Liu Zong-Wu

Liu Zong-Wu's History

Liú Zōngwǔ (Chinese and Japanese: 劉宗武; Wade-Giles: Liu Tsung-wu; rōmaji: Ryū Sōbu)

The 1930's successor to the Hokuto Ryūka Ken style. His first encounter with the previous master, Liu Xuanxin, was at the Tàishèng Yuàn Temple in Ningbo. He met Xia Wenli there, too.

Driven to revenge by the death of his family at the hands of Du Tianfeng, Zōngwǔ turned evil and began to train in the Hokuto Ryūka Ken arts. Pro-war, he believes that it is a good opportunity to cleanse evil from the world. Later he joined the Nazis as a Lieutenant in the Waffen-SS even though he was Chinese. He had the chance to kill Adolf Hitler but didn't because he felt Hitler was too pitiful. Edmund Heckler brings him to Shanghai during the Battle of Shanghai. Zōngwǔ survives an attempt on his life after Dù Tiānfēng asks for Edmund Heckler to organize the hit.

Zōngwǔ desired to kill Kenshiro Kasumi in order to prove that Hokuto Ryūka Ken was superior than Hokuto Shinken. After killing Dù Tiãnfēng and finally avenging his parents' deaths he renounced his evil ways and became a monk. It can be assumed that he passed his fighting style to Jukei.