Keiji Maeda

A wild man who served under Oda Nobunaga until he became a wanderer after the Battle of Nagashino, where he felt outdated by Nobunaga's mass use of rifles against the Takeda Cavelry. In Samurai Warriors 2, he rescued Yukimura Sanada from Oda riflemen at Nagashino and helps the Uesugi forces escape at Hasedo. He has a close friendship with Yukimura and Kanetsugu Naoe. Akin to his historical counterpart, he is always seen riding his horse and companion, Matsukaze. His personality is very relaxed and laid back, and he views battle as exiting and fun, and has a very sportsman-like sense of honor. He was the series' equivalent to Lu Bu when he premiered, but this position was taken by Tadakatsu Honda in the following game. He wields a two-pronged spear, similar to a sasumata. Although Keiji was historically a patron of the arts, he quickly gets bord with Okuni's dance in one of the endings in the original Samurai Warriors.