Higan, or under his hidden identity of Joe Logan, is the titular main protagonist of the action anime original series Ninja Kamui. He is a modern ninja who was initially disguised as an ordinary man to live peaceful life with his family. Times were great for him and his loved ones until the day when he confronted a group of ninjas who killed his family, which he failed to protect. It is further revealed that he and his wife were both ninjas themselves who were trained in a mysterious ninja clan and left them after they broke their clan's code of not having feelings between each others.
As Higan, he is voiced by Jeremy Gee (who also voiced Gorou Amamiya in Oshi no Ko) and as Joe Logan, he is voiced by Gabriel Regojo in English and Kenjirou Tsuda in Japanese (who also voiced Kento Nanami in Jujutsu Kaisen, Kishibe in Chainsaw Man, Orsted in Mushoku Tensei, Atomic Samurai in One-Punch Man and Hannes in Attack on Titan).
Appearance[]
Joe initially had the appearance of a typical middle-aged blonde European man with a muscular build, messy hair and beard around his mouth. However that was later revealed to be only a disguise thanks to the technology that hides he and his family's true appearance from enemies. Regardless, the disguise was proved to be pointless as the enemies knew that it was him. his true appearance is revealed to be middle-aged Asian man with spiky black hair and sharp eyes with short beard around his mouth.
Personality[]
Joe is a loving and cheerful father and husband. It is evident that he loved his family more anything in the world, such as when he was distracted by the scream of his son admist the fight against the enemies that broke into this house. He broken down in tears when he woke up and was told that his son and wife could not make it. He unleashed his rage when enemies came to fight him again despite the fact that he was still in recovery. Outside of his family, or presumably his true personality, Joe is cold and stern, despising even the slightest joke from others. Regardless, Joe cares about not only about the lives of his family. He has shown to protect Mike Moriss, an official who attempted to arrest him by threatening with a handgun, before they were interrupted by a ninja. Confident in his abilities, Joe remain unfazed when threatened Mike pointed his gun at him and does not hesitate to use force to deal with police officers. While he was still working as a ninja alongside Mari, both were merciless assassins who followed their duties to take down their targets. Although, during a mission, both were hesitant to kill when they discover that a mother and her child were hiding in a closet.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Master Swordsman: Joe can casually dispatch dozens of enemies wielding blades with ease and deflect bullets fired at him.
- Immense Reflexes, Agility, and Strength: Joe can effortlessly invade and dodge the weapons and projectiles launched at him, including whipes and needles. Even several fire-armed enemies are too fast to follow Higan's movements or their bullets are either blocked by his blade.
- Immense Durability: Higan can wistand strong blows from robots and several blades into his body and still proceed to a battle for a certain amount of time.
- Infiltration and Parkour: Higan can easily circulate in complete silence throughout the hallways of an enemy base, leaving him undetected, even under the most unusual circumstances. He can land on run, jump, and climb between walls without hardly making any sounds. He can effortlessly evades lasers within a laser hallway (without counting the his drop of sweat that made exposed him).
- Shuriken Proficiency: As a ninja, Higan is highly precise at throwing many shurikens at his targets at alarming speeds.
Powers[]
- Limb Creations and Ninjutsu Mastery: Joe can generate multiple limbs on his back from ninjutsu to help him fight enemies and wield additional weapons.
Equipments[]
- Appearance Altering: Joe can change his appearance at will, mainly his face, presumably with hologram or other type of advanced technology that he uses with his family when they were still alive.
- Arsenals of Blades and Knives: Higan has always a large disposal of a variety of portable blades hidden in his clothes.
- Shurikens: Shurikens are among the weapons Higan carries on him, being of his main weapons he uses in battle, due to being practical projectiles to use.
- Smoke Bombs: Higan is equipped with bombs that he typically uses on a group of fire armed enemies, like guns, for him to easily approach and make a surprise assault.
- Explosive Bombs: Higan occasionally oblirates walls with bombs.
- Grappling Hooks: Higan was capable of launching a hook to a flying plane at a relatively great height.