---
title: "Yo-Jin-Bo ~Unmei no Freude~"
description: "The story focuses on Sayori, a modern-day school girl with an interest in history. She joins her history club in an excavation, and discovers an old Jade pendan"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/62/88762.jpg"
---

# Yo-Jin-Bo ~Unmei no Freude~

![Yo-Jin-Bo ~Unmei no Freude~](https://t.vndb.org/cv/62/88762.jpg)

**Alternative Title:** 用心棒- ～運命のフロイデ～

**Aliases:** Yōjinbō, Yo Jin Bo

**Developer:** TWOFIVE Inc.

**Release date:** Jul 29, 2005

**Platform:** Windows, macOS, PS2

**Language:** English, Japanese, Russian

**Rating:** 6.9/10 (579 votes)

## Description
The story focuses on Sayori, a modern-day school girl with an interest in history. She joins her history club in an excavation, and discovers an old Jade pendant buried in the mud and takes it home with her. That night, the pendant comes to life, glowing a weird green and putting Sayori in touch with the ghost of a princess named Hatsuhime, who used to live in the castle that the club was excavating.

[Edited from [LadyRhian's review](http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/326.223230-LadyRhian-reviews-Yo-Jin-Bo-The-Bodyguards-a-Visual-Novel)]

## Characters
### Sayori (紗依)
Sayori is a more-or-less normal high school girl and a member of her school's history club. She is guided by a mysterious pendant that she found on an archaeological dig and inexplicably trades places with Hatsuhime. She finds herself playing the princess in order to save both their lifes.
Unlike Hatsuhime, Sayori acts more mature and is kind of old-fashioned.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown, Shoulder-length
- **Body:** Teen
- **Clothes:** School Uniform
- **Eyes:** Green
- **Role:** High School Student
- **Personality:** Kind, Old-fashioned, Bookworm
- **Subject of:** Avoidable Death (obsolete)
- **Engages in:** Time Travel, Body Swap

### Fuuma Kasumimaru (風魔 霞丸)
Harumoto's loyal ninja. He and his subordinates pursue Sayori/Hatsuhime and his bodyguards in order to kill them.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Ponytail, Long, Curtained, Eye Covering, Grey
- **Role:** Villain, Ninja
- **Eyes:** Amber
- **Clothes:** Mask, Headband, Ninja Suit
- **Items:** Katana
- **Subject of:** Avoidable Death (obsolete)
- **Personality:** Loyal
- **Voiced by:** Taniyama Kishou

### Kadokura Monzan (門倉 紋山)
A Buddhist priest, who seems to like the company of women. He is very strong and knows many things and even has medical knowledge to the extent that he can stitch a wound back together perfectly. He gives himself the nickname "Mon-Mon", and tries to sound cute. This usually means he isn't taken seriously.
He says Yo is like his little brother and treats him that way.

[From [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo-Jin-Bo#Characters]Wikipedia]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Alias:** Mon-Mon
- **Hair:** White, Short
- **Eyes:** Amber
- **Body:** Young-adult, Olive, Bindi (Mark)
- **Personality:** Idiot, Pervert, Funny, Loyal
- **Role:** Bodyguard, Monk, Older Brother
- **Engages in:** Revenge, Body Swap
- **Clothes:** Prayer Beads
- **Voiced by:** Inada Tetsu

### Murasame Jinnosuke (村雨 心ノ介)
Though Jin has neither education nor wealth, he still pursues his dream of becoming a genuine samurai. 
He's a hot-headed man who works as a bodyguard in order to polish his fighting skills. Although he tends to fall in love easily, he's not very good with women.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Alias:** Jin
- **Hair:** Red, Short
- **Personality:** Hard Worker, Hotblooded, Naive, Food Lover
- **Eyes:** Green
- **Body:** Young-adult, Olive
- **Clothes:** Hakama, Magatama
- **Items:** Katana
- **Role:** Bodyguard
- **Engages in:** Time Travel
- **Voiced by:** Takahashi Hiroki

### Oono Harumoto (大野 治基)
The man behind the clan-succession conspiracy. His main reason for wanting to take over the clan, is because he thinks Hatsuhime will ruin it if she inherits it.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Violet, Long, Wavy
- **Role:** Villain, Older Brother
- **Eyes:** Amber
- **Body:** Adult
- **Clothes:** Kimono, Hakama
- **Personality:** Stoic, Arrogant, Short-tempered, Smart
- **Engages in:** Betrayal
- **Voiced by:** Madono Mitsuaki

### Shiranui Yozaburou (不知火 用三郎)
Usually just called Yo. He is one of the bodyguards hired to save Hatsuhime, and is the youngest of the group. He resents being treated like a child, and is from a ninja family.
Although he looks quite young at first glance, he has a very sharp tongue.

[From [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo-Jin-Bo#Characters]Wikipedia[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Alias:** Yo
- **Hair:** Short, Green
- **Eyes:** Amber
- **Body:** Kid
- **Personality:** Boku, Kind, Confident
- **Role:** Bodyguard, Ninja
- **Clothes:** Cape
- **Voiced by:** Morita Masakazu

### Tatsunami Ittousai (辰波 一刀斎)
Ittousai's an old acquaintance of Yo, Jin and Bo and their rival. He's also hired as a bodyguard but is seen by the others as nothing but an assassin or a sociopath. 
He's a ruthless mercenary whose life work and joy is killing, and has a body covered with scars from old sword wounds.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Blond, Short
- **Eyes:** Violet
- **Clothes:** Glasses, Bondage Harness, Fur Trim
- **Items:** Katana
- **Personality:** Stoic, Distrustful, Short-tempered, Rude
- **Role:** Rival, Bodyguard, Assassin
- **Voiced by:** Ogihara Hideki

### Tsubaki Tainojou (椿木 泰之丞)
Tainojou's nickname is "Bo", which comes from an alternate way to read "Tsubaki". He says it annoys him a bit, but everybody continues to call him Bo, even Sayori. He is rather androgynous and comes from a samurai family. 
He likes to dress elegant and to act the part of a knight (cape included). He complains about being a "chick magnet" and is very interested in the paranormal.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Alias:** Bo
- **Hair:** Violet, Long, Curtained
- **Eyes:** Violet
- **Clothes:** Kimono, Cape
- **Items:** Katana
- **Role:** Bodyguard, Samurai
- **Personality:** Cold-hearted, Refined, Strange
- **Voiced by:** Ishikawa Hideo

### Tsukuba Muneshige (筑波 宗重)
Hatsuhime's servant, and loyal samurai and clan vassal. He has a penchant for making terrible jokes and bad impressions, which he sometimes uses to try to cheer Hatsuhime/Sayori up. Unfortunately, his impressions can get himself into trouble, as well.

[From [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo-Jin-Bo#Characters]Wikipedia[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Blue, Ponytail, Sideburns
- **Eyes:** Amber
- **Body:** Adult
- **Clothes:** Hakama
- **Items:** Katana
- **Role:** Servant, Bodyguard, Samurai
- **Personality:** Honorable, Funny, Loyal
- **Voiced by:** Kosugi Juurouta

### Hanawa Yaehi
- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** White, Ponytail, Balding
- **Eyes:** Amber
- **Body:** Old
- **Personality:** Pervert, Kind, Loyal
- **Role:** Servant

### Hatsuhime (初姫)
The princess of the Mochizuki clan. A bit tomboyish and prone to sneaking out of the castle at night, she frustrates her guardians. She gets caught up in a clan-succession conspiracy, one that seemingly proves fatal to her, and seems to reach out to Sayori through the mysterious green pendant that Sayori finds at the very beginning of the story.

[From [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo-Jin-Bo#Characters]Wikipedia[/url]]

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown, Long
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale
- **Eyes:** Green
- **Clothes:** Kimono, Ribbon Hair Tie
- **Personality:** Carefree, Tomboy, Mischievous
- **Role:** Princess
- **Subject of:** Avoidable Death (obsolete)
- **Engages in:** Body Swap
- **Voiced by:** Kurokawa Nami

### Oono Nobumasa
- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Violet, Ponytail
- **Role:** Villain, Samurai, Younger Brother
- **Engages in:** Fighting, Betrayal
- **Eyes:** Amber
- **Body:** Adult
- **Items:** Lance
- **Subject of:** Death
- **Personality:** Loyal

## Shops
- [Official Website](https://web.archive.org/web/20071011144603/http://twofive.co.jp/yojinbo/freude/index.html)

## Releases
### Japanese
- **2005-07-29**: Yo-Jin-Bo ~Unmei no Freude~ - [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20071001135007/http://www.twofive.co.jp/yojinbo/index.html), [ErogameScape](https://erogamescape.dyndns.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=4910)
- **2006-10-26**: Yo-Jin-Bo ~Unmei no Freude~ - [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20071011144603/http://twofive.co.jp/yojinbo/freude/index.html), [ErogameScape](https://erogamescape.dyndns.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=7572), [PlayAsia](https://www.play-asia.com/13/701gx0)

### English
- **2006-10-30**: Yo-Jin-Bo ~ The Bodyguards - Package Edition - [Official website](http://web.archive.org/web/20071231053033/www.hirameki-int.com/appc/products/yojinbo/index.html)
- **2009-03-09**: Yo-Jin-Bo ~ The Bodyguards - Download Edition - [JAST USA](https://jastusa.com/games/hira016/yo-jin-bo-~-the-bodyguards), [J-List](https://jlist.com/shop/product/yo-jin-bo-the-bodyguards)

### Russian
- **2013-08-07**: Yo-Jin-Bo ~Unmei no Freude~ - [Official website](https://pixeldrain.com/u/eUynMLSe)
- **2025-01-26**: Samuraj - Druz'ja, poslannye sud'boj - [Official website](https://vk.com/dramceh)

## Tags
ADV, Middle Ages Earth, Combat with Bladed Weapons, Unarmed Combat, Romance, Comedy, Female Protagonist, Multiple Endings, Graphic Violence, Descriptions of Violence, Sengoku Period, Ojousama Heroine, No Sexual Content, Time Travel, Hime Heroine, Asian-style Manor, Combat Capable Friends, Parody, Reincarnation, Unlockable Routes, Otome Game, Breaking the Fourth Wall, Episodic Story, Other Perspectives, Bad Ending(s), Body Swapping, Kanji Puns, Protagonist with a Face, Side Portraits, Conspiracy, Group of Friends, Timed Choices, Wedding, Game Over, Hero with a Sword, Fighting Hero, Shota Hero, Adult Hero, Hero with Glasses, Religious Hero, Arranged Marriage, High School Student Protagonist, Past Japan, Blind Choices, Bonus Side Stories, White Haired Hero, Protagonist with Kimono, Samurai Hero, Bodyguard Hero, Shinobi Hero, Hero in Kimono, Hime Protagonist, Hero with Facial Hair, Major Antagonist

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