Wind Breaker: 12 Strongest Characters In The Manga, Ranked

Given its successful anime adaptation, the Wind Breaker series has garnered attention for all the right reasons. Feeling like a throwback to delinquent stories from yesteryear, the show takes place in a city that seems to be run by high school gangs, with most members being tied to schools. Haruka Sakura, the protagonist, is an outcast who relies on fighting to get by in life, and he joins Furin due to its reputation for being the school with the strongest students. While he goes in expecting to fight his way to the top, Haruka soon realizes that Furin’s gang, Bofurin, is a tight-knit family who spend their days protecting their city.

Wind Breaker follows Haruka’s journey to redefine what it means to be the strongest, a position that requires way more than just being able to deliver and take a punch. Rather than relying on supernatural abilities, the manga and anime’s action sequences rely exclusively on hand-to-hand combat and martial arts, with most of the main characters having unique fighting styles that set them apart from the crowd. While focusing quite a bit on Haruka’s emotional growth, exciting battles are still a major selling point of this story. Consequently, let’s highlight the strongest Wind Breaker characters.

Updated on May 5, 2025, by Mark Sammut: As season 2 is well underway at this point, this is the perfect time to update the rankings of the strongest characters in Wind Breaker. As the show does not adhere to a power scaling and fights are determined on way more factors than just the characters’ physical abilities, the rankings are fairly loose.

12

Suo Hayato

Vice Captain of the Vaisravana Unit

• Manga Debut: Chapter 03
• Anime Debut: Episode 2
• School: Furin

Considered to be one of the strongest among the first-years, Hayato Suo is a central supporting character of the series and a member of the Vaisravana unit of Bofurin. Suo is usually eerily calm and collected, even in extreme situations, making his judgment almost cold-blooded. He can make level-headed decisions without hinting at emotions.

Regarding fighting ability, Suo’s potential is arguably the highest among the first-years, and he is currently immensely strong due to his mastery of mixed martial arts, akin to some form of Aikido. However, what makes Suo even more dangerous is his ability to induce fear into his opponent through his calm demeanor during combat, as seen against Minoru of Shishitoren. Like Togame, Suo is also somewhat unpredictable, making it difficult for his opponent to read his actions.

11

Ren Kaji

Second-Year Captain Of The Vaisravana Unit

• Manga Debut: Chapter 34 (Proper Debut)
• Anime Debut: Episode 11
• School: Furin

Ren Kaji’s strength can be a touch unpredictable, as his performance varies quite a bit depending on his temper. When he is mostly normal, he is a capable combatant who can be quite vicious, although he is a few levels below the absolute strongest Wind Breaker fighters.

However, when Kaji loses his cool and enters berserk mode, he can be a treat for most people. Unfortunately, he gets somewhat lost in the shuffle after the KEEL arc and does not quite measure up against later characters, particularly during the Noroshi arc.

10

Shuhei Suzuri

Founder Of Gravel

• Manga Debut: Chapter 73
• Anime Debut: Yet To Happen
• School: Gravel

The ex-leader and founder of Gravel, Shuhei Suzuri, is a relatively nonchalant and aloof person whose primary motivation is money. Having come from a community where the economy was more or less at its lowest and had no dependable structure, Suzuri created Gravel as a band of delinquents/mercenaries who would take on odd requests like kidnapping for money.

As Gravel’s former head, Shuhei’s skill is nothing to scoff at, given his equal standing with Tsubakino during their fight. This makes him an above-average fighter in comparison to others, given that Tsubakino is one of the stronger of the Four Heavenly Kings. Due to his extremely pessimistic attitude, Shuhei only focuses on his motivation and objective during fights, which sometimes affects his judgments, as seen with Tsubakino.

9

Tasuku Tsubakino

Jikoku Team Leader

• Manga Debut: Chapter 37
• Anime Debut: Episode 12
• School: Furin

One of the Four Heavenly Kings and guardian of the East, Tsubakino is a rather outspoken and confident person. While Furin High School is a school for boys, Tsubakino takes on a very feminine trait that shows through how they dress, speak, and ask to be addressed.

More or less, the figure of love and affection within Bofurin, Tsubakino, is very empathetic towards others and is quick to dote on anyone who piques their interest. However, in terms of ability, Tsubakino’s position within Bofurin is an accurate allusion to their overall ability in combat. Referred to as one of the strongest of the Heavenly Kings, Tsubakino is more than capable of fighting, as shown during their fight against Shuhei Suzuri of Gravel, whom they ultimately defeated.

8

Kanon Banjo

Third-Strongest Member Of Noroshi

• Manga Debut: Chapter 104
• Anime Debut: Yet to Happen
• School: Noroshi

Like so many of Noroshi’s top-brace, Kanon Banjo used to be part of Bofurin, only to leave when the organization shifted away from fighting for fighting’s sake. While not quite as strong as Endo or Takiishi, Banjo is an extremely dangerous threat to pretty much all opponents, and he absolutely demolishes Kaji during their fight.

Banjo loves pain. He loves to experience and also dish it out, and his brutality can be uncomfortable to behold. Banjo’s actions against Kaji drive Hiragi to his breaking point, causing the usually calm and collected Bofurin member to erupt in rage.

7

Jo Togame

Shishitoren Second-in-Command

• Manga Debut: Chapter 06
• Anime Debut: Episode 3
• School: Shishitoren

The Vice Leader of Shishitoren, Jo Togame, is second only in authority to Choji Tomiyama and quite the force to be reckoned with. Ruthless and arrogant, Togame has the skills to back up his arrogance to great effect. Blessed with physical strength surpassing his peers, Togame is a fearsomely unpredictable opponent, as shown by his battle with Sakura.

Given his size, he is also extremely agile, displaying extraordinary reactive power, which lets him adjust to his opponent’s speed relatively easily. Togame appears calm and laid-back; however, beneath his calm facade is a ruthlessly cruel individual whose answer to most situations is power. However, Togame’s most outstanding quality is his ‘limitless stamina,’ enabling him to keep fighting for extended periods without rest, further alluding to his physical capabilities.

6

Haruka Sakura

Captain of the Vaisravana Unit

• Manga Debut: Chapter 01
• Anime Debut: Episode 1
• School: Furin

The series’ main protagonist, Sakura, is a first-year member of Furin and a member of the Vaisravana unit of Bofurin. As a character who is hugely conspicuous, Sakura is also highly perceptive about reactions from others in any given situation. Determined to get to the top of Bofurin, Sakura is quite a bold and confident individual and, more than that, extremely principled, sticking to his self-imbibed morals over anything else that might serve his purpose.

In terms of strength and fighting ability, Sakura is exceptional, given his odd agility and straightforward fighting style, as fights and violence are typically his first course of action in any altercation due to his beliefs and notions. Like most characters on this list, Sakura is excellent at hand-to-hand combat and possesses superfast reflexes, making him very troublesome to deal with in a fight, as noted by Togame during their fight. Like Suo, Sakura also has a high ceiling of potential, even though his abilities are currently nothing to scoff at.

Sakura has grown so much throughout the manga, especially as he has begun to appreciate the power that comes with relying on others. He also constantly gets stronger during battles, and he is largely the only Wind Breaker character to enjoy this type of boost. During the Noroshi arc, Sakura improves leaps and bounds against Endo, eventually managing to cause the latter to accept defeat.

5

Toma Hiragi

Tamon Team Leader

• Manga Debut: Chapter 01
• Anime Debut: Episode 1
• School: Furin

A third-year student at Furin High School, Toma Hiragi is one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Bofurin. Also, the commander of the Vaisravana unit, Hiragi, is the closest advisor to Umemiya because he is always tasked with informing him of any situation. Due to the sheer number of conflicts the gang engages in, Hiragi always seems stressed because he is always among those on the frontlines of such conflicts.

Hiragi possesses incredible physical strength, as he is shown to be able to bend a metal bat easily with his bare hand. While strong, Hiragi is also impressively durable for a teenager, withstanding a hit from a meta bat while protecting Sakura and Kotoha. Above all, Hiragi’s close combat abilities are not slacking either, making him a rather brutal character.

4

Yamato Endo

Former Member of Bofurin

• Manga Debut: Chapter 84
• Anime Debut: Yet to Happen
• School: Noroshi

Arrogant and twisted, Yamato Endo is one of the more delinquent-fitting characters of the series. Even while at Furin High School, he was known to do as he pleased. Yamato’s carefree attitude speaks to an underlying sadistic and violent personality that ultimately led to his leaving Bofurin.

While his ideologies may have clashed with the current Bofurin, his abilities and tendencies are nothing to scoff at, as he brought Sakura to a halt with just a glare. More than that, while still with Bofurin, Endo and his crew never lost even when they decided to leave Bofurin, with Umemiya further attesting to that fact. Even after his return, Endo remained the second-in-command of his new crew alongside Takiishi.

During the Noroshi arc, Endo defeated multiple opponents without too much trouble, at least when he was going all out and not taking a special interest in his opponent.

3

Choji Tomiyama

Leader Of Shishitoren

• Manga Debut: Chapter 07
• Anime Debut: Episode 4
• School: Shishitoren

The head of Shishitoren, Choji Tomiyama, is a short, seemingly bright-eyed high schooler whose only wish is to find and fight stronger opponents around his territory. Unlike Umemiya, Choji has a penchant for violence and is more impatient. Territorial and arrogant, Choji’s admiration is only for the strong, as he has no patience towards those he considers weak, much like his second-in-command, Togame.

Regarding his strength compared to other characters, Choji is arguably the most gifted of the cast in a battle, possessing speed enough to create an afterimage, as seen in his fight against Umemiya. He’s also a very skilled martial artist with agility that surpasses even Sakura. However, Choji is extremely violent and has no problems with savage methods, even going as far as to bite Umemiya during their fight. His position at Shishitoren is warranted, as his presence is so intimidating that it causes fear in his subordinates with nothing more than a glare.