Yari Proficiency

The ability to be a master of wielding yari. Variation of Enhanced Spearmanship.

Also Called[]

• Yari Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Skill/Specialism/Talent
• Sōjutsu Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Skill/Specialism/Talent

Capabilities[]

Users, either innately or through training, are masters of wielding yari, traditionally-made Japanese spears. This may also include their variant, kama-yari, essentially yari with horizontal kama (blade) at the base of the vertical blade to assist in hooking things.

With great skill in wielding yari, the user can perform powerful thrusting techniques at blinding speeds, pierce enemies with astounding precision and efficiency and even use it similar to a katana, or any sword for that matter, due to its close resemblance.

Applications[]

• Attack Movement Manipulation
• Defense Bypassing
• Deflection
  • Parrying Mastery
• Enhanced Precision
  • Precise Strike
• Impale
  • Multi-Hit Strike
  • Piercing Charge
• Physical Attack Reversal
  • Countering Mastery
• Pole Vaulting Mastery
• Pressure Strike
• Severing
• Slash Effect/Projection
  • Air Cutting
  • Cutting Wave
  • Piercing Beam Emission

Associations[]

• Spear Manipulation

Limitations[]

• May require a degree of training or exposure.
• May take time to achieve mastery.

Known Users[]

See also: Blade on a Stick

• Shin/Cye Mouri (Armor Legend Samurai Troopers/Ronin Warriors)
• Genji Ikusabe (Buso Renkin)
• Blue Devil (DC Comics)
• Bryce Wayne/The Drowned (DC Comics)
• Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
• Aizetsu (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
• Harada Sannosuke (Hakuoki)
• Kurokage Troopers (Kamen Rider Gaim)
• Masako Suzuka/Kamen Rider Sylphi (Kamen Rider Gaim)
• Ryoji Hase/Kamen Rider Kurokage (Kamen Rider Gaim)
• Fubuki Azuma (Mato Seihei no Slave/Chained Soldier)
• William Adams (Nioh)
• Mike/Green Samurai Ranger (Power Rangers Samurai/Super Samurai)
• Jack (Samurai Jack)
• Chiaki Tani/Shinken Green (Samurai Sentai Shinkenger)
• Gaoh (Samurai Shodown)
• Corporal (Shadow Fight)
• Shadow (Shadow Fight)
• Inshun Hozoin (Shuumatsu no Valkyrie/Record of Ragnarok)
• Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series)
• Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)
• Kazakiri Hyouka (Toaru Majutsu no Index/A Certain Magical Index)
• Vivana Oniguma (Toaru Majutsu no Index/A Certain Magical Index)
• Yari-class touken danshi (Touken Ranbu)
• Jei (Usagi Yojimbo)

Gallery[]

Ryoji Hase/Kamen Rider Kurokage (Kamen Rider Gaim) with his Kagematsu.

Fubuki Azuma (Mato Seihei no Slave) can wield her "Sunset" yari with peak proficiency.

William Adams (Nioh) is an exceptional master of Sojutsu, self-taught himself how to wield various types of samurai Yari to combat samurais and even Youkai.

Jack (Samurai Jack) is skilled at using a spear, able to use it lethally or non-lethally against enemies like knocking out a extremely durable opponent like Gordo the Gruesome.

Chiaki Tani/Shinken Green (Samurai Sentai Shinkenger)/Mike/The Green Samurai Ranger (Power Rangers Samurai/Super Samurai) is highly skilled at using his personal Wood Spear/Forest Spear.

Gaoh (Samurai Shodown)

Corporal (Shadow Fight)

Shadow (Shadow Fight) using a Yari...

...and a Magari Yari.

Inshun Hozoin (Shuumatsu no Valkyrie/Record of Ragnarok)

After training with the Ninja Tribunal, Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series) gained a one of the Fangs of the Dragon Byakko, a Yari spear that can generate mystical cleaving wind.

hile mainly using swords, Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series) has shown great skill with a Jumonji Yari to overwhelm his brother Raphel even when it is split in two halves.

Kazakiri Hyouka (Toaru Majutsu no Index/A Certain Magical Index) as Fuse Kazakiri using the late Vivana Oniguma Yari weapon to finish off Kihara Hasuu.

Jei (Usagi Yojimbo)