Heihachi Edajima
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is a fictional character in Akira Miyashita's manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 series Sakigake!! Otokojuku
Sakigake!! Otokojuku
by Akira Miyashita is a comedy martial arts manga that was originally serialized at the Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1985 to 1991. It is staged in a private boy's school that teaches ōendan to troubled teenagers. The students are trained to "revive the Spirit of Japan" and mainly engage in fighting or...

 and its sequel
Sequel
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 Akatsuki!! Otokojuku and is the protagonist
Protagonist
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 of Peerless: The Legend of Heihachi Edajima
Peerless: The Legend of Heihachi Edajima
is a manga series by Akira Miyashita currently serialized in Oh Super Jump. It is a spin off of his previous work, Sakigake!! Otokojuku, and features a young Heihachi Edajima as the protagonist.-About:...

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About

The headmaster of and a former Navy
Imperial Japanese Navy
The Imperial Japanese Navy was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japan's constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling international disputes...

 Rear Admiral
Rear Admiral
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. He is a bull-headed kendo
Kendo
, meaning "Way of The Sword", is a modern Japanese martial art of sword-fighting based on traditional Japanese swordsmanship, or kenjutsu.Kendo is a physically and mentally challenging activity that combines strong martial arts values with sport-like physical elements.-Practitioners:Practitioners...

 master teaching troubled youths to be warriors. As a child prodigy
Child prodigy
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, he entered Tokyo University at a very young age with only a week's study. He fought bravely in World War II as an imperial soldier. This character is modeled after the Imperial Japanese Navy
Imperial Japanese Navy
The Imperial Japanese Navy was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japan's constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling international disputes...

 admiral Togo Heihachiro
Togo Heihachiro
Fleet Admiral Marquis was a Fleet Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and one of Japan's greatest naval heroes. He was termed by Western journalists as "the Nelson of the East".-Early life:...

 (東郷平八郎; The city of Edajima (江田島) was the site of the former Japanese Imperial Naval Academy; see :ja:海軍兵学校). Whenever he's about to deliver the coup de grâce
Coup de grâce
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 to his enemy, he shouts his famous one-liner: . Any inquiry in regard to many of eccentric Otokojyuku rule or his decision is also answered by this one liner.

The character was famously cosplay
Cosplay
, short for "costume play", is a type of performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Characters are often drawn from popular fiction in Japan, but recent trends have included American cartoons and science fiction...

ed by Lee Teng-hui
Lee Teng-hui
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, former President of the Republic of China
President of the Republic of China
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, Taiwan
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