Souma Yasutsuna

Souma Yasutsuna was a samurai and the second-in-command of the forces of Kiryuu at the Battle of the Akanezaka Pass in the fall of 1531.

Background
Yasutsuna was the son-in-law of General Souma Yoshihisa, and reputed to be the finest warrior of the Kiryuu clan.

In 1531, Kiryuu was at war with Tourikueisen. They defeated the enemy army in the fall; however, for the entire afternoon, a rearguard numbering two hundred, led by a young female samurai named Hibiya Nanao, blocked the Akanezaka Pass to prevent pursuit. Yoshihisa ordered his archers brought up to end the battle, to which Hibiya responded by leading her remaining soldiers in a suicidal cavalry charge. She alone broke through the Kiryuu lines to their camp and was intercepted by Yasutsuna, though he was barely able to slow her down long enough for their ashigaru to surround her before being slain himself.

Ironically, as her last request, Hibiya asked to duel Yasutsuna, having not realized his identity before she killed him.

Personality
Yasutsuna was praised by his father-in-law as a man of culture who loved music, poetry, and flowers.