Ukyo Tachibana

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Ukyo Tachibana

Game series	Samurai Shodown series`
First game	Samurai Shodown
Voice actor(s)	Eiji Yano
In-Universe Information
Birthplace	Ohmi-koku, Koga-gun, Umasugi-mura
Blood type	AB
Fighting style	Shinmusou Ittou Ryu
Weapon	A nameless weapon of his own making
Preferred soulmate/family	The Lady Kei and Osaki

Ukyo Tachibana (橘右京, Tachibana Ukyō^?) is a character from SNK Playmore's Samurai Shodown series of fighting games.

1 History
2 Trivia
3 Link

[edit] History

[edit] Samurai Shodown

Ukyo is a handsome warrior and expert iaido swordsman, but has a very frail body and his lungs are stricken with tuberculosis. He searches for the perfect flower to give to Kei Odagiri, a female noble who understands him and is his confidante, but is already engaged to someone else.

[edit] Samurai Showdown III

Now hearing of a demon that has afflicted Kei, Ukyo sets out to defeat the creature.

[edit] Samurai Shodown 64

To Ukyo's dismay, Kei has finally married. After Ukyo congratulates her upon her wedding, he soon learns of a demon stealing Kei's unborn child. Henceforth, Ukyo sets out for revenge.

[edit] Samurai Shodown V

Ukyo is asked by Yumeji's mother if he has heard anything from her daughter. Ukyo is also reminded that it has been 3 years since she left. Ukyo coughs, but when asked if he was alright, he changed the subject and runs off to find Yumeji. Pondering if he is good enough to join Yumeji he sets off for Hinowa.

He finds Yumeji, shamed and now an outlaw. She explains that she met Gaoh soon after he left and became his right-hand woman. Yumeji then kneels and asks Ukyo to kill her. Ukyo cuts off Yumeji's pony tail and orders her to find her mother. Ukyo then goes back to his beach, to reflect on his life and wait for death.

[edit] Trivia

Ukyo is based on the fearsome Ryukisai Tachibana owing to the fact that their appearance is very similar and they have the same last name
Ukyo is also based on the legendary swordman Sasaki Kojiro, as seen in most of his attacks resembling the infamous "Tsubame gaeshi" ("Turning Swallow Cut") technique used by Kojiro.
Also, Ukyo is the original rival of the main character, Haohmaru. This is based in the real rivalry between Kojiro and Musashi Miyamoto (Haohmaru's motif).
Ukyo's medical condition may be based off of Shinsengumi member Okita Souji, who proportedly died of tuberculosis at a young age. It should be noted that fellow Samurai Shodown character Seishiro Kuki is visually based on Okita.