Phoenix Ikki

Ikki (一輝, Ikki ^?) is the Knight of the constellation Phoenix in the Saint Seiya manga series. According to the Taizen of Saint Seiya he is the most powerful bronze knight, he is characterized by having the most aggressive and violent cosmos among the Knights. He is used to walking apart from the rest of the Bronze Knights, however he always appears in a timely manner in times of need. He considers himself a lone wolf who is not interested in hanging out in packs. Despite the fact that he was introduced later than the other four main Bronze Knights, Ikki's role in the story is quite significant. He serves as the series' first antagonist for the other Saints to defeat, as well as a powerful ally later in the series. In the CD Drama Do Cvindanja and in the spin-off Episode.G Assassin, Ikki was promoted to a Gold Knight of the constellation Leo, after the Holy War against Hades. Similarly, Leo's Kaiser also recognizes him as his successor.

Features

Appearance

Ikki is a young man with a rude and serious appearance, he has short blue hair, like his eyes, and a perpendicular scar that goes from his forehead to his nose, as a result of having dodged the blow that his old man threw at him. teacher and with which he ended up killing Esmeralda. In the manga, his hair was originally black and in the Next Dimension he is reddish-brown with dark shadows. His eyes are dark brown. His civilian attire consists of a sleeveless blue shirt with two diagonal stripes located parallel to the shoulders, crimson red pants, and brown shoes.

Personality

As a child, Ikki was known as a tough boy and most often when it came to defending his younger brother. Ikki's personality is drastically different from his classmates, he is the opposite of his younger brother Shun who is calm, soft, caring and very emotional, while Ikki is tough, cold, aggressive, and a very emotional person. lonely. They are a team of complementary styles.

This is all because Ikki was harshly trained and instilled with the ideology that only hate brings power, which seemed to have not influenced him much until he spared the life of his master, his beloved (girlfriend). Esmeralda died and her hatred that until then was locked up in her being was released when her origin as the son of Mitsumasa was revealed to her, on whom she could not take revenge since he was already dead. This hateful attitude was only maintained during the Black Knights stage, after which he was only a serious character, solitary and although "aggressive"; I no longer overflowed with so much hate. Although he doesn't like teamwork, he comes to fight whenever Athena's Knights need his help, and is often seen coming at the last moment to save his younger brother and friends from an attack. sure death. This tactic has always been exploited to his advantage, as he surprised enemies by fighting them. Ikki is a warrior who fights without holding back even when his enemy is a woman.

Although Ikki likes to be alone, he feels great devotion and love towards his brothers and his beloved Esmeralda, and as he confesses to Kasa, this is what gives him the strength to carry on. He is a noble, complex and mature character, who does not question himself every time it is necessary to sacrifice his life for his friends.

In Saint Seiya Omega, his personality has remained intact. His armor hasn't changed either. True to form, he does not hesitate to chide Koga and the other Bronze Knights of the XXI century for their softness and lack of cold-blooded to protect Athena from the forces of evil.

History

Childhood

Ikki along with Hyōga are the only knights who knew their mothers, considering that he must have lived with her until Shun's birth.

After the birth of his younger brother and the (deductible) death of his mother, Ikki carried Shun through the streets of Tokyo, until one night he has an encounter that marked his life when he was chased by a girl. Little Pandora went to Japan with the mission of introducing Hades' soul into Shun's body. Ikki is not intimidated and resists Pandora's attacks as best he can and manages to defend Shun, although his memory of this incident was erased from his mind.

Being "orphaned" he was fostered along with his younger brother Shun at the Graude Foundation orphanage, owned by Mitsumasa Kido. Where he would establish the first bonds of friendship with the other knight candidates (his half-brothers in the manga) but always showing a serious and protective attitude towards his brother.

Tatsumi was particularly annoyed by his rebelliousness, which came to the fore when it came to his brother Shun and especially when his training place was decided, since Ikki decided to take Shun's place when he was sent to Isla de la Reina Muerte which Tatsumi did not tolerate and decided to punish Ikki for his insolence. In the manga Tatsumi chases Ikki with dogs until he is cornered by the electrified fence that surrounded the orphanage. And when he was sent to the Death Queen Island, Tatsumi stirred him up by putting him on the ship more dead than alive.

Training

Ikki was trained on the Island of Queen Death, and was taught by Guilty. There he met Esmeralda, who worked with an old man from a nearby town (in the anime she is the daughter of her teacher), with whom he befriended and they ended up loving each other.

After six years of hard training, and the inculcation of hatred as a source of power, Guilty challenges Ikki to combat, giving him one last chance to obtain the Phoenix armor. Ikki bests his master, but is stopped before landing a fatal blow, out of devotion and respect for him. However, Guilty's frustration at the attitude of his student makes him launch a blow that, although it was aimed at Ikki, he barely manages to dodge it, leaving the scar on his face that would accompany him for the rest of his life.; unfortunately the blow kills Esmeralda almost instantly.

Enraged by the death of his only love, Ikki awakens hatred from the depths of his being and attacks his master mercilessly, finally ending his life. In the manga, before dying, Guilty congratulates Ikki and lets his student know about his origins so that his hatred is consumed at its peak.

Rescuing the Phoenix Armor

Manga : As Guilty lay dying, he instructed Ikki to go and reclaim the Phoenix armor, which was now his by right, from the Black Knights who had taken it. So Ikki goes into the Island of Queen Death and fights against the four Black Knights of the Swan, Andromeda, Pegasus and Dragon, whom he defeats. He then confronts Jango, the leader of the Black Saints, who was holding the bronze Phoenix armor. Ikki defeats Jango and dons the armor for the first time that he recognizes as the Bronze Knight of the Phoenix.

It is then that Shaka of Virgo appears on the island, and explains to Ikki that he has come to eliminate Jango, due to the evil activities of the Black Knights. However, he scoffs at the fact that the task was already done by a novice Bronze Knight. Ikki, enraged by the disdain, attacks him but Shaka shows him the difference in level between the two. Ikki humiliated by the defeat, asks him to kill him, however, Shaka does not agree because he manages to see that goodness still exists in Ikki's eyes. Then, she erases all the memories of this encounter from his memory and threatens him, saying that if they see each other as enemies again, she will make him remember the fear he felt before his power.

Anime: Ikki instantly dons the Phoenix armor and later goes on his own to the Island of Queen Death, where he confronts and defeats Jango and a Black Phoenix.

Leader of the Black Knights

After burying Esmeralda's body, the four most powerful Black Knights search for her and submit to her leadership, along with the other Black Knights on the island. Ikki accepts this situation and at this moment decides to start the fight against the Graude foundation and the Galactic Tournament to destroy the "creations" Since Mitsumasa Kido cannot take direct revenge on him, Ikki decides to kill all of his brothers.

The Galactic Tournament

His first appearance in history occurs in the middle of the Galactic Tournament (he only appears in the introduction of Episode 1 with his Armor on and making a prelude to the confrontation he will have against Seiya). As the first act of revenge, Ikki goes to the Graude Foundation Coliseum in Japan, where the Galactic Tournament takes place and secretly witnesses the first battles between the Bronze Knights. During the fight of his younger brother, Shun from Andromeda and Jabu from Unicorn, the Andromeda chain senses his presence, so upon finding himself discovered he decides to execute his plans. Shun is excited to meet his brother again after six years, however the excitement for the reunion soon turns into a bitter nightmare when Ikki savagely attacks him and claims that his return is solely for the destruction of the Foundation. graduate.

Though Unicorn Jabu and Wolf Nachi intercede they are defeated by a single blow from the Phoenix (Nachi is the first to be attacked by Ikki's Phoenix Fiendish Illusion, temporarily shredding his nerves from the effect of the illusion). The Black Knights subordinate to Ikki appear and take away the Sagittarius gold armor.

In the anime when he steals the armor, he gets to wear the Sagittarius armor (fake mode) for a few moments until Seiya hits him and kicks it off. Because Seiya, Shiryū, Hyōga and Shun recovered four of the nine pieces of armor, Ikki decides to summon the Four most powerful Black Knights (who possess exact replicas of the Pegasus, Dragon, Swan and Andromeda armor respectively) to the he assigns four pieces of armor into custody, keeping the helmet.

The Black Knights

Ikki sends a challenge to the Bronze Saints. The fight will take place on Mount Fuji (in the anime it is in the Cave of the Ten Winds Aokigahara) and everyone must wear a piece of gold armor. The winner of the match would get all the gold armor parts.

After defeating the Knight of the Black Swan, Hyōga is the first to face Ikki. The combat is even even Hyoga resists the Diabolic Illusion, but the advantage leans in favor of Ikki, due to the foreknowledge of Hyōga's techniques (provided by the Black Swan, through his right eye, according to the manga, and through of the Swan insignia, according to the anime). Hyoga is defeated, but in a last ditch effort manages to freeze Ikki's right arm. After their respective fights with their peers, Shiryū and Shun, they find Ikki. Shun does not want Shiryu to die at the hands of his brother, so he knocks him out and offers his life to Ikki, in exchange for him giving up the fight. However Seiya and Hyoga have managed to recover and join the fight again.

Hyoga confronts Ikki again, but this time he manages to return his Diabolic Illusion, with which he begins to have images of the past referring to his training on the Island of Queen Death, the death of Esmeralda, the murder of his master, the confrontation with the four black knights, with Jango and Shaka de Virgo. However, Ikki manages to recover and with a powerful attack, knocks out his opponents, except Seiya, who was protected by the newly assembled Sagittarius gold armor. This time, Seiya faces Ikki, aided by Andromeda's chain, Shiryū's shield and Hyoga's diamond dust, finally managing to defeat the Phoenix.

Manga: Ikki admits his defeat and the wrongness of his behavior. He also reveals to Seiya the origin of the hundred orphans of the Foundation and the paternity of Mitsumasa Kido. After learning the truth, Seiya takes pity on Ikki, but a cave-in on Mount Fuji is caused by Misty and Mu must get the black and bronze knights off the mountain, but Mu claims that he couldn't reach Ikki with his teleportation.

Anime: After being defeated, he reveals to Seiya and the others his suffering on Queen Death Island and when everyone offers their forgiveness to Ikki, Docrates causes a landslide that leaves him buried Ikki with his apparent death.

The Silver Knights

Manga : Ikki manages to return just in time, to face the second group of Silver Knights in charge of kidnapping Saori and saves her after Seiya has been badly injured in his attempt to save her from Jamian, stating that he still doesn't know if he will be his ally or his enemy. Jamian was still following Saori, and Ikki confronts Jamian de Cuervo, whom he defeats without problems, then he faces Capella de Auriga and Dante de Cerbero, defeating Capella only with his Diabolical Illusion and knocking out Dante.

Ikki was about to face Argol of Perseus, admitting that his cosmos is stronger than his silver companions, but Dante recovers and attacks Ikki again, Shun stops him and confronts Dante.

Now that the bronze knights have arrived Ikki retires, leaving Saori and Seiya to care for them. Before leaving, Hyōga recommends that he expose himself to the vapors of the volcano on Kanon Island (in the Mediterranean) to recover the sensitivity of his right arm, frozen in their previous confrontation or he could lose it.

Anime: Ikki returns to save his brother Shun from Andromeda who was cornered by the Knight of Fire. After the fight against Capella and Dante, in this version Ikki actually manages to amputate Capela's hands by distracting him with his Devil Illusion. Ikki returns to the Island of Queen Death where Jango, leader of the Black Knights, meets with whom he confronts, defeating him and his soldiers.

The Battle of the Twelve Houses

House of Gemini: While resting inside the volcano on Kanon Island to heal his arm after Hyoga froze it off in their confrontation, Ikki feels the start of the battle in the sanctuary and the problems Shun was in in front of the gentleman of Gemini, so to help him he attacks the mind of the Patriarch of the Sanctuary (Saga) with his cosmos, which interferes with the illusions created by him in the house of Gemini, momentarily saving the Shun. After helping, Ikki returns to recovering from him.

Anime: While Ikki was recovering, two of Shaka's disciples, Shiva and Agora, were sent to confront him. Ikki manages to defeat them with great difficulty, especially when Shaka himself interferes at a distance to the point of stopping Athena's cosmos that was going to help Ikki.

House of Virgo: He appears just in time to save his brother, who had been defeated, as well as Seiya and Shiryū who were lying unconscious. The confrontation with Shaka is inevitable and Ikki is overwhelmed by his immense power. During the battle, Shaka reminds Ikki of his old meeting on the Island of Queen Death and Ikki feels all the fear of that occasion again. Ikki always keeps attacking Shaka but his techniques have no effect, because even though he has increased his power, Shaka already knows how it works. Even Ikki's Diabolic Illusion has no effect and is reverted to Ikki.

But just as Ikki's techniques don't work on Shaka, Shaka's techniques have no effect on Ikki either, so Shaka decides to prepare himself in a special way to face Ikki, Shaka opens his eyes and displays all his power through of his ultimate technique the Heaven's Treasure. Ikki loses his 5 senses one by one and when Shaka was going to stop his heart, Shun stops him, but Ikki mentally talks to him and tells him to let Shaka continue, Shaka again prepares to stop Ikki's heart, but Ikki he blocks it with his sixth sense so Shaka deprives him of this sense as well.

Ikki questions Shaka why, having almost divine power, he decides to serve the evil Patriarch, but Shaka replies that being a Knight of Athena does not limit him to fighting for good or evil, but just as he perceived goodness in his heart on the island of Queen Death, he perceives goodness in the patriarch's heart.

Now that Ikki has no sense left, Shaka was about to stop his heart, but what Shaka didn't count on is that he has fallen squarely into Ikki's trap and the miracle happens, now that Ikki only depends on From his 7th sense, his cosmos burns to the maximum which completely covers the zodiac house, Shaka himself goes so far as to say that Ikki's cosmos already exceeds his power, despite being himself (Shaka), a golden knight. While this effect is happening, Ikki rushes to grab Shaka from behind and set his cosmos on fire to such an extent that they both explode. Shaka tells Ikki that there is no use in a victory in which he is going to lose his life, but Ikki tells him that this is the only way to win against someone with Shaka's power. And it is thus that Shaka is defeated and the bronze knights can continue on, with the apparent sacrifice of Ikki.

Return of the Phoenix: Shaka and Ikki survive the explosion, but have fallen into a dimension where time and space are warped, from which Shaka could easily return on his own, however in his Eager to save Ikki, he requests help from Mu de Aries.

Back at Virgo's house, Shaka encourages Ikki to continue his fight against the Patriarch, but the Phoenix armor has disappeared, Shaka takes a handful of its ashes and manages to bring the Phoenix armor back to life. (in the manga with an evolution to its V2 form).

Manga: On his way to the Patriarch's room, Ikki meets the dying Shiryū, Hyōga, and Shun in the last houses of the shrine, who encourage him to keep going. Ikki goes ahead, having to leave his brothers behind but thanks the universe for being able to be born as brothers and meet them in this era, because together they have experienced important things.

Chamber of the Patriarch: Ikki arrives just at the moment when Saga, the Patriarch, was preparing to finish off Seiya. Ikki now faces Saga instead of Seiya. Saga and Ikki face off with his mental techniques (the Devil Illusion of the Phoenix and the Imperial Satan), but the confrontation ends in a tie, since Ikki obeyed Saga's first order and the rest was an illusion of the Phoenix against him.

Manga : Due to the tie, Saga decides to use his maximum technique, the Galaxy Explosion, managing to leave Ikki badly injured and his cosmos rumbles throughout the sanctuary, but Ikki hasn't died yet and with his last strength he protects Seiya from a second Galaxy Explosion, which this time leaves nothing but dust from Ikki's existence.

Anime: Saga continues the fight against Ikki, who returns easily from his Other Dimension so to finish him off, Saga collapses the patriarch's chamber, leaving Ikki buried in the rubble. But this is not enough and later Ikki is rescued by Saori and the other Knights to continue the final fight against Saga at the foot of the statue of Athena.

Asgard Saga

In the Asgard Saga, Ikki appears to help his companions free Hilda of Polaris from the power of the Nibelung ring.

He confronts Mime from Benetnasch Eta who shows him that his adoptive father Folkell killed his biological parents by mistake because he did not know that his enemy had family, he took care of him like a son and he wanted Mime to be a warrior who protected Asgard and not a musician so he lied to him about his origin to show his power and Mime ends up killing him and hid his anger and Hilda gave him the Benetnasch armor so that with its strings he could eliminate his enemies and in the end he believed that Phoenix and Andromeda would make a peaceful world and he dies during the fight with Phoenix.

In the Valhalla Palace he helps Shun and Shaina against Bud de Alcor, the twin brother of Syd de Mizar who hated his brother for having everything and he swims, up to the position of Warrior God, but Fenix makes him see that he he wanted to protect his brother (since he had helped him in his confrontation against Aldebaran in the House of Taurus) and after Syd tells him that he knew of his existence and that she would like him to be the warrior god of Zeta, in the end Bud understood that his brother was not to blame for his luck and leaves taking Syd's body with him.

Saga of Poseidon

Pillar of the Southern Ocean: Ikki reappears after being pulverized by Saga's galaxy explosion only until the Bronze Knights have fallen at the hands of Kasa of Lymnades, the fearsome hunter of hearts.

Ikki is shown beating Kasa up for playing with his brothers' feelings, and though Kasa fights back, Ikki manages to easily stop Kasa's Satanic Salamander and counterattacks him with his Devil Illusion by taking Kasa's appearance so he can't hide. can harm himself. Kasa actually manages to survive the Burning Wings of the Phoenix and takes the form of Shun to try to kill Ikki, but Ikki knows that the real Shun is at his feet and pierces through Kasa's chest.

Kasa falls dying, but wants to know what Ikki's true weakness is, since the image of his brother was not enough to make him fall. So by digging into Ikki's mind and heart, Kasa manages to find the memory of Esmeralda, the girl who was her love on the Island of Queen Death. Since he would only give his life to her, apparently Kasa really managed to project that illusion in Ikki's mind, since he accepts that only for Esmeralda would he die, but that the memory of her is what gives him strength. Finally Ikki destroys the Pillar.

Road to the Temple of Poseidon: Ikki now makes his way to the Temple of Poseidon, to deal directly with the source of the threat, but is intercepted by the Sea Dragon General, who exudes an all-too-familiar cosmos for Ikki and even attacks him with Galaxy Explosion, whereupon the general reveals himself to be the twin brother from the Gemini Saga. But Kanon doesn't plan on making Saga's mistakes and instead of trying his best to hurt Ikki, he sends him to another dimension through the Golden Triangle to prevent him from recovering and resurfacing as a Phoenix.

Pillar of the North Atlantic Ocean: Ikki manages to return from the Golden Triangle with the help of Athena to confront Kanon at his pillar and he arrives precisely when Kanon was talking about his personal plans for Poseidon. Immediately, Ikki attacks Kanon with his Devil Illusion to make him reveal his true intentions, and it is thus that Ikki learns about his relationship with Saga, his confinement in Cape Sounion and the awakening of Poseidon.

Once he gets the truth out of Kanon, Kiki and Sorrento arrive to help Ikki tear down the pillar. After which Ikki receives a beating, as Kanon's plans fall apart, since the emperor Poseidon is awakening little by little in the battle that is being fought in his temple, but Ikki still does not have the information he needs: the form of imprisoning Poseidon again in Athena's vessel. And as soon as Kanon tells him the location of the pot Ikki retreats to help in the battle, saying that Kanon isn't even worth fighting anymore.

Temple of Poseidon: Ikki arrives at the temple of Poseidon to join the battle, and he arrives just in time to help his friends destroy the Central Pillar, where he traps the god of the sea from behind, allowing Seiya (dressed in the Sagittarius armor) to pass to try to destroy the main support.

Anime: In the anime he helps Seiya with his cosmos to cross the Pillar and Athena to lock up the soul of Poseidon, to finally be taken by Athena with her companions to the surface.

Hades Saga

In the Sanctuary:

Manga: Ikki does not appear during this stage of the war.

Anime: Ikki makes an appearance to confront Shiryū, telling him that the Bronze Knights are no place for them, but Shiryū confronts him by telling him that his duty is to protect Athena, after which Ikki tells him that he has seen "another delusional" (Seiya) in the coliseum. Later, Ikki watches Seiya and Shiryū from afar, while he senses the cosmos of Shun who has also come to battle in the sanctuary.

In the fifth prison of hell: Ikki appears to help Kanon who was having problems facing the 3 judges and being subdued by the cosmic puppet of Minos. But at the moment, Kanon tells him that his sister has become the King of the Underworld, Hades, and that Pandora now takes care of him. But the mere name of Pandora makes him remember that he had already known her for a long time, in a blurry memory of her childhood.

Ikki is pensive, so Garuda's Aiacos takes the opportunity to attack him, and Ikki begins to cry, saying that Shun is such a noble person that once again he is willing to sacrifice his life to save others. Now Ikki concentrates on the battle against Aiacos. Ikki receives Garuda's Flutter once and the second time he manages to counterattack Aiacos, since he is like the Phoenix that always rises. But at Guidecca, Hades and Pandora manage to sense Ikki's aggressive cosmos in their combat, which makes Hades homesick so he asks Pandora to bring him into her presence. Since Ikki has been a good opponent, Aiacos decides to use his ultimate technique, Galactic Illusion, which leaves Ikki badly injured, but Ikki gets up again and attacks Aiacos with his Diabolic Illusion, bringing the fate of the judge. it is sealed and Ikki manages to defeat it. Right after defeating Aiacos, Pandora transports Ikki into the presence of Hades.

Ikki is surprised to see his little brother become the god of the underworld, so Pandora returns Ikki's erased memories, and Ikki remembers that it's true, since Shun was born he was already under the sight of Hades. But Ikki is insistent and breaks Hades' earring, pretending that Hades comes out of his brother's body. Pandora attacks Ikki several times, who shows no respect before the God, but Hades tells Pandora that her meeting with Ikki is not over yet. Ikki is the first person Hades reveals his plan to turn the world into a world of death and darkness through the Great Eclipse.

Ikki continues to confront Hades, slapping Shun to make him react, but Hades tells him that this will only hurt his brother's body, and something happens, Shun's body begins to rebel against Hades' soul and he grabs his neck, as Shun's spirit appears and asks Ikki to kill him. Ikki and Pandora are stunned, Ikki cries for Shun's fate, as the knight of Andromeda his fate is to sacrifice himself to save others. Ikki intended to hit Shun but fails, Ikki is unable to kill his brother and only hurts his fist to stop him.

And so the opportunity is lost, Hades's soul takes control again, this time at 100% and Shun's hair turns black as a signal, so Hades defeats Ikki and is sent by Valentine to Cocytos.

The Wailing Wall: Ikki is saved from Cocytos by Athena's cosmos, and heads to Giudecca. Pandora, who after all the events has reacted and has realized that she has been used as an object by the gods, tells him about her origin and that of Hades and Ikki understands how she went looking for Shun when they were children..

But Pandora has betrayed Hades so Thanatos won't let her live for long, with her last moments, Pandora grants Ikki her only privilege as Hades's sister, the necklace that allows her to be anywhere in the world. underworld, including the super dimension. Ikki accepts and Pandora dies, so Ikki agrees to bear her hatred and suffering to avenge her. The last living specters attack Ikki and she defeats them, telling them that Hades's promises are false. Now that all of Shaka's rosary beads have changed color Ikki leaves for the Champs Elysees.

Elysian Fields: Ikki arrives at the Elysian Fields when Thanatos has already subdued the other bronze knights, then Ikki says that he is there to avenge all the victims of hell, but Thanatos is a god who feels no remorse for the death of humans and attacks Ikki (destroying Pandora's necklace). Ikki attacks Thanatos and manages to destroy his helmet, but because of this, Thanatos accepts that against Ikki he must use his most powerful technique, Terrible Providence. Thanatos attacks all the knights, destroying the bronze armor and before that the gold armor sent by Poseidon arrives to help the bronze knights. But it is useless, because Thanatos again destroys the armor, this time the most powerful of the knights. After awakening the divine armor of Pegasus and defeating Thanatos, Seiya leaves for the temple of Hades and the knights stay to fight with Hypnos. Ikki starts the fight but still has no armor, so Shun saves him by awakening his own divine armor and allows Ikki to advance to help Seiya. Ikki arrives at the temple of Hades to help Seiya and attacks the amphora in which Athena is found, but his power returns to him, Ikki tries to also attack the soul of Hades that floats on a column but that attack also returns. Ikki understands that without armor he will not be able to get his full potential and the miracle happens, when his cosmos burns on the spilled blood of Athena impregnated in her fingers, she gives him the divine armor of the Phoenix.

Now Ikki is ready to continue the fight and goes with Seiya to attack the body of Hades that lies in the mausoleum, but Hades rushes in and takes control of his body attacking Ikki with his sword. After all the Knights gather they all attack Hades with all his might but the battle goes on too long. After a tough battle, Athena covers them all in spheres that will take them to the world of the living, since now it is her turn to face Hades.

In the end, Ikki sees Seiya's sacrifice and helps Athena with his cosmos to defeat Hades.

Next Dimension

Mount Olympus

After the Holy War against Hades, the Phoenix Knight Ikki retires for a while from the Sanctuary. With the news that Seiya has only a few days to live, Phoenix Ikki appears when her brother Shun is defeated by Lascoumoune, Ikki stops Lascoumoune's attack and defeats her with his own arrow, then Ikki retreats.

In Olympus, Ikki meets the Witch Hecate, he asks about Athena and he introduces himself as the Knight of the Phoenix, Hecate explains that Athena and Shun went to the Holy War of the past, Ikki tells him to take him to where the Lake of Chronos is to go to where Athena and her brother are. Ikki arrives at the Lake of Chronos and takes the Chain of Flowers left by Athena and heads to the past.

House of Aries

Ikki arrives at the Sanctuary in the year 1743, the Phoenix Knight arrives at the House of Aries when Shion of Aries and Suikyo of Garuda were fighting in the respective House. Ikki says that anyone who blocks his path will be destroyed. Ikki attacks Suikyo and manages to remove his helmet, but Suikyo also destroys Ikki's helmet, then a hard battle between Ikki and Suikyo begins. Suikyo leaves Ikki on the floor, but Ikki before falling down made the Devil Illusion of the Phoenix. Shion asks Ikki what he did to Suikyo, Ikki tells him that he used the devilish illusion and that Suikyo must be having nightmares.

House of Taurus

Ikki arrives at the House of Taurus, and realizes that a great Battle has occurred in this Temple and sees that the Knight of Taurus is dead, Ikki feels great admiration for this Knight, since he was still dead, taking care of his Temple.

House of Gemini

Ikki arrives at the Gemini House, where he meets Gemini Cain, who is talking to Abel, Ikki asks who he is talking to. Cain tells him that he doesn't like to fight that if he appreciates his life, he should retire, Ikki says that he has already given his life and Cain challenges him to move a few inches, the bronze knight does and without realizing he is hit by a lightning ken. Cain tells him that he is willing to let him live, because apart from Abel he feels an evil cosmos haunting the sanctuary and he has to stop it to protect Athena, Ikki tells him that he came from the future to protect her. Cain does not believe in the future and begins to fight with Ikki to verify that he will defend Athena, but not one of the Phoenix's blows manages to touch the saint of Gemini. It is then that Ikki decides to use his maximum technique: the Burning Wings of the Phoenix, with which he manages to push Cain back a considerable distance (although it does not do him much damage). Cain is impressed by saying that how is it possible for a bronze knight to has such power as a warrior's respect, Cain uses his maximum technique: the Galaxy Explosion but Ikki manages to stop it without doing him any harm, Cain asks him how he stopped it, the Phoenix replies that he already knew that technique since he received it 3 times in the future and knows how to stop it.

Ikki falls exhausted, thinking that Cain is going to give him the coup de grace, but instead, Cain saves his life by healing his vital points (based on the constellation of the Phoenix), and tells him that now he believes that Ikki He comes from the future and fights for Athena. At that moment, Abel appears and tells Cain to kill the Phoenix, to which Cain refuses and the twins start fighting with each other, it is worth mentioning that Ikki manages to see Abel behind Cain, and he wonders if also in that moment. time the constellation of Gemins is cursed.

Ikki wakes up and sees Cain lying unconscious, he gets up and they both wonder what happened to Abel, then Cain tells Ikki that he can stop by the Gemini house, since he proved to be fighting for Athena. Before leaving, Ikki thanks him and tells Cain about who Saga was and what kind of person she was.

Cancer House

After Suikyo's death at the hands of Dohko, Ikki finally arrives at Cancer's house, finding it empty and noticing a gloomy and gloomy atmosphere like the one from the future, only to discover the newcomer Death Toll, recriminating him for trespassing. Later Death Toll lets him cross the House of Cancer, thanking Death Toll for the favor, Ikki helps him carry some coffins (claiming that he does not want to owe favors to anyone).

Yomotsu Hill

When they arrive at Yomotsu Hill, several groups of Specters appear that are defeated by Death Toll and Ikki and suddenly Vermeer de Griffin appears. After the arrival of the specters Death Toll reveals himself as a traitor before Ikki, he decides to face the specters, Vermeer's companions attack Ikki and try to assassinate him, but he demonstrates his great skill and defeats them all in a single movement, that's when Vermeer de Grifo attacks Ikki with his Cosmic Puppet, he was about to kill him until Death Toll tells Vermeer that he will take care of it, and sends Ikki to another dimension with his technique. Unconscious Ikki wakes up somewhat bewildered in the House of Cancer, and realizes that Death Toll did not betray him and saved his life. However, thanks to some of Vermeer's threads becoming entangled in his body, Ikki returns to Yomotsu Hill just as Vermeer is about to kill Death Toll, resulting in a confrontation between Ikki and Vermeer being inevitable.

Death Toll asks him why he returned to Yomotsu, if he wanted to save his life with his technique, Ikki replies that he doesn't like to owe favors to others at that moment, Vermeer tries to attack Ikki, who burns the threads of the Cosmic Puppet (releasing Death Toll by the way), telling the judge that this will no longer work with him, since he has seen it both in the future and at that moment, but apparently a thread remains attached to the Phoenix's neck: The Thread of the Underworld, which the judge uses to rip off his head, but it turns out that the Phoenix is still alive, his body rises headless telling Vermeer that he is now his puppet, and tears his body and face with the strings.

It all turns out that Vermeer received Ikki's Devilish Illusion of the Phoenix, which praises the judge because if he was someone else, he would have died from the madness created by the Illusion, so Vermeer is already defeated by Ikki's attack, because He cannot move due to the effect of his technique, just when he is going to kill him, Death Toll asks the Phoenix to wait, and to let him deliver the coup de grace, and using his Peach Bomber (Peach Explosion) he throws the Judge back to the Underworld.

Leo's House

After defeating Vermeer, Ikki and Death Toll return to the sanctuary and both head to the next house: Leo. On the way while talking with Death Toll, he runs into a snake, which attacks him biting his armor, despite Death Toll mentioning that this animal is seen with respect, Ikki kills the snake, at that moment, they arrive at Leo's House and Kaiser appears and with his lion Goldie, who backs down before the Phoenix, Kaiser is surprised at this because it is the first time that Goldie backs down before someone and asks him who he is, Ikki answers with his name. Seeing the value of Fénix in not attacking his rival and being able to withstand Kaiser's constant attacks seeing his great cosmos and determination, he decides to spare his life and assures that this is the worthy successor of the Knight of Leo in the future.

Road to Ophiuchus

Ikki is on his way to the House of Virgo when the irruption of the space-time rifts caused by the early appearance of the House of Ophiuchus and the awakening of Odysseus of Ophiuchus occurs. Since Shijima is too weak to use his Cosmos and Dohko has left his house, Ikki is likely to head straight for the Scorpio House where Écarlate is.

Movies

Gekijōban

Ikki first appears to help Shun fighting Orpheus. Ikki defeats it with his Devil Illusion and Burning Phoenix Wings, respectively. Later he has a very even duel with Jaga de Orion and finally falls defeated, to give way to an almost dying Seiya to continue the confrontation with the Sagittarius Armor to defeat the rival knight and Eris.

Kamigami no Atsuki Tatakai

Ikki first appears to help Shun by launching the Burning Wings of the Phoenix at Ullr, finishing him off. Immediately, he dodges Rung's Mjolnir to which he quickly applies his Fiendish Illusion, causing Rung to mortally damage himself. However, when Ikki tries to rescue Shun with his chains, a dying Rung treacherously attacks him, everyone falling to the precipice, and Andromeda manages to cling to the rock to escape unharmed with his brother.

Shinku no Shōnen Densetsu

Ikki shows up to rescue Shun from the Bloody Roses being executed by Aphrodite, since the Nebular Storm had no effect. Phoenix Ikki quickly bests the Gold Knight by using his Devil Illusion, and subsequently returning the Bloody Roses' attack with his Burning Phoenix Wings to the Pisces Knight. However, immediately afterwards Atlas de Quilla treacherously attacks Ikki who is defeated for protecting Shun. Shun would help his brother to reach the Temple of the Crown of Abel, only to be seriously injured by Atlas again. Later, both young people would encourage Seiya to defeat Phoebus Abel when he prepares to defeat him with the Sagittarius Golden Armor.

Saishū Seisen no Senshi Tachi

Ikki appears to rescue Shun from Eligor of Virtue's deadly attack whom he quickly defeats with his Burning Phoenix Wings. Later, he tries to help Saori but is attacked by the vines and attacked by Lucifer, after which he is defeated. However, he would offer his Cosmos to Seiya so that he can recover and use the Golden Armor of Sagittarius, defeating Seraph's Beelzebub and Lucifer himself and the Cosmos of the gods who were helping him.

Tenkai-hen ~Overture~

Ikki appears to rescue Shun from Theseus' final attack with his Cosmos. Later, the same one who would avoid the Burning Wings of the Phoenix and the Nebular Storm, to be struck down by Theseus, who also evades his Diabolical Illusion. Shun would come to cheer him up, in addition to the Cosmos of the Gold Knights who were imprisoned in the statue. After this, both form a combination and finish off the Angel using successive attacks from the Nebular Chain, Nebular Storm and the Burning Wings of the Phoenix, finishing it off. Shortly after, they would go to the aid of Saori.

Legend of Sanctuary

War for Sanctuary

Ikki appears before Ptolemy of the Arrow who was fleeing from the Bronze Knights, Ikki quickly kills Ptolemy while the Phoenix Knight comments that the Silver Knight considered the girl a traitor being ironic since the traitor was Ptolemy.

Ikki appears again in the House of Sagittarius, Ikki states that if Shun were not his younger brother he would kill him immediately for his weakness, Milo asks him if he is an ally of Shun of Andromeda and Seiya of Pegasus, which Ikki He does not respond, however he affirms that he is surely not an ally of the Golden Knights, the Knight of Phoenix quickly attacks Shura with his Burning Wings of the Phoenix, after which Ikki removes his helmet determined to fight against the Knight of Capricorn, Shura accepts the challenge and asks his partner not to interfere in the fight, Shura and Ikki exchange several blows, however the Gold Knight ends the fight quickly with a blow to the Phoenix Knight's stomach.

Later when Shun, Shiryū, Hyōga and Athena join their cosmos to heal Seiya, Ikki wakes up stating that the only ones who could take Mitsumasa Kido's words seriously were the four of them. After this, Ikki along with the others leaves the House of Sagittarius while the Golden Knights prepare to protect the Sanctuary that is being destroyed by the power of the Patriarch, the latter appears before them proceeding to attack the sanctuary and revealing that he is In truth Gemini Saga, the Gemini Knight attacks the Bronze Knights and Athena, however when Saga is about to end the life of Athena and the Bronze Knights, Seiya emerges from the House of Sagittarius and hits the Knight of Gemini leading him to the Chamber of the Patriarch.

Finally, Ikki and his companions witness the final combat between Saga, who is now a large being with great power, which he affirms is superior to that of the Gods themselves, and Seiya, who wears the Sagittarius Armor, and Athena, who stands with Seiya.

Novels

Golden Age

Saori and the Bronze Knights (main characters) survived a fierce battle against Poseidon and his army. After the battle a mysterious coffin appears where a sleeping young woman is found. A new battle and the mystery surrounding the Golden Age begins.

The story takes place after the Poseidon Saga and before the Hades Saga. The men who make up the army of the goddess Astreia are named the Golden Tribe. The man who wears the golden armor is Ex and the man who wears the dark armor is Machina. The confrontation between the Tribe of Gold and the Knights of Bronze develops in this way: Hyōga is defeated by Ex; Shiryū falls to Ex; Shun fights Ex, but is saved by Ikki, who manages to defeat Ex; Seiya fights against Machina.

Spin Offs

Episode.G

Ikki appears briefly in Saint Seiya: Episode.G. He only makes a cameo.

In Episode.G, Ikki has only one mention when Leo's Aioria imagines the future to come when he talks to Scorpio's Milo when the latter had finished off Hector.

Those who can build the future are those who live the present. It's something I always believed. As long as it has been the past those who live in the present are able to work the future with their own hands. Someday, time will pass and even though after I die the world falls into darkness, there will be young warriors who will burn down their cosmos and the fire of their life, build a future full of light, I believe. -Aioria

Episode.G Assassin

During the battle between Sigurd and Shiryū, in which the latter mentions hearing the voices of his companions, Ikki asks his companion to have the dragon's flames rise to the sky and burn him so that he can win.

Much later in the story Ikki appears in the underworld.

Omega

The Invasion of the God of War

Years before the holy war in the XXI century, Mars invaded Earth accompanied by his Martians, where he confronted to the Knights. Ikki along with his comrades in arms, Shun, Hyōga, Shiryū and Seiya faced the most powerful warriors on Mars, The Four Heavenly Kings, Ikki faced Bacchus and later Vulcano, however Ikki and his friends had been cornered by the elite of the god of war, but Athena donned her Armor and managed to put the Four Heavenly Kings to sleep. The battle is stopped by the fall of a great stain of darkness that fell in the middle of the combat from space to earth, merging and to protect everyone, Athena creates a force field with her cosmos that expands through the earth and bathes the creatures. armor giving them the power of the elements. but not only the Knights had this power, but also the Martians had assimilated it, later Mars left the battlefield with Aria and Seiya together with his companions along with Saori they stayed with Kōga, and Athena would instruct him on the path of the light for it has been overtaken by darkness.

Second War on Mars

When Mars attacks Athena in the Sanctuary, Ikki along with his companions in arms, Shun, Hyōga, Shiryū and Seiya, confronted Mars, after the fight Ikki walks away because he feels the great power of a god that is not neither from Mars nor from Abzu nor from Pallas and he begins to follow him but loses track of him.

Battle Against Aegaeon

Ikki confronted Aegaeon at some unknown time, before Pallas was reborn in said confrontation, Aegaeon's sword was cracked, while the First Class Pallasite wounds him in the arm.

Battle on Kanon Island

Ikki was resting and healing his injuries that were caused during his battle against the First Class Pallasites, Egeon, is ambushed by a large group of Pallasites Soldiers, whom he defeats in an instant without much difficulty without even moving nor dress her cloth, after this Ikki dresses her and leaves for Pallas Belda.

Battle at Pallas Belda

During the battle of Miller and the Bronze Knights, Ikki appears on the battlefield determined to recover the Armor Stones of the Knights killed by Miller.

Immediately these two begin the fight when he shows off to Ikki the large number of Armor Stones he possesses; just as he tells him that his armor is very beautiful, so he tries to attack the saint with his Alchemy Glove but he stops him, burning his weapon. Miller calls another glove so he surprises the phoenix, thus destroying his armor but it was rebuilt, so it was impacted and he wanted to get it with all his might, so they began to fight, Ikki executes his Devil Illusion of the Phoenix.

But the attack doesn't affect him at first, however he has the illusion of having defeated Ikki and then being torn to pieces by his gems. After the attack, Miller decides to use Element Rejection, however Ikki dodges it, saying that he cannot use the same attack twice on him, only to be defeated by Burning Wings of the Phoenix. After the Phoenix defeated him, he decides to fight without his glove, but is stopped by his partner Europa de Chakram, who withdraws, without saying that he will not forget the name of Phoenix Ikki. After the Battle, he gives Kōga the Armor Stones, to later tell them that behind Pallas, another enemy is hiding.

Gate of Time

As Kōga and the others begin to fight a group of Pallasite Soldiers, Ikki arrives and tells them to go ahead as he will defeat the Pallasite Soldiers.

He later appears alongside Shun helping the young Bronze Knights in their battles against the Pallasite Soldiers.

Finally at the Gate of Time, Ikki gives his cosmos to Kōga to destroy it. After they enter Pallas's castle, Ikki destroys the front door and comes forward.

Revenge against Aegaeon

Finally Aegaeon and Ikki face each other, while Shun and the young knights continue on their way to Pallas. Aegaeon attacks with his Jūbakuraizanba technique, applying strong gravity to the Phoenix's body, but Ikki easily undoes the technique using his powerful cosmos and also damages the Pallasite's Chronotector. For a moment he is surprised, but Aegaeon quickly attacks again with the same technique, throwing lightning at him, Ikki fully receives the technique and can resist it, however, his armor is breaking little by little. Aegaeon attacks again with his technique and manages to destroy the Phoenix armor and Ikki falls to the ground unconscious, getting up and attacking Aegaeon with his bare fist.

Although it blocks the blow with its holy sword, the Jūbakuraizanba no longer resists any more blows and begins to break apart. To make matters worse for Aegaeon, the Phoenix Armor revives and clothes Ikki leaving Aegaeon totally surprised, as Ikki's cosmos has risen even higher and he attacks with the better technique, the Burning Wings of the Phoenix. Aegaeon resists the technique using his sword but it reaches its limit and ends up breaking completely, leaving Aegaeon dumbfounded.

Then Ikki quickly attacks him with his Devil Illusion to extract information about the god to whom they have sworn true allegiance, but when Aegaeon was about to say the name of the god who bestowed the holy sword on him, the pallasite hits himself with the sword hilt to snap out of the trance. Aegaeon, now with his wounded pride, recognizes that his enemy is powerful and that he cannot let it go as it would cause a lot of trouble for the god he wants to protect and ignites his universe to the max, while Ikki does the same. same. Both of them fight with heavy blows while their huge cosmos shakes the battlefield.

The Phoenix Knight is prepared to die and take Aegaeon with him, entrusting the future to the young saints since they will be able to awaken the Omega, a legendary cosmos that only the gods possess. For his part, Aegeon recognizes the great strength of humans and his power to perform miracles, considering it "Interesting". Ikki and Aegaeon ignite their cosmos even more and attack each other with one last blow, their cosmos explode and collide, causing a huge explosion, killing Aegaeon.

During the final battle of Seiya and the Omega Knights against Saturn, the true enemy after the war, Ikki appears among the ruins of the place where he faced Aegaeon. Ikki realizes that Aegaeon saved his life by transporting him across the space-time threshold and as a form of gratitude he decides to show Aegaeon the true Omega Cosmos. Immediately afterwards, upon hearing Athena's call, Ikki sends his cosmos to Koga. After the surrender of the god of time, humans regain time and peace returns to the land. Ikki, knowing that Athena and the Earth were safe, decides to return to Kanon Island, without speaking to anyone, always as the legendary lone Phoenix.

Kurumada Suikoden - Hero of Heroes

Iliad Ilias reminds Ikki of his sins against the gods and then uses “god Redaction” to make Esmeralda and Guilty appear behind him. He relives his past on the island of Queen Death. Ikki is filled with hate again. He abruptly pushes Kiku's hand away, and curses Saori because it is thanks to her that Shun must fight, as well as her other siblings. Ikki wants to kill Saori.

The character

Ikki is Shun's older brother and the oldest (both physically and in age) among the five protagonists (in the manga they are all brothers, sons of Mitsumasa Kido); Since childhood, he is revealed as a person with a distant and dark character, the opposite of his kind and emotional brother, while physically he appears as a boy with an athletic physique, with blue eyes and disheveled dark hair (blue in the anime). On his forehead he has a scar that is not always visible because it is covered by his hair and he normally wears a blue t-shirt over red jeans.

Character

Despite his arrogant, complex and lonely character, Ikki actually has a great kindness in his soul and always intervenes to help the weakest and his Knight friends when there is danger. What emotionally distinguishes him from the other bronze knights (especially from his younger brother, whom he is very protective of) is his reaction to emotional events: while others confess and express their pain or affection without shame, also managing to cry in front of him. To the other companions, Ikki always tries to appear insensitive and distant, an attitude that even makes him unpleasant in the eyes of the other knights, especially Seiya. His coldness is also manifested in the Hades saga during his confrontation with Pandora, in which he states that unlike his companions he will have no scruples in attacking a woman if she is his enemy, or when in Next Dimension he tells Shion of Aries that regardless of whether he's on Athena's side or not, if he doesn't let it go, he's going to take on him.

Having spent his entire childhood being a father figure to Shun, Ikki had to learn from the beginning to face difficulties relying only on his own strength without asking for help, in fact, he has even refused his help. brother in two episodes:

• The battle in the sixth house: on this occasion Shun intervened against the Golden Knight giving an order to make threatening (thing resolutely unusual for the boy) however Ikki rejected because he understood what to do to win against the enemy, making the brother promise to move away and not intervene.
• The second episode (presents only in the anime) is that in which Ikki replaces his brother in the battle against Mime, one of the warrior gods of Asgard guided by Hilda of Polaris: immobilized by the ropes of the lira of Mime, Shun intervened against the enemy to prevent the mortal coup of grace to his brother, who also this time tells him not to interfere and to withdraw his chain.

Therefore, he is a complex character, full of inhibitions, lonely, and incredibly proud and independent (in fact, he never appears at the beginning of each adventure, he only appears when the situation becomes more critical) and who often He is often shown to be harsh and cynical (for example, the episode of the anime related to the condition of Shiryu, who was blinded due to the battle against Argol of Perseus: this time Ikki tells Seiya that Shiryu will never regain his sight and that his Laments are useless but immediately after, away from the others, Ikki goes to Seiya telling him not to worry because Shiryu will see again).

In summary, what is at the base of Ikki's difficult character is having touched the dark side, something that in the manga is due -in addition to the pain for the death of Esmeralda- also to the hatred that is felt by your father. During the confrontation with Saga, Ikki intervened in the battle in favor of Seiya and at that moment, finally, the origin of his maladjustment came from a short cry full of rage that he was unable to stop, no matter how hard he tried: in this episode Ikki He does everything to help Seiya take Athena's shield, which represents the only way to save Saori, aware that he will never be allowed to take it because of his past.

On the love side, Ikki's feelings for Esmeralda, the girl who kept him going during training on the island of the death queen, as well as for Pandora, servant of Hades, are pointed out.

Armor

Each armor has unique abilities, but the Phoenix armor is special: it has the unique ability to regenerate from its shards when destroyed in battle, just like the legendary phoenix rising from its ashes. The armor is also equipped with three scale tails that can be used as throwing weapons.

After the battle of the twelve houses, the armor was repaired and resurrected thanks to the blood of the Golden Knights in the anime which is incorrect since in the manga it revives itself according to legend.

In the fight against Thanatos Ikki wears Leo's armor. Obtained initiation on the island of queen death, Ikki is called to the sanctuary by the patriarch (actually Gemini Saga), who seems to have taught him the art of manipulating thought and creating illusions: this is also confirmed in the anime when Ikki intervened to save Shun during the confrontation with the ghost of Gemini in the third house, telepathically interrupting Saga's influence and saving his brother from another dimension; at that moment saga says: "How dare you?! Did you forget that I was the one who taught you the subtle art of manipulating the mind?". During the confrontation in the chamber of the patriarch Ikki intervened to prevent the death of Seiya, exhausted by Saga's blows; he uses the Other Dimension, but Ikki returns without any apparent difficulty stating: "what do you want your other dimension to be for me, I come from the island of queen death, a place that you have made hell and lifeless ? What do you want it to be for me?".

It is important to keep one thing in mind, however: it would be plausible that Kurumada chose Leo's armor for Ikki if one considers that the knight was born right under the sign of Leo and that, therefore, he is according to his sign, would be the most suitable Gold Armor.

Constellation and Sign

Ikki is protected and chosen by the constellation of the Phoenix; The astronomical figure of the phoenix is not of classical origin since it was introduced by Danish navigators, so it does not have an associated myth. Kurumada chose, to represent the animal and the associated myth, the usual mix of cultures: The Phoenix was known almost everywhere, even to the Arabs who made it famous by the Arabic epithet phoenix. At the level of Ikki's behavior, withdrawn for a few periods to repair his armor or simply to be alone, he recalls the Arabian phoenix, who decided to let himself be burned by the sun in order to be reborn more powerful. Aesthetically, on the contrary, as it appears at least in manga and anime, Kurumada has very significantly recovered the oriental phoenix of Chinese and Japanese matrix, more imaginative and distant from the Arabic one that is very reminiscent of an eagle: the long tail also present in the The armor, whose Bronze feathers are also thrown by the user, is identical to that present in the legendary creatures present in Japanese temples, in turn dealing with the Chinese fenghuang.

Since there are no other myths associated with the phoenix, other than its immortality and wonderful song, the author chose to associate Ikki with fiery blows due to the legendary bird's ability to burn and be reborn. The Phantom Phoenix Fist is out completely and is to further connect with Ikki's training place.

Techniques

• Phoenix Genmaken (魔の.。 Signature Fénix’s Phantom Finger: Ikki hits the opponent’s brain by provoking nightmares and illusions that weaken the mind and body, making it weaker; this technique can also paralyse the opponent or penetrate into the background of the enemy’s mind, bringing to light memories and secrets. On the sleeve it is specified that this technique damages the opponent's nervous system and that it is just as strong as the Genrō maō-Ken of the Gemini Knights.
• HoYoku TenSho (.に.) Phoenix Wings: Ikki releases a strong wind that hits the opponent, and then hits him with one or more powerful punches with the fist, which takes the form of a phoenix of fire. In the taizen it is indicated that Ikki improves this blow over and over, so the technique becomes more and more powerful duel after mourning. On the sleeve it shows how this attack is as powerful as to kill even a group of opponents of a single blow (such as Black Knights or with the spectra) and it is further claimed that this is a deadly technique that normally kills the first impact on anyone who receives it.
• Fénix Finger (Phoenix no ken): Ikki hits the enemy with a very powerful and fast fist. This skill is only present on the sleeve.

Other Skills

As well as his armor and the mythological creature it represents, Ikki can resurrect when killed by an enemy:

• The Phoenix Knight is given for death on several occasions, but always returns to life without any apparent difficulty.
• Ikki has the ability to reach anywhere in the universe thanks to the Hoyoku Tenshou: as a testimony of it appears directly in the sixth house of Virgo (of which he also flees in an attempt to evade the cosmos of Shaka), in the kingdom of Poseidon and in the underworld without any difficulty, he manages to return from the other dimension of Saga and the Golden Triangle of Kanon and in Next Dimension.
• As seen in Next Dimension, Ikki, burning his cosmos, can produce true flames that incinerate everything they come into contact with.

Other media

Ikki appeared in all the films dedicated to Saint Seiya, where his role is mainly to come to the aid of his brother Shun in battle fighting against the different warriors on duty, in the fifth film Ikki fights against the opponent side by side with his brother Shun. He is a character in the sequel manga Next Dimension, and had a brief appearance. In the Saint Seiya novel, Gigantomachia makes a brief appearance in the last chapter, destroying Typhon's new body before they come into the world and killing Echidna.

In Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary his appearance and character don't change much (although the latter becomes more sarcastic): he has black hair and eyes; the armor is also black, with some purple nuance, and is traversed by his cosmos in the form of purple lines; In addition, the helmet is equipped with a mask.

He is present in the musical of the series with protagonists the smaps of the 12 years inspired by the Poseidon series, where he is played by Goro Inagaki, one of the members of the group. He also appeared in all the video games of the series, also In both for PlayStation 2 and in both for PlayStation 3. As for other classic anime and manga protagonists, various merchandising items have been created in the character model, such as Action figures with different armor (see the different models From the classic series, DX and Myth Cloth always based on the classic series version of the character).