| ID | 184 |
| Rarity | ★★★★ |
| Class | Archer |
| Other Names | Archer of Shinjuku |
| True Name | Tomoe Gozen |
| Gender | Female |
| Source | “The Tale of the Heike” · “Genpei Jōsuiki” · Theatre play “Tomoe” · etc. |
| Region | Japan |
| Alignment | True Neutral |
| Height | 162cm |
| Weight | 50kg |
| Strength | C |
| Endurance | D |
| Agility | C |
| Magic | B |
| Luck | A |
| Noble Phantasm | B+ |
| Character Setting | Sakurai Hikaru |
| Illustrator | Shirabi |
| Character Voice | Kanemoto Hisako |
| Major Appearances | Fate/Grand Order |
| Related Character | Tomoe Gozen (Saber) |
She keeps her sanity, but doesn’t receive the status buffs.
Nullifies any magecraft with less than 3 incantations.
She receives almost no damage even from greater magecraft or ritual magecraft.
A skill that allows her to act even after being cut off from her Master’s mana supply.
At rank A it is possible for her to last for about a week without a Master.
A skill that demonstrates her demon traits and power.
The knowledge and skill she possesses about chaotic battles where friend and foe are mixed in large crowds.
It’s not a skill used to lead an army, but rather the fighting technique required to act as one warrior within an army.
Tomoe is quite used to battles between armies, or battles 1 vs many.
A self-suggestion skill used unconciously by Tomoe during her life.
After being summoned as a Servant, this skill allows her to channel some of her demonic power for a period of time.
| Rank | B |
| Type | Anti-Unit Noble Phantasm |
| Range | 1~12 |
| Maximum Number of Targets | 1 person |
Oṃ Ālolik Svāhā.
An anti-unit Noble Phantasm. It’s the manifestation of her regret and grief over not meeting her last moments together with Yoshinaka, combined with her natural flame and demon powers, and turned into a Noble Phantasm.
The Avalokiteśvara serves as the idol of the temple where her beloved Yoshinaka’s memorial services were held, and by saying its mantra she once again confirms her love towards Yoshinaka, after which she grabs and throws the enemy into the air and shoots a flaming arrow at them. The enemy then receives damage from the sun-shaped magic energy that symbolizes her feelings towards Yoshinaka.
| Rank | B |
| Type | Anti-Unit, Anti-Army Noble Phantasm |
| Range | 1~99 |
| Maximum Number of Targets | 1-40 people |
Namaḥ Samantavajrānāṃ Hāṃ.
An arrow of death that leads to boiling, evaporating, and finally extinction.
She transforms her mana into heat, and shoots and arrow of flames towards her enemy. The arrow itself isn’t special (for something that’s shot at the speed of sound), but the flames give it more power.
It’s similar but different to Mana Burst. The fact that it can be used for long-range attacks is the biggest difference.
Tomoe tries to lie saying this abnormal power ‘Comes from the Shogun of Asahi, Yoshinaka-sama’s power’, but it is most likely due to her strong demon blood, and she could use it even in life.
In FGO there’s no activation through chanting its name, and Tomoe uses it in her regular attacks.
If she so wishes, she can even use the flames with her Naginata.
| First-person pronoun | Tomoe / watashi |
| Second-person pronoun | anata / anata [only to females] / 〇〇-dono / 〇〇-sama |
| Third-person pronoun | ano kata / kare / kanojo |
Tomoe is both a gallant female warrior, as well as a ladylike girl who behaves like a good wife.
Since she is a mixed-race descendant of demon blood, she should be very prone to rampaging about, but due to her love towards Kiso no Yoshinaka she managed to seal that side of hers and obtained individuality as a calm human woman (or so she appears to be).
Outside of battle, she is a lady who quietly obeys her lord, although sometimes she will act in ways distant from human common sense. Even when given knowledge of the modern world thanks to the grail, she feels the information is too much as well as not being able to experience all of it herself.
However, once in the battlefield, she will stand with high spirits as a female warrior, her red eyes glowing as she tramples down the enemy forces.
Tomoe talks about Yoshinaka a lot, but she doesn’t wish for the grail to revive him.
Yoshinaka has already died.
Tomoe herself has already died.
The dead are the dead. They are not something that should be brought back to this world.
Tomoe’s opinion on life and death are very clear. Tomoe has no doubts that as a Servant, she is only a temporary existence which eventually should quietly disappear from this world. Even in the Babylonia chapter, she chose to sacrifice herself to defeat the enemy general Girtablilu.
Though secretly, just lightly…In some distant afterlife, she thinks about wanting to meet Yoshinaka once more. If possible, also with her son Asahina Yoshihide… (this is only a thought, not a wish).
The Tomoe summoned in Chaldea has decided that, as a Servant, she must watch over her new lord (Master) to the very end.
“I am Tomoe. I previously devoted myself to Yoshinaka-sama, but this time I shall serve you.”
“You wish to ask about Yoshinaka-sama?”
“Noriyori, Yoshitsune, and Yoritomo…If I were to see those people, I’m not confident that I’d be able to control myself. I fear that it’s likely…an Oni would appear there.”
“So what about you? Do you find the demon Tomoe terrifying?”
“Master and Yoshinaka-sama are…Different.”
Dates of birth and death are unknown. She’s a person who lived through the late Heian and early Kamakura periods.
The concubine of the general Kiso no Yoshinaka, who was defeated by the great unifying shogun, Minamoto no Yoritomo.
A brave woman who always served Yoshinaka, and frequently distinguished herself in battle. She was formidable in battle, said to be as strong as a thousand men.
Daugther of Nakahara no Kanetoh, and younger sister of two of the Four Heavenly Kings of Kiso, Imai Kanehira and Higuchi Kanemitsu.
In the 9th volume of “The Tale of the Heike”, according to “The Death of Kiso” Tomoe is described as “with white skin, long hair and beautiful features. She was also a remarkably strong archer, and as a swordswoman she was a warrior worth a thousand, ready to confront a demon or god, mounted or on foot”.
Basically, white-skinned, long-haired, and a powerful archer beauty worth a thousand men. That is Tomoe Gozen.
There’s also a story of how she removed the powerful general Onda no Hachirou Moroshige’s head by twisting it and ripping it off his body.
In the year 1184 AD, she gained fame fighting a defensive battle together with Yoshinaka against Yoshitsune’s forces after these had received orders to attack from Yoritomo, but persuaded by Yoshinaka, Tomoe withdrew from the front lines. After that Yoshinaka lost his life and Tomoe escaped to Kiso.
According to the “Genpei Jōsuiki”, Tomoe then married to Wada Yoshimori and had her son Asahina Yoshihide, eventually she became a nun, but…if you take into account that, according to the Azuma Kagami, Yoshihide’s year of birth is 1176, this creates many contradictions, which leads to many rumors and theories saying Yoshihide is actually a son she had with Yoshinaka.
She’s a female warrior who, along with her ever continuint feelings towards her lord Yoshinaka, she also carries the regret of not being able to spend his last moments together.
This quiet sorrow of hers was turned into a flame of rage by Ashiya Douman in ‘The seven duels of the swordmaster heroic spirits’, and she became a monster of fire with the objective of burning down the Sagami region.
Usually she is a graceful maiden. She hates quarrels between people, and enjoys the beauty of nature.
Her red eyes may be proof of her being a mix of human with a now-extinct species of demon. She possesses a low-rank version of Mad Enhancenment even though she’s an Archer. She doesn’t lose any of her sanity, but some of her physical abilities are enhanced, allowing her to display a ferocious fighting style.
She likes games.
This includes both videogames and analog/board games.
It seems she is quite attracted to those involving battles.
In ‘The seven duels of the swordmaster heroic spirits’, she was one of the swordmaster heroic spirits summoned by the necromancer, and appeared as Archer Inferno, fighting the protagonist and Miyamoto Musashi.
The Tomoe summoned in Chaldea has no memories of this. She’s essentially a different person.
However, she’s aware of what happened in the pruned phenomenom of Shimousa after having read the records in Chaldea’s database. After having read it, she went around visiting everyone who had been involved in the singularity and, lowering her head in apology, told them “Even if that was a different incarnation of myself, it was still one with the same soul as mine. At that time, Inferno truly caused you a lot of trouble.”.
“At that time…Eh, so you’re a totally different person? Hmm I see, so that’s how it is…”
“Look Tajima-sama! These are all the pictures I took during our search for Loco Moco in Luluhawa, I printed them all!”
“……
Minamoto no Yoshitsune is still Yoshinaka’s enemy. I must be very careful!”
“…You’re fine. You’re fine just this way, really.”
“Hmph.”
Always scolds Tomoe about how she shouldn’t keep acting like a widow forever.
“Well even if you say that…”
Her gaming pals. She enjoys playing with them, but she also finds it fun to watch those three play their RPGs and dating sims.
Comment from Illustrator #
Drawing Tomoe Gozen not showing much skin, and then going with an over the top armor like in her second stage is what I think was her initial design concept. Though since I had difficulties progressing everything in that direction, I took advice from Takeuchi, and while still retaining some of that direction I was going for, added elements of lighter garment like in her first and third stages. As with her weapons, she’s an Archer, but there’s a strong image of warriors from that period using just about everything so I gave her a bunch of stuff. I wasn’t expecting her to also wield a videogame controller…Afterwards I still wasn’t satisfied with my own ability, and even though I had already presented the illustrations for her ascencions, I wenr back and retouched her design, then redid the whole thing, so after going through all these changes I grew quite attached to this character. (Shirabi)