Masaki, Tenchi

柾木 天地

In the OVA-based continuities, Tenchi is the grandson of Yosho, a Juraian prince, and Airi, an Airaian priestess. He possesses a 'Master Key' named 'Tenchi', also referred to as the Tenchi Sword (Tenchi-ken), which can form a blade resembling a lightsaber. Later, he receives a special ring from Tsunami that generates a Juraian battlesuit for him and functions as a 'Guardian System' to protect him. Tenchi also possesses the innate ability to create kou-ou-yoku ('Light Hawk Wings'), making him unusual as the only non-ship entity capable of this, as well as the vaguely defined ability of 'material conversion'. Initially, Tenchi lives in the city with his father to attend school and visits his grandfather's shrine every summer, where he trains to become a Shinto priest and learns his family's unique style of swordsmanship (which is specific to members of Jurai's Royal Family). Following a battle between Ryoko and Ayeka, the house is permanently moved next to the shrine, and Tenchi lives there with the girls while refusing to become intimate with them. Tenchi no longer attends school after it was destroyed in OAV 1.
Tenchi endures significant stress as he strives to act like a gentleman, while most of the women in the household seize the opportunity to show their attraction to him. In the third OVA series, it is revealed that Tenchi is engaged to Noike (the aunt of Ayeka and Sasami). This arrangement was made by Tenchi's great-great-grandmother, better known as the "Devil Princess of Jurai." Around this time, Tenchi also discovers that he has an 80-year-old sister named Tennyo Masaki, who resembles his late mother, Kiyone. Tenchi then learns from his grandfather, Katsuhito, that because Earth is a developing civilization, the Masaki clan must conceal their true presence since they do not age at the same rate as Earthlings, and those born into the Masaki family are kept unaware of these secrets until they reach adulthood. After a climactic battle between the three Goddesses, the truth behind everything that had happened was linked to them. They decided to alter the timeline to repair the damage they had caused, and in the changed timeline, Tenchi does not meet Noike. However, Noike, along with Fuku, traveled into the past and altered the message Mihoshi was to send to her family (which had originally been altered by Z) so that she WOULD meet Tenchi.
Tenchi is the most powerful character in the series, but he is too young and immature to have full control over his Light Hawk Wings and other abilities. He is a competent swordsman and martial artist capable of superhuman feats due to his Juraian blood, but he has only displayed his more unusual talents during dire situations, such as his duel with Kagato, the escape from a black hole, and the final confrontation with Z. The extent of Tenchi's powers is unknown; at one point, they rage out of control, forcing the Goddesses to intervene and prevent a catastrophe. Tenchi also has an unexplained connection to a high-level entity, superior even to the three Goddesses. Airi notes in GXP (the same continuity) that Tenchi has several powers they have not yet discovered - examples include his instant teleportation off the planet when Z destroys Earth, his rapid teleportation to Saturn when Z is about to slice him with his Light Hawk Wings, and his ability to keep up with his friend Seina in a race despite Seina having drastic body enhancements and going downhill on a bicycle.
In "Ai Tenchi Muyo," he is a student teacher at Junai Girls Academy, where he now sports a more professional attire and wears glasses. Only Sasami, Ayeka, and Ryoko live with him.

Details:

First name:
Tenchi
Last name:
Masaki

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Productions featuring this character

(19)
OVA

Main

Tenchi Muyou! GXP: Paradise Shidou-hen

Tenchi Muyo! GXP Paradise Starting

OVA
OVA
Special
TV

Main

Ai Tenchi Muyou!

Ai Tenchi Muyo!

OVA
OVA

Main

Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki 3rd Season

Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki 3rd Season

Movie
Movie

Main

Tenchi Muyou! Manatsu no Eve

Tenchi the Movie 2: Daughter of Darkness

TV

Main

Shin Tenchi Muyou!

Tenchi in Tokyo

Movie

Main

Tenchi Muyou! in Love

Tenchi Muyo! In Love

TV

Main

Tenchi Muyou!

Tenchi Muyo! Tenchi Universe

OVA

Main

Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki 2nd Season

Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki 2nd Season

OVA

Main

Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki: Omatsuri Zenjitsu no Yoru!

Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki: The Night Before The Carnival

OVA

Main

Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki

Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki

TV

Supporting

Tenchi Muyou! GXP

Tenchi Muyo! GXP

Special
TV

Supporting

OVA

Supporting

Mahou Shoujo Pretty Sammy

Magical Girl Pretty Sammy

Voice actors for this character

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Masami KikuchiVoices: Japanese
Matt K. MillerVoices: English
Arturo CastañedaVoices: Spanish
Sang-hyun UmVoices: Korean
Stefano CrescentiniVoices: Italian
Albert Trifol SegarraVoices: Spanish
Massimiliano AltoVoices: Italian
Jang KimVoices: Korean
Luiz Sérgio VieiraVoices: Portuguese (BR)
Rachele PaolelliVoices: Italian
Nuria TrifolVoices: Spanish
Sylvain GoldbergVoices: French

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