History Characters / GhostOfTsushimaJinSakai

* WarriorPoet: Certain places in the world allows Jin to take a moment to compose some Haiku.

** In the postgame, [[spoiler:Jin occupies a dilapidated house hidden in the wilderness. Depending on your final decision at the end of the game, Jin will set up shop either a little ways north from Omi Temple, in a secluded grove behind the giant Buddha statue and a short walk from Omi Village, or on a hill in the middle of the forests of Otsuna. He keeps a TrophyRoom of his completed side-quests and adventures, mementos of his friends, a forge, a worktable with {{Shout Out}}s to plenty of UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 games, supplies of wolfsbane and grenades (purely decorative; you still have to get these from the field), and a humble straw mat to sleep on. At least Yuna, but possibly others, know of its secret location.]]

* {{Catchphrase}}: Responds with "{{I did what I had to do}}" whenever someone questions his actions deviating from the samurai code.

* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: {{Justified}}. Jin can wear and equip several armour sets around the island that give him benefits if he wishes to focus upon a particular style of fighting. None of these benefits are explicitly superhuman or impossible to achieve without the armour; they're just designed specifically better pull off the techniques required for that fighting style. These include sturdier armour like the Gosaku or Samurai sets to enable Jin to take more hits, Tadayori's armour for ease of drawing arrows, or Jin's titular Ghost Armour, which is a blend of practical and theatrical, covered in weapons to allow Jin to easily utilize his Ghost techniques as well enhances his ability to terrify his opponents and more easily enter his [[OneHitKill Ghost Stance]].

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The head of the Sakai clan and functionally Shimura's heir as leader of the island. He's also bar none its greatest fighter, especially after the Mongol invasion results in him acquiring multiple legendary fighting techniques, each of which were capable of making their wielders legends in their own right on the island, as well as pioneering his [[CombatPragmatist Ghost techniques]] to enable him to single handily carve his way through small armies when he's outnumbered.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: The multitude of ways that Jin can kill Mongols (and bandits) are ''very'' brutal, ranging from explosives, setting them on fire, and even [[spoiler: [[OffWithHisHead outright decapitating them]] after getting the Ghost Stance]]. However, considering the atrocious actions they commit, it's hard to blame him. Arguably, the furthest he took it is [[spoiler: using wolfsbane to poison an entire Mongol camp, which has some ''very'' gruesome results.]]
** As Jin's reputation as [[TheDreaded The Ghost]] grows, Mongols will grow more and more afraid of him, to the point where [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere they'll drop their weapons and flee for their lives]]. In such as cases, there's absolutely nothing stopping Jin from chasing them down and finishing them off or shooting them down with an arrow.

* SamuraiShinobi: He provides the trope image. At the beginning of the game, Jin starts off as a samurai who adheres to the code of Bushido, only to be forced to take on less than honorable means of freeing Tsushima from the Mongol hordes by utilizing stealth and underhanded tactics. Over time, he learns new stealth techniques and even acquires stereotypically ninja weapons. While his growing resemblance to ninja in his appearance and techbique are never openly stated --- instead referring to him as a "Ghost", the ninja weapons referred to as "Ghost-weapons" --- he can be considered a transitional warrior between both.

* TragicKeepsake: The Iki Island expansion reveals that the flute he always carries around with him and uses to interact with certain shrines (or change the weather if the player has unlocked the right tune) used to belong to his mother, and he keeps it with him to always keep a piece of her close. It's the only item he never loses throughout the game, even when stripped of his armour and weapons at certain points [[spoiler: such as after being branded a traitor]]. His [[AncestralWeapon family's katana]] also counts, though Jin wields the blade as much to honour his family legacy and protect the people of Tsushima as to keep a painful reminder to himself of the time he failed to save his father, as least in his eyes. His father's armour serves as a straighter example, as Jin notably struggles to put it on when requested to by Lord Shimura, still haunted by his memories and guilt towards his father's passing. [[spoiler: Tragically his iconic Ghost armour and grappling hook, the trademarks of his eventual identity as the ghost, also end up becoming this, thanks to the passing of their maker, Taka, shortly before]]. Following his betrayal of Jin, [[spoiler: Ryuzo's]] straw hat ends up becoming this as well. In fact, during the postgame, the player can walk around Jin's HomeBase to find it filled with supplies and weapons for his usage as the Ghost alongside reminders and trinkets from side quests he's completed, many of which end up falling into this thanks to the cost of the Mongol invasion.

* TheUnfettered: He'll use whatever means necessary to combat the Mongolian invaders, even if it involves going against the code of honour his uncle taught him.

* WellDoneSonGuy: The ''Iki Island'' expansion reveals that Jin had always struggled to live up to his father's expectations of him, which greatly contributes to his guilt over his father's death.

** [[spoiler: Jin's poisoning of the Mongols during the recapture of Castle Shimura was considered the final straw for the Samurai Nobles. Up to that point, they barely tolerated Jin's actions as the Ghost, but because his refusal to disown his title as the Ghost after that, they brand him a criminal.]]

* WorfHadTheFlu: [[spoiler: Jin suffering a CurbStompBattle to Khotun Khan in their first fight can be chalked up to him still recovering from almost dying from the opening battle. He also admits to Masako his attack was more a suicide run than anything.]]

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: [[spoiler:In the end, the Shogunate revokes the Sakai clan's status as a Samurai, intending to hand Jin's estate over to a new clan. Jin Sakai, now a fugitive, relocates to a run down shack with souvenirs of his journeys and side quests.]]
* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: Upgrading his tanto includes cleaner, quieter stealth kills. That said, by that, the game means Jin's animations become such as the tanto gets sharper.