Talk:Characters/@comment-41.82.95.66-20150502180236/@comment-31.33.217.53-20150604210111

Yes, numerous copies of Kusanagi were made by the Imperial Family's smiths themselves, in order to hide better the real one, according to Japanese tradition, reason for why some says the original was lost or maybe they can't tell the difference anymore.

Nihontô have a pretty long history... before steel, japanese islands dwellers used iron, and before again they used bronze.

Human presence on the japanese islands goes back as far as a 100 000 years. So of course, they had Swords before the chinese straight Swords were introduced !

Before the Tachi was the antique Tsurugi and the Warabite-tô.

Both could be called part of Japanese swordsmithing history, especially the Warabite-tô. It was actually a kind of machette, it's name means a "sword you used while laughing on the battlefield, while you hack to pièces the ennemy", or in japanese "Kitte warae" (cut & laugh) !

If we considers the Japanese design thing, it's "first spark" would then be Kogarasumaru Amakuni.

Ancient Japanese Swords don't look like Nihontô... but Swords in Kogarasu-zukuri are different. They are a combination of the first prototype of Tachi by Amakuni, and of Jian from Chine. Kogarasu-zukuri are the strongest, because they have both features of Swords and Sabres but almost without their defaults.

If we considers it this way, Kogarasumaru Amakuni could be #1 or maybe #2... but order is not really based on date of creation.

As for Honjô Masamune, yes, he is a good candidate. Not sure he would get that spot, but he is verry likely too appear in this game since he is so famous (Shogun's Daitô) and powerfull (he really did cut thru an helmet, kabuto-wari, after all). I Wonder if they will give him one of those uniforms with armor elements or if he will wear a Shogun's kimono either formal or not, or even maybe a Shogun's armor.