Hokuto no Ken/Kenshiro

Introduction

Kenshiro's play-style is quite standard, as one might expect from the main character of a fighting game. He has good normals, well-balanced specials, and his bread and butter combos are very easy to master, making him a good beginner character. His mixup abilities are very decent as well thanks to his extremely fast instant air dash B, and he is capable of applying a lot of pressure in the corner. On the defense he is not lacking either, having both an invincible uppercut and Musou Tensei that he can use to get out of bad spots. Kenshiro's only real weaknesses are his big hitbox(seriously, it's huge), and bad matchups against Toki and Juda - overall he is a great character for players of any level.

Normal Moves

Standing

Close A
Far A
Close B
Far B
Close C
Far C
Close D
Far D

Crouching

A
B
C
D

Air

A
B
C
D

Other

6A
6B

Special Moves

Touki

236A
A small fireball that travels roughly half-screen. Used mostly for putting out other fireball moves and applying pressure.

Hokuto Ujou Moushouha

(Land or Air) 623A or C
A dragon punch move with two versions - the A version does a quick uppercut and Kenshiro remains grounded, while the C version rises into the air. The ground A version has upper-body invulnerability and takes off a star on hit. On counterhit it takes off 2 stars, and the opponent is launched high into the air. It cannot be air guarded, even with the use of Aura Guard.

The ground C version of the uppercut is your classic invulnerable dragon punch, and takes one star on counter hit. An interesting bug exists in which it is possible to cancel the uppercut into ground moves, even though you are in the air. This makes Kenshiro's reversals particularly deadly when he has meter. While very unpractical, it is possible to perform some extremely confusing mixups using this bug. See this video for an some examples.

For the most part it is best to forget that the air versions of the uppercut exist as they have absolutely no use whatsoever.

Hokuto Hieiken

623B
A diagonal rising kick move similar in appearance to Shin's Gokutoken, but lacking any invulnerability. Used mostly as a combo ender when it isn't possible to continue into anything else and as a very situational anti-air. Connecting with an airborne opponent causes wall bounce and can lead to some very big combos.

Hikou Seieikou

236C
A short-ranged move in which Kenshiro strikes his opponent's pressure point, stunning them and taking off one star. Connecting with Seieikou also causes the victim to take chip damage from normal moves for a short duration. Due to its short range it is considered a combo-only move.

Tenha no Kamae

214C
A charge type move that when executed causes the next attack to take off one extra star than it usually would if it connects. However, the charge is used up when you perform any attack, including normal moves, making it rather hard to use effectively. Even Guard Cancels will take off a star, and interestingly enough do not use up the charge, even after successfully connecting. For some reason the C version Moushouha only will take off two stars(3 on counterhit) when connecting. A small amount of Boost and Aura is gained when executing this move so it is also possible to build up meter when at a distance, provided your opponent doesn't have any Boost. The most common spot to use Tenha no Kamae is after dizzying an opponent in the corner, when coupled with a BD throw one can easily pull off a 5-star FKO combo.

Hokuto Jyaraikou

236D
A strong rushing punch, with Super Armor at the very beginning of the animation. It connects only from far D, and is jump cancelable on hit. Despite the Super Armor this move should generally only be used in combos.

Hokuto Shichishiki Heizan

(Air) 214A
A rushing air punch that travels diagonally downward towards the ground. Used mostly after a blocked air dash string such as j.B > j.A in the corner, as a tricky alternative to the normal landing and following up with 2B. While this can very hard to see it is important to use it only sparingly, as having this move blocked will usually result in your death. Generally there is not much merit in tiger kneeing Shichishiki Heizan as Kenshiro's air dash B is so fast and has almost no risk.

Hokuto Ryugekiko

214A

Musou Tensei

214214B

Tenha Kassatsu

236236A

Hokuto Zankaiken

214214C

Hokuto Hyakuretsuken

236CD