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{{Translation|'''Raoh'''|ラオウ|Raō}} was the eldest of [[Ryuken|Ryuken's]] four adopted sons. He is the biological older brother of [[Toki]] and [[Sayaka]], and the younger brother of [[Kaioh]]. His name became synonymous with the star {{nihongo|Bōkyōsei|暴凶星|Violent Evil Star}}.

:Raoh was originally a native from the island of [[Shura no Kuni|Shura]]. After the death of his mother, Raoh was orphaned and sent to the mainland by [[Jukei]], along with his little brother, [[Toki]], and the baby [[Kenshiro]] to train with [[Ryuken]], the master of ''[[Hokuto Shinken]]''. When they met Ryuken, he left Raoh and Toki at the bottom of a canyon and promised he would only adopt the one who made it to the top first. Raoh clawed himself to the summit but carried Toki with him and ordered Ryuken to adopt both of them. Ryuken was moved by this act and agreed, taking Raoh as his apprentice. Raoh trained hard under Ryuken, driven by the desire to become the strongest. He made a promise with Toki that should he fall victim to his own ambition, his little brother would stop him at any cost.

: As Raoh developed a fierce and terrifying fighting style, Ryuken came to fear his power and chose Kenshiro as his successor to Hokuto Shinken. Consequently, Raoh broke the 1800 year law of Hokuto by refusing to give up his power. Ryuken tried to stop him from misusing the Hokuto style, but Raoh killed him and left the temple to further his ambition. He assumed the title of Ken-Oh (拳王 '''King of Fists''') and amassed an army to conquer the wasteland. Among those to join under his banner were [[Jagi]], [[Amiba]], [[Yuda]] and [[Ryuga]].

:Raoh established the mighty stronghold of [[Cassandra]] as a prison for martial artists, whose secret scrolls he had stolen to perfect the ultimate fighting style. He also kept Toki imprisoned there to prevent him joining forces with Kenshiro. However, Cassandra was liberated by Kenshiro, and Toki was rescued. Raoh launched a counterattack on [[Mamiya|Mamiya's]] village, where he fought with [[Rei]] of the ''[[Nanto Suicho Ken]]'' style and defeated him with a fatal blow to Rei's ''Shinkesshū'' pressure point, dooming the Nanto fighter to die a gruesome death in 3 days.

:After his fight with Kenshiro, Raoh would carefully survey what [[Souther]] was up to, as he was constructing the holy mausoleum with child slaves. The wound he sustained in his fight with Kenshiro, along with Souther's bodily secret, prevented Raoh from engaging with the rival warlord, and he set up a temporary base while he continued to recuperate. After receiving word that Kenshiro was defeated by the [[Nanto Ho-oh Ken|Nanto Ho'o Ken]] master, Raoh ordered a few of his troops to find and rescue him, and had him delivered to [[Lin]], [[Bat]] and [[Shu]].

:Later, after he and Toki had taken down a considerable amount of Souther's army, the two of them observed as Kenshiro triumphed over Souther in their rematch.

:Raoh later confronts [[Koryu]], a master of Hokuto Shin Ken and an old rival of Ryuken. Raoh seeks to fight the old master as his way of gauging the recovery of his wound that Kenshiro inflicted on him. Raoh and Koryu fought, and despite the latter attempting to defeat Raoh with the ''Shichisei Massatsu'', Raoh overpowered him, destroying Koryu's hands and pummeling him to death.

:Toki sensed that the time was drawing near for him to fight Raoh, and soon enough, Raoh would finally duel with Toki to settle their childhood promise. Toki, weakened by his radiation poisoning, was defeated but Raoh spared his brother's life in a rare act of mercy. Toki would later die during a confrontation with Ryuga.

:Raoh later fought against the [[Nanto Goshasei]] - guardians of the mysterious [[Last Nanto General]], who had risen up to challenge Raoh's conquest. Three of the Goshasei would fight him directly: [[Huey]] of the Wind, [[Shuren]] of the Flame, and Raoh's old rival [[Juza]] of the Clouds, only for all of them to die by Raoh's hand. When Raoh discovered the General's real identity was [[Yuria]], his unrequited love and Kenshiro's fiancée, he marched onward to claim her for himself. However, after a brief entanglement with [[Tou]] and [[Rihaku]] of the Ocean, he was met by Kenshiro, who had now learned the ultimate Hokuto Shinken technique ''[[Musou Tensei]],'' which overwhelmed him with fear. Raoh managed to escape with Yuria in his clutches and retreated to his fortress.

:Haunted by his fear of Kenshiro, Raoh abandoned the title of 'Ken-Oh' and swore to become a ferocious demon. His first act was to confront [[Fudou]] of the Mountains, formally known as "Fudou the Demon", a ghost from his past and the first man to teach him fear. Fudou was now a reformed character, adopting orphans of the wasteland, but he was forced to fight when Raoh threatened to slaughter his children. Despite withstanding Fudou's relentless charge, Raoh was terrified of the vision of Kenshiro reflected in Fudou's eyes and left the battlefield in disgrace.

:On the brink of despair, Raoh decided that only killing Yuria would bring him the sorrow needed to learn Musou Tensei and defeat Kenshiro. However, as he prepared to strike, he discovered Yuria was hiding a terminal illness the whole time. Yuria's courage in the face of her impending death moved Raoh to tears and stopped him from killing her. Instead, he placed her in a temporary coma, slowing the spread of her disease. As fate would have it, this moment bestowed Raoh with Musou Tensei, and he took Yuria's body to the [[Hokuto Renkitōza]], faking her murder in order to provoke Kenshiro into their final showdown.