History UsefulNotes / SanadaYukimura

* Sanada Yukimura is a character in ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbuMusou'' who the Touken Warriors are sent back in time to investigate after he falls under the influence of the Historical Retrograde Army.

Due to his historical red armor, in fictional works Yukimura normally wears red. He's usually the [[RedOniBlueOni Red Oni if there is a Blue Oni available]], is HotBlooded and associated with [[PlayingWithFire fire]]. He also tends to use [[BladeOnAStick fancy spears]], historically his weapon of choice. It's common for him to be assisted by a group of fictional ninja called the Sanada Ten Braves whose most prominent members are UsefulNotes/SarutobiSasuke, Kirigakure Saizo and Kakei Juzou. He usually wears the Sanada clan's crest: six coins to pay for crossing the river of the underworld, which symbolizes the motto "Always ready to die for a worthy cause."

* ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' takes the usual Yukimura tropes and plays them mostly straight. He starts out serving Takeda Shingen, which is more than a little anachronistic, since historically Shingen died when Yukimura was a small child. Here he has a single female Kunoichi ([[ADogNamedDog that's what she's called]]) standing in for the Sanada Ten Braves.
** ''Samurai Warriors 2'' isn't much more accurate, as it has Yukimura being one of the Takeda cavalrymen at Nagashino only a few years after Shingen's death. He's ''still'' starting amongst the Takeda in ''Samurai Warriors 4'', along with his big bro Nobuyuki. Starting from ''Spirit of Sanada'', he also got UsefulNotes/SarutobiSasuke on his side, along with Kunoichi, and finally stops being in service of Takeda since his father Masayuki is playable and takes that place properly, since Yukimura was still a small child when Shingen eventually died.
*** Also, the Japanese voice actor known for voicing him to this day is Creator/TakeshiKusao.

* ''LightNovel/SamuraiGirls'' features a [[GenderFlip gender-flipped]] [[TokenMiniMoe loli]] version, voiced by Creator/RieKugimiya.

* ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' takes the usual Yukimura tropes (plus a good dose of wide-eyed naivety) and turns them UpToEleven, presenting Yukimura as a ridiculously HotBlooded young warrior with ''two spears'', fire powers, and a tendency to scream at the top of his lungs. He serves Takeda Shingen, who regularly punches him in the face, and has a ninja squad led by Sarutobi Sasuke serving under him. He also has a rivalry with Date Masamune (an exaggeration based on how their forces actually did meet in the Osaka Campaign, but ''only once'', and aside of Masamune's personal respect post-mortem, there weren't many other times they fought and clashed). Also reached MemeticMutation status whenever he and Shingen start a series of SayMyName in the form of '''"OYAKATA-SAMA!" "YUKIMURA!" "OYAKATA-SAMA!" "YUKIMURA!" "OYAKATA-SAMA!" "YUKIMURA!"''' (rinse and repeat). His voice actor is Creator/SoichiroHoshi.

* In ''Manga/SamuraiDeeperKyo'' he's a cheerful, easy-going {{Bishounen}} (who is a lot [[OlderThanTheyLook older than he seems]]), and a genius tactician who wants to [[TakeOverTheWorld take over Japan]]. Is very fond of [[SayItWithHearts adding little hearts to his sentences]]. Voiced by Creator/MegumiOgata.

* ''LightNovel/HyakkaRyouranSamuraiGirls'' features a [[GenderFlip gender-flipped]] [[TokenMiniMoe loli]] version, voiced by Creator/RieKugimiya.

* ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' takes the usual Yukimura tropes (plus a good dose of wide-eyed naivety) and turns them UpToEleven, presenting Yukimura as a ridiculously HotBlooded young warrior with ''two spears'', fire powers, and a tendency to scream at the top of his lungs. He serves Takeda Shingen, who regularly punches him in the face, and has a ninja squad led by Sarutobi Sasuke serving under him. He also has a (completely historically inaccurate) rivalry with Date Masamune. Also reached MemeticMutation status whenever he and Shingen start a series of SayMyName in the form of '''"OYAKATA-SAMA!" "YUKIMURA!" "OYAKATA-SAMA!" "YUKIMURA!" "OYAKATA-SAMA!" "YUKIMURA!"''' (rinse and repeat). His voice actor is Creator/SoichiroHoshi.

* Sanada Yukimura has TheCameo in the ending cinematic of ''VideoGame/{{Nioh}}'', and the game's second DownloadableContent is titled "Defiant Honor", where Yukimura and the Siege of Osaka are the focus. He's basically an AntiVillain who exudes honor and respect amongst his men and even William and fought for the loyalty with his Master, Lady Yodo... until eventually he has had enough of [[BigBad Maria]] manipulating her and turned against them to knock some sense to Yodo. In a way, [[SparedByAdaptation he avoided his fate of dying in the charge at Osaka]] (Sasuke took his place). However, [[spoiler:he still chose to die in the crumbling castle of Osaka to stay with his dying master to the end.]]