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11 Dohatsu-Ten is a genma boss in Onimusha: Way of the Sword, first shown during the June 2026 Capcom Spotlight. It is presented as a powerful enemy that fights Musashi Miyamoto with both raw strength and high speed, pressing him with swift, devastating attacks.
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33 Appearance and Origin
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55 Dohatsu-Ten is described as a terrifyingly fast and bloodthirsty Genma, a winged warrior that carves its way out of the underworld and into the mortal world. When it reaches Edo-era Kyoto, it locks blades with Musashi in a direct duel, matching the human swordsman strike for strike rather than relying purely on size or monstrous reach the way bosses such as the Greater Nue do.
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77 The Bloodthirsty Sword
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99 Dohatsu-Ten's signature trait is its sword. The blade is bloodthirsty: it grows increasingly powerful the more it is stained with Musashi's blood, so every hit the boss lands raises the threat of the next exchange. Its power also surges as it absorbs souls, which turns the same battlefield resource Musashi depends on into a danger when the boss feeds on it. Left unchecked, the sword becomes more dangerous as the fight drags on, pushing the player to end the duel cleanly instead of trading blows.
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1111 This makes Dohatsu-Ten a counter-focused encounter. Avoiding damage keeps the boss's sword weaker, while careless play hands it the blood and souls it needs to escalate, so the fight rewards the same precise defense the combat system is built around, especially the Issen counter and well-timed deflects.
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1313 Name and Reading
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1515 Japanese material writes the name 怒伐天. The romanized form of that reading is not consistent between Japanese and English-facing material, so the same Genma can turn up under more than one spelling. This wiki keeps Dohatsu-Ten.
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17+Official Confirmation
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19+Capcom's own character page confirms Dohatsu-Ten as a Genma that overpowers enemies with swift movement and deft bladework, and states plainly that it is strengthened further with every soul it absorbs and every drop of Musashi's blood that stains its sword, matching the bloodthirsty-sword behaviour this article already describes.
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21+The official manual's general note on bosses applies directly here: some bosses expend health or absorb souls to power up, so beating a boss to its souls denies it that fuel. Dohatsu-Ten is the clearest example of that rule in the confirmed roster.
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1723 A Schemer Rather Than a Brute
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1925 Japanese material files the creature under a label that reads closer to trickster or schemer than to brute, and that fits how the fight is built. The threat does not arrive all at once. It accumulates out of what the boss is allowed to take, so a player who gives up blood and souls early is fighting a different and worse enemy by the end of the duel.
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2127 DetailWhat Is ConfirmedJapanese name怒伐天First shownCapcom Spotlight, 26 June 2026ProfileFast, aggressive duelist rather than a heavySignatureA sword that strengthens on spilled blood and absorbed souls
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24-Dohatsu-Ten was revealed alongside a full game overview ahead of the September 4, 2026 launch. Only the boss's introduction has been shown so far, so its full moveset, fight phases, and place in the campaign are not yet detailed. The confirmed details are its role as a fast, aggressive Genma duelist and its blood-and-soul-fed sword.
30+Dohatsu-Ten is confirmed through Capcom's official character page as well as its original reveal. Its role as a fast, aggressive Genma duelist and its blood-and-soul-fed sword are established directly by Capcom. Its full moveset, fight phases, and exact place in the campaign remain undetailed.