List of Bamboo Blade characters

This is a list of characters from the manga and anime Bamboo Blade.
Many of the surnames are taken from various winners of the All Japan Kendo Championships.
Muroe High School
Toraji Ishida

Toraji Ishida (石田 虎侍, Ishida Toraji)
Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi (Japanese), Ian Sinclair (English)
Also known as "Kojirō", he is the kendo instructor, and also a teacher of politics and economics, at Muroe High School. He is the main protagonist of the series as well as the male lead. He is perpetually impoverished and lives from paycheck to paycheck, often taking handouts of food from his students. He is offered the chance of a lifetime from an old senpai ― a year's supply of sushi if his female kendo team can beat his senpai's in a practice tournament. This inspires Kojirō to put an effort into training his team, much to the delight of his most dedicated student, Kirino Chiba. The only person who knows the real reason
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