Toki (Fist of the North Star)

Toki (トキ Toki?) is the major supporting character of the anime/manga Fist of the North Star. He is the second of the four Hokuto brothers and is a pacifist who seeks to use Hokuto Shinken as a healing art. Toki's self-created technique of Hokuto Ujō Ken (北斗有情拳?, "North Star Humane Fist") is adept at both healing and destroying. When using this style, his adversaries experience intense ecstasy before their gruesome deaths, instead of horrifying pain. According to Kenshiro, Toki had the most elegant style of the four brothers and was the ideal successor to Hokuto Shinken before his illness.
He is voiced by Hiroki Tōchi, Kenyu Horiuchi, Takaya Hashi, Hideyuki Tanaka, Tomokazu Seki and Tomokazu Seki in the Japanese version, and by Kirk Thornton, Charles Campbell, David Wald and David Lodge in the English version.
==History==
The second eldest of the Hokuto Shinken brothers, Toki is also the biological younger brother of Raoh. Upon leaving the Land of Shura (originally, they left after their home village was destroyed), the siblings were taken in by Ryuken to be trained in Hokuto Shinken. Toki, who was a more passive individual and does not fight unless he is pressed to do so, believed that by manipulating the body's pressure points gently, it can be used to heal the human body and began developing techniques for this "healing art". When the nuclear war began, in order for Kenshiro and Yuria to be safe within a fallout shelter with other survivors, Toki sealed himself out and was exposed to radiation, turning his hair white. After Kenshiro is appointed the new successor, Toki left to establish the "Village of Miracles", where he heals the sick and wounded with his knowledge of Hokuto Shinken and its healing capabilities.
When Raoh began his conquering of the world, he ordered Toki to be imprisoned in the city prison "Cassandra". Upon being rescued by Kenshiro, Toki decides to face Raoh to fulfill an old promise to his brother and kill him to prevent his ambitions from succeeding. Unfortunately, Toki's radiation sickness has taken its toll and is defeated by Raoh. However, his brother does not wish to end his life and urges him to live whatever days he has left in peace. While Toki continues to heal the sick, Ryuga comes to the Village of Miracles to assassinate him, hoping that by killing Toki, it would help awaken the sadness within Kenshiro's heart and give him the strength needed to defeat Raoh. Toki complies with Ryuga's actions and is mortally wounded, but survives long enough after Kenshiro defeats Ryuga to tell his adoptive brother to use his and Ryuga's deaths to empower himself through sorrow.
== Abilities ==
Toki's self-styled Jū no Ken (柔の拳, Gentle Fist) turns the opponent's power against them with effortless grace and dexterity. His style focuses on destroying the opponent as they experience immense ecstasy while dying. He was also arguably the most knowledgeable of Hokuto Shinken's therapeutic aspects out of the four brothers. It's because of this natural talent that Toki was originally the favored successor to Hokuto Shinken.
During his showdown with Raoh, Toki revealed knowledge of Raoh's Gō no Ken (剛の拳, Strong Fist), having sealed its power away until such time. However, Raoh realizes that Toki, has in, fact pressed the Sekkatsu-kō vital point, temporarily boosting his strength in order to imitate his brother's style. He was capable of temporarily counter Raoh's technique by using a "calm current" approach to Raoh's "strong current", thereby neutralizing it.
Toki had inhuman levels of endurance, being able to survive under nuclear radiation without food or water for weeks. Although he suffered after-effects that left him sick and with white hair, Toki would still be able to live for years after the incident. Despite his ailing health, it is noted that his technique remained unaffected until his sickness reached its peak. Although he was a miraculous doctor through his technique, he could not cure himself from the effects of radiation.
== Personality ==
Toki was a wise and benevolent man, and a caring brother. He was the one Kenshiro was closest to, and Toki helped shape him into the man he would become. Likewise, he dedicates his life to easing the pain of the forsaken and defending the weak. When given the power of the Hokuto arts, Toki uses them for healing instead of harming, and often performs miracles for sick people. When he has to kill, he uses a technique that causes the victims to experience great euphoria as they die. 
==Gallery==
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==Videos==
File:Hokuto No Ken - North Star Humanist Face Breaking Fist
Toki opens the road for Kenshiro
==Trivia==
*Toki's whole character is mostly based on Jesus Christ.
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