History Characters / Shigurui

* AnythingThatMoves: Discovering Chika's unusual genitals doesn't deter him from raping her.

* RevengeMyopia: Once, in an official tournament before Ando Naotsugu, lord of Kakegawa Castle, Kogan ripped off the jaw of his opponent Funaki Ichidensai using his [[OffhandBackhand using his signature wrist strike]]. Contrary to common practice, Ando sharply reprimanded him for this, calling it "discourteous". Even now that they're both old men, and despite the fact that Ichidensai was clearly the one who suffered more harm, Kogan blames Funaki for the humiliation he suffered before his lord, and wants to wipe out the Funaki school by ordering Fujiki and Irako to sneakily ambush and kill Ichidensai's twin sons. As the narration says, "Was Kogan really in a normal mental state? How could a man harbor so much hatred for someone he had once defeated?"

* RevengeMyopia: Once, in an official tournament before Ando Naotsugu, lord of Kakegawa Castle, Kogan ripped off the jaw of his opponent Funaki Ichidensai. Contrary to common practice, Ando sharply reprimanded him for this, calling it "discourteous". Even now that they're both old men, and despite the fact that Ichidensai was clearly the one who suffered more harm, Kogan blames Funaki for the humiliation he suffered before his lord, and wants to wipe out the Funaki school by ordering Fujiki and Irako to sneakily ambush and kill Ichidensai's twin sons. As the narration says, "Was Kogan really in a normal mental state? How could a man harbor so much hatred for someone he had once defeated?"

* {{Bishounen}}: Goes into DudeLooksLikeALady territory.

* GroinAttack: Tore off his own testicles at the time he killed the woman he loved, as a sign of devotion to Kogan and his sword above all else. Irako tries to kick him in the testicles during the revenge duel, which doesn't work because he ''has'' none, so Irako contorts his foot into a point so he can penetrate to Gonzaemon's organs and successfully stagger him.

* AxCrazy: Has gone off his rocker in his advanced age, meaning he might use his sword on anybody. Irako's plan to kill him almost goes off the rails because he happens to try it when Kogan is unable to distinguish friend from foe, cutting down two of the bodyguards who were left to defend him.

* AnimalMotifs: The Tiger, his students are referred to as cubs and in many scenes, he appears as a tiger to represent his ferocity.

* OffhandBackhand: One of Kogan's unarmed techniques that most of his students use when they aren't allowed to or have access to a sword is [[https://i.postimg.cc/3rzz9wkL/image.png weaponizing their wristbones]], conditioned by TrainingFromHell from QuickDraw practice and grip strength exercises, by grabbing onto their swordhand as hard as they can to wind up their attack to perform a wrist strike [[FacialHorror capable of breaking a man's neck or taking off his entire lower jaw]] that approaches the unfortunate victim's head at blistering speeds.

A stoic and diligent pupil of the Kogan dojo. In the present time in his duel with Seigen he has only one arm but it is noted that his back muscles could theoretically make up for lost strength. Fujiki is unwaveringly loyal to Kogan, and is said to be most likely to succeed him as the school's grandmaster.

* MakeAnExampleOfHim: Because dead bodies don't spread the reputation of your ferocity quite as well as brutally disfiguring opponents and letting them live on as living examples of what happens when you fuck with Kogan.

* HandicappedBadass: Losing his left arm is a huge setback. So he trains his right arm to the point where his back muscles begin to malform. By the time he begins his final duel against Irako, his remaining arm has the strength of two. [[PintSizedPowerhouse He knocked out a Kosshi Jutsu master three times his own size]] with the Kogan-ryuu OffhandBackhand technique, which literally [[HorrifyingTheHorror scared the man to death in the aftermath]].

* OffhandBackhand: One of Kogan's unarmed techniques that most of his students use when they aren't allowed to or have access to a sword is [[https://i.postimg.cc/3rzz9wkL/image.png weaponizing their wristbones]], conditioned by TrainingFromHell from QuickDraw training, by grabbing onto their swordhand as hard as they can to wind up their attack to perform a wrist strike [[FacialHorror capable of breaking a man's neck or taking off his entire lower jaw]] that approaches the unfortunate victim's head at blistering speeds.

* ExtraDigits: Kogan has a fully functional sixth finger on his right hand, giving him the additional grip strength his avant-garde Techniques require. Hiding this sixth finger when kowtowing before the Shogun's secretary instead of proudly displaying it[[note]]Toyotomi Hideyoshi ''also'' has a sixth finger on his hand, and by hiding his own, Kogan was unknowingly insinuating that a sixth finger was unsightly[[/note]] was TheLastStraw that made the Shogunate pick Yagyu Munenori as their sword instructor instead of Kogan.

* HandicappedBadass: In addition to being [[BlindWeaponmaster blind]], he also walks with a limp due to a large gash on his right foot.

* HandicappedBadass: Losing his left arm is a huge setback. So he trains his right arm to the point where his back muscles begin to malform. By the time he begins his final duel against Irako, his remaining arm has the strength of two.

* OffhandBackhand: One of Kogan's unarmed techniques that most of his students use when they aren't allowed to or have access to a sword is [[https://i.postimg.cc/3rzz9wkL/image.png weaponizing their wristbones]], conditioned by TrainingFromHell from QuickDraw training, by grabbing onto their swordhand as hard as they can to wind up their attack to perform a wrist strike [[FacialHorror capable of breaking a man's neck or taking off his entire lower jaw]] that approaches the unfortunate victim's head at blistering speeds.

* OldMaster: His glory days as a swordsman were way back when Hideyoshi ruled, and despite his increasing senility he's still the unequaled sword master of Nobi.

* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler:Killed like a mad dog in his own home by an ex-student whom he despised beyond belief.]]

* MeaningfulName: "Kogan" literally translates as "Tiger Eye(ball)", denoting his furious tiger-like glare that gave his school it's fearsome reputation. Some of his students have been shown [[ImAHuminitarian eating the eyeballs punched loose from their opponent's heads]] as an intimidation tactic to show what happens when one messes with the Kogan-ryuu.

* ExtraDigits: Kogan has a fully functional sixth finger on his right hand, giving him the additional grip strength his avant-garde Techniques require. Hiding this sixth finger instead of putting it on display when kowtowing before the Shogun's secretary instead of proudly displaying it[[note]]Toyotomi Hideyoshi ''also'' has a sixth finger on his hand, and by hiding his own, Kogan was unknowingly insinuating that a sixth finger was unsightly[[/note]] was TheLastStraw that made the Shogunate pick Yagyu Munenori as their sword instructor instead of Kogan.

* WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter: His weapons are ''bokken'' to show just how ridiculously strong he is.

* WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter: His WeaponOfChoice, to show just how ridiculously strong he is.