Nagamasa Azai (Koei)

Nagamasa Azai (Japanese: 浅井 長政) is a character in the Samurai Warriors video game series. He is the last head of the Azai clan, Oichi's husband, and acclaimed father of the Three Azai Sisters.
He was voiced by Takayuki Sasada in the first game and Hiroshi Kamiya (who also voiced Ataru Moroboshi from Urusei Yatsura (2022), Kusuo Saiki from The Disastrous Life of Saiki K., Ranpo Edogawa from Bungo Stray Dogs, Koji Minamoto, Lobomon, KendoGarurumon, Beowolfmon & MagnaGarurumon in Digimon Frontier, Takashi Natsume in Natsume's Book of Friends, Levi Ackerman in Attack on Titan, Mephisto Pheles in Blue Exorcist series, and Koyomi Araragi in Nisemonogatari.) in Samurai Warriors 2-onwards.
==History==
===Samurai Warriors===
Nagamasa is the virtuous lord of Bizen and Odani Castle. He supports his young wife and often apologizes for any grief he may have caused. At the end of her lower path, he publicly expressed the hope that she would not fight against her family. She replied that it was inevitable and stayed away from his hugs. 
===Samurai Warriors 2===
He regrets the brother who betrayed him and believes in love and glory, but forced to betray Nobunaga, he became contradictory in respecting his family's trust in Asakura and his alliance with the Oda clan. In the dream, he saw a possible scene, he assumed that he should defend honor by attacked Nobunaga in Anegawa and Mt. Usa.
His hesitation led to their final confrontation in Odani Castle, where he killed his brother-in-law. Because of his actions, he asked Oichi to leave him to give up his faith. However, Oichi's support still exists, and he used this momentum to defeat the remnants of Oda army at Shizugatake. His dream ended with his undisputed territorial leader. When he woke up, a soldier told him that he was in Kanegasaki, just before he chased the fugitive Nobunaga. Because of his dreams, he knows that no matter how he behaves, Oichi will love him. Chasing Oda, he decided to first fulfill his duties to Asakura by capturing the cunning Nobunaga.
When he succeeded, Nagamasa insisted on his relationship with the Oda family and defeated Asakura. After the victory, Oichi worried that he betrayed his ideals. Nagamasa assured her that he was good because Oichi was the one he really wanted to protect. 
===Samurai Warriors 3===
Buy the time, Nagamasa was intimidated by Yoshimoto's counterattack with Nobunaga during a gestured party from Omi Province. From then on, Nagamasa absolutely defended Oda from being dominated in Okehazama. When Nagamasa is dating Oichi, occasionally he may have enjoyed his dreams or life, this time they will see the battlefield full of flowers.
After Yoshimoto was defeated by them, Nagamasa promised to marry Oichi and was able to assist the siege in Nabayama Castle. After Hanbei was defeated, Nagamasa and Oichi let them live together with such smoothness and tension. Casually by deals with Nobunaga trying again in carrying by injustice, Nagamasa is repenting though kinsfolk which he upright by ended to battle for takes on place then leads everybody to be very smiling and not had horror clashing away. 
Agreed to talking with Oichi in order to takes her back to the Oda clan, Nagamasa gets safe for his wife and later joins in battles against the Oda forces during his arrived in Odani Castle.
===Samurai Warriors 4===
When Nagamasa is making a choice to finished his job, and discovered more proposals of the politics. He meets Oichi by the way, as their relationship are good close, much to the romance. But on, he decided to married with her, which they arranged for engaged, and having times to joined the ceremony. At the time, Nagamasa is already picked by Nobunaga, who would required a stronger ally by helps the overpowering excellence to attacked his marched of the capital. Athough he is not hyperbole as him, by so behave it. 
Upon their victory, Nagamasa attended a cherry blossom views and that respecting his brother's ability in fact he count as a hero of their age, so never agreed with his rules. However, Nagamasa performing his duties to the Oda with honor their alliance, which allowing to light of the battles. The Oda forces attacked the Rokkaku forces, that was into the chaos, Nagamasa led his armies to protect Kannonji Castle, without the most of an plagues. During this way, he also makes friends with Mitsuhide and intended helps him to doing missions. 
A matters of that, Hisahide have remembering his declaration on the viewing, and personally provoking the Omi lord to fight with his sole ambitions. To betrayed his alliance and remained his wife's loyalty, Nagamasa always to being in snare which he look down upon his brother-in-law to strikes for his visions of united (but the world was making everyone can be enjoying happiness). Nagamasa pretending safety passage for Nobunaga, resist his Asakura allies and charged to the Oda's flank. Due to his wicked, Nobunaga keep to massacre. 
He realized that his brother escaping from Kanegasaki and forced the Omi lord building his forces by collaborate with Asakura and Takeda. At the Anegawa, Nagamasa bearing of fights with his brother, which utterly to murdering by him, and caused Asakura were retreating. Aftermath of the battle, he is dead of the hands by Nobunaga therefore away, Oichi grieved to crying with fact to mourning him.
===Samurai Warriors 5===
Nagamasa appearing to help Yoshikage in Echizen, as Hisahide wants to intruded the calamity. He hurry to save Mitsuhide during the battle, which also repelled the invaders and later makes helps of Asakura. Upon Nobunaga invading of Omi and advanced on the capital, Nagamasa is taking by Nobunaga's dreams of peace through union, willingly trying supporting the Oda clan to founded Yoshiaki Ashikaga as shogun, makes defense of the new shogun from the Rokkaku clan.
Hoping that, he need to becomes more outstanding, and but his plans is arranged for taking marriage to Oichi. By the time is the Miyoshi Triumvirate returned, Nobunaga marching on Kanegasaki after Yoshikage rejection to left Echizen despite regardless from the Oda. Upon to be a couple, Nagamasa later betraying Nobunaga no doubt, forcing him back to the capital. Even though their put emotions are not fine, which Oichi thinks to know that is bit afraid.
During the battle of Anegawa, Nobunaga will pay owing to called Tokugawa, and turning out to defeat the Azai-Asakura army. The Asakura clan was destroyed which Yoshikage already dies, Nagamasa was cornered in Odani Castle with his wife and Katsuie before refused to the last calling of surrender. For the final combat, he endure to fights his brother-in-law and had him no mercy. The deceitful Nobunaga will killed Nagamasa, and keeps his ambitions.
==Gallery==
===Images===
Nagamasa-sw.jpg|Nagamasa in Samurai Warriors.
Nagamasa-sw2.jpg|Nagamasa in Samurai Warriors 2.
Nagamasa-sw3-art.jpg|Nagamasa in Samurai Warriors 3.
Nagamasa-sw4art.jpg|Nagamasa in Samurai Warriors 4.
Nagamasa-sw4.jpg|Samurai Warriors 4 render.
Nagamaza Azai (SW5).jpg|Nagamasa in Samurai Warriors 5.
===Videos===
Samurai Warriors 4 All Story Mode CG Movie and Event Cutscenes|Samurai Warriors 4 All Story Mode CG Movie and Event Cutscenes.
Samurai Warriors- Spirit of Sanada - All Cutscenes English|Samurai Warriors- Spirit of Sanada - All Cutscenes.
Samurai Warriors 4 Nagamasa's Death|Samurai Warriors 4 - Nagamasa Azai's Death.
Warriors Orochi 4 - Nagamasa Azai Unique Weapon|Warriors Orochi 4 - Nagamasa Azai Unique Weapon.
戦国無双5 全ムービーシーン集|Samurai Warriors 5 - All Cutscenes.
Samurai Warriors 5 - Nagamasa Azai's Death|Samurai Warriors 5 - Nagamasa Azai's Death.
==Trivia==
*In Sengoku Angelique, Francis acts as the Nagamasa of the cast. His full name is "Azai Francis Nagamasa".
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