Editing Isono Kazumasa

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Isono Kazumasa
|image = ACSH Isono Kazumasa 1.png
|death = June 1582<br>[[Ōmizo Castle]], [[Ōmi]], [[Japan]]
|species = [[Human]]
|affiliates = [[Oda clan]]
}}
'''Isono Kazumasa''' (died 1582) was a [[Japan|Japanese]] [[samurai]] who was situated at [[Ōmizo Castle]] during the late [[Sengoku period]].

==Biography==
In 1582, Isono Kazumasa held a position at Ōmizo Castle and learned about [[Sugitani Zenjūbō]]'s ''[[arqebus|teppō]]'', which he retrieved after Lord [[Oda Nobunaga]]'s death. Keeping it at the castle, Kazumasa and his men were soon disturbed by Zenjūbō's student [[Rokkaku Katsuhime]], who came to retrieved her mentor's ''teppō''. However, Katsuhime was cornered while Kazumasa fired a shot into her knee. Before delivering the final shot, he came under attack by her ally and [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] member [[Fujibayashi Naoe]]. Overwhelmed, Kazumasa was killed while Naoe retrieved the ''teppō'' [[Diligent Teppo of Thieves]] from his personal effects and then rescued Katsuhime.<ref name="Diary of Lady Rokkaku">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[The Diary of Lady Rokkaku]]</ref>

==Behind the scenes==
Historically, Kazumasa was once part of the [[Azai Nagamasa|Azai clan]] but defected to the [[Oda clan]] after Nagamasa killed his mother in retaliation for Kazumasa losing {{Wiki|Sawayama Castle}} to the Oda clan. In his later life, he lived as a priest until his death in 1583.<ref>{{WP|Isono Kazumasa}}</ref>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''

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