Dual Katana Proficiency

Dual Katana Proficiency
Before Zoro, Kozuki Oden (One Piece) was the most powerful master of Nitoryu/Dual Blade Style, being considered the strongest samurai of Wano who wields the legendary swords Enma and Ame no Habakiri.
Power/Ability to:	Be a master in dual wielding katanas or daishō.

"The long sword should be wielded broadly, and the companion sword closely. This is the first thing to realise."

― Miyamoto Musashi, founder of the Niten Ichi-ryū samurai swordsmanship

"Double katana is the only way to play!"

― Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series)

"It's really simple. If you can't cut it with one, all you gotta do is cut it by pound it with another katana! I mean, look I have two katanas! Nyahaha!!!"

― Inosuke Hashiba (Kimetsu no Yaiba)

The ability to be a master of dual wielding katanas or daishō. Variation of Katana Proficiency and Dual Sword Proficiency. Lesser version of Multi-Katana Proficiency and Multi-Weapon Wielding.

Also Called

• Dual Katana Aptitude/Combat/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery
• Nitōjutsu/Nitōryū Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency
• Dual Samurai/Japanese Swords Aptitude/Combat/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency

Capabilities

Users, either innately or through training, are masters of wielding dual katanas or daishō, a set of a katana and a wakizashi (or a tantō), with incredible expertise in speed, power, and skill, allowing them to perform feats such as stopping and deflecting bullets, decimating large objects or areas, cutting through a solid material such as steel, and even hold back their strength to deal damage to their foes without killing them. They also have greater versatility and advantage compared to conventional swordsman who uses one katana.

Applications

• Counter an enemy's attacks and use their own strength against them.
• Cutting with dual katana.
• Cutting Wave
• Deflection
• Defense Break
• Impale with dual katana.
• Multi Slash with dual katana.
• Pressure/Precise Strike
• Severing with dual katana.
• Slash Effect/Projection

Associations

• Dual Wielding
  • Dual Sword Proficiency
• Katana Proficiency
• Enhanced Swordsmanship
• Longsword Proficiency
• Multi-Sword Proficiency
• Short Sword Proficiency
• Tanto Proficiency
• Wakizashi Proficiency
  • Dual Wakizashi Proficiency

Limitations

• Two-handed strikes may be difficult to land.
• Abilities may become underdeveloped if the user is too heavily reliant on their katanas rather than their own skill.
• Using two katanas requires more thought into attacks and range, making it difficult for thoughts on both to operate. Thus, the defensive capabilities are slightly weakened depending on the user.
• Two katanas of equal length could get in the way during melee exchanges.
• The user may require Multi-Focus to full display this ability.
• May require a degree of training or exposure.
• May take time to achieve mastery.

Known Users

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Jinnosuke (Afro Samurai)
• Jūshirō Ukitake (Bleach)
• Shunsui Kyōraku (Bleach)
• Inosuke Hashibira (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
• Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tail)
• Toru Acura (Hitsugi no Chaika As Chaika The Coffin Princess)
• Miyamoto Mamoru (Infinite Leveling Murim)
• Ryo Sanada (Legendary Armor Samurai Troopers/Ronin Warriors)
• Kozuki Oden (One Piece)
• Roronoa Zoro (One Piece)
• Shiki (One Piece)
• Kin'emon (One Piece)
• Kaku (One Piece)
• Vista (One Piece)
• Doma (One Piece)
• Tokito (Samurai Deeper Kyo)
• Reika Aoki/Cure Beauty (Smile Pretty Cure!)
• Kazehaya Kamito (Spirit Elementalist's Blade Dance)
• Levi Kazama (Trinity Seven)
• Karin Miyoshi (Yuki Yuna is a Hero)

Cartoons/Comics

• Ulrich Stern (Code Lyoko)
• Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
• Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Toothiana/The Tooth Fairy (The Guardians of Childhood)
• Nicholas St. North/Santa Claus (The Guardians of Childhood)
• Eric Brooks/Blade (Marvel Comics)
• Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Marvel Comics)
• Groo (Groo the Wanderer)
• Miyamoto Usagi (Usagi Yojimbo)
• Sabito Heart (Ordeal)
• The Shadow (Ordeal)
• Zannah/Zealot (Wildstorm/DC Comics)
• Namaari (Raya and the Last Dragon)

Live Television/Movies

• Takeru Tenkuji/Kamen Rider Ghost (Kamen Rider Ghost); via Musashi Damashii

Mythology/Folklore

• Musashi Miyamoto (Various Fictional Depictions)

Video Games

• Mitsuyoshi/Jubei (BlazBlue)
• Ayane (Dead or Alive)
• Ryu Hayabusa (Dead or Alive/Ninja Gaiden)
• Elena (Metal Slug)
• Jin (Metal Slug)
• William Adams (Nioh)
• Sho Minazuki (Persona series)
• Ichiro Ogami (Sakura Wars)
• Seijuro Kamiyama (Sakura Wars)
• Shinjiro Taiga (Sakura Wars)
• Miyamoto Iori (TYPE-MOON)
• Miyamoto Musashi (TYPE-MOON)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

Jinnosuke (Afro Samurai) wielding dual wakizashi with extreme skill, being able to pressure his old friend Afro Samurai...

...fight Afro's cloned father, one of the world's number one warriors, evenly,...

...and injure him with two slashes to his chest.

Jūshirō Ukitake (Bleach) wielding dual blades of his Zanpakutō, Sōgyo no Kotowari, which utilizes its attack reflection ability.

Shunsui Kyōraku's (Bleach) Katen Kyōkotsu is another rare dual Zanpakutō which he has centuries of experience in dual wielding with great balance of strength and versatility.

Rei Ōgami (Code:Breaker) creating twin blades out of flames.

Nobume Imai (Gintama) utilizing two blades, a katana and a tantō, to deadly effects.

A dual wielder of swords, Saitou Shimaru (Gintama) is well known in Shinsengumi for his excellent swordsmanship.

Ringo Ameyuri (Naruto) wielding the dual electrical-imbued swords, Kiba.

His original fighting style before developing his Santoryu/Three Swords Style, Roronoa Zoro (One Piece) has supreme mastery over his original Nitoryu/Two Swords Style…

…demonstrating his outrageous prowess as a Strong Blade swordsman with the Power of Destruction when he sliced apart a train cart of the Puffing Tom with his Nitoryu Iai: Rashomon…

…and after training for two years, he also mastered Tantōjutsu as he fights off and kills multiple Wano samurai with a simple ceremonial tanto and Wakizashi.

Kaku's (One Piece) mastery of Nitoryu/Two Swords Style swordsmanship is nearly on par with Zoro's.

Kin'emon's (One Piece) mastery of Kitsunebi Ryu swordsmanship extends to its Nitoryu/Dual Blade Style variation.

Tokito (Samurai Deeper Kyo) wielding the Hokuto Shichisei, which splits into dual swords she can wield to great effects.

Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tail) is a master of dual-wielding swordsmanship.

Upon transforming into her Sorcerer Mode, Levi Kazama (Trinity Seven) wields twin machetes with dual ninja arts...

...and keeps them in Magus Mode, allowing her to use lighting slash technique to behead her opponents.

Karin Miyoshi (Yuki Yuna is a Hero)

Cartoons

Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Comics

Kokin (Dark Horse Comics)

Ninjak (Valiant Comics)

Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) is a highly skilled dual wielder of the katana blades as he quotes "Twin katana are the only way to play!

Like his namesake, Miyamoto Usagi (Usagi Yojimbo) is a Niten Ichi-ryū style master swordsman.

Snake Eyes (Hasbro)

Storm Shadow (G.I. Joe)

Rai (Valiant Comics)

Besty Bardock/Psylocke (Marvel Comics)

Kwannon/Psylocke (Marvel Comics)

Ravager (DC Comics)

Deathstroke (DC Comics)

Deadpool (Marvel Comics)

Ghostmaker (DC Comics)

Video Games

Mitsuyoshi/Jubei (BlazBlue)

Jin (Metal Slug)

Elena (Metal Slug)

William Adams (Nioh) has immense talent in dual wielding a Daisho pair of Katana and Wakizashi, killing armies of samurai and youkais alike.

Sho Minazuki (Persona 4 Arena) wields twin katanas.

Ichiro Ogami (Sakura Wars) wields twin katanas with ease.

Shinjiro Taiga (Sakura Wars)

Seijuro Kamiyama (Sakura Wars)

Miyamoto Musashi (TYPE-MOON) founded the Niten Ichi-ryū school of swordsmanship, a Martial Art that involved the dual-wielding of a katana and wakizashi.

Musashi's adopted son and prized student, Miyamoto Iori (TYPE-MOON) learned his Niten Ichi-ryū sword style.

Web Animation/Comics

Sabito Heart (Ordeal)

The Shadow (Ordeal)

Videos

One piece - Whitebeard meets Oden for the first time - Oden Vs Whitebeard full fight-2

Oden vs Kaido - One Piece-2

Purgatory Onigiri - One Piece

Kin of the Stained Blade - Spirit Blossom 2020 Cinematic - League of Legends

Blood Dragon- The Cyber War

Zoro VS Erza (One Piece VS Fairy Tail) DEATH BATTLE!

Zitz VS Leonardo (Battletoads VS Ninja Turtles) - DEATH BATTLE!

Deadpool VS Deathstroke (Marvel VS DC) DEATH BATTLE!

Leonardo VS Red Ranger Jason (Ninja Turtles VS Power Rangers) - DEATH BATTLE!

One Minute Melee - Roronoa Zoro Vs Rurouni Kenshin (One Piece vs Samurai X)

Wade Wilson (Deadpool) Deflecting Bullets Scene - X-Men Origins- Wolverine (2009) Movie CLIP HD