Isuzu Yamada Asaemon

Yamada Asaemon Isuzu was an unranked Asaemon in the Yamada clan. After the shogun became impatient of the first team acquiring the Elixir of Life, Isuzu and Kiyomaru were chosen to join Shugen and Jikka to be a part of the second team sent to acquire the elixir. In addition, the group was ordered by Shugen to eliminate the criminals of the first team, as well as every being on the island, and protect the monitoring Yamada Asaemons. Isuzu was a very tall, dark-skinned woman with long, unruly hair. She wore the standard attire of an Asaemon, which was a white robe, a hakama, a red waist cord that held her two swords at her left hip, a bell tied to her left collar, and sandals. Like her brother, Isuzu also wore chains to act as her tasuki. She also previously wore a dark haori on top of her robe during her departure to Kotaku. After taking on the task of destroying the Banko's tandens, Isuzu procured shinobi equipment such as gauntlets, a pair of gaiters, and a metal plate headband with four spikes. She also started to wear her brother's tasuki chains as a necklace. Isuzu was very respectful when working with her allies and wished to avoid any conflict between them, though she became rather timid when trying to exercise authority. However, in battle, or when one of her allies were to step out of line, Isuzu behavior drastically changes to where she becomes more serious and fiercer. Isuzu was also capable of self-restraint, which was greatly expressed on her face, when dealing with a troublesome situation, such as when she tried holding back her anger to reason with Sagiri as to why she should not continue defending the criminal Yuzuriha from her. Like Kiyomaru, Isuzu was greatly loyal to Shugen and did whatever she could if it was all for his sake. She followed his view of justice in believing that all criminals should not be given mercy, or to those that protect them as well, and also believed that he was never in the wrong. To this point, she was not willing to cooperate with criminals even if dire circumstances arise. However, Isuzu was willing to temporarily set aside her morals just once by working together with the criminals of the vanguard to destroy the Banko and reunite with Shugen. Like her brother Genji, Isuzu followed the samurai code of honor known as bushidō. After Gantetsusai brought Fuchi's dead body, Isuzu was prepared to commit seppuku for the death of her fallen Asaemon comrades on the island and hoped that her death would appease the shogun. As a child, Isuzu was sensitive about her stature and would often be referred to her as a gorilla. However, after receiving words of encouragement from her brother about gorillas being strong animals, Isuzu no longer took it as an insult and believed that gorillas embody the concept of bushidō.