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Two convicted wrestlers previously captured by Ein, wanted by the Army of the Celestial Emperor for rebelling against them, Buzz and Gill Harn have been imprisoned for attempting to defeat Falco multiple times, but failed. Freed by Kenshiro and Ein, the brothers journey with the Hokuto Army to combat the Celestial Emperor. In reality, Buzz and Gill are masters of ''Nanto Sōyōken'' ("South Dipper Twin Hawk Fist"), who not only seek to defeat Falco in order to avenge the deaths of other ''Nanto Seiken'' users by his hand, but to assist the successor of ''Hokuto Shinken'', proclaiming that "when ''Hokuto'' moves, so must ''Nanto''".

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Two convicted black wrestlers previously captured by Ein, wanted by the Army of the Celestial Emperor for rebelling against them, Buzz and Gill Harn have been imprisoned for attempting to defeat Falco multiple times, but failed. Freed by Kenshiro and Ein, the brothers journey with the Hokuto Army to combat the Celestial Emperor. In reality, Buzz and Gill Gil reveal that they are masters of ''Nanto Sōyōken'' ("South Dipper Twin Hawk Fist"), who not only seek to defeat Falco in order to avenge the deaths of other ''Nanto Seiken'' users by his hand, but to assist the successor of ''Hokuto Shinken'', proclaiming that "when ''Hokuto'' moves, so must ''Nanto''".



* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Both are Nanto Seiken practitioners and proud of their arts to the point where they have the Nanto Flag on their person as a belt. They oppose Falco and the Gento practitioners because they've been killing off other Nanto practitioners.

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* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Both are Nanto Seiken practitioners and proud of their arts to the point where they have the Nanto Seiken Flag on their person as a belt.belts. They oppose Falco and the Gento practitioners because they've been killing off other Nanto practitioners.



Falco is the successor of ''Gento Kōken'' ("First Dipper Imperial Fist"), a martial art which destroys the opponent's body on a cellular level with ki-based attacks. He is the sworn guardian of the Celestial Emperor and will do whatever it takes to protect him. Although an honorable man, Falco is forced to do Viceroy Jakoh's bidding, as Jakoh has kept the Emperor hostage and will kill him without hesistation if Falco disobeys his orders.

When Rin and her older twin sister Rui were born, Jakoh ordered Falco to kill one of the twins, as two heirs to the throne of the Celestial Emperor violated the law. Fortunately, Falco could not bring himself to kill an infant, and relegated to bringing Rin under the care of his aunt and uncle, far away from Jakoh's knowledge. When Rin is kidnapped by Jakoh's son Jask and taken to the Land of Shura, Falco heads to the land ahead of Kenshiro to retrieve her, but is untimely defeated by an unknown Shura warrior upon arriving. He manages to avenge his loss by killing the warrior with Kenshiro's help, but Falco's wounds takes its toll and he dies at peace, knowing his wife Myu is carrying his child, who will succeed him as heir to ''Gento Kōken''.

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Falco is the successor of ''Gento Kōken'' ("First Dipper Imperial Fist"), a martial art which destroys the opponent's body on a cellular level with ki-based attacks. He is the sworn guardian of honor-bound to serve the Celestial Emperor and will do whatever it takes to protect him. Although an honorable man, Falco is forced to do Viceroy Jakoh's bidding, as Jakoh has kept the Emperor hostage and will kill him without hesistation hesitation if Falco disobeys his orders.

When Rin and her older twin sister Rui were born, Jakoh ordered Falco to kill one of the twins, as two heirs to the throne of the Celestial Emperor violated the law. Fortunately, Falco could not bring himself to kill an infant, and relegated to bringing Rin under the care of his aunt and uncle, far away from Jakoh's knowledge. When Rin is kidnapped by Jakoh's son Jask and taken to the Land of Shura, Falco heads to the land ahead of Kenshiro to retrieve her, but is untimely defeated by an unknown nameless Shura warrior upon arriving. He manages to avenge his loss by killing the warrior with Kenshiro's help, after Kenshiro presses his "Sekkatsu-ko" pressure points, but Falco's wounds takes its toll and he dies at peace, knowing his wife girlfriend Myu is carrying his child, who will succeed him as heir to ''Gento Kōken''.



* AFatherToHisMen: Most interestingly about Falco, is that unlike many elite or master mooks who treat their soldiers as cannon fodder, disposing of them for cowardice like Shin, or lord over them by gaining their obedience and allegiance through fear like Raoh, Falco is repeatedly called "The Light that Moves our Hearts!" constantly by his soldiers/sons. He is also seemingly [[VillainWithGoodPublicity unconditionally loved]] by a lot of people, even though he and his corrupt superior Jakoh have enslaved them to power his fancy lighthouse, and to keep his equally rotten rich friends in fine clothing. If you'll see below, this can be related to the deal he made with Raoh during those turbulent times and now a great many people; citizen, soldier and forced labor alike all look to him as much of a messiah as the world does to Kenshiro of Hokuto, so much so that they're all willing to fight and die to protect his well-being from any threat. This means at the very least the members of his golden army, and many other Gento Masters.

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* AFatherToHisMen: Most interestingly about Falco, is that unlike many elite or master mooks who treat their soldiers as cannon fodder, disposing of them for cowardice like Shin, or lord over them by gaining their obedience and allegiance through fear like Raoh, Falco is repeatedly called "The Light that Moves our Hearts!" constantly by his soldiers/sons. personal elite soldiers. He is also seemingly [[VillainWithGoodPublicity unconditionally loved]] by a lot of people, even though he and his corrupt superior Jakoh have enslaved them to power his fancy lighthouse, lighthouse castle, and to keep his equally rotten rich friends in fine clothing. If you'll see below, this can be related to the deal he made with Raoh during those turbulent times and now a great many people; citizen, soldier and forced labor alike all look to him as much of a messiah as the world does to Kenshiro of Hokuto, so much so that they're all willing to fight and die to protect his well-being from any threat. This means at the very least the members of his golden army, and many other Gento Masters.



* ArtificialLimbs: His left leg is a prosethetic, sliced just above the knee, as a truce offering to Raoh to pass through and not harm the Celestial Emperor's village during the early days of his campaign to conquer the world. It's implied that he might had been more powerful than Kenshiro had he still had both of his legs.
* BeingGoodSucks: Falco is put through great misery through much of his life, just because he is a good and honorable man. Jakoh humiliates and coerces him for his own benefit, first forcing him to do the despicable job of killing the infant Rin (due to a legend that there can't be twins in the sucession for the imperial throne, as it would bring great ill and misfortune to the empire), then taking Falco's wife Myu for his own, and when it looks like Falco is finally desperate and determined to kill Jakoh for good, he is forced to spare the bastard out of pity for their mother (who had raised Jakoh like a son of her own) when he sees her looking on and silently crying and praying for Jakoh. Even after Falco and Jakoh's mother had passed away, Jakoh continues forcing Falco to do his bidding, as the former has kidnapped the Emperor (Empress Rui) and threatens the latter to kill her if he refuses. Falco's lineage are sworn guardians to the Emperor, and so he has no choice but to comply.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: In his bid to defeat the "[[{{Mook}} Nameless Shura]]" at the start of the next arc, Falco requests the use of the pressure point ''Sekkatsukō''; it works and Falco swiftly defeats his foe, but succumbs to his wounds post-combat.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: After serving as Kenshiro's rival for a story arc and killing off Jakoh, Falco is mortally wounded by a Nameless Shura at the start of the next arc.

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* ArtificialLimbs: His left right leg is a prosethetic, sliced just above the knee, as a truce offering to Raoh to pass through and not harm the Celestial Emperor's village during the early days of his campaign to conquer the world. It's implied stated that he might had been more powerful than Kenshiro had he still had both of his legs.
legs. At the very least he is equal in power and technique to Kenshiro when they fought.
* BeingGoodSucks: Falco is put through great misery through much of his life, just because he is a good and honorable man. Jakoh humiliates and coerces him for his own benefit, first forcing him to do the despicable job of killing the infant Rin (due to a legend that there can't be twins in the sucession for the imperial throne, as it would bring great ill and misfortune to the empire), then taking Falco's wife girlfriend Myu for his own, and when it looks like Falco is finally desperate and determined to kill Jakoh for good, he is forced to spare the bastard out of pity for their mother (who had raised Jakoh like a son of her own) when he sees her looking on and silently crying and praying for Jakoh. Even after Falco and Jakoh's mother had passed away, Jakoh continues forcing Falco to do his bidding, as the former has kidnapped the Emperor (Empress Rui) and threatens the latter to kill her if he refuses. Falco's lineage are sworn the elite guardians to for the Emperor, and so he has no choice but to comply.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: In his bid to To defeat the "[[{{Mook}} Nameless Shura]]" at the start of the next arc, Falco requests the use of the pressure point ''Sekkatsukō''; it works and Falco swiftly defeats his foe, but succumbs to his wounds post-combat.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: After serving as Kenshiro's rival for a story arc and killing off Jakoh, Falco is mortally wounded by a the Nameless Shura at the start of the next arc.



* WorfHadTheFlu: Kenshiro notes that Falco was still recovering from their previous fight when the Nameless Shura overpowered and wounded him to the brink of death. As soon as Kenshiro restores him to a semblance of health via the ''Sekkatsukō'' pressure point, Falco proves him right by wiping the floor with his killer.

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* WorfHadTheFlu: Kenshiro notes that Falco was still recovering from their previous fight when the Nameless Shura overpowered and wounded him to the brink of death. As soon as Kenshiro restores him to a semblance of health via the ''Sekkatsukō'' pressure point, points, Falco proves him right by wiping the floor with his killer.



Governor-General of the Army of the Celestial Emperor and his Viceroy, Jakoh enforces the Celestial Emperor's will to the world with an iron fist. At the same time, he's also a corrupt opportunist; to that end, he secludes the Celestial Emperor from Falco and his ''Gento'' masters to do his bidding, else the Emperor's life is forfeit. During Raoh's campaign to conquer the world, just before leaving Falco's village, Raoh advised Falco to kill Jakoh, sensing his evil intentions, but also so that Falco could maintain peace. However, Falco couldn't bring himself to do it, since Jakoh was raised by Falco's mother as one of her own. After Falco's mother passed away, Jakoh resorted to usurp the Celestial Emperor's power by keeping her as hostage, locking her away in a secret dungeon beneath the Imperial Capital.

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Governor-General of the Army of the Celestial Emperor and his Viceroy, Viceroy Excellency, Jakoh enforces the Celestial Emperor's will to the world with an iron fist. At the same time, he's also a corrupt opportunist; to that end, he secludes the Celestial Emperor from Falco and his ''Gento'' masters to do his bidding, else the Emperor's life is forfeit. During Raoh's campaign to conquer the world, just before leaving Falco's village, Raoh advised Falco to kill Jakoh, sensing his evil intentions, but also so that Falco could maintain peace. However, Falco couldn't bring himself to do it, since Jakoh was raised by Falco's mother as one of her own. After Falco's mother passed away, Jakoh resorted to usurp the Celestial Emperor's power by keeping her as hostage, locking her away in a secret dungeon beneath the Imperial Capital.



* DarknessEqualsDeath: This is Jakoh's greatest [[PrimalFear fear]], because the Seven Stars of the Northern Dipper (北斗七星), the symbol of ''Hokuto Shinken'', shine their brightest in the darkest night. To fight this, Jakoh surrounds himself with as much light as possible in order to drown out the night sky. Just being in the dark is enough to send Jakoh into a blind panic.

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* DarknessEqualsDeath: This is Jakoh's greatest [[PrimalFear fear]], because the Seven Stars of the Northern Dipper (北斗七星), the symbol of ''Hokuto Shinken'', shine their brightest in the darkest night. To fight this, Jakoh surrounds himself with as much light as possible in order to drown out the night sky. sky and outshine the North Star. Just being in the dark is enough to send Jakoh into a blind raging panic.



* NonActionBigBad: Pretty rare for this series but he is totally incapable of fighting, since he relies on his sons Jask and Shiino (replaced by "Taiga of the Green Light" and "Boltz of the Blue Light", both renegade ''Gento'' masters, in the anime) to enforce his will.
* PracticallyJoker: Based on ComicBook/TheJoker

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* NonActionBigBad: Pretty rare for this series but he is totally incapable of fighting, since he relies on his sons Jask and Shiino (replaced by "Taiga of the Green Light" and "Boltz of the Blue Light", both renegade ''Gento'' Gento masters, in the anime) to enforce his will.
* PracticallyJoker: Based on ComicBook/TheJokerComicBook/TheJoker, but with his hair purple instead of green. More present whenever he inanely cackles.



* AdaptationalVillainy: In the manga, he attacks Kenshiro on Falco's orders and after he's defeated, he claims he sacrificed his life for Falco. In the anime, he attacks Mamiya's village and kills the village's elder in order to draw Kenshiro out, expressing no remorse for his actions, and never mentions Falco.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: In the manga, he attacks Kenshiro on Falco's orders and after he's defeated, he claims he sacrificed and willingly lays down his life for Falco. In the anime, he attacks Mamiya's village and kills the village's elder in order to draw stamp out the history of Hokuto and Nanto, as well as drawing Kenshiro out, expressing no remorse for his actions, and never mentions Falco.



* EyepatchOfPower

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* EyepatchOfPowerEyepatchOfPower: His eyepatch has the greek cross symbol seen all throughout the Celestial Emperor's forces.



* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Looks like Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger with an eyepatch.
* WakeUpCallBoss: The first serious adversary Kenshiro fights during the second half of the manga.

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Looks like Resembles Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger with even more muscle mass, as well as an eyepatch.
* WakeUpCallBoss: The first serious adversary Kenshiro fights during the second half of the manga. He even manages to accomplish the rare feat of injuring Kenshiro several times and making him scream in pain.



Another general of the Army of the Celestial Emperor and a close friend of Falco, years earlier before the story arc, Shoki encountered a wandering Kenshiro and Yuria sometime after his duel with Raoh and provided shelter to the two by allowing them to stay in his nearby home village, where Yuria spent the rest of her days in peace. When Jakoh became Viceroy to the Celestial Emperor, Shoki time after time attempts to convince Falco to rebel against the corrupt official.

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Another general of the Army of the Celestial Emperor and a close friend of Falco, years earlier before the story arc, Shoki encountered a wandering Kenshiro and Yuria sometime after his duel with Raoh and provided shelter to the two by allowing them to stay in his nearby home village, where Yuria spent the rest of her days in peace. When Jakoh became Viceroy to the Celestial Emperor, Shoki time after time attempts to convince Falco to rebel against the corrupt official.tyrant.



* AscendedExtra[=/=]AdaptationalBadass: In the manga, Shoki was merely a common acquaintance of Falco and Kenshiro, only to be unceremoniously killed off by one of Jakoh's son Shiino. In the anime, he is one of four ''Gento'' generals who serve Falco (the other three being Solia, Taiga and Boltz) and gets to show off a bit of his ''Gento'' expertise against Kenshiro.
* HopeSpot: Just as soon as it seems like Falco is able to smuggle Shoki out from the Imperial Capital, he gets fatally impaled by a spear thrown by Shiino (or Boltz in the anime).
* KiManipulation: Red, but only in the anime (he uses brute strength in the manga).

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* AscendedExtra[=/=]AdaptationalBadass: In the manga, Shoki was merely a common acquaintance of Falco and Kenshiro, only to be unceremoniously killed off by one of Jakoh's son Shiino. In the anime, he is one of four ''Gento'' generals who serve Falco (the other three being Solia, Taiga and Boltz) and gets to show off a bit of his ''Gento'' Gento expertise against Kenshiro.
* HopeSpot: Just as soon as it seems like Falco is able to smuggle Shoki out from the Imperial Capital, he gets fatally impaled by a spear thrown by Shiino (or (changed to Boltz in the anime).
* KiManipulation: Red, but only in the anime (he uses used brute strength in the manga).
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* AxCrazy: No thanks to mastering [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Anryū Tenha.

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* AxCrazy: No thanks to mastering [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique DangerousForbiddenTechnique Anryū Tenha.
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A character less skilled than another.


* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: He stands no match against the various equally strong or stronger superhuman martial artists in the series due to his lack of skill and preference for brawling.
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* FireForgedFriends: With Bat. The young rebel leader convinces Ein to use his brawler strength to fight the good fight, turning him into an ally of the Hokuto Army, and by extention, to Kenshiro. Ein and Bat have a memorable BackToBackBadasses moment when they storm Lord Beron's castle and capture his area as part of their war against the Celestial Emperor's forces. When Ein dies at the end of the arc after successfully rescuing Empress Rui, it is Bat who grieves his demise the most.

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* FireForgedFriends: With Bat. The young rebel leader convinces Ein to use his brawler strength to fight the good fight, turning him into an ally of the Hokuto Army, and by extention, extension, to Kenshiro. Ein and Bat have a memorable BackToBackBadasses moment when they storm Lord Beron's castle and capture his area as part of their war against the Celestial Emperor's forces. When Ein dies at the end of the arc after successfully rescuing Empress Rui, it is Bat who grieves his demise the most.
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* AnimalMotifs: His special technique of camouflaging himself by covering himself in dirt causes Falco to compare him to a Sand Spider, due to that animal having a similar hunting technique.


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* TeensAreMonsters: He has a very youthful looking face, and even when he was a 14 year old kid, he killed a hundred of Akashachi's men when the latter attempted to raid the Land of Shura!
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* SpectacularSpinning: The Kazan Gokuaku Sō (Huashan Prison Clenching Claw), his main attack is to grab something with his arm and spin his entire body, twisting and tearing off whatever he's grabbed. Naturally Kenshiro [[NoSell No Sells]] it and turns it back on him.
* UndignifiedDeath: In the anime, where it's PlayedForLaughs. As soon as he realizes that his Kazan Gokuaku Sō doesn't work on Ken, he immediately begins to sweat and speak in a high-pitched, whiny voice as Ken proceeds to spin him around instead and repeatedly pummel him as he squeals.

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* SpectacularSpinning: The Kazan Gokuaku Sō (Huashan Prison Clenching Claw), his main attack is to attack, has him grab something with his arm and spin his entire body, twisting and tearing off whatever he's grabbed. Naturally Kenshiro [[NoSell No Sells]] it and turns it back on him.
* UndignifiedDeath: In the anime, where it's PlayedForLaughs. As soon as he Basque realizes that his Kazan Gokuaku Sō doesn't work on Ken, he immediately begins to sweat and speak in a high-pitched, whiny voice as Ken proceeds to spin twist Basque's arm so fast that he starts spinning around, in an ironic reversal of his own Kazan Gokuaku Sō before throwing him around instead into the air and repeatedly pummel pummeling him as so fast that Basque is literally juggled in mid-air while he squeals.squeals like a little boy getting spanked.
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Damsel In Distress is the new name of the trope.


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