The Rise of Ninja Kotaro

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| **Episode 14** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | The Rise of Ninja Kotaro |
| Japanese Title: | 忍者小太郎現る！   (Ninja Kotarō Arawaru) |
| Original airdate: | July 12, 2025 |
| Broadcast rating: | 2.6%[](#cite_note-1) |
| Season: | 1 |
| Manga source: | [Volume 7: Chapter 10 (069)](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_7 "Yaiba Volume 7") - [Volume 8: Chapter 5 (074)](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_8 "Yaiba Volume 8") |
| **English version** | |
| English Title: | The Rise of Ninja Kotaro |
| **Story** | |
| Cast: | [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane")   [Musashi Miyamoto](/wiki/Musashi_Miyamoto "Musashi Miyamoto")   [Kojiro Sasaki](/wiki/Kojiro_Sasaki "Kojiro Sasaki")   [Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine")   [Shonosuke](/wiki/Shonosuke "Shonosuke")   [Kagetora](/wiki/Kagetora "Kagetora")   [Nadeshiko Yamato](/wiki/Nadeshiko_Yamato "Nadeshiko Yamato")   [Takeshi Onimaru](/wiki/Takeshi_Onimaru "Takeshi Onimaru")   [Kumo-Otoko](/wiki/Kumo-Otoko "Kumo-Otoko")   [Professor Kanabo](/wiki/Professor_Kanabo "Professor Kanabo") |
| **Staff** | |
| Director: | [Takahiro Hasui](/wiki/Takahiro_Hasui "Takahiro Hasui") |
| Screenplay: | [Tomomi Kawaguchi](/wiki/index.php?title=Tomomi_Kawaguchi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tomomi Kawaguchi (page does not exist)") |
| Storyboard: | [Kazuki Yokoyama](/wiki/index.php?title=Kazuki_Yokoyama&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kazuki Yokoyama (page does not exist)") |
| Episode director: | [Kazuki Yokoyama](/wiki/index.php?title=Kazuki_Yokoyama&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kazuki Yokoyama (page does not exist)")   [Jiro Yoshida](/wiki/index.php?title=Jiro_Yoshida&action=edit&redlink=1 "Jiro Yoshida (page does not exist)") (asst.)   [Maho Ishikawa](/wiki/index.php?title=Maho_Ishikawa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Maho Ishikawa (page does not exist)") (asst.) |
| Animation director: | [Yoshimichi Kameda](/wiki/Yoshimichi_Kameda "Yoshimichi Kameda") (chief)   [Ayaka Ofusa](/wiki/index.php?title=Ayaka_Ofusa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Ayaka Ofusa (page does not exist)")   [Maki Kawake](/wiki/index.php?title=Maki_Kawake&action=edit&redlink=1 "Maki Kawake (page does not exist)")   [Wan Yi](/wiki/index.php?title=Wan_Yi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Wan Yi (page does not exist)")   [Yoshimichi Kameda](/wiki/Yoshimichi_Kameda "Yoshimichi Kameda")   [Yuko Yamamoto](/wiki/index.php?title=Yuko_Yamamoto&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yuko Yamamoto (page does not exist)") (asst.) |
| | Voice Cast: | | --- | | [Minami Takayama](/wiki/Minami_Takayama "Minami Takayama") as [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane")   [Junichi Suwabe](/wiki/Junichi_Suwabe "Junichi Suwabe") as [Musashi Miyamoto](/wiki/Musashi_Miyamoto "Musashi Miyamoto")   [Go Inoue](/wiki/Go_Inoue "Go Inoue") as [Kojiro Sasaki](/wiki/Kojiro_Sasaki "Kojiro Sasaki")   [Manaka Iwami](/wiki/Manaka_Iwami "Manaka Iwami") as [Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine")   [Isshin Chiba](/wiki/Isshin_Chiba "Isshin Chiba") as [Kagetora](/wiki/Kagetora "Kagetora")   [Kosuke Echigoya](/wiki/Kosuke_Echigoya "Kosuke Echigoya") as [Shonosuke](/wiki/Shonosuke "Shonosuke")   [Sayaka Senbongi](/wiki/index.php?title=Sayaka_Senbongi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Sayaka Senbongi (page does not exist)") as [Nadeshiko Yamato](/wiki/Nadeshiko_Yamato "Nadeshiko Yamato")   [Yoshimasa Hosoya](/wiki/Yoshimasa_Hosoya "Yoshimasa Hosoya") as [Takeshi Onimaru](/wiki/Takeshi_Onimaru "Takeshi Onimaru")   [Shuhei Sakaguchi](/wiki/Shuhei_Sakaguchi "Shuhei Sakaguchi") as [Kumo-Otoko](/wiki/Kumo-Otoko "Kumo-Otoko")   [Yoshimitsu Shimoyama](/wiki/index.php?title=Yoshimitsu_Shimoyama&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yoshimitsu Shimoyama (page does not exist)") as [Professor Kanabo](/wiki/Professor_Kanabo "Professor Kanabo")   [Shinji Kawada](/wiki/index.php?title=Shinji_Kawada&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shinji Kawada (page does not exist)") as Fuma Kotaro   [Taiki Yamashita](/wiki/index.php?title=Taiki_Yamashita&action=edit&redlink=1 "Taiki Yamashita (page does not exist)") as Golden Tanuki   [Shinya Takahashi](/wiki/index.php?title=Shinya_Takahashi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shinya Takahashi (page does not exist)") as Other Golden Tanukis   [Hana Hishikawa](/wiki/index.php?title=Hana_Hishikawa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hana Hishikawa (page does not exist)") as Other Golden Tanukis   [Hitomi Kanaya](/wiki/index.php?title=Hitomi_Kanaya&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hitomi Kanaya (page does not exist)") as Other Golden Tanukis   [Kohei Sueyasu](/wiki/index.php?title=Kohei_Sueyasu&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kohei Sueyasu (page does not exist)") as Other Golden Tanukis | | |
| **Music** | |
| Opening song: | [BLADE](/wiki/BLADE "BLADE") |
| Closing song: | [ACTION!](/wiki/ACTION! "ACTION!") |
***The Rise of Ninja Kotaro*** (忍者小太郎現る！ ,*Ninja Kotarō Arawaru*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the 14th episode of the *[Yaiba: Samurai Legend](/wiki/Yaiba:_Samurai_Legend "Yaiba: Samurai Legend")* anime.
## Contents
* [1 Cast](#Cast)
+ [1.1 Featured](#Featured)
+ [1.2 Other](#Other)
* [2 Location](#Location)
+ [2.1 Setting](#Setting)
+ [2.2 Other](#Other_2)
* [3 Manga to anime changes](#Manga_to_anime_changes)
* [4 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [5 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [6 Footnotes](#Footnotes)
+ [6.1 Notes](#Notes)
+ [6.2 References](#References)
* [7 See also](#See_also)