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[[folder:Kii Kagerou, Tsubanari]]
!!Kii Kagerou, Tsubanari
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Kii Kagerou is the first Armed Yami master Kenichi encounters, during a field trip with Shigure. Alternates between utterly terrifying and hilariously maladjusted at first, later replacing the "utterly terrifying" with "creepy but repentant."
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* ArtisticLicenseMartialArts: Drawing a sword of that size from the back would be extremely difficult and nigh impossible to do as a standard action alone, never mind using super-fast iaido.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Kagerou hands out pamphlets to instruct others in how to avoid being accidentally killed by him, thinks every woman he meets is some undefined previous acquaintance known as "Mi-chan," and is more prone to ArtShift than perhaps any other minor character in the series. He has also killed more people than he can remember.
* CallToAgriculture: After Shigure gives him one of "[her] father's masterpieces" (a [[spoiler:mattock]]) in exchange for a promise to never kill another person and his aid in fighting against Kushinada and three other Armed Yami masters, he starts cultivating the fields around his hermitage.
* ConfusionFu: His secret technique gives the impression that his arm and his sword are not only multiplying but also twisting and bending like snakes.
* HeelFaceTurn: Probably the most dramatic example in the series. In his first appearance he is a cheerfully unhinged sociopath who considers cutting down a child to test his new sword. By the climax of the series he has sworn to never kill again, and joins the Katsujinken masters in their face-off with the One Shadow Nine Fist.
* IaijutsuPractitioner: ''And how!'' His draw is characterized in-series as "supersonic," and he can draw and resheathe ''multiple times'' faster than the untrained eye (or rather, Kenichi's eye, which is not entirely untrained by that point) can see.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: He eventually sets for using a ''hoe'' as his weapon of choice... to devastating effect.
* LooksLikeCesare: Unusually pale skin, scraggly hair, and wears all black. He seems to miss out on the sunken eyes mostly because his face is so flat. If anything it makes him even more unnerving.
* MartialArtsAndCrafts: Turns out unearthly iaijutsu skill translates well into ploughing fields. Who knew?
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Redemption may be too strong a word, but ultimately he proved willing to sacrifice himself to give the Katsujinken masters a chance against the One Shadow Nine Fist.
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[[folder:Bantou Master]]
A nameless, huge man with dark skin, dreadlocks and a huge Chinese curved sword as his weapon of choice. A prideful but barbaric individual who holds his opponents in disdain.
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* BlingBlingBang: The hilt of his Bantou is golden and encrusted in gemstones.
* TheBrute: Truly gigantic in size, as well as ruthless in methods and devoid of any sense of honor or morality.
* HateSink: He's characterized as extremely unpleasant and unlikeable.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After spending the first appearence belittling Frejya's grandfather he's soundly defeated by the old jojutsu master once the latter decides to stop playing senile. In his second appearence he tries to execute a defenseless Agaard, only to be punched in the next month by a revenant Apachai.
* KickThemWhileTheyreDown: Tries to murder a wounded Agaard out of spite.
* NoNameGiven: Like most of the armed division members, he's not given a name.
* SinisterScimitar: Wields an humongous curved sword with a forked end. He's strong enough with it to harm Kenichi through the chainmail and break open the roof of a metal truck.
* SoreLoser: He immediatly breaks down the pc from which Agaard is watching when his disciple Andaka is beaten by Kenichi.
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[[folder:Ortal Sin]]
A fighter from India who has mastered the Jamadkhar Katar with the Kalaripayattu style.
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* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Wields a pair of Katar, namely the Jamadkhar variant, which can open up like scissors.
* GracefulLoser: Accepts his defeat at the hands of Freija, Thor, Takeda and Kisara without throwing a fuss, even complimenting his opponents.
* InformedAbility: Despite being a Jamadkhar, we never see him splitting his Katars as implied.
* PragmaticVillainy: In his first appearence rather than chasing and killing Ethan he's content with letting him leave with the woman he was trying to rescue, since he already killed his targets anyway.
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[[folder:The Spears of Kurokonoe]]
A trio of powerful spear experts working for Yomi. The Spear of the West is a knight wielding a lance from horseback, the Spear of the East is a samurai in full regalia using a simple yari, while the Spear of the Center is the leader and uses a Chinese tasseled spear with incredible precision.
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* BladeOnAStick: Two members wield a yari and a qiang (Japanese polearm and Chinese spear), but the Spear of the West [[NonIndicativeName actually uses a lance]].
* CrazyPrepared: The Spear of the East actually knows a technique to counter Jujutsu grabs and force Akisame to let him go. Unfortunately for him, it's not enough.
* CurbStompCushion: They all give some measure of trouble to the Ryozanpaku Masters, but are defeated with ease nonetheless.
* JoustingLance: The Spear of the West doesn't use a martial art weapon but a massive steel lance he uses from horseback to charge at Shigure. They even end up improvising a jousting duel (with Shigure using a custom bamboo yari and a motorbyke).
* NoNameGiven: They are only known by their epithets.
* NobleDemon: The Spear of the West: as Shigure noticed, he never once tried to wound Shigure's pet mouse, and when his weapon and helmet are destroyed he concedes defeat and even let Shigure ride on his horse as he escorts her out of the base.
* {{Samurai}}: The Spear of the East wears a full Japanese armor, complete with a mustachioed mask.
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[[folder:Izayoi the Mad Sword]]
A buxom swordswoman with a nodachi, she becomes violently aggressive in combat.
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* AxCrazy: When in combat she becomes insane with bloodlust.
* {{BFS}}: Her nodachi is slender but much longer than a standard uchigatana.
* BreastPlate: Her torso armor really cling to her massive breasts.
* DefeatByModesty: Ma Kensei gradually removes her underwear and armor as they fight, though she falls for another reason.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Implied that her bloodlust is a sort of "mental armor" she developed for her lifestyle. Ma Kensei defeats her by "removing the armor around her heart".
* LightningBruiser: She's able to move almost as fast as Ma Kensei in his pervert mode.
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[[folder:Seiji Ishida]]
A member of Yami disguised as a politician, Seiji Ishida is part of a sect of warrior monks and fights with sharpened Dokko.
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* GameFace: Normally has an unassuming face, but he suddenly changes to a furious, screaming face similar to a Nioh statue when he fights.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Uses sharpened Dokko (a Buddhist prayer tool derived by the Vajra) as his weapon of choice, wielding two of them as dual-bladed knives.
* TheMole: An agent of Yami well hidden within the Japanese government.
* WarriorMonk: He belongs to an order of Buddhist warrior monks who sided with Yami.
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[[folder:Sherman Camus]]
A weapon master from France, he's adept at using dual Francisca in combat.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Wields couples of small throwing axes known as Francisca, the weapon which gave the name to the Franks.
* DualWielding: Uses his Franciscas in pairs.
* LogicalWeakness: As Akisame noted, he's left vulnerable after throwing his axes, especially when a Master can easily predict the trajectory of the blades.
* SmugSnake: He's rather arrogant and confident as he takes on Akisame.
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[[folder:Cedric Casken]]
A weapon master from England, he has mastered the Scramsaex and wields two of them in battle.
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* {{BFS}}: One of his saex is blatantly oversized, resembling more a longsword.
* CoolMask: Wears a peculiar mask covering most of his face.
* DualWielding: He wields a long scramsaex in one hand and a shorter one in the other.
* MacheteMayhem: Wields the scramsaex, a massive knife used by the Saxons in the past.
* MasterSwordsman: He's so skilled even Sakaki has to admit the saex feels almost as part of Cedric's body.
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[[folder:Chin Sogaku]]
A weapon master from China, a warrior monk wielding a Monk's Spade which he uses to dig the tombs of his opponents.
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* AxCrazy: We're talking about a man who literally digs graves for his opponents before the fight.
* {{Gonk}}: He's bald, has odd facial traits and lacks several teeth.
* EvilOldFolks: He's rather old and a psychopath.
* ShovelStrike: He wields a Monk's Spade, which, as he helpfully illustrates, was originally used by monks to bury untended corpses, and he uses the spade part to dig open the graves for the Shinpaku alliance.
* WarriorMonk: He's dressed as a monk, bald and wields a weapon used by wandering monks in the past.
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!Hachiou Danzaiba (Eight Imperial Executioner Blades)
[[folder:Ouganosuke Yogi, Second Hades]]
!!Ouganosuke Yogi, Second Hades
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Ouganosuke Yogi is the head of the Hachiou Executioner Blade and by extension the leader of Yami's Armed Division.
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* BladeSpam: One of his secret techniques, ''Shinken: Nehan Mekkai Mandara'', involves a flurry of sword strikes.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: On par with the Elder.
* DualWielding: Wields twin katanas.
* EvilCounterpart: A pretty blatant one to the Elder.
* EvilOldFolks: The visibly oldest member of the Hachio Executioner Blade team and one of the most evil members of Yami. He's the only member without a disciple too.
* {{Expy}}: Of UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi , being a great MasterSwordsman fighting with dual blades and whose moniker in Japanese openly quote Miyamoto's style (Niten Enraou, literally [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Enma King of the Two Heavens]])
* ExtremeOmnivore: He doesn't simply eat a hawk raw, he eats a hawk ''alive''.
* FaceFramedInShadow: His face is never shown and is always covered by shadows.
* TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne: Hayato is able to feel Ouganosuke's aura covering the entire island like a dome, so strong it almost feels like the aura of nature itself.
* GracefulLoser: When Hayato finally manages to beat him back long enough to escape, Ganosuke takes his defeat in stride and claims that they will fight again.
* OldMaster: He shows the same age as Hayato Furinji.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Sometimes his name is erroneously given as "Ganosuke Youkiou".
* YouHaveToBeKiddingMe: Has this reaction later on in the combat when, after speculating wildly on the source of the noise he heard coming from Hayato and his next move, realize that he was just snoring and recuperating.
* WorldsStrongestMan: Has the exact same reputation as the Elder.
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[[folder:Seitaro Raigou the Immovable Warrior]]
!!Seitaro Raigou
The first member of Hachiou Executioner Blade to appear in the story, he's the kodachi user of the division.
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* BaitAndSwitchBoss: He appears to be Hayato's opponent after luring him to a distant island... only to reveal that he's the bait for the real opponent: Ganosuke.
* BoringButPractical: His weapon of choice is a kodachi, a traditional shortsword which lacks reach but is perfect to right up close.Worth mentioning that, of the weapon masters, he's the one who seems to take the less damage.
* MasterSwordsman: One expert in using the kodachi, a short blade so light it almost feels as if fighting unarmed.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: He's extremely serious and dedicated to his job.
* PetTheDog: Downplayed, but Hayato notices that he brought with him his unconscious companion when fleeing from Hayato, though he says he can't understand if it's genuine concern or simply doesn't want to leave a potential source of info behind.
* TheStoic: Unlike the other armed Masters, Seitaro is always calm and serious.
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[[folder:Rin Tachibana of a Hundred Martial Arts]]
!!Rin Tachibana
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Rin Tachibana is a member of the Hachiou Executioner Blade of Yami, the older half brother of Kiyoi Kidou, and the "disciple brother" of Shigure Kosaka.
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* BlackKnight: A Samurai version. Despite being a master of the Kōsaka Style, Rin has also been trained in the way of the samurai. As a samurai, he is skilled in the use of swords and other samurai-like weapons as he carries a quiver of swords and spears with him.
* BladeOnAStick: Favors spears as his main weapon.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Rin has a great amount of strength, as he was able to break the weapon used by Shigure and to smash his way through a wall during his fight with Shigure. And, despite wearing a large suit of samurai armor, he has enough mobility to match Shigure move-for-move, and is more than fast enough to catch her off guard as well.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: While a member of the Hachiō Executioner Blade, Rin has shown to have genuane love towards his younger half sister, Kiyoi Kidou, whom he worries over and helps provide financially for her and wishes for her to be safe by even telling her to leave Japan for her safety.
* MultiMeleeMaster: He mostly fights with ''yari'' of different kinds, but his arsenal extends to axes, ''kanabo'', scythes, hammers and restraining weapons such as ''sasumata''. Invoked by his nom de guerre.
* WalkingArmory: He carries a massive amount of weapons on his person, kinda like Benkei.
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[[folder:Michael Schtilvay the Martial King who dances with Death]]
!!Michael Schtilvay
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The scythe wielding member of the Hachiou Executioner Blade of Yami.
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* AxCrazy: He's ''way'' too eager to murder people.
* BackForTheDead: Downplayed in that he doesn't die, but he still makes a sudden reappearence at [[spoiler: Senzui's]] orders to attack Kenichi and Miu... only to be defeated by Shigure who chops his scythe to pieces.
* HateSink: Between his attitude and bloodlust he's this even more than the other armed division members.
* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: According to the Kenichi's [[TheWikiRule Wiki]], his name should read as "Mihai Știrbey", a nod to prince Barbu Știrbey and to the Romanian poet Mihai Eminescu, who wrote a poem on the death of Prince Știrbey. Even his disciple Sigmarinen is named after a royal romanian family.
* OverlyLongName: His RedBaron moniker is rather long compared to the other monikers of the Hachio Executioner Blade.
* SinisterScythe: Seems to use one just for the GrimReaper comparisons. It was forged by Shigure's father and features a spearhead on the top and a crescent-shaped blade in the back.
* SlasherSmile: Tends to give creepy grins with sharp teeth showing.
* TheWorfEffect: He gets the most hype of all the Hachio. Hongo Akira sends him flying with embarassing ease.
* WouldHitAGirl: More like "would ''murder'' a girl". A scene where he's been partnered up with Akira Hongou has them nearly coming to blows over sparing the lives of a woman and her young child.
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[[folder:Mildred Lawrence the Double-eyed Archer]]
!!Mildred Lawrence
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The bow wielding member of the Hachiou Executioner Blade of Yami.
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* AmazonianBeauty: The most muscular female in the series and [[{{Stripperiffic}} perhaps the least clothed as well]].
* ArcherArchetype: Wields a modern bow with enough skill to take down a chopper.
* DefeatByModesty: From Kensei Ma. Downplayed in that she's still willing to fight in the nude.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Nearly naked and with her bow destroyed, she still tries to fight by tossing her arrows at her opponents like darts.
* ExoticEyeDesigns: Has double pupils in each eye. This is exactly as creepy as it sounds and somehow allows her to shoot better.
* GlassCannon: Can take down police choppers with her arrows. Can't to much if taken in melee.
* RainOfArrows: Her technique allows her to cover a huge area in arrows, which she can pluck out of the ground and shot again.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: She goes into combat with not much more than a bra and thong.
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[[folder:Edeltraft Vonschira the Performer of Armistice]]
!!Edeltraft Vonschira
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The sword wielding member of the Hachiou Executioner Blade of Yami.
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* CoolSword: Wields an executioner sword, as in an extremely long straight sword with a rounded tip.
* IceCreamKoan: His way of speaking. To the absolute befuddlement of everyone he speaks to.
* MasterSwordsman: Being a Master-class warrior, his skill with the blade is extremely high.
* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: Specifically and appropriately after the German poet and artist Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller.
* TheStoic: His facial expression never changes...[[spoiler:until [[NotSoStoic Sougetsu struck him across the face.]]]]
* WarriorPoet: Parodied, he speaks in nothing but elaborated poetry... that is incomprehensible to anyone else.
* YouFightLikeACow: When he engages Akisame in combat the two exchange cryptic poetic verses to each other. At first it seems like Akisame understands him...but then reveals that he can't and was just talking nonsense.
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[[folder:Marmaduke Brown the Armored Emperor]]
!!Marmaduke Brown
A fully-armored member of the armed division equipped like a knight. Her weapon is an humongous axe.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Her weapon is a large poleaxe held alongside a shield.
* AnachronismStew: Despite the modern times, she still walks around in full plate armor.
* BlackKnight: Unlike Rin, she's an obvious western example.
* BoobsOfSteel: She has some pretty huge breasts under her armor, which Ma Kensei was somehow able to hear bouncing beneath all that metal. She's also [[AmazonianBeauty pretty buff]].
* FullFrontalAssault: Keeps fighting even with her armor removed from collarbone to mid-thighs.
* GenderBlenderName: Marmaduke is a typical male name in Irish.
* LightningBruiser: Despite the gigantic armor she can move at blinding speed.
* SamusIsAGirl: During the final clash, Ma Kensei demolish Marmaduke's armor, revealing that she's really a woman.
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[[folder:Raki Houshinano the Charming Martial Arts Princess]]
!!Raki Houshinano
A female member of the armed division using a naginata.
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* DefeatByModesty: Ma Kensei strips her and ties her up using her clothes and her broken weapon.
* NaginatasAreFeminine: She has a very feminine traditional look and wields a naginata with superbe skill.
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[[folder:Kii Kagerou, Tsubanari]]
!!Kii Kagerou, Tsubanari
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Kii Kagerou is the first Armed Yami master Kenichi encounters, during a field trip with Shigure. Alternates between utterly terrifying and hilariously maladjusted at first, later replacing the "utterly terrifying" with "creepy but repentant."
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* ArtisticLicenseMartialArts: Drawing a sword of that size from the back would be extremely difficult and nigh impossible to do as a standard action alone, never mind using super-fast iaido.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Kagerou hands out pamphlets to instruct others in how to avoid being accidentally killed by him, thinks every woman he meets is some undefined previous acquaintance known as "Mi-chan," and is more prone to ArtShift than perhaps any other minor character in the series. He has also killed more people than he can remember.
* CallToAgriculture: After Shigure gives him one of "[her] father's masterpieces" (a [[spoiler:mattock]]) in exchange for a promise to never kill another person and his aid in fighting against Kushinada and three other Armed Yami masters, he starts cultivating the fields around his hermitage.
* ConfusionFu: His secret technique gives the impression that his arm and his sword are not only multiplying but also twisting and bending like snakes.
* HeelFaceTurn: Probably the most dramatic example in the series. In his first appearance he is a cheerfully unhinged sociopath who considers cutting down a child to test his new sword. By the climax of the series he has sworn to never kill again, and joins the Katsujinken masters in their face-off with the One Shadow Nine Fist.
* IaijutsuPractitioner: ''And how!'' His draw is characterized in-series as "supersonic," and he can draw and resheathe ''multiple times'' faster than the untrained eye (or rather, Kenichi's eye, which is not entirely untrained by that point) can see.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: He eventually sets for using a ''hoe'' as his weapon of choice... to devastating effect.
* LooksLikeCesare: Unusually pale skin, scraggly hair, and wears all black. He seems to miss out on the sunken eyes mostly because his face is so flat. If anything it makes him even more unnerving.
* MartialArtsAndCrafts: Turns out unearthly iaijutsu skill translates well into ploughing fields. Who knew?
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Redemption may be too strong a word, but ultimately he proved willing to sacrifice himself to give the Katsujinken masters a chance against the One Shadow Nine Fist.
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[[folder:Bantou Master]]
A nameless, huge man with dark skin, dreadlocks and a huge Chinese curved sword as his weapon of choice. A prideful but barbaric individual who holds his opponents in disdain.
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* BlingBlingBang: The hilt of his Bantou is golden and encrusted in gemstones.
* TheBrute: Truly gigantic in size, as well as ruthless in methods and devoid of any sense of honor or morality.
* HateSink: He's characterized as extremely unpleasant and unlikeable.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After spending the first appearence belittling Frejya's grandfather he's soundly defeated by the old jojutsu master once the latter decides to stop playing senile. In his second appearence he tries to execute a defenseless Agaard, only to be punched in the next month by a revenant Apachai.
* KickThemWhileTheyreDown: Tries to murder a wounded Agaard out of spite.
* NoNameGiven: Like most of the armed division members, he's not given a name.
* SinisterScimitar: Wields an humongous curved sword with a forked end. He's strong enough with it to harm Kenichi through the chainmail and break open the roof of a metal truck.
* SoreLoser: He immediatly breaks down the pc from which Agaard is watching when his disciple Andaka is beaten by Kenichi.
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[[folder:Ortal Sin]]
A fighter from India who has mastered the Jamadkhar Katar with the Kalaripayattu style.
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* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Wields a pair of Katar, namely the Jamadkhar variant, which can open up like scissors.
* GracefulLoser: Accepts his defeat at the hands of Freija, Thor, Takeda and Kisara without throwing a fuss, even complimenting his opponents.
* InformedAbility: Despite being a Jamadkhar, we never see him splitting his Katars as implied.
* PragmaticVillainy: In his first appearence rather than chasing and killing Ethan he's content with letting him leave with the woman he was trying to rescue, since he already killed his targets anyway.
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[[folder:The Spears of Kurokonoe]]
A trio of powerful spear experts working for Yomi. The Spear of the West is a knight wielding a lance from horseback, the Spear of the East is a samurai in full regalia using a simple yari, while the Spear of the Center is the leader and uses a Chinese tasseled spear with incredible precision.
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* BladeOnAStick: Two members wield a yari and a qiang (Japanese polearm and Chinese spear), but the Spear of the West [[NonIndicativeName actually uses a lance]].
* CrazyPrepared: The Spear of the East actually knows a technique to counter Jujutsu grabs and force Akisame to let him go. Unfortunately for him, it's not enough.
* CurbStompCushion: They all give some measure of trouble to the Ryozanpaku Masters, but are defeated with ease nonetheless.
* JoustingLance: The Spear of the West doesn't use a martial art weapon but a massive steel lance he uses from horseback to charge at Shigure. They even end up improvising a jousting duel (with Shigure using a custom bamboo yari and a motorbyke).
* NoNameGiven: They are only known by their epithets.
* NobleDemon: The Spear of the West: as Shigure noticed, he never once tried to wound Shigure's pet mouse, and when his weapon and helmet are destroyed he concedes defeat and even let Shigure ride on his horse as he escorts her out of the base.
* {{Samurai}}: The Spear of the East wears a full Japanese armor, complete with a mustachioed mask.
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[[folder:Izayoi the Mad Sword]]
A buxom swordswoman with a nodachi, she becomes violently aggressive in combat.
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* AxCrazy: When in combat she becomes insane with bloodlust.
* {{BFS}}: Her nodachi is slender but much longer than a standard uchigatana.
* BreastPlate: Her torso armor really cling to her massive breasts.
* DefeatByModesty: Ma Kensei gradually removes her underwear and armor as they fight, though she falls for another reason.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Implied that her bloodlust is a sort of "mental armor" she developed for her lifestyle. Ma Kensei defeats her by "removing the armor around her heart".
* LightningBruiser: She's able to move almost as fast as Ma Kensei in his pervert mode.
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[[folder:Seiji Ishida]]
A member of Yami disguised as a politician, Seiji Ishida is part of a sect of warrior monks and fights with sharpened Dokko.
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* GameFace: Normally has an unassuming face, but he suddenly changes to a furious, screaming face similar to a Nioh statue when he fights.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Uses sharpened Dokko (a Buddhist prayer tool derived by the Vajra) as his weapon of choice, wielding two of them as dual-bladed knives.
* TheMole: An agent of Yami well hidden within the Japanese government.
* WarriorMonk: He belongs to an order of Buddhist warrior monks who sided with Yami.
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[[folder:Sherman Camus]]
A weapon master from France, he's adept at using dual Francisca in combat.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Wields couples of small throwing axes known as Francisca, the weapon which gave the name to the Franks.
* DualWielding: Uses his Franciscas in pairs.
* LogicalWeakness: As Akisame noted, he's left vulnerable after throwing his axes, especially when a Master can easily predict the trajectory of the blades.
* SmugSnake: He's rather arrogant and confident as he takes on Akisame.
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[[folder:Cedric Casken]]
A weapon master from England, he has mastered the Scramsaex and wields two of them in battle.
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* {{BFS}}: One of his saex is blatantly oversized, resembling more a longsword.
* CoolMask: Wears a peculiar mask covering most of his face.
* DualWielding: He wields a long scramsaex in one hand and a shorter one in the other.
* MacheteMayhem: Wields the scramsaex, a massive knife used by the Saxons in the past.
* MasterSwordsman: He's so skilled even Sakaki has to admit the saex feels almost as part of Cedric's body.
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[[folder:Chin Sogaku]]
A weapon master from China, a warrior monk wielding a Monk's Spade which he uses to dig the tombs of his opponents.
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* AxCrazy: We're talking about a man who literally digs graves for his opponents before the fight.
* {{Gonk}}: He's bald, has odd facial traits and lacks several teeth.
* EvilOldFolks: He's rather old and a psychopath.
* ShovelStrike: He wields a Monk's Spade, which, as he helpfully illustrates, was originally used by monks to bury untended corpses, and he uses the spade part to dig open the graves for the Shinpaku alliance.
* WarriorMonk: He's dressed as a monk, bald and wields a weapon used by wandering monks in the past.
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!Hachiou Danzaiba (Eight Imperial Executioner Blades)
[[folder:Ouganosuke Yogi, Second Hades]]
!!Ouganosuke Yogi, Second Hades
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Ouganosuke Yogi is the head of the Hachiou Executioner Blade and by extension the leader of Yami's Armed Division.
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* BladeSpam: One of his secret techniques, ''Shinken: Nehan Mekkai Mandara'', involves a flurry of sword strikes.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: On par with the Elder.
* DualWielding: Wields twin katanas.
* EvilCounterpart: A pretty blatant one to the Elder.
* EvilOldFolks: The visibly oldest member of the Hachio Executioner Blade team and one of the most evil members of Yami. He's the only member without a disciple too.
* {{Expy}}: Of UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi , being a great MasterSwordsman fighting with dual blades and whose moniker in Japanese openly quote Miyamoto's style (Niten Enraou, literally [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Enma King of the Two Heavens]])
* ExtremeOmnivore: He doesn't simply eat a hawk raw, he eats a hawk ''alive''.
* FaceFramedInShadow: His face is never shown and is always covered by shadows.
* TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne: Hayato is able to feel Ouganosuke's aura covering the entire island like a dome, so strong it almost feels like the aura of nature itself.
* GracefulLoser: When Hayato finally manages to beat him back long enough to escape, Ganosuke takes his defeat in stride and claims that they will fight again.
* OldMaster: He shows the same age as Hayato Furinji.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Sometimes his name is erroneously given as "Ganosuke Youkiou".
* YouHaveToBeKiddingMe: Has this reaction later on in the combat when, after speculating wildly on the source of the noise he heard coming from Hayato and his next move, realize that he was just snoring and recuperating.
* WorldsStrongestMan: Has the exact same reputation as the Elder.
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[[folder:Seitaro Raigou the Immovable Warrior]]
!!Seitaro Raigou
The first member of Hachiou Executioner Blade to appear in the story, he's the kodachi user of the division.
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* BaitAndSwitchBoss: He appears to be Hayato's opponent after luring him to a distant island... only to reveal that he's the bait for the real opponent: Ganosuke.
* BoringButPractical: His weapon of choice is a kodachi, a traditional shortsword which lacks reach but is perfect to right up close.Worth mentioning that, of the weapon masters, he's the one who seems to take the less damage.
* MasterSwordsman: One expert in using the kodachi, a short blade so light it almost feels as if fighting unarmed.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: He's extremely serious and dedicated to his job.
* PetTheDog: Downplayed, but Hayato notices that he brought with him his unconscious companion when fleeing from Hayato, though he says he can't understand if it's genuine concern or simply doesn't want to leave a potential source of info behind.
* TheStoic: Unlike the other armed Masters, Seitaro is always calm and serious.
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[[folder:Rin Tachibana of a Hundred Martial Arts]]
!!Rin Tachibana
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Rin Tachibana is a member of the Hachiou Executioner Blade of Yami, the older half brother of Kiyoi Kidou, and the "disciple brother" of Shigure Kosaka.
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* BlackKnight: A Samurai version. Despite being a master of the Kōsaka Style, Rin has also been trained in the way of the samurai. As a samurai, he is skilled in the use of swords and other samurai-like weapons as he carries a quiver of swords and spears with him.
* BladeOnAStick: Favors spears as his main weapon.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Rin has a great amount of strength, as he was able to break the weapon used by Shigure and to smash his way through a wall during his fight with Shigure. And, despite wearing a large suit of samurai armor, he has enough mobility to match Shigure move-for-move, and is more than fast enough to catch her off guard as well.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: While a member of the Hachiō Executioner Blade, Rin has shown to have genuane love towards his younger half sister, Kiyoi Kidou, whom he worries over and helps provide financially for her and wishes for her to be safe by even telling her to leave Japan for her safety.
* MultiMeleeMaster: He mostly fights with ''yari'' of different kinds, but his arsenal extends to axes, ''kanabo'', scythes, hammers and restraining weapons such as ''sasumata''. Invoked by his nom de guerre.
* WalkingArmory: He carries a massive amount of weapons on his person, kinda like Benkei.
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[[folder:Michael Schtilvay the Martial King who dances with Death]]
!!Michael Schtilvay
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The scythe wielding member of the Hachiou Executioner Blade of Yami.
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* AxCrazy: He's ''way'' too eager to murder people.
* BackForTheDead: Downplayed in that he doesn't die, but he still makes a sudden reappearence at [[spoiler: Senzui's]] orders to attack Kenichi and Miu... only to be defeated by Shigure who chops his scythe to pieces.
* HateSink: Between his attitude and bloodlust he's this even more than the other armed division members.
* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: According to the Kenichi's [[TheWikiRule Wiki]], his name should read as "Mihai Știrbey", a nod to prince Barbu Știrbey and to the Romanian poet Mihai Eminescu, who wrote a poem on the death of Prince Știrbey. Even his disciple Sigmarinen is named after a royal romanian family.
* OverlyLongName: His RedBaron moniker is rather long compared to the other monikers of the Hachio Executioner Blade.
* SinisterScythe: Seems to use one just for the GrimReaper comparisons. It was forged by Shigure's father and features a spearhead on the top and a crescent-shaped blade in the back.
* SlasherSmile: Tends to give creepy grins with sharp teeth showing.
* TheWorfEffect: He gets the most hype of all the Hachio. Hongo Akira sends him flying with embarassing ease.
* WouldHitAGirl: More like "would ''murder'' a girl". A scene where he's been partnered up with Akira Hongou has them nearly coming to blows over sparing the lives of a woman and her young child.
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[[folder:Mildred Lawrence the Double-eyed Archer]]
!!Mildred Lawrence
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The bow wielding member of the Hachiou Executioner Blade of Yami.
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* AmazonianBeauty: The most muscular female in the series and [[{{Stripperiffic}} perhaps the least clothed as well]].
* ArcherArchetype: Wields a modern bow with enough skill to take down a chopper.
* DefeatByModesty: From Kensei Ma. Downplayed in that she's still willing to fight in the nude.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Nearly naked and with her bow destroyed, she still tries to fight by tossing her arrows at her opponents like darts.
* ExoticEyeDesigns: Has double pupils in each eye. This is exactly as creepy as it sounds and somehow allows her to shoot better.
* GlassCannon: Can take down police choppers with her arrows. Can't to much if taken in melee.
* RainOfArrows: Her technique allows her to cover a huge area in arrows, which she can pluck out of the ground and shot again.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: She goes into combat with not much more than a bra and thong.
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[[folder:Edeltraft Vonschira the Performer of Armistice]]
!!Edeltraft Vonschira
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The sword wielding member of the Hachiou Executioner Blade of Yami.
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* CoolSword: Wields an executioner sword, as in an extremely long straight sword with a rounded tip.
* IceCreamKoan: His way of speaking. To the absolute befuddlement of everyone he speaks to.
* MasterSwordsman: Being a Master-class warrior, his skill with the blade is extremely high.
* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: Specifically and appropriately after the German poet and artist Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller.
* TheStoic: His facial expression never changes...[[spoiler:until [[NotSoStoic Sougetsu struck him across the face.]]]]
* WarriorPoet: Parodied, he speaks in nothing but elaborated poetry... that is incomprehensible to anyone else.
* YouFightLikeACow: When he engages Akisame in combat the two exchange cryptic poetic verses to each other. At first it seems like Akisame understands him...but then reveals that he can't and was just talking nonsense.
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[[folder:Marmaduke Brown the Armored Emperor]]
!!Marmaduke Brown
A fully-armored member of the armed division equipped like a knight. Her weapon is an humongous axe.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Her weapon is a large poleaxe held alongside a shield.
* AnachronismStew: Despite the modern times, she still walks around in full plate armor.
* BlackKnight: Unlike Rin, she's an obvious western example.
* BoobsOfSteel: She has some pretty huge breasts under her armor, which Ma Kensei was somehow able to hear bouncing beneath all that metal. She's also [[AmazonianBeauty pretty buff]].
* FullFrontalAssault: Keeps fighting even with her armor removed from collarbone to mid-thighs.
* GenderBlenderName: Marmaduke is a typical male name in Irish.
* LightningBruiser: Despite the gigantic armor she can move at blinding speed.
* SamusIsAGirl: During the final clash, Ma Kensei demolish Marmaduke's armor, revealing that she's really a woman.
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[[folder:Raki Houshinano the Charming Martial Arts Princess]]
!!Raki Houshinano
A female member of the armed division using a naginata.
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* DefeatByModesty: Ma Kensei strips her and ties her up using her clothes and her broken weapon.
* NaginatasAreFeminine: She has a very feminine traditional look and wields a naginata with superbe skill.
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