Editing Samurai 7 (section)

===Samurai===
; {{nihongo|'''Shimada Kanbei'''|島田 カンベエ}}
: {{voiced by|[[Masaki Terasoma]]|[[Robert Bruce Elliott|R Bruce Elliott]]}}
:: Kanbei is a wise samurai who has survived many battles, though he feels no joy from them. Many of his friends have died in those battles, and he was on the losing side of many of them. He constantly lives in the shadow of his painful and violent past, rejecting Kirara after stating that his heart is dried up. He leads the group during their battles and usually plans strategy. In the end, after understanding Katsushiro has become a successful samurai, he passes his sword onto him as he leaves Kanna village ahead of him and Shichirouji. He is the first samurai.

;{{nihongo|'''Okamoto Katsushiro'''|岡本 カツシロウ}}
: {{voiced by|[[Romi Park]]|[[Sean Michael Teague]]}}
:: Katsushiro is a young and inexperienced samurai who wishes to be Kanbei's student, calling him [[sensei]] almost from their first meeting. He idolizes the principles of [[bushido]]. He promises to protect Kirara no matter what, and seems to be attracted to her. He grows stronger and more skillful throughout the series, eventually becoming a worthy student of Kanbei; and he also comes to terms with killing enemies, after reacting in shock the first time. He becomes strong enough to deflect the capital's main cannon, and defeated numerous bandits in his own right. He gains emotional strength as well, and understands what his true reason for becoming a samurai is. After turning down Kirara in the end, he explains to her that he intends to continue his life on the battlefield. After hearing this, he receives Kanbei's sword from him in recognition as his student. Unlike in the original movie, he shows more focus on becoming a samurai and improving his skills greatly in the anime (where in the original he was preoccupied with a love affair). He is the fifth samurai.

; {{nihongo|'''Katayama Gorobei'''|片山 ゴロベエ}}
: {{voiced by|[[Tetsu Inada]]|Bob Carter}}
:: Gorobei is a skilled samurai who has made his living since the wars' end by entertaining people on the city streets. He is also a veteran of the Great War, so he knows Kanbei by reputation. He is very skilled at dodging blows and can pluck arrows and darts from the air. This ability was presumably based on the fact that in the original movie, Gorobei was able to sense (from a few feet outside the door) Katsushiro's waiting to hit him inside the hut. He often makes light of rather serious or dangerous situations. He is also quite smart, in his own unique way. He also appears to have a paraphilia with inflicted injury as it reminds him of battle. He is the second samurai, he was also the first samurai to die in the anime, and guided Katsushiro to go back to Kanna Village in spirit form.

; {{nihongo|'''Shichiroji'''|シチロージ}}
: {{voiced by|Tohru Kusano|[[Duncan Brannan]]}}
:: Shichiroji initially fought side by side in the Great War with Kanbei, and is often referred to as "Kanbei's old wife" ("mate" in the English dub). He temporarily leaves behind his successful post-war business at the Firefly Inn, and with it, his beautiful girlfriend/fiance, to join Kanbei in battle once again. He has a prosthetic left hand which has a grappling hook capability with his index finger. In combat he uses a type of spear; the only samurai not using a sword. This is probably a reference to his using a spear mainly during the final battle in the original movie (though normally he carried a sword). His girlfriend, Yukino, has nicknamed him [[Momotarō]], from the traditional Japanese tale, because she found him, badly injured after a battle, floating down a river inside a capsule reminiscent of a peach. He is the fourth samurai.

; {{nihongo|'''Kikuchiyo'''|キクチヨ}}
: {{voiced by|[[Kong Kuwata]]|[[Christopher Sabat]]}}
:: Kikuchiyo is a [[cyborg]] with a mechanized exoskeleton. He was originally a peasant until becoming a samurai in order to help others. He is often looked upon as a clown or a bother, as he gets angry easily and often causes trouble with his loud noise and clumsy ways. He is accepted as the seventh samurai after revealing he was also a farmer, like the peasants of Kanna. He carries the largest of the swords, which also acts as a chainsaw. He is fiercely loyal to Kanbei, and, when given recognition, he returns favors fourfold. He is well-liked by the villagers, especially by little Komachi, who asks him to become her husband when she grows up, a request that he accepts in return for her keeping his fake family tree. He died from an explosion when stopping the crashing capital from destroying Kanna village using one of the Bandit's giant swords. He is the seventh and final samurai.

; {{nihongo|'''Hayashida Heihachi'''|林田 ヘイハチ}}
: {{voiced by|Junji Inukai|[[Greg Ayres]]}}
:: Heihachi is a genial samurai who wishes to avoid fighting as much as possible and prefers to eat rice instead. During the Great War, he took a position as a combat engineer, which kept him off the front lines but also used his mechanical skills. He is discovered chopping wood in exchange for food or devices that interest him. He is most helpful within the group as their mechanic, and orchestrates the construction of medieval-type weapons. However, he harbors a deep hatred for traitors as he was one himself, which resulted in his whole unit being killed. Within the series, he talks about the old tradition of the "seven rice kami" inside every grain of rice: he is pinned by a Bandit's Giant sword while detonating the explosive that would detach the engines from the Capital Airship, and before falling to his death, he shouts out to Katsushiro: "I'll be in the rice" or "Find me in the rice". He is the third samurai.

; {{nihongo|'''Kyuzo'''|キュウゾウ}}
: {{voiced by|[[Shinichiro Miki]]|[[Sonny Strait]]}}
:: Kyuzo is originally a nearly silent, mysterious bodyguard for Ayamaro. In that role, he fights with Kanbei, and he later joins the group with the stated intent of saving Kanbei's life so that he can later fight Kanbei to the death. Kyuzo is an incredibly skilled fighter, wielding double blades that fit into one sheath on his back. He is accidentally killed by Katsushiro when he used a gun to protect Kanbei; because Katsushiro's sword was broken. Instead of showing anger to Katsushiro or regret of his own life, he instead expresses his anticipation of fighting Kanbei in the afterlife. He is the sixth samurai.