also: ゆうじゃ
He is remembered as the hero who saved the village.
その物語では、若い勇者がドラゴンに立ち向かう。
In that story, a young hero confronts a dragon.
He is spoken of as a legendary hero.
He protected the village as a hero.
This game tells the story of a hero defeating the demon lord.
英雄 is a grander term for a legendary or historically great hero, whereas 勇者 focuses on personal bravery and fits everyday or fictional contexts.
勇者 means a brave hero and is common in modern fantasy contexts, whereas 丈夫（ますらお）evokes a classical, almost mythological ideal of manhood.
勇者 highlights courage itself, often for a warrior or adventurer, whereas 豪傑 conveys a broader sense of exceptional, almost mythic personal greatness beyond mere bravery.
勇者 describes a brave, courageous person, the opposite of チキン used to mean a coward.
勇者 means a brave person or hero, the direct opposite of 臆病者, a coward.
勇士 and 勇者 both mean 'brave person,' but 勇士 is specifically a soldier or fighter in combat, while 勇者 can be a hero in any story or moral sense.
counter for people
Standard kanji spelling; the reading ゆうしゃ is the most common.
Alternate reading, less common and somewhat archaic or literary.
Compound of 勇 (bravery) and 者 (person). The reading ゆうしゃ is the standard on'yomi combination; the variant ゆうじゃ reflects a historical voiced reading of 者.