Marvel's Iron Fist: Ranking Every Major Character From Worst To Best

15. Bakuto

Initially setup as a potentially ally of Danny Rand and someone who would help him in the fight against Madame Gao and the Hand, it later transpires - in a not-so-shocking twist - that Bakuto actually is a leader of the Hand, just, y'know, the *good* branch of the organisation of evil ninjas.

The main problem with Bakuto is that he primarily exists for that twist to happen, and yet he's far too obvious in his motivations so that it's clear he isn't to be trusted and almost certainly working for the Hand to at least some extent.

His level of interest in the Iron Fist is the thing that stands out most about his character at first, and it's fairly obvious that means he'll be an enemy of Danny. Outside of that, there's really nothing to him; he's not interesting, he's not a great villain nor an antihero, he's just there, before getting dispatched by Colleen in an (admittedly quite cool) rain-soaked sword-fight.