Hikoroku Hashiba

Hikoroku Hashiba 羽柴 彦六（はしば ひころく）

Hikoroku is an expert marital artist of unknown age, with an unknown history, who appears here and there. Although he mostly uses Chinese Kempo, his array of attacks such as using pebbles as weapons, and breaking his opponents’ arms in an instant is unfathomable. Hikoroku is one of the strongest fighters in the series. He only uses weapons and bone breaking attacks against worthy opponents. Against opponents who are clearly not on the same level as him, he tends to hold back merely using attacks such as strikes to the jaw to cause a concussion or aiming for pressure points rendering opponents unable to move. He often appears in scenes where the main characters are fighting. He is acquainted with nearly all the characters in the story.