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Sankuro Yorozu (萬 三九六, Yorozu Sankurō) is a character who appears as a unplayable sub-boss in Samurai Shodown V.
He was originally designed to be a devilish "no-good person" and is thought by the creators to fit the image. His personality and some elements in his design were modeled after the characters Jagi and Amiba from the manga, Fist of the North Star.
Personality[]
Sankuro is very ambitious, but he is also very noisy. He knows that he is not the strongest, but he wants to make people think he is such.
Fighting Style[]
Like Yumeji Kurokouchi and Rasetsumaru, Sankuro borrows several poses and animations from another character. In this case, the lower half of his body and some of his attacks are nearly identical to Genjuro's sprite. He fights swinging a huge mallet and has the ability to call members of his gang to help him. While his gang distracts his opponent, he may also eat food to heal himself. He later gains accessibility to a revolver and bombs in Samurai Shodown VI.
Music[]
- Sankuro Enters - Samurai Shodown V
Voice Actors[]
- Tomoyuki Shimura - Samurai Shodown V
- Shinsuke Fukui - Samurai Shodown VI
Game Appearances[]
- Samurai Shodown V - 5th boss
- Samurai Shodown VI
Mobile Appearances[]
- Samurai Shodown: Oborozuki Densetsu
Cameo Appearances[]
- Days of Memories (third title) - in-text cameo
Etymology[]
- The name Sankuro means "three" (三) (san), "nine" (九) (ku) and "six" (六) (ro).
- The name is humorously referenced in his Super Special Move "Sushi is Edo Style!!", where the Samurai Shodown II gauge makes the input a 396 motion.
- Sankuro's surname Yorozu means "myriad, ten thousand, 10000" (萬).
- Ofuyo, Goshichi, and Ippachi continue this naming convention, with their names being readings of 024, 57, and 18.
