Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes/Ieyasu Tokugawa

"Let us unite and form a bond."

- Ieyasu Tokugawa pre-battle

Ieyasu Tokugawa is a returning character from Sengoku Basara and Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes. By the start of Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes, Ieyasu has grown from a child into a young adult. After serving under Hideyoshi Toyotomi as a general, Ieyasu sees the leader's lust for power and subsequently rebels against him, leading the two men into a final showdown in which Ieyasu kills Hideyoshi. Ieyasu goes on to form the Eastern Army, a force fighting for the unification of Japan against the Western Army. The sudden murder of Hideyoshi brings his loyal vassal Mitsunari Ishida to join the Western Army in a fight against his former ally, and Mitsunari acts as a rival to Ieyasu in the main story of the game.