Dōsan Saitō

Dōsan Saitō is Nō's and Yoshitatsu's father as well as Tatsuoki's grandfather. Known as the "Viper" and ruler of the neighboring Mino province, he had his daughter marry Nobunaga to form a truce between the rival clans.

Role in Games
In Samurai Warriors, he has his daughter marry Nobunaga with orders to kill him. However, entranced by her husband she refuses to obey her father outright and promises to kill her father instead should he prove to be unworthy in her eyes. He only appears in the Oda's opening scene and Noh's upper path ending. Samurai Warriors 4 marks Dosan's first battle appearance.

He is briefly mentioned at various times in Kessen III by Kicho and Mitsuhide. He personally trained his daughter how to use a sword and saved Mitsuhide from the invading Hōjō at an early age. Disgusted by Mitsuhide's audacity to protest Kicho's marriage to Nobunaga and his feelings for his daughter, he banished him from Mino. An adult Kicho mentions that she has no inhibitions for joining the Oda's attack on her homeland, since her relatives killed her father for their current seat of power.

Oda Nobunaga Den keeps Dōsan's initial distrust yet paradoxical curiosity for the unkempt youth. He initially believes he can outwit Nobunaga and visits Owari with the intents of seeing the youth's character. Nobunaga is purposely late to their meeting, instead finding it more imperative to practice marching the troops outside the villa Dōsan is waiting. One glance at the sight is enough to convince him of the youth's grandeur. After he sends his daughter and hears her opinions of Nobunaga, Dōsan is impressed and supports Nobunaga's conquests from afar.

About two years later, however, Dōsan becomes a victim to mutiny and is being overwhelmed by Yoshitatsu's forces at Nagarakawa. The player has the option to try to provide assistance or ignore his plight due to travel expenses. His death is unavoidable in either scenario. If Nobunaga rides to Nagarakawa, he will be able to personally witness Dōsan's demise and will need to issue a grueling escape from Yoshitatsu's massive army.

Voice Actors

 * Munehiro Tokita - Samurai Warriors (Japanese)
 * Hideo Ishikawa - Kessen III (Japanese)
 * Unsho Ishizuka - CR Sengoku no Arashi ~Nobunaga no Shou~
 * Chafurin - as Saitō Doranyan in Butai Nobunyaga no Yabou (voice only performance)

Quotes

 * "Kill the fool."