A heavy metal arrangement of the song is featured on the Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage soundtrack.
Crystal King, a Japanese rock band active since 1979, known for performing the original theme song for the anime TV series Fist of the North Star
Of incidental note, the popular Japanese manga, Fist of the North Star, used this legend as a model for its death omen star (死兆星), in which it was said that people who saw the star would die later in the year.
He named his son Kenshiro (賢士朗) and daughter Yuria (友里亜) after characters from Fist of the North Star.
Takeshi Mori (voice actor), Japanese voice actor who has supplied voices for a number of video games including Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage and Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War
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Works that includes the use of the word gaiden in their titles include Fire Emblem Gaiden, Ten no Haō Hokuto no Ken Raō Gaiden (spin-off of Fist of the North Star, which is told through the eyes of Kenshiro's brother, Raoh) or Albert Odyssey Gaiden (released in English as Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean).
Garan's forces are styled after the marauder types from Fist of the North Star and Mad Max 2.
Zaku's character design was highly inspired by that of Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star fame.
He was most notable for directing the Fist of the North Star Series and Vampire Hunter D and for character designs on Vifam, Wataru, Minky Momo and F-Zero GP Legend.