Kenjuro Kurogane

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| **Kenjuro Kurogane** | |
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| **Profile** | |
| Japanese name: | 鉄 剣十郎 (Kurogane Kenjūrō) |
| Age: | Unknown |
| Gender: | Male |
| Relatives: | [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane") (son)   [Michiko Kurogane](/wiki/Michiko_Kurogane "Michiko Kurogane") (wife)   [Moroha Kurogane](/wiki/Moroha_Kurogane "Moroha Kurogane") (daughter) |
| Occupation: | Samurai   Unemployed |
| **Statistics** | |
| First appearance: | [Yaiba manga](/wiki/Yaiba "Yaiba") : [Chapter 1](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_1 "Yaiba Volume 1")   [Yaiba anime](/wiki/Kenyuu_Densetsu_Yaiba "Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba") : [Episode 1](/wiki/Heisei%27s_Samurai_Yaiba_Appears "Heisei's Samurai Yaiba Appears")   [Anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime") : [OVA 1](/wiki/Conan_vs._Kid_vs._Yaiba_-_The_Grand_Battle_for_the_Treasure_Sword!! "Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba - The Grand Battle for the Treasure Sword!!") |
| Appearances: | Chapters: (/wiki/Kenjuro_Kurogane_Appearances "Kenjuro Kurogane Appearances") Episodes: (/wiki/Kenjuro_Kurogane_Appearances "Kenjuro Kurogane Appearances") Episodes: (/wiki/Kenjuro_Kurogane_Appearances "Kenjuro Kurogane Appearances") Chapters: (/wiki/Kenjuro_Kurogane_Appearances "Kenjuro Kurogane Appearances") OVAs: (/wiki/Kenjuro_Kurogane_Appearances "Kenjuro Kurogane Appearances") Openings: (/wiki/Kenjuro_Kurogane_Appearances "Kenjuro Kurogane Appearances") Closings: (/wiki/Kenjuro_Kurogane_Appearances "Kenjuro Kurogane Appearances") |
| **Actors** | |
| Japanese voice: | [Bin Shimada](/wiki/index.php?title=Bin_Shimada&action=edit&redlink=1 "Bin Shimada (page does not exist)") ([Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba](/wiki/Kenyuu_Densetsu_Yaiba "Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba"))  [Katsuyuki Konishi](/wiki/Katsuyuki_Konishi "Katsuyuki Konishi") ([Shin Samurai-den Yaiba](/wiki/Shin_Samurai-den_Yaiba "Shin Samurai-den Yaiba")) |
| English voice: | [Craig Lee Thomas](/wiki/index.php?title=Craig_Lee_Thomas&action=edit&redlink=1 "Craig Lee Thomas (page does not exist)") |
**Kenjuro Kurogane (鉄 剣十郎 ,*Kurogane Kenjūrō*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))** is a character from [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama")'s second series *[Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba "Yaiba")*.
## Contents
* [1 Background](#Background)
* [2 Personality](#Personality)
* [3 Appearance](#Appearance)
* [4 Appellations](#Appellations)
* [5 Plot overview](#Plot_overview)
+ [5.1 Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba](#Conan_vs._Kid_vs._Yaiba)
* [6 See also](#See_also)
## Background[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Kenjuro_Kurogane&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Background")]
Kenjuro is [Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane")'s father and the rival of [Sayaka](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine")'s father, [Raizo](/wiki/Raizo_Mine "Raizo Mine"). A master swordsman, he took his son Yaiba to the jungles of Africa to train. At the start of the story they return to Japan and move in with the Mine family before Kenjuro sets off on his own, as he is prone to doing, leaving Yaiba behind. At first glance he is an irresponsible, womanizing, indecisive, drunk, but he frequently reappears during a tight situation to lend Yaiba helpful advice. In the Oda Nobunaga Tournament he is the master of Yaiba's former enemy [Takeshi Onimaru](/wiki/Takeshi_Onimaru "Takeshi Onimaru"). In reality, Kenjuro is the leader of the Kurogane Group and a celebrity in the kendo world, but prefers to live a free and easy life. When the Kurogane Group falls apart he reluctantly becomes the new head.
In the 1993 anime version of *Yaiba*, Kenjuro only appears in the first episode and does not accompany Yaiba back to Japan.
## Personality[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Kenjuro_Kurogane&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Personality")]
## Appearance[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Kenjuro_Kurogane&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Appearance")]
## Appellations[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Kenjuro_Kurogane&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Appellations")]
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| Picture | Name | What they call Kenjuro | What Kenjuro calls them |
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|  | [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane") | Dad (otosan) | Yaiba |
|  | [Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine") | Your dad (talking to Yaiba) | - |
|  | [Raizo Mine](/wiki/Raizo_Mine "Raizo Mine") | Kenjuro | Raizo |
|  | [Sayaka's Grandmother](/wiki/Sayaka%27s_Grandmother "Sayaka's Grandmother") | Kenjuro | Oba-chan |
|  | [Takeshi's Grandfather](/wiki/index.php?title=Takeshi%27s_Grandfather&action=edit&redlink=1 "Takeshi's Grandfather (page does not exist)") | Kenjuro | - |
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## Plot overview[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Kenjuro_Kurogane&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Plot overview")]
### [Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba](/wiki/Conan_vs._Kid_vs._Yaiba_-_The_Grand_Battle_for_the_Treasure_Sword!! "Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba - The Grand Battle for the Treasure Sword!!")[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Kenjuro_Kurogane&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba")]
In the three-way cross-over OVA, Kenjuro gets drunk with [Kogoro](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") while Kogoro is supposed to be helping stop [Kaitou Kid](/wiki/Kaitou_Kid "Kaitou Kid").
In the original [Magic Kaito](/wiki/Magic_Kaito "Magic Kaito") chapter, Kenjuro instead appears out of nowhere at the beginning of Yaiba and Kid's fight to correct their fighting stances, all the while holding a big jug of sake.