Ieyasu Tokugawa

**Ieyasu Tokugawa** (徳川家康, *Tokugawa Ieyasu*) is the main male protagonist of the *Sengoku-jidai* series. Once an normal high-school student from Hiei Academy, it is later revealed that he is the descendent of one of the unifiers of Japan Tokugawa Ieyasu, kicking off his new life.

## Appearance

Ieyasu is a slim built young man of average height, with spiky black hair and light brown eyes. Throughout the series, he is often seen dressed in his school uniform in Hiei Academy even when in combat. However, when outside of school, Ieyasu is dressed in more casual clothes.

Volume 6, Ieyasu is said to have become considerably more muscular than he was originally.

After Volume 15, he now has an X-shaped scar across his chest, courtesy of Hideyoshi Toyotomi's **Eien no Kizu**.

After having his head crushed and dying at the hands of Gogyou in Volume 22, and being revived by Sanzou using **Perfectus Immortalis** and one of Hideyoshi's lives, Ieyasu returned to the appearance of his ten-year-old self and as such has the physical features and abilities of his younger self, though, according to Fuyumi and Ren, he still retains his scar from Hideyoshi.

## Personality

Overall, Ieyasu has shown to be laid-back and collected a great number of times similar to his adoptive father, but there are times when he can also lose his composure in either awkward or embarrassing situations most of his time in his daily life, displaying great shock annoyance, and even at times anger.

Despite his laid-back and calm nature, Ieyasu can lose his temper after witnessing Kurvell forcing Fuyumi to strip in front of them to rescue the hostages. He won't even hesitate to maim enemies as he cut off Kurvell's arm using Onimaru. If the situation called for it, Ieyasu wouldn't hesitate to kill his enemies as he was forced to supposedly kill Guinevere Pendragon, albeit he did feel bad since she was both a friend and comrade, while understanding that he didn't have a choice as part of the plan.

He is also described as being very bold by several people, a trait he shares with his ancestor, as he was willing to, without hesitation, put himself in harms way to protect Fuyumi Tsukihime and Yoko.

Despite situations implying otherwise, he is not very perverted. He usually tries his hardest to show restraint and respect to the woman who acts lecherously around him, such as Fuyumi, Yoko and Momoji. He also chose not to have sex with Fuyumi at the log cabin they were staying, even though she suggested it, knowing he needed her family's approval first.

## History

Currently, not much is known about Ieyasu's past, other than at some point, after his parents died, he was adopted by Ryujirou Shiranui and the Shiranui family.

## Powers and Abilities

**Aka Manah:** In his final battle against Chacka, Ieyasu reached his 'Innate Evil Awakening' and became a Akamanah, a being whose broken the chains of fate. As such, he can increase his magic based on his training, a feat no person can do normally. Ieyasu also has an "attractive force", which enables him to force upon the fate that he desires; just releasing intimidation, he can cause the death of others if they don't put their focus on him. In his fight with Guinevere, he influenced the causation of "killing" and could cut through her Orichalcos Ippotis using Juzumaru.

**Master Swordsman:** Ieyasu is a remarkably skilled swordsman. Despite not training since his childhood, he cut Nobunaga Oda's magic bullet in midair, then held his own against Giovanni despite already being injured from before. As Ieyasu continued to face off against powerful enemies, he trained his sword skills with his father Ryujirou and Zhang Fei using his speed and skill to his advantage against even Hideyoshi and held his own against Percevall and Hakuto.

His sword skills has allowed him to fight against people who outclass him under normal standards such as Fuyumi Tsukihime and Kazuma Fuuma, receiving praise from both the Son of the Moon and Twin Wings. His skills were cultivated after he learned Edelweiss' swordsmanship, letting him fight on par with the Black Knight Guinevere Pendragon and defeated her, earning him the nickname as the **Sword King** (魔剣王ソード・キング, *Sōdo Kingu*?, lit. "Demon Sword King").

* **Sandanzuki** (三段突きさんだんつき, *Sandandzuki*?, lit. "Three Stage Thrust"): A famed technique of Okita Souji, taught to Ieyasu by Zhang Fei, where he launches three strikes at the same time making it a simultaneous strike.
* **Edelweiss' Swordmanship:**
* **Iaidō** (居合道いあいどう, ***Iaidō***?):
* **Trackless Step** (抜き足, *Nukiashi*, lit. "Without Foot"): Ieyasu learned the ancient technique by observing several different people use it, which combines breath control and footwork, letting him slip into the unconsciousness of his opponents making his motions far difficult to perceive until it's too late for them to avoid. He is able to use the same concept on a crowd of civilians by reading their blindspots, then walk and weave through them undetected, which impressed even a trained assassin. Ieyaus can mix the Trackless Step and normal footwork against "Necro Battalion" messing up their aim, a feat that Nangou Torajirou and Momozono Momoko can perform.

**Enhanced Stamina:** Through training with both Zhang Fei and Lü Bu, Ieyasu has developed stronger stamina, which increases as the series progresses. Even without the Fusion-senjutsu with Yoko or use of the Onimaru Armor, he manages to maintain control over his heartbeats and sense of rhythm as he fights with Hideyoshi.

**Enhanced Strength:**

**Enhanced Speed:** Due to constant training with Zhang Fei and Lü Bu, Ieyasu has gained remarkable speed and reflexes to match, being able to react to, dodge and counter fast Techniques, opponents, bullets, etc. After learning the basics of Edelweiss' Swordsmanship, his speed has been honed to where even the Chevalier du Soleli Gawaine Lot couldn't see him move despite hearing Ieyasu move.

* **Shinkirou** (蜃気狼しんきろう, *Shinkirō*?, lit. "Mirage Wolf")

**Basic Magic:** Through training with Sieglinde, Ieyasu has learned the basics of magic.

* **Lightning Magic** (雷光魔法らいこう まほう, *Raikō Mahō*?): According to Sieglinde and Emrys, Ieyasu has an affinity towards Lightning Magic.
	+ **Lightning Blade** (雷光刀らいこうとう, *Raikōtō*?): Using magic circles, Ieyasu infuses lightning into his sword, then releases it as a crescent-shaped lightning slash that travels a great distance.
	+ **Inazuma** (稲妻魔いなずま, *Inazuma*?, lit. "Lightning Demon"): Using magic circles, Ieyasu infuses lightning into his forearms, hands and palms,
* **Ice Magic** (氷魔法こうりまほう, *Kōri Mahō*?)
	+ **Byakuren** (白蓮びゃくれん, *Byakuren*?, lit. "White Lotus"): Using magic circles, Ieyasu creates a lotus-like shield made of ice on his arm.
* **Replication:** Ieyasu can create up to four clones of himself.
* **Magic Barrier:**
* **Familiar Contract:**

**Master Strategist:** Ieyasu has also been shown that once he understands what his enemies are planning to do mostly shown in his meeting with Avalon Council who treated them as a potential hostile threat to the Human World to be able to devise highly effective countermeasures and strategies.

### Tenka-Goken

**Tenka-Goken** (天下五剣てんかごけん, ***Tenka-Goken***? lit. "Five Best Swords beneath the Heavens") is Ieyasu's Technique. An powerful SS-rank Technique, it has the ability to summon five different swords, each named: **Doujigiri**, **Onimaru**, **Mikazuki**, **Ōdenta**, and **Juzumaru** respectively, each with their own respective powers and weaknesses. While Ieyasu was only able to one or two of the five at a time, he is able to summon an almost indefinite amount of one of the swords, such as when he fought Giovanni Lascaris with twin Onimarus, and when he constantly summoned multiple Odentas during his battle Hideyoshi.

After summoning the Doujigiri in the Twenty-Six Martyr Arc, he now has access to all five of the swords and is now able to summon all five at once, still in indefinite amounts.

* **Doujigiri** (童子切どうじぎり, *Dōjigiri*?, lit. "Slayer of Shuten-dōji"): The strongest of the Tenka-Goken, and the same weapon the mythical hero Minamoto-no-Yorimitsu used to slay the Shuten-douji. Taking the form of an long nodachi, with an bloody-silver blade and purple handle, it possesses great demon-slaying abilities and has the ability to control and create both ice and fire on a massive scale.
	+ **Pseudo Mana:**
	+ **Bake Kujira** (氷魔界の鯨ばけくじら,, *Hyōmakai no Kujira*?, lit. "Ice Hell Whale"): This is a technique which belonged to Iemon Tokugawa, which Ieyasu could use when merged together with Sanzou, where Ieyasu stabs Doujigiri into the ground, releasing cold winds and causing the ground around him to freeze, reportedly at *absolute zero*, at a rapid pace.
	+ **Ikkaku** (剣鯨イッカク, *Ikkaku*?, lit. "Sword Whale"): This is a technique which belonged to Iemon Tokugawa, which Ieyasu could use when merged together with Sanzou, where Ieyasu uses Doujigiri to freezes the target the moment the tip of the sword touches the target, then the piercing strike would break the frozen target.
* **Onimaru** (鬼丸おにまる, *Onimaru*?, lit. "Demon Circle"): The first of the five swords that Ieyasu summoned and his primary weapon. It is a sword that was used to slay an Red Oni named Sekiro, thus cursing both the sword and the man Tokimasa Houjou. An cursed sword, a tsubaless katana to be more specific, with an raven black blade and burnt bandages around the blade and handle. It has the ability to generate powerful red and black colored flames that can never be extinguished, even if Ieyasu were to be killed, and, as an cursed sword, it has the ability to slay both holy and cursed creatures. As according to Zhang Fei, Onimaru is the sword that Ieyasu has the most control over, yet, as, even when slayed, Sekiro is still alive through the sword, it has the chance of sending Ieyasu into an frenzy if overused, though this has yet to happen. According to Ieyasu, since awakening Rasetsu Onikimono, he has been able to speak with Sekiro, who now appears as a Rakshasa.
	+ **Hellflames** (獄炎ごくえん, *Gokuen*): After Volume 7, Ieyasu now is able to summon black and red Hellflames without the use of Onimaru.
		- **Pseudo Mana:**
		- **Enjin: Kyokumei no Kokken** (炎刃：旭明の黒剣えんじん：こっけんのきょく めい, ***Enjin: Kyokumei no Kokken***? lit. "Flame Blade: Black Sword of the Rising Dawn"): Based on his older brother's **Shin Geppa: Hitomaku Noh**, in which Ieyasu absorbs and concentrates all of Onimaru's potent hellflames onto the edge of the blade, severely deforming it, but allows Onimaru to eradicated whatever it touches to nothingness for a short time frame. Even an powerful defensive technique like Sanzou's **Dharmachakra** cannot stand up against this technique.
		- **Jigoku no Fubuki** (地獄の吹雪じごくのふぶき, ***Jigoku no Fubuki***? lit. "Hellish Blizzard"): A unison attack between Ieyasu and Fuyumi.
		- **Enlan** (炎蘭えんらん, *Enran*?, lit. "Flame Orchid")
			* **Jigoku Enlan** (地獄炎蘭じごく えんらん, *Jigoku Enran*?, lit. "Hell Flame Orchid")
	+ **Onimaru Armor** (鬼丸の鎧おにまる・アーマー, *Onimaru no Yoroi*, lit. "Armor of Onimaru"): After training with Zhang Fei and Lü Bu, Ieyasu was able to develop an armor for the sword, by channelling both his own ki and the ki of the sword and forming it into an demonic-looking, black and red samurai-like armor with blue horns. Dubbed as the *Onimaru Armor* by Momozono, Nangou Torajirou and Nishitora, it has the ability to protect Ieyasu from projectiles and magic-based attacks such **Raijinjuu**, and, as according to Yoko, Nishitora and Liu Bei, has an foul and demonic aura.
		- **Rasetsu Onikimono** (羅刹 鬼着物らせつ おにきもの, ***Rasetsu Onikimono***? lit. "Rakshasa Demon Kimono"): Ieyasu's Awakening. An improved and polished version of the Onimaru Armor, dubbed as *Rasetsu Onikimono* by Ieyasu, it increases Ieyasu's power a hundred-fold, having power comparable to that of Demon Lords of the Underworld, allowing him to fight on par with a Demon God-empowered Chacka, then defeat and kill him.
* **Mikazuki** (三日月みかずき, *Mikazuki*?, lit. "Crescent Moon")
	+ **Plant Cultivation:**
* **Ōdenta** (大典太おおでんた, *Ōdenta*?, lit. "Great Denta")
* **Juzumaru** (数珠丸じゅずまる, *Juzumaru*?, lit. "Rosary Circle")
	+ **Purification:**
	+ **Pseudo Mana:**
* **Goken Ashura** (五剣阿修羅ごけんあしゅら, *Goken Ashura*?, lit. "Ashura of Five Swords"): A technique based on Soujirou's **Triskelion**, in which he quickly attacks with and rotates between his five swords, using each of their abilities simultaneously for a devastating attack of fire and ice, hellflames, wild flora, explosive energy and holy energy.
* **Soumaru: Gokuenki Hijirijuzu** (双丸そうまる：獄炎鬼ごくえんき聖数珠ひじりじゅず, ***Soumaru: Gokuenki Hijirijuzu***? lit. "Twin Circles: Hellflame Demon, Holy Rosary"): An combination technique between Onimaru and Juzumaru.
* **Persephone Hadal** (冥府の焦熱魔植物ペルセポネー・ハダル, *Peruseponē Hadaru*?, lit. "Burning Demon Plants of Hades"): An combination technique between Onimaru and Mikazuki.

## Trivia

* His first name Ieyasu (家康) means "Family Peace".
	+ His surname Tokugawa (徳川) means "Virtuous River".
	+ His adoptive surname Shiranui (不知火) means "Unknown Flame".
* His birthday is June 1st, which is the day the original Tokugawa Ieyasu died.
* Ieyasu has remarkable cooking skills, being able to cook delicious meals using the simplest of ingredients, which his friends and allies alike adore.
* According to both Yoko and Nishitora, Ieyasu's aura and ki can appear very differently to different types of Youkai.
* According to Sanzou, like his ancestor and siblings, Ieyasu's body is said to be different from an normal human's.
* Ieyasu is the second Aka Manah to die then come back to life, the first one being Gogyou Stoicheion and the third being Tendou Harima.