Kenji (manga)

Kenji
First volume cover
拳児
GenreMartial arts
Manga
Written byMatsuda Ryuchi
Illustrated byYoshihide Fujiwara
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runJanuary 1988 – December 1992
Volumes21

Kenji (拳児) is a manga series written by Ryuchi Matsuda and illustrated by Yoshihide Fujiwara. The series follows Kenji Goh, a practitioner of the Chinese martial art Bajiquan.

Matsuda drew from his own knowledge of the martial arts when writing the manga.[1] Kenji features bajiquan, Praying Mantis kung fu, Baguazhang, Chen-style tai chi, piguaquan, xingyiquan, Shaolin kung fu, Hung Gar, Daitō-ryū, Shōtōkan and numerous other styles, frequently featuring real-life practitioners, such as Master Su Yuchang, director and founder of the Pachi Tanglang Martial Arts Association,[2] and Grand Master Liu Yun-Qiao (劉雲樵) from the Wu Tan Center (武壇國術推廣中心).[3]

Kenji was serialized in Shogakukan's manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1988 to 1992, totaling 21 volumes.

  1. ^ Tokitsu, Kenji (29 March 1990). "L'histoire du karaté 19 : Le regard dans le combat du kisémé" (in French). Tokitsu-Ryu. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2007.
  2. ^ Pachi Tanglang Martial arts Institute. "Master Su Yu-Chang". Archived from the original on 20 November 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  3. ^ "The Legacy of the Late Grandmaster Liu Yun Qiao". Retrieved 27 July 2012.