Fictional character from the
Legend of the Five Rings universe. He was part of
The Doji Family, and was the son of
Doji Satsume, one of the samurai that took the role of
Emerald Champion. After the death of
Doji Satsume at the hands of
Bayushi Shoju during the
Scorpion Clan Coup, he became the new
Crane Clan champion.
Under the tutelage of
Kakita Toshimoko, he became one of
Rokugan's greatest duelists. He also was the bearer of the
Ancestral Sword of the Crane for a while. He had a love affair with the Lady of Scorpions,
Bayushi Kachiko. They even had a bastard son,
Bayushi Dairu. Later on,
Bayushi Kachiko, using her charms over him, trapped him in the imperial palace of
Otosan Uchi and made a clone of him using the
Egg of Pan Ku. This
False Hoturi wreaked havoc on the empire until one faithful battle and with one stroke of the
Ancestral Sword of the Crane, the impostor was decapitated.
At the
Day of Thunder, Hoturi was the
Crane Clan thunder and alongside
Akodo Toturi, dealt the final blow to the evil lord
Fu Leng.
His spirit visited
Bayushi Kachiko in the end, and there was truly love between the two enemies/lovers.
In the collectable card game, he had four forms. His first form is decent and is great for the honor running cranes and dueling decks. His experienced form showed his anger towards the
Scorpion Clan for
Bayushi Kachiko's betrayal with an utterly decimating dueling ability. Combined with
Double Chi, he would wreck almost any Scorpion, maybe except for
Bayushi Aramoro. His final human incarnation was the embodiment of his Thunder form, during the
Day of Thunder. If he is on the battlefield, he is simply a machine, and cannot be sent home with the
Imperial Favor. He also has a sensei form called
Hoturi Sensei and an ancestral form known as
Shiryo no Hoturi.