Tetsuo Hara
Tetsuo Hara wanted the fights in the manga to look more like traditional Chinese martial arts, so the action is somewhat faster and more detailed than those in "Fist of the North Star". Hara went to Shanghai in person to get his inspiration. Tetsuo Hara describes the protagonist Kenshiro Kasumi as a combination of the strength of Kenshiro, the good nature of Keiji Maeda from "Hana no Keiji" and the sarcastic attitude of the title character of "Nakabo Rintaro".