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* RealMenWearPink: He's an avid gardener and generally loves to do things other than get beaten half-to-death by training in his spare time.
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* WouldntHitAGirl: This attitude angers several female opponents and wins the affection of some others. He is acutely aware of how stupid this attitude is, and knows that there are several women in the series that could kick his ass even if he ''was'' willing to fight back, [[HonorBeforeReason but he still refuses to hit them on principal.]]
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* WouldntHitAGirl: This attitude angers several female opponents and wins the affection of some others. He is acutely aware of how stupid this attitude is, and knows that there are several women in the series that could kick his ass even if he ''was'' willing to fight back, [[HonorBeforeReason but he still refuses to hit them on principal.principle.]]
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: A meek young man who enjoys reading and gardening. He just wants to be friends, even if you're [[spoiler: a member of an AncientConspiracy]] dedicated to the practice of martial art centered on kill your opponents. Push one of his [[BerserkButton Berkserk Buttons]] and he will fight like a rabid badger.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: A meek young man who enjoys reading and gardening. He just wants to be friends, even if you're [[spoiler: a member of an AncientConspiracy]] dedicated to the practice of martial art centered on kill your opponents. Push one of his [[BerserkButton Berkserk Berserk Buttons]] and he will fight like a rabid badger.
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* ChildrenRaiseYou: She's the youngest member of the dojo, yet she's the one who does all the cooking, cleaning, laundry and manages the finances.
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* ChildrenRaiseYou: She's the youngest member of the dojo, yet she's the one who does all the cooking, cleaning, laundry and manages the finances.finances of the adults living there.
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* CutenessProximity: To cats or anything cat-like. Including at times Renka, whom people refer to as cat-like.
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* CutenessProximity: To cats or anything cat-like. Including at times Renka, whom people refer to as cat-like. She also coos around Honoka and wishes to have such a cute sibling.
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* InnocentBlueEyes: According to the official guide book, she has got one quarter of Russian blood. That explains why she's blonde as well.
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* InnocentBlueEyes: Despite the association of her eye color, she's actually ''less'' naïve than Kenichi, at least in terms of martial arts. In other areas, oh yeah she's definitely a sweetheart. [[note]] According to the official guide book, she has got one quarter of Russian blood. That explains why she's blonde as well.well [[/note]].
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* LadyOfWar: Grace and coordination; that's how she fights.
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* LadyOfWar: Grace and coordination; that's how she fights. The school's alpha bitch once described her as having the same beauty as a blade.
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* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: When Kenchi was still a novice martial artist this was more prominent. In that period, Ma Kensei actually pointed out to her that this was not good, because this [[HelpingWouldBeKillstealing deprived Kenichi of gaining combat experience]]. After Kenichi [[TookALevelInBadass took enough levels in badass]], this became less prominent, but she actually never stopped being protective of him. Note also that her style of fighting is much more aggressive than Kenichi's.
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* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: When While she won't admit to it [[spoiler: for a while anyway]], she is as clear as possible without being explicit that Kenichi is hers and is quite protective of him. This was most prominent when Kenchi was still a novice martial artist this was more prominent. artist. In that period, Ma Kensei actually pointed out to her that this was not good, because this [[HelpingWouldBeKillstealing deprived Kenichi of gaining combat experience]]. After Kenichi [[TookALevelInBadass took enough levels in badass]], this became less prominent, but she actually never stopped being protective of him. Note also that her style of fighting is much more aggressive than Kenichi's.
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* PapaWolf: To Kenichi.He's always the most tempted to interfere in Kenichi's fights in order keep him from harm.
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*TellMeHowYouFight: He gave this advice to Kenichi - fight someone and you will see through any personal façade they put up.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He acts the most goofy and affable of all the Ryōzanpaku teachers, but when the chips are down, yoi'll see just why he's called the Master of all Chinese Kenpo.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He acts the most goofy and affable of all the Ryōzanpaku teachers, but when the chips are down, yoi'll you'll see just why he's called the Master of all Chinese Kenpo.
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* NiceGuy: Aside from his pervert side, he is shown to be a very kind and wise person at heart who seems saddened at the violent uses of Martial Arts in the world, wishing the world could be more peacful (and perverted) which was perhaps borne from his own estranged relationship with his brother.
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* NiceGuy: Aside from his pervert side, he is shown to be a very kind and wise person at heart who seems saddened at the violent uses of Martial Arts in the world, wishing the world could be more peacful peaceful (and perverted) which was perhaps borne from his own estranged relationship with his brother.
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** Even then she occasionally gives backhanded compliments, like in Chapter 171 when Kenichi is showing his knowledge of flora and she is surprised he knows about more than being hit. He even [[LampshadeHanging tells her]] "That's Rude."
* InnocentlyInsensitive: She occasionally gives backhanded compliments, like in Chapter 171 when Kenichi is showing his knowledge of flora and she is surprised he knows about more than being hit. He even [[LampshadeHanging tells her]] "That's Rude."
* {{Fundoshi}}: His [[FanDisservice swimwear]].
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* DamselOutOfDistress: [[spoiler:Gets captured by the Master weapon users of Yami.... and quickly breaks out, several times.]]
* DefrostingIceQueen: She's the slowest to warm up to Kenichi but eventually she becomes his CoolBigSis and [[ShipTease it's been hinted that she's probably starting to develop a kind of crush on Kenichi]].
* DefrostingIceQueen: She's the slowest to warm up to Kenichi but eventually she becomes his CoolBigSis and [[ShipTease it's been hinted that she's probably starting to develop a kind of crush on Kenichi]].
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* DamselOutOfDistress: [[spoiler:Gets Gets captured by the Master weapon users of Yami.... and quickly breaks out, several times.]]
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* DefrostingIceQueen: She's the slowest to warm up to Kenichi but eventually she becomes hisCoolBigSis and [[ShipTease it's been hinted that she's probably starting to develop a kind of crush on Kenichi]].CoolBigSis.
* DefrostingIceQueen: She's the slowest to warm up to Kenichi but eventually she becomes his
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* BerserkerRage: A result of her not being able to control her immense Dou Ki. [[spoiler:This ends when she finally masters her Ki.]]
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* BerserkerRage: A result of her not being able to control her immense Dou Ki.[[spoiler: This ends when she finally masters her Ki.]]
* BewareOfTheNiceOnes: One of the nicest people, but also one of the strongest disciple fighters so making her angry tends to be a bad idea.
* BewareOfTheNiceOnes: One of the nicest people, but also one of the strongest disciple fighters so making her angry tends to be a bad idea.
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* BerserkerRage: A result of her not being able to control her immense Dou Ki.[[spoiler: This [[spoiler:This ends when she finally masters her Ki.]]
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* LoveAtFirstPunch: Unintentional but still. His meeting with Miu is related to this trope but not quite it, since neither have {{Jerkass}} tendencies, and it was her attempt to befriend him that got him to notice her attractiveness. [[spoiler:Plus, the real reason she did so is because she recognized him from their childhood.]]
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* LoveAtFirstPunch: Unintentional but still. His meeting with Miu is related to this trope but not quite it, since neither have {{Jerkass}} tendencies, and it was her attempt to befriend him that got him to notice her attractiveness. [[spoiler:Plus, the real reason she did so is because she recognized him from their childhood.]]
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* ProphetEyes: Downplayedted in that Akisame is clearly ''not'' blind but he looks it and the wise conotations are there.
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* ProphetEyes: Downplayedted Downplayed in that Akisame is clearly ''not'' blind but he looks it and the wise conotations are there.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: A somewhat tragic example, as his past has led to him being woefully unprepared for normal life.
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* MartialPacifist: His defining character trait. He's peaceful young man who only took up martial arts to stop being bullied, he often tries to talk his way out of fights first, and will even walk away from those who challenge him, only resorting to violence if he has no other choice (or if a challenger calls him a coward).
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* MartialPacifist: His defining character trait. He's a peaceful young man who only took up martial arts to stop being bullied, he often tries to talk his way out of fights first, and will even walk away from those who challenge him, only resorting to violence if he has no other choice (or if a challenger calls him a coward).
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* FriendToAllLivingThings: Birds are very fond of Apachai. Occasionally the omakes will exaggerate this, such as him thinking he only needs to stand still for the next 20 days and the birds nesting on top of his head will be gone.
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* FriendToAllLivingThings: Birds Small animals are very fond of Apachai. Occasionally the omakes will exaggerate this, such as him thinking he only needs to stand still for the next 20 days and the birds nesting on top of his head will be gone.
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* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Zigzagged. She doesn't seem to mind being naked in front of Kenichi and doesn't even bother to lock the door to her room when she changes because the rest of the men know better. However, she is keenly aware of [[DirtyOldMan Kensei Ma's]] lechery and generally foils his attempts to peep at every turn. When she's captured and stripped by Yami, she gets angry and calls them perverts.
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* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Zigzagged. She doesn't seem to mind being Downplayed. She's usually pretty unconcerned with letting others see her naked in front of Kenichi and doesn't even bother to lock the door to her room when has no qualms with fighting naked if she changes because the rest of the men know better. has to. However, she is keenly aware of does get angry when [[DirtyOldMan Kensei Ma's]] lechery and generally foils his attempts Ma]] tries to peep at every turn. When her and she's captured and stripped by Yami, she gets angry and calls them perverts.upset when Yami subjects her to a ShamefulStrip.
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* IJustWantToBeNormal: Would MUCH prefer reading and tending flowers than what he's called upon almost daily to do.
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* NiceGuy: Would MUCH prefer reading and tending flowers than what he's called upon almost daily to do.
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* NiceGuy: Would MUCH prefer reading Incredibly kind, compassionate and tending flowers than what he's called upon almost daily to do. righteous.
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* SympathyForTheDevil: Despite having a serious hate-on for [[spoiler:Shou Kano]] and having been in a bloody, vicious, all-out fight with [[spoiler:him]] only moments before, he still displays sincere regret and sadness when [[spoiler:Shou is fatally wounded protecting Miu, then tells Kenichi that it's up to him to protect her from now on]].
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* SympathyForTheDevil: Despite having a serious hate-on for [[spoiler:Shou Kano]] and having been in a bloody, vicious, all-out fight with [[spoiler:him]] him only moments before, he still displays sincere regret and sadness when [[spoiler:Shou is fatally wounded protecting Miu, then tells Kenichi that it's up to him to protect her from now on]].
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* GoingCommando: She never wears a bra. However, when fighting seriously, she dons chain mail and wears a black strap under her breast to kept the chain mail in place.
* SamuraiPonytail: She has long waist-length raven hair usually tied back in a high ponytail.
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* SamuraiPonytail: She has long waist-length raven hair usually tied back in a high ponytail.
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* VaporWear: She never wears a bra. Howewer, when fighting seriously, she dons chain mail and wears a black strap under her breast to kept the chain mail in place.
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* LonerTurnedFriend: Initially is introduced as a loner, often avoiding interaction with the other members of Ryōzanpaku (besides occasionally Apachai). With Kenichi's arrival she begins opening up to the others, and even joins them for meals.
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* NoSocialSkills: Initially is introduced as a loner, often avoiding interaction with the other members of Ryōzanpaku (besides occasionally Apachai). With Kenichi's arrival she begins opening up to the others, and even joins them for meals.
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* NoSocialSkills: Initially is introduced as a loner, often avoiding interaction with the other members of Ryōzanpaku (besides occasionally Apachai). With Kenichi's arrival she begins opening up She doesn't really know how to the others, and even joins them for meals. handle any situation that doesn't involve using weapons.
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* CluelessDudeMagnet: Besides Kenichi, other guys in the series are interested in her including Takeda, Ryuuto and Sho.
* DudeMagnet: Besides Kenichi, other guys in the series are interested in her including Takeda, Ryuuto and Sho.
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* FullFrontalAssault: Seems perfectly relaxed fighting nude when attacked [[HotSpringsEpisode at an onsen]]. In front of her disciple no less.
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* MsFanservice: She is a beautiful young woman with a slender frame yet remarkably curvaceous-figure and well-endowed breasts who ends up with clothing damage in a majority of her actual fights. The {{Fanservice}} factor is UpToEleven in the middle and later chapters where she spend most of the time completely naked due to being captured and they don't want her using anything that she can utilize as a weapon.
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* MsFanservice: She is a beautiful young woman with a slender frame yet remarkably curvaceous-figure and well-endowed breasts who ends up with clothing damage ClothingDamage in a majority of her actual fights. The {{Fanservice}} factor is UpToEleven in the middle and later chapters where she spend most of the time completely naked due to being captured and they don't want her using anything that she can utilize as a weapon.
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* ShamefulStrip: [[spoiler:She's captured and stripped by Yami, although they did it because they knew she can even turn clothing into weapons.]]
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Zigzagged. She doesn't seem to mind being naked in front of Kenichi and doesn't even bother to lock the door to her room when she changes because the rest of the men know better. However, she is keenly aware of [[DirtyOldMan Kensei Ma's]] lechery and generally foils his attempts to peep at every turn. When [[spoiler:she's captured and stripped by Yami]], she gets angry and calls them perverts. She can and will fight in the nude if she has to.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Zigzagged. She doesn't seem to mind being naked in front of Kenichi and doesn't even bother to lock the door to her room when she changes because the rest of the men know better. However, she is keenly aware of [[DirtyOldMan Kensei Ma's]] lechery and generally foils his attempts to peep at every turn. When [[spoiler:she's captured and stripped by Yami]], she gets angry and calls them perverts. She can and will fight in the nude if she has to.
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* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Zigzagged. She doesn't seem to mind being naked in front of Kenichi and doesn't even bother to lock the door to her room when she changes because the rest of the men know better. However, she is keenly aware of [[DirtyOldMan Kensei Ma's]] lechery and generally foils his attempts to peep at every turn. When[[spoiler:she's she's captured and stripped by Yami]], Yami, she gets angry and calls them perverts. She can and will fight in the nude if she has to.perverts.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Zigzagged. She doesn't seem to mind being naked in front of Kenichi and doesn't even bother to lock the door to her room when she changes because the rest of the men know better. However, she is keenly aware of [[DirtyOldMan Kensei Ma's]] lechery and generally foils his attempts to peep at every turn. When
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* AlasPoorVillain: Despite having a serious hate-on for [[spoiler:Shou Kano]] and having been in a bloody, vicious, all-out fight with [[spoiler:him]] only moments before, he still displays sincere regret and sadness when [[spoiler:Shou is fatally wounded protecting Miu, then tells Kenichi that it's up to him to protect her from now on]].
* SympathyForTheDevil: Despite having a serious hate-on for [[spoiler:Shou Kano]] and having been in a bloody, vicious, all-out fight with [[spoiler:him]] only moments before, he still displays sincere regret and sadness when [[spoiler:Shou is fatally wounded protecting Miu, then tells Kenichi that it's up to him to protect her from now on]].
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* ChildrenRaiseYou: She's the youngest member of the dojo, yet she's the one who does all the cooking, cleaning, laundry and manages the finances.
* FirstGirlWins: No other girl can catch Kenichi's attention because Miu came first. [[spoiler:She already won all the way back to their childhood.]]
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* RaisedByGrandparents: Her grandfather, specifically due to the aforementioned ParentalAbandonment.
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* RaisedByGrandparents: Her grandfather, grandfather raised her, specifically due to the aforementioned ParentalAbandonment.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: She loves Kenichi, who is kind, honorable, brave and protective.
* WhatIsThisFeeling: When she sees Renka flirting with Kenichi, Miu finds herself confused at feeling jealousy for the first time.
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* BrokenAce: [[spoiler:[[MyGreatestFailure He's still haunted by his inadvertent part in killing Shigure's father in their mutual past]]]].
* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:He's still haunted by his inadvertent part in killing Shigure's father in their mutual past.]]
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* TakeCareOfTheKids: [[spoiler:Shigure's father asks Akisame this before the latter's untimely death. He of course agrees and leaves her with the Kosaka Clan while he completed his training travels.]]
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* BerserkButton: Call him a coward.
* TheChampion: One of his main motivations is to become a man strong enough to protect Miu.
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* ChronicHeroSyndrome: No matter who it is, Kenichi will never turn his back on someone in need.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: No matter who it is, Kenichi will never turn his back on someone in need.
* IdealHero: Kenichi is determined, strong, caring, kind, honorable, courageous when he needs to be and only fights to protect others.
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* WouldntHitAGirl: [[TheFettered This attitude]] attitude angers several female opponents and wins the affection of some others. He is acutely aware of how stupid this attitude is, and knows that there are several women in the series that could kick his ass even if he ''was'' willing to fight back, [[HonorBeforeReason but he still refuses to hit them on principal.]]
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* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Kenichi. [[spoiler: They do. See ChildhoodFriendRomance above.]]
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* FriendToAllChildren: Despite being a huge, powerful guy who practices a violent and deadly martial art, he is an absolute teddy bear around children. (A huge teddy bear that can punch holes in brick walls and kick grown men over buildings, but a teddy bear nevertheless.)
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* FriendToAllLivingThings: Birds are very fond of Apachai. Occasionally the omakes will exaggerate this, such as him thinking he only needs to stand still for the next 20 days and the birds nesting on top of his head will be gone.
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* AManMakesTheWeapon: Any she wields will be turned into a deadly weapon. As she has proven she was already invincible with only a newspaper. Or a wooden spoon. Or a hair ribbon. Or a mouthful of needles. [[spoiler: The Yami put her in special restraints--basically embedding her hands and feet in solid masses of a specially fortified resin--because they didn't dare let her get hold of handcuffs.]]
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* CondescendingCompassion: She's never mean to Kenichi and has always appreciated his friendship, but for about the first 140 chapters she made several [[InnocentlyInsensitive comments and assumptions]] that show she didn't think much of him until he defeated Ragnorak's first fist.
** Even then she occasionally gives backhanded compliments, like in Chapter 171 when Kenichi is showing his knowledge of flora and she is surprised he knows about more than being hit. He even [[LampshadeHanging tells her]] "That's Rude."
** Even then she occasionally gives backhanded compliments, like in Chapter 171 when Kenichi is showing his knowledge of flora and she is surprised he knows about more than being hit. He even [[LampshadeHanging tells her]] "That's Rude."
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* DefeatByModest: Whenever he fights a female opponent he wants to use his "Ma Style Restriction technique", which is basically where he ties them up with their own clothes, leaving them basically naked.
* DirtyOldMan: He's almost always taking pictures of attractive younger girls. Though he has never actually done anything to say he is unfaithful to his wife.
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* DefeatByModest: DefeatByModesty: Whenever he fights a female opponent he wants to use his "Ma Style Restriction technique", which is basically where he ties them up with their own clothes, leaving them basically naked.
* DirtyOldMan:He's almost always taking Kensei is most often seen attempting to take revealing pictures of attractive younger girls. Though beautiful women (especially Shigure and Miu), which often earns him the wrath of the pair, though this does nothing to deter him from the habit. Howewer he has never actually done anything to say he is unfaithful to his wife.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite being a pervert he was shown to take his job as a doctor seriously when Miu had to be treated after she was saved from the Demon God Fist. He was shown to be worried about her well-being and didn't care that she was almost naked.
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* MartialMedic: Runs an acupuncture clinic & knows a lot about [[HealingPotion Chinese herbalism]].
* MartialPacifist: "Why can't the world be more ero and peaceful?" He's also probably the most gentle when training Kenichi.
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[[folder: Kenichi Shirahama]]
!Kenichi Shirahama
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->Voiced by: Creator/TomokazuSeki (JP), Creator/JoshGrelle (EN), Gabriel Ortiz (LA)
A 16-year-old boy who is currently in his second year of high school. On his way to school one day, Kenichi meets a girl named Miu, and the two soon become friends. At the start of high school, Kenichi joins the school's karate club, hoping to become less weak, but he is forced to do menial chores and is used as a punching bag. One day, he finally stands up to a hulking student, and the two agree to a match in which the loser will quit the club. With Miu's help, Kenichi manages to win, but he quits the club anyway. He joins the Ryozanpaku dojo, which Miu's grandfather nominally runs, and begins an intense training regime in several different types of martial arts.
Kenichi is kind, compassionate, thoughtful, and moral to a fault. He is against violence and studies martial arts to protect others, and he adheres to a strict code of morals, which includes a refusal to hit women. Because of his kindness and empathy, Kenichi has made many friends, most of whom are former enemies.
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* AccidentalPervert:
** His sparring partner and one of his masters are [[MostCommonSuperpower tremendously well-endowed]]. You do the math.
** And then there's some of Ma Kensei's more... ''unorthodox'' training.
* AlasPoorVillain: Despite having a serious hate-on for [[spoiler:Shou Kano]] and having been in a bloody, vicious, all-out fight with [[spoiler:him]] only moments before, he still displays sincere regret and sadness when [[spoiler:Shou is fatally wounded protecting Miu, then tells Kenichi that it's up to him to protect her from now on]].
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:At the end of the manga, we see Kenichi writing the end of his story with a lot of photos in his desk, including one of a little girl who looks just like Miu with Kenichi's hair color.]]
* BadassNormal: His masters blatantly tell him that he has no talent, but make up for it by all-but beating the lessons into him. The results have been staggeringly successful, as attested by out-classing [[TheGift Berserker.]]
* BattleCouple: He and Miu live together, spar together, fight Ragnarok goons together but are only kinda-sorta ''together'' together. [[spoiler: They marry in the end.]]
* BerserkButton: Call him a coward.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: A meek young man who enjoys reading and gardening. He just wants to be friends, even if you're [[spoiler: a member of an AncientConspiracy]] dedicated to the practice of martial art centered on kill your opponents. Push one of his [[BerserkButton Berkserk Buttons]] and he will fight like a rabid badger.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Messing with his little sister is a VERY bad idea. He once jumped off a cliff and wrestled a ''shark'' to save her.
* BigDamnHeroes: Has several moments of it throughout the series.
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* BoringButPractical: Kenichi doesn't have the kind of advanced moves or styles that many of his opponents have, and while he has his awesome moments, strictly speaking he's just using the basics of martial arts. However, this is precisely the kind of martial artist Creator/BruceLee stated was the most fearsome. Eventually averted when he starts relying on Ryūsui Seikūken and Mubyoshi. Though Mubyoshi is just a combination of basic punching techniques.
* CharlesAtlasSuperPower: As a result of training at Ryōzanpaku, he can drop school bullies with one punch and run through stone walls.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: [[spoiler: With Miu.]]
* CluelessChickMagnet: While his sights are [[FirstGirlWins firmly set on Miu]], that hasn't stopped him from unknowingly picking up a small harem of interested girls, including [[GirlNextDoor Izumi]], [[AnimeChineseGirl Renka]], [[PerkyFemaleMinion Raichi]], and possibly even [[HotForStudent Shigure]].
* CombatPragmatist: Since he receives training from a variety of masters who specialize in different fighting styles, Kenichi can often mix his fighting moves up a little bit to throw off his opponents, most of whom are trained more traditionally and mostly specialize only in one or two forms of fights. For example, in his fight against Takeda the boxer, since Takeda is trained to fight with his fists and upper body, Kenichi utilizes low kicks to attack his legs since Takeda wouldn't be expecting that (since that would be illegal in a boxing match), and therefore wouldn't be concentrating on protecting his legs.
* CovertPervert: He does buy stuff from Kensei.
* CowardlyLion: Scared stiff more often than not, though it won't stop him fighting. It's his master's training that ''really'' scares him. Through the wonders of character development, this is less and less the case.
* DeclarationOfProtection:
** He has sworn to just about everyone in earshot that he'll become strong enough to protect his LoveInterest, Miu.
** He vows to protect Takeda after DefeatMeansFriendship. He even programed his cell phone number into Takeda's phone so he could more quickly come to his aide.
* {{Determinator}}: Unconsciousness won't stop him, by the end of the D of D tournament. In fact, that just worsens your chance of keeping him down, since he then surpasses the speed of thought and perfectly demonstrates the techniques that (nigh literally) have been beaten into him by Ryouzanpaku.
* DeathIsCheap: He regularly "dies" during training because Apachai has difficulty holding back. Fortunately, Akisame and Kensei are as skilled with medicine as they are with martial arts.
-->'''Sakaki''': ''Aw man, how many times is this kid gonna die?''
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: ''No one'' he fights can believe he's as good as he is because of his looks and general demeanor.
* GivingUpTheGhost: Every occurrence of this in the series comes from him, mostly from his [[CurbStompBattle sparring sessions]] with Apachai.
* TheFettered: He doesn't fight because we wants to be the strongest, or because he enjoys fighting; he fights to protect others. And if you're the person others need protection ''from'', you will find that he is much, ''much'' stronger than he initially seemed.
* FightMagnet: Justified by Niijima in chapter 5: After Kenichi defeats Karate Club bully Daimonji, he attracts the attention of the Karate Club captain Chukuba; after he defeats Chukuba he attracts the attention of Ragnarok… [[spoiler: and after he defeats Ragnarok, he attracts the attention of Yami. God only knows what will happen when he defeats their disciples.]]
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: [[spoiler:When Kenichi was a kid, he and Ryuto met Miu. After seeing Miu defeat the thug trying to assault a kind old lady, both Ryuto and Kenichi vowed to become strong, but Kenichi forgot the fact and that it was Miu who traded him the Yin Yang badge he carries on the neck of his shirt all the time for a cat badge, as a remainder of said promise.]]
* TheHero: Kenichi is {{reconstruction}} of this trope, particularly the [[ShonenDemographic shounen]] [[FightingSeries fighting hero]]. He is almost as terrified of his training as he is of the antagonists arrayed against him. Initially all he wants is [[CallToAgriculture a well-tended garden]], [[BadassBookworm a well-stocked library]], and [[SingleTargetSexuality Miu]]. This (rapidly) expands to include the ability to [[DeclarationOfProtection protect the ones he loves]] and [[ForGreatJustice fight the evils others ignore]]. Turns out he'll have to defeat [[BadassCrew a whole gang of Badasses]] [[spoiler: and an AncientConspiracy]] to achieve most of these things, and defeat [[WorldsStrongestMan his master]] for [[EngagementChallenge the other]]. Good thing he is a [[TrainingFromHell hard working]] and [[{{Determinator}} determined]] young man, whose aforementioned master (or rather, five of them) have every intention of turning him into, well, [[TitleDrop the mightiest disciple]].
* HeroicBuild: Slowly gets one over the course of the story, going from scrawny wimp to bodybuilder's dream before he leaves high school!
* HeroWithBadPublicity: No thanks to Niijima, who often acts like [[ComicBook/SpiderMan J Jonah Jameson]] and either gives misinformation or else exaggerates Kenichi's wins, making Kenichi seem more like a common thug than a guy who wants to protect people.
* HumanPackMule: To Miu whenever she goes shopping for groceries. This, of course, doubles as a part of his TrainingFromHell, and his mentors often force him to carry some extra weights on those occasions, just for the sake of training his strength and endurance.
* IronButtMonkey: He's one during training with the various masters. Averted during actual fights with bad guys.
* KungFuClairvoyance: Courtesy of Seikuken.
* LoveAtFirstPunch: Unintentional but still. His meeting with Miu is related to this trope but not quite it, since neither have {{Jerkass}} tendencies, and it was her attempt to befriend him that got him to notice her attractiveness. [[spoiler:Plus, the real reason she did so is because she recognized him from their childhood.]]
* MadeOfIron: Basically his only specialty. He can take a beatdown like no other.
* MartialPacifist
* MementoMacGuffin: The Yin Yang badge he carries on the neck of his shirt all the time. [[spoiler:It was Miu who traded it for a cat badge with him years ago.]]
* MusclesAreMeaningless: In the earlier chapters, Akisame's regimen helped Kenichi build strength over bulk, making him a lot stronger without changing his outward appearance much until about halfway into the story where he shifts into:
* MusclesAreMeaningful: He becomes incredibly ripped by the end of the story with a physique most teen bodybuilders would kill for with the strength to match. [[spoiler: By the epilogue we only see his bicep, but by this point it's become as large as Sakaki's Apachai's or the Elder's!]]
* NiceGuy: Would MUCH prefer reading and tending flowers than what he's called upon almost daily to do.
* NotSoWeak: One of the earlier thugs that beat him down got grabbed on the ankle before kicking him off. The thug then pulled up his pant-leg, revealing ''a bruise in the shape of Kenichi's hand''. Kenichi has since grown much, ''much'' stronger.
* ObliviousToLove: [[spoiler:Not as of 423. He finally makes his feelings known to Miu, revealing that it's not so much a case of this as it is SingleTargetSexuality.]]
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: When fighting Tanimoto, he thinks something along the lines of "My name is Kenichi Shirahama, a normal high-schooler that loves reading books and gardening... so why is it that I'm now ''[[InterestingSituationDuel fighting on the roof of a speeding bus]]''!?"
* PointlessBandaid: Chikage tends to call him "Bandaid", because of it.
* TerrorHero: Type 5, thanks largely to Niijima.
** Falls into this trope in episode 24 of Season 1 when some thugs try to bully the drama club into giving up their large room so they can use it for their club. After Kenichi saves the drama club president and announces who he is, the thug's minions begin worry about his presence and exaggerate his reputation a bit, such as being able to take on a bear. However, it's enough to make them run away.
** Happens again when he, Takeda, and Ukita save the Shinpaku Alliance members from the rank and file Ragnarok thugs. Niijima once again greatly exaggerates what Kenichi actually did, and causes the remaining thugs to run away due to his power.
* ThanksForTheMammary: How Kenichi broke Miu out of her UnstoppableRage. [[spoiler: Subverted in Chapter 459 where he tries to pull it off again to Miu to get her out of her BrainwashedAndCrazy state, but he still gets a brutal beat down in the end.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: Took hundreds. A few volumes, and he can drop his former tormentors. A few arcs, and he's accidentally hospitalizing them by the dozen. All thanks to the sheer fortitude to survive [[TrainingFromHell Ryozanpaku]]. To put things into perspective. At the start of the series he was terrified stiff of guys with small knives, or just guys who wanted to beat him up. Now he can even take on guys armed with huge swords and firearms.
* TrainingFromHell: Driving Kenichi into the ground and scaring his reflexes into gold are standard for the masters of Ryouzanpaku, but the most hellish comes from Koetsuji, who builds simple and complex machines to wring the skill from his disciple's bones. Some intrinsic consequences from failing these machines include (but are not limited to only): [[ManOnFire burning alive]], [[ElectricTorture electrocution]], [[AndIMustScream being trapped for hours in one position]], and [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impalement]]. If they didn't know what they were doing (or if Apachai hadn't learned to hold back), he would be long gone by now. Since they do, Kenichi can consider it "training" and gain immense results...though he does ''die'' several times. Good thing two of his masters are also medical geniuses. Kenichi grows to like it, going so far as to ''increase his regimen'' while his masters are absent in Chapter 423. Try to imagine the Kenichi from 200 chapters ago doing that.
* UnskilledButStrong: Kenichi's earlier battles were based more on getting a single hit on his foes, which his inhuman strength gained from training at Ryōzanpaku would turn into a devastating, one-hit KO, than actual combat ability. Akisame even addresses this shortly after Kenichi starts learning actual techniques.
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* WarriorTherapist: His advances in the Sei style have offered him some very telling insights on some of his opponents.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Miu.
* WouldntHitAGirl: [[TheFettered This attitude]] angers several female opponents and wins the affection of some others. He is acutely aware of how stupid this attitude is, and knows that there are several women in the series that could kick his ass even if he ''was'' willing to fight back, [[HonorBeforeReason but he still refuses to hit them on principal.]]
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!Miu Fūrinji [[spoiler:/ Bulu Indah]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/TomokoKawakami (JP, TV anime), Creator/RieKugimiya (JP, OVA), Creator/CarrieSavage (EN), Alondra Hidalgo (LA)
A 16-year-old girl who attends the same school as Kenichi and is currently in her second year. She is the granddaughter of Hayato Fūrinji, the leader of Ryōzanpaku Dojo. Despite being attractive, smart, athletic, and kind, Miu is very socially inept, to the point of having no friends before meeting Kenichi and practically no social life. Miu's social ineptness stems from her upbringing, during which she never had any time to make friends, and also from her home life, where she is both maid and book keeper for a bunch of eccentric adults.
Miu has proven herself to be an immensely skilled fighter. While her exact martial arts disciplines have not been stated, she has shown knowledge of several styles. Her fighting style is graceful and fluid, taking advantage of her agility, coordination, and flexibility, and makes heavy use of kicks. Her skills have been honed to the point where she will reflexively throw anyone who sneaks up behind her.
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* ActionGirl: She regularly floors groups of mooks. Ragnarok eventually gave up fighting her and instead begged Kenichi to "call off your crazy girlfriend!"
* ActionGirlfriend: Kenichi repeatedly vows to protect her, despite the fact that she's still a more skilled fighter than he is. Eventually he comes close and has actively protected her several times when she was sick or disabled. Still, her grandfather won't let him date her unless he can beat ''him'' in a fight.
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:The end of the final chapter reveals she eventually has a daughter with Kenichi.]]
* BadassAdorable: More so as a child, but she is still pretty adorable as she kicks ass
* BadassBack: Do not approach her from the back or you find out why.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:And a victim of MindManipulation.]]
* BattleCouple: With Kenichi, sort of. She started out protecting or looking out for him since she was much stronger in the beginning. Played straighter when he improved enough to be equal to her level, or close to it.
* BeautyMark: She has one under her left eye.
* BettyAndVeronica: Betty to Renka's Veronica because she's the GirlNextDoor and TeamMom in the dojo.
* BerserkerRage: A result of her not being able to control her immense Dou Ki.[[spoiler: This ends when she finally masters her Ki.]]
* BewareOfTheNiceOnes: One of the nicest people, but also one of the strongest disciple fighters so making her angry tends to be a bad idea.
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* BilingualBonus: [[spoiler: Bulu Indah]] means 'Beautiful Feather' in Malay/Indonesian.
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* BornWinner: [[spoiler: Miu is the descendant of a tribe of people who specifically breed themselves to create powerful offspring with exceptional martial arts talent. Not to mention her father is the son of the WorldsStrongestMan, as well as one of the most powerful martial artists in the series.]]
* BraidsOfAction: Zigzagged. Initially, she let her hair down before fighting. After Ragnarok, she dons the braids and lets her hair down in school.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Even after [[spoiler:officially breaking free of Junazard's control, she [[BloodKnight has a hidden amount of blood lust unlocked as a result]].]]
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: [[spoiler:With Kenichi.]]
* ClingyJealousGirl: While not 'officially' with Kenichi, she reacts strongly to Renka flirting with him. She also doesn't like it when Kenichi [[EyeScream looks]] at [[ClothingDamage other girls in the nude]], [[AccidentalPervert accidental]] or not.
* ClothingDamage: Often.
** When she attacks [[spoiler:Silkwat and he counters her attacks before knocking her out]], that skin-tight fighting costume of hers is so shredded that she might as well be naked. She must paint her underwear zones with spirit gum before putting it on--there's no other logical way enough bits of it could stay on sometimes!
** Whenever Kenichi imagines them in danger, he automatically pictures her that way.
* [[CluelessChickMagnet Clueless Dude Magnet]]: Besides Kenichi, other guys in the series are interested in her including Takeda, Ryuuto and Sho.
* CutenessProximity: To cats or anything cat-like. Including at times Renka, whom people refer to as cat-like.
* DCupDistress: Laments her size due to its interference with her martial arts. Probably doesn't help people call her "dairy cow."
* DontSneakUpOnMeLikeThat: Don't ever touch her (and certainly don't ''grab'' her) from behind, or you will quickly end up on your back.
* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: [[spoiler:After being kidnapped by Silkwat.]]
* FanServicePack: Her boobs and hips grow substantially in a very short time after she starts her second year at school. Handwaved as puberty, when she wonders how much bigger they will get. Then her breasts and hips got smaller right after [[spoiler: Apachai's "death" event]], the measurements seems to be the same as her early design.
* FeatherMotif: Often drawn accompanied by ethereal feathers. See also MeaningfulName below.
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* ForgottenFirstMeeting: [[spoiler:She met Kenichi when they were kids. Miu apparently recognized him right away, but didn't feel the need to bring it up when they meet again.]]
* FormFittingWardrobe: Even her school uniform and a blanket.
* GlassCannon: While she's an exceptional martial artist and exceptionally hard to hit or even touch, she rarely can take more than a few hits before collapsing/ being unable to continue. This is played up in the anime so she won't join in a fight she could very easily win, but Kenichi would struggle with.
* GoodEyesEvilEyes: Look at her after she goes into UnstoppableRage and they change into something sinister.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Only Kenichi rivals her in kindness.
* HeirToTheDojo: Raised by the leader of Ryozanpaku and trained by him.
* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Oh, no, she doesn't have ''that'' kind of feelings for Kenichi. He is [[LikeBrotherAndSister just like a little brother]], or a dog who lives in her house. Yet will become [[ClingyJealousGirl incredibly jealous]] the instant another girl announces her affections for him.
* HerosMuse: Inspired Kenichi to take up Martial Arts.
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* InstantExpert: Miu can master techniques, training, and even whole styles in a very little amount of time, around a week. She also learned a workable amount of a new language in the same week.
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* LadyOfWar: Grace and coordination; that's how she fights.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The light to Renka Ma's dark.
* LittleMissBadass: Routinely beating street thugs at the age of six.
* MaleGaze: Close ups of her chest and butt are a must.
* MartialPacifist: Only fights for others and then will try to end it with the least damage to both her and her opponent.
* MeaningfulName: Her name means "beautiful wings" or "beautiful feathers". [[spoiler:And as mentioned under BilingualBonus, Bulu Indah means "beautiful feather" in Malay/Indonesian.]]
* MsFanservice: In the words of a Ragnarok thug "She wears a purple leotard....built like a super model..."
* NiceGirl: Very polite, caring and helpful.
* ObliviousToLove: [[spoiler: As of chapter 423, not oblivious. Indeed, she's far more aware of Kenichi's feelings for her than he realized.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:Her mother died and her father is the leader of Yami.]]
* PurelyAestheticGlasses: She wears glasses as a way to dim her looks.
* RaisedByGrandparents: Her grandfather, specifically due to the aforementioned ParentalAbandonment.
* SensualSpandex: Her fighting uniform. It's ridiculously skintight.
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: She is so beautiful that she had some social problems at her last school because of it (implied to be other girls bullying her). To that end, in her current school she puts on glasses and wears her hair in braids to make herself look plainer.
* TeamChef: She does all the cooking in the dojo.
* TeamMom: Runs the dojo with a kind smile... most of the time.
* TookALevelInBadass:
** Just when Kenichi had finally caught up in fighting and even surpassed her in Ki abilities. [[spoiler: Silkwat Junazard kidnaps her and trains her in Silat which then causes her to have to begin training her Dou ki something her grandfather was hesitant to start do to the risk.]] She is now back to effortlessly [[CurbStompBattle curb stomping]] Kenichi.
** After the introduction of Rimi, Miu finally gets an enemy that pushes her to her limits, [[spoiler: and it's during their final fight that Miu masters her Dou Ki]].
%%* UnstoppableRage: A variant. Like Sakaki, she leans heavily on the Dou side, which is fiery and aggressive. Unlike Sakaki, she doesn't train in it so her control in that state is sketchy at best and she would attack anyone who came within range the first few times she went into that state. The only thing to truly throw her into a rage is meeting the man who killed her mother.
* VaporWear:
** It's pretty obvious that she wears ''nothing'' under her spandex battle outfit. It's a leotard after all. It would be redundant.
** As [[spoiler:Bulu]], it doesn't seem as though Miu is wearing ''anything'' from the waist down except for those leg bands.
* VerbalTic: "Desu wa"
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: When Kenchi was still a novice martial artist this was more prominent. In that period, Ma Kensei actually pointed out to her that this was not good, because this [[HelpingWouldBeKillstealing deprived Kenichi of gaining combat experience]]. After Kenichi [[TookALevelInBadass took enough levels in badass]], this became less prominent, but she actually never stopped being protective of him. Note also that her style of fighting is much more aggressive than Kenichi's.
* WeakButSkilled: Her fighting style is based on speed, grace and coordination rather than pure strength [[note]] This is not to say that she lacks strength but doesn't rely on it. [[/note]] All these combined with her vast experience make her one of the, if not ''the,'' best desciple level fighter(s).
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Kenichi. [[spoiler: They do. See ChildhoodFriendRomance above.]]
* WouldntHurtAChild: [[spoiler: It's how the reader is shown that she's not quite under Silkwat's control.]] Is also very reluctant to fight with Chikage.
* YamatoNadeshiko: She cleans and cooks for the dojo and makes sure it doesn't run out of money. In fact, the grand master mentions that they wouldn't live so well without Miu's care.
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[[folder: Hayato Furinji]]
!Hayato Furinji
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->Voiced by: Hiroshi Arikawa (JP, TV anime), Yuzuru Fujimoto (JP, OVA), Creator/RBruceElliott (EN), Jesse Conde (LA)
Miu's grandfather and the undefeated elder of the Ryōzanpaku Dojo. He is very tall, very muscular and possesses tremendous vitality despite his advanced age. Hayato is a kind old man but still possesses a reckless streak and can be very arrogant, the former of which is shown by his tendency to spend the dojo's money and to get carried away whenever he has a chance to showcase his strength.
Hayato is considered by many to be the most powerful man alive. Even when he uses only 0.0002% of his power, keeps his eyes closed, and splits his concentration and body movements, Akisame comments that he still is the most powerful man in the world.
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* AwesomeByAnalysis: He invented a martial technique specialized in this.
%%* BadassBeard
* BadassGrandpa: He's Miu's grandfather, the oldest of the masters, and this means he has the most training and experience of all of them.
* BigGood: He has titles like "The Invincible Superman", "He who has no Enemies", and "The Strongest Man in the World", and has earned every one. It's a good thing he's on Kenichi's side.
%%* BigOlEyebrows
* BlatantLies: ''I AM THE MYSTERIOUS 20 YEAR OLD, GARYUU X!''
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Even disciples can pull superhuman feats. But Hayato? This old man can run on water, throw bombs huger than he is high into the air, and move so fast a camera slowed down too 1/1000 can barely see a blur of him! That's nearly ''mach 30'' and he wasn't even trying!
%%* CoolOldGuy
* EngagementChallenge: The only way Kenichi can get his consent on dating Miu, is to defeat '''''HIM'''''.
* FormFittingWardrobe: Kimonos don't work like that!
* HeroicBuild: Well over 6 feet tall, made of solid muscle, and doesn't look his actually age.
* ImpossibleTask: When he says that no one can date Miu unless they can defeat him in combat, what he ''means'' to say is that he doesn't want anyone dating Miu.
* LargeAndInCharge: Biggest master in the dojo.
* LoinCloth: His [[FanDisservice swimwear]].
%%* MartialPacifist
* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:Chapter 430 reveals that his inability to prevent Saiga's FaceHeelTurn is this for him]].
* OldMaster: He's actually taught Kenichi only a few lessons, but each has resulted in ''monumental'' [[TookALevelInBadass improvements]]. Basically, He's the one who brings together all the stuff the other masters have been [[TrainingFromHell pounding into Kenichi on a daily basis]].
* OneManArmy: Hell, he is a MONSTER, he fought alone with an entire American military base and WON! And throwing more people or heavy artillery at him is a bad idea, since he can use [[GrievousHarmWithABody people as freakin' shurikens]], and has special moves that he uses specifically to take out TANKS!!!
* OverprotectiveDad: More like ''selectively'' protective grandfather. Keeping Miu by his side as he travelled the world battling evil, fine. Sending her out to protect Kenichi, encouraged. But any prospective suitors (i.e. Kenichi) must defeat the Elder first.
* PaperThinDisguise: His identity as Ganryu-X is a simple plastic ''Franchise/MetalHeroes'' mask and doing ''Franchise/KamenRider'' poses.
* RedBaron: "The Man Without Enemies"
* WalkingTheEarth: Appears to have done this both in his youth and during Miu's early years. Arguably still doing it given his semi-frequent "walks" that keep him away from Ryozanpaku for days on end.
* WorldsStrongestMan: Is called as such on several occasions, when he isn't being called the Invincible Superman. Apparently, using 0.0002% of his power and closing his eyes STILL leaves him the "most powerful being on this planet".
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Akisame Kōetsuji]]
!Akisame Kōetsuji
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->Voiced by: Creator/JurotaKosugi (EN), Creator/KentWilliams (EN), José Arenas (LA)
A 38-year-old philosophical Jujitsu master who was the first master willing to train Kenichi. He is an old friend of Miu's father, Saiga. Despite his seemingly small physique, he is known for having muscles built to perfection. He also has very good insight, often knowing if people are troubled or hiding something; he sometimes even knows what a person is thinking, which scares Kenichi.
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* TheAce: Not only is he a Martial Arts Master, but he's also considered a genius in multiple academic fields, can bring people back to life with his medical knowledge, is said to have "the perfect body", is always calm and composed, is the main breadwinner of the group, manages to turn a group of school children into emotionless fighting machines in an afternoon, and can outsmart any of the other masters (Kensei spent YEARS using a false RockPaperScissors pattern until he really needed to win, and Akisame saw through it immediately). If there is something he isn't good at, he'll learn it almost instantly. If that doesn't happen, he learns instantly by watching somebody else do the same.
* BadassMustache: He argues about whether or not it is with James Shiba.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's one of the more cultured and approachable Ryozanpaku masters, and can usually keep his cool in stressful situations. If you do anything that could potentially harm Kenichi or any innocent bystanders, though, he'll show you no mercy.
** When he learns that Shigure was captured by YAMI, he very briefly flies into a rage after he tries to calm himself but fails.
* BrokenAce: [[spoiler:[[MyGreatestFailure He's still haunted by his inadvertent part in killing Shigure's father in their mutual past]]]].
* CatchPhrase: "Naive!"
* TheComicallySerious: Especially when green peppers are involved.
* CruelMercy: As all Ryozanpaku Masters he won't kill his opponent no matter the circumstances. Some of the stuff he does to his [[BodyHorror opponents is worse]]. Really it would be MercyKill to kill those poor souls.
* CulturedBadass: There's a reason he's called the "Jujitsu Philosopher."
* DoesNotLikeSpam: Hates green peppers. Doubles as his WeaksauceWeakness. Kenichi and Miu manage to seal him in his room for a few hours by dangling one in the hallway.
* GadgeteerGenius: Low-level, but he loves to invent new [[strike:torture]] training devices.
* GeniusBruiser: So much so that some visitors to the dojo seemed to know of him as a master artist and philosopher instead of a martial arts master.
* ItsPersonal: Harming any of his TrueCompanions will anger him but when he learned that Shigure (the daughter of an old friend) had been captured by YAMI, he tries to calm himself by writing calligraphy but fails when he crushes the pen in a rage and declares that he'd make YAMI ''wish'' that he will kill them by the time it was over.
* MartialMedic: Started out as a notable chiropractor thanks to jujitsu's knowledge of joints & bones, but becomes an [[OpenHeartDentistry Open Heart Dentist]] by the D of D arc, capable of performing miracles with [[MacGyvering a borrowed knife, needle & thread, and booze]].
* MartialPacifist: When threatened by a Ragnarok grunt, he politely tried to talk his way out before using him in a Judo demonstration.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: While much slimmer than some of the other masters, he has built his body to perfection via ArtMajorBiology.
* ProphetEyes: Downplayedted in that Akisame is clearly ''not'' blind but he looks it and the wise conotations are there.
* TakeCareOfTheKids: [[spoiler:Shigure's father asks Akisame this before the latter's untimely death. He of course agrees and leaves her with the Kosaka Clan while he completed his training travels.]]
* TheReliableOne: There is a reason why he was chosen to be Kenichi's primary trainer. Always cool and collected, rather serious, a good organizer, and possesses the best technological and medical knowledge of all Ryozanpaku masters. Compared to him, Hayato (the eldest and strongest ''and'' the owner of the dojo) sometimes looks like a mischievous teenager.
* UnusualEyebrows: It's like a lightning symbol drawn sideways.
%%* WarriorPoet
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Shio Sasaki]]
!Shio Sakaki
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->Voiced by: Creator/UnshoIshizuka (JP), Creator/ChristopherSabat (EN), Juan Carlos Tinoco (LA)
A 29-year-old master of karate who claims to hold 100 dan. Sakaki is a very intimidating person even when he tries not to be, something that he does not seem to realize and is put off by whenever someone points it out. He has a kind and caring nature and is a very bad liar, which is shown when Akisame asks why he suddenly decided to teach Kenichi a fighting technique, and Sakaki replied that it was the anniversary of the creation of judo.
He is an incredibly powerful martial artist. He his well-versed in multiple forms of karate and possess superhuman abilities, most evident in the fact that he can survive a fall from one of the top floors of a tall building without any noticeable injury.
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* AlliterativeName: '''S'''hio '''S'''akaki.
* AntiHero: Sakaki tries to give a hard cynical impression, but he isn't fooling anybody, as people he meets keep being amazed at and telling him what a nice and WiseBeyondHisYears fellow that he is. The "worst" that he ever does is drag along Apachai on harebrained {{Get Rich Quick Scheme}}s, and although he worked as a mercenary for a while he never liked it, or accepted immoral missions, and when his old partners did, he immediately turned on them. He mostly earns a living by catching career killers for Interpol and similar.
* BadassBiker: When he uses his motorcycle, he definitely counts.
%%* BadLiar
* BerserkButton: Anybody seriously harming Kenichi. While he can control himself (with difficulty) when its done by another disciple, when its a Master class... [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown all bets are off]]
* BerserkerTears: [[spoiler:He didn't take it well when Hongo killed Suzuki.]]
%%* BigOlEyebrows
* BoisterousBruiser: Easily the character who does the most shouting in Ryozanpaku.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: He's the biggest softie of the masters. Most of his character's humor comes from his (increasingly desperate) assurances that this isn't the case.
* TheCape: Honorable, kind, refuses to kill and is ready to do what is right to help defend the defenseless no matter what.
* DarkIsNotEvil: He's a Dou-style user and very vicious in combat (in fact, [[spoiler: the karate school he uses is an art developed and used by YAMI]]), but he's probably the nicest member of the Ryozanpaku dojo.
* DefectorFromDecadence: It was revealed in Chapter 439 that he was actually groomed by his master to be a powerful follower (and possibly eventual Fist) of YAMI, but he rejected the philosophy of Satsujiken in response to the death of Suzuki.
%%* EatingTheEyeCandy:
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: So much so that some have wondered just how much of his image and habits are genuine or are carefully cultivated so as to appear from looking ''too'' kind and soft.
* HypocriticalHumor:
** In chapter 422 [[spoiler: he shared with Kenichi some tips for fighting when you're wounded: don't let your opponent know you're hurt, avoid unnecessarily large movements, and don't let rage overtake you]]. [[BlatantLies Guess]] [[SayMyName what]] [[SuperReflexes he]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown does]].
** Gets another moment in chapter 434 when [[spoiler:Kenichi and Miu follow him against his wishes,]] he exasperatedly wonders who taught Kenichi to so flagrantly disregard his masters wishes. Cue placard of him acting in ''the exact same manner'' towards his master.
%%* KnightInShiningArmor
* LuminescentBlush: Mostly at being proud of Kenichi and trying hard not to show it.
%%* MartialPacifist
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Seriously, had any of his fight hasn't ended like this? He's so brutal Kenichi and Miu ''took pity on his opponent'' after he beat him straight through several ''rooms'', walls and all. He also managed to give all of Kenichi's TrueCompanions the shivers (literally) on another occasion...where he claimed to be ''holding back''. And he may actually be telling the truth.
* ObviouslyEvil: He looks like the archetypal bad guy and half of his dialog comes out sounding like a bad guy or TheDragon. Lampshaded by Kenichi when Sakaki promised the Elder to "bring their heads as trophy"; he was joking but still...
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: [[spoiler: This seems to be the attitude Sakaki and Akira have towards one another.]]
* PapaWolf: To Kenichi.
* ThePromise: Earlier in his life, he promised to marry Jennifer Grey. He claimed he was drunk, but she still wants him to make good on that promise.
%%* RatedMForManly:
* ScarsAreForever: Has one across his nose. [[spoiler:Chapter 429 hints, and Chapter 431 confirms, that he got it from a fight with Akira Hongo, YAMI's God Fist. In Chapter 443 they gave each other their scars at [[CrossCounter the same time]]. Also looks like he's gained a few more during his latest battle with Hongo...which also serve as a ShoutOut]].
* SenseiForScoundrels: A lot of his advice is delivered while at least a little drunk. Strangely his best advice, on life in general if not fighting, is when he is drunk, and he won't remember saying it all.
%%* ShirtlessScene:
* ShoutOut: See ShirtlessScene above, plus [[spoiler:his latest battle with Akira Hongo has left him with a rather familiar-looking set of finger-poke wounds on his chest.]] His move, Morsasouken-Zuki, oozes FistOfTheNorthStar.
* {{Tsundere}}:
** Yes, Sakaki, you want to teach Kenichi, not because you want to, but because it's your birthday. Riiight. In the dub, because it was supposedly the day Judo was created.
** Despite being ENEMIES he is also one for [[spoiler:[[WorthyOpponent Hongo]]]].
--> "It's not like I'm helping you. I just felt like standing here for a little while."
** He's also pretty protective and caring of Miu and his fellow dojo Masters but he refuses to admit to this. Case in point, this line when Appachai is trying to learn to pull his punches; "It's not like I asked for your help because I was worried about him or nothin'...my sake just doesn't taste right unless I can hear his laughter. That's the only reason!"
* UpToEleven: The 100-dan karate master. Dan rankings don't go above 10 in karate or other Japanese martial arts. He's probably well aware of this, but nobody's brave enough to call him on it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Apachai Hopachai]]
!Apachai Hopachai
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->Voiced by: Creator/HiroyaIshimaru (JP), Creator/SonnyStrait (EN), Antonio Gálvez (LA)
A 28-year-old master of Muay Thai and is known as the "Death God" of the Muay Thai underworld fighting circuit. Despite this fearsome reputation and his incredible size and strength, Apachai is very kind and gentle. He enjoys playing with children and animals and is very childlike himself. He has a habit of saying the phrase "apa" when he speaks and sometimes yells it while training or fighting.
Apachai has been trained in martial arts since he was very young. He is extraordinarily strong, able to shatter stone statues and kick down trees without any apparent difficulty. Despite his incredible size, he is blindingly fast, able to dodge bullets while fighting.
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* TheBerserker: When he fights, he basically loses all limits.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: One of the genuinely kindest characters in the series. Also one of only two masters known for a fact as capable of giving the Elder a challenge in combat.
* BigEater: If Apachai isn't playing board games with Honoka or berserking at training dummies, he's most likely eating. Given a slightly uncomfortable twist when it's revealed that [[spoiler:he was often denied food as punishment or to keep him "on edge" by the man who ''owned'' him, before Agaard took charge of him]].
%%* BigOlEyebrows
* BlankWhiteEyes: Used for both comedy and badassery, which is just about all his appearances. Apachai's face is rarely drawn in full detail.
* BoringButPractical: His finishing moves are [[MegatonPunch APANCH]], [[TwinkleInTheSky CHAIKICK]], and The Punch You Don't Let Children See.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: A somewhat tragic example, as his past has led to him being woefully unprepared for normal life.
* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:Chapter 406: the guy came back from the dead in a way that would put the Terminator to shame and delivered a God-Slaying Punch while being half-dead just to protect his beloved disciple.]]
%%* TheDitz
* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Has genuinely ''killed'' Kenichi once or twice. He usually knows his strength, but can't control it.
%%* FriendToAllLivingThings
%%* GenreSavvy: He has his moments.
* GeniusDitz: He has excellent knowledge when it comes to animals, even though he doesn't know a lot of other things.
* GentleGiant: When he's not fighting, he's huge, imposing, and ridiculously sweet.
* IdiotSavant: Apachai is a muay thai genius, but he's nearly clueless about most social norms.
* LivingLegend: Leaves behind at least two legends of a GentleGiant that saved the day and then was never heard of again.
%% * ManChild
%% * MartialPacifist
* MundaneMadeAwesome: He went through a hellish training to ''learn to hold back while doing housework'' so Miu could go to the amusement park.
* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: [[spoiler:It was looking pretty grim for a while there, but he did eventually survive his fight with Agaard, thanks to Akisame and Kensei.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Are you really going to pick a fight with a guy called the Death God of the Muay Thai Underworld?
* NoSocialSkills: Barely functional in a social setting, since his life has been little but fighting.
* PokemonSpeak: Apachai does this when he gets worked up.
* RedBaron: "[[{{Shinigami}} Grim Reaper]] of Muay Thai".
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: When Nijima goes missing, kidnapped by Ragnarok, Apachai talks to ''pigeons'' for information. ''It works''.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Bordering on PokemonSpeak at time.
%%* TykeBomb:
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Does not like planes. Guess what he has to ride at one point?
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Shigure Kōsaka]]
!Shigure Kōsaka
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->Voiced by: Creator/MamikoNoto (JP), Creator/TrinaNishimura (EN), Claudia Contreras (LA)
A 22-year-old weapons master. Shigure is a very mysterious person. She speaks very little and has a habit of falling asleep on the rafters of the ceiling and also traverses atop them more than she uses the floor. She has little knowledge of most things outside of weapons and has trouble interacting with normal people due to her blunt personality and the fact that she always carries a weapon. She has a pet mouse named Tochūmaru.
While the youngest master of Ryozanpaku, Shigure has repeatedly proven herself a formidable person to face. As the successor to the Kōsaka-Style, Shigure has remarkable mastery of all forms of traditional and even modern weapons, earning her the title of "The Prodigy of Sword and Mistress of all Weaponry". Despite her lithe frame, she is very strong and can cut weapons made of metal to pieces using something with a dull edge, such as a spoon. She once cut a cannon off of a tank and then jammed it through its side.
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* AbsoluteCleavage: She assumes this for the heroic side sometimes.
* AbsurdCuttingPower: Doesn't matter if it's a sword she's using or a wooden rice spoon--anything that Shigure can hold ''will'' cut.
* TheAce: As far as weapons are concerned, she's the best in virtually the entire world. Whereas most weapons masters are good with one particular weapon or weapons set, she's proficient enough in all the basics to pick apart ''every single'' type used against her. This includes rifles and other modern weaponry
* ActionGirl: She's obviously damn capable with anything even vaguely resembling a weapon and she's not afraid to fight.
* {{Adorkable}}: Since she's a bit awkward socially, she tends to quietly puff up and congratulate herself when she says something that sounds kind of cool.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She is tall, beautiful, dark-haired and acts very calm and serious--except when she's not.
* BadassAdorable: Her adorkable moments do nothing to temper her badassness.
%%* BadassBiker
* BadassLongcoat: Usually when she's travelling.
* BladeReflection: Shigure turns the blade reflection to practical use, using it to see what is behind her. Her only blind spot is the part of the blade reflecting her face.
* {{Bokukko}}: She uses the masculine pronoun ''boku'' to refer to herself.
%%* BunnyEarsLawyer
* ClothingDamage: The cause, and sometimes, the recipient.
%%* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Innocent with regards to many things.
* CollectorOfTheStrange: She collects {{Cool Sword}}s [[spoiler:to prevent her father's work from being used for murder]].
%%* TheComicallySerious
* CoolBigSis: Not by blood, but tends to act like this to Miu and Kenichi, and by extension, the Shinpaku Alliance. She has taught him to swim and helped him get over his fear of killing intent, which also put her in danger. Another case in point, after a bummed out Kenichi is 'banned' from training for a while for daring to take a Weapons Master-class opponent head-on, she has her mouse guide him into the rafters to a listening cup so he can hear what the other masters [[WellDoneSonGuy really think]] of his latest display. Cue another WhenSheSmiles moment.
** She makes the Shinpaku Alliance members special chain armor and gauntlets tempered by her family's secret process, rending them impossibly strong and resistant to blades. She stayed up an ''entire week'' straight to do this.
** [[spoiler:When she finds herself along with Kenichi and Miu surrounded by several Yami Weapon Masters, she holds the line so that the two can escape and is captured as a result.]]
* DamselOutOfDistress: [[spoiler:Gets captured by the Master weapon users of Yami.... and quickly breaks out, several times.]]
* DefrostingIceQueen: She's the slowest to warm up to Kenichi but eventually she becomes his CoolBigSis and [[ShipTease it's been hinted that she's probably starting to develop a kind of crush on Kenichi]].
* DramaticEllipsis: When she... talks it's very... SLOW.
* FullFrontalAssault: Seems perfectly relaxed fighting nude when attacked [[HotSpringsEpisode at an onsen]]. In front of her disciple no less.
* {{Fundoshi}}: In her swimwear.
%%* GodivaHair
* ImplausibleFencingPowers: Almost anytime she pulls out her sword...or wooden spoon. In chapter 412 she was seen carving shapes into a waterfall.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Possibly her most remarkable skill, Shigure has perfect aim with any tool she handles. Even with frail or dull-edged items, such as a spoon or faulty blade, she can strike without hitting any vital points. With projectiles, she can precisely hit any speeding and squirming target from a considerable distant. At close-range, Shigure strikes can skillfully cut through targets with such precision, the sliced target can momentarily appear unaffected.
* ImprovisedWeapon: She is already invincible with only a newspaper. Or a wooden spoon. Or a hair ribbon. Or a mouthful of needles. [[spoiler: The Yami put her in special restraints--basically embedding her hands and feet in solid masses of a specially fortified resin--because they didn't dare let her get hold of handcuffs.]]
%%* LadyOfWar
* MaleGaze: Most chapter cover art that features her as well as some shots of her in the story are done with this in mind.
* MartialPacifist: Most opponents she faces end up losing without significant injury or by simply having their clothes torn (which she often does to Miu and Freya's Valkyries). Even during fights with dangerous opponents like Kagerō Kii and Mildred Lawrence, she will not resort to lethally slicing or slashing the opponent's body, instead opting to using the back of her sword, and in extreme situations, shallowly cutting or attacking an opponent with a weapon to the point that they have small, non-lethal flesh wounds and cuts.
* MiniDressOfPower: Her kimono is cut as a miniskirt. Somewhat practical, as it gives her more range of movement than a full kimono.
* MsFanservice: She is a beautiful young woman with a slender frame yet remarkably curvaceous-figure and well-endowed breasts who ends up with clothing damage in a majority of her actual fights. The {{Fanservice}} factor is UpToEleven in the middle and later chapters where she spend most of the time completely naked due to being captured and they don't want her using anything that she can utilize as a weapon.
* MultiMeleeMaster: Her [[RedBaron nickname]] is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Prodigy of Sword and Mistress of all Weaponry]].
* {{Ninja}}: Not ''actually'' a ninja but she might as well be. Her [[KimonoFanService short kimono]] & fishnet outfit scream kunoichi, as does her choice of typically ninja weapons (swords, manriki-gusari, shuriken, and kunai) and her habit of setting weapon traps. She also walks on ceilings, but she does this by [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower gripping the beams with her toes]] rather than magic tricks. Oh, and sneaking in is one of her specialties.
* NoNameGiven: Her father never gave her a name. It was [[spoiler:Akisame]] who gave her the name and he put her in the care of the Kosaka family.
* NoSocialSkills: Initially is introduced as a loner, often avoiding interaction with the other members of Ryōzanpaku (besides occasionally Apachai). With Kenichi's arrival she begins opening up to the others, and even joins them for meals.
* NotGoodWithPeople: She seems to get along better with her pet rat than with anyone else.
%%* PurpleEyes
* TheQuietOne: Doesn't talk much.
* RapunzelHair: When she lets it down it comes down to her hips.
* SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining: She spent her formative years training in the wilderness with her swordsmith father; though he did love her he was so absent-minded that ''he never even bothered to give her a name''. In the present, Shigure is a formidable weapons master, but has little knowledge of most things outside of weapons, [[NoSocialSkills lacks social graces]] and speaks very slowly.
* {{Sarashi}}: In her swimwear.
* SexyMentor: To Kenichi. Miu has wondered several times if Shigure sees him as [[HotForStudent more than her disciple]]. She has no qualms about being in a state of undress around him since he's not being perverted (on purpose), and she told him that she wants to bathe with him again, much to Miu's consternation. As the story goes on, she starts acting cuter around him in an effort to get him to train with her more.
* ShamefulStrip: [[spoiler:She's captured and stripped by Yami, although they did it because they knew she can even turn clothing into weapons.]]
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Zigzagged. She doesn't seem to mind being naked in front of Kenichi and doesn't even bother to lock the door to her room when she changes because the rest of the men know better. However, she is keenly aware of [[DirtyOldMan Kensei Ma's]] lechery and generally foils his attempts to peep at every turn. When [[spoiler:she's captured and stripped by Yami]], she gets angry and calls them perverts. She can and will fight in the nude if she has to.
* SleepWalking: According to Sakaki.
* SlipknotPonytail: She didn't have a [[ImprovisedWeapon weapon]] on her.
* StealthHiBye: Part of her ninja appeal and also part of her training.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: She's the only female Master-class for the Katsujin-ken and the youngest among them.
* TheStoic: Partial subversion. Despite her general lack of expression, her emotions are almost comically obvious.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Icy to nearly everyone, even the other Masters at the beginning. However, she's a very caring person and shows a warmer side of herself to those who are very close to her like her pet mouse Tochūmaru and eventually Kenichi.
* TalkingInYourSleep: According to Sakaki, her sleep talking is quite scary.
* TheTease: Very much so in Kenichi's case. She's tried to get room for the night by saying that they were a couple (it was really for saving money), taking a bath with him fully nude, and generally not caring if he sees her naked or not. Also these [[http://eatmanga.com/Manga-Scan/Historys-Strongest-Disciple-Kenichi/Historys-Strongest-Disciple-Kenichi-535/page-13 poses]] are proof of it.
* TomboyishPonytail: She has long waist-length raven hair usually tied back in a high ponytail
* UltimateBlacksmith: She inherited her father's supreme skill at forging weapons.
* UnusualEyebrows: They're like...caterpillars...or something.
* VaporWear: She never wears a bra. Howewer, when fighting seriously, she dons chain mail and wears a black strap under her breast to kept the chain mail in place.
* VerbalTic: Has a habit of pausing whenever she...speaks.
* WalkingArmory: She has an assortment of weapons all over her body from her sword, to her kusarigama, kunai and even needles. Her room in the dojo has more weapons and weapon types than most museums.
* WhenSheSmiles: Maybe a subversion. It's significant when she does, but unless it's meant for Kenichi, it isn't a very pretty smile. As time goes on, she smiles more often, especially if it concerns Kenichi in any way.
* ZettaiRyouiki: She wears thigh-high socks.
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[[folder: Kensei Ma]]
!Kensei Ma
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->Voiced by: Creator/IsseiFutamata (JP), Creator/VicMignogna (EN), Jorge Ramírez (LA)
A 41-year-old lecherous master of Chinese Kenpō. Kensei is a sly and perverted man, who tries to take pictures of attractive women, particularly Shigure and Miu. He often sells these pictures to Kenichi in the form of "data books", which usually turn out to be pictures of anything but the two of them. Ma seems to have a plethora of spying equipment at his disposal to aid him in such endeavors. In spite of his perverted and deceptive tendencies, he and Kenichi become quite close, forming a father-son-like bond.
Ma is a very experienced martial artist, having been trained since he was very young, and purportedly knows all martial arts indigenous to China. In spite of his size, he is very strong, able to destroy a small bridge with a single kick and to rend the flesh of Diego Carlo, a man said to possess a body hard as steel, with his bare hands. He is very agile, capable of jumping from atop one moving cars to another. Ma is also skilled in the field of medicine; he runs an acupuncture clinic and usually, along with Akisame, mends the wounds of Kenichi and the others.
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* BaldOfAwesome: He's lost his hair on the top of his head. Hence the NiceHat. Doesn't make him any less capable in combat.
%%* BadassMustache
%%* BunnyEarsLawyer
%%* ChivalrousPervert
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He acts the most goofy and affable of all the Ryōzanpaku teachers, but when the chips are down, yoi'll see just why he's called the Master of all Chinese Kenpo.
* DirtyOldMan: He's almost always taking pictures of attractive younger girls. Though he has never actually done anything to say he is unfaithful to his wife.
* HenpeckedHusband: Is terrified of his wife.
%%* IWasQuiteALooker
* MartialMedic: Runs an acupuncture clinic & knows a lot about [[HealingPotion Chinese herbalism]].
* MartialPacifist: "Why can't the world be more ero and peaceful?" He's also probably the most gentle when training Kenichi.
* NiceHat: To cover up his bald spot.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: Shortest man in Ryōzanpaku, but still a master martial artist.
%%* PornStash
* SenseiForScoundrels: Is often encouraging perverted behavior in Kenichi as a form of training. Rachel Stanley considers him a genius for suggesting ways to grab attention more shamelessly.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Whenever he's sharing a scene with Shigure. They are often drawn from odd perspectives that emphasize the height difference. (Involving him pointing a camera at her butt.)
* TransliterationTrouble: Many scanlations translate his family name as "Ba," because that's how it's pronounced in Japanese, but it's supposed to be pronounced the Chinese way.
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[[folder: Tochimaru]]
!Tochūmaru
Shigure's pet mouse. Tochūmaru is highly intelligent and a skilled fighter in his own right, able to take down (or at least intimidate) normal people.
* BadassAdorable: Tochūmaru seems to have a lot of the same skills Shigure does, just scaled down in power. At the very least, he's able to take down beings much larger than him. Shigure even says that he can handle any cat that tries to eat him.
* BigEater: Tochūmaru apparently steals food and blames it on Apachai.
* NonHumanSidekick: To Shigure, although he also sometimes helps Kenichi.
* StealthExpert: He's basically a mouse with ninja skills. Being small, Tochūmaru can easily sneak into places unnoticed, which comes in handy.
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!Kenichi Shirahama
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->Voiced by: Creator/TomokazuSeki (JP), Creator/JoshGrelle (EN), Gabriel Ortiz (LA)
A 16-year-old boy who is currently in his second year of high school. On his way to school one day, Kenichi meets a girl named Miu, and the two soon become friends. At the start of high school, Kenichi joins the school's karate club, hoping to become less weak, but he is forced to do menial chores and is used as a punching bag. One day, he finally stands up to a hulking student, and the two agree to a match in which the loser will quit the club. With Miu's help, Kenichi manages to win, but he quits the club anyway. He joins the Ryozanpaku dojo, which Miu's grandfather nominally runs, and begins an intense training regime in several different types of martial arts.
Kenichi is kind, compassionate, thoughtful, and moral to a fault. He is against violence and studies martial arts to protect others, and he adheres to a strict code of morals, which includes a refusal to hit women. Because of his kindness and empathy, Kenichi has made many friends, most of whom are former enemies.
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* AccidentalPervert:
** His sparring partner and one of his masters are [[MostCommonSuperpower tremendously well-endowed]]. You do the math.
** And then there's some of Ma Kensei's more... ''unorthodox'' training.
* AlasPoorVillain: Despite having a serious hate-on for [[spoiler:Shou Kano]] and having been in a bloody, vicious, all-out fight with [[spoiler:him]] only moments before, he still displays sincere regret and sadness when [[spoiler:Shou is fatally wounded protecting Miu, then tells Kenichi that it's up to him to protect her from now on]].
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:At the end of the manga, we see Kenichi writing the end of his story with a lot of photos in his desk, including one of a little girl who looks just like Miu with Kenichi's hair color.]]
* BadassNormal: His masters blatantly tell him that he has no talent, but make up for it by all-but beating the lessons into him. The results have been staggeringly successful, as attested by out-classing [[TheGift Berserker.]]
* BattleCouple: He and Miu live together, spar together, fight Ragnarok goons together but are only kinda-sorta ''together'' together. [[spoiler: They marry in the end.]]
* BerserkButton: Call him a coward.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: A meek young man who enjoys reading and gardening. He just wants to be friends, even if you're [[spoiler: a member of an AncientConspiracy]] dedicated to the practice of martial art centered on kill your opponents. Push one of his [[BerserkButton Berkserk Buttons]] and he will fight like a rabid badger.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Messing with his little sister is a VERY bad idea. He once jumped off a cliff and wrestled a ''shark'' to save her.
* BigDamnHeroes: Has several moments of it throughout the series.
%%* BigOlEyebrows
* BoringButPractical: Kenichi doesn't have the kind of advanced moves or styles that many of his opponents have, and while he has his awesome moments, strictly speaking he's just using the basics of martial arts. However, this is precisely the kind of martial artist Creator/BruceLee stated was the most fearsome. Eventually averted when he starts relying on Ryūsui Seikūken and Mubyoshi. Though Mubyoshi is just a combination of basic punching techniques.
* CharlesAtlasSuperPower: As a result of training at Ryōzanpaku, he can drop school bullies with one punch and run through stone walls.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: [[spoiler: With Miu.]]
* CluelessChickMagnet: While his sights are [[FirstGirlWins firmly set on Miu]], that hasn't stopped him from unknowingly picking up a small harem of interested girls, including [[GirlNextDoor Izumi]], [[AnimeChineseGirl Renka]], [[PerkyFemaleMinion Raichi]], and possibly even [[HotForStudent Shigure]].
* CombatPragmatist: Since he receives training from a variety of masters who specialize in different fighting styles, Kenichi can often mix his fighting moves up a little bit to throw off his opponents, most of whom are trained more traditionally and mostly specialize only in one or two forms of fights. For example, in his fight against Takeda the boxer, since Takeda is trained to fight with his fists and upper body, Kenichi utilizes low kicks to attack his legs since Takeda wouldn't be expecting that (since that would be illegal in a boxing match), and therefore wouldn't be concentrating on protecting his legs.
* CovertPervert: He does buy stuff from Kensei.
* CowardlyLion: Scared stiff more often than not, though it won't stop him fighting. It's his master's training that ''really'' scares him. Through the wonders of character development, this is less and less the case.
* DeclarationOfProtection:
** He has sworn to just about everyone in earshot that he'll become strong enough to protect his LoveInterest, Miu.
** He vows to protect Takeda after DefeatMeansFriendship. He even programed his cell phone number into Takeda's phone so he could more quickly come to his aide.
* {{Determinator}}: Unconsciousness won't stop him, by the end of the D of D tournament. In fact, that just worsens your chance of keeping him down, since he then surpasses the speed of thought and perfectly demonstrates the techniques that (nigh literally) have been beaten into him by Ryouzanpaku.
* DeathIsCheap: He regularly "dies" during training because Apachai has difficulty holding back. Fortunately, Akisame and Kensei are as skilled with medicine as they are with martial arts.
-->'''Sakaki''': ''Aw man, how many times is this kid gonna die?''
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: ''No one'' he fights can believe he's as good as he is because of his looks and general demeanor.
* GivingUpTheGhost: Every occurrence of this in the series comes from him, mostly from his [[CurbStompBattle sparring sessions]] with Apachai.
* TheFettered: He doesn't fight because we wants to be the strongest, or because he enjoys fighting; he fights to protect others. And if you're the person others need protection ''from'', you will find that he is much, ''much'' stronger than he initially seemed.
* FightMagnet: Justified by Niijima in chapter 5: After Kenichi defeats Karate Club bully Daimonji, he attracts the attention of the Karate Club captain Chukuba; after he defeats Chukuba he attracts the attention of Ragnarok… [[spoiler: and after he defeats Ragnarok, he attracts the attention of Yami. God only knows what will happen when he defeats their disciples.]]
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: [[spoiler:When Kenichi was a kid, he and Ryuto met Miu. After seeing Miu defeat the thug trying to assault a kind old lady, both Ryuto and Kenichi vowed to become strong, but Kenichi forgot the fact and that it was Miu who traded him the Yin Yang badge he carries on the neck of his shirt all the time for a cat badge, as a remainder of said promise.]]
* TheHero: Kenichi is {{reconstruction}} of this trope, particularly the [[ShonenDemographic shounen]] [[FightingSeries fighting hero]]. He is almost as terrified of his training as he is of the antagonists arrayed against him. Initially all he wants is [[CallToAgriculture a well-tended garden]], [[BadassBookworm a well-stocked library]], and [[SingleTargetSexuality Miu]]. This (rapidly) expands to include the ability to [[DeclarationOfProtection protect the ones he loves]] and [[ForGreatJustice fight the evils others ignore]]. Turns out he'll have to defeat [[BadassCrew a whole gang of Badasses]] [[spoiler: and an AncientConspiracy]] to achieve most of these things, and defeat [[WorldsStrongestMan his master]] for [[EngagementChallenge the other]]. Good thing he is a [[TrainingFromHell hard working]] and [[{{Determinator}} determined]] young man, whose aforementioned master (or rather, five of them) have every intention of turning him into, well, [[TitleDrop the mightiest disciple]].
* HeroicBuild: Slowly gets one over the course of the story, going from scrawny wimp to bodybuilder's dream before he leaves high school!
* HeroWithBadPublicity: No thanks to Niijima, who often acts like [[ComicBook/SpiderMan J Jonah Jameson]] and either gives misinformation or else exaggerates Kenichi's wins, making Kenichi seem more like a common thug than a guy who wants to protect people.
* HumanPackMule: To Miu whenever she goes shopping for groceries. This, of course, doubles as a part of his TrainingFromHell, and his mentors often force him to carry some extra weights on those occasions, just for the sake of training his strength and endurance.
* IronButtMonkey: He's one during training with the various masters. Averted during actual fights with bad guys.
* KungFuClairvoyance: Courtesy of Seikuken.
* LoveAtFirstPunch: Unintentional but still. His meeting with Miu is related to this trope but not quite it, since neither have {{Jerkass}} tendencies, and it was her attempt to befriend him that got him to notice her attractiveness. [[spoiler:Plus, the real reason she did so is because she recognized him from their childhood.]]
* MadeOfIron: Basically his only specialty. He can take a beatdown like no other.
* MartialPacifist
* MementoMacGuffin: The Yin Yang badge he carries on the neck of his shirt all the time. [[spoiler:It was Miu who traded it for a cat badge with him years ago.]]
* MusclesAreMeaningless: In the earlier chapters, Akisame's regimen helped Kenichi build strength over bulk, making him a lot stronger without changing his outward appearance much until about halfway into the story where he shifts into:
* MusclesAreMeaningful: He becomes incredibly ripped by the end of the story with a physique most teen bodybuilders would kill for with the strength to match. [[spoiler: By the epilogue we only see his bicep, but by this point it's become as large as Sakaki's Apachai's or the Elder's!]]
* NiceGuy: Would MUCH prefer reading and tending flowers than what he's called upon almost daily to do.
* NotSoWeak: One of the earlier thugs that beat him down got grabbed on the ankle before kicking him off. The thug then pulled up his pant-leg, revealing ''a bruise in the shape of Kenichi's hand''. Kenichi has since grown much, ''much'' stronger.
* ObliviousToLove: [[spoiler:Not as of 423. He finally makes his feelings known to Miu, revealing that it's not so much a case of this as it is SingleTargetSexuality.]]
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: When fighting Tanimoto, he thinks something along the lines of "My name is Kenichi Shirahama, a normal high-schooler that loves reading books and gardening... so why is it that I'm now ''[[InterestingSituationDuel fighting on the roof of a speeding bus]]''!?"
* PointlessBandaid: Chikage tends to call him "Bandaid", because of it.
* TerrorHero: Type 5, thanks largely to Niijima.
** Falls into this trope in episode 24 of Season 1 when some thugs try to bully the drama club into giving up their large room so they can use it for their club. After Kenichi saves the drama club president and announces who he is, the thug's minions begin worry about his presence and exaggerate his reputation a bit, such as being able to take on a bear. However, it's enough to make them run away.
** Happens again when he, Takeda, and Ukita save the Shinpaku Alliance members from the rank and file Ragnarok thugs. Niijima once again greatly exaggerates what Kenichi actually did, and causes the remaining thugs to run away due to his power.
* ThanksForTheMammary: How Kenichi broke Miu out of her UnstoppableRage. [[spoiler: Subverted in Chapter 459 where he tries to pull it off again to Miu to get her out of her BrainwashedAndCrazy state, but he still gets a brutal beat down in the end.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: Took hundreds. A few volumes, and he can drop his former tormentors. A few arcs, and he's accidentally hospitalizing them by the dozen. All thanks to the sheer fortitude to survive [[TrainingFromHell Ryozanpaku]]. To put things into perspective. At the start of the series he was terrified stiff of guys with small knives, or just guys who wanted to beat him up. Now he can even take on guys armed with huge swords and firearms.
* TrainingFromHell: Driving Kenichi into the ground and scaring his reflexes into gold are standard for the masters of Ryouzanpaku, but the most hellish comes from Koetsuji, who builds simple and complex machines to wring the skill from his disciple's bones. Some intrinsic consequences from failing these machines include (but are not limited to only): [[ManOnFire burning alive]], [[ElectricTorture electrocution]], [[AndIMustScream being trapped for hours in one position]], and [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impalement]]. If they didn't know what they were doing (or if Apachai hadn't learned to hold back), he would be long gone by now. Since they do, Kenichi can consider it "training" and gain immense results...though he does ''die'' several times. Good thing two of his masters are also medical geniuses. Kenichi grows to like it, going so far as to ''increase his regimen'' while his masters are absent in Chapter 423. Try to imagine the Kenichi from 200 chapters ago doing that.
* UnskilledButStrong: Kenichi's earlier battles were based more on getting a single hit on his foes, which his inhuman strength gained from training at Ryōzanpaku would turn into a devastating, one-hit KO, than actual combat ability. Akisame even addresses this shortly after Kenichi starts learning actual techniques.
%%* UnusualEyebrows
* WarriorTherapist: His advances in the Sei style have offered him some very telling insights on some of his opponents.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Miu.
* WouldntHitAGirl: [[TheFettered This attitude]] angers several female opponents and wins the affection of some others. He is acutely aware of how stupid this attitude is, and knows that there are several women in the series that could kick his ass even if he ''was'' willing to fight back, [[HonorBeforeReason but he still refuses to hit them on principal.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Miu Furinji]]
!Miu Fūrinji [[spoiler:/ Bulu Indah]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/TomokoKawakami (JP, TV anime), Creator/RieKugimiya (JP, OVA), Creator/CarrieSavage (EN), Alondra Hidalgo (LA)
A 16-year-old girl who attends the same school as Kenichi and is currently in her second year. She is the granddaughter of Hayato Fūrinji, the leader of Ryōzanpaku Dojo. Despite being attractive, smart, athletic, and kind, Miu is very socially inept, to the point of having no friends before meeting Kenichi and practically no social life. Miu's social ineptness stems from her upbringing, during which she never had any time to make friends, and also from her home life, where she is both maid and book keeper for a bunch of eccentric adults.
Miu has proven herself to be an immensely skilled fighter. While her exact martial arts disciplines have not been stated, she has shown knowledge of several styles. Her fighting style is graceful and fluid, taking advantage of her agility, coordination, and flexibility, and makes heavy use of kicks. Her skills have been honed to the point where she will reflexively throw anyone who sneaks up behind her.
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* ActionGirl: She regularly floors groups of mooks. Ragnarok eventually gave up fighting her and instead begged Kenichi to "call off your crazy girlfriend!"
* ActionGirlfriend: Kenichi repeatedly vows to protect her, despite the fact that she's still a more skilled fighter than he is. Eventually he comes close and has actively protected her several times when she was sick or disabled. Still, her grandfather won't let him date her unless he can beat ''him'' in a fight.
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:The end of the final chapter reveals she eventually has a daughter with Kenichi.]]
* BadassAdorable: More so as a child, but she is still pretty adorable as she kicks ass
* BadassBack: Do not approach her from the back or you find out why.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:And a victim of MindManipulation.]]
* BattleCouple: With Kenichi, sort of. She started out protecting or looking out for him since she was much stronger in the beginning. Played straighter when he improved enough to be equal to her level, or close to it.
* BeautyMark: She has one under her left eye.
* BettyAndVeronica: Betty to Renka's Veronica because she's the GirlNextDoor and TeamMom in the dojo.
* BerserkerRage: A result of her not being able to control her immense Dou Ki.[[spoiler: This ends when she finally masters her Ki.]]
* BewareOfTheNiceOnes: One of the nicest people, but also one of the strongest disciple fighters so making her angry tends to be a bad idea.
%%* BigOlEyebrows
* BilingualBonus: [[spoiler: Bulu Indah]] means 'Beautiful Feather' in Malay/Indonesian.
%%* BloodKnight:
* BornWinner: [[spoiler: Miu is the descendant of a tribe of people who specifically breed themselves to create powerful offspring with exceptional martial arts talent. Not to mention her father is the son of the WorldsStrongestMan, as well as one of the most powerful martial artists in the series.]]
* BraidsOfAction: Zigzagged. Initially, she let her hair down before fighting. After Ragnarok, she dons the braids and lets her hair down in school.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Even after [[spoiler:officially breaking free of Junazard's control, she [[BloodKnight has a hidden amount of blood lust unlocked as a result]].]]
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: [[spoiler:With Kenichi.]]
* ClingyJealousGirl: While not 'officially' with Kenichi, she reacts strongly to Renka flirting with him. She also doesn't like it when Kenichi [[EyeScream looks]] at [[ClothingDamage other girls in the nude]], [[AccidentalPervert accidental]] or not.
* ClothingDamage: Often.
** When she attacks [[spoiler:Silkwat and he counters her attacks before knocking her out]], that skin-tight fighting costume of hers is so shredded that she might as well be naked. She must paint her underwear zones with spirit gum before putting it on--there's no other logical way enough bits of it could stay on sometimes!
** Whenever Kenichi imagines them in danger, he automatically pictures her that way.
* [[CluelessChickMagnet Clueless Dude Magnet]]: Besides Kenichi, other guys in the series are interested in her including Takeda, Ryuuto and Sho.
* CutenessProximity: To cats or anything cat-like. Including at times Renka, whom people refer to as cat-like.
* DCupDistress: Laments her size due to its interference with her martial arts. Probably doesn't help people call her "dairy cow."
* DontSneakUpOnMeLikeThat: Don't ever touch her (and certainly don't ''grab'' her) from behind, or you will quickly end up on your back.
* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: [[spoiler:After being kidnapped by Silkwat.]]
* FanServicePack: Her boobs and hips grow substantially in a very short time after she starts her second year at school. Handwaved as puberty, when she wonders how much bigger they will get. Then her breasts and hips got smaller right after [[spoiler: Apachai's "death" event]], the measurements seems to be the same as her early design.
* FeatherMotif: Often drawn accompanied by ethereal feathers. See also MeaningfulName below.
%%* ForeheadOfDoom
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: [[spoiler:She met Kenichi when they were kids. Miu apparently recognized him right away, but didn't feel the need to bring it up when they meet again.]]
* FormFittingWardrobe: Even her school uniform and a blanket.
* GlassCannon: While she's an exceptional martial artist and exceptionally hard to hit or even touch, she rarely can take more than a few hits before collapsing/ being unable to continue. This is played up in the anime so she won't join in a fight she could very easily win, but Kenichi would struggle with.
* GoodEyesEvilEyes: Look at her after she goes into UnstoppableRage and they change into something sinister.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Only Kenichi rivals her in kindness.
* HeirToTheDojo: Raised by the leader of Ryozanpaku and trained by him.
* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Oh, no, she doesn't have ''that'' kind of feelings for Kenichi. He is [[LikeBrotherAndSister just like a little brother]], or a dog who lives in her house. Yet will become [[ClingyJealousGirl incredibly jealous]] the instant another girl announces her affections for him.
* HerosMuse: Inspired Kenichi to take up Martial Arts.
%%* InnocentBlueEyes
* InstantExpert: Miu can master techniques, training, and even whole styles in a very little amount of time, around a week. She also learned a workable amount of a new language in the same week.
%%* KindheartedCatLover
* LadyOfWar: Grace and coordination; that's how she fights.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The light to Renka Ma's dark.
* LittleMissBadass: Routinely beating street thugs at the age of six.
* MaleGaze: Close ups of her chest and butt are a must.
* MartialPacifist: Only fights for others and then will try to end it with the least damage to both her and her opponent.
* MeaningfulName: Her name means "beautiful wings" or "beautiful feathers". [[spoiler:And as mentioned under BilingualBonus, Bulu Indah means "beautiful feather" in Malay/Indonesian.]]
* MsFanservice: In the words of a Ragnarok thug "She wears a purple leotard....built like a super model..."
* NiceGirl: Very polite, caring and helpful.
* ObliviousToLove: [[spoiler: As of chapter 423, not oblivious. Indeed, she's far more aware of Kenichi's feelings for her than he realized.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:Her mother died and her father is the leader of Yami.]]
* PurelyAestheticGlasses: She wears glasses as a way to dim her looks.
* RaisedByGrandparents: Her grandfather, specifically due to the aforementioned ParentalAbandonment.
* SensualSpandex: Her fighting uniform. It's ridiculously skintight.
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: She is so beautiful that she had some social problems at her last school because of it (implied to be other girls bullying her). To that end, in her current school she puts on glasses and wears her hair in braids to make herself look plainer.
* TeamChef: She does all the cooking in the dojo.
* TeamMom: Runs the dojo with a kind smile... most of the time.
* TookALevelInBadass:
** Just when Kenichi had finally caught up in fighting and even surpassed her in Ki abilities. [[spoiler: Silkwat Junazard kidnaps her and trains her in Silat which then causes her to have to begin training her Dou ki something her grandfather was hesitant to start do to the risk.]] She is now back to effortlessly [[CurbStompBattle curb stomping]] Kenichi.
** After the introduction of Rimi, Miu finally gets an enemy that pushes her to her limits, [[spoiler: and it's during their final fight that Miu masters her Dou Ki]].
%%* UnstoppableRage: A variant. Like Sakaki, she leans heavily on the Dou side, which is fiery and aggressive. Unlike Sakaki, she doesn't train in it so her control in that state is sketchy at best and she would attack anyone who came within range the first few times she went into that state. The only thing to truly throw her into a rage is meeting the man who killed her mother.
* VaporWear:
** It's pretty obvious that she wears ''nothing'' under her spandex battle outfit. It's a leotard after all. It would be redundant.
** As [[spoiler:Bulu]], it doesn't seem as though Miu is wearing ''anything'' from the waist down except for those leg bands.
* VerbalTic: "Desu wa"
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: When Kenchi was still a novice martial artist this was more prominent. In that period, Ma Kensei actually pointed out to her that this was not good, because this [[HelpingWouldBeKillstealing deprived Kenichi of gaining combat experience]]. After Kenichi [[TookALevelInBadass took enough levels in badass]], this became less prominent, but she actually never stopped being protective of him. Note also that her style of fighting is much more aggressive than Kenichi's.
* WeakButSkilled: Her fighting style is based on speed, grace and coordination rather than pure strength [[note]] This is not to say that she lacks strength but doesn't rely on it. [[/note]] All these combined with her vast experience make her one of the, if not ''the,'' best desciple level fighter(s).
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Kenichi. [[spoiler: They do. See ChildhoodFriendRomance above.]]
* WouldntHurtAChild: [[spoiler: It's how the reader is shown that she's not quite under Silkwat's control.]] Is also very reluctant to fight with Chikage.
* YamatoNadeshiko: She cleans and cooks for the dojo and makes sure it doesn't run out of money. In fact, the grand master mentions that they wouldn't live so well without Miu's care.
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[[folder: Hayato Furinji]]
!Hayato Furinji
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->Voiced by: Hiroshi Arikawa (JP, TV anime), Yuzuru Fujimoto (JP, OVA), Creator/RBruceElliott (EN), Jesse Conde (LA)
Miu's grandfather and the undefeated elder of the Ryōzanpaku Dojo. He is very tall, very muscular and possesses tremendous vitality despite his advanced age. Hayato is a kind old man but still possesses a reckless streak and can be very arrogant, the former of which is shown by his tendency to spend the dojo's money and to get carried away whenever he has a chance to showcase his strength.
Hayato is considered by many to be the most powerful man alive. Even when he uses only 0.0002% of his power, keeps his eyes closed, and splits his concentration and body movements, Akisame comments that he still is the most powerful man in the world.
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* AwesomeByAnalysis: He invented a martial technique specialized in this.
%%* BadassBeard
* BadassGrandpa: He's Miu's grandfather, the oldest of the masters, and this means he has the most training and experience of all of them.
* BigGood: He has titles like "The Invincible Superman", "He who has no Enemies", and "The Strongest Man in the World", and has earned every one. It's a good thing he's on Kenichi's side.
%%* BigOlEyebrows
* BlatantLies: ''I AM THE MYSTERIOUS 20 YEAR OLD, GARYUU X!''
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Even disciples can pull superhuman feats. But Hayato? This old man can run on water, throw bombs huger than he is high into the air, and move so fast a camera slowed down too 1/1000 can barely see a blur of him! That's nearly ''mach 30'' and he wasn't even trying!
%%* CoolOldGuy
* EngagementChallenge: The only way Kenichi can get his consent on dating Miu, is to defeat '''''HIM'''''.
* FormFittingWardrobe: Kimonos don't work like that!
* HeroicBuild: Well over 6 feet tall, made of solid muscle, and doesn't look his actually age.
* ImpossibleTask: When he says that no one can date Miu unless they can defeat him in combat, what he ''means'' to say is that he doesn't want anyone dating Miu.
* LargeAndInCharge: Biggest master in the dojo.
* LoinCloth: His [[FanDisservice swimwear]].
%%* MartialPacifist
* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:Chapter 430 reveals that his inability to prevent Saiga's FaceHeelTurn is this for him]].
* OldMaster: He's actually taught Kenichi only a few lessons, but each has resulted in ''monumental'' [[TookALevelInBadass improvements]]. Basically, He's the one who brings together all the stuff the other masters have been [[TrainingFromHell pounding into Kenichi on a daily basis]].
* OneManArmy: Hell, he is a MONSTER, he fought alone with an entire American military base and WON! And throwing more people or heavy artillery at him is a bad idea, since he can use [[GrievousHarmWithABody people as freakin' shurikens]], and has special moves that he uses specifically to take out TANKS!!!
* OverprotectiveDad: More like ''selectively'' protective grandfather. Keeping Miu by his side as he travelled the world battling evil, fine. Sending her out to protect Kenichi, encouraged. But any prospective suitors (i.e. Kenichi) must defeat the Elder first.
* PaperThinDisguise: His identity as Ganryu-X is a simple plastic ''Franchise/MetalHeroes'' mask and doing ''Franchise/KamenRider'' poses.
* RedBaron: "The Man Without Enemies"
* WalkingTheEarth: Appears to have done this both in his youth and during Miu's early years. Arguably still doing it given his semi-frequent "walks" that keep him away from Ryozanpaku for days on end.
* WorldsStrongestMan: Is called as such on several occasions, when he isn't being called the Invincible Superman. Apparently, using 0.0002% of his power and closing his eyes STILL leaves him the "most powerful being on this planet".
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Akisame Kōetsuji]]
!Akisame Kōetsuji
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->Voiced by: Creator/JurotaKosugi (EN), Creator/KentWilliams (EN), José Arenas (LA)
A 38-year-old philosophical Jujitsu master who was the first master willing to train Kenichi. He is an old friend of Miu's father, Saiga. Despite his seemingly small physique, he is known for having muscles built to perfection. He also has very good insight, often knowing if people are troubled or hiding something; he sometimes even knows what a person is thinking, which scares Kenichi.
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* TheAce: Not only is he a Martial Arts Master, but he's also considered a genius in multiple academic fields, can bring people back to life with his medical knowledge, is said to have "the perfect body", is always calm and composed, is the main breadwinner of the group, manages to turn a group of school children into emotionless fighting machines in an afternoon, and can outsmart any of the other masters (Kensei spent YEARS using a false RockPaperScissors pattern until he really needed to win, and Akisame saw through it immediately). If there is something he isn't good at, he'll learn it almost instantly. If that doesn't happen, he learns instantly by watching somebody else do the same.
* BadassMustache: He argues about whether or not it is with James Shiba.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's one of the more cultured and approachable Ryozanpaku masters, and can usually keep his cool in stressful situations. If you do anything that could potentially harm Kenichi or any innocent bystanders, though, he'll show you no mercy.
** When he learns that Shigure was captured by YAMI, he very briefly flies into a rage after he tries to calm himself but fails.
* BrokenAce: [[spoiler:[[MyGreatestFailure He's still haunted by his inadvertent part in killing Shigure's father in their mutual past]]]].
* CatchPhrase: "Naive!"
* TheComicallySerious: Especially when green peppers are involved.
* CruelMercy: As all Ryozanpaku Masters he won't kill his opponent no matter the circumstances. Some of the stuff he does to his [[BodyHorror opponents is worse]]. Really it would be MercyKill to kill those poor souls.
* CulturedBadass: There's a reason he's called the "Jujitsu Philosopher."
* DoesNotLikeSpam: Hates green peppers. Doubles as his WeaksauceWeakness. Kenichi and Miu manage to seal him in his room for a few hours by dangling one in the hallway.
* GadgeteerGenius: Low-level, but he loves to invent new [[strike:torture]] training devices.
* GeniusBruiser: So much so that some visitors to the dojo seemed to know of him as a master artist and philosopher instead of a martial arts master.
* ItsPersonal: Harming any of his TrueCompanions will anger him but when he learned that Shigure (the daughter of an old friend) had been captured by YAMI, he tries to calm himself by writing calligraphy but fails when he crushes the pen in a rage and declares that he'd make YAMI ''wish'' that he will kill them by the time it was over.
* MartialMedic: Started out as a notable chiropractor thanks to jujitsu's knowledge of joints & bones, but becomes an [[OpenHeartDentistry Open Heart Dentist]] by the D of D arc, capable of performing miracles with [[MacGyvering a borrowed knife, needle & thread, and booze]].
* MartialPacifist: When threatened by a Ragnarok grunt, he politely tried to talk his way out before using him in a Judo demonstration.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: While much slimmer than some of the other masters, he has built his body to perfection via ArtMajorBiology.
* ProphetEyes: Downplayedted in that Akisame is clearly ''not'' blind but he looks it and the wise conotations are there.
* TakeCareOfTheKids: [[spoiler:Shigure's father asks Akisame this before the latter's untimely death. He of course agrees and leaves her with the Kosaka Clan while he completed his training travels.]]
* TheReliableOne: There is a reason why he was chosen to be Kenichi's primary trainer. Always cool and collected, rather serious, a good organizer, and possesses the best technological and medical knowledge of all Ryozanpaku masters. Compared to him, Hayato (the eldest and strongest ''and'' the owner of the dojo) sometimes looks like a mischievous teenager.
* UnusualEyebrows: It's like a lightning symbol drawn sideways.
%%* WarriorPoet
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Shio Sasaki]]
!Shio Sakaki
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->Voiced by: Creator/UnshoIshizuka (JP), Creator/ChristopherSabat (EN), Juan Carlos Tinoco (LA)
A 29-year-old master of karate who claims to hold 100 dan. Sakaki is a very intimidating person even when he tries not to be, something that he does not seem to realize and is put off by whenever someone points it out. He has a kind and caring nature and is a very bad liar, which is shown when Akisame asks why he suddenly decided to teach Kenichi a fighting technique, and Sakaki replied that it was the anniversary of the creation of judo.
He is an incredibly powerful martial artist. He his well-versed in multiple forms of karate and possess superhuman abilities, most evident in the fact that he can survive a fall from one of the top floors of a tall building without any noticeable injury.
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* AlliterativeName: '''S'''hio '''S'''akaki.
* AntiHero: Sakaki tries to give a hard cynical impression, but he isn't fooling anybody, as people he meets keep being amazed at and telling him what a nice and WiseBeyondHisYears fellow that he is. The "worst" that he ever does is drag along Apachai on harebrained {{Get Rich Quick Scheme}}s, and although he worked as a mercenary for a while he never liked it, or accepted immoral missions, and when his old partners did, he immediately turned on them. He mostly earns a living by catching career killers for Interpol and similar.
* BadassBiker: When he uses his motorcycle, he definitely counts.
%%* BadLiar
* BerserkButton: Anybody seriously harming Kenichi. While he can control himself (with difficulty) when its done by another disciple, when its a Master class... [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown all bets are off]]
* BerserkerTears: [[spoiler:He didn't take it well when Hongo killed Suzuki.]]
%%* BigOlEyebrows
* BoisterousBruiser: Easily the character who does the most shouting in Ryozanpaku.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: He's the biggest softie of the masters. Most of his character's humor comes from his (increasingly desperate) assurances that this isn't the case.
* TheCape: Honorable, kind, refuses to kill and is ready to do what is right to help defend the defenseless no matter what.
* DarkIsNotEvil: He's a Dou-style user and very vicious in combat (in fact, [[spoiler: the karate school he uses is an art developed and used by YAMI]]), but he's probably the nicest member of the Ryozanpaku dojo.
* DefectorFromDecadence: It was revealed in Chapter 439 that he was actually groomed by his master to be a powerful follower (and possibly eventual Fist) of YAMI, but he rejected the philosophy of Satsujiken in response to the death of Suzuki.
%%* EatingTheEyeCandy:
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: So much so that some have wondered just how much of his image and habits are genuine or are carefully cultivated so as to appear from looking ''too'' kind and soft.
* HypocriticalHumor:
** In chapter 422 [[spoiler: he shared with Kenichi some tips for fighting when you're wounded: don't let your opponent know you're hurt, avoid unnecessarily large movements, and don't let rage overtake you]]. [[BlatantLies Guess]] [[SayMyName what]] [[SuperReflexes he]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown does]].
** Gets another moment in chapter 434 when [[spoiler:Kenichi and Miu follow him against his wishes,]] he exasperatedly wonders who taught Kenichi to so flagrantly disregard his masters wishes. Cue placard of him acting in ''the exact same manner'' towards his master.
%%* KnightInShiningArmor
* LuminescentBlush: Mostly at being proud of Kenichi and trying hard not to show it.
%%* MartialPacifist
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Seriously, had any of his fight hasn't ended like this? He's so brutal Kenichi and Miu ''took pity on his opponent'' after he beat him straight through several ''rooms'', walls and all. He also managed to give all of Kenichi's TrueCompanions the shivers (literally) on another occasion...where he claimed to be ''holding back''. And he may actually be telling the truth.
* ObviouslyEvil: He looks like the archetypal bad guy and half of his dialog comes out sounding like a bad guy or TheDragon. Lampshaded by Kenichi when Sakaki promised the Elder to "bring their heads as trophy"; he was joking but still...
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: [[spoiler: This seems to be the attitude Sakaki and Akira have towards one another.]]
* PapaWolf: To Kenichi.
* ThePromise: Earlier in his life, he promised to marry Jennifer Grey. He claimed he was drunk, but she still wants him to make good on that promise.
%%* RatedMForManly:
* ScarsAreForever: Has one across his nose. [[spoiler:Chapter 429 hints, and Chapter 431 confirms, that he got it from a fight with Akira Hongo, YAMI's God Fist. In Chapter 443 they gave each other their scars at [[CrossCounter the same time]]. Also looks like he's gained a few more during his latest battle with Hongo...which also serve as a ShoutOut]].
* SenseiForScoundrels: A lot of his advice is delivered while at least a little drunk. Strangely his best advice, on life in general if not fighting, is when he is drunk, and he won't remember saying it all.
%%* ShirtlessScene:
* ShoutOut: See ShirtlessScene above, plus [[spoiler:his latest battle with Akira Hongo has left him with a rather familiar-looking set of finger-poke wounds on his chest.]] His move, Morsasouken-Zuki, oozes FistOfTheNorthStar.
* {{Tsundere}}:
** Yes, Sakaki, you want to teach Kenichi, not because you want to, but because it's your birthday. Riiight. In the dub, because it was supposedly the day Judo was created.
** Despite being ENEMIES he is also one for [[spoiler:[[WorthyOpponent Hongo]]]].
--> "It's not like I'm helping you. I just felt like standing here for a little while."
** He's also pretty protective and caring of Miu and his fellow dojo Masters but he refuses to admit to this. Case in point, this line when Appachai is trying to learn to pull his punches; "It's not like I asked for your help because I was worried about him or nothin'...my sake just doesn't taste right unless I can hear his laughter. That's the only reason!"
* UpToEleven: The 100-dan karate master. Dan rankings don't go above 10 in karate or other Japanese martial arts. He's probably well aware of this, but nobody's brave enough to call him on it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Apachai Hopachai]]
!Apachai Hopachai
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->Voiced by: Creator/HiroyaIshimaru (JP), Creator/SonnyStrait (EN), Antonio Gálvez (LA)
A 28-year-old master of Muay Thai and is known as the "Death God" of the Muay Thai underworld fighting circuit. Despite this fearsome reputation and his incredible size and strength, Apachai is very kind and gentle. He enjoys playing with children and animals and is very childlike himself. He has a habit of saying the phrase "apa" when he speaks and sometimes yells it while training or fighting.
Apachai has been trained in martial arts since he was very young. He is extraordinarily strong, able to shatter stone statues and kick down trees without any apparent difficulty. Despite his incredible size, he is blindingly fast, able to dodge bullets while fighting.
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* TheBerserker: When he fights, he basically loses all limits.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: One of the genuinely kindest characters in the series. Also one of only two masters known for a fact as capable of giving the Elder a challenge in combat.
* BigEater: If Apachai isn't playing board games with Honoka or berserking at training dummies, he's most likely eating. Given a slightly uncomfortable twist when it's revealed that [[spoiler:he was often denied food as punishment or to keep him "on edge" by the man who ''owned'' him, before Agaard took charge of him]].
%%* BigOlEyebrows
* BlankWhiteEyes: Used for both comedy and badassery, which is just about all his appearances. Apachai's face is rarely drawn in full detail.
* BoringButPractical: His finishing moves are [[MegatonPunch APANCH]], [[TwinkleInTheSky CHAIKICK]], and The Punch You Don't Let Children See.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: A somewhat tragic example, as his past has led to him being woefully unprepared for normal life.
* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:Chapter 406: the guy came back from the dead in a way that would put the Terminator to shame and delivered a God-Slaying Punch while being half-dead just to protect his beloved disciple.]]
%%* TheDitz
* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Has genuinely ''killed'' Kenichi once or twice. He usually knows his strength, but can't control it.
%%* FriendToAllLivingThings
%%* GenreSavvy: He has his moments.
* GeniusDitz: He has excellent knowledge when it comes to animals, even though he doesn't know a lot of other things.
* GentleGiant: When he's not fighting, he's huge, imposing, and ridiculously sweet.
* IdiotSavant: Apachai is a muay thai genius, but he's nearly clueless about most social norms.
* LivingLegend: Leaves behind at least two legends of a GentleGiant that saved the day and then was never heard of again.
%% * ManChild
%% * MartialPacifist
* MundaneMadeAwesome: He went through a hellish training to ''learn to hold back while doing housework'' so Miu could go to the amusement park.
* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: [[spoiler:It was looking pretty grim for a while there, but he did eventually survive his fight with Agaard, thanks to Akisame and Kensei.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Are you really going to pick a fight with a guy called the Death God of the Muay Thai Underworld?
* NoSocialSkills: Barely functional in a social setting, since his life has been little but fighting.
* PokemonSpeak: Apachai does this when he gets worked up.
* RedBaron: "[[{{Shinigami}} Grim Reaper]] of Muay Thai".
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: When Nijima goes missing, kidnapped by Ragnarok, Apachai talks to ''pigeons'' for information. ''It works''.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Bordering on PokemonSpeak at time.
%%* TykeBomb:
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Does not like planes. Guess what he has to ride at one point?
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Shigure Kōsaka]]
!Shigure Kōsaka
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->Voiced by: Creator/MamikoNoto (JP), Creator/TrinaNishimura (EN), Claudia Contreras (LA)
A 22-year-old weapons master. Shigure is a very mysterious person. She speaks very little and has a habit of falling asleep on the rafters of the ceiling and also traverses atop them more than she uses the floor. She has little knowledge of most things outside of weapons and has trouble interacting with normal people due to her blunt personality and the fact that she always carries a weapon. She has a pet mouse named Tochūmaru.
While the youngest master of Ryozanpaku, Shigure has repeatedly proven herself a formidable person to face. As the successor to the Kōsaka-Style, Shigure has remarkable mastery of all forms of traditional and even modern weapons, earning her the title of "The Prodigy of Sword and Mistress of all Weaponry". Despite her lithe frame, she is very strong and can cut weapons made of metal to pieces using something with a dull edge, such as a spoon. She once cut a cannon off of a tank and then jammed it through its side.
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* AbsoluteCleavage: She assumes this for the heroic side sometimes.
* AbsurdCuttingPower: Doesn't matter if it's a sword she's using or a wooden rice spoon--anything that Shigure can hold ''will'' cut.
* TheAce: As far as weapons are concerned, she's the best in virtually the entire world. Whereas most weapons masters are good with one particular weapon or weapons set, she's proficient enough in all the basics to pick apart ''every single'' type used against her. This includes rifles and other modern weaponry
* ActionGirl: She's obviously damn capable with anything even vaguely resembling a weapon and she's not afraid to fight.
* {{Adorkable}}: Since she's a bit awkward socially, she tends to quietly puff up and congratulate herself when she says something that sounds kind of cool.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She is tall, beautiful, dark-haired and acts very calm and serious--except when she's not.
* BadassAdorable: Her adorkable moments do nothing to temper her badassness.
%%* BadassBiker
* BadassLongcoat: Usually when she's travelling.
* BladeReflection: Shigure turns the blade reflection to practical use, using it to see what is behind her. Her only blind spot is the part of the blade reflecting her face.
* {{Bokukko}}: She uses the masculine pronoun ''boku'' to refer to herself.
%%* BunnyEarsLawyer
* ClothingDamage: The cause, and sometimes, the recipient.
%%* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Innocent with regards to many things.
* CollectorOfTheStrange: She collects {{Cool Sword}}s [[spoiler:to prevent her father's work from being used for murder]].
%%* TheComicallySerious
* CoolBigSis: Not by blood, but tends to act like this to Miu and Kenichi, and by extension, the Shinpaku Alliance. She has taught him to swim and helped him get over his fear of killing intent, which also put her in danger. Another case in point, after a bummed out Kenichi is 'banned' from training for a while for daring to take a Weapons Master-class opponent head-on, she has her mouse guide him into the rafters to a listening cup so he can hear what the other masters [[WellDoneSonGuy really think]] of his latest display. Cue another WhenSheSmiles moment.
** She makes the Shinpaku Alliance members special chain armor and gauntlets tempered by her family's secret process, rending them impossibly strong and resistant to blades. She stayed up an ''entire week'' straight to do this.
** [[spoiler:When she finds herself along with Kenichi and Miu surrounded by several Yami Weapon Masters, she holds the line so that the two can escape and is captured as a result.]]
* DamselOutOfDistress: [[spoiler:Gets captured by the Master weapon users of Yami.... and quickly breaks out, several times.]]
* DefrostingIceQueen: She's the slowest to warm up to Kenichi but eventually she becomes his CoolBigSis and [[ShipTease it's been hinted that she's probably starting to develop a kind of crush on Kenichi]].
* DramaticEllipsis: When she... talks it's very... SLOW.
* FullFrontalAssault: Seems perfectly relaxed fighting nude when attacked [[HotSpringsEpisode at an onsen]]. In front of her disciple no less.
* {{Fundoshi}}: In her swimwear.
%%* GodivaHair
* ImplausibleFencingPowers: Almost anytime she pulls out her sword...or wooden spoon. In chapter 412 she was seen carving shapes into a waterfall.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Possibly her most remarkable skill, Shigure has perfect aim with any tool she handles. Even with frail or dull-edged items, such as a spoon or faulty blade, she can strike without hitting any vital points. With projectiles, she can precisely hit any speeding and squirming target from a considerable distant. At close-range, Shigure strikes can skillfully cut through targets with such precision, the sliced target can momentarily appear unaffected.
* ImprovisedWeapon: She is already invincible with only a newspaper. Or a wooden spoon. Or a hair ribbon. Or a mouthful of needles. [[spoiler: The Yami put her in special restraints--basically embedding her hands and feet in solid masses of a specially fortified resin--because they didn't dare let her get hold of handcuffs.]]
%%* LadyOfWar
* MaleGaze: Most chapter cover art that features her as well as some shots of her in the story are done with this in mind.
* MartialPacifist: Most opponents she faces end up losing without significant injury or by simply having their clothes torn (which she often does to Miu and Freya's Valkyries). Even during fights with dangerous opponents like Kagerō Kii and Mildred Lawrence, she will not resort to lethally slicing or slashing the opponent's body, instead opting to using the back of her sword, and in extreme situations, shallowly cutting or attacking an opponent with a weapon to the point that they have small, non-lethal flesh wounds and cuts.
* MiniDressOfPower: Her kimono is cut as a miniskirt. Somewhat practical, as it gives her more range of movement than a full kimono.
* MsFanservice: She is a beautiful young woman with a slender frame yet remarkably curvaceous-figure and well-endowed breasts who ends up with clothing damage in a majority of her actual fights. The {{Fanservice}} factor is UpToEleven in the middle and later chapters where she spend most of the time completely naked due to being captured and they don't want her using anything that she can utilize as a weapon.
* MultiMeleeMaster: Her [[RedBaron nickname]] is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Prodigy of Sword and Mistress of all Weaponry]].
* {{Ninja}}: Not ''actually'' a ninja but she might as well be. Her [[KimonoFanService short kimono]] & fishnet outfit scream kunoichi, as does her choice of typically ninja weapons (swords, manriki-gusari, shuriken, and kunai) and her habit of setting weapon traps. She also walks on ceilings, but she does this by [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower gripping the beams with her toes]] rather than magic tricks. Oh, and sneaking in is one of her specialties.
* NoNameGiven: Her father never gave her a name. It was [[spoiler:Akisame]] who gave her the name and he put her in the care of the Kosaka family.
* NoSocialSkills: Initially is introduced as a loner, often avoiding interaction with the other members of Ryōzanpaku (besides occasionally Apachai). With Kenichi's arrival she begins opening up to the others, and even joins them for meals.
* NotGoodWithPeople: She seems to get along better with her pet rat than with anyone else.
%%* PurpleEyes
* TheQuietOne: Doesn't talk much.
* RapunzelHair: When she lets it down it comes down to her hips.
* SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining: She spent her formative years training in the wilderness with her swordsmith father; though he did love her he was so absent-minded that ''he never even bothered to give her a name''. In the present, Shigure is a formidable weapons master, but has little knowledge of most things outside of weapons, [[NoSocialSkills lacks social graces]] and speaks very slowly.
* {{Sarashi}}: In her swimwear.
* SexyMentor: To Kenichi. Miu has wondered several times if Shigure sees him as [[HotForStudent more than her disciple]]. She has no qualms about being in a state of undress around him since he's not being perverted (on purpose), and she told him that she wants to bathe with him again, much to Miu's consternation. As the story goes on, she starts acting cuter around him in an effort to get him to train with her more.
* ShamefulStrip: [[spoiler:She's captured and stripped by Yami, although they did it because they knew she can even turn clothing into weapons.]]
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Zigzagged. She doesn't seem to mind being naked in front of Kenichi and doesn't even bother to lock the door to her room when she changes because the rest of the men know better. However, she is keenly aware of [[DirtyOldMan Kensei Ma's]] lechery and generally foils his attempts to peep at every turn. When [[spoiler:she's captured and stripped by Yami]], she gets angry and calls them perverts. She can and will fight in the nude if she has to.
* SleepWalking: According to Sakaki.
* SlipknotPonytail: She didn't have a [[ImprovisedWeapon weapon]] on her.
* StealthHiBye: Part of her ninja appeal and also part of her training.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: She's the only female Master-class for the Katsujin-ken and the youngest among them.
* TheStoic: Partial subversion. Despite her general lack of expression, her emotions are almost comically obvious.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Icy to nearly everyone, even the other Masters at the beginning. However, she's a very caring person and shows a warmer side of herself to those who are very close to her like her pet mouse Tochūmaru and eventually Kenichi.
* TalkingInYourSleep: According to Sakaki, her sleep talking is quite scary.
* TheTease: Very much so in Kenichi's case. She's tried to get room for the night by saying that they were a couple (it was really for saving money), taking a bath with him fully nude, and generally not caring if he sees her naked or not. Also these [[http://eatmanga.com/Manga-Scan/Historys-Strongest-Disciple-Kenichi/Historys-Strongest-Disciple-Kenichi-535/page-13 poses]] are proof of it.
* TomboyishPonytail: She has long waist-length raven hair usually tied back in a high ponytail
* UltimateBlacksmith: She inherited her father's supreme skill at forging weapons.
* UnusualEyebrows: They're like...caterpillars...or something.
* VaporWear: She never wears a bra. Howewer, when fighting seriously, she dons chain mail and wears a black strap under her breast to kept the chain mail in place.
* VerbalTic: Has a habit of pausing whenever she...speaks.
* WalkingArmory: She has an assortment of weapons all over her body from her sword, to her kusarigama, kunai and even needles. Her room in the dojo has more weapons and weapon types than most museums.
* WhenSheSmiles: Maybe a subversion. It's significant when she does, but unless it's meant for Kenichi, it isn't a very pretty smile. As time goes on, she smiles more often, especially if it concerns Kenichi in any way.
* ZettaiRyouiki: She wears thigh-high socks.
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[[folder: Kensei Ma]]
!Kensei Ma
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->Voiced by: Creator/IsseiFutamata (JP), Creator/VicMignogna (EN), Jorge Ramírez (LA)
A 41-year-old lecherous master of Chinese Kenpō. Kensei is a sly and perverted man, who tries to take pictures of attractive women, particularly Shigure and Miu. He often sells these pictures to Kenichi in the form of "data books", which usually turn out to be pictures of anything but the two of them. Ma seems to have a plethora of spying equipment at his disposal to aid him in such endeavors. In spite of his perverted and deceptive tendencies, he and Kenichi become quite close, forming a father-son-like bond.
Ma is a very experienced martial artist, having been trained since he was very young, and purportedly knows all martial arts indigenous to China. In spite of his size, he is very strong, able to destroy a small bridge with a single kick and to rend the flesh of Diego Carlo, a man said to possess a body hard as steel, with his bare hands. He is very agile, capable of jumping from atop one moving cars to another. Ma is also skilled in the field of medicine; he runs an acupuncture clinic and usually, along with Akisame, mends the wounds of Kenichi and the others.
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* BaldOfAwesome: He's lost his hair on the top of his head. Hence the NiceHat. Doesn't make him any less capable in combat.
%%* BadassMustache
%%* BunnyEarsLawyer
%%* ChivalrousPervert
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He acts the most goofy and affable of all the Ryōzanpaku teachers, but when the chips are down, yoi'll see just why he's called the Master of all Chinese Kenpo.
* DirtyOldMan: He's almost always taking pictures of attractive younger girls. Though he has never actually done anything to say he is unfaithful to his wife.
* HenpeckedHusband: Is terrified of his wife.
%%* IWasQuiteALooker
* MartialMedic: Runs an acupuncture clinic & knows a lot about [[HealingPotion Chinese herbalism]].
* MartialPacifist: "Why can't the world be more ero and peaceful?" He's also probably the most gentle when training Kenichi.
* NiceHat: To cover up his bald spot.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: Shortest man in Ryōzanpaku, but still a master martial artist.
%%* PornStash
* SenseiForScoundrels: Is often encouraging perverted behavior in Kenichi as a form of training. Rachel Stanley considers him a genius for suggesting ways to grab attention more shamelessly.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Whenever he's sharing a scene with Shigure. They are often drawn from odd perspectives that emphasize the height difference. (Involving him pointing a camera at her butt.)
* TransliterationTrouble: Many scanlations translate his family name as "Ba," because that's how it's pronounced in Japanese, but it's supposed to be pronounced the Chinese way.
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[[folder: Tochimaru]]
!Tochūmaru
Shigure's pet mouse. Tochūmaru is highly intelligent and a skilled fighter in his own right, able to take down (or at least intimidate) normal people.
* BadassAdorable: Tochūmaru seems to have a lot of the same skills Shigure does, just scaled down in power. At the very least, he's able to take down beings much larger than him. Shigure even says that he can handle any cat that tries to eat him.
* BigEater: Tochūmaru apparently steals food and blames it on Apachai.
* NonHumanSidekick: To Shigure, although he also sometimes helps Kenichi.
* StealthExpert: He's basically a mouse with ninja skills. Being small, Tochūmaru can easily sneak into places unnoticed, which comes in handy.
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