 Among the Ittō-ryū&#039;s finest swordsmen. Of peasant origin, he became a swordsman to avenge his sister, who was killed as a child by a samurai. Taito is one of the few swordsmen who has fought Manji and survived. He has also fought by Manji&#039;s side as well. He can be considered a kenshi, a swordsman who is not from the samurai class. His lover of sorts, a prostitute named O-ren was killed by Shira. He quit the Ittō-ryū, although he is still friends with Anotsu. He ends up following Manji around due to the fact he knows Shira is after Manji. Although they argue a lot, Manji and Taito have a relatively friendly relationship. In the end Manji allows Taito to find Shira, and despite how much Shira wants to kill Manji, he lets Taito take him. Eventually Shira loses the one hand he had left to Taito and presumably falls to his death. Later concerned by something Shira said, Taito goes to meet up with Anotsu and eventually rejoins the Ittō-ryū. Taito&#039;s weapon is a gladius-like triple-sectioned sword named Grand Turk. The main blade is a gladius, the second is a smaller, shorter sword hidden in the handle, the last is a spear-head like dagger hidden within the second blade. The sword is curiously missing a sword guard. First appears in Conquest part 1, first named in Fanatic part 1.

Hiroaki Samura's Blade of the Immortal will keep you on edge! Manji, a ronin warrior of feudal Japan, has been cursed with immortality. To rid himself of this curse and end his life of misery, he must slay one thousand evil men! His quest begins when a young girl seeks his help in taking revenge on her parents' killers . . . and his quest won't end until the blood of a thousand has spilled! 
 
(Source: Dark Horse) 
 
Notes: 
- The magazine release contains 219 chapters, which includes a prologue. 
- The tankoubon release re-arranges the manga into 207 total chapters across 30 volumes. 
- The Dark Horse release re-arranges the manga into 208 total chapters across 31 volumes.

New adaptation of Mugen no Juunin. 

Damned to wander the Earth in an endless cycle of carnage and murder, the fallen samurai known as Manji seeks the chance to win back his mortality. To do so, he must first balance the deaths weighing against him by slaying 1000 evil souls, a task that would take even the greatest warriors a lifetime. Manji, however, has all the time in the world to kill, and his lonely quest leaves a trail of bloody bodies in his wake… until his path crosses with that of Rin, who has sworn vengeance against the murderers of her family and school, even though the cost will almost certainly be her own life. 

(Source: Sentai Filmworks)

__Height:__ 173 cm

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Tatsuhisa is a Japanese voice actor and singer, and he is affiliated with I'm Enterprise and Lantis. He is the vocalist of the rock band [OLDCODEX](https://anilist.co/staff/112151/OLDCODEX) under his stage name Ta_2, who also provides the opening/ending themes of many of the anime he stars in. He not only sings but also composes some of the songs. He also belongs to Style Five, in charge of the endings of Free! He also likes bicycling, karaoke, reading and video games. 

He is known for his numerous roles in anime series, his main breakout roles in the West were as Takao in Kuroko no Basuke and especially as Makoto Tachibana in Free!. He is not only known for his voice in anime, but also in video games. For example, he gave voice to Noctis (FFXV) and Alfonse (FEH). 

He is married to the famous singer [LiSA](https://anilist.co/staff/105561/LiSA). In late July 2021, it was reported that he was involved in an affair with a 20-year old fan. The next month he announced that he would suspend all entertainment activities due to poor health, later issuing an apology for his "irresponsible and inappropriate actions". His agency stated that he would gradually resume activities while recovering. In March 2022, his agency announced his full return to work from hiatus, along with another apology to fans.

Manji is an amoral swordsman, who has been cursed with eternal life. He has grown tired of living with all the death he has created. He has no skills other then those of killing, thus he forms a plan to regain his mortality: he shall kill one hundred evil men for each good one he has killed. The old witch who afflicted Manji with immortality agrees to Manji's proposition and Manji is set on his path to kill one thousand evil men. On his journey he meets a young girl, Rin, who has her own vengeance to seek against the sword school whose members slaughtered Rin's family. Rin and Manji journey together, each hoping to find some kind of peace. In their way are many varied enemies. Rin and Manji are almost constantly under attack and must learn to live their lives, avoiding being consumed by revenge. 
(Source: Anime News Network)

__Awards:__ Best Supporting Actor at the 5th Seiyuu Awards (2011)

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**Non-Anime Roles:**~!
• Sakai Jin (Ghost of Tsushima)
• Garu (Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger)
• Partitio Yellowil (Octopath Traveller 2)
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(usually plays many roles where he is either a geek or he plays a genius. In the world of anime, he has played these roles: Keitaro Urashima in Love Hina, Ken Ichijouji in Digimon, Shino Aburame in Naruto, Uryu Ishida in Bleach and Phantom in MÄR: Märchen Awakens Romance.)  Voiced 009 in a few of the first episodes of the modern C009 series. But was fired due to that Sony though that he made 009 sound too much like a wimp.

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