Samanosuke Akechi (明智 左馬介 秀 満 Akechi Samanosuke Hidemitsu), later also known under the moniker Tenkai Nankobo, is the main protagonist of the first and third installments in the Onimusha series Samanosuke was born in the year 1535, during Japan's Sengoku Period. The circumstances of his birth (location, exact date) are unknown, but it is implied in Onimusha: Warlords that Samanosuke was a samurai in service to the Saito clan of Mino province (now Gifu Prefecture). A struggle for leadership…
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