Tōdō Takatora
Tōdō Takatora
First Lord of Imabari
In office 1600–1608
Preceded by	none
Succeeded by	Matsudaira Sadafusa
First Lord of Tsu
In office 1608–1630
Preceded by	none
Succeeded by	Tōdō Takatsugu
Personal details
Born	(1556-02-16)February 16, 1556 Tōdō Village, Ōmi Province, Japan
Died	November 9, 1630(1630-11-09) (aged 74) Edo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese

Tōdō Takatora (藤堂 高虎^?, February 16, 1556 – November 9, 1630) was a Japanese daimyo of the Azuchi-Momoyama period through Edo period. He rose from relatively humble origins as an ashigaru (a foot soldier) to become a daimyo. During his lifetime he changed his feudal master seven times and worked for ten people, but in the end he rendered loyalty to Tokugawa Ieyasu, who became his last master.^[1][2]

Statue of Tōdō Takatora at Imabari Castle.

He was promoted rapidly under Hashiba Hidenaga, the younger brother of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and he participated in the invasions of Korea as a commander of Toyotomi's fleet. His fiefdom at that time was Iyo-Uwajima. During the Edo period, the wealth of each fiefdom was measured as a volume of rice production in koku. Iyo-Uwajima was assessed at 70,000 koku.^[1][2]

At the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, although he was one of Toyotomi's main generals, he sided with Tokugawa Ieyasu. After war he was given a larger fiefdom, Iyo-Imabari, assessed at 200,000 koku. Later in life he was made lord of Tsu (with landholdings in Iga and Ise), a domain of 320,000 koku.

Todo Takatora is also famous for excelling in castle design. He is said to have been involved in building as many as twenty castles.^[1][2]

References[link]

• (Japanese) Tōdō family information (25 Sept. 2007)

External links[link]

• Works by or about Tōdō Takatora in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

Masaya Matsukaze
Born	Masaya Watanabe (1976-09-09) September 9, 1976 (age 35) Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Actor Voice actor Radio personality
Years active	1997-present
Agent	Aoni Production

Masaya Matsukaze (松風 雅也, Matsukaze Masaya^?, born Masaya Watanabe (渡邉 政也, Watanabe Masaya^?), September 9, 1976) is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and radio personality. He was formerly affiliated with Big Apple, Radix Mobanimation Multicye Division and Varoque Works, and is currently affiliated with Aoni Production. He was born in Fukushima Prefecture and is now living in Tokyo.

Overview[link]

He made his debut role as MegaBlue/Shun Namiki in the 1997 Super Sentai series, Denji Sentai Megaranger, Which He later Reprised in the Teamup Special Megaranger Vs Gingaman. His nickname is "Banchō". Matsukaze's hobbies are Sunday carpentry, electricity products, kendo and scuba diving and his specialties are guitar, jet ski, snowboard and Bājíquán.

Roles[link]

TV animation[link]

• Birdy the Mighty Decode 02 (Nataru Shinmyou)
• Blassreiter (Joseph Jobson)
• Darker Than Black: Ryūsei no Gemini (August 7)
• Dear Boys (Takumi Fujiwara)
• Death Note (Teru Mikami)
• Durarara!! (Morita)
• Fairy Tail (Ren Akatsuki)
• Get Ride! Amdriver (Ragna Lawrelia)
• Gin Tama (Kyoujirou Nakamura)
• Heat Guy J (Daisuke Aurora)
• Jigoku Shōjo (Ren Ichimoku)
• Jormungand (Kasper Hekmatyar)
• Kami-sama no Memo-chō as Tetsuo Ichinomiya "Tetsu"
• Ookiku Furikabutte (Motoki Haruna)
• Ouran High School Host Club (Kyoya Ootori)
• RockMan.EXE (Blues)
• RockMan.EXE AXESS (Blues/Dark Blues)
• RockMan.EXE Stream (Blues)
• RockMan.EXE Beast (Blues)
• RockMan.EXE Beast+ (Blues)
• Ginyū Mokushiroku Meine Liebe wieder (Nicholas)
• Naruto Shippuden (Sono Higashi)
• Nijū Mensō no Musume (Ken)
• Nodame Cantabile (Yasunori Kuroki)
• One Outs (Takami Itsuki)
• Pokémon (Matsuba)
• Reborn! (Kawahira)
• Sensual Phrase (Sakuya)
• Seikon no Qwaser (Joshua Phrygianos)
• Shion no Ō (Satoru Sani)
• Shōnen Onmyōji (Taijō)
• Tactics (Raiko Minamoto)
• The Law of Ueki (Niko)
• Witchblade (Yuusuke Tozawa)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (Divine)
• Zoids: New Century Zero (Ballad Hunter)

OVA[link]

• Vie Durant (Jei)

Theater animation[link]

• RockMan.EXE: The Program of Light and Darkness (Blues)

Video games[link]

• 12Riven (Mei Kiridara)
• Get Ride! Amdriver (Ragna Lawrelia)
• Grandia III (Yuuki)
• Ouran High School Host Club (Kyoya Ootori)
• Shenmue (Ryo Hazuki)
• Shenmue 2 (Ryo Hazuki)
• Tales of Hearts (Hisui Hearts)
• Z.H.P. Unlosing Ranger VS Darkdeath Evilman (Pirohiko Ichimonji)

Dubbing[link]

• Power Rangers in Space (Zhane/Silver Space Ranger (Justin Nimmo))
• Thomas and Friends Hank
• Fantastic Four - Johnny Storm / Human Torch (Chris Evans)

Radio[link]

• Maji Asa! (DJ, with Yuko Nakazawa)

TV Drama[link]

• Jigoku Shōjo (Episode 7: Tatsumi Sakaichi)

TV[link]

• Oha Star (Oha Star Bancho)
• Cinnamon (Main MC)

Tokusatsu[link]

• Denji Sentai Megaranger (Shun Namiki/Mega Blue)
• Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger (Shurikenger Camouflage/Katsuya Misaki)
• Engine Sentai Go-onger (Gokumaru/Gokugokumaru)
• Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (Special Appearance)
• Samurai Sentai Shinkenger (17th Head of the Shiba Clan/Previous ShinkenRed)

Musical[link]

• Princess Knight (Prince Franz)

External links[link]

• Masaya Matsukaze at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia

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