Sasaki Kojiro

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(person) by moroboshi (1.2 y) (print) ? I like it! Mon Mar 13 2000 at 19:56:18

The loser in Miyamoto Musashi's most famous duel. The duel took place in 1612, on Ganryu Island. Kojiro was said to have perfected a "Swallow Counter" Technique inspired by the motion of a swallow's tail in flight. So confident was he of his technique, that he challenged Musashi to a duel. The duel was at 8 in the morning, but Musashi decided to show up late to anger Kojiro. On the boat ride to the island, Musashi took one of the oars and fashioned a wooden sword out of it. When they arrived at the site of the duel, Kojiro was so upset at Musashi's lateness, he threw away his scabbard and held his sword ready. Musashi ran at him and hit him over the head once with the wooden sword, killing him. That was the end of poor Kojiro.

(person) by Wintersweet (1.1 y) (print) ? I like it! Sun Apr 02 2000 at 17:49:47

Sasaki Kojiro was famous for being somewhat vain about his admittedly handsome appearance. Women loved him, and he prided himself on his beautiful hair. In an early encounter, Musashi sliced off Sasaki's topknot. Perhaps this humiliation started their rivalry--they had more than one duel. They're a famous pair of rivals, and an allusion to them represents worthy rivals in Japanese culture.

The character Ukyo Tachibana in Samurai Shodown is loosely based on Sasaki.

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Miyamoto Musashi	Ukyo Tachibana	Topknot	wooden sword
Team Rocket	Japanese names	Shigeo Nagashima	Minamoto Yoshitsune
Kengo: Master of Bushido	I will kill you if I can	Kazuhiro Sasaki	"dannye": Absurd Liberal Myth
Principia Discordia	Charizard	April 10, 2003	J-pop
Kenji Kawai	motion	Samurai Shodown	Koichi Tanaka
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