He was the samurai retainer of the daimyō Ashikaga Yuu, and was so fierce a warrior that Ashikaga himself even feared him. Ashikaga set a trap for Takeshi in the mountains where a legion of his armies awaited him. He slaughtered the lot of them, but at the expense of his right leg. He was saved by a mysterious mystic and had his leg restored to him; the bloodied footprint it left behind inspired the Foot Clan's name. After being slaughtered by Oroku Maji, he later was reincarnated as Maji's son Oroku Saki.