Orochi (army)

The Orochi army is an alliance that remains exclusive to the Warriors Orochi series. Any units in this force solely follow Orochi. In the first game, they worked on dominating the other forces. Following Orochi's defeat, the remnants of his army worked to revive their lord. They often serve as the final opponents for each force.

In the Japanese script, all of the subordinate generals in the army are named after supernatural beings, ghosts, or demons from China or Japan. They follow different naming motifs in the English script. Dodomeki clones are named after spiders, the Gyuki clones are named after minerals, and the generic serpent generals are named after snakes.

Story
Long before the games begin, Orochi was a malevolent entity who was sealed away by the Mystics. Being bored with the mystic realm, Da Ji decides to free the seal placed over him at the Wuhang Mountains to entertain herself. Defeating Sun Wukong and San Zang to release the petrifaction placed over him, Orochi is freed. Although newly awakened and not at his full vitality, his strength exceeds her expectations and she swears to serve under him with her demonic allies. Thwarting Taigong Wang, Fu Xi, and Nu Wa quick response to his release, they escape to the mortal realm.

Shortly before his arrival, Orochi warps time and space to create the new world he desires. Dominating over various factions to seek a worthy opponent, he quickly becomes the undisputed ruler of the new world after defeating the Mystics a second time. However, the heroes of the Three Kingdoms and Sengoku Jidai band together to stop him. Their alliance along with the discontent among his army's ranks causes Orochi's death.

Da Ji, intent on planning her lord's resurrection, evades capture, revives Kiyomori Taira, and befriends Himiko. She uses whatever tricks she has to keep the Orochi loyalists together, even sacrificing herself to the coalition forces so that Himiko can be used to power Kiyomori's resurrection ritual. When Orochi is resurrected, he resumes his goal of seeking powerful heroes to fight. This time, he seems more intent to return to eternal slumber as he dreads his second chance at life. He is once again stopped and presumably dies a second time.

Years after, Orochi's essence transformed into a being called the Hydra, seeking to destroy the dimensional world. Kiyomori is resurrected by the Hydra believing it to be Orochi's new form. The serpent forces then began taking over the world killing any human that stood in their path. It lasted until Ma Chao, Sima Zhao, and Hanbei Takenaka remained. But due to Kaguya's intervention, the destruction caused by the triumphant serpent forces is gradually mitigated or undone entirely.

Attempting once more to revive their lord, most of the demon army reformed under Da Ji and Kiyomori's watch and returned to the distorted world, when Zeus mysteriously brought it back. A small faction of the demons, however, would protect an amnesiaic Himiko at Jing Province until Da Ji arrived and absorbed their forces back into the fold.

Shortly after arriving, Da Ji and Kiyomori strike a deal with Odin, who promises to revive Orochi if they can help him achieve Ragnarok. Because of this, the Demon army focuses its efforts in opposing the humans that have gathered under Coalition alongside Zeus and his armies. True to his word, Odin eventually helps the demons locate the wandering Shūten Dōji and they defeat him and revive the embodiement of destruction, Orochi X. Unbeknowst to them, however, the real Orochi, carrying some of his original self, was revived elsewhere.

Following multiple attempts to stall for Odin's plans, the Demon army stations itself at Olympus to try and keep out the Coalition's armies. Unexpectedly, the real Orochi arrives and eliminates Orochi X. Beckoning his servants once more, Da Ji and Kiyomori aid their lord in resisting the humans one last time before he is killed again.

Knowing that Odin's plans for Ragnarok includes the destruction of everything except for himself, the Demon army opts to join the Coalition after their defeat, not wanting to get caught up until their lord's next revival.

Warriors Orochi
The officers listed here are the ones who remain with Orochi by the end of each story.

Leader

 * Orochi

Allies

 * Da Ji
 * Keiji Maeda
 * Dong Zhuo
 * Masamune Date
 * Lu Bu
 * Diao Chan
 * Kotarō Fūma
 * Sima Yi

Subordinate Generals

 * Yan Baihu
 * Chen Lan
 * Sadatsugu Tsutsui
 * Minbu Satomi
 * Shigemoto Makake
 * Kazutada Nakamura
 * Zhang Ji
 * Mi Feng
 * Yang Huai
 * Cao Xing
 * Tatsuoki Saito
 * Yan Pu
 * Yoshimasa Oka
 * Magobei Fuse
 * Sadaoki Ise
 * Yasuie Namikawa
 * Zhong Hui
 * Xing Daorong
 * Lu Kang
 * Lu Xiang
 * Lu Kuang
 * Yan Yu
 * Lei Bo
 * Wen Pin
 * Wei Xu
 * Gao Shun
 * Zhang Yan
 * Song Xian
 * Hu Che Er
 * Li Jue
 * Li Su
 * Li Meng
 * Xu Rong
 * Hua Xiong
 * Shigenaga Katakura
 * Mitsuyasu Shinura
 * Mitsunao Tateoka
 * Mitsushige Nobesawa
 * Nagayuki Miyoshi
 * Kazuhide Nakamura
 * Kazutada Nakamura
 * Murashige Araki
 * Tomomichi Iwanari
 * Mitsuuji Ujiie
 * Hidetsuna Sukenobe
 * Tsunamoto Oniniwa
 * Tsunenaga Hasekura
 * Hidemune Date

Reptilian Generals

 * Boomslang/Ongyōki (隠形鬼)
 * Hognose/Kinki (金鬼)
 * Hooknose/Fūki (風鬼)
 * Patchnose/Suiki (水鬼)
 * Copperhead/Onmoraki (陰摩羅鬼)
 * Lancehead/Itsumade (以津真天)
 * Bushmaster/Zhu Tun She (猪豚蛇)
 * Urutu/Senri (仙狸)
 * Yellowbelly/Tesso (鉄鼠)
 * Keelback/Hsiushe (修陀)
 * Sidewinder/Shōjō (猩々)
 * Diamondback/Mizuchi (蛟)
 * Coachwhip/Nozuchi (野槌)
 * Cottonmouth/Yomotsu-Ikusa (黄泉軍)
 * Mamushi/Fei Tou Man (飛頭蛮)

Warriors Orochi 2 (Orochi)
This section refers to the army's ranks during the Orochi story mode.

Leader

 * Orochi

Allies

 * Da Ji
 * Dong Zhuo
 * Keiji Maeda
 * Kotarō Fūma
 * Mitsunari Ishida
 * Masamune Date
 * Sun Ce
 * Ieyasu Tokugawa
 * Zhuge Liang
 * Guan Yu
 * Zhang Fei
 * Sun Quan
 * Sun Shangxiang
 * Da Qiao
 * Zhou Tai
 * Cao Pi
 * Zhenji
 * Cao Ren
 * Zhang Liao
 * Xu Huang
 * Zhang He
 * Pang De
 * Sima Yi
 * Hattori Hanzo
 * Ina

Subordinate Generals

 * Sun Qian
 * Guo Si
 * Fa Zheng
 * Ma Liang
 * Ma Su
 * Mi Zhu
 * Zhu Zhi
 * Dong Xi
 * Naomasa Ii
 * Zhu Huan
 * Zhuge Luo
 * Jiang Wan
 * Fei Yi
 * Yang Yi
 * Niu Fu
 * Fan Chou

Reptilian Generals

 * Boomslang/Ongyōki (隠形鬼)
 * Hognose/Kinki (金鬼)
 * Hooknose/Fūki (風鬼)
 * Patchnose/Suiki (水鬼)
 * Copperhead/Onmoraki (陰摩羅鬼)
 * Lancehead/Itsumade (以津真天)
 * Bushmaster/Zhu Tun She (猪豚蛇)
 * Urutu/Senri (仙狸)
 * Yellowbelly/Tesso (鉄鼠)
 * Keelback/Hsiushe (修陀)
 * Sidewinder/Shōjō (猩々)
 * Diamondback/Mizuchi (蛟)
 * Coachwhip/Nozuchi (野槌)
 * Cottonmouth/Yomotsu-Ikusa (黄泉軍)
 * Mamushi/Fei Tou Man (飛頭蛮)

Dodomeki Generals

 * Dodomeki
 * Leaflifter/Gyakuki (瘧鬼)
 * Sheetweaver/Qiongqi (窮奇)
 * Huntsman/Jiang Si (僵死)
 * Bloodleg/Kyūki (窮鬼)

Gyuki Generals

 * Levyne/Zhuyin (燭陰)

Warriors Orochi 2 (Orochi X)
The following lists the ranks for the resurrected Orochi.

Leader

 * Orochi X

Allies
* Lu Bu betrays Kiyomori in Wu's Story and then join Sun Jian in the final battle against Orochi X.
 * Kiyomori Taira
 * Sun Wukong
 * Himiko
 * Benkei
 * Da Ji
 * Keiji Maeda
 * Dong Zhuo
 * Lu Bu*
 * Diao Chan
 * Masamune Date
 * Sima Yi**

** Sima Yi joins the allied forces during the Samurai Story.

Subordinate Generals

 * Yu Jin
 * Sima Zhao
 * Wang Lang
 * Kojuro Katakura
 * Shigenaga Katakura
 * Tsunamoto Oniniwa
 * Shigezuna Date
 * Hidemune Date
 * Kageyori Yashiro
 * Shigemoto Makake
 * Munezane Shiroishi
 * Dokyu Yamagami
 * Masayo Ito
 * Norisada Ueda

Reptilian Generals

 * Boomslang/Ongyōki (隠形鬼)
 * Hognose/Kinki (金鬼)
 * Hooknose/Fūki (風鬼)
 * Patchnose/Suiki (水鬼)
 * Copperhead/Onmoraki (陰摩羅鬼)
 * Lancehead/Itsumade (以津真天)
 * Bushmaster/Zhu Tun She (猪豚蛇)
 * Urutu/Senri (仙狸)
 * Yellowbelly/Tesso (鉄鼠)
 * Keelback/Hsiushe (修陀)
 * Sidewinder/Shōjō (猩々)
 * Diamondback/Mizuchi (蛟)
 * Coachwhip/Nozuchi (野槌)
 * Cottonmouth/Yomotsu-Ikusa (黄泉軍)
 * Mamushi/Fei Tou Man (飛頭蛮)

Dodomeki Generals

 * Dodomeki
 * Goldenrod/Akuru (悪樓)
 * Leaflifter/Gyakuki (瘧鬼)
 * Sheetweaver/Qiongqi (窮奇)
 * Harvestman/Jue Yuan (攫猿)
 * Huntsman/Jiang Si (僵死)
 * Stripeleg/Inugami Gyōbu (隠神刑部)
 * Bloodleg/Kyūki (窮鬼)
 * Wishbone/Ikai (蝟怪)
 * Tangleweb/Gong Fu (蚣蝮)
 * Hammerjaw/Hundun (渾沌)/Mōryō (魍魎)*
 * Suntiger/Enenra (煙々羅)
 * Orbweaver/Eritategoromo (襟立衣)
 * Spinyback/Ya Zi (睚眦)
 * Redback/Goshōrō (蜈蚣姥)

* Name changed in 3 Ultimate after Hundun's playable debut.

Gyuki Generals

 * Gyuki
 * Feldspar/Suan Ni (狻猊)
 * Nosean/Yatō-no-Kami (夜刀神)
 * Galena/Monjabi (亡者火)
 * Botryogen/Rinshō (鱗舐)
 * Ytterbite/Ma Ban She (馬絆蛇)
 * Dioptase/Taowu (檮杌)
 * Levyne/Zhuyin (燭陰)
 * Massicot/Sabichira (銹着等)
 * Periclase/Chishu (螭首)
 * Travertine/Suanyu (酸与)
 * Coltan/Makenuki (魔計奴鬼)
 * Bismuth/Du Zu Gui (独足鬼)
 * Morion/Wei Heyu (偽何歟)
 * Kornerupine/Taotie (饕餮)

Figureheads

 * Hydra
 * Orochi X
 * Orochi

Leaders

 * Kiyomori Taira
 * Da Ji
 * Diamondback

Kiyomori's Allies (Under Kiyomori's spell)
Characters marked * willingly allied under Kiyomori and were not put under his spell.


 * Sun Wukong*
 * Yukimura Sanada
 * Kunoichi
 * Guo Huai
 * Lianshi
 * Ranmaru Mori
 * Yoshihiro Shimazu*
 * Cai Wenji
 * Kanetsugu Naoe
 * Toshiie Maeda
 * Guan Yu
 * Cao Ren
 * Sun Quan
 * Xiahou Ba
 * Wang Yi

Kiyomori's Subordinate Generals

 * Nobukimi Anayama
 * Masateru Sanada
 * Nobutoyo Takeda
 * Nobukado Takeda
 * Masatsugu Tsuchiya
 * Masatoyo Naitō
 * Morinobu Nishina
 * Nobufusa Baba
 * Masatane Hara
 * Masakage Yamagata
 * Toshitsune Maeda
 * Toshinaga Maeda
 * Xiahou He
 * Hua Xiong
 * Yan Liang
 * Tsuneoki Ikeda
 * Nagahide Niwa
 * Kohachirō Teramura
 * Niu Jin
 * Yu Fan
 * Gao Ding
 * Xiang Lang
 * Chen Qun
 * Tian Yu
 * Ma Liang
 * Fu Shiren
 * Lu Dai
 * Cao Tai
 * Zhang Da
 * Wen Yang

Da Ji's Allies

 * Himiko
 * Motonari Mōri
 * Achilles
 * Bao Sanniang

Da Ji's Subordinate Generals

 * Takashige Amano
 * Motoharu Kikkawa
 * Takakage Kobayakawa
 * Munekatsu Nomi
 * Michiyoshi Kuchiba
 * Nobunao Kumagai
 * Takaie Shishido
 * Terumoto Mōri
 * Masayori Yoshimi
 * Hidemoto Mōri
 * Motoyasu Mōri
 * Motosuke Kunishi

Diamondback's Allies

 * Shuten Dōji
 * Liu Shan
 * Kiyomasa Katō
 * Nagamasa Azai
 * Katsuie Shibata

Diamondback's Subordinate Generals

 * Wang Ping
 * Liu Min
 * Liu Yin
 * Kiyohisa Kimura
 * Matabei Gotō
 * Kazumasa Isono
 * Tsunachika Kaihō

Other Allies

 * Dong Zhuo
 * Zhong Hui
 * Masamune Date
 * Keiji Maeda
 * Kotarō Fūma
 * Dodomeki
 * Gyūki

Leader

 * Tamamo/Kyūbi
 * Hundun

Allies

 * Da Ji
 * Himiko
 * Diamondback
 * Dodomeki
 * Gyūki
 * Sun Wukong

Subordinate Generals
Unlike in previous games, the subordinate generals debuting in this game are not named after snakes, spiders or minerals in the English script, but rather as direct transcriptions of their Japanese names.

Reptilian Generals

 * Itaoni (板鬼)
 * Onra/Atsushira (温羅)
 * Kaika (怪火)
 * Teariaoni (手洗鬼)
 * Fūri (風狸)

Dodomeki Generals

 * Amakiri (網剪)
 * Ushirome (後眼)
 * Kamioni (髪鬼)
 * Itsuki (縊鬼)
 * Hakuzōsu (白蔵主)
 * Ichimokuren (一目連)*

Gyuki Generals

 * Onikuma (鬼熊)
 * Kagewani (影鰐)
 * Nozusuma (野衾)
 * Ijū (異獣)
 * Inenbi (遺念火)
 * Nuribotoke (塗仏)*
 * Hihi (狒々)*

* New generic in 4.

Generals At Wan Castle
These demon generals are mainly encountered in the Wan Castle stage while Storm and Pulao make an additional appearance in Yan Province. They make sporadic appearances in 4 as part of the demon army.

Most generals are named after disasters or apocalypse-related terms, while some are named after emotional states or East Asian demons, with a couple being direct transcriptions of their original names.

Reptilian Generals

 * Death/Xingtian (刑天)
 * Pestilence/Yigui (疫鬼)
 * Penghou (彭候)
 * Kappa/Enkō (猿猴)
 * Flood/Huashe (化蛇)
 * War/Zhuyan (朱厭)
 * Phoenix/Firebird*/Bifang (畢方)

Dodomeki Generals

 * Fear/Yonghe (雍和)
 * Storm/Tōrōki (刀労鬼)
 * Poison/Xiangliu (相柳)

Gyuki Generals

 * Pulao (蒲牢)
 * Gluttony/Zaochi (鑿歯)
 * Hailstones/Brimstone*/Jiuying (九嬰)

* Name changed in 4.