RECCA HANABISHICharacter Description: Recca Hanabishi
Recca is a teenage boy who has wanted to be a ninja all his life. Little did he know that this burning aspiration actually has something to do with his secret heritage which dates back to 400 years ago. He is a descendant of a secret clan of ninjas known as the Hokage, whose leaders have the ability to control fire and summon flames from their hands. Recca discovers that he has that very same ability. With the help of
Kage Houshi and his friends, he learns to use his "flame-throwing" ability in battle.
Later on, he discovers his true power as a "flame master" by the ability to control and summon the awesome "Karyus" or "flame dragons", one of the most powerful "forms" of flame a flame master could have. Note that I mentioned "Karyus" (plural). Having merely one flame dragon is powerful enough, but Recca has EIGHT (8) flame dragons inside him!
Recca will need to "tame" and "control" these eight dragons in order to protect his "Hime" (princess)
Yanagi from being taken by the evil
Kouran Mori and his adopted son,
Kurei.
FUKO KIRISAWAcharacter description:Fuko kiri
Fuko Kirisawa is one of
Recca's classmates in high school. Ever since they were kids, she has fought against
Recca but always lost. With
Recca's challenge and his offer of becoming a personal ninja who will serve anyone that defeats him in battle, Fuko becomes even more determined to win. When she discovers that
Recca has already chosen a "master" (his "Hime"
Yanagi), and that
Yanagi did not defeat him in battle but
Recca SIMPLY CHOSE her, she gets very angry.
Kage Houshi then takes this opportunity to test
Recca's flame by giving Fuko the elemental weapon called Fujin, a bracelet with five crystals with the ability to control wind. At first, the Fujin's power takes control of Fuko and gives her an uncontrollable lust for battle, which nearly defeats
Recca. But
Recca summons his flame and later makes Fuko snap out of her trance. Eventually, Fuko gains control of the Fujin and quickly masters all its abilities.
KAORU KOGANEICharacter Description: Kaoru Koganei
Kaoru Koganei is a young boy who likes puzzles. He is exceptionally talented in "transfomer" types of puzzles. Seeing this talent,
Mori Kouran's adopted son,
Kurei, takes him into his group and gives him the elemental weapon called "Kougon Anki".
The Kougon Anki has five basic "forms". In it's default form, it is a halberd. The other forms include a boomerang, a chain sickle, huge scissor-type blades, and it's "true" form, a bow with a metal arrow. A normal human with proper training can "transform" the Kougon Anki into any of its 5 forms in about 40 seconds. Kaoru however, can do it almost instantaneously.
Kaoru at the beginning worked with
Kurei and helped him in the kidnapping of
Yanagi. He later develops a liking to
Yanagi. But later, he felt betrayed by
Kurei because the latter promised him that
Yanagi not be harmed during the but testing but reneged on the promise.
He then breaks away with
Kurei's group, saying "he can't go along" with them anymore. During the Killer's Tournament, when
Recca's Team Hokage was short one member, Kaoru offered to join the team in order to help protect
Yanagi.
TOKIA MIKAGAMICharacter Description: Tokiya Mikagami
Tokiya Mikagami is an older student studying in
Recca's high school. He seems dark, serious, and brooding. When
Recca first meets him,
Recca thinks Tokiya is a snob.
There is a reason for Tokiya's dark disposition. For about ten years he has been driven by one desire alone: REVENGE for the murder of his older sister right before his eyes. He has been searching all this time for anyone with information regarding his sister's killer.
Recca and Tokiya's paths cross when Tokiya sees
Yanagi, who happens to have a striking resemblance to his murdered sister. Through a misunderstanding,
Recca and Tokiya fight, and although
Recca loses the first encounter, he later develops his flame further and manages to win the second battle, and later clears the misunderstanding between him and Tokiya.
Tokiya is an excellent fighter. He has strategy and can size up his opponents very well. It figures since he is the lone, surviving master of the "Hyomon Ken" sword technique, a very powerful style used in combination with his elemental weapon, the water sword called "Ensui". In its normal form it appears like a small sword hilt. But when it is dipped into water, it "absorbs" the water and "grows" a long sword blade. Ensui can use ALL properties of water, including ice and steam.
DOMON ISHIJIMACharacter Description: Domon Ishijima
Domon is also one of
Recca's high school classmates, and the "self-proclaimed" strongest boy in his high school. He also wants
Recca to serve as his personal ninja, and thinks that
Recca's "ninja obssession" is "outdated and uncool". Although he is strong, Domon is reckless and "not as smart" as
Recca's other opponents (like
Fuko), and he is defeated easily by
Recca.
He has his pride though, and when push comes to shove, he is willing to help
Recca and the others just to show that he is the strongest and can be of use to them.
Domon also has a big crush on
Fuko, and he makes sure EVERYONE knows about it (much to
Fuko's annoyance).
His elemental weapon (given by
Kage Houshi) is called "Saturn's Ring", worn as a nose ring. It represents the power of the earth, and when it glows is gives its wearer superhuman strength and endurance.
YANAGI SAKOSHITACharacter Description: Yanagi Sakoshita
Yanagi Sakoshita is
Recca's Hime (Princess), and goes to the same school. She has the ability to heal others. A lot of people like her (
Kaoru,
Recca, ect.). She loves children and makes books (Firestar Reccaman). She really likes
Recca.
Her and
Recca first meet at school. This is when
Recca beomes her shinobi (ninja). A lady named
Kage Houshi appears to them, and fights
Recca.
Kage Houshi comes to
Fuko and gives her a Fujin, trying to beat
Recca. Yanagi tries to help, but probably bit her tongue.
The relationship begins here. Yanagi,
Fuko, and
Domon are at
Recca's house. At night, Yanagi and
Recca watch fireworks and hold hands.
Then,
Tokiya Mikagami comes. He cuts Yanagi's hair to make her look like his sister. Him and
Recca fight for her.
Last, but not least, Yanagi is captured by
Kaoru and Mokuren, and Yanagi ends up as the prize of a "Killing Tournament".
KUREI KOURANCharacter Description: Kurei Mori
Kurei was born 400 years ago to Reina and Ohka, of the Hokage Ninja in feudal Japan. He possessed a Flame power, which signified that he would become the next leader.
However, it was not to be. Ohka married a woman named Kagero, and they had a son named
Recca. At first, it was thought
Recca was an ordinary infant; however, he soon displayed a Flame power of his own. This was taken to mean that Kurei was unworthy of becoming the next leader. He would have been killed, if not for the intercession of Kagero and Ohka. However, he and his mother were banished to the outskirts of the Hokage village.
Kurei grew bitter. The other children would beat him up because he was no longer a "big shot". The other women would mock his mother for the meanness she had formerly displayed. Reina grew sick and malnourished; Kurei loved her and decided that to make their lives happy again,
Recca must die.
He went in the dead of night to kill
Recca. However, the sword only pierced
Recca's cheek, and his family scrambled to the rescue. As a consequence, Kurei was placed in jail.
He stayed there until the Oni invaded the Hokage village. The jail caught fire and would have collapsed on the five-year-old boy, if he had not used his Flame to protect himself from the falling roof. Although the Oni's forces were wreaking havoc, he immediately thought of finishing his revenge on
Recca. He found Kagero in the midst of time-manipulation, and as she carried him to safety, he followed the baby through the time portal.
400 years later, he arrived at the other end. He was found by Mori Tsukino, a kindly woman married to an underworld boss. He loved Tsukino very much, but
Mori Kouran used this against him. Kurei's already-present bitterness and anger was used to make him into
Mori Kouran's killing machine. Tsukino was held hostage in a mountain cottage, with a bomb implanted inside her, to ensure his cooperation. Any time Kurei expressed a love or emotion for something,
Mori Kouran destroyed it, and Kurei eventually became cold and heartless... for all intents and purposes, anyways.
Kurenai, a pleasant girl with a fondness for roses, managed to break through this shell. Kurei fell in love with her, and
Mori Kouran had her killed. Kurei was devastated, and made his Flame assume her form.
When he had
Yanagi and the sensei kidnapped to help with his father's quest for eternal life,
Recca,
Domon,
Mikagami, and
Fuuko came to rescue her. During this time, Kurei discovered
Recca was indeed his long-lost half-brother, and they had a confrontation. They fought to a stalemate, and
Recca & Co. left with
Yanagi and their sensei.
He sent the Hokage an invitation to the Ura Butou Satsujin, a deathmatch fighting tournament, where most people used madogou created by their Hokage ancestors.
In the anime,
Recca won by default. The two were equally matched, but Kurei left the ring in order to stop
Mori Kouran, who had interfered with a Kurei-clone. In the manga,
Recca proved himself the more powerful of the two by a knockout. Soukoukasai, Mokuren, Renge, and
Mori Kouran confronted Kurei afterwards at the edge of a cliff. Kurei was shot with bullets; Neon came running to his rescue and jumped over the cliff with him.
He remained in a coma for ten days, with Neon caring for him. Neon found the human side to him, which Kurenai had found long ago. Then, when one of his father's lackeys ferreted them out, Neon got hurt. She awoke in the hospital, having been taken there by Kurei. He then discarded his humanity and went to take revenge on his father, who had detonated Tsukino's bomb before Kurei had fallen over the cliff. However, Raiha had run to the Moon Palace to save Tsukino in the middle of the Kurei-
Recca fight. He managed to disable the bomb using his Raijin, thus saving her.
He reappeared in the cave of the Tendojigoku with Joker in tow. Neon had been left behind at the hospital. Raiha showed up separately to rescue
Fuuko from Soukakasai's cauldron, and they faced
Mori Kouran. Kurei had a new mask, with the Hokage symbol on it, and refers to himself as "Uruha Hokage" now...
KOURAN MORICharacter Description: Kouran Mori
Mori Kouran is the 'real' villain who possess an evil heart with no love. He abused his stepson
Kurei and taught him to have no emotion. He used Tsukino, his wife, and also
Kurei's beloved stepmother as a bait so
Kurei would always obey him. He implanted a bomb inside her body and he got a remote control that can explode when the switch is pressed. He believed that
Kurei still had emotions that hidden secretly and he sent him to a mansion named 'Kurei's Villa'.
He then applied his 'secret weapon', named Kurenai. He sent the beautiful girl to Kurei's Villa to reveal
Kurei's emotions. The plan succeed.
Kurei fell in love with her and everything was revealed. The furious Mori came to the villa and beat
Kurei badly.
Kurenai realized that she was only used as a toy for his plans.
Kurei then told Mori that he had no feelings, and stated that he has nothing to do with Kurenai. As evil as he can be, Mori Kouran ordered
Kurei to kill Kurenai. Of course,
Kurei wouldn't do it.
Mori then reveals that he had implanted the same bomb inside Tsukino's body to Kurenai. He pressed the switch and Kurenai died as the bomb exploded.
Kurei then reveals his flame, the 'Phoenix'. Kurenai became a flame and what Mori had feared came true. Even though he had the power to kill
Kurei, he didn't do it realizing that
Kurei is a demon and far more stronger than him. But he keep it a secret.
He used
Kurei as his shield and weapon to fulfill his ambitions to become immortal. He found a girl named
Yanagi Sakoshita. She has the ability to heal people, and Mori decides to send his minions for her. He sent Mokuren and Koganei. However,
Kurei had failed him.
He then sponsored the 'Killer's Tournament', with a promise that if
Recca's team lost, he could take Yanagi.
Recca agreed and the Killer's Tournament began.
KAGEI HOUSHICharacter Description: Kagero
Kage Houshi is a mysterious woman who appears into
Recca's life and challenges him to release his hidden flame.
Recca and his friends at first think she's weird and annoying, but in reality she was only "training" them all with the use of their "elemental weapons".
She also holds a dark and shocking secret about
Recca's heritage as a member of the Hokage Clan of ninjas from 400 years ago....
During the Killer's Tournament, Kage Houshi acts as a "resource person" to team Hokage by effectively identifying all elemental weapons used/wielded by their opponents.