Amiba

Name: Amiba (アミバ) History: The self-proclaimed genius with an extreme superiority complex, Amiba was originally a practitioner of Nanto Seiken, but believing he could master any martial art in record time, he turned his sights on Hokuto Shinken.

He travelled to the Village of Miracles in order to prove his worth and when experimenting by himself he almost killed an elderly man with his efforts. Toki intervened to save the man, slapping Amiba aside, and advised him not to practice a martial art he had yet to master. Amiba was left humiliated by the incident and swore revenge on Toki. When Toki was imprisoned in Cassandra by Raoh, Amiba took the opportunity to exact his revenge by impersonating Toki and destroying his reputation. He rearranged his appearance to model Toki, right down to the scar on his back, and began gathering martial artists and villagers under the guise of the legendary healer. He experimented on them with cruel "new vital point tests", and reported his findings to Raoh. Eventually, however, his village was visited by Kenshiro, searching for his brothers after Jagi hinted that they were still alive. Initially, Amiba fooled Kenshiro into thinking that he really was Toki, with his precise use of Hokuto Shinken and the scar on his back supporting his claims. "Toki" taunted Kenshiro with his apparent change of heart, "explaining" that he had abandoned his peaceful ideals after seeing his village ravaged by bandits. He bragged that violence was the true path of his martial art, believing that Kenshiro would not be able to fight his beloved brother, only to be surprised when Kenshiro engaged him in battle nonetheless, having decided that "Toki" had fallen too far and hurt too many innocent people to continue living. Although Amiba was briefly overwhelmed by Kenshiro's skills, he seemingly defeated the Hokuto Shinken successor by striking a new power point that paralyzed his body. However, Amiba was exposed as a fraud by Rei (who trained with him during his Nanto Seiken days), and Kenshiro quickly overcame his paralysis, claiming that only the real Toki would have been able to truly immobilize him. Amiba called on his remaining minions to attack Kenshiro and his allies, but they refused to obey him (having followed him previously because they thought he was Toki and they decide to dissociate him and release Lynn). In desperation, Amiba used another of his newly-discovered vital points to power himself up, only for the technique to backfire and destroy his hands. Now completely helpless, Amiba was pummeled by Kenshiro, who used Zankai Sekiho Ken to force the "genius" to walk backwards towards a balcony. Unable to reverse the effects without his hands, Amiba fell to his death from the top of his palace. His body exploded before he hit the ground, putting an end to his mad experiments and vendetta against Toki.

Fighting style: Amiba was originally a student of Nanto Seiken, but later dropped the style in order to become a master of Hokuto Shinken. As a result of his gruesome vital point research, he was able to enhance the abilities of his minions - granting them inhuman speed and strength - and perform basic Hokuto techniques with enough precision to fool Kenshiro into thinking he was actually Toki. However, Amiba's abilities pale in comparison to a true master of Hokuto Shinken, which he discovered quite painfully when Kenshiro got over his regret and dedicated himself to stopping "Toki" from hurting the innocent. During his studies, Amiba discovered several new vital points, including one that can paralyze a person and others that drastically increase the subject's muscle mass - however, the latter backfired and caused his hands to explode. It is unclear if this was due to Amiba's incomplete understanding of the points, or simply an error he made due to his increasing anger and desperation to defeat Kenshiro.

Techniques: You're my test subject! - Amiba strikes the Sen Yoh power point. If he does, he ponders what to do, then he jabs his fingers into the helpless opponent before knocking him away. Yoso Sankaku Kyaku - Amiba jumps into the air and rapidly kicks downward before diving down. Yoso Ranbu Sho - Amiba runs forward while slashing with his fingers. Amiba-ryu Hyakuretsu Ken - Amiba rapidly punches forward then finishes with a slashing energy wave. Hikou Gekishinko - Amiba grabs an enemy and strikes their vital point on the shoulders, causing their heart to beat rapidly until they go into cardiac arrest and sputter out blood and explode.

Appearance: Amiba has long brown hair, hazel eyes and a nice cold grin with eyes that have sinister intentions. His face is shadowed.

Personality: Amiba was at heart, a highly narcissistic individual, who believed himself a genius who could master any martial arts. When his failed attempt at healing an elderly person was met with a slap and a dressing down by Toki himself into never use a technique he had yet to master, Amiba's ego was so hurt by this incident that he developed a petty grudge on Toki and sought revenge. When the opportunity presented itself, Amiba not only modelled his appearance after Toki, but also scarred his back so as to emulate him as perfectly as possible, all the while committing villainous acts to ruin his name, out of sheer scorn for the man who had humiliated him.

Amiba was a completely amoral person with a complete disregard for human life, as he engaged in inhuman experiments involving pressure points utilizing many martial artists as his guinea pigs, all the while letting his minions rampage on the innocent populace with little to no care about all the lives hurt or lost as a result.

Although he showed a decent amount of skill to somewhat back up his superiority claims, Amiba's inflated ego would become his downfall, when he recklessly triggered a pressure point to increase his muscle mass, which backfired when his hands exploded, all but exposing his incomplete mastery of Hokuto Shinken. As Amiba abandoned his Nanto Seiken training in favor of Hokuto Shinken the latter of which he was evidently inexperienced upon, evidences Amiba as a fighter with a severe lack of discipline, whose arrogance drive him to the point of thinking himself superior, but without truly commiting himself to learn properly and dedicate time to his growth, which severely hindered his prowess as a martial artist.

In the end Amiba was nothing more than a coward, who had to wait until Toki was captured to enact his revenge. When his demise was all but assured, Amiba pitifully begged for his life, still in denial that he could have been defeated.