Date Masamune (Sengoku Basara)

Date Masamune (Japanese: 伊達 政宗) is a character from Capcom's Sengoku Basara video game franchise, first introduced in the 2005 video game Devil Kings. In the North American and European versions, he is known as a warrior named Azure Dragon, but retained his original name in the series' third title. As with most Sengoku Basara characters, Masamune was loosely based on Japanese historical figure Date Masamune.

Date Masamune
Sengoku Basara character
Date Masamune's character portrait as seen in Sengoku BASARA 4, and Sengoku BASARA 4 Sumeragi.
First gameDevil Kings (2005)
Designed byMakoto Tsuchibayashi
Voiced by
  • EN: Kirby Morrow (Devil Kings)
  • EN: Robert McCollum (Sengoku Basara Samurai Kings, Sengoku Basara Samurai Kings 2, Sengoku Basara Samurai Kings: The Last Party, Sengoku Basara: End of Judgement)
  • EN: Reuben Langdon (Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes)
  • JP: Kazuya Nakai

Capcom created this fictional version of him in order to show an appeal based on the character's dragon motifs inherited from the real Date Masamune. Additionally, Masamune's design was intended show a major contrast to one of the other protagonists from the series, Sanada Yukimura. Despite initial mixed reactions to Masamune's designs based on him wielding six swords at once, critics praised the characterization of Masamune in both the games and anime series based on multiple traits.

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