilian man in the manga.
* ScaryBlackMan: He's Afro-Brazilian and probably the most violent fighter in the Maximum Tournament.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: He pulls off a suplex on Baki.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: His appearance is completely changed in the anime, as he's now white and has visible irises and pupils instead of BlankWhiteEyes. This makes him look so different that you'd be forgiven for thinking if he were a different character if it weren't for his name.
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[[folder:Rob Robinson]]
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* AdaptationExpansion: He lasts a bit longer against Kanji Igari than in the manga, still loses though.
* ButtMonkey: He's never won a fight on-screen.
* CurbStompBattle: Most of his fights end this way, and not is his favor.
** Yuujiro effortlessly breaks his leg before he can retaliate.
** Doyle cuts him up with zero effort.
* UnderestimatingBadassery:
** He mistakes Igari as a weakling due to being in his sixties. Igari teaches him his mistake the hard way.
** He mistakes Doyle for an amateur when encountering him. Doyle shows him just how wrong he is after cutting his neck.
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[[folder:Iron Michael]]
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* BoxingBattler: He's a heavy weight boxer and hits hard enough to beat Shiba onto the defensive or knock out Li Mouko in one punch.
* BrooklynRage: "If Chiharu Shiba represents Tokyo, then this fighting kid represents Brooklyn!"
* TheBusCameBack: Baki meets him again in Son of Ogre, where he is an inmate in Arizona's prison.
* TheCameo: He briefly appears as a mental image for Baki's training.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Being a boxer, and one more focused on slugging than in fighting, he has a really limited range compared to other fighters. He is still resourceful enough to line his opponents up for his punches.
* {{Irony}}: He's based off of Mike Tyson, yet at no point does he use his real-life basis' iconic uppercut.
* InvulnerableKnuckles: Averted, when he decides to honor Shiba in a bare knuckle fight he destroys his hands to the point his manager forfeited the match, even though Shiba was so beat up he had to be replaced after his victory.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: It's Mike Tyson, they changed his name to Ian [=McGregor=] in early English translations.
* NormalFishInATinyPond: He admits that, despite his strength, he isn't even in the top ten in prison.
* NoodleIncident: Whatever got him in the Arizona prison. In-series its never brought up; In his real life basis' case, it was rape and domestic abuse.
* RedBoxingGloves: He wore blue gloves until Shiba convinced him to take them off.
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[[folder:Mike Queen]]
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* CurbStompBattle: Kengo defeats him pretty quickly.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's very obviously based off of the Wrestling/UltimateWarrior.
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[[folder:Li Mouko]]
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* CurbStompBattle: The first to go down to Yujiro after a brutal axe kick to the face.
* CurbStompCushion: He managed to hurt Michael's legs by using the superior reach of his kicks to strike at one of the few parts of the body boxers aren't used to take a hit on, before being taken out by a direct punch when Michael steps off the rafters to line it up when Mouko tried to land a decisive attack.
* ExtremityExtremist: Since he's a Taekwando instructor for the Korean military, his expertise obviously lies in kicking.
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[[folder:Bunnoshin Inagi]]
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* TheAce: He is to Kempo what Katsumi is to karate.
* CurbStompCushion: Despite being completely overwhelmed, Hanayama admits Inagi would've broken his arm if his spine didn't give out when it did.
* {{Determinator}}: Deconstructed. He refuses to surrender to Hanayama, saying that if he were to go down to a simple brawler his martial art is worthless in it's purpose of self-defense against unjust violence. This makes him overcommit on his last-ditch flying armbar, breaking his spine and most of his ribs trying to break Hanayama's arm.
* SuperStrength: He can smash a katana with his bare hands and nearly dislocated Hanayama's arm.
* TheWorfEffect: Despite nearly breaking Hanayama's arm, he is quickly defeated by Yuujiro after a failed Judo throw.
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[[folder:Kohei Hatanaka]]
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* AttackTheInjury: He threatens to do this to Shiba after breaking his arm. However, Shiba doesn't care and gives him a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.
* CurbStompBattle: He was taken down by Yuujiro in a single move.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Shiba manages to defeat him simply by cornering him by repeatedly headbutting him until they reach the wall of the arena and then repeatedly stomping and kicking him against said wall, which swiftly defeats him in no time, as not even a trained martial artist would stand a chance against a complete amateur like Shiba if they managed to down them and continue to attack them while they lay prone on the ground.
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[[folder:Roger Harlon]]
An american athlete.
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* CurbStompBattle:
** He was completely overwhelmed by Shibukawa's Aiki.
** He's also effortlessly choked out by Yuujiro.
* TheWorfEffect: The first victim of Shibukawa's Aiki in the series.
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[[folder:Sergio Silva]]
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* CurbStompBattle: Jack overwhelms him completely in their match.
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[[folder:Richard Filth]]
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* TheAlcoholic: He washes down an entire tray of cocktails, made by hand on the spot by an elderly-looking bartender who seems to be his cornerman, before his fight with Doppo without getting even remotely intoxicated. Knowing his occupation, it might as well have been lunch.
* BaldHeadOfToughness: His hair's shaved into a buzzcut and he's renowned for his obscene toughness.
* BadassInANiceSuit: His incredibly expensive-looking tuxedo is Richard's equivalent of a Gi, since it's what he's always wearing when he's kicking ass.
* {{Bouncer}}: A 129-kilo brick wall who works in a huge Chicago nightclub throwing out rowdy guests, with some insinuation that he's involved with [[TheMafia the mob]]. He even wears a suit and bites into a cigar for his fight.
* CigarChomper: At all times. He even walks in with one in his mouth against Doppo.
* CurbStompCushion: Ends up getting defeated by Doppo, though not without giving him some bruises he'd definitely be feeling in the morning; Doppo collapses backstage immediately after the fight into his wife's arms.
--> '''Doppo:''' ''"Man... Yank fights are great."''
* MadeOfIron: Not unlike Hanayama. He demonstrates his toughness by having a bunch of men hitting him with bats and explicitly saying he'll beat the shit out of them if they hold back, the bats end up breaking without Filth reacting or even getting bruised by it. He eats Doppo's first punch like it was breakfast, cigar still in his mouth, before punching him across the room. It's telling that he manages to survive Yujiro giving him a GroinAttack that sends him flying and recovers fairly quickly.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: He enjoys expensive tuxedos, martinis, and cigars.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's based off of Wrestling/DickTheBruiser, as his appearance, combined with his cigar, is the spitting image of an [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVfBhoEX0AIcdxM?format=jpg&name=small advertisement he featured in for cigars]], as well as his gimmick of being obscenely tough and durable also reflects how his inspiration played an impossibly tough wrestler capable of taking any attack as if it weren't even there. His occupation as a bouncer also isn't something incidental either, as his inspiration was once a bouncer like he is, except at a Casino instead of a nightclub.
* UnskilledButStrong: He's a super strong bouncer who is undefeated in street fights and while he has the mindset of a true warrior, he's not a martial artist. The closest thing he has to a technique is a telephone punch enhanced by his SuperStrength.
* VillainousValor: He always lets his opponent go first. He'll ''always'' eat that first punch no matter how hard it is (unless it's Yujiro's headbutt against his fist), and retaliate in equal measure. His job as a {{bouncer}} is also a lot more pleasant than some of the other fighters, some of which are outright {{Serial Killer}}s.
* TheWorfEffect: Despite being able to make Doppo falter, he breaks his hand when Yujiro headbutts it and is then PunchedAcrossTheRoom via a brutal kick in the nuts.
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[[folder:Minoru Yamamoto]]
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* CurbStompBattle: He is swiftly defeated by Yuu Amanai.
* TheWorfEffect: He shows up to show how tough Amanai is.
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[[folder:Sergei Taktarov]]
* ButtMonkey: Effortlessly defeated by Retsu in his match and beaten up by Garland for shaming Russia.
* CurbStompBattle: Retsu completely overwhelms him in their match, by breaking his neck.
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[[folder:Dentoranee Jitpika]]
* CurbStompBattle: Despite a decent start, Zulu defeats him pretty quickly.
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[[folder:Kinryuzan]]
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* TheBusCameBack: After a long absence, he returns in ''Baki-Dou 2018'', due the series focusing on sumo.
* CareerEndingInjury: The spinal injury Yuujiro dealt him forced him to retire from sumo for good.
* ForWantOfANail: Had he not injured his arm when he did, it is implied he would have defeated Igari.
* TheHandler: He heard rumors about Nomi no Sukune's descendant and searched far and wide for him to be this for him to take Sumo back to it's more rough-and-tumble everything goes days as ''Kakuriki''.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Based in part on [[https://i.postimg.cc/T3k1q1hj/image.png Takanohana Koji]], a Yokozuna from 1994 to 2001 who made Sumo the most popular it had been since the 1930's together with his brother Wakanohana Masaru. His post-retirement look in particular is almost a 1:1 transition of Koji into Itagaki's artstyle.
* RetiredBadass: By the time he returns to the series, he's retired from sumo due to his injuries and lost over 100 kilos. He's still a ''big'' man despite no longer eating to have a competitive weight.
* SmokingIsCool: Started smoking after his retirement and loves himself a good cigar now.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: He is forced to retire from being a venerable and respected Yokozuna due to extremely extensive injuries in the Maximum Tournament, including Yujiro breaking his back against the ringside (after Igari had already put him in ''Gorin Kudaku'' earlier, a hold that puts the cervical vertebrae at direct risk) and a severely broken shoulder.
* WillfullyWeak: According to him his distanciation from proper sumo is why he performed poorly during the tournament and an WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer approach could have gotten him better results.
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[[folder:Kengo Misaki]]
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* CombatPragmatist: He will use lethal force if pushed, like his fight against Jack.
* CurbStompCushion: He came pretty close to asphyxiating Jack before being defeated.
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[[folder:Roberto Guerlain]]
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* CurbStompBattle: Defeated by Yasha-Zaru Jr. before his match could even begin.
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[[folder:Jagatta Sherman]]
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* SacrificialLamb: His only role in the series is to be taken out by Yujiro so Yuu can take his place in the tournament.
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