Terumasa Ikeda


 * The Detective of Honnoji - Terumasa's official nickname

Terumasa Ikeda is Tsuneoki Ikeda's son and successor. He is well known for serving all three of Japan's Unifiers, Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi and Ieyasu Tokugawa. He is also known for his perseverance in the Himeji domain, being a honorable figure in the domain.

He is the main protagonist in Hard Boiled, the final chapter in the Journey series.

Appearance
Terumasa is a well built man. Despite his feminine features, he has wavy brown hair, black eyes and smooth skin.

He wears a dark purple dress shirt, a black hoodie jacket

Personality
Terumasa Ikeda is what you call, a detective that loves the thrill of mysteries. He is a cool-headed, suave young man that never stops investigating until he finds the answers he needs.

He has an rivalry with both Hideie Ukita and Deng Zhi, on where he scolds both Ukita and Zhi on their behavior. Ukita especially since the former's methods are life threatening, even by Haru's standards. Zhi is annoyed at Terumasa's smug attitude every time.

Even though he's smug, he does have a line he can't cross. However, he sometimes breaks it while doing his investigations, which annoys the majority of the crew because they, and Terumasa himself, don't know how long he continues to drag that line. This carries into why Suzaku doesn't feel comfortable at his humor, especially since he kept on making dark jokes.

Despite his cool-headed attitude, he has a weakness.

He's proficient in firearms.

Hard Boiled
Inspired by multiple John Woo movies, Terumasa was suddenly informed of a recent time distortion in Honnoji.

Truth of Cross
(TO BE ADDED)

War of the Worlds
Terumasa was among the many allies to help both Sun Deng and Motoharu Kikkawa take down their biggest enemies.

List of Deaths
In Hard Boiled, Terumasa has

Hard Boiled
(TO BE ADDED)

Voice Actor

 * Hiro Shimono - Samurai Warriors series, Warriors Orochi 5 (Japanese)
 * Jensen Ackles - Samurai Warriors Crossroads (English)

Theme Song

 * Hard-Boiled Detective - Terumasa's official theme

Trivia

 * Terumasa Ikeda looks identical to Minerva from Fire Emblem, ranging from her looks to her similar clothing. However, his personality is inspired by Shotaro Hidari, Kamen Rider Joker and one of the main characters in Kamen Rider Double. According to the writer, he really had to come up with something to make Terumasa unique. He eventually gets an upgraded appearance, which takes notes from Kumar from the Harold and Kumar series.
 * In the Behind the Scenes video of Terumasa Ikeda, the idea for Terumasa came from the writer's own experience with watching Kamen Rider Double.
 * It's been revealed that Terumasa Ikeda is Androgynous, making him the first character to look this way.
 * Apparently, it was really difficult coming up with a weapon suitable for Terumasa in the planning process.