Ryōzanpaku is the team of elite fighters who specialize in different styles of martial arts. They are the major aspect in the manga/anime series History's Strongest Disciple. The team is famous for its powerful members and is challenged by other dojos and single fighters so often that they charges its challengers and have a waiting list. Despite this, the dojo lacks money; during the YOMI Arc, it goes into bankrupt.
Although they are all immeasurably powerful, the masters of Ryōzanpaku are also very eccentric and quite prone to immature behavior. They have trouble interacting with normal people, mainly because they unconsciously release massive amounts of ki, which sometimes makes the people they encounter feel nauseated. They are lazy procrastinators – only Ma and Kōetsuji are shown to bring in any steady income, Shio gets larger sums of money for bodyguard mission for the Police, while Apachai and Shigure have childish tendencies.
Members[]
Because of the brutality of the masters' training regime, Kenichi periodically makes an escape attempt in a bid for freedom. In the off chance that he succeeds, he usually returns on his own free will and the Masters never bother to chase after him (largely because they know where he lives and can just force him to come back anytime, they wanted to).
Despite being immeasurably powerful, the masters of Ryōzanpaku are very odd and eccentric. They are all prone to immature behavior and have trouble interacting with normal people due to the fact that they unconsciously release massive amounts of ki. Such is seen when Akisame and Sakaki demonstrate battle strategies to Kenichi on separate occasions, in which they state one thing, but demonstrate exactly the opposite and still achieve the same result regardless (Akisame said not to face a larger enemy head on but was able to hold him off with brute strength by using his toes to grapple onto the lid of a manhole directly beneath him and Sakaki said not to reveal an injury to the enemy while explicitly pointing at that injury.) Many are shown to be lazy procrastinators as only Kōetsuji and Ma are shown to bring in any steady income, but those two are rarely seen doing anything when they are not training Kenichi. Sakaki is occasionally sought out as a bodyguard, though despite the large sum of money he receives, it is quickly drained when he gambles it away at horse races.
They are apparently very poor at keeping secrets, shown when they attempt to convince Kenichi to stay at the Dojo full time by acting nicer to him when training which only succeeds in making him suspicious and later when they try to trick him into leaving the dojo by acting like they don't want to train him anymore because he has no talent, Kenichi easily deduces that they were trying to keep him safe from Yami. A recurring gag among the Masters at the dojo is that whenever they become spirited or motivated, their eyes seem to glow and emit light (this is particularly noticeable among Hayato, Apachai and Akisame).
A taboo issue at the dojo is the ongoing rivalry of all the Masters at the dojo to see who the strongest fighter is. When Honoka asked this question, all five of them immediately got fired up and argued with each other as each one believes they are the strongest and quickly resort to blows. It is only when Hayato asks if he could join the argument that they calm down and compete in non-combative fields that have almost nothing to do with their respective martial arts. Later, according to Miu, the masters got into that argument on a fairly regular basis and is usually broken up by Hayato before things escalate. As a result, the most the Masters can compete in who is the strongest martial artist is simply boasting about their fighting achievements in the past. All of the members who have mastered their Style have the level of a Grand Master and Disciples are High Class Disciple.
The Masters would believe that Kenichi will become a Master in 10 years.
Current Masters[]
- Akisame Kōetsuji is a philosophical Jujutsu master, and one of the senior members of Ryonzanpaku and Doctor of the Ryonzanpoku.
- Apachai Hopachai is known as the Muay Thai "God of Death" and Muay Thai master at the Ryozanpaku. He is also shown to have been trained in Muay Boran And Muay Thai.
- Hayato Fūrinji, also commonly referred to as the "Elder", is Miu's grandfather and the undefeated elder, head master, and strongest master of the Ryōzanpaku Dojo.
- Kensei Ma is the lecherous master of all Chinese Kenpō, though he prefers to fight using soft forms.
- Shigure Kōsaka is a weapons master of the Ryouzanpaku and the only female master.
- Shio Sakaki is infamously known as the 100-Dan Street Brawler of Karate and is one of the masters of Ryōzanpaku.
Former Masters[]
- Shizuha Furinji is the late mother of Miu Fūrinji , the wife of Saiga Fūrinji, daughter-in-law to Hayato Fūrinji , and a member of the Kuremisago Clan.
- Saiga Fūrinji is the current One Shadow of Yami's One Shadow, Nine Fists, as well as the Furinji Style Master, the master of Kajima Satomi, and the father of Miu Fūrinji . He is also the last/lost hero of Ryōzanpaku.
Current Disciples[]
- Kenichi Shirahama is the current disciple of Ryōzanpaku and is also known as History's Strongest Disciple.
- Miu Fūrinji is the granddaughter of Hayato Fūrinji; a disciple and member of The Ryōzanpaku, and the only daughter of Saiga Fūrinji and Shizuha Fūrinji.
Former Disciple[]
- Isshinsai Ogata is the former disciple of Ryōzanpaku and current Saint Fist of Yami's One Shadow, Nine Fists.
- Midou Kai has been passed away.
Martial Arts Used[]
- Ancient Jujutsu
- Ancient Martial Arts
- Boxing and Underground Boxing
- Chinese Kenpo Soft Style
- Tenchi Mushin Ryuu
- Furinji Style
- Kosaka Style Weapons
- Hybrid Martial Arts
- Pencak Silat
- Pro-Wrestling
- Mixed Martial Artist
- Muay Boran And Muay Thai
- Mutenkendoku Style Karate
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The word Ryōzanpaku litterally means "Dragons Opening the Night". Dragons' existence as one of the most powerful creatures due to their knowledge and power in both Japanese and Chinese religions most likely represent the masters of the dojo itself. It can also mean "Seven Remaining Peace" which could refer to the seven masters and their goal to follow the way of the life preserving fist.