Lin (リン, Rin?, spelled Lynn in certain English adaptations) is introduced in the first chapter as a young orphaned girl who resides in the village where Ken and Bat are jailed. While working as jailer, Ken befriends Lin, helps her recover her voice by pushing a power point, and later rescues her from Zeed gang. 

Lin follows Ken after he leaves her village, but she ends up being captured by the Golan commandos (Club's gang in the TV series), only to be rescued once again by Ken and from then, she accompanies Ken on his journey alongside Bat. In the latter half of the series, Lin grows into womanhood and becomes leader of the Hokuto Army with Bat. At this point, she learns that she is the estranged twin sister of the Heavenly Empress Lui.

In _Hokuto no Ken Gaiden: Tensai Amiba no Isekai Haou Densetsu_ she is the magic instructor of Amiba, but has the opposite personality than in the main world.

A female village leader who bears a striking resemblance to Kenshiro's fiancee, Yuria. She recruits Ken and Rei as guardians of her village and later accompanies the two for several story arcs. She has limited martial art skills and fights using weapons such as bladed yo-yos and hidden knives. In the past, Yuda killed her parents and took off with her to make her part of his concubine, engraving the "UD" mark on her back, before she eventually escaped. After Rei's death, she only makes sporadic appearances thorough the remainder of the manga, having renounced her life as a warrior.

Yuria is the fiancee of Kenshiro, who was taken away from him by his former friend Shin, a jealous rival, prior to the start of the series. Kenshiro fights against Shin and his gang to rescue her, only to be told that she took her life during captivity. ~!Later it is revealed that Yuria actually survived and is in fact the Last General of Nanto, also known as the Star of the Compassionate Mother, who is being protected by the Nanto Goshasei. After Raoh learns her identity, he captures her in an attempt to lure Kenshiro to fight him. Ken defeats Raoh and is reunited with Yuria, only to learn that Yuria dying from radiation poisoning. Yuria then sets off with Ken to spent her remaining years of life with him.!~   ~!After the deaths of the other five members of the Nanto Roku Seiken, as well as Toki and Ryuga, the Last General of the Nanto Roku Seiken surfaces and orders the Nanto Goshasei to attack Raoh, including Yulia's half-brother, Juza of the Clouds. The Last General's identity, which is initially concealed in a helmet, is revealed to be none other than Yulia.  Kenshiro and Raoh eventually learn of the Last General's true identity and they both race over to the Nanto Capital to get to Yulia. Eventually Raoh reaches her first and fleets with her to his castle as his captive. Learning that Yulia is dying from a similar sickness that killed his brother Toki, Raoh places Yulia in a false state of death and takes her body to the Hokuto Renkitōza, using her as bait to lure Kenshiro for their final battle. Kenshiro defeats Raoh and sets off with Yulia, whose life expectancy was briefly extended thanks to Raoh, to live their last remaining years together. !~  (Source: Wikipedia)

Rosalie is the adoptive daughter of a commoner named Nicole Lamorlière. She is described as "a stereotypical good girl, sweet, obedient and timid". Her biological mother is the Duchess de Polignac, referred to as Martine Gabrielle. Nicole tells Rosalie the truth when she is dying after being hit by a carriage. Rosalie swears that she will kill the person in the carriage that killed her mother. She tries to kill Oscar's mother, Lady Jarjayes, because she thought Lady Jarjayes was in the carriage, but Oscar stops Rosalie. Oscar decides to help her, and she teaches Rosalie the art of fencing, manners, history, and other courtly skills. Rosalie comes to admire and love Oscar greatly.

16 years old. Student of Aoba High School. Hotaru is a genius of robotics and is the creator of the robot who attended the scholastic competition of her school and came in third place. After the first Derinjer attack, her robot was developed and transformed into Robot Rob in the Robot Center of her father, Professor Mizuki. Hotaru is also the captain of the Aoba High School Tennis Team, for which she is always surrounded by admirers willing to conquer her despite having a weakness for Daisaku.


The waitress of the snack bar "Cha-Cha-Maru", the resident of room #6, she is a red-haired bombshell who wears a negligee whenever she's in Ikkoku-kan. Though she may act sloppy, she is quite a sensitive lady who can understand not only Kyoko's feelings but Godai's as well.

She worked with Godai at a liquor store and first appears in ep 12 when Godai couldn't find anyone to go with him to watch a movie since he had two free tickets, one of which was meant for Kyoko. She seems to have had a love interest for him since when they worked together.

A heavy-drinking middle-aged lady in room #2 of Ikkoku-kan. Aside from the fact that she's a party animal, she is typical of her age: in one word, nosy. When she still didn't know that Kyoko was a widow, she was trying very hard to arrange an "omiai" (a formal introduction to another person, in the hopes they would develop a relationship and marry each other) for Kyoko. Once she realized that Kyoko was serious about Godai, she tried to be their counselor.

One of Yusaku's college classmates, Sayako recruits him to join the schools puppet theater club. Sayako becomes more important later in the series when she helps Yūsaku get a part-time job at the pre-school she works at, setting him towards his final career goal. (In the anime, it is Kozue who gets Yūsaku the pre-school job.) Sayako eventually marries the former president of the puppet theater club, Saotome, who she was involved with for a long time, although it is never mentioned until she becomes engaged.

The enigmatic woman who gives the young boy Tetsurou his ticket on the Galaxy Express 999. As beautiful as she is wise, Maetel provides constant support and guidance for Tetsurou throughout his travels.   In Leiji Matsumoto's own words:  Maetel "is the woman who travels with an adolescent boy's dreams. She's traveled with millions, tens of millions of boys, so far. In fact, there are as many Maetels as there are boys. That's also how she can show up in any story. All boys have met Maetel in different forms of encounter. That goes for Antares or Emeraldas or Harlock, as well. They are all crossed over, and they can all be separate stories on their own. So if you change perspectives, you can make as many stories as you like. The characters of Shadow and Emeraldas, who were girls in their adolescence, have met someone called Maetel, in the heart, from their childhood, or during the time when they were full of dreams. It's a train ride through one's mind, or the train that travels along with one. And each person has a different journey..."

~!In chapter 68 it is said that she is always dressed in black because in mourning for her lost companions.!~

(Source: Anime Interviews: The First Five Years of Animerica, Anime &amp; Manga Monthly, First Printing in 1997)

Daniela Caroli

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