Gaku Shonosuke

Nisha Ninja Troops

**Shounosuke** Gaku (楽　**尚之助**) is a male Taimanin and member of the Nisha clan.

## Personality

One of the core executives of the Nisha family, he is a beautiful and clever man who always keeps a calm attitude.

He is intelligent and has a good sense of balance. He is flexible and polite, able to work even with his enemy depending on the mission he is assigned to do. Shounosuke is polite and hardly reacts to provocation.

He and Fuuma Kotaro were childhood friends, and the younger Kotaro looked up to him like an older brother. Loyal to Nisha Gaiza, he was an old friend of Fuuma Kotaro. Shounosuke would kill Kotaro for Gaiza if he requested, and would support Gaiza without any ethical consideration.

## History

### Background

One of the core executives of the Nisha clan (Subclan of Fuuma), that joined Nisha Gaiza and his Nisha Ninja Troops.

He is an old friend of Fuuma Kotaro but is more loyal to Gaiza, wishing to make him the leader of the entire Fuuma clan. Shounosuke together with Dobashi Gonza is one of the most loyal to Gaiza and strongest of their troop. In terms of combat, he is a very skilled Taimanin and shares his Ninja Art with, Igawa Asagi, often sent out for assassination or rescue missions.

### Timeline RPGX

Like other members of the s Nisha Ninja Troops, he now lives in exile from Gosha Village. Shounosuke was meant to kill Kotaro after learning he was still alive, but Gaiza wished to settle the matter on his own.

In one of Shounosuke first appearances, he was trapped together with Shishigami Jisai and Kotaro on a mission. Searching for a team member that his group, lost contact with, the Taimanin Onigumo Saburo. Making a truce with the Gosha Taimanin, they search around the labyrinth-like area until they found Saburo, that had gone berserk together with her giant spider beast. Able to knock out Saburo, Shounosuke recovers her and returned quick to the Nisha Ninja Troops. Impressed by Kotaro's growth, but still loyal to Gaiza.

Supported, the use of the CD Virus, appears in multiple minor event, ⁣the next years, until the defeat and separation of Fürst, which supported the Nisha Ninja Troops originally.

In the year **2087**, he was injured in a conflict between Jiroemon and Kankuro, both rivals in the Nisha controlled areas of Tokyo Kingdom. Both blaming the other for the injury that Shonosuke suffered from, as a civil war is about to break out, with multiple factions getting ready to destroy the Nisha, Nisha Gaiza voices his desire to become a demon to gain the power to suppress the situation. His Ninja Art, which gains strength, by the souls of the lost powered by the ongoing conflict. Shonosuke, unbeknownst to all, combines his strength with Felicia and Anubis, of Corpse Lord, Teutates forcing the factions into more conflict. As Kankuro, which worked on his own terms with Felicia, confronts him, Felicia kills Kankuro which had been nothing but a pawn. As, a servant of Shinganji Kurenai, Kagari spies on this exchange, she is attacked in the middle of the conflict by Felicia or Shonosuke.

## Powers/Abilities

**Main Weapon**: Dual Blades

* **Ninja Art**: **Hawk Art** or **Falcon Art**: Same Ninja Art of Asagi but used differently. He specializes in the movement of both arms, which allows him to unleash the divine speed. As it both features black and white feathers and lighting, it is unclear what element it belongs to or shares the one with Asagi.
* **Particle Control**: Taimanin are able to manipulate Taima Particles to enhance their physical strength, speed and defense. The particles are also used to counter demonic influences and strengthen damage to demons.

## Trivia

* Translation possibly fault, DeepL used for translation.

### Etymology

* **Gaku** means "music, comfort, ease/easy" (楽).
* **Shonosuke** means "esteem, more/still more/furthermore, still, yet, greater, further, less" (尚) (**shou**), "this" (之) (**no**) and "help, rescue, assist/assistant/assistance" (助) (**suke**).