Iaijutsu Mastery

Iaijutsu Mastery
Muramasa (Ninja Gaiden) has immense mastery of Iaijutsu, efficiently killed elite Black Spider Ninja with minimal effort.
Power/Ability to:	Possess superhuman mastery in iaijutsu.

"Swords are made to return to their scabbards."

― Uesugi Kenshin (Sengoku Basara Battle Heroes)

The power to possess superhuman mastery in iaijutsu. Variation of Budō Mastery. Style of Enhanced Swordsmanship.

Also Called

• Iaido/Iai Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Specialism
• Iaido Katana (Shadow Fight) Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Specialism
• Iaijutsu Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Proficiency/Specialism
• Adept/Expert/Master/Professional/Skilled Iaidoka/Iaijutsu Practitioner

Capabilities

The user, either innately or through training, is a master of iaijutsu/iaido, a combative quick-draw sword technique. Iaijutsu consists of four main components: the smooth, controlled movements of drawing the sword from its scabbard (or saya), striking or cutting an opponent, shaking blood from the blade, and replacing the sword in the scabbard. Masters of iaijutsu are typically able to draw, cut, and sheathe their blade faster than the eye can see, making it seem like they didn't perform any cutting motions in the first place.

Applications

• Cutting
  • Bisection
  • Decapitation
  • Speed Cutting
    • Razor Attacks
• Delayed Slice
• Footwork Mastery
• Quick-Draw Mastery
  • Precise Strike
• Katana/Sheathed Blade Proficiency
• Strong Grip

Associations

• Enhanced Swordsmanship/Supernatural Swordsmanship/Absolute Swordsmanship
• Martial Arts Mastery

Limitations

• Requires the proper equipment.
• May require a degree of training or exposure.
• May take time to achieve such mastery.

Known Users

See Also: Iaijutsu Practitioner.

Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa

• Azumi (Azumi)
• Various Characters (Baki the Grappler)
  • Miyamoto Musashi
• Yami Sukehiro (Black Clover)
• Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto (Bleach)
• Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck (Bleach)
• Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck (Bleach)
• Rei Ōgami (Code:Breaker)
• Yajirobe (Dragon Ball Series)
• Zenitsu Agatsuma (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
• Kokushibo (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
• Kagura Mikazuchi (Fairy Tail)
• Suzuku (Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest)
• Jinsuke Kurogane (Gamaran)
• Sengoku Iori (Gamaran)
• Sakura Shinnojou (Gamaran)
• Gama Kurogane (Gamaran)
• Doromizu Jirocho (Gintama)
• Kosaku Kandera (Hi-Fi Cluster)
• Nobunaga Hazama (Hunter x Hunter)
• Miyamoto Mamoru (Infinite Leveling Murim)
• Atsuya Kasakabe (Jujutsu Kaisen)
• Kasumi Miwa (Jujutsu Kaisen)
• Toji Fushiguro (Jujutsu Kaisen)
• Kiriu Touya/Iai Banchou (Kongō Banchō)
• Goemon Ishikawa XIII (Lupin the Third)
• Shimotsuki Ryuma (Monsters)
• Mifune (Naruto)
• Sazanami (Naruto)
• Boruto Uzumaki (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
• Iaian (One-Punch Man)
• Bogard (One Piece)
• Brook (One Piece)
• Roronoa Zoro (One Piece)
• Shiryu (One Piece) 
• Hiko Seijuro XIII (Rurouni Kenshin)
• Kenshin Himura (Rurouni Kenshin)
• Takamura (Sakamoto Days)
• H.T. Trismegistus (Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index/A Certain Magical Index)
• Kojunin Shizuku (Tokyo Duel)
• Match (Toriko)
• Various Samurai/Ronin (Vagabond)
• Kogetsu Users (World Trigger)
• Andy (Undead Unluck)

Cartoons/Comics

• Fire Hand (Black Sun)
• Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
• Eric Brooks/Blade (Marvel Comics)
• Kenuichio Harada/Silver Samurai (Marvel Comics)
• Genchu Daisuke-Wataro (No Need For Bushido)
• Ryoku (No Need For Bushido)
• Tadashi Koto (No Need For Bushido)
• Yorikiro Wataro (No Need For Bushido)
• Andrea Thomas (Ordeal)
• Princess Mira (Samurai Jack)
• Various Characters (Usagi Yojimbo)
  • Inazuma
  • Miyamoto Usagi
• Rai X (Valiant Comics)

Video Games

• Hellagur (Arknights)
• Taro/Shinai guy (Bat Boy)
• Jin Kisaragi (BlazBlue)
• Vergil (Devil May Cry)
• Weiss the Immaculate (Final Fantasy VII Remake)
• Scarlet (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)
• Narmaya (Granblue Fantasy)
• Johnny (Guilty Gear)
• Raiden Bosenmori Mei/Acheron (Honkai: Star Rail)
• Hibiki Takane (The Last Blade)
• Samuel Rodrigues/Jetstream Sam (Metal Gear)
• Long Sword users (Monster Hunter)
• Inugami (Onmyoji (2016))
• Yusuke Kitagawa (Persona 5)
• Lucia (Punishing: Gray Raven); via the Crimson Abyss variant
• Sakura Shinguji (Sakura Wars)
• Ukyo Tachibana (Samurai Shodown)
• Ikaruga (Senran Kagura)
• Bolo (Shadow Fight)
• Itu (Shadow Fight)
• Okada of June's Plane (Shadow Fight)
• Shadow's Descendant (Shadow Fight)
• Miyamoto Iori (TYPE-MOON)
• Yuzuriha (Under Night In-Birth)
• Hoshimi Miyabi (Zenless Zone Zero)

Web Animation/Comics/Series/Original

• Adam Taurus (RWBY)
• Raven Branwen (RWBY)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa

Afro (Afro Samurai)

Yami Sukehiro's (Black Clover) Mana Zone Condense - Dark Cloaked Iai Slash.

Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto (Bleach)

Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck (Bleach)

Rei Ōgami (Code:Breaker)

Yajirobe's (Dragon Ball Series) Flash and Kill

Kosaku Kandera (Hi-Fi Cluster)

Atsuya Kusakabe (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Kasumi Miwa (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Toji Fushiguro (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Upper Moon 1, Kokushibo (Kimetsu no Yaiba) is a demonic swordsman who refined his skill in swordsmanship to such high caliber...

...He can sheathe and unsheathe his katana in less than a blink of an eye,...

...and slice up talented combatants like Genya...

...faster than he can even process.

Due to his lack of compability with conventional Kenjutsu techniques, Zenitsu Agatsuma (Kimetsu no Yaiba) focused all his training efforts in improving his Iaijutsu swordsmanship to decapitate demons faster than they can react…

…creating his own unique Iaijutsu techniques, and defeat more powerful demons relying solely on quick drawing his Nichirin Sword…

…even surpassed his demonized senior disciple Kaigaku in terms of skill…

…even managed to wound the demon king Muzan with his most powerful Iaijutsu.

Kiriu Touya/Iai Banchou (Kongo Bancho) is a master of the Kiriu School of Drawing Sword Arts.

Goemon Ishikawa XIII (Lupin III)

A master swordsman renowned for his mastery of Iaijutsu, Mifune (Naruto) is able to...

...attack with such speed and precision to where he can inflict lethal blows on his opponent without staining his sword with blood.

Sazanami (Naruto) can draw his sword very fast allowing him to easily disarm and defeat his opponents with hardly any effort like the wanted fugitive Michizō Manaka who was armed with a sword.

Boruto Uzumaki (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations) effortlessly cutting six Claw Grimes in a manner of Iaido with extreme speed while unsheathing his sword.

Bogard (One Piece) Slicing Koby's guns into many small pieces in one slice before sheathing his blade.

As a supreme master of Gentle Blade, Brook's (One Piece) Hanauta Sancho: Yahazu Giri/Three-Verse Humming: Arrow-Notch Slash is such a fast-paced technique that it appears that it did not attack its target at all...

...with miniscule precision to cut down an entire army of mutated ants...

...enhanced by the Yomi Yomi no Mi, his Kasuriuta: Fubuki Giri/Pastoral Song: Blizzard Slash can induce a deadly cold from the underworld itself.

Roronoa Zoro (One Piece) using his Ittoryu Iai: Shishi Sonson/Lion Song to cut through Daz Bones/Mr.1's steel body...

...and Hody Jones's body as his technique has grown stronger since 2 years of intense training.

Shiryu of the Rain (One Piece) is a proficient swordsman who can kill several enemies in a split second with a single draw of his nodachi, Raiu.

Takamura (Sakamoto Days) cutting a leg of Tokyo Tower.

H.T. Trismegistus (Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index) is a master at using his Cane Sword, rapidly unsheathing it from its scabbard and slashing, in the manner of iaijutsu. Such as he was able to cut a fellow Transcendent, Aradia without even her noticing.

Match's (Toriko) swordsmanship emphasizes drawing, striking the enemy, and re-sheathing his sword as a single coherent motion.

Andy (Undead Unluck) using Repair Boost!! Crimson Crescent Moon.

Shimotsuki Ryuma (Monsters)

Cartoons

Princess Mira (Samurai Jack) is shown practicing her quick draw. She repeatedly slashes the drops of water falling from an icicle to the other bounty hunters' amazement.

Comics

Eric Brooks/Blade (Marvel Comics)

Hiroshi X (Knight of the Abyss)

Miyamoto Usagi (Usagi Yojimbo)

Video Games

Hellagur (Arknights)

Jin Kisaragi (BlazBlue)

As part of his Dark Slayer Style, Vergil (Devil May Cry) is immensely skilled in the art of iaijutsu, able to draw his Yamato and kill demons with successful rapid strikes...

...or devastating slashes too quick for the human eye that can cut through dimensions.

Scarlet (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)

Narmaya (Granblue Fantasy)

Johnny (Guilty Gear)

Raiden Bosenmori Mei/Acheron (Honkai: Star Rail)

Hibiki Takane (The Last Blade)

Samuel Rodrigues/Jetstream Sam (Metal Gear) learned iaijutsu from his father. With his father's sword and sheath with AR-15 lookalike, he can perform it by pulling the trigger to increase the momentum and slash it with one strike.

Yusuke Kitagawa (Persona 5) is highly skilled in iaijutsu, quick drawing his katana in an instant to cut enemies in one swift stroke.

Lucia - Crimson Abyss (Punishing: Gray Raven) is incredibly skilled with her sword Sakura, able to decimate her enemies with attacks such as her Crimson Abyss - Iaido Will,...

...Crimson Abyss - Dazzling Strike,...

...and Signature - Abyssal Slash.

Sakura Shinguji (Sakura Wars) is an iaijutsu master, able to quick draw her sword to precisely cut bamboo with one stroke...

...and cut droplets of water.

Ukyo Tachibana (Samurai Shodown)

Ikaruga (Senran Kagura)

Itu (Shadow Fight) is a master of using an Iaido Katana.

Shadow's Descendant (Shadow Fight)

With his void stance, Miyamoto Iori (TYPE-MOON) specializes in high speed Iai strikes.

Yuzuriha (Under Night In-Birth)

Hoshimi Miyabi (Zenless Zone Zero)

Web Animations/Comics/Series/Original

As one of the most skilled samurai of his generation, Genchu Daisuke-Wataro (No Need For Bushido) can easily cut an opponent down with his powerful Battōjutsu.

Fire Hand (Black Sun)

Andrea Thomas (Ordeal) with Muramasa grants her extreme cutting speed along with Slash Projection.

With Wilt and Bush in his hands, Adam Taurus (RWBY) makes use of his speed and swordsmanship to slash his opponents in quick sessions.

Videos

Fights & Demonstrations

Sugino Sensei 10th Dan Master of Katori Shinto Ryu-2

Shinto Ryu Iaijutsu Shinto Ryu Den Ojin Gigen-ryu Demonstration-2

Japanese Martial Art Iaijutsu Battōjutsu Samurai Combative Quick-draw Sword Technique-2

かざあな。抜刀術編 Kazaana-Battojutsu version-2

剣術・古武道（古武術）の居想会：関戸光賀-2

Analysis & Discussions

What Are the Differences Between IAIDO & KENDO? The History of the Two Katana Martial Arts of Japan-2

Why They Have a COMPLEX Relationship - The 3 Differences Between Iaido-Iaijutsu & Battodo-Battojutsu-2