Characters
14 entries in the Shogun compendium.
ToranagaThe Lord of Kantō who plays the longest game, turning rivals and foreigners into pieces on his board.John BlackthorneAn English navigator stranded in feudal Japan who becomes a trusted samurai and advisor to Lord Toranaga.Ishido MitsunariThe ruthless magistrate who would burn his own world to keep it pure.MarikoA Jesuit-educated Catholic translator loyal to Toranaga.ValignanoA guiding hand—and a direct adversary—in the Jesuit mission in Japan.AlvaresA priest caught between the cross and the katana in feudal Japan.Lord HosokawaA fallen patriarch whose legacy fuels a daughter's war.Shimazu YoshihiroA skilled general who contributed to the unification of Kyūshū and served under Toyotomi Hideyoshi.Maeda ToshiieA giant among men whose loyalty to friends outweighed the ambition of empires.Tokugawa IeyasuFormer hostage turned daimyo who founded the Tokugawa shogunate and ruled Japan from Edo.Lord Ishido MitsunariA former peasant turned powerful bushō, one of the five Regents, Toranaga's chief rival, and ruler of Osaka…Lord Okudaira ShimazuA name that echoes no history within the Shogun saga.Toda KageyasuA sword of honor forged in loyalty, broken by betrayal.Honda TadakatsuA samurai who never suffered a single wound in 57 campaigns, praised by Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu.
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