The "heart" of this anime/manga, all the characters of the Yaiba's world, with a little caracterization...

	Yaiba Kurogane He's a samurai apprentice kid who wants to be the best samurai. After a long training he became into the thoughest samurais and beated Takeshi Onimaru, the best samurai of Sakaya's school. Yaiba still has a long way to learn, and because of that, he's gonna have a long and though trainment to learn how to use the sword of Thunder god. His new teacher is Musashi and he's in love with Sakaya.
	Sayaka Mine She's a very nice and pretty girl. She's the one who helps Yaiba in the search of the God Dragon's spheres. At the beggining she didn't want to do that, because she was kidnaped by Yaiba. But then, they get to meet each other and she even falls in love with him.
	Takeshi Onimaru Takeshi is Yaiba's major rival, since the first day they met they started a big battle to know who was the better. When Yaiba wins, Onimaru finds the Demoniac wind sword that made him a dangerous demon with big powers because he was possesed by the devil of wind that had been living in the sword. After that, he became governor and his ambition is having the entire world's control and beat Yaiba.
	Musahi Miyamoto This old man is Yaiba's master, and he's over 350 years old, he's also the most famous samurai in Japan. Musahi is the boss of the group for being the wisest. He trains Yaiba to make him worthy to carry the famous sword of the god of the thunder. Besides, this man likes a lot parties and women.
	Kaguetora He's a very big tiger, but not wild. He's one of Yaiba's pets and a very good friend of him, who always join on his trips since he arrived to Japan. This tiger is also good on fight and his help is very opportune.
	Shonosuke He's a vulture and Yaiba's pet since he was litte. This vulture is very important because he helps the little samurai in aerial fights and in consecuence, he serves as a transport for everyone.