I had mistakenly thought I remembered something about Ginchiyo Tachibana’s name having something to do with birds, so I thought the name worked all the better, but I couldn’t find anything confirming that, so no idea where that thought came from. Either way, Ginchiyo is still pretty solidly associated with lightning in the Samurai Warriors games. This is in reference to her father, whose sword she carries. Dōsetsu Tachibana, according to legend, was strong enough to have cut down a monstrous lightning spirit by only using one of his personal swords, and was thus dubbed “Lightning God” by his peers.