{"rewrite":{"id":"r_4788078e1d73b068fc58e229","clusterId":"c_335ed08838a1894536424f52","slug":"touken-ranbu-online-adds-asakura-toushirou-to-smithing","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Touken Ranbu ONLINE Adds Asakura Toushirou To Smithing","summary":"Touken Ranbu ONLINE added the sword warrior Asakura Toushirou to smithing after maintenance on October 13, 2026. He costs 700 of each resource and is available until 12:59 on October 27. He is a tantou of the Awataguchi school, voiced by Sho Komura with art by ZeroGo Iwamoto. A support pack and a Refinement Enhancement 2x Campaign run alongside.","whyItMatters":"A limited smithing window with a paired support pack and a refinement campaign concentrates the game's monetization into one two-week push, so the sword's pull rate and the pack's contents will decide whether players spend resources now or wait.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eHe is a tantou of the Awataguchi school, voiced by Sho Komura with art by ZeroGo Iwamoto, and an introduction PV has been released. He is obtained through smithing at 700 of each resource, and his appearance is limited-time only.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo tied items run alongside him. The Asakura Toushirou Smithing Support Pack is sold at the Konnodana shop until 12:59 on October 27, the same closing time as his smithing window. The Refinement Enhancement 2x Campaign, which doubles the value of abilities raised through Refinement, closes earlier, at 12:59 on October 20. Touken Ranbu ONLINE is free to play with some paid items and runs on PC browser, the App Store, and Google Play.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Asakura Toushirou is a tantou of the Awataguchi school, which ties him to the same smithing lineage as other Touken Ranbu ONLINE tantou already in circulation.","twitterPost":"Sho Komura voices Asakura Toushirou, an Awataguchi tantou whose school already carries weight among Touken Ranbu ONLINE sword types.","threadsPost":"Touken Ranbu ONLINE has stocked plenty of Awataguchi tantou, and Asakura Toushirou joins that same school. The traits that define his forging and combat role will be settled by his stat line once he lands on October 13.","newsletterBlurb":"Touken Ranbu ONLINE added the sword warrior Asakura Toushirou to smithing after maintenance on October 13, 2026. He is a tantou of the Awataguchi school, voiced by Sho Komura with art by ZeroGo Iwamoto, and costs 700 of each resource through 12:59 on October 27. A smithing support pack and a Refinement Enhancement 2x Campaign run on the same dates.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Nijimen\",\"url\":\"https://nijimen.kusuguru.co.jp/topics/640279\",\"title\":\"Touken Ranbu ONLINE: New Sword Warrior Asakura Toushirou Joins Smithing as a Limited-Time Addition from October 13! Voiced by Sho Komura\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4838,"outputTokens":695,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792051723,"createdAt":"2026-10-15T08:03:43.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-15T08:06:11.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-15T08:06:11.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_335ed08838a1894536424f52","canonicalTitle":"『刀剣乱舞ONLINE』新刀剣男士 朝倉藤四郎が10月13日より期間限定で鍛刀に登場！声は小村将","representativeArticleId":"a_9cbab7553bc3f65b7f5d2294","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Touken Ranbu ONLINE\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Sho Komura\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-15T07:09:27.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-15T07:09:27.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-15T08:06:07.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Nijimen","url":"https://nijimen.kusuguru.co.jp/topics/640279","title":"『刀剣乱舞ONLINE』新刀剣男士 朝倉藤四郎が10月13日より期間限定で鍛刀に登場！声は小村将"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Touken Ranbu ONLINE"],"studios":[],"people":["Sho Komura"],"type":"announcement","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}