Riku Hiroki

Riku Hiroki is most commonly seen as the tritagonist and is the eternal rival of Tadashi.

Background Information
Riku was born in a small town called Itako District. He was not destined to be a protector but had a much superior, stronger and challenging role. He was destined to guard the path of the Afterlife for all eternity (this comes in later). His parents were proud of him and loved him. However, his father was killed by an unknown merenary. When he got older he was very powerful and was worshiped by commoners, friends and just about anyone else. One day however, he was practicing and ran into an assassin who was hired to kill him. They fight for a while but the assassin retreats after giving Riku the scar on his face. From then on, he seeked revenge.

Marking
Riku has the marking of Tugasi. This allows him to go to limits that no other beholder with a marking can do. He can go farther in a fight without over exerting himself. In addition, when his anger rises, his power, speed, endurance & raw strength heightens.

Terror of Puki-Puki Saga
Riku appears as somewhat arrogant and is at the dojo entering in the mini-tournament. There, he also meets his own arch-rival, Tadashi Sakura. Riku easily got through each fight and mercilessly killed his opponents; Easily killing off Tsubeka, Renuagako & Fashyu. In the final rounds, he fought Tadashi and they were evenly matched, suprirsing each other with different attacks. The fight ends in a draw after Riku fires his Shining Wind Blade and Tadashi uses his Flaming Blade Slice. Riku then barely gets up, vowing to kill Tadashi the next time they meet. Sometime later, before Tadashi and Sayuri Wanatabe were killed, Riky comes and severely injures Puki-Puki, saving them in the process. When Tadashi and Sayuri wonder why he saved them, Riku explains that he hates Puki-Puki more than he hates him. Puki-Puki then tells the story of how they met. [Flashback Start] Riku was but 12 years of age and was already known as the strongest fighter in his town.

He was then worshiped by girls that turned out to be his actual friends. Sometime later, he was training in the woods and came across an assassin named Puki-Puki. Not only did he reveal that he killed Riku's father, but that he was sent to kill him. Riku and Puki-Puki then fights each other with both showing no sign of fatigue. After Riku's brutal attack, Puki-Puki focused all of his chi into one slash which not only scarred Riku mentally, but physically as well. Riku, screaming in agony, vowed revenge on Puki-Puki and to avenge his father's death. [Flashback End] With that, Riku talks about how much of a scum Puki-Puki is. He then launches a burning kick into his stomach, and then kills him with a shining blade slash. Riku then leaves, promising to come back for Tadashi's head.

Reign of Lord Tetsei Saga
Tadashi saw Riku but walked away. Riku then looked up curiously, wondering who was staring at him. Riku later saw the fight between Tadashi and Ederu. Soon after however, he left. Riku brings Suna Makiyato along with him to venture to Sasiko Town and finally kill Tadashi once and for all. Riku and Suna gets closer and closer to Tadashi and Riku already prepares for what he is going to do to Tadashi when he finds him. Just before Tadashi Ayano Umaka and the mystery girl leaves, Riku and Suna comes; With Riku furious and blazing with revenge in his eye. Both Riku and Tadashi fight it out with both still being equally matched. However, the mystery girl starts to remember Riku from some time back. As the two keeps on fighting, the girl finally reveals that she remembers Riku and that her name is Meika Tsageru. This however causes Riku to lose the fight. After losing, Tadashi helps him up and begs for him to join them temporarily in stopping Lord Tetsei and his army. Tadashi then points to the fleet and they all immediately heads there.

List of Attacks/Abilities

 * Shining Wind Blade: The user glows their sword and it is surrounded with ominous extraordinary power. They then attack and the slash is unbearable to the foe. This is Riku's signature attack.