The protagonist, Yaiba (Kurogane Yaiba), is a wild samurai boy who trains in the jungle with his father, Kenjuro! By chance, Yaiba returns to Japan, where he meets his rival Takeshi Onimaru, who has the same samurai spirit as Yaiba, in a new training ground.
 
Yaiba is living a life of serious competition, but when Onimaru obtains the “Legendary Demon Sword”, he is on a journey full of spectacle and great adventure...! 

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Kurogane Yaiba is a boy who doesn't want to become what any regular kid would: He wants to be a samurai. That's why he undergoes a hard training with his father, knowing only the forest as his world. Then, one day, he is sent to Japan, where he has to deal with a whole new civilized reality, meeting the Mine family, the evil Onimaru and even the legendary Musashi, having lots of dangerous adventures, becoming stronger everyday.
 
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Andromeda Shun in "Saint Seiya Meiou Hades Hen" (drama cd)
Andromeda Shun in "Saint Seiya Sanctuary Chapter" (VG) (Japanese)
Bowman Jean in "Star Ocean: The Second Story" (VG) (Japanese)
Captain Falcon in "Super Smash Bros. Melee" (VG)
Dias Flac in "Star Ocean: The Second Story" (VG) (Japanese)
Dunban in "Xenoblade" (VG) (Japanese)
Geist in "Astal" (Sega Saturn Game)
Gogeta in "Dragon Ball Z: Sparking!" (VG) (Japanese)
Gogeta in "Dragonball Z Ultimate Battle 22" (VG)
Heiji Hattori in "Detective Conan: Treasure of the British Empire" (VG)
Kou Uraki in "Mobile Suit Gundam: Climax U.C." (VG)
Kouji Tamura in "Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series Vol. 2: Irodori no Love Song" (VG) (Japanese)
Kunio in "Super Dodge Ball" (Neo-Geo) (VG) (Japanese)
Mictlan in "Tales of Destiny 2" (VG) (Japanese)
Percy Howard in "Sakura Wars 2" (VG/multisystem) (Japanese)
Ragnadarm III in "Shining Force EXA" (VG) (Japanese)
Robin/Dick Grayson in "Batman" (animated TV series Filmation version) (NTV version) (Japanese)
Shinichi Samesuga in "Tsuyokiss" (VG)
Tomite in "Fushigi Yuugi" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Vegeta in "Battle Stadium D.O.N" (VG) (Japanese)
Vegeta in "Dragon Ball Final Bout" (VG) (Japanese)
Vegeta in "Dragon Ball Z Budokai" (VG) (Japanese)
Vegeta in "Dragon Ball Z: Sparking!" (VG) (Japanese)
Vegeta in "Dragonball Z Ultimate Battle 22" (VG) (Japanese)
Vegeta/Gogeta/Vegetto in " Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai" (VG,PSP)
Vegetto in "Dragon Ball Final Bout" (VG) (Japanese)
Vegetto in "Dragon Ball Z: Sparking!" (VG) (Japanese)
Yutaka Shinkawa in "CROSS†CHANNEL ~To all people~" (VG) (Japanese)!~

The light-hearted manga is about an adventuring samurai named Yaiba Kurogane (&#37444; &#20995;, Kurogane Yaiba?) who knows how to be a samurai, and little else. Yaiba lives with his father, Kenjurou, in the forest. One day, while Yaiba was eating, a troop of gorillas came to attack. Yaiba and his father escaped and hid inside a box, but they didn't know that the box was full of pineapples and was going to be transported into the city. In the city, Yaiba finds out that he is a legendary warrior and has to fight the evil of a demonic looking high-school student named Takeshi. 
Yaiba adapted as an anime series that ran over 50 episodes, and encompassed the adventures Yaiba had in the first few runs of the manga. The show begins with Yaiba training to become a samurai in the jungle with his father and his two animal friends, Kagetora and Shonosuke. At a pivotal point, Yaiba's father announces that he is ready to return to Japan, and instructs him to find his old friend and rival, who just happens to be Sayaka's father. 
The people that Yaiba meets along his journey to become a true samurai encourage him, train him, or inspire him to greatness, though at heart he is still a child, and his incredible skill with a sword is matched only by his kindness towards his friends. Though, he tends to leap before he looks, and his thick-headedness tends to turn potential allies into enemies, though his friends soon clobber him, and salvage the situation. This unlikely group embarks on a host of incredible adventures where they meet legendary figures from Japanese history, and finally overcome impossible odds, and put everything on the line, to save the entire planet from a threat not of this world. It's a story of love, friendship, hard work, and never giving up.

An unaired pilot episode of Kenyuu Densetsu YAIBA produced in 1991 for Sunday magazine, re-released in the 2004 DVD-BOX set.

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