Bask

Bask
	; Bask,as he appears in the manga
Name in Kanji	バスク
Name in Romaji	Basuku
Alternate spelling(s)	Basque
Fighting Style	Kazan Gokuaku Sō
Allegiance(s)	Jakoh
Family	none known
Position(s)	Area Governor
Appearances	Manga (ch. 138-139), Anime (ep. 112)
Voice actor(s)	Masaru Ikeda

Bask (バスク, Basuku): An area governor for Jakoh's Tentei Empire. He issues a bounty on Lin and Bat as their militia Hokuto Army keeps on raiding the Empire's slave trade. After Barona gets killed by Kenshiro, Bask challenges Kenshiro to a fight. He is quickly defeated by Kenshiro after his technique fails to take effect. As a response, Kenshiro "helps" him out by quickly and painfully spinning the arm of the terrified Bask, as he screams in pain. Bask is afterwards killed when Kenshiro struck a pressure point on his forehead, bisecting him in half.

Trivia

Bask's design is based on professional wrestler Hulk Hogan.
Early printings of the manga had him delivering a racially insensitive line disparaging Barona: "You'll regret it if you think I'm anything like that black pig!" (このバスク様をさっきの黒ブタと一緒にすると後悔するになる, Kono Basuku-sama o sakki no kurobuta to issho ni suru to kōkai suru ni naru.) The line was not used in the anime or subsequent printings.

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