Taikou Risshiden V

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Taiko Risshiden V
Cover art for Taiko Risshiden V for the PlayStation Portable
Developer(s)	Koei
Publisher(s)	Koei
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows PlayStation 2 PlayStation Portable
First release	Taiko Risshiden 13 March 1992 [PC98] 7 April 1993 [SFC] 28 May 1993 [MD] 22 July 2005 [Win] (Koei standard series)

Taikō Risshiden V (太閤立志伝 V) is the most recent title in the Japanese video game series Taikō Risshiden [ja] produced by Koei. It was released on PC and PlayStation 2 in 2004 followed by PlayStation Portable in 2009. The first title of the series was released on NEC PC-9801 in 1992 followed by Super Famicom and Genesis/Mega Drive. It was later re-released on the Wii Virtual Console on September 1, 2009, adapted from the Super Famicom version. A new version of the game, titled "Taiko Risshiden V DX", with improved graphics and 100 new character cards, was released in 2022.

The title roughly translates to "the Taikō's success story". The characters are taken from the Momoyama period in Japan. In the previous Taikō Risshiden IV, players could select a samurai, a ninja or a merchant as their character. In Taikō Risshiden V, new roles include a blademaster, a pirate, a doctor, a tea master, and a blacksmith, counting eight roles in total. The player meets various historical figures of the era in the game.