Kaoru Hanayama
Kaoru Hanayama is a male anime and manga character who features in Baki the Grappler
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Biography
Kaoru Hanayama (Japanese: 花山 薫, Hepburn: Hanayama Kaoru)
As a boy, Hanayama's father was the first head of the Hanayama Group. Though not an unkind man his father was fully indoctrinated as a Yakuza leader and was fierce and strong but highly honorable earning the respect and recognition of several other Yakuza family's. Kizaki, a close friend of Hanayama's father discovered Hanayama's strength witnessing feats of strength the boy demonstrated well beyond that of most trained adults. Kaoru's father, Keizou Hanayama, discovered his son's strength before he died in a gang war. As he was leaving, Hanayama's mother begged him not to leave, but he would not be deterred and smacked her. Angered by the mistreatment of his mother, young Hanayama grasped his father's arm with great force, asking, "Is that all?" His father knew his son possessed the exact same incredible physical strength he did and encouraged the boy to tighten his grip. In doing so, he caused pressure to build and the arm to explode, impressing his father. He left for his fight, confident that his son would be a great successor to the Hanayama group's leadership as he knew he himself would likely die in this gang war. Until the time young Hanayama was ready, Kizaki stewarded the Hanayama group and cared for Kaoru and his mother's well-being. He helped educate young Hanayama on the ways of Yakuza after his father died.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Kaoru Hanayama was an Japanese male with black hair who was incredibly large for his age and very muscular. His body had many scars across his face. Kaoru also has a full back tattoo named the Standing Man (侠客立ち, Otokodachi), that was given to each member of the Hanayama family in honor of the man who saved their great ancestor. The numerous blade wounds received over his many fights makes the tattoo resemble a mismatched puzzle, or a broken piece of glass.
He is a taciturn and proud fighter. His code of honor is to choose not to fall in battle even if it means his death; a family vow which has been held in the long tradition passed from generations. Even after 3 direct strikes from Katsumi Orochi, he still chose not to fall and chose to risk death. Katsumi even admitted that he lost the battle to him despite officially winning the match. Hanayama is also very silent and stoic ironically much like Yuujirou himself as he mostly only listens and only speaks what is necessary when confronting someone, especially during combat.
Powers and abilities
Hanayama is an immensely powerful gangster who mostly relies on his raw physical power and his grip. His grip is so strong that if he grabs an opponent's arm he can usually cause it to explode from constricting the blood flow as he did with Yuri Chakovsky. When he was a child, Hanayama could break a bottle, tear a thick magazine, squeeze the doorknob and bench a bottle cap with his hand. When he grew up, Hanayama is able to tear a chunk from a deck of cards effortlessly with his fingers, and even capable of tearing up Spec's calf muscle and snap his arms with his bare hands.
Notes
- Kaoru Hanayama was created by Keisuke Itagaki where he featured in the setting of the Baki the Grappler universe.
- The character was based on the real-life yakuza, Kei Hanagata.
In other media
Television
Appearances
- Baki the Grappler:
- Baki Gaiden: Scarface:
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