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Shadow Warrior Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu is killed at the Battle of Sekigahara. Jirosaburo Serada, who travels all over the country, becomes Tokugawa Ieyasu's shadow warrior and runs country….
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谷村美月 Ofuu
Mitsuomi Takahashi Kai no Rokuro
山本耕史 Hidetada Tokugawa
寺田農 Yasumasa Sakakibara
榎木孝明 Kotaro Fuma
西田敏行 Ieyasu Tokugawa
高杉一穂 Sanzaemon Matsuda
髙地優吾 Hideyori Toyotomi
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