History Characters / SengokuBasara

* TheAce: As far as other characters go, he's got a well rounded personality, good-looks and popularity with girls, gets along with almost everybody, is a more than competent fight and possesses diplomatic skills to boot.

* ImageSong: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcWhR22m3Ho Nemure Hi no Hana]] by MamikoNoto.

* TheNicknamer: "Lord Happy" and "Lord Grumpy" for Ieyasu and Mitsunari, respectively. Also "White Bird" or Ranmaru for Tsuruhime.

* ICanStillFight: When defeated, he'll try to stand up and continue fighting

* {{Determinator}}: He ''will'' find a way to get his freedom. Eventually.

* TheLostLenore: For Keiji at least. Hideyoshi, not so much. [[spoiler:Though the anime implies he hasn't forgotten her.]]

->''"I shall '''never''' forgive you."''

* TragicKeepsake: The good luck charm necklace he wears actually belonged to Nene before. No wonder it looked girly even for Keiji.

Goes by the name ''Iron OX'' in ''[[{{Macekre}} Devil Kings]]''

--> '''Kanbe:''' [[SarcasmMode "Such a pretty mouth on you"]].

** One of his in-game lines is even ''"Go ahead, kill me, leave me to die in a pool of my own blood!"''

* [[spoiler:HeelRealization]]: In the movie followed by a [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]].
* HoYay: Sometimes, he seems to have admired Hideyoshi just a little much. Key point, referring to him as "His everything"...

* VillainousBreakdown: If Hideaki accomplishes his betrayal in Sekigahara, he, Mitsunari and Motonari if he's there go through a collective one.

!!Kuroda Kanbe
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-->Voiced by: RikiyaKoyama (Japanese), RichardEpcar (English)

->''"Damn it! Why can't I, just once, not be the one losing?!"''

New character for ''Sengoku Basara 3''. A convict who used to serve Hideyoshi, but was chased to the south and imprisoned by Mitsunari after he tried to seize power himself. Fights with his hands manacled plus a huge chainball attached to it.

* ActionBomb: One of Kanbe's hilariously [[ComedicSociopathy schadenfreude-laden]] Super Arts has him doing something like this, first by dropping a CartoonBomb on his head from out of nowhere, him doing a DoubleTake at the bomb, which proceeds to blow him up and launch him through the air, on fire, while screaming his catch phrase, capped by him ''exploding'' when he lands... before getting up [[AshFace covered in soot]] [[MadeOfIron but unharmed.]]
* AnimalMotifs: Referred to as "The Badger".
* BlindingBangs: Are they taped to his eyes or something?
** In a few cutscenes, you do catch a glimpse of his eyes though.
* BlowYouAway
* CatchPhrase: "'''WHYYYYYYY?!'''" ("'''NAZEEEEE JAAAAAA?!'''")
* ChainedByFashion
* TheChewToy: So much so that the universe is probably out there to make sure all his plans fail and he never gets free from his cuffs.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: The Toyotomi we can understand. But the guys who befriended and trusted him, and promised to help unify Japan?
* ComedicSociopathy: His is the only moveset which has moves which embarrass and humiliate the user, including his normal attack (where he spins his flail until the button is released or he gets dizzy), his Super Art Depression where he hits his manacles against the ball and gets depressed when it fails to shatter them, his Super Art Rolling Attack (where one bad moment of steering will splat him hilariously against a wall) and the above-mentioned Bad Bomb Super Art.
* CursedWithAwesome: He at least makes good use of his punishment, even managing to smash a huge hole in the side of a ship with it.
* DeadpanSnarker: Having such rotten luck would probably make anyone bitter. That and regularly dealing with Yoshitsugu.
* {{Determinator}}: He ''will'' find a way to get his freedom. Eventually.
* TheDogBitesBack: Eventually he lashes out against Motonari and Yoshitsugu, particularly the latter since he holds the key to Kanbe's cuffs.
* EasyEvangelism: Becomes a Xavist in Sorin's second stage.
* EpicFlail: His ball and chain function this way.
** EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: How he tends to use said ball and chain. If done too much he'll get dizzy, however.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: At least one of his soldiers states that Kanbe is a good-looking guy.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: He's never going to get those cuffs off his hands. Not if that damn bird has anything to say about it.
* GeniusBruiser: He is after all a tactician. Granted, a very unsuccessful one.
* JapanesePronouns: 'Shousei'
* LovableTraitor: You gotta admire a guy who's still so bent on world domination despite his horrible luck.
* MadeOfIron: Getting blown up or rammed into walls doesn't seem to bother him much.
* MightyGlacier: Makes up for his lack of speed with a wide range.
* PermaStubble: It's not as if he can shave with his hands like that...
* PluckyComicRelief: He seems to have mostly accepted that everyone is out to ruin his life, takes his defeat in relatively good grace and just keeps coming back for more.
* ShortHairWithTail
* ShoutOut: Come on, you know it's obvious that he's a ShoutOut to [[StreetFighter Cody Travers]]...
** Also, his [[SuplexFinisher Super Art Criminal Smasher]] is basically Zangief's Final Atomic Buster.
* SleevesAreForWimps: And with arms like that, who needs convincing? Helps that it looks like he ripped them off himself.
* SmugSnake: Possibly parodied, as his achievements even refer to him as the "Inadequate Tactician".
* TheStarscream: What got him locked up in the first place. He's still pretty ambitious after being locked up, but first he'll have to do something about these damned cuffs...
** Also, if ignored by Mitsunari, Kanbe will use it as an opportunity to take over his headquarters at Osaka Castle.
* TheStrategist: [[InformedAbility Supposedly.]]
* ThrowTheDogABone: Yoshihiro's blue and green paths sees Kanbe joining in a PowerTrio with Yoshihiro and Muneshige and becoming joint ruler of a united Kyushu.
* WithMyHandsTied: Although he doesn't actually ''choose'' to fight this way.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Takes after Hideyoshi, since he's got a Piledriver and a [[SuplexFinisher German Suplex]] in his repertoire.
* YankTheDogsChain: In the end of his story mode, after defeating Yoshitsugu and both Ieyasu and Mitsunari, he finally recovers the key to his shackles... which gets promptly stolen by a hawk.
** BrickJoke: [[spoiler:It's possible to have Kanbe insult Mogami Yoshiaki's pet hawk earlier.]] Then the aforementioned theft happens.

!! Kobayakawa Hideaki
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-->Voiced by: JunFukuyama (Japanese), TonyOliver (English)

->''"Oh no! You shouldn't count on me!"''

New NPC introduced in ''[=SB3=]''. He is a young and cowardly relative of the Toyotomi, who famously betrayed Mitsunari at Sekigahara. Afraid of war, he seeks advice from the monk Tenkai and his guardian Motonari, unaware that he is little more than an intrument to their plans. Likes gourmet food and preparing hotpot.
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* AscendedExtra: To become a PC in ''Utage''.
* AnimalMotifs: His helmet and the giant saucepan on his back make him resemble an atlas beetle, which are highly prized in Japan.
* ApologisesALot: Sometimes tries to stand up for himself, only to fall to the ground and start begging to be spared.
* BigEater: Prefers to eat the stress away...
* ButtMonkey: ''Everyone'' treats him horribly. Aside from [[TheMessiah Ieyasu]] (who still has Tadakatsu shoot artillery cannons at him, to ensure that he betrays Mitsunari).
** [[http://spikefetish.tumblr.com/post/2905788944/sengoku-basara-samurai-heroes-ps3-wii-good Motonari]] and [[http://spikefetish.tumblr.com/post/2905345808/sengoku-basara-samurai-heroes-ps3-wii Mitsunari]] though are the worst offenders.
* ConfusionFu: In ''Utage'', he fights with a combination of his own clumsiness and weaponizing his eating habits.
* CuteShotaroBoy: Baffling as it sounds, when he's not being a gutless coward there are moments he's so cute it's ''painful''.
* DirtyCoward: It's hard not to [[LovableCoward sympathise with him a bit]], since he's surrounded on all sides by [[WorldOfBadass people much stronger than he is]] bullying him into fighting for them, and only wants to eat his hotpot in peace. However he [[TemptingFate does himself no favors]] by acting self-important, and is so pathetically weak and indecisive he becomes [[TheLoad a burden to everyone else]].
* EdibleBludgeon: Can throw vegetables as weapons.
* ExtremeDoormat: So much so that Motonari actually walks over him in one scene. In high heels no less.
* FragileFlower: A male example, played for comedy. He cries at the slightest provocation, but it makes him more annoying than {{moe}}.
* FryingPanOfDoom: Fights with the pot he uses for cooking.
* GetBackHereBoss
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Pulls one of these at Sekigahara, though he's not given much of a choice since Tadakatsu is firing cannons at him.
** [[spoiler:Averted in the movie]]. He's [[spoiler:trying to do good]] but his own failure to realize that [[spoiler:Tenkai is manipulating him]] causes him to be a UnwittingPawn.
* HomoeroticSubtext: He really ''really'' looks up to Kojuro-san.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: '''How''' does he not realise Tenkai does not have his best interests at heart?!
** He realizes it in the movie when [[spoiler:he sees the dark hands Oichi uses rampage across Sekigahara]].
* JapanesePronouns: 'Boku'
* TheKlutz: About 80% of his moveset consists of falling over.
* LethalJokeCharacter: Despite his moveset consisting of more falling over that hitting anyone, he's a great crowd-clearer.
* MistakenForBadass: Thanks to Tenkai, most of the characters he meets during his story think he's some legendarily strong warrior and want to fight him.
* OddFriendship: With Tenkai, who Hideaki seems to genuinely consider a friend and care for.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Like Yoshitsugu, he's known by his court title "Kingo" to almost everyone in the Japanese version.
* PlayingWithFire
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl
* SelectiveObliviousness: During his story mode it takes him so long to catch onto the situation he becomes borderline TooDumbToLive.
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!!Chousokabe Motochika
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-->Voiced by: RyuzouIshino (Japanese), IanJamesCorlett (''Devil Kings''), PatrickSeitz (English)

->''The dawn is upon us, men."''

Introduced in the first game but only playable in the second, Motochika is the [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy white-haired]] [[{{Pirate}} pirate king]] of Shikoku. He rules his land along with his subordinates who affectionately call him "Aniki" (big brother). He dispenses violence [[ImprobableWeaponUser with an anchor.]]

Known as ''Arslan'' in [[{{Macekre}} Devil Kings]], who somehow develops a Scottish/Irish accent (don't worry, Motochika doesn't speak ''that way'').
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** In ''3'', one of his attacks as a playable character is a Kiai loud enough to send mooks flying, break their spirits, or even ''kill'' them at point-blank range.

!!Tsuruhime
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-->Voiced by: AmiKoshimizu (Japanese), Kat Steel (English)

->''"There are no limits to what I can do!"''

New character for ''Sengoku Basara 3'', a sweet, naive young archer girl and {{Miko}} with no knowledge of the outside world. Obviously Ranmaru's SpiritualSuccessor. Uses a pink bow, and is implied to have hidden psychic powers.

* HomoeroticSubtext: His stage is covered with portraits of him and Xavi surrounded by roses.

* JapanesePronouns: 'Temae'

!! Mogami Yoshiaki
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-->Voiced by: TetsuShiratori (Japanese), Christopher Smith (English)

->''"There are none in this world that compare to me, the renowned, the feared, lord Yoshiaki!"''

Yet another NPC introduced ''[=SB3=]''. He is the daimyo of Ushuu and Masamune's uncle, though they dislike each other. An extremely pompous man who seems to think he's number one, fabulous and likes to get his men to look fabulous and well-cultured. Has a funky moustache and wields a rapier. Likes tea.

* OverlyLongName: Has a habit of giving his pets and weapons these in the Japanese version.

* LightEmUp

* {{Tsundere}}: She's all ''tsun tsun'' around Sasuke, but becomes very ''dere dere'' around Kenshin. In the third game she constantly berates Keiji for his laziness and laid-back attitude, but freaks out and starts crying if he dies.

* FemmeFatale

** Let's not forget how he complimented Motonari's looks and figure... only to say he wanted to cut it up.

* [[spoiler:UnexplainedRecovery]]: In the anime. After [[spoiler:we saw Nobunaga's soldiers stab him to death on-screen in season one, too]]. No, don't ask us how that happened.

* PussInBoots: Hanbe would probably be clever enough to outwit the more-brawn-than-brains Hideyoshi if he wanted to, but remains completely devoted to his dream. Together, they have both the brawn and the brains.

* MadeOfIron

New NPC introduced in ''[=SB3=]''. He is Hideyoshi's young and cowardly nephew, who famously betrayed Mitsunari at Sekigahara. Afraid of war, he seeks advice from the monk Tenkai and his guardian Motonari, unaware that he is little more than an intrument to their plans. Likes gourmet food and preparing hotpot.

* HoYay: He really ''really'' looks up to Kojuro-san.

* [[AFatherToHisMen A Brother To His Men]]: Even though he's probably younger than most of them.

* EstrogenBrigadeBait: The [[FanGirl fangirls]] can't seem to get enough of "Aniki".

* HoYay: Some hints of this with Masamune and Mitsunari. And his relationship with Ieyasu is overflowing with it by the third game.

* DeathGlare: Able to transform his mooks into a gibbering wreck with one glance. He even manages to out-stare Mitsunari at one point.

* FriendlessBackground: Which is often used as a FreudianExcuse by the fans.

* HoYay: He sure has a lot of fun admiring the other male characters' muscular physiques.

* PantheraAwesome: His pet white tiger. Bigger than a grown man, and keeps coming back no matter how many times you kill it.

* FaceOfAThug: He's very intimidating, and looks it too, but shows kindness at times with a warm smile.

* MeditationPowerup: Routinely meditates for a moment during battle before entering Berserk Mode.
* MyGreatestFailure: In the anime, he describes his inability to protect Masamune at Nagashino as this.

** BadassArmFold: Does this when he means business.

** BadassLongHair

* EstrogenBrigadeBait: The fans go absolute ''crazy'' over him and Capcom damn well know it.

* HoYay: His retainer Kojuro and Yukimura are the most popular choices, but Motochika and Ieyasu are also noticeable. He's shipped with everyone though.
* HotBlooded: Yukimura influences him.
-->"Guess I got a little too heated up. I gotta stay cool".

* HoYay: ''Loads'' of it with Masamune.

* AFatherToHisMen: His troops care a lot about him, and he seems to think of Yukimura in a fatherly way.
* FoeYay: With Kenshin.

* HotBlooded: Almost as much as Yukimura in fact. It's enough to set the surrounding area aflame with manliness!

** Which, to be fair, [[FridgeBrilliance it may very well be]].

* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Girls love his chest revealing jacket... also his anime design and the newest releases of official figures aren't helping him much by [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yukimura_9446.jpg exposing his pelvic bones.]]

* HoYay: With Masamune, Sasuke and sometimes even Shingen. Though like Masamune he's shipped with practically every other male character.

* BrownEyes: In the games. In the anime, he has {{Blue| Eyes}}-GrayEyes. Interestingly recent games show his eyes glow blue when he uses lightning powers.

-->'''Voiced by:''' KozoShioya (Japanese), Lee Tockar (''Devil Kings'')

** He can also break crates and even slightly damage enemies just by running into them, an ability shared by Kanbe, Shingen, Muneshige and Honda.

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* BrownEyes: In the games. In the anime, he has [[BlueEyes Blue]]/GreyEyes. Interestingly recent games show his eyes glow blue when he uses lightning powers.

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Except in his manga and anime incarnations: in the former he has blond/white hair, in the latter his eyes are bluey grey.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: In the anime they're always like this, whereas in the games he has GreyEyes most of the time but they turn red when be enters demon mode.

* GreyEyes: To fit his cold-bloodedness.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Depending on the game, his hair is either brown or grey (and sometimes a mixture). This opens up countless questions about his age.

-->Voiced by: KozoShioya (Japanese), Lee Tockar (''Devil Kings'')

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* {{Gonk}}: A mild case, but still noticeable in a cast otherwise dominated by TheBeautifulPeople.

** He can also break crates and even slightly damage enemies just by running into them, an ability shared by Kanbe and Honda

* JokeCharacter: Between this and the one in the ''SamuraiHeroes'' games it's easy to guess that the real Yamamoto isn't the most highly regarded historical figure in Japan

* TalkLikeAPirate: In English.
* TookALevelInBadass: From being called "princess" to the "Demon of Shikoku".

* JokeCharacter

* GenderFlip: Through loophole exploitation.

->''"I come bearing a gift for you, Ieyasu... the gift of death!"''

* [[SpiritAdvisor:]] To Oichi later on in the anime.

* {{Cyborg}}: Possibly. It's very vague, but he does seem to have a face with skin.
* EmpathicWeapon: If faced with a WorthyOpponent, he'll try to appeal for Ieyasu to let him fight as he likes.

* FragileSpeedster: Sure, he's the fastest character in the series, too bad he can't take a hit.

* RevengeBeforeReason: Revenge is all that matters - his health, his clan, his duties, his allies, nothing else is worth thinking about until he's delivered retribution. **[[spoiler:Averted in the movie. Where he does give up his desire to avenge his lord.]]

* ConsummateLiar

* WheelOFeet: Can do this with his beads. And after seeing that, [[NightmareRetardant it's hard to take that guy seriously .]]

* ThatManIsDead:

* [[spoiler:DefiantToTheEnd: Despite getting pummeled badly by Hideyoshi, Motochika still stood up and ''destroys his own fortress'' before he finally goes down. [[IGotBetter He got better.]]]]

* SirSwearsALot: One of the only people in the English dub of Samurai Heroes to swear.

* MightyGlacier: Her attacks tend to be rather slow, but she's arguably one of the more powerful characters gameplay-wise.

* ShoutOut: His title may be a reference to ''OneThousandAndOneNights'', which would fit nicely with his surroundings.

* PetalPower: If creating a hurricane of cheery blossoms that can cut you to pieces counts.

** YouNeedToGetLaid: Outright tells the boy that it's high time he settled down and got married in ''3''.

* DemotedToExtra: Becomes an NPC once again in ''[=SB3=]'' after only becoming playable for an expansion and PSP game.
** Although he'll be playable once more in ''Utage''.

* FaceOfAThug: He's very intimidating, and looks it too, but shows kindness at times and a warm smile.

* HypercompetentSidekick: To a degree. Kojuro is very sharp-minded in battle and seems to be far more involved in running his master's province, and there's also the implication that he's stronger than Masamune, especially when he goes into Berserk Mode in his story in ''Heroes''.

* TheLancer: Type 1, calm and rather stoic.

* TheTease: Especially when it comes to [[ChasteHero Yukimura]].

* CrossDressingVoices: Only in Japanese. Standard work for Romi Rark.

* WalkingArmoury: She carries enough things that go boom on her person to equip a small infantry platoon.

* WordsCanBreakMyBones: His tank's singing creates musical notes that physically damage enemies.