Kazashi Akumuno (嘉座市悪ムーいいえ; Akumuno Kazashi) was a young Chukanbushi samurai of the Land of Volcanoes, fighting during the Second Great Samurai War. Kazashi comes from a lone line of samurai, including his immediate family. When he received the news that his second oldest brother was had been slain in battle, the newly promoted Kazashi is quick to take his older brother's place. However, Kazashi is quick to realize how brutal the samurai world and battlefields truly are. Kazashi Akumuno is the protagonist of Samurai Rising: Red Dawn.