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Taka (タカ Taka) is one of the main antagonists of Genshi Shonen Ryu. He is a member of the Sumekari Tribe who hunted Ryu throughout the series due to his hatred for white skins who were responsible for destroying his original tribe, the Orgone Tribe. He is later revealed to be the brother of Kiba.

History[]

Taka was originally born in the Anaguma Tribe, living with his father and older brother Kiba while he was still an infant. When the tribe was migrating to new territories, they ran out of food and water and seek the aid of the Orgone Tribe, the local tribe residing nearby. The Orgone Tribe agreed to help provide enough food and water, in exchange for the infant Taka, as the Orgone Tribe chief and his wife had no child of their own and wanted to raise one. Initailly Kiba was to be that child, but he resisted it and Taka was picked instead. The Anaguma Tribe agreed and the tribe left Taka with the Orgone Tribe, the young Kiba was only able to helplessly see his brother taken from him, and this made him feel guilty for years. Taka continued to be raised well by the Orgone Tribe, unaware of his true origins and eventually grew up to become a proficient hunter. His life changed when a mysterious tribe of white-skin men attacked the Orgone Tribe, killing everyone, including his adoptive parents. This traumatic event left Taka with a deep racial hatred for anyone that bares white skin. Taka was eventually adopted by the Sumekari Tribe, rising to become one of the tribe's most valued hunters, which prompted their leader, Majara, to name him as his successor. In the meantime his birth-tribe was slaughtered by Tyranno, with the sole exception of Kiba.

Taka first encountered Ryu when he led a few Sumekari tribesmen to hunt the Magoon. Although ,he was not present when the Sumekari Tribe first crossed paths with Ryu, he was made aware of him, the latter's defining trait being his white skin. After killing the Magoon, Taka spotted Ryu nearby and led the tribesmen to chase him down, though Ryu proved to be an elusive prey. After losing sight of him in the jungle, Taka became infuriated and is determined to kill the white-skin boy. Taka and his men headed back to the tribe's encampment with Ryu following them from behind. Taka had taken an interest in Ryu's companion, Ran, whom the tribe had taken captive earlier, but she is disgusted by his behavior. Taka had anticipated Ryu would follow them back to rescue Ran and had his men set up an ambush. Ryu tried to reason with them, but Taka, due in part to his racism, was having none of it and started beating him down. Before he can finish him off, Majara stepped in, seeing Ryu worthy to be recruited into the Sumekari Tribe. Taka strongly opposed Ryu joining the tribe, citing his hatred for those who bear white-skin. Majara instead opted to take the boy captive, figuring out what to do with him afterwards, much to Taka's dismay. Once Taka is summoned to Majara's hut, he confides in the chieftain and reveals his tragic past as his reason to despise Ryu, though Majara sees through it and doubts Ryu himself is one of the same men who killed Taka's tribe (which he isn't) and determined that Taka's true motive is to have Ran all to himself, seeing Ryu merely as competition. Taka dismisses this and reluctantly agreed to let Ryu join the tribe, on the condition that he has to successfully collect arrowhead rocks, just as he once did in order to join the Sumekari Tribe. The following morning, Taka and Majara started the trial for Ryu, giving him three days to retrieve the arrowhead rocks from an active volcano. Though Ryu succeeded in the trial, Taka continued to hold prejudice towards the white-skin boy and had to begrudgingly accept him as a fellow tribesman. After a great drought had swept across the land, the Sumekari Tribe had decided to move north, but Ryu opposes this, stating that he needs to go south to look for his missing mother. Taka reminds him that would be considered deserting the tribe, which is punishable by death. After overhearing both Ryu and Ran about their escape plan, Taka took them by surprise, seeing this as an excuse to finally kill Ryu himself. Rather than execute Ryu, Taka challenges him to a duel to the death, each of them armed with axes. Once again, Taka proves to be the superior fighter and manages to beat Ryu. Just as he was about to execute the boy, they are interrupted by the Tyranno's arrival. Taka briefly fought the Tyranno, but was easily beaten by the formidable predator. Taka survived, but Ryu and Ran both escaped amidst the chaos, vowing to chase them down as long as he lives.

After recovering from the Tyranno's attack, Taka brought along two fellow tribesmen, Tome and Karim. And so, the three men began their journey to pursue Ryu and Ran across the land.

During their obsessive chase on Ryu, Taka is reunited with his long lost brother Kiba, who became one of Ryu's allies, however Kiba was too afraid to tell Taka about his origins since he likely doesn't remember his birth-tribe or Kiba, and they separated. They would meet again though, when Kiba was mortally wounded by his nemesis Tyranno, and Ryu confessed to Taka about his and Kiba's relation, and after Kiba hurriedly explained that he was aware of Taka's birth-parents, Taka accepts having Kiba as his brother. The reuinion was shortlived though as Kibas injuries from Tyranno eventually killed him, but not before Kiba made Taka promise to turn over a new leaf. Though Taka buried Kiba with honor, he refused to adhere to his brother's request and continues to want to marry Ran and kill Ryu anyway.


Voice Actors[]

  • Japanese dub: Ichirō Murakoshi
  • Italian dub: Renzo Stacchi
  • Swedish dub: Stig Engström

Trivia[]

  • Similar to Kiba, Taka's relation with Ryu is very reminiscence of Moby Dick and Captain Ahab, the protagonist of the novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Much like Ahab, Taka was obsessed in pursuing Ryu, who bares white skin, similar to the aforementioned white whale. Additionally this obsession becomes the death of both of them each.
  • Taka's personality is very similar to the character Sniper, from the series Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin. They both are chasing the protagonists through the series to fulfill their selfish goals.
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