Ronin Warriors/Characters

The characters from the Ronin Warriors/Yoroiden Samurai Troopers.

Ryo/Ryou Sanada



 * A Boy and His X: Ryo and his tiger companion, White Blaze.
 * Bishonen
 * Blue Eyes
 * Chaste Hero
 * Determinator
 * Dual-Wielding
 * The Hero
 * Heroes Prefer Swords
 * Heroic Resolve: His virtue runs on this.
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: Matt Hill (aka Kira Yamato)
 * Hot-Blooded: And yet surprisingly more laid back than the normal Hot-Blooded Shonen hero.
 * Hotblooded Sideburns
 * Katanas Are Just Better
 * Person of Mass Destruction: His Inferno Armor
 * Playing with Fire: The Armor of Wildfire.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Red color coded for your convenience to Touma/Rowen's blue.
 * Stuff Blowing Up
 * Takeshi Kusao
 * The Power of the Sun: The Japanese name of the white armor is Kikoutei, meaning "sun" or "sun emperor."

Sage/Seiji Date



 * Badass Driver: In an episode of Legend of the Inferno Armor viewers see a memory of Sage having won first place in a F1 race, despite being only sixteen years old.
 * Beware the Nice Ones
 * Big Freaking Sword
 * Bishonen
 * Daiki Nakamura
 * Date Masamune: His namesake, invoked through the helmet (albeit not quite as impressive as the original's massive crescent moon), and Peek-a-Bangs when not armored- as only one eye is usually ever visible.
 * Dragged Into Drag: In the CD drama Korinden
 * Hair of Gold
 * The Lancer
 * Light'Em Up: The Armor of Halo.
 * Master Swordsman
 * Peek-a-Bangs
 * Purple Eyes
 * Shock and Awe

Cye/Sai/Shin Mouri



 * Beware the Nice Ones: And how!
 * Bishonen
 * British Accents: Dub only.
 * Evil Twin: Red Torrent/Nise Suiko.
 * The Heart
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: With Shu/Kento
 * Making a Splash: The Armor of Torrent.
 * Nozomu Sasaki
 * Prongs of Poseidon
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Blue to Shu/Kento's red.
 * Spell My Name with an "S"
 * Water Is Blue

Kento/Shuu Lei/Rei Faun



 * Big Eater
 * The Big Guy
 * Dishing Out Dirt: The Armor of Hard Rock.
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: With Shin/Cye.
 * Hot-Blooded
 * Hotblooded Sideburns
 * Idiot Hero
 * Last-Name Basis: "Shuu" is this character's family name in YST and everyone addresses him as such. In RW Gaiden, however, Kento introduces himself as "Kento Rei Faun."
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Red to Shin/Cye's Blue.
 * Simple Staff
 * Token Minority: At least within the five Ronin, he is Chinese.
 * Tomohiro Nishimura

Rowen/Touma Hashiba



 * The Archer
 * Bishonen
 * Blow You Away: The Armor of Strata.
 * Hiroshi Takemura
 * I Believe I Can Fly: Using his armor's power.
 * Obfuscating Stupidity
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Blue to Ryo's red.
 * The Smart Guy
 * Teen Genius
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Anubis/Shuten Doji



 * Monster Motif: Ogre.
 * Arch Enemy: To Ryo.
 * Bishonen
 * Characterization Marches On: He's the most characteristically developed of the Four Dark Warlords.
 * Dark-Skinned Redhead: Well, he's tanner than his fellow Warlords.
 * Evil Redhead:.
 * Still the Leader: His fellow Dark Warlords are constantly making fun of his failures against the Ronin Warriors (even though none of them fair any better).
 * Super Strength
 * Variable-Length Chain: Definitely noticeable with his Quake With Fear! maneuver.
 * Super Strength
 * Variable-Length Chain: Definitely noticeable with his Quake With Fear! maneuver.

Sekhmet/Naaza



 * Animal Motifs: Snake.
 * Arch Enemy: To Cye. Water vs Poison.
 * Black Eyes
 * Dual-Wielding
 * Healing Hands: According to the character guide, this would be his power as an agent of good.
 * Hollywood Acid
 * Katanas Are Just Better
 * Multi-Armed and Dangerous: Played With. It's really an illusion made by moving his arms really fast, used for intimidation.
 * Poisoned Weapons
 * Poison Is Corrosive
 * Poisonous Person/Walking Wasteland: The Armor of Venom.
 * Required Secondary Powers: Naturally, his body, armor, and weapons are all immune to the poisons and acids he uses.
 * Throwing Your Sword Always Works
 * Whip Sword: Links his six katanas into this for his Finishing Move: Snake Fang Strike.
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair

Kale/Cale/Anubis


""Welcome to The Dark Side.""
 * An Ice Person
 * Animal Motifs: Wolf.
 * Arch Enemy: To Sage. Light vs Darkness.
 * Badass Cape
 * Beam Spam: His Finishing Move: Black Lightning Flash.
 * The Beast Master: Mostly wolves, but he once made every creature in the forest attack Sage.
 * Big Freaking Sword
 * Bishonen
 * Blood Knight
 * The Corrupter: The Armor of Corruption.
 * Dark Is Edgy
 * Empathic Weapon
 * Genius Bruiser: Not only is he very strong, but his Hannibal Lectures and tactics are almost as good as Dais'.
 * Hannibal Lecture
 * Necromancer
 * Scars Are Forever
 * Shout-Out: His Hannibal Lectures would not be out of place for a Sith Lord.


 * Social Darwinist
 * Wolverine Claws
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Dais/Rajura



 * Animal Motifs: Spider.
 * Arch Enemy: To Kento. Hot-Blooded Idiot Hero who relies on brute force vs Manipulative Bastard who relies on cunning.
 * Bishonen
 * Eyepatch of Power
 * Hannibal Lecture
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Master of Illusion: The Armor of Illusion.
 * Real Men Wear Pink
 * Sinister Scythe: Six of them, attached to a removable pack on his back.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy

Lady Kayura



 * Arch Enemy/Evil Counterpart: To Rowen. Sky vs Stars
 * Evil Sounds Deep:
 * Hime Cut
 * Lady of War
 * Little Miss Badass
 * Masako Katsuki
 * Nigh Invulnerability: She can beat both the Ronin and Warlords without having to wear any mystical suit of armor.
 * Noblewoman's Laugh: In both YST *and* RW.
 * Petal Power
 * Sole Survivor:
 * Yamato Nadeshiko: When not fighting.
 * Sole Survivor:
 * Yamato Nadeshiko: When not fighting.

Mia Koji/Nasuti Yagyu



 * But Not Too Foreign: She's half Japanese and half French.
 * Cool Big Sis
 * Damsel in Distress
 * Heroic Bystander: She rescues Yuli from a Dynasty Soldier's attack in the first episode.
 * Hot Librarian
 * Green Eyes
 * Parental Substitute: Mainly for Yuli.
 * Plucky Girl
 * Team Mom: Mia's main role aside of being the Hot Librarian.
 * Unfazed Everyman
 * Wise Beyond Their Years
 * Women Drivers: She is actually a very capable driver who drives the Ronin Warriors in her own car during the TV series. In the second OVA she drives her friends through Africa.
 * Younger Than They Look: Many fans assume Mia is in her early to mid twenties when the series first starts out, when canon sources state she is only three years older than the Ronin.

Yuli/Ully/Jun Yamano



 * Ascended Extra: Manga only.
 * Bratty Half-Pint
 * Cheerful Child
 * Kumiko Watanabe
 * Tagalong Kid
 * The Load:
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend: Manga only
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend: Manga only

White Blaze/Byakuen

 * Amplified Animal Aptitude: White Blaze seems to know what's going on before anyone else.
 * Evil Twin/ Arch Enemy: Black Blaze
 * Cats Are Magic: He's existed for well over a thousand years.
 * Mighty Roar
 * Nice Kitty...: Only to his friends, of course.
 * Panthera Awesome
 * Team Pet

The Ancient One/Kaosu



 * Cool Old Guy
 * Hidden Eyes: But once in a while when he uses his powers he will display Glowing Eyes.
 * Mysterious Protector
 * Mysterious Watcher
 * Norio Wakamoto
 * The Obi-Wan
 * Warrior Monk: Japanese-style.
 * Warrior Monk: Japanese-style.

Touma/Rowen's Mom
Rowen's divorced mother who appears in Tenkuden.
 * Cool Big Sis: Treats Rowen and her ex-husband more like friends but gets along with everybody.
 * Genki Girl: More on the mellow side.
 * Hot Mom
 * May-December Romance: With Rowen's dad.
 * Unnamed Parent: Her ex-husband is blessed with a name, despite the fact he doesn't play as big of a role as she does.

Runa/Luna



 * Action Girl
 * Ambiguously Brown
 * The Artful Dodger
 * Eriko Hara
 * Fan Girl: Becomes one for Ryo by the second episode of Gaiden.
 * It's Personal
 * Knife Nut
 * Mukokuseki
 * Tsundere
 * You Got Spunk
 * You Got Spunk

Uncle Chin

 * Badass Normal
 * Big Fun
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Dirty Old Man: At least that's what his nephew is implying

Nadia/Naria



 * But Not Too Black
 * Cassandra Truth: Nobody in her village wants to listen to/believe her.
 * Love Martyr: She stands by Mukala even though he doesn't seem to listen to anything she says.
 * The Medic: She is the head priestess of her village and she helps care for the wounded Ronin Warriors in her home
 * Monochromatic Eyes

Suzunagi's Mother



 * Doting Parent
 * Happily Married:
 * Hot Mom
 * Japanese Christian
 * Raven Hair, Ivory Skin
 * Unnamed Parent
 * Yamato Nadeshiko
 * Yamato Nadeshiko

Talpa/Arago
The main villain for the majority of the TV series.


 * Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever
 * Big Bad (TV series)
 * Evil Overlord
 * Evil Overlooker: Literally has the huge floating head going on in the first season.
 * Ghostly Goals: He makes good on his promise to return after a thousand years.
 * Glowing Eyes of Doom
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Multiversal Conqueror: He wants to control both the Netherworld and the Mortalworld.
 * Prehensile Hair
 * Sealed Evil in a Can
 * Spikes of Villainy
 * Tin Tyrant
 * Was Once a Man: YST only, according to official novels. In the RW version of Message
 * You Have Failed Me...: To the Warlords.

Badamon
Lord of the Nether Spirits who also works for Talpa. He appears in the second season of the TV series.


 * Beard of Evil: Complete with pencil-thin mustache.
 * The Chessmaster
 * Evil Old Folks
 * Evil Sorcerer

Toryuki
A villain who only appears in the CD drama Suikoden.
 * Evil Counterpart: Cye
 * An Ice Person
 * Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: Just add the Shiny Midnight Black hair.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Show Hayami

Garyuuda
A villain who only appears in the CD drama Tenkuden.
 * Evil Counterpart: Rowen
 * I Believe I Can Fly

Gougasha
A villain who only appears in the CD drama Tsuki.
 * Big Bad Wannabe
 * Elemental Powers: He has the power to control the tides using the Ball of Moon Hell.
 * Smug Snake
 * Tomomichi Nishimura

Shikaisen
The main villain of the OVA Gaiden.
 * Ambiguously Human
 * Master Swordsman
 * Torture Technician

Mukala/Mukara
A warrior from Africa who also happens to have his own suit of mystical armor, the Black Inferno Armor. Appears in the second OVA Legend of the Inferno Armor.
 * Badass: His debut involves him taking on all of the Ronin Warriors (while they were fully armored) without his armor.
 * The Beast Master
 * Bishonen
 * Blue Eyes
 * Dark-Skinned Blond
 * Evil Twin
 * Manly Tears
 * Precision-Guided Boomerang
 * Proud Warrior Race Guy
 * Silent Antagonist: Except when he armors up.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy

Suzunagi
A ghost from the Edo Period who hunts down the Ronin Warriors one by one. Appears in the third and final OVA Message.
 * Break the Cutie: Her background certainly qualifies.
 * Glowing Eyes of Doom: Child-mode only.
 * Green Eyed Red Head
 * Japanese Christian
 * Improbable Age
 * Mind Rape: She uses the Ronin Warriors' very weaknesses against them
 * Pimped-Out Dress: Look at that collar!
 * Plot-Relevant Age-Up:
 * Unfinished Business
 * Unfinished Business