Warrior
Notes on Warrior gathered automatically from across the wiki. Each heading links back to the exact section it came from.
From Hops: Bitterness
- Warrior has good citrus piney bitterness
- Mid boil - chinook, strata, have nice complicated bitterness, Warrior has good citrus piney bitterness
- {| class="wikitable" !Name (English) !Name (Japanese) !Role / Rank !In Hiding !Legacy |- |Ōishi Kuranosuke Yoshio |大石 内蔵助 良雄 |Chief retainer, leader |Feigned dissipation in Kyoto (drinking, women) to deceive Kira’s spies |Master strategist, symbol of cunning loyalty |- |Ōishi Chikara Yoshikane |大石 主税 良金 |Son of Kuranosuke (15 yrs) |Stayed with father, quietly trained |Youthful devotion, died with honor |- |Horibe Yasubee Taketsune |堀部 安兵衛 武庸 |Master swordsman |Lived in Edo, trained discreetly |Folk hero, fencing legend |- |Onodera Jūnai Hidetomi |小野寺 十内 秀富 |Senior retainer |Kept group disciplined with Confucian teachings |Symbol of moral guidance |- |Kataoka Gengoemon Takafusa |片岡 源五右衛門 高房 |Mid-ranking samurai |Organized supplies, weapons |Example of loyalty in hardship |- |Fuwa Kazuemon Masatane |不破 数右衛門 正種 |Hot-tempered warrior |Waited impatiently, urged for swift action |Admired for martial zeal |- |Hara Sōemon Taketoshi |原 惣右衛門 武俊 |Strong fighter |Hid as a commoner in Edo |Remembered for physical bravery |- |Yoshida Chūzaemon Kanesada |吉田 忠左衛門 兼貞 |Mid-ranking retainer |Helped recruit wavering comrades |Symbol of steadfastness |- |Kayano Sanpei Masanaga |茅野 三平 政永 |Younger retainer |Collected intelligence on Kira’s residence |Known as a spy-like figure |- |Okano Kin’emon Kanehide |岡野 金右衛門 包秀 |Junior retainer |Broke off engagement to focus on vendetta |Tragic-romantic hero |- |Masayoshi Tomomori |間瀬 久太夫 正明 |Mid-ranking |Worked in trades to cover identity |Example of endurance |- |Okuda Magodayū Shigemori |奥田 孫太夫 重盛 |Mid-ranking |Disguised as merchant |Loyalty through disguise |- |Yokogawa Kanpei Hisayasu |横川 勘平 久保 |Younger retainer |Lived as a servant in Edo |Symbol of humble sacrifice |- |Maehara Isuke Yukitaka |前原 伊助 幸隆 |Go-between |Traveled often, kept communications secret |Facilitator of the vendetta |- |Hazama Jūjirō Mitsunobu |間 十次郎 光延 |Younger samurai |Worked menial jobs in Edo |Patience and endurance |- |Harada Matasuke Mitsunobu |原田 又右衛門 光直 |Younger samurai |Disguised as craftsman near Kira’s mansion |Key scout |- |Muramatsu Sandayū Takanao |村松 三太夫 高直 |Senior retainer |Retired quietly but rejoined for raid |Elders’ loyalty |- |Sugaya Hachirōzaemon Mitsushige |菅谷 半之丞 正利 |Mid-ranking |Maintained contact with supporters in Ako |Link between Edo and home |- |Oishi Sezaemon Nobukiyo |大石 瀬左衛門 信清 |Cousin of Ōishi |Disguised as laborer in Edo |Family loyalty |- |Matsumura Sōjirō Kaneyasu |松村 宗十郎 兼安 |Younger samurai |Hid as a clerk in Edo |Example of blending into common life |- |Ōishi Yataemon Nobufusa |大石 弥太右衛門 信房 |Family retainer |Stayed near Kuranosuke |Familial loyalty |- |Nishimura Kan’emon |西村 金右衛門 |Younger retainer |Disguised as peddler |Symbol of persistence |- |Sugino Jūrōzaemon |杉野 十郎左衛門 |Younger samurai |Worked in trades to earn living |Loyalty in obscurity |- |Kurahashi Sannosuke Takeyuki |倉橋 三之助 武行 |Younger samurai |Took work as artisan |Died young in the raid |- |Takebayashi Tadashichi Masashige |竹林 唯七 正恒 |Younger samurai |Hid as commoner |Quiet perseverance |- |Tomimori Densuke |富森 伝右衛門 正直 |Retainer |Posed as servant in Edo |Remembered for stealth role |- |Yoshida Senzō Jirōemon |吉田 仙蔵 次郎右衛門 |Junior retainer |Worked as errand boy |Loyal in menial disguise |- |Kataoka Jūjirō Tadanobu |片岡 十三郎 忠正 |Junior retainer |Lived disguised in Edo |Persevered until attack |- |Muramatsu Shigenobu |村松 茂信 |Junior retainer |Took lowly jobs |Example of loyalty despite hardship |- |Okuda Shigeyuki |奥田 重之 |Junior retainer |Hid in Edo as tradesman |Died with comrades |- |Mase Kyūdai |間瀬 久大夫 |Mid-ranking |Disguised as shop worker |Kept surveillance role |- |Kuranaga Rihei |倉永 理兵衛 |Junior retainer |Worked as craftsman |Humble but faithful |- |Maehara Tōzaemon |前原 桃左衛門 |Junior retainer |Hid in Edo |Died loyally |- |Teraoka Nobuyuki |寺岡 信行 |Retainer |Lived as servant |Disguise loyalty |- |Hazama Jūshirō |間 十四郎 |Retainer |Blended into townsfolk |Perseverance |- |Yokogawa Hisayasu |横川 久安 |Retainer |Hid as farmer |Symbol of persistence |- |Horibe Taketsune (same family) |堀部 武庸 |Retainer |Trained discreetly |Family line loyalty |- |Ōishi Yoshitaka |大石 良隆 |Retainer |Hid with other Oishi relatives |Clan loyalty |- |Yoshida Kanesada |吉田 兼貞 |Retainer |Took low-level jobs |Loyalty remembered |- |Kayano Masanaga |茅野 政永 |Retainer |Hid as townsman |Enduring loyalty |- |Okano Kanehide |岡野 包秀 |Retainer |Broke off engagement (folk tale) |Romantic figure |- |Terasaka Kichiemon Nobuyuki |寺坂 吉右衛門 信行 |Messenger |Spared seppuku to spread news |Only survivor, testified later |}