Akunobo Sugitani is an evil warrior responsible for murdering Toha Yamaji's parents and the main antagonist of episode 28 of Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya.
He was voiced by Takeshi Watabe, who also voiced Don Horror, God Neros and Emperor Gaohm in the Metal Hero series.
Biography[]
Many years before Dokusai betrayed Togakure-ryu and Tetsuzan became the school's 34th grandmaster, Akunobo Sugitani attacked the Togakure-ryu village in search of the clay board leading to the Pako. In the process, Akunobo coldly murdered ninja couple Hanzo and Chiyo, the biological parents of an infant Toha - this revealed the three to be direct descendants of the alien warrior who brought the Pako to Earth long ago. Akunobo was eventually fought off and retreated into the mountainside, never to be seen for some time, while the orphaned Toha was adopted by Tetsuzan.
17 years later, when Toha was now an adult, Akunobo returned with an army of ninjas to try to steal the clay board once again. The villain made his presence known by attacking some villagers, prompting Tetsuzan and Toha to travel to the village and face him. After paying a visit to his parents's gravesite, Toha is ambushed by Akunobo and his ninja henchmen. He turns into Jiraiya to fight him, but was beaten and critically injured in the process. However, after being healed by Rei (via blood transfusion, revealing that she is another descendant of the alien warrior just like Toha and his biological parents), Toha was able to go out and fight him again.
In the meantime, Akunobo attacked and critically injured the village elder (who survives later) and laid in wait for Jiraiya to come face him. The hero battled Akunobo's henchmen first and then the evil master himself. After a lengthy fight, Jiraiya destroyed his enemy's spear and laser cannon, then killed him with a slash from his Light Vacuum Sword, avenging his parents at last.
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