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Characters: Sengoku Basara
Here's the list of characters of Sengoku Basara...otherwise Macekre'd as Devil Kings in the US.

DATE

Date Masamune

Young, cool but Hot Blooded leader of the Date clan from Oushuu Province. He's out mostly to conquer the land and get on a good fight while he's at it. He's also a guy who values style, therefore his army look very delinquentish and he likes spouting Engrish speeches.

His Devil Kings counterpart's name was Azure Dragon.

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Katakura Kojuurou

Date Masamune's Battle Butler, retainer and overall right-hand man. Loyal, devoted and extremely protective of his master, and serves as a calmer counterpoint to the Hot Blooded Masamune. He is arguably just as cool though.

TAKEDA

Sanada Yukimura

Takeda Shingen's most loyal vassal and Hot Blooded to a fault, he charges fearlessly into battle with with two spears...which he dual wields. He is also the rival of Date Masamune, whose blue colors are a distinct contrast to Yukimura's red.

Goes by the name Scorpio in Devil Kings.

Tropes associated with Yukimura include:

Takeda Shingen

Head of the Takeda, a Hot Blooded old man whose fist sets things on fire. He is also known for his strategic genius too, being the rival of the God of War Kenshin. He has something like father-son relationship with Yukimura. Wields a huge, mean axe on fire, is too awesome for one horse so rides two instead.

He is known in Devil Kings as Red Minotaur.

Tropes associated with Shingen:

Sarutobi Sasuke

One of the Sanada Ten Braves, he is a ninja in the service of Takeda and often assists Yukimura. Sasuke is a jovial and laid back ninja, which puts him at odds with Kasuga, with whom he shares a friendly rivalry (though she doesn't look at it that way). However when the time calls, he can be deadly serious.

He is called Talon in Devil Kings.

Tropes associated with Sasuke:

MAEDA

Maeda Keiji

An eccentric and happy-go-lucky man, who likes festivals, sake and chasing girls. He is the adopted nephew of Toshiie and Matsu. He also has a pet monkey named Yumekichi. An old friend of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, until he becomes Drunk On The Dark Side.

Tropes associated with Keiji:

Maeda Toshiie

A vassal of Oda Nobunaga, which is surprising considering what a nice guy he is. Uncle of Keiji and husband of Matsu. The butt of many jokes.

Known as Lark in Devil Kings.

Matsu

Toshiie's wife, usually tasked with keeping track of her renegade nephew Keiji. Has been described as "the ideal housewife", though she can still kick butt if she wants to.

Called Bramble in Devil Kings.

UESUGI

Uesugi Kenshin

Head of the Uesugi clan, Takeda Shingen's main rival. He is also a devout follower of the war-god Bishamonten. Has a very young and feminine appearance, but don't let this fool you. He's one heck of a fighter.

Known as Frost in the Devil Kings.

Tropes associated with Kenshin:

Kasuga

A kunoichi in the service of Uesugi Kenshin, as well as his potential love interest. She also has a fierce love-hate relationship with Sarutobi Sasuke. Often regarded as the games sex symbol.

Her name in Devil Kings is Venus. She did not exist in Real Life.

Tropes associated with Kasuga:

ODA

Oda Nobunaga

Imagine every single Evil Overlord trope that one can ever use. Good. Now turn it Up To Eleven. You've got the Sengoku Basara version of Oda Nobunaga. Uses a Sword And Sawed Off Shotgun combo in combat, along with his Badass Cape. His main goal throughout the game is pretty much to, you guessed it, Take Over The World (starting with Japan) and run everybody to the ground.

Was the titular Devil King of the Devil Kings game.

Tropes that fit with Nobunaga:

Nouhime

Slavishly devoted wife of Nobunaga, who in return... Well... Doesn't kill her? Uses Guns Akimbo in combat, as well as carrying a Gatling Gun, a rifle and what seems to be a rocket launcher which she summons from her kimono.

Uses butterfly motifs a lot, and thus she is called Lady Butterfly in Devil Kings

Tropes that fit with Nouhime:
  • Babies Ever After: Though historically she could not concieve, her ending in SB2 (after Nobunaga's death) implies she is pregnant.
  • Gatling Good: Can whip out a massive Gatling Gun as one of her attacks.
  • Glass Cannon: Her guns allow her to cheese it with bosses pretty easily, though her lifebar is much smaller than other characters.
  • Guns Akimbo
  • The Gunslinger: Mostly fits The Woo with a few elements of Trick Shot. Her Gatling Gun makes her into The Vaporizer as well.
  • Lady Of War
  • Love Martyr: For Nobunaga, who barely recognizes her existence at best. And she has no interest in making him good anyway.
  • More Dakka: Her Gatling Gun can be outfitted to have a second barrel.
  • Psycho Supporter
  • Victorias Secret Compartment: Manages to use her skimpy kimono as a Hammerspace.

Mori Ranmaru

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

Renamed as Hornet in Devil Kings

Tropes associated with Ranmaru:
  • Child Soldiers
  • Cute Shotaro Boy
  • Fragile Speedster
  • Hero Worshipper: 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. Either the candy is that good or Nobunaga is an incredible cheapskate. Which leads to the next topic...
    • Horrible Judge Of Character: What the hell is his definition of 'Hero' anyway!? Calling someone like Nobunaga heroic!? Kids these days...
    • His intro for SB2 is basically him wandering around a battlefield until he comes up to Nobunaga, who gives him a rather creepy glare before scoffing and riding away on his horse. His reaction? "That dude's awesome!"
  • Ho Yay: Not in-game but historically, he was Nobunaga's wakashu.
  • Human Shield: Mitsuhide attempts to use him as such against Kojuurou. 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 Toy Shipping with Itsuki.
  • Rain Of Arrows
  • Straight Arrow: Mostly uses it as a close-range weapon.
  • Shock And Awe

Akechi Mitsuhide

So Yeah, Nobunaga is running through the evil competition by himself. At least there will be the heroic Akechi Mitsuhide to stop the Evil Overlord Nobunaga, like usual, right?

Bzzt! Wrong!

Mitsuhide here is anything but heroic. He's an Emo White Haired Pretty Boy whose job is a Psycho For Hire. An Ax Crazy one at that. With an evil giggle which can evolve into any Evil Laugh, two mean scythes and lust in 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. He's playable in most Basara games, though.

Tropes associated with Mitsuhide:

AZAI

Azai Nagamasa

Oichi's husband and a fierce defender of justice, Azai Nagamasa wields his sword and shield with a passion. He loves Oichi but is too shy to say it outright. He was an NPC in the second Sengoku Basara, and in the Expansion Pack he became a selectable character.

His default costume resembles an old Japanese SciFi hero.

If you do not read the tropes associated with Nagamasa, you shall be labeled 'evil', and Nagamasa shall smite thee:

Oichi

Hoo boy, where do we start. Oichi is the introverted younger sister of Nobunaga, who got sent off to marry the resident justice-lover Azai Nagamasa. Debuts in Sengoku Basara 2 as an NPC, but she gained such a massive following that she is made a playable character in the Expansion Pack. She seems to think that everything bad in the world is her fault. And with a brother like Nobunaga, trust me, it always get worse. She also has dark powers which can possess her and turn her into a psychotic murderer, but she usually keeps those in check...unless she's pushed too far.

And yet, the universe seems to want her to get pushed beyond that line. Her story revolves about her getting possessed by her powers after Nagamasa's Heroic Sacrifice to save her and Nobunaga making her commit lots of atrocities she didn't want to, culminating in killing Nobunaga and all his aides, and then getting killed by a falling ceiling...with a heart-wrenching Image Song at that. *sniff* And if anything, the anime seems to be following that route too, where she gets tricked by Mitsuhide into warning Nagamasa of impending danger, only for Mitsuhide to turn back against his words...and kill Nagamasa in front of her. Right now she's described as 'dead from the inside'

Oichi would like to apologize for no reason and would like you to read the tropes associated with her:

Oichi: You read Ichi's description...It's all Ichi's fault...I'm sorry...*sniff!* I'm sorry...!

TOKUGAWA

Tokugawa Ieyasu

The third of the unifiers, and probably the only sane one between the trio (because Nobunaga is like the personification of evil, Hideyoshi is...just look below). Unlike the fat turd that most fictions portray, Ieyasu here is somewhat of a Bratty Half Pint, but despite that possesses quite a lot of wisdom and virtue and love for his people. While not much of a fighter, he makes it up with his humongously powerful Gundam retainer Honda Tadakatsu.

However, Capcom decided to poke fun at his days of being the hostage of Imagawa, thus turning him into James Bondage extraordinaire, especially in Tadakatsu's story where everyone races to kidnap Ieyasu (and him getting kidnapped is a gimmick when playing as Tadakatsu in the fighting game). He's unplayable in both the first and second games, but the Expansion Pack made him playable and gave him a non-James Bondage role as Motochika's friend, but he has no story mode. It isn't until the THIRD upcoming game that he finally becomes a full-blown grown man, hopefully getting past the James Bondage image and finally showing Japan why he's the unifier of the nation.

Known as Irdene in Devil Kings

Tropes that kidnapped Ieyasu:
  • Bare Your Midriff
  • Bratty Half Pint: In Sengoku Basara Matsuri it is said he's 15 years old!
  • Distress Ball
  • Honor Before Reason: "The Tokugawa never betrays a promise, even to the Demon King himself". It just takes the next episode in the anime to finally make him screw that.
  • James Bondage: And how?!
  • Japanese Pronouns: He likes referring to himself like an old man (using 'washi') despite his age and size. He still uses it when he grows up in 3.
  • Kid With The Remote Control
  • Manly Tears
  • Power Fist: His new weapons in SB3 are his fists, equipped with special gloves.
  • The Power Of Friendship: His main theme in Sengoku Basara 3 is "unifying the land with the power of bonds". However, he might seem a bit of a hypocrite, as along the way he cut down Mitsunari's bond with Hideyoshi and attacked Shikoku, causing strife with his friend Motochika. And if the sources are correct, he took Shingen out of the picture, causing Yukimura to hate him.
  • Say My Name: "TADAKATSUUUUUUU!!!!!!"
  • Stockholm Syndrome: Becomes best friends with Chousokabe Motochika, who happens to be one of his kidnappers. Then the third game suddenly subverts it when Ieyasu suddenly attacks Motochika's territority after killing Hideyoshi, ultimately straining their relationship.
  • Tohru Ookawa
  • Took A Level In Badass: In Basara 3, he is now grown up, has a revamp in fighting style and is one of the first characters to be revealed, which is always a good thing in the Basara universe. To emphasise this further, he successfully pulled a coup against Hideyoshi, one of his former kidnappers, and has effectively beaten the tar out of him.

Honda Tadakatsu

One of Sengoku Basara's ridiculous yet fucking awesome presentations. Tadakatsu is a...uh...Gundam. Or just a Humongous Mecha in the middle of ancient Japan. He doesn't talk and mostly lets his massive ass-kicking capabilities do the talking. He's also pretty loyal to Ieyasu. There are, however, times where even he gains some sort of will to fight a Worthy Opponent, showcased in front of the Shimazu clan. In those cases, Ieyasu usually lets him do as he pleases.

Goes by the name Iron OX in Devil Kings

Tropes associated with Tadakatsu:

TOYOTOMI

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Introduced in Sengoku Basara 2, Hideyoshi is not the little monkey that other fictions portray him as. He's a frickin' gorilla-sized man, completely ruthless and will stop at nothing until Japan is conquered. However, behind his ruthless attitude, he harbors a goal to reinforce Japan and make it a strong and prospering nation, thus making him a Well Intentioned Extremist.

He used to be friends with Maeda Keiji, but eventually received a series of Humiliation Conga by Matsunaga Hisahide, which caused him to be Drunk With Power and become the ruthless guy he is today. He's assisted in his endeavors by his strategist Hanbei.

Tropes associated with Hideyoshi:

Takenaka Hanbei

Hideyoshi's right hand man. A cold, cruel genius who enjoys taking people out with his Whip Sword and dressing up as Zorro. Suffers from tuberculosis.

Tropes associated with Hanbei:

Ishida Mitsunari

New playable character in Sengoku Basara 3. A loyal subordinate of Hideyoshi. He does not take Hideyoshi's defeat well and swears revenge on Ieyasu.

Tropes associated with Mitsunari:
  • Emo: If his hairstyle isn't emo then i don't know what is.
  • Roaring Rampage Of Revenge: "Tokugawa Ieyasu... DECAPITATION IS THE FATE WORTHY FOR YOU!!!"
  • Say My Name: Ieyasu! Ieyasu!! IEYASU!!!
  • The Scrappy: He's already considered one by SB fans because for now he does nothing more than talk about revenge... and more revenge. With revenge. On revenge. So Yeah.
    • He propably eats revenge for breakfast
    • And lunch...
  • Tomokazu Seki: His confirmed voice actor.
  • White Haired Pretty Boy: Yet another one! Hideyoshi has a thing for these.

Ootani Yoshitsugu

Another new character in Sengoku Basara 3. Mitsunari's friend and ally, who suffers from leprosy The Disease That Shall Not Be Named. Because of this, he is covered in bandages and has to be transported round on a special platform. Due to said disease, he holds a grudge against all other humans because they ridiculed him for it. So far, only Mitsunari is okay with him. He can apparently float.

WESTERN CLANS

Chousokabe Motochika

Introduced in the first Sengoku Basara but only playable in the second, Motochika is the white-haired pirate king of Shikoku. He rules his land along with his subordinates who affectionately call him "Aniki." He dispenses violence with an anchor.

Known as Arslan in Devil Kings, who somehow develops a Scottish/Irish accent (don't worry, Motochika doesn't speak that way).

Tropes associated with Motochika are:

Mouri Motonari

Originally an NPC in the first game like Motochika, Motonari is the ruthless "Child of the Sun" who sees his soldiers as merely pawns to be sacrificed in his name. This makes him the polar opposite of Motochika, who runs upon The Power Of Friendship with his men. He attacks with a giant bladed ring that he can use to set traps. Oh and he can also attack his own men, a trait only shared by Mitsuhide.

Known as Kahz in Devil Kings

Tropes associated with Motonari:

Shimazu Yoshihiro

Leader of Satsuma. A Cool Old Guy who likes nothing more than kicking back and getting drunk off his ass. He has a rivalry with Honda Tadakatsu. He is called as Zaan in Devil Kings.

Tropes associated with Yoshihiro:

OTHER CHARACTERS

Itsuki

A cute young girl leading a peasant rebellion with a Hammer gifted to her from the gods.

She is known as Puff in Devil Kings and speaks with a strong southern accent. Despite being from Hokkaido. Which is in the North...

Tropes associated with Itsuki:

Zabii

A foreign missionary who makes it his goal to convert all of Japan to his Religion of LOVE! Is a big believer in love through superior firepower and boasts some impressive technology.

His name in Devil Kings is Q-ball.

Tropes associated with Zabii:

Imagawa Yoshimoto

Hojo Ujimasa

Fuuma Kotarou

A legendary Ninja and very mysterious. He works for the Hojo clan, and is very good at his job, if a little ruthless (he doesn't seem to care who he kills as long as he completes his mission). He never speaks and his face is never shown, so it's hard to tell what he's thinking.

Tropes associated with Kotarou:

Matsunaga Hisahide

Known as the "Villain of the Sengoku Era" and rightly so. A very shrewd man who will stop at nothing to get what he wants, he's responsible for most of the bad karma hanging around in Sengoku Basara 2. Seems to like kidnapping people and tying them to pillars.

Tropes associated with Hisahide:

Miyamoto Musashi

A young swordsman who can be randomly encountered throughout the game. He is eager to prove that he is the best in the world, and as such ambushes anyone he comes across and makes them fight him. Thinks everyone else is an idiot.

Tropes associated with Musashi:

Honganji Kennyo

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