Samurai Shodown - Characters

Characters

The cast of characters, like many other fighting games of its time, spanned from fighters across the globe, allowing a wide range of weaponry open for the players' preference. Playable characters include:

• Haohmaru - the main hero; a ronin who travels to sharpen his swordsmanship and his sense of bushido. CV:Masaki Usui
• Nakoruru - an Ainu miko who fights to protect Mother Nature. CV:Harumi Ikoma
• Ukyo Tachibana - an ailing narcisist swordsman who searches for the perfect flower for his loved one, Kei. CV:Eiji Yano
• Wan-fu - a power general from the Qing dynasty seeking to recruit powerful warriors for the unification of China. CV:Takayuki Sakai
• Tam Tam - renowned Maya hero from Mexico (referred to as "Green Hell" in the game); he fights to retrieve the sacred artifact, the Palenke Stone. CV:Kay Inage
• Charlotte Christine Colde - a noblewoman fencer from Versailles who fights to save her country from Amakusa. CV:Harumi Ikoma
• Galford D. Weller - American sailor turned ninja who fights in the name of justice. CV:Kay Inage
• Kyoshiro Senryo - famed kabuki performer who wishes to strengthen his dances through swordplay. CV:Kay Inage
• Earthquake - American ninja and Flunky-turned bandit, he wants to steal all the world's treasure. CV:Masaki Usui
• Hanzo Hattori - ninja serving Ieyasu Tokugawa. In this fictional account, he fights to save his son, Shinzo, who is actually Amakusa (the truth is Amakusa's spirit possessed Hanzo's son body). CV:Masaki Usui
• Jubei Yagyu - similar to other fictional accounts, he is a ronin hired by the Shogunate to execute a demon. CV:Takayuki Sakai
• Genan Shiranui - an eccentric member of the Shiranui clan, he strives to make himself more evil. CV:Eiji Yano
• Shiro Tokisada Amakusa - last boss and villain of the game; in this fictional account, he is resurrected years after his death by the demon, Ambrosia. Due to a pact made with the demon, he wants to revive Ambrosia thus destroying the world. CV:Eiji Yano
• Kuroko - exclusive playable character in the Game Boy port. He is the background referee who acknowledges the winner of the match, in the GB game he wields two flag blades as his weapon. He did not get a console debut until Samurai Shodown II, in which he imitates moves of several fighters of other SNK games (like Ryo Sakazaki's Haoshokoken). The Game Boy port is the only game where he had his own original moves and weapons unlike his console counterpart.
• Hikyaku - exclusive playable character in the Game Boy port. He is the delivery man running in the background of stages who is forced to disrupt fights by Amakusa.