Trained in the art of both battōjutsu and kenjutsu since she could walk, Azumi (Azumi) is easily one of Japan's greatest masters of swordplay, her skills have often been called as the absolute achievement of bujutsu as she has fought, humbled, and killed numerous opponents with her abilities.
Saeko Busujima (Highschool of the Dead) is extremely masterful in Kendo.
Raised and trained since his youth, Hilmes (The Heroic Legend of Arslan) is a powerful master swordsman with abilities and skill on par with a Marzbān...
...his skills nearly overwhelming Daryun, a former Marzbān and one of the most powerful warriors in Pars, while
enraged...
...take on both Narsus and Daryun while guarding his exposed face...
...
disarm and force Kishward to wield one sword...
While a master
tactician, Narsus (The Heroic Legend of Arslan) is also a master swordsman with expectational swiftness and power in his sword skill as he blitzes two opponents in a second.
As a Marzbān, Sām (The Heroic Legend of Arslan) is a master swordsman with decades of experience as he easily kills enemy soldiers in seconds...
...and duels Kharlan, a fellow Marzbān, on equal footing in a powerful exchange.
A Marzbān, Kishward (The Heroic Legend of Arslan) is a swift and deadly dual wieldier as he kills enemy soldiers...
...and their commander with ease.
Trained and fostered by his father, Zandeh (The Heroic Legend of Arslan) is a powerful swordsman on par with a Marzbān.
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One of the greatest masters in the Qin Military and central plains, Ri Shin (Kingdom) is an extraordinarily skilled master swordsman despite being completely self-taught from the result of over thousand
sparring matches and vast fighting experience from numerous battlefronts...
...took on an entire village of vicious killers as he fought them single-handedly...
...going even further as he fought trained Qin soldiers while wielding his King's Sword...
...and defeated Sa Ji, a deadly swordsman assassin with far more experience...
...after surviving his fights, he would hone his skills after starting his military career. Fighting against multiple Wei infantry soldiers...
...instantly killed their commander in a single exchange...
...
deflected arrows fired by a member of the Ten Bows of China, the greatest archers throughout the central plains,...
...dueled and defeated a Wei general with his Hi Jump Slash technique all during his first time on a true battlefield and war campaign...
...demonstrating a newfound form of
dexterity,
speed, and
precision due to developing his abilities as a 100-Man commander and sparring matches with Kyou Kai...
...his abilities allowing him to wound Hou Ken, a Bushin (Martial God) and the first member of the Three Great Heavens...
...
cut Gi Ka in half, despite him being fully armored and a full-grown man, while
enraged at the sight of General Ou Ki falling in battle...
...eventually breaking through his
limitations as he fought Rin Ko the
Flying Spear of Ren Pa, the deadliest member of the
Four Heavenly Kings and experienced more and more fierce situations while facing deadlier opponents...
...the culmination of which along with his
martial prowess as a commander and warrior enabling him to kill the likes of Man Goku, a far more experienced swordsman...
...single-handedly take on elite soldiers like the Ri Boku Army in a whirlwind of strikes and slashes...
...duel Hou Ken, the most physically strongest Great General in Zhao, in a
contest of strength...
...knocking the
huge man back with his strike...
...while wounding him not just once...
...and while having become his secondary weapon, he still maintains his sword skill...
...having defeated Kei Sha, the Silent Hunter and Ri Boku's protégé, in a one-on-one duel...
...and used his
Freedom form, the
foundation of his swordsmanship during his duel with Gaku Haku Kou.
The strongest swordswoman of her generation, Kyou Kai (Kingdom) is one of the greatest swordplay masters in the Warring States Era, her skills and abilities earning her the reputation as the
Inhuman Swordswoman due to her fearsome talent in Shiyuu swordsmanship and monstrous
combat strength as the Hi Shin Unit's strongest sword master...
...being capable of killing entire groups of opponents with swift
agility and
mobility before they can even react...
...easily defeating him with a single strike during their duel...
...and regularly beats him during their many sparring matches...
...while already a fearsome master, she can take her abilities to even greater heights whenever she uses and enters her
Priestess Dance, Clan Shiyuu’s scared dance form born from centuries of refinement with the use
qi manipulation and the human body’s
meridian qi channel points...
...having
mastered the technique with expert skill as she destroyed the swordsmen assassins, Clan Gouma...
...
single-handedly annihilated the Kai Shi Bou Army’s elite unit of giant soldiers...
...split Jo Shou's forearm along with his head in half with her back turned without even looking at him with an inhuman level of
precision...
...and fought one-on-one duels with Hou Ken, a Bushin and Great General twice.
The greatest swordswomen of the western mountains, Yo Tan Wa (Kingdom) is an incredible
dual-wielding master, being the best in the entire realm of the Mountain Tribes...
..., delivering instant and quick deaths to anyone who challenges her with a simple wave of her blades while living up to her title as the King of Death…
...easily defeat some of the most elite and skilled swordsmen in the Mountain Realms like her right-hand man and comrade, Bajio as children...
...and Shunmen, the self-proclaimed sword master of the Bird Tribe,...
...decimating entire battalions of mounted soldiers like a
speeding bullet while getting serious.
Capable of decimating entire armies with the strange sound of Faru Faru, Tou (Kingdom) is one of the greatest sword masters in the series...
...the second-generation master of Rasen, a very unique and powerful form of swordsmanship, he overcame the weakness of the sword in terms of reach as he easily slays polearm wielding opponents with little effort...
...destroy entire battalions of enemy soldiers...
A genius swordsman in comparison to Shin, Mou Ten (Kingdom) emphasizes a masterful form of
precision with versatile ability in his swordsmanship...
...targeting his opponent's vital areas before they can even reaction with
high-speed thrusts...
While only showing it through his various torture methods, Kan Ki (Kingdom) was an unpredictable master swordsman with his self-taught erratic sword style, having honed it from his years as a former bandit leader...
...capable of easily defeating highly trained military officers with sheer ease...
Living up to his moniker as a Swordplay fanatic, Suu Gen (Kingdom) is an incredibly skilled expert swordsman as he is one of the strongest sword masters in the Hi Shin Army...
...easily cutting down multiple opponents with finesse...
...and still remains an
incredible master despite the loss of his right eye years ago...
..., his ability and skill having grown stronger due to sparring matches with Kyou Kai.
Honed from his days as a bandit leader and outlaw, Na Ki (Kingdom) was a master swordsman with expert ability in swordplay and surprise attacks, being one of the best amongst the Kan Ki Army and Hi Shin Unit's commanders.
Kyou Rei (Kingdom) is an immensely skilled master swordswoman with powerful potential, having attained a near superhuman level of mastery of Clan Shiyuu's sword style as her generation’s current Shiyuu.
The best swordswoman amongst the Ou Sen Army’s commanders, Shi Ryou (Kingdom) is a master swordsman as she wields her twin dao blades with immense physical strength and whispering speed...
...blitzing entire battalions of the elite Ri Boku Army’s soldiers as she breaks through their harden formations with astonishing speed...
...overwhelmed Earl Kou, a veteran of numerous battles and one of the largest men of Ri Boku’s vassals, with each one of her strikes.
While not as potent as Shin, Ei Sei (Kingdom) is well trained and versed in the Qin Military's standard swordsmanship…
..., having
beheaded the assassin Jo Kan with a single strike...
...instantly kill a Qin soldier while signaling the start of the battle for the throne...
...show off his
draw speed while wounding his little brother's forearm...
...and sliced off the dominant arm of a Zhao captain with during the Battle of Sai.
One of the greatest swordswomen of her generation and the previous era of the Warring States, Kyou (Kingdom) was a supremely powerful master swordswoman as she killed enemy generals and commanders with incredibly ease in
her youth...
...and nearly killed Hou Ken during their duel as she overwhelmed him.
Known as the Blade of the Mountain King, Bajio (Kingdom) is an extremely powerful and skilled dual-wielding swordsman as he is one of the best in the Mountain Realms...
...emphasizing his stoic, quiet nature along with his monstrous strength as a berserker, his style of swordplay embodies him perfectly as he performs swift and casual slashes while destroying his opponents with sheer brutality.
The self-proclaimed "greatest swordsman" of the Bird Fang Tribe, Shuumen (Kingdom) is a swift swordsman, being one of the fastest attackers in the Mountain Realms.
The third strongest in the Mountain Realms, Katari (Kingdom) was the greatest swordsman in the Mera Tribe's history, his prowess rivaling that of Yo Tan Wa and Bajio. By himself, he was able to
decimate entire battalions of opponents with blinding strikes.
With skills rivaling that of her late older brother, Kitari (Kingdom) is, in her own words, the Mera Tribe’s second-best sword master...
..., with beyond normal
speed she wields her tribe's signature crooked sword with deadly
precision as she
targets her opponent's vulnerable spot which she spectacularly demonstrated during her duel with Bunen as she crippled him with each swing of her sword while turning the huge man into literal pieces.
Despite his old age and retirement from active service, Shou Bun Kun (Kingdom) is a master of the Qin Military's standard swordsmanship, having been the one to teach Ei Sei during his youth.
While
quite weak in terms of power and strength, Heki (Kingdom) is a proficient swordsman trained in the Qin Military's standard swordsmanship of the Soldier Caste, having managed to wound an opponent like Sa Ji and fight off enemy soldiers.
While preferring to fight his battles with more
tactical approaches, Ri Boku (Kingdom) is a master swordsman with a decade's worth of experience from countless battlefields...
..., demonstrating his skill during a brief bout with Shin as he countered and
overpowered him...
...and his assassination of Ma Kou, the Left Hand of Ou Sen...
...as he furiously beheaded him during the first day of the Battle at Shu Kai Plains.
Taught and trained in swordsmanship by Ri Boku in his youth, Kei Sha (Kingdom) is master swordsman with a great amount of power and strength in his swordsmanship...
..., just by swinging his sword he could deliver powerful
strikes capable of breaking and bending an iron spear...
...and nearly killed Shin, a master swordsman himself, as he pushed the young commander to the limit during their duel.
Likely one of the strongest swordsmen in Seika and the Shi Ba Shou Army, Fuuon (Kingdom) is an incredibly skilled master swordsman as he easily cripples Riku Sen's dominate hand, a master
spearman, with a swift strike...
...and held his own against Kyou Rei, the Shiyuu and second strongest swordswoman of the Hi Shin Unit, as he managed to lend a wound on her during their duel.
Fu Tei (Kingdom) wields his twin blades with considerable flashy and exceptionally speed as always baiting his opponents...
..., dispatching the Hi Shin Unit's 100-Man commanders Ryuu Sen and Den Yuu within seconds during the Battle of Sai...
...and demonstrated his quick-witted reflexes and
precision as he targeted Shin's exposed areas during their duel.
While the weakest in terms of experienced and power in the Ri Boku Army, Kaine (Kingdom) is a capable swordswoman as she possesses the ability to wield
dual swords in combat...
...defeating enemy infantry soldiers with ease.
A master
Martial Artist, Gaku Haku Kou (Kingdom) possessed incredible ability as a swordsman, wielding his Moon Blade with versatile.
While having been shown to a master wielder of the
podao, Ko Chou (Kingdom) also showed a respectable amount of skill as a swordsman as he killed multiple members of Clan Shuuma, elites of the Kan Ki Army, during his suicidal last stand.
With monstrous skill in swordplay, Rin Ko (Kingdom) was the resident master swordsman amongst Ren Pa's Four Heavenly Kings...
...easily slaughtering elite infantry soldiers of Ou Ki Army while breaking through their defenses...
...and managed to land a blow on the Ou Ki, Monstrous Bird himself back during his days as a general for the state of Zhao...
...still retaining his finesse and proficiency as he completely decimated the mounted soldiers of the Mou Gou Army...
...and their commanders with his return to the battlefield...
...brushing aside the elite soldiers of the Gyoku Hou Unit while in the midst of overwhelming their captain, Ou Hon with quick-witted slashes...
...and even after the loss of his fingers, he was still a
deadly master in wielding only one of his swords...
...delivering powerful strikes behind each one of his attacks.
One of the most talented swordsmen in the Warring States Era as he’s always ready to strike down his opponents like Thunder, Kou Yoku (Kingdom) is a master swordsman specializing in heavily offense-oriented combat...
...also possessing sharply honed
reflexes as he was able to
block Shin's
Hi Jump Slash, which was reinforced by jumping off a cliff, with his back turned in a split second...
...and with extreme proficiency, he wields the
legendary Bakuya Sword, one of the five treasured swords of Chinese History, which is said to be a
demonic sword...
...cutting cuts through armored soldiers like paper...
...while also managing to stop Tou's famous Faru Faru sword strike while forcing the veteran to not only block his respective strike but use both of his hands to do it...
...and
single-handedly fought against the Great General level veteran's
Rasen, an extremely advanced form of swordsmanship, while
enraged.
Gen'U (Kingdom) is an incredible powerful master as a former Great General of a fallen state, showing his impressive swordsmanship as he easily kills a Wei General in a single strike.
While he hasn't shown the full scope of his skills, Ordo (Kingdom) is a proficient swordsman as he beheaded an elite commander from Ou Sen Army in a single strike.
As chief of assassination and execution for Ketsu Shi's Faction, Sa Ji (Kingdom) was a master swordsman...
...but twice in a split second.
Extremely skillful in swordsmanship, The Goblin Slayer's (Goblin Slayer) skills emphasize pragmatism, effectively improvising with any swords or blades he can get his hands on...
...swiftly slaying multiple goblins at once with masterful
dexterity...
...aim at their vitals with stealthily
precision like an assassin when ambushing them...
...counterattack an ambushing goblin hiding in pitch-black darkness...
...as well as kill more powerful monsters like an Ogre...
...and is also capable of fighting other highly skilled adventurers.
Despite their clashing styles, Mugen (in red) and Jin (in blue) (Samurai Champloo) are equally proficient with a sword…
…Ostensibly developed by himself, Mugen's champuru kendo is based on breakdancing combined with highly unorthodox swordplay…
...Unlike Mugen, who uses improvisation and adaptation to win, Jin's Mujushin kenjutsu is an orthodox style relies on technical skill, on which he is extremely proficient.
Kamiya Kaoru (Rurouni Kenshin)
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Knight (Knight of the Abyss)
Houki Shinonono (Infinite Stratos) is particularly skilled in many forms of Japanese swordsmanship.