Yaiba

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Yaiba Manga, Volume 1.

YAIBA was the second ongoing manga series created by Gosho Aoyama. It ran from 1988 to 1993 in Shonen Sunday and later had an anime known as Kenyu Densetsu Yaiba (剣勇伝説YAIBA Ken'yū Densetsu Yaiba?, "Legend of the Swordmaster Yaiba") that ran from April 9, 1993 to April 1, 1994. The manga was collected into 24 volumes originally and released three more times after that: the wide version (12 volumes), the paperback version (10 volumes), and re-release version (24 volumes). A video game for the Super Famicom, as well as a game for the Nintendo Game Boy, were also both released.

The story was about a young samurai and his adventures in modern day Japan. There have been numerous references to it in Detective Conan.

Plot summary

In order to train his first son, Yaiba Kurogane, to be a great samurai, Kenjuro Kurogane raises him in the African wilderness. But during training one day, along with their new pet tiger Kagetora, they are caught in a box of pineapples about to be shipped to Japan. At the Tokyo airport, Kenjuro runs into his old kendo rival Raizo Mine and his daughter, Sayaka. Kenjuro leaves Yaiba with Raizo and Sayaka (despite their protestations) and heads off on a journey.

Meanwhile, Yaiba makes instant enemies with Sayaka's school's kendo star, Takeshi Onimaru. After losing in a duel to Yaiba, Onimaru begins training with his family's Fuujin-ken (Wind God Sword) and becomes possessed and starts to take over Japan. To combat this, Yaiba seeks out the Raijin-ken (Lightning God Sword) and is trained by the legendary samurai Musashi Miyamoto. Onimaru sends wave after wave of minions after Yaiba and his friends, leading to a final showdown at his flying castle.

In the second part of the story, Yaiba's use of the sacred Dragon Orbs to help defeat Onimaru reawakens the evil princess of the Rabbit People, Kaguya. Kaguya seeks out the youth of all of the women of the world for herself. Ultimately, Yaiba has to join forces with Onimaru to defeat Kaguya and her strongest minion Gekko.

Characters

See also: List of minor Yaiba characters
Cast of Yaiba: Yaiba (foreground); Musashi, Kojiro, Sayaka, Namako-Otoko, Gerozaemon, Onimaru (background, from left to right).

Yaiba's group

Picture Name English Name Role
Yaiba Kurogane 60px.jpg Yaiba Kurogane -- Main character of the series who travels to Japan to become a samurai.
Sayaka Mine 60px.jpg Sayaka Mine -- High school student and only daughter of the Mine family.
Kenjuro Kurogane 60px.jpg Kenjuro Kurogane -- Yaiba's and Moroha's father and Raizo's old rival.
Musashi Miyamoto 60px.jpg Musashi Miyamoto -- Legendary swordsman who took it upon himself to guard the Raijin sword and acts as Yaiba's teacher after Yaiba obtains the sword.
Kojiro Sasaki 60px.jpg Kojiro Sasaki -- Musashi's famous rival, revived by Onimaru to defeat Yaiba. Kojiro makes several attempts to defeat Yaiba or at least steal the Raijin sword, but ultimately he ends up joining him against Onimaru. He fights using an extendable sword and is a notorious womanizer.
Jubei Yagyu 60px.jpg Jubei Yagyu -- The famous historical one-eyed samurai, revived by Onimaru using a wolf as the host body. Though he usually looks like a normal human being, he becomes an uncontrollable werewolf when drunk. Because they have the same master (Musashi), he reforms and joins Yaiba after losing to him.
Kagetora 60px.jpg Kagetora -- Yaiba's pet tiger. In the manga, Yaiba meets Kagetora in the jungle after Kagetora attempts to eat him and vice versa. Kagetora then accompanies Yaiba on his journey to Japan.
Shonosuke 60px.jpg Shonosuke -- Yaiba's pet vulture. The circumstances of how and when Yaiba met Shonosuke are never explained in the manga or the anime adaptation.
Gerozaimon Geroda 60px.jpg Gerozaimon Geroda -- A frog man, originally one of Onimaru's minions, revived by using a normal frog as the host body. After losing to Yaiba and learning from another minion that Onimaru views him as expendable, he reforms and joins Yaiba for the remainder of the series. Although mostly comical, he has been shown to be a skilled fighter, mainly using his sticky tongue and a battle axe to fight.
Namako-Otoko 60px.jpg Namako-Otoko -- Another one of Onimaru's former minions who sides with Yaiba. He is mostly inactive after reforming but is usually seen on Sayaka's shoulder. His name literally means "Sea Cucumber Man".
Moroha Kurogane 60px.jpg Moroha Kurogane -- Yaiba's long lost little sister, raised by their mother to hate Kenjuro. She joins her brother for the final arc of the manga.

Onimaru faction

Picture Name English Name Role
Takeshi Onimaru 60px.jpg Takeshi Onimaru -- Main antagonist of the series and Yaiba's rival. After obtaining the Fuujin sword, he becomes a demon determined to take over Japan.
Kumo-Otoko 60px.jpg Kumo-Otoko -- Another of Onimaru's minions, he ends up becoming his right hand man and secretary. After his introduction, he is mostly comical and is rarely shown to be competent at anything. His name literally means "Spider Man".

Dragon God Orbs arc

Picture Name English Name Role
Professor Kanabo 60px.jpg Professor Kanabo -- Genius professor recruited by Onimaru and Kumo-Otoko to strengthen Onimaru Castle's defenses with the Onimaru Cannon and to repair the Fuujin sword.

Kaguya arc

Picture Name English Name Role
60px Kaguya -- The empress of the moon, ruler to a race of bunny people living on the moon, and the second major antagonist of the series. Awakened by Yaiba using the Dragon Orb, she and her army seek to invade the earth. Her kiss can drain a person's youth.
60px Tsukikage -- Kaguya's right-hand man and Gekko's older brother. His name literally means "Moon Shadow".
60px Gekko -- Kaguya's most powerful warrior, an anthropomorphic rabbit with a scar over one eye. He is ruthless and so powerful that Yaiba and Onimaru have to team up to stop him. His name literally means "Moonlight".
60px Mangetsu -- One of Kaguya's generals. His name literally means "Full Moon".
60px Mikazuki -- One of Kaguya's generals. His name literally means "Crescent Moon".
60px Shingetsu -- One of Kaguya's generals. His name literally means "New Moon".
60px Hangetsu -- One of Kaguya's generals. His name literally means "Half Moon".

Oda Nobunaga tournament arc

Picture Name English Name Role
Soshi Okita 60px.jpg Soshi Okita -- The final antagonist of the series.

Others

Picture Name English Name Role
Raizo Mine 60px.jpg Raizo Mine -- Sayaka's father and Kenjuro's old rival. A kendo master, he now runs his own dojo.
Shizuka Mine 60px.jpg Shizuka Mine -- Sayaka's mother.
60px Sayaka's Grandmother -- Raizo's mother who runs the Mine household. She is very knowledgeable in kendo and even trains Yaiba a bit before Musashi appears. She is commonly referred to as Goinkyou (ご隠居 Retired Person?).
Ayame Onimaru 60px.jpg Ayame Onimaru -- --
Takeshi's Grandfather 60px.jpg Takeshi's Grandfather -- --

Chapters

Volume 1-10 - Chapters 001-099

Volume 11-20 - Chapters 100-209

Volume 21-24 - Chapters 210-255

Story arcs

  1. Eight Demons Arc (Lightning God Sword / Wind God Sword)
  2. Onimaru Castle Arc
  3. Dragon Orb Arc
  4. Kaguya Arc (Dragon God Sword / Demon King Sword)
  • Anime ended here
  1. Pyramid Arc (Supreme King Sword)
  2. Underworld Arc
  3. Great Dragon Arc
  4. Nobunaga Tournament Arc (Wood Sword)

Anime

Yaiba in Detective Conan

  • In volume 2 of Detective Conan, Yaiba is seen playing on a TV. Likewise, in the last episode of the Yaiba anime, Conan and Ran are seen on a TV.
  • The characer Kamen Yaiba is a parody of Kamen Rider, using "Yaiba" instead of "Rider".
  • In Conan vs Kid vs Yaiba - The Decisive Battle Over the Treasured Sword!, Mitsuhiko lends Conan all 24 volumes of Yaiba. Also, various characters in the Yaiba series play a major role in the OVA.
  • Ran's cell-phone strap has a key-chain figure of Namako-Otoko attached to it.
  • At the Halloween Party Murder Case, people dressed as Onimaru, Gerozaemon, Kumo-Otoko, the kappa Kerokichi (a one-time character) can be seen.
  • The names of the characters in the movie Star Blade VI are rearranged versions of the historical names in Yaiba and have similarities to each character: Dark Sashim (ダーク・サシム) is Musashi (ムサシ) and uses two swords, Bay Jew (ベイ・ジュウ) is Jubei (十兵衛) and has an eyepatch, Kisasa (キササ) is Sasaki (Kojiro) (佐々木) and uses a long sword, and Dark Takio (ダーク・タキオ) is Okita (沖田) and resembles and evil god.
  • In the Onsen Murder Case, Professor Agasa invents a device for testing onsen temperatures and quality that is designed to look like Ishikawa Goemon, but rather than a traditional Goemon design it resembles the revived Goemon from the Dragon Orbs Arc.
  • Many of the same voice actors appear in Yaiba and Detective Conan: Minami Takayama (Yaiba and Conan), Kotono Mitsuishi (Sayaka and Kir), Ryo Horikawa (Onimaru and Heiji), and Unsho Ishizuka (Raizo and Nakamori). Other DC actors voiced one-time characters in Yaiba: Kappei Yamaguchi (Kerokichi and Shinichi/Kaitou Kid), Wataru Takagi (Starfishman and Genta/Takagi), and Fumihiko Tachiki (Yakitori-kun and Vodka).

Yaiba in Magic Kaito

  • In chapter 18 of Magic Kaito (which the first Detective Conan OVA is based on), Kid attempts to steal a sacred sword from the Mine house and ends up fighting Yaiba. Also, Kuroba and Nakamori are mentioned in the the final chapter of Yaiba.

Gallery

Yaiba in Gosho Aoyama Manga Factory.
Onimaru vs. Yaiba.

See also

External links

Yaiba
Main Characters Yaiba KuroganeSayaka MineMusashi MiyamotoTakeshi OnimaruKojiro SasakiJubei YagyuShonosukeKagetoraGerozaimon GerodaNamako-Otoko
Secondary Characters Kenjuro KuroganeRaizo MineShizuka MineGrandma MineMoroha KuroganeMichiko KuroganeSoshi OkitaKumo-OtokoList of minor Yaiba characters
Manga Yaiba Manga Volume 1-1011-2021-24Volume 123456789101112131415161718192021222324
OVA adaptations Yaiba (pilot OVA)Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba - The Grand Battle for the Treasure Sword!!
Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba List of episodesStaff
Games Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba (Super Famicom)Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba (Game Boy)Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba (Sega Game Gear)List of games
Crossovers The Kendo Tournament of Love and MysteryThe Scarlet School TripList of crossovers
Related Articles Swords used in YaibaYaoyaEkoda High SchoolPlay It AgainK∀ITO