Toki
| Toki | |
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.jpg) Toki, as depicted in the manga. | |
| Name in Kanji | トキ |
| Name in Romaji | n/a |
| Alternate spelling(s) | none |
| Fighting Style | Hokuto Shin Ken |
| Allegiance(s) | n/a |
| Family | none known |
| Position(s) | The Second of the Four Brothers of Hokuto (北斗四兄弟の次兄 Hokuto Yon Kyoudai no Jikei) |
| Appearances | Manga (ch. 45-onward), Anime (ep. 33-onward), Legends of the True Savior series, Silvery Savior, and many other works |
| Voice actor(s) |
Takaya Hashi Hideyuki Tanaka (New Fist of the North Star) Kenyū Horiuchi (Legends of the True Savior) Hiroki Tōchi (Ten no Haoh) |
The second of the four Hokuto brothers, Toki (トキ) is a pacifist who seeks to use Hokuto Shinken as a healing art, Toki's self-made technique of Hokuto Ujō Ken (北斗有情拳, "North Star Humane Fist") is an art adept at both healing and destroying. When he kills someone with his style, his adversaries actually die while feeling great euphoria and pleasure instead of horrifying pain. According to Ken, Toki had the most elegant style of the four brothers and was favored successor to the Hokuto Shinken style.
Early Life
Toki, along with Raoh and Kenshiro, is from the Land of Asura, where he has two additional blood siblings named Kaioh and Sayaka. Toki and Raoh are actual blood brothers; Raoh and Toki were orphaned when they were children and adopted by Ryuken, who was seeking a student to train. Originally, Ryuken only trained Raoh, while Toki watched on. When a hunter killed Toki's pet dog Koko, Toki demonstrates his fighting ability by pummeling the hunter relentlessly. Realizing that Toki has learned to fight by merely watching his brother, Ryuken began training Toki as well. At that point, Raoh made Toki promised that if he ever followed the wrong path, Toki will try to stop him.
Nuclear War
But during the war, Toki was exposed to the nuclear fallout while forced-shutting the jammed doors of the bomb shelter that Ken and Yuria were in. Toki survived for two weeks without food and water, but the nuclear exposure turned his hair white and left him terminally ill. Thus, Toki renounces the succession to the Hokuto Shinken style and becomes a wandering doctor, easing the people's ills.
Village of Miracles
Toki wanders into a village full of sick people and heals everyone there. The village became known as the "Village of Miracles" and Toki becomes heralded as a miracle maker. However, Toki is taken captive by Raoh's army and imprisoned at Cassandra, while Amiba impersonates him in an attempt to tarnish Toki's reputation.
The Hokuto Shinken Succession Dispute
Kenshiro rescues him from Cassandra and Toki joins him in his battle against Raoh. Toki attempts to fulfill his promise as an adult, seeking to stop Raoh from using Hokuto Shinken for his own gain. He would have defeated Raoh had it not been for the illness that had debilitated his strength, but as such he was defeated yet spared by his older brother. He would spend his few remaining days healing the sick, until a confrontation with Ryūga led to his death. As he embraced his death, he told Kenshiro to "turn sorrow into anger."
Fighting Style
Toki is a devoted master of Hokuto Shinken and possesses an intimate knowledge of the keiraku hikō. Despite his pacifism and dedication to medical study, Toki can still use Hokuto Shinken with deadly purpose. His Hokuto Ujō Danjin Ken attack inflicts a violent death, albeit with a euphoric side effect in the process.
While his brother Raoh's "hard style" meets force with greater force, Toki's Jū no Ken (柔の拳, Fist of Gentleness) uses the opponent's force against them with great dexterity. It's because of this natural ability that Toki was originally a frontrunner for the title of successor.
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