Tenza Yamada Asaemon Husbando

Yamada Asaemon Tenza was the 10th rank Asaemon of the Yamada clan. He is a major supporting character of Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku. After the shogun called for death row convicts to acquire the Elixir of Life from the dangerous island believed to be Shinsenkyō, in exchange for a pardon for their past crimes, Tenza joined in the expedition team as one of the Yamada Asaemon monitors and was assigned to keep watch over the criminal Nurugai. Tenza was a young man with neatly combed hair along with a single strand. He wore the standard attire of a Asaemon, which was a white robe with a bell tied on the left collar along with a hakama held together with a waist cord that held his two swords, and sandals. Unlike the other Asaemon, Tenza had his hakama tucked into a pair of gaiters strapped around his lower legs. He also wore a metal headband with two cross scratches. Tenza was energetic and confident. He was a practitioner of bushido, taking in the lesson of continuing on forward no matter what was blocking his way. Tenza was also righteous and did not let his duties as an Asaemon get in the way of doing what was right. He believed that Nurugai was innocent and did not deserve to die on the island, later attempting to escape on a boat. Although righteous he was, Tenza did not think things through, believing that without the elixir he would be able to convince his superiors to turn a blind eye. Tenza had a strong will to protect the people he cared about. After being badly injured, including having his throat and stomach punctured from Zhu Jin's attacks, Tenza refused to give up and mustered up the strength to fight back, not allowing him to kill Nurugai and Shion even if it cost him his life.