Yashamaru Kurama

Yashamaru Kurama (鞍馬 夜叉丸, Kurama Yashamaru ) is the main protagonist of Samurai Shodown (2019). He is voiced by Kouhei Amasaki.

Story
A young, fallen samurai who stalks the shadows as the phantom thief "Karasu Tengu." Brandishing an heirloom nagamaki, he fights using the ancestral tengu powers he has inherited.

Personality
He loathes villains who exploit the weak for financial gain. Because his father was executed on false charges in the past, he has developed a deep and unparalleled hatred for the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Powers
TBA

Fighting Style
TBA

Music
TBA

Game Appearances

 * Samurai Shodown (2019)

Trivia

 * His surname, Kurama, is derived from a mountain in Japan where Sōjōbō, king of the tengu, was said to live. According to legend, it is where Sōjōbō taught swordsmanship to the folk hero Ushiwakamaru, more famously known as Minamoto no Yoshitsune.
 * His nagamaki, Shanaō, shares its name with the moniker that Sōjōbō granted Ushiwakamaru upon coming of age.
 * He shares his given name with one of the Kouga Clan ninjas in the novel The Kouga Ninja Scrolls. Yasha are a race of benevolent demons in Japanese Buddhism, and are counterparts to the malevolent rasetsu.
 * As a descendant of tengu, Yashamaru is part-yōkai.
 * His criminal alias, Karasu Tengu, literally meaning "Crow Tengu," is derived from a breed of tengu that takes on the appearance of a crow.