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"Hokuto Shin Ken" is named after the asterism [[Hokuto Shichi Sei]], which is the Japanese name as the Big Dipper. [[Kenshirō]] states that it is the incarnation of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra Indra] when fighting [[Devil Rebirth]].
"Hokuto Shin Ken" is named after the asterism [[Hokuto Shichi Sei]], which is the Japanese name as the Big Dipper. [[Kenshirō]] states that it is the incarnation of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra Indra] when fighting [[Devil Rebirth]].
== History ==
== History ==
Hokuto Shinken (北斗神拳 Pinyin:''Beidou Shenquan/ ''Jyutping: ''Bak Dau San Kyun'' in its native Chinese) is first described as an 1,800 years old (2,000 years in the TV series and 1986 movie) Chinese assassin's art formed during the late [[wikipedia:Han Dynasty|Eastern Han Dynasty]].
Hokuto Shinken (北斗神拳 Pinyin:''Beidou Shenquan/ ''Jyutping: ''Bak Dau San Kyun'' in its native Mandarin and Cantonese respectively) is first described as an 1,800 years old (2,000 years in the TV series and 1986 movie) Chinese assassin's art formed during the late [[wikipedia:Han Dynasty|Eastern Han Dynasty]].


In Hokuto no Ken's world, Hokuto Shinken's origins are said to have been born around the rise of the [[wikipedia: Yellow Turban Rebellion|Yellow Turban Rebellions]], but where the [[Tentei|Celestial Emperor of China]] was assassinated, and from this, chaos immediately erupted throughout the land amongst those that desired to rule the new gap of power that once was occupied by the throne. The clan of [[Hokuto Sōke]], seeing China being swept in turmoil and chaos upon the demise of the emperor, desired to find an end to these troubled times, and decided that the birth of a new heir would be needed.
In Hokuto no Ken's world, Hokuto Shinken's origins are said to have been born around the rise of the [[wikipedia: Yellow Turban Rebellion|Yellow Turban Rebellions]], but where the [[Tentei|Celestial Emperor of China]] was assassinated, and from this, chaos immediately erupted throughout the land amongst those that desired to rule the new gap of power that once was occupied by the throne. The clan of [[Hokuto Sōke]], seeing China being swept in turmoil and chaos upon the demise of the emperor, desired to find an end to these troubled times, and decided that the birth of a new heir would be needed.