The Targeted Dragon Priestess - Sayaka

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| ‹  [Sayaka's In Trouble! Hurry, Yaiba](/wiki/Sayaka%27s_In_Trouble!_Hurry,_Yaiba "Sayaka's In Trouble! Hurry, Yaiba") | [**List of Episodes**](/wiki/Kenyuu_Densetsu_Yaiba#Episodes "Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba") | [Gekko's Return! The Demon King's Sword](/wiki/Gekko%27s_Return!_The_Demon_King%27s_Sword "Gekko's Return! The Demon King's Sword")  › |
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| **Episode 44** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | The Targeted Dragon Priestess - Sayaka |
| Japanese Title: | 狙われた龍の巫女・さやか   (Nerawareta Ryū no Miko Sayaka) |
| Original airdate: | February 4, 1994 |
| Broadcast rating: | 13.9% |
| Manga source: | [Volume 14: Files 10-11 (142-143)](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_14 "Yaiba Volume 14")~[Volume 15: File 1 (144)](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_15 "Yaiba Volume 15") |
| **Story** | |
| Cast: | [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane")   [Gekko](/wiki/index.php?title=Gekko&action=edit&redlink=1 "Gekko (page does not exist)")   [Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine")   [Princess Kaguya](/wiki/Princess_Kaguya "Princess Kaguya")   [General Tsukikage](/wiki/index.php?title=General_Tsukikage&action=edit&redlink=1 "General Tsukikage (page does not exist)")   [Musashi Miyamoto](/wiki/Musashi_Miyamoto "Musashi Miyamoto")   [Jubei Yagyu](/wiki/Jubei_Yagyu "Jubei Yagyu")   [Kojiro Sasaki](/wiki/Kojiro_Sasaki "Kojiro Sasaki")   [Ryujin](/wiki/index.php?title=Ryujin&action=edit&redlink=1 "Ryujin (page does not exist)")   [Gerozaemon Geroda](/wiki/Gerozaemon_Geroda "Gerozaemon Geroda")   [Namako-Otoko](/wiki/Namako-Otoko "Namako-Otoko")   [Kumo-Otoko](/wiki/Kumo-Otoko "Kumo-Otoko")   [Hangetsu](/wiki/index.php?title=Hangetsu&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hangetsu (page does not exist)")   [Sayaka's Grandmother](/wiki/Sayaka%27s_Grandmother "Sayaka's Grandmother")   [Raizo Mine](/wiki/Raizo_Mine "Raizo Mine")   [Shizuka Mine](/wiki/Shizuka_Mine "Shizuka Mine")   [Takeshi Onimaru](/wiki/Takeshi_Onimaru "Takeshi Onimaru") |
| **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: | [Yasuhiro Matsumura](/wiki/Yasuhiro_Matsumura "Yasuhiro Matsumura") |
| Episode director: | [Yasuhiro Matsumura](/wiki/Yasuhiro_Matsumura "Yasuhiro Matsumura")   [Kazuya Murata](/wiki/index.php?title=Kazuya_Murata&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kazuya Murata (page does not exist)") (asst.) |
| Animation director: | [Toshiko Sasaki](/wiki/Toshiko_Sasaki "Toshiko Sasaki") |
| | 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")   [Rika Fukami](/wiki/index.php?title=Rika_Fukami&action=edit&redlink=1 "Rika Fukami (page does not exist)") as [Princess Kaguya](/wiki/Princess_Kaguya "Princess Kaguya")   [Kazuki Yao](/wiki/index.php?title=Kazuki_Yao&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kazuki Yao (page does not exist)") as [Gekko](/wiki/index.php?title=Gekko&action=edit&redlink=1 "Gekko (page does not exist)")   [Daiki Nakamura](/wiki/index.php?title=Daiki_Nakamura&action=edit&redlink=1 "Daiki Nakamura (page does not exist)") as [General Tsukikage](/wiki/index.php?title=General_Tsukikage&action=edit&redlink=1 "General Tsukikage (page does not exist)")   [Masaharu Sato](/wiki/Masaharu_Sato "Masaharu Sato") as [Musashi Miyamoto](/wiki/Musashi_Miyamoto "Musashi Miyamoto")   [Koji Ishii](/wiki/Koji_Ishii "Koji Ishii") as [Ryujin](/wiki/index.php?title=Ryujin&action=edit&redlink=1 "Ryujin (page does not exist)")   [Takaya Hashi](/wiki/Takaya_Hashi "Takaya Hashi") as [Jubei Yagyu](/wiki/Jubei_Yagyu "Jubei Yagyu")   [Jurota Kosugi](/wiki/index.php?title=Jurota_Kosugi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Jurota Kosugi (page does not exist)") as [Kojiro Sasaki](/wiki/Kojiro_Sasaki "Kojiro Sasaki")   [Kazunari Tanaka](/wiki/Kazunari_Tanaka "Kazunari Tanaka") as [Gerozaemon Geroda](/wiki/Gerozaemon_Geroda "Gerozaemon Geroda")   [Tetsuo Sakaguchi](/wiki/index.php?title=Tetsuo_Sakaguchi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tetsuo Sakaguchi (page does not exist)") as [Kumo-Otoko](/wiki/Kumo-Otoko "Kumo-Otoko")   [Ginzo Matsuo](/wiki/index.php?title=Ginzo_Matsuo&action=edit&redlink=1 "Ginzo Matsuo (page does not exist)") as [Hangetsu](/wiki/index.php?title=Hangetsu&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hangetsu (page does not exist)")   [Tsutomu Kashiwakura](/wiki/index.php?title=Tsutomu_Kashiwakura&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tsutomu Kashiwakura (page does not exist)") as [Namako-Otoko](/wiki/Namako-Otoko "Namako-Otoko")   [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")   [Unsho Ishizuka](/wiki/Unsho_Ishizuka "Unsho Ishizuka") as [Raizo Mine](/wiki/Raizo_Mine "Raizo Mine") (uncredited)   [Megumi Terase](/wiki/index.php?title=Kyoko_Terase&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kyoko Terase (page does not exist)") as [Shizuka Mine](/wiki/Shizuka_Mine "Shizuka Mine") (uncredited) | | |
| **Music** | |
| Opening song: | [Yūki ga Areba](/wiki/Y%C5%ABki_ga_Areba "Yūki ga Areba") |
| Closing song: | [Shinchigakunaki Tatakai](/wiki/Shinchigakunaki_Tatakai "Shinchigakunaki Tatakai") |
**The Targeted Dragon Priestess - Sayaka** (狙われた龍の巫女・さやか ,*Nerawareta Ryū no Miko Sayaka*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the 44th episode of the [Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba "Yaiba") [anime](/wiki/Kenyuu_Densetsu_Yaiba "Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba"). It aired on February 4, 1994.
## Contents
* [1 Characters introduced](#Characters_introduced)
* [2 Cast](#Cast)
* [3 Plot](#Plot)
+ [3.1 Story](#Story)
+ [3.2 Resolution](#Resolution)
+ [3.3 People](#People)
* [4 Manga to anime changes](#Manga_to_anime_changes)
* [5 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [6 References](#References)
* [7 See also](#See_also)
## Characters introduced[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Targeted_Dragon_Priestess_-_Sayaka&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Characters introduced")]
- | [Gekko](/wiki/index.php?title=Gekko&action=edit&redlink=1 "Gekko (page does not exist)") | |
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| [100px](/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Upload&wpDestFile=Gekko.jpg "File:Gekko.jpg") | * Humanoid rabbit * Led a revolt which destroyed the Moon |