Hatsumi Sen (
Appearance[]
Hatsumi has long black hair that he lets fall down his back, thin black eyebrows, relaxed eyes, pronounced tear-troughs and thin stubble above his lip and on his chin.
He usually has a casual style of dress.
Personality[]
Hatsumi is an extremely relaxed and blasé person. This lackadaisical attitude shows in most of his Kengan losses: nine by oversleeping, four from bailing and two from forgetting there was a match on.[7] However, when he gets serious, he gets serious. Hatsumi is also a known womaniser who has an issue with keeping it in his pants, so some consider him nothing but a lech. His characterisation is like an elusive floating cloud.[1]
History[]
Eighteen years ago, in his early 20s, Hatsumi first met and soon started dating Soryuin Shion for the first time.[8] During that time, he took Shion to Tochigi Destiny Land, but they had a fight and broke up afterwards because she caught him cheating.[9] Two years after they first started dating, Hatsumi left again, telling Shion he was going on a journey to fight powerful fighters, but Shion realised the truth when she picked up an adult tour programe that he had dropped.[8] He then left Japan to travel the world and fight in several underground matches to train himself (and enjoy the company of women).
At the age of 28, he was scouted by Katahara Metsudo to be the fifth Fang of Metsudo. However, a week into his candidacy, he ducked out because he was bored, and Kanoh Agito was chosen in his place.[10] He subsequently became the fighter for Nogi Hideki through certain unspecified connections. At his debut match, Hatsumi reancountered Shion where he explained to her that he had achieved his dream; he then began flirting with the Nogi Group's new secretary.[8] While he was the most powerful fighter in Nogi's employ, his unreliability led Nogi to hire other fighters.
Plot[]
Kengan Ashura[]
First appearing after Nogi had told Ohma he wouldn't be the Nogi Group's representative fighter, Hatsumi introduced himself before getting into a brief fight with the injured Ohma. Nogi then revealed that while Hatsumi was the Nogi Group's fighter, Ohma and Yamashita Kazuo still had the opportunity to get into the Annihilation Tournament. A few days later, Hatsumi asked Nogi whether he was going to tell Ohma and Yamashita the real reason for them participating, but Nogi waved it off.
On the day, Hatsumi was alarmed to hear Akiyama Kaede wouldn't be travelling with them onboard the S.S. Kengan. Asking if Nogi was okay with Kaede boarding the S.S. Annihilation with Yamashita, Nogi told him it would be better for Yamashita that way.
Onboard the S.S. Kengan, Hatsumi tried to woo Matsuda Tomoko until a certain someone cock-blocking him. Realising the certain someone was none other than Soryuin Shion, she began threatening him, but he slipped out of her grasp and escaped. Safe, Hatsumi then noted the various personas in the room who appeared to be fighters. Later, while showering, he mused that things would soon get rough.
On the day that the tournament began, Hatsumi went off on his own to meditate. With Kaede coming to collect him for his match, Hatsumi entered the arena representing the Nogi Group in the Kengan Annihilation Tournament. He fought Chiba Takayuki in the first round. Unsettled by Chiba's claim of being able to mimic any technique he'd seen performed before, Hatsumi was initially put on the back foot until Chiba made the wrong decision, allowing Hatsumi to knock him out in only 26 seconds.
In the second round, Hatsumi's next opponent is against a surprisingly healed Bando Yohei. Despite Bando being the worst matchup for Hatsumi, he managed to attain victory over Bando after breaking the man's right arm and then defeating him with a Hatsumi-style Aikido technique. He then thanked Bando for allowing him to "get into peak condition". After the close of the second round, Hatsumi was seen running away from Hayami's Guardians during the man's attempted coup.
On the final day, before his fight against Kanoh Agito in the quarter-final, he sparred with Ohma and honed his evasive movements. As the fight began at Hatsumi's pace, he initially looked to have the advantage, but he was eventually defeated after Agito "evolved" and proved his superiority. After getting some first aid, Hatsumi watched the rest of the tournament up in the stands by himself.
Kengan Omega[]
Around a year after the Kengan Annihilation Tournament, Hatsumi traveled to China to search for the Wu Clan since his grandfather, Hatsumi Goichiro, the founder of Hatsumi-style Aikido, is a good friend of Kure Erioh. He used that connection to get in touch with Wu Xing and the Wu Clan in China and train with them and swap techniques with both the Wu Clan and Mikazuchi Rei, which is what lead to his disappearance for most of Omega.
During the Kengan Association VS Purgatory Tournament, Hatsumi and Mikazuchi arrived at Mt. Godslayer to watch Tokita Ohma's match against Rolón Donaire. Both of them were there on the request of Wu Xing to help take care of the Worm. After Ohma's natch against Rolón was over, both Hatsumi and Mikazuchi easily defeated various Worm members that infiltrated the stadium.
During the matches in order to enter in the "Real Champion Tournament", Hatsumi met Kaneda Suekichi.[11]Due to his new prowess in "inception of intent" and "pre-initiative", Hatsumi easily dodged the blows from Kaneda and delivered a devastating hit, flooring the rival. But the latter countered with his "determinate prediction", forcing Hatsumi multiple times into making poor fighting choices. In a tense stalemate, Kaneda forced Hatsumi into a close-quarter fight, hoping to deliver his "Heart Stab", but failed at the last second because Hatsumi sensed the danger. Sen closed the fight with his signature move "Hundred Meetings Throw", winning the match.
Power & Abilities[]
Hatsumi's evasion movements
Hatsumi Sen is a powerful individual. In addition to his incredible physical speed and striking power, his key strength is his unpredictability; his self-taught original moves and his erratic behavior make him next to impossible to read in battle. Besides, he is a master of Aikido and specializes in defeating opponents with minimal effort. Hatsumi is also capable of dodging while moving so little that it appears that he isn't moving at all with the attack seemingly going right through him;[12][13] he achieves this by shifting his knee to evade the attack without changing his axis, making it look like Hatsumi isn't moving at all.[10] He has also crossed what Kuroki Gensai calls the "limiting line", enabling Hatsumi to dodge would-be fatal blows at the final moment.[10] He was able to overwhelm a notably injured Tokita Ohma easily, specifically taking advantage of the injuries Ohma had sustained.[7]
However, while Hatsumi is powerful, the last thing he is is reliable. Wakatsuki Takeshi noted that he is the most fickle fighter, with his peaks and valleys being far too extreme.[14] His competence in battle depends heavily on his mood and his condition, and in some cases, he requires a pre-fight warm-up to improve his condition; in poor condition, even average fighters can give him trouble, but in peak condition, he is strong enough to overwhelm even Wakatsuki.[14] Hatsumi tends to gear up his condition by fighting multiple matches in a short space of time.[14] Wakatsuki even mentioned that he is only one of three people to have given him a hard time and to defeat him the other two being Tokita Ohma and Kanoh Agito.
Two years after the Kengan Annihilation Tournament, Hatsumi trained with the Wu Clan in China to learn their techniques and trained with Mikazuchi Rei while swapping techniques with him.
During the match with Kaneda, Hatsumi showed the ability to sense the "inception of intent" and executing "pre-initiative", moving before his rival's moves, in order to escape and evade them. But due to his elusive nature and instinct, Hatsumi's evading is even more extreme than the usual "pre-initiative", dodging in a narrower margin at the very last second, leaving even less openings for attacks, as stated by Narushima Koga.[15]
Hatsumi-Style Aikido[]
Hatsumi-Style Aikido (
Although based on the Ueshiba school's Aikido, Hatsumi-Style Aikido, besides joint locks and chokes, also welcomes striking techniques. Its founder is Hatsumi Goichiro[17].
Gathering Clouds: Triple Strike[]
The Gathering Clouds: Triple Strike (
Hundred Meetings Throw[]
The Hundreds Meetings Throw (
Stardrop[]
The Stardrop (
Etymology[]
- Hatsumi means "first look" (初見).
- Sen means "fountain, spring" (泉).
Notes & Trivia[]
- Hatsumi's least favorite words are "effort" and "guts".[1]
- Hatsumi has an on-off relationship with Soryuin Shion who dumped him due to his infidelity.
- Hatsumi Sen's Gathering Clouds: Triple Strike technique is quite similar to a famous sword technique, "Sandanzuki", which also strikes 3 point of the opponent's body with one strike, by Okita Sōji, a famous Japanese swordsman.
- Hatsumi is a proud patron of the Gold Pleasure Group.[20]
- The real reason Hatsumi became the Nogi Group's affiliated fighter is because, "They have a young and pretty secretary".[8]
- Sen's theme in the anime is Last Dragon by GALACTICA PHANTOM.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Hatsumi Sen's profile
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 98
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 142 (Omega)
- ↑ 39 wins prior to the Kengan Annihilation Tournament(Ch98)
2 wins during the tournament against Chiba Takayuki(Ch100)(Ep18) and Bando Yohei(Ch162) - ↑ 1 win against Kaneda Suekichi(Ch231)
- ↑ 15 losses prior to the Kengan Annihilation Tournament(Ch98)(Ep18)
1 loss during the tournament after defeat to Kanoh Agito(Ch206) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 Chapter 19
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Extra: Story
- ↑ Chapter 88
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Chapter 204
- ↑ [chapter 228]
- ↑ Chapter 202
- ↑ Chapter 203
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Chapter 158
- ↑ [chapter 229]
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Chapter 100
- ↑ Volume 19
- ↑ Chapter 162
- ↑ Chapter 205
- ↑ Chapter 35
