Articles by Antoni Matteo Garcia

Greetings, anime fans, martial arts aficionados, fighting game devotees, and enthusiasts of all things about anime, martial arts, video games, and fighting tournaments. Antoni here with another written entry. My beloved seven-person anime martial arts teams who have also been Dudley’s and Daisy’s as well as their seven children’s martial arts trainers have struck again. There is no doubt that Dudley, Daisy, and their pups have been very happy and blessed to have these seven-person anime martial arts teams as their instructors. This is because these anime martial artists are individuals first which is the same story said about their fighting video game counterparts.   The fourteen anime martial arts teams are not only going to be organized by their respective martial arts but also from oldest to youngest according to their birth years and their ages. I am using the ages they currently are after their shows aired on television. I want to remind you that the characters featured here are from anime series that aired between 1998 and 2009, especially considering that my anime-watching days on Animax during my time in Cebu, Philippines, and Adult Swim during my time in the United States reached an all-time high when I was a 12-year-old sixth grader in 2004. With that said, let us get acquainted with when these anime martial artists were born and express our collective joy about their ever-flourishing tenure as combatants and as people. Some of them are based on canon birthdays, while others are partially based on my own personal headcanon. Osu! Hajime!   The Splendid Seven (Sesshoumaru, Shuran, Inuyasha, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran) Sesshoumaru from Inuyasha – Mixed Martial Arts; April 30, 1981; 42 years old Shuran from Inuyasha – Professional Wrestling; March 14, 1982; 41 years old Inuyasha from Inuyasha – Pankration; April 1, 1982; 41 years old Hakkaku from Inuyasha – Muay Boran; May 9, 1983; 40 years old Ginta from Inuyasha – Lethwei; May 16, 1983; 40 years old Ayame from Inuyasha – Kyuk Too Ki; February 7, 1985; 38 years old Shunran from Inuyasha – Shaolin Kung Fu; February 14, 1986; 37 years old   The Radioactive Rebels (Shido, Ban, Ginji, Kyuzo, Heihachi, Satella, and Akemi) Shido Fuyuki from GetBackers – Japanese Jujutsu; August 12, 1980; 43 years old Ban Mido from GetBackers – Brazilian Jujitsu; December 17, 1980; 43 years old Ginji Amano from GetBackers – Judo; April 19, 1981; 42 years old Kyuzo from Samurai 7 – Kajukenbo; October 30, 1983; 40 years old Heihachi Hayashida from Samurai 7 – Qwan Ki Do; February 20, 1984; 39 years old Satella Harvenheit from Chrono Crusade – Nippon Kenpo; June 10, 1984; 39 years old Akemi Takaishi from Shootfighter Tekken – Shorinji Kenpo; March 3, 1986; 37 years old   The Quicksilver Quantums (Masaru, Tatsuya, Ryuichi, Mario, Hiroto, Sakurako, and Kuniko) Masaru Aoki from Hajime no Ippo – Kamogawa Mixed Martial Boxing; September 9, 1982; 41 years old Tatsuya Kimura from Hajime no Ippo – Kamogawa Mixed Martial Boxing; October 10, 1982; 41 years old Ryuichi Hayami from Hajime no Ippo – Otowa Mixed Martial Boxing; December 23, 1983; 40 years old Mario Musicanova from Geneshaft – Luta Livre; December 26, 1983; 40 years old Hiroto Amagiwa from Geneshaft – Pancrase; April 12, 1984; 39 years old Sakurako Yukihira from Detective School Q – Musti-yuddha; September 16, 1986; 37 years old Kuniko Touya from Detective School Q – Adithada; June 19, 1988; 35 years old   The War Emperors (Yoshiki, Mamoru, Kuranosuke, Tsume, Mitsuhide, Kisuke, and Shinosuke) Yoshiki Takaishi from Shootfighter Tekken – Kapu Kuialua; March 13, 1980; 43 years old Mamoru Takamura from Hajime no Ippo – Kamogawa Mixed Martial Boxing; July 7, 1980; 43 years old Kuranosuke Takeda from Inuyasha – Shoot Wrestling; July 14, 1980; 43 years old Tsume from Wolf’s Rain – Vale Tudo; June 19, 1981; 42 years old Mitsuhide Kuroda from Shootfighter Tekken – Combat Sambo; July 21, 1981; 42 years old Kisuke from Inuyasha – Shootfighting; August 23, 1981; 42 years old Shinosuke from Inuyasha – Shoot Boxing; September 25, 1981; 42 years old   The Kings of Formidable Fists (Baki, Ryoma, Takeshi, Kiibo, Alexander, Ichiro, and Ippo) Baki Hanma from Baki the Grappler – Total Fighting Mixed Martial Boxing; January 3, 1982; 41 years old Ryoma Sakamoto from Shura no Toki – Historical Pride FC Mixed Martial Boxing; January 8, 1982; 41 years old Takeshi Sendo from Hajime no Ippo – Naniwa Mixed Martial Boxing; May 5, 1983; 40 years old Kiichi “Kiibo” Miyazawa from Shootfighter Tekken – Nanshin Shadow Mixed Martial Boxing; May 19, 1983; 40 years old Alexander Volg Zangief from Shootfighter Tekken – Otowa Mixed Martial Boxing; October 30, 1983; 40 years old Ichiro Miyata from Hajime no Ippo – Kawahara Mixed Martial Boxing; August 27, 1984; 39 years old Ippo Makunouchi from Hajime no Ippo – Kamogawa Mixed Martial Boxing; November 23, 1984; 39 years old   The Blood Empresses (Toran, Blue, Wakana, Mika, Enju, Karan, and Takako) Toran from Inuyasha – Krav Maga; January 15, 1982; 41 years old Blue from Wolf’s Rain – Pencak Silat; June 21, 1982; 41 years old Wakana from Inuyasha – Systema; September 30, 1983; 40 years old Mika Seido from Geneshaft – Bokator; May 25, 1984; 39 years old Enju from Inuyasha – Jeet Kune Do; July 30, 1984; 39 years old Karan from Inuyasha – Hapkido; April 25, 1985; 38 years old Takako Kawashima from Shootfighter Tekken – Taekwondo; June 18, 1985; 38 years old   The Queens of Scintillating Strikes (Rosé T, Rose A, Winry, Megumi, Maya, Solty, and Kaoru) Rosé Thomas from Fullmetal Alchemist – Yongmudo; July 23, 1986; 37 years old Rose Anderson from Solty Rei – Gongkwon Yusul; June 30, 1987; 36 years old Winry Rockbell from Fullmetal Alchemist – Kuk Sool Won; June 9, 1988; 35 years old Megumi Minami from Detective School Q – Hwa Rang Do; February 4, 1989, 34 years old Maya Orihara from Ultra Maniac – Tang Soo Do; March 3,…