Rihaku

Rihaku
	; Rihaku as he appears in the manga
Name in Kanji	リハク
Name in Romaji	Rihaku
Fighting Style	Gosha Hasui Ken (anime)
Allegiance(s)	Last Nanto General, Kenshiro
Family	Tō (daughter)
Position(s)	Nanto Goshasei / Nanto Shin Goshasei
Appearances	Manga (ch. 115-160), Anime (ep. 83-152), Yuria Den, Raoh Den Gekitou no Shou, Rei Gaiden
Voice actor(s)	Takeshi Aono (TV series); Katsuhisa Houki (Yuria Den, Raoh Den Gekitou no Shou); Eiji Takemoto (Shin Hokuto Musou); Taichi Hamada (DD Hokuto no Ken 2); Kazuhiro Yamaji (Hokuto ga Gotoku); Kyle Hebert (Hokuto ga Gotoku dub)

Rihaku of the Ocean (海のリハク, Umi no Rihaku): The military leader of the Goshasei, charged with protecting the Last Nanto General. Rihaku engineers a series of booby traps to protect Yuria when Raoh advances on the Nanto Capital. These traps prove to be little threat to Raoh, but Rihaku is saved from certain death by Kenshiro's arrival, where he witnesses Kenshiro's awakening of Musō Tensei, the ultimate technique of Hokuto Shinken. Rikahu later becomes the elder statesman of Lin and Bat's "Hokuto Army".

TV series

In the original TV series, he is shown to be Yuria's caretaker since childhood instead of the unnamed character in the manga (who would later become Dharma in the 2007 Legend of Yuria OVA).

Rihaku is also given his own martial art, Gosha Hasui Ken, in the TV series, which he uses in vain against Raoh after the failure of his death-traps.

Legend of Yuria

In the OVA continuity, Yuria does not meet Rihaku until after she is rescued by the Goshasei from Southern Cross.

Character Rating

From Hokuto no Ken: Kyūkyoku Kaisetsusho: Seikimatsu Haō Retsuden.

Level: D
Power: 3
Speed: 2
Skills: 2
Looks: 2
Charisma: 4

Trivia

"Rihaku" is Japanese for Li Bai.
Rihaku is the only survivor of the Goshasei.

Gallery

Rihaku, in the TV series
Rihaku in HNK2
Rihaku in Raoh Den Gekitou no Shou
Rihaku, in Kinyoku no Garuda
Rihaku in Hokuto no Ken (Banpresto)
Rihaku in Shin Hokuto Muso
Rihaku in Hokuto ga Gotoku
The Last Nanto General and Rihaku in Hokuto no Ken: Legends ReVIVE (illustration)
The Last Nanto General's and Rihaku's Garb of the Motherly General outfit in Hokuto No Ken: Legends ReVIVE