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== Yaiba's Group ==

=== Yaiba Kurogane ===

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The young protagonist, Yaiba is a strong-willed, easy-going but often cocky kid who was trained by his father Kenjuuro in order to become a great Samurai. After leavng the jungle and returning to Japan, he starts his adventures and the struggle against the wicked Onimaru. Apparently, Yaiba is the chosen warrior able to wield the Raijin Sword without being [[Bolt of Divine Retribution|zapped]]. Trained by [[Miyamoto Musashi]] and with the help of his friends and various magical powers, he fight off the menaces that threat the Earth. As the series proceed, he slowly matures.

 

=== Sayaka Mine ===

 

Sayaka is the daughter of Raizo Mine, an expert kendoka and old rival of Yaiba's father, Kenjuro. At first she sees Yaiba as an annoying brat, but their relationship improves as the series proceed and she travels with the young samurai in his journey to defeat Onimaru. She also carries the [[Team Pet|Sea-Cucumberman]] with her. Later in the Kaguya arc, it's revealed that she's the descendant of Taro Urashima and Princess Oto, and thus the new "Dragon Maiden", the Priestess of Ryujin and the key to unleash Kaguya's true form. {{spoiler|In the last arc, she manage to wield the Water Demon Longsword and use its powers, and later, in order to stop Orochi's rampage, has Kaguya sealed into her body and manage to restrain her and slowly change her heart.}}

 

=== Kagetora ===

 

Yaiba's pet Tiger, he's just a fat, gentle tiger and behaves more like a huge housecat than a proper tiger. He carries Yaiba and the others around on his back and sometimes helped him in his trainings. He's also smarter than Yaiba.

 

=== Shonosuke ===

 

Yaiba's pet Vulture follows him around and is used whenever he needs to fly. Also he's responsible for beating Onimaru's pet pidgeons, increasing his hatred towards Yaiba.

 

=== Musashi Miyamoto ===

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[[Miyamoto Musashi]] is a 400 years old man who lived as a hermit on Mount Tengu, where the Raijin Sword is kept. After witnessing [[The Chosen One|Yaiba pulling the sword out of the ground]] he agreed to become his master and teach him the way of the sword. Despite the age he's still a powerful warrior and more than capable of kicking some ass. He also know a lot of techniques and strategies, and he can be very wise.

 

=== Gerozaemon Geroda ===

 

A Former Hakki, Gerozaemon is the first of them, and he's a Frogman. He was sent by Onimaru to kill Yaiba, but he got defeated and joined his group. Despite being a Oni, he's a really good fellow and a good chef. He often fights alongside Yaiba and the others with his trusty hatchet and his tongue. {{spoiler|After Onimaru and Orochi's defeat he turned back into a frog.}}

 

=== Kojiro Sasaki ===

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Musashi's old rival, this master swordsman was resurrected by the Spiderman in order to become Onimaru's servant. Bent on taking revenge on Musashi, he later sees a new rival in Yaiba who manage to beat him with the power of Raijin. He the decide to follow Yaiba in order to steal his magical sword, but ends up as a stationary member of the group. He wields a magical Katana named Monohoshizao (lit. Laundry Pole), and its blade can stretch at will on command. He joins the Oda Nobunaga Tournament in the last arc but is defeated along the way by {{spoiler|Onimaru}}.

 

=== Jubei Yagyu ===

 

One of the Seven Swordsmen revived by Lord Onimaru, Jubei is a wandering Ronin and pupil of Musashi himself. He's a man of honor and a very serious samurai, and a skilled swordmaster. However when he gets drunk he turn into a violent Wolfman who attacks anyone in sight. He's also prone to [[Running Gag|try to commit Harakiri]] quite often. He's last seen in the Oda Nobunaga Tournament where he fight Yaiba for one last time. {{spoiler|Three years later, he's [[Walking the Earth]]}}.

== Onimaru's Main Faction ==

=== Takeshi Onimaru ===

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The [[Big Bad]] of the series, Onimaru was just a student and a really skilled and no-nonsense kendoka. Eventually, Yaiba manage to humiliate him in an attempt to challenge him and eventually they become bitter rivals. Obsessed with beating Yaiba, Onimaru discovers in a secret cellar of his house the Legendary Fujin Sword, and attempt to master it, turning himself into a powerful and large Oni bent on killing Yaiba and conquering the whole World. He has displayed many powers, and has attempted many plots to [[Take Over the World]]. During the Kaguya arc he was forced to [[Enemy Mine|join forces with Yaiba]]. {{spoiler|After getting the Devil King Sword he starts his plans of destruction by tricking the Underworld people and awakening the legendary dragon Orochi but eventually is vanquished once and for all by Yaiba who cut off his horns}}. He was then [[Put on a Bus]], {{spoiler|that came back just in time to put him as [[Final Boss]] of the Oda Nobunaga Tournament.}}

 

=== The Spiderman ===

 

The third of Onimaru's Eight Great Oni, he's a antropomorphic spider with Kansai accent who apparently came from Osaka. It serves mainly as Onimaru's righthand man and henchman, but is quite clumsy and incompetent. He briefly sides with Yaiba during the Kaguya Arc when his master is [[Taken for Granite|sealed in Carbonite]].

 

=== Professor Kanabo ===

 

A Mad scientist with awful teeth and a penchant for creating really dangerous Stuff. He's hired by Onimaru and provdes him weapons and advice. He also repaired the Fujin Sword and built the [[Wave Motion Gun|Onimaru Cannon]], a Flying Submarine and the [[BFG|Furai Bazooka]].

== The Moon People ==

=== Princess Kaguya ===

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The Moon empress and evil counterpart of Ryujin. Unlike her subjects, she appears as a [[Evil Is Sexy|beautyful woman]] with a [[Playboy Bunny]] -like outfit and wielding a small fan. She's really powerful, and can erase mountains from existance with her Ki-blasts. Furthermore, in order to stay young and powerful she must drain the [[Life Force|"Essence of Youth"]] out of [[Les Yay|young women]]. Her goal is to conquer Earth and rule the planet forever. It's revealed that a thousand years ago, she invaded Japan but was defeated by Ryujin and was sealed inside the body of the Dragon Maiden, and in order to return to her [[Eldritch Abomination|original form]] she needs the essence of Sayaka, the descendant of the Dragon Maiden. {{spoiler|She eventually managed to absorb Sayaka's energy and turned into her gargantuan, multiheaded true form, and after a long battle she [[Fusion Dance|merged with]] Earth bu was sealed away by Yaiba's Ultimate attack. She's awakened during the Orochi saga and is sealed in Sayaka's body, who compels her to aid Yaiba against Onimaru. She managed to stop the Leviathan's heart in order to allow Yaiba to beat Onimaru and cut his horn. After Orochi's fall, she leaves Sayaka's body, return to her spaceship and order his subject to return on the moon.}}

 

=== Tsukikage ===

 

The greatest Moon General, and Kaguya's [[The Dragon|right-hand man]]. Is a cold and extremely competent [[Moon Rabbit]] and really loyal to her mistress. Apparently, he's Gekko's elder brother, or at least best friend.

 

=== Mangetsu ===

 

A Large [[Moon Rabbit]] who concots a plan to kill Yaiba, which include [[Complete Monster|surrounding Tokyo with gigantic walls and flood the whole city until he shows up]]. After a quick battle with the [[Kid Samurai]] he uses the power of Gatai first on a Lobster, and later (in order to avoid [[Kill It with Fire|Yaiba's fireblasts]], with a propane Tank. Eventually he's outsmarted by our hero, tossed in space and "Fired" back to the moon. He asks Kaguya a second chance, but she simply destroys him.

 

=== Mikazuki ===

 

One of the Moon Generals, is a thin, weird looking rabbit who serves in Kaguya Army. When Yaiba attacks Kaguya spaceship in order to save the imprisoned girls, he, Tsukikage and Shingetsu attack Yaiba. He uses Gatai on a Shark to fight him underwater, but has his [[Achilles' Heel|ears]] cut off and he's blocked in shark form.

 

* [[Elite Mooks]]: He and Shingetsu are basically this

* [[Gonk]]

* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Has a crescent-shaped scar on his forehead, which fits his name. (Mikazuki means ''crescent moon'')

 

=== Shingetsu ===

 

Another of the Moon Generals, and pal of Mikazuki. He's an Elder [[Moon Rabbit]] with a long beard who fights alongside Mikazuki and Tsukikage to stop Yaiba. He "merge" with a squid, but suffers the same fate of Mikazuki.

 

=== Hangestu ===

 

A really short and plump [[Moon Rabbit]], he's Kaguya's Advisor. After Yaiba's raid Kaguya's Spaceship, Jubei is left behind, and Mangetsu uses his powers to Merge with Jubei and take over his body. Later he go back to Mine house, kidnap Sayaka and attempt to kill Yaiba but is discovered. Eventually Musashi manage to make him drunk and awake his Wolfman side, who chase away the Rabbit who gets captured. When Gekko storms Mine house later, he kills him [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|by shooting him point blank with his Bazooka]].

 

=== Gekko ===

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The only Black [[Moon Rabbit]], Gekko is an insanly powerful warrior who was imprisoned for trying to overtake the Moon. Kaguya free him in order to have him fight Yaiba and kidnap Sayaka. After his first failure, he decide to violate the cell [[Number of the Beast|"666"]] and take the [[Evil Weapon|Devil King Sword]], which uses to utterly best Yaiba. Eventually, the combined forces of Yaiba and Onimaru manage to defeat Gekko's Sword. {{spoiler|After the Orochi Arc he appears along with Tsukikage and the other Moon People when Kaguya "de-merge" herself and return to her "human" form}}. In the Anime is revealed that Gekko was mistreated and bullied as a child because of his black fur, and only Tsukikage was close to him.

== Others ==

=== Kenjuro Kurogane ===

 

Yaiba's father and master, is a happy-go-lucky, lazy man who wanders around the world, but is well known for his skill with the sword. He rarely appears, and he's often shown to be drunk. In the last Arc, is revealed in the beginnging that he might be an impostor who killed Yaiba's true father and kidnapped him. Yaiba will eventually meet him at the Oda Nobunaga Tournament. {{spoiler|He actually Is his true father, (his mother lied to Moroha out of despair) who abandoned his wife in order to become a master samurai. In order to test Yaiba's skills, he trains Onimaru untill the latter become as strong as himself and let him fight with Yaiba. He eventually makes peace with Yaiba's mother.}}

 

=== Raizo Mine ===

 

Sayaka's father, and an espert Kendoka. He's an old rival of Kenjuro.

 

=== Sayaka's Grandmother ===

 

Sayaka's Grandmother, she's an old, small kendoka, and really skilled.

 

=== Kerokichi ===

 

A small nerdy kappa who inhabits the Darkness Orb. After witnessing Yaiba's strong will, he manage to leave the orb as well, but gets captured by Onimaru. He's later fred by Yaiba.

 

=== Kerosuke ===

 

A giant Kappa that guards the only exit from the Darkness Orb. Yaiba manages to beat him with his new Kazaguruma attack, that break his head-shell.

 

=== Ryujin ===

 

The Mighty Dragon God, he appears as an old samurai wielding a katana. He's duty is to protect the Earth from Kaguya and other evil threats. After surviving his tasks, Yaiba is allowed to take his power, the Ryujin Orb. Is also reveald that a thousand years earlier he defeated Kaguya and Gekko. {{spoiler|After Kaguya's second defeat, he goes away with the Orb. He reappers during the Orochi Arc to stop Onimaru, and in order to protect Yaiba he's hit by Dark's Delta Zone, and he manage to drag the Darkness Demon with him as he's sent to another dimension.}}

* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Obviously.