In the real world, Yasuke was the first black samurai. Arriving in Japan around 1579, he caught the eye of on Oda Nobunaga, who was in the process of uniting the country through brutal warfare.

“Personally, I just reached my breaking point with it,” he explained. “After the Stellar Blade drama last year I had mentally clocked out from most of it and I think the back to back drama with ...

The slave of a Portuguese Jesuit before Lord Oda Nobunaga took an interest in him, he became the first black samurai in history. Yasuke is built for combat. In addition to being head and shoulders ...

Japanese studio teams with Mandla Dube's Pambili Media for 'Yasuke – Way Of The Butterfly', about the African warrior who ...

But one foundational choice by the creative team has provoked fierce debate online and beyond: casting a black samurai, Yasuke, as one of the two playable protagonists. The other is a young female ...