Kengan Ashura: RPG

There is a set of rules that maintain order in Kengan fights, which include, among others:

Conflicts between companies that occur outside of official Kengan fights are strictly prohibited. The use of weapons by fighters is considered cheating and results in disqualification. All agreements reached between the CEOs regarding the outcome of a match must be respected, without exception. This includes side bets. When three or more corporations seek the same right, a battle royale is held instead of a regular game, where each corporation will pit its strongest fighter against each other and the one left standing will be the winner. When Nogi Hideki assumed the position of new President, he imposed a new rule regarding the safety of affiliated fighters:

Any corporation that causes the death of a fighter will be excluded from Kengan fights for up to one year. If the corporation sends a fighter with manifestly serious injuries and that fighter dies, the corporation that sent the injured fighter will be held responsible. If the wrestler kills the opponent after the referee has ended the fight or the opposing corporation has surrendered, the corporation that hired the killer wrestler will be held responsible. In the case of "death by ring", none of the corporations are considered responsible.

There are currently 1,205 registered Kengan fighters, with an average of 8.5 fights per year. Due to the frequency and brutality of the fights, it is not uncommon for fighters to retire prematurely or even die. However, they are promised fair compensation in return.

Executive directors are free to hire any fighter willing to compete for them, regardless of their background. They can be professional wrestlers, police officers, foreign soldiers, or even death row inmates, among others. The youngest person to become a Kengan fighter was Imai Cosmo, who had his first match at the age of fourteen.

Although the fights are kept secret from the general public, they always draw large crowds. Other members of the Kengan Association take an interest in the fights and send representatives to watch and report on them. Some executive directors prefer to attend in person. The most important tournaments even attract foreign politicians.

After Nogi Hideki became the new President following the last Kengan Annihilation Tournament, Yamashita Trading Co. relinquished its membership in the Kengan Association and became a referral agency for the association. Whereas previously most corporations hired their fighters directly, they now hire them on a one-off or short-term basis through Yamashita Trading Co. As a result, corporations can no longer hire new fighters directly and can only hire independent fighters registered with Yamashita Trading Co.

In the fifth year of the Shogunate (1715), in the darkest corners of Japan, bloody conflicts erupted among various merchants vying for the title of Supplier to the Shogunate (the highest rank among all merchants). With the merchants willing to go to any lengths to attain this status, the increasingly violent conflicts spiraled out of control. Finally, fed up with the bloodshed, the seventh Shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokugawa Ietsugu, intervened. He summoned all the merchants involved in the dispute and ordered them to resolve their conflicts through fair and equitable combat. Though naive and idealistic, this order touched their hearts.

In accordance with the Shogun's order, the merchants formed a guild, and when a dispute arose, they established a competition venue through the guild, the results of which were indisputable. Conflicts were resolved through simple one-on-one fistfights between combatants hired by the rival merchants. In this way, the merchants entrusted their wishes to the fists of the fighters.

The first official Kengan match was not between merchants, but was actually intended to determine who would become the next Shogun after the early death of Tokugawa Ietsugu. The two family branches, the Owari and Kii domains, presented their fighters, and the Kii domain emerged victorious, with their fighter being none other than the lord of the Kii domain himself, Tokugawa Yoshimune.

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Ajiro Korinmaru Akano Tesaki Atami Hisashi Yukio Dazai Furumi Heihachi Hashida Takashi Hayami Katsumasa Hiyama Shunka Honma Kiyoshi Iida Tadashi Katahara Metsudo Kono Akio Koyama Taisho Kurayoshi Rino Magatani Juzo Nabe Mikio Nakata Ichiro Nishihonji Akira Nogi Hideki Nomura Kohei Nogiya Eikichi Kanji: のぎやえいきち Romaji: Nogiya Eikichi Ashura Debut: Chapter 217 Information: Nogiya Eikichi is the former CEO of the Nogi Group and the former president of the Kengan Association, he is also the ancestor of Nogi Hideki (the current CEO of the Nogi Group) Ohta Masahiko Ohya Ken Ronald Haraguchi Shikano Gen Shion Soryuin Suoh Mihono Suzuki Eisaku Takada Seisuke Takakaze Kirimi Togawa Yoshiko Togo Tomari Urita Sukizo Yamashita Kazuo Kenzo Yamashita Yanagi Makoto Yoroizuka Sanemitsu Yoshitake Yoshiro Yumeno Kunihiro

Aioi Funaoka Hawaii Hiezu Iwaki J Kaike Katahara Retsudo Katsurami Ketaka Mihagino Mass Mochigase Nagira Nawa Omori Masamichi Sannoh Takayama Minoru Iodine Yoshioka Daigo Kito Gunji Long minutes Moor Morooka Ranjo

Aku Fujio Black Messenger I Black Messenger II Black Messenger III Black Messenger IV Black Messenger V Cai Honma Kiyoshi Huang Inaba Jozaemon Kanji: 因幡 丈左衛門 (いなば じょうざえもん) Romaji: Inaba Jōzaemon Epithet: The Black Nightmare (黒い悪夢, Kuroi Akumu) Ashura Debut: Chapter 180 Information: Inaba Jozaemon is an assassin who comes from the Inaba Clan, as well as the grandfather of Inaba Ryo. Inaba Ryo Kure Erioh Kure Fusui Kure Henzo Kure Hollis Kure Horio Kure Hoshiya Kure Karla Kure Kuro Kure Raian Kure Reiichi Kuroki Gensai Mei Masaki Meguro Mikazuchi Byō Mikazuchi Rei Muteba Gizenga Nikaido Ren Yan

Adam Dudley aki saito Akoya Seishu Yohei Band Chiba Takayuki Hanafusa Hajime Harada Tokujiro Hassad Hatsumi Sen ryo himuro Hong Xiao Hu Imai Cosmo Inaba Ryo Inui Machizo Kanji: 乾町三 (いぬい まちぞう) Romaji: Inui Machizō Ashura Debut: Chapter 36 Anime Debut: Episode 6 Information: Inui Machizo is an affiliated fighter within Kengan matches. He was initially the representative of Umiichi Securities during the Kengan Annihilation Tournament, but Meguro Masaki stole his spot and defeated him. Jerry Tyson Julio Reinhold Kaburagi Koji Kaneda Suekichi Kanoh Agito Kaolan Wongsawat Karo Yoshinari Kiozan Takeru Kiryu Setsuna Komada Shigeru Kono Haruo Kure Raian Kuroki Gensai Lihito Masaki Meguro Mikazuchi Rei Robinson Mori Masashi Kanji: 森政志 (もり まさし) Romaji: Mori Masashi Epithet: The Tyrant (暴君, Bōkun) Ashura Debut: Extra: Heroines Information: Mori Masashi is an affiliated fighter within Kengan matches and formerly the main fighter of the Gold Pleasure Group. He accumulated a streak of 14 wins and no losses with his street fighting style, but was easily defeated by Mikazuchi Rei, who surpassed him as the main fighter of the Gold Pleasure Group. Murobuchi Gozo Muteba Gizenga Nezu Masami Nikaido Ren Okubo Naoya Ozu Toshio Sawada Keizaburo Sekibayashi Jun Shimoda Saji Takemoto Hisayasu Tokita Ohma Takero Ushiroda Wakatsuki Takeshi Yokota Masayasu Yoroizuka saw Paing Yamashita Ichinoshin

Since Japan's Edo period, gladiatorial arenas have existed in certain areas. In these arenas, wealthy businessmen and merchants hire fighters to participate in unarmed combat, where the winner takes all. Tokita Ohma, nicknamed "Ashura," enters these arenas and decimates his opponents. His extraordinary skill in defeating his enemies attracts the attention of powerful business leaders, including Nogi Hideki, CEO of the Nogi Group.