Shougo Ariake was one of the first to admire Ken's karate skill and he highly looked up to him. He kept begging Ken to make him his apprentice but Ken refused. He eventually manages to convince Ken to make Shogo his apprentice, his one and only apprentice that he will teach his Asuka karate. 

Later on Ken is getting a lot of hate and doubt from people in the Karate industry saying that his fight with the bull was fake which then really frustrates Shogo. Ken tries to teach Shogo that there are no personal fights in karate and that they should let them doubt and hate on Ken. This annoys Shogo even more until he then starts fighting and beating up doubters which makes Ken expel him. 

Due to Shogo being Asuka's only apprentice he eventually becomes very strong with the strongest karate in the whole world. He seeks revenge on the Dojo's and people that had bad mouthed Ken and his karate and challenges every dojo. He beats everyone up in each dojo and eventually he becomes more and more evil. He starts beating up gang members and other people which then when the police come he also beats them up.

~! He gets into jail where he then writes in his own blood that he's quitting as his apprentice and breaks out of jail.
After that he gets into a car and starts recklessly driving where he then loses control and crashes into a street pole where he then later passes away due to his injuries. !~

Based on Ooyama Masutatsu's early years.
<br><br>
After having survived the war as a Kamikaze pilot, Ken goes on a path to become the strongest martial artist in the world. Fighting bears, bulls and countless other martial arts such as Muay Thai, Tai Chi and many more around the world.

**Favorites:** Role - Ryo Saeba
**Hobbies:** Computers, Driving and Photography
**Skills & Abilities:** Bass Guitar
**Non-anime roles:**
~!Akira Hibiki in "Super Robot Wars" (VG) 
Blacky in "Popful Mail" (VG) 
Bo Duke (voiceover for John Schneider) in "Bakuhatsu! Duke (The Dukes of Hazzard)" (TV) 
Chandler Jarrell (voiceover for Eddie Murphy) in "The Golden Child" (movie) 
Conrad 'Con' Jarrett (voiceover for Timothy Hutton) in "Ordinary People" (movie) Dale 'Mac' McKussic (voiceover for Mel Gibson) in "Tequila Sunrise" (movie)
David Herdeg (voiceover for Michael Paré) in "The Philadelphia Experiment" (movie) Dyhalt in "Langrisser III" (VG) 
Gren Cuts in "Tobal No. 1" (VG)
Iago in "Aladdin and the King of Thieves" (Disney animated movie)
Iago in "Aladdin" (Disney animated movie) 
Iago in "Kingdom Hearts" (VG)
Iago in "The Return of Jafar" (Disney animated movie)
James Bond (voiceover for Pierce Brosnan) in "GoldenEye" (movie) 
James Bond (voiceover for Pierce Brosnan) in "Tomorrow Never Dies" (movie) 
Joe Shimamura/009 in "Cyborg 009" (Radio Drama) 
John Neville (voiceover for Tommy Lee Jones) in "Eyes of Laura Mars" (movie)!~