A battle between the sons of two legendary fighters begins deep below Tokyo Dome. It's Baki Hanma versus Mohammad Ali Jr, and the winner is anyone's guess. Kaioh Retsu pleads with his mentor, Kaioh Ryu, to grant a mortally poisoned Baki Hanma special entry into the great Chinese martial arts tournament. GRANRODEO Performs OP Theme for New "Baki" Anime". Crunchyroll. April 19, 2018 . Retrieved June 10, 2018.

Hanayama Kaoru has two signature moves: Yakuza Punch or Destructive Force, and Vice Grip – both incredibly strong.

One of the major characters in the Baki the Grappler series, Karou Hanayama is the strongest Yakuza member and the second generation boss of the Hanayama Group. Kaoru Hanayama appears early in both the anime and manga and he’s one of the most intriguing characters in the Baki universe. She usually dresses in ordinary clothes without presenting some overtly striking style of clothing. She can often be seen wearing her school uniform. In the first two anime seasons, she was wearing a dark school uniform, but in the third season, she started to wear a school uniform with a white t-shirt.

Underground martial arts arena promoter Mitsunari Tokugawa warns champion Baki Hanma that five violent death row escapees from around the world are all heading for Tokyo. Kaioh Chin and Japan's sole Kaioh, Jyaku, battle on the tournament floor. Meanwhile, Baki Hanma provokes Yujiro into fighting him offstage. Mitsunari Tokugawa learns of the Poison Hand: the ultimate killer move of the "Way of the Void" martial art form. Baki Hanma takes the next step in his relationship with Kozue Matsumoto. However, Hanayama's greatest weakness is his low speed. Despite being able to move relatively fast when its need, due to his fighting style and toughness he doesn't rely on thatBaki Anime Season 2 Premieres on Netflix on June 4". Anime News Network. March 21, 2020 . Retrieved March 21, 2020. Kaoru Hanayama (花山 薫, Hanayama Kaoru) is a major recurring character from the anime and manga series, Baki the Grappler. He is the extremely large nineteen year old leader of the Yakuza, who is one of the strongest characters in the series. Despite leading a professional criminal organization and wielding superhuman strength, he is a humble person with a strict code of honor: that should he falter/lose in a fight, it automatically means death; a family vow which has been held up for multiple generations. Since his birth, Baki has been training so that he may one day surpass his father Yuujirou and earn his love. Baki's mother, Emi Akezawa made sure that he had the most advanced training equipment around. She has provided him throughout his life with the best martial arts teachers, personal gym trainers, and sports equipment that money can buy. Also, his mother's employee, Hitoshi Kuriyagawa, is responsible for organizing the new duels for him. Baki eventually became famous in his home town as the most feared punk around as he beat up all the thugs he could find. This caused all the other thugs to graffiti all over his house, because they could not hurt him physically. Netflix to Stream New Baki Anime Series". Anime News Network. August 2, 2017 . Retrieved August 2, 2017.

It turns out that Baki rarely comes to school, so Kozue asks him to change it a little. That's when he tells her for the first time that his goal is to become the strongest man in the world. At school, Baki is caught by Takayama, who is a school boxing star. He's persuading Baki to fight him. Eventually, Baki agrees, but in the end, Takayama doesn't stand a chance against him. Unleashing the Indomitable Might: Kaoru Hanayama, The Swallowing Giant The Unearthly Titan Unleashing the Unfathomable Strength A Body Forged in Resilience The Art of Bone-Breaking Symphony Legendary Clashes and Iconic Rivalries Conclusion: Sikorsky faces Gaia in the underground arena in front of an audience. Gaia's unorthodox fighting method slowly wears out the ruthless Russian killer who finally admits defeat and asked for mercy. On the other hand, Izou Motobe confronts Ryuukou Yanagi. Baki is also very polite towards people while not training or fighting, showing good and refined manners, probably for being born and raised in a wealthy family with luxuries until he was 13 years old. It is also worth mentioning that despite inheriting Emi's fortune, he has little use of money and lives frugally. Although polite, Baki can be very provocative to his opponents to get them to fight him using their full strength. He believes that a true fighter doesn't need rules excuses or conditions to fight, considering that if he wants to, he just has to do it and that's it. Baki's girlfriend Kozue is being romanced by Muhammad Alai Jr. After Jr. challenges him, they decide to duke it out in the pit.

While Baki Hanma easily subdues the thugs hired by delinquents from his own school, death row escapee Spec pays a visit to assess the champion's abilities. New Baki Anime Gets 2nd Season on Netflix". Anime News Network. March 19, 2019 . Retrieved March 19, 2019.

Once on the way to school, Kozue asks Baki why he is still training so hard. He answers that he wants to be the strongest man in the world. Kozue doesn't take it seriously when a school boxing champion, Takayama, suddenly appears and interrupts them. Sometime later, Kozue notices a situation in which Baki leaves school in a mysterious and tasteful car. At that moment, Kozue doesn't know what kind of life Baki is leading. After Ryuukou Yanagi escapes from prison, Inspector Morio Sonoda attempts to locate the other death row inmates who wreaked havoc on Tokyo.Soon Baki arrives in Tokyo and visits the household of Mitsunari Tokugawa. There he meets Kanji Igari for the first time. Igari is just leaving Tokugawa's house when Baki arrives. They watch each other for a while, and Baki tells him that if he wants to stand in his way, he will treat him as his enemy. Igari decides that he doesn't want to have any match and goes away. After a while, Baki defeats all the bodyguards from Tokugawa's house and then fights a duel with Shuumei Kanou, the best bodyguard of the Tokugawa house. Kanou surprises Baki with his fighting style, which is based mainly on self-defense and imitating the movements of his opponents. However, he turns out to be too weak for Baki. The young fighter realizes that Kanou has a great defense, but his offense is very weak. Ultimately, Baki wins the fight, showing his offensive superiority over Kanou. After the battle, Baki meets Tokugawa for the first time and asks him for permission to join the arena. Tokugawa agrees to his request. When Baki defeats Andreas Regan, winning his first duel in the tournament, Kozue stops him in the hallway and asks why they all do it. Kozue explains to him that she doesn't understand the sense of brutal hurting themselves in the ring. Baki explains to her that every man at least once in his life has dreamt of becoming the strongest in the world, and therefore some people are still fighting to make their dreams come true. Kozue tries to understand Baki, but his "dream" still seems to be a terrifying thing for her. The Vice Grip is a move unique to Kaoru Hanayama, and it involves grabbing an opponent’s appendage and applying intense pressure. This pressure restricts the flow of blood to the limb, causing it to swell and eventually explode. While this move is undoubtedly brutal, it can also be highly effective in disabling an opponent and giving Hanayama the upper hand. Weaknesses The hand-to-hand combat techniques used by Baki are also varied in nature. Which are developed and expanded throughout the series, his combat style is clearly mixed martial arts integrating movements of various doctrines this would be mainly karate and pro wrestling, and in his minority judo, kempo, jujutsu, this includes both original movements and movements of his previous rivals and opponents obtained through his training, creativity and experience. He is known for his unusual training methods which include shadow boxing while imagining that his next opponent is actually with him. This allows him to anticipate every move of his opponent in the actual fight and also helps him spot their weaknesses much before the combat. Despite not being able master any style of combat instantly like his father, Baki is able to learn them much faster that others and coupled with his imagining make him near equal to Yuujirou. Kaoru usually wears glasses when he is not fighting and is almost always in his white suit. He also wears a blue undershirt and purple (later white) tie. He had an infamous showdown with the convict Spec, who manages to place a handful of bullets into Hanayama's mouth and slam it shut, causing them to explode his cheeks which creates two large holes on Hanayama's face and exposing a part of his jaw muscles. Although Hanayama won the battle, he wears a facemask for most of the series. His appearance has almost not changed in the five-year gap.