Unlocks in Free mode - characters are unlocked as you clear the stages they are playable in. Therefore, the characters you unlock depend on the order of the stories you complete.
Character - How to unlock
Akechi Mitsuhide - Clear Oda Story Chapter 2.
Aya - Clear Uesugi Story Chapter 1.
Azai Nagamasa - Clear Azai Story Chapter 1 or Oda Story Chapter 2.
Chosokabe Motochika - Clear Chosokabe Story Chapter 1 or Oda Story Chapter 8.
Date Masamune - Clear Date Story Chapter 1.
Fukushima Masanori - Clear Unification Story Chapter 1.
Fuma Kotaro - Initially avaliable.
Gracia - Clear Chosokabe Story Chapter 1 or Oda Story Chapter 8.
Hattori Hanzo - Clear Tokugawa Story Chapter 1.
Hojo Ujiyasu - Initially avaliable.
Honda Tadakatsu - Clear Tokugawa Story Chapter 1.
Ii Naotora - Clear Tokugawa Story Chapter 1 or Hojo Story Chapter 2.
Imagawa Yoshimoto - Clear Tokugawa Story Chapter 1.
Ina - Clear Tokugawa Story Chapter 2.
Ishida Mitsunari - Clear Sekigahara Story Chapter 1.
Ishikawa Goemon - Clear 1st Mission of Mercenary Mode.
Kai - Initially avaliable.
Katakura Kojuro - Clear Date Story Chapter 1.
Kato Kiyomasa - Clear Sekigahara Story Chapter 1.
Kobayakawa Takakage - Initially avaliable.
Koshosho - Clear Chosokabe Story Chapter 1 or Oda Story Chapter 8.
Kunoichi - Initially avaliable.
Kuroda Kanbei - Clear Oda Story Chapter 4.
Lady Hayakawa - Initially avaliable.
Maeda Keiji - Initially avaliable.
Maeda Toshiie - Initially avaliable.
Matsunaga Hisahide - Clear Oda Story Chapter 3.
Miyamoto Musashi - Clear 2nd Mission of Mercenary Mode.
Mori Motonari - Initially avaliable.
Mori Ranmaru - Clear Oda Story Chapter 4.
Naoe Kanetsugu - Clear Uesugi Story Chapter 1.
Nene - Clear Oda Story Chapter 2.
No - Initially avaliable.
Oda Nobunaga - Initially avaliable.
Oichi - Initially avaliable.
Okuni - Clear 1st Mission of Mercenary Mode.
Otani Yoshitsugu - Clear Azai Story Chapter 1.
Saika Magoichi - Clear Oda Story Chapter 2 or Date Story Chapter 2.
Sanada Nobuyuki - Initially avaliable.
Sanada Yukimura - Initially avaliable.
Sasaki Kojiro - Clear 2nd Mission of Mercenary Mode.
Shibata Katsuie - Initially avaliable.
Shima Sakon - Initially avaliable.
Shimazu Toyohisa - Clear Shimazu Story Chapter 1.
Shimazu Yoshihiro - Clear Shimazu Story Chapter 1.
Tachibana Ginchiyo - Clear Sekigahara Story Chapter 5.
Tachibana Muneshige - Clear Sekigahara Story Chapter 5.
Takeda Shingen - Initially avaliable.
Takenaka Hanbei - Clear Oda Story Chapter 3.
Todo Takatora - Clear Azai Story Chapter 1.
Tokugawa Ieyasu - Clear Tokugawa Story Chapter 1 or Oda Story Chapter 4.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi - Initially avaliable.
Uesugi Kagekatsu - Clear Uesugi Story Chapter 1.
Uesugi Kenshin - Clear Uesugi Story Chapter 1.
Yagyu Munenori - Clear Oda Story Chapter 3.
