Character profile
Kyuubei Yagyuu
柳生九兵衛Kyuu-chan / Yagyuu Jyubei
Biography
Kyuubei Yagyuu is the successor to the Yagyuu family name and a gifted swordsman able to hold their own against experienced fighters such as Hijikata and Gintoki. They are the child of Koshinori Yagyuu and grandchild of Binbokusai Yagyuu.
Story spoilers
Raised as male under the Yagyuu clan's code, Kyuubei later chooses to identify with neither conventional femininity nor masculinity and instead live simply as “Yagyuu Kyuubei.” They remain deeply attached to Tae Shimura after an early attempt to make her their fiancée is stopped.
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