Yoshihiro Shimazu is depicted as an elderly, though muscular man with his white hair pulled straight up in a top knot, wielding a big sword. His default outfit has two thick ropes crisscrossed around his torso like bandoliers, and one around his waist. Yoshihiro likes to drink and fight and even more so when his rival, Tadakatsu Honda, is in the enemy ranks. He joins the Western Army in Sengoku BASARA: Samurai Heroes. In Kotaro's alternate story line, he joins Sōrin's forces and becomes a Xavist. His name is then changed to Chester.