Miyamoto Musashi at the center
Capcom identifies Miyamoto Musashi as the protagonist of Onimusha: Way of the Sword. The official premise places him in early Edo-era Kyoto on a path shaped by swordsmanship, the Oni Gauntlet, and the arrival of the Genma. This wiki treats those published story points as a foundation rather than an invitation to rewrite historical biography into game canon.
The Musashi page gathers what the current listings actually say about his role and journey. It also explains which questions remain open, including many relationships, motivations, and later-campaign events that cannot be known from the demo or marketing overview alone.
Toshiro Mifune's precise credit
Official platform listings credit the late film actor Toshiro Mifune as the face model for this rendition of Musashi. That is a visual-likeness credit. It should not be shortened to a vague claim that he is the game's actor, and it certainly does not establish that he recorded the character's voice.
The dedicated page exists to answer a recurring casting search with careful language. It points readers back to the protagonist page while preserving the distinction between face model, performance capture, and voice acting. Only the first of those roles is confirmed by the cited materials.
The Oni Gauntlet and absorbed souls
The Oni Gauntlet connects the story premise to the combat loop. Official descriptions state that it grants Musashi supernatural power and can absorb souls left by defeated Genma. Demo coverage further connects collected souls to Oni Armament and recovery choices, giving the system both offensive and resource-management importance.
The mechanics page explains that verified relationship without publishing a complete upgrade tree, soul economy, or ability count. Those broader systems have not been fully documented. Readers can move from the lore entry into the combat guide when they want the practical context for Oni Armament.
Genma and the spread of Malice
The Genma are the otherworldly monsters threatening Kyoto. Official descriptions tie their appearance to a capital distorted by Malice, while the Oni Gauntlet turns their defeated souls into a source of power for Musashi. The wiki uses Genma as the consistent official term instead of inventing species names or enemy categories from visual impressions.
Individual bosses and enemy variants will need their own evidence after release. For now, the Genma page concentrates on the shared premise, their relationship to Malice, and their mechanical connection to soul absorption.
Kyoto between history and dark fantasy
The announced setting is an early Edo-era Kyoto transformed by supernatural Malice. Kiyomizu-dera appears in the demo material, and Mount Oe is another confirmed location in official coverage. These real place names give the game a historical frame, but the events, distortions, and monsters belong to Capcom's fiction.
The setting page keeps those layers separate. It can describe what the official game presents and identify named locations, but it does not claim that every building, route, costume, or event is a historical reconstruction. That boundary makes the wiki more useful to players and less likely to spread invented lore.
What this pre-release archive refuses to invent
A marketing trailer can show a person, creature, weapon, or place without naming it or explaining its full role. Visual presence alone is not enough to create a canonical name, relationship, boss order, biography, or numerical mechanic. The archive therefore uses the terminology attached to Capcom and official platform text, and it leaves unnamed material unnamed.
That restraint also applies to historical interpretation. Musashi and Mifune are real cultural figures, but the game is a supernatural work of fiction. The wiki can identify Mifune's confirmed face-model credit and Musashi's announced role while avoiding claims that every scene represents documented history. New lore entries should wait for explicit text or reproducible released-game evidence.
This page distinguishes verified facts from details that Capcom has not yet announced. Source checks are dated so launch information can be reviewed when official listings change.