Colonel
| Colonel | |
|---|---|
 The Colonel, as he appears in the manga. | |
| Name in Kanji | 大佐 |
| Name in Romaji | Kāneru |
| Alternate spelling(s) | none |
| Fighting Style | Nanto Muon Ken, Boomerangs, Guerilla warfare |
| Allegiance(s) |
Golan Shin (TV series, 1986 movie) |
| Family | none known |
| Position(s) | Leader of Golan |
| Appearances | Manga (ch. 15-16), Anime (ep. 8), 1986 movie |
| Voice actor(s) |
Kōji Yada (TV series/movie) Barry Stigler (anime dub) |
- Colonel (大佐 Kāneru)
- The founder of the Golan organization and a former Red Beret commando. The Colonel was a master of different killing techniques, such as deadly boomerangs and the Nanto Muon Ken style. It was also stated by Mad Sarge that he possessed ESP (extrasensory perception), but in fact it was the ability to read the subtle muscle and eye movements of his opponent. Something Kenshiro detected before defeating him.
- The Colonel was once a patriotic soldier prior to the apocalypse. However, he lost faith in his country when he witnessed the debauchery committed by his superiors, whose arrogance plunged the world into nuclear war. After surviving the fallout, the Colonel and his men believed they were chosen by God and aimed to repopulate the world with their own master race which would correct the mistakes of the past. Kenshiro defeats the Golan in his quest to rescue Lin and fights the Colonel, first taking out his eyesight using the pressure point Dōmei and then destroying him with the Hokuto Kaikotsu Ken technique, causing his skeleton to explode from his flesh.
TV series
- In the TV series, due to political reasons, the Colonel and his army were rewritten as fanatical worshipers of Shin.
1986 movie
- In the 1986 movie, the Colonel has a short cameo as one of Shin's security officers. He is murdered by his master when focusing on Raoh's invasion instead of searching for the escaped Yuria.
Character Rating
From Hokuto no Ken: Kyūkyoku Kaisetsusho: Seikimatsu Haō Retsuden.
- Level: B
- Power: 2
- Speed: 3
- Skills: 3
- Looks: 3
- Charisma: 3
Trivia
- Colonel bears a resemblance to Rolento, an assassin who appeared in the Final Fight series, as well as the Street Fighter series. Its possible that Rolento's design was based on the Colonel.
- Heidern from The King of Fighters is also believed to be based on the Colonel.
