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Sanshiro was a Judo master that tracked down and beat up people who were not playing the Sega Saturn . His name sounds similar to the phrase "Sega Saturn shiro!" meaning roughly "You must play Sega Saturn!" Sanshiro lived as a hermit high on a mountain, devoting his life to intensive Sega Saturn training. He trained physically by carrying around a giant Sega Saturn and punching a giant controller, and mentally by breaking piles of bricks with his head. But he would also frequently visit the city to seek out people who were not playing the Sega Saturn, and harshly teach them a lesson. In one commercial he barges into a nightclub and beats up everyone inside; in another, he beats up three youths who irresponsibly go outside to play Baseball instead of playing video games and in another he attempts to throw down several zombies in a parking lot to not much success (He is shown to be ok in the next advert though). Sanshiro was a serious man with a firm sense of duty, and he believed that playing video games was the most valuable activity in life. When the Saturn was phased out and the Sega Dreamcast released, Sanshiro's end came in the form of a commercial involving a Missile launched by Sony directed at the Tokyo headquarters of SEGA. Sanshiro heroically jumped onto the missile and deflected it into the atmosphere, and was killed in the following explosion. The voiceover said that "Segata Sanshiro will live on in your hearts." The character became very well known in Japan, and helped make the Saturn successful in that country. He appeared in his own game, Segata Sanshirō Shinkenyūgi . It is said this game is the last one produced for the aged Saturn. He also makes an appearance in the Japanese version of Virtua Fighter 4 as a secret chracter. TRANSLATED THEME SONG LYRICS The character was so popular that a theme song and music video were released. This is an approximate English translation of the lyrics meant to communicate the spirit of the song.
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