Taikogane Sadamune

**Previous Owners** | Date Masamune
 **English** | Alejandro Saab

**Taikogane Sadamune** is a minor character in Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru. He is a Tantou *touken danshi* living in the citadel with the remaining Dategumi. He takes pride in his appearance and does everything in a cool and flashy manner.

## Appearance

Taikogane is a shorter sword, standing at 152cm (4'9). He has bright orange and yellow eyes with thick eyelashes and eyebrows.

As his casual outfit, he is seen sporting a white hoodie with yellow feather-like patterns on the shoulders. Underneath his hoodie, he wears a sky blue shirt with a white curved line decorating the front. His shorts follow the same design as his hoodie: white with yellow accents. his shorts have a tighter black interior, mimicking that of sport shorts. His shoes are that of running shoes colored white and black.

His hair is dark blue, partially done up into a high, messy ponytail in the back with the addition of two yellow and blue feathers. Two braids are woven near his temples, his remaining hair messily falls to his shoulders. Two loose stands of hair fall in front of his chest, decorated with two more yellow and blue feathers tied at the ends of them.

## Personality

Taikogane, nicknamed Sada-chan by Shokudaikiri Mitsutada, is an extremely enthusiastic sword. He takes great pride in his outfits and style, getting upset in battle when his uniform is damaged or ruined. He has a keen interest for flashy, sparkly things, such as gold and gems. Taikogane tries his best to keep things fun and exciting when he's around, not wanting the citadel to become boring or "uncool".

He is a very kind, caring, and energetic sword happy to make acquaintances with just about anyone. He aids Shokudaikiri Mitsutada and Ookurikara in the kitchen, helping to prepare food for the rest of the swords in the citadel.

Taikogane loves the battlefield, calling battles "performances" and encouraging his teammates to fight "in style" and "be flashy". No matter what, Taikogane refuses to give up, even if his uniform is ruined or dirtied in battle. He cares greatly about his teammates, supporting them in anyway he can.

## Background

The history and background of the sword Taikogane Sadamune is currently unknown.

## Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru

Taikogane arrived at the citadel in March, meeting his brother Mitsutada again, along with Ookurikara. He quickly becomes acquainted with the residence of the citadel with help of Micchan and Kara. A little while later, Taikogane finds a Spring Sports Festival poster hanging on of the walls within the citadel. upon inspecting the poster, he immediately notices the prize to be a gold medal. Upon being excited about the golden prize, he asks Mitsutada to be apart of his team during the festival. Though, Mitsutada informs him that the teams have to include three members. Ookurikara stumbles upon the group and Taikogane asks him to join. Even though Kara refused to join, he was forced into joining the team anyway.

The three of them decide on the name "Team Ultramarine" to represent their group during the festival. Upon beginning the event, the team participated in several events such as an obstacle courses and tug-a-war. As the festival dawned its final event, a race, Taikogane was positioned at the final lap. Once it was his turn to participate, Sada was able to make his away head of other teams and face off for first place against Hasebe. At the end of the competitive race, Team Ultramarine took second place. Though, to both Hasebe and Taikogane's disappointment, the gold medal was actually chocolate wrapped in gold foiling.

## Trivia

* Fanworks sometimes depict Taikogane with Shokudaikiri Mitsutada, Ookurikara and Tsurumaru Kuninaga. This is due to Mitsutada being a sword owned by Date Masamune, and Ookurikara being a sword owned by Masamune or his son, Date Tadamune (伊達 忠宗). Tsurumaru, meanwhile, joined the Date Clan later (1716-1736), after being taken from a shrine he resided in. These four are known as Dategumi in the fandom.