Wakatsuki Takeshi

Overview

A well known fighter in the World of Kengan Ashura, he is feared and respected as "Wild Tiger Wakatsuki". His name is derived from his battle style, going all out no matter how strong or weak his opponent is. He is the veteran of over 300 Kengan matches, winning all of them with the exception of his fight against Kanoh Agito, the strongest man in Kengan History. His only other losses were against Hatsumi Sen and Tokito Ohma.

He represents Furumi Pharmaceuticals in the Kengan Annihilation Tournament.

Personality

He is usually quiet and is easy to befriend. Outside of battle he is levelheaded, making observations some people wouldn't notice, but in battle this begins to slip. but even then, he is not entirely without reason. This was shown during his battle with Julius, where he took all of Julius's blows, then defeated him with a vicious kick to the head, after he deduced he couldn't win through body strikes. He values strength above most other things.

History

Wakatsuki was different from the moment he was born, his body's muscle density was abnormally high, allowing him to fight opponents much larger than himself. As a child, he sent five Judo club members to the hospital after they picked a fight with him, without taking a single scratch himself.

Pre-Tournament

During his first appearance, he watched as Tokito fought, and remarks that he might be able to defeat him, later, before the tournament, both he and Imai Cosmo are confronted by Assassins sent to defeat them and take their places, showing no restraint, he defeated the one that challenged him in a single strike leaving a crater in the wall he punched the assassin into. He then told Imai that he didn't know how to hold back.

Tornament Round 1

Before his fight with Murobuchi Gozo, he was seen listening to music instead of warming up, when asked if he liked this, he replied that it helped him focus instead.

He pulled no punches, opening the fight with a full-powered hit meant to defeat Gozo in a single strike, instead Gozo took it and struck back with a furious rush, his attacks were ineffective, as Wakatsuki easily blocked all of them. He then took Gozo's final weapon, a full flying knee kick to the face and shrugged it off, countering with a straight right that threw Gozo across the entire arena, twisting his chest inwards from the force.

After the fight, when Kaede congratulated him for overwhelming Gozo before he could do a single thing to him, he replied that Murobuchi was strong enough to make his hairs stand on end, but that he was stronger, and that's all there was to it.

Tournament Round 2

He fights Julius Reinhold in the second round. Their first strike at each other shook the entire arena, despite being closely matched by Julius, he was at a disadvantage.

His normal tactic, full powered body strikes, didn't work well against Julius as he could shrug them off and keep on hitting. After enduring a particularly savage chain of attacks, he waited for Julius to drop his guard and knocked him out with a vicious kick to the head.

The Takeover

Wakatsuki was shown fighting Guardian foot soldiers during their attempted takeover of the Kengan Annihilation Tournament. He fought them off with no apparent injuries.

Tournament Round 3

He fought Muteba Gizenga in the 3rd round. Once again, he was at a disadvantage as Muteba was faster than him. He opened the fight with a blow that cracked the arena floor, then used the moment Muteba was off balance to hit him with an underhand right. After that, he only tagged Muteba once, and then only to provoke him into attacking. He took a near fatal hit to the neck, with Muteba's fingers going into his neck up to the first joint. He shrugged off the near fatal hit, countering with a hit that smashed Muteba into the wall and ended the fight.

Touranemt Semi-Finals.

He fought Tokito Ohma in the Semi-finals, and despite having the advantage, lost to Ohma when his own strength was turned against him.

Powers and Abilities.

Wakatsuki's only power is his abnormally dense muscles, which are up to 52 times as dense as a normal human's. He is proficient in several fighting styles, but prefers to fight without one.

He is a master of Rindokan Karate, but only rarely uses it.

Blast Core : After his match with Kanoh Agito, a loss that permanently damaged his right foot, he developed a single technique, Blast Core. Blast Core works by bunching together his muscles like a spring, and releasing them in a powerful punch. it's weakness is it's short range and the immense strain it places on his injured foot, and it's short range.

Trivia

• Wakatsuki can bunch his muscles together and expand them with incredible force, shown when he broke free from Julius's full body grapple. he inherited this from his father.
• He is a master of unarmed combat, having fought all his life.

• He was banned from practicing Rindokan Karate after it was found that he used it in underground fighting matches, but he maintains a friendly relationship with his sensei.

• he is physically one of the strongest characters in the Kengan series. outclassed only by Julius Reinhold.

• His fight with Julius Reinhold left him blinded in his right eye, making it difficult to aim Blast Core correctly.