Techniques
| Technique | User | Effect | First appearance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Finger Explosion (五指烈弾, Goshi Retsudan?) | Kenshiro | Causes the opponent's fingers to explode. Used against Taishan Temple assassin Gouda in the Hokuto no Ken pilot and against Club in the series. | Pilot 1 |
| North Star Twin Dragon Wave (北斗双龍波, Hokuto Sōryūha?) | Kenshiro | This technique used by Kenshiro in the Hokuto no Ken pilot, in which Kenshiro finishes his opponent with striking the opponent's chest with both fists. It appears in episode 33 of the anime series. | Pilot 1 |
| Meteorite Face Breaking Kick (流星破顔脚, Ryūsei Hagan Kyaku?) | Kenshiro | A kick technique Kenshiro uses that against the Taishan Temple enforcer Denki Saito, which causes his head to split vertically in half. Appears in the second manga pilot. | Pilot 2 |
| North Star Strangling Neck Break (北斗絞首逆折, Hokuto Kōshu Gyakusetsu?) | Kenshiro | A technique which causes the opponent to twist their head around. Used against a Taishan guard in the pilot version of the manga. | Pilot 2 |
| North Star Hundred Crack Snap (北斗百裂弾, Hokuto Hyakuretsu Dan?) | Kenshiro | A prototype version of the Hyakuretsu Ken from the series. Kenshiro uses this technique as a finishing move against the Taishan Temple assassin Baiken Kinbu. | Pilot 2 |
| North Star Hundred Crack Fist (北斗百裂拳, Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken?) | Kenshiro | Kenshiro's trademark technique, in which Ken strikes the opponent's body with a relentless flurry of punches, resulting the immediate breakdown of the internal organs, followed by an immediate death. It is used against numerous opponents thorough the series such as Zeed, the Colonel, and Uighur. | Chapter 1 |
| Two Finger Air Snatch (二指真空把, Nishi Shinkū Ha?) | Kenshiro, Raoh | An arrow shot towards the user is deflected back towards the opponent. Kenshiro uses this against Spade, causing him to lose his right eye. Later, Raoh uses this against Mamiya, but the arrow is intercepted by Kenshiro. | Chapter 2 |
| Boulder Splitting Wave (岩山両斬波, Ganzan Ryōzan Ha?) | Kenshiro | A hand chop which splits the opponent's skull in half. First used against one of Spade's minions and later as a finishing move against the Chief of the Fang Clan. | Chapter 2 |
| North Star Remorse Fist (北斗残悔拳, Hokuto Zankai Ken?) | Kenshiro | A technique Kenshiro uses against Spade to make him feel regret for his sins for three seconds (seven in the anime) before dying. In the anime series, Kenshiro also uses this technique against the Kingsman Wolf in episode 18 and Joker in episode 21. A minion of Jagi attempts to mimic this technique against Ken in episode 30 of the anime, but the result backfires on him. | Chapter 2 |
| Skull Splitting Fist (交首破顔拳, Kōshu Hagan Ken?) | Kenshiro | A knee kick to the face used against Diamond, causing his head to split open in half. | Chapter 4 |
| North Star Softness Ripping Slash (北斗柔破斬, Hokuto Jūhazan?) | Kenshiro | A technique Kenshiro used against Heart that allowed him to penetrate his gummy flesh and strike his vital points. | Chapter 7 |
| North Star Flying Defensive Fist (北斗飛衛拳, Hokuto Hiei Ken?) | Kenshiro | A flying jump kick Kenshiro uses to defend himself against Shin's Hell Slaughter Fist. Its name is given in episode 5 of the anime series. In episode 22, Ken uses this technique again in his rematch against Shin. | Chapter 8 |
| North Star Cross Kill (北斗十字斬, Hokuto Jūjizan?) | Kenshiro | Kenshiro's finishing technique against Shin, in which Ken defeats Shin by striking his vital points in the shape of the Bloody Cross. Name given in episode 22 of the anime series. | Chapter 9 |
| North Star Muscle Cutting Kick (北斗鋼筋分断脚, Hokuto Gōkin Bundan Kyaku?) | Kenshiro | Used against a thug to weaken his muscle. | Chapter 11 |
| North Star Muscle Control Spin Kick (北斗繰筋自在脚, Hokuto Sōkin Jizai Kyaku?) | Kenshiro | Used against a Golan captain (the Major of God's Army in the anime) to control his body against his will. Named in episode 6 of the anime series. | Chapter 12 |
| North Star Combination Grapple (北斗連環組手, Hokuto Renkan Kumite?) | Kenshiro | Defeats a group of enemies using only basic techniques. Named in episode 7 of the anime series | Chapter 14 |
| Empty Deflection (空極流舞, Kūkyoku Ryūbu?) | Kenshiro | An evading technique used to avoid the Golan Colonel's boomerangs. | Chapter 15 |
| North Star Bone Crushing Fist (北斗壊骨拳, Hokuto Kaikotsu Ken?) | Kenshiro | Finishing technique used against the Colonel, causing his skull to rip itself from his body. | Chapter 16 |
| North Star Nothingness Finger Bullet (北斗虚無指弾, Hokuto Kyomu Shidan?) | Kenshiro | Causes to erase the last few days from an opponent's memories. | Chapter 19 |
| North Star Muscle Cutter (北斗断骨筋, Hokuto Dankotsukin?) | Kenshiro | Causes an opponent's muscles to self-destruct. | Chapter 20 |
| Dragon Breathing Technique (転龍呼吸法, Tenryū Kokyūhō?) | Kenshiro | Technique in which Kenshiro uses 100% of his body's capabilities. | Chapter 25 |
| North Star Seven Star Points of Death (北斗七死星点, Hokuto Shichishiseiten?) | Kenshiro | Finishing move used against the Devil's Rebirth, in which the vital points are struck in the shape of the Big Dipper. | Chapter 25 |
| North Star Thousand Punch Destruction Fist (北斗千手壊拳, Hokuto Senjukai Ken?) | Kenshiro | A deadlier version of the Hundred Cracks Fist used against a member of the Fang Clan. | Chapter 29 |
| North Star Face Breaking Fist (北斗破顔拳, Hokuto Hagan Ken?) | Kenshiro | Kenshiro's finishing technique against Madara. Named in episode 27 of the anime series. | Chapter 33 |
| Holy Perfect Circle (聖極輪, Seikyokurin?) | Kenshiro | A stance used to signal an unwilling opponent in case of an emergency. | Chapter 36 |
| North Star Dragon Attacking Tiger (北斗龍撃虎, Hokuto Ryū Geki Ko?) | Kenshiro | Places the opponent in a temporary death-like coma. Ken's counterpart to Rei's Tiger Destroying Dragon. | Chapter 36 |
| North Star Thousand Hands Kill (北斗千手殺, Hokuto Senjusatsu?) | Jagi | A series of rapid hand-stabs Jagi used against Kenshiro during a sparring match. | Chapter 41 |
| North Star Eight Agonies Nine Breaks (北斗八悶九断, Hokuto Hachimon Kudan?) | Kenshiro | A technique Kenshiro almost used to kill Jagi in the past. According to a Japanese strategy guide for the Family Computer video game Hokuto no Ken 2, this technique causes the opponent to feel eight different types of pains in the body before exploding into nine splinters. | Chapter 42 |
| North Star Arhat Attack (北斗羅漢撃, Hokuto Rakangeki?) | Jagi | A series of rapid hand strikes. | Chapter 43 |
| Opening of Sharper Senses (醒鋭孔, Seieikō?) | Kenshiro | Causes an opponent's nervous system to become hypersensitive. | Chapter 44 |
| Vital Point Sealing (秘孔封じ, Hikō Fūji?) | Kenshiro | A defensive technique used to make one's vital points more resistant to an opponent's attacks. | Chapter 50 |
| Fist of the Walk of Repentance (残悔積歩拳, Zankai Sekiho Ken?) | Kenshiro | Finishing move against Amiba, causing him to walk against his will. | Chapter 51 |
| North Star Steel Ripper (北斗鋼裂把, Hokuto Kōretsuha?) | Kenshiro | Destroyed Uighur's shoulder with six fingers. | Chapter 57 |
| North Star Humane Fist (北斗有情拳, Hokuto Ujō Ken?) | Toki | A personal style of Hokuto Shinken developed by Toki in which the opponent is euthanize without causing pain. | Chapter 60 |
| North Star Humane Face-breaking Fist (北斗有情破顔拳, Hokuto Ujō Hagan Ken?) | Toki | A technique Toki uses that leaves his opponent feeling a sense of euphoria before dying. | Chapter 60 |
| North Star Seven Death Aura Interruption (北斗七死闘気断, Hokuto Shichishi Tōki Dan?) | Kenshiro | Kenshiro gathering of Fighting Aura during his first battle against Raoh, which frightened Kokuoh-Go. Name given in the 1986 film version. | Chapter 66 |
| North Star Seven Death Cavalry Kill (北斗七死騎兵斬, Hokuto Shichishi Kiheizan?) | Kenshiro | Mid-air technique that mildly wounded Raoh and broke a piece of his helmet. | Chapter 67 |
| Seven Stars Mark Spirit (七星点心, Shichisei Tenshin?) | Ryuken | The user moves towards the opponent in a pattern modeled after the shape of the Big Dipper. | Chapter 69 |
| Water Spirit Reflection (水影心, Suieishin?) | Kenshiro | A secret techniques that allows its user to learn another fighter's technique after witnessing it once. | Chapter 84 |
| North Star Humane Swift Judgment Fist (北斗有情断迅拳, Hokuto Ujō Danjin Ken?) | Toki | Causes several of the Holy Emperor's soldiers to feel euphoria before their heads are split. | Chapter 92 |
| Heaven Breaking Stance (天破の構え, Tenha no Kamae?) | Kenshiro, Kenshiro Kasumi | A secret fighting stance in which Kenshiro moves his hands in a pattern resembling the shape of the Big Dipper. In Fist of the Blue Sky, this stance was originally used by the Seito Gekken school and later adapted for Hokuto Shinken by Shuken. | Chapter 96 |
| Heaven Breaking Impalement (天破活殺, Tenha Kassatsu?) | Kenshiro, Kenshiro Kasumi | A powerful aura blast which strikes the opponent's vital points in the shape of the Big Dipper. In "Fist of the Blue Sky" it was used against Liú Fēi-Yàn, with Kenshiro claiming he had learned it from the Hokuto Sonkaken techniques of Máng Kuáng-Yún. | Chapter 96 |
| North Star Humane Fierce Flying Rip (北斗有情猛翔破, Hokuto Ujō Mōshō Ha?) | Kenshiro | Kenshiro's finishing move against Souther, which caused him to die without feeling pain. | Chapter 97 |
| Seven Stars Obliteration (七星抹殺, Shichisei Massatsu?) | Koryu | The secret technique Koryu attempted to use to seal Raoh's fists. | Chapter 98 |
| North Star Heaven Returning Palm (北斗天帰掌, Hokuto Tenkishō?) | Kenshiro, Toki | A stance used between two Hokuto Shinken masters used to signal a friendly match in which the right fist is placed over the left palm. | Chapter 99 |
| Unconscious Shadow Killer (無想陰殺, Musō Insatsu?) | Raoh | A technique which allows Raoh to foresee his opponent's moves. | Chapter 102 |
| Fighting Strength Summon (闘勁呼法, Tōkei Kohō?) | Toki | A secret technique which sends shockwave through the ground. | Chapter 103 |
| Heaven Soaring Hundred Cracks Fist (天翔百裂拳, Tenshō Hyakuretsu Ken?) | Toki | Toki's airborne version of the Hundred Cracks Fist. | Chapter 103 |
| North Star Iron Palm Wave (北斗剛掌波, Hokuto Gōshō Ha?) | Raoh | An aura blast Raoh tried to use against Kenshiro. This technique is later used in the final chapters of the manga by Baran against Satora, who learned the technique by watching Raoh used it, and later by Kenshiro himself against Baran. | Chapter 124 |
| Unconscious Transmigration of Souls (無想転生, Musō Tensei?) | Kenshiro, Raoh, Shuken, Kenshiro Kasumi | The ultimate secret technique of Hokuto Shinken, which can only be mastered by those who experience true sorrow. In the original manga and anime, Kenshiro was first to perform this technique since its founder, but Raoh later learns the technique as well. In Fist of the Blue Sky, Yan-Wang used this technique against Liu Zong-Wu. In Blue Sky, this technique is revealed to had been created by Shuken after he was forced, under orders from the High Priests of the Hokuto clan, to kill his fellow Seito Gekken apprentices. | Chapter 124 |
| Heaven's Command Charge (天将奔烈, Tenshō Honretsu?) | Raoh, Kenshiro | A large energy blast. Used by Raoh against Kenshiro and later by Kenshiro against Han. | Chapter 125 |
| North Star Wizard Spirit Thunderbolt (北斗仙気雷弾, Hokuto Senki Raidan?) | Ryuken | A technique Ryuken used to restore Jukei's sanity after he was driven mad by the influence of the Dark World. | Chapter 182 |
| Fist Stealing Cut (拳盗捨断, Kentō Shadan?) | Kenshiro | A technique Kenshiro used to penetrate through Kaioh's defense, which weakened his arms. | Chapter 208 |
| Seven Points Palm (七点掌, Shichi Tenshō?) | Baran | A series of rapid hand-thrust that Baran learned from watching Raoh. | Chapter 232 |
| Remnant Scorpion Fist (残影蠍拳, Zan-ei Katsu Ken?) | Baran | Another technique Baran learned from Raoh. | Chapter 232 |
| North Star Four Way Slash (北斗四方斬, Hokuto Shihōzan?) | Kenshiro | A spin kick which kills four surrounding enemies. Depicted only in the anime series. | Anime (ep. 4) |
| North Star Hundred Way Slash (北斗百方斬, Hokuto Hyakupōzan?) | Kenshiro | An enhanced version of the Four Way Slash which kills several more enemies. Depicted only in the anime series as well. | Anime (ep. 4) |
| Neck-Twisting Face-Breaking Punch (交首破頭拳, Kōshu Hatō Ken?) | Kenshiro | A kick to the back of the opponent's head which causes the body to split in half. Depicted only in the anime series, where its used against Baccam, the leader of the God's Army Elite Forces. | Anime (ep. 8) |
| Flying Bird Air Slash Wave (飛鳥空斬波, Hichō Kūzanpa?) | Kenshiro | Appears only in the anime series. A flying jump kick used to fight against the Bat Fist. | Anime (ep. 9) |
| Raging Flames Reverse Flow Fist (烈火逆流拳, Rekka Gyakuryū Ken?) | Kenshiro | Appears only in the anime series. A technique used against Dragon the fire-breather, which prevents his body from exhaling, causing the flames in his body to accumulate in his lungs, eventually burning himself to death. | Anime (ep. 10) |
| Life Snatching Decaying Fist (命奪崩壊拳, Meidatsu Hōkai Ken?) | Kenshiro | Anime-only technique used by Ken to destroy an undead minion of Zaria | Anime (ep. 15) |
| North Star Wheel Spinning Explosive Fist (北斗翻車爆裂拳, Hokuto Honsha Bakuretsu Ken?) | Kenshiro | Anime-only technique which defeats a large group of thugs at once. | Anime (ep. 16) |
| North Star Muscle Embracing Will Fist (北斗繰筋自在拳, Hokuto Sōkin Jisai Ken?) | Kenshiro | Anime-only technique which causes two rival gang leaders, Baron of the Scorpions and Junk of the Snakes, to embrace each other literally to death. | Anime (ep. 16) |
| North Star Thousand Chained Kicks (北斗千連脚, Hokuto Senren Kyaku?) | Kenshiro | Anime-only technique in which Kenshiro defeats an entire group of enemies using his kicks. | Anime (ep. 18) |
| North Star Sky Slash (北斗虚空斬, Hokuto Kokūzan?) | Kenshiro | Anime-only technique in which Ken immobilizes an opponent with a jump kick. | Anime (ep. 19) |
| North Star File Wave (北斗縦列破, Hokuto Jūretsu Ha?) | Kenshiro | Anime-only technique in which Ken destroys a single line of thugs. | Anime (ep. 20) |
| Method of Internal Energy Release (発勁の法, Hakkei no Hō?) | Kenshiro | Stops projectiles thrown towards one's body. | Anime (ep. 21) |
| North Star Whirlwind Linked Attack (北斗旋風連撃, Hokuto Zenpū Rengeki?) | Kenshiro | Anime-only technique in which Kenshiro proceeds through a group of enemies while killing them | Anime (ep. 22) |
| North Star Chest Killing Splinter Stabbing Fist (北斗胸殺刺突拳, Hokuto Kyōsatsu Shitotsu Ken?) | Kenshiro | Anime-only technique in which Kenshiro strikes the opponent's chest with hand thrusts, which then explodes. | Anime (ep. 31) |
| North Star Shoot Down Finger (北斗撃墜指, Hokuto Gekitsuishi?) | Kenshiro | Anime-only technique in which Kenshiro sticks his fingers on his opponent's head, causing the opponent's head to explode once they're removed. | Anime (ep. 38) |
| North Star Torus Slashing Attack Kick (北斗円環斬襲脚, Hokuto Enkan Zanshū Kyaku?) | Kenshiro | Anime-only technique in which Kenshiro defeats a group of enemies with a spin kick. | Anime (ep. 92) |
| Antidote Technique (解毒術, Gedokujutsu?) | Kenshiro | Cures venom in one's body. | Anime (ep. 99) |
| Still Gate Collapsing Cave Finger Strike (当門穴破指挿, Tōmon Ketsu Hashisō?) | Kenshiro Kasumi | Destroys all the bones in one's body while maintaining the external structure of the body intact. | Fist of the Blue Sky Chapter 19 |
| Divine Kick of Violent Thunder (雷暴神脚, Raibō Shin Kyaku?) | Kenshiro Kasumi, Tesshin Kasumi | A leaping technique which leaves a print on the ground. | Fist of the Blue Sky Chapter 74 |
| Art of Air Breathing (調気呼吸術, Chōki Kokyū Jutsu?) | Kenshiro Kasumi | Hold breathing for ten minutes. | Fist of the Blue Sky Chapter 78 |
| North Star Torus Palm Wave (北斗円掌波, Hokuto Enshō Ha?) | Raoh | An energy wave shaped like a circle which causes the opponent's blood to be drained from the pores of their body. | Ten no Haoh Chapter 8 |
| North Star Combination Barrage (北斗輯連打, Hokuto Shūrenda?) | Raoh | A series of fists which causes blood to leaked out from the pores of the opponent's body. | Ten no Haoh Chapter 11 |
| North Star Dot Chime (北斗一点鐘, Hokuto Ittenshō?) | Raoh | A powerful fist which pushes away the opponent. | Ten no Haoh Chapter 12 |
| North Star Dubhe Breaking Palm (北斗天魁千烈掌, Hokuto Tenkai Senretsu Shō?) | Kenshiro | A powerful series of punches that sends waves of ki, before a palm strike that sends a finishing explosive blast. | Hokuto Musou |
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