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    {{audio|Hokutoryuken.ogg|'''Hokuto Ryū Ken'''}} (北斗琉拳 ''Big Dipper [[wiktionary:琉|Gem]] Fist''), also known as {{nihongo|'''Hokuto Ryūka Ken'''|北斗劉家拳||Big Dipper [[w:Liu Bei|Liu Family]] Fist}} is a 1800 year old martial art from the Land of Asura. Its founder was [[Ryūō]] of the ancient Hokuto Sōke ruling line. This martial art makes use of the opponents 1,109 [[Keiraku Hakō]] pressure points. This martial art is known as an evil martial art; its use of one's [[Matōki]] aura can drive the practitioner insane with evil, turning them into a [[Majin]] (God of Black Magic).
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    '''Hokuto Ryūken''' ([[wikipedia:ja:北斗琉拳|北斗琉拳]], ''Big Dipper [[wiktionary:琉|Lapis Lazuli]] Fist''), also known as {{nihongo|'''Hokuto Ryūka Ken'''|北斗劉家拳||Big Dipper [[wikipedia:Shu Han family trees|Liu Family]] Fist}} is a 1800 year old martial art from the [[Land of Asura]]. Its founder was [[Ryūō]] of the ancient [[Hokuto Sōke]] ruling line. This martial art makes use of the opponents 1109 [[Keiraku Hakō]] pressure points. This martial art is known as an evil martial art; its use of [[Matōki]] aura can drive the practitioner insane with evil, turning them into a Majin (魔神, God of Black Magic) and consumes the life force of anything it comes in contact with. The aura from its practitioners cause chaos, destruction, and death to anything that comes close to it. The ultimate Hokuto Ryuken technique is Anryū Tenha which levitates a person in the air and completely disorients them while also warping and bending reality around them rendering the person immobile before ultimately annihilating the entire body which results in the destruction of everything down to the atomic level. After Kaioh's death, the art is forever lost. However it is speculated that this technique was absorbed by Kenshiro.
     
    The art is also seen to be borderline sorcery as it shown that some technique requires incantation to perform. However, the technique can also be used in an instant.  


    ==Intro==
    ==Intro==
    Hokuto Ryūken is another rival style of Hokuto Shinken introduced during the latter half of the manga. Hokuto Ryūken is a branch of the original Hokuto family that was formed alongside Hokuto Shinken in the Land of Asura. The Hokuto Ryūken style utilizes 1,109 points of the ''keiraku hakō'' (経絡破孔, lit. "destructive [[wikipedia:Meridian (Chinese medicine)|channeling]] points"), in contrast to the 708 keiraku hikō points of the ''Shinken'' style.
    Hokuto Ryūken is another rival style of [[Hokuto Shinken|Hokuto Shin Ken]] introduced during the latter half of the manga. Hokuto Ryūken is a branch of the original Hokuto family that was formed alongside [[Hokuto Shinken|Hokuto Shin Ken]] in the [[Land of Asura]]. The Hokuto Ryūken style utilizes 1109 points of the [[Keiraku Hakō]] (経絡破孔, lit. "''Destructive [[wikipedia:Meridian (Chinese medicine)|Meridian]] Points''"), in contrast to the 708 [[Keiraku Hikō]] points of the ''Shin Ken'' style.


    The exact differences between the Ryūken style's hakō points and the Shinken style's hikō points are never fully explained. The users of ''Hokuto Ryūken'' are taught to fight with their {{nihongo|"demonic fighting spirit"|魔闘気|matōki}}, driving them insane with madness. In the TV series, it is revealed that Hokuto Ryūken was founded by Ryūō of the Hokuto Sōke bloodline, the ancestor of Kaioh, Raoh and Toki. Hokuto Ryūken is also featured in ''[[Souten no Ken]]'', where it is revealed that it was once known as Hokuto Ryūka Ken, one of the three subordinate branches of Hokuto Shinken. It is revealed that if the conflict for succession claims all the heirs to Hokuto Shin Ken, a successor is chosen from the school of Hokuto Ryūka Ken. Because of this, the master of Hokuto Ryūka Ken must approve all successors to Hokuto Shin Ken.
    The exact differences between the Ryūken style's hakō points and the Shin Ken style's hikō points are never fully explained. The users of ''Hokuto Ryūken'' are taught to fight with their {{nihongo|"demonic fighting spirit"|魔闘気|matōki}}, driving them insane with madness. In the TV series, it is revealed that Hokuto Ryūken was founded by [[Shuken]]'s cousin [[Ryūō]] of the [[Hokuto Sōke]] bloodline, the ancestor of [[Kaioh]], [[Raoh]] and [[Toki]]. Hokuto Ryūken is also featured in ''[[Souten no Ken]]'', where it is revealed that it was once known as Hokuto Ryūka Ken, one of the three subordinate branches of [[Hokuto Shin Ken]] ([[Hokuto Sanka Ken]]). It is revealed that if the conflict for succession claims all the heirs to [[Hokuto Shin Ken]], a successor is chosen from the school of Hokuto Ryūka Ken. Because of this, the master of Hokuto Ryūka Ken must approve all successors to [[Hokuto Shin Ken]] and the battle between the two schools must take place in front of the Holy Mother Statue (聖母像, Seibozō) at the fictionalized [[Taiseiden|Tài Shèng Yuàn]] (泰聖院 Taiseiin) Temple in [[wikipedia:Ningbo|Ningbo]] (the Hokuto Ryūka Ken ancestors are also buried at its cemetery). At the time of ''Souten no Ken'' [[Liú Zōng-Wǔ]] is Hokuto Ryū Ken's successor.


    ==Techniques==
    ==Techniques==
     
    ㊙ = "Ōgi" Secret technique
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    *[[Katsu Hagan]]
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    *[[Gen On Kai]]
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    *[[Hama Tokushi]]
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    *[[Shun En Sen]]
    <p style="margin-left: 18pt;">'''<span style="color: black;">[[Anma Makakyoku Ha|<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">Anma Makakyoku Ha</span>]]</span>'''<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">暗魔摩訶極破</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''Dark Demon Great Zenith Destruction'') </span></p>
    *[[Sōhai Gyakusō]]
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    *[[Mabu Kōsō]] ㊙
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    *[[Shikka Kōjin]] ㊙
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    *[[Hakura Messei]] ㊙
    <p style="margin-left: 18pt;">'''[[Anryū Gyakugeki Ha|<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Anryū Gyakugeki Ha</span>]]''' (<span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">暗琉襲撃破</span>, ''Dark Style Charge Destruction'') <span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">㊙</span></p>
    *[[Zanfū Enpa]]
    |- style=""
    *[[Anryū Tenha]] ㊙
    | style="width: 275.5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="367"|[[File:Anryū_Hiha.jpg|thumb]]
    *[[Jikai Rashi]]
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    *[[Matōki no Aura]]
    <p style="margin-left: 18pt;">'''<span style="color: black;">[[Anryū Hiha|<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">Anryū Hiha</span>]]</span>'''<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">暗琉霏破</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''Dark Sparkling Stone Falling Destruction''): A dark energy blast used by Kaioh. </span></p>
    *''[[Yōshin Kyokuha]]'' ㊙
    |- style=""
    *[[Anryū Hiha]]
    | style="width: 275.5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="367"|[[File:Anryū_Tenha.jpg|thumb]]
    *''[[Anma Makakyoku Ha]]'' ㊙
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    *[[Toshu Soha]]
    <p style="margin-left: 18pt;">'''[[Anryū Tenha|<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Anryū Tenha</span>]]'''<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">暗琉天破</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''Dark Sparkling Stone Heaven Destruction'') </span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">㊙</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">: The most-powerful Hokuto Ryū Ken technique. Levitates a person in the air and completely disorients them. </span></p>
    *[[Anryu Ensatsu Jin]]
    |- style=""
    *''[[Maryu Karetsu Ha]]''
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    *''[[Anryu Chugeki Ha]]'' ㊙
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    *[[Hokuto Gyakushi Sō]] ㊙
    <p style="margin-left: 18pt;">'''[[Hokuto Gaiha Shō|<span lang="EN-GB" style="">Gaiha Shō</span>]]'''<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">北斗鎧破掌</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''Big Dipper Armor Destruction Palm''): Used by </span>[[Liú Zōng-Wǔ|<span lang="EN-GB" style="">Liú Zōng-Wǔ</span>]]<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> against </span>[[Kenshiro Kasumi|<span lang="EN-GB" style="">Kenshiro Kasumi</span>]]<span lang="EN-GB" style="">. </span></p>
    *[[Mukokyu Toho]] ㊙
    |- style=""
    *[[Hokuto Gaiha Shō]]
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    *[[Hokuto Tenki Sho]]
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    *''[[Haryu Soran]]''
    <p style="margin-left: 18pt;">'''[[Hokuto Gyakushi Sō|<span lang="EN-GB" style="">Gyakushi Sō</span>]]'''<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">北斗逆死葬</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''North Dipper Wicked Death Burial'') </span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">㊙</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">: With this technique, the user takes the position of the Shichosei (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">死兆星</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, "Death Omen Star") when attacking an opponent. </span></p>
    *''[[Rasetsu Tenkai]]''
    |- style=""
    *''[[Togyoku Rengan]]''
    | style="width: 275.5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="367"|[[File:Hakura_Messei.jpg|thumb]]
    *''[[Gaiha Totsusho]]''
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    *''[[Ranjin Sokyaku]]''
    <p style="margin-left: 18pt;">'''[[Hakura Messei|<span lang="EN-GB" style="">Hakura Messei</span>]]'''<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">白羅滅精</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''White Destroying Energy'') </span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">㊙</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">: This technique launches a fireball at a target. Once used by Han against Kenshiro. </span></p>
    *''[[Raikyaku Doppo]]''
    |- style=""
    *''[[Togyoku Hekiso]]''
    | style="width: 275.5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="367"|[[File:Hama_Tokushi.jpg|thumb]]
    *''[[Dako Sotofu]]''
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    *''[[Ryura Kyoku Keisatsu]]''
    <p style="margin-left: 18pt;">'''[[Hama Tokushi|<span lang="EN-GB" style="">Hama Tokushi</span>]]'''<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">破摩独指</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''Destructive Scraping Solitary Finger'') </span></p>
    *''[[Maei Sokijin]]''
    |- style=""
    *''[[Mashin Goretsu Ha]]''
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    *''[[Rago Bowan Satsu]]''
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    *''[[Mumyo Kaijin Satsu]]''
    <p style="margin-left: 18pt;">'''[[Jikai Rashi|<span lang="EN-GB" style="">Jikai Rashi</span>]]'''<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">自壊羅糸</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">): A cutting wire. Used by Hyoh on Kuroyasha. </span></p>
    *''[[Doma Shichi Jinen]]''
    |- style=""
    *''[[Maki Ryudan]]''
    | style="width: 275.5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="367"|[[File:Katsuhagan.jpg|thumb]]
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    <p style="margin-left: 18pt;">'''[[Katsuhagan|<span lang="EN-GB" style="">Katsuhagan</span>]]'''<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">喝把玩</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''Shout Guard Play'') </span></p>
    |- style=""
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    <p style="margin-left: 18pt;">'''[[Kokei Kosoku|<span lang="EN-GB" style="">Kokei Kosoku</span>]]'''<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">呼頸虚塞</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''Call Neck Hollow Obstruction''), also known as </span>'''[[Mukokyū Tōhō|<span lang="EN-GB" style="">Mukokyū Tōhō</span>]]'''<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">無呼吸闘法</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''Breathless Combat'') </span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">㊙</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">: The user of this technique no longer needs to breathe, enabling a state of great concentration. </span></p>
    |- style=""
    | style="width: 275.5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="367"|[[File:Mabu_Kōsō.jpg|thumb]]
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    <p style="margin-left: 18pt;">'''[[Mabu Kōsō]]''' (<span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">摩舞紅燥</span>, ''Scrape Dance Crimson Dry-Up'') <span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">㊙</span></p>
    |- style=""
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    <p style="margin-left: 18pt;">'''[[Maryū Karetsu Ha|<span lang="EN-GB" style="">Maryū Karetsu Ha</span>]]'''<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">魔琉苛烈破</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''Demon Style Severe Destruction'') </span></p>
    |- style=""
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    <p style="margin-left: 18pt;">'''[[Rōshin Kyokuha|<span lang="EN-GB" style="">Rōshin Kyokuha</span>]]'''<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">蝋芯極破</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''Wax Center Zenith Destruction'') </span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">㊙</span><span lang="JA" style=""> </span></p>
    |- style=""
    | style="width: 275.5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="367"|[[File:Shikka_Kōjin.jpg|thumb]]
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    <p style="margin-left: 18pt;">'''[[Shikka Kōjin|<span lang="EN-GB" style="">Shikka Kōjin</span>]]'''<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">疾火煌陣</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''Rapid Fire Twinkling Position'') </span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">㊙</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">: This technique allows its user to move and attack with unbelievable speed. Han is well-known for his use of this technique. </span></p>
    |- style=""
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    <p style="margin-left: 18pt;">'''[[Sōhai Gyakusō|<span lang="EN-GB" style="">Sōhai Gyakusō</span>]]'''<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">双背逆葬</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''Twin Straight Reverse Bury''): A technique used deflect thrown objects back at the original thrower. It is the Hokuto Ryūken equivalent of the Hokuto Shinken technique Nishi Shinku Ha (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">二指真空把</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''Two-Finger Nil-Space Grasp''). </span></p>
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    <p style="margin-left: 18pt;">'''[[Yūshō Seibu|<span lang="EN-GB" style="">Yūshō Seibu</span>]]'''<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">遊昇凄舞</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''Play Rising Threatening Dance'') </span></p>
    |- style=""
    | style="width: 275.5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="367"|[[File:Zanfū_Enpa.jpg|thumb]]
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    <p style="margin-left: 18pt;">'''[[Zanfū Enpa|<span lang="EN-GB" style="">Zanfū Enpa</span>]]'''<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">斬風燕破</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''Beheading Wind Swallow Destruction'') </span></p>
    |}


    ==Practitioners==
    ==Practitioners==
    *[[Ryūō]]
    *[[Ryuo]]
    *[[Liú Xuán-Xìn]]
    *[[Liu Xuanxin]]
    *[[Wèi Ruì-Yīng]]
    *[[Wei Ruiying]]
    *[[Liú Zōng-Wǔ]]
    *[[Liu Zongwu]]
    *[[Tài Fēng]]
    *[[Tai Feng]]
    *[[Xià Wén-Lì]]
    *[[Xia Wenli]]
    *[[Kuroyasha]]
    *[[Kuroyasha]]
    *[[Jūkei]]
    *[[Jukei]]
    *[[Kaiō]]
    *[[Kaioh]]
    *[[Hyō]]
    *[[Hyo]]
    *[[Han]]
    *[[Han]]
    *[[Shachi]]
    *[[Shachi]]


    ==Techniques==
    == Trivia ==
    {|width="100%" class="wikitable sortable"
     
    |-valign="CENTER" class="c3"
    * Italians refer to this style as Hokuto Gemmi (from "Gem").  
    !nowrap="true"|奥義名
    !ATTACK NAME
    !TRANSLATION
    !USER
    !INFO
    !USED ON
    |-
    |nowrap="true"|喝把玩
    |Katsuha Gan
    |Scolding Grasp Trifle<br />
    |Shachi
    |Liquifies with two hands to the forehead
    |Shura
    |-
    |nowrap="true"|幻闇壊
    |Gen On Kai
    |Phantom Dark Destruction<br />
    |Shachi
    |Freezes and silences attackers, who die when they see the Hokuto stars.
    |Shura
    |-
    |nowrap="true"|破摩独指
    |Hama Tokushi
    |Tear Grind Single Finger<br />
    |Shachi
    |<br />
    |Kaiser
    |-
    |nowrap="true"|双背逆葬
    |Sōhai Gyaku Sō
    |Twin Straight Reverse Bury<br />
    |Shachi
    |Deflects thrown objects back at attacker.
    |Han
    |-
    |nowrap="true"|魔舞紅躁
    |Mabu Kōsō
    |Wicked Dance Crimson Noise<br />
    |Han
    |Destroys
    |Shura
    |-
    |nowrap="true"|疾火煌陣
    |Shikka Kō Jin
    |Rapid Fire Twinkling Position<br />
    |Han
    |Surreal kick
    |Kenshirō
    |-
    |nowrap="true"|白羅滅精
    |Hakura Messei
    |White Net Destroying Energy<br />
    |Han
    |Fireball attack
    |Kenshirō
    |-
    |nowrap="true"|斬風燕破
    |Zanfū En Pa
    |Kill Wind Swallow Break<br />
    |Han
    |<br />
    |Kenshirō
    |-
    |nowrap="true"|悶堪孔
    |Mon Kan Kō
    |Agony Resistance Hole<br />
    |Hyō
    |an elementary Hakō<br />
    |Hyō<br />
    |-
    |nowrap="true"|暗琉天破
    |Anryū Tenha
    |Dark Style Heaven Destruction
    |<span class="c4">Hyō,</span><br /><span class="c4">Kaiō</span>
    |The most powerful Hokuto Ryū Ken technique. Levitates a person in the air and completely disorients them.
    |Kuroyasha, Kenshirō
    |-
    |nowrap="true"|幻魔影霊
    |Genma Eirei
    |Evil Spirit Phantasm<br />
    |Kaiō
    |Kaiō's legendary Aura
    |Shura
    |-
    |nowrap="true"|暗琉霏破
    |Anryū Hiha
    |Dark Style Precipitation Destruction<br />
    |Kaiō
    |dark energy blast
    |
    Kenshirō
    |-
    |nowrap="true"|暗魔摩訶極破
    |Anma Maka Kyokuha
    |Dark Demon Great Zenith Destruction<br />
    |Kaiō
    |Kaioh's aura attack
    |Kenshirō
    |-
    |nowrap="true"|死環白
    |Shikanhaku
    |White Death Ring<br />
    |Kaiō
    |Hakō; person falls in love with the first man she sees
    |Lin
    |-
    |nowrap="true"|呼頸虚塞
    |Kokei Kosoku
    |Hollow Neck Obstruction Call<br />
    |Kaiō
    |Keeps the user from having to breathe in combat<br />
    |Kenshirō
    |-
    |nowrap="true"|無呼吸闘法
    |Mukokyū Tōhō
    |Breathless Combat<br />
    |Kaiō
    |<br />
    |Kenshirō
    |-
    |nowrap="true"|北斗逆死葬
    |Hokuto Gyakushi Sō
    |Big Dipper Wicked Death Burial<br />
    |Kaiō
    |Took the position of the Shichōsei in the Hokuto constellation.
    |Kenshirō
    |-
    |nowrap="true"|経星
    |Keisei
    |Sutra Star<br />
    |Jūkei
    |Hakō that restores memory
    |Hyō
    |}


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    ==External Links==

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    Hokuto Ryūken (北斗琉拳, Big Dipper Lapis Lazuli Fist), also known as Hokuto Ryūka Ken (北斗劉家拳, Big Dipper Liu Family Fist) is a 1800 year old martial art from the Land of Asura. Its founder was Ryūō of the ancient Hokuto Sōke ruling line. This martial art makes use of the opponents 1109 Keiraku Hakō pressure points. This martial art is known as an evil martial art; its use of Matōki aura can drive the practitioner insane with evil, turning them into a Majin (魔神, God of Black Magic) and consumes the life force of anything it comes in contact with. The aura from its practitioners cause chaos, destruction, and death to anything that comes close to it. The ultimate Hokuto Ryuken technique is Anryū Tenha which levitates a person in the air and completely disorients them while also warping and bending reality around them rendering the person immobile before ultimately annihilating the entire body which results in the destruction of everything down to the atomic level. After Kaioh's death, the art is forever lost. However it is speculated that this technique was absorbed by Kenshiro.

    The art is also seen to be borderline sorcery as it shown that some technique requires incantation to perform. However, the technique can also be used in an instant.

    Intro[edit | edit source]

    Hokuto Ryūken is another rival style of Hokuto Shin Ken introduced during the latter half of the manga. Hokuto Ryūken is a branch of the original Hokuto family that was formed alongside Hokuto Shin Ken in the Land of Asura. The Hokuto Ryūken style utilizes 1109 points of the Keiraku Hakō (経絡破孔, lit. "Destructive Meridian Points"), in contrast to the 708 Keiraku Hikō points of the Shin Ken style.

    The exact differences between the Ryūken style's hakō points and the Shin Ken style's hikō points are never fully explained. The users of Hokuto Ryūken are taught to fight with their "demonic fighting spirit" (魔闘気, matōki), driving them insane with madness. In the TV series, it is revealed that Hokuto Ryūken was founded by Shuken's cousin Ryūō of the Hokuto Sōke bloodline, the ancestor of Kaioh, Raoh and Toki. Hokuto Ryūken is also featured in Souten no Ken, where it is revealed that it was once known as Hokuto Ryūka Ken, one of the three subordinate branches of Hokuto Shin Ken (Hokuto Sanka Ken). It is revealed that if the conflict for succession claims all the heirs to Hokuto Shin Ken, a successor is chosen from the school of Hokuto Ryūka Ken. Because of this, the master of Hokuto Ryūka Ken must approve all successors to Hokuto Shin Ken and the battle between the two schools must take place in front of the Holy Mother Statue (聖母像, Seibozō) at the fictionalized Tài Shèng Yuàn (泰聖院 Taiseiin) Temple in Ningbo (the Hokuto Ryūka Ken ancestors are also buried at its cemetery). At the time of Souten no Ken Liú Zōng-Wǔ is Hokuto Ryū Ken's successor.

    Techniques[edit | edit source]

    ㊙ = "Ōgi" Secret technique

    Practitioners[edit | edit source]

    Trivia[edit | edit source]

    • Italians refer to this style as Hokuto Gemmi (from "Gem").

    External Links[edit | edit source]

    北斗琉拳

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