ma kensei

First appearance: Battle 7
Age: 41-42
Height: 158cm
Weight: 53kg
Type: Sei
Type: Katsujin Ken
Martial Arts: All Chinese Kenpo (preferred fighting style is soft forms)
Kensei, the lecherous master of all Chinese Kenpo, prefers using soft forms and is currently the second oldest among the six masters of Ryozanpaku.
He is short, balding, and always tries to take revealing pictures of beautiful women, including Shigure and Miu, which often earns him their wrath. Despite this behavior, he was a charming and handsome young man in his youth, very popular with women.
Kensei and Kenichi develop a close relationship. Though Kensei comically mistreats Kenichi like everyone else, Kenichi sees him as a father figure. Kensei knows Kenichi better than the others because he usually convinces him to cooperate with their plans, such as moving into Ryozanpaku. He occasionally swindles Kenichi into buying his perverted pictures, though Kenichi states that he only receives pictures of Tochumaru posing. Despite Kensei's flaws, Kenichi never doubted his training methods or beliefs as a master, showing their strong bond.
Underneath it all, Kensei is kind and wise, saddened by the violent uses of martial arts, wishing for a more peaceful world. In battle, he prefers disabling enemies without lethal force, except when fighting other Master class Martial Artists. Kenichi notes that despite Kensei's flaws, they are "nothing compared to the greatness of Ma Sifu," and admits he never doubted Kensei.
As noted by Kenichi, Kensei yells "Chowa" whenever he fights. Ironically, he is the only one among the Masters capable of cooking and generally does so when Miu cannot. He has an odd habit of calling the other masters their names with "don" at the end.
Later in the series, it is revealed that Kensei has a wife and three children, including a 16-year-old daughter named Ma Renka, who followed him from China. Kensei was once the leader of an elite martial arts alliance in China, made up of thousands of students. However, he found the responsibilities annoying and left them to his wife, moving to Japan to operate an acupuncture clinic.
He also has an older brother, Ma Sougetsu, a member of the Yami One Shadow Nine Fists bearing the symbol of Moon.