Tokugawa, Ieyasu

徳川家康

The third of the Three Unifiers. Despite his small stature, he compensates with the trust he places in his generals and his command over his most valued general (or creation), Honda Tadakatsu. He wields a bladed staff in the style of Maeda Toshiie. In Sengoku Basara 2, Honda Tadakatsu's Story Mode features Ieyasu being repeatedly kidnapped by other characters (often right in front of Tadakatsu, shortly after Tadakatsu has rescued him from the previous abduction). This leads Tadakatsu to embark on various journeys to save him, a trait sometimes attributed to Ieyasu's past experience as a hostage of the Imagawa clan when he was known as Matsudaira Takechiyo (he is referred to as Takechiyo in Tadakatsu's story mode). He is playable in Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes; his Basara move involves summoning Tadakatsu to the battlefield to perform his own Basara. In Sengoku Basara 3, his design was revamped into an older, taller version of himself, and he fights using brass knuckles.