Kenshiro

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Kenshiro
Developer Buronson
Publisher Various
Platforms As noted below
Released 1984-present
Added to
Museum
As noted below

Kenshiro (拳四郎, Kenshirō) is the name of the protagonist in Fist of the North Star. He is part of a multimedia series consisting of comics, films, television series, video games and music.

Kenshiro is also the playable character in Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise, which combines Fist of the North Star with the Like a Dragon series.

Fictional character biographies

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Kenshiro is the nephew of the Blue Dragon, Kenshiro Kasumi.

He lives in a wasteland created by a nuclear apocalypse that occurred in the 1990s.

He was one of four brothers trained by their master, and essentially their adoptive father, in the deadly martial art of Hokuto Shinken.

Due to his affinity for love over power, the youngest brother, Kenshiro, was chosen to be the successor.

Television series including Kenshiro

Title Studio System Release Notes
Dropkick on My Devil!! Apocalypse Arc Makaria Blu-ray, Digital, DVD 2023 Kenshiro is in this Original Video Animation special

Video games with Kenshiro as a playable character

Title Developer System Release Genre Added to museum Notes
Fist of the North Star: Violence Theater Adventure
(北斗の拳 バイオレンス劇画アドベンチャー,
Hokuto no Ken: Violence Gekiga Adventure)
Enix PC-88
PC-98
FM-7
1986 Adventure Not yet
Fist of the North Star
Fist of the North Star
(北斗の拳, Hokuto no Ken)
Sega Mark III
PS2
Wii
PS4
1986
2004
2008
2018
Brawler PS4: October 26, 2018 Remade for PlayStation 2 in 2004.
Released on Virtual Console on Wii in 2008.
Mark III version included in Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise for PS4 in 2018.
Fist of the North Star
(北斗の拳, Hokuto no Ken)
Shouei System Famicom
FC Mini: Shonen Jump
1986
2018
Brawler Famicom Mini Shonen Jump: June 10, 2019 Included in Famicom Mini: Weekly Shonen Jump 50th Anniversary Version in 2018.
Fist of the North Star 2: The Legend of the Savior
(北斗の拳2 世紀末救世主伝説,
Hokuto no Ken 2: Seikimatsu Kyūseishu Densetsu)
Shouei System Famicom 1987 Brawler Not yet
Last Battle
Fist of the North Star:
The New Legend of the
Post-Apocalyptic Messiah
(新世紀末救世主伝説 北斗の拳,
Hokuto no Ken: Shin Seikimatsu Kyūseishu Densetsu)
Sega Megadrive
Wii
1989
2008
Brawler Not yet
Fist of the North Star 3: The Creator of the New Century - The Fantastic Legend
(北斗の拳3 新世紀創造 凄拳列伝,
Hokuto no Ken 3:
Shin Seiki Sōzō: Seiken Retsuden)
Shouei System Famicom
FC Mini: Shonen Jump
1989
2018
RPG Famicom Mini Shonen Jump: June 10, 2019 Included in Famicom Mini: Weekly Shonen Jump 50th Anniversary Version in 2018.
Fist of the North Star: 10 Big Brawls for the King of the Universe
Fist of the North Star: Ten Big Brawls
(北斗の拳 凄絶十番勝負,
Hokuto no Ken: Seizetsu Jūban Shōbu)
Shouei System Game Boy 1989 Brawler Not yet
Fist of the North Star 4: Legend of the Conquering Fist of the Seven Stars - Beyond Hokuto Shinken
北斗の拳4 七星覇拳伝 北斗神拳の彼方へ,
Hokuto no Ken 4: Shichisei Hakenden -
Hokuto Shinken no Kanata e)
Shouei System Famicom 1991 RPG Not yet
Fist of the North Star 5: Legend of the Demonic Shooting Star - A Chapter Beyond Sorrow
北斗の拳5 天魔流星伝 哀★絶章,
Hokuto no Ken 5: Tenma Ryūsei Den Ai Zesshō)
Shouei System Super Famicom 1992 RPG Not yet
Fist of the North Star 6: Fierce Battle Between Succeeding Fists - The Way of the Conqueror
北斗の拳6 激闘伝承拳 覇王への道,
Hokuto no Ken 6: Gekitō Denshōken Haō e no Michi)
Shouei System Super Famicom 1992 RPG Not yet
Fist of the North Star
(北斗の拳, Hokuto no Ken)
Banpresto Saturn
PlayStation
1995
1996
RPG Not yet
Fighting Mania: Fist of the North Star
(パンチマニア ~北斗の拳~,
Punch Mania: Hokuto no Ken)
Konami Arcade 2000 Boxing Not yet
Fist of the North Star: The Legend of the Savior
(北斗の拳 世紀末救世主伝説,
Hokuto no Ken: Seikimatsu Kyūseishu Densetsu)
Natsume PlayStation 2000 Action Not yet
Punch Mania: Fist of the North Star 2
(パンチマニア 北斗の拳2, Punch Mania: Hokuto no Ken 2)
Konami Arcade 2000 Boxing Not yet
Fist of the North Star: The Twin Blue Stars of Judgment - History of the Fist Masters
(北斗の拳 ~審判の双蒼星 拳豪列伝~,
Hokuto no Ken: Shinpan no Sōsōsei Kengō Retsuden)
Konami Arcade
PlayStation 2
2005
2007
Boxing Not yet
Fist of the North Star: Hokuto Shinken Follower's Way
(北斗の拳 〜北斗神拳伝承者の道〜,
Hokuto no Ken: Hokuto Shinken Denshōsha no Michi)
Spike Nintendo DS 2008 Digital comic Not yet
Fist of the North Star Online
(北斗の拳オンライン, Hokuto no Ken Online)
GungHo Online Entertainment Windows 2008 MMORPG Not yet
Fist of the North Star: Raoh Side-Story - The Conqueror of the Heavens
(北斗の拳オンライン,
Hokuto no Ken: Raoh Gaiden: Ten no Haō)
Interchannel PlayStation Portable 2009 Fighting Not yet Based on Legends of the Dark King, following the antagonist, Raoh.
Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage
(北斗無双, Hokuto Musō)
Omega Force PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
2010 Brawler Not yet
Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2
(真・北斗無双, Shin Hokuto Musō)
Omega Force PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
Wii U
2012
2012
2013
Brawler Not yet
Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise
Like a North Star (ほくと が ごとく, Hokuto ga Gotoku)
Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PlayStation 4 2018 Action-adventure October 26, 2018 Alternate universe story with the gameplay of the Like a Dragon series.