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A young man is drafted to Vietnam and prays to Freyr, the Norse god of war, during a battle. His prayers are answered. He finds himself in a new world, battling wizards, swordsman, and even dragons. [citation needed] [6] The Bifrost Guardians 2: Shadow Climber: 1988: A young orphan learns to survive the tough streets. He becomes a master thief.
Miyamoto Musashi 宮本 武蔵 (c. 1584 – 13 June 1645), one of the most famous swordmasters to have received the title. Shūsaku Narimasa Chiba 千葉 周作 成政 (1792 – 17 January 1855), one of the last masters who was called a kensei. Other historical kensei are often the founders of popular schools of swordsmanship. Although there is ...
Founder of Hokushin Ittō-ryū. A master swordsman who founded Chiba Dōjō [a] in Edo, Suzunosuke's master. He is modeled after a real swordsman with the same name. Sayuri Chiba (千葉 さゆり, Chiba Sayuri) Daughter of Shūsaku. She is a skilled swordsman and is good with a naginata. Osuzu (お鈴, Osuzu) A woman who makes her living as a ...
A Japanese swordsman and master of the Chujō-ryū sword style. He was also Kojiro Sasaki's kenjutsu instructor. He later appears during Round 3 to support Sasaki. Ittosai Itto (伊藤一刀斎景久, Itō Ittōsai Kagehisa) A Japanese swordsman and founder of the Ittō-ryū school of sword fighting.
Miyamoto Musashi is a playable character in Koei's Samurai Warriors 2 and Warriors Orochi. The player can fight alongside, and later on, against, Musashi at the "Swordsman" story of Samurai Warriors: Katana. As well, the title chapters are based on The Book of Five Rings.
Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵), born Shinmen Takezō (新免 武蔵, c. 1584 – 13 June 1645), [1] also known as Miyamoto Bennosuke and by his Buddhist name, Niten Dōraku, [2] was a Japanese swordsman, strategist, artist, and writer who became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 62 ...
Kawakami Gensai (河上 彦斎, 25 December 1834 – 13 January 1872) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period.A highly skilled swordsman, he was one of the four most notable assassins of the Bakumatsu period.
Tameshigiri on a convicted criminal (illustration from a 1927 book). During the Edo period, only the most skilled swordsmen were chosen to test swords, so that the swordsman's skill was not questionable in determining how well the sword cut.