Line #54 Characters/RikiOh


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6	!!Saiga Riki-Oh
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8	%%* AmbiguouslyJewish
9	%%* AntiHero: Type III.
10	* ButNotTooForeign : A key part in the story.
11	* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: His strength is a combination of this and his right hand.
12	* GeniusBruiser: In school, his best subjects were Physics and Music. He's also knowledgeable in anatomy and first-aid, which allows him to treat his own wounds or and target vital spots while fighting.
13	* {{Expy}}: Of [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro]].
14	* IKnowKungFu: ''[[FantasticFightingStyle Naike Kenpo]]'' is a Shaolin martial art. Referred to as ''Qigong'' in the [[Film/RikiOhTheStoryOfRicky movie]].
15	* InvincibleHero: Subverted. While Riki is inhumanly strong and wins against most of the enemies he faces, there are multiple moment where he struggles and nearly dies even.
16	* KiManipulation: ''Naike Kenpo'' specializes in this trope.
17	** KamehameHadoken: '''KANTSU REPPA!!!'''
18	*** '''KANTSU REKKEN!!!'''
19	* MadeOfIron: He's taken a ''lot'' of punishment over the course of the story. None of it seems to slow him down much.
20	* RedRightHand: His right hand has the Star of David embedded onto it and is the source of his strength.
21	* SuperStrength: Enough to punch through giant brick walls and [[LudicrousGibs peoples bodies]] with ease. See RedRightHand and CharlesAtlasSuperpower.
22	* WorfHadTheFlu:
23	** Aneyama shoots him with a special bullet which [[PowerLimiter weakens Riki-Oh's strength]] to less than a boy's. After a chapter-long HumiliationConga, he gets Akuta to help him remove the bullet to restore his strength.
24	** His first fight against Mukai goes poorly because over the course of the story, he's mentally built up Mukai as the ultimate InvincibleVillain. After meditating for several days, he properly [[FaceYourFears disciplines himself]] to face Mukai once again for a proper FinalBattle.
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26	!!Nachi
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28	* BigBrotherInstinct: Technically, he's the ''younger'' brother, but [[spoiler: after his death, his spirit does ''not'' take kindly to Baron Corpse attacking Riki.]]
29	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: It's implied that the man at the head of the story's over-arching conspiracy had a hand in shaping him into what he later becomes.
30	* DarkMessiah: The denizens of the Cape see him as a saintlike healer; however, it's implied that there's something unbalanced behind the saintly visage. [[spoiler:There is. [[OmnicidalManiac Big-time]].]]
31	%%* EvilTwin: To Riki-Oh.
32	* MindOverMatter: He posesses ''[[RealityWarper very]]'' powerful psychokinesis.
33	* TheMentor: After [[spoiler:his death, his spirit]] becomes this to Riki-Oh during the "Palace of Eternal Youth" arc's climax.
34	* PhysicalGod: The people of the Cape referred to him as the "Living God".
35	* RedRightHand: His left hand has a swastika embedded onto it and is the source of his psychic powers.
36	* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: He was abandoned by Riki-Oh while playing Hide and Seek, and now he's practically trying to ''wipe out the human race''.
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38	!!Cho Zenki
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40	* OldMaster: He was a bodyguard of Chiang Kai-shek when he was younger and he's imparted his skills to at least two disciples. This man taught Riki-Oh everything he knows about martial arts and age hasn't slowed him down much.
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42	!! Oh Beiri
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44	* LukeIMightBeYourFather: She might be the daughter of [[spoiler: UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler]].
45	* MamaBear: To Riki-Oh and Nachi.
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47	!!The Warden
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49	* AdaptationalWimp: In the anime, he doesn't transform into a hulk-like giant like in the manga.
50	* BigBad: Of the Prison Arc.
51	* BigBadWannabe: Anime-only, due to being a a lot physically weaker and not skilled in martial arts.
52	%%* CoolShades
53	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Like the film, his fight with Riki-Oh ends with him [[spoiler:running afoul of a meat grinder.]] ''Unlike'' the film, though, [[spoiler: Riki pulls the Warden out before he can lose more than his legs, but he still bleeds out from these grievous wounds.]]
54	* DeceptiveDisciple: He too was taught ''Naike Kenpo'' by Cho Zenki.
55	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite being a very evil man, he has a son that he genuinely loves and cherishes.
56	* FourEyesZeroSoul: His dark glasses and lack of humanity towards the prison's inmates combine to give him this trope.
57	* HateSink: A cold hearted and sadistic scumbag who sees other people as nothing more than things to be ruled over.
58	* NoNameGiven: He’s only known as ''The Warden'' in the story, his true name was never revealed.
59	* OneWingedAngel: He becomes a Hulk-like giant whilst fighting Riki-Oh. He says he was able to do so by training his muscles with ''Kokiko'' (essentially Qigong).
60	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Invokes this on one of the prison's enforcers after the latter fails to kill Riki. [[spoiler:Later, he does the same to Sugiyama.]]
61	* UsedToBeASweetKid: He used to be a compassionate and well-meaning child who's response to finding out that he couldn't be a doctor because of his sickly body making it so that wouldn't be able to live past 20 was to instead aim for becoming a lawyer so that he could protect the week, but when Zenki praised his good intentions and took him in as a pupil, he wound up becoming corrupted by the power he gained from the training he underwent, leading him to become the cruel tyrant he is today.
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63	!!Sugiyama Tokuzo
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65	* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: He is loathed by all the prisoners, including The Warden, who [[spoiler:kills Sugiyama for getting in his way when he is about to shoot Riki-Oh]].
66	* BigBadWannabe: He is rather incompetent and cowardly despite his sadistic and ruthless persona.
67	* DirtyOldMan: He has a collection of porn in his office.
68	* TheDragon: To the Warden. [[spoiler:However, it becomes clear by the end that he's nowhere near as dangerous as his boss.]]
69	%%* GlassEye
70	%%* HookHand
71	* LaughablyEvil: He can be rather buffonish and cowardly at times, which makes him quite clownish.
72	* PopGoesTheHuman: His death, courtesy of [[spoiler: being shot by the Warden's customized pistol and its compressed-gas rounds.]]
73	* RedRightHand: One of his hands is missing, replaced with a prosthetic hook.
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75	!!Iwata
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77	* AssholeVictim: He is such a nasty piece of garbage, that when Riki kills him, it is satisfying and cathartic.
78	* CombatPragmatist: He hid a nail [[{{Squick}} in his anus]] to try and stab Riki-Oh with.
79	* HateSink: He is despicable, vile and nasty in every way possible.
80	* {{Jerkass}}: A loathsome piece of shit who bullies weaker prisoners.
81	* KickTheDog: He deliberately destroyed a toy made by [[ButtMonkey Wakamatsu]] who was going to send it to his son.
82	* StarterVillain: He and Bandoh are the first opposing force that Riki-Oh faces in the manga. Neither lasts very long.
83	* TooDumbToLive: Given that Riki-Oh took out his hired muscle with ease, trying to stab him from behind with a nail probably wasn't the best thing that Iwata could have done.
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85	!!Wakamatsu
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87	* BullyMagnet: He frequently gets bullied by other prioners for being so nice.
88	* DrivenToSuicide: Eventually, he can't take any more of the abuse and hangs himself.
89	* NiceGuy: He builds a toy train for his son.
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91	!!Bandoh
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93	* AssholeVictim: He gets killed by Riki, and no one mourns him.
94	* BigEater: He literally ate an entire horse.
95	* FatBastard: His girth is matched only by his unpleasant personality.
96	* StoutStrength: His gut doesn't subtract from his muscle much.
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98	!!Narumi
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100	* CombatPragmatist: He fought Riki-Oh using a knife, glass shards and ''his own intestines''.
101	* {{Determinator}}: You're automatically gonna be this if you're willing to strangle your enemy with your own intestines.
102	* DubNameChange: He's more well known by the name 'Oscar'.
103	%%* TattooedCrook
104	* WakeUpCallBoss: He's the first real difficult opponent out of many that Riki faces.
105	* {{Yakuza}}: Implied to be one, given his affinity for daggers and tattoo of Kintaro grappling a carp.
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107	!!Washizaki
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109	* AssholeVictim: He suffers the most brutal death imaginable, and it is completely well-deserved.
110	* BigBad: Of the Cape Arc.
111	** BigBadWannabe: Unfortunately, he gets HijackedByGanon by [[spoiler: Riki's brother, Nachi]] by the climax.
112	* CoolSword: His [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]], which was forged with the [[ThunderboltIron metals found in a meteorite]] and can [[AbsurdlySharpBlade cut through virtually anything]].
113	%%* EvilParentsWantGoodKids:
114	* {{Expy}}: Of [[Literature/TeitoMonogatari Yasunori Kato]]. He is the inspiration for the design of [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII M. Bison]].
115	%%* KatanasAreJustBetter:
116	* MercyKill: He shot 119 of his own men that were slowly dying from a gas attack, claiming that death was the only mercy he could give them. He keeps a rose garden containing a flower for each of his fallen men.
117	* RasputinDeath: [[spoiler:He has his arm chopped off by Riki-Oh, then gets punched through the stomach by Riki-Oh, causing his insides to come out. Washizaki is still alive in spite of all that, until Nachi vaporizes him]].
118	* VillainDecay: Built up as the big bad of the Cape Arc by being the leader of the cape and easily defeating Riki-Oh in a fight yet his later insanity leads him to become a much easier opponent for Riki to take down.
119	* VillainousBreakdown: Upon [[spoiler: realizing that he's going to be abandoned by the BigBad]], Washizaki goes positively ''nuts:'' putting on face paint, strapping a pair of flashlights to his head in an imitation of the way candles are worn in certain Shinto rituals, and trying to kill Nachi and his unarmed followers...[[BadBoss not to mention slaughtering any of his own men if they question his actions.]]
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121	!!Robotomi 560SEL-Mark. II
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123	* AdaptationNameChange: He's called "Atomic Robo" in the OVA.
124	%%* {{Cyborg}}
125	* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Only Riki-Oh saw him as a person.
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127	!!Umibozu
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129	* {{Expy}}: Of [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Mr. Heart]].
130	* FatBastard: Even more so than Bandoh.
131	* HateSink: A fat, repulsive and sadistic maniac with a complete lack of emapthy.
132	* {{Kevlard}}: His body fat can not only absorb the force from Riki-Oh's punches, but suck in the arm used to throw said punch. He claims he can break people's bones this way, too.
133	* ManlyFacialHair: He calls it his "Mustache of Pride".
134	%%* StoutStrength
135	* VerbalTic: He says "Zura" at the end of his sentences.
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137	!!Mizuguchi
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139	* AnArmAndALeg: A somewhat mild example--when Aneyama punishes him for failing to kill Riki-Oh in the past, Mizuguchi ends up losing his nose during the ensuing torture.
140	* AintTooProudToBeg: When Riki-Oh tries to corner him, he tries to bribe Riki-Oh with money to spare his life. [[ColdBloodedTorture This doesn't end well for him.]]
141	* AssholeVictim: He gets tortured by Aneyama for failing to kill Riki-Oh. Considering that this happens after we learn about his more unsavory aspects, it's hard to feel sorry for him.
142	* ColdBloodedTorture: He's implied to indulge in this, as he threatens Riki-Oh with brutal dismemberment before death, and delights in the idea of Riki-Oh being force-fed sulfuric acid.
143	* FauxAffablyEvil: He's introduced as a rather pragmatic, laid-back gangster who took the daughter of one of his underlings under his wing after Riki-Oh killed said underling in a duel. Before the arc is finished, however, this relatively nonchalant facade is revealed to be masking some [[IAmAHumanitarian rather]] ''[[WifeHusbandry unpleasant]]'' habits...
144	* HateSink: There's not a single shred of humanity or sympathetic qualities in Mizuguchi.
145	* IAmAHumanitarian: It's implied that his chef includes human sashimi as part of his diet.
146	* KilledMidSentence: He's slain by one of his own lieutenants just as he's about to give up the same of Riki-Oh's true father.
147	* NonActionBigBad: Despite trying to blow Riki-Oh up with a rocket launcher in his introduction, he's ultimately helpless when Riki-Oh confronts him after killing off his lieutenants.
148	* NoKillLikeOverkill: When he first shows up to kill Riki-Oh, he brings ''a damn rocket launcher'' to do the job. Of course, considering that Riki-Oh survived being shot ''five times'' when he tried killing him in the backstory, this might count as just being prepared.
149	* WifeHusbandry: He had plans for this for the daughter of one of his underlings. [[PerverseSexualLust Considering that said daughter would be turning 15 soon, this is extremely disturbing.]]
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151	!!Aku-Oh
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153	* ArtificialHuman: He was created artificially.
154	%%* CardCarryingVillain
155	* EvilCounterpart: To Riki-Oh
156	* EvilIsBigger: He's inexplicably much larger than Riki-Oh.
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158	!!Eisaku
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160	* AnimalMotifs: He's often compared to a gorilla.
161	* DumbMuscle: Subverted--while he's hardly a smart man, he's insightful enough to recognize that Riki-Oh's carrying a lot of grief beneath his grim demeanor, and pities him for it.
162	* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: He's shown to dote on his elderly mother.
163	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even when he was a full-on bad guy, he couldn't work directly under Mizuguchi after the crime lord orchestrated the mass murder of orphans and the homeless with poisoned food.
164	* HeelFaceTurn: Introduced as an EliteMook for a low-level gangster, but chooses to follow Riki-Oh for the Mizuguchi arc.
165	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:When both he and Riki-Oh are mortally wounded by one of Mizuguchi's lieutenants, he chooses to give Riki-Oh a crude form of blood transfusion so that he might live...at the cost of his own life.]]
166	* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Invokes this during his HeroicSacrifice:]]
167	-->'''Eisaku:''' [[spoiler: I...I've done nothing but bad things my whole life...at least this way, I can die...like an honorable man...]]
168	* StoutStrength: He's got as much muscle as he does girth.
169	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Bananas. Apparently, [[PowerUpFood they make him even stronger in battle]].
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171	!!Aneyama
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173	* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:After he commits suicide, absolutely no one sheds a tear for him]].
174	* ColdBloodedTorture: He takes sadistic delight in tormenting his victims--in the backstory, he tortured Riki-Oh's adoptive father and grandfather; in the story proper, he punishes Mizuguchi rather savagely for failing to kill Riki-Oh in the backstory. Long story short, it involves a power drill, a hollow tube of bamboo, and boiling soy sauce.
175	%%* CrazyPrepared:
176	* CreepyCrossdresser: Downplayed at first, with his penchant for nail polish and lip gloss. However, in the climax of his arc, he goes to wearing a full-out ''bridal kimono'' [[spoiler: in honor of his deceased sister.]]
177	* BerserkButton: Don't do anything uncouth in his presence, like leave a hair in his tea. [[spoiler: Or mention his true age.]]
178	* DepravedHomosexual: He has a creepy fascination with Riki-Oh at first. Later, this is lost beneath a hateful desire to see Riki-Oh dead.
179	* DisproportionateRetribution: His butler leaves a hair in his tea. Aneyama's response is to butcher him with a razor-edged ceiling fan. Later, when another of his servants accidentally makes a remark about [[spoiler: Aneyama's true age]], the enraged villain kills him with another remote-controlled death trap.
180	%%* DrivenToSuicide
181	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: There is ONE human on the planet he cares about. [[spoiler:His long-dead sister.]]
182	* {{Expy}}: His sadistic, psychopathic personality, effeminate behavior and the design of his eyes all make him quite reminiscent to [[Characters/DragonBallFrieza Freeza]].
183	* HateSink: Like the other villains, Aneyama is designed to be a truly loathsome and despicable character. Even his love for [[spoiler:his deceased sister]] does absolutely nothing to make him come off as sympathetic.
184	* LukeIAmYourFather: He tried to pull this trick on Riki-Oh.
185	* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler: He's in his 80s, making himself look younger with plastic surgeries.]]
186	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He was a [[spoiler: Nazi]] after all.
187	* PoweredArmor: Used one during his fight with Riki-Oh to boost his strength. It looks suspiciously like Franchise/RoboCop's armor.
188	* SissyVillain: He is notably very feminine.
189	* VillainousBreakdown: He begins to steadily lose it when Riki-Oh begins tearing apart his operation. [[spoiler: At the very end, he completely loses his head when his cosmetic surgery is destroyed, leaving him as an ugly old man, and throws himself off a cliff to his death.]]
190	%%* ThoseWackyNazis
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192	!!Akuta
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194	%%* BrattyHalfPint
195	* DisneyDeath: He's on death's door when Aneyama's "Crystal Night" plan goes into effect. Riki-Oh is guided [[spoiler:by Nachi's spirit]] to use the power of his six-point-star hand to save the kid's life.
196	* TagAlongKid: Notable, because he's the last of Riki-Oh's companions who follows him for the remainder of the story.
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198	!!Bill Hickok
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200	* AcePilot: He's able to fly his plane through regions that would cause lesser pilots to crash. This makes him a key ally to Riki-Oh, as Mukai's domain is in a part of the Arctic Circle that screws up the instruments of most planes.
201	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He comes off as a laid-back drunkard, but he's one of the best pilots in the sky, and a pretty good fighter too.
202	%%* {{Eagleland}}
203	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Abrasive and rough around the edges, but he's a nice guy once you get past that.
204	* KindheartedCatLover: He has a pet cat named Sebastian.
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206	%%!! Yona
207	%% CoolOldGuy, HealingHands
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209	!!Mukai
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211	%%* TheAgeless
212	* AGodAmI: He seriously believes himself to be God.
213	* DarkMessiah: His most direct servants view him as a living god, and worship him devoutly. [[spoiler: He was literally created to be this by the people of the future.]]
214	* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:After Riki-Oh forgives him, Mukai is overcome with remorse. Unable to bring himself to kill his own son any longer, Mukai begs Riki-Oh to strike him down.]]
215	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: It's implied that he ''did'' love Birei Oh, in his own messed-up way.
216	%%* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:]]
217	* FullFrontalAssault: He confronts Riki-Oh in the nude in their first duel. Partly because he just finished bathing, and partly out of the "unconcerned with human expectations" variety.
218	%%* ImNotAfraidOfYou
219	* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: He is Riki-Oh's biological father...as well as his descendant from the future.]]
220	* KiManipulation: He was able to use a [[KamehameHadoken Kantsu Reppa]] against Riki-Oh's to cause a BeamOWar.
221	%%* KidFromTheFuture
222	* TheManBehindTheMan: He's behind everything from the Cape arc onwards. All the other {{Big Bad}}s beforehand were working for him.
223	* MyOwnGrandpa: [[spoiler: Riki-Oh is his ancestor.]]
224	* NighInvulnerable: Riki-Oh (almost) couldn't make a scratch on him, probably helps that he's ''[[spoiler: immortal]]''.
225	* NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: Despite losing badly, Riki-Oh [[CurbStompCushion manages]] to land a small cut on his cheek. This shakes him badly enough that he gets nightmares from it.
226	* OffWithHisHead: And that ''still'' didn't kill him.
227	* OmnicidalManiac: He wants to wipe out the human race because he thinks that is the only way to end their suffering.
228	* UltimateLifeForm: He was genetically designed to be this, [[spoiler:by zealots who sought to become or create God before they went extinct.]]

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