Kikuchiyo Akuta

Kikuchiyo Akuta 芥 菊千代（あくた きくちよ）

A junior high school student who lives in a town by the seashore with his violent tempered mother. He isn't much of a conversationalist, has an introverted personality and has anthropophobic tendencies. He also has a complex about the fact that his right arm is about 3 cm. longer than his left. Because of this he was often alone, however it was his encounter with the karate practitioner Toshio Narumi that got him started on karate. Despite not having particularly keen motor reflexes or an excellent physique, Kikuchiyo has an extra-ordinary high tolerance to pain. He is unfazed by long periods of practice drills and displays an abnormal toughness even in tournaments. His signature moves are a bevy of blows that break his opponent’s guard and a powerful right straight, which has a longer reach than his left.