Terumune Date

Terumune Date is Masamune's father and the 17th head of the Date clan.

He placed eighteenth in the Nobunaga no Yabou Taishi poll for most favorite father.

Role in Games

Throughout the majority of the Samurai Warriors series, Terumune is already dead and Masamune is the clan leader. In Samurai Warriors 2: Empires, he serves under his father before his time as the clan leader.

Terumune is briefly seen in Masamune's opening cinematic in the third title. In a dream sequence, he is shown frantically struggling against his assailant moments before Masamune orders him to be shot down. Masamune continues to feel guilty for failing to save his father, driving him to vent through his depression at Ueda Castle.

Sengoku Musou 3: Empires has him appear in Masamune's story where he announces his retirement for the sake of the Date. Assuaging whatever doubts his son has, he is confident in the former's ability to bring their clan to greater heights. When Masamune tries to execute Yoshitsugu Nihonmatsu for turning against him, it is Terumune who intervenes on the traitor's behalf. Unfortunately, this leads to him being kidnapping by Yoshitsugu who seeks to have his own punishment lessened. Confronted by his son and the Date riflemen, he urges the young lord to surpass him by firing. His death serves to inspire Masamune into fulfilling his ambitions for the land.

His death is shown again in the fourth title and serves as a driving force for Masamune's actions throughout the Tohoku chapter.

Voice Actors

Kirk Thornton - Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence (English-uncredited)
Takahiro Shimada - Shin Nobunaga no Yabou
Kei Kurita - Nobunaga no Yabou Shutsujin (Japanese)

Quotes

"It is only a matter of time before the child surpasses the parent. There is no need for the child to wait for the parent to grow old."

"But if I ignore society's norms and customs, I will lose their trust and there will be discord within the family!"

"Don't be blinded by what's before you! Look at the big picture. If you want to see your ambition to the end, ignore the trivial things that clutter your way and keep your eyes on what's ahead. I do not see things like petty fighting within the family. ...All I see is you soaring to the sky like a dragon."

"A dragon...! Father, I, Masamune, will show that you did not choose wrongly!"

~~Terumune and Masamune; Sengoku Musou 3: Empires

Live Action Performer

Ken Hashimoto - Butai Sengoku Musou Sekigahara no Shou

Historical Information

Gallery

Nobunaga's Ambition portrait
Nobunaga no Yabou Zenkokuban portrait
Nobunaga's Ambition: Lord Of Darkness portrait
Nobunaga no Yabou Haouden portrait
Nobunaga no Yabou Shouseiroku portrait
nobunaga no Yabou Reppuuden portrait
Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power portrait
Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle portrait
Younger 100man-nin no Nobunaga no Yabou portrait
Alternate portrait
Alternate portrait 2
Alternate portrait 3
Alternate portrait 4
Alternate portrait 5
Alternate portrait 6
Alternate portrait 7
Nobunaga no Yabou 201X portrait
Nobunaga no Yabou ~Oretachi no Sengoku~ portrait
Date Perumune in Samurai Cats
Being taken hostage

Taiko Risshiden II portrait
Taiko Risshiden IV portrait
Taiko Risshiden V portrait
Sengoku Hime Ran portrait
Sengoku IXA portrait
Alternate portrait
Alternate portrait 2
Alternate portrait 3
Sengoku Bushouki MURAMASA Rank 1 Bewitching SR portrait
Rank 2 Bewitching SR portrait
Rank 3 Bewitching SR portrait
Rank 4 Bewitching SR portrait
Bewitching MR portrait
Bewitching URR portrait
Ikusamichi -Crossroad- portrait
Chou Visual! Sengoku Bushou Great Encyclopedia illustration
Sengoku Bushou Kanzen Visual Guide illustration

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Samurai Warriors
Games
Main Titles	Samurai Warriors • Samurai Warriors 2 • Samurai Warriors 3 • Samurai Warriors 4 • Samurai Warriors 5
Expansions	4-II • Empires (2) • Empires (3) • Empires (4) • Special • Spirit of Sanada • Xtreme Legends (1) • Xtreme Legends (2) • Xtreme Legends (3)
Spin-Offs	100man-nin • Chronicles • Chronicles 2nd • Chronicles 3 • Derby • Katana • Pachislot • Shoot • State of War
Characters
Samurai Warriors	Goemon Ishikawa • Hanzō Hattori • Hideyoshi Toyotomi • Ina • Keiji Maeda • Kenshin Uesugi • Kunoichi • Magoichi Saika • Masamune Date • Mitsuhide Akechi • Nō • Nobunaga Oda • Oichi • Okuni • Ranmaru Mori • Shingen Takeda • Tadakatsu Honda • Yoshimoto Imagawa • Yukimura Sanada
Samurai Warriors 2	Ginchiyo Tachibana • Gracia • Ieyasu Tokugawa • Kanetsugu Naoe • Katsuie Shibata • Kojirō Sasaki • Kotarō Fūma • Mitsunari Ishida • Motochika Chōsokabe • Musashi Miyamoto • Nagamasa Azai • Nene • Sakon Shima • Toshiie Maeda • Yoshihiro Shimazu
Samurai Warriors 3	Aya • Hanbei Takenaka • Kai • Kanbei Kuroda • Kiyomasa Katō • Masanori Fukushima • Motonari Mōri • Munenori Yagyū • Muneshige Tachibana • Naotora Ii • Takatora Tōdō • Ujiyasu Hōjō
Samurai Warriors 4	Chacha • Hidetada Tokugawa • Hisahide Matsunaga • Kagekatsu Uesugi • Katsuyori Takeda • Kojūrō Katakura • Koshōshō • Lady Hayakawa • Masayuki Sanada • Naomasa Ii • Nobuyuki Sanada • Sasuke • Takakage Kobayakawa • Toyohisa Shimazu • Yoshitsugu Ōtani
Samurai Warriors 5	Dōsan Saitō • Fujihide Mitsubuchi • Kazuuji Nakamura • Mitsuki • Motoharu Kikkawa • Motonobu Okabe • Nobuyuki Oda • Sandayū Momochi • Sena • Shikanosuke Yamanaka • Terumoto Mōri • Toshimitsu Saitō • Yasuke • Yoshiaki Ashikaga • Yoshikage Asakura • Yoshitatsu Saitō
Other Characters	Non-Playable Characters • Bodyguards • Edit Characters • Katana Protagonist • Chronicles Protagonist • Takamaru
Factions
Prominent Clans	Akechi • Azai • Chōsokabe • Date • Hōjō • Imagawa • Kuroda • Mōri • Oda • Saitō • Sanada • Shimazu • Tachibana • Takeda • Tokugawa • Toyotomi • Uesugi
Alliances	Eastern Army • Honganji Rioters • Saika Renegades • Western Army •