BAKI-DOU: The Invincible Samurai
BAKI-DOUSummary
Musashi Miyamoto — the ultimate symbol of strength — descends into an underground fighting arena where the use of weapons is permitted. Underground fighters including Doppo Orochi, Goki Shibukawa and Sea King Retsu square off in succession against Musashi and his godlike strength. It’s sword versus fist in the most heart-pounding and deadly battles yet, where defeat means certain death.
Be prepared to be blown away by Baki and the other underground fighters as they bravely take on this new battle to determine the strongest fighter in human history.
(Source: Netflix)
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- Format
- N/A
- Number of Episodes
- 13
- Episode length
- 25 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 5 h 25 min (13 × 25 min)
- Season
- Winter 2026
- Start date
- February 26, 2026
- End date
- February 26, 2026
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Manga
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- TMS Entertainment
- Romaji title
- BAKI-DOU
- English title
- BAKI-DOU: The Invincible Samurai
- Native title
- 刃牙道
Characters 17
Main characters
- Baki Hanma範馬刃牙Main
- Musashi Miyamoto宮本武蔵Main
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- Yujiro Hanma範馬勇次郎Supporting
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- Male
The father of Baki and Jack Hanma. He is the strongest creature in the world, and is known to have mastered all styles of unarmed combat. His repertoire apparently includes all of the well-known fighting styles (such as karate, boxing, taekwondo, judo, jujutsu, wrestling, street-fighting, and so on) as well as some more esoteric ones (such as the udonde or…
- Gouki Shibukawa渋川剛気Supporting
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- Gender
- Male
Master of the ancient jujutsu arts used by the samurai soldier-warriors of feudal Japan. Is sixty years of age, and has trained since prior to World War II, in the "old days" of the martial arts. His art makes use of the martial arts principle of aiki, which uses the opponents' attacks against him. Manages to make it all the way through to semi-finals in…
- Kaiou Retsu烈海王Supporting
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- Male
Chinese Kung-Fu (referred to as "Kenpo" in Japanese) practitioner. Trained in China and became the heir to his Kung Fu style in his temple. Despite his great knowledge in his style he does not open his mind to the possibility of learning from other disciplines at first but after striking up a friendship with Katsumi Orochi post tournament he appears to want…
- Doppo Orochi愚地独歩Supporting
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A karate master and head of the shinshinkai-kan.One of the only people in the world able to stand toe-to-toe with Yujiro. He whips his students into shape by fighting them regularly, and practices all of his karate techniques at least one thousand times daily. A very devoted karate practitioner, and a mentor of Baki's. Also the instructor of Katou and…
- Kureha Shinogi昂昇紅葉Supporting
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The older brother of Shinogi, he is very narcissistic and trains to develop the perfect body. He is also a surgical genius able to do surgeries that normally take several hours in only 30 minutes, though he does not have a license. He fights Baki Hanma and is destroyed in combat by him after Baki meets the people that got screwed over by him. Ironically, he…
- Kaoru Hanayama花山薫Supporting
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Fifteen-year-old yakuza leader and strongman. When his father died, he was adopted by his uncle who saw great potential in him. His grip is so strong that if he grabs an opponent's arm, he can usually cause it to explode from restricting the blood flow. He is also a street fighter and it is unknown if he has trained in martial art styles. He broke Yuri…
- Izo Motobe本部以蔵Supporting
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- Male
Motobe Izo is an old Japanese Jujitsu master. He is a calm and pretty gloomy person, who rarely shows any excitement. At one time, he seemed to have more of an obsession with defeating Yujiro Hanma than most martial artists, but he has never shown to be a match for him.
- Gaia Nomura野村ガイアSupporting
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- Male
The leader of a mercenary group who fought Baki. He was once a reckless mercenary called Nomura who loved killing. However, after facing the "ultimate fear" when faced with a firing squad during the Ugandan Bush War, he lost his hair and the personality of Gaia manifested from Nomura, as well as gaining supersensory ability. It is said that Gaia is Yujiro's…
- Jack Hammerジャック・ハンマーSupporting
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Jack Hammer is a powerful Canadian pit fighter who appears at the beginning of Season 2 of the anime, the Maximum Tournament Arc. source: Wikipedia
- Mitsunari Tokugawa徳川光成Supporting
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- Male
The tournament runner and owner of the underground arena. He is an old man of very small stature, possibly even being a dwarf. While not a fighter himself, he is very knowledgeable about the martial arts and can easily point out several fighting techniques, regardless of whether they are obscure or well-known. He has the final say in each and every one of…
- Katsumi Orochi愚地克巳Supporting
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- Male
Yūko Maekawa - A 3rd dan, Doppo's son and current prodigy of Shinshinkai karate.
- Atsushi Suedou末堂厚Supporting
- Kaio Kaku郭海皇Supporting
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- Age
- 146
Fighting Style: Chinese Kenpo Kaku Kaio has shown to have both sociopathic ruthlessness and pride in Chinese Martial Arts and its culture going as far as stabbing three Chinese Martial Arts Association elders in the hand with a needle and then slicing off their limbs with a simple hand chop, and dismissing two current Kaiohs due to "emergency" to replace…
- Chiharu Shiba柴千春Supporting
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- Male
Leader of the Kurenai racing gangs, he is a street fighter that doesn't seem to feel pain. He fights Hatanaka Kouhei in round 1 where he severely breaks his own arm as a form of intimidation before viciously beating Kouhei. In round 2 he fights Ian McGregor with shadow bonding and nearly defeats the boxer. Shiba wins by breaking both of McGregors hands with…
- NarratorナレーターBackground
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Staff and studios
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Key staff
- Toshiki HiranoDirector
- Keisuke ItagakiOriginal creator
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- Novel CoreTheme Song Performance (ED)
- WANIMATheme Song Performance (OP)
- Fritz GianvitoADR Director (Brazilian Portuguese)
- Krzysztof WłodarskiADR Editing (Polish: eps 1-3, 7-10)
- Klaudia PawlikowskaADR Project Coordination (Polish)
- Bartłomiej MajewiczADR Synchronization (Polish: eps 3, 6)
- Przemysław KundaADR Synchronization (Polish: eps 7-13)
- Agnieszka Zwolińska-SkładanowskaADR Director (Polish)
- Rhythm Bhattacharje2nd Key Animation (ep 7)
- Przemysław BajurskiADR Editing (Polish: eps 4-6, 11-13)
- Katarzyna RaduszyńskaADR Script (Polish)
- Mateusz MichniewiczADR Synchronization (Polish: eps 1, 2, 4, 5)
- AniMooKey Animation (eps 2, 7, 10)