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allhailhata 06-02-2010 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burundo (Post 814092)
I've always wondered what Kenshiro means. I thought it meant "Soul of the Fist," but I could be wrong.

Kenshiro was wtitten 拳四郎 in the prototype Manga.Only once.
拳=ken=fist
四=shi=four ,fourth
郎=rou
郎 is usually used as the last part of man's name with numbers and simply means man.You can easily find Japanese men whose name end with ROU.

EDIT
As for Ryuken's brother,he is written 拳志郎.志=shi=belief.


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