- Hydra Ichi
Infobox animanga character
name = Hydra Ichi
series = Saint Seiya
caption = Ichi, the HydraBronze Saint, in a screenshot from the TenKaiHen Overture movie.
creator =Masami Kurumada
voiced by =Masato Hirano TVMasaya Onosaka OVAage = 14
gender = Male
born =February 10
nationality =Japan
class = Saint
paux1 = Athena
paux1 name = Loyalty
paux2 = Hydra
paux2 name = Cloth
paux3 = Bronze
paux3 name = Rank
paux4 =Lake Holtz ,Finland
paux4 name = Training
paux5 = 1.70 m
paux5 name = Height
aux1 = 56 kg
aux1 name = Weight
aux2 = B
aux2 name = Blood type
aux3 =
Mellow Poison
aux3 name = Secret moves
aux4 =
manga: chapter 4, vol.1
Anime: ep.1(briefly)
Anime: ep.2 (fully)
aux4 name = First appearancenihongo|Hydra Ichi|海ヘビ星座の市|Hidora no Ichi is a fictional character from the
manga seriesSaint Seiya , authored by Japanese mangaka Masami Kurumada, and later adapted to anime. Ichi is one of the minor Bronze Saints, the lowest of the three ranks of Athena's saints.Hydra Cloth and Constellation
The Hydra cloth is based on the Greek mythological monster, Hydra. But due to its minor power it currently only has one head. Yet it is Ichi's main and only know form of attack and defense.
According to him, poisonous claws come from every part of his cloth: the target hit by them becomes paralyzed and slowly dies.
Once they hit the target, the claws come out of the cloth, but new claws grow very fast, giving an infinite supply - exactly as the mythological monster, who if any of the heads were removed, two would grow in its place.
The Anime version differs slightly from the manga original, were as a pelvis armor and leg armor has been added.
The Hydra Cloth represents the constellation Hydra, which is associated to the myth of the
Lernaean Hydra , from Greek mythology.Early life
Ichi is one of the 100 orphans that were brought into Graude Foundation to fulfill a project -- to be trained into becoming future saints for the goddess Athena. Only 10 of the children survived the entire process, and they grew up to become bronze saints.
In the original manga, it is was revealed that all 100 orphans were actually half brothers, with their father being Mitsumasa Kido, the man they have grown to despise for tearing them from their happy homes.
After some time living and training at the orphanage, the orphans were selected to different places all over the world and sent by Mitsumasa Kido to train and bring back the saint cloth in order to protect his foster granddaughter, Saori.
Ichi went to train at Finland where he managed to get the Hydra Bronze Cloth after six years.
Galaxian Wars
Ichi later returned to Japan to participate in Saori Kido's Galaxian Wars, a tournament to get the Sagittarius Golden Cloth. His first battle was against Hyoga.He tried to win using his claws, but they were useless against the Cygnus cloth. Hyoga froze his right arm, then used his Diamond Dust to defeat him.
The Twelve Temples
After having lost in the tournament, he went back to Finland to further train himself.He later came back and with the other 4 Bronze Saints, Jabu, Nachi, Ban and Geki he headed for Sanctuary. There he and the others rescued Tatsumi and the comatose Athena, and stayed with them until the Saga had been defeated.
Hades arc
Ichi along with Nachi have been appointed to commanders over the Sanctuary guards and takes their job seriously. But as the dead Silver Saints starts appearing and they realise their attacks doesn't work so good, they are saved by Jabu. Later he appears to try and protect Seika from Thanatos, and risks his life in doing so.
Previous incarnations
In the still non-canonical sidestory
Saint Seiya Lost Canvas , Ichi's incarnation in the 18th century appeared briefly in a panel. His name in that era was not revealed, but his physical appearance was the same and he also wore the Hydra Bronze Cloth and bore the Hydra constellation.As Saint Seiya Lost Canvas is not authored by
Masami Kurumada , but only supervised by him, its status as a canonical work is to date unknown.Notes
*The kanji for his name, 市, means city or town in Japanese, so it's very likely that Masami Kurumada only used it phonetically, without an intended or implicit meaning.
*When speaking, Ichi always laughs, both in manga and anime.
*His hair color is Black in the manga, while White in the Anime.
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