This is the details page for the manga "Bamboo Blade". Here you can see what the manga is about and what the main characters are. You can also read the manga.

Plot synopsis:

Kojirou is the kendo instructor at Muroe High School. He is totally broke. He has agreed to send his team to a competition against his senpai's team. If his all female team can win the competition, he will have free meals for a year! But the problem is that Kojirou seems unable to find five, gifted girls to form the a complete team and time is running out...

Main characters:

Tamaki Kawazoe (Kawazoe Tamaki)
Tamaki Kawazoe is a first year high school student who is nicknamed "Tama-chan" for short. Despite being a kendo prodigy, she does not see it as a hobby, but rather just as a chore honed at her home, which happens to be a kendo dojo led by her father. She refuses to join the school's Kendo Club because she thinks it is unnecessary, but temporarily becomes a member in order to fight off a bully. She despises injustice due to her overdeveloped sense of righteousness and fair play inspired from watching live-action super-sentai (Her favorite being Blade Braver) as a child. She remains a big fan despite her age. At first she is very shy and unsociable, but later she begins to overcome her shyness and open up to her teammates more often. She is described as being the strength of the group by Kojiro.


Kirino Chiba (Chiba Kirino)
Kirino Chiba is a second year high school student, and the captain of the kendo club. Energetic and enthusiastic, she dreams of leading the team to the nationals. Her family owns a deli named "Chiba Deli". Kirino is very happy that Kojiro has finally begun to put more effort into training his kendo team, but she is oblivious to the real reason that her teacher has suddenly begun to train the team so enthusiastically. She is proud that she is the captain of the kendo club and is more responsible than she appears. Kirino seems to find Tamaki quite adorable, as she and Sayako will often treat Tamaki as a "little sister" type (i.e., playing with Tamaki's hair, not listening to her kendo lectures, making Tamaki fight merely because she wants to see her fight, etc). Despite that, however, she has great confidence in Tamaki. She is described as being the heart of the group by Kojiro.


Miyako Miyazaki (Miyazaki Miyako)
Miyako Miyazaki is a first year high school student nicknamed "Miya-Miya". She is introduced as a very pretty and friendly girl, and to the surprise of many, the girlfriend of Danjuro. However, in reality, she possesses a very dark and sadistic personality, but hides it in order to be together with Danjuro. When Miyako shows her more sadistic side, she is surrounded by a black aura and acts in a rather eerie and cruel manner, but she instantly switches back to her friendly façade when others are approaching or calling her name. Having only joined the Kendo Club because Danjuro was in it, she initially finds it boring, but would later enjoy it after realizing she likes to hit people.


Sayako Kuwahara (Kuwahara Sayako)
She is a second year high school student who is described as being random and spontaneous, often changing her interests and goals. During her first year, she joins the Kendo Club, but would sometimes disappear for short periods of time, claiming to quit. She and Kirino have known each other since elementary school, and Kirino often calls her "Saya". Sayako, like Kirino, thinks that Tamaki is cute, as she and Kirino will sometimes do silly things to Tamaki. She is rather pessimistic, and always claims to pursue death the moment she fails at something.


Satori Azuma (Azuma Satori)
She is the fifth and the last person to join the Kendo Club. She is very talented in kendo. In fact, Satori is the second strongest in the club, with Tamaki being the strongest. However, she is very bad with her studies despite her diligence, which is why she decided to quit kendo after middle school, so she could solely concentrate on her studies. Because she is rather naïve, she is tricked by Miyako Miyazaki into joining the club, thinking that Kendo will help her improve her studies.


Toraji Ishida (Ishida Toraji)
Also known as "Kojiro", he is the kendo instructor, and also a teacher of politics and economics, at Muroe High School. 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 Kojiro to put an effort into training his team, much to the delight of Kirino. In high school, he was a member of the kendo club, and at that time he defeated his senpai, Kenzaburo, at a tournament to win a trophy. Though he has little affinity for the trophy itself, he cherishes the memory of his victory over Kenzaburo. Though he told him his victory was due to luck, he personally believes he won was because he was stronger than his senpai.

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