Kojirō Sasaki

Kojiro Sasaki is character from Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends. He was introduced in Samurai Warriors 2 as a unique non-player general that could be potentionally recruited as a bodyguard and then became playable as a generic character (i.e. didn't have a unique moveset) in Samurai Warriors 2: Empires. It was in Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends that he was truely made a unique playable officer, complete with his own storyline, weapon set and fighting style.

Role in the Plot
Kojiro's role in the Samurai Warriors series is not very major as he appears in very few people's storylines and when he does having little purpose. This is for two main reasons, the first being that he was born in a later era than many of the other characters so many of them were dead before he was born or able to fight, and the second being that he was only made a true character in Xtreme Legends and therefore lacked the need to be majorly involved in storylines from characters from Samurai Warriors 2.

There is one storyline however that he is involved in and that is Musashi Miyamoto's. In this storyline he is shown as a ruthless killer who only seems content on having a fight to the death with Musashi, the only man Kojiro feels is worthy of fighting him. In his own storyline he acts in a similar way, but is shown to not be a ruthless killer, but more a man who kills those who he feels are unworthy of life.

The only stage he appears in besides Musashi's stages is the Battle of Kuzegawa, which is also the only stage in Kojiro's own storyline where he is not seen fighting Musashi. In this stage he appears as a reinforcement for the Eastern Army.

Appearance
Kojiro's appearance is rather striking; his skin is deathly white and his lips are very red, creating a powerful contrast. He is of a normal build but is also rather tall in comparrison to many other characters. He has long black hair that he wears in a ponytail. Kojiro's outfit is a red trench coat that is outlined with yellow, along with a brown shirt and standard black bottoms. He also wears a blue sash and two chains around his waist and blue armguards that are outlined in yellow. Also, in line with the slightly feminine look of his face, he wears hoop earrings and heeled boots.

In his alternate colors/palette-swap in Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends his coat changes from red to blue.