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    |nameromaji=Daiya
    |nameromaji=Daiya
    |alternatespelling=Dia
    |alternatespelling=Dia
    |allegiance=[[Shin]]
    |profession=Retainer of [[King (organization)|KING]]
    |profession=Retainer of [[King (organization)|KING]]
    |fighting_style=Bōjutsu
    |fighting_style=Bōjutsu
    |voice=[[Daisuke Gōri]] (anime)<br/>[[Riichi Nishimoto]] (Sega fighting game)<br/>[[Peter Spellos]] (anime dub)
    |voice=[[Daisuke Gōri]] (anime)<br/>[[Riichi Nishimoto]] (Sega fighting game)<br/>[[Peter Spellos]] (anime dub)
    |appearances=Manga (ch. 4), Anime (ep. 3), ''Rei Gaiden'' (ch. 18)
    |appearances=Manga (ch. 4), Anime (ep. 3), ''Rei Gaiden'' (ch. 18)
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    |}}
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    ; {{nihongo|Diamond|ダイヤ|Daiya}}
    : A Kingsman who specializes in ''[[wikipedia:bōjutsu|bōjutsu]]'' and wears clown-like makeup. [[Kenshiro]] confronts him while he's trying to execute a villager for fun. Kenshiro kills him with the ''[[Koushu Hagan Ken]]'' (Face Breaking Fist).
    : A Kingsman who specializes in ''[[wikipedia:bōjutsu|bōjutsu]]'' and wears clown-like makeup. After the death of [[Spade]], [[Shin|King]] orders Diamond and his men to murder innocent villagers in order to draw out [[Kenshiro]]. He forces a young girl to support her father on her shoulders, who has a noose around his neck, to keep him from being hanged. Kenshiro puts an end to the torture and fights Diamond, killing him with the ''[[Koushu Hagan Ken]]'' (Face Breaking Fist).


    ==TV Series==
    ==TV Series==
    : In the anime series, he is the Jack of Diamond. Also different in the anime series, he and his men are forcing a man to aim a bow and arrow at his own son in William Tell fashion. Kenshiro saves the boy by using ''[[Nishi Shinku Ha]]'' to catch the arrow before it can hit him before sending it back into the shoulder of his father's tormentor, one of Diamond's men.
    : In the anime series, he is the Jack of Diamond. In another change from the manga, he and his men are forcing a man to aim a bow and arrow at his own son in ''William Tell'' fashion. Kenshiro saves the boy by using ''[[Nishi Shinku Ha]]'' to catch the arrow before it can hit him before sending it back into the shoulder of the father's tormentor, one of Diamond's men.


    ==Manga==
    ==Trivia==
    : In the manga, he and his men are killing villagers in order to draw out Kenshiro so they can kill him. He forces a girl to hold up her father who has a noose around his neck to keep him from being hanged, a shout-out to villain Frank's most sadistic act from the old western ''Once Upon a Time in the West''.
    * Diamond's torture of the young girl and her father is a shout-out to villain Frank's most sadistic act from the old western ''Once Upon a Time in the West''.


    ==Character Rating==
    ==Character Rating==
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    File:DiamondManga.jpg|Diamond as he appears in the manga.
    File:Diamond-anime.jpg|Diamond, as he appears in the anime
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    Revision as of 18:11, 27 September 2015

    Diamond

    Diamond, as he appears in the manga.
    Name in Kanji ダイヤ
    Name in Romaji Daiya
    Alternate spelling(s) Dia
    Fighting Style Bōjutsu
    Allegiance(s) Shin
    Position(s) Retainer of KING
    Appearances Manga (ch. 4), Anime (ep. 3), Rei Gaiden (ch. 18)
    Voice actor(s) Daisuke Gōri (anime)
    Riichi Nishimoto (Sega fighting game)
    Peter Spellos (anime dub)
    Diamond (ダイヤ, Daiya)
    A Kingsman who specializes in bōjutsu and wears clown-like makeup. After the death of Spade, King orders Diamond and his men to murder innocent villagers in order to draw out Kenshiro. He forces a young girl to support her father on her shoulders, who has a noose around his neck, to keep him from being hanged. Kenshiro puts an end to the torture and fights Diamond, killing him with the Koushu Hagan Ken (Face Breaking Fist).

    TV Series

    In the anime series, he is the Jack of Diamond. In another change from the manga, he and his men are forcing a man to aim a bow and arrow at his own son in William Tell fashion. Kenshiro saves the boy by using Nishi Shinku Ha to catch the arrow before it can hit him before sending it back into the shoulder of the father's tormentor, one of Diamond's men.

    Trivia

    • Diamond's torture of the young girl and her father is a shout-out to villain Frank's most sadistic act from the old western Once Upon a Time in the West.


    Character Rating

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

    • Level: E
    • Power: 2
    • Speed: 3
    • Skills: 2
    • Looks: 2
    • Charisma: 2

    Gallery