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HAOHMARU
HAOHMARU

WEAPON

The famous sword, Fugudoku (Blowfish Poison)

FIGHTING
STYLE

His own personal style
Voice actor
Daiki Nakamura
Haohmaru travels the land to polish his fighting skills. A mysterious woman has been persistently tailing him. Haohmaru has no idea who she is, but he is soon reluctantly caught in the designs of the evil, dark figure who manipulates her.

NAKORURU
NAKORURU

WEAPON

The treasured sword, Chichi-ushi (Father Bull)

FIGHTING
STYLE

Dancing Sword Arts of the Shikanna-Kamui
Voice actor
Harumi Ikoma
Nakoruru slumbers in the great breath of Mother Nature. But her battles are far from over. The greatest evil has not yet been defeated. Nakoruru now starts on her journey.

KAZUKI KAZAMA
KAZUKI KAZAMA

WEAPON

Sujaku (The Phoenix)

FIGHTING
STYLE

Kazama Ninja Arts & his personal style
Voice actor
Atsushi Yamanishi
Though still a renegade, Kazuki has saved Hazuki and settled down with her to a happy life. He soon catches wind of a famous puppeteer and recalls his missing foster father. He had been on an investigation, secret orders, and vanished after he had sent word of meeting up with a mysterious puppeteer. Kazuki sets out, in hot pursuit of the puppet master.

SOGETSU KAZAMA
SOGETSU KAZAMA

WEAPON

The Blue Dragon

FIGHTING
STYLE

The Ninja Arts of Kazama
Voice actor
Naoki Oikawa
One day Sogetsu is ordered to carry out an assassination. He nods silently, but his interest is aroused by his leader's unusual expression, and he begins investigations on his own. As a result, Sogetsu discovers his target is the mysterious puppeteer, and he grins coldly as he sets out to eliminate the puppet master.

RIMURURU
RIMURURU

WEAPON

Hahakuru

FIGHTING
STYLE

Dancing Sword Arts of the Shikanna-Kamui
Voice actor
Keiko Kamiya
Rimururu was in the midst of hard training in Kamui Kotan when she soon sensed a distrubance in the ecosphere. If nothing was done, Nature will surely be defiled again. She takes up arms to protect Mother Nature in place of her big sister.

GALFORD
GALFORD

WEAPON

Justice Blade

FIGHTING
STYLE

The Koga Ninja Arts & Ninja Arts of Galford
Voice actor
Mantaro Koichi
The world appears at peace again-for the time being. But evil still runs wild. The American ninja for Justice Galford fearlessly rises to confront it, a blue lightning bolt of righteousness.

UKYO TACHIBANA
UKYO TACHIBANA

WEAPON

A nameless weapon of my his own making

FIGHTING
STYLE

The Sword Style of Soichi Jinmu
Voice actor
Eiji Yano
Ukyo has finally congratulated his beloved Kei on her wedding. As he prays for her happiness from the bottom of his heart, he takes to the road. Here he learns some disturbing news: Kei's unborn child has suddenly vanished! Raising his diseased body, Ukyo goes into action.

HANZO HATTORI
HANZO HATTORI

WEAPON

Unnamed Ninja Sword

FIGHTING
STYLE

Iga Style of Ninja Arts
Voice actor
Toshimitsu Arai
Currently investigating a rash of abductions of unborn children throughout the land, Hanzo receives a confidential message relating the strange behavior of a certain clan's leader. During his investigations, he realizes a mysterious puppet master is involved in both incidents. Hanzo pursues the enigmatic puppeteer who perhaps holds the key to these strange events.

GENJURO KIBAGAMI
GENJURO KIBAGAMI

WEAPON

The famous sword, Baio-doku (Poison of the Plum Nightingale)

FIGHTING
STYLE

The Sword Arts of the Ancient Shadow
Voice actor
Kong Kuwata
Genjuro hunts down Haohmaru. Just as he's about to slay his rival, he is foiled. When he attempts to cut down this strange meddler, the beast within Genjuro awakens.

SHIKI
SHIKI

WEAPON

Ring of the Evil Shadow, Ring of Helios

FIGHTING
STYLE

Other than she uses a double blade style, it remains unknown.
Voice actor
Kaori Minami
The asexual female whose soul has been stolen, Shiki.
Yuga the Destroyer orders Shiki to this world to obtain his male hermaphrodite. She finally discovers a warrior fitting her master's bill. That warrior's name is Haohmaru. Shiki pursues him, waiting for the opportunity to carry him off to the Netherworld.

HANMA YAGYU
HANMA YAGYU

WEAPON

The Boulder Slicer

FIGHTING
STYLE

Reformed Reverse Sword Style of Yagyu
Voice actor
Ken Watanabe
Hanma Yagyu is the guard of a certain clan's castle. The young lord he serves has begun to act erratically after the puppeteer's performance and is leading his clan into chaos. This state of affairs plunges the young princess smitten with Ryoma into despair. Seeing this, Hanma sets out ot find the puppet master at the root of all this. But the princess, too, is close behind....

GANDARA
GANDARA

Voice actor

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Gandara is a puppet made by Yuga from the bodies of thousands of people. His body created from this special process boasts a peculiar durability. Created for the purpose of destroying those who would oppose his master, Gandara stands ready to oppose all intruders.

DEKU/DEKUINA
DEKU/DEKUINA

Voice actor

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He, or she (?), anyway they, have no particular names and their sex can only be determined by the lines of their bodies. These puppets were created as experimental asexual samples necessary for the ritual to transform Yuga into a god of destruction. But experimental samples or no, these beings modeled on Haohmaru and Shiki have been given strength from the Netherworld by Yuga to give them abilities that far and away surpass those of Gandara.

YUGA THE DESTROYER
YUGA THE DESTROYER

Voice actor

Kaori Minami, Daiki Nakamura
Yuga the Destroyer-his existence is veiled in mystery. At times a seemingly kindly puppeteer, Yuga's actually a ruthless individual who will do anything to become a god of destruction and rule the world. Having obtained the hermaphroditic "Shiki," Yuga now seeks her male counterpart "Haohmaru" to realize his ambitions.


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