The man who lost the most famous throw in Japan. Matano Gorō was a warrior of the Genpei era, but his real ticket to legend was a wrestling match: he was hurled to the ground by Kawazu Saburō using a leg-hook technique still called the Kawazu-gake in sumo to this day. And here's the thread that ties your whole catalogue together — the man who beat him, Kawazu, was the father of the Soga brothers. Kawazu's later murder is the spark that lit the Soga vendetta you've already got in the Warriors collection. Matano is a supporting player in one of Japan's greatest revenge stories, remembered mostly for being on the wrong end of a throw.

Kunisada casts the star Nakamura Utaemon IV as Matano in Actors as the 108 Suikoden Heroes — a clever series matching kabuki idols to the bandit-heroes of the Chinese Water Margin, importing that outlaw glamour onto the Japanese stage. 

The actor Nakamura Utaemon IV (四代目中村歌右衛門) as Matano Goryōji (俣野五良ニ), from the series Haiyū suikoden gōketsu ippyakuhachinin no hitori (俳優 水滸伝豪傑一百八人之一個, Actors as the 108 Shuihuzhuan Heroes) 1838.

Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞, 1786-1865)