Amiba

Amiba
Amiba (impersonating Toki) in the manga.
Name in Kanji	アミバ
Name in Romaji	Amiba
Alternate spelling(s)	none
Fighting Style	Amiba-ryū Hokuto Shin Ken (aka Hokuda Shin Ken), Nanto Sei Ken
Allegiance(s)	Raoh
Family	none known
Position(s)	Self-proclaimed 'genius'
Appearances	Manga (ch. 45-51), Anime (ep. 33-36), Rei Gaiden, Toki Gaiden and others.
Voice actor(s)	Takaya Hashi Kazuyuki Okitsu (Ten no Haoh) Tomokazu Seki (Hokuto Musou) Kirk Thornton (anime dub)

Amiba (アミバ)

The self-proclaimed genius, Amiba was originally a practitioner of Nanto Seiken, but believing he could master any martial art in record time, he turned his sights on Hokuto Shinken. He travelled to the Village of Miracles in order to prove his worth and when experimenting by himself he almost killed an elderly man with his efforts. Toki intervened to save the man, slapping Amiba aside, and afterwards he advised him not to practice a martial art he has yet to master. Amiba was left humiliated by the incident and swore revenge on Toki.

When Toki was imprisoned in Cassandra by Raoh, Amiba took the opportunity to exact his revenge by impersonating Toki and destroying his reputation. He rearranged his appearance to model Toki, right down to the scar on his back, and tortured martial artists and villagers with cruel "new vital point tests", and reported these findings to Raoh. When Amiba was exposed as a fraud by Rei (who trained with him during his Nanto Seiken days), Kenshiro defeated him with Zankai Sekiho Ken, causing Amiba to involuntarily walk to his death from the top of his palace, exploding before he hits the ground.

Fighting style

Amiba was originally a student of Nanto Seiken but due to his capricious nature he dropped the style in order to become a master of Hokuto Shinken. As a result of his gruesome vital point research, he was able to enhance the abilities of his own minions - granting them inhuman speed and strength. During his fight with Kenshiro he revealed the ultimate secret of his Amiba-style Hokuto Shinken, striking his own vital points to drastically increase his muscle mass - which backfired and caused his hands to explode.

Gaiden material

In the manga spin-off Rei Gaiden, it was revealed that Amiba studied Nanto Suichō Ken under the previous master, Rofu. During a flashback to their early years, Amiba conspires with Yuda in a plot to assassinate Rei and become successor of the style.

Toki Gaiden covers Amiba's original visit to the Village of Miracles, where he seeks out Toki to improve his limited knowledge of vital points. When Toki refuses to teach him and reprimands his conduct, Amiba plots against the village with the Zeed gang, whose attack is thwarted by the combined efforts of Toki, Juza, and the villagers. He then joins forces with Jagi, who helps him impersonate Toki by teaching him Hokuto Shinken and scarring his back with a club. After Toki is detained by Ken-Oh and his forces, Amiba infiltrates the village posing as him and begins his reign of terror, until he is ultimately killed by Kenshiro.

In the Ten no Haoh manga, Amiba returns to the Village of Miracles after his original clash with Toki and attacks him with his Hokuto Shin Ken imitation style, Hokuda Shin Ken (北蛇鍼拳, "Needle Fist of the North Snake"). Toki easily defeats him with Hokuto Ujō Ken but spares his life to prevent more bloodshed. Amiba does not appear in the animated adaptation.

Character Rating

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

• Level: B
• Power: 2
• Speed: 3
• Skills: 4
• Looks: 3
• Charisma: 1

Trivia

• Amiba's design was modelled after actor Christopher Lambert.
• Amiba's human experimentation resembles that of Dr. Shirō Ishii and his Unit 731. He and his men referring to people as deku (木人形 wooden doll) is similar to Ishii's maruta (丸太 logs).

Gallery

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  Amiba's original form

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  Amibe using his Toki identity.

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  Amiba dies

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  Amiba in Toki Gaiden

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  Amiba (posing as Toki) in Toki Gaiden

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  Amiba's 'ultimate form' in Toki Gaiden

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  Amiba in Ten no Haoh

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  Amiba in Hokuto Musō

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  Amiba (Rei Gaiden)

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