Hayato Furinji “Invincible Superman” Alternative names – Invincible Superhuman, 風林寺 隼人, Wind Hayashizi Hayato. Voiced (Japanese) – Hiroshi Arikawa. Voiced (English) – Elliot R Bruce. Age – Unknown. Affiliation – Ryozanpaku Elder. Type – Katsujin Ken, Sei, Dou. Martial Arts – Anything, Due to the ability of being able to imitate anyone’s moves. First Appearance – Battle 6.

Hayato is the grandfather of Miu Furinji, the father of Saiga Furinji and the undefeated elder as well as leader of the Ryozanpaku Dojo. It is said that he has defeated 500 shoalin masters to death. He has the title of the “invincible Superhuman” which basically means “the man with no equals”. His skills and ability far surpass the average normal speed and are seen as a blur whilst viewing, in case any disputes break out in the dojo he also has the ability to intimidate the other masters of Ryozanpaku thus in order to maintain peace in the dojo. Only displaying 0.0002% he was able to overwhelm both Miu and Kenichi at the same time and managed to shred a tree into pieces. He has been known to have defeated a master level opponent in the D of D Tournament with just the use of his finger. He has travelled around the world, accompanied by his granddaughter in the quest of peace. Hayato has over 108 techniques and has the ability to imitate or copy any move that is used against him. He knows Seikuken and is the creator of Ryusui Seikuken “flowing water”, this is a technique Kenichi has learned from him.Hayato is known to have the most intense and frightening training methods out of all the masters’ from the Ryozanpaku, this is shown when Hayato takes Kenichi into the mountains to prepare for the final fight against Ryuto, leader of Ragnarok. Hayato is fond of Kenichi as he is the only master to apologize to Kenichi for the immense training him and the other masters put him through, he later comments saying that Kenichi reminds him of himself in his younger days. Thought he may seem unstoppable Miu mentions to Kenichi that he has had trouble in fighting Silcardo Jenazard, the Demon Fist God of Yami.

Coming Across as the wise and almighty Master of Master’s of Ryozanpaku he has proven to be irresponsible at times as he tends to recklessly spend the dojo’s money for person things and goes overtop when displaying his strength. He is sometimes seen to have sweets, especially lollipops. After using his power of only 0.0002% against Miu and Kenichi he told them that he needs to rest after exerting so much power, even though he mentions that he is getting weaker. Hayato is shown to have incredible and inhuman abilities as he is shown to use bi-vocal skills (Battle 233) to use two voices to speak where he is also capable or reducing his voice to a state where only one person is able to hear it out of a group. Hayato can also use the left and right side of his body to perform separate actions and movements.

Akisame Koetsuji “Akisame Koetsuji” Alternative names – 岬越寺 秋雨. Voiced (Japanese) – Kosugi Jurota. Voiced (English) – Kent Williams. Age – 38. Affiliation – Ryozanpaku Master. Type – Sei. Martial Arts – Aikijujitsu. First Appearance – Battle 6.

Akisame Koetjitsu is a philosophical Jujutsu master who was the first master to volunteer in training Kenichi. Akisame is an old friend of Saiga Furinji, Miu’s Father. Despite having a seemingly smaller physique than the other masters such as Apachai and Shio, Akisame’s muscles are trained and built to perfection. Kenichi is often frightened by Akisame’s insight on people as he is very good at sensing when a person is troubled or what they might even be thinking. Some of Akisames Hobby’s and abilities include calligraphy, painting, poetry and sculpting thus him being a famous and legendary artisan. Akisame has high knowledge of the skeletal system and has his own orthopedic clinic beside the Dojo. He is able to fix bones and injuries with ease. In episode 50 of the series, Kenichi imitated Akisame in the battle against Ryuuto, Kenichi informed Ryuoto that the origins of martial arts are founded from mimicry, this impressed Akisame. Akisame can speak fluent Russian and is able to write in Russian whilst driving on a motorcycle at high speeds.

Apachai Hopachai “God of Death” Alternative names – God of Death, アパチャイ・ホパチャイ, Apa. Voiced (Japanese) – Hiroya Ishimaru. Voiced (English) – Sonny Strait. Age – 28. Affiliation – Ryozanpaku Master. Type – Dou. Martial Arts – Muay Thai and Muay Boran. First Appearance – Battle 7.

Apachai Hopachai is the master of Muay Thai. Having such brutal and lethal abilities when it comes to fighting he is not able to hold back which often results in the near death of Kenichi. Despite all his skills outside of fighting he has a very kind and childlike nature which is probably why he is good with animals and children. Apachai has been fighting in the ring for his life since he was a young boy, so striking with force on comes natural to him but when its revealed that Kenichi is frightened to train with Apachai, Apachai becomes saddened by this fact, so he often trains to hold back and eventually learns how to hold back, thought sometimes manages to still knock out Kenichi when excited or in his fighting mode. He is sometimes seen to nail voodoo doll into trees when he feels that Kenichi is in trouble, this is supposed to bring Kenichi good luck. When Apachai talks he often yells out “Apapapapap!” he also does this whilst training or fighting. Apachai has trouble understanding Japanese which could be one of the reasons why there are communication barriers at times.

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