Nangou Torajirou

Torajirou Nangou is a legendary Blazer, the friend and rival of Ryoma Kurogane, and currently the oldest active Blazer. He is also one of the only three Desperados of Japan, along with Nene Saikyo and Ikki Kurogane.

Appearance
Nangou is an old man, with a largely bald head, with some white hair.

History
Nangou is a war veteran much like his friend and rival, Ryoma and is as famed as the former. He is also the master of Nene Saikyo, Tohka Todo and Momiji Asagi, teaching them the Trackless Step.

Siege, Reunion and Trap
Torajirou had showed up to the fight between Ikki and Tohka, spectating from the area where Kurono and Nene were. After the match, he had commented on Ikki's intensity, having stated that Ikki looked like his old friend and rival Ryoma, during his match against Tohka.

Training Camp and Scheme
Torajirou is asked by the Kyomon Academy to act as the special coach for Ikki after the latter defeated all the previous coaches.

Abilities
Desperado: Nangou is a Desperado, a person that has broken the chains of faith. As a Desperado he has far greater magic power than an average Blazer.

Trackless Step: A technique that combines the users breath control and footwork at the same time to decrease the distance from the user and the target in an instant. Nangou later pass down this technique to his three disciples.

Master Swordsmanship: Nangou is an extremely skilled swordsman, being the person who taught Tohka Todo all her swordsmanship skills, in fact Tohka's Raikiri is derived from Nangou's special move, the Otogiri (音切).