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In the future, Takeshi shows a great level of mastery with the sword and the power of the Vongola rings. Even though the main rings were destroyed, he was still able to use the special boxes and their unique powers. When his past self arrives he starts using a box that releases a swallow covered in dying will flame. The swallow is capable of making heavy rain and attacking opponents. |
In the future, Takeshi shows a great level of mastery with the sword and the power of the Vongola rings. Even though the main rings were destroyed, he was still able to use the special boxes and their unique powers. When his past self arrives he starts using a box that releases a swallow covered in dying will flame. The swallow is capable of making heavy rain and attacking opponents. |
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After coming up short in his first fight against [[Squalo]], and then being told that he would just get in the way by [[Reborn]], he asked his father for [[kendo]] lessons. What he did not know was that his father is an incredibly skilled swordsman who uses his sword to kill. His father specializes in the ''Shigure Soen Style''. After completing his kendo training, his father gave him a shinai that could transform into a katana only when wielded by the Shigure Soen Style. It has a special name, the ''Shigure Kintoki''. |
After coming up short in his first fight against [[Squalo]], and then being told that he would just get in the way by [[Reborn]], he asked his father for [[kendo]] lessons. What he did not know was that his father is an incredibly skilled swordsman who uses his sword to kill. His father specializes in the ''Shigure Soen Style''. After completing his kendo training, his father gave him a shinai that could transform into a katana only when wielded by the Shigure Soen Style. It has a special name, the ''Shigure Kintoki''. |
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Template:Rain character Takeshi Yamamoto is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Katekyo Hitman Reborn created by Amano Akira.
Character outline
Yamamoto was born in Japan and is 177cm tall, weighing 63kg. He is a Taurus with O bloodtype. His future dream is to become a professional baseball player and he goes to Namimori's batting field everyday. His favourite food is sushi and his favourite drink is milk. His favourite instrument is the taiko, a Japanese drum.
Addressed as 'Yamamoto' by almost everyone in the series, this baseballer-turned-mafia has a warm and friendly personality and is rarely seen not smiling. He is, however, very naive to the point of believing that Reborn's weapons are advanced kid's toys and that the mafia business is one big cops-and-robbers game. Yamamoto is regarded by various Reborn characters, especially Tsuna, as being reliable and almost never fails to deliver. A prominent example is how he won the turnaround match for Tsuna's family in the Varia arc against Superbi Squalo in a sword fight no-one thought he could win.
Yamamoto is the type of character that can make friends with everyone, and if not friendship, at least respect. Characters like Hibari Kyouya has been shown to have interest in Yamamoto's battles and Squalo has also shown interest in his development. However, Yamamoto can become angry when his friends are hurt or injured. He is also willing to sacrifice things important to him to save his friends, shown in the Kokuyo arc.
Despite his easygoing personality, Yamamoto has shown that he has hidden talent as an assassin. In fact, Reborn clearly sees Yamamoto's potential and often mentions to Tsuna that Yamamoto is a natural born killer. His fast reflexes and strong body from sport gives him a natural advantage and he is shown to be able to dodge cannon fire and wayward fireworks. Yamamoto also learns really quick, remembering all 8 forms of the Shigure Souen Style despite only being shown once. He also manages to develop a new form of the style in a life-death situation. In the future arc, Yamamoto also manages to light the flame on his ring on his first try. Of all of Tsuna's family Reborn seems to have a special interest in Yamamoto, helping him train initially, giving him the baseball bat that can turn into a katana, making special notes on his progress and eventually becoming his 'home tutor' in the Future arc.
Yamamoto's portrayal in the story is that of a stereotypical Japanese teenager; his name 'Takeshi', and surname 'Yamamoto' are both common Japanese names, his looks are quite ordinary for a Japanese teenager, he is a big fan of baseball (a popular sport in Japan), his family owns a sushi store and later in the story, he uses a katana (a Japanese sword).
In the future arc, he is shown to have learned everything about the mafia and seems to be okay with it.
History
Takeshi is a star athlete at his school and believes that is almost everything that defines him. After being convinced otherwise by Tsuna, they become friends.
His family owns a sushi restaurant called "Takesushi", which also happens to be his house.
Introduction Arc
Takeshi is the star of the school's baseball team, making it into the regulars even though he is only a first year student. He is generally known as the nice and popular guy. He has a lot of love for the sport, but has been experiencing a bad slump. One day he gets his hopes up after some small talk with Tsuna, but breaks his arm during training. He thinks his career in baseball, the only thing he's good at, would go downhill from there, and plans to end his life by jumping off the school roof. Tsuna saves his life. This is however left out of the anime in which Yamamoto became friends with Tsuna during a volleyball game. After he is 'rescued,' he becomes one of Tsuna's good friends and joins Tsuna on his adventures during this arc.
Kokuyō Arc
List Countdown
Takeshi is dubbed the 2nd strongest of Namimori Middle. However, mukuro's gang was utilizing outdated information from Futa, which would have made him a place lower under Hibari and Tsuna, which would have made him Chikusa's target. At any rate, after Hayato is felled by Chikusa, Takeshi arrives on the scene and saves Tsuna from a devastating blow. When he realizes Hayato's condition, his angry side comes out and he effortlessly slices one of his enemy's yo-yos. Chikusa wiely decides that the battle isn't worth continuing with and retreats.
Kokuyo Land Invasion
Spurred on by Reborn's words, Takeshi joins the group consisting of him, Hayato, Bianchi, Reborn, and Tsuna. When they reach Kokuyo Health Land, Takeshi notices dog tracks which Bianchi further deduces have blood in them. The group is set upon by a pack of wild dogs, which he quickly realizes are actually dead. The group flees, but Ken Joshima gets the jump on Takeshi, who falls through the ground, which Reborn finds is actually the top of the Botanical Garden. Ken joins him, and he finds himself stuck in actual combat. Making him the second person ever behind Hayato. As the battle progresses, Ken easily breaks Yamamoto's Bat, angering Takeshi. After Tsuna is kicked down into the fight-pit by Reborn, Takeshi finishes the match by baiting Ken into attacking him and stiking his temple with the butt of his sword's hilt.
Takeshi and Tsuna are helped out of the Botanical Dome and Takeshi accompanies the group to a picnic area. Where Bianchi faces M. M. At one point, when it looks as though she may lose, Takeshi moves to step in, but is halted by Hayato. After she wins, the group, including Takeshi, are confronted by Birds. He demands that Hayato, Takeshi, and Bianchi beat up Tsuna, Takeshi refuses, as does Hayato, but Bianchi attacks Tsuna, only making it look as though she really hurt him. But all three refuse to stab Tsuna. Takeshi can only watch as Tsuna goes to stab his own leg, but is relieved to see Shamal, Lambo, and I-Pin save the girls.
Takeshi, after attempting to follow Tsuna into the forest, as does Hayato, is stopping by a steel beam flying through his path. He, Bianchi, and Gokudera brace for the next killer, which turns out to be the Fake Mukuro. As Hayato is struck down with the side effects of his Trident mosquito bite, Takeshi volunteers to take 'Mukuro' on first. Fake Mukuro launches an aerial assault with his steel ball, which sucked Takeshi in to the full brunt of the attack. But he used his bat to shield himself. Afterwards, when the Fake Mukuro throws his Steel Ball again, Takeshi throws sand into its path to figure its secret out, making himself fall over in order to avoid the move. However, his plan to stay out of range and wait for an opening fails when the Fake Mukuro puts a spin on his ball, the resulting slipstream drags Takeshi-unprotected-into the attack, knocking him out for the rest of the Arc.
The Varia Arc
He is the Guardian of the Rain
Rain Ring and the Vongola Coat of Arms
Takeshi is trained by his father in kendo. During his battle, Takeshi fought Superbi Squalo for the right to bear the Ring of Rain. After an extensive, bloody sword fight, Takeshi won out in the end by using his newly created ninth form of the Shigure Souen Style, Mirroring Rain, and became the official successor of the legendary deadly sword style. He was called a natural born assassin. During Tsuna's fight with Xanxus, he remained immobilized at the flooded field he had battled Squalo at, until being cured of the Death-Hitter poison by Hibari. Meeting up with Gokudera, the two then proceeded to the gymnasium to rescue Chrome. The second they entered the field however, they had been trapped into Marmon's illusion, after Belphegor rescued him. They were required to surrender the rings, in exchange for Chrome's life. Had they not complied, they threatened to skin Chrome alive. Yamamoto devised a cunning plan and used the Shigure Souen Style to turn the tables on the two. However they were ultimately saved by Ryohei.
Future Arc
Arrival & Search for the Strongest
Nine years and ten months into the future, Takeshi is no longer the oblivious person he used to be. He is now an official subordinate of the Vongola Family, and has also advanced his sword skills, to the point that he can somehow summon rain when he uses one of the special boxes, even when lacking a ring. He wears typical mafia clothing (a black suit), and also has a scar on his chin. In the future as he tells Tsuna about the war, we learn that his father was killed. His future self was replaced by the younger Takeshi after someone fired the Ten-Year Bazooka at him in the past.
In the Future, the young Takeshi protects Haru and Lambo from a blast during during a fight with two mafiosi of the Millefiore. After they return to the base, he is very resolute about changing the future, although it appears that he has no idea what's really going on. At the beginning of Lal's training, although it took Hayato several tries to light the ring on fire, Takeshi drew out the ring's power in an instant, showing his determination.
Kyoko Search and Gamma Battle
The Family faced a huge problem when, just as Hibird showed up, giving them a chance at finding the strongest guardian, Kyoko went out to look for Ryohei. Tsuna decided that he and Lal were to look for Kyoko, and Takeshi was to help Hayato follow up on the Hibird lead. After tracking it all the way to where the signal went dead, right outside on Namimori Shrine, the two engage another Blackspell duo. Hayato makes it clear that they are both fighting separately, and they succeed in getting a victory. However, this is when Gamma of the Fake 6 Funeral Wreaths showed up.
He fought a losing battle against Gamma with Hayato when they were searching for the future Hibari. Takeshi revealed he had a lot of insight despite thinking the mafia is a game, and when Hayato told Takeshi to stay out of the fight he angrily told Hayato that if he was truly Tsuna's right hand man, he would unite the Guardians instead of separating them. Both of them worked together but were defeated badly in the end. They were saved by Hibari, and Takeshi began a new intensive training with Reborn as his home tutor.
Back to Training
Yamamoto and Reborn train in a traditional Japanese styled room. They have bullet dodging exercises with Reborn shooting paintballs that contain glow-in-the-dark paint and Yamamoto blocking with his sword. Yamamoto also has to run ridiculously long marathons with his swallow to train endurance. Recently, the two have also been shown in all out battles. Reborn has promised that he will reveal his secrets as an Acrobaleno if Yamamoto's training is fruitful.
Yamamoto's training had reached a point where Reborn cannot help him anymore as he is a gunman, not a swordsman. Therefore he shows Yamamoto a video that Squalo as given him roughly titled 'The Road to becoming the Swords Emperor'. It has recorded the 101 battles Squalo won for him to be declared the new Swords Emperor. This video gives Yamamoto new motivation and after three days, he is able to use his newly created Shigure Soen Style form to pierce Reborn's hat. Reborn declares his training complete. Following his training, Reborn tells Yamamoto about the secret of the Arcobaleno, but asks him not to tell anyone else until after their attack on the Melone Base of the Millefiore.
Melone Base
After setting out and reaching Melone Base along with Tsuna, Hayato, Lal, and Ryohei, Takeshi watches as Tsuna defeats Dendro Chilum with his newly perfected X-Burner. After Tsuna wins handily, he proceeds with the group to watch Lal face off against Ginger Bread. After defeating the magician's puppet, Takeshi carries her toward their main goal as Tsuna heads off to take her place as a decoy.
After a while, an "earthquake" separates the group into Takeshi and Lal, and Gokudera and Ryohei. Not realzing that the base has been rearranged by Irie, Takeshi continues to follow his digital map. When he runs into a dead end, the base moves again, and, Takeshi, sensing Genkishi's murderous intent, sets Lal down and braces for a brawl.
After getting Genkishi todraw his blade, when he previously stated he wouldn't even need it, Takeshi charges his with his bet attack: the Scontro Di Rodine or Clash of the Swallow. Unfortunately, Genkishi manufactures "real illusions" of large black, floating walls that Takeshi crashes into. He passes out at this point.
Back to Training II
As of chapter 236, Yamamoto, like Tsuna, is training alone. Although he has no idea that Squalo is heading towards the base, angry that he lost to Genkishi during the Melone Base Invasion. He was carried off, and apparently has been training off panel ever since then.
Takeshi Yamamoto training in a recent chapter
Choice
Takeshi, along with Hibari. showed up just before the entire family was transported to the real Choice battleground. When Tsuna ordered everyone to activate their Vongola Box, he did so. The resulting shock wave blasted all the generated Fiamma Volts into the Transporter Byakuran had created. Which added up to 10 million Fiamma Volts, twice the amount required. At this point, it looks as though his Vongola Box Animal is a dog.
Relationships
Takeshi is a very warm and accepting person, and as such, he makes friends very easily and is respected by nearly everyone. He likes almost everybody in the series.
Tsuna
Being the person that saved him from suicide, Yamamoto thinks Tsuna is amazing, and treats him as a very close friend. Although he is rather naive towards what is really happening during the series, Takeshi is very devoted and loyal to Tsuna and puts fighting for him and protecting him above everything else.
Gokudera
Takeshi and Gokudera are friends, but have somewhat of a one-sided rivalry going. Gokudera believes Takeshi is trying to become Tsuna's right hand man, when in reality, he is simply being his clueless self and enjoys their competitions. They therefore push each other to do their best and become stronger because of each other.
In the future, the present Takeshi scolds Gokudera for his coldness towards him. He says that he has no right to be Tsuna's right hand man right now, as the right hand man's job is to gather and unite the guardians- not turn away from them. He goes back to being happy once Gokudera chooses to accept him.
Reborn
The person who 'found' Yamamoto and consequently made him join Vongola. He has very high expectations of Yamamoto's talents and eventually becomes his tutor in the Future Arc. Reborn says that Yamamoto is a natural born killer. Yamamoto, on the otherhand, thinks that Reborn is an infant who likes to play with very advanced toys (guns, bombs). Recently after starting to train with Reborn he has acknowleged him to be powerful and is interested in hearing Reborn's secrets which he promised to reveal after their training. Reborn seems to like sitting on Yamamoto's shoulder.
Squalo
Squalo is the first opponent Yamamoto faced who uses a sword. After a humiliating defeat at Squalo's hands Yamamoto has trained extremely hard learning the Shigure Souen Style in hopes of beating Squalo. Squalo can be seen as the oil that strengthened Yamamoto's desire to become stronger and his rival at swordsmanship. After defeating Squalo in the Rain battle Squalo says that Yamamoto has what it takes to become a great swordsman, acknowledging him. He, like Reborn, also has high hopes for Yamamoto. In the Future Arc, Squalo sends Reborn and Yamamoto a video of the 100 battles he won in order to become the Sword Emperor, helping Yamamoto and refiring his determination. In the Future Arc, it is also mentioned that Vongola has two swords masters; one of which is Yamamoto, the other Squalo.
Abilities
Takeshi uses a bat that Reborn gives him. The bat turns into a katana when swung faster than 300km/h, though he initially did not have much skill in using it. The bat also contains a telescope. Reborn also gives him Micro Hammers. These weapons are spiked baseballs that explode on contact.
In the future, Takeshi shows a great level of mastery with the sword and the power of the Vongola rings. Even though the main rings were destroyed, he was still able to use the special boxes and their unique powers. When his past self arrives he starts using a box that releases a swallow covered in dying will flame. The swallow is capable of making heavy rain and attacking opponents.
[[Shigure Soen|Shigure Soen Ryu
After coming up short in his first fight against Squalo, and then being told that he would just get in the way by Reborn, he asked his father for kendo lessons. What he did not know was that his father is an incredibly skilled swordsman who uses his sword to kill. His father specializes in the Shigure Soen Style. After completing his kendo training, his father gave him a shinai that could transform into a katana only when wielded by the Shigure Soen Style. It has a special name, the Shigure Kintoki.
The Shigure Soen Style is a notoriously deadly sword style that is only passed down to worthy successors. Each 'form' of the style is only shown once to the student - if the student is worthy to succeed, he only needs to see it once to remember how to use it from then on. It originally only had one form that was passed down through generations of successors with each successor creating and adding their own forms resulting in many branches of Shigure Souen Style. However, as new forms were created the weaker branches deteriorate and others disappear as there is no worthy successor. Hence this style can be called as the perfect, flawless style.
The Shigure Soen Style taught to Yamamoto consist of 8 forms; four defensive, four offensive. Coincidentally, the Shigure Soen Style's eight forms all have rain in their names, further establishing Yamamoto's right as the holder of the Ring of Rain.
Yamamoto has further created two new forms, form 9 and 10, both offensive.
Forms
-1 Axle of Rain 車軸の雨 (Shajiku no Ame) - Offensive. Yamamoto charges forward and attacks with a thrust.
-2 Surging Rain 遣らずの雨 (Sakamaku Ame) - Defensive. Yamamoto lifts waves of water around him then ducks, putting his sword protectively in front.
-3 Last Minute Rain 遣らずの雨 (Yarazu no Ame) - Offensive. Used by Yamamoto to save Chrome in the Sky fight. Yamamoto drops the katana kicking it with his foot to send it flying in a stab.
-4 Unknown, deducted to be defensive.
-5 Early Summer Rain 五月雨 (Samidare) - Offensive. Shown in the fight against Squalo. Yamamoto slashes diagonally but in midway he drops the sword, switching hands, before finishing the attack. Able to put off the timing in his opponent.
-6 Unknown, deducted to be defensive.
-7 Spraying Rain 繁吹き雨 (Shibuki Ame) - Defensive. Used in the Rain fight. Yamamoto holds the sword backwards and spins to create a whirlwind like shield.
-8 Pouring Rain 篠突く雨 (Shinotsuku Ame) - Offensive. Created by Yamamoto's father when saving a friend. Uses the blade of the sword to cut around the bearer.
-9 Mirroring Rain うつし雨 (Utsushi Ame) - Offensive. Created by Yamamoto during his fight with Squalo and the move that defeated him. Yamamoto makes a tidal wave with his sword then defends and when his opponent attacks his reflection from behind he attacks from the front.
-10 Scontro di Rodine (Clash of the Swallow) - Offensive. Created by Yamamoto in the Future Arc while training with Reborn. Seems to be a tidal wave of water that surrounds him while he charges, led by the swallow from his box
-11 Beccata di Rodine (Swallow's Beak) - Offensive. Yamamoto thrusts his blade multiple times with one hand.
Win-Loss Battle Record
- Yamamoto vs Ken - Won
- Yamamoto vs Lanchia - Lost
- Yamamoto and Gokudera vs Squalo - Lost
- Yamamoto vs Squalo - Won
- Yamamoto vs Nosaru - Lost
- Yamamoto and Gokudera vs Gamma - Lost
- Yamamoto vs Arachide Brothers(Boomerang Boys) - Won
- Yamamoto vs Nosaru 2 - Undecided
- Yamamoto vs Genkishi - Lost
Trivia
- Reborn reveals that in the current timeline(the future)Takeshi was aiming to enter the major league before he returned fulltime to Tsuna and the Vongola. Squalo sent him the videos one at a time in order to both boast and draw him back to the path of the sword.
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