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Is Hokuto no Ken finished?

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In this post, we take a closer look at the current status of the series “Hokuto no Ken”, also known by the following titles:

  • Fist of the North Star
  • 北斗の拳
  • Seikimatsu Kyuseishu Densetsu: Hokuto no Ken
  • HNK

Status
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Based on our analysis, the series is NOT FINISHED. ❌

Here’s how we reached that conclusion:

  • Some related entries are still listed as ongoing on MyAnimeList
  • The series is listed as ended on Trakt
  • The original source material has not been fully adapted, according to MangaUpdates

Taken together, these points indicate that Hokuto no Ken is still ongoing in some form.

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Tetsu no Don Quixote

October 12, 1982
Finished Manga
鉄のドンキホーテ
Iron Don Quixote
SummaryFor the last three years, the motocross national B-League has been dominated by Kurosu Gen. He has been unmatched in his riding skills and no one was surprised when Gen was promoted to the A-League, the highest league in the nation. But this division has been ruled by an even bigger monster than Gen, the Red Army and its leader Igarashi Shunichi. For the last 5 years, the Red Army has left the competition in the dust and won the championship with ease. Gen is determined to put an end to the Red Army dynasty and take first place but the caliber of motocross riders here are heads and shoulders above what he has seen before.

(Source: MangaHelpers)

Included one-shots: Volume 1: Mad Fighter Volume 2: Hokuto no Ken (pilot)

Hokuto no Ken

September 13, 1983
Finished Manga
Fist of the North Star
北斗の拳
SummaryOne day, a wanderer appears out of the wasteland to bring justice to the guilty and hope to the people—a warrior named Ken, a man who bears seven scars upon his chest and holds the secret of a mysterious martial art known as Hokuto Shinken, the Divine Fist of the North Star!

(Source: VIZ Media)

BackgroundHokuto no Ken was published in English as Fist of the North Star by VIZ Media for 44 chapters from 1989 to 1997 in monthly comic book format, later collected into 4 graphic novels. After gaining rights to the series, Gutsoon! Entertainment later republished the series under the Raijin Comics imprint in full-color, original right-to-left format as Fist of the North Star: Master Edition from January 28, 2003 to May 19, 2004; only covering the first 9 volumes due to Gutsoon! becoming defunct in North America. The series was published by VIZ Media under the VIZ Signature imprint from June 15, 2021, to September 23, 2025.

Hokuto no Ken

October 11, 1984
Finished Airing TV
Fist of the North Star
北斗の拳
SummaryIn the year 19XX, after being betrayed and left for dead, bravehearted warrior Kenshirou wanders a post-apocalyptic wasteland on a quest to track down his rival, Shin, who has kidnapped his beloved fiancée Yuria. During his journey, Kenshirou makes use of his deadly fighting form, Hokuto Shinken, to defend the helpless from bloodthirsty ravagers. It isn't long before his exploits begin to attract the attention of greater enemies, like warlords and rival martial artists, and Kenshirou finds himself involved with more than he originally bargained for.

Faced with ever-increasing odds, the successor of Hokuto Shinken is forced to put his skills to the test in an effort to take back what he cares for most. And as these new challenges present themselves and the battle against injustice intensifies, namely his conflict with Shin and the rest of the Nanto Seiken school of martial arts, Kenshirou is gradually transformed into the savior of an irradiated and violent world.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

BackgroundHokuto no Ken covers chapters 1 to 136 of the manga of the same name.

Hokuto no Ken Movie

March 8, 1986
Finished Airing Movie
Fist of the North Star: The Movie
北斗の拳
SummaryFollowing a cataclysmic nuclear war, the world teeters on the brink of complete destruction. Civilization is polarized into a degenerate society where opposing packs of marauding scavengers prey on helpless, homeless nomads. For those who are lucky enough to survive the constant brutality and danger, it is a bleak existence. Life an death blur into abstractions. The only hope left for mankind is to find a hero worthy of becoming the next "Fist of the North Star" - an enlightened warrior - who is capable of leading those with the will to survive out of this barrenness into a new world. But in this savage no-man's land of shifting loyalties and power-hungry demi-gods, heroes are in short supply.

(Source: AniDB)

Hokuto no Ken 2

March 12, 1987
Finished Airing TV
Fist of the North Star 2
北斗の拳2
SummaryIn the second series after Raoh has been defeated by Kenshiro a new rival appears. The Gentou Kouken warriors. Falco the successor of the Gentou Kouken takes orders from an evil ruler by the name of Jacko. He claims to be the man chosen by the Tentei and issues orders to his subordinates to capture anyone living in order to build up his Imperial Capital. Kenshiro once again rises out of the shadows and puts an end to his tyrannical ways. Amidst the mayhem Lynn gets captured and gets taken to the land of the Shura where only ruthless fighters exist. Now Kenshiro must pursue the captor and defeat the 3 Rasho of the land in order to escape with his life and with Lynn.
BackgroundHokuto no Ken 2 covers chapters 137 to 210 of the manga of the same name.

Hokuto no Ken: Jubaku no Machi

December 18, 1996
Finished Light Novel
北斗の拳 呪縛の街
Fist of the North Star: The Cursed City
SummaryIn the 21st century, a nuclear war turned most of the Earth's surface into a desert wasteland, which also resulted in the contamination of the Earth's water supply. A man named Sanga has built the fortified haven of the "Last Land," where he rules as its dictator by monopolizing the city's uncontaminated water supply. When he learns that the neighboring residents of Freedom Village are trying to dig up a well for their own, Sanga sends his underlings to sabotage their effort. Kenshiro, master of Hokuto Shinken, gets involved in the conflict between the two regions after saving Tobi, an informant hired by Freedom Village.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Souten no Ken

May 1, 2001
Finished Manga
Fist of the Blue Sky
蒼天の拳
SummaryA mysterious man known as "the King of Death" roams the streets of pre-war Shanghai in this action-packed prequel to Fist of the North Star.

Shanghai in the 1930s is a dangerous place. Foreign governments and Chinese factions have carved the city into different quarters, each with its own laws and government, and all rife with corruption. As the major powers vie for political control, the streets are left to local gangs. Life is cheap, and death is always near.

In days past, one man walked these mean streets battling the forces of evil. He was known only as Yan Wang, “the King of Death.” Few knew who he really was, but many knew that he was a master of Hokuto Shinken - Fist of the North Star - a lethal martial art. He disappeared years ago after dispatching the city’s worst gangsters, and is now rumored to be in Japan. Various people have come to Japan in search of him, but who will find him first?

BackgroundSouten no Ken was first published in English as Fist of the Blue Sky in the manga anthology Raijin Comics, published by Gutsoon! Entertainment, from December 2002 (issue #0) to July 2004 (final issue #46). Four collected volumes, also published by Gutsoon! Entertainment under the Raijin Graphic Novels imprint, from June 18, 2003 to March 1, 2004, were released before the publisher became defunct.

Shin Hokuto no Ken

July 24, 2003
Finished Airing OVA
New Fist of the North Star
新・北斗の拳
SummaryIn a post-apocalyptic Earth, the water has become entirely toxic, except for some kept safe in a reservoir. A fortified zone has been created by a man named Sanga, he calls it The Lastland. A group of villagers have discovered safe water, and Sanga wants it. He and his band of killers go to kill everyone and steal it. As they do a mysterious man appears out of nowhere, instantly killing some of Sanga's men. His name is Kenshiro, and he can beat any man with his martial art, Hokuto Shin Ken. Sanga will do anything for the water, and Kenshiro will do anything to try and stop him.

(Source: ANN)

Hokuto no Ken: Yuria Gaiden

March 10, 2006
Finished Manga
北斗の拳 ユリア外伝 慈母の星
Yuria Gaiden: Jibo no Hoshi
SummaryA Hokuto no Ken sidestory telling the story of Yuria prior to the Hokuto no Ken main story, including the battle between Shin and Juuza.

Hokuto no Ken - Raoh Gaiden

March 10, 2006
Finished Manga
Fist of the North Star: The Conquering King of the Heavens - Raohs Story
北斗の拳 ユリア外伝 慈母の星
SummaryA Hokuto no Ken sidestory telling the story of one of the Hokuto brothers and the main antagonist of the parent story, Raoh.

Hokuto no Ken: Raoh Gaiden Junai-hen

March 11, 2006
Finished Airing Movie
Fist of the North Star: Raoh Side Story Junai Arc
真救世主伝説 北斗の拳 ラオウ伝 殉愛の章
SummaryKenshiro is the heir of the legendary martial arts known as Hokuto Shinken, which can kill a man with a single blow, by striking the pressure points in the enemy's body. Hokuto Shinken can be passed only to one successor at a time. When he was chosen as the successor, he parted ways with his brothers, Toki and Raoh. The former decided to use what he knew of the art to cure people... while the latter has chosen to use his supreme strength to install peace in the world by power. Kenshiro is accompanied by Lynn and Bart, and the movie's story begins when an overlord starts kidnapping children to use them as slaves for building his own pyramid...

(Source: AniDB)

Souten no Ken

October 5, 2006
Finished Airing TV
Fist of the Blue Sky
蒼天の拳
SummaryA mysterious man known as "the King of Death" roams the streets of pre-war Shanghai in this action-packed prequel to Fist of the North Star.

Shanghai in the 1930s is a dangerous place. Foreign governments and Chinese factions have carved the city into different quarters, each with its own laws and government, and all rife with corruption. As the major powers vie for political control, the streets are left to local gangs. Life is cheap, and death is always near.

In days past, one man walked these mean streets battling the forces of evil. He was known only as Yan Wang, “the King of Death.” Few knew who he really was, but many knew that he was a master of Hokuto Shinken - Fist of the North Star - a lethal martial art. He disappeared years ago after dispatching the city’s worst gangsters, and is now rumored to be in Japan. Various people have come to Japan in search of him, but who will find him first?

Hokuto no Ken: Yuria-den

February 23, 2007
Finished Airing OVA
Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Yuria
真救世主伝説 北斗の拳 ユリア伝
SummaryThe second part of the new Hokuto no Ken pentalogy. The story of this OVA centers around Yuria.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Soukoku no Garou - Hokuto no Ken Rei Gaiden

April 27, 2007
Finished Manga
蒼黒の餓狼 -北斗の拳レイ外伝-
Rei Gaiden: Soukoku no Garou
SummaryRei is a ruthless man who is traveling the world in search of a certain someone... But Rei was not always ruthless an uncompassionate, it's vengeance the one who stripped Rei from his humanity, and he won't be able to become a normal human being until that vengeance is fulfilled. Right now, he can only roam the world as a furious lone wolf, a lone wolf who preys on those who oppose him.

(Source: MU)

Hokuto no Ken: Raoh Gaiden Gekitou-hen

April 28, 2007
Finished Airing Movie
Fist of the North Star The legend of the True Savior - Legend of Raoh: Chapter of Firece Fighting
真救世主伝説 北斗の拳 ラオウ伝 激闘の章
SummaryThe third chapter of the pentalogy (3 Movies + 2 OVAs). A retelling of Kenshiro's final battle with Raoh.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Souten no Ken Specials

May 24, 2007
Finished Airing Special
Fist of the Blue Sky Specials
蒼天の拳
SummaryEpisodes 16, 17, 18 and 21 of the Souten no Ken anime series, which were not originally aired, but released on DVD. Because of this, these episodes are uncut/uncensored.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Hokuto no Ken - Toki Gaiden

September 7, 2007
Finished Manga
Fist of the North Star: The Silver Saint - Tokis Story
銀の聖者 北斗の拳 トキ外伝
SummaryToki is a former Hokuto practitioner, and his incredible strength coped with his knowledge of the assassin art would be enough to call him devil.... But Toki's kindness and desire to help people prevent them from calling him devil, they instead can only whisper words akin to that of 'savior'.

(Source: M-U)

Hokuto no Ken: Toki-den

March 26, 2008
Finished Airing OVA
Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Toki
真救世主伝説 北斗の拳 トキ伝
SummaryThe fourth part of the new Hokuto no Ken pentalogy (3 movies, 2 OVAs).

Hokuto no Ken: Raoh Gaiden Ten no Haoh

October 3, 2008
Finished Airing TV
Legends of the Dark King: A Fist of the North Star Story
北斗の拳 ラオウ外伝 天の覇王
SummaryIn the wastelands following the great nuclear war, a legend grew of a man. “Hokuto No Ken.” The Fist of the North Star. Master of a legendary fighting technique. A man of impossible strength and endurance. Yet before Ken claimed the title of the Fist, there was another master, trained in the art of Hokuto Shinken, the King of the Fist, the Divine Fist of Heaven. Raoh: the ultimate assassin, the ultimate warrior. This is the story of the world before Fist of the North Star, and how one man took the future of a savage world into his deadly hands and reshaped its destiny. Not as a hero but as a conqueror. For in the mind of the man called Raoh, the only way to save Mankind is to grind it under his giant heel! The greatest battle is about to begin in Legends of the Dark King ~ Fist of the North Star!

(Source: Sentai Filmworks)

Hokuto no Ken Zero: Kenshirou Den

October 4, 2008
Finished Airing Movie
Fist of the North Star: Legend of Kenshiro
真救世主伝説 北斗の拳 ZERO ケンシロウ伝
SummaryLast of the Shin Kyuuseishu Densetsu pentalogy. A prequel set between Kenshiro's defeat at the hands of Shin and the beginning of the manga.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Hokuto no Ken: Jagi Gaiden

December 16, 2008
Finished Manga
極悪ノ華 北斗の拳 ジャギ外伝
Gokuaku no Hana - Hokuto no Ken - Jagi Gaiden
SummaryA deeper look at the childhood and history of Jagi, one of the four Hokuto brothers, and an important villain in the original Hokuto no Ken manga.

Includes the one-shot: Volume 2: Hokuto no Ken: Ryuuken Gaiden

Hokuto no Ken - Juuza Gaiden

January 8, 2010
Finished Manga
彷徨の雲 北斗の拳 ジュウザ外伝
Houkou no Kumo - Hokuto no Ken Juuza Gaiden
SummaryJuuza is a total rebel who obeys and bows to absolutely no one, and with his terrible self taught fighting style, he has absolutely no one to fear.

Juuza once gave up on his true love since he realized blood relation made a relationship impossible… But now that she is dead, Juuza has a thing or two to say to the man who was unable to protect her.

(Source: MU)

DD Hokuto no Ken

October 25, 2010
Finished Manga
DD北斗の拳
DD Fist of the North Star
SummaryModern day Japan… a peaceful country with no violence, and surely with more than enough food and water! Having no use for their ultimate assassination technique 'Hokuto Shinken,' Kenshin and his brothers have a hard time adapting to everyday society (Just ask their neighbors!). With or without food and water, every day is a struggle to survive in the urban jungle of Tokyo…? At least there's lots of fun along the way

(Source: Silent Manga Audition)

DD Hokuto no Ken

January 12, 2011
Finished Airing TV
DD Fist of the North Star
DD北斗之拳
SummarySuper-deformed version of Hokuto no Ken, Buronson & Hara Tetsuo's post-apocalyptic fighting manga.

Note: The “DD” stands for “Design Deformation,” since the characters are only “two-heads-tall.”

(Source: AniDB)

Hokuto no Ken Gaiden: Kinyoku no Garuda - Nanto Goshasei Zenshi

February 25, 2013
Finished Manga
北斗の拳外伝 金翼のガルダ~南斗五車星前史~
SummaryThe story is a spin-off prequel to the original Hokuto no Ken. It centers around Garuda who practices the Nanto Shinchou Ken style of martial arts. In the manga he will fight the five Nanto Goshasei members, impress Rihaku and provide a chance for Kenshirou and Yuria to unite.

(Source: Hokuto no Ken Wikia)

Souten no Ken: Regenesis

October 25, 2017
Publishing Manga
蒼天の拳 リジェネシス
Fist of the Blue Sky: Regenesis
SummaryLong before Kenshirou said, "You're already dead," a different Kenshirou walked the violent streets of Shanghai. The city is in constant crisis as two mafia families battle one another for supremacy. In the crossfire, a little girl named Erika is orphaned and soon taken under the wing of martial artist Liu Fei-Yan. Sorrow seems to follow the girl, as every time Fei-Yan attempts to hand her off, her new guardians end up dead. Fei-Yan decides to bring the girl to a man named Guise but instead crosses paths with powerful Kenshirou Kasumi.

(Source: ANN)

Souten no Ken: Regenesis

April 10, 2018
Finished Airing TV
Fist of the Blue Sky: Regenesis
蒼天の拳 REGENESIS
SummaryLong before Kenshirou said, "You're already dead," a different Kenshirou walked the violent streets of Shanghai. The city is in constant crisis as two mafia families battle one another for supremacy. In the crossfire, a little girl named Erika is orphaned and soon taken under the wing of martial artist Liu Fei-Yan. Sorrow seems to follow the girl, as every time Fei-Yan attempts to hand her off, her new guardians end up dead. Fei-Yan decides to bring the girl to a man named Guise but instead crosses paths with powerful Kenshirou Kasumi.

(Source: ANN)

Hokuto no Ken Gaiden: Tensai Amiba no Isekai Haou Densetsu

October 25, 2021
Publishing Manga
北斗の拳外伝 天才アミバの異世界覇王伝説
A Genius Isekai Overlord Legend: Fist of the North Star Amiba Gaiden - Even If I Go to Another World
SummaryThe spin-off manga follows the "genius" Amiba, who can learn any fighting style faster than anyone else. After he is defeated by the original series' protagonist Kenshirou and dies, he wakes up in another world and begins a new adventure.

(Source: Coamix, translated)

Hokuto no Ken: Fist of the North Star

January 1, 2026
Not yet aired None
北斗の拳 -FIST OF THE NORTH STAR-
SummaryIn 199x, the world was engulfed in the blaze of nuclear war.

With the Ocean drying up and Earth torn asunder, all life seems to be lost but humans survived stubbornly. However, what dominated the post-apocalyptic world was sheer violence. The remaining humanity was split into two groups: those who kill and take whatever they can and those who are exploited.

When all hope seems lost for the weak, a man in ragged cloth appears. He is Kenshiro, the rightful successor of the Hokuto Shinken martial arts with seven studs-like scars in the shape of the Big Dipper. His journey to becoming a legendary savior begins!

(Source: Warner Bros. Japan, edited)