Hozoin In'ei

Hozoin In'ei (, Hōzōin In'ei) is a supporting character in Ryu Ga Gotoku Kenzan!. He is the former master of Hozoin Temple and the creator of their distinctive spear-fighting style.
== Profile ==
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=== Personality ===
== Background ==
Inei was born in Nara Province and studied martial arts from a very young age at the Hozoin Temple, where he was raised. He became a warrior monk, who travelled the countryside during the warring states period fighting bandits and teaching the local peasants the way of Buddha. During his travels, he befriended fellow martial artist Yagyu Sekishusai and, with his help, he developed his own spear-fighting martial arts style, dubbed Hozoin-ryu.
Inei was eventually appointed as master of Hozoin Temple and he started teaching his spear-fighting style to his disciples. In order to test and refine his fighting style, Inei started hosting yearly martial arts tournaments in the temple, where warriors from all across Japan could compete.
Once he reached old age, Inei appointed his most-skilled pupil, Hozoin Inshun as his successor. However, after retiring, Inei would quickly grow weary of Inshun's management of the temple and of Hozoin-ryu. Inshun's incredible fighting skill made him become prideful and he became convinced that Hozoin-ryu was the ultimate fighting style and he was its ultimate practitioner. In Inei's eyes, Inshun started fighting not to improve Hozoin-ryu, but rather to prove its supremacy over other styles. He feared that this would keep the style from adapting to adversaries and quickly turn it stale and useless.
==Involvement==
=== Ryu Ga Gotoku Kenzan!: 1605 ===
Inei became convinced that his pupil needed to be humbled, so that he would let go of his pride and start carrying out his duties as master of Hozoin-ryu properly. In order to do this, in 1605 he started spreading rumors with his friend Marume Nagayoshi that the infamous samurai duelist "Miyamoto Musashi" would attend the Hozoin tournament that year. Inei hoped that these rumors would attract formidable fighters who could defeat Inshun and teach him humility.
One of the warriors who showed up in search of "Miyamoto Musashi" was the real Miyamoto Musashi himself, who wished to catch the man who'd been using his name to fight in duels across Japan and to murder the parents of his ward, Haruka. Miyamoto (going by the alias Kiryu Kazumanosuke) gained entry to the tournament after proving his worth to Inei by beating him in a sparring match. Much to Inei's delight, Miyamoto made it to the tournament's finals and defeated Inshun. Humiliated by his loss, Inshun proceeded to start crying and throwing a tantrum in front of all the tournament's spectators.
Though Inei did not expect Inshun would react so badly to losing, he admitted to Miyamoto that he was glad his pupil had lost and that he hoped that with his ego bruised, he would be open to learning from his failures and start improving their martial arts style once more.
== Trivia ==
* Inei's story in Kenzan! is quite similar to the one portrayed in the manga series Vagabond, which presents a fictionalized account of the life of Miyamoto Musashi. In Vagabond, just as in Kenzan!, Master Inei is presented as the retired master of the Hozoin Temple who is dissatisfied with the way his successor Inshun is leading the temple and enlists Miyamoto's help to set him straight.
== Gallery ==
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