Bakuryu (II)

Bakuryu (II)

Bakuryu in Bloody Roar: Extreme

Profile

Full Name

Kenji Ogami

Known As

Bakuryu

Beast Form

Mole

Fighting Style

Ninjutsu

Nationality

Japanese

Age

14 (BR2)
15 (BR3, BR:PF/EX)
16 (BR4)

Status

Alive

Height

163cm (5'4") / 160cm (5'3") in beast form

Weight

53kg / 63kg in beast form

Occupation

Former Ninja, Student, Vice-President of W.O.C

Relations

Yugo - Foster brother
Bakuryu - Former Master
Uriko - Friend

Likes

Shogi

Dislikes

Cigarette Smoke

Debut

Bloody Roar 2

Japanese Voice Actors

Shiho Niiyama (BR2)
Junko Noda (BR3, BR:PF/EX)
Akira Ishida (BR4)

English Voice Actors

Blake Shurtz (BR2)
Michael Naishtut (BR3)
Cam Clarke (BR:PF/EX)
Raj Ramayya (BR4)

"I'm Bakuryu. The scourge of the night."

— Bakuryu in Bloody Roar 4

History

Bloody Roar 2

Over the Painful Memories

Bakuryu yugo and buzuzima by playflame1-d3b6klo — _{Kenji kidnapped by Busuzima}

He was born as the only son of a clan that worshipped the 'Earth God' in an isolated area outside of the urban cities. When he was young, he lost his parents and was taken into the care of an old ninja named 'Bakuryu'. He took the boy and left the village, with the intention to train the boy with the pure blood of the 'Earth Dragon' to become his successor. The boy was taught all the ninja techniques of his teacher and was conferred the title 'Bakuryu'. Together, they worked for the Tylon corporation as assassins until its fall. The original Bakuryu died, while his successor was left in a ruined building in vegetable state because of an incomplete brainwashing. He was saved by Yugo, who'd fought against Tylon's evil ambition. Yugo took the boy home, naming him 'Kenji' and adopting him as his 'brother'. Slowly, Kenji regained his health and humanity and began to settle into a peaceful life. However, five years after being taken into Yugo's care, the remnants of Tylon go after Kenji and kidnap him, reviving his memories as the ninja assassin 'Bakuryu'. He serves Busuzima, fighting anyone who opposes the ZLF (Zoanthrope Liberation Front). Even Yugo, but the latter affronts him and breaks the brainwashing, recovering Kenji's memories. He is horrified by what he has done under Busuzima's control and decides there is no reason left for him to live and prepares to die inside the burning ZLF headquarters, though it's Gado's words that spark some reasoning inside him, as well as the appearance of Yugo. He realises that he has to carry on for his brother, and he with Yugo helping an injured Gado leave the burning building. After, Yugo and Kenji return home to carry on their normal lives.

Bloody Roar 3

Kenji wishes to live with his own identity, and decides to carry on, putting behind him a past he didn't choose. Recovering his humanity in the care of Yugo, Kenji carries on a peaceful life as a student as well as an aide to his brother in his activities in the non-government organization (NGO) that he runs called the World of Co-Existence (W.O.C.). But the peace is shattered by the appearance of the 'XGC' mark on his body. Kenji does not fear death, but knows Yugo cannot die because of such a thing, so takes on the role of 'Bakuryu' once more to protect his brother. He understood on his way that to see the end of the tabula/XGC, Xion should be finished off. After defeating him, Kenji and Yugo unite outside of the temple. He tells his older brother that everything is fine and there is nothing more for him to worry about. Yugo is suspicious about what has happened and wants to know where Xion is, but Kenji leads him away. Later, Kenji gives the tabula to Gado, who comments on how mature the young boy has become.

Bloody Roar: Primal Fury/Extreme

BRXOkenji — _{Kenji as W.O.C. negociator}

Kenji's carefree life is all thanks to the sacrifices Yugo has had to make for him. He has the choice of walking down a free road and choose how he wants to lead his life. Yugo sees his own life as having been led not for his own sake, but as leading it as an avenger for his father, guardian of Kenji, and leader of the W.O.C. He does not see this as a bad thing as he has had great experiences from his travels and seeing other cultures around the world. Kenji plans to enter the Zoanthrope tournament to prove that he has grown up. Yugo will go also to challenge him and plans not to hold back. Kenji finally wins against his brother but Yugo, playful, tells him not to forget who the boss is. Kenji can only laugh.

Bloody Roar 4

Kenji is investigating the earthquakes and Zoanthrope violence when he comes across a little white fox in the mountains. The fox walked before him, acting all puppy-like, though he considered the little animal to be a disruption from his investigations. He gives the fox food and tries to distract it, but whatever he does, the fox keeps following until he gives up and allows it to come with him. He wonders if the fox is worried about him, and at that second the little animal rushes off ahead. He follows and finds himself in a confrontation with a violent Zoanthrope. He realises it was the fox that was trying to tell him about this as he takes to battle. When the violent Zoanthrope appears to be a dragon, Kenji is greatly surprised by the existence of such a myth and questions what exactly is going on. Mana quickly apologises and tells him about Ryoho being a dragon vessel, sealed because of how dangerous his powers are. But the seal had come loose recently. Kenji deduces for himself that it was the cause of the Zoanthrope violence. Mana confirms this, also mentioning that to re-seal the dragon, she had to remove the broken one completely first. It was the strength of strong Zoanthropes such as Kenji that was needed to aid her. She apologises for getting him involved in a dangerous event. He understands, saying that it was fine since he learned something from it. He becomes greatly concerned over Ryoho, who is sprawled out on the floor. Mana goes over to her friend, leaning in to him. She starts to giggle when she says that she thinks he's asleep. Relieved to hear this, he decides it is time for him to go, because he knows his friends will be worried about him. He excuses himself, performing his vanishing technique. Mana begins to say her thank you when he suddenly turns into a bobbing log and disappears. She jumps in shock, left to finish her sentence talking to thin air.

Endings

Character

Personality

Kenji started out as a cold character, arrogant and a vicious fighter. But this was only because of his brainwashing. Normally, Kenji is a quiet, serious young man, good-willed, though gentle, shy and studious. He is especially friendly and playful around his 'friends', Yugo, and Uriko.

Appearance

Also see: Bakuryu (II) Outfits

Being the youngest male in the series, Kenji has softer features, appearing to have a muscular body while still having a slim build, weighing 47kg.In his debut appearance in the second installment, he has short bluish-black hair with bangs on the sides of his head and has a spiked bangs on the right side of his head. In Bloody Roar 3, Kenji seemingly sports short spiky hair shown in the promotional artwork as well as his in-game model. However, cutscenes throughout gameplay show Kenji having straight, shoulder length hair. Starting from the third installment onwards, the color of his hair changes from bluish-black to brown. Bloody Roar 4, Primal Fury and Extreme, his hair becomes short with full fringes and has dishiveled spikes upward as opposed to his step-older brother's hairstyle which has dishiveled spikes downward. His eyes also change from gold to brown.

Being an assassin, and more exactly a ninja, Kenji shares his wardrobe between young japanese boys his age. He is commonly depicted in his school uniform or in his ninja garb. In Primal Fury/Extreme, as a negotiator, he is seen in a white business suit.

He is also often shown wearing a red scarf.

In his beast form, a Mole, he often has a light brown fur and red eyes. His outfit is generally safe. Only some elements disappear like a part of the top or his shoes. His beast form has a lot of similitudes with the Mogera , a breed of mole.

Affiliation

Yugo

During the collapse of Tylon building, Yugo took under his wing a boy, previously Tylon's guinea-pig. The boy had no memories and nobody to take care of him, so Yugo took it upon himself to adopt him as his brother and named him Kenji. When Kenji was abducted by the ZLF, Yugo cover all the city to bring back him from the terrorist organisation. Recovering his humanity in the care of Yugo, Kenji carries on an aide to his brother in his activities in the non-government organization (NGO) that he runs called the World of Co-Existence (W.O.C.).

Bakuryu (I)

Following the deaths of Kenji's parents, Ryuzo Kato, the first Bakuryu and founder of the Kato style of Ninjutsu, adopted and trained him for his services to Tylon. After the experiments of Tylon killed Ryuzo, Kenji took on the mantle of Bakuryu as his successor. Since the interactions between Kenji and Kohryu are limited, it's difficult to say if Kenji knows that Kohryu is, in fact, a robot based on his previous trainer, Bakuryu.

Uriko

They first met when Bakuryu defeated Long under Busuzima's brainwash. Uriko, who was Long's student, choose to avenge him but was defeated as well. We don't know what happens between but after Bakuryu was freed from Busuzima's influence Uriko becomes very friendly with Bakuryu despite his shyness. Sometimes Bakuryu prefers avoid Uriko's extrovert company.

Gameplay

Bakuryu is the fastest character in the game. His moveset involves a lot of his evasive and aerial movements to confuse the opponent. However, he is considerably weak, and he has to use his speed to his advantage to carefully poke his opponent. In beast form, he gains more effective strike moves and his beast drives are devastating.

Beast Drives

Double Inferno - Bakuryu slashes his opponent then takes a ninjitsu pose, then seems to rotate around the opponent rapidly, releasing gouts of flame towards him/her, then stops, with two after images of him facing the opponent, and both dash in, and slash, leaving twin trails of fire.
Magic Spear - Bakuryu drills the ground and hidse in there. After a second, he appears right on where the opponent stands by upper drilling. Once he project the opponent in the air, Bakuryu reverts to his human form and slashes his opponents multiple times from different angle by teleporting. He finishes the attack by slamming his opponent to the ground. This Beast Drive is almost unblockable and need a quick move to block it.