| Bushido | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Titans Annual #1 (2000) |
| Created by | Geoff Johns Ben Raab |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Ryuku Orsono |
| Species | Human |
| Team affiliations | Titans L.A. Black Lantern Corps |
| Abilities | Highly trainedswordsman. He also carries weapons imbued with the soul of the warriors who wielded it that guide him in battle. |
Bushido (Ryuku Orsono) is asuperhero appearing in media published by DC Comics. He is a Japanese swordsman and a member of theTeen Titans. Bushido was killed bySuperboy-Prime during theInfinite Crisis event in 2006 and has made limited appearances since.
Bushido has made limited appearances in media outside comics, with his most prominent being non-speaking appearances in the animated seriesTeen Titans.
Bushido first appeared inTitans Annual #1 (2000), part of the "Planet DC" event, and was created byGeoff Johns andBen Raab.[1][2]
Bushido's death inInfinite Crisis underwent several revisions. Initially, writer Geoff Johns intendedArgent to die, but editorEddie Berganza objected to the idea, as he was fond of the character and had plans for her.Terra andRed Star were also considered to die beforeBaby Wildebeest,Pantha, and Bushido were chosen in their place.[3] Johns reasoned that he would not mind killing Bushido, his own creation.[3]
Ryuku Orsono is a Japanese teenager who becomes asamurai upon his mother's death, being the latest in a long familial line of heroes. He first encountered the Teen Titans inTitans Annual #1, when they come to Japan in order to free their team memberBeast Boy from the possession of the demonTengu. Bushido uses his mystical sword to cut open Beast Boy's throat, which frees him from Tengu's possession without harming him.[4]
InTitans Secret Files #2, Bushido joins the short lived Titans L.A. before its dissolution. During his tenure, his teammates wereHerald,Bumblebee,Hero Cruz,Terra,Flamebird,Captain Marvel Jr., and Beast Boy.[5][2][6]
InInfinite Crisis, Bushido joins an improvised Titans group in battling the rampagingSuperboy-Prime outside ofKeystone City. AfterPantha andBaby Wildebeest are killed, Bushido attacks Prime, who kills him with his heat vision.[7][1][6][2]
InBlackest Night, Bushido is reanimated as a member of theBlack Lantern Corps along with the other heroes killed by Superboy-Prime. Prime destroys the Black Lanterns by using a blackpower ring to cycle through the emotional spectrum, creating a burst of colored energy.[8][1][2]
Bushido is skilled in the martial arts, especially in swordsmanship. His primary weapons are thenaginata and thejitte, as well as thehachiwara and theshuriken. Each weapon is imbued with the soul of the warrior who wielded it, with Bushido being able to communicate with the spirits and receive guidance from them.[4][5][6][2]
Ryuku Orsono debuted in 2000, but Bushido didn't even make it to ten appearances before the hero's death in 2006 during the massive Infinite Crisis event... [Bushido] was killed by Superboy-Prime during a team-up occurring during the events of Infinite Crisis. The skilled swordsman was last seen as a Green Lantern ring construct in Blackest Night #1 in 2009, but has not made any other appearance since.
DC event The Planet introduced heroes from around the world, and the Titans tie-in featured the Japanese hero Bushido. He inherited weapons from his ancestors and could speak to their spirits when using them. Bushido was briefly a member of Titans LA and was later killed fighting Superboy Prime.
But Pantha wasn't the only D-List Titan to die from Superboy-Prime; in fact, fellow nobody hero Bushido met his demise from a well placed heat vision blast courtesy of Superboy-Prime, and it is this death that the character is mostly remembered for, and DC has no intention of changing that. This third-rate Katana knock-off used his weapons imbued with the souls of the dead to fight alongside the Titans, and even briefly served as a member of the short-lived Titans L.A.
