Retsu Kaioh ( , Retsu Kai; Li Hiwng) is a master martial artist, who specializes in Chinese Kenpo, much like his masters Ryu and Kaku Kaioh. He is one of the five main antagonists of the Most Evil Death Row ConvictsSaga. He also has a bomb in his wrist. After traveling home, the man decides that the best way he could honor the passed man who inspired him so much would be to write for him a biography, using the knowledge of the Kaio's youth he gained from his time at his training grounds, and the testimonies of his friends of his adventures and trials living in Japan. Angry Retsu asked why he wasn't allowed to take part in the test. The former competitors must join to defeat the most dangerous killers in a no holds barred street fight where anything goes. Before the start of the duel, Retsu confidently tells his opponent that he will finish the fight in a minute and Toba answer that he has the same plan. Both fighters have a different attitude towards each other than at the Maximum Tournament and they don't treat each other as enemies. Retsu explains to him that his karate is an incomplete martial art that has no chance of winning against his Kenpo. The taxi driver also says he is part of the Shinshinkai school and threatens Dorian with an entire entourage of dozens of cars trailing him, all belonging to Shinshinkai karate. Ever since the first part of the franchise, Kaiou Retsu has been striving to become more and more powerful, even practicing non-Chinese martial arts. One day during training in a temple, Retsu killed his sparring partner. After Yuujirou tears off Kaiou Ryuu's face, Retsu prepares to fight him. He faces against You Kaioh. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Despite his age and superannuated body, Kaku was shown a considerable amount ofdurability and stamina as he takes several punches from Yuujirou (two of them when his demon back is active) which dent him to the wall and not just survive them even still fight with him without seemingly much noticeable injury. After setting off an explosion inside Shinshinkai's dojo, Hector Doyle is confronted by its founder, Doppo Orochi. A newly invigorated Baki Hanma easily handles attacks from both Ryuukou Yanagi and Sikorsky, but before finishing them off, Baki makes an unusual move. Luckily, Retsu save his own life by resetting his neck. At the time, Baki Hanma slowly dying because of the poison from Yanagi. and our He fights Sergei Taktarov in round 1, Mount Toba in round 2, and destroys Orochi Katsumi in round 3. He is one of the five escapees who tracks down Tokyo's fighters. There is no point with wasting my time like this. He was a major participant in the Underground Tournament and was one of Baki's opponents. Baki is a 2018 original net animation series adapted from the manga of the same name written and illustrated by Keisuke Itagaki. Hi. Dorian however escapes his room and confronts Katou, who is still in a coma, and explains how he could easily kill Katou in the state he is in. Then Retsu turns his back on him and leaves the ring whilst, Katsumi falls to his knees unconscious as Retsu is declared the official winner. Five of the world's most violent and brutal death row inmates are gathering to face Baki. Kaioh Kaku is 121 years older than his opponent, but the legendary reigning champion doesn't hesitate to face Kaioh Samwan in the arena. He was the first Western Kaiou who even Retsu's master; Ryuu Kaiou, held in high regard, and was strong enough to dig a large tunnel in rock with his bare hands. Kozue Matsumoto is kidnapped by Sikorsky, and then Biscuit Oliva arrives in Tokyo to capture the remaining convicts. Klicken Sie auf Einstellungen verwalten um weitere Informationen zu erhalten und Ihre Einstellungen zu verwalten. While he gave Baki a hard time, he ultimately lost the fight. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! After a while, Katsumi sets him on fire with the gasoline Dorian was carrying. With all five death row escapees and their opponents assembled inside the Underground Arena, Mitsunari Tokugawa officially declares the beginning of battle. Initially, the English dub of the TV series mistakenly pronounces his name as "Retsu Keio". Baki Hanma and Kiyosumi Katou, who watched the fight attentively, are impressed by the extraordinary power of Kaiou Retsu. He is roughly 146 years old when first seen in the manga. Even though Mohammad Alai was physically weaker than Yujiro, he respected Alai very much for fighting for the weak and giving them hope. Dorian then begins to sing in French again while Doppo loses consciousness. Yujiro Hanma is known as the "Strongest Creature on Earth". Then all convicts comes to the Underground Arena. Baki isn't as strong as Oliva, either. VS Battles Wiki is a FANDOM Anime Community. As a trained martial artist, both physically and mentally, Retsu Kaiou possesses a level of intellect unachieved by most commoners. They all go to Japan for the same purpose: to know the defeat. While martial arts champion Baki Hanma trains hard to surpass his legendary father, five violent death row inmates descend upon Tokyo to take him on. He tries to catch the Kenpo master with some grappling techniques, but he fails. While Baki Hanma and his allies discuss the events that transpired at his school, Dorian appears, infiltrating Tokugawa's heavily guarded compound. As he reminisces, a flashback shows that Yujiro Hanma is against oppression and racism. !, he is still trying to mentally recover after his loss to both Doppo and Retsu. When he tries to leave the dojo, Retsu stops him and challenges Dorian to a duel. Kaiou Dorian ( , Dorian Kai), sometimes romanized as Kaiou Durian, is a fictional character from anime and manga series of Baki the Grappler. There is a meeting with five main fighters at the Tokugawa's house. When not fighting he is seen sitting in his wheelchair. During a fight with Katou, he covered his hands with grease and then rolled them in broken glass. Dorian to some prison guards. He then traveled to China and became a practitioner of Chinese Kenpo and learned from the same school, and reached the same rank of Kaiou as Retsu, the first Western man in history to attain that title. A few days later, at the gym, a boxing promoter/manager enters the gym and sees Retsu practicing not boxing but a Kung Fu exercise which involved Kaioh standing their maintaining his pose for nearly 2 hours. Katsumi is a 3rd dan Shinshinkai Karate prodigy and one of the strongest fighters from the series. After chasing after him, Suedou finds Dorian standing on a roller coaster ride. Despite being a shrunken fighter, he became the supreme grandmaster of this fighting style. As he walks out, Retsu confronts him only for Dorian to begin fake cry and tries blowing hair into Retsu's eye, but Retsu manages to counter. Despite this, he was defeated by Pickle's strength. 4:42 [AMV] Baki - For The Glory. It is believed that Baki Hanma is based on Taira Naoyuki, a professional Japanese MMA fighter. Kaioh Retsu pleads with his mentor, Kaioh Ryu, to grant a mortally poisoned Baki Hanma special entry into the great Chinese martial arts tournament. Synchronicity. Retsu was a Daredevil, Careless and he didn't fear anything. Their duel ends unexpectedly quickly as Retsu overtakes his ultimate move and uses a technique known as "Sunkei", a very powerful blow launched from a distance of one-inch, striking Katsumi point-blank and sending him flying into the audience. Was considered skilled and versatile by Musashi Miyamoto), Weaknesses: While he may seem very composed, Retsu is capable of losing self-control due to arrogance or one of his allies being unfairly beaten, Key: Maximum Tournament Arc to New Grappler Baki | Son of Ogre | Baki Dou, Chun-Li (Street Fighter) Chun-Li's Profile (9-A Retsu Kaioh was used, speed was equalized and the battle took place in a UFC Octagon), We have moved to a new external forum hosted at https://vsbattles.com. It's Baki Hanma versus Mohammad Ali Jr, and the winner is anyone's guess. Kaku then tells him he is not sure if he is really his son and that he should drop martial arts forever. Was it necessary? His first appearance in Japan is at the Shinshinkai Dojo, where Kaiou Retsu and Katsumi Orochi are having a sparring match against each other afterwards, Dorian appears and challenges Doppo Orochi to a fight. Tokugawa introduces them with five fighters from the arena. Dorian has great durability and pain tolerance: he survived after being hanged up for 10 minutes; he was still standing after being burn by Katsumi and after had his ear cut off by Katou; he has his left-hand bones shattered, knees broken, and rib-cage destroyed by Doppo during their fight, and he still gets out of the hospital later to blow a bomb up in his face. Retsu is an intelligent person. An idea flashes in the managers head and he arranges an exhibition match between a former champ and Retsu. Dorian Kaioh ( ) - is an escaped American convict and first known westerner to attain the title of Kaioh by training in the same school as Retsu and is the one to recommend him for the title. Kaku Kaioh thought that a match between Retsu and SOO Katsumi would be a close one with no certain victor) | City Block level (Far stronger than before. He also proved throughout the course of the story to be overconfident in his abilities which, when compounded by his urgent desire to prove his own strength in battle against powerful foes, eventually led to his death at the hands (or blade in this case) of Musashi Miyamoto, who managed to overcome Retsu's defensive Xiaoli and cuts through most of his internal organs as well as his spine. But he manages to deceive the guards and kill them all, starting with several guards and two guards crushing his head with a kick and breaks the shirt of strength, while other guards come to open the door and hanged the doctor, the priest and several guards with a rope stuck in the neck and found written" Ladies and Gentleman, see you in Tokyo" and Dorian takes a long swim to Tokyo at night. Dorian agrees only to jab his fingers into Katsumi's eyes. He believed the strong will always overcome the weak, and laughed at the logic of Chinese martial arts. He continues wailing on him till Jack drugs him and knocks him out. A thought then comes to his mind as he remembers Doppo Orochi telling him to use the Sanchin, a stance that was invented by samurai fighting on boats, as it greatly improves stability. He was voiced by the late Unsh Ishizuka in 1-2 Seasons, and Banjou Ginga in Season 3 in the Japanese version, and by Aaron LaPlante in the English dubbed version. In his youth, he was in the United States Army shortly after World War II, and was stationed in Japan, where he presumably began studying martial arts. Though it luckily didn't seem to have any negative effects on his daily life nor did it appear to weaken him whilst in combat. Childhood Saga Maybe that's why he started being held in a cell, but it was never said directly. Then appears Kosho Shinogi who challenges Hector Doyle for a duel. . For more information, please see our Dorian Kaioh | It is shown that Dorian chews candy all the time. As it turns out, Katou was under Dorian's hypnosis, and begins to brutally beat the young martial artist whilst singing in French. Ever since the first part of the franchise, Retsu has been striving to become more and . When Kaiou Dorian became mentally disabled, Retsu took pity on him despite all the things he'd previously done, even promising to buy the now childish man a mountain of candy whilst holding back tears. Sikorsky faces Gaia in the underground arena in front of an audience. Kaiou Retsu is based on the real-life Chiinese martial artist. Spec finally tastes defeat. For the first time, Retsu appears in the series as a participant in the Maximum Tournament in the Underground Arena. Cookie Notice Besides martial arts he also knows a form of hypnosis to cloud his opponents' senses and allows Dorian to defeat them. Score: 4.2/5 (53 votes) . Before he can set the area ablaze with some gasoline he brought, Katsumi sneaks behind him and attacks the American convict by surprise. Kaioh Kaku is the embodiment of Chinese Kenpo. Suddenly, Retsu kicks Dorian to prove that the convict has not been defeated yet. In both Son of Ogre and Baki-Dou Retsu always wanted to prove that 4000 year old Chinese martial arts can still uphold it's name, . And he did, in that fight he gave his full. Not much is known of Spec's early life, but he was imprisoned and sentenced to death . Having realized that never knowing defeat means he's never succeeded in his goal, his mind basically erased who he even was, his "ego" (self). The worlds most dangerous death row prisoners are coming to Japan to taste defeat. Warrior's Struggle Saga, Above-Ground Great Quarrel of Father and Child Saga. While never really an evil person, he grows from an exemplary stereotype to perhaps one of the kindest and most caring people in the series. 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