Yaiba Episode 1

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| N/A | [**List of Episodes**](/wiki/Kenyuu_Densetsu_Yaiba#Episodes "Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba") | [The Revived Sword of Fuujin](/wiki/The_Revived_Sword_of_Fuujin "The Revived Sword of Fuujin")  › |
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| **Episode 1** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | Heisei's Samurai Yaiba Appears |
| Japanese Title: | 平成の侍ヤイバ登場!   (Heisei no Samurai Yaiba Tōjō!) |
| Original airdate: | April 9, 1993 |
| Broadcast rating: | 12.4% |
| Manga source: | [Volume 1: Files 1-8 (001-008)](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_1 "Yaiba Volume 1") |
| **Story** | |
| Cast: | [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane")   [Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine")   [Shonosuke](/wiki/Shonosuke "Shonosuke")   [Kenjuro Kurogane](/wiki/Kenjuro_Kurogane "Kenjuro Kurogane")   [Kagetora](/wiki/Kagetora "Kagetora")   [Raizo Mine](/wiki/Raizo_Mine "Raizo Mine")   [Takeshi Onimaru](/wiki/Takeshi_Onimaru "Takeshi Onimaru")   [Sayaka's Grandmother](/wiki/Sayaka%27s_Grandmother "Sayaka's Grandmother")   [Shizuka Mine](/wiki/Shizuka_Mine "Shizuka Mine") |
| **Staff** | |
| Director: | [Kunihiko Yuyama](/wiki/index.php?title=Kunihiko_Yuyama&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kunihiko Yuyama (page does not exist)") (chief)   [Norihiko Sudo](/wiki/index.php?title=Norihiko_Sudo&action=edit&redlink=1 "Norihiko Sudo (page does not exist)") |
| Screenplay: | [Kenji Terada](/wiki/index.php?title=Kenji_Terada&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kenji Terada (page does not exist)") |
| Storyboard: | [Kunihiko Yuyama](/wiki/index.php?title=Kunihiko_Yuyama&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kunihiko Yuyama (page does not exist)") |
| Episode director: | [Yoshimi Katsumata](/wiki/index.php?title=Yoshimi_Katsumata&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yoshimi Katsumata (page does not exist)")   [Kazuya Murata](/wiki/index.php?title=Kazuya_Murata&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kazuya Murata (page does not exist)") (asst.) |
| Animation director: | [Masashi Hirota](/wiki/index.php?title=Tadashi_Shida&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tadashi Shida (page does not exist)") |
| Production Cooperation: | Ashi Productions |
| | Voice Cast: | | --- | | [Minami Takayama](/wiki/Minami_Takayama "Minami Takayama") as [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane")   [Kotono Mitsuishi](/wiki/Kotono_Mitsuishi "Kotono Mitsuishi") as [Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine")   [Ryo Horikawa](/wiki/Ryo_Horikawa "Ryo Horikawa") as [Takeshi Onimaru](/wiki/Takeshi_Onimaru "Takeshi Onimaru")  [Bin Shimada](/wiki/index.php?title=Bin_Shimada&action=edit&redlink=1 "Bin Shimada (page does not exist)") as [Kenjuro Kurogane](/wiki/Kenjuro_Kurogane "Kenjuro Kurogane")   [Unsho Ishizuka](/wiki/Unsho_Ishizuka "Unsho Ishizuka") as [Raizo Mine](/wiki/Raizo_Mine "Raizo Mine")   [Reiko Suzuki](/wiki/index.php?title=Reiko_Suzuki&action=edit&redlink=1 "Reiko Suzuki (page does not exist)") as [Sayaka's Grandmother](/wiki/Sayaka%27s_Grandmother "Sayaka's Grandmother")   [Masaharu Sato](/wiki/Masaharu_Sato "Masaharu Sato") as Sudo   [Hisao Egawa](/wiki/Hisao_Egawa "Hisao Egawa") as [Kagetora](/wiki/Kagetora "Kagetora")   [Kazunari Tanaka](/wiki/Kazunari_Tanaka "Kazunari Tanaka") as Kendo Club member   [Hideo Ishikawa](/wiki/index.php?title=Hideo_Ishikawa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hideo Ishikawa (page does not exist)") as Security guard   [Takahiro Yoshimizu](/wiki/index.php?title=Takahiro_Yoshimizu&action=edit&redlink=1 "Takahiro Yoshimizu (page does not exist)") as Driver | | |
| **Music** | |
| Opening song: | [Yūki ga Areba](/wiki/Y%C5%ABki_ga_Areba "Yūki ga Areba") |
| Closing song: | [Shinchigakunaki Tatakai](/wiki/Shinchigakunaki_Tatakai "Shinchigakunaki Tatakai") |
***Heisei's Samurai Yaiba Appears*** (平成の侍ヤイバ登場! ,*Heisei no Samurai Yaiba Tōjō!*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the 1st episode of *[Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba](/wiki/Kenyuu_Densetsu_Yaiba "Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba")* anime. It aired on April 9, 1993.
## Contents
* [1 Characters introduced](#Characters_introduced)
* [2 Plot](#Plot)
+ [2.1 Story](#Story)
+ [2.2 People](#People)
+ [2.3 Resolution](#Resolution)
* [3 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [4 See also](#See_also)
## Characters introduced[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Heisei%27s_Samurai_Yaiba_Appears&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Characters introduced")]
- | [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane") | |
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|  | * Samurai |
- | [Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine") | |
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|  | * High school student * Mine household daughter |
- | [Shonosuke](/wiki/Shonosuke "Shonosuke") | |
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|  | * Yaiba's pet vulture |
- | [Kenjuro Kurogane](/wiki/Kenjuro_Kurogane "Kenjuro Kurogane") | |
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|  | * Yaiba's father * Samurai |
- | [Kagetora](/wiki/Kagetora "Kagetora") | |
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|  | * Yaiba's pet tiger |
- | [Raizo Mine](/wiki/Raizo_Mine "Raizo Mine") | |
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|  | * Mine household head |
- | [Takeshi Onimaru](/wiki/Takeshi_Onimaru "Takeshi Onimaru") | |
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|  | * High school student * Kendo club member * Yaiba's rival |
- | [Sayaka's Grandmother](/wiki/Sayaka%27s_Grandmother "Sayaka's Grandmother") | |
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|  | * Raizo's mother |
- | [Shizuka Mine](/wiki/Shizuka_Mine "Shizuka Mine") | |
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|  | * Raizo's wife |
## Plot[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Heisei%27s_Samurai_Yaiba_Appears&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Plot")]
### Story[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Heisei%27s_Samurai_Yaiba_Appears&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Story")]
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