Hiroie Kikkawa

* **The Royal Moon Dragon** - Hiroie's Nickname

**Hiroie Kikkawa** is one of the main protagonists of *Samurai Warriors Crossroads*. Being Motonari's grandson and one of the many generals who won fame during Hideyoshi's failed Korean Campaign, he is best known for allegedly predicting the defeat of the Western Army and secretly negotiating a ceasefire with Nagamasa Kuroda. Present at the Battle of Sekigahara, he did nothing and famously said that he was going to eat his lunch for the rest of the day.

In the main story, he takes over as the main character after his mother's death, which makes him the main protagonist of *The Dragon's Conviction,* shared with his younger sister Tomoe Kikkawa.

## Appearance

Hiroie Kikkawa is a young man with medium length black hair, a low short ponytail, sharp black eyes, and smooth skin. Somehow, even his own family were surprised, his build is athletic. Like his mother, he has a tattoo covering his left arm, except his left hand.

His older appearance keeps the hair, only that his facial features has

### Official Outfits

#### Pre Timeskip (Battle)

He wears a dusty dark navy blue coat with a small split in the rear, dark blue lapels over a black waistcoat and dark navy blue dress shirt. He also wears black pants alongside white and black gloves, and silver arm pads, along with black military boots. On the back of the coat has a black and white butterfly dragon, in the shape of a moon.

#### Post Time-Skip (Battle)

Due to the time-skip, his appearance after the death of Haru Kikkawa is a notable change from his younger self. His hair had now been grown into his shoulders, which led to his current ponytail (A short one, to be precise). In addition, his fashion style has changed, more focused on his laid-back approach, which consists of him wearing a dark blue short-sleeved leather coat, a grey suit shirt, fingerless gloves, a protective vest covering the top part of his torso, black faded pants and black boots. To top it off, the back of his jacket has his Royal Moon dragon design, from his younger design, on it.

#### Post Time-Skip (Casual)

He wears a dark navy blue dress shirt with black designer jeans and black boots. The shirt has a butterfly dragon design spread around his right leg of his jeans, with his name on the left: Called H-Dawg. A small chain is wrapped around his neck.

## Personality

Despite his girl-like looks, since he was born through two women, Hiroie is a serious, headstrong young man that is often the voice of reason to the Kikkawa and Mori clans. At times, he gets annoyed at his mother for her antics and the rest of his family, for their dysfunctional tendencies.

There are times where he's just as much of a goofball as his mother. Deep down that serious, hard shell lies a man who is not embarrassed of her mother and is always having fun, even if his brothers and sisters think otherwise.

He is exceptionally skilled at guns, especially revolvers. Being a marksman during his time, Hiroie learned how to adapt to modern guns and technology faster than his mother, who learned before Itsukushima.

After the death of Haru, however, his personality had drastically changed.

The ongoing pressures he was forced to endure during his time as the leader of the Kikkawa has made him suffer some form of PTSD as a result of the increased responsibilities he had to accept as well as picking up from where his mother left off, which led to him getting . This led him to make bad yet necessary decisions in similarity to Ironwood. And while Hiroie admits that he's not a good decision maker, he has to make them for their own sake.

Speaking of his thirst for battle,

### Warriors Orochi

In Warriors Orochi, he has conversations with Guan Yinping, Yuan Shao, Cao Pi, Joan of Arc, Nagamasa Azai, Toyohisa Shimazu, Yamato and TBA

## Story

### Leader of the Kikkawa Clan

#### Chapter 15: Last Fight in Kyushu (Conquest of Kyushu)

Hiroie takes the role of main protagonist after his mother's death in Shikoku.

#### Chapter 17: Into Sekigahara

Since becoming the head of the Kikkawa clan, Hiroie was forced to be part of the Western Army at Sekigahara. Despite his protests, Mitsunari insisted that Hiroie should join the Western Army under Hidemoto's orders.

Having realized that

#### Chapter 19: Joining the Tokugawa

Due to the information he received from Lady Toida, he suggested to Hidemoto Mori that the Mori should side with the Tokugawa

### Warriors Orochi

Due to the time fractures, Hiroie was pulled from his dimension to the merged world, where he arrives at Taoyang to help the Coalition.

## Outfits

* Battle (Pre and Post Timeskip)
* Informal (Pre and Post Timeskip)
* Casual

## Weapons

This is in regards to his older appearance as his younger self shares the same weapons with the same Katana users.

### Original Game

1. Moonshine Machete
2. Sparkling Cleaver
3. Royal Moon
4. Heaven's Wayward
5. Moonlight (RARE)
6. Eternal Healing (RARE, Chapter 2)

### Warriors Orochi

1. Moonshine Machete
2. Sparkling Cleaver
3. Frostbite Rainfall
4. Royal Moon Dragon
5. Royal Moon Dragon X
6. Sakon's Clarity (Special)

## Tropes

* A Day in the Limelight - He gets to be the main character after his mother dies.
* Art Evolution - His younger and older appearances received a revamp in the Director's Cut, due to being based of the Dragon Engine.
* Ascended Extra - So from a standpoint: yes. He did in fact overshadowed his mother in a lot of ways.
* Ax-Crazy: When he truly gets fired up, it's advisable not to encounter him at all costs, because he will definitely mess you up.
* Badass Baritone - A man that looks more like a girl yet his voice is a far cry from his appearance, at least in his older look. His English voice gives him a softer tone, similar to both Johnny Cage and Dean Winchester.
* Berserk Button: Two cases.
* While not as serious as Motonaga's Greenhouse being messed with, Him getting called a K-Pop idol sets him off, due to his girlish looks.
* On a serious note, if you happen to mess with his family, then you will definitely pay the price.
* Big Eater: Seriously. He definitely takes after his mother in a lot of ways, with this being one of them. Case in point being that he ate twenty boxed bento lunches during the Battle of Sekigahara, mainly as a way to work up his appetite considering he was unable to eat during the Western Army's planning (In Mitsunari's defense, Yoshitsugu just wanted to get everyone involved.). Another example is when he ate an entire chocolate bar in front of Yoshihiro and Toyohisa Shimazu.
* Bishounen: He definitely fits this mold to the point that Oichi actually got jealous over Nagamasa's attempts to win him over, to his own dismay
* Blood Knight: Despite his laid-back and stern approach, he doesn't shy away from wanting to cause as much carnage as possible.
* Blood-Splattered Warrior: Not as notorious as his inspiration, but he still counts. Maybe he realized how fun war truly is.
* Brilliant but Lazy - Known as a tactician yet feels like he doesn't really need to do a lot of work.
* Characterization Marches On - Prior to his playable appearance, he didn't really have that much unique ness to him aside from the fact he was one of the people responsible for betraying the Toyotomi clan at Sekigahara.
	+ When he became playable, he is portrayed as a man with a big appetite, like his mother.
* Contrasting Sequel Main Character: In regards to this trope, he and Nobuyuki share a similar path, despite being differently related (We meant to say that Hiroie is Haru's son while Nobuyuki is Yukimura's brother).
* Covert Pervert - Nowhere near as Haru, but it's there. Must be a family thing.
* Divergent Character Evolution: He used to be until he starts getting fired up over .
* Dude Looks like a Lady: He might as well be tied with Ranmaru Mori . Unlike Ranmaru, however, Hiroie is annoyed over how
* Expy: Like Haru, it's several cases with him.
	+ May Marigold: His younger appearance is identical to her though the only difference is that Hiroie's hair is black and without a tail piece. And while his outfit is based on May, there's a lot of differences
	+ Yuji Kazami: Some of his traits
	+ Vito Scaletta: And while Vito was exiled for unintentionally ruining things, Hiroie for a while
	+ Raphael Sorel - considering .
	+ Melissa Podebrat - To an extent. However, Hiroie
	+ Cao Pi - When you think about it. And like Cao Pi, Hiroie inherited . This even extends to his younger appearance, where he is almost identical to
	+ Jon Moxley: He .
* Final Boss: In an unexpected turn of events, he is the final boss of *Aftermath Justice*, serving as Shinjo's final obstacle for her to overcome the five stages of grief.
* Has Two Mommies: Because of Haru's gender-bend status, Hiroie now has two mothers
* Heroic BSOD - He almost has one when he found out his mother died and made him the new leader of the Kikkawa clan without his knowledge.
* Hunk - Do you really think that just because his appearance looks feminine means he has the body type? Nope.
* I Just Want To Be Normal: All he wants is to live peacefully after his mother's death, since his older brother had became leader at the time, but the Western Army's attempts to side with Hiroie ruined his chance of doing so. Combine that with his older brother dying not long after, and his chances of living peacefully are in fact ruined, because Mitsunari insisted on asking for his help in taking down Ieyasu Tokugawa and unite the land. In fact, it's precisely why he felt that Ieyasu understood more about than Mitsuhide.
* Katanas are Just Better: He brandishes a variation of the Katana move-set, making him the first character since Kojiro
* Leitmotif: "Royal Rain" is his Boss Theme
* Letting Go: He was told by the spirit of his mother to let his vengeance go, because killing Nene wouldn't solve anything.
* Mr. Fanservice: Not to an extent as Haru, but he still has his moments considering he
* Mommy's Boy: Played with. While he does seem to follow his mother's orders, he has a habit of scolding her if she either goes a bit overboard with her planning or how she deals things.
* Not So Above it All: Of all things, he's fascinated by the sight of
* Only Sane Man: Pretty much the only member in his family that actually seems to know what's really going on with Hideyoshi, as well as the most logical of the six children of the Arrow Dragon. He also suspects that Nene might have
* Rated M for Manly - When you put it that way, this seems to play straight with him actually PUNCHING a cannon ball from Ieyasu's weapon. While it actually broke all fingers of his right hand, the ball in question shattered to pieces.
* The Rival: Despite being on opposing sides, he actually respects Yukimura enough to a good degree.
* Seen it All: When he makes his presence known during the convergence, Hiroie is actually calm and casual about the idea of having multiple.
* Slasher Smile: Likely as a result of Tranquil Fury from the discovery over Nene planning his mother's death
* The Southpaw: Is one of the few characters to have his weapon on his left hand
* Sucksessor: Not his fault, but it was likely because he was unable to live up to his mother's expectations when he led the Kikkawa clan, which was somewhat expected considering he was unsure on how to continue where his mother and older brother had left off (Both had died due to similar accidents. Haru was murdered by Kiyomasa Kato, and his older brother had passed away peacefully on his deathbed)
* Tranquil Fury: When he finds out that Nene was responsible for killing his mother, his face doesn't show any kind of anger, but he's angry enough to punch Masanori's tooth out from his mouth, which not only frightens, showing that he does have a temper exactly like Haru.
* Unsettling Gender Reveal: In-universe.
* Vocal Dissonance: Despite his feminine features, he sounds nowhere near like his appearance, in a similar fashion to Sasuke from Spirit of Sanada. Especially when you compare Motonaga with Hiroie's vocal tone.
* Vocal Evolution: The second game has his voice soften to the point
* Walking Shirtless Scene - When he was called out from his nap by Mitsunari Ishida when the latter requested for his assistance, he comes out with no shirt on since he was still getting ready to head outside for the day.

## Trivia

* Hiroie is one of six characters to have shown signs of aging. Similar to Yukimura Sanada, Hiroie's post timeskip appearance is kept through the game though unlike Yukimura, Hiroie's post timeskip appearance has been kept through the rest of his appearances, including crossovers, with Warriors Orochi 5 being an example.
* Hiroie is similar to Vito Scaletta from the Mafia series. Both of them wanted to do something for their families, even by going into the deep end. Unlike Vito, Hiroie knew of the risks he would be forced to witness on his path ahead and ended up taking full responsibility for the loss at Sekigahara where as Vito learned it the hard way. Also. Both of them were driven out of their homes in some way: Hiroie retired and left his town for a while until he was called again by a mysterious informant (Later revealed to be Hidetada) while Vito was exiled out of Empire Bay and into New Bordeaux as a result of him unintentionally helping Henry Tomasino, who was revealed to be an informant for the FBI, and was only driven out aspart of a deal made by Leo Galante.
* Hiroie is the second character after Yasutaka Shirakaba to be the Final Boss of a DLC campaign.
* Hiroie's older appearance takes a lot of notes from both Jaune Arc from RWBY and the Reboot Dante from the DMC: Devil May Cry game by Ninja Theory.