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{{nihongo|'''Taiga'''|タイガ||also spelled '''Tiger'''}} is a villain who appears exclusively in the ''Hokuto no Ken'' TV series voiced by [[Masaharu Satō]]. Along with [[Boltz]], Taiga is a renegade [[Gento Kō Ken]] master who serves the Viceroy [[Jakō]]. He substitutes [[Jask]], Jakō's elder son, in the anime version of the story. Taiga holds the title of the Green Light General of the Imperial Capital due to the color of fighting aura.

Taiga fought [[Bat]] and [[Ein]] when they infiltrated the Imperial Capital to hunt down Jakō, knocking both out with a single use of his technique. After Bat and co. fell into Jakō's pitfall trap, Taiga remains by Jakō's side. However, Jakō's plot to pit [[Kenshirō]] and [[Falco]] against each other failed, Taiga decided to abandon Jakō and fled, telling him he simply couldn't deal with him anymore.

After Jakō's death, Taiga kidnapped [[Lin]] and activated the self-destruct mechanism that was installed into the Imperial Capital, resulting in the capital's destruction. Taiga fled overseas to the Kingdom of Shura with Lin in order to lure Ken and Falco. However, Taiga's entire unit was annihilated upon their arrival to Shura and Taiga himself was mortally wounded. Before dying, Taiga encountered Falco and warned him that hell itself was awaiting on the island.

Taiga's only appearance outside of the ''Hokuto no Ken'' anime was in the Family Computer video game version of ''[[Hokuto no Ken 2 (Famicom)|Hokuto no Ken 2]]''. Taiga appears in the game as the boss of Stage 3, serving as the warden of the Empire's Concentration Camp for Traitors. His counterpart from the manga, Jask, also appears in the game at a later stage.

File:Tiger&Lyn.jpg|Taiga with Lin

File:Taiga_dead.jpg|Taiga's death