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'''{{nihongo|Yaiba Kurogane|鉄 刃|Kurogane Yaiba}}''' is the main character of [[Gosho Aoyama]]'s second manga '''[[Yaiba]]'''. He was voiced by [[Minami Takayama]], who also voices [[Conan Edogawa]].
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| name                = Yaiba Kurogane
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| japanese-name      = 鉄 刃 <br> (Kurogane Yaiba)
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| image              = Yaiba.jpg
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| age                = 14<ref>The announcer during the kendo tournament in [[Yaiba Volume 23]] refers to him as a 14-year-old competitor.</ref><br> 17 (Epilogue + ''Detective Conan'')<ref>The epilogue story in [[Yaiba Volume 24]], Chapter 12 is set three years after Chapter 11, hence making Yaiba Kurogane 17 years old and looking significantly more mature. This is the same version of him that appears in [[Volume 95]], File 2.</ref>
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| gender              = Male
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| relatives          = [[Kenjuro Kurogane]] (father) <br> [[Michiko Kurogane]] (mother) <br> [[Moroha Kurogane]] (younger sister)
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| occupation          = Middle school student <br> Kendoka
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| nicknames          = Thunder Boy
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| aliases            = Legendary Swordsman
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| first-appearance    = [[Yaiba]] Chapter 1 <br> [[Magic Kaito]] Chapter 18 <br> Anime: [[Conan vs Kid vs Yaiba - The Decisive Battle Over the Treasured Sword!|OVA 1]]
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| appearances        = Yaiba Manga: [[Yaiba Kurogane Appearances|255]] <br> Kenyuu Densetsu YAIBA: [[Yaiba Kurogane Appearances|52]] <br> Magic Kaito Manga: [[Yaiba Kurogane Appearances|1]] <br> Detective Conan Manga: [[Yaiba Kurogane Appearances|6]] <br> Detective Conan Anime: [[Yaiba Kurogane Appearances|3]]
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| japanese-voice      = [[Minami Takayama]]
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| footnotes          =
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'''{{nihongo|Yaiba Kurogane|鉄 刃|Kurogane Yaiba}}''' is the main character of [[Gosho Aoyama]]'s second manga ''[[Yaiba]]''. He was voiced by [[Minami Takayama]], who also voices [[Conan Edogawa]].
  
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==About==
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== Background ==
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Aiming to be a samurai, Yaiba and his [[Kenjuro Kurogane|father]] went to the jungle to train, but due to various circumstances they end up back in Japan and moving in with the [[Mine family]]. Yaiba only really cares about becoming a legendary samurai and loves to challenge strong opponents. He has taken up the legendary Raijin-ken and gone on numerous adventures to accomplish this. Despite this great dream, he is also bratty, frivolous, perverted, and gluttonous. He is the same age as [[Sayaka Mine|Sayaka]], although he is much shorter. Though usually not very bright, Yaiba is pretty clever when it comes to the sword and has thought up many special attacks on the spot. He is descended from the thunder god Susano'o and the heir to very wealthy Kurogane Group, although he is unaware of this until the final story arc.
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Aiming to be a samurai, Yaiba and his father [[Kenjuro Kurogane|Kenjuro]] went to the jungle to train, but due to various circumstances they end up back in Japan and moving in with the Mine family. Yaiba only really cares about becoming a legendary samurai and loves to challenge strong opponents. He has taken up the legendary Raijin-ken and gone on numerous adventures to accomplish this. Despite this great dream, he is also bratty, frivolous, perverted, and gluttonous. He is the same age as [[Sayaka Mine|Sayaka]], although he is much shorter. Though usually not very bright, Yaiba is pretty clever when it comes to the sword and has thought up many special attacks on the spot. He is descended from the thunder god Susanoo and the heir to very wealthy Kurogane Group, although he is unaware of this until the final story arc.
  
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==[[Conan vs Kid vs Yaiba - The Decisive Battle Over the Treasured Sword!|Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba]]==
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== Personality ==
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In the three-way cross-over OVA, Yaiba battles [[Kaitou Kid]], whom he mistakenly refers to as "Kancho Kid" (''kancho'' is a popular prank amongst Japanese children where you put your index fingers together and poke someone in the butt), in order to prevent him from stealing the [[Mine family]]'s treasured sword. Yaiba tries to protect the sword by tying it to his headband and belt, but Kid easily tricks him into looking away so he can undo the headband. After a brief swordfight Kid uses his hang glider to escape, but [[Musashi Miyamoto|Musashi]] has Yaiba use a kite (transported by [[Kagetora]] in the original [[Magic Kaito]] chapter) to fight him in the air until [[Takeshi Onimaru|Onimaru]] suddenly appears shoots them down with a cannon, causing Kid to finally give up and go home. The Magic Kaito chapter ends with both Yaiba and Kid saying to themselves that they don't want to sword fight ever again.
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Because Yaiba was raised in jungle he doesn't know anything about Japan, he likes fighting strong guys like when he was happy at start of manga he was happy to have a match,he is also brave and doesn't give up in fights but he is also reckless,but he is also a kind, caring and friendly boy who sees whoever close to him like his family and friends important he also has a friendly rivalry with Okita, he also was enemies with Onimaru after that Yaiba cut his horns they became good friends and rivals and Yaiba's father taught Onimaru.
  
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The OVA version portrayed Yaiba as being much younger, around the same age as the [[Detective Boys]], rather than 14. When he introduces himself to the [[Detective Conan]] characters, the Detective Boys think he is trying to be [[Kamen Yaiba]] but dressed incorrectly. Yaiba misunderstands and thinks they misheard his name and then asks what a ''Kamen Yaiba'' is.
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== Abilities ==
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Yaiba is a little idiot like in math he calculates wrongly everytime, but he is also intelligent with swords creating techniques during adventures which help them, he also has great instinctive as in start of series he was able to sense an animal and later his kendo opponent, he is also strong as he was able to hit his opponent in a strike which send to roof, he also has great skill at using orbs powers, he is also skilled even without orbs at using kendo sword for fight like the way he was able to win the kendo tournament.
  
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==Swords and techniques==
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== Appellations ==
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*'''{{nihongo|Raijin-ken|雷神剣|Lightning God Sword}}'''
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*'''{{nihongo|Ryuujin-ken|龍神剣|Dragon God Sword}}'''
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<tab title="Friends">
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*'''{{nihongo|Haou-ken|覇王剣|Ruler Sword}}'''
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{{appellations/head|Yaiba}}
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*'''{{nihongo|Kusanagi|クサナギ}}'''
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{{appellations|Sayaka Mine|Yaiba|Sayaka <br> Sayaka-chan}}
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{{appellations|Musashi Miyamoto|Yaiba|Miyamoto Musashi <br> Musashi}}
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{{appellations|Sayaka's Grandmother|That brat (Ano kozo)|That old granny (Ano bachan)}}
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{{appellations|Kagetora|-|Kagetora}}
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{{appellations|Shonosuke|-|Shonosuke}}
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{{appellations|Gerozaimon Geroda|Yaiba|Gerozaimon <br> Frog man (kaeru-otoko)}}
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{{appellations|Kojiro Sasaki|Yaiba <br> Kurogane Yaiba <br> Yaiba-dono|Kojiro}}
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{{appellations|Jubei Yagyu|Yaiba-dono|Jubei}}
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{{appellations|Namako-Otoko|Yaiba-san|Namako-Otoko}}
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|}
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</tab>
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<tab title="Rivals">
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{{appellations/head|Yaiba}}
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{{appellations|Takeshi Onimaru|Kurogane Yaiba|Onimaru}}
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{{appellations|Hebi-Otoko|-|Hebi-Otoko}}
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{{appellations|Hitode-Otoko|-|Hitode-Otoko}}
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{{appellations|Kumo-Otoko|Yaiba-han <br> Yaiba|Kumo-Otoko <br> Kumo-Otoko-chan}}
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{{appellations|Komori-Otoko|Thunder boy <br> Boy|Bat guy <br> Bat man (komori-otoko)}}
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{{appellations|Yakitori-kun|Kid (bozu)|Monster (kaiju)}}
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{{appellations|Chameleon Bonaparte|-|Bastard chameleon (Kamereon yarou)}}
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|}
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</tab>
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<tab title="Others">
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{{appellations/head|Yaiba}}
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{{appellations|Ana Shioji|Young swordsman <br> Kurogane Yaiba <br> Kurogane Yaiba-kun <br> Yaiba-kun|-}}
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|}
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</tab>
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</tabs>
  
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== Plot overview ==
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=== Yaiba ===
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Yaiba's father Kenjuro took his very young son and moved to the jungle to train him to be a master swordsman. Six years before the start of the series, Yaiba saves the young Nadeshiko Yamato from being attacked by a Jaguar during a Safari. She instantly fell in love with him back then.<ref>[[Yaiba Volume 17]], Chapter 3</ref>
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One day, in their home jungle, Yaiba and his father are catching a gorilla and cooking him, which provokes a tiger to attack, because he wants his own share of it. The relatives of the gorilla appear and hunt Yaiba, his father and the tiger until they manage to try in a crate full of fruits, which unfortunately is put into a plane and transported to Tokyo. After their arrival, the trio encounter [[Sayaka Mine]] and her father [[Raizo Mine|Raizo]], an old kendo rival of Kenjuro, who tries to challenge the latter to a duel, which doesn't happen because Kenjuro spontaneously grabs all five of them and stuffs them into a taxi, heading to the Mine family mansion to escape from the airport police. Yaiba on the other hand marvels about Sayaka, who is the first girl he has ever seen in his life.<ref>[[Yaiba Volume 1]], Chapter 1-2</ref>
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Sayaka, who is the same age as Yaiba, is accompanied by him to middle school on the following day, where he immediately finds himself in a conflict with a teacher and several classmates well-versed in kendo, including the bald swordsman [[Takeshi Onimaru]]. Yaiba absolutely wants to challenge him and urges him to a fight, which Takeshi refuses, whereupon Yaiba sets up some extremely perfidious traps to convince him otherwise. As a result, the two do battle shortly afterwards, which leads them across a large chunk of [[Tokyo]], causing a lot of property damage. None of them really wins the fight in the end and both end up seriously injured.<ref>[[Yaiba Volume 1]], Chapter 3-9</ref>
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While Yaiba is now returning to school and appreciating the girls' company there, Onimaru withdraws and discovers a secret cellar right under his family's mansion, in which the sword of the Shinto god Fujin, which embodies storm and wind, is kept. To the horror of his grandfather and sister Ayame, the young man is overwhelmed by the power of the sword, which turns him into a horned devil who gathers a group of eight animal demons around him. Onimaru then conquers all of Japan and demonstrates his newly gained power by completely destroying [[Tokyo Tower]]. At the same time, Yaiba and his friends set out on an arduous journey to track down the complementary weapon to Fujin, the sword of the thunder god Raijin, to train with it and to stop the demons, with Yaiba being mentored by the 400-year-old samurai [[Musashi Miyamoto]], who - to their inital disappointment - seems more like a thief and a pervert, than a legendary swordsman.<ref>[[Yaiba Volume 2]], Chapter 1-5</ref>
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Together with this illustrious group, which also includes the immortal samurai [[Jubei Yagyu]] and Kojiro Sasaki, as well as two of the animal demons - Gerozaimon Geroda and [[Namako-Otoko]] - who have switched sides, Yaiba manages to put Takeshi Onimaru in his place several times during the series, finally cutting off his horns during their last battle, which turns him back into a normal human student and returning more or less everything to normality. Shortly thereafter, Yaiba meets his younger sister [[Moroha Kurogane]] and their mother [[Michiko Kurogane|Michiko]], before joining a martial arts tournament organized by multi-billionaire Gakuso Shirogane, where he is pitted against the clearly superior competitor [[Soshi Okita]]. Okita, however, forfeits his sure victory when he realizes that, no matter how far he goes, Yaiba would never give up, even if it would cost him his own life. The two have been major rivals since then.<ref>[[Yaiba Volume 2]], Chapter 6 - [[Yaiba Volume 24]], Chapter 11</ref>
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=== Detective Conan ===
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==== Mysterious Shadow Case (Manga: [[Volume 2#Mysterious Shadow Case|10-12]]) ====
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Yaiba Kurogane first appears as a fictional character on the television of the [[Mouri Detective Agency]] in file 12, in a scene seemingly taken from his last battle against [[Takeshi Onimaru]] and Yamata no Orochi, fighting with the energy form of his Haou-ken he used during it.<ref>[[Volume 2]], File 3</ref>
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==== Monthly Presents Case (Manga: [[Volume 3#Monthly Presents Case|26-29]], Anime: [[Once-A-Month Present Threat Case|7]]) ====
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In file 28, [[Conan Edogawa]] finds an important clue in a videogame called "YAIBA no Daibōken" ("YAIBA's Great Adventure") he finds in the hospital, depicting Yaiba Kurogane on the cover.<ref>[[Volume 3]], File 9</ref>
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==== Lex Vocalist Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 5#Lex Vocalist Murder Case|45-48]]) ====
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The cover for File 45 shows Conan and [[Ran Mouri]] singing karaoke in front of a monitor showing Yaiba Kurogane, while the subtitles spell out "Yuuki ga Areba" - the opening song of ''Kenyū Densetsu YAIBA''.<ref>[[Volume 5]], chapter 6</ref>
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==== Great Detective of the West (Manga: [[Volume 10#Great Detective of the West|92-96]]) ====
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Conan, irritated at still being small and having to visit the children's floor of Beika Library in File 96<ref>[[Volume 10]], File 6</ref>, finds two books, titled "Kaitō Boy" (= ''[[Magic Kaito]]'') and "Samurai Shōnin" (= ''[[Yaiba]]''), the latter one sporting a small Yaiba Kurogane holding his sword up high on the book jacket.
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==== Kendo Tournament Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 93#Kendo Tournament Murder Case|990]]-[[Volume 94#Kendo Tournament Murder Case|993]], Anime: [[The Kendo Tournament of Love and Mystery|916-917]]) ====
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When [[Heiji Hattori]] asks [[Soshi Okita]] whether he finally takes him seriously, he just responds that this is not the case, since there actually is "another one", a "real strong guy" he can't lose to (or he "might lose to", depending on the translation), indirectly referring to Yaiba Kurogane, as will become clear during the Crimson School Trip Case.
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==== Crimson School Trip Case (Manga: [[Volume 95#Crimson School Trip Case|1000-1005]], Anime: [[The_Scarlet_School_Trip|927-928]]) ====
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[[File:EP928-Yaiba.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Okita telling Ran about his rival Yaiba and his sister Moroha.]]
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It later on turns out that a real version of the 17-year-old Yaiba Kurogane (from the epilogue chapter of his own Manga) exists in the world of Conan, whose sister [[Moroha Kurogane]] is the love of kendoka [[Soshi Okita]], who also originally originated in ''[[Yaiba]]''. He tells [[Ran Mouri]] that, as his greatest rival, he must defeat him before he can confess his love for her, but asks of Ran not to tell [[Momiji Ooka]] anything about this.
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==== Lover Code Case (Manga: [[Volume 98#Lover Code Case|1039-1042]]) ====
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The [[Detective Boys]] play a platformer videogame featuring Yaiba Kurogane and [[Sayaka Mine]] in File 1039 while they are at [[Hiroshi Agasa|Agasa]]'s house. Their running pose in a line also is a little bit reminiscent of the walking pose they have on the cover of [[Yaiba Volume 1]].<ref>[[Volume 98]], File 3</ref>
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=== Yaiba (Epilogue) ===
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==== Are You Coming? (Yaiba Manga: [[Yaiba Volume 24|255]]) ====
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The last seen of Yaiba in his own series is his short appearance at the end of the final chapter of the Manga, set three years after the previous events of the story and chronologically after ''[[Detective Conan]]''<ref>In [[Volume 94]], File 11 it is said that [[Takeshi Onimaru]] already has won two national titles at such a young age. In [[Yaiba Volume 24]], Chapter 12, he is just winning his third national title, chronologically placing this epilogue after the ''Yaiba'' characters' appearance in ''Detective Conan''. Furthermore, [[Kaito Kuroba]] and [[Aoko Nakamori]] are said to be an official couple now, also placing it after every ''[[Magic Kaito]]'' chapter released up til now.</ref>, now of high school age and looking way more mature than before. During his appearance he asks Sayaka - now attending the second year of [[Ekoda High School]] - if she wants to accompany him on new adventures, to which she agrees.<ref>[[Yaiba Volume 24]], Chapter 12</ref>
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=== Non-canon Detective Conan overview ===
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[[File:Detective Conan OVA1 10398638.png|thumb|right|200px|Yaiba meeting the Detective Boys in OVA 1.]]
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==== Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba (Anime: [[Conan vs Kid vs Yaiba - The Decisive Battle Over the Treasured Sword!|OVA 1]]) ====
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In the three-way cross-over OVA, Yaiba battles [[Kaitou Kid]], whom he mistakenly refers to as "Kancho Kid" (''kancho'' is a popular prank amongst Japanese children where you put your index fingers together and poke someone in the butt), in order to prevent him from stealing the Mine family's treasured sword. Yaiba tries to protect the sword by tying it to his headband and belt, but Kid easily tricks him into looking away so he can undo the headband. After a brief swordfight Kid uses his hang glider to escape, but [[Musashi Miyamoto|Musashi]] has Yaiba use a kite (transported by Kagetora in the original ''[[Magic Kaito]]'' chapter) to fight him in the air until [[Takeshi Onimaru|Onimaru]] suddenly appears shoots them down with a cannon, causing Kid to finally give up and go home. The Magic Kaito chapter ends with both Yaiba and Kid saying to themselves that they don't want to sword fight ever again.
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The OVA version portrayed Yaiba as being much younger, around the same age as the [[Detective Boys]], rather than 14. When he introduces himself to the ''Detective Conan'' characters, the Detective Boys think he is trying to be Kamen Yaiba but dressed incorrectly. Yaiba misunderstands and thinks they misheard his name and then asks what a ''Kamen Yaiba'' is. This version of the story also ends up just being a dream by [[Conan Edogawa]], who has read too much ''[[Yaiba]]'' volumes the night before he borrowed from [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]].
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== Swords and techniques ==
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* '''{{nihongo|Raijin-ken|雷神剣|Lightning God Sword}}'''
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* '''{{nihongo|Ryuujin-ken|龍神剣|Dragon God Sword}}'''
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* '''{{nihongo|Haou-ken|覇王剣|Ruler Sword}}'''
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* '''{{nihongo|Kusanagi|クサナギ}}'''
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== Trivia ==
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* He got the first place in the Character Popularity Poll from [[Yaiba Volume 23]] with 4893 votes.
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* The TV superhero [[Kamen Yaiba]] from ''[[Detective Conan]]'' is not only a combination of "Kamen Rider" and "Yaiba", he's also a reference to a moment from the Manga of ''[[Yaiba]]'', when Yaiba Kurogane put on Sayaka's underwear like a mask to protect himself from the attacks of the Sugi Pollen Soldier, resembling the mask of the Rider a bit and jokingly calling himself "Kamen Yaiba".<ref>[[Yaiba Volume 18]], Chapter 8</ref>
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* Yaiba is unfamiliar with English accent.
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Latest revision as of 23:49, 5 August 2023

Yaiba Kurogane

Yaiba.jpg

Profile
Japanese name: 鉄 刃
(Kurogane Yaiba)
Age: 14[1]
17 (Epilogue + Detective Conan)[2]
Gender: Male
Relatives: Kenjuro Kurogane (father)
Michiko Kurogane (mother)
Moroha Kurogane (younger sister)
Occupation: Middle school student
Kendoka
Nicknames: Thunder Boy
Aliases: Legendary Swordsman
Statistics
First appearance: Yaiba Chapter 1
Magic Kaito Chapter 18
Anime: OVA 1
Appearances: Yaiba Manga: 255
Kenyuu Densetsu YAIBA: 52
Magic Kaito Manga: 1
Detective Conan Manga: 6
Detective Conan Anime: 3
Actors
Japanese voice: Minami Takayama

Yaiba Kurogane (鉄 刃 Kurogane Yaiba?) is the main character of Gosho Aoyama's second manga Yaiba. He was voiced by Minami Takayama, who also voices Conan Edogawa.

Background

Aiming to be a samurai, Yaiba and his father Kenjuro went to the jungle to train, but due to various circumstances they end up back in Japan and moving in with the Mine family. Yaiba only really cares about becoming a legendary samurai and loves to challenge strong opponents. He has taken up the legendary Raijin-ken and gone on numerous adventures to accomplish this. Despite this great dream, he is also bratty, frivolous, perverted, and gluttonous. He is the same age as Sayaka, although he is much shorter. Though usually not very bright, Yaiba is pretty clever when it comes to the sword and has thought up many special attacks on the spot. He is descended from the thunder god Susanoo and the heir to very wealthy Kurogane Group, although he is unaware of this until the final story arc.

Personality

Because Yaiba was raised in jungle he doesn't know anything about Japan, he likes fighting strong guys like when he was happy at start of manga he was happy to have a match,he is also brave and doesn't give up in fights but he is also reckless,but he is also a kind, caring and friendly boy who sees whoever close to him like his family and friends important he also has a friendly rivalry with Okita, he also was enemies with Onimaru after that Yaiba cut his horns they became good friends and rivals and Yaiba's father taught Onimaru.

Abilities

Yaiba is a little idiot like in math he calculates wrongly everytime, but he is also intelligent with swords creating techniques during adventures which help them, he also has great instinctive as in start of series he was able to sense an animal and later his kendo opponent, he is also strong as he was able to hit his opponent in a strike which send to roof, he also has great skill at using orbs powers, he is also skilled even without orbs at using kendo sword for fight like the way he was able to win the kendo tournament.

Appellations

Plot overview

Yaiba

Yaiba's father Kenjuro took his very young son and moved to the jungle to train him to be a master swordsman. Six years before the start of the series, Yaiba saves the young Nadeshiko Yamato from being attacked by a Jaguar during a Safari. She instantly fell in love with him back then.[3]

One day, in their home jungle, Yaiba and his father are catching a gorilla and cooking him, which provokes a tiger to attack, because he wants his own share of it. The relatives of the gorilla appear and hunt Yaiba, his father and the tiger until they manage to try in a crate full of fruits, which unfortunately is put into a plane and transported to Tokyo. After their arrival, the trio encounter Sayaka Mine and her father Raizo, an old kendo rival of Kenjuro, who tries to challenge the latter to a duel, which doesn't happen because Kenjuro spontaneously grabs all five of them and stuffs them into a taxi, heading to the Mine family mansion to escape from the airport police. Yaiba on the other hand marvels about Sayaka, who is the first girl he has ever seen in his life.[4]

Sayaka, who is the same age as Yaiba, is accompanied by him to middle school on the following day, where he immediately finds himself in a conflict with a teacher and several classmates well-versed in kendo, including the bald swordsman Takeshi Onimaru. Yaiba absolutely wants to challenge him and urges him to a fight, which Takeshi refuses, whereupon Yaiba sets up some extremely perfidious traps to convince him otherwise. As a result, the two do battle shortly afterwards, which leads them across a large chunk of Tokyo, causing a lot of property damage. None of them really wins the fight in the end and both end up seriously injured.[5]

While Yaiba is now returning to school and appreciating the girls' company there, Onimaru withdraws and discovers a secret cellar right under his family's mansion, in which the sword of the Shinto god Fujin, which embodies storm and wind, is kept. To the horror of his grandfather and sister Ayame, the young man is overwhelmed by the power of the sword, which turns him into a horned devil who gathers a group of eight animal demons around him. Onimaru then conquers all of Japan and demonstrates his newly gained power by completely destroying Tokyo Tower. At the same time, Yaiba and his friends set out on an arduous journey to track down the complementary weapon to Fujin, the sword of the thunder god Raijin, to train with it and to stop the demons, with Yaiba being mentored by the 400-year-old samurai Musashi Miyamoto, who - to their inital disappointment - seems more like a thief and a pervert, than a legendary swordsman.[6]

Together with this illustrious group, which also includes the immortal samurai Jubei Yagyu and Kojiro Sasaki, as well as two of the animal demons - Gerozaimon Geroda and Namako-Otoko - who have switched sides, Yaiba manages to put Takeshi Onimaru in his place several times during the series, finally cutting off his horns during their last battle, which turns him back into a normal human student and returning more or less everything to normality. Shortly thereafter, Yaiba meets his younger sister Moroha Kurogane and their mother Michiko, before joining a martial arts tournament organized by multi-billionaire Gakuso Shirogane, where he is pitted against the clearly superior competitor Soshi Okita. Okita, however, forfeits his sure victory when he realizes that, no matter how far he goes, Yaiba would never give up, even if it would cost him his own life. The two have been major rivals since then.[7]

Detective Conan

Mysterious Shadow Case (Manga: 10-12)

Yaiba Kurogane first appears as a fictional character on the television of the Mouri Detective Agency in file 12, in a scene seemingly taken from his last battle against Takeshi Onimaru and Yamata no Orochi, fighting with the energy form of his Haou-ken he used during it.[8]

Monthly Presents Case (Manga: 26-29, Anime: 7)

In file 28, Conan Edogawa finds an important clue in a videogame called "YAIBA no Daibōken" ("YAIBA's Great Adventure") he finds in the hospital, depicting Yaiba Kurogane on the cover.[9]

Lex Vocalist Murder Case (Manga: 45-48)

The cover for File 45 shows Conan and Ran Mouri singing karaoke in front of a monitor showing Yaiba Kurogane, while the subtitles spell out "Yuuki ga Areba" - the opening song of Kenyū Densetsu YAIBA.[10]

Great Detective of the West (Manga: 92-96)

Conan, irritated at still being small and having to visit the children's floor of Beika Library in File 96[11], finds two books, titled "Kaitō Boy" (= Magic Kaito) and "Samurai Shōnin" (= Yaiba), the latter one sporting a small Yaiba Kurogane holding his sword up high on the book jacket.

Kendo Tournament Murder Case (Manga: 990-993, Anime: 916-917)

When Heiji Hattori asks Soshi Okita whether he finally takes him seriously, he just responds that this is not the case, since there actually is "another one", a "real strong guy" he can't lose to (or he "might lose to", depending on the translation), indirectly referring to Yaiba Kurogane, as will become clear during the Crimson School Trip Case.

Crimson School Trip Case (Manga: 1000-1005, Anime: 927-928)

Okita telling Ran about his rival Yaiba and his sister Moroha.

It later on turns out that a real version of the 17-year-old Yaiba Kurogane (from the epilogue chapter of his own Manga) exists in the world of Conan, whose sister Moroha Kurogane is the love of kendoka Soshi Okita, who also originally originated in Yaiba. He tells Ran Mouri that, as his greatest rival, he must defeat him before he can confess his love for her, but asks of Ran not to tell Momiji Ooka anything about this.

Lover Code Case (Manga: 1039-1042)

The Detective Boys play a platformer videogame featuring Yaiba Kurogane and Sayaka Mine in File 1039 while they are at Agasa's house. Their running pose in a line also is a little bit reminiscent of the walking pose they have on the cover of Yaiba Volume 1.[12]

Yaiba (Epilogue)

Are You Coming? (Yaiba Manga: 255)

The last seen of Yaiba in his own series is his short appearance at the end of the final chapter of the Manga, set three years after the previous events of the story and chronologically after Detective Conan[13], now of high school age and looking way more mature than before. During his appearance he asks Sayaka - now attending the second year of Ekoda High School - if she wants to accompany him on new adventures, to which she agrees.[14]

Non-canon Detective Conan overview

Yaiba meeting the Detective Boys in OVA 1.

Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba (Anime: OVA 1)

In the three-way cross-over OVA, Yaiba battles Kaitou Kid, whom he mistakenly refers to as "Kancho Kid" (kancho is a popular prank amongst Japanese children where you put your index fingers together and poke someone in the butt), in order to prevent him from stealing the Mine family's treasured sword. Yaiba tries to protect the sword by tying it to his headband and belt, but Kid easily tricks him into looking away so he can undo the headband. After a brief swordfight Kid uses his hang glider to escape, but Musashi has Yaiba use a kite (transported by Kagetora in the original Magic Kaito chapter) to fight him in the air until Onimaru suddenly appears shoots them down with a cannon, causing Kid to finally give up and go home. The Magic Kaito chapter ends with both Yaiba and Kid saying to themselves that they don't want to sword fight ever again.

The OVA version portrayed Yaiba as being much younger, around the same age as the Detective Boys, rather than 14. When he introduces himself to the Detective Conan characters, the Detective Boys think he is trying to be Kamen Yaiba but dressed incorrectly. Yaiba misunderstands and thinks they misheard his name and then asks what a Kamen Yaiba is. This version of the story also ends up just being a dream by Conan Edogawa, who has read too much Yaiba volumes the night before he borrowed from Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya.

Swords and techniques

  • Raijin-ken (雷神剣 Lightning God Sword?)
  • Ryuujin-ken (龍神剣 Dragon God Sword?)
  • Haou-ken (覇王剣 Ruler Sword?)
  • Kusanagi (クサナギ ?)

Trivia

  • He got the first place in the Character Popularity Poll from Yaiba Volume 23 with 4893 votes.
  • The TV superhero Kamen Yaiba from Detective Conan is not only a combination of "Kamen Rider" and "Yaiba", he's also a reference to a moment from the Manga of Yaiba, when Yaiba Kurogane put on Sayaka's underwear like a mask to protect himself from the attacks of the Sugi Pollen Soldier, resembling the mask of the Rider a bit and jokingly calling himself "Kamen Yaiba".[15]
  • Yaiba is unfamiliar with English accent.

References

  1. ^ The announcer during the kendo tournament in Yaiba Volume 23 refers to him as a 14-year-old competitor.
  2. ^ The epilogue story in Yaiba Volume 24, Chapter 12 is set three years after Chapter 11, hence making Yaiba Kurogane 17 years old and looking significantly more mature. This is the same version of him that appears in Volume 95, File 2.
  3. ^ Yaiba Volume 17, Chapter 3
  4. ^ Yaiba Volume 1, Chapter 1-2
  5. ^ Yaiba Volume 1, Chapter 3-9
  6. ^ Yaiba Volume 2, Chapter 1-5
  7. ^ Yaiba Volume 2, Chapter 6 - Yaiba Volume 24, Chapter 11
  8. ^ Volume 2, File 3
  9. ^ Volume 3, File 9
  10. ^ Volume 5, chapter 6
  11. ^ Volume 10, File 6
  12. ^ Volume 98, File 3
  13. ^ In Volume 94, File 11 it is said that Takeshi Onimaru already has won two national titles at such a young age. In Yaiba Volume 24, Chapter 12, he is just winning his third national title, chronologically placing this epilogue after the Yaiba characters' appearance in Detective Conan. Furthermore, Kaito Kuroba and Aoko Nakamori are said to be an official couple now, also placing it after every Magic Kaito chapter released up til now.
  14. ^ Yaiba Volume 24, Chapter 12
  15. ^ Yaiba Volume 18, Chapter 8
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Yaiba
Main Characters Yaiba Kurogane • Sayaka Mine • Musashi Miyamoto • Takeshi Onimaru • Kojiro Sasaki • Jubei Yagyu • Shonosuke • Kagetora • Gerozaimon Geroda • Namako-Otoko
Secondary Characters Kenjuro Kurogane • Raizo Mine • Shizuka Mine • Grandma Mine • Moroha Kurogane • Michiko Kurogane • Soshi Okita • Kumo-Otoko • List of minor Yaiba characters
Manga Yaiba Manga Volume 1-10 • 11-20 • 21-24 • Volume 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24
OVA adaptations Yaiba (pilot OVA) • Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba - The Grand Battle for the Treasure Sword!!
Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba List of episodes • Staff
Games Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba (Super Famicom) • Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba (Game Boy) • Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba (Sega Game Gear) • List of games
Crossovers The Kendo Tournament of Love and Mystery • The Scarlet School Trip • List of crossovers
Related Articles Swords used in Yaiba • Yaoya • Ekoda High School • Play It Again • K∀ITO
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