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 (Crow-Billed Goblin).” 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.

Game Appearances

 * Samurai Shodown (2019)

Trivia

 * His surname, Kurama, is the name of a mountain in japan where Sōjōbō, King of Tengus, was said to live. The latter was also the one who taught swordsmanship to the folk hero Ushiwakamaru, more famously known as Minamoto no Yoshitsune.
 * Furthermore, his sword's name, Shanaō, is the same that Sōjōbō gave Ushiwakamaru when the latter came of age.
 * He shares his first name with one of the Kouga Clan ninjas in the manga Basilisk.