 This article is about a villain in Samurai Sentai Shinkenger.
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- "Everything is an illusion! This pleasure is the actual thing! Your sword... has even reached the marrow... in my bones."
- ―Juzo Fuwa’s final words before his death.[src]
Juzo Fuwa (腑破 十臓 Fuwa Jūzō) was a mysterious Gedoshu regarded by his peers as a lone wolf (or "stray"), yet he appeared to know more than Doukoku Chimatsuri about the Sanzu River's true potential.
History
200 years ago, Juzo was a human master swordsman in life, eventually becoming disenchanted with the ways of bushido and thriving more on the pleasure of killing his opponents in battle. He meets Akumaro Sujigarano who provides him with the katana Uramasa to use as he wishes, seemingly unaware that the blade was forged from the souls of his family who tried to free him from his bloodlust. When he contracts a fatal illness, Juzo enters the Sanzu River to cheat death, completely discarding the goodness in his heart to become a Gedounin, a half-Gedoshu that can freely exist in both realms and assume a human form.
Unlike other Gedounin, who die out in a few years, Juzo endured over the centuries and thus is condemned with an insatiable urge to find an ideal opponent, a fellow samurai who strays from the teachings of bushido, to clash blades with. As a result, Juzo mistakes the blade's cries of sadness for an equal lust for battle, though he later claims that his family has lost their desire to stop him after he entered the Sanzu River.
He finds his opponent in Takeru Shiba, after witnessing his sword fighting as Shinken Red. This obsession with fighting Takeru leads Doukoku Chimatsuri to seal Juzo's Gedoshu powers, leaving him for dead in the Sanzu River. Although he survives with Dayu's aid, he continues to defy Dokoku by making sure that Takeru is at his strongest for their next fight, even curing him of Shitari's poisoning. After a long battle in which he manages to severely wound Shinken Red, Juzo is defeated and falls off the cliff into the ocean below.
However, Juzo survives, with the Uramasa's blade shattered. He remains in the mountainside until Dayu finds him and relays Akumaro's offer to work for him in return for restoring his blade. To his chagrin, he has to rely on the Bantō Dokuhōmatsu replacement broadsword that hampers his normal fighting style. Later fed up waiting for the Uramasa to be repaired, Juzo confronts Akumaro and learns his weapon's origins, and that he has been nothing but a pawn in Akumaro's plan. As it turns out, though, he knew the history behind his blade, having desired nothing but the bloodshed throughout his life. In one last battle against Takeru, he is defeated by Takeru's sword, which slices him in two. And, as he was destroyed, so was the Uramasa.
Kyuranger vs. Space Squad
Juzo is one of four Super Sentai Villains who are revived to serve under Hammie and Space Ninja Demost
of Genmaku. Juzo appears when he took Hammie's mentor Tsurukiku hostage with his sword in front of her. At the hall, he goes into battle against Garu and Champ. Following Demost's defeat and his spell broken, Juzo then stop fighting before finally going back to the afterlife for good as he disintegrates into Neo Kyutama. 
TV STORY-Uchu Sentai Kyuranger vs. Space Squad
Super Sentai Battle Base
Juzo Fuwa is among the vast pantheon of villains which appear in the mobile game Super Sentai Battle Base.
Personality
Juzo takes pleasure in causing destruction and chaos wherever he goes, all for the sake of finding a worthy opponent for him to face. He shows no empathy towards anyone, including his own family, as he knew all along that Uramasa was created from their souls yet continued to kill with it anyway. He has no sense of honor, and is all the more glad to kill innocent people for his own agendas. Even when he saves Takeru and stops Akumaroo’s plan to bring Hell to Earth, it’s not out of altruism, but so he can freely fight Takeru as he pleases.
Powers and Abilities
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Abilities
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Weaknesses
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Arsenal
- Uramasa (裏正 "Injustice") - Juzo's personal sword. With this sword he can sent out energy slashes, and increase his striking power.
- Bantō Dokuhōmatsu (蛮刀毒泡沫 Barbarian Sword Poisonous Bubbles) - Juzo's replacement for the Uramasa.
Relationships
Allies
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Enemies
Rangers
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Behind the Scenes
Portrayal
Juzo Fuwa is voiced by Mitsuru Karahashi (唐橋 充 Karahashi Mitsuru), who previously portray Naoya Kaido/Snake Orphnoch in Kamen Rider 555 and would later portray Hayato Fukamiya/Kamen Rider Calibur in Kamen Rider Saber. His suit actor is Riichi Seike (清家 利一 Seike Riichi).
Design
- Juzo is modeled after the Shōjō (猩猩) of Japanese myth, Jurojin, and a skeleton.
Concept Art
Etymology
- His name can be roughly translated as "disemboweling ten organs" (腑破十臓 fu ha jū zō).
Notes
- His replacement sword is a recolored version of the weapon used by Oinogare.
- Juzo Fuwa has his own insignia in which appears in a Neo Kyutama in Kyuranger vs. Space Squad.
- Uramasa's true cutting edge is the backsides making it resemble a "Sakaboto"
Appearances
Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
- Act 7: Marlin Fishing
- Act 8: The Brides are Spirited Away
- Act 9: The Tiger's Rebellion
- Act 10: The Great Sky Combination
- Act 11: A Threefold Strife
- Act 12: The Very First Super Samurai Combination
- Act 15: The Imposter and Real Deal's Arrest
- Act 16: The Power of Kuroko
- Act 20: The Ebi Origami's Transformation
- Act 23: The Rampaging Gedoushu
- Act 24: The True Samurai Combination
- Samurai Sentai Shinkenger the Movie: The Fateful War
- Act 25: The Dream World
- Act 26: Decisive Match Number One
- Act 33: MouGyuuDaiOh
- Act 34: Fatherly Love, Girlish Innocence
- Act 35: Eleven Origami All Combination
Samurai Sentai Shinkenger vs. Go-Onger: GinmakuBang!!- Act 39: The Very Urgent First Aid Emergency
- Act 40: The Honorable Leader Heads to the Front Lines
- Act 42: Two Centuries' Ambition
- Act 43: One Last Sword
- Act 44: The Eighteenth Head of the Shiba House
- Act 45: The Impersonator
- Act 46: The Showdown Clash
- Act 47: Bonds (death)
Uchu Sentai Kyuranger vs. Space Squad
See Also
- Deker - Power Rangers counterpart in Samurai. See comparison page.
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Footnotes