Yari Proficiency

Yari Proficiency
The embodiment of Hantengu's sorrow, Aizetsu (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) possesses incredible skill in wielding his yari fashioned from his flesh and blood.
Power/Ability to:	Be a master of wielding yari.

"The spear can be used to thrust, it can also become a halberd to cleave or a scythe to slash. In any case, it never fails to hit."

― A teaching of hōzōin-ryū samurai spearmanship.

The ability to be a master of wielding yari. Variation of Enhanced Spearmanship.

Also Called

• Sōjutsu Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Skill/Specialism/Talent
• Yari Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Skill/Specialism/Talent

Capabilities

Users, either innately or through training, are masters of wielding yari, traditionally-made Japanese spears. This may also include their variant, kama-yari, essentially yari with horizontal kama (blade) at the base of the vertical blade to assist in hooking things.

With great skill in wielding yari, the user can perform powerful thrusting techniques at blinding speeds, pierce enemies with astounding precision and efficiency and even use it similar to a katana, or any sword for that matter, due to its close resemblance.

Applications

• Attack Movement Manipulation
• Defense Bypassing
• Deflection
  • Parrying Mastery
• Enhanced Precision
  • Precise Strike
• Impale
  • Multi-Hit Strike
  • Piercing Charge
• Physical Attack Reversal
  • Countering Mastery
• Pole Vaulting Mastery
• Pressure Strike
• Severing
• Slash Effect/Projection
  • Air Cutting
  • Cutting Wave
  • Piercing Beam Emission

Associations

• Spear Manipulation

Limitations

• May require a degree of training or exposure.
• May take time to achieve mastery.

Known Users

See also: Blade on a Stick

• Yari Spearmen (Age of Mythology)
• Yasuko (Age of Mythology)
• Ashigaru Musketeers (Age of Empires III); since the Definitive Edition
• Japanese Spearmen (Age of Empires IV)
• Shin Mouri/Cye Mouri (Armor Legend Samurai Troopers/Ronin Warriors)
• Spearmen (Battle Realms)
• Shinobu Orikuchi (Bungo to Alchemist); via Ring
• Yasunari Kawabata (Bungo to Alchemist)
• Genji Ikusabe (Buso Renkin)
• Blue Devil (DC Comics)
• Bryce Wayne/The Drowned (DC Comics)
• Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
• Aizetsu (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
• Thoma (Genshin Impact)
• Atsu (Ghost of Yōtei)
• Harada Sannosuke (Hakuoki)
• Kurokage Troopers (Kamen Rider Gaim)
• Masako Suzuka/Kamen Rider Sylphi (Kamen Rider Gaim)
• Ryoji Hase/Kamen Rider Kurokage (Kamen Rider Gaim)
• Fubuki Azuma (Mato Seihei no Slave/Chained Soldier)
• William Adams (Nioh)
• Mike/Green Samurai Ranger (Power Rangers Samurai/Super Samurai)
• Jack (Samurai Jack)
• Chiaki Tani/Shinken Green (Samurai Sentai Shinkenger)
• Gaoh (Samurai Shodown)
• Corporal (Shadow Fight)
• Shadow (Shadow Fight)
• Inshun Hozoin (Shuumatsu no Valkyrie/Record of Ragnarok)
• Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series)
• Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)
• Kazakiri Hyouka (Toaru Majutsu no Index/A Certain Magical Index)
• Vivana Oniguma (Toaru Majutsu no Index/A Certain Magical Index)
• Yari-class touken danshi (Touken Ranbu)
• Jei (Usagi Yojimbo)

Gallery

Yasuko (Age of Mythology) wielding Ame-no-Nuboko.

Thoma (Genshin Impact)

Ryoji Hase/Kamen Rider Kurokage (Kamen Rider Gaim) with his Kagematsu

Fubuki Azuma (Mato Seihei no Slave) can wield her "Sunset" yari with peak proficiency.

William Adams (Nioh) is an exceptional master of Sojutsu, self-taught himself how to wield various types of samurai Yari to combat samurais and even Youkai.

Jack (Samurai Jack) is skilled at using a spear, able to use it lethally or non-lethally against enemies like knocking out a extremely durable opponent like Gordo the Gruesome.

Chiaki Tani/Shinken Green (Samurai Sentai Shinkenger)/Mike/The Green Samurai Ranger (Power Rangers Samurai/Super Samurai) is highly skilled at using his personal Wood Spear/Forest Spear.

Gaoh (Samurai Shodown)

Corporal (Shadow Fight)

Shadow (Shadow Fight) using a Yari...

...and Magari Yari.

Inshun Hozoin (Shuumatsu no Valkyrie/Record of Ragnarok)

After training with the Ninja Tribunal, Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series) gained a one of the Fangs of the Dragon Byakko, a Yari spear that can generate mystical cleaving wind.

Highly mainly using swords, Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series) has shown great skill with a Jumonji Yari to overwhelm his brother Raphel even when it is split into two halves.

Kazakiri Hyouka (Toaru Majutsu no Index/A Certain Magical Index) as Fuse Kazakiri using the late Vivana Oniguma Yari weapon to finish off Kihara Hasuu.

Jei (Usagi Yojimbo)