History UsefulNotes / HondaTadakatsu

* The man's spear, Tonbo-Giri, is anthropomorphized in ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu'' as the Sword Spirit Tonbokiri. The third [[Theatre/TouMyu musical adaptation]] ''Mihotose no Komoriuta'' has Tonbokiri suddenly thrust with filling in Tadakatsu's role in history due to him being killed in an ambush by the Time Retrograde Forces, the series' antagonists. Tonbokiri more than makes up for the loss by becoming a formidable general in Ieyasu's army and eventually mowing down a 10,000 soldier strong campaign, ''by himself''. His original game counterpart however references Tadakatsu's iconic horned helmet in his Kiwame (upgrade).

His weapon of choice was a deadly [[BladeOnAStick spear]] called Tonbogiri. The name means "Dragonfly Cutter", since it was said that [[AbsurdlySharpBlade a dragonfly which landed on the blade would be sliced in half]]. The spear itself is considered one of the Great Spears of Japan, a national treasure. His other famous belongings include his black rosary-wrapped armor, his antlered helmet, his sword of choice, the Masamune Nakatsukasa and his favourite steed Mikuniguro (Black Dynasty).

* While the man himself does not appear in ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterRise'', its flagship monster is a ferocious and [[TheDreaded incredibly feared]] Fanged Wyvern known as [[https://monsterhunter.fandom.com/wiki/Magnamalo Magnamalo]]. While most of the monsters in this generation are based on various {{yokai}}, Magnamalo instead seems to be inspired by a {{samurai}}. Things get interesting once you notice that the creature's horns are heavily reminiscent of Tadakatsu's iconic helmet antlers, and that [[BewareMyStingerTail its tail is tipped]] by a [[BladeOnAStick spear-like head]]... Similarly to [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack The Omen]], above, Magnamalo also plays up an association with death in the form of the harmful blue gas it exhales, which looks very close to HitodamaLight.

He was considered a great boon for Ieyasu, with Shingen claiming so and stating that, if it wasn't for Tadakatsu, Ieyasu would've bitten the dust very quickly (Tadakatsu had also served as rearguard during Ieyasu's escape following a crushing defeat Mikatagahara). His daughter Komatsuhime, who was apparently just as intimidating as her father, was adopted by Ieyasu as his goddaughter and eventually married into the Sanada clan (becoming a sister-in-law of UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura). Aside of that, he's counted as one of the four great generals of the Tokugawa, [[FourIsDeath the Tokugawa Shi-Tennou]], with other members Ii Naomasa, Tadatsugu Sakai and Sakakibara Yasumasa.

His weapon of choice was a deadly [[BladeOnAStick spear]] called Tonbogiri. The name means "Dragonfly Cutter", since it was said that [[AbsurdlySharpBlade a dragonfly which landed on the blade would be sliced in half]]. The spear itself is considered one of the Great Spears of Japan, a national treasure.

* In ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'', Tadakatsu started off as a random souped-up NPC making a brave stand in Mikatagahara and Shingen comments how he's the treasure of Ieyasu. He was then included in the Xtreme Legends expansion as a unique character and has since supplanted Maeda Keiji as the series' Lu Bu, with his own leitmotif and all. Despite being slow, he's one of the strongest (if not ''the'' strongest) character in the game, and acts as the ''Samurai Warriors'' counterpart of ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors''[='=]s UsefulNotes/LuBu, which is to say he appears as a supremely powerful boss. He functions as [[TheDragon Ieyasu's right hand man]], the one Ieyasu turns to for advice and resolve. He also acts a surprisingly doting father for his daughter Komatsu (who uses the name Ina in the game) and is generally looked up to by various other warriors like Ginchyo or Nobuyuki (Yukimura's brother and his eventual son-in-law).
** In the fifth game, where it's a SoftReboot, Tadakatsu is featured as a younger man who has yet to earn his reputation. His future reputation has been alluded to and referenced many times.

He was considered a great boon for Ieyasu, with Shingen claiming so and stating that, if it wasn't for Tadakatsu, Ieyasu would've bitten the dust very quickly (Tadakatsu had also served as rearguard during Ieyasu's escape following a crushing defeat Mikatagahara). His daughter Komatsu, who was apparently just as intimidating as her father, was adopted by Ieyasu as his goddaughter and eventually married into the Sanada clan (becoming a sister-in-law of UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura). Aside of that, he's counted as one of the four great generals of the Tokugawa, [[FourIsDeath the Tokugawa Shi-Tennou]], with other members Ii Naomasa, Tadatsugu Sakai and Sakakibara Yasumasa.

[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Tadakatsu Honda Heihachiro Tadakatsu]] (March 17, 1548 – December 3, 1610) was one of the most trusted generals of UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu, and also one of the greatest warriors of all the JidaiGeki.

* In ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' Tadakatsu is one of the playable characters, and is a giant of a man wielding a huge spear who loyally serves Ieyasu. Despite being slow, he's one of the strongest (if not ''the'' strongest) character in the game, and acts as the ''Samurai Warriors'' gameplay counterpart of ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors''[='=]s UsefulNotes/LuBu, which is to say he tends to appear as a supremely powerful boss. He functions as [[TheDragon Ieyasu's right hand man]], the one Ieyasu turns to for advice and resolve. He also acts a surprisingly doting father for his daughter Komatsu (who uses the name Ina in the game) and is generally looked up to by various other warriors like Ginchyo or Nobuyuki (Yukimura's brother and his eventual son-in-law).
** Tadakatsu was actually an AscendedExtra here. He first made himself known in the vanilla version of the first game as a random souped up NPC making a brave stand in Mikatagahara and Shingen comments how he's the treasure of Ieyasu. He was then included in the Xtreme Legends expansion as a unique character, and has since supplanted Maeda Keiji as the series' Lu Bu, with his own leitmotif and all.
*** In Japanese, he's been portrayed by Creator/AkioOhtsuka.
** In the fifth game, where it's a SoftReboot, Tadakatsu is featured as a younger man, with a change of voice actor to match (now voiced by Creator/ChikahiroKobayashi). This puts Tadakatsu in a more unique situation, media portrayal of Tadakatsu usually depicted him as a hardened battle veteran that already went through the battles that gave him his reputation, this reboot will show him in his 'newbie' days and about to earn why he's the ultimate badass of the Sengoku Period and why Shingen later referred him as Ieyasu's treasure. At least he's designed to be a fit, manly young man with serious muscles to match. The more streamlined weapon system means that his Tonbo-Giri would be homogenized into a 'Great Spear' type of weapon, shared with at least Maeda Toshiie. And since the game's story will stop until the demise of UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga, he's no longer with his daughter.

** In the fifth game, where it's a SoftReboot, Tadakatsu is featured as a younger man, with a change of voice actor to match (now voiced by Creator/ChikahiroKobayashi). This puts Tadakatsu in a more unique situation, media portrayal of Tadakatsu usually depicted him as a hardened battle veteran that already went through the battles that gave him his reputation, this reboot will show him in his 'newbie' days and about to earn why he's the ultimate badass of the Sengoku Period and why Shingen later referred him as Ieyasu's treasure. At least he's designed to be a fit, manly young man with serious muscles to match. The more streamlined weapon system means that his Tonbo-Giri would be homogenized into a 'Great Spear' type of weapon, shared with at least Maeda Toshiie. And since the game's will stop until the demise of UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga, he's no longer with his daughter.

** In the fifth game, where it's a SoftReboot, Tadakatsu is featured as a younger man, with a change of voice actor to match (now voiced by Creator/ChikahiroKobayashi). This puts Tadakatsu in a more unique situation, media portrayal of Tadakatsu usually depicted him as a hardened battle veteran that already went through the battles that gave him his reputation, this reboot will show him in his 'newbie' days and about to earn why he's the ultimate badass of the Sengoku Period and why Shingen later referred him as Ieyasu's treasure. At least he's designed to be a fit, manly young man with serious muscles to match. The more streamlined weapon system means that his Tonbo-Giri would be homogenized into a 'Great Spear' type of weapon, shared with at least Maeda Toshiie.

** In the fifth game, where it's a SoftReboot, Tadakatsu is featured as a younger man, with a change of voice actor to match (now voiced by Chikahiro Kobayashi). This puts Tadakatsu in a more unique situation, media portrayal of Tadakatsu usually depicted him as a hardened battle veteran that already went through the battles that gave him his reputation, this reboot will show him in his 'newbie' days and about to earn why he's the ultimate badass of the Sengoku Period and why Shingen later referred him as Ieyasu's treasure. At least he's designed to be a fit, manly young man with serious muscles to match. The more streamlined weapon system means that his Tonbo-Giri would be homogenized into a 'Great Spear' type of weapon, shared with at least Maeda Toshiie.

** In the fifth game, where it's a SoftReboot, Tadakatsu is featured as a younger man, with a change of voice actor to match (now voiced by Chikahiro Kobayashi). This puts Tadakatsu in a more unique situation, media portrayal of Tadakatsu usually depicted him as a hardened battle veteran, this reboot will show him in his 'newbie' days and about to earn why he's the ultimate badass of the Sengoku Period and why Shingen later referred him as Ieyasu's treasure. At least he's designed to be a fit, manly young man with serious muscles to match. The more streamlined weapon system means that his Tonbo-Giri would be homogenized into a 'Great Spear' type of weapon, shared with at least Maeda Toshiie.

[[caption-width-right:350:Those who saw that antler helmet is due for an ass-kicking.]]

* In ''Manga/Brave10 S'', Honda Tadakatsu is the first of Nobuyuki's 10 champions tasked with testing the strength of the 10 Braves. Appears as a large bearded man in a light armor, a huge rosary as a belt and a [[NemeaSkinning whole deer's head as a hood]]. He fights with his huge Tonbokiri spear and manages to inflict a SingleStrokeBattle to Seikai Miyoshi, scoring the first victory for Nobuyuki.

* Tadakatsu appears in ''VideoGame/{{Nioh}}'' as a NonPlayerCharacter and a BrainwashedAndCrazy PuzzleBoss, where he's almost {{Nigh Invulner|ability}}able due to an incredibly fast RegeneratingHealth; to break him out of his {{Brainwashed}} state, Amrita crystals seen around the boss arena must be destroyed. He's available later as DuelBoss for side-missions and still has rapid regeneration (though only when he activates his Guardian Spirit "Shin-roku"). Much of the lore regarding his HealingFactor is based on Shin-roku, as it's implied Tadakatsu was good enough as a {{Samurai}}, he impressed the Shin-roku, the embodiment of nature itself, into becoming his Guardian Spirit. Tadakatsu would return in ''Nioh 2'' and since it took place during the time of UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga, we're seeing Tadakatsu in his prime.

* ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' upped Tadakatsu's badassery by turning him in a giant, Franchise/{{Gundam}}-like cyborg complete with a jetpack, AttackDrones and a [[ThisIsADrill colossal drill-spear]]. He's portrayed as being a [[TheVoiceless silent]], [[TheStoic almost emotionless]] servant of Ieyasu fully capable of turning the tide of battle single-handed. In the anime adaptation, he is killed fairly early in the series but makes an unexpected [[BackFromTheDead return]] in the final episode, giving the heroes the opening they need to take down BigBad Nobunaga.