Musashi Gundoh - Characters - Musashi Side

Musashi Side

Musashi Miyamoto (ミヤモト ムサシ, Miyamoto Musashi?) (Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa (浪川大輔, Namikawa Daisuke?))

He fights against the Ayakashi using two guns. He practices Gundoh in "ma' own style". His character is based on Miyamoto Musashi (宮本武蔵, Miyamoto Musashi?), a legendary swordsman.

His notable line: "Wow, it's dazzling!" (うおっまぶしっ!, Uo' mabushi'!?)

In episode 2, Musashi scores a direct hit on an enemy, but it has no effect. After that, he abruptly shouts the aforementioned line. The line was not preceded by any bright scenes whatsoever, so viewers were left wondering why he said it with no provocation.

Ronin (ロウニン, Rōnin?) (Voiced by: Jin Horikawa (堀川仁, Horikawa Jin?))

A master swordsman who has special swords called Nenken and Meiretsu-ken (meanings unknown). He is Musashi's trusted partner. His name is probably derived from ronin (浪人, rōnin?), meaning "a masterless samurai".

Ninja-Taro (ニンジャ太郎, Ninja-Tarō?) (Voiced by: Yu Kobayashi (小林ゆう, Kobayashi Yū?))

A clumsy ninja boy who claims to be "Musashi's first disciple" or "the ninja of ninjas".

Priest Takuan (タクアン和尚, Takuan Oshō?) (Voiced by: Soichiro Tanaka (田中総一郎, Tanaka Sōichirō?))

A priest in Daitoku-ji temple, as well as the pioneer of Gundoh martial arts. He is a very skilled Gundoh practitioner who can "fall fighting" from the sky. The BS-i website, as well as the DVD cover, describes him as a "worn-out old man", which doesn't quite seem to suit him. His character is based on Takuan Sōhō (沢庵宗彭, Takuan Sōhō?), a priest in the real-life Daitokuji temple, who taught the real Musashi Miyamoto.

Desperado (デスペラード, Desuperādo?) (Voiced by: Mayumi Yanagisawa (柳沢真由美, Yanagisawa Mayumi?))

She is a sexy foreign woman who seeks revenge against Musashi for the murder of her father. Musashi, however, denies responsibility for the killing.

Kaguya (カグヤ, Kaguya?) (Voiced by: Shiho Kawaragi (河原木志穂, Kawaragi Shiho?))

She is the stepdaughter of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and the princess of Osaka Castle. She is an incredibly strong woman who can fight against Ayakashi with her bare hands, even whilst airborne. It is rumored that her existence is the "trigger" that makes Musashi Gundoh's history different from our own. Her name possibly comes from Princess Kaguya (かぐや姫, Kaguya-Hime?), a character from the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, a well-known Japanese folk tale.

Dabi-no-ji (荼毘の字, Dabinoji?) (Voiced by: Kosei Hirota (廣田行生, Hirota Kōsei?))

He is a master of karakuri, who owns a mechanical goods shop. He sells merchandise such as onmyo-dan (オンミョウダン, onmyōdan?, possibly meaning "the bullet of onmyōdō"), special bullets that can harm the normally invulnerable Ayakashi. He can speak a little English, as demonstrated in his first meeting with Desperado. His pseudonym is "Dabi-no-ji" ("the Initial Dabi"), but his real name is Leonardo da Vinci. His character is based on the Italian maestro of the same name.

Sasuke Sarutobi (猿飛佐助, Sarutobi sasuke?) (Voiced by: Yu Kobayashi (小林ゆう, Kobayashi Yū?))

A "ninja monkey" bred by Dabi-no-ji. His true identity is that of Sasuke Sarutobi, one of the Sanada Ten Braves. He was transformed by the gramary of Yasha because he learned too much about Yasha's plans. Although he is called a "genius ninja", his skills are only equal to that of Ninja-Taro.

The Horse

Kaguya's horse, which is well-trained, and always appears to be calm. Even when his master is kidnapped by crows, he remains calm and faces front, directly towards the viewers. This horse is arguably the anime's most popular character.