Jin helps Yuna find her brother Taka, who is an expert blacksmith that could help Jin craft a device to help him scale the walls of Castle Kaneda. Jin also locates Ryuzo, who seeks help in finding food for his starving men Ryuzo is increasingly frustrated when their attempts fail, but he nevertheless agrees to help. Jin enlists the help of Sensei Ishikawa, in exchange for aid in hunting his former student Tomoe,and Masako Adachi, who agrees in exchange for help in hunting the killers of her family. Realizing that he cannot defeat the Mongols by himself or with the traditional samurai techniques and tactics, Jin opts to scour the island in search of allies and new fighting techniques in order to retake Castle Kaneda and rescue his uncle. Jin narrowly survives the fall, and escapes with Yuna with the help of a pair of the Samurai horses they used to travel to the castle. Before he reaches the main keep of the castle, he is confronted in one-on-one combat with Khotun Khan although Jin manages to wound Khotun's face, he is ultimately outmatched and thrown off a bridge. Following the battle, the Mongols take over most of the island, killing or enslaving anyone who resisted their rule.Īgainst Yuna's warnings that the attempt would be futile, Jin attacks Castle Kaneda, where Shimura was imprisoned, in order to save his uncle.
Jin was narrowly saved by the thief Yuna, who nursed him back to health and saved him from the Mongols. During the battle, Jin was grievously wounded and left for dead, while Shimura was captured and the rest of the samurai on the beach are annihilated. Jin is one of eighty samurai who were sent in a desperate suicidal attack against the Mongols at Komoda Beach, aiming to slow Mongol invasion force down before they reach the Japanese mainland. The Mongols under Khotun Khan launched an invasion of Tsushima in 1274. Jin Stumles upon a village infested with Mongols This would prevent Ryuzo from becoming a samurai, instead becoming a ronin mercenary and eventually the leader of the Straw Hat Ronin. Shimura would prove to be both a mentor and parental figure to Jin, with their bond becoming that of a father and son.Īround the year 1272, Jin also fought against Ryuzo in a tournament while becoming a samurai, defeating him in a friendly duel. Following his father's death, he was taken in by Shimura, who became his only surviving family. Jin hid out of fear rather than come to his father's aid, an action that would haunt him for the rest of his life. A few years later, Kazumasa was murdered by Tenzo during his campaign to liberate iki island.
Jin initially refused to believe his mother was gone: going to the nearby forest to search for her, he became lost for three days until being rescued in the nick of time by his father. Jin's mother died from an illness when he was a child.
He enjoyed climbing trees and high places in his hometown. During his youth, he was friends with Ryuzo, and taken care of by his maid, Yuriko.
Growing up in the ruling class of samurai, he was raised in a strict, disciplined environment, trained by his father, Kazumasa, and maternal uncle, Lord Shimura, to become a samurai. Born into Clan Sakai, Jin Sakai grew up in Omi Village on Tsushima Island the day he was born, his mother witnessed a fox chasing fireflies outside their home, thus she proclaimed the kami Inari to be Jin's guardian.
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