History Main / HeirToTheDojo

* In ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'', the main character Miho is a scion of the Nishizumi School of Sensha-Do. However, her older sister Maho is their mother's official heir, and she openly chastises her sister for not following the family tradition and teachings. [[spoiler: This is in fact all a ruse. Maho took the mantle of the Nishizumi School so her sister could follow her own path, and Maho is deeply proud of her little sis, but family and school honor demand that she scorn her sister in public]]

* Koushi and Momoko are both heirs to their respective dojos in ''SumomoMoMomoMo'', though Momoko's entire motivation revolves around not feeling (and not being considered by her father) to be worthy of the dojo.
* ''InitialD'', but instead of martial arts, racing street-legal cars on mountain roads is the art involved.

* Kobayashi from ''TenshiNaKonamaiki''.
* Kamiya Kaoru in ''RurouniKenshin''.

* In ''Manga/GirlsUndPanzer'', the main character Miho is a scion of the Nishizumi School of Sensha-Do. However, her older sister Maho is their mother's official heir, and she openly chastises her sister for not following the family tradition and teachings. [[spoiler: This is in fact all a ruse. Maho took the mantle of the Nishizumi School so her sister could follow her own path, and Maho is deeply proud of her little sis, but family and school honor demand that she scorn her sister in public]]

* Aoyama Motoko in ''LoveHina'', after [[spoiler: her sister Tsuruko decides to get married instead of inheriting the family dojo]].

* {{Ninja}}-girl Kaede Nagase in ''MahouSenseiNegima''. According to her character design notes, it was originally suggested that the rest of her family gave up on the art long ago, but in the manga, she refers to herself as having the rank of ''Chunin''.
* Honey from ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' is heir to a large martial arts family in whose specialty he is extremely proficient.

* Anna Lemouri of ''ManaKhemia'' is heir to her family dojo. In her final character subquest, she is trying to decide whether to dedicate her life to alchemy or swordsmanship. [[spoiler: In her ending, she integrates alchemy into her school of swordsmanship - which means that she uses explosives and poisons in addition to blades.]]

* Makoto from WJuliet has a problem that's similar to the one faced by the aforementiioned Ken Wakashimazu: he does not want to be this despite his great skills, and his father is putting pressure on him. Makoto also gets a chance to get out of the tradition, but in his case, his dad tells him that since [[DudeLooksLikeALady looks very girlish]] and he wants to be an actor, he shall prove himself as skilled enough to spend his highschool years dressed as a girl without having his identity revealed to the public. If his true gender is leaked out, he'll come back home and retake his HeirToTheDojo place without complains.

* Subverted in ''[[NanakaSixSeventeen Nanaka 6/17]]'', where Jinpachi Arashiyama is the actual heir to the dojo as the oldest child, he doesn't know the first thing about kendo. Meanwhile, his sister Satsuki has many of the characteristics commonly associated with this trope, including being a super-intense ArrogantKungFuGuy dedicated to becoming the best. She still encourages her brother, a tough-as-nails delinquent, to be as manly as possible to keep the family's reputation strong.

* [[HeartcatchPrettyCure Myoudouin Itsuki]] was made into this since her [[IllBoy sick older brother Satsuki]] isn't expected to make it. She certainly has the skills, but in order to become as respected as he was, she must hide her femininity and love of cute things beneath a [[{{Bifauxnen}} masculine exterior]]...and it's clearly wearing on her.

* While it ''looks'' like your character (and Dawn Star) in ''JadeEmpire'' are this, the truth is much, much worse...

* Both Nagisa and Nosaka from ''ChouKuseNiNarisou''.

** Played straight with Sasuke early on; half the crowd at the Chuunin Exam seemed to be there to see "the Uchiha" show his moves. Then again, pretty much his whole clan was wiped away. [[spoiler: Except for Itachi, but ''that'' was another huge bag of cats...]]

* ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' has Gongenzaka, who is both the heir to his father's dojo and to the "Steadfast Dueling" style.

* In the {{Cherub}} series "my mother/father was a karate instructor" is the excuse given as to why 11 year old children would have excellent hand-to-hand fighting skills.

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* Kenshiro of ''FistOfTheNorthStar'' is probably one of the oldest examples. He is the legitimate heir of Hokuto Shinken, the most powerful martial art seen in the series, and regularly challenges the successors of others martial arts styles (mainly heirs to the different branches of Nanto Seiken, the 'rival' school of Hokuto Shinken).
* ''RanmaOneHalf'' provides several examples. Not only are Ranma and Akane the heirs to their families' particular branches of ''Musabetsu kakuto'' (Anything-Goes Martial Arts), they frequently encounter the heirs of other, often bizarre or outrageous, styles. It's only natural, however, that practitioners and aficionados of bizarre martial arts would seek each other out.

* ''{{Jubei-chan}}''

* Sakura Oogami from DanganRonpa, heiress of a famous MixedMartialArts dojo. [[spoiler: And Monobear forces her to be TheMole via threatening it.]]

* Subveted in ''SoulEater'', where there is the [[HighlyVisibleNinja Higly Visible Ninja]] Black Star, last heir of the Boshi Clan, which was destroyed when he was a newborn, so he didn't learn anything from it, but is anyway very powerful

* In ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'', Tomoe Ame was a prodigy at the sword as a child, but her father refused to let inherit his dojo in favor of her brother, despite his inferior skill with the sword. Furthermore, Tomoe was eventually forbidden by her father to even spar with her brother to prevent embarrassing him. Fortunately, she was allowed to practice alone and fate eventually allowed her to become a samurai on her own terms.

* ''{{Yawara}}'' might provide the world's best example of this trope.

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* Played with in ''HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'' where Sae/White was the heir to her father's dojo, but was determined that she was going to become a martial artist on her own terms, so moved to Tokyo to train on her own.

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* In ''TokusouSentaiDekaranger'', we learn that Anubis "Doggie" Kruger was given the inheritance to the intergalactic dojo he trained at as a cadet over the dojo owner's own son, who was considered to be too out of control and prone to [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity abusing whatever power he was given]] to be trusted with it. Not surprisingly, [[ItsPersonal this proved to be a problem for Doggie, in a latter episode]].

* Subverted in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' in that a large part of Neji Hyuga's ArrogantKungFuGuy persona stems from the fact that he is ''not'' HeirToTheDojo but a curse-marked member of a branch line.

* Ryo Hazuki from ''Shenmue''.