The Rise of Ninja Kotaro

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Chronology
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Episode 14
Information
Title:	The Rise of Ninja Kotaro
Japanese Title:	忍者小太郎現る！ (Ninja Kotarō Arawaru)
Original airdate:	July 12, 2025
Broadcast rating:	2.6%
Manga source:	Volume 7: Chapter 10 (069) - Volume 8: Chapter 5 (074)
English version
English Title:	The Rise of Ninja Kotaro
Story
Cast:	Yaiba Kurogane Musashi Miyamoto Kojiro Sasaki Sayaka Mine Shonosuke Kagetora Nadeshiko Yamato Takeshi Onimaru Kumo-Otoko Professor Kanabo
Staff
Director:	Takahiro Hasui
Screenplay:	Tomomi Kawaguchi
Storyboard:	Kazuki Yokoyama
Episode director:	Kazuki Yokoyama Jiro Yoshida (asst.) Maho Ishikawa (asst.)
Animation director:	Yoshimichi Kameda (chief) Ayaka Ofusa Maki Kawake Wan Yi Yoshimichi Kameda Yuko Yamamoto (asst.)
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Yaiba Kurogane Junichi Suwabe as Musashi Miyamoto Go Inoue as Kojiro Sasaki Manaka Iwami as Sayaka Mine Isshin Chiba as Kagetora Kosuke Echigoya as Shonosuke Sayaka Senbongi as Nadeshiko Yamato Yoshimasa Hosoya as Takeshi Onimaru Shuhei Sakaguchi as Kumo-Otoko Yoshimitsu Shimoyama as Professor Kanabo Shinji Kawada as Fuma Kotaro Taiki Yamashita as Golden Tanuki Shinya Takahashi as Other Golden Tanukis Hana Hishikawa as Other Golden Tanukis Hitomi Kanaya as Other Golden Tanukis Kohei Sueyasu as Other Golden Tanukis
Music
Opening song:	BLADE
Closing song:	ACTION!

The Rise of Ninja Kotaro (忍者小太郎現る！ ,Ninja Kotarō Arawaru) is the 14th episode of the Yaiba: Samurai Legend anime.

Cast

Featured

Characters

Yaiba Kurogane

Musashi Miyamoto

Kojiro Sasaki

Sayaka Mine

Kagetora

Shonosuke

Nadeshiko Yamato

Takeshi Onimaru

Kumo-Otoko

Professor Kanabo

Conan Edogawa (cameo)

Heiji Hattori (cameo)

Other

Fuma Kotaro
100px	Revived legendary ninja Humanoid eagle Leader of the Fuma clan Onimaru's new henchman

Golden Tanukis
100px	Descendents of the Golden Tanuki God Guardians of the orb

Location

Setting

• Osaka
  • Osaka Bay
  • Dotonbori
  • Osaka Castle

• Tokushima Prefecture
  • Naruto
    • Naruto Station
  • Mount Tsurugi

• Mount Fuji

Other

• Sapporo
  • Sapporo Clock Tower
• Nagoya
  • Nagoya Castle
• Kitakyushu
  • Mojiko Station

Manga to anime changes

• New scenes are made where Nadeshiko joins Yaiba's group at Naruto Station.
• In manga, Yaiba's group know the location of the orb from a shopkeeper. This is not adapted as Nadeshiko is the one who knows the location. As a result, the hint that Kumo-Otoko is also searching the orb with strange man is also not adapted.
• In manga, Kumo-Otoko and Kotaro simply followed Yaiba's group from behind. In the new anime, they are one step ahead and already get the orb by the time Yaiba' group arrive at the cave. In addition, new scene is added where the tanukis is already tied.
• Unlike in manga, the tanukis can't talk (but as Yaiba can talk with animals he can still understand them).
• The scene where Kotaro use paralyzing dust is unique to the anime.

Trivia

• Conan and Heiji appeared as cameo in this episode.

Gallery

See also

• What Kind of an Orb is the Golden Orb?
• Legend of the Red Dragon!! Shiro Amakusa Appears!
• Yaiba: Samurai Legend
• Yaiba