History Characters / KenganAshuraYamashitaTradingCo

* HyperAwareness: Ohma's incredibly perceptive thanks to a life on the Inside and [[spoiler: training from Niko to unlock his survival instincts for Demonsbane]]. When Yamashita first visits him at an abandoned mansion, Ohma notices that Lihito and Karaev are about to enter the house before he even sees them. In Omega, he's downright shocked when [[spoiler: WorfEffect Shen manages to sneak by him and take out all the Kengan Association's hired security.]]

* HyperAwareness: Ohma's incredibly perceptive thanks to a life on the Inside and [[spoiler: training from Niko to unlock his survival instincts for Demonsbane]]. When Yamashita first visits him at an abandoned mansion, Ohma notices that Lihito and Karaev are about to enter the house before he even sees them. In Omega, he's downright shocked when [[WorfEffect Shen manages to sneak by him and take out all the Kengan Association's hired security.]]

* MythicalMotifs: While translated as a relatively simple set of ElementalPowers, in Japanese, The Niko Style Katas are named after Buddhist guardian deities related to the four elements, with the Nil Kata representing [[EnlightenmentSuperpowers Akasha]]; Two quick examples being the Adamantine Kata (Kongou no Kata) coming from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nio Nio]], the god depicted in statues of the [[https://i.postimg.cc/mrWN4wvQ/image.png Kongou Rikishi]] and the Water Kata (Suijin no Kata) being named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suijin Suijin]]. Several moves from the different Katas such as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shukuchi Earth-Shrinking]] are also direct references to legendary martial arts techniques from across Japan.

* GutturalGrowler: Noticeably, when he activates the Advance, his voice changes to a more raspy and bestial tone.

[[Characters/KenganAshuraKenganAssociation Kengan Association]] ('''Yamashita Trading Co.''') | [[Characters/KenganAshuraKenganAssociationFighters Kengan Association Fighters]] {[[Characters/KenganAshuraKenganAssociationFightersLeftBlock Left Block]] | [[Characters/KenganAshuraKenganAssociationFightersRightBlock Right Block]]} | [[Characters/KenganAshuraPurgatory Purgatory]] | [[Characters/KenganAshuraOtherGroups Other Groups]]]]-]]]

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In early chapters, Ohma comes off as a very different character, being violent, aggressive, arrogant, and incredibly rude to those around him. Sometime around the fight with Sekibayashi, these traits vanish, and Ohma becomes an aloof, even-tempered, and generally respectful guy who saves his anger for when his BerserkButton gets pushed. Though later moments of growth come off as CharacterDevelopment, the early take on Ohma doesn't have an obvious cause for the change in him aside from the writers perhaps deciding he needed to be more likeable.

* AwesomeButImpractical: His Kengan is this even after the TimeSkip. Koga's kinetic vision reaches the point that not even Agito nor Rolón can match up to it, but the concentration it requires is a massive drain on his stamina and ability to focus. It also unconsciously restricts him to relying on visual input, leaving him open to attacks in the time it takes for his body to catch up with his eyes.

* DecoyProtagonist: To the franchise as a whole. At the start of ''Ashura'', the story is tightly focused on him and Kazuo, before gradually expanding into the Annihilation Tournament, where it becomes something of an ensemble piece. Nonetheless, he and Kazuo still get the most focus and remain the protagonists, and Ohma is involved in many plotlines, but he's not the center of them. In the end, after concluding his character arc and doing his best to save Kiryu from his madness, he dies, and the plot continues without him in ''Omega''. However, in chapter 50 of ''Omega'' he returns to save Kazuo along with Raian Kure.

** In his first fight against Kokuro, where he initially get the upper hand and bring him to his knees with a well-placed attack to his solar plexus. However, he doesn't follow through and is instead wondering why the hit didn't finish the fight, leading to him being kicked by Kokuro's [[{{SignatureMove}} Stinger]].

** Still a problem during the Berserker Bowl, where he almost loses in the pool for it. The Gaoh Style only really works for quick kills, so the longer a fight drags on, the worse Ryuki gets since he has no follow up if killing is not an option. He works around it by trying to kill his opponent, and too bad if they don't survive.
* FlawedPrototype: As its progenitor, the Gaoh Style has many superficial similarities to the Niko Style, but it lacks equivalents for the Redirection and Water Katas, making it a "hard" style that relies on bursts of speed, durability, and power to land hits rather than the more cohesive and flexible techniques available to Ohma. Although Ryuki has been shown to use Weeping Willow, which shows that he's able to use flowing movements. it is stated multiple time that the Gaoh Style is for ambush and quick kill than underground fights.

* PoorPredictableRock: Ryuki's Gaoh Style is not made for head-on fight, because even with a mix up of attacks they are rather predictable patterns. During their fight in the Berserker Bowl, Koga notes that in the two years since he met him, Ryuki has barely changed his fighting style and hasn’t actually gotten any stronger since then.

* ThisIsUnforgivable: Downplayed, but present with his relationship with [[spoiler:Ohma]]. After [[spoiler:Ohma]] declared he’d take Koga’s place in the showdown with Purgatory, Ryuki cannot bring himself to forgive him for stealing his friend's chance (despite Koga himself admitting that he's not good enough to make it into the roster). He becomes very dower and aggressive whenever the topic of [[spoiler:Ohma]] is brought up (or when he is in proximity to him) and has admitted to others in private he can never like [[spoiler:Ohma]] because of that slight against Koga.

* ConfusionFu: To compensate for the Gaoh Style flaws in direct combat, Ryuki either mix it up with Blink or misdirect his opponent to throw their prediction off.

** According to Himuro, another person from ''The Inside'', Ryuki is nothing like Ohma, he is completely closed off and fundamentally does not trust anyone.

* NiceGuy: Unlike Ohma or Koga, he is cordial and avoids unnecessary fighting where possible. However, because of his lack of social skills and CloudCuckooLander tendencies, he finds himself in fights he could avoid.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler:Him returning after the Kengan vs Purgatory tournament looking very jovial despite him being extremely remorseful after accidently killing Naidan and running off to cry in the back rooms. Even Misasa, who has basically no prior knowledge of Ryuki, notes that it's unnatural.]]
* PoorPredictableRock: Ryuki's Gaoh Style is not made for head-on fight, because even with a mix up of attacks they are rather predictable patterns. Koga notes that in two years Ryuki has barely changed.
* PunnyName: Moles are known as "earth-dragons" in Japan, so his epipeth and SignatureMove could actually be translated as "The Mole King" and "Crouching Mole."

* TheRival: Ryuki initially views Koga as a vastly inferior non-threat. However, upon realising that Koga is getting stronger with each passing day (due in no small part to Ryuki helping to train him), Ryuki begins intensifying his training in fear of being left behind.
* SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining: He was trained by his grandfather to be a very skilled user of the Gaoh Style, the precursor to the Niko Style. Unfortunately, his grandfather never taught him any social skills or empathy and is very much like a young child in his emotive and social capacity. He is worse than Ohma in this regard, [[spoiler:seeing no issue with killing people (albeit members of Worm) and thinking of them like insects to be crushed.]]

** He is skilled enough to overwhelm Ren Nikaido in their short fight with ease, but is a massive airhead and has only fighting experience from sparring his grandfather.
** In his first fight against Kokuro, where he can initially get the upper hand and bring him to his knees with a well-placed attack to his solar plexus. However, he doesn't follow through and wonders why the hit didn't finish the fight, leading to him being kicked by Kokuro's [[{{SignatureMove}} Stinger]].
** [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], when it comes to [[spoiler:killing his opponents. Ryuki's actions make it quite clear that he knows the difference between fighting and killing, primarily killing members of Worm. Unfortunately, his underdeveloped sense of morality nearly causes him to kill Kuroko, and when discussing his most recent murder of a Worm member with Koga, he ends up alienating the latter from himself for a time. This only gets much worse when he comes under ''[[ToxicFriendInfluence Akoya and Kiryu's wings]]''.]]

* ThisIsUnforgivable: Downplayed, but present with his relationship with [[spoiler:Ohma]]. After [[spoiler:Ohma]] declared he’d take Koga’s place in the showdown with Purgatory, Ryuki cannot bring himself to forgive him for stealing his friend's chance (despite Koga admitting that he's not good enough to make it into the roster). He’s becomes very dower and aggressive whenever the topic of [[spoiler:Ohma]] is brought up (or when he is in proximity to him) and has admitted to others in private he can never like [[spoiler:Ohma]] because of that slight against Koga.]]

* TykeBomb: [[spoiler: His fight with Naidan reveals his reasoning for killing Worm members is because his grandfather Mukaku told him so, and that Mukaku is never wrong and unquestionable. It is clear that he is basically a Worm killing machine who is fanatically loyal to his grandfather.]]

* UpgradeVsPrototypeFight: After Koga figures out how to anticipate Ryuki's FlashStep during their Berserker Bowl fight, he gets into a PummelDuel with him with Koga using the Niko Style's Indestructible and Ryuki using Gaoh Style's Armorclad. Which one is superior is never answered as this a stopgap exchange of blows where both combatants are more focused on trying to create a lull in their opponent's defenses to bring out their respective FinishingMove.

* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Justified. Ryuki exclusively uses a single move (Earth-Crouching Dragon) in all of his fights until his match with Akoya; there, he mentions that his grandpa told him never to use any move ''but'' Earth-Crouching Dragon in public. When he does reveal a few more moves they are pretty much all life-threatening strikes that could get him arrested.

* {{Yandere}}: Of the friendship(?) variety towards Koga, his first real friend, to the point where he's ready to murder Yumigahama for swatting Koga in the liver in front of him.

* FamedInStory: Started out as one of many nobody pawn corporations in the Annihilation Tournament that over the course of ''Ashura'' became more and more famous across the entire Kegan Association. With this status being achieved due to a combination of dumb luck and genuine bursts of honorable character at the right by Kazuo, and the incredible fighting ability courtesy of Ohma that allowed for the corporation to [[spoiler:reach the finals]]. Come ''Omega,'' the corporation is a famous entity within the Kengan Association circles that blazed a trail for the new regime of the association that is admired and respected by many far more experienced and well established groups.
* ImpartialPurposeDrivenFaction: What they ended up becoming come ''Omega,'' as they don’t technically hold any membership in the association by this time and instead are a universal agent of it as a whole and don’t participate in the Kengan Matches directly anymore. With the corporation existing to register, evaluate, regulate and sometimes even train fighters for use in Kengan Matches one one-time, multi-part, and/or Corporate Affiliation level contracts. With this system existing so that other fighters can be called upon to replace fighters who may be too injured to fight for their employer without the risk of death, which was a real possibility when the politics of the association often interfered with their safety and mortality. Overall they act as a major support system for fighters, contrasting heavily to what once a incredibly unregulated fighter safety care culture in the Association as a whole.

* CantCatchUp: Compared to Koga Ryuki appears to stall and have less than stellar record after everyone figured his Gaoh Style. However some of it is also because Ryuki has been killing Worm agents with Kiryu and Akoya instead of training to fight in underground tournament that progressively bans killing.

** His other trait, aside from having NoSocialSkills, is that he is an airhead. Before his first match against Kokuro Utsubuki, he was more concerned about the strength of the air conditioning of the arena than the fact that he was about to fight. This is later shown to be a problem, with him lacking a conscience about killing people.

* ConfusionFu: To compensate for the Gaoh Style flaws in direct combat Ryuki either mix up with Blink or misdirect his opponent to throw their prediction off.

* DramaticDislocation: He can dislocate his shoulders to get out of a grab. However besides the obvious pain from doing that it also has the drawback that his shoulder is a weak spot while he's setting it back, one Naidan exploits by kicking him in said arm.

** This rears its ugly head up when fighting [[spoiler:Naidan]], who is easily able to counter every technique Ryuki throws at him, even ones not seen by the reader before. [[spoiler:Naidan]] states that the attacks are too direct and the setup has become sloppy.
** Still a problem during the Berserker Bowl where he almost loses in the pool for it. The Gaoh Style only really works for quick kills, so the longer a fight drags on, the worse Ryuki gets since he has no follow up if killing is not an option. He works around it by trying to kill his opponent, and too bad if they don't survive.

** He has a severe lack of conscience when it comes to killing people because of his upbringing. Notably, he agrees not to kill anyone in the Kengan Matches because the rules say so, and not because of any conscience telling him it's wrong.

* MistakenForBadass: Downplayed. Ryuki certainly very strong, and is considered good enough to make it to the roster in the Kengan Association vs. Purgatory tournament; however, from what we see of his fight, he's not at Ohma's level, although people believe they're the same due to their similar appearance.

** He admits to not being good with people, with almost every interaction being taken as a challenge to fight by accident. He pushes Koga's BerserkButton by calling him weak, then has no idea why he became pissed. Koga had also yelled at him continuously and had specifically told him that he disliked him.

** He genuinely has no idea why Koga would be horrified at finding out his friend [[spoiler:murdered someone and has no remorse over doing so]]. His initial reaction is to happily tell him that what he did was fine because he [[spoiler:doesn't see the people he kills as humans, but insects]]. He then chalks up Koga's horrified reaction to this as stress over his exam.

* PermaStubble: It adds to his disheveled look.

* BadassBaritone: Ohma has a deep voice in the English, Japanese, and Latin American dubs.

* ClosetGeek: [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Do not check your vision after seeing]] [[https://i.postimg.cc/J4gzttG2/image.png that panel]]; Koga ''did'' really think he was slick wearing [[JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable a Yoshikage Kira]]-patterned suit and tie combo to the Berserker Bowl pre-tournament banquet.

* ClosetGeek: [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer No, you did not see]] [[https://i.postimg.cc/J4gzttG2/image.png that panel]] wrong; Koga ''did'' really think he was slick wearing [[JoJosBizarreAdventureYoshikageKira a Yoshikage Kira]]-patterned suit and tie combo to the Berserker Bowl pre-tournament banquet.

** Finally, the Adamantine Kata requires precise control over the user's muscles as well as performing hard and compact attacks. If the user doesn't have full control of their muscles and cannot calculate the timing to clench their body, the usage of it's simple techniques would be considered imperfect and useless.

* TrainingFromHell: Koga's training regimen to become a Kengan fighter is downright Spartan considering that he trains under different masters, especially once the deadline for the tournament approaches. [[spoiler:He does ridiculous endurance and strength training with Sekibayashi at 7:00 AM, which involves doing thousands of Hindu squats, pulling Haruo sitting on a monstertruck tire with a rope, and eating food to bulk up until he pukes. Afterwards, he jogs to Kureishi Dojo at 11:30, where he practices striking on a 150kg sandbag and develops grappling techniques by fighting Cosmo and padwork with Adam and Mitsuyo. He recuperates at 4:30 PM by forcing himself to drink protein and vegetable drinks while scarfing down rice and meat. By 7:00 PM, he practices Karate with his uncle by sparring against Rokushin Kaikan black belts, and then ends his day by sparring against Kokuro Utsubuki at 10:30 PM before they go and [[BigEater empty out the nearest burger joint together]]. Oh, and he does cardio by running between each of these destinations to top it off.]] Jose Kanzaki, himself a powerful fighter, thinks Koga is crazy for working out so much. However, Koga brushes it off by napping between sessions, as well as gaining six more kilos in muscle. After the tournament he gets even more trainers teaching him how to use his fist eye and pre initiative and had Sekibayashi in full gear as sparring partner, making Koga's strikes hard enough to knock people way bigger than him.

* TrainingFromHell: Koga's training regimen to become a Kengan fighter is downright Spartan considering that he trains under different masters, especially once the deadline for the tournament approaches. [[spoiler:He does ridiculous endurance and strength training with Sekibayashi at 7:00 AM, which involves doing thousands of Hindu squats, pulling Haruo and eating food to bulk up until he pukes. Afterwards, he jogs to Kureishi Dojo at 11:30, where he practices striking on a 150kg sandbag and develops grappling techniques by fighting Cosmo. He recuperates at 4:30 PM by forcing himself to drink protein and vegetable drinks while scarfing down rice and meat. By 7:00 PM, he practices Karate with his uncle by sparring against Rokushin Kaikan black belts, and then ends his day by sparring against Kokuro Utsubuki at 10:30 PM. Oh, and he does cardio by running between each of these destinations to top it off.]] Jose Kanzaki, himself a powerful fighter, thinks Koga is crazy for working out so much. However, Koga brushes it off by napping between sessions, as well as gaining six more kilos in muscle. After the tournament he gets even more trainers teaching him how to use his fist eye and pre initiative and had Sekibayashi in full gear as sparring partner, making Koga's strikes hard enough to knock people way bigger than him.

* HandsomeLech: He's a ''lot'' better than Rihito, but his very first thought when meeting [[EveryoneLovesBlondes Sayaka]] and [[SniperGirl Fusui]] immediately shows that he's a bit of a horndog confident in his appearance;

** Ohma will never give up in a fight even if he's about to die. Even as a child he nearly gives up his life to beat a the Yakuza bodyguard Ando by tackling him out a window which almost got him killed. As an adult nearly every one of his fights have him taking brutal amounts of damage during the Kengan matches as he's often on the verge of death, but will to continue fighting.

* PintSizedPowerhouse: As a child he was capable of injuring several Yakuza members and damn near killing all of them until he was beaten down by Ando and even then he was strong enough to force the bodyguard out the window. However this is subverted when he becomes an adult where he is fairly tall at 182cm and incredible muscular, though he still often ends up being the smaller man due to being a 82kg Middleweight capable of taking on people up to double his own size.

* TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential: When he challenges Agito after the latter's match, the Fang shows no interest and matter-a-factly states that he is weak, is no match for him, Wakatsuki or Ohma's next opponent Raian, and knocks him out with a kick. Afterwards, Ohma spends his time extensively training with one of Metsudo's bodyguards for his next match and unlocking more techniques of the Niko Style he had once forgotten. His boost in strength doesn't go unnoticed when he (at first) gives a beatdown Raian at the start of the match.

** Played straight on Omega During his stay in the Kure Village, he learns the Kure Family Tradition and Pre-Intivative while also fully recovering from his injuries. He has further improved his control of Advance to the point of rapidly switching it on or off and at max strength use it with the Niko Style techniques still although it's still capable of greatly straining himself.

* DeathOrGloryAttack: [[spoiler: His use of Armorclad to make a shiv out of his thumb to kill Naidan ends up breaking Ryuki's thumb in the process.]]

-->'''Ohma:''' [[YouGotSpunk You got a lot of nerve, y'know.]]

* GroinAttack: To Iwan Karaev, and then Raian. In the latter's case, he admitted it hurt more than [[NoSell anything else Ohma threw at him.]]