Ryuken

Ryūken; Ramon Kasumi
	; Ryuken, as he appears in the manga.
Name in Kanji	リュウケン; 霞羅門
Name in Romaji	Ryūken; Kasumi Ramon
Alternate spelling(s)	Ryuuken
Fighting Style	Hokuto Shin Ken
Family	Tesshin Kasumi (father); Kenshirō Kasumi (brother); Raoh (adoptive son); Toki (adoptive son) ; Jagi (adoptive son); Kenshirō (adoptive son)
Position(s)	The 63rd Successor of Hokuto Shin Ken
Appearances	Hokuto no Ken (yomikiri); Hokuto no Ken; Souten no Ken
Voice actor(s)	Junji Chiba (old); Ryūji Saikachi (ep. 100); Kōji Totani (young); Daisuke Gōri (SnK Audio Drama); Mugihito (old; SnK); Takashi Kondō (young; SnK); Junya Enoki (Regenesis); Chikao Ōtsuka (Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu); Atsushi Ono (Ten no Haoh); Hideyuki Tanaka (Muso); Akira Kamiya (DD2013); Jeff Corey (movie dub); Malcolm McDowell (live action)

Ramon Kasumi (霞羅門 Kasumi Ramon), later known by his dharma name Ryūken (リュウケン), was Kenshiro's adoptive father and the 63rd successor of Hokuto Shinken. He was also Kenshirō Kasumi's half-brother, since Kenshiro was born from a different mother.

Souten no Ken

Young Ramon Kasumi first protected Aya Kitaōji from hired thugs, later serving as a bodyguard to Pan Yuling from the Du Tianfeng's Tàihú Bāng gang during her stay in Japan. Ramon is later revealed to be Kenshirō Kasumi's half-brother, since Kenshiro was born from a different mother.

In the year 197X, he was present at Kenshiro's birth and named him after his older brother because they both had a Big Dipper-shaped birthmark. His refers to his older brother as the "Strongest Hokuto Shinken warrior" who is as "mighty as the blue sky above."

Hokuto no Ken

As a young man, Ryuken successfully battled with Kōryū for successorship of Hokuto Shinken.

Later in life, he adopted and trained Raoh, Toki, Jagi, and Kenshiro as their teacher. After choosing Kenshiro as the next successor, Ryuken suffered a heart attack as he was about to seal Raoh's rebellious fist. Raoh seized the opportunity and killed Ryuken in cold blood. Kenshiro did not know about Raoh's hand in Ryuken's death, having assumed that Ryuken simply died from illness, until Toki revealed the shameful secret during Kenshiro and Raoh's first battle.

Although Ryuken died before the beginning of Hokuto no Ken, he would appear in flashbacks by Kenshiro and Raoh whenever they faced a dilemma, such as Raoh becoming enraged by Juza during their youth and how Ryuken told him not to fall into his incitement trap.

Character Rating

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

Level: AAA
Power: 4
Speed: 5
Skills: 5
Looks: 3
Charisma: 4

Gallery

Ryuken performing Shichisei Tenshin
Ryuken with young Raoh & Toki
Young Ryuken
As he appears in the manga
Ryuken in souten no ken
Middle age
Ryuken's counterpart in the Pilot manga.
Ryuken in the 1986 Hokuto no Ken" film.
Ryūken in DD Hokuto no Ken (2013)
Ryuken in Hokuto no Ken: Legends ReVIVE (illustration)
The 63rd Successor of Hokuto Shinken Ryuken in Hokuto no Ken: Legends ReVIVE (illustration)