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!Oda Clan

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!Debuting in ''Sengoku Basara 1''
[[folder:Oda Nobunaga]]
!!UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga
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-->Voiced by: Creator/NorioWakamoto (Japanese), Creator/GaryChalk (''Devil Kings''), Creator/JohnSwasey (anime), Creator/KeithSzarabajka [[note]]credited as John Fitzgerald[[/note]] (''Samurai Heroes'')\\
Live actor: Akira Kubodera (1st and 8th stage plays), Mitsuru Karahashi (11th and 14th stage plays)
->''"All that stands before us shall turn to dust."''

Imagine every single EvilOverlord trope that one can ever use. Good. Now crank them up. You've got the ''Sengoku Basara'' version of Oda Nobunaga. Uses a [[SwordAndGun Sword And]] SawedOffShotgun combo in combat, along with his BadassCape. His main goal throughout the series is pretty much to, you guessed it, TakeOverTheWorld (starting with Japan) and run everybody into the ground.

He returns in the third game, having escaped from hell with a set of new powers and the desire to tear this world a new asshole. [[OhCrap Well, that's just great]].

Oh, but it gets better; in the fourth game [[spoiler:he reaches DimensionLord status, and tries to destroy the multiverse ForTheEvulz]].

Was the titular ''Devil King'' of the ''Devil Kings'' game.
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* BackFromTheDead: Makes a dramatic comeback, this time as a fully fledged demon who just wants to destroy the world once and for all.
* BadassCape: It has a mind of its own, and is actually his Basara attack in the first two games.
* BadassCreed:
** "Tenka Fubu" or "the world under military rule".
** Also his very first speech from the anime about worshipping him is quite epic.
* BossSubtitles: "Nobunaga Oda - Has Returned"
* CardCarryingVillain: Maybe you noticed, what with all the spikes, and thunderclouds, evil laughter and the [[OminousLatinChanting Ominous German Chanting]] in the anime. Or him proudly proclaiming himself the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven with a swish of the cape.
* CastFromHitPoints: His 'Scorched Earth' SuperMode in the third game drains health while active. However, it also prevents him from dying while active. It's also somewhat mitigated by the fact that his element lets him drain health from enemies.
%%* CastingAShadow
* CharacterCatchphrase: He's fond of saying "This was inevitable", which was historically his final words.
* ClassicVillain: The sinister appearance, megalomaniacal personality and Creator/NorioWakamoto[=/=]Creator/KeithSzarabajka on his vocal cords alone should tell you something about him.
* DemonKingNobunaga: Nobunaga is depicted as a TinTyrant EvilOverlord who relishes in destruction and conquest. He's a CardCarryingVillain who drinks his sake from a hollowed out human skull just to hammer home how much of a monster he is. This trope becomes literal in ''Sengoku Basara 3'' onward as he becomes a DemonOfHumanOrigin come back to Earth to slaughter all of mankind.
* DissonantSerenity: His behaviour in the third game. Nobunaga is always perfectly calm and never raises his voice apart from the occasional EvilLaughter while you're playing, never shows any sign of anger, and praises his enemies for standing up to him.
* DramaticThunder: Taken to extremes in the anime, where he is followed everywhere he goes by dark clouds, thunder and lightning.
* TheDreaded: He's generally feared and hated by most other characters, with few exceptions such as [[BlackShirt Yoshiaki]].
* EvilerThanThou: In the anime, [[spoiler:Nobunaga sees right through Mitsuhide's scheming and backstabs him, leaving him to die in battle against Masamune and Yukimura.]]
%% * EvilIsHammy: [[spoiler:In the movie where he is completely enjoying his return from the dead.]]
* EvilLaugh: If anything manages to amuse him, it usually means you're ''screwed''. In the third game it's more an evil chuckle.
* EvilOverlord: If he does manage to take over the country. In the anime he starts off like this.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Of course, it's Norio Wakamoto. His voice in ''Samurai Heroes'' is pretty intimidating as well.
* ExcusePlot: His 'story' paths in ''Samurai Heroes'' have only one story-significant cutscene, which is after defeating Mitsuhide in the red path. His stories can basically all be summarized as "Oda Nobunaga beats up ''everybody''", just in different orders.
* EyeBeams: His Basara KO in ''Cross'' has him fire these at the opponent from his throne before dealing the final blow.
* FacePalmOfDoom: In ''4'', he pulls this on Tenkai when the latter tries to attack him in their pre-battle cutscene.
%%* GlowingEyesOfDoom: After he is resurrected.
* AGodAmI: Seems to believe this when he's alive, and once he comes back from Hell it's the bona fide truth.
* GracefulLoser: In the third game, [[spoiler:upon being defeated by Oichi, he goes back to Hell with her with little complaint.]]
* GuardianEntity: One of the things he picked up in the third game.
* HatedByAll: This is one man who does not care for Public Relations; everybody wants a piece of him and that's the way he likes it. Given that the closest he's got to a chief diplomat is Mitsuhide...
* HeroKiller: The anime incarnation succeeds at [[DeathGlare paralyzing Masamune with his glare]] in his first appearance and kills a good deal of supporting characters from the games who didn't make it into main characterhood in the anime. Every time the heroes try to face him prior to the final battle it goes badly for them, [[spoiler:and in the end it takes a coalition of all the major factions and a HeroicSacrifice to defeat him]].
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Probably the most egregious example of the trope.
* HumanoidAbomination: Regarded as one by most of the cast in ''3''. He may or not have been one before.
%% * IHaveYourWife: Plays this card at Nagamasa when he kidnaps Oichi in ''Heroes'' and the anime.
* InconsistentDub: Nobunaga's historical title of "Dairokuten Maou" - in the first game and anime, it's "Devil King" (of the Sixth Heaven). In ''Samurai Heroes'', it's "Demon King" (of the Sixth Underworld). English has no equivalent term for "maou", which has been translated into a lot of different English words in [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger many]] [[Franchise/{{Disgaea}} different]] Japanese games, [[PragmaticAdaptation and both terms carry the meaning of the word]].
* InstantDeathRadius: You do ''not'' want to get caught by his SuperMode.
%%* ItAmusedMe: His main motivation in the fourth game.
%% * IWasQuiteALooker: [[http://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery-09/sb-oda-nobunaga2.html Too bad young Nobunaga didn't make it into the actual game.]]
%% * LargeHam: Even by the standards of the series.
* LaughablyEvil: It's kind of hard ''not'' to at least chuckle at how ObviouslyEvil Nobunaga is in this series. Even the ''VideoGame/{{Onimusha}}'' version isn't this over-the-top, and that one became the ''king of hell''.
* LawyerFriendlyCameo: His {{Infinity Minus One Sword}}s in ''Samurai Heroes'' look suspiciously much like a one-handed (and slightly spikier) version of [[VideoGame/SoulCalibur Soul Edge]], complete with an eye in the middle.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Dear God, just [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgUqq2SbCqM listen to it!]]
** The remix on the movie soundtrack adds a Gothic-sounding intro and a ''drum solo.'' Just because it can.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_yphFhOjHo His in-game theme, The Abyss.]]
* LightningReveal: How he appears in the anime.
* MarathonBoss: In the third game, he'll be able to revive himself at least once in his stage due to the sacrifices.
** One bonus objective on his map is to fight him after letting him devour all the souls he can, meaning you have to kill him eight times. Good luck with that.
* MarkedBullet: In his pre-battle cutscene with Magoichi, it's shown that every pellet from his shotgun is marked with the Oda clan symbol.
* MasterOfAll: Moves and hits incredibly fast and is top-tier to above-average in practically every category.
* NeckLift: Does this to a wounded Masamune in the anime and almost strangles him before [[spoiler:Tadakatsu]] intervenes.
* NothingButSkulls: Likes to sit upon a throne of skulls. He also uses them as drinking cups.
* ObviouslyEvil: Does he really look like anything else? Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad, however, it fits the over the top tone of the series, and it's one way to establish the great danger Nobunaga presents to the world.
* OminousLatinChanting: German, actually, during his anime leitmotif. The lyrics seems to address Nobunaga's army, and speak of sending the enemy to Hell and drowning the world in blood and flames, which is then likened to Heaven.
* OminousWalk: In the fourth game, he menacingly strolls to battles in the story mode similar to Hisahide as opposed to riding a horse or even running.
* OmnicidalManiac: His main schtick in the third game. Not that this was that big of a difference.
** Also in the fourth game. [[spoiler:After he has already [[TakeOverTheWorld taken over all of Japan]], he becomes bored and decides to destroy ''all universes'', including alternate universe versions of himself.]]
* OneWingedAngel: His "Scorched Earth" Super Art.
* OptionalBoss: In the third game, his stage is only unlocked for other characters after Oichi beats him as a TrueFinalBoss.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: Spends most of the anime sitting around doing nothing but drink sake and look badass, pretty much waiting for the heroes to come and get him. However considering how powerful he proved to be...
* PaperFanOfDoom: His joke weapon in ''2'' and ''Heroes''.
* PetTheDog: DoubleSubverted during Ranmaru's ending in the 1st game, Nobunaga rewards the boy with a few pieces of candy. While today this may make Nobunaga look like a cheapskate, FridgeBrilliance[=/=]ValuesDissonance would set in once one realizes Sengoku Japan didn't have a sugar refinery to make the candy, which is likely imported from Portugal. Long story short: the candy is most likely NOT cheap. Also, in the second game, he express genuine disbelief if Ranmaru is defeated during the battle of Azuchi Castle, contrasting his usual apathy.
** KickTheDog: In a total U-turn to the way he treats Ranmaru, he treats Katsuie like he's utter trash due to his rebellion. Even Mitsuhide was unpleasantly taken aback when he poured sake on Katsuie's head in Katsuie's normal ending.
* PhysicalGod: In the third game. He achieved this via KlingonPromotion.
* PurposelyOverpowered: As a playable character in the third game. The health, offence and defence of Tadakatsu combined with Yukimura's movement speed, attack speed and reach (both in front and to the sides), use of the shadow element, and a ludicrously overpowered SuperMode as one of his final arts. His boss incarnation has between one and seven {{One Up}}s depending on how many souls you let him eat, gets stronger every time he revives, and has all his playable moves powered up further. He's still just as powerful in the fourth game, but is much less troublesome to fight and unlock.
%% * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Loves giving these.
* RecoilBoost: In the third game, it's possible to use the recoil of his shotgun to achieve flight.
* RedBaron: "Devil King of the Sixth Heaven" ("Dai Rokuten Maou" in Japanese), apparently a self-bestowed title. Older characters also mock him as the "Fool of Owari".
* RedEyesTakeWarning: In the anime they're always like this, whereas in the games he has grey eyes most of the time but they turn red when be enters demon mode.
* SecretCharacter: Sort of in the third game. He's revealed as playable right in the manual, but unlocking him takes a lot more time than any of the other unlockable characters and the method is rather esoteric.
%% * SinisterScimitar: Looks more like a falchion, but still fits.
* SlasherSmile: Not as frequently as one might expect, but he has his moments. In particular, he sports an impressive one upon his return from Hell in [[spoiler:TheMovie]].
* SlouchOfVillainy: When reclining on his throne of skulls.
* SphereOfDestruction: His Basara attack from the third game onwards.
* StanceSystem: He can switch between using his shotgun to using his Guardian Entity, which gives him increased range in his melee attacks.
* SuperMode: The Scorched Earth super art in the third game, complete with a giant ominous glowing demonic silhouette of doom. However, being in this mode [[CastFromHitpoints constantly drains his health]].
* SwordAndGun: Manages this with a SawedOffShotgun.
* TakeOverTheWorld: Starting with Japan. Though just why he wants to do this is vague, since his policy involves genocide and burning cities to the ground.
* ThatManIsDead: In the third game, Nobunaga never calls himself by name (only his title) upon his return and denies any knowledge of himself. Yet, somehow, he remembers Oichi (and in her battle against him, Mitsuhide).
-->''"A man named Oda Nobunaga...I have never heard of that man."''
* TinTyrant: Wears a European full-plate worthy of [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Sauron]], complete with...
* ToThePain: His speech of each of the six hells in the third game, which he describes individually and with gruesome detail.
* UnexpectedCharacter: Very few people thought he would be resurrected for the third game, especially after all the talk about the rest of the clan having been killed off.
* UnholyMatrimony: With Nohime. It's never specified why he married her, since love doesn't seem to be part of the equation on his end, and he'll quickly deem her worthless if she dies. He does however try to find where she and Ranmaru are in the fourth game and is none too pleased when he learns that [[spoiler:they're captured by Mitsuhide.]]
* VerbalTic: "Is that so?" ("De aru ka").
* WorthyOpponent: He demonstrates a rarely-seen sense of honor when facing opponents he perceives as this in ''3''.
* YouCantFightFate: "This was inevitable..."
* YouHaveFailedMe: In the anime, after Mitsuhide changes his plans in order to screw around with [[spoiler:Nagamasa and Ieyasu]] ForTheEvulz, Nobunaga showers his head with sake and exclaims that the next time it will be his own blood.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: To [[spoiler:Nohime, Oichi, Ieyasu, Nagamasa, and Mitsuhide]] in the anime.
** In [[spoiler:Katsuie's anime route]], he eventually decides that he's had enough of Katsuie after a chat with Yoshiteru. However, rather than doing the deed himself, he simply cuts him off and lets him die on his own terms.
* YourSoulIsMine: In the third game, his map involves you running like a maniac all over it trying to stop Nobunaga from devouring all his minions' souls for {{One Up}}s. Luckily there are ballistae to launch yourself across the map as shortcuts.
** YouCantThwartStageOne: The first sacrifice will go off automatically when the base commander reaches half health.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nohime]]
!!Nohime
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-->Voiced by: Yurika Hino (Japanese), Kathleen Barr (''Devil Kings''), Creator/StephanieYoung (anime)\\
Live actor: Creator/NaoNagasawa (stage play)
->''"Time for your punishment."''

Slavishly devoted wife of Nobunaga, who in return... well... doesn't kill her? Uses GunsAkimbo in combat, as well as carrying a [[GatlingGood Gatling Gun]], a rifle and what seems to be a rocket launcher which she summons [[VictoriasSecretCompartment from her kimono]].

Called ''Lady Butterfly'' in ''[[{{Macekre}} Devil Kings]]''
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* AnimalMotifs: Butterflies, including her personal name and tattoo. Also shades of "a moth attracted to the flame" according to Mitsuhide.
* ApologeticAttacker: Mocked as she says "Excuse me!" in the anime [[spoiler:as she open fire with her machinegun on Kenshin and Kasuga.]]
* AvengingTheVillain: Her storyline in the second game has her hunting down Mitsuhide for his betrayal.
* BabiesEverAfter: Though historically she could not conceive, her ending in ''[=SB2=]'' (after Nobunaga's death) implies she is pregnant.
* TheCameo: In the fourth game, she appears in Katsuie's anime ending in a flashback.
%% * CoDragons: With Ranmaru.
* ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow: Fitting that the Devil King's wife wears the most eyeshadow of all the ladies.
* FemmeFatale: More-so in the first game and anime, where she's sultry and coquettish. The second game portrays her with some BrokenBird qualities.
* GatlingGood: Can whip out a massive Gatling Gun as one of her attacks.
* GlassCannon: She's very adept at boss-killing, though her lifebar is much smaller than other characters.
* GunFu: Several of her moves are meant for close-distance.
* GunsAkimbo: She's always carrying two pistols, in contrast with Magoichi who normally goes with a single handcannon.
* TheGunslinger: Mostly fits The Woo with a few elements of Trick Shot. Her Gatling Gun makes her into The Vaporizer as well.
* HiddenBuxom: Doesn't seem like it in the games but she is revealed to be a definite case of this in the anime when she once posed as a kunoichi and is revealed to be about as well-endowed as Kasuga.
* [[HotSpringsEpisode Hot Springs Scene]]: Her ending in ''Devil Kings''. There is no point to it other than {{fanservice}}.
* KilledOffForReal: Unlike Nobunaga she didn't come back for the third game.
* LadyMacBeth: She would certainly not disapprove of her husband's bad deeds. In fact, she'll do anything to facilitates them...
* LadyOfWar: Is shown to be very flexible and elegant even when wielding a gatling gun bigger than she is.
* LovingAShadow: For whatever reason she idolizes Nobunaga, with she herself being rather kind-hearted at times. But if one thing is certain, it's that he's never going to love her back.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Is prepared to kill anyone and anything and turn herself into a demon for her husband.
* LoveMartyr: For Nobunaga, who barely recognizes her existence at best. And she has no interest in making him good anyway.
* MoreDakka: Her Gatling Gun, when fully upgraded gets a second barrel.
%%* PlayingWithFire
* PsychoSupporter: Somewhat acknowledged by other characters in the second game, where they find her genuine devotion to the Demon King rather disturbing.
* PutOnABus: In the fourth game, she and Ranmaru are missing, though it's revealed in Tenkai's drama route that [[spoiler:they were captured by Mitsuhide's forces]].
* ShoutOut: Her ultimate weapons are [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Ebony and Ivory]].
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Manages to use her skimpy kimono as a {{Hammerspace}}.
%%* WeakButSkilled
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mori Ranmaru]]
!!Mori Ranmaru
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-->Voiced by: Hiroki Shimowada (Japanese), Creator/CathyWeseluck (''Devil Kings''), Creator/MaxeyWhitehead (anime)\\
Live actor: Taizō Shīna (stage play)

->''"Ranmaru will take your head as a trophy!"''

A bratty kid with a bow and arrow that thinks Nobunaga is totally awesome. Not much else to say.

Renamed as ''Hornet'' in ''Devil Kings''
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* BrattyHalfPint: As Nobunaga's favourite, he talks down to people far older and higher ranked than he is.
* TheCameo: In the fourth game, he appears in Katsuie's anime ending, where he [[LickedByTheDog gave him a big ol' hug]] in a flashback.
%%* CoDragons: With Nohime, or occasionally Mitsuhide.
* ChildSoldiers: His youth disturbs some characters, but he himself seems to have no problems with warfare and treats it like a game. Which just makes it even more disturbing.
* FragileSpeedster: One of the fastest characters but also has absymal health.
* HeroWorshipper: Towards Nobunaga, who in return acknowledges him as a useful aide and rewards him with a single piece of candy for doing a good job. He even styles his hair in a similar fashion, down to the topknot.
* HumanShield: [[spoiler:Mitsuhide]] attempts to use him as such against Kojuro. [[spoiler:It doesn't work because the latter acknowledges Ranmaru as Nobunaga's General and therefore an enemy, though he merely knocks him out of the way and tells him to serve another lord after leaving Mitsuhide for dead. He lives past the ending, with some PuppyLove with Itsuki]].
* KilledOffForReal: Just like Nohime. Like her, he's alive but his whereabouts are unknown in fourth game.
* MoralityPet: Nobunaga treats him marginally better than anyone else, even going so far as to give him encouragement in battle and reward him afterwards.
** Mitsuhide states that Nobunaga would be sad if Ranmaru died, which officially makes him the person Nobunaga cares most about in the whole universe. Also, Nohime sounds utterly devastated in the battle of Azuchi castle in ''[=SB2=]'' if he dies, and Nobunaga himself express disbelief.
* MouthyKid: Which eventually leads Mitsuhide to threaten him with death if he doesn't shut up in ''[=SB2=]''.
* ParentalSubstitute: He genuinely views Nobunaga and Nohime as his family. Caring for Ranmaru is arguably the one thing that binds them together. If he dies in-game, both of them are clearly upset.
* PutOnABus: Like Nohime in the fourth game, he's simply missing.
* RainOfArrows: His Basara attack consists of this. He also creates a very impressive one upon his anime introduction (so thick that it covers ''every inch'' of the surrounding area).
* ShockAndAwe: Many of his attacks produce lightning to zap his enemies.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Used to show that deep down he's really just a naive little kid.
%%* {{Tykebomb}}: Just read the above quote.
%% ** DefusingTheTykebomb: Takes Kojuro all of five seconds in the anime.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Akechi Mitsuhide]]
!!UsefulNotes/AkechiMitsuhide
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-->Voiced by: Creator/ShowHayami (Japanese), Peter Kelamis (''Devil Kings''), Creator/VicMignogna (English)\\
Live actor: Masashi Taniguchi (1st to 11th stage plays), Yūsuke Seto (14th stage play onwards)
->''"This is it, this is it! This is true slaughter! Ahahaha!"''

EvilOverlord Nobunaga is running through the competition all by himself. At least there will be the [[HistoricalHeroUpgrade heroic Akechi Mitsuhide]] to stop him, as per usual, right?

[[GoneHorriblyWrong Bzzt! Wrong!]]

Mitsuhide here is ''anything'' but heroic. He's ObviouslyEvil and is completely AxCrazy, complete with an evil [[GigglingVillain giggle]] which can evolve into any EvilLaugh, [[DualWielding two]] [[SinisterScythe mean scythes]] and a lust for seeing people suffer, Mitsuhide might as well be the man to surpass Nobunaga in terms of evilness.

Known as ''Reaper'' in ''Devil Kings'', but said game demoted him into an NPC. The third game introduced the character Tenkai, an alter ego of Mitsuhide.
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* AffectionateNickname: If ''Utage'' is anything to go by, he seems to view Nobunaga's use of "kumquat" at this. Historically, [[BadBoss it was the opposite]].
* AnimalMotifs: Oichi has compared him to [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent a snake]].
%%* AxCrazy: And proud.
* BadBoss: The only other character aside from Motonari to have no qualms about hurting his own men.
* BaddieFlattery: When he starts praising his opponents, it usually means he's just even more determined to kill them.
* BloodKnight: Lives to kill people and spread violence, and seems to be in a state of perpetual blood lust.
* BloodUpgrade: Becomes incensed at the sight of blood whether it's his or not.
* CastingAShadow: He conjures lots of shadows with his attacks.
* CombatSadomasochist: Mitsuhide practically ''defines'' this trope! Why do you think he toys around so much? He even has an attack where he squirms as enemies strike him before countering in [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything one big release]].
* DeathSeeker: Becomes this after [[spoiler:he kills Nobunaga and sees no other reason to live if he must be without him.]]
* DemotedToExtra: In ''Devil Kings'', he/Reaper got demoted to an NPC. Then, when he becomes Tenkai in ''[=SB3=]'', he's an NPC once again, before becoming playable in ''Utage''. And now Mitsuhide is an NPC again in ''[=SB4=]''
** Oddly subverted in ''[=SB4=]'': Mitsuhide himself is a NPC, but his alter ego, Tenkai, is playable.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: All that moaning he does. It's deliberately designed to sound like moans of pleasure rather than pain
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Quite possibly the only reason he became Nobunaga's NumberTwo was so he could get close enough to murder him.
* DualWielding SinisterScythe: With a surprising lack of finesse, as he mostly just smack things with both weapons at random.
* EvilTastesGood: Mitsuhide constantly uses taste-related metaphors, such as finding it "delicious" to trample on true love.
* EvilVersusEvil: Up against Nobunaga, though he's more of a sadistic psychopath than plain old evil...which may make him a far worse evil than his lord.
* FirstNameBasis: He is notably the only person in the cast to refer to Nohime by her real name, Kicho. This familiarity is linked to the fact that they were friends in RealLife.
%%* ForTheEvulz: Why he does anything.
* GigglingVillain: Can also break into an EvilLaugh, however the giggling is arguably far more disturbing.
* [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade Historical Hero Downgrade]]: ''Sengoku Basara'' is one of the very few media where Mitsuhide is downright villainous and wicked. Keep in mind that Capcom did portray him in a better light in ''VideoGame/{{Onimusha}}'', however.
* InLoveWithYourCarnage: For Nobunaga.
-->"You utterly annihilated opponents who had already admitted defeat, right down to the last survivor. You mercilessly cut down women and children running away in confusion. You burnt everything, leaving not even an insect alive. All that remains is the ashes dancing in the transient wind. I, Mitsuhide, can no longer contain how intoxicated I am with you!"
* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: With everyone to some degree, but particularly with Nohime, who he likes to tease and compliment in his suggestive way. When fighting Nohime in ''[=SB2=]'', Mitsuhide calls her beautiful several times and [[NightmareFetishist compares the colour of her blood to a sunset]]. In ''Battle Heroes'' he [[StalkerWithACrush follows her around the country]] acting way too friendly before murdering her at the end.
** Used downright disturbingly in the ''Ranse Ranbu'' manga, where his introduction involves cornering a random peasant girl and tormenting her for a while before he's interrupted by Yukimura and kills the girl out of spite. He then goes on to boast about how much pleasure he takes in murdering women. The whole scene stinks of rape subtext.
* LargeHam: Especially in the Japanese version, whenever he starts ranting about Nobunaga expect massive amounts of gesticulation and insane laughter.
* LeanAndMean: He's even taller than Nobunaga, and so thin he appears almost skeletal.
* {{Leitmotif}}:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjPM1gZCbvc Tenkai and Mitsuhide's theme]]
* LickingTheBlade: Whether the scythe has blood on it or not. Alternatively he's been known to stroke them tenderly.
* LifeDrain: One of his attacks has him impale an enemy on the spiked tip of his weapon, draining health from them to replenish his own.
* LimpAndLivid: The way he's always moving, except, rather than livid, he is very calm, gliding about and swaying from side to side as if it comes perfectly naturally.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Isn't it shiny and silky? In the ''Bloody Angel'' manga Oichi even mentions how beautiful his hair is.
* LovesTheSoundOfScreaming: Greatly prefers his victims to die screaming and crying.
* ALoveToDismember: In ''Utage'' he carries [[spoiler:Nobunaga's head]] around with him and speaks to it as if it were the real [[spoiler:Nobunaga]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Turned out he began to miss Nobunaga after killing him and breaks down when told he has lost his humanity]].
* NamedWeapons: His scythes are called [[ICallItVera "Dancing Sakura"]].
* NearDeathExperience: In ''Utage'' [[spoiler:after apparently [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat plummeting to his death]], Mitsuhide has a dream about reuniting with Nobunaga]], only to then wake up.
%%* ObviouslyEvil: Almost as bad as Nobunaga.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: He becomes [[VillainousBreakdown rather upset]] if anyone gets to Nobunaga before he does. [[spoiler:Also the reason why he resurrects Nobunaga again in the third game; so he can try and finally kill him for good.]]
* PutTheLaughterInSlaughter: Tends to start doing this in the middle of battle. Even his taunt has him bending over backwards in fits of over-the-top laughter.
* SicklyGreenGlow: His Basara attack creates a greenish black aura reminiscent of this.
* SoftSpokenSadist: In the English dub, though he can still be hammy at times, his usual voice is a sinister purr.
* SpikesOfVillainy: Very long ones on his shoulder guards.
* TheStarscream: He doesn't necessarily want to replace Nobunaga, but he sure as hell has been biding his time in order to kill him.
* TooKinkyToTorture: The more he's hurt the more it pleasures him and, even worse, makes him want to inflict similar pain on his opponent.
* TragicKeepsake: Nobunaga's crown in ''Utage''. He's seen in his story mode carrying it around and even nuzzling it at times. [[spoiler:He ends up losing it after his defeat by Ieyasu and Mitsunari]].
* VampiricDraining: Is capable of sucking health from his enemies by stabbing them with his scythes. As Tenkai, it also buffs up his attacks.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: The crazy, psychopathic type.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Mitsuhide is usually the one who does this to Nobunaga's allies. Even if Nobunaga doesn't necessarily want him to.
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!Debuting in ''Sengoku Basara 4''
[[folder:Shibata Katsuie]]
!!Shibata Katsuie
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-->Voiced by: Creator/NobuhikoOkamoto (Japanese)\\
Live actor: Ray Fujita (stage play)

->''"As someone who lost his past, I have no right to dream about the future."''

Playable character introduced in ''Sengoku Basara 4''. A young vassal of Nobunaga who apparently attempted (and failed) a rebellion, and was thus punished by being demoted below his ability. Now a pessimist who simply follows orders and doesn't care if he lives or dies.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Most other Shibata Katsuie portrayal usually demand that he's an older, muscular gung-ho man. Since it doesn't fit Basara's CastFullOfPrettyBoys aesthetic, Katsuie is designed to be a pretty boy, albeit rather mopey.
* AdaptationalWimp: The historical Katsuie was one of Nobunaga's highest-ranked and most influential retainers, and when Nobunaga died and the Oda was basically split into 2 factions due to a succession dispute, he was the leader of one of the factions. In here, he is (to put it bluntly) an easily manipulated idiot with an unhealthy obsession over a woman, and pretty much nobody respects him.
* AlmightyJanitor: Despite his demotion, he's still one of the most useful warriors that the Oda has. As such, he sometimes acts in the role of CoDragons with Mitsuhide.
* BlowYouAway
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Betrayed Nobunaga at least twice: first is in his backstory and second is in his drama route with Masamune's help.
%%* CoDragons: With Mitsuhide.
* CoolHelmet: A helmet with the Shibata bird crest on the front and two rectangular prongs adorning the sides.
* CosmicPlaything: One thing he definitely shares with Oichi is the fact that the universe hates them.
* CruelMercy: Nobunaga [[NotWorthKilling couldn't be bothered to execute him]], but he's left utterly alone and is treated like dog muck on everyone's shoe. Eventually, in [[spoiler:his anime route]], Nobunaga relieves him from his service so that he can go off and die where he will.
* DeathSeeker: Eventually decides that if things cannot return to how they were, then he'd rather end it all at [[spoiler:Yoshiteru's]] hands.
* DespairEventHorizon: Possibly a combination of his failed rebellion and being separated from Oichi. Resulting in...
** SafetyInIndifference: He couldn't care less what happens to him, and only carries on living because Nobunaga won't let him die.
* DoubleWeapon: Wields a "reverse naginata" reminiscent of [[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors Wei Yan's]] weapon.
** WeaponTwirling: His moveset incorporates many spins and twirling his weapon gives his attacks a buff in speed and power; one of them even [[RuleOfCool lets him hover by rotating the blades like a propeller]]!
* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: Masamune describes his eyes as lifeless.
* TheEeyore: This guy is seriously depressing.
* EntitledToHaveYou: He seems to feel this towards Oichi, even occasionally stating that Nagamasa (her ''husband'') stole her from him.
* {{Expy}}: His haircut has had him compared with [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Yzak Joule]].
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:[[DownerEnding His anime ending]]]]. As Katsuie lies dying, he experiences {{Happy Flashback}}s of a sunny day spent with Nobunaga, Nohime, Ranmaru, and Mitsuhide, and smiles softly at the memory.
* IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: Which causes him much angst when Oichi marries Nagamasa. Oichi, for her own part, doesn't even know who Katsuie is for most of the fourth game.
* InstantFlightJustAddSpinning: He can glide by spinning his weapon in mid-air.
* KnightInShiningArmor: His "Absolute Justice" DLC outfit, which makes his armor look like Nagamasa's.
* LaughingMad: When Nobunaga sets him free in the final stages of his [[spoiler:anime route]], Katsuie finally cracks and starts chuckling to himself.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugbVFUXB8Fs Theme of Shibata Katsuie]]
* LightEmUp: Uses it to dazzle his opponents and break their guard.
** ShapingYourAttacks: One of his moves involves making a square pillar of light around him, which explodes into many smaller light prisms to harm nearby enemies.
* LoveHurts: Unrequited love for Oichi is a significant part of his woes.
* LoveIsAWeakness: [[spoiler:Murders Oichi in cold blood during his anime route, after being [[TheCorrupter convinced by Hideyoshi to follow his example]]. He was fully expecting to die soon, anyway.]]
-->'''Katsuie''': "Ah...it's gone...[[spoiler:my love is gone...]]"
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: In [[spoiler:Oichi's]] drama route of the fourth game he becomes obsessively jealous, blames Nagamasa for "stealing" Oichi, and convinces himself that she doesn't love him and that he would be a better match. Which leads to...
** MurderTheHypotenuse: Not only does he kill Nagamasa, he does it ''just before Oichi reaches him'', and then confesses his feelings for her as if nothing happened. Suffice to say, [[FreakOut she doesn't take it well]].
* LovingAShadow: [[spoiler:He's more in love with the idea of protecting Oichi than the woman herself.]]
* NotWorthKilling: The only reason he's still alive after his rebellion is because Nobunaga could not give less of a crap about him, simply walking away after defeating him.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Nobunaga treated him like shit for attempting a rebellion.
%%* SciFiBobHaircut
* TheStarscream: Beforehand, after hearing about prospects of being a Dimensional Lord, Katsuie decided that he's the one more worthy for the title and decided to betray Nobunaga for it. Unfortunately for him, Nobunaga proved too strong and his failed rebellion marked the start of his life of humiliation.
* TheStoic: He wears a constant frown and never raises his voice above an apathetic mumble. [[NotSoStoic Once you get him truly worked up, however...]]
* SwordLines: Pretty much every attack of his leaves behind a prismatic after-effect.
* YouAreNotAlone: His rival, Sakon, and mentor-of-sorts, Masamune, seem intent on convincing him of this.
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