Samurai Deeper KyoMain charactersDemon eyes KyoMain article: Demon Eyes KyoOnime no Kyo is said to have slaughtered a thousand men. Although
his reputation actually belongs to Kyoshiro, he has
certainly killed more than a thousand people himself. He is imprisoned
in Kyoshiro's body and takes it over whenever Kyoshiro's
life is threatened. Kyo fears no one and is quite arrogant and
self-centered early in the manga. Throughout the story, he is
looking for his real body, which was sealed somewhere by Kyoshiro. His
ultimate goal is to become the strongest man in the world.
His most distinguishing feature is his red eyes.
Kyo first met Yuya when she and Kyoshiro were under attack(volume one of the manga). He was going to kill Yuya, but he let her
live when he found out that she was looking for a man with a red cross on his back who had killed her brother. He let her live
knowing full well that the killer was none other than Kyoshiro. He wanted to see how she would react when she found that out.
Mibu KyoshiroMain Article: Mibu KyoshiroAwkward and funny at the beginning of the adventure, Mibu Kyoshiro
is in fact a frightening combatant called "the Demon-God",
who is the only one to have beaten Kyo, in addition to being the true
thousand man killer. He hid Kyo's body, and now the two
share his body. He killed many people in the past, including the
brother of Shiina Yuya, Shiina Nozomu. He is actually very high
ranking in the Mibu and is gifted in the handling of a sword and is
thought to be the best swordsman of the clan to date. He
knows the techniques of the Mumyou Jinpu Ryuu and is also the former
owner of the Shibien. As far as areas of comparison go, his
skill and potential rank him equal to Kyo and just below the former
Crimson King. His only wish is to protect Sakuya, whom he was
in love with along with Kyo before the battle of Sekigahara.
Mibu Kyoshiro is one of the Red Cross Knights, created from the
flesh and blood of the former Aka no Ou. He was a killing
machine, but he had a very friendly heart. He was also a master of
Mumyo Jinpu Ryuu Satsujin Ken. He once wielded the Shibien,
one of Muramasa's Devil Swords, and killed many people with it until
the sword turned black in color because it absorbed too much
blood.
Shiina YuyaShiina Yuya (椎名ゆや
Shiina Yuya; Seiyu:
Yui Horie)
is a bounty hunter interested in
the largest bounty she can find, that of 1,000,000 ryo that is on the
head of Demon Eyes Kyo. She decides to follow Kyoshiro,
bonding with him until he is "put to sleep" by the reappearance of Kyo.
When Kyo wakes up completely, she follows him. In spite
of his attitude, she comes to trust and believe in Kyo. In the forest
of Aokigahara, she learns that Kyoshiro killed her older
brother and decides to wait until he returns to the surface in order to
get an explanation from him. Yuya is thus interested in
Kyo and Kyoshiro. She apparently knows the secrets of the Mibu Clan,
things that her brother Nozomu would have shared with her
before dying. The Aka no Oh also comes to believe that she is a seer,
but this is neither confirmed nor disproven. Around the end
of the manga, while telling her brother that she wouldn't forgive him
if he killed Kyo, she admitted out loud in front of
everybody that she was in love with Kyo.
Izumo no OkuniIzumo no Okuniis the best informer in Japan. She likes Kyo obsessively, to the point
that to be hated by him would make her happy. This said, she joined the
Jūnishinshō as the fake Indara, but she does not hesitate
to be sacrificed for Kyo. She then joins Kyo's team and assists Kyo in
finding his real body. She knows many things about Kyo,
Kyoshiro, and Sakuya, but she does not speak about it. She merely hints
at it. She finds Akira in Kyoto and offers him, her own
life in exchange for Kyo's real body.
BenitoraBenitora's (紅虎, lit.
red tiger; Seiyu:
Seki Toshihiko) true name is
Tokugawa Hidetada (徳川秀忠). His father,
TokugawaIeyasu, ordered him to spy on Kyo, but Benitora does this for fun and serves as the comic relief of the group. His weapon
is the Hokuraku Shimon (Demon Spear) created by Muramasa. He falls in love with Yuya the first time he meets her and tends to be
over-protective of her. He speaks with a noticeable
Kansai accent.
He first met Kyoshiro in volume 2, whom he thought was Kyo. After sparring with Kyoshiro, he decides to join the group. When
Kyo awakens in volume 3, he makes Benitora his #2 servant. after a short fight.
During the Forest Arc, he fights his former ally, the Fake Mekira. Mekira had the upper hand in their fight until Benitora
used a secret technique, The attack wounds Benitora and kills Mekira. When Nobunaga reappeared, Benitora blocked a potential
fatal attack aimed at Kyo and briefly took over the fight. He proved to be no match for Nobunaga as he was quickly worn out.
Before being defeated, Benitora used another secret technique, the reverse Hassun. The attack managed to unhorse Nobunaga and
wound him. Though Nobunaga is now without a horse, Benitora himself was badly wounded while using the technique.
Sanada YukimuraSanada Yukimura (真田 幸村; Seiyu:
Ogata Megumi)
is
a famous general who lost the battle of Sekigahara and ultimately
Japan. He escaped Kudoyama and planned the assassination of
Tokugawa Ieyasu, though it was never carried out. Yukimura travels with
Kyo in order to defeat the Mibu Clan and Oda Nobunaga. In
doing so, this would free Japan from the Mibu Clan's shadow governing
and give Yukimura a chance at taking over Japan.
Yukimura is shadowed by three members of the Sanada Jūyūshi: Sarutobi Sasuke, Saizo, and his Kagemusha (or decoy) Anayama
Kosuke. His sword techniques are unnamed, but he uses the Sekireigan, which was taught to him by Anri.
Yukimura hates Ieyasu more than anything. It is interesting to note that historically, Yukimura had already fought Ieyasu's
son, Hidetada (Benitora), at the battle of Ueda Castle. This is briefly mentioned in the Anime and possibly the manga.
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