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Toshiro Nakayata appeared in Highlander: Way of the Sword issue's 1-4.
When Toshiro was first introduced, he seemed to be an honorable man with much respect for his ancestors, this, however, was only facade, in reality he was an arrogant and evil person.
History[]
He lost his family when the population of his village was massacred. He was found by the ancient blacksmith, Masamune, who took him in and treated him as his own son. He gave him the name Ren.
Masamune hoped that he would lead his people and made the finest sword for him, Ren, however, became a very cruel and evil child. Masamune decided to never give him the sword.
A short time later Masamune befriended with an Immortal called Tak Ne (later known as Ramirez) and gave the sword to him when Tak Ne married his daughter.
Ren coveted the sword. Several years later Ren was killed and revived as an Immortal. By the 1960s, he called himself Toshiro Nakayata and was a organized crime boss who, in his arrogance tried to challenge the big families.
Way of the Sword[]
In 1966, Ren, now called Nakayata, has regained possession of the Masamuni. He bought it at an illegal auction hold by Antonio Direnzo. Nakayata also met Connor MacLeod, a pupil of Ramirez.
The next day, Nakayata met Antonio for the payment but as soon as Nakayata had the sword in hands, he killed Antonio with it and returned to Japan. One day, Nakayata arrived at his house only to find Connor, who challenged him. The two fought and Nakayata managed to stab Connor in the shoulder, but Connor responded by severing Nakayata's hand and throwing him over the balcony.
Toshiro and Connor have their final fight
Nakayata was enraged, because he lost not only the sword, but also his right hand fighting MacLeod, and went on a search for him. He found him in Florence where he was walking around in a park with his girlfriend, Elizabeth Direnzo. Again the two fought each other, but this time, Nakayata had his hand replaced with a short sword. Nakayata disarmed Connor but was stabbed by Elizabeth who wanted revenge for her brother Antonio.
However, Nakayata killed her and attacks Connor again. However, Connor managed to behead Nakayata with his own sword and took his Quickening.