The young heir to a powerful Merchant, the Ayamaro, in the city where Kirara begins her search. His shielded lifestyle leaves him with a somewhat self-centered yet playful attitude on life, really a cover for a rather calculating, manipulative and cruel character. He falls in lust with Kirara upon first sight and seeks to add her to his harem. When Ayamaro is summoned to the capital, he becomes the new minister of the city of Kogakyo. However, Ukyo himself is soon summoned to the capital, where he is revealed to be a replicant of the current emperor, Amanushi, who sent Ukyo out to be raised by peasants and taught by merchants in the hope of creating a successor worthy to be emperor. After surviving a 3-day ordeal, Ukyo is proclaimed heir to the throne. He then murders the emperor to succeed him and launches a plan to pit the villagers, ronin and nobuseri bandits against one another to consolidate his control.    Ukyo has an extreme dislike for mechanical samurai, especially the Nobuseri and Kikuchiyo, because they remind him of his days as a peasant when he himself was terrorized by bandits.     ~!  Ukyo is eventually killed in the final episode by falling into a ravine along with the capital ship. !~

In the far distant future, on a planet that might have been called "earth", there was a war between samurai who mechanized their bodies. After the long war, people enjoyed a modest peace. 
Facing starvation and abductions at the hands of fearsome mechanized bandits (Nobuseri), the farmers of Kanna Village make the dangerous choice to hire samurai for protection. The village's water priestess, Kirara, her younger sister, Komachi, and a heartbroken villager, Rikichi, set off to hire willing samurai with nothing to offer but rice from their meager harvests. Through dangerous encounters and a bit of luck, seven samurai of varying specialties and experience are gathered for an epic battle against the bandits and the merchants that influence them. 
Note: Samurai 7 is based loosely upon Kurosawa Akira's famous movie "Seven Samurai"/"Shichinin no Samurai".</.i>

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Ricardo Sakamoto Sawaya, better known as Ricardo Sawaya, is a Brazilian actor, voice actor and dubbing director.

_Non-Anime Roles:__
~!- Liu Kang (Mortal Kombat X, 11 & 1)
- Kotarō Katsura (Gintama 2: Rules are Made to be Broken)
- Long (Wish Dragon)
- Shirako Takamoto (Hot Wheels: Acceleracers franchise)
- Andrew Baines "Andy" Bernard (The Office)
- Mitchell Vincent Pritchett (Modern Family)
- Philip Blake / The Governor (The Walking Dead)
- Randall Park (Marvel Cinematic Universe, Always Be My Maybe and Blockbuster)
- Floyd Lawton / Deadshot (Injustice 2 and LEGO DC Super-Villains)
- Dick Grayson / Nightwing (LEGO DC Super-Villains)
- Griffon Minos (Saint Seiya: Soldiers' Soul)
- Ed (2nd voice; Parks and Recreation)
- Gil (Midnight In Paris)
- Chirrut Îmwe (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story)
- Doctor Mark Devanow (2nd dub; Mad About You)
- Doctor Curt Connors / Lizard (Ultimate Spider-Man)
- Raúl Lázaro (Trese)
- Thor (1st dub; The Super Hero Squad Show)
- H.E.R.B.I.E. (2nd dub; The Super Hero Squad Show)
- Chris Miller (Detroit Become Human)
- Mark Cheung (Batman: Arkham Knight)
!~

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A Venezuelan voice actor.

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/Bowling4anime) | [Website](https://www.anthonybowlingva.com/)

[Blog](http://koyap.jugem.jp/) | [Agency Profile](https://tsf-official.com/talent/takehito-koyasu/)

Koyasu is the most prolific voice actor in the industry, having been credited for over 700 roles as of April 2022.

Growing up, Koyasu skipped out on going to school to watch movies at home because he wanted to become an actor. It wasn’t until later that he became interested in voice acting after having seen [Galaxy Express 999](https://anilist.co/anime/1491/). After graduation he entered a voice acting school. In 1988, he made his voice acting debut, and got his first regular role a year later voicing [Gai](https://anilist.co/character/13374/) in [Tenkuu Senki Shurato](https://anilist.co/anime/2113/).

Though having voiced more characters in the medium than anyone else, he is probably most known for his role as [Dio Brando](https://anilist.co/character/4004/) in [JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure](https://anilist.co/anime/14719/). He has stated that he likes playing villainous characters.

Koyasu has taken over many of [Kaneto Shiozawa](https://anilist.co/staff/95424/)’s roles after Shiozawa’s passing.

Father of [Kouki Koyasu](https://anilist.co/staff/219102/).

__Non-Anime Roles:__

- Olivert Reise Arnor - The Legend of Heroes Series (VG)
- More - Metaphor: ReFantazio (VG)
- Mustang - Goddess of Victory: Nikke (VG)

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