Teruzumi Akashi

Teruzumi Akashi, also known under his Christian name Johan-Just (ジョアン・ジュスト), is commonly identified as Hideie Ukita's strategist. Known only to be devoted to his faith, he disappeared from history during the climatic siege of Ōsaka Castle.

Role in Games
The Samurai Warriors series has him appear within his historically known battles. During the series's second entry, he is highlighted at Kuzegawa by volunteering to cut off the Eastern army's escape route. The player may choose to assist him during the Western army version of the stage by defeating Kojirō and Yoshimasa Tanaka. During the fourth title's unification scenario, he is one of the four key defenders of Ōsaka Castle. They act as a living barricade during the early movements of the battle and later reappear after Yukimura's charge to fight for Hideyori's defense.

In Spirit of Sanada has him become a prominent character at the end of Ōsaka Castle, where he assists Yukimura during both the Winter and Summer Siege. In the latter, he is ordered to escort Chacha back to Ōsaka Castle as he leaves to attack Ieyasu's camp. Unlike most of his allies, Teruzumi is able to survive the conflict. During the epilogue, he will greet Nobuyuki regarding his late brother at Ōsaka.

In Kessen, he is featured as one of the few consistent and reliable generals for the Toyotomi forces throughout the game. Akashi mainly uses European forces for his armies and performs invigorating dances with his men/women fighters prior to fighting within the Japanese edition of the game. Teruzumi appears as a minor general within the Ashikaga forces in Kessen III.

Akashi is one of Ukita's faithful generals in Saihai no Yukue. Concerned for his lord's initial stalling and hesitation, Akashi is the one who reports their situation to Mitsunari. He loyally follows the orders of both commanders during the battle. After Yoshitsugu's death, Ukita's unit loses their footing in the front line. As they are surrounded by soldiers of the Eastern army, Akashi sacrifices himself as a human shield to ensure Ukita's safe retreat. His fate was unknown after that.

Voice Actors

 * Dean Marshall - Kessen (English)
 * Yasuhiko Tokuyama - Kessen (Japanese)
 * Takeshi Kusao - Samurai Warriors 2 (Japanese)

Quotes

 * "In the name of the lord, I challenge you!"

Historical Information
He was a eldest son of Akashi Kagechika and served Urakami Munekage. During the battle at Tenjinyama Castle, he and his family switch to served Ukita Naoie. When Naoie died, he served Hideie. In 1588, he has received the court rank as Shodaibu (諸大夫) in Senior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade (正五位下, shō go-i no ge) and has received the prize 40,000 Koku. In 1597, he has received the rank as owner of Ōmata Castle but he rarely has time to manage and maintain the castle.

In 1599, when Osafune Tsunanao who was Ukita clan's housekeeper was killed. So there was a problem within the Ukita clan, there were four nobles who namely Togawa Michiyasu, Sakazaki Naomori, Oka Sadatsuna and Hanabusa Masanari was switch to served Tokugawa. Personally, he remains loyal to Hideie and Toyotomi Hideyori.

In October 1600, he and Shima Sakon defeated Nakamura Kazushige at Kusegawa and fought against Fukushima Masanori at Sekigahara. However, the Ukita clan was fallen after Ieyasu has victory over Mitsunari. He becomes Ronin and get help from Kanbei's younger brother, Kuroda Naoyuki. It is said that he moved to Yanagawa domain of Tanaka Tadamasa because Kuroda Nagamasa has banned Christianity after Kanbei's death.

Later, he joined the battle of Ōsaka but was disappeared after the fallen of Toyotomi clan. There is a story that before the castle has fallen, he has defeated Ishikawa Tadafusa and picked the short sword "Awataguchi Yoshimitsu" to escape. Some say that he fled to Kyūshū but some said that he escaped to Nanman.