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 DC Comics superhero who was a short-lived member of the Teen Titans.

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Publication history

Bushido appears in Titans Annual #1 (2000) and was created by Geoff Johns and Ben Raab.

Fictional character biography

Ryuku Orsono is a Japanese teenager who becomes a bushidōka upon his mother's death, which fulfills a long family line of honorary heroes. He first encountered 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 mystical sword to sever the head of Beast Boy; the magical sword drives out Tengu without harming Logan.

In Titans Secret Files #2, Bushido joins Titans L.A.

In Infinite Crisis , Bushido is killed by Superboy-Prime. [1] [2] In Blackest Night , he is temporarily resurrected as a Black Lantern. [3]

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 each guiding him in battle. [4]

In other media

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References

  1. ↑ Teen Titans (vol. 3) #32 (March 2006)
  2. ↑ Infinite Crisis #4 (March 2006)
  3. ↑ Adventure Comics (vol. 2) #'s 4-5
  4. ↑ Titans Annual #1.
  5. ↑ Eisen, Andrew (October 2, 2013). "DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide". IGN. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Teen Titans Go! #50 - Graduation Day (Issue)". Comic Vine. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
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