When Harunaga disputes putting the young lord in danger, Yukimura refuses to surrender and heads by himself to take Ieyasu's head. To try to restore ally morale, Yukimura temporarily leaves the battlefront to try to convince Hideyori to join the battle. Knowing they have no chance of winning, he desires to die as a warrior worthy of his family's name. Hoping to find his meaning in life, he decides to join the Toyotomi years later at Ōsaka Castle. As Ieyasu tries to invade them, he helps his father's strategies by distracting the soldiers away from the gates and triggering the water attack. With the Takeda now in ruin, Yukimura retreats back to his home at Ueda Castle to rebuild his forces. Regardless of his efforts, the battle is a lost cause and he regretfully begs forgiveness from the departed Shingen.
As the Takeda cavalry fall against the Oda rifles, Yukimura presses for Katsuyori's retreat and offers to defeat Nobunaga. Yukimura pleads his young lord to reconsider the reckless charge, but his advice is ignored. Katsuyori, wanting to carry out his father's ambition, continues the march in spite of their loss. Holding a grudge against Hanzō for causing his lord's death, he charges the Tokugawa troops to bide them time. Yukimura, realizing that the Takeda troops are in utter chaos without their leader, tries to rally the men and calls for an immediate retreat. Players who don't have Shingen unlocked will be unable to save the elder from Hanzō at Mikatagahara. As Shingen's peaceful world is realized, Yukimura continues to help his lord by coordinating the efforts to rebuild the land. Slaying Ieyasu during the conflict, Yukimura continues to assist his lord's battles against the retreating Nobunaga at Azuchi Castle and Yamazaki.
Once Shingen's plans to wait for the rain succeeds, Yukimura is given the order to lead the Takeda charge. Ieyasu flees from the battle and pleads for Nobunaga's reinforcements at Nagashino. With their lord still alive, the Takeda continue their march south. If the players have played Shingen's story, Yukimura will be able to spot the shinobi early and has the option to rescue his lord. To turn the tables, Hanzō plans to assassinate Shingen for his master. Told to calm himself, he follows his lord's orders obediently during the encounter at Mikatagahara. Invigorated to realize Shingen's march to the capital, he is confused with Shingen's cautious measures against the weaker Ieyasu. Surrounding Kenshin once more in a pincer leads to a victory for the Takeda. When Kenshin uses the fog to ambush Shingen's main camp, Yukimura climbs down the mountain to hurry to his lord's rescue. Beginning his career under Shingen, he assists his lord's pincer attack at Kawanakajima. Yukimura is a valiant warrior who fights until the bitter end. ~~Zhao Yun Warriors Orochi Samurai Warriors Role in Games " Never has a spear moved so fast!" He placed twenty-third in the Nobunaga no Yabou Taishi poll for most favorite father. His Nobunaga's Ambition counterpart is second place in Gamecity's character popularity ranking for 2015. He won sixth place in the Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate popularity poll. For the Samurai Warriors 4 poll, he placed fourth. According to the Sengoku Musou Seiyuu Ougi 2012 Aki questionnaire, he ranked third for the character fans would want as a lover and sixth for fans' ideal co-op partner for playing Samurai Warriors. In Koei-Tecmo's Facebook Sengoku Musou Chronicle 2nd poll, he was voted first place. This counterpart appears as a playable guest character in Shin Sangoku Musou VS.įans voted him to second place in Gamecity's Sengoku Musou 3: Empires and Sengoku Musou Shoot character popularity polls. Like his Dynasty Warriors counterpart Zhao Yun, Yukimura is the "poster boy" for the Samurai Warriors series, usually being placed on the cover/manuals of the games. Masayuki is his father, Yoshitsugu is his father-in-law, Ina is his sister-in-law, and his elder siblings are Lady Muramatsu and Nobuyuki. His accomplishments have been exaggerated after his death, and he is often heralded as the "greatest warrior of the land". His historical counterpart is best known for his steadfast defense against the Tokugawa at Osaka. Yukimura Sanada (真田 幸村, Sanada Yukimura) is the romanticized name created for Nobushige.