Hotsuma (Shinobi)

Hotsuma is the main protagonist from the Shinobi series.
== Charactah Account ==
Hotsuma was a shinobi and was once the leader of the Oboro clan.
Hotsuma was a young master ninja and the headmaster of the Oboro family. Originally a kind and gentle young man, his personality drastically changed when he and his older brother, Moritsune, were forced into a barbaric sealing ritual to appease the demon blade, Akujiki. After the ritual, Hotsuma became the Oboro leader and was forced to put Moritsune to death; it was this act that caused him to stifle his emotions. After the Oboro was wiped out by a host of Hellspawn, and an earthquake reduced Tokyo to a hellscape, Hotsuma journeyed through the ruins of the city to find and put a stop to the source of the upheaval, unaware that one of his family's greatest enemies was lurking under his very nose.
== Appearance ==
=== Video Games ===
* Nightshade
* Project X Zone 2
* Sega Heroes
* Shinobi
== Trivia ==
* Hotsuma appears as a playable character in the 2003 sequel, Nightshade. Hotsuma wields the same weapons and plays the same as he did in Shinobi (2002).
* Nightshade protagonist Hibana wears an outfit whose design was once influenced by Hotsuma's costume.
* According to Kumonov, who created the PS2 Shinobi series, Hotsuma intentionally died as the Golden Palace collapsed, and had his soul taken into Akujiki.
* Hotsuma, in the history of Shinobi, is the first protagonist to become a tragic hero and die at a story's end.
* Hotsuma makes a playable appearance in Project X Zone, and he is paired with Capcom's Strider Hiryu. Hotsuma's theme is a remixed version of Patience, Shinobi's introductory theme.
* Hotsuma's and Jiro Musashi's circumstance bares a similarity; in both of their universes their entire clan was betrayed and obliterated. As the sole survivors they avenged their families, but Jiro, not cursed by Akujiki, which had not been forged by Hiruko in his universe, survived to rebuild the Oboro a new, while Hotsuma was not so fortunate.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Hotsuma at Shinobi Wiki
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