STATISTICS'
Name:	Eikichi
Surname:	Onizuka
Age:	22
Eyes:	Brown
Hair:	Blonde
Height :	1.76m
School:	Holy Forest Academy
Occupation:	Teacher
1st Appearance:	Manga
Voice Actor:	Steve Blum/Wataru Takagi
Live Actor:	Takashi Sorimachi

Eikichi Onizuka (鬼塚 英吉 Onizuka Eikichi) is a 22-year-old teacher. Together with his best friend, Ryuji Danma, they are known as the Oni-Baku: Shonan's strongest fighting duo. He is the protagonist in the Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO) series. He is the Homeroom teacher of the troublesome class 3-4 at Seirin (Holy Forest) Academy private school. He teaches Social Studies (Sociology) but is renowned throughout the show for teaching life skills to his students.

Contents 1 Appearance 2 History 3 Personality 4 Background 5 Relationships 5.1 Ryuji Danma 5.2 Fuyutsuki Azusa 5.3 Urumi Kanzaki 5.4 Noboru Yoshikawa 5.5 Ryoko Sakurai 6 Peculiarities 7 Anime and Manga differences 8 Quotes

Appearance Edit

Onizuka is quite tall, has brown eyes, blonde-dyed hair, and pierced ears. Eikichi is a chain smoker, rarely seen without a cigarette in his mouth. Unlike in other anime where the outfit is kept the same, Onizuka's outfit constantly changes. He's well known for having a wide variety of costumes.

Eikichi is very athletic being able to do bench pressing 150kg (approx. 330 lbs). He has a second dan black belt and was a college karate champion. Also, he has stated a number of times that he follows a daily training routine which includes 500 push ups, 1000 pull ups and 2000 hindu squats.

Eikichi's abnormal strength is displayed various times throughout the manga;

his fearsome power is used to solve many of his problems as well as his student's problems. Onizuka also has an extremely durable body; he survived multiple jumps off of the school rooftops in order to save students and another teacher. He is always seen travelling via his motorbike (a Kawasaki 1750 Road Star z II), sometimes carrying his students; remaining passionate for bikes since his experience as co-leader of his biker gang, the Oni-Baku.

History Edit

Onizuka attended Eurasia college and still managed to pass only by cheating.

The miracles he makes throughout the whole series, during each episode, go way beyond the impossible: his super-strength, incredible personality and the capacity to be loved and to obtain respect even by former "enemies" are definitely what makes of him a Great Teacher. Eikichi's charisma is without limits.

Personality Edit

Eikichi is very presumptuous and vulgar which often leads him into trouble. Although he is very hormonal when it comes to girls, he is still a virgin and seems to be unable to get a girlfriend. He likes sexy women to the point of even sexually tempting Nagisa Nagase, Ryuji's girlfriend, without caring that his friend was right behind him. He is often reffered to as a "pervert" and has a fetish with smelling young ladies fresh panties in their draw. Onizuka is also unashamed of the state of untidyness of his home and the fact that many porn magazines lie around his house.

Eikichi most of the time displays his childish behavior, what changes however is how he does that. After finding out that Fukuroda has a secret longing for the academy students he made him into one of his prank's main targets which consist hitting him with his specially developed.

Despite all this, Onizuka can be very serious when the moment asks for it; to solve problems he will surely take the most weird and unexpected (often the hardest) way, but also the most epic. Depending on your point of view he could be considered a fool or a genius. He will never stop to surprise the people around him with his behaviour, actions and decisions, except maybe for Ryuji who has known him for a very long time. Although the school's principal, Ryoko Sakurai, has a deep (almost blind) trust of him.
As for being a teacher, Eikichi is definitely very eccentric, be it both:his methods of teaching or the way he dress es.

Onizuka loves eating, in particular sushi. On one occasion buying an expensive sushi called"Oh-Toro" 3 times and even asking for a "Sushi Boat", he didn't have enough money to pay so he got hit by a car and the guy in the car paid.

BackgroundEdit

Eikichi has been better developed in Shonan Junai Gumi, an earlier manga and anime series, where he was well known as part of Shonan's Oni-Baku (Oni, meaning demon, comes from Onizuka - Baku, meaning bomb, comes from Danma, Ryuj's last name, which means explosion). They were 16 years old and used to fight against gangs way superior in number to them; althought thanks to their abnormal strength and uncommon charisma the two slowly began to become legends.

Although being delinquents, Onizuka was captain of his school's, Eurasia College, Karate Team.

Even now, in the present day of GTO the story, he is still well respected, reveared and even feared as the former leader of the Oni-Baku biker gang. Commanding respect as shown in the first episode of GTO, where 3 delinquent students in his class where tortured by Onizuka after they interrupted another biker gang's meeting, giving them a famous "Special Lesson".

Relationships Edit

Ryuji Danma Edit

Ryuji and Onizuka have been friends for a long time. Since they lead the Oni-Baku biker gang for many years before the start of GTO.

Fuyutsuki Azusa Edit

She is one of the Holy forest Academy teacher, without a doubt Onizuka has a weak spot for her and truly respects her. On the other side she will develop some feelings for him as will be shown in certain scenes as to be jealous or extremely shy during particular occasions.

Urumi Kanzaki Edit

One of his students, and probably the most dangerous school delinquent (in anime) due to her high IQ score and ways to act terrorism in Seirin Academy, but later on she will also be the one that will be revealed as one of his best allies. Through the serie the two have a close friend relationship (most likely gained from her game at the start as mistress-slave).

Noboru Yoshikawa Edit

Onizuka put his life on the line several times for this boy

Ryoko SakuraiEdit

Onizuka always listen to her requests and suggestions, althought his methods can be arguable she always supports him, despite the fact that a school like Seirin may not share this decision of her.

Peculiarities Edit

• His starsign is Leo.
• He smokes Lucky Strike (shown in episode 23 of the anime).
• His motto is "I want to remain a simple teacher for all my life!"
• Interests: girls of the legal age, to become the greatest teacher in Japan, cosplay, Motorcycles.
• Heroes: Shotoku Taishi (a prince in Asuka period), Eikichi Yazawa (a japanese singer and song-writer), Satoru Sayama (a wrestler and main character from Tiger Mask) and Takumi Fujiwara (a famous driver from the anime series Initial D).
• During an interview with the creator, Tohru Fujisawa, he confirmed that Onizuka's name does indeed come from Eikichi Yazawa. Also part of the creator can be found in Onizuka.

Anime and Manga differences Edit

• At the end of the anime Onizuka goes to teach in america at California Junior High School, however in the manga he remains at Seirin (Kisshō) Academy.
• Onizuka gets a haircut in the manga during GTO to look more like an adult, cutting off his old "regent" style hair.

Quotes Edit

• "Eikichi Onizuka, 22 years old, nice to meet you!"
• "I will make school FUN"
• "Y'know, there's a word for people like you. Let me give you a hint; it starts with a b and it ends with a tch."
• "What the hell is that?"