Honda Tadakatsu

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**Honda Tadakatsu**  (本多 (ほんだ)忠勝 (ただかつ), *****Honda Tadakatsu*****? Honda Tadakatsu) is a retainer of the Tokugawa clan, serving under Tokugawa Ieyasu. She serves as a recruitable general since Sengoku Hime 1, and has appeared in all 7 of the games in the Sengoku Hime series, Tengokuhime 1, Tengokuhime 2 and the upcoming Shin § Sengoku Hime.

## Introduction

**Sengoku Hime 1:**The head of the Mikawa Tokugawa family.
At first glance, she is a graceful girl, but she has a strong interest in new things, and she is curious. Perhaps because she has lived as a hostage in another country since she was a child, she still has some aspects of being unfamiliar with her own country even after returning to Sanka.
Although she is still immature, she has more thoughts about the country.

一見するとおしとやかな女の子だが、新しいものなどへの興が強く、好奇心旺盛。幼い頃から他国で人質として 暮らしていた年月が長いためか、三可に戻った今でも、自国に馴染みきれず浮いている面がある。
当主としてもまだまだ未熟な面が多いが、国を思う心は人一倍。
CV:水純なな歩原画:和光天水

**Sengoku Hime 2:**A senior vassal of the Tokugawa family. She is a girl who pledges allegiance to the Tokugawa family. She values righteousness and Bushido above all else. From the time she was born, she has been taught and raised only in all combat techniques, and her personal combat power is unmatched. However, she has a very straightforward and serious personality and is easily deceived by others.

徳川家の重臣。徳川家に忠誠を誓う少女。義と武士道を何よりも重んじる。生まれた時から、あらゆる戦闘の術のみを教えられて育っており、個人の戦闘力では右に並ぶものがいない程。しかし、極めて素直で真面目な性格をしており、他人に騙されやすい。

**Sengoku Hime 3:**Manipulating the love spear "Tonbokiri" as a master of spears, he avoids the enemy's attack with a light manner that is far from ordinary people while being successful in many battles, and he has never suffered a scratch on his body. Musou warrior. He has a lean and well-proportioned body, and although he lives in a space-free manner, he is also a cute person with a bright and open-minded personality.

槍の名手で愛槍「蜻蛉切」を操り、数多の合戦で功を立てつつも常人離れした軽い身のこなしで敵の攻撃を避け、その身にかすり傷ひとつ負ったことがないという天下無双の武人。無駄のない均整の取れた体つきから隙を感じさせない居住まいをしているが、明るく裏表のない性格で可愛らしい人物でもある。
ＣＶ：青葉りんご　デザイナー：あまぎみちひと

**Sengoku Hime 4:**

徳川四天王一の武勇を誇る。
『蜻蛉切』という大槍を手に戦場を駆け、戦果を上げては無傷で帰還するという生きる伝説のような人物。
早い段階から家康に仕え、その成長を見守ってきた忠臣で、明るく挫けない性格の持ち主。
徳川家の颯馬を始め、康政、直政たちとも仲がよく、家臣にも慕われているが、あくまで武人としての人気であり不思議と色恋について噂になることはない。
【デザイナー：あまぎみちひと】　【演者：青葉りんご】

**Sengoku Hime 5:** One of the Tokugawa family's Fudai vassals and Ieyasu's strong trust. He is proud of the bravery of Tokugawa Shitennoichi. He is a living legendary person who runs on the battlefield with a large spear called "Tonbokiri", and returns unharmed after achieving battle results. A loyal vassal who has served Ieyasu from an early stage and has watched over his growth, he has a cheerful and unyielding personality.

デザイナー：あまぎみちひとＣＶ：青葉りんご

**Sengoku Hime 6:** Fudai vassal of the Tokugawa family. She is a ridiculous girl who runs on the battlefield with her petite body and a large spear "Tonbokiri" and returns without any damage. She is a rush and straight, good or bad. She loves Ieyasu like her sister, and she still protects Ieyasu with her little girlfriend today. Her breasts are much larger than Ieyasu.

**Sengoku Hime 7:** One of Motoyasu's oldest subordinates.
One of the strongest warriors in the Warring States period, he is the owner of "Tonbokiri", a swing of the Three Great Spears of Japan.
He has become the greatest force of the Matsudaira clan, a weak force, and has been fighting at the forefront for a long time.
He is a laid back, honest, refreshing and pleasant person who doesn't care about the details.

元康の最古参の配下の一人。
戦国最強の武人の一人で、天下三槍の一振り『蜻蛉切』の持ち主。
弱小勢力である松平家の最大戦力となり、ずっと最前線で戦い続けている。
細かいことは気にしないおおらかで正直な、さっぱりとした気持ちのいい人物。

**Tengoku Hime 1:**One of the Tokugawa family's Fudai vassals and Ieyasu's strong trust.
He is a living legendary person who runs on the battlefield with a large spear called "Tonbokiri", and returns unharmed after achieving a battle result. He is a loyal vassal who has served Ieyasu from an early stage and has watched over his growth, and has a cheerful and unyielding personality.

『蜻蛉切」という大槍を手に戦場を駆け、戦果を上げては無傷で帰還するという生きる伝説のような人物。早い段階から家康に仕え、その成長を見守ってきた忠臣で、明るく挫けない性格の持ち主。

**Tengoku Hime 2:**One of the Tokugawa family's Fudai vassals and Ieyasu's strong trust.
He is proud of the bravery of Tokugawa Shitennoichi.
He is a living legendary person who runs on the battlefield with a large spear called "Tonbokiri", and returns unharmed after achieving a battle result.
A loyal vassal who has served Ieyasu from an early stage and has watched over his growth, he has a cheerful and unyielding personality.
He heard the news of Honnoji with Ieyasu, and while he was in Igagoe, he was summoned to Venard.

徳川家の譜代家臣にして家康が強い信頼を寄せる人物のひとり。
徳川四天王一の武勇を誇る。
『蜻蛉切」という大槍を手に戦場を駆け、戦果を上げては無傷で帰還するという生きる伝説のような人物。
早い段階から家康に仕え、その成長を見守ってきた忠臣で、明るく挫けない性格の持ち主。
家康と共に本能寺の報せを聞き、伊賀越をしている最中、ヴェナールに召喚された。

**Shin § Sengoku Hime:**A military commander who serves Ieyasu Tokugawa.
He is a warrior who boasts the strength of Ikki Tousen, a god of war, and his armed force is called the best in the Warring States period. He calls his lord, Ieyasu, "Mr. Ieyasu" and loves him very much, and he has no mercy on anything that tries to harm Ieyasu.
He is not only strong but also cheerful and caring, so his subordinates love him regardless of gender. However, he has little knowledge about color love, so he may act erratically.

一騎当千、武神の如き強さを誇る武人でその武力は戦国一と称されている。主君である家康のことを「姐さん」と呼びとても慕っており、家康に害をなそうとするものに容赦がない。
強さだけではなく快活で面倒見がいいため部下からは性別関係なく慕われている。しかし、色恋沙汰には疎く知識もほぼないため、とんちんかんな行動に出てしまうことも。

## Historial Infomation

Honda Tadakatsu (本多 忠勝, March 17, 1548 – December 3, 1610), also called Honda Heihachirō (本多 平八郎) was a Japanese samurai, general and daimyo of the late Sengoku through early Edo periods, who served Tokugawa Ieyasu. Honda Tadakatsu was one of the Tokugawa Four Heavenly Kings along with Ii Naomasa, Sakakibara Yasumasa and Sakai Tadatsugu.

Such was Honda's reputation that he attracted notice from the most influential figures in Japan at the time. Oda Nobunaga, who was notoriously disinclined to praise his followers called him a "samurai among samurai". Moreover, Toyotomi Hideyoshi noted that the best samurai were "Honda Tadakatsu in the east and Tachibana Muneshige in the west". Even Takeda Shingen praised Honda, saying that "he is a luxury of Tokugawa Ieyasu". It was widely acknowledged that he was a reputed samurai and a loyal retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Tadakatsu is often referred to as "The Warrior who surpassed Death itself" because he never once suffered a significant wound, despite being the veteran of over 57 battles by the end of his life,
Service under Ieyasu
Honda Tadakatsu is generally regarded as one of Tokugawa Ieyasu's finest generals, and he fought in almost all of his master's major battles. He gained distinction at the Battle of Anegawa (1570), helping in the defeat of the armies under the Azai and Asakura clans along with Tokugawa's ally, Oda Nobunaga. Tadakatsu also served at Tokugawa's greatest defeat, the Battle of Mikatagahara (1572), where he commanded the left wing of his master's army, facing off against troops under one of the Takeda clan's more notable generals, Naitō Masatoyo. Although that battle ended in defeat, Honda Tadakatsu was one of those Tokugawa generals present to exact vengeance upon the Takeda at the Battle of Nagashino (1575). Honda commanded a rank of musketeers as the combined Oda-Tokugawa forces annihilated Takeda Katsuyori's army, partly thanks to the skillful use of ranked muskets, as they fired in cycling volleys. One would fire while another was reloading and another was cleaning the barrel of the musket. This enabled the muskets to fire without stopping, effectively destroying the Takeda army. Later, he killed Takeda general, Okabe Motonobu, at the second Siege of Takatenjin (1581).
His finest moment came in the Komaki Campaign (1584). Left at Komaki while Ieyasu departed to engage Toyotomi troops at Nagakute, Tadakatsu observed a huge host under Hideyoshi himself move out in pursuit. With a handful of men, Tadakatsu rode out and challenged the Toyotomi army from the opposite bank of the Shōnai River. Toyotomi Hideyoshi (who outnumbered Honda by up to 50 or 60 to 1) was said to have been struck by the bravery of this warrior, and ordered that no harm come to him, his men, or Ishikawa Yasumichi, who accompanied him on this bid to buy time for Ieyasu.
Tadakatsu had a major role in the 1600 Battle of Kuisegawa, where he successfully rescued the Tokugawa officers Nakamura Kazuhide and Arima Toyouji, who were ambushed by the Western Army officers Shima Sakon and Akashi Teruzumi
Honda Tadakatsu was present at the Battle of Sekigahara, in 1600, when Tokugawa Ieyasu's forces defeated the Western Alliance of under daimyō Ishida Mitsunari, allowing Tokugawa to assume control of the country, bringing the Sengoku era to a close.

**Lord(s):** Tokugawa Ieyasu 徳川家康

**Father:** 本多忠高

**Mother:** 小夜（植村氏義娘）

**Sibling(s):** 栄子（長束正家室）, 女（中根忠実室）

**Spouse(s):** 正室：於久の方（阿知和玄鉄娘・見星院）, 側室：乙女の方（松下弥一娘・月量院）

**Children:** 小松姫（真田信之正室）、もり姫（奥平家昌正室）、忠政、忠朝、女（本多信之室）、女（松下重綱室）、女（蒲生瀬兵衛室）

## Trivia

She is one of the few characters to have the same illustrator for most appearances across the entire same series.