Mikazuki Munechika

For more information about Mikazuki Munechika and his other portrayals in the series, see his character page on the *Touken Ranbu* Wiki.

## Mikazuki Munechika

### Aliases

* Mikazuki
* Mikazuki-san
* Old man/Jiji (じじい)

### Affiliation

* First Team
* Touken Danshi
* Honmaru

## Physical description

### Species

* Touken Danshi (tachi)
* Tsukumogami

## Appearances

### Debut

* Prologue

A tachi (long sword) crafted by Sanjo Munechika, a swordsmith of the Heian Era, reputed to be the most beautiful of the Tenga Goken ("five great swords"). His eyes reflect a crescent moon (mikazuki) pattern which also appears on his blade due to the way he was tempered. He has the grace of a Heian aristocrat, and though he may appear to be quite mature, he is actually rather laid-back.

In this game, he is the leader of the First Team and leads the Touken Danshi of the same unit.

## Background

He is one of the five Tenga Goken, a tachi forged by a renowned swordsmith of the Heian Era, and is famous for being the most beautiful of the five due to the crescent-shaped uchinoke patterns on his blade. This is also where his name "Mikazuki" (crescent moon) comes from, with "Munechika" being derived from his swordsmith.

## Personality

Despite his graceful appearance and mannerisms, Mikazuki is a laid-back character who is notorious for being lazy around the citadel, which is often a source of complaint from the other Touken Danshi. He also makes frequent references to being an old man due to being over 1000 years old, making him Honmaru's oldest Touken Danshi. The other characters tend to view him the same way, as a result appear to let him off the hook more easily for his misdeeds, such as his laziness and food stealing, than other Touken Danshi such as Tsurumaru, who acts more youthful despite their closeness in age.

While he can be mischievous and a slacker who prefers sleeping and drinking tea to fulfilling his duties, Mikazuki is a wise, gentle, and insightful figure in Honmaru when he gets serious, and the one the other Touken Danshi defer to and trust in the opinions of when making big decisions, as well as the one they entrust with unraveling the story's biggest mysteries. He is also shown to have earned the respect of Tonbokiri and Muramasa, members of the First Team that he directly leads, with Muramasa referring to him as the pivotal point of their Honmaru. That said, Muramasa's respect for him does not preclude him from asking Mikazuki to strip down with him, though Mikazuki's laid-back personality means he never takes his requests seriously, and will frequently joke about wanting to stripping down as well.

Like most of the Touken Danshi, Mikazuki also has a sentimental attachment to their absent Saniwa, and is frequently seen with a music box that is meant to represent them and their "melody."

Lastly, as one of the Tenga Goken, he is also quite powerful, and as such was assigned to be the leader of the First Team by the Saniwa.

## Trivia

* He is the cast's oldest Touken Danshi, having been forged in the Heian Era and thus being over 1000 years old by the year the game is set.
* Outside of his team, Mikazuki has special Partner dialogue for Tsurumaru Kuninaga and Omokage.