Sengoku Basara/Characters/Tokugawa Clan

Tokugawa Ieyasu
"Voiced by: Tohru Ookawa (Japanese), Jason Michas (Devil Kings), Liam O'Brien (English)"

""Let us unite, and form a bond.""

The third unifier, and probably the only sane one between the trio (because Nobunaga is like the personification of evil, Hideyoshi is... freakin' nuts). 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 SB3 (and consequently the second season of the anime) that he finally becomes a full-blown grown man, gets past his James Bondage tendencies and is now punching people out on the guts with his fist. He successfully slays Hideyoshi, but then had to deal with Hideyoshi's fanatical follower Ishida Mitsunari, leading up to the decisive battle at Sekigahara.

Known as Irdene in Devil Kings -
 * Ascended Extra: Was an NPC in the first game and only became playable a couple of time before he grew into the main character of SB3.
 * Badass: You really wouldn't believe this if you're playing the previous game since he's the always-kidnapped boy. Well, he got his badass certificate.
 * Badass Arm-Fold: Does this in cutscenes and is one of his idle animations.
 * Took a Level in Badass: In SB3, he is now grown up, with a revamped fighting style and having effectively beaten the tar out of Hideyoshi.
 * Bare-Fisted Monk: In 3, though his clothes and blocking motions seem to be more boxing.
 * Bare Your Midriff
 * Battle Aura: Weaponizes it with the "Tokugawa Might" technique.
 * Battle Discretion Shot: His battle with Hideyoshi in the SB3 intro takes place off-screen while we follow Mitsunari's point-of-view, who only arrives after Hideyoshi is dead. Exactly how the battle went down is unknown, although Ieyasu (obviously) won.
 * Blade on a Stick: His first weapon, discarded in favor of a new fighting style.
 * Bratty Half-Pint: In Sengoku Basara Matsuri it is said he's 15 years old!
 * And while for all intents and purposes he's an adult, in the anime Shingen still addresses him as Takechiyo, which is his childhood name.
 * Lampshaded in 3, where his previously reverent soldiers immediately explode into mother-hen mode when "Takechiyo-sama" is apparently kidnapped, and the suspect being the Hojo, they, being led by Tadakatsu, wrecked the whole clan....
 * Can't Catch Up: Starts out as this is the games, but manages to overcome it in Battle Heroes. And by the third game, boy, has he caught up... in spades!
 * Lampshaded by Masamune, who states that he had to grow up at some point.
 * Charged Attack: His attacks can be charged up to go from "Punching things really hard" to "Punching things absurdly hard with added range".
 * Combat Compliment: In the third game, he spends just about every single one of his levels singing his opponent's praises while beating their forces into dust.
 * Cry for the Devil:
 * Defeat Means Friendship: As of 3, Ieyasu is out to unite Japan even if he has to punch every single Japanese person in the face to do it.
 * Distress Ball: Throws it away by 3 though.
 * Dude in Distress: And how! Thankfully he averted it by the 3rd game.
 * Extremity Extremist: Most of his attacks involves his fists.
 * Historical Hero Upgrade: Basara is probably the only series so far to make Ieyasu the Only Sane Man amongst the evil past unifiers. Not to mention he has become quite the looker compared to his usual portrayals as a Fat Bastard.
 * 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.
 * In the Hood: He wears one with his new design similar to those worn by Boxers. When he puts it on with his taunt, he gets a bit of an attack buff.
 * Invulnerable Knuckles: Averted - he fights with his fists specifically so that he too feels pain, and his soldiers talk about giving them medical attention.
 * Japanese Pronouns: 'Washi', sometimes 'Soregashi'.
 * Kid With the Remote Control
 * Knuckle-Cracking: In his revamped design, he cracks his knuckles dramatically before executing his Basara attack.
 * Light'Em Up
 * Magnetic Hero: Is played as this in the third game, although to be honest he makes just as many enemies as he does friends.
 * The Messiah: Evolves into this in SB3
 * Plot-Relevant Age-Up: Made all the more noticeable since none of the other characters have changed at all.
 * Power Fist: His new weapons in SB3 are his fists, equipped with special gloves.
 * Megaton Punch
 * Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs: And he becomes fond of this, drawing similarities with Kenshiro.
 * 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 he actually destroys many bonds along the way. At least he realises this.
 * Say My Name: "TADAKATSUUUUUUU!!!!!!"
 * Sparkling Stream of Tears: In the anime, when Tadakatsu goes on a suicide mission.
 * Stockholm Syndrome: Becomes best friends with Chousokabe Motochika, who happens to be one of his kidnappers.
 * : In the anime. After . No, don't ask us how that happened.
 * Use Your Head: His Super Art, "Hard Head". Absurd damage, knocks down even enemy commanders, and hits enemy on ground when fully charged. Commanders can be taken out in seconds with it.
 * Walking Shirtless Scene: That vest of his is pretty much all he wears above the waist. His alternate look removes the crop top too.
 * We Can Rule Together: As his plan is to "unite the country through the power of bonds", he tries a non-villainous take on this on a large number of characters to try to avoid fighting them, up to and including Mitsunari in some campaigns. Gets especially Egregious in Yukimura's red campaign, where Ieyasu offers Yukimura a place by his side after Yukimura has already beat him up and scattered the Eastern army.
 * What the Hell, Hero?: Toshiie accused him of kidnapping Matsu so the Maeda is Neutral No Longer and join him. Ieyasu is flabbergasted because he never gave such orders.
 * Also, despite all his talk of "uniting the country with the power of bonds", he defeats his mentor Hideyoshi and ruins Mitsunari's life by taking away the bond Mitsunari has with his lords.
 * Wide-Eyed Idealist: Which leads him to make some pretty dumb mistakes at times.
 * Young Conqueror
 * Young Conqueror

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 -
 * Anachronism Stew: And how!
 * Attack Drone: They even look similar to those used in Gundam.
 * BAD ASS
 * Cyborg: Possibly. It's very vague, but he does seem to have a face with skin.
 * Frozen Face: Said face is locked in a single expression that never changes. He is able to move his eyes, but that's it.
 * Heroic Sacrifice/ : In the anime,
 * Humongous Mecha
 * Implacable Man: He shrugs off most attacks easily, and it's almost impossible to stun him or break through his guard.
 * Instant Awesome, Just Add Mecha
 * Lightning Bruiser: Thanks to his Gundam-ish features, he's both quick and MEGA POWERFUL. He's a bit difficult to steer in combat though. His "Heavy Mode" makes him a full-on Mighty Glacier though.
 * Made of Iron: Literally.
 * Mismatched Eyes: One normal, and one a red electronic eye.
 * Number Two
 * Shock and Awe
 * Shout-Out: To Gundam, mostly.
 * The Silent Bob: Despite him only communicating in either mechanical whirs or total silence, other characters seem to understand him perfectly well and even make casual conversation with him.
 * Becomes ridiculous in one scene where Ieyasu tells him "don't look at me like that!", when Tadakatsu's face hasn't changed at all from the Perpetual Expression it's always been.
 * Silent Partner: Ieyasu tends to chatter away during the times when Tadakatsu would otherwise be expected to say something.
 * Spirited Competitor: About the only thing that can make him ignore Ieyasu's command is when he finds a Worthy Opponent to fight (such as Yukimura in the anime, and Yoshihiro in the games).
 * This Is a Drill: In the third game, Tsuruhime even says that Tadakatsu will pierce the heavens.
 * Unexplained Recovery:
 * The Unintelligible: Though it seems that other characters understand him well enough (or just decide to willfully misinterpret him).
 * Unusually Uninteresting Sight: He is a Humongous Mecha in the Sengoku Era. WHY DOES NO ONE EVEN BAT AN EYE AT THIS?
 * Visible Silence: The most you'll get out of him is "!!!"
 * What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?: IT'S A GUNDAM!!!... in Warring States!
 * The Worf Effect: For all his hype and features as shown previously, he is hit hard with this in the anime, getting blown up first by Nouhime and then by Nobunaga.