One of the traits of being the strongest character is physical strength and indefinite will of the person. During a fight, how much one can endure blows from the other or how much can one inflict on the other. It is all determines as a part of describing a strong character. But one factor that sets apart strong characters to God – Level strong character is their Inhumane behavior during a brawl. Baki anime has many ruthless monster fighters, known as powerful beings who do not even know the word mercy. They will fight, win and leave you paralyzed. Baki has been one of the only anime that has shown real gore, violence, and fear in a Tournament.
Baki anime is adapted from the manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Keisuke Itagaki. The story follows Baki Hanma, who is the son of the infamous undefeated Ogre, Yuujirou Hanma. He wants to become stronger than his father so that he can defeat him. For that, he trains himself real hard and pushes for unimaginable strength. He participates in many tournaments to test his strength and has a brawl with many strong opponents. Sometimes he ends up losing the fight, which helps him learn his limitations and how to overcome them.
With the best tournament fights you can ever see alongside the most gruesome characters. Here are the Top 10 Strongest Characters in Baki Anime.
10. Shoubon Ron
Shoubon is a middle-aged man who is also an undefeated fighter in the Chinese underground fighting arena. He is also known among other fighters as, The Badman. And is the kind of man who does not show his feelings, he can endure pain without grumbling. He seemed very contemplated and full of excitement while fighting Biscuit Oliva. During the fight, Oliva copied Ron’s famous technique, Hand Pocket. This led to him losing his mind, and he started attacking him intensely. Despite losing that fight with him, he is a very experienced fighter whose Martial Arts style is Iai Kenpo.
9. Kaiou Retsu
Kaiou is a Chinese Kenpo-style fighter, he was born in a temple and was trained to be the heir. He has trained both his body and mind very intensely, resulting in his utter strength and Intellectual capability. He was once feared and viewed as an antagonist among the characters. But soon, he became one of the calmest and favorite characters of the series. During the Maximum Tournament, his first fight was with Taktarov, the Russian fighter, but the fighter didn’t stand a chance. He ended the fight with his signature move, Spinning lotus. In this technique, he wraps his arm and legs around the opponent’s neck. His fights were very appalling, and until his death, he died as China’s second strongest fighter.
8. Doppo Orochi
Orochi is the grandmaster of Shinshinkai karate and has been training for more than fifty years. Alongside being very strong, he is also a very caring man, he always stands by his words. Because of his nature and fighting style, he is also known as the “God of War” and “Man Eater”. He prefers using tactical methods during a fight rather than powerful, deadly moves, before the fight, he always analyzes his opponents. He is also one of the few characters that have faced Yuujirou Hanma in a fight. During the fight, he did start with a surprise attack by his analysis but failed to counter his Udonde technique. Although he lost the fight and was on the verge of death, he rosed from it and later bettered himself.
7. Mohammad Alai Jr
Mohammad is the son of the famous boxer Mohammad Alai, whose character is inspired by real-life boxer Muhammad Ali. He has a kind and serious personality, he behaves very arrogantly during his fights. He believes he has mastered the boxing part of the martial arts. And also loves Baki’s girlfriend Kozue Matsumoto and asks her to marry him, but she rejects him. He does not take the Hanma family very seriously and thus challenges Jack Hanma to a fight. During the fight, while he does blow some good punches at Jack, in the end, he still loses. He also fought with Baki, but he also lost to him. which in the end broke him down, and he lost the confidence to fight. But despite all, his fighting spirit was great, unlike other fighters, and he also defeated Orochi.
6. Gouki Shibukawa
Shibukawa has trained for more than sixty years and is the master of Jujutsu. He is often addressed by others by the title of, “The Master”. He has a dual personality in terms of appearance, one a calm side and the other is a hidden violent side. During the fight, we get to see his violent side, which shows how twisted his methods of fighting are. Due to his age, he considers many young opponents as weak and often looks down on them like Orochi. But after he fought him, his attitude changed towards him, and they became good friends. His most powerful technique is Headbutt and Aiki.
5. Jack Hanma
Jack is the oldest son of Yuujirou, and his ring name is “Jack Hammer”. He is driven by rage towards his father, and he wants to surpass and defeat him and take revenge. He has overtrained his body up to the point where he could have died. But with the help of Steroids being part of his daily training, he has suppressed his chances of suicide. His fighting style and frightening behavior towards his opponents resemble his nature as a monster. He also sees his brother, Baki as a rival and deeply cares for him. After his defeat in the fight with Izou, he improves himself and now has a calm personality. His fights changed him for good. His favorite techniques include Biting, Chop Blow, and Suplex.
4. Biscuit Olivia
Olivia is an American prisoner, but rather he is considered a staff of the prison. As he also works as an assassin for the American government and has the freedom to do whatever he wants. He is referred to by many people as “Mr. Unchained”. Despite his average intelligence, he is a very skilled fighter. With his body, he can even stop bullets from piercing through. While his Aura does give a murderous feel, he is a good person to sit and have a drink with. In his fight with Shoubon Ron, he used the Hand Pocket technique to defeat him. He also used techniques like Heatbutt and stomp.
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3. Baki Hanma
Baki is the main protagonist of the anime and is the youngest son of Yuujirou. He practices Mixed Martial Arts from the age of 13, which is the reason he is called the “World’s Strongest Boy”. He hates his father and swore to surpass him and defeat him once. His reason for his anger toward his father is the cause, he murdered his mother. Aside from his hate and anger, he also deeply loves and cares for his girlfriend. He never fights someone weaker than him and never kills an opponent, and maintains his sanity during the fight. He is later acknowledged by his father as the strongest opponent after his fight with him. His favorite technique to use is King Tiger.
2. Kaiou Kaku
Kaku is known as one of the most powerful grandmasters of Chinese Martial Arts. He is also the champion of the Raitai Tournament. And is around 146 years old, and he lives for someone who can defeat him to death. He is the most experienced fighter, training and perfecting his weakness for over a century-long. He also has a sociopathic personality and arrogance in his Chinese Martial arts style. The only opponent who has given him some sort of feeling of enjoyment during a fight is Yuujirou Hanma. Which is the reason he respects him so much and wishes to fight him in the next Raitai tournament. His deadly attacks include Offensive Shaorii.
1. Yuujirou Hanma
Yuujirou is the main antagonist of the anime and is the father of Baki and Jack Hanma. He is also known as the “World’s Strongest Being” as not even any country’s military can defeat him. He also works as a freelance assassin for many governments. With no limitations, he shows no mercy to his opponents and views everyone beside him as mere insects. His fight with his son, Baki, made him realize his son’s real power as they both tied in the fight. His Demon Face technique is his most fatal technique. In this technique, his back muscles flex and take a shape of a demon face.
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