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Kazamachi Shogen
Kazamachi Shogen is a character featured in the Japanese anime Basilisk Kouga Ninpou Chou (known in English as the Kouga Ninja Scrolls). Shogen was chosen to be one of ten warriors to represent the Kouga Manjidani clan in their duel against the chosen ten of the rival Iga Tsubagakure clan.
Shogen has perhaps the most unusual appearance of all the characters in Basilisk. A massive, bulbous hunchback, oversized hands and feet, and long gangly limbs grant him the agility and dexterity of a spider. He also possesses a long prehensile tongue and secretes an ultra sticky, glue-like substance -- ok, it's phlegm -- which Shogen can fling as pellets, spray as a stream, or even weave into a web. As such, Shogen is one of the few members of the Koga ten who specializes in combat rather than stealth and assassination.
His personality is sadistic and he enjoys toying with his enemies before killing them. Shogen's unusual physique seems to be a trait common in his family as during the Iga's surprise raid on Manjidani, Koushiro was attacked by someone who bore a striking similarity to Shogen.