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Kiba

First appearance: Pursuit full of Wounds

Kiba full body

Kiba (キバ Kiba) is a recurring character of Genshi Shonen Ryu. Formerly the chief of the Badger Tribe, he swore to hunt down the Tyranno after it had killed his family and tribe. Ever since their meeting, he has become somewhat of a father figure to Ryu and his group.

History[]

Some time during his childhood, he was the subject of a trade to another tribe, but Kiba refused to be traded and his brother Taka was given instead, something that Kiba felt bad about afterwards.

At some point years later as an adult, he gained a wife named Oname, became the chieftan of his tribe, and gets a son named Kumao.

One day, five years before the start of the series, Kiba was injured in a prior event, therefore rendering him bedridden while his wife looked after him. Following the tribe's successful hunt, Kiba regained his strength and called for a grand feast to celebrate. During the feast however, the Tyranno came and started slaughtering the entire tribe. Kiba was injured during the chaos, his son refused to leave his side. Kiba told his wife to flee with their son. Unfortunately they were spotted by the Tyranno and Kiba could only helplessly watch his wife and son be killed by the Tyranno. With he himself as the only survivor of the Badger Tribe, Kiba eventually regained his strength and tended to his wounds. From that day onwards, he swore that he would hunt the Tyranno and personally kill it to avenge his family. Three years later, Kiba managed to ambush the Tyranno and successfully destroyed it's right eye.

Voice Actors[]

  • Japanese dub: Gorō Naya
  • French dub: Jean-Pierre Malardé
  • Swedish dub: Tomas Bolme
  • Hungarian dubs:
    • Vizy György (episode 4)

Trivia[]

  • In the Japanese dub, Kiba was voiced by the late Gorō Naya, who co-starred with Ryu's voice actor Makio Inoue in Lupin III as Inspector Zenigata and Goemon Ishikawa respectively.
  • Similar to Taka, Kiba's relation with the Tyranno is very reminiscence of Moby Dick and Captain Ahab, the protagonist of the novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Unlike Ahab, who was monomaniacal and tyrannical towards his crew, Kiba was still sane, though still suffers from post-traumatic-stress-disorder. He was also much more kind towards Ryu and his companions, even acting as somewhat of a father figure to them. They do however, share the fact that their lust for vengeance became the death of them each.
  • Kiba's personality and history is very similar to the character Gohee Takeda, from the story Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin. They both lost a lot because of a giant "monster", Kiba for Tyranno, and Takeda for Akakabuto, and their life goal became to destroy it.
  • He shares a lot in common with Ryu's ape-mother Kitty: both were parental toward Ryu and saved him on some occasions. They also had a biological-child that was killed by Tyranno, and are themselves later on killed by Tyranno too.
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