Yamada Asaemon Sagiri

Yamada Asaemon Sagiri is one of the central characters in the anime Hell's Paradise (Jigokuraku), serving as the deuteragonist alongside Gabimaru.

She is a member of the Yamada clan, a group renowned for its executioners and sword testers, holding the rank of 12th Asaemon (the lowest among the ranked members, partly due to her gender in the clan's patriarchal structure). As the daughter of the former clan leader, she is a highly skilled swordswoman with exceptional kenjutsu abilities, capable of precise and powerful strikes.

In the story, Sagiri is initially assigned to execute the supposedly unkillable ninja Gabimaru, but she instead recruits him for the shogun's dangerous expedition to a mysterious island to retrieve the Elixir of Life, acting as his monitor and executioner if he fails or tries to escape.

Personality-wise, she stands out as calm, compassionate, and deeply empathetic—often showing genuine remorse and care for those around her, including criminals and allies, which contrasts with the clan's more stoic expectations. She struggles with the emotional weight of killing and her role as an executioner, but grows through her experiences, learning to confront rather than suppress those feelings. Her strength lies in her kindness and humanity rather than cold detachment, making her a nuanced and well-regarded female lead in the series.

(She's typically depicted as a tall, slender young woman with long brown hair tied in a ponytail, wearing the traditional white-and-red Yamada Asaemon attire.)