Tadaoki Hosokawa

**Tadaoki Hosokawa** is the deuteragonist of *Samurai Warriors Crossroads 2*. The eldest son of Fujitaka and the fifteenth leader of the Hosokawa clan, he is well-known as the husband of Gracia, Hidemitsu Akechi's cousin. He was one of the former Toyotomi generals to join the Eastern Army prior to Sekigahara. Several sources claim that this was due to his wife's infamous death.

## Story

### Crossroads 2

As he's the deuteragonist of the game, he appears in all of the missions.

#### Tagging Along to Esparanca

Tadaoki decides to help Hidemitsu with finding Gracia, saying that she is his wife.

#### Confronting Kana Sugiura

Upon discovering that Kana was the one, he angrily calls out Kana for kidnapping Gracia, something that she denied.

### The Traveller's Anguish

He plays a vital role in Gracia's story, so he appears in all of the missions.

## Fighting Style

Tadaoki uses Shigeki Baba's move-set with a lot of unique moves.

## Tropes

* Adaptational Ugliness: Tadaoki in this game is a ragged . It was confirmed that stress played a huge factor into his aging appearance.
* Adaptational Angst Upgrade: In Crossroads, he constantly worries over Gracia's safety since he , which explains why he has a short temper.
* Art-Shift: Possibly due to the Dream Engine, as despite wearing almost the same outfit from Samurai Warriors 4 Empires, it's been upgraded to match the
* Badass Normal:
* Boring but Practical: While his Nodachi is less-than impressive, he makes up for it's size by
* Contrasting Sequel Protagonist: Lady Shinjo is an attractive and . Tadaoki, on the other hand, is not only the complete opposite, but he looks . The one thing that
* Expy:
* Fatal Flaw: Wrath. It's bad enough that he's already bitter over Gracia's disappearance, but dealing with Kana got his blood boiling because of her refusal to . It's fortunate that Toshimitsu and Hidemitsu managed to calm him down before
* Friend to all Children:
* Hair-Trigger Temper: At times, he gets angered by the most
* Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He might be a bit too harsh, and angry, over a lot of things, but if what Gracia is concerned, he's
* Kind-Hearted Cat Lover: Once you look past his attitude and behavior, he
* Martial Arts Headband: Wears a plain white headband on his head
* Move-Set Clone: His fighting style is a variation of Shigeki Baba from Yakuza 5.
* Non-Standard Character Design: His overall appearance is a remade variation of his unique model from Samurai Warriors 4 Empires with a lot of differences.
* Rage-Breaking Point: He definitely does not take it well over Kana nearly murdering Gracia over her sick obsession. Judging by his temper, he truly snapped....
* Scars are Forever: The reason why he has a bandana is that his head was split open once
* Smarter Than He Looks:
* Unwitting Instigator of Doom: A positive example. Once he finds out about Kana's true nature, he causes a scene to distract both Hidemitsu and Kana from, since he's full aware of the latter threating , which led to Haru telling Hidemitsu the full truth regarding Kana through the same video he gave her.
* Wouldn't Hurt a Child: Despite his temper, the one thing he doesn't like is hurting a child.