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Oda Nobunaga
The Demon King of the Sixth Circle. Oda Nobunaga was the next puppet being set up by the Mibu Clan to rule Japan. However, history took a major turn when, during Akechi Mitsuhide's attempted assassination of him at Honnoji, a young Kyo showed up and killed him, completely derailing the Mibu's plans for the country. The Mibu took Nobunaga's soul and transplanted it into a new body in a second attempt, only for a grown-up Kyo to thwart their plans again at the battle of Sekigahara. As a consequence, the Tokugawa regime, which carried no allegiance to the Mibu, rose to power. Still not satisfied, the Mibu resurrected Nobunaga for a third time in yet another body, this time sending him to the secret cave at the base of Mt. Fuji, where Kyo's real body rested in hopes of transplanting Nobunaga's demonic soul into Kyo's incredibly badass body. Once again, this plan is headed off at the pass by Kyo and Kyoshiro, with Nobunaga dying yet again. But even this still isn't enough as the Mibu plan to resurrect him again after managing to steal Kyo's body back from where Akira had hidden it. However, Kyo's body is stolen yet again by someone else (later revealed to the Former Crimson King as a favor to Kyoshiro) and Nobunaga's soul is instead implanted into Shatora/Shiina Nozomu. After yet another battle, where Kyo is briefly granted use of his true body by the Former Crimson King, Nobunaga is defeated and killed a final time.
Voiced by: Show Hayami (JP), Michael Alston Baley (EN)
- Adaptational Badass: He's the Big Bad in the anime, and flattens the anime versions of the Four Elders. In the manga, he's reduced to a Mibu attack dog, and the Elders are way out of his league (Hishigi has to supervise him).
- Zigzagged. He actually seems to be more powerful in the manga, but the other threats (not to mention Kyo) are so much stronger that his impact on the plot is comparatively minor.
- Arch-Enemy: Ever since Kyo defeated and killed Nobunaga for the first time at Honnoji, the two of them have been arch rivals across all of Nobunaga's reincarnations.
- Bad Boss: After he takes over Shiina Nozomu's body, he uses Nozomu's power to resurrect the Juunishinsho that Kyo and the others had killed already. While Kyo is fighting them, Nobunaga proceeds to launch his own attacks through them, cutting them to pieces in the process. Because Kyo dodges, Nobunaga berates his soldiers for failing to be useful in even that respect before destroying them again. When he tries to summon them a second time, they don't answer his call.
- Dark Lord on Life Support: He's reduced to a head in a jar for a while, but he's not dead and is eventually restored.
- Death Is Cheap: Is brought back to life no fewer than three times over the course of the series and its backstory. His demonic soul can be transplanted from one body to another. However, depending on the body his soul is put into, his abilities may be weakened or enhanced, which is why his ultimate goal is to take Kyo's body.
- Demon King Nobunaga: One version of Nobunaga who's apparently the most evil being in existance period.
- Grand Theft Me: Wants Kyo's real body, which he gets in the anime.
- Does this to Shatora (AKA, Nozomu) in the manga.
- The Grim Reaper: A lot of his techniques involve using the power of the Shinigami.
- Historical Villain Upgrade: Yet another historical figure. The real Nobunaga, while brutal, probably was not that evil.
- I Control My Minions Through...: Fear, mostly, according to the fake Mekira, who claims that he and his fellow generals are terrified of him. They also follow him for the power he promised them.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: In the anime, by the top of the falling Tokyo Tower. It Makes Just As Much Sense In Context.
- No Body Left Behind: After the first battle only his head remains. He's not so lucky the second time.
- Scars Are Forever: The burns he received at Honnoji follow him from body to body.
- Smug Super: For one thing, he congratulates Benitora for getting him off his horse.
- Taking You with Me: His Desperation Attack Tenma Gokasho, his attempt to kill off Akari, Sasuke and Yuuya. Kyo, however, is able to stop it.
- The Starscream: Implied that he wanted to use the knowledge of Nozomu's body to turn against the Mibu and conquer them too.
- We Will Meet Again: He claims this as he is dying for the final time in the manga. Kyo responds that he looks forward to it.
- When Trees Attack: In the Anime, Shatora revives him in a tree. As a result he can control the whole Sea of Trees to attack and even turns into a giant monster made of trees to kill Kyo.
Shindara
Voiced by: Takayuki Yamaguchi (JP), Ryan Brack (EN)
- Co-Dragons: With Basara to Nobunaga during the Forest Arc.
- Deal with the Devil: The mark on his cheek symbolize his pact with the Mibu.
- Elemental Powers: According to Saizo, he can manipulate earth, air, water, and fire. That's presumably true, but he only ever demonstrates water and fire.
- Expy: His appearance during his fight against Yukimura (long shiny hair, tight pants, and the black markings over his exposed torso, arms, and face) calls to mind Yusuke's demon form.
- Fake Defector: He left Yukimura and went to the Mibu, claiming it was in pursuit of greater strength and that he had no viable future with Yukimura. He is actually looking for weaknesses in the Mibu clan, hoping to save Yukimura.
- Go Out with a Smile: After young Sasuke says he's proud to share the name and promises to keep Yukimura safe, Shindara thanks him and is able to die content.
- Healing Factor: It's so strong that he's believed to be immortal, but it can be overpowered. The anime changes it to a black hole-like defense.
- Heroic Sacrifice: He shields Sasuke from the explosion in Hishigi's lab, which results in a level of damage from which even he can't recover.
- In the Anime, he saves everyone by using his black hole-like body to absorb the incoming falling star containing the Gate to the Underworld.
- Master of None: Saizo informs the protagonists that Shindara can use earth, air, water, and fire. However, his water and fire techniques as shown are nowhere near the power displayed by Hotaru and Shinrei, let alone their masters Yuan and Fubuki.
- Ninja: According to Saizo, he's a Ninja Master, superior to anyone else.
- Red Baron: Shindara the Immortal.
- The Mole: The real reason he abandoned Yukimura and the Ten was to infiltrate the Mibu and try to keep Yukimura safe from them.
- Summon Magic: One of his jutsu creates large illusionary demons that are said to have the same power he does.
- Visual Kei: He fits the aesthetic, and this was even his nickname among the author's staff.
Antera
Voiced by: Kana Ueda (JP)
- Clipped-Wing Angel: Tokito's "Crime Monster" serum amplifies the true nature of its users (Kotaro's body turns into a shadow, and Santera becomes a mindless, toxin-spewing monster). Antera expects it to power her up, but it instead resets her to her adult body, which is suffering from an advanced case of the Death Disease. Lampshaded by Antera herself.
- Cute Bruiser: In her first appearance, she accidentally crushes a man's skull with her bare hand when Bikara calls her an old lady.
- Daddy's Little Villain: Daddy doesn't want her to be one.
- Fille Fatale: In her first appearence she's nearly naked in the bedroom of a openly pedophile samurai and looks at his mercy. The following dialogue with Bikara and Shindara implies that she actually did it on purpose in order to get his estate and goods.
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: She regains her memories when she turns back into her adult form, but upon becoming a child again she loses not only her memories of Mibu life, but also of all the time she spent with the Jyuunishinsho.
- Sweet Tooth: According to a side comic, she developed Super-Strength in order to acquire more sweets (her father said she could have another strawberry daifuku when she was strong enough to pick him up).
Bikara
Voiced by: Katsuhiro Harasawa (JP)
- The Brute: Relies on brute strength, but that's all he has in similarities with this trope. Later subverted, as his real trump card is his speed.
- Effeminate Misogynistic Guy: His behavior and speech patterns are exaggeratedly feminine, and he tries to kill Yuya out of jealousy just because she exists in his presence. Unusually for this trope, he's a huge, muscular man.
- Depraved Homosexual: In the manga. The anime avoids it, making him a narcissist instead.
- Historical Villain Upgrade: Anime only, he's implied to be the son of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
- Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: With Antera. She frequently rides around on his shoulder and, while the two bicker often, it's clear that they are in fact very good friends.
- Human Popsicle: How he meets his end.
- Lightning Bruiser: His brute strength and chakrams (an unusual weapon in this setting) are meant to hide the fact that his most dangerous asset is his ridiculous speed.
- Minor Injury Overreaction: After telling the group that he won't attack them while Kyo is asleep he scratches himself on the face with a twig, and reacts by losing his cool and attacking.
- One-Winged Angel: Only in the anime. He turns into a massive cephalotorax Ken'yo trying to save Antera.
- Stalker with a Crush: For Kyo.
- Villainous Valor: In the anime, as soon as Antera collapses for using too much power he immediatly rushes to her side, scolds her for overdoing and tries to save her life by turning into his Ken'yo form with her. When she warns him that he'll only grow weak from absorbing her he still does it, assuring her that he's strong enough for both of them. He then goes berserk when she's killed by Kyo.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: In his confrontation with Kyo, Bikara was preparing to use some kind of special technique, but ended up not using it as Shindara showed up to call the fight off. Sadly, we never got to see what that technique was as Bikara was offed by Akira shortly afterwards.
Ajira
- Posthumous Character: Akira killed him to set up his The Mole strategy. The original Ajira is only ever alluded to.See Akira for tropes referring to him while using the alias
Basara
Voiced by: Norihisa Mori (JP), Zachary Alexander (EN)
- Batman Gambit: His method for fighting in close combat is to fire countless arrows into the air, timing them so that they rain down around him, forming a "shield" whenever an opponent tries to get in close to him.
- The Dragon: As Nobunaga's pageboy, he's his right-hand man during the Forest arc. In the anime he shares this role with Shatora.
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: To the point that the author had to specify that he's a guy.
- Eye Scream: In the anime Yukimura kills him this way with his own arrows.
- Historical Villain Upgrade: In the anime he's outright stated to be Ranmaru Mori.
- Improbable Aiming Skills: Fires with ridiculous speed and even more ridiculous accuracy, hitting tiny targets, such as eyes and mouths with several arrows in a single instant and even firing upwards of fifty arrows simultaneously at one time, all with pinpoint accuracy.
- Half the Man He Used to Be: Once Yukimura's done with him.
- Oh, Crap!: When Yukimura treated his attacks as Annoying Arrows.
- One-Winged Angel: In the anime, he turns into a muscular humanoid Ken'yo with a grotesque three-eyed head and the ability to shoot arrows from his very body.
- Rain of Arrows: His Demon-Slaying Barrier will causes this on anyone who approaches him.
- Smart Ball: In the anime he has the brilliant idea to shoot Kyo with a poisoned arrow in order to weaken him. Too bad Nobunaga prefers Honor Before Reason and chases him away for such behaviour.
- Third-Person Person: He refers to himself as Maro, which appears to be either his real name or a very antiquated personal pronoun.
- With Due Respect: He mockingly refers to Akira with the overly-respectful honorific "-dono" and refuses to call him "Ajira", which is his title in the Jyunishinsho. He was apparently close to the original Ajira, whom Akira killed for a Klingon Promotion.
The Fake Haira
Voiced by: Soichiro Tanaka (JP)
- Adaptational Badass: In the anime not only he's a direct descendent of Nobunaga, but he's also much more fearsome in combat, giving Kyo a hard time thanks to his transformation.
- An Arm and a Leg: Loses his right arm to Yukimura in no time. He manages to close the wound and keep fighting by flexing his muscles.
- Bad Boss: After claiming to be A Father to His Men, he stabs one of his own underlings for failing to kill the heroes.
- BFS: Wields Six of them, called "Houhishoyoku" (Flying Wings of the Peng).
- The Brute: He's all about power, using little if any strategy.
- Faux Affably Evil: Seems a boisterous and nice opponent at first glace, but he eventually turns into an unlikeable, vulgar blowhard.
- Half the Man He Used to Be: Yukimura is fond of this finisher.
- One-Winged Angel: In the anime he turns immediately into a giant winged Ken'yo with sword-like feathers.
- Small Name, Big Ego: Likes to boast a tad too much, but hasn't got what it takes to back it up.
- Throwing Your Sword Always Works: He mostly throws his gigantic blades like boomerangs at the target, he can even throw several of them at once.
- Villainous Breakdown: Starting when Yukimura lops off his arm.
Haira
- The Berserker: Like the other four Berserkers, he's relentless in battle.
- Bishōnen Line: When Haira reveals his true power, he actually slims down into a much more handsome form. Ironically, he considers this form to be ugly as it looks utterly weak by his standards.
- The Brute: Only relies on physical prowess and is considered the strongest General in this field.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: During the first part of the fight, he forces Bontenmaru to play word games, getting in a hit every time Bon loses one of their exchanges. Bon manages to turn it around by switching to phrase-based games, but it all goes out the window when Haira gets serious.
- Dirty Coward: Begs for his life when Bontenmaru has the upper hand, only to try another attack as he turns away. When Bon dodges, he's back to whimpering for mercy again.
- Energy Weapon: His Union Core attack. Don't ask how he makes them.
- Fan Disservice: Nearly all the other characters shown so far are gorgeous bishonen. Cue to Haira's fat form.
- Fat Bastard: He's an irredeemable monster without a single positive quality. His usual form is obese, ugly, and filthy.
- Gonk: His original form. Oddly enough, he considers it handsome and is totally repulsed by his battle form.
- Hulk Speak: He actually use fluent Gratuitous English in the original.
- I'm a Humanitarian: Even more so than the other Berserkers, he never shuts up about how Bontenmaru is "meat" or how he should eat him.
- Just Toying with Them: Spends most of his fight with Bon going easy on him. According to him, it's because he doesn't want to turn him into mincemeat as he'll like to eat him in a different manner.
- Lightning Bruiser: In his true form, Haira's unbelievably fast and hits ridiculously hard. Bon had to go into his own berserker mode to defeat the guy.
- Master of Your Domain: According to himself, Haira's power is the strongest among the Berserkers because he has 100% control of all his muscles. Whether it falls into this or Badass Boast is up to the reader.
- The Pig-Pen: In his fat form he even has mold growing on his shirt.
The Fake Indara/Izumo no Okuni
Known to be a powerful spy and informer, Okuni loves Kyo to the point where making him hate her would just make her happy. Despite joining the Jūnishinshō as the fake Indara, she would not hesitate to give her life for Kyo.
Voiced by: Yumi Kakazu (JP), Deborah S. Craig (EN)
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: She plays it straight, having fallen in love with Kyo for his badassery and ability to kill things.
- Big-Breast Pride: She's damn proud of her buxom figure.
- Buxom Beauty Standard: She has an ample bust, and her outfit has an Impossibly-Low Neckline to show them off, which helps greatly when she works as a Femme Fatale.
- Faux Action Girl: Despite being a skillful ninja-like spy and member of the Juunishinsho, she barely shows her skills in combat. Even when going all out against Taihaku, she fails to harm him.
- Heel–Face Revolving Door: Justified as she's supposed to be a spy.
- Impossibly-Low Neckline: She always wears her kimono's sleeves nearly hanging off her shoulders to expose her cleavage. How in the world is stays in the exact same position at all times, we'll never know.
- Important Haircut: Courtesy of Akira, who cut her hair rather than killing her when she offered her life in exchange for returning Kyo's body.
- In Love with Your Carnage: Part of why she fell for Kyo.
- She gets more than a little creepy with it at times, like when Benitora and Kyo fought a match for fun, and Okuni was sweating bullets, feeling herself up, and depending on the translation, said she wanted to see the winner bathe in the loser's blood.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Attempted. She jumps in front of Nobunaga's sword to save Kyo, believing she will die.
- Might Makes Right: After Yuya is endangered by Shinrei, she makes a speech to Benitora that essentially can be summed up as this trope.
- Nightmare Fetishist: Okuni's completely fine with Kyo trying to break her neck with his bare hands, so long as he's thinking of her while he's doing it.
- Razor Floss: Use sharp steel strings as her weapon of choice.
- The Worf Effect: Yukimura's presence was the only reason why Taihaku didn't butcher her in combat. She's also badly wounded by Yuan and left for dead while trying to sneak into the Mibu's inner fortress. Even later, she's turned into a puppet by the real Indara and forced to attack Sasuke, and Sasuke still knocks her out with ease.
Indara
- Ax-Crazy: Especially as the fight goes on, though it's pretty clear that she's more unhinged than her colleagues.
- The Berserker: One that doesn't look like the part... at first.
- Dark Action Girl: The only one among the Junishinsho who properly qualifies.
- I'm a Humanitarian: She, unlike the others seems very interested in eating a rare breed like Sasuke.
- Lady of War: Complete with an outfit who resembles one out of Journey to the West.
- Mind over Matter: Her secret technique Siren Breath allows her to manipulate people (Kotaro in the past) and even matter like rock and wind. She can even use it on herself, turning her arms into diamond.
- Muscles Are Meaningless: She's a petite lady, and yet can swing her giant folding fan with ease.
- No Body Left Behind: She's completely incinerated by Sasuke's Kirin.
- Paper Fan of Doom: A giant steel one is her weapon.
- Slasher Smile: During the latter half of the battle.
- The Smurfette Principle: The only female Berserker.
- Verbal Tic: Repeats words constantly.
The Fake Kubira
- Actually a Doombot: Often employs this trick. In fact, the real Kubira is the little doll he is holding throughout the fight.
- Doppelgänger Spin: His strategy for fighting Kyo revolves around this, using waves of puppets to keep Kyo fighting until his ten-minute time limit runs out. It backfires on him badly.
- Evil Genius: He fancies himself as the smartest of the twelve.
- He Knows Too Much: He figured something out about Kyo and Kyoshiro over the course of their fight, which prompts Akira to pull this on him.
- One-Winged Angel: In the anime he turns into a colossal Ken'yo seemingly made of puppets and machines mashed together.
- Spot the Imposter: Subverted. He attempts to trick Kyo with two puppets disguised as Yuya, setting up a situation where no matter who Kyo picked, it would result in failure for him. Unfortunately for Kubira, Kyo decides to kill both of them.
- Weapon Specialization: His main weapon is actually a Cat 'O Nine Tails made from barbed segments that can slice through rock and shred flesh.
Kubira
- The Berserker: Subverted, he's the best mannered of the foursome.
- Child Eater: Claims that, to Berserkers, the sweetest treat is the meat of young girls, just like Antera. Oddly, the other three express different tastes.
- Ditto Fighter: Subverted in that he doesn't turn into his opponent, but instead asks his opponent a question and then transforms into whoever appears in their mind. This leads to a serious Oh, Crap! moment when he asks Benitora, Hotaru, and Akira just who they think the strongest is. Their ultimate answer is Demon Eyes Kyo in his true body. The power of the form that he takes fluctuates according to the perception of the person who is fighting him.
- Forced into Evil: He became a Berserker and slave to the Mibu in order to save his daughter Anju (AKA Antera).
- Heroic Sacrifice: See Forced into Evil above.
- I'm a Humanitarian: Reluctantly.
- Life-or-Limb Decision: After Akira damages his arm with Grand Cross and the Inferno's Chill starts to destroy it, Kubira cuts the arm off to save himself.
- Noble Demon: He's the kindest of the twelve.
The Fake Mekira
- Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: Constantly mocks Benitora, his former co-student, for his lack of skill.
- Ax-Crazy: Sanity ain't one of his traits.
- Deceptive Disciple: Killed his and Benitora's mentor for refusing to teach him the Hassun.
- Flash Step: His technique simulates this, but it's actually an illusion that mesmerizes the victim.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: By Benitora, who did learn the Hassun.
- Licking the Blade: Does this at one point while stating that after killing Benitora he's going to "have a little chat" with Okuni to find out where Kyo is.
- Mortal Wound Reveal: See Torso with a View.
- One-Winged Angel: In the anime he turns into a massive, mantis-like Ken'yo with multiple maws.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: His natural eye color, apparently. No relation to the Mibu Crimson Eyes.
- Sinister Scythe: His massive Hyoyoku spear resembles a giant scythe.
Mekira
- Bad Boss: Has no qualms about petrifying Santera after she's defeated by Akari.
- The Berserker: His title, and he lives up to it with his single-minded viciousness in combat.
- Chain Pain: Fights with what's left of the chains used to restrain him.
- Extreme Omnivore: Implied, as he wanted to eat Akari's flesh after turning her to stone.
- Eyes Do Not Belong There: His left arm is covered in fake Medusa Eyes.
- Hell-Bent for Leather
- I'm a Humanitarian: Wants to devour Akari, as her Shaman's meat will sustain him more than ordinary flesh.
- Meaningful Name: "Me" translates to "eye" in Japanese, referencing the false Medusa Eyes on his arm.
- No Body Left Behind: He's turned to ashes by Akari's true Medusa Eye.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: Constantly insults Akari during their battle, usually calling her a "pervert" and such while being a contemptuous jerk.
- Pretty Boy: Akari thinks he's hot at first.
- Small Name, Big Ego: He brags constantly about the power of his Medusa Eyes, not realizing that they are defective copies and aren't even close to the power of the real ones.
- Taken for Granite: What he does to Yuya and Santera with his eyes.
Makora
Voiced by: Akio Suyama (JP)
- Body Horror: As one of the forest "failures", Kotaro has a life expectancy of somewhere between ten and fifteen years before his body breaks down. He's fifteen. There's a reason he's covered in bandages.
- Casting a Shadow: His powers revolve around the manipulation of shadows.
- Forgotten Childhood Friend: Sasuke's. To be fair, Sasuke thought he was dead, and Kotaro is bandaged from midriff to halfway up his face the first time they meet in the events of the manga.
- Gory Discretion Shot: You know it's bad when SDK does one of these. After Sasuke defeats Indara, he runs to Kotaro, saying that they'll patch him up and he'll be fine. When he starts to take off the bandages around Kotaro's torso, Kotaro pleads with him not to look. The level of deterioration isn't shown, but Okuni recoils in horror as she realizes that his flesh has rotted.
- Intangible Man: In the manga, the "Crime Monster" drug changes his body into a shadow form, allowing him to No-Sell Sasuke's physical attacks.
- My God, What Have I Done?: When he finds out the truth behind that accident.
- Ninja: The most ninja like in the series.
- One-Winged Angel: Subverted in the anime, as he can turn into a Ken'yo, but resists every time his body attempts to transform.
- Shadow Pin: The first demonstration of his powers. It was powerful enough to restrain even Kyo and Yukimura.
- Spared By Adaptation: Survives the destruction of the Mibu Castle in the anime.
- Taking the Bullet: He jumps between Sasuke and Indara and gets his throat bitten out for his trouble, leading to his death.
Santera
Voiced by: Miki Machii (JP), Tara Jayne (EN)
- Child Soldier: She's only ten.
- Cute Clumsy Girl: She's dramatically uncoordinated and often trips over her own feet.
- Death by Adaptation: In the anime she dies freeing Shindara and Yuya from Akira's Ice Cocoon.
- Face–Heel Turn: She briefly joins Akari and Yuya after the latter manages to calm her. The same happens in the anime, where she's much more villainous.
- Glass Cannon: On one hand, she's a clumsy ten-year-old ditz who can be knocked unconscious with a well-aimed slap. On the other hand, she can secrete acidic scales in the air around her so fast that most opponent would end up corroded to death before they can approach.
- One-Winged Angel: After injecting with Crime Monster she turns into an adult form with butterfly wings and white eyes. Sadly, in this form she's berserk.
- In the anime, she merges with Ieyasu to form a massive, butterfly-like Ken'yo.
- Power Incontinence: She can't control her corrosive spores, so she constantly emits them and damages anything she touches. They flare up even more when she gets emotional or upset.
- Senseless Sacrifice: She throws herself between Mekira and Akari, shielding Akari and getting petrified by Mekira's fake Medusa Eyes as a result. It turns out that Akari isn't even affected by the fake eyes because she has a real Devil Eye on her hand. Thankfully, Santera recovers.
- Shrinking Violet: She is extremely shy and easily frightened. The slightest scolding sends her into tears and frantic apologies.
- Poisonous Person: Can shed poisonous spores that rot anything in their path.
- Taken for Granite: Temporarily, during the fight against the real Mekira.
Shatora (manga)
One of the most powerful of the Junishinsho, he was kept behind to reserve his strength the first time they fought Kyo. He is really Yuya's brother, Shiina Nozomu, brought back from the dead as a slave of the Mibu. In the Anime, Shatora is a woman from the Mibu clan and Nobunaga's sister (listed below as she is essentially a completely different character).
Not voiced as he does not appear in the audio dramas
- Cynicism Catalyst: His murder caused his young, happy-go-lucky sister Yuya to become a bounty hunter seeking revenge against his killer.
- Fighting from the Inside: When his body is taken over by Nobunaga.
- Grand Theft Me: The Mibu place Nobunaga's soul in his body, and Nozomu's personality is completely overwhelmed. He does manage to fight it a little, but only briefly.
- He Knows Too Much: The Former Crimson King had him killed because he learned the greatest secret of the Mibu clan.
- Heroic Sacrifice: He manages to get control of his body despite being possessed, and takes that opportunity to stab himself and weaken Nobunaga.
- You Are Number 6: The Mibu designated him "No. 7" of the shamans when he was taken in.
Shatora (anime)
The sister of Oda Nobunaga, she intends to marry him after restoring him to life.
Voiced by: Sakiko Tamagawa (JP), Shelly Dean (EN)
- Anachronism Stew: Migeira uses the powered-up Hajao to show her that chronologically speaking she should have died at Shizugatake with Katsuiie. Upon witnessing said time paradox, she turns into dust.
- Brother–Sister Incest: She wants to marry her brother after restoring him to power.
- Gender Flip: She has an extremely different role from her manga counterpart and is also female. At the time the anime was developed, Shatora's identity had not yet been revealed in the manga.
- Historical Villain Upgrade: Nobunaga is understandable, but what did Oichi ever did to you?
- Royal Rapier: She has one.
- Villainous Incest: She intends to marry Nobunaga, her own brother.
