Ronin Warriors/Characters
The characters from the Ronin Warriors/Yoroiden Samurai Troopers.
Ronin Warriors/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
- BFS
- 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 it is revealed that when Sage was younger, he was in poor health so his family believed that if they dressed him as a girl, his health would improve.
- 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
Dark Warlords
- Anubis/Shuten Doji
- Monster Motif: Ogre.
- Arch Enemy: To Ryo.
- The Atoner
- 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: He starts this way, but later subverts the trope with his Heel Face Turn.
- Heroic Sacrifice
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- Bishonen
- Blood Knight
- BFS
- 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.
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- 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
- Brainwashed and Crazy
- Evil Sounds Deep: Only when she is possessed by Badamon.
- Hime Cut
- Lady of War
- Last Of Her Kind
- 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: Last of the Ancient Clan.
- Yamato Nadeshiko: When not fighting.
Supporting Cast
- 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
- Future Badass: By the time Message ends.
- Kumiko Watanabe
- Tagalong Kid
- The Load:at start
- Unlucky Childhood Friend: Manga only with a little girl name Noriko, who becomes a victim of Cale's.
- White Blaze/Byakuen
- Amplified Animal Aptitude: White Blaze seems to know what's going on before anyone else.
- Evil Twin/ Arch Enemy: Black Blaze but they later become a single unit.
- 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
- Posthumous Character
- 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
- Taking the Bullet: When Shikaisen is about to kill Yuli, Luna decides to take this moment to seek her revenge for her brother's murder. This may have been an unintentional sacrifice on her part.
- Tsundere
- You Got Spunk
- Uncle Chin
- Badass Normal
- Big Fun
- Cool Old Guy
- Dirty Old Man: At least that's what his nephew is implying when he keeps his hand on Mia's shoulder, much to Kento's dismay.
- Nadia/Naria
- But Not Too Black
- Cassandra Truth: Nobody in her village wants to listen to/believe her about the Black Inferno Armor.
- 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 until Cye arrives in Africa to join them.
- Monochromatic Eyes
- Suzunagi's Mother
- Deceased Parents Are the Best
- Doting Parent
- Happily Married: until she and her husband are killed.
- Hot Mom
- Japanese Christian
- Raven Hair, Ivory Skin
- Unnamed Parent
- Yamato Nadeshiko
Villians
- 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 Rowen states in the first episode that Talpa was the embodiment of evil which gathered into a single suit of armor.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Heel Face Turn
- Japanese Christian
- Improbable Age
- Mind Rape: She uses the Ronin Warriors' very weaknesses against them so she can trap them into her own suits of armors.
- Pimped-Out Dress: Look at that collar!
- Plot-Relevant Age-Up: Suzunagi. She first appears as an adult, but at times will change into an child, only to shift back into an adult once more. She uses this tactic throughout the OVA in order to trick the Ronin one by one into wearing the suits of armors she created.
- Unfinished Business