Hitomi Kokujin

Legend of the Five Rings card from Pearl Edition, Anvil of Despair, Jade Edition

Card Type

Personality

Force

2

Chi

3

Honor Requirement

-

Gold Cost

12

Personal Honor

0

Clan

Dragon

Keywords

Unique, Dragon Clan, Shadowlands, Tattooed

Card Text

After Kokujin enters play, lose 4 Honor.
Repeatable Reaction: After Kokujin wins a duel whose duel stat was Chi, he consumes his opponent's spirit. Take control of the Personality facing Kokujin in the duel, move him to your home, bow him, destroy all his Followers, permanently give him -1C and Shadowlands, and permanently reduce his Personal Honor to 0. The duel does not destroy him; this is not negation.

Legality

Clan Wars (Imperial), Hidden Emperor (Jade)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rulings

• Erratum: Reads, "Hitomi Kukojin 2F/3C -HR 12G 0PH Dragon Clan Tattooed Man. Shadowlands. Unique. Lose 4 Honor. Reaction: If Hitomi Kokujin defeats a Personality in a duel involving Chi, he consumes the Personality's spirit. You take control of the Personality until the end of the game. The Personality goes to your fief bowed, with all Followers destroyed. The Personality has his or her Chi permanently reduced by 1 and Personal Honor permanently reduced to 0. The Personality permanently gains the Shadowlands trait." [MRP, Pearl Edition] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 101
• Renamed from "Togashi Kukojin." Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 101
• Erratum: Renamed: was Togashi Kokujin. Text Change & Errata List, February 15, 2000, p. 15
• Erratum: Changed: is now Dragon Clan, not Unaligned. Text Change & Errata List, February 15, 2000, p. 15

Rules Q&A

• Q: When a personality is reprinted with a new name (e.g. Togashi and Hitomi Kokujin, or several Yoritomo's Alliance personalities), are they considered the same card?
  A: Unfortunately, the answer is: it depends. Prior to Gold, the answer was usually "yes".
  Titles that were changed to reflect correct Japanese grammar don't count as new. "Tsuburu no Oni" and "Oni no Tsuburu" are the same card.
  The "Otaku" -> "Utaku" family name change does not create new cards. Otaku Xieng Chi and Utaku Xieng Chi are the same.
  For Personalities who changed title and even Clan affiliation in Jade Edition, like Togashi Hoshi and Togashi Mitsu, the Jade version is an MRP of the other one.
  Cards that undergo punctuation changes, like "Enough Talk!" (with quotes) to Enough Talk! (no quotes), don't count as separate. For the completist, titles that changed between the earliest set of demo cards printed and Imperial Edition do not count as separate cards either.
  On the other hand, none of the cards in Gold Edition or 1,000 Years of Darkness are MRPs. We learned from Jade that intentionally MRPing Personalities for purely storyline reasons creates an unwelcome amount of confusion in the game. Goju Hitomi is a distinct card from every other Mirumoto Hitomi ever made, and Yasuki Hachi from Gold is different from Daidoji Hachi from Spirit Wars (though you can't have more than three total in your deck by special extra card text). Jeff Alexander, "post for 7 Oct. 2002", 8 Oct 2002
• Q: Could one have both Togashi and Hitomi Kokujin in one's deck? Or 3 copies of Kanbe and 3 copies of Yoritomo Kanbe?
  A: No and no. Jeff Alexander, "post for 7 Oct. 2002", 8 Oct 2002
• Q: I had a couple of questions concerning Hitomi Kokujin's ability. If a Toturi's army player brings out Hitomi Kokujin and beats Hantei the XVI in a duel involving chi then uses his ability is that a legal move? I looked for info on the FAQ but found nothing. If he could legally do that would it also work for the Unicorn against Agetoki? If so, many other clans who normally wouldn't be able to control a player could use him maliciously. Couldn't find anything on it and would greatly appreciate a ruling.
  A: Personalities who will not join a certain Clan may not be taken control of in any way by a player of that Clan. Only effects which specifically override Clan restrictions will get past that, The Dark Sanctuary being the only one that I can think of. When someone's bringing you back from the dead, I guess you don't get to be too particular. Vaughn Derderian, "Rules for August 22 (Part One)", 22 Aug 2001
• Q: The second question is O- Ushi Sensei. Does it work in any strange way with Hitomi Kokujin?
  A: Outside of creating a challenge, Hitomi Kokujin Exp. doesn't do anything with Chi. There's nothing strange for O-Ushi Sensei to work with.
  Now the original, on the other hand... His reaction can still be used if O-Ushi Sensei is used against one of his duels so long as either participant used Chi, and it will cause a -1F penalty instead. Jeff Alexander, "Rulings for 12-13 April 2001", 19 Apr 2001