Nagamitsu

Nagamitsu Sakonshougen is a character that appears in the eighth episode The Art of Altercation in Samurai Champloo/Anime. He is voiced by Kouichi Yamadera in the Japanese dub, and Tony Oliver in the English dub.

History
Nagamitsu and his group of friends find a samurai with glasses, and attack him, believing to be Jin. After the fight, Nagamitsu is walking around the city when he is infatuated with Fuu who is accompanied by Mugen and Jin. He sends his underling to try and break the ice, but this doesn’t work, eventually trying to step in himself. Nagamitsu gets called out by someone who thinks they found who he’s looking for and promptly leaves.

Nagamitsu confronts a possible “Jin” (a samurai who has glasses) on a bridge, with a massive crowd watching (Fuu included) and him making as unsubtle an entrance as possible. The other samurai lunges at him as Nagamitsu pulls out his sword, but the other samurai knocks the sword out of his hand. In a humorous twist of fate, the sheath comes down and nails him in the head, making Nagamitsu the victor. Fuu meets Nagamitsu, and agrees to talk with him.

Nagamitsu and Fuu are up on a grassy hill where he starts to monologue about himself and his obsessions. Evidently, he wishes to take over Edo castle and become the most powerful and recognized name in all of Japan, having journeyed from the Aki province and fought many samurai in his travels to get there.

He eventually got word of a powerful undefeated samurai named Enshiro that he desired to take on in battle, but he was apparently too late. Enshiro was already slain by his top student, and so Nagamitsu vowed to kill this samurai as part of his personal legend. As it turns out, it is indeed our hero Jin that he’s looking for, so Fuu immediately escapes.

Fuu finds Mugen and Jin passed out, and while walking Nagamitsu sees Jin. However, one of Nagamitsu's friend challenges Jin instead, and win. Nagamitsu is scared of Jin's skill until Budokiba (his wife or girlfriend) arrives and berates him and drags him away. In the unforeseen future, Nagamitsu is on a boat with Budokiba and his children as he starts rapping with hopes of finding a worthy foe.

Personality
Nagamitsu is an extravagant individual who likes to show off. Nagamitsu often relies on his friends to hype him up and make him seem amazing.

Appearance
Nagamitsu's hairstyle seems to resemble Elvis Presley, as his hair is gelled up. He wears a purple cloak with sunglasses.

Trivia

 * It is unknown if Budokiba is his wife or girlfriend.
 * it is implied that Budokiba and Nagamitsu have a polygamous relationship, as even though they are in a relationship they can still flirt with other people.
 * Nagamitsu seems to win all of his fights by sheer luck.
 * Nagamitsu is unskilled with a sword, however he is proficient at beatboxing/rapping.