Takeru Satoh
After Sasuke, Saizō is the only other one of the Ten who is relatively often recurring in the modern works of fiction. In the manga and anime series "Samurai Deeper Kyo", Saizo is a fanatical yet humorous loyalist of Sanada Yukimura. In the film "Goemon", Kirigakure Saizō was portrayed by Takao Osawa (and Takeru Satoh in the role of young Saizō). He also appears in the film "" and the manga series "BRAVE10", and is the subject of the fourth and the seventh films in the "Shinobi no Mono" series ("Shinobi no Mono: Zoku Kirigakure Saizō" and "Shinobi No Mono: Shin Kirigakure Saizō"), as well as a player character in the video game "Onimusha Tactics"; in "Shall We Date?: Ninja Love", he is either a romance option or the player character. He also makes an appearance as one of the antagonist in the manga and anime series "Mushibugyo".