Rashard Zangan

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Zangan
(ザンガン, Zangan?)
Biographical information
Home	Nibelheim
Occupation	Martial artist
Physical description
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Hair color	Grey
Gameplay details
Type	Non-player character
Type	Non-player character
Type	Non-player character
Behind the scenes information
Designer	Tetsuya Nomura

I'm Zangan. I travel around the world teaching children martial arts.

Zangan

Zangan is a non-player character in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII. Zangan has gray hair and wears a cape, and is the resident martial arts master in Nibelheim, training Tifa in the art of self-defense.

Story

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When Sephiroth kills nearly everyone in Nibelheim and sets fire to the town, Zangan and Cloud try to rescue any survivors. After Cloud and Zack's confrontation with Sephiroth at the Mt. Nibel Reactor, Zangan carries Tifa to safety, but is unable to come back for Cloud and Zack before Shinra and Professor Hojo arrive. Zangan takes Tifa to Midgar for medical attention and departs the town sometime after, unwilling to settle down.

Five years later, Tifa discovers a letter sent to her by Zangan tucked away in her piano in the reconstructed Shinra mock-up of Nibelheim. The letter instructs her to continue her training and speaks of Zangan's suspicions of the reconstructed town. The letter also contains her final Limit Break, Final Heaven. In the letter, Zangan recounts his saving her at Mt. Nibel, and claims "he can't even jump anymore", implying he may have become injured since leaving Tifa. Whatever the case, his ultimate fate once he left Midgar is unknown.

Spoilers end here.

Other appearances

Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII-

Zangan can be fought as a boss in the Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII- Training Mode.

Last Order -Final Fantasy VII-

Zangan in Last Order: Final Fantasy VII.

Zangan is seen near the beginning of the anime, tending to an injured villager. Tifa runs into him and learns of her father's whereabouts, as well as the whereabouts of Sephiroth. Zangan tries to stop Tifa from going to the Mako Reactor but to no avail as he still tends to the wounded.

Zack runs into Zangan carrying a villager on his back. He tells Zack that Tifa headed to the Mako Reactor to see her father and he mentions that Sephiroth is also there. Zangan says to Zack that Tifa doesn't stand a chance against Sephiroth and that he needs to rescue her. He tells Zack that he'll catch up with him when he can and that he'll leave Tifa to him.

Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-

Zangan is only vaguely mentioned in Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- in an e-mail sent to Zack by Tifa, and is never actually seen.

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Gallery

Concept artwork by Tetsuya Nomura.

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Trivia

• During the development of Final Fantasy VII, Zangan himself was intended to be found in Nibelheim, where he would tell Cloud that the survivors of the town's destruction had been killed by Shinra, and he would relate to Tifa that he took her to safety. This exchange was ultimately cut from the game.
• Zangan is voiced in Last Order by Hiroshi Fujioka, best known for his roles as Takeshi Hongo in the original Kamen Rider series, and as Segata Sanshiro, the mascot for the Sega Saturn.
• Zangan boasts that he has 128 students across the world.
• Zangan is referenced in an introductory quote by Tifa in Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy when she says "I'll show you Zangan's secret technique!"