Izuna

Name
Kanji威頭拏
Kanaいずな
Römajiizuna
Translation
Meaningmajesty head capture
OriginJapanese
Affiliation
Information
GenderMale
BreedKōga

Izuna was Kōga’s ninja dog and Ryōga’s son who lived in the 1570s and 1580s . He was the ancestor of Kurojaki and Tesshin .

He was a quick-witted and bloodthirsty fighter who is Hakutaka’s archenemy.

Ginga Densetsu Akame

Kōga’s ninja dogs confront Sugawa and Izuna kills him by impaling the man with a spear and finally pressing his sword into his neck. Arriving at the scene, Ryōga is not happy with Izuna’s actions. Before he died, Sugawa managed to blow his horn, the sound of which reaches Hakutaka, Ōzaru and the other Iga ninja dogs . Hakutaka and Izuna start fighting each other. Izuna uses his sword to cut off the wooden spear on Hakutaka. Hakutaka gets Izuna’s sword for himself and is about to charge towards him, but Ryōga intercepts him. As the rest of Iga’s ninjas arrive, Kōga’s ninjas retreat.

Later, when Ryōga tells that Kuma escaped, Izuna is not satisfied with this and goes with some of Kōga’s ninja dogs to find Kuma. Izuna finds Kuma rolling in the mud, who managed to hide two other Kōga dogs in the pond. As Kuma is surrounded by other Kōga ninja, Izuna says he wants to take care of him himself, and is surprised to be told by his comrades that he is Kuma, Ōzaru’s best student. Izuna attacks him and cuts Kuma’s sword. He tells Kazumi to fight him, but Kuma hits him with half of his sword. Ryōga and the other Kōga ninjas have also arrived and wonder what Izuna is up to. Kuma starts to howl and the howl reaches Ōzaru. After a while, Izuna attacks him, but Hakutaka arrives and he throws Izuna off of Kuma.

Hikozō , Taichi and the Hakutaka brothers also arrive at the battle site . Despite the prohibitions, Hakutaka’s brothers run to help their father and brother. Toki charges towards Izuna, but Izuna kills him by slicing open his chest. A crying Hakutaka attacks him, but Izuna kicks him away and pins Hakutaka to the ground. Kuma helps Hakutaka by knocking Izuna off his head, but Izuna stabs Kuma in the chest with a sword. However, Izuna doesn’t have time to make the next attack when Ryōjun shoots an arrow into his temple. However, Izuna survives and vows to kill Hakutaka. He backs off and returns to his home village with the rest of Kōga’s ninja dogs.

Izuna later participates with his father in the Iga War of the Tenshō period. As a quick-tempered young dog, he has trouble following his father’s orders and obsessively tries to challenge and kill Hakutaka. Izuna’s father dies and Izuna orders the troops to retreat as the enemy receives reinforcements.

Tags: Dog: Kōga | Gender: Male | Species: Dog | Story: Ginga Densetsu Akame

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