Samurai Warriors - Characters

Characters

The game features a total of 15 characters based on historical figures during the Warring States period of Japan, including daimyō Kenshin Uesugi, Shingen Takeda, and Nobunaga Oda as well as other notable samurai such as Yukimura Sanada and Ranmaru Mori. In addition to the figures who were noted to had fought during the period, the game also made playable a handful of female characters that did not fight in any battles, such as Oichi and Noh. Only five characters are available from the start; others can be unlocked by fulfilling specific requirements such as clearing other character's story modes. In the English version, character's names are written in western order (first name, followed by family name), whereas the official writing of historical names are in reverse (family name, followed by first name).

Characters marked with * are starting characters

The Xtreme Legends expansion adds four new characters, bringing the character count to 19. Two of them were former unique NPCs from the original game.

• Hideyoshi Hashiba
• Ina
• Tadakatsu Honda
• Yoshimoto Imagawa

Additionally, there are several NPCs that have unique models and fight differently, most of whom are made as playable character in future games (such as the aforementioned Hideyoshi Hashiba and Yoshimoto Imagawa). Lü Bu, of Dynasty Warriors fame, also appears as an unplayable boss of Survival Mode. Officers created from New Officer Mode are also placed together in the character select screen.