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* First appearance: Battle 1
* Type: Sei
* Type: Katsujin Ken
* Martial Arts: Karate, Jujitsu, Chinese martial arts, Muay Thai and Weapon(although he never uses weapons)

Shirahama Kenichi is a 16-year-old boy who is currently in his second year of high school[1]. When Kenichi was 6-years old he and his friend Ryuuto went to a local convenience store where they traded a pin in the shape of a cat's face with a then 6-year-old Miu for a pin which bore the yin yang symbol. The two then watched as Miu defeated a group of thugs who were attempting to rob the store and made a promise to become stronger as they got older. Though Ryuuto made good on the promise, becoming the first fist of Ragnarok as well as a member of Yomi, Kenichi forgot about the promise and was bullied frequently.

On his way to school one day Kenichi met Miu once again (though he did not recognize her) and the two soon became friends. Kenichi was a member of the school's karate club but was forced to do menial chores and was used as a punching bag until one day he stood up to a hulking student who tried to force him to quit and the two agreed to a match in which the loser will be forced to quit the club. With Miu's help he managed to win but quit the club anyway and drew unwanted attention from the club's president whom he fought twice managing an easy win the second time due to training he received at the Ryozanpaku dojo. However the trouble does not end for Kenichi as the club president had ties to a rising delinquent group known as Ragnarok who begin to take an interest in Kenichi. The manga follows Kenichi as he continues to train at, and eventually live at the Ryozanpaku dojo as well as facing increasingly more powerful foes.

Though it is consistently stated that Kenichi has no talent for martial arts he more than makes up for it with his work ethic. It is due to this and the abnormally intense training regime he is forced to endure that Kenichi has gone from being considered the weakest student in his high school to being able to fight and defeat opponents with many years worth of skill as well as some with borderline superhuman abilities.

Kenichi is kind, compassionate, thoughtful, and moral to a fault. He is against violence and only studies martial arts to protect others, and also adheres to a strict code of morals and refuses to kill or hit women even if it means death. In spite of his strong moral standards however Kenichi can be quite perverted as he will jump at the chance to see Miu or Shigure bathing and also buys pictures of them from Ma (though these pictures are mostly fakes). He also adopted a "fighting style" from Ma called "ecchi mode" in which he attempts to grope women which strangely enough has actually helped him get out of a jam before[2]. As a result of his kindness Kenichi has made many friends some of whom are former enemies and has even managed to unknowingly win the affections of Renka Ma and Li Raichi.

Kenichi favors no specific style (though he does abhor the use of weapons) and usually just uses whatever fits the situation however he has used some techniques consistently. Of these techniques is the "kouho haiho" a defensive technique which is also the first thing Miu taught him[3]. Kenichi also instinctively combines techniques that he learns into powerful finishing moves which he calls "saikyo" (strongest) combos. He also makes frequent use of seikuken, another defensive technique taught to him by Hayato which is based on the real life concept of maai and acts as a sort of shield which helps the user to neutralize enemy attacks and is even capable of repelling them outright[4]. Also from Hayato he has learned seikuken's second stage known as "ryuusui" (lit:flowing water) seikuken which reduces the circumference of the seikuken from being sphere-like to molding against the users body which allows them to better feel the flow of their enemies' attacks hence its name. Kenichi's most powerful attack is arguably the "mubyoshi" (lit:no beat/no rhythm) which he invented himself. The mubyoshi combines the basics of karate, muay thai, jujitsu, as well as some Chinese martial arts into a single powerful punch strong enough to defeat almost anyone in a single blow. Its name is derived from the fact that because it combines the fundamentals of so many different philosophies it's rhythm is immensely difficult to predict even for very experienced martial artists. The attacks only weakness is that to gather the power necessary to use it Kenichi must maintain a certain pose in which he touches the tips of his fingers to his opponent leaving him vulnerable to counterattack. In spite of this drawback the only two people who have ever been able to stop the mubyoshi are Ryuuto and Hayato, though the former managed to only barely do so[5].

In the latest chapter (chapter 348), Kenichi reveals yet another technique gained from training with the Elder, Korui Nuki. Korui Nuki is a kick which focuses on using Kenichi's lower body along with his mastery of his center of gravity and knowledge of an opponent's openings, channeling all of Kenichi's power into a single point of impact. This technique was powerful enough to break Pollux's guard and end the fight between them.


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* First appearance: Battle 1
* Type: Sei
* Type: Katsujin Ken
* Martial Arts: Karate, Jujitsu, Chinese martial arts, Muay Thai and Weapon(although he never uses weapons)

Shirahama Kenichi is a 16-year-old boy who is currently in his second year of high school[1]. When Kenichi was 6-years old he and his friend Ryuuto went to a local convenience store where they traded a pin in the shape of a cat's face with a then 6-year-old Miu for a pin which bore the yin yang symbol. The two then watched as Miu defeated a group of thugs who were attempting to rob the store and made a promise to become stronger as they got older. Though Ryuuto made good on the promise, becoming the first fist of Ragnarok as well as a member of Yomi, Kenichi forgot about the promise and was bullied frequently.

On his way to school one day Kenichi met Miu once again (though he did not recognize her) and the two soon became friends. Kenichi was a member of the school's karate club but was forced to do menial chores and was used as a punching bag until one day he stood up to a hulking student who tried to force him to quit and the two agreed to a match in which the loser will be forced to quit the club. With Miu's help he managed to win but quit the club anyway and drew unwanted attention from the club's president whom he fought twice managing an easy win the second time due to training he received at the Ryozanpaku dojo. However the trouble does not end for Kenichi as the club president had ties to a rising delinquent group known as Ragnarok who begin to take an interest in Kenichi. The manga follows Kenichi as he continues to train at, and eventually live at the Ryozanpaku dojo as well as facing increasingly more powerful foes.

Though it is consistently stated that Kenichi has no talent for martial arts he more than makes up for it with his work ethic. It is due to this and the abnormally intense training regime he is forced to endure that Kenichi has gone from being considered the weakest student in his high school to being able to fight and defeat opponents with many years worth of skill as well as some with borderline superhuman abilities.

Kenichi is kind, compassionate, thoughtful, and moral to a fault. He is against violence and only studies martial arts to protect others, and also adheres to a strict code of morals and refuses to kill or hit women even if it means death. In spite of his strong moral standards however Kenichi can be quite perverted as he will jump at the chance to see Miu or Shigure bathing and also buys pictures of them from Ma (though these pictures are mostly fakes). He also adopted a "fighting style" from Ma called "ecchi mode" in which he attempts to grope women which strangely enough has actually helped him get out of a jam before[2]. As a result of his kindness Kenichi has made many friends some of whom are former enemies and has even managed to unknowingly win the affections of Renka Ma and Li Raichi.

Kenichi favors no specific style (though he does abhor the use of weapons) and usually just uses whatever fits the situation however he has used some techniques consistently. Of these techniques is the "kouho haiho" a defensive technique which is also the first thing Miu taught him[3]. Kenichi also instinctively combines techniques that he learns into powerful finishing moves which he calls "saikyo" (strongest) combos. He also makes frequent use of seikuken, another defensive technique taught to him by Hayato which is based on the real life concept of maai and acts as a sort of shield which helps the user to neutralize enemy attacks and is even capable of repelling them outright[4]. Also from Hayato he has learned seikuken's second stage known as "ryuusui" (lit:flowing water) seikuken which reduces the circumference of the seikuken from being sphere-like to molding against the users body which allows them to better feel the flow of their enemies' attacks hence its name. Kenichi's most powerful attack is arguably the "mubyoshi" (lit:no beat/no rhythm) which he invented himself. The mubyoshi combines the basics of karate, muay thai, jujitsu, as well as some Chinese martial arts into a single powerful punch strong enough to defeat almost anyone in a single blow. Its name is derived from the fact that because it combines the fundamentals of so many different philosophies it's rhythm is immensely difficult to predict even for very experienced martial artists. The attacks only weakness is that to gather the power necessary to use it Kenichi must maintain a certain pose in which he touches the tips of his fingers to his opponent leaving him vulnerable to counterattack. In spite of this drawback the only two people who have ever been able to stop the mubyoshi are Ryuuto and Hayato, though the former managed to only barely do so[5].

In the latest chapter (chapter 348), Kenichi reveals yet another technique gained from training with the Elder, Korui Nuki. Korui Nuki is a kick which focuses on using Kenichi's lower body along with his mastery of his center of gravity and knowledge of an opponent's openings, channeling all of Kenichi's power into a single point of impact. This technique was powerful enough to break Pollux's guard and end the fight between them.

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