Hyoh

Hyō (ヒョウ)

Voiced by: Shinji Ogawa

The Second Rashō and Kenshirō's biological older brother. As a child, he entrusted Raoh to protect the baby Kenshiro when they were leaving the country, while Hyoh remained in Asura to learn Hokuto Ryūken. Hyoh was infused with knowledge of the original Hokuto Sōke no Ken style as a child, but Hyoh refused to use this style, preferring for Kenshiro to learn it in his place. Because of Hyoh's compassion for his brother, Jukei attempted to erase his memory of Kenshiro to prevent his weakness, leaving a small x-shaped scar across his forehead, an event that Jukei would regret for doing. In reality, Hyoh only pretended to have his memory erased from Jukei, and it was a young Kaioh who actually erased Hyoh's memories after finding out the truth. After the nuclear holocaust, Hyoh let Kaioh become the new ruler of Asura, while Hyoh settled for being his second-in-command. Hyoh is romantically involved with Kaioh's sister, Sayaka, but Kaioh kills Sayaka, and lays the blame on Kenshiro, turning Hyoh into a Demon like Kaioh. Hyoh challenges Kenshiro to a fight to the death, but regains his memory thanks to Shachi's intervention during the fight and comes to learn the truth about Sayaka's death. He swears to kill Kaioh, but forgives him due to their deep friendship. He dies from his injury after destroying Kaioh's elite army of three hundred men, but acknowledge Kaioh as a true friend despite his crimes.