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Fist of the Blue Sky
蒼天の拳 (Sōten no Ken)
Genre	Historical fiction, Action, Drama
Manga: Fist of the Blue Sky
Authored by	Tetsuo Hara, Nobuhiko Horie
Publisher	Shinchosha
Serialized in	Comic Bunch Raijin Comics (2003-2004)
Original run	May 2001 – ongoing
No. of volumes	currently 17
TV anime: Fist of the Blue Sky
Directed by	Yoshihiro Yamaguchi
Studio	Souten Studio
Network	TV Asahi
Original run	October 4, 2006 – March 14, 2007
No. of episodes	26

Fist of the Blue Sky (蒼天の拳, Sōten no Ken^?) is a manga series by Tetsuo Hara with plot supervision by Buronson, serialized in the Weekly Comic Bunch since 2001.^[1] It is a prequel to the popular 1980s series Fist of the North Star, which Hara originally co-wrote with Buronson. Set primarily in Shanghai during the 1930s, the series centers around the 62nd successor of the Hokuto Shinken style, Kenshiro Kasumi, the namesake and predecessor of Fist of the North Star's own Kenshiro. It has been adapted into a short-lived 26-episode anime series. Image File history File links Acap. ... Image File history File links 書.svg‎ The Chinese character 書, in regular script. ... The UTF-8-encoded Japanese Wikipedia article for mojibake, as displayed in ISO-8859-1 encoding. ... Japanese writing Kanji Kana Hiragana Katakana Hentaigana Manyōgana Uses Furigana Okurigana Rōmaji   ) are the Chinese characters that are used in the modern Japanese logographic writing system along with hiragana (平仮名), katakana (片仮名), and the Arabic numerals. ... Japanese writing Kanji 漢字 Kana 仮名 Hiragana 平仮名 Katakana 片仮名 Manyogana 万葉仮名 Uses Furigana 振り仮名 Okurigana 送り仮名 Rōmaji ローマ字 For other meanings of Kana, see Kana (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Look up historical fiction in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Action movies usually involve a fairly straightforward story of good guys versus bad guys, where most disputes are resolved by using physical force. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the comics published in East Asian countries. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... Shinchosha headquarters. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... The Weekly Comic Bunch ) is a manga anthology published weekly in Japan by Coamix. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Raijin Comics was a manga anthology published in North America by Gutsoon Entertainment. ... For other uses, see May (disambiguation). ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Tankōbon ) is the Japanese term for a compilation volume of a particular series (such as a manga or a novel series, magazine articles, essays, craft patterns, etc. ... “TV” redirects here. ... “Animé” redirects here. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... TV Asahi Corporation ) (TYO: 9409 ), also known as EX and Tele-Asa ), is a television network headquartered in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. ... is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 73rd day of the year (74th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... This article is about the comics published in East Asian countries. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Yoshiyuki Okamura, also Buronson Yoshiyuki Okamura (岡村善行, born 16 June 1947),also known as Buronson (武論尊) or Sho Fumimura (史村 ç¿” Fumimura Shō), is a Japanese manga writer most known by his famous work Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the north star). ... The Weekly Comic Bunch ) is a seinen manga anthology published weekly in Japan by Coamix, the manga-publishing arm of Shinchosha. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... A prequel is a work that portrays events which include the structure, conventions, and/or characters of a previously completed narrative, but occur at an earlier time. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... This article is about the manga and anime franchise. ... Yoshiyuki Okamura, also Buronson Yoshiyuki Okamura (岡村善行, born 16 June 1947),also known as Buronson (武論尊) or Sho Fumimura (史村 ç¿” Fumimura Shō), is a Japanese manga writer most known by his famous work Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the north star). ... For other uses, see Shanghai (disambiguation). ... Face The 1930s (years from 1930–1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known in Europe as the World Depression. ... Hokuto Shinken (北斗神拳, Big Dipper God Fist) is a fictional martial art from Tetsuo Haras mangas, Fist of the North Star and Fist of the Blue Sky. ... Kenshirō, the Fist of the North Star Kenshiro ), or just Ken as he is often called, is the central character of the Fist of the North Star manga, anime, and other related works. ...

Plot overview

The main protagonist of this story is Kasumi Kenshiro, better known as "Yan Wang" or "The King of Death" (derived from the myth Yan Luo Wang). Kasumi is a laid back and chain-smoking Tokyo professor who possesses the deadly Chinese assassin martial art Hokuto Shinken who travels to Shanghai after hearing the news of his Triad friend Pan Guang-Lin and his sister Yu-Ling (Kasumi's love interest) are in trouble. Tibetan Dharmapala at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois Yama is the name of the Buddhist god and judge of the dead, who presides over the Buddhist Narakas (Pāli: Nirayas), Hells or Purgatories. Although ultimately based on the god Yama of the Hindu Vedas, the Buddhist Yama has developed... For other uses, see Tokyo (disambiguation). ... Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ... Hokuto Shinken (北斗神拳, Big Dipper God Fist) is a fictional martial art from Tetsuo Haras mangas, Fist of the North Star and Fist of the Blue Sky. ... For other uses, see Shanghai (disambiguation). ... Triad (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; literally Triad Society) or (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; literally Black Society, a general term for criminal organizations) is a term that describes many branches of Chinese underground society and/or organizations based in Hong Kong and Macau and also operating in Taiwan, mainland...

In Shanghai, Kasumi has to fight the three Hokuto families, the Hokuto Sankaken (based on the royal families of Romance of the Three Kingdoms). At the same time Kasumi has to help Pan's "Qing Bang" Triad gang against the immoral "Hong-Hua" Triads in gaining territory and influence in Shanghai. For other uses, see Shanghai (disambiguation). ... An illustration of the book Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), written by Luo Guanzhong in the 14th century, is a Chinese historical novel based upon events in the turbulent years near the end of the Han Dynasty, and the Three Kingdoms period (220–280). ... The Green Gang (青幫, Qīng Bāng) was a criminal organization operating in Shanghai in the early 20th century. ...

Many of the plot points mentioned in the comic contain real historical facts, such as how Shanghai was controlled with International Settlements (the story focus mainly on the French settlement) during the 1930s. Also seen are Jewish refugees who escaped from Nazi persecution in Europe, and the invasion of China by the Japanese Army. Chiang Kai Shek and some historical Kuomingtang figures appear in the story as well. This article or section needs to be wikified. ... Jews in China have historically been divided into several populations of Chinese Jews. ... National Socialism redirects here. ... The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) (KyÅ«jitai: 大日本帝國陸軍, Shinjitai: , Romaji: Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun) was the official ground based armed force of Imperial Japan from 1867 to 1945. ... Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887–April 5, 1975) was a Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomintang (KMT) after the death of Sun Yat-sen in 1925. ... The Kuomintang (KMT) or Nationalist Party of China (Traditional Chinese: 中國國民黨; Simplified Chinese: 中国国民党; pinyin: Zhōngguó Guómíndǎng; Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo Kuo-min-tang; Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongguo Guomindang; literally the National Peoples Party of China...

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Characters

Hokuto Shinken （北斗神拳）

"North Dipper Divine Fist" (Pinyin: Běidǒu Shénquán). Hokuto Shinken (北斗神拳, Big Dipper God Fist) is a fictional martial art from Tetsuo Haras mangas, Fist of the North Star and Fist of the Blue Sky. ... Big Dipper map A group of the brightest stars of the constellation Ursa Major, the Great Bear, form a well-known asterism that has been recognized as a distinct grouping in many cultures from time immemorial. ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ...

• Kenshirō Kasumi （霞 拳志郎, Kasumi Kenshirō） (character voice Kōichi Yamadera)

The main character and 62nd successor to Hokuto Shinken. Known in Shanghai as "Yán Wáng" （閻王, En'ō）. Loves smoking cigarettes, reading, and has a good smelling instinct. His fighting technique is similar to Toki, in which he fight in a fluid and smooth fighting style. In Japan, he's a lecturer at the Tōwa Women's University. Depicted as somewhat easy going, as well as comical; compared to his namesake and nephew, Tetsuo Hara describes Kenshiro Kasumi as a combination of the strength of Kenshiro, the good nature of Keiji Maeda from Hana no Keiji and the sarcastic attitude of the title character of Nakabo Rintaro. However, remains the stoic persona which would be eventually seen in his nephew. He uses the same catch-phrase as his nephew, "You're already dead" (お前はもう死んでいる, Omae wa mō shindeiru), but pronounces it in Chinese, "Nǐ yǐ jīng sǐ le" (儞已經死了).

• Ramon Kasumi （霞 羅門, Kasumi Ramon） (c.v. Takashi Kondō (young) / Mugihito (old))

Kenshiro's younger brother, destined to become Fist of the North Star's Ryūken, 63rd successor of Hokuto Shinken (who later adopted Kenshiro, Raoh, Toki and Jagi). It is revealed in the first chapter that he named the baby Kenshiro (from Fist of the North Star) in honor of his brother Kenshiro Kasumi, who were both born with a Big Dipper shaped birthmark on his head. His refers his older brother, Kenshiro, as the "Strongest Man of his Era, who's heart was as pure as the blue sky."

• Tesshin Kasumi （霞 鉄心, Kasumi Tesshin）

Father of Kenshirō and Ramon; he was the 61st successor of Hokuto Shinken. He once fought Wèi Ruì-Yīng, founder of Kyokujūji Seiken, to a draw. Tesshin remarked that Ruì-Yīng may have been able to defeat him had he not lost a leg.

• Shuken (シュケン)

The founder of Hokuto Shinken, first mentioned in Fist of the North Star. 2,000 years before the events of the series, he became an apprentice of Seito Gekken, learning its secrets of pressure point techniques and blending it with the original Hokuto style. In order to fulfill his destiny as foreordained by the Hokuto Sōke priests, he killed the other disciples of Seito Gekken, including his lover Yahma, and established the one successor rule for Hokuto Shinken so that its dangerous secrets would not fall to the wrong hands.

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Hokuto Sankaken （北斗三家拳）

The "Three North Dipper Clan Fists" (Pinyin: Běidǒu Sānjiāquán). The three clans are branches of Hokuto Shinken formed during the Three Kingdoms period in China to act as secret guardians of the royal families of each of the three kingdoms. Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... The Three Kingdoms period (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a period in the history of China, part of an era of disunity called the Six Dynasties. ...

Hokuto Sonkaken （北斗孫家拳）

Ling Wang.

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• Máng Kuáng-Yún (芒 狂雲, Bō Kyōun) (c.v. Kiyoyuki Yanada)

Also known as Líng-Wáng (靈王, Reiō). Mastered the forbidden art of "Pressure Point Displacement" (秘孔変位, Hikō Hen'i). He was the one that took Pan Yu-Ling's memory because he fell in love with her, but also because he thinks this is a fitting punishment to Kenshiro. He got his wish to "fight someone worthy of taking my life" granted by the Old Taoist Fortune Teller. He was already dying from a slow decaying death from his self inflicted pressure points by then.

• Charles de Guise (シャルル・ド・ギーズ, shärl di-'gēz) (c.v. Taiten Kusunoki)

A French Jew and colonel in the French army that works with the Qing-Bang. Although he knows Sonkaken, he prefers using conventional fighting methods like guns and swords. He has a sister, Sophie, who suffered trauma resulting in memory suppression due to her experinces in escaping from Nazi Germany as her husband (a non-Jewish German who was prohibited from marrying her by Nazi law) got sent to a concentration camp. When she regained her memory by Kenshiro's acupressure, she was assassinated by Zhang Tai Yan. De Guise was eventually killed by Liú Fēi-Yàn when he was deemed unfit to take care of Erika.

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Hokuto Sōkaken （北斗曹家拳）

Zhāng Tài-Yán

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• Zhāng Tài-Yán (張 太炎 Chō Taien) (c.v. Hōchū Ōtsuka)

The Hóng Huá Huì's No.2 man. Although he appeared laid back, he can be destructive when angered, his attacks are based on cutting and slicing with his hands. Has a monstrous libido and is known as the "Bride Thief" because of his habit of killing newlywed husbands and taking their wives. He assassinated Charles de Guise's little sister with a time bomb. Due to a misunderstanding, he believed his stepfather Zhāng Dà-Yán killed his mother and yearns to kill him for it. Later on, after learning the truth, he became the new Master of Hokuto Sōkaken after a showdown fight with his Dà-Yán and earned his approval.

• Zhāng Dà-Yán (章 大厳 Shō Daigen) (c.v. Seizō Katō)

Master of the Sōkaken style. Father of the Hong Hua Hui boss, Zhāng Liè-Shān. He later married Zhāng Tài-Yán's mother and had been led to believe Tài-Yán was his child when he was actually the son of her previous husband. Years later Dà-Yán was enraged to learn the truth and his wife killed herself on the condition Dà-Yán spare Zhāng Tài-Yán's life. Noticing the young Tài-Yán's talent, he adopted him and trained him in Sōkaken. Eventually Dà-Yán passed on the title of Sōkaken Master to Tài-Yán after Tài-Yán defeated him. However, Dà-Yán then died as a result of injuries from the fight.

• Wǔchāmén-Dǎng (五叉門党 Goshamon-Tō)

An order of monks who serve Zhāng Tài-Yán. Each is known only by the number of stars they have tattooed on their heads. Their true purpose is to help Tài-Yán become a worthy successor of Hokuto Sōkaken; under the orders of Zhāng Dà-Yán.

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Hokuto Ryūkaken （北斗劉家拳）

Liú Zōng-Wǔ.

"North Dipper Liú Family Fist" (Pinyin: Běidǒu Liújiāquán). Same style as Hokuto Ryūken （北斗琉拳, lit. "North Dipper Gem Fist") from Fist of the North Star. According to Hokuto law, when there are no male successors for Hokuto Shinken, a student of the Ryūkaken style can be chosen to be the next successor. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This is a Chinese name; the family name is 劉 (Liu) Liú Bèi (Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) (161 – 223), courtesy name Xuándé (玄徳), was a powerful warlord and the founding emperor of the Kingdom of Shu during the Three Kingdoms era in ancient China. ... This article or section on an anime and manga-related subject may need cleanup because it describes a work of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. ... A selection of gemstone pebbles made by tumbling rough rock with abrasive grit, in a rotating drum. ... This article is about the manga and anime franchise. ...

• Liú Zōng-Wǔ （劉 宗武, Ryū Sōbu）

Driven to revenge by the death of his family, Zōng-Wǔ turned evil and joined the Nazis as a German army officer even though he is Chinese. He had the chance to kill Adolf Hitler, but didn't because he felt Hitler is too pitiful a prey for him to kill. Bears a resemblance to Raoh from Fist of the North Star.

• Xià Wén-Lì （夏 文麗, Ka Bunrei）

Liú Zōng-Wǔ's former lover. She had her breasts ripped off by him when she attempted to dissuade him from joining the Nazis. She then became a Buddhist nun, but in spite of what Zōng-Wǔ did she still loves him deeply.

• Jūkei （ジュウケイ）

An orphaned young boy whose sister was killed. He will eventually become the Hokuto Ryūken master from Fist of the North Star.

• Liú Xuán-Xìn (劉 玄信, Ryū Genshin)

The previous successor of the Hokuto Ryūkaken style before Zōng-Wǔ.

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Kyokujūji Seiken （極十字聖拳）

Liú Fēi-Yàn

"Pole Cross Sacred Fist" (Pinyin: Jíshízì Shèngquán), an offshoot of Hokuto Ryūkaken. A relatively new style compared to the Hokuto styles, its astrological symbol is the constellation of the Southern Cross and uses stabbing techniques that destroys the body externally. It has several similarities with the Nanto Seiken style in Fist of the North Star, including the use of the Southern Cross as a motif and the avian names of its successors, but it is unknown whether it is meant to be the same style or not. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For other uses, see Crux (disambiguation). ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... Southern Cross is the English name of Crux Australis, a constellation visible in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Nanto Seiken lit. ... This article is about the manga and anime franchise. ...

• Wèi Ruì-Yīng （魏 瑞鷹, Gi Zuiyō）

The grubby founder of Kyokujūji Seiken. Ruì-Yīng was at first the most promising student of Hokuto Ryūkaken of his generation, but left after he become disgruntled since he considered all other practitioners of Ryūkaken too weak by his standards. When he left he asked his Hokuto Ryūkaken master for the right to challenge Hokuto Shinken in order to become the strongest Hokuto Master, but was refused. He then fought his own master but was hit with a poisoned arrow in the leg during the process, which he then chopped off. Wèi Ruì-Yīng later fought Kasumi Tesshin, Kenshirō's father and 61st successor of Hokuto Shinken, to a draw.

• Biāo Bái-Fèng （彪 白鳳, Hyō Hakuhō）

Wèi Ruì-Yīng's elder student. Prepared for death, he challenged Kenshiro, but was shot to death by the Nazis before their actual duel.

• Liú Fēi-Yàn （流 飛燕, Ryū Hien）

Wèi Ruì-Yīng's second student. Nicknamed the Death Bird Demon (死鳥鬼, Sǐ Niǎo Guǐ), he befriended Erika and risked his life to protect her. He killed Charles de Guise because he thought de Guise cannot bear the responsibility of protecting Erika. Bears a resemblance to Rei from Fist of the North Star.

Seito Gekken （西斗月拳）

Yasaka

"West Dipper Lunar Fist" (Pinyin: Xīdǒu Yuèquán). A martial art of the Yuezhi people. Shuken studied this martial art and blended it with his Hokuto Sōke no Ken (北斗宗家の拳, lit. "North Dipper Lineage's Fist") to create Hokuto Shinken. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... Languages Unknown, although the epigraphy ranges from Greek language to Bactrian, and often considered to have spoken a Tocharian language. ...

• Yasaka (ヤサカ) - A mysterious green-eyed warrior. A descendant of the Yuezhi whom carries their nearly 2000-year grudge against the Hokuto. Works as a bodyguard for Dù Tiān-Fēng. Claims his name is ancient Hebrew for "to see God". He appears in the second closing credits of the Sōten no Ken anime.
• Yahma (ヤーマ) - a female practitioner from 2000 years ago that was the lover of Shuken.

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Qīng Bāng（青幫）

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• Pān Guāng-Lín （潘 光琳, Han Kōrin） (c.v. Masaki Terasoma)

Leader of the Qīng Bāng, also close friend of Kenshiro. While Kenshiro was away from Shanghai, his Triad gang members were killed one by one. He was tortured for a period of time by the Hong Hua, thus losing his feet from flesh eating rats. Kenshiro saved his life by amputating his already poisoned feet. He now walks with two prosthetic iron shoes.

Pān Yù-Líng

• Pān Yù-Líng （潘 玉玲, Han Gyokurei） (c.v. Aya Hisakawa)

Pān Guāng-Lín's sister and Kenshirō's girlfriend. She first met Kenshirō after he was badly beaten and she nursed him back to health. She also appears to be some sort of Christian. Her adopted father promised her to Máng Kuáng-Yún as payment. But Yù-Líng was already in love with Kenshiro, and a jealous Kuáng-Yún erased her memory and left her with a nomadic warlord in Northern China. She became the horse bandit leader Lǐ Xiù-Bǎo (李 秀寶, Ri Shūhō), fighting small guerilla battles against the Imperial Japanese Army, gaining a sense of hatred against the Japanese. She also learned some Praying Mantis martial art. She eventually regains her memories in Shanghai after meeting Kenshiro again, and soon marries him. After Guāng-Lín was crippled in a failed assassination attempt, she succeeds her brother as leader of the Qīng Bāng.

• Yáng Měi-Yù (楊 美玉, Yan Bigyoku) (c.v. Sayaka Ōhara)

Pān Guāng-Lín's actress girlfriend.

• Yè （葉, Yō） (c.v. Kinryu Arimoto)

Nicknamed "Two-Pistol Yè". He was horribly burned by the Hóng Huá Huì and disfigured.

• Yè Zi-Yīng (葉 子英, Yō Shiei) (c.v. Yūdai Satō)

Son of Yè, a streetwise kid (around 12-14 year old) also a sidekick of Kenshiro.

• Lǐ Yǒng-Jiàn (李 永健, Ri Eiken) (c.v. Umeji Sasaki)

Worked as an assassin for the secret society Qīng-Bāng and was called The Sleeping Dragon (睡龍, Shuì-Lóng). A good friend of Kenshirō Kasumi. At the beginning of the series, the old man works as a food taster for Emperor Pu-Yi and travels with him to Japan. He was captured by the Hóng-Huá Society and was interrogated as to the whereabouts of Yán-Wáng . Even when they cut off his toes, he refused to tell them anything. Dies from his illness by the end of the first story arc.

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Hóng Huá Huì （紅華會）

Shanghai's evil "Red Flower Gang" (紅華会, Kōkakai). Most of them were maimed in some way by Kenshiro during a previous visit to Shanghai prior to the start of the series. Based on the real life Shanghai Red Gang (紅幫 Hóng Bāng).

• Zhāng Liè-Shān （章 烈山, Shō Retsuzan）

The gigantic leader of the Hóng Huá Society. He is the son of the Hokuto Sōkaken master, Zhāng Dà-Yán, and Zhāng Tài-Yán's older half-brother. Former Beiyang Army. He is also a general in the Kuomingtang army (reflecting real historical support the Kuomingtang received from various Triad gangs), but works in secret with Chinese communist groups as well to his own benefit. His father did not train him in Hokuto Sōkaken, but due to his giant stature and overwhelming physical strength he is still deadly wielding a pair of matching giant sai.

• Huáng Xī-Fēi （黄 西飛, Kō Seihi） (c.v. Yōsuke Akimoto)

The Number Three Boss after Zhāng Liè-Shān & Zhāng Tài-Yán. Due to injuries he suffered at the fists of Kasumi Kenshiro, he must wear a metal contraption on the left side of his head and body. Whenever he moves he always shouts, "A-I-TA!" in pain. He's a big contributor to a corrupt Catholic church that will forgive any sins he confesses for the right price.

• Wú Dōng-Lái （吳 東來, Go Tōrai） (c.v. Chafurin)

The Number Four Boss comes from the province of Canton. Due to injuries he suffered at the fists of Yán Wáng, he is wheelchair-bound and must wear a metal contraption with a crank to raise and lower his head. Jumpy and triggerhappy, he'll shoot anything that bothers him. A slovenly womanizer, Wu desired Pān Guāng-Lín's actress girlfriend Yáng Měi-Yù. The insanely jealous Wu held Pan in his dungeon, intending to use him as the "tiger-meat" in his "Dragon-Tiger Stew". Wu never got the chance, because Yan-Wang knocked Wu into his own boiling cauldron, killing him.

• Chén Jùan-Mín （陳 狷民, Chin Kenmin） (c.v. Issei Futamata)

Nicknamed "Weasel" Chén, he has a metal hand. His face was scarred by Yan-Wang after his failed attempt to kidnap Takeshi Kitaoji.

• Píng Yīng-Zhèng （憑英正, Hyō Eisei） (c.v. Katsuhisa Houki)

Has a metal jaw. Shot to death by Yè.

• Mù Dà-Hóng (沐 大洪, Moku Daikō) (c.v. Masuo Amada)

Wears dark glasses and has a metal plate on his head. Has a metal claw in place of one hand. Shot to death by Yè.

• Tián Xué-Fāng （田 學芳, Den Gakuhō）(c.v. Minoru Inaba)

Once nicknamed Shuǐ Hǔ Tian for the bald patch atop his head, he now wears a heavy iron toupee. Has metal hands. Died from drowning in a bath house after Kenshiro disabled his arms and legs.

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Japanese

• Takeshi Kitaōji (北大路 剛士, Kitaōji Takeshi^?) (c.v. Katsuhiko Sasaki)

Head of the Kitaōji Zaibatsu and founder of Tōwa Women's University. He and his daughter Aya were saved by Kenshirō in Shanghai from Chen the Weasel and soon became friends with him, giving him a job as a lecturer in at Tōwa University. A collaborator in the Fugu Plan.

• Aya Kitaōji (北大路 綾, Kitaōji Aya^?) (c.v. Aya Hisakawa)

The daughter of Takeshi Kitaōji. A co-ed attending Professor Kasumi's class at the Tōwa Women's University. She bears a resemblance to Pan Yu-Ling.

• Tokusaburō Kumazasa (熊笹 徳三郎, Kumazasa Tokusaburō^?) (c.v. Nobuyuki Furuta)

Head of the Shanghai branch of the Kitaōji Zaibatsu.

• Hōsaku Ōkawa (大川 奉作, Ōkawa Hōsaku^?) (c.v. Nobuaki Kakuda)

Lieutenant General of the Kwantung Army Headquarters. His son was killed by the Horse Bandits.

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Others

• Aisin-Gioro Puyi （愛新覺羅溥儀, Aishinkakura Fugi） (c.v. Hiroshi Yanaka)

Former emperor of China, then emperor of Manchukuo. Purely a puppet of the Japanese Empire, the neurotic Puyi becomes terrified of being assassinated. On April 6 1935, Puyi came to Japan under the cover of a "Japan-Manchuria Friendship Envoy" to employ the legendary Hokuto Shinken successor Yan-Wang as his bodyguard.

• Jīn Kè-Róng (金 克榮, Kin Katsuei) (c.v. Ryūzaburō Ōtomo)

The Captain of the first regiment of Puyi's Imperial Guard, and is known as the "Fist Hero of Hebei". He is a master of Bājíquán, and fights with a metal fan. Years ago, when was working as a bodyguard in Shanghai he was scarred in a fight with Kenshirō Kasumi, which resulted in a draw; but felt cheated by Kenshiro because he refused to use Hokuto Shinken against him.

• Goran (ゴラン) (c.v. Yoshinori Sonobe)

A boxer who serves as the champion of the Execution Games held at the Great New World Entertainment Hall. He was responsible for the deaths of countless Qīng Bāng members that were captured by the Hóng Huá Huì and thrown into the ring. In the past, he served in the French Military stationed in Indonesia, where he learned Muay Thai. He is destroyed by Kenshiro Kasumi's rendition of "Hokuto Hyaku Retsu Ken" which ends with him striking Tōmonketsu Hashisō pressure point, which cases all of Goran's bones to break within his body causing his body to turn into mush.

• Jean Carne (ジャン・カルネ, Jan Karune) (c.v. Masaru Ikeda)

The chief of police at the French Concession of Shanghai. An ally of the Hóng Huá Huì, he got his position by murdering his predecessor Girardeau, a supporter of the Qīng Bāng. After Pān Guāng-Lín is saved by Kenshiro, he attempts to flee to South America, but is shot to death by Guāng-Lín.

• "The Taoist" （道士, Dōshi） (c.v. Masaru Ikeda)

A mystical old fortune teller, who appears time to time out of nowhere to talk to (or sometimes taunt) Kenshiro. Other people may or may not notice his appearance or existence, as he seems to possess some kind of mysterious ability to make bystanders forget about him. He gave a "fate medallion" to Kenshiro as a flip coin to help him make a decision when facing a serious dilemma. He also grants worthy people connected to the Hokuto clan a wish about their fate. His identity and agenda have yet to be revealed.

• Erika Arendt (エリカ・アレント, Erika Arento)

A Jewish girl with a photographic memory, Erika has a catalogue of Jewish people called "The List of Hope" memorized. Nazis pursue her to get this information, and she comes under the protection of Liú Fēi-Yàn.

• Horse Bandits (馬賊, Bazoku)

A group of lawless non-Han Chinese bandits roaming in the countryside whom later hired by the Hong Hua Triads to cause chaos in Shanghai. They adopted Yu-Ling when her memory was erased.

• Edmond Heckler (エドモンド・ヘックラー, Edomondo Hekkurā)

A Colonel in the German Wehrmacht, he works as a military advisor for the Nazi Party and has a side job as an arms dealer. He uses Zōng-Wǔ to prolong the war so he can continue to profit from it. After Zōng-Wǔ kills one of Dù Tiān-Fēng's informant, he tries to kill Zōng-Wǔ at Dù's request, but fails and is killed by Zōng-Wǔ.

• Dù Tiān-Fēng (杜 天風, To Tenbū)

The big boss of a secret organization called the Tài Hú Bāng (太湖幇, Taikopan, "Lake Tai Defence"). He murdered Zōng-Wǔ's father, Liú Zōng-Jiàn, in order to launder money from him when Zōng-Wǔ was still a child.

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Media information

Manga

Fist of the Blue Sky has been in serialization in the Weekly Comic Bunch since the magazine's first issue, published with the cover date of May 29, 2001^[2]. New chapters of Sōten no Ken are published irregularly in the magazine. Currently, there are 17 collected volumes (tankobon) of Sōten no Ken published in Japan, encompassing 197 of the serialized chapters so far.^[3] Periodical cover date refers to the date displayed on the covers of magazines. ... is the 149th day of the year (150th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... A Tankōbon compilation book is a set of manga issues which have been collected into a volume for a given author. ...

An English version of Fist of the Blue Sky was serialized in the now-defunct Raijin Comics published by Gutsoon! Entertainment from 2003 and 2004. Only the first four collected volumes of this English edition were released before Gutsoon went out of business. No other company has picked up the license yet. Raijin Comics was a manga anthology published in North America by Gutsoon Entertainment. ...

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Anime

A weekly anime series based on Fist of the Blue Sky aired on Japan's TV Asahi on Thursdays at 2:40am from October 4, 2006 to March 14, 2007. The series has a total of 26 episodes, but only 22 episodes were actually aired on TV. The series was intended to be a full-fledge adaptation of the manga, but truncates the story at vol. 8. It is believed that the series' low ratings (an average of 1.2) led to the show's cancellation.^[5] The complete series has been released on DVD, including unaired episodes and uncensored content. TV Asahi Corporation ) (TYO: 9409 ), also known as EX and Tele-Asa ), is a television network headquartered in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. ... is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 73rd day of the year (74th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

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External links

• Fist of the Blue Sky at the Internet Movie Database
• Fist of the Blue Sky (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Anime Souten no Ken Official Homepage (Japanese)
• Comic Bunch - Coamix (Japanese)
• Universal Pictures DVD (Japanese)