A Main Character

Kenji Nakamura is the main protagonist of the Fist of Blood series. He is the son of the evil tyrant CEO of Nakamura Empire Mitsurugi Nakamura, and the late shrine maiden of the Nishijou clan Ayumi Nishijou. Being the child of a rich and powerful family, Kenji's life, from the outside looking in, seems to be perfect for him. However, Mitsurugi scolded in ways his mother opposed. Anything Kenji should obtain would be paid in sweat, but in most cases, in blood. Kenji Nakamura was born December 8th, 1978. At the age of 1 to 8, he sat front row at every tournament his father sponsored. Mitsurugi started training him at the early age of 5 during this time. Three years later, Kenji on his way to train with his father, he witnessed him kill his mother right before his eyes. Ever since, Kenji's hatred towards Mitsurugi has filled his fire. After attempting to challenge Mitsurugi and fail, Kenji was thrown off a cliff into a lake, being left for dead. A few days later, an old martial arts master by the name of Hachi Hinogami saw the young child washed up the shore and took him in. Hours later, Kenji awakens and explains that he's Mitsurugi Nakamura's son. Hachi at first didn't want any part of the Nakamura's family affairs, but he knew Kenji's mother Ayumi real well, and decided train him in the Traditional Arts of Hinogami Karate.

## Appearances:

### Fist of Blood:

Kenji enters his father's tournament Chi no Ken to get revenge against him for killing his mother. Trained by Hachi Hinogami, he became one of Hachi's top students next to fellow students Quan Williams and Miku Hiroshima. Despite Hachi's for Kenji not to get involved in Mitsurugi's affairs, Kenji enters the tournament dead set on vengeance. Kenji defeats various opponents and reaches the finals, where he faces off against Mitsurugi Nakamura, thus ultimately defeating him. Filled with rage, Kenji continously beats Mitsurugi's face, until Quan and Miku stops him. At that moment, Kenji rushes out of the tournament site and disappears without a single trace. A few days later, he meets with the Nishijou clan leader, his aunt Asuka Nishijou and the secrets of the seal of Yamazaki are revealed to him. He learns that Mitsurugi was after the seal and wanted to use that power for world domination. So, Kenji made an oath to the Nishijou clan to defeat anyone seeking to break the seal.

### Fist of Blood 2:

Mitsurugi was still unconscious from the previous tournament, and his company Nakamura Empire was shut down by the FBI. Knowing this, Mitsurugi went into hiding. A year has passed since Kenji's sudden disappearance. However, he is training under the Nishijou clan's elder Fuu. One day, the elder felt a disturbing presence in Kenji as time passed. The elder soon realized that the seal of Yamazaki was broken, but puzzled on how. In truth, the seal was broken 19 years ago, when Kenji was born. The elder recalled the time that Mitsurugi sought after world domination and Ayumi attempted to stop him. To the clan's surprise, the cursed blood Yamazaki runs through Kenji's veins, which explains his supernatural strength in the previous tournament. Another year passes, and to everyone's surprise, the Nakamura empire was revived. Many believed Mitsurugi has returned, but it was under new leadership: Kenji Nakamura. Instead of bringing honor to the Nakamura name and company, Kenji defiled it even more with drug trades, and high priced crimes around the world. This transgression is the result of the seal of Yamazaki being broken and possessing Kenji. One of his bodyguards, Shinmaru Amasuka gave word to Kenji that Mitsurugi is out to kill him, which leads Kenji to announce the second Chi no Ken tournament to test his strength. Kenji defeats his opponents, expecting Mitsurugi to arrive and challenge him. Instead, he faces off against the elder of the Nishijou clan, Fuu Nishijou. Barely victorious, Kenji wins the tournament and continues his leadership at Nakamura Empire, but seeing the chaos he's caused, Kenji decides to step down, but the evil spirit of Yamazaki tries to control him. Fuu and Tsubaki use talismans to separate Kenji and Yamazaki, thus the final battle begins. Using the talismans, Kenji defeats Yamazaki and permanently steps down as Nakamura Empire's CEO.