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Utsuro is the founder and was the first leader of the Tenshouin Naraku before Oboro. He is an evil persona of Yoshida Shouyou. After Shouyou's death, his body is reanimated back to his evil self. Imai Nobume stated that it is still unknown whether his Shouyou's self still remains or not.

Background

Not much is known about the man's origin or how he obtained his immortality. According to Imai Nobume, the name "Utsuro" was passed down as the name of the founder of the Naraku, the leader of each generation has inherited the name as well. It is later revealed that all the "Utsuro"s were the same person. During the Tokugawa Rein, when the Naraku worked for the Tendoshu, Utsuro disappeared from Naraku and changed his name and identity and taught at a temple school as Yoshida Shouyou, where he taught students including Gintoki, Katsura and Takasugi. However, his identity was discovered and was also arrested for illegal gatherings. He was executed by Gintoki at the end of the Joi war. After his death, he came back to life and reanimated back to Utsuro. Nobume has stated that "The Utsuro standing there was said to have eyes like those of a completely different person. "

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Utsuro on the episode 297.5

Appearance

His outfit is similar to those of Tengus. However when unmasked his face resembles the late-Shouyou, except his hair is slicked back. It was later revealed that Shouyou and Utsuro are the same person but with a different persona, as seen that his head seem to have grown back on his body. Also, instead of the warm smile Shouyou always gives, Utsuro has a cold, contempt and twisted smile plastered on his face almost all the time.

Personality

Though Utsuro smiles a lot, like his former Shouyou self, his smile is cold and twisted like his present personality, he has taken an interest into fighting Gintoki. When Gintoki broke his mask, he was shocked to see the smiling face of his old teacher, and Utsuro used that moment to catch Gintoki off guard.

Beyond his twisted personality, Utsuro seeks death to end his tragic life of immortality. He stated that life without ending is void (=utsuro). It is still unknown if the reason why he taught the future samurais (most of all his first three disciples), including using Shige Shige's police forces is to acquire their help to end his life or not.

The way he was able to manipulate and take control of the whole Harusame showed that he is ruthless and quite cunning as well.

Strength & Abilities

Master swordsmanship: Due to his identity of being an evil persona of Shouyou, Utsuro is an expert at swords as he was able to take on Sougo, Nobume, and Kagura all at the same time. While he was fighting Gintoki, Sougo noted how Gintoki reacted to Utsuro's sword like he was fighting it from memory. Utsuro then stated that Gintoki had fought against his sword style before (hinting at Shouyou's style) and claimed that Gintoki could not beat his style since he never did it before.

Master Hand-to-Hand Combat: He is also very adept in hand-to-hand combat as he used the same open-palm strikes as Oboro against Gintoki and Sougo to cause serious damage to their bodies.

Immortalily: Affected by the power of Altana /Ryumyaku, Utsuro is immortal and can heal any wound he sustained, he is even able to come back to life after being beheaded. While the Tendoushuu and other amantos crave his power of immortality, Utsuro himself wishes an end to his immortality.

Trivia

His name "Utsuro" means "emptiness"

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 ==Background==
-Not much is known about the man's origin or how he obtained his immortality. According to [[Imai Nobume]], the name "Utsuro" was passed down as the name of the founder of the Naraku, the leader of each generation has inherited the name as well. It is later revealed that all the "Utsuro"s were the same person. During the Tokugawa Rein, when the Naraku worked for the [[Tendoshu]], Utsuro disappeared from Naraku and changed his name and identity and taught at a temple school as [[Yoshida Shouyou]], where he taught students including Gintoki, Katsura and Takasugi. However, his identity was discovered and was also arrested for illegal gatherings. He was executed by Gintoki at the end of the Joi war. After his death, he came back to life and  reanimated back to Utsuro. Nobume has stated that "The Utsuro standing there was said to have eyes like those of a completely different person. "
+Not much is known about the man's origin or how he obtained his immortality. According to [[Imai Nobume]], the name "Utsuro" was passed down as the name of the founder of the Naraku, the leader of each generation has inherited the name as well. It is later revealed that all the "Utsuro"s were the same person. During the Tokugawa Rein, when the Naraku worked for the [[Tendoshu]], Utsuro disappeared from Naraku and changed his name and identity and taught at a temple school as [[Yoshida Shouyou]], where he taught students including Gintoki, Katsura and Takasugi. However, his identity was discovered and was also arrested for illegal gatherings. He was executed by Gintoki at the end of the Joi war. After his death, he came back to life and  reanimated back to Utsuro. Nobume has stated that "The Utsuro standing there was said to have eyes like those of a completely different person. "[[File:Utsuro-0.png|thumb|200x200px|Utsuro on the episode 297.5]]
 ==Appearance==
 His outfit is similar to those of Tengus. However when unmasked his face resembles the late-[[Yoshida Shouyou|Shouyou]], except his hair is slicked back. It was later revealed that Shouyou and Utsuro are the same person but with a different persona, as seen that his head seem to have grown back on his body. Also, instead of the warm smile Shouyou always gives, Utsuro has a cold, contempt and twisted smile plastered on his face almost all the time.
-[[File:Utsuro-0.png|thumb|180x180px|Utsuro on the episode 297.5]]
 ==Personality==
 Though Utsuro smiles a lot, like his former Shouyou self, his smile is cold and twisted like his present personality, he has taken an interest into fighting [[Gintoki]]. When Gintoki broke his mask, he was shocked to see the smiling face of his old teacher, and Utsuro used that moment to catch Gintoki off guard.