Oh, Takamaru from Nazo no Murasame-jō (Mysterious Murasame Castle). One the few games that never got released outside of Japan and sadly for good reasons... I actually do wish Nintendo sticked with this title to turn it in to their series. Would've been a welcome addition.
While Takamaru is a rather stoic/generic character compared to Claus, I do want to see his retrurn... So I vote for the Shogun!