History Main / HeirToTheDojo

* Jack in ''Series/KickinIt'' is a textbook example of the Western variant mentioned above. His grandfather taught the former ChopSockey movie actor that the [[TheMall strip-mall]] dojo he, Jack, now trains at was named for.

** Played with in ''Series/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.

* ''Manga/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.
%% * Both Nagisa and Nosaka from ''Manga/ChouKuseNiNarisou''.
%% * Jubei-chan from ''Anime/JubeiChan''.
%% * Kobayashi from ''Manga/CheekyAngel''.
%% * Kamiya Kaoru in ''Manga/RurouniKenshin''.
* Koushi and Momoko are both heirs to their respective dojos in ''Manga/SumomoMoMomoMo'', though Momoko's entire motivation revolves around not feeling (and not being considered by her father) to be worthy of the dojo.

%% * ''Manga/YawaraAFashionableJudoGirl'' might provide the world's best example of this trope.

* Motoko Aoyama in ''Manga/LoveHina'', after her sister Tsuruko decides to get married instead of inheriting the family dojo.
%% * Saeko Busujima in ''Manga/HighSchoolOfTheDead''.
* {{Ninja}}-girl Kaede Nagase in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi''. 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 ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' is heir to a large martial arts family in whose specialty he is extremely proficient.

* Chiko of ''Manga/TheDaughterOfTwentyFaces'' is heir to a "dojo" of sorts, if you can call an international thieving ring a dojo.

* Subverted in ''Manga/NanakaSixSeventeen'', 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.
* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'': Masaki Tenchi]seems to have this as a reason for his skills with a sword, although his teacher hangs out at a shrine instead of a dojo. This doesn't explain other issues, just the thing with the sword. Makes more or less sense, since his teacher and grandfather ''used'' to be a mighty swordsman ''before'' he came to Earth and became the owner and priest of the shrine.

* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' has an interesting take on this; Ryo Marufuji, outside of being the best duelist out of Duel Academia, is also the heir to the "Cyber Legacy", essentially the {{Tykebomb}} of the "Cyber-Style" of dueling that incorporates his legendary Cyber Dragon cards (and even has its own dojo in the mountains for teaching duelists how to use the style). This becomes a plot point in two ways: first, when he went back to the dojo and faced off with his former teacher (Duel Academia's ''principal'') for the dark half of the Legacy (the Cyberdark monsters he uses as Hell Kaiser), and in Season 4, when the heir to a rival "Psycho-Style" dueling school challenges him to determine which dueling style will remain in practice.
* ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' has Gongenzaka, who is both the heir to his father's dojo and to the "Steadfast Dueling" style.
* Takao and his older brother Hitoshi from ''Anime/BakutenShootBeyblade'' are the heirs of their grandfather's kendo dojo. ''[[VideoGame/BakutenShootBeybladeGBA Bakuten Shoot Beyblade 2002 - Gekisen! Team Battle!!]]'' also has Haruka, who is the heir to her grandfather's dojo.
* Tamaki Kawazoe of ''Manga/BambooBlade'' is the heir to her father's kendo dojo.
* Ken Wakashimazu from ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'' is heir to a karate dojo, and a good part of his early CharacterDevelopment has him trying to ''not'' be heir anymore. He loves karate, yes, but loves soccer even more, and his dad gives him [[RaceAgainstTheClock a year of probation]] to prove this to him.
* Gangryong from ''Manhwa/{{Veritas}}'' is heir to the Enlightenment Of Thunder and Lightning (EOTL) school of Korean martial arts. This is subverted a bit in that Gangryong didn't know he was the heir to this until he was told that his master was killed.
** A large portion of the student body is this, being the children of dojos that follow the rule of "only one successor" and all that.

* In ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'', while subverted, Shinpachi and Otae inherited their dojo after their father's death however they are very poor. And nobody really studies there, either. Kyuubei and Kondo, on the other hand, play this trope far straighter.
* In ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'':
** A {{Fanon}} theory states Kenichi one day might become an heir to Hayato Furinji as the head of the Ryozanpaku dojo. This trope is, however, played (almost) straight in the case of the EvilMentor organization Yami: some disciples of Yami masters are candidates to become the heir to the BigBad, the problem is that the masters cannot agree which one is the best candidate.
** [[MartialArtsStaff Freya]] is the inheritor of a particularly obscure school of staff-fighting.
* ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'': Myoudouin Itsuki was made into this since her 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. Thankfully, though, Satsuki ''does'' make it and the first thing Itsuki does is become a [[SixthRanger Third Ranger]]... er, Cure.
%% * Jin from ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'' used to be one of these.
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* Miko Mido in ''La Blue Girl''. The kunoichi of the Mido clan not only learn ninjutsu but [[DeusSexMachina sexual spells.]] Miko is the heir to the Mido clan and has been training. (Even though, especially in the anime/OVA adaptation, [[IJustWantToBeNormal she'd rather just be a normal teenage girl leading a normal life.]])

** And played straight by Black Star's weapon, Tsubaki, who is direct descendant of the first Demon Weapon.

* ''Manga/{{Onidere}}'': Yuna's main motivation to become stronger is to be able to inherit her family's dojo so her [[DudeLooksLikeALady effeminate brother]] won't do it. However, while she can't stand the idea of some effeminate person taking over the dojo, she's even more dismayed by the fact he's actually stronger than her.
* 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 (which raises CombatPragmatist values and SecondPlaceIsForLosers ideals into an art form) so her sister could follow her own, much gentler path. Maho is deeply proud of her little sis, but family and school honor demand that she scorns her sister in public.]]
** On a lighter note, Hana is the heir to her family tradition and was trained from an early age in the art of... ''ikebana'' (traditional Japanese flower arranging). Her mother was distraught that her daughter took up Sensha-Do instead of joining the family business, but gets better when she sees her daughter weave concepts learned from Sensha-do into her flower arrangements.
* In ''Manga/TheHatingGirl'', Asumi's father was the head of an archery dojo and trained her and her brother, but Asumi abandoned archery after [[AnnoyingArrows she got the arrow through her head]]. Once she's able to reconcile herself to the past, she gets back into it.
* It doesn't come up in the anime, but in ''Anime/{{K}}'' side novels, Domyoji is mentioned to be a dojo heir.
* ''Manga/TomoChanIsAGirl'': Aizawa Tomo is often called the heir of the school by her rather hard-core Karate instructor father Goro. Goro is also grooming their longtime neighbor Junichiro to take over. He is fully aware of the paradox and [[ShipperOnDeck how it is properly resolved]].
* ''Manga/UzakiChanWantsToHangOut'': Haruko and Shirou Sakurai, Shinichi's parents, own a judo dojo. It actually belongs to Haruko's side of the family, but [[HeirClubForMen Shirou is expected to inherit it via marriage]] even though his wife is a ''much'' better fighter than him. Shinichi for his part is not interested in taking it up.

* "Manga/MarvelMangaverse": In the Manga AlternateUniverse - a series of comics with Marvel characters re-imagined manga-style - [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] is secretly the last ninja of the Spider Clan.

* A common theme in Chinese {{Wuxia}} literature.

* In ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'', we learn that 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]].
* Played with in ''Series/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.
* In ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'', Souji is the heir to his family's Musouken ("Peerless Sword") swordfighting dojo, but his creation of a more feral variant dubbed Zangeki Musouken ("Slashing Peerless Sword"} initially offends his more traditionalist father. After Souji saves him from a MonsterOfTheWeek, his father changes his mind, saying that he's fine with Souji carrying on the family name with his own style.
* Jack in ''Series/KickinIt'' is a textbook example of the Western variant mentioned above. His grandfather taught the former ChopSockey movie actor that the [[TheMall strip-mall]] dojo he, Jack, now trains at was named for.

* Ikaruga from ''VideoGame/{{SenranKagura}}'' is this by technicality since she is the [[{{Ojou}} princess]] of a clan of elite shinobi
* Ryo Hazuki from ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}}''.
* ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'': Makoto.
* While it ''looks'' like your character (and Dawn Star) in ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'' are this, the truth is much, much worse...
* Ryo Sakazaki of ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'' fame seeks to inherit the title of "Master of Kyokugen" from his father, Takuma. In some continuities, he succeeds (such as when he is portrayed as a much older "Mr. Karate" in ''Buriki One'') and in others, he prepares other disciples to do this (such as Marco in ''Garou: Mark of the Wolves''.)
* Anna Lemouri of ''VideoGame/ManaKhemiaAlchemistsOfAlRevis'' 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.]]
* Souma of ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'' is the heir to a very traditional historical kendo family, which sort of (but also not really, as many characters lampshade) explains why he constantly acts like he's a [[BornInTheWrongCentury feudal-era samurai miraculously transported into the modern day]].

* In the "Manga/MarvelMangaverse" AlternateUniverse - a series of comics with Marvel characters re-imagined manga-style - [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] is secretly the last ninja of the Spider Clan.
* Ichikun Ichinohei (a.k.a Itchy Koo) from ''ComicBook/NinjaHighSchool''.
* In ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'', Tomoe Ame was a prodigy at the sword as a child, but her father refused to let her 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.

* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': The Rahul Lama is the master of an ancient dying Tibetan martial and healing arts discipline whose grandson and apprentice Shen Chi helps him train pupils in the art and who intends to take the school and create a commercial chain teaching only the martial component after his grandfather's death. Shen unfortunately sees the healing arts component as a relic to be abandoned.

The ''dojo'' itself is generally part of a BigFancyHouse compound that features TheThingThatGoesDoink. Challengers frequently arrive to test the skills of the ''dojo'''s style... and the heir is generally put forward as the school's champion. A user of TheGreatestStyle is likely to want to pass this on, unless he considered it too dangerous and instead runs a PacifistDojo.

* Ikaruga from ''VideoGame/{{SenranKagura}}'' is this by technicality since she is the [[Ojou princess]] of a clan of elite shinobi

* Kenshiro of ''Manga/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). However, among the four Hokuto Shinken brothers, the second son Toki was supposed to be the original heir, but due to radiation poisoning, this became impossible. Ryuken had to decide between the first son Raoh and the fourth son Kenshiro and he ultimately chose Kenshiro as the most suitable heir.

** Most forget that, coming from Konoha's most noble and elite clans, the Akimichi and the Aburame, Choji and Shino fall under this umbrella as well. Choji's father's main concern with Choji is that his nature is too gentle to be an efficient leader, and as for Shino...[[ForgettableCharacter everyone forgets about Shino...]]

* Subverted in ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'': Rikkai sub-captain and star tennis player [[TheStoic Sanada Genichirou]] is actually heir of a famous kendo dojo, but tennis is his main activity. Same goes to martial artist Wakashi Hiyoshi from the Hyoutei team.

* Ken Wakashimazu from ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'' is heir to a karate dojo, and a good part of his early CharacterDevelopment has him tyring to ''not'' be heir anymore. He loves karate, yes, but loves soccer even more, and his dad gives him [[RaceAgainstTheClock a year of probation]] to prove this to him.
* Gangryong from ''Manhwa/{{Veritas}}'' is heir to the Enlightenment Of Thunder and Lightning (EOTL) school of Korean martial arts. This is subverted a bit that Gangryong didn't know he was the heir to this until he was told that his master was killed.

** A {{Fanon}} theory states Kenichi one day might become a heir to Hayato Furinji as the head of the Ryozanpaku dojo. This trope is, however, played (almost) straight in the case of the EvilMentor organization Yami: some disciples of Yami masters are candidates to become the heir to the BigBad, the problem is that the masters cannot agree which one is the best candidate.

* Miko Mido in ''La Blue Girl''. The kunoichi of the Mido clan not only learn ninjutsu, but [[DeusSexMachina sexual spells.]] Miko is the heir to the Mido clan, and has been training. (Even though, especially in the anime/OVA adaptation, [[IJustWantToBeNormal she'd rather just be a normal teenage girl leading a normal life.]])
* Subverted in ''Manga/SoulEater'', where there is the HighlyVisibleNinja 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

* Makoto from ''Manga/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 place without complains.

* 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 (which raises CombatPragmatist values and SecondPlaceIsForLosers ideals into an art form) so her sister could follow her own, much gentler path. Maho is deeply proud of her little sis, but family and school honor demand that she scorn her sister in public]]
** On a lighter note, Hana is the heir to her family tradition, and was trained from an early age in the art of... ''ikebana'' (traditional Japanese flower arranging). Her mother was distraught that her daughter took up Sensha-Do instead of joining the family business, but gets better when she sees her daughter weave concepts learned from Sensha-do into her flower arrangements.

* 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.

* In the ''Literature/CHERUBSeries'' "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.

* Played with in ''Series/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.

** While this example carries over to the rest of the franchise even less - both May (from the anime) and Ruby (from the mangas) become coordinators - two filler episodes of the anime featured dojos based this trope.
** More traditionally, Janine is heir to the gym in Fuchsia City, and takes over when her father Koga becomes a member of the Kanto/Johto Elite Four. The anime version of Flannery also recently inherited the Lavaridge Gym from her grandfather (in the game and manga, her grandfather was a member of Hoenn Elite Four, but may or may not have been the Lavaridge Gym Leader).

* Ryo Sakazaki of ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'' fame seeks to inherit the title of "Master of Kyokugen" from his father, Takuma. In some continuities, he succeeds (such as when he is portrayed as a much older "Mr. Karate" in ''Buriki One'') and in others he prepares other disciples to do this (such as Marco in ''Garou: Mark of the Wolves''.)

** [[SimpleStaff Freya]] is the inheritor of a particularly obscure school of staff-fighting.

* In ''Series/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]].

* Mira in ''Anime/TheGodOfHighSchool'' is the heir to her family's failed dojo as a result of her father's untimely death and her uncle's lack of talent, and as a result became obsessed with trying to revive it and spread their martial art to fulfill his DyingWish.

* Subverted in ''Anime/NanakaSixSeventeen'', 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.

* Both Nagisa and Nosaka from ''Manga/ChouKuseNiNarisou''.
* Jubei-chan from ''Anime/JubeiChan''.
* Kobayashi from ''Manga/CheekyAngel''.
* Kamiya Kaoru in ''Manga/RurouniKenshin''.

* ''Manga/YawaraAFashionableJudoGirl'' might provide the world's best example of this trope.

* Saeko Busujima in ''Manga/HighSchoolOfTheDead''.

* Jin from ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'' used to be one of these.

* 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 (which raises CombatPragmatist values and SecondPlaceIsForLosers ideals into an art form) so her sister could follow her own, much gentler path. Maho is deeply proud of her little sis, but family and school honor demand that she scorn her sister in public]]

A convenient excuse for the OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent to have high-powered [[MartialArtsMovie martial arts]] skills is for the student to have been training since a very young age, and to be the heir to some obscure martial arts school. The current master may be a parent, or just a close friend who has taken the student in as a disciple. Unlike school clubs, martial arts training takes place outside of school, so the HeirToTheDojo is unlikely to be a club member.

The ''dojo'' itself is generally part of a BigFancyHouse compound that features TheThingThatGoesDoink. Challengers frequently arrive to test the skills of the ''dojo'''s style... and the HeirToTheDojo is generally put forward as the school's champion. A user of TheGreatestStyle is likely to want to pass this on, unless he considered it too dangerous and instead runs a PacifistDojo.

** Subverted 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, and that the ''actual'' heir to the dojo, his cousin Hinata, is considered frail and relatively weak, at least in the beginning.

* ''Anime/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. Thankfully, though, Satsuki ''does'' make it and the first thing Itsuki does is become a [[SixthRanger Third Ranger]]... er, Cure.

* Makoto from ''Manga/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.

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

** A {{Fanon}} theory states Kenichi one day might become a heir to Hayato Furinji as the head of the Ryozanpaku dojo. This trope is, however, played (almost) straight in the case of the EvilMentor organization Yami: some disciples of Yami masters are candidates to become the heir to the BigBad, the problem is that the masters [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/history_s_strongest_disciple_kenichi/v29/c266/13.html cannot]] [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/history_s_strongest_disciple_kenichi/v29/c266/14.html agree]] [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/history_s_strongest_disciple_kenichi/v29/c266/15.html which]] one is the best candidate.
** [[SimpleStaff Freya]] is the inheritor of a particularly [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/history_s_strongest_disciple_kenichi/c207/12.html obscure school]] of staff-fighting.

* {{Ninja}}-girl Kaede Nagase in ''Manga/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''.

* [[Anime/TenchiMuyo Masaki Tenchi]] seems to have this as a reason for his skills with a sword, although his teacher hangs out at a shrine instead of a dojo. This doesn't explain other issues, just the thing with the sword. Makes more or less sense, since his teacher and grandfather ''used'' to be a mighty swordsman ''before'' he came to Earth and became the owner and priest of the shrine.

* In ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple''

* Subverted in ''Manga/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

* Ichikun Ichinohei (a.k.a Itchy Koo) from ''ComicBook/{{Ninja High School}}''

* Sakura Oogami from ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', heiress of a famous UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts dojo. [[spoiler:And Monokuma forces her to be TheMole via threatening it.]]

* Gangryong from ''Anime/{{Veritas}}'' is heir to the Enlightenment Of Thunder and Lightning (EOTL) school of Korean martial arts. This is subverted a bit that Gangryong didn't know he was the heir to this until he was told that his master was killed.

* [[Anime/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.
** Thankfully, though, Satsuki ''does'' make it and the first thing she does is become a [[SixthRanger Third Ranger]]... er, Cure.

* Takao and his older brother Hitoshi from ''Anime/BakutenShootBeyblade'' are the heirs of their grandfather's kendo dojo. ''[[VideoGame/BeybladeBroccoli Bakuten Shoot Beyblade 2002 - Gekisen! Team Battle!!]]'' also has Haruka, who is the heir to her grandfather's dojo.

* Takao/Tyson from ''Anime/{{Beyblade}}'' is more or less the heir of his grandfather's kendo dojo.

* In the "Manga/MarvelMangaverse" AlternateUniverse - a series of comics with Marvel characters re-imagined manga-style - [[SpiderMan Peter Parker]] is secretly the last ninja of the Spider Clan.

* Sakura Oogami from VisualNovel/{{Danganronpa}}, heiress of a famous UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts dojo. [[spoiler:And Monokuma forces her to be TheMole via threatening it.]]

A weaker form occasionally crops up in more Western works: an unlikely character ends up wiping out someone or two, and explains that his/her * insert relative here* is a sensei/boxing trainer/wrestling coach/gunslinger, and he/she's always grown up learning karate/boxing/wrestling/marksmanship.

** Most forget that, coming from Konoha's most noble and elite clans, the Akimichi and the Aburame, Choji and Shino fall under this umbrella as well. Choji's father's main concern with Choji is that his nature is too gentle to be an efficient leader, and as for Shino...[[RunningGag everyone forgets about Shino...]]