ALL Baki the Grappler (Characters)
Introduction
Baki is a martial arts anime that has become increasingly popular over the years. Its popularity skyrocketed even more after Netflix acquired the rights to it. It has a diverse cast of characters that makes the show unique with each of their own personalities.
This is why sometimes it gets hard to keep track of your favourite characters. Here we will provide information about all the characters in the Baki series so that you may never forget about another character again. We will be going through the main characters at first.
Table of Contents
I’m glad to see more international involvement with our community. Baki is also a great anime with a fantastic plot, so I’m definitely not mad at their choice. Psst! Netflix. Next time, do Deadman Wonderland Season 2. I know you got money.
ALL Baki Main Characters
Baki Hanma
Now of course it is only fair that we start off with our main character, Baki a,fter whom the whole series has been named. He has always been involved in martial arts since his childhood with the only goal in mind. His aim is to defeat his father who is known as the Ogre by people all around.
This is why Baki had been receiving his training from his mother. But at the mere age of thirteen, he suddenly decides that it is not enough. He needs to learn about new fighting styles and techniques to even have the slightest chance of defeating his father (Baki Manga: Chapter 1).
His rigorous hard work and determination saw him earning the title of Champion in the Underground Arena and being known as the World’s Strongest Boy.
Yuujiro Hanma
Next comes the main villain himself, Yuujiro Hanma. He is the sole reason behind Baki’s entire existence and purpose. He is up there with Baki as one of the strongest characters in the series who can shred opponents to pieces. He works as a mercenary for various organizations and usually takes on assassination jobs.
It earns him quite a high amount of money which helps him to afford his lavish lifestyle. If Baki came to be known as the World’s Strongest Boy, his father was known as the Strongest Creature on Earth. He appeared for the first time in the chapter “An Unforgivable Loss” (Baki Manga: Chapter 35).
Doppo Orochi
Up next in our list we have Orochi, not to be confused with Orochi from One Piece. Doppo Orochi looks like a guy who can kick anyone’s ass. The eye patch he wears makes him look even scarier. The funny thing is, he is actually a very compassionate and caring man despite having such a tough look.
He has a wife named Natsue Orochi and a child named Katsumi Orochi. He runs a karate school and has been dabbling in the arts of combat for 50 years. He also trained Kiyosumi Katou and Atsushi Suedou.
Kaiou Retsu
Kaiou Retsu was a beast in the Chinese Kenpo fighting style. He was quite close to Katsumi Orochi and the two of them shared a bond. Despite starting out as a villainous character, he slowly became a major part of the story. We later came to know that his actual name was Eishuu Retsu.
Since China was his birth land, it explains his mastery over Chinese Kenpo. The fact that he shined in such a difficult technique speaks highly of his determination and strength of character.
Gouki Shibukawa
Gouki Shibukawa is a man of 75 years of age who has been training since the end of World War II. He trained and trained until he could master the fighting style of Jiu Jutsu. As we know with old age comes serenity and Gouki definitely knows how to remain calm even in the toughest of situations. People often refer to him as the Master.
But behind that calm personality, Gouki also has a hidden violent nature which proves that he is no pushover. People can’t get away simply by stepping all over him. When sweet words don’t have any action, Gouki knows how to finish the job.
Kaoru Hanayama
Karou Hanayama stood apart from the rest of the characters due to his unique street fighting skills. He is a Yakuza boss and also has the looks for it. Nothing seems to bother Karou in any way. He excels at whatever he does, whether it is street fighting or it is being a Yakuza boss.
He has got a scarred appearance that he wears with pride and on top of it, there is a tattoo of a jigsaw puzzle on his back. No one can look at him and guess that he is only 19 years of age and leading an entire gang on his back. He is the silent type of guy who does not speak unnecessarily everywhere.
Katsumi Orochi
Katsumi Orochi is the son of Doppo Orochi and since his father runs a karate academy, he is a prodigy in that fighting style. Katsumi is not related by blood to Doppo and is his adopted son. But that has not made any effect on their strong bond of father and son. He saw him for the first time when he was going to the Underground Arena (Baki Manga: Chapter 181).
He is by far one of the strongest fighters in the series which is quite evident from his nickname of the Lethal Weapon. He is very flexible in using both his arms and legs to attack the enemy. He also knows a variety of karate moves which makes him a nightmare for opponents.
Biscuit Oliva
Biscuit Oliva hails from the United States and is a sneaky assassin. His talent was noticed by the US government which led them to recruit him as one of their assassins. However, his main job is being a jailer of the Arizona State Prison.
He considers his body as a temple and has taken care of it so much that it is almost impossible to take him out. But despite everything, Oliva is not all about brawn. He is also quite intelligent as he did not want to lack in that area. There is a huge library in his home where he likes to train his mind.
Jack Hanma
Jack Hanma is the step-brother of the protagonist Baki Hanma. His father is Yuujiro Hanma while his mother is Diane Neil. He belongs to Canada and is an excellent pit fighter. The major similarity of Jack to Baki is that he also wants to overtake his father in terms of power.
His mad fighting skills in the pit has led to all people calling him the Jack Hammer. Other than that, one similarity is that he is completely opposite to Baki. While Baki believes in powering himself up through training all day and night, Jack relies on steroids. He took so many steroids at one point that it made him a monster who was hungry for revenge.
Mitsunari Tokugawa
The Underground Arena is like a trademark of the Baki series. And the one who runs it is Mitsunari Tokugawa (Baki Manga: Chapter 17). He is a very old man who despite not being a fighter himself, has set up the fighting arena very well. He also made the fights without any rules which makes it all the more exciting.
Everyone respects Mitsunari by addressing him as the Noble Elder. What he lacks in fighting strength, he makes up for it with his vast expansive knowledge of different fighting techniques. However, some can even call him a tad bit psychotic for his obsession with fights.
Kozue Matsumoto
Kozue is Baki’s girlfriend in the series. She used to be his classmate and she is also the daughter of his landlady. She has been shown as a very shy and introverted girl who insanely cares for Baki. This is why she is always so concerned about him and does not want him to spend his days in the Underground Arena.
This is also due to the fact that her father died while fighting in the Arena and she does not want the same to happen to Baki. But even though she couldn’t change his mind about it, she supports and cheers him on through every battle.
Gerry Strydum
Gerry Strydum belongs to the USA and serves as a general in the army. He usually tags along Yuujiro whom he met in the Vietnam War. It also comes as no surprise that Yuujiro almost killed him in that encounter.
If there is any person who understands Yuujiro even a little bit, it is Gerry Strydum. Being a General, he is also a brave and courageous man. He never backs away from any challenge and is ready to call out unjust acts.
Izou Motobe
Izou is a middle-aged man under whom Baki used to undergo intensive training (Baki Manga: Chapter 3). He is a Jiu Jutsu expert who bears the pain of losing to Yuujiro, both physically and emotionally. After that, he leveled up his training and started learning new techniques.
Similar to Baki, he also wanted to beat Yuujiro but could never reach the point where he was ready to give him a strong fight. He is a pragmatist when it comes to fighting which can sometimes hold him back in certain scenarios. Also, he is not at all an emotional person and rarely gets heated up about anything other than defeating Yuujiro.
Koushou Shinogi
Koushou Shinogi is a character in the Baki series who has a unique fighting style. He has an elder sibling named Kureha and he is a karate expert.
But the most interesting thing is that he has modified his fighting style in such a way that he deals damage to the enemy in the form of slashes that leaves deep cuts on them. This allows him to tear up the enemies’ blood vessels and other vital organs. Sadly this also made him overconfident in his abilities and he ultimately fell to the ground on losing to Baki Hanma.
Kureha Shinogi
Kureha Shinogi is the older brother of Koushou Shinogi. Similar to his brother, he is also unique in his own way. Not only is he a brilliant fighter but he is also a genius surgeon. This makes him a valuable asset on the battlefield as he can provide the necessary medical support.
He can also be versatile and help in fighting whenever needed. This is why everyone calls him the Super Doctor who is proficient in both surgery and fighting. He has another similarity to his brother and that is being overconfident of his abilities. This is why he can come off as a very self-centred person sometimes.
Kiyosumi Katou
Kiyosumi Katou is a student of Doppo Orochi in the series of Baki. He has trained hard under his master to perfect his karate fighting style. He usually prefers to go all out on his opponents and does not like to hold back.
He even targets the soft spots of his opponents such as the eyes to put them at a disadvantage. Under Doppo, he trained so much that he started to consider his techniques weak. As a result, he left the place and started looking for new techniques while living as a Yakuza.
Alphabetically Sorted - (A)
Aaron Murase
Aaron is a martial artist in this series who specialises in the heavyweight category. His striking power was so impressive that he was chosen to fight in the Underground Arena.
Aisawa
Fans will know Aisawa from the original manga series of Baki where she made her first appearance in Start of the Chaos and had a Japanese origin.
Akio Kamura
Similar to Aisawa, Akio Kamura is also a character from the Baki manga series. He is a relatively old man of 53 years of age with black hair colour.
Akira Kuga
Akira Kuga does not belong to the main Baki manga series. A side story was created for Baki named Grappler Baki Remake where he made his appearance with Shinshinkai Karate as his fighting style.
Albert Payne
Albert Payne is more about the brain than brawn in the Baki series which makes him stand out. Not only is he a doctor by profession but he has also received a Nobel prize for his works.
Alexander Gallen
Alexander Gallen is a Greco–Roman wrestler who belongs from Russia. He is around 30 years of age and has won over 6000 fights.
Allen
Allen comes from the family lineage of Albert Payne and his home country is in the US.
American Pro Wrestler
He is an arrogant person who is too confident in his abilities. He is a pro wrestler who also comes from the US. He has a muscular body with black hair.
Amon Shuu
Amon Shuu from China is a Chinese Kenpo Expert. He specialised in the Northern Praying Mantis fighting style.
Andreas Regan
Andreas Regan is a professional wrestler and boxer who is huge in size. He has been suppressing his original strength since childhood and could only let loose against Baki.
Andrei Valev
Andrei Valev is a boxer who is possible of Russian origins. Since his childhood, he has trained himself in the fighting style of karate.
Aota
Aota is a man in the Baki series who has grey hair colour and Japanese origin (Baki Manga: Chapter 79).
Arashi Kita
Arashi Kita used to be a sumo wrestler in this series but he took the path of crime and got thrown in prison as a result of that (Baki Anime: Episode 7).
Ashida
Ashida has a Joker- like appearance in the series of Baki who made his first appearance in the Air Duel episode (Baki Anime: Episode 10).
Atsushi Suedou
The fighting style of Atsushi Suedou is Shinshinkai Karate. Fans will always remember him as Baki’s first opponent in the Underground Arena.
Alphabetically Sorted - (B)
Baki's Coach
Baki’s Coach is a blonde male character in the series who was voiced by Akimitsu Takase in the Japanese version of the anime.
Barack Osma
Barack Osma is an American character in this series who was clearly created based on Barack Obama himself who was the 44th President of the United States.
Bart Allen
Bart Allen is another American character in Baki who debuted in the episode “Mr. Oliva” (Baki Anime: Episode 13) and has been voiced by Darin De Paul in the English version of the series.
Bidem
Bidem is the president of the USA in Baki who is also inspired by the real life character of Joe Biden.
Bill Riley
Bill Riley has a unique fighting style in the series called Catch-as-catch-can. He also has a disciple named Roland Istaz (Baki Anime: Episode 3).
Billy Milligan
Billy Milligan has a dual personality in the Baki series. The name of his other personality is Ragen. When Billy is in his other personality, his strength seems to increase by many folds.
Bob Marsh
Bob Marsh is a Pro Wrestler from the USA in the Baki series of Baki.
Bob McCarthy
Bob McCarthy acts as a prison officer in this series. He is around 27 years of age and was a silent observer of the fight of Baki against Oliva.
Bob Munden
Bryan London
Bungo Samemura
Bunkichi Kitou
Bunnoshin Inagi
Bunnoshin's Master
Alphabetically Sorted - (C)
Chamoan
Chamomile Lessen
Chan
Chaos Iwanami
Chiba Brothers
Chiharu Shiba
Chinen
Alphabetically Sorted - (D)
Dave
Dentoranee Jitpika
Diane Neil
Dickson
Don Stander
Doppo Orochi
Dr. John
Alphabetically Sorted - (E)
Edward Baccarat
Eiichi Akezawa
Eiichirou Hikigi
Emi Akezawa
Alphabetically Sorted - (F)
Francis Xavier
Fritz Von Erich
Fumihiko Hirao
Fumiya Kainuma
Alphabetically Sorted - (G)
Gaia
Garry
Genichi Fukamachi
George Bosch
George Bosch
George Foreman
George Harman
Gerry Strydum
Gichin Funakoshi
Gouki Shibukawa
Alphabetically Sorted - (H)
Hackenschmidt
Hanayama's Mother
Harajima
Harima
Haruhiko Ooyabu
Hasebe
Hashimoto
Hayashi
Hector Doyle
Heibee Ootsuka
Henry
Hidenobu Nago
Hikoichi Tanuma
Hikoji Tanuma
Hinary
Hiroshi
Hiro
Hitoshi Kuriyagawa
Hitoshi Nonomura
Honoo
Horitatsu
Alphabetically Sorted - (I)
Ichirou Oosawa
Inoue
Iron Michael
Isao Hiura
Isao Yoshimura
Ishimaru
Iwao Muneuchi
Izou Motobe
Alphabetically Sorted - (J)
Jack Hanma
Jack Lee Beyond
Jagatta Sherman
Jakuchou Setouchi
Jean Gilberto
Jeff Markson
Jim
Jirou Shimizu
John Hayes
Joe Crasier
Joe William
John F. Kennedy
John Hayes
John Honer
John L. Sullivan
John Spencer
Johnson
Julio
Julio Zale Kebas
Julius Norton
Jun Guevaru
Junichi Hanada
Juumei Kuga
Alphabetically Sorted - (K)
Kaiou Chin
Kaiou Dorian
Kaiou Han
Kaiou Jo
Kaiou Jyaku
Kaiou Kaku
Kaiou Mou
Kaiou Retsu
Kaiou Ri
Kaiou Ryuu
Kaiou Samwan
Kaiou Son
Kaiou You
Kaiser
Kanamoto
Kanji Igari
Kanon Inoda
Kaoru Hanayama
Kasuga
Katsumi Orochi
Katsutoshi Shibata
Keizou Hanayama
Ken Tanaka
Kengo Misaki
Kengo Suga
Kenichi Sawai
Kenichi Taku
Kenichi Yamamoto
Kenichirou Mogi
Kent
Kido
Kihei Mikoshiba
Kimo
Kimoyama
Kimu Naoya
Kinichi Tanaka
Kinryuuzan
Kinryuuzan's Master
Kinuyo Matsumoto
Kitazawa
Kiyosumi Katou
Kizaki
Kojirou Sasaki
Kojushakin
Kou Suemitsu
Kouhei Hatanaka
Kouhei Kuzumi
Koushou Shinogi
Koushou's Master
Kozue Matsumoto
Kunimatsu
Kunpei Kitani
Kuraishi
Kure
Kureha Shinogi
Kurokawa
Kyogei
Kyoichirou Sabu
Alphabetically Sorted - (L)
Lill Rogefeller
Lorion Grassy
Lou Thesz
Lucille
Alphabetically Sorted - (M)
Ma
Mai
Major General James
Maki Inada
Makoev
Manabu Uohori
Mani Akio
Maria
Mark
Masa
Masamichi Yoda
Masutatsu Ooyama
Masuzoe
Masayoshi Asou
Masutatsu Ooyama
Masuzoe
Matsuo
Michael Holes
Mike Queen
Mineemon Tachiyama
Minoru Yamamoto
Mitsunari Tokugawa
Mitsunobu Tokugawa
Mitsuo Nonaka
Mitsuomi Hasegawa
Mitsuteru Ueda
Miyasaka
Mitsuteru Ueda
Mitsuteru Ueda
Mitsuyo Maeda
Miyasaka
Mohammad Alai
Mohammad Alai Jr
Morihei Ueshiba
Morio Sonoda
Mouko Ri
Mount Toba
Mouth
Muhammad Ali
Mumon Katsuragi
Musashi
Musashi Miyamoto
Moni no Sukune
Moni no Sukune II
Alphabetically Sorted - (N)
Naitou
Nakamura
Nakasone
Naoto Kanzaki
Natsue Orochi
Natto L. Nernho
Nick Jagger
Nina Chakovsky
Alphabetically Sorted - (O)
Ogino
Oowada
Oyata Naniwa
Alphabetically Sorted - (P)
Pickle
President of Russia
Prof. Chris
Alphabetically Sorted - (R)
Rei Funai
Reihou
Reiichi Andou
Reiichi Kurigami
Rekizou Miyairi
Rich Cox
Richard Filth
Rika Mizuhara
Rikigouzan
Rob Robinson
Roberto Guerlain
Rofuu Isomura
Roger Harlon
Roland Istaz
Ronaldo Wilson Regan
Royce Gracie
Rumina Ayukawa
Ryou
Ryuuiji Tokura
Ryuuji Yashiro
Ryuuji Yashiro
Ryuukonogou
Ryuuokou Yanagi
Ryuushou So
Alphabetically Sorted - (S)
Sabuko Tokugawa
Saimei Koike
Sakimura
Salhador Dali
Sam
Sam Atlas
Sam D'Amato
Sam Gary
Samuel
Sanada
Sanjun Kimu
Satou
Scott Harris
Sensarak Dinoy
Sergei Taktarov
Sergio Silva
Shachihoko
Sigeru Akatsuka
Shikai Bun
Shingo Soejima
Shinzou Abe
Shishimaru
Shobun Ron
Shou
Shougo Kakizaki
Shouhei Arashikawa
Shunshei Kaku
Shunzou Utsumi
Shuuichi Numadate
Sikorsky
Sir
Sonny Liston
Soukaku Takeda
Spec
Stalone
Susumu Murakami
Suzumoto
Alphabetically Sorted - (T)
Tachibana
Tadatoshi Hosokawa
Taima no Kehaya
Taizan Matsumoto
Takada
Takada
Takagi
Takashi Kanemitsu
Takashi Yasumoto
Takayama Takeda
Takejou Miwa
Takemi Wakimoto
Takeshi Kenmochi
Takeshi Kitano
Taketsurugi
Takeyoshi Toyomasu
Takuji Kuriki
Takumi Kuwata
Tamotsu Ishizuka
Tarou Akida
Tateoka
Tatsufumi Iwama
Tatsumi Kawabata
Tawaraya
Terada
Tetsu Mishiro
Tommy Carbine
Tomoharu Kuwata
Tooru Nishida
Toshio Kitazawa
Tramp
Tsune Ogura
Tsuneo Katahira
Tsutomu Miyashita
Tsutomu Sakiyama
Alphabetically Sorted - (U)
Umezawa
Alphabetically Sorted - (V)
Vale
Valentin Sokolov
Vladimir
Alphabetically Sorted - (W)
Wilbur Bolt
Alphabetically Sorted - (Y)
Yajima
Yakichi Hanayama
Yanase
Yasha-Zaru
Yasha-Zaru Jr
Yasuko
Yasumasa Ooki
Yorichika Shimamoto
Yoshiharu Horio
Youichi Tatsumi
Youou Chou
Yuujiro's Mother
Yukio Hatoyama
Yuri Chakovsky
Yuri's Grandfather
Yuu Amanai
Yuuichiro Hanma
Yuujiro Hanma
Yuuki Mimiura
Yuusaku Nara
Alphabetically Sorted - (Z)
Zulu
For more Wiki's
Alright! I hope you like that brief wiki of Saman. There really isn’t much to know about him since he is a side character. However, I do appreciate his rare appearances in the series.
References
- (Season 1 Episode 1: The World’s Strongest Senior)
- (Season 4: Episode 1: Son of Ogre)
who's your favourite Character so far?
