Togari

Togari is a male professional Hunter who once served as an examiner during the Hunter Exam.

He later appears again as a combatant in the Trick Tower phase of the 287th Hunter Exam, seeking revenge against Hisoka Morow.

He has a rugged, hunter-like appearance, wearing a fur vest with his hair slicked back.

A large scar across his face, inflicted by Hisoka, emphasizes both his past defeat and his vengeful motivation.

In the original manga, his name is never given and he is referred to only by his role as an examiner.

The name “Togari” was revealed in the first anime adaptation.

Togari is notable for having survived being “half-killed” by Hisoka in the 286th Hunter Exam.

He spends the following year developing and refining his unique style, the Infinite Four-Blade Style, specifically to take revenge.

The Infinite Four-Blade Style is Togari’s personal combat technique using four special curved swords.

He throws these blades so that they fly around him like boomerangs, repeatedly slicing his target as they circle back to his hands.

He juggles the four swords continuously, catching and re-throwing them in a seamless loop.

This style is as much a form of lethal juggling as it is a combat technique.

According to Togari, it took him more than half a year just to learn how to freely catch the thrown swords.

Only a year earlier, his skill level was that of a single-blade technique, so developing a four-sword style represents the result of intense training for his rematch with Hisoka.

The technique is designed to send blades at the opponent from every direction.

As Togari declares in battle, “Up, down, left, right, front, back — countless blades from every angle will tear you apart!”

However, the style has a critical weakness: if the opponent catches or knocks away the thrown swords, the attack is easily neutralized.

This makes the technique difficult to evade but surprisingly simple to shut down once its pattern is understood.

Past with Hisoka Morow

During the 286th Hunter Exam, Togari serves as an examiner.

In that exam, Hisoka Morow attacks and “half-kills” him, resulting in Togari’s severe injuries and the scar across his face.

The humiliation and trauma from that defeat become Togari’s driving force.

He spends the next year improving his skills, creating the Infinite Four-Blade Style with the sole goal of taking revenge on Hisoka.

Trick Tower Battle (287th Hunter Exam)

Togari appears in the 287th Hunter Exam during the Trick Tower phase.

Here, he once again confronts Hisoka, this time as an opponent in a life-or-death match.

At first, his Infinite Four-Blade Style works as a powerful “first-time killer” technique.

He manages to inflict three separate cuts on Hisoka, proving that the attack is hard to dodge when seen for the first time.

However, the tide turns quickly once Hisoka understands how the technique works.

Although it is difficult to avoid blades coming from every direction, stopping the attack is simple if the swords can be intercepted.

Hisoka swiftly adapts, catching the very blades that took Togari over half a year to master.

He completely dismantles the technique in moments, then mocks Togari with a cold comment implying that all his effort was pointless.

With his confidence shattered and his trump card neutralized, Togari is overwhelmed.

Hisoka then finishes him by cutting off his head, ending the fight decisively and brutally.

After the match, Togari’s severed head is shown placed on the floor with a frozen expression of terror.

This image underscores the hopeless gap between his determination and Hisoka’s overwhelming talent and cruelty.

Power and Abilities

Although he loses badly to Hisoka, Togari is not weak by Hunter Exam standards.

Hunter Exam examiners are professional Hunters selected by the committee, and it is implied that they are capable Nen users.

The fact that Togari survived Hisoka’s earlier attack with his body still largely intact suggests he had noteworthy potential.

In their rematch, he also manages to land three hits on Hisoka before being defeated, which is not a trivial feat.

From an in-universe perspective, his problem is less about raw strength and more about facing an opponent far beyond his level.

Narratively, he serves to highlight how dangerous Hisoka is, while also portraying the limits of hard work when matched against genius and brutality.

First Anime Adaptation

In the first anime adaptation, Togari’s role is altered from examiner to examinee.

Instead of being a professional Hunter, he participates in the exam primarily to get revenge on Hisoka.

The censorship standards at the time affect how his defeat is portrayed.

Rather than being beheaded, Togari loses to Hisoka and dies of shock, unable to withstand the terror of facing him.

This version emphasizes psychological horror over explicit gore.

His death still conveys Hisoka’s terrifying presence, but in a way that fits broadcast restrictions.

Second Anime Adaptation

In the later anime adaptation, which aired in a late-night time slot, the story follows the manga more closely.

Togari is again depicted as an examiner-turned-opponent whose revenge attempt ends in failure.

His beheading is included, but the scene is staged using silhouettes and softer angles.

This preserves the brutality of Hisoka’s actions while reducing the overt graphic detail.

As a result, the second adaptation balances fidelity to the source material with broadcast standards.

Togari’s role as a tragic, outclassed avenger remains intact.

In the first anime adaptation, Togari is voiced by Go Maeda.

In the second anime adaptation, he is voiced by Takuma Suzuki.

Togari is often remembered as an example of “right effort against the wrong opponent.”

He trains obsessively, improves significantly, and develops a unique fighting style, but all of that still falls short against someone of Hisoka’s caliber.

His character design and fighting style give him a distinct presence despite his brief screen time.

The Infinite Four-Blade Style is visually striking and conceptually clever, which makes his swift defeat even more impactful.

Within the context of Hunter × Hunter, Togari helps establish the dangerous nature of the Hunter Exam and the lethal reality behind it.

His fate underlines that even professional Hunters can be casually killed if they cross paths with the wrong person.