Kenshiro

Kenshiro is the protagonist of the Hokuto no Ken manga and anime series, and a character in The Cartel Rumble.

Fist of the North Star
An orphan descendent of the Hokuto Sōke bloodline, he was sent to the mainland by Jukei as a baby to be adopted by Ryuken, master of Hokuto Shinken. Ryuken named him after his older brother Kenshirō Kasumi, since they shared the same birthmark.

After the nuclear war of 199X and the death of Ryuken, Kenshiro left with his fiancée, Yuria, to find a future for themselves in the post-apocalyptic world. However, this was curtailed by Shin, a rival from the Nanto Koshū Ken school, who defeated Kenshiro before kidnapping Yuria. Kenshiro survived and befriended two young orphans, Bat and Lin, who followed him on his journey.

Shin had assumed the title of 'King' and was leader of KING organization. Kenshiro infiltrated his capital city, Southern Cross. Kenshiro soundly defeated Shin but Shin revealed that Yuria had already committed suicide. Refusing to die from Kenshiro's technique, Shin leapt to his death from his palace balcony, as Yuria did. Kenshiro discovered that his three older brothers, Jagi, Toki and Raoh, had all survived the nuclear holocaust. Jagi had long hated Kenshiro and was now committing acts of carnage in his name and manipulated Shin into taking Yuria. Kenshiro caught up with Jagi and subjected him to a gruesome death.

Kenshiro then fought against his second-oldest brother, Toki, who had succumbed to madness after the apocalypse, but this was in fact a rival of Toki impersonating him. The real Toki was imprisoned at Cassandra by Raoh, the eldest brother, who had taken the title Ken-Oh (拳王 King of Fists) and aimed to bring order to the world by any means. Kenshiro toppled the great prison and was reunited with Toki.

With the final battle with Raoh drawing ever closer, the mysterious Last Nanto General emerged to challenge Raoh's conquest. It turned out that the Nanto General was Yuria, who had been saved after attempting suicide and kept secret. Kenshiro fights Raoh using the ultimate Hokuto Shinken technique Musou Tensei, drawing on his profound sadness. Kenshiro and Raoh have their final battle at the Hokuto Renkitōza, with Raoh having killed Yuria to unlock Musou Tensei.

Yuria awakens after the battle, as Raoh realized she was terminally ill. Kenshiro spends his next few years living in peace with Yuria.

Kenshiro returns to his birthplace, the Land of Shura, where he fights against the warlords who oppress the land. This includes his estranged blood-brother, Hyoh, and Kaioh, Raoh's other blood-brother. Kenshiro takes Raoh's orphaned son, Ryu, under his wing. At the end, Kenshiro heads into the desert alone to fulfill his destiny as the Hokuto Shinken successor.

The Cartel Rumble
However, due to the events at the end of Gaming All-Stars, the apocalypse was "averted" and Kenshiro joined under The Final Rumble's brand TCR, where he fights for a TFR contract and loses.