Taizan Morosumi

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Taizan Morosumi
Taizan in Samurai Shodown: Warrior's Rage
Game series	Samurai Showdown series
First game	Samurai Shodown: Warrior's Rage
Voice actor(s)	Takaya Yamauchi
In-Universe Information
Birthplace	The mountains of Oku-Hida
Fighting style	Law of the Confining Characters
Weapon	The Divine Spear Mizuguki
Preferred soulmate/family	His wife Sumiko and his son Bokuzan

Taizan Morosumi (八角泰山 Morosumi Taizan) is an video game character in the Samurai Shodown series, making his only appearance in the Samurai Shodown 64: Warriors's Rage iterarion.

[edit] History

[edit] Samurai Shodown 64: Warrior's Rage

Taizan is a man who possess the powers to seal evil, an ability passed down through generations of his family. However, he grew tired of his constant battles against demons, and settled down in the mountains with his wife and child.

Until things went wrong.

Taizan returned one day to find his family murdered by Yuga the Destroyer. Enraged, he once again wielded his legendary Mizuguki, and set out for vengeance. However, as he battled, he realized that he was turning into what he detested so. He stopped his quest and retired to the mountains to live in peace with his deceased family.

[edit] Trivia

Taizan is the first painter, and one of the few artist in the series, along with Kyoshiro Senryo (a kabuki dancer).
All of Taizan's special moves have "one word" names... such as Fire, Wind, and Slash. This may be in part to the "kanji" for the words appearing as the moves connect (although Wind comes out automatically as it is a projectile).
Taizan's use of a giant calligraphy brush as a primary weapon makes him certainly a unique character idea, to say the least. As his second weapon, Taizan uses the spear Mizuguchi.
Apart of this game, Taizan appears in other 2 games for Neo Geo Pocket Color: Samurai Shodown! 2 (a port of SS64: WR) and in SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash series, as a SNK character card.