List of Tainted Blade characters

Tainted Blade is a Japanese manga published by Zoom Comics and created by Takaya Nishiyama, following a samurai known as Takuya on a quest for vengeance against the Shogun.
==Main Characters==
===Takuya Ishiwatari===
:Voiced by TBD (English) and TBD (Japanese)
A brave and noble samurai who worked for the Shogun, Shunji Ide, as he learned of Ide's deals with Yokai in exchange for immortality, trying to expose the deal, being caught by samurai loyal to Ide. Learning of his treachery, Ide cuts Takuya's arm off and throws him out of his castle, believing that he killed him. He ends up surviving, washing upon a fishing village as he begins a quest for vengeance, travelling through Japan to train stronger to kill the Shogun. He wields a samurai blade he nicknames the Tainted Blade and soon learns of a prophecy that "One day the era of Yokai will end at the hands of the Tainted Blade", causing him to be more devoted to his goal of killing all Yokai.
===Keiji Sakaguchi===
:Voiced by TBD (English) and TBD (Japanese)
A mysterious traveling warrior who is a male head attached to a feminine body as he finds Takuya and joins him on his quest to kill both Ide and all the Yokai. He has no idea whose body he is in as it causes him to feel dysmorphia and doubt about himself as he begins to bond with Takuya, although he knows way more than he lets on. It's revealed he is a samurai from one hundred years ago who was afraid of death and made a deal with the Messenger to cheat death, although he began to regret his choice, having joined Takuya so when the Messenger dies, he can finally die. He ends up slowly warming up to Takuya, falling in love with him and slowly accepting his feminine body.
===Daigo===
:Voiced by TBD (English, child), TBD (English, adult/teen) and TBD (Japanese, child) and TBD (Japanese, adult/teen)
One of the series' protagonists who is a product of Greenskin raping a village woman as after Greenskin's death and the baby being all alone, Takuya decides to raise him as his own. He quickly starts growing, having compassion and a love for all living things, although being unaware of what Takuya does, often being looked by others while Takuya fights. He soon grows to around twenty and wants to join Takuya in his fights as he soon learns of Takuya's goal to kill all Yokai, being mortified at this. Due to this, he tries to murder Takuya to ensure his safety as Takuya is forced to kill his own adopted son.
==Clan Ide==
===Shunji Ide===
:Voiced by TBD (English) and TBD (Japanese)
One of the two main antagonists of the series who is a cold and egotistical Shogun as well as the head of Clan Ide who has an obsession with immortality, visiting a powerful yokai, making a deal with him and several other Yokai for immortality, in exchange for manipulating the Emperor to allow Yokai to run rampant. His deal causes a samurai known as Takuya to learn of his deal as he cuts off Takuya's arm and pushes him off of his castle, believing that he killed him. He begins to rule with an iron fist, only listening to the Emperor as he enjoys the newfound power he has, although he believes he is doing the right thing, claiming to care for everyone and immortality is the only way to make sure Japan is in peace.
===Toa Miyamoto===
:Voiced by TBD (English) and TBD (Japanese)
An aging samurai who had been loyal to the Shogun for all of his lifetime, having perfected his own way of the blade that he claims can kill someone in mere moments. During Ide's reign, he was sent after Takuya after Ide learned he survived his fall, beginning a countrywide search for him, wanting to hunt down and kill him for the Shogun.
===Icho Nua===
:Voiced by TBD (English) and TBD (Japanese)
A cruel and vindictive samurai who works under Shunji Ide and is in charge of a smaller group of samurai known as the Raiders. He is sent alongside the rest of Ide's forces to make sure that Takuya dies as he slaughtered Naoto Kawata in cold blood after he refused to say where Takuya went, seeing hunting after Takuya as a sport.
==Yokai==
===The Messenger===
:Voiced by Keith Silverstein (English) and Ryusei Nakao (Japanese)
A shifty and manipulative yet powerful Yokai also known by his true name of Nurarihyon, who is one of the two main antagonists in the series and is the one who struck a deal with Shunji Ide, using his own magic to grant Ide the immortality he had always longed for, also bringing forth the age of Yokai to Japan. 
===The Harbinger===
:Voiced by TBD (English) and TBD (Japanese)
A dragon-like Yokai known as a Tatsu who resides near the river and doesn't like getting involved in human affairs, preferring to be left alone. He found Takuya's near dead body and used his magic to heal him of most of his wounds, having sympathy for him. After saving Takuya's life, he vanished, observing him through the shadows, not wanting to get more involved in his quest. It's revealed in the past he was a rampaging beast of destruction but felt remorse for all that he did, trying to repent for his crimes, with the guilt being the reason he saved Takuya's life.
===Greenskin===
:Voiced by TBD (English) and TBD (Japanese)
A Kappa who leads a tribe of Kappa that have been raping women of a small village, seemingly out of malicious intent. It's revealed that he is actually a noble leader who sees the rape as the only way to preserve Kappa life due to there only being male Kappa, believing what he is doing is just due to believing nobody would love a Kappa. He ends up being killed by Takuya as Takuya takes one of his raped children and raises him as his own.
===The Red===
:Voiced by TBD (English) and TBD (Japanese)
A cold and violent red oni who resides in the forests and have been kidnapping innocents in villages to capture and eat them, finding the taste of innocent flesh to be absolutely delicious. His reign of terror is stopped when Takuya learns of his hunts and challenges him to a duel, being the first yokai that Takuya had killed. During his death, in fear, he tells Takuya the prophecy of the Tainted Blade and how it will end the reign of the Yokai.
==The Silver Blades==
===Hiroshi Makura===
:Voiced by TBD (English) and TBD (Japanese)
An aging old samurai who leads a group of Ronin known as the Silver Blades as he finds a near dead Takuya and decides to help train him and get him back on his feet. He ends up being thrust into Takuya's quest for revenge, believing that he should let it go but sticks by him due to not wanting Takuya to die when he could have saved him. During a journey to a village, he began to investigate the Fujino Family alongside the Silver Blades, with this investigation ending with the Fujino's kitsune putting him in an unbreakable coma. Due to this Sito decided to mercy kill him, ending his life.
===Megumi Makura===
:Voiced by TBD (English) and TBD (Japanese)
Hiroshi's granddaughter who is a member of the Silver Blades and is somewhat friendly to Takuya, also helping keep Sito's hatred under control, being in love with him. After her grandfather's coma, she gets possessed by that same Kitsune, turning insane and attempting to kill the other Silver Blades, being killed by Takuya to put an end to her insanity.
===Sito Uchariachi===
:Voiced by Bryce Papenbrook (English) and Noriaki Sugiyama (Japanese)
A young yet somewhat cynical and cold ronin working for the Silver Blades who finds Hiroshi's trust for Takuya to be rather foolish, not trusting him due to him being a complete stranger. Despite that, he is loyal to the Silver Blades and makes sure that everything he does is in the best interest of the Blades. Soon when Hiroshi got put under an unbreakable coma, he decided the best course of action is to kill Hiroshi to put him out of his misery. After this, he takes control of the Silver Blades, kicking Takuya out, blaming him for Hiroshi's coma and Megumi's death.
==The Crimson Wind==
===Asami Yashara===
:Voiced by TBD (English) and TBD (Japanese)
A former member of the Silver Blades who is loyal to Hiroshi and was rather close to Megumi, seeing her as a sister to her. She becomes a close ally to Takura while tolerating Sito, finding his hatred to be rather annoying and paranoid, yet still tolerates him. After Hiroshi and Megumi's death, she snaps, finding Seto to be unfit for leadership as he banishes her from the Silver Blades as well. Due to this, she gathers a group of Hiroshi loyalists and forms a splinter of the Silver Blades known as the Crimson Wind, giving Takuya help while eventually planning to kill Sito, seeing him as the true monster.
===The Dagger===
:Voiced by TBD (English) and TBD (Japanese)
A professional thief and dagger fighter who once worked with Hiroshi in stealing from Ide's forces to give to the ill and the poor, being loyal to the Silver Blades. When Asami forms the Crimson Wind to rebel against Seto after Hiroshi and Megumi's demises, he decides to join, being well aware that Seto's code of honor would force him to give up the more thief-like aspects of the Silver Blades.
==Clan Fujino==
===Tekkan Fujino===
:Voiced by Kaiji Tang (English) and TBD (Japanese)
The sadistic, prideful and boastful patriarch of the Fujino Clan who made a deal with a kitsune to possess him and his family so they can have luck and fortune. He rules over a small village, being responsible for multiple disappearances and cases of bad luck. When the Silver Blades came to investigate the strange cases of the village, he begins to be paranoid, sending his kitsune to put Hiroshi into a permanent coma, believing he stopped the Silver Blades' investigation. Unfortunately, this caught the ire of Takuya, causing him to burn down the estate and challenge Tekkan to a duel, ending with Tekkan's death.
===Yoshino Fujino===
:Voiced by TBD (English) and TBD (Japanese)
The egotistical daughter of Tekkan who enjoys toying with people, believing that nobody is capable of stopping her due to being tied to a kitsune. When the Silver Blades arrive in her village, she pays them no mind, believing them to be beneath her. During Takuya's attack on Castle Fujino, she ends up being killed by Keiji who dressed up as one of her maids, her egotism being quenched due to her death by someone she saw as beneath her.
==Others==
===Naoto Kawata===
:Voiced by TBD (English) and TBD (Japanese)
An elderly monk who raised Takuya since he was a child, teaching him to be kind and that kindness would bring him a far way. Takuya visits Naoto one last time after he was nearly killed by Ide as he decided that he can't stop Takuya's quest for vengeance and gifts him the Tainted Blade. A few days later, forces working for Ide visits Naoto, demanding him to tell where Takuya is, as he refuses to tell, being killed on the spot, protecting Takuya.
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