Shishimaru

Shishimaru is the titular main protagonist of Kaiketsu Lion-Maru. He is a ninja who transforms into Lion-Maru to defend people from the Gousan Clan.
He is portrayed by Tetsuya Ushio.
==Biography==
Shishimaru was originally a boy whose village was wiped out in a battle from the Sengoku Era. He was taken in by Kashinkyoshi, who raised him and trained him in the ninja arts. Some time after, Kashinkyoshi would find two more children, a girl not much younger than Shishimaru named Saori and a young boy named Kosuke, and took them on as his disciples as well.
When the Dark Great Demon King Gousan resurfaced to begin his campaign to conquer Japan, he sent his Skull Ninjas to assassinate Kashinkyoshi, viewing him as a threat, but Shishimaru, Saori and Kosuke fought them all off. Gousan then sent a Skull Ninja disguised as a messenger from the Oda clan to kill Kashinkyoshi, but Kashinkyoshi saw through the Skull Ninja's disguise and killed it first. Anticipating another attack from Gousan, Kashinkyoshi saw his end coming and entrusted his three students to fight the Gousan Clan in his stead, giving Shishimaru the Kinsachi katana to enable him to transform into Lion-Maru by performing the Lion Change. Shortly after, Gousan would send a party of Skull Ninjas led by Orochi to take out Kashinkyoshi. Gousan's forces set fire to Kashinkyoshi's den and killed Kashinkyoshi, but his three students were able to escape.
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