Genjo Sanzo (Saiyuki)
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| + | [[File:SaiyukiV1-1.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The Buddhist monk Genjo Sanzo.]] | ||
Genjo Sanzo (Japanese: 玄奘三蔵, Hepburn: Genjo Sanzō) | Genjo Sanzo (Japanese: 玄奘三蔵, Hepburn: Genjo Sanzō) | ||
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| + | According to Ukoku Sanzo his father was a government official named Rin Tokou. He was a political activist who was exiled to Oujyouin in Rishyu, the northern-most town of Togenkyo. He was 51 years old when he met Sanzo's mother, a woman named Kouran. She was 17 years of age and the daughter of a shop peddlar. After he was conceived, his father went missing and his mother went off into the wilderness to bear this child alone where she died shortly afterwards. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
===Personality and attributes=== | ===Personality and attributes=== | ||
| + | In appearance, Genji Sanzo was a male of relatively average height and athletically wiry, although he's usually enveloped in his very loose beige robe. He has bright golden blond hair kept vaguely short and violet eyes, and is considered to be strikingly attractive. Draped over the shoulders of the robe is a green-bordered scroll covered in Tibetan calligraphy, the Maten Sutra, one of the five Tenshi Kaigen or "Sutras of Heaven and Earth". The sacred sutra's powers protect it from accumulating any signs of damage or wear, despite its being worn in all sorts of weather every day for years. It was has been mentioned more than once that he is fair looking, once a villager even tried to make a move on him, but was immediately greeted with a gun to his forehead before he could touch him. | ||
===Powers and abilities=== | ===Powers and abilities=== | ||
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| + | Sanzo has two main weapons that he uses periodically; those being his Maten Sutra and the gun he's carried with him since he first became a Sanzo priest. He hardly ever fights without his gun and the Sutra on his shoulders, and is seen as a very formidable foe when forced to fight. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| + | *[https://saiyuki.fandom.com/wiki/Genjo_Sanzo Saiyuki Wiki Entry] | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genjo_Sanzo Wikipedia Entry] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genjo_Sanzo Wikipedia Entry] | ||
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Genjo Sanzo is a male anime and manga character who features in Saiyuki.
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Biography
Genjo Sanzo (Japanese: 玄奘三蔵, Hepburn: Genjo Sanzō)
According to Ukoku Sanzo his father was a government official named Rin Tokou. He was a political activist who was exiled to Oujyouin in Rishyu, the northern-most town of Togenkyo. He was 51 years old when he met Sanzo's mother, a woman named Kouran. She was 17 years of age and the daughter of a shop peddlar. After he was conceived, his father went missing and his mother went off into the wilderness to bear this child alone where she died shortly afterwards.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Genji Sanzo was a male of relatively average height and athletically wiry, although he's usually enveloped in his very loose beige robe. He has bright golden blond hair kept vaguely short and violet eyes, and is considered to be strikingly attractive. Draped over the shoulders of the robe is a green-bordered scroll covered in Tibetan calligraphy, the Maten Sutra, one of the five Tenshi Kaigen or "Sutras of Heaven and Earth". The sacred sutra's powers protect it from accumulating any signs of damage or wear, despite its being worn in all sorts of weather every day for years. It was has been mentioned more than once that he is fair looking, once a villager even tried to make a move on him, but was immediately greeted with a gun to his forehead before he could touch him.
Powers and abilities
Sanzo has two main weapons that he uses periodically; those being his Maten Sutra and the gun he's carried with him since he first became a Sanzo priest. He hardly ever fights without his gun and the Sutra on his shoulders, and is seen as a very formidable foe when forced to fight.
Notes
- Genjo Sanzo was created by Minekura Kazuya where he featured in the setting of the Saiyuki universe.
- The character was loosely based on Tang Sanzang from Journey to the West and written by Wu Cheng'en.
In other media
Television
Appearances
- Saiyuki: (1997)
External Links
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