Yamamoto Isoroku

About
Yamamoto Isoroku is the princess and the only survivor of the fallen Yamamoto house/clan. She is loyal, strong-willed, and dedicated. She appears to be very knowledgeable in archery and apparently is one of the best archers throughout JAPAN. She wishes to revive her house, which is the main plot of her own route in Sengoku Rance.

In order to save Tarou, her brother whom has been taken hostage by Ashikaga Choushin during the extermination of Yamamoto clan, Isoroku must work for Ashikaga House. It's possible to capture her either in battle or after the fall of Ashikaga House. Not long after she joins Oda's army following Ashikaga House's defeat, she will go to the village that her brother has been taken hostage to with Rance. Unfortunately, someone informed her that Tarou had died a year ago, much to her grief and despair. Rance tried to cheer her up by suggesting her an alternative for her family to stay alive, it is for her to give birth so the bloodline will continue.

In canon, she gave birth to Rance's son and heir to the Yamamoto House, Rangi. Her son is developing as a healthy and happy child.

Personality and Appearance
Isoroku is a very strong-willed and competent woman. She was heavily underestimated and discriminated for her gender in the Ashikaga House, since it's a very machist house were the woman's position is inferior to men's and they are never sent to the battlefield, seen as nothing but house-keepers. She still prove strong and endured any shame and mistreat she would suffer in order to protect the Yamamoto house's lineage.

She's very determined and loyal, and would never betray an ally or a friend. She's willing to go through any means necessary to be able to give birth to a child to retore her clan, even if she has to marry an abusive man she doesn't like or know.



She's been described to as a Yamato nadeshiko, a JAPANese term for the personification of an idealized Japanese woman, often used referring to a girl or shy young woman. She's a very traditional and pure JAPANese beauty. She doesn't aknowledge it, but she's actually more feminine and ladylike than most female characters. Despite this traits, and her impressive talent as an archer, she has a very low opinion of herself. She thought that the reason there was no man that would offer to marry her was because she was ugly and unworthy of giving birth to the future head of a clan(in reality it was Rance driving off every interested man).

She's very humble, servile and has proved to be a very caring and charming person towards the people she likes and is very honest with her feelings.

Abilities
Isoroku is an expert of JAPANese archery, probably the best archer in JAPAN. She has a Lv2 skill in Bow Combat and is exceptionally skilled with it. She's silent, precise and deadly, capable of performing assasinations the same way Ninjas can, probably more efficiently than most ninjas.

She has a unique skill called Whirlwind Shot, which consists in a powerful, fast and precise shot that goes straight towards her opponent ignoring everything there is in between and aims to kill the commander in one clean shot in the head. Obviously this ability requires extreme precision and can sometimes fail due to the randomness of the shot that travels between hundreds of units. It's still a very powerful and deadly ability and Isoroku is the only one seen that is good enough to perform it.

Her current level is 27 and has a level cap of 37, which is pretty good but she doesn't rely that much in levels anyway due to her whirlwind shot and the fact that she fights primarly with a bow from afar and not in solo combat.

Trivia

 * Yamamoto Isoroku  is the name of a famous Japanese admiral (male) in  World War II.
 * In the original Kichikuou Rance  popularity poll, she was ranked in the 1st place, which is impressive since the game featured several dozens of characters.
 * In the Sengoku Rance popularity poll she was ranked in the 2nd place, losing only to Uesugi Kenshin.
 * She's the only woman that was intentionally impregnated by Rance rather than by accident.