Bushido (character)

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Bushido
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Titans Annual #1 (2000)
Created by Geoff Johns
Ben Raab
In-story information
Alter egoRyuku Orsono
Species Human
Team affiliations Titans L.A.
Black Lantern Corps
AbilitiesHighly trained swordsman. He also carries weapons imbued with the soul of the warriors who wielded it that guide him in battle.

Bushido (Ryuku Orsono) is a superhero appearing in media published by DC Comics. He is a Japanese swordsman and a member of the Teen Titans. Bushido was killed by Superboy-Prime during the Infinite Crisis event in 2006 and has made limited appearances since.

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Bushido has made limited appearances in media outside comics, with his most prominent being non-speaking appearances in the animated series Teen Titans .

Publication history

Bushido first appeared in Titans Annual #1 (2000) and was created by Geoff Johns and Ben Raab. [1]

Bushido's death in Infinite Crisis underwent several revisions. Initially, writer Geoff Johns intended Argent to die, but editor Eddie Berganza objected to the idea, as he was fond of the character and had plans for her. Terra and Red Star were also considered to die before Baby Wildebeest, Pantha, and Bushido were chosen in their place. [2] Johns reasoned that he would not mind killing Bushido, his own creation. [2]

Fictional character biography

Ryuku Orsono is a Japanese teenager who becomes a samurai upon his mother's death, the latest in a long familial line of heroes. He first encounters the Teen Titans in Titans Annual #1 when they come to Japan to free their team member Beast Boy from the possession of the demon Tengu. Bushido uses his sword to slit Beast Boy's throat, which drives out Tengu without harming him. [3]

In Titans Secret Files #2, Bushido joins the short lived Titans L.A. before its dissolution. During his tenure, his teammates were Herald, Bumblebee, Hero Cruz, Terra, Flamebird, Captain Marvel Jr., and Beast Boy. [4] [5] [6]

In Infinite Crisis , Bushido joins an improvised Titans group in battling the rampaging Superboy-Prime outside of Keystone City. After Pantha and Baby Wildebeest are killed, Bushido attacks Prime, who kills him with his heat vision. [7] [1] [6] [5]

In Blackest Night , Bushido is reanimated as a member of the Black Lantern Corps along with the other heroes killed by Superboy-Prime. Prime destroys the Black Lanterns by using a black power ring to cycle through the emotional spectrum, creating a burst of colored energy. [8] [1] [5]

Powers and abilities

Bushido is skilled in the martial arts, especially in swordsmanship. His primary weapons are the naginata and the jitte, as well as the hachiwara and the shuriken. Each weapon is imbued with the soul of the warrior who wielded it, with Bushido being able to communicate with the spirits and receive guidance from them. [3] [4] [6] [5]

In other media

References

  1. 1 2 3 King, Samantha (July 19, 2023). "15 Coolest Teen Titans No-One Ever Remembers". Screen Rant . Retrieved June 8, 2025. Ryuku Orsono debuted in 2000, but Bushido didn't even make it to ten appearances before the hero's death in 2006 during the massive Infinite Crisis event... [Bushido] was killed by Superboy-Prime during a team-up occurring during the events of Infinite Crisis. The skilled swordsman was last seen as a Green Lantern ring construct in Blackest Night #1 in 2009, but has not made any other appearance since.
  2. 1 2 "Baby Wildebeest". Titans Tower. Archived from the original on July 1, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Johns, Geoff ; Raab, Ben  ( w ), Justiniano  ( p ),Ivy, Chris ( i ), Wright, Gregory  ( col )."The Way of the Warrior" Titans Annual,vol. 1,no. 1(August 2000).DC Comics.
  4. 1 2 Johns, Geoff ; Raab, Ben  ( w ),Johnson, Drew ( p ),Faber, Rich ( i ),McCraw, Tom ( col )."Super Friends" Titans Secret Files and Origins,vol. 1,no. 2(October 2000).DC Comics.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Glennon, Christopher (December 19, 2022). "10 DC Superheroes Who Died Too Soon". CBR . Retrieved June 8, 2025. DC event The Planet introduced heroes from around the world, and the Titans tie-in featured the Japanese hero Bushido. He inherited weapons from his ancestors and could speak to their spirits when using them. Bushido was briefly a member of Titans LA and was later killed fighting Superboy Prime.
  6. 1 2 3 Hopkins, Evan (January 26, 2018). "15 Teen Titans DC Wants You To Forget". CBR . Retrieved June 8, 2025. But Pantha wasn't the only D-List Titan to die from Superboy-Prime; in fact, fellow nobody hero Bushido met his demise from a well placed heat vision blast courtesy of Superboy-Prime, and it is this death that the character is mostly remembered for, and DC has no intention of changing that. This third-rate Katana knock-off used his weapons imbued with the souls of the dead to fight alongside the Titans, and even briefly served as a member of the short-lived Titans L.A.
  7. ↑ Johns, Geoff  ( w ), Jimenez, Phil ; Pérez, George ; Reis, Ivan  ( p ), Lanning, Andy ; Stucker, Lary; Pérez, George; Campos, Marc; Albert, Oclair; Palmiotti, Jimmy ; Geraci, Drew ( i ), Cox, Jeromy ; Major, Guy ( col )."Homecoming" Infinite Crisis ,vol. 1,no. 4(March 2006).DC Comics.
  8. ↑ Johns, Geoff ; Gates, Sterling ( w ), Ordway, Jerry  ( p ), Wiacek, Bob  ( i ),Buccellato, Brian ( col )."He Primed Me, Part One: Spoiler Alert" Adventure Comics ,vol. 2,no. 4(January 2010).DC Comics.
  9. ↑ "Bushido Voice - Teen Titans (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  10. ↑ Eisen, Andrew (October 2, 2013). "DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide". IGN . Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Teen Titans Go! #50 - Graduation Day (Issue)". Comic Vine . Retrieved July 18, 2024.
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