Budoka no Jinsei
Character Guide
Welcome to Budoka no Jinsei's Character Guide, your source for all the info you'll ever need about the wacky characters of Budoka no Jinsei, and even more!
Characters are organized by surname. If no surname is given, we use the first letter of the term used to refer to the character.
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Abdul Al-F'd
First Appearance: Episode 1
Abdul Al-F'd is a giant who entered the First Annual Omega Tournament. He was defeated by Ma'ang the Red in the first round.
Omega Tournament Announcer
First Appearance: Episode 1
Final Appearance: Episode 1
This announcer was considered annoying at best, but few believe that he deserved the fate he recieved. He met his fate in the inferno created by the possessed Kyorei.
Bethica
First Appearance: Episode 1
Bethica is the only female student to be sent to the First Annual Omega Tournament by Hogwarts. She was defeated in the first round by fellow student Robin the Ravenclaw, but maintained that he won for a reason. For some unkown reason, she uses a pencil instead of a wand.
Bisen
First Mentioned: Episode 1
Bisen is a mysterious fighter who decided to train under the Tatsu no Toki Nokoe Ha. Being so mysterious, that is about all anybody knows about him.
Cain
Cain is, always was, and always will be the demigoddess of the vampires. She is responsible for plaguing us with the ones known as Corianna and Shane.
Corianna
First Appearance: Side Story 3
Corianna is the vampire who was upgraded to Queen of the Damned in Episode 3. And for a vampire, she's got a lot of heart.
Enma Dao
First Appearance: Short Story 8
Enma Dao is the god who split the world before time into the Makai, Reiki, and Ningenkai. As ruler of the Reiki, he banished the evil demon god Yakumo to the Nether World.
Demons
First Appearance: Episode 1
These demons were forced into Kyorei by her father Kaimettsu. They tormented her until they were cast out and destroyed by Fuante Kyojin at the First Annual Omega Tournament.
Deppy
First Mentioned: Episode 2
Deppy is Deppy. Enough said.
Geppu
First Mentioned: Episode 1
Nothing is known about Geppu. Absolutely nothing.
Golem
First Appearance: Side Story 6
Final Appearance: Episode 3
Golem is a demon who takes on the form of men. His sole purpose is to destroy the Kyojin family, and he almost succeeded when he fought the Kyojin patriarch Satoshi. However, Satoshi was saved by a warrior priest, and Golem never again had a chance to defeat Satoshi; for the next time they met, ten years later, Satoshi had exceeded Golem's skill. Golem met his end at the hands of Satoshi's descendant, Fuante Kyojin.
Jake Hazuki
First Appearance: Episode 2
Jake Hazuki is one of the warriors who is sent to an alternate dimension by unknown forces. He is intelligent and his built his own weapon called a "caster," but is at the same time brash and liable to leap before he looks. He is best friends with Dave Ryo.
Captain Hero
First Appearance: Episode 1
Captain Hero is a warrior(?) who bribed his way into the First Annual Omega Tournament. He's mostly harmless, and passed out at the sight of Shinichi Mamono's katana in the first round. Nobody knows his true identity, as he cleverly disquises himself in a green Superman costume(Authorities suspect that he wears glasses when he isn't Captain Hero).
Ipposhi
First Mentioned: Episode 1
Little is known about Ipposhi. He fought with Fuante Kyojin and they nearly killed each other; still, Kyojin was able to triumph.
Kaimettsu
First Mentioned: Episode 1
First Appearance: Side Story 1
Kaimettsu is the father of Kyorei, who is responsible for the demons which gave Kyorei her power over fire. In his youth, he was aligned with the demon god Yakumo, and survived even after his master was contained. His goal is total domination, and he sees his daughter as the key to this goal...
Unknown Kendoist
First Mentioned: Side Story 10
The identity of this boy is unkown. What is known is that he is a practitioner of Two Swords One School Kenjutsu, he strives to be the best, and he suffered some sort of debilitating accident on November 10, 1997.
Kendoist's Brothers
First Mentioned: Side Story 10
Ichiro and Jiro are the only family members mentioned by name in the kendoist's diary. They please their father by diligently studying; and they obviously have the intelligence, as Ichiro made it into Tokyo University. Ichiro wants to be a doctor, and Jiro wants to be a businessman.
Kendoist's Dad
First Mentioned: Side Story 10
The father of the unknown kendoist, all that is really known about him is that he is the focal point of his son's anger. What he wants is for his son to seek a more practical vocation, but his son refuses to give up his dream of being the best.
Kendoist's Mom
First Mentioned: Side Story 10
The mother of the unknown kendoist is more reseptive to her son's dreams. Unlike his father, his mother would like a son who was more than a book worm.
Hime
First Appearance: Episode 3
Hime is Corianna's feline companion. She is a panther, and has it bad for Tiger... though she'd never admit it.
Ukyou Kuonji Kyojin
First Appearance: Episode 1
Ukyou Kuonji is the property of Rumiko Takahashi. But, according to us, she is also the wife of Fuante Kyojin.
Fuante Kyojin
First Appearance: Episode 1
Fuante Kyojin is the heir of the "Tatsu no Toki Nokoe Ha" school of martial arts. He is extremely skilled in his art, and has a heart of gold. Until recently he thought he was a normal human, though it turned out that he was actually a tengu.
Ryoko Kyojin
First Appearance: Episode 2
Ryoko is the wife of Shimitsu and mother of Fuante. She may not have the training or experience of her husband and son, but when her temper flares up, she can strike fear in the heart of the greatest of martial artists.
Satoshi Kyojin
First Appearance: Side Story 6
Satoshi Kyojin was a Kyojin warrior of circa 600 B.C., and is revered as the greatest martial artist ever to have been produced from the Kyojin line. His first appearance has him running from the demon Golem, who defeats him easily. The next time they meet, however, Satoshi clearly has the superior skills resulting from ten years of training.
Shimitsu Kyojin
First Appearance: Episode 1
Shimitsu Kyojin is the master of the "Tatsu no Toki Nokoe Ha" and the father of Fuante Kyojin. He is responsible for the entirety of Fuante's training. He also appears to be good friends with Kenji Nakamura, whom he met and was defeated by at the Sankamiten Budokai many years ago.
Yuka Kyojin
First Appearance: Side Story 6
Yuka Kyojin is the daughter of Satoshi, but other than that, we don't know much about her.
Kyorei
First Appearance: Episode 1
Kyorei is an ice demon from the demon realm. At a very early age, her father, Kaimettsu, gave her over to fire demons in an attempt to increase her power. She was practically enslaved by the voices for thousands of years until Fuante Kyojin destroyed them at the Omega Tournament in 2001. In the year 1997, she was bound to the will of Ma'ang the Red by a misfired spell.
Admiral Life King Lee
First Appearance: Episode 2
Admiral Life King Lee is a future version of Captain Life Lee. He appearantly had something to do with sending a group of the martial artists to the past in his own world in an attempt to prevent a war of galactic proportions.
Captain Life King Lee
First Appearance: Episode 2
Life King Lee was the captain of the U.S.S. Life-C when a group of martial artists from the Budoka dimension were transported onto his ship by an unknown force. He was last seen as a drone of the cybernetic species Borg.
Ian Lee
First Appearance: Episode 2
Ian Lee is the brother of Life, and is an officer on the U.S.S. Life-C. Due to injuries in previous battles, his consciousness has been place into an android body.
Luke Lee
First Appearance: Episode 2
Luke Lee is the brother of Life and Ian, and the head medical officer on the U.S.S. Life-C.
Ling Liu
First Appearance: Episode 1
Ling Liu is a Chun Li impersonater who entered the First Annual Omega Tournament. She was defeated by Kyorei in the first round.
Kuh Lon
First Mentioned: Episode 1
Kuh Lon is the property of Rumiko Takahashi. She is called the strongest martial artist in the world in episode 1, but that might not exactly be accurate. Rumors come from the West of one who is as aged as she is...
Shinichi Mamono
First Appearance: Episode 1
Shinichi Mamono is a student of the "Tatsu no Toki Nokoe Ha" and the best friend of Fuante Kyojin. His weapon of choice is the katana and he is very powerful in his own right. Still, he proved no match for Kyojin when the two friends were forced to fight in the second round of the First Annual Omega Tournament.
Omega Tournament Manager
First Appearance: Episode 1
This is the manager that cancelled the tournament and awarded the honarary medal to Fuante Kyojin after the untimely death of the Omega Tournament Announcer.
Luke Masterson
First Appearance: Episode 1
Luke Masterson is a martial artist from the States. He sports spikey, blonde hair and dull, black eyes. Despite his muscular build, he lost to the petite Kenji Nakamura in the first round of the First Annual Omega Tournament.
Matika
First Appearance: Episode 2
Matika is a being called a Magica, and is partially responsible for sending a group of martial artists to another dimension.
Will McDonuts
First Appearance: Episode 1
Will McDonuts is another warrior of the First Annual Omega Tournament. He was defeated in the first round by Fuante Kyojin. Many speculate that he changed his name for the sake of his favorite food group.
Messy Robe
First Appearance: Episode 1
This inanimate object appeared in the middle of Robin the Ravenclaw and Peter Thanes' match at the First Annual Omega Tournament. He urged Robin to step out of the ring, warning him that he was in grave danger. Authorities believe that he wasn't actually a robe, but that he was somebody disguised as a robe.
Mirsky
First Appearance: Episode 1
Mirsky is the decrepid master of the Heavy Fist, and is the arch enemy of Kenji Nakamura. He is constantly searching for a new apprentice, and even offered to train Fuante Kyojin, heir to the Tatsu no Toki Nokoe Ha school of martial arts. He claims that Nakamura killed his brother, and has scoured the world in his search for revenge.
Musashi Miyamoto
First Mentioned: Short Story 10
Musashi Miyamoto is an actual historical figure, and is famed as one of the greatest swordsmen ever in Japanese history.
Morph
First Appearance: Episode 2
Morph is a changeling, and an officer on the U.S.S. Life-C.
Nabiki
One of the demigods of Budoka no Jinsei. She is responsible for the creation of Kyorei, Ma'ang the Red, and Kaimettsu. She also enjoys extorting money from anybody dumb enough to get within 10 feet of her. Not in any way, shape, or form associated with Nabiki Tendo of Ranma 1/2(cm).
Tsuyoshi Nagaguchi
First Appearance: Side Story 4
Final Appearance: Side Story 4
Tsuyoshi Nagaguchi is a behind-the-times samurai who was unfortunate enough to have crossed paths with Kenji Nakamura and Mirsky one fateful day in Nagoya, in 1924.
Kenji Nakamura
First Appearance: Episode 1
Kenji Nakamura is the mysterious Japanese warrior with a panther tail. He is always accompanied by a large, black feline named Tiger and his arch-rival is the ancient martial artist Mirsky. He is a master of the "Heavy Fist," and despite his physical youth, it seems that he is no less than 70 years of age.
Nemesis
One of the demigods of Budoka no Jinsei. He is responsible for the creation of Robin the Ravenclaw, Peter Thanes, Bethica, Orion Senoj, and the Messy Robe. He also likes nachos and long walks on the beach.
opaj
One of the demigods of Budoka no Jinsei. He is responsible for the creation of Nicole Peterson, Kenji Nakamura, Mirsky, Tiger, and Luke Masterson. He also had a hand in Bisen and Ipposhi. His turn-ons include giant tubs of ice cream and he is turned off by giant tubs of... um... anti-ice cream.
Nicole Peters
First Appearance: Episode 1
Nicole Peters is a practitioner of Judo who resides in Canada. She was once quite confident in her skill, but all of that confidence was scared out of her in her confrontation with Kenji Nakamura during the First Annual Omega Tournament. She once thought herself to be one of the top ten strongest people in the world, but after seeing the amazing power held by the Omega Tournament Competitors, she realizes she would be lucky to claim the 20th place.
ragingtofu
RagingTofu is the mysterious demigod responsible for the creation of the Ryo family. His origin and identity are shrouded in mystery; is he really tofu, and why is he so raging?
Ma'ang the Red
First Appearance: Episode 1
Final Appearance: Episode 2
Ma'ang the Red, formerly Ma'ang Red, was just a normal kid until he accidentily bound the demoness Kyorei to his will. He instantly fell in love with her, but all he ever got in return was her hate. He eventually learned to let her fight all of his fights, until he was killed at the hands of Mirsky.
Robin the Ravenclaw
First Appearance: Episode 1
Robin the Ravenclaw is one of the four Hogwarts students that were sent to the First Annual Omega Tournament for reasons unkown to any of the competitors. He is young, only 12 years old, but managed to make it past the first round despite this. However, he fell to Peter Thanes without a punch being thrown.
Dave Ryo
First Appearance: Episode 2
Dave is one of the warriors who were sent into a futuristic alternate dimension by unknown forces. He is calm and collected in a dangerous situation, and possess a strange power that he himself fears. He is also best friends with Jake Hazuki.
Shima Ryo
First Appearance: Short Story 2
Shima Ryo is the mother of Dave Ryo.
Fuyuiatai Samuike
First Appearance: Episode 2
Fuyuitai is a martial artist who showed up one day at the Kyojin household to challenge Fuante, and ended up in his first real battle of life and death when he was transported to another dimension.
Orion Senoj
First Appearance: Episode 1
Orion Senoj was a student sent to the First Annual Omega Tournament by the magical school of Hogwarts. He is generally unruley, and fell prey to Peter Thanes' strange magical talents in the first round. His ego is rivaled only by that of Luke Masterson.
Shane
First Appearance: Side Story 3
Shane is the vampire that feeds and turns Corianna. That's really all that I can tell you... for NOW!(Whoa! Deja vu!)
Chouchou Shison
First Mentioned: Episode 1
Chouchou Shison is the fiancee of Shinichi Mamono. Other than that, very little is known about her.
Joe Smith
First Appearance: Episode 1
Joe Smith is a boxer who entered the First Annual Omega Tournament in his search for fame and fortune, just to be defeated by Nicole Peters in the first round.
Spam_BIT
One of the demigods of Budoka no Jinsei. Is responsible for the creation of Fuante Kyojin, Shinichi Mamono, Chouchou Shison and Shimitsu Kyojin. Also known as the anti-opaj.
Mark T.
First Appearance: Episode 2
Mark T. is the chief engineer on the U.S.S. Life-C in the alternate dimension that a group of the martial artists were sucked into.
Peter Thanes
First Appearance: Episode 1
Peter Thanes was sent to the First Annual Omega Tournament by the magic school of Hogwarts. He was able to get to the final round, but nobody ever found out if he could have won in the end as the tournament was cancelled prematurely after the untimely death of the announcer. He also appears to have some special magical abilities that the other students of Hogwarts don't seem to possess. He is also responsible for a misfired spell that sent a group of the martial artists to a futuristic alternate dimension.
Tiger
First Appearance: Episode 1
Tiger is the large black panther that always accompanies Kenji Nakamura. Despite the fact that he is not human, he seems to be able to hold his ground as a martial artist, and can put out a battle aura just as powerful as Kenji or Mirsky.
Master Toriboshi
First Mentioned: Short Story 10
Master Toriboshi is a teacher of Two Swords One School who trains the unknown kendoist in kenjutsu.
Mu Tzu
First Mentioned: Episode 2
Mu Tzu is the property of Rumiko Takahashi. Deal with it.
Kimiko Ueno
First Appearance: Side Story 5
Final Appearance: Side Story 5
Kimiko Ueno is the late wife of Kenji Nakamura, married during World War II. Kenji tried to give up his wandering ways and assumed the alias Kenji Ueno to marry her, only to be drafted into war. When he was finally reunited with her, Mirsky brutally and heartlessly killed Kimiko.
Mitsuko Ueno
First Appearance: Side Story 5
Mitsuko Ueno is the daughter of Kimiko and Kenji. She has met her father only once when she was five, and her mother was murdered right in front of her. After the tragic loss of Kimiko, Kenji gave Mitsuko up for adoption in 1946. Her current whereabouts are unknown.
Umanoke
First Appearance: Episode 2>
Umanoke is the Kyojin's mailman.
Yakumo
First Appearance: Side Story 8
Yakumo is the demon god who reigned terror on mankind before time began. He was finally imprisoned in the Nether World by Enma Dao.
Master Yoshida
First Mentioned: Side Story 10
Master Yoshida is the coach for the unkown kendoist's kendo club. He is the one who directs the kendoist to the deadlier art of kenjutsu.
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