Sengoku Basara/Characters/Western Clans

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Western Clans

Chousokabe Motochika

Voiced by: Ryuzou Ishino (Japanese), Ian James Corlett (Devil Kings), Patrick Seitz (English)

We're demons, eat 'em up and swallow 'em whole, haha!"

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

Known as Arslan in Devil Kings, who somehow develops a Scottish/Irish accent.

  • An Axe to Grind: Functionally, his anchor is more or less used as a halberd
  • Anchors Away
  • Anchor Across The Shoulder: How he usually carries it, even when running or riding a horse.
  • Anime Hair: Funnily enough it's spikier in the games than the anime.
  • Ascended Extra: Due to having a popular design he got promoted to playable from the second game onwards.
  • Badass
  • Base on Wheels: More like base ON A BOAT! But it also has wheels.
  • Berserk Button: Do not, I repeat do NOT hurt his Nakama. Or your own Nakama.
  • Bishonen: Motochika was called "princess" when he was a boy. He did not like this so he changed his image.
  • Blood Knight: Less so than others, but he's always up for a good fight.
  • Blue Eyes: The previous games and anime. The third game gives him Eyes of Gold instead, for some reason.
  • A Brother To His Men: Even though he's probably younger than most of them, he looks after the men and refers to them as blood brothers.
  • Cool Boat: The game version is pretty cool. Fugaku takes the cake.
  • Defiant to the End: In the anime. Despite getting pummeled badly by Hideyoshi, Motochika still stood up and destroys his own fortress before he finally goes down. He got better.
  • Driven to Suicide: In Motonari's blue route after finding out that Motonari was responsible for Shikoku and that Ieyasu was innocent he willingly takes a hit from Motonari to end his own life.
  • Eyepatch of Power: He has one of those. Not in Real Life however. Probably just adds to his pirateyness.
  • Eyes Always Shut: Looks like this most of the time when Super-Deformed.
  • Friendly Enemy: Motochika considers Masamune a friend, despite how they inevitably end up fighting every time they cross paths.
  • Homoerotic Subtext: Some hints of this with Masamune and Mitsunari. And his relationship with Ieyasu is overflowing with it by the third game.
    • Oddly enough, he's one of the only male characters who also regularly flirts with women too.
  • Idiot Ball: He makes a lot of stupid decisions in 3, some of which seem completely out of character. He also refuses to listen to reason until punched on the head.
  • Improbable Weapon User: Possibly one of the only examples here where it is actually called attention to in-series.
  • In-Series Nickname
  • Japanese Pronouns: 'Ore'
  • Kleptomaniac Hero: Most of his story modes revolve around him roaming Japan and stealing anything that catches his eye.
  • Lethal Chef: His cooking in the mini series looks suspiciously like the inside of a black hole...
  • Lovable Rogue: Despite his Pirate status and kleptomania, he's a really good guy.
  • Mr. Fanservice: The fangirls can't seem to get enough of "Aniki".
  • My God, What Have I Done?: He does this in the paths where he finds out that Ieyasu did not attack his men, to the point where he'll even get on his knees and beg for forgiveness.
  • Nakama: His crew.
  • Nice Guy: So long as you're nice to him. Even Keiji calls him the nicest guy he's ever met!
  • Noodle Incident: So what did go on with that shark?
  • One-Handed Zweihander: Uses that anchor with a single arm while he tucks the other arm away Auron-style.
  • Pirate
  • Playing with Fire: He's also equally Hot-Blooded.
  • The Power of Friendship: One of Motochika's moves involve him whirling his anchor around, while his subordinates cheerfully root him on.
  • Real Men Wear Pink: Manages to make his completely pink and purple outfit (with added floral patters) look not only fabulous but incredibly manly.
  • The Rival: To Mouri, based mainly on having the same stretch of sea as their backyards. In SB3, he's the Sitcom Arch Nemesis to Tsuruhime.
  • Sky Surfing: He performs this in the anime with his anchor, which becomes rocket-powered when combined with his fire abilities.
  • Spider Tank: His Akatsukimaru. Allied soldiers will even point out the resemblance when facing it.
  • Talk Like a Pirate: His crew does this in Samurai Heroes; keep in mind that every character in that game is 100% Japanese. While he himself doesn't have the accent, he uses archaic English terms like "sirrah"
  • Took a Level in Badass: From being called "princess" to the "Demon of Shikoku".
  • Trap Master: His stage in 3 is filled with traps, and he can catch just about any enemy in his net.
  • Unexplained Accent: Devil Kings. What the hell?!
  • Walking Shirtless Scene: Oh Yes.
  • Walking Tank: Inordinately fond of using these in his stages.
  • White-Haired Pretty Boy: Mostly. For some reason he's blond in Heroes. A benevolent subversion, unlike all the other examples in the series.
  • Worthy Opponent: The anime implies he regards Mouri as this, and is not happy about the fact that Mouri doesn't seem to reciprocate the feeling.

Mouri Motonari

Voiced by: Shigeru Nakahara (Japanese), Samuel Vincent (Devil Kings), Sam Riegel (English)

"Oh glorious sun, bless our army."

Originally an NPC in the first game like Motochika, Motonari is the ruthless "Child of the Sun" who sees his soldiers as merely pawns to be sacrificed in his name. This makes him the polar opposite of Motochika, who even brings his men into the action. He attacks with a giant bladed ring that he can use to set traps. Oh and he can also attack his own men, a trait only shared by Mitsuhide.

Known as Kahz in Devil Kings

  • Abusive Guardian: To Kobayakawa.
  • Anachronism Stew: He died almost a decade before Nobunaga, yet is still present at Sekigahara!
  • Ascended Extra: One of the most popular NPCs from the original game, he's been playable ever since.
  • Bad Boss: Odds are high that you won't survive working for him.
  • Barrier Warrior
  • Bishounen: There's a reason why non-fans often mistaken Motonari for a woman.
  • Catch Phrase: "Everything is going according to my calculations."
  • The Chessmaster: Usually credited as the best strategist in Japan. He even makes references to chess in his strategies.
    • Comes off as an Informed Ability in the Anime, despite his lack of screen time in the first season.
  • Chewing the Scenery: He's cruelly calm mostly. But when introducing himself? Hoo boy...

I am the child of the sun, Mouri Motonari! Now cooooommmeeeee!

  • The Comically Serious: Which makes any time he gets involved with Xavism comedy gold.
    • His alternate costume in 3/Samurai Heroes even makes him look like a clown.
  • Curtains Match the Window
  • Death Glare: Able to transform his mooks into a gibbering wreck with one glance. He even manages to out-stare Mitsunari at one point.
  • Did Not See That Coming: He is defeated in the anime's second season by the worst strategist of the Sengoku era, namely Yukimura, who is Too Dumb to Fool and attacks Mori's mobile base on foot because it never occurred to him that he couldn't do such an obviously suicidally stupid thing. Mori's thoughts on the matter are to the tune of "This Cannot Be!".
  • Easy Evangelism: Becomes a Xavist in the second game. He'll Never Live It Down. It's something that he tries to suppress.
    • He rejoins the fold in Sorin's storyline in Utage.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: While he barely tolerates Yoshitsugu, even a self-righteous prick like him made it very clear that he has absolutely no respect for him and his utter lack of honesty and integrity.
  • Everything's Better with Rainbows: One of his weapons is a giant circular rainbow.
  • Everything's Better with Spinning: His moveset involves a lot of graceful twirls, for no apparent reason other than to look fancy.
  • Eviler Than Thou: In 3 both of Motonari's story paths make Yoshitsugu learn the hard way that he has a lot to learn before he can out-scheme Motonari. Not like Motonari ever gives him the chance though.
  • Evil Laugh: More like an evil chuckle, but still no less disturbing.
  • Friendless Background: Which is often used as a Freudian Excuse by the fans. Motonari says he neither needs nor wants friends.
  • Grievous Harm with a Body: Not above using his mooks as human missiles.
  • Improbable Weapon User: Before he got his ringblade in the second game, he wielded a paper command baton that could set you on fire.
  • Insufferable Genius: Never gets tired of telling everyone how there is no way they could ever comprehend his genius plans, or reminding them that his intelligence is superior.
  • Intelligence Equals Isolation: About the only person he can talk on an equal level is Yoshitsugu, and Mouri despises him. Apart from that, he only has rivals, pawns and enemies. Motochika delivers a "The Reason You Suck" Speech to him on the subject in the third game, claiming that if Motochika were to die his friends and companions would carry on his memories and name after death. Mouri, on the other hand, is going to die alone and unloved and be forgotten within a generation, especially given that Motochika is about to kill him for masterminding the Shikoku massacre.
  • It's All About Me: Motonari is this in spades. He thinks only he matters in his clan, the rest of his soldiers mean nothing at all. And he feels the same about all the others clans.
  • Japanese Pronouns: 'Ware'
  • Jerkass: It almost seems like his goal is to become the epitome of this trope.
  • Keigo: He's well spoken, but it makes him seem much more arrogant than polite.
  • Kick the Dog
  • Lethal Chef: As with Motochika, his cooking is deadly. And it's made of rainbows.
  • Light Is Not Good: Lampshaded by Oichi in the fighting game.
  • Manipulative Bastard: Come SB3, he is the undisputed master of this, screwing everyone over in the most cruel fashion order to take over the country.
  • The Minion Master: Can summon archers to shoot at enemies. Or to toss at them.
  • The Neidermeyer: Subverted -- he's a decent fighter and can take care of himself, but still treats his soldiers like dirt.
  • Nice Hat: A very nice big green hat.
  • Normally I Would Be Dead Now: Somehow he survived his utter incineration by Yukimura, and returns in the movie.
  • The Power of the Sun: His solar nexus and Basara attack invoke this.
  • Rings of Death: Make that Giant Rings of Death! Some fanworks ran away with it.
  • The Rival: His designated rival is Motochika, though Mouri doesn't really seem to care one way or another about it.
  • The Stoic/Perpetual Frowner
    • Not So Stoic: He loses it whenever Motochika shows pity or accuses him of being "lonely". That or when he starts having flashbacks of being a Xavist.
  • Stupid Sexy Flanders: He is very pretty. And has very curvy hips.
  • Trap Master: His techniques are all about setting traps, either with explosive decoys or barriers that bounce enemies around.
  • The Unfettered: Motonari's goal is to ensure peace for his clan, and his complete lack of scruples in going about this even shocks Yoshitsugu.
  • The Un-Smile: If he shows the faintest glimpse of a smile, you'd better get the hell out before you become wrapped up in whatever he's scheming.
  • Villainous Breakdown: Goes through an utterly satisfying one in 3 if Motochika discovers his role in Shikoku's destruction.
  • We Have Reserves: His attitude towards his men, whom he does not hesitate to kill off for any reason.
  • What Measure Is a Mook?

"I'll soak the earth with the blood of subordinates. Then I'll hunt down the strays..."

Shimazu Yoshihiro

Voiced by: Kenichi Ogata (Japanese), Paul Dobson (Devil Kings), R Bruce Elliott (anime), Anthony Landor (Samurai Heroes)

"It has been a long time since I've had this much fun!"

Leader of Satsuma in Kyushu. A Cool Old Guy who likes nothing more than kicking back and getting drunk off his ass. He has a rivalry with Honda Tadakatsu. He is called as Zaan in Devil Kings.

  • The Alcoholic/Drunken Master
  • Ascended Extra: Has a slightly more significant role in the third game, where he wants to clear the way for the new generation.
  • Badass
  • BFS: Not much good for cutting, great for breaking every single bone in your body. He mixes it up with giant axes as well.
  • Blood Knight: There are two things in this world he loves: good sake and good fights.
  • Boisterous Bruiser
  • Booze-Based Buff: Like Keiji, one of his skills has his take a huge swig from his sake jug to increase damage.
  • Cool Old Guy
  • Easy Evangelism: Shows up as a Xavist sometimes.
  • Eccentric Mentor: You might think he's just a crazy old drunk guy with a big sword. You would be wrong...
  • Get Back Here Boss: Favors hit-and-run tactics in his stages.
  • Japanese Pronouns: 'Oira'
  • Kiai: "CHEEEEEEEESTOOOOH!"
    • 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.
  • Made of Iron: In 3, he gets around his stage by swimming through hot springs. Keep in mind that the water is well above the boiling point in the depths of those things.
    • He can also break crates just by running into them, an ability shared by Kanbe, Shingen, Muneshige, Toshiie and Honda.
  • Master Swordsman: His style is known as "Jigenryuu" and consist in a series of high slashes aimed at the neck.
  • Mighty Glacier
  • Old Master: One of the most accomplished swordsmen about, so much that every other character seems to want lessons.
  • One-Hit Kill: Equipping all his special items in 3 allows him to kill enemies like this. Doing so however effectively turns him into a One-Hit-Point Wonder.
    • His third super art is one as well, having a long wind-up time but is an instant kill against anyone if it hits (except Nobunaga on hard).
  • Red Baron: Is known as "Shimazu the Beast".
  • Shock and Awe
  • Start My Own: Two of his storylines in the third game involves allying with Kanbe and Muneshige to turn Kyushu into an independent nation, climaxing in beating the crap out of both the western and eastern army at Sekigahara.

Kuroda Kanbe

Voiced by: Rikiya Koyama (Japanese), Richard Epcar (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 Kyushu and imprisoned by Mitsunari after he tried to seize power himself. Fights with his hands manacled plus a huge chainball attached to it.

  • Action Bomb: One of Kanbe's hilariously schadenfreude-laden Super Arts has him doing something like this, first by dropping a Cartoon Bomb on his head from out of nowhere, him doing a Double Take 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 covered in soot but unharmed.
  • Animal Motifs: Referred to as "The Badger".
  • Blinding Bangs: Are they taped to his eyes or something?
    • In a few cutscenes, you do catch a glimpse of his eyes though.
  • Blow You Away
  • Catch Phrase: "WHYYYYYYY?!" ("NAZEEEEE JAAAAAA?!")
  • Chained by Fashion
  • The Chew Toy: 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.
  • Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: The Toyotomi we can understand. But the guys who befriended and trusted him, and promised to help unify Japan?
  • Comedic Sociopathy: 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.
  • Cursed with Awesome: He at least makes good use of his punishment, even managing to smash a huge hole in the side of a ship with it.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Having such rotten luck would probably make anyone bitter. That and regularly dealing with Yoshitsugu.

Yoshitsugu: Like water and oil... a perfect mix.
Kanbe: Water and oil, huh? We're never gonna get along...

  • Determinator: He will find a way to get his freedom. Eventually.
  • The Dog Bites Back: Eventually he lashes out against Motonari and Yoshitsugu, particularly the latter since he holds the key to Kanbe's cuffs.
  • Easy Evangelism: Becomes a Xavist in Sorin's second stage.
  • Epic Flail: His ball and chain function this way.
  • Even the Guys Want Him: At least one of his soldiers states that Kanbe is a good-looking guy.
  • Failure Is the Only Option: He's never going to get those cuffs off his hands. Not if that damn bird has anything to say about it.
  • Genius Bruiser: He is after all a tactician. Granted, a very unsuccessful one.
  • Japanese Pronouns: 'Shousei'
  • Lovable Traitor: You gotta admire a guy who's still so bent on world domination despite his horrible luck.
  • Made of Iron: Getting blown up or rammed into walls doesn't seem to bother him much.
  • Mighty Glacier: Makes up for his lack of speed with a wide range.
  • Perma-Stubble: It's not as if he can shave with his hands like that...
  • Plucky Comic Relief: 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.
  • Short Hair with Tail
  • Shout-Out: Come on, you know it's obvious that he's a Shout-Out to Cody Travers...
  • Sleeves Are for Wimps: And with arms like that, who needs convincing? Helps that it looks like he ripped them off himself.
  • Smug Snake: Possibly parodied, as his achievements even refer to him as the "Inadequate Tactician".
  • The Starscream: 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.
  • The Strategist: Supposedly.
  • Throw the Dog a Bone: Yoshihiro's blue and green paths sees Kanbe joining in a Power Trio with Yoshihiro and Muneshige and becoming joint ruler of a united Kyushu.
    • In his own green path, he teams up with fellow series punching bag Ujimasa and eventually conquers the country on his own terms
  • With My Hands Tied: Although he doesn't actually choose to fight this way.
  • Wrestler in All of Us: Takes after Hideyoshi, since he's got a Piledriver and a German Suplex in his repertoire.
  • Yank the Dog's Chain: 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.
    • Brick Joke: It's possible to have Kanbe insult Mogami Yoshiaki's pet hawk earlier. Then the aforementioned theft happens.

Tsuruhime

Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu (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 Spiritual Successor. Uses a pink bow, and is implied to have hidden psychic powers.

  • Anachronism Stew: Come on, this girl was supposed to be dead BEFORE Nobunaga rose to power!
  • The Archer: To the point where Oichi mistakes her for Ranmaru in her stage.
  • Bob Haircut
  • Cooldown Hug: Gives one to Oichi, promising to become her friend.
  • Dark and Troubled Past: Apparently, her whole family are dead. Though you wouldn't know this from her demeanor.
  • Everything's Better with Sparkles
  • Genki Girl: She literally doesn't know the meaning of the word 'sadness'.
  • Get Back Here Boss: Mixed with Time Limit Boss, when first encountered in her stage she'll jump to different boats after a certain period of time. Eventually she'll just jump to the far end of the map regardless of whether or not she's defeated.
  • Girly Run
  • Horrible Judge of Character: She initially thinks Yoshitsugu is the nicest guy around, and that Motochika is the villain. Indeed, it takes Motonari to clue her in that Yoshitsugu has never spoken an honest word in his life.
  • An Ice Person
  • The Ingenue
  • Japanese Pronouns: 'Watashi'
  • Instant Fanclub: One of her skills turns enemy mooks into this, who dance around shouting her name with hearts in their eyes.
  • Large Ham: Whenever she starts gushing about Kotaro.
  • Love Bubbles: Whenever Kotaro's around or she's thinking about him.
  • Magical Girl: She can shoot hearts, has supernatural powers, and has a Mysterious Protector[1], who causes her to sparkle when ever he shows up.
  • Miko/Joshikousei: Her outfit appears to be a mixture of both.
  • Naive Newcomer
  • Onee-Sama: Sees Magoichi as this, even referring to her this way.
  • Oracular Urchin: She can foretell the future by performing a special ritual. This makes her very sought after by other armies.
  • Panty Shot: Due to her not-so-Magic Skirt, she gets a lot of these. The camera seems to go out of its way to capture them.
  • Plucky Girl: She jumps into battle without much complaint.
  • Rescue Romance: Picks up a crush on Kotaro after he takes out some Mooks going after her... and Motonari... and Mitsunari too.
  • Running Gag: Tsuruhime runs to embrace Fuuma, only for him to disappear and her to fall flat on her face. Also being rescued by him then forgetting to ask his name before he leaves.
  • "Silly Me" Gesture: In her standard stage ending, complete with bubbles and "tehe!"
  • Smitten Teenage Girl: Kotaro is way out of her league, and she doesn't even know his name, but she doesn't show any signs of giving up yet.
  • Technical Pacifist: Mooks aside, Tsuruhime never kills any named characters in her story. Only Kotaro showing up to strike the finishing blow saves her from getting killed by someone who exploits this. Several times.
  1. ↑ Kotaro
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