Shiro Tokisada Amakusa Amakusa First game Samurai Shodown Voiced by (English) Marcy Rae (1994 anime) Voiced by (Japanese) Eiji Yano (や乃 えいじ) (I-IV)

Shiro Tokisada Amakusa
Amakusa
First game Samurai Shodown
Voiced by (English) Marcy Rae (1994 anime)
Voiced by (Japanese) Eiji Yano (や乃 えいじ) (I-IV)
Mitsuaki Madono (真殿 光昭) (RPG)
Takashi Ōhara (大原 崇) (V Special)
Junji Majima (間島 淳司) (VI)
Yū Daiki (大輝 ゆう) (1994 anime)
Information
Birthplace Japan, Higo Province
Blood type Unknown
Fighting style Unknown
Weapon Gadamer Gem (ガダマーの宝珠?), a magical orb

Shiro Tokisada Amakusa (天草 四郎 時貞, Amakusa Shirō Tokisada?) is a recurring boss and playable character in the Samurai Showdown series.[1] He is based on the historical Amakusa Shirō, who led a Christian rebellion in the Shimabara region of Japan where the bakufu army crushed his revolt and executed him.

Prior to the events of Samurai Shodown, Amakusa is resurrected by the dark goddess Ambrosia; he uses the body of Shinzo Hattori (one of Hanzo's sons).[2] His main plot involves him stealing the Palenke stone, with which he intended to bring Ambrosia to the mortal world. The player prevents this from happening by defeating him.[3] Upon his resurrection in Samurai Shodown IV, his spirit splits into two halves: one good and one evil. His evil counterpart is slain by Zankuro in the same game but his good side lives on thanks to Shinzo. During the events in Samurai Shodown II, he saves certain characters from Mizuki's wrath but is defeated, leaving only Shinzo's body for Hanzo to claim.

Amakusa fights his opponents by attacking them with a levitating gem. He can direct the gem with an impressive range, able to smash his enemies from the air and ground level from nearly any distance easily. At times, his gem may not compensate for opponents close to him so he also has a multi-hitting slap attack when he is close. To confuse his adversaries, he may also teleport and hover above them before diving upon them with a damaging attack. He also projects fiery projectiles in the image of demons to his foes, making him a formidable long-distance fighter.

In Samurai Shodown III, Samurai Shodown IV, Samurai Shodown V Special, and Samurai Shodown VI Amakusa is a playable character.[1] He returns in Samurai Shodown RPG as one of the game's main antagonists.[4] According to Gamest Mook (a Japanese mook created separate from its main publication), he was a possible candidate for the Samurai Shodown 64 lineup but was taken out due to time constraints.[5]