Karakter & Staf

Eiji Shinjou

Utama

Male

Eiji Shinjo, the main protagonist of the series, made his first appearance in Battle Arena Toshinden as an initially playable character and from then on appeared in all later games, including the spin-offs released only in Japan. He also makes a guest appearance in another fighting game published by Takara, D-Xhird, as a hidden, playable character. Eiji is an adventurer who was trained in swordfighting, along with his friend Kayin Amoh, by his older brother Sho[2]. However, Sho had suddenly abandoned the pair unexpectedly one day and since then, Eiji has been determined to find his older brother. Eiji had entered the first two Toshinden tournaments in hopes of finding his lost brother[2][3]. In the first tournament, Eiji found his brother and got defeated by him easily. In the second tournament, he encounters him again but this time...Sho barely defeats him. Despite these two losses, he managed to help destroy the Secret Society in the second game. Eiji then learned he was being targeted by the Organization and he entered the third tournament hosted by it. With the help of the fighters on his side, he managed to destroy the Organization and its leader Abel. Soon after, Sho finally faced Eiji one more time in a decisive battle and from within the end of the match, Sho had left his son Subaru in his care and it is implied that Eiji won this time. However, before Eiji had a chance to fully reunite with his brother, Sho had disappeared immediately afterwards once again and Sho hasn't been heard from since. For the next few years, Eiji had trained Subaru in swordfighting and eventually passed down his katana to him. Eiji was then offered to become the leader of a newly reformed Secret Society. He accepted, hoping to turn the long corrupted organization's power to good. With the help of the imprisoned altered humans Eos and Zero, Eiji had hosted and participated in the fourth tournament to gather the Four Sacred Arms; powerful, mystical weapons based on the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. During the tournament, Eiji was given the chance to battle against his nephew Subaru in hopes to see on how his fighting ability had progressed from within time itself. Though Eiji was happy to know that Subaru's fighting skill was almost identical to himself and Sho's, he couldn't afford to lose focus on his real task, which was to confront his long-time enemy Vermilion and battle against him for the possession of the Four Sacred Arms. The outcome of this fight remains a mystery, but it is likely that Eiji may have killed Vermilion and saved the world from total destruction.

Tomokazu Seki

Gaia

Utama

Male

Gaia is a huge monk-like warrior, who was once an elite member of the Secret Society; a criminal organization that sponsored the Toshinden tournaments. Gaia's wife Kaede, who was once the "Uranus" of the group, was killed in a car crash and Gaia suspected that the woman who was destined to be the next Uranus was behind the crime. Determined to seek vengeance against the new Uranus, Gaia had held the first Toshinden tournament behind the back of the Secret Society in an attempt to start a rebellion. However, when Uranus learned that he had held the first tournament without the approval of the organization, she branded him a traitor and marked him for death. However, Gaia escaped and went into hiding. One year later, Gaia had received an invitation to participate in the second tournament. He reunited with his long-lost daughter Ellis and entered the tournament with her, hoping to get revenge on Uranus. At the end of the tournament, they were successful in destroying her and the Secret Society with the other fighters. However, Gaia had then discovered that he was being targeted by the Organization, a long-time rival group of the Secret Society. He entered the tournament hosted by the Organization with Ellis, in order to help bring it down. Gaia's whereabouts after the events of Toshinden 3 is never explained, but it is likely that he may have reconciled with his daughter Ellis before his departure and he told her that he would always be there for her.

Daisuke Gouri

Kayin Amou

Utama

Male

Kayin is a friend of Eiji Shinjo and is described as being a bounty hunter, going by the name of Storm. He was trained in swordfighting along with Eiji by Eiji's older brother Sho, until Sho had suddenly disappeared. Kayin had entered the first Toshinden tournament to avenge his foster father's recent death, who he learned had been killed by a participant who won the previous tournament. He eventually learned that Sho was the perpitrator and his friendship with Eiji was nearly shattered because of this. Kayin was then forced to enter the second tournament after his adoptive daughter, Naru, was kidnapped by the Secret Society. At the end of the event, he managed to help bring down the fall of the Secret Society and rescued Naru from danger. Kayin had then discovered that he and Naru were being targeted by the Organization. He participated in the third tournament hosted by it and managed to help destroy the Organization. However, he realized that Naru would always be in danger because of him and he decided to leave her in a housing institute. He handed down his Excalibur sword to her and then disappeared. It is unknown of what happened to Kayin after the events of Toshinden 3, but it is likely that he may have died, because he appears as a ball of light to Naru from within her ending in Toshinden 4. Interestingly enough, despite Kayin's nationality being depicted as Scottish and later English, he speaks with a clear American accent. It has long been rumoured that his nationality was given as British so as to avoid an infringement lawsuit from Capcom, as Eiji and Kayin are virtually identical to Capcom's Ryu and Ken from Street Fighter, save for their weapons and nationalities.

Takehito Koyasu

Sofia

Pendukung

Female

Sofia is a voluptuous private detective and former KGB agent suffering from amnesia. She entered the first Toshinden tournament to recover her past and eventually learned that her memory had been tampered with by the Secret Society. When she heard that another fighter, Chaos, was suffering from the same fate as her, she entered the second tournament in hopes of saving him. Although she was unsuccessful in her mission, she managed to help bring down the fall of the Secret Society. Sofia would eventually discover that she was being targeted by the Organization, and she entered the third tournament hosted by it, in order to help destroy the Organization. Even though Sofia had realized that she would never get back her old memories, she decided to move on and create new memories so that can finally be free from her personal sorrow.

Maria Kawamura

Ellis

Pendukung

Female

Ellis is a young cheerful dancer, who was raised by a troupe of traveling minstrels in Turkey, being told that her parents had died in a car crash when she was an infant. She entered the first Toshinden tournament after hearing of rumors that her father was still alive and would also be participating. However, all she discovered was that the tournament had been held illegally by a man from the Secret Society named Gaia. One year later, however, Ellis had learned that Gaia was indeed her real father and received an invitation to the second tournament. The invitation also revealed that Gaia had been targeted for death for holding the first tournament illegally by Uranus, one of his co-workers from the Secret Society. Although Ellis felt no emotions towards Gaia, she entered the second tournament to save him nevertheless. She was eventually reunited with him and at the end of the tournament, had managed to help destroy Uranus and the Secret Society. When the third tournament, hosted by the Organization, was announced, Ellis and Gaia learned they were being targeted by the Organization. They both entered the tournament, in order to help bring down the Organization. The status of the relationship between Ellis and Gaia after the events of Toshinden 3 remains a mystery, but it is likely that the two may have reconciled their differences and that Ellis was able to re-establish a relationship with the father that she sought for so long.

Kyouko Hikami

Hou Fai

Pendukung

Male

Although he's known throughout most of China in being a kindly old magician, Hou uses this masquerade as a way to hide his true occupation, in which he's really an ancient bloodthirsty assassin who has no remorse for the victims he slays. He participated in the first two Toshinden tournaments and afterwards, visited a humanoid ape named Bayhou. He passed down his iron claws to the creature and trained him in his fighting style. It is believed that Hou was then killed by Bayhou, since he carries a skull on his back that resembles the shape of Hou’s head and also because Hou's character model, used as a hidden outfit for Bayhou, depicts him as a zombie with a bloody claw mark on his back.

Ikuo Nishikawa

Uranus

Pendukung

Uranus is the angel-like, but extremely power-hungry second-in-command of the Secret Society, a criminal organization. Though she served the group's leader, Master, with no question, Uranus had sought to overthrow her and become the new leader of the organization. Prior to joining the Secret Society, Uranus was an ordinary woman and the girlfriend of Duke B. Rambert. When she learned that Gaia, one of her co-workers, had hosted the first Toshinden tournament behind the Secret Society's back in order to start a rebellion, she declared him a traitor and marked him for death. However, Gaia escaped and went into hiding. Uranus had then sent him an invitation to the second tournament in an attempt to lure him out. Although Gaia had indeed entered, Uranus was eventually killed, along with Master, by him and the rest of the fighters he had aligned himself with during the tournament. During the events of the fourth tournament, a girl named Puella Marionette carries Uranus' bow and it is strongly implied that Uranus was her mother.

Kikuko Inoue

Shou Shinjou

Pendukung

Male

Sho had trained his younger brother Eiji and his friend Kayin Amoh in swordfighting. However, he eventually abandoned the pair, feeling that they would be able to get stronger without his guidance. Sho had then traveled the world as a lone warrior and became infamous for mercilessly defeating any other fighters rumored to have potential, among these being Kayin's father, who he killed from within the finals of the last tournament. When the first Toshinden tournament was announced, he secretly entered the event and encountered Cupido, a woman from the Secret Society. They fell in love and eventually had a son together, named Subaru. After the events of the third tournament, where Eiji had destroyed the Organization and its leader Abel, Sho finally faced his brother in a decisive battle and left Subaru in his care from within the end. Sho had then disappeared immediately afterwards once again and hasn't been heard from since.

Bin Shimada

Rungo Iron

Pendukung

Rungo is a strong yet kind-hearted miner who had discovered a hidden uranium deposit belonging to the Secret Society prior to the first game. When the Secret Society learned of this, they kidnapped his wife Lila and son Christopher[2]. After being led to the first Toshinden tournament, he entered it to rescue them and was successful in his mission[3]. One year later, Rungo had received a call for help from Gaia. From within an explanation, Gaia had told Rungo that he had hosted the tournament illegally and was now being branded a traitor and marked for death by Uranus, one of his co-workers in the Secret Society[3]. Although Rungo had fought against him in the last tournament while trying to save his family, he realized Gaia was not the one responsible for their kidnapping. Rungo agreed to help Gaia get revenge and entered the second tournament[3]. He was successful in destroying the Secret Society with the rest of the fighters and eventually Uranus was killed. When a third tournament was announced, Rungo learned that it was being hosted by the Organization and that he was one of their targets. He entered the tournament to help destroy the Organization. With the fall of the Organization, it is assumed that Rungo had retired from the fighting scene so that he can be with his family and continue his life as a decent miner.

Shinpachi Tsuji

Chaos

Pendukung

Male

Chaos is one of the executives of the Secret Society who had suddenly and unexplainably lost his memories and became completely insane. However, his position in the organization was still held and Chaos entered the second Toshinden tournament under the orders to eliminate the traitor Gaia. When the Secret Society had fallen in its conclusion, Chaos had managed to survive somehow and participated in the third tournament. During the events of the fourth tournament, Genma possesses the shield once carried by Chaos, indicating a high probability that he was killed by him.

Fumihiko Tachiki

Mondo

Pendukung

Mondo is a spy from an ancient warrior clan and an old acquaintance and rival of Fo Fai[1]. He had entered the first Toshinden tournament in order to collect information about the Secret Society for his client[2][3]. Just as his client was about to attack the Secret Society, Mondo had received an invitation to the second tournament. His client tried to hold him back, telling him to discard the invitation, but Mondo ignored the restraint and entered the tournament[3]. At the end of the event, the Secret Society had fallen. He also participated in the third tournament, hosted by the Organization. Afterwards, Eiji Shinjo became the head of the Gerard Foundation and when he learned about the power of the Four Sacred Arms, he started hunting for Mondo, since he carried one of them. He was also targeted by Genma, who also sought the power of the Four Sacred Arms. It is assumed that before the fourth tournament was held Eiji managed to catch up with Mondo, since Eos, one of Eiji's fighters, carries his spear.

Yukimasa Kishino

Tracy

Pendukung

Female

Tracy is a feisty New York City policewoman, notorious for allowing criminals to attack her so that she can fight back in self-defense. She had received an invitation to the second Toshinden tournament and after participating in the event, the Secret Society was destroyed in its conclusion. Tracy was then sent to Japan and given a new partner named Nagisa Iwashiro, to help bring down the Organization. Although his approach to his work is in total opposition to her own, they agree to enter the third tournament together. Eventually, Tracy and Nagisa succeed in their mission of destroying the Organization and helping the Toshinden fighters stop the evil plot of the group's leader, Abel. Though Tracy and Nagisa were able to work together from within the fight, the two still share a rocky relationship when it comes to their own methods of police work. Tracy has a twin sister named Rachael, who she was separated at birth from.

Megumi Ogata

Christopher

Pendukung

Duke Lambert

Pendukung

Kaneto Shiozawa