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Zenzou's Father was once a highly skilled ninja and member of the Oniwabanshuu when he was young. He died two days before a funeral was held by Zenzou and all of his students. They recounted his deeds of using kick-the-can as part of ninja training, just as his ghost returned to have one match with Kagura.

Backstory[]

He acted as a double for the Shogun and prevented an attack from Jiraia, which would have made history take another course. During his battle with Jiraia, Zenzou's Father got his legs jacked, and legs are what make a ninja, but also mentioned that he may have also simply get tired of dirty business and moved on to train next generation of ninjas, as explained by Zenzou in Episode 179.

He was said to be one of the most formidable warriors within the Oniwabanshuu, and that as a teacher at Ninja School, he brought up all of the renowned ninjas in Edo of today.

Appearance[]

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Zenzou's Father when he was younger

Strength & Abilities[]

He was known as the strongest ninja in the Oniwabanshuu. He was equipped with two tanto blades when he fought against Jiraia.

Relationship[]

Family[]

  • Hattori Zenzou: He did not get along with his son because he has obsession with the game "kick the can" seemed to anger Zenzou to no end. Another reason was that he sold his son's JUMP collection to buy porn DVD[1].

Students[]

  • Sarutobi Ayame: Sa-Chan was noted to be his most potential students amongst he taught.
  • Gou: One of his students.
  • Shuwa: One of his students.
  • Wakikaoru: One of his students. She mentioned in Zenzou's fathers funerals that they used to play lot of Kick the can.

Acquaintance[]

  • Tokugawa Sada Sada: He worked to protect the Shogun at the time while he working in the Oniwabanshuu.

Enemies[]

  • Jiraia: Jiraia use to work under him in Oniwabanshuu until he tried to assassinate Tokugawa Sada Sada.

Story[]

His cause of death remains unknown, but at his funeral, which was attended by many central ninjas, Zenzou told Sarutobi Ayame that his father had been in critical condition two nights ago, as she was too late and unaware that he had already died.

He liked to play Kick-The-Can, and came back as a ghost to play with the Yorozuya in Episode 48, the same episode in which his funeral was held. 

Trivia[]

  • Screenshot (45)

    Zenzou's Father in opening 7 (look very closely at the ghostly image on the left)

    He also secretly appeared in Gintama's 7th Opening.
  • In Cantonese, he was voiced by Hong Kong voice actor Lam Pou-chuen, a veteran who also voiced Doraemon for over 30 years since its debut. The entire episode become a coincidental tribute to Hongkongers after Lam died in his sleep in 2015.

References[]

  1. Sorachi Hideaki, Gintama, VIZ media, Vol. 9, Lesson 76, page(s) 184.
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