Ninja of Iga, Koga, and Fuma Characters
Meet the main characters of NINJA: Shadows of the Warring States: the shogun and the warlord of the Magari campaign that made ninja famous, the compiler of the ninja manual Bansenshukai, the Fuma and their followers who served the Hojo clan, and Takeda Katsuyori, the target of their night raids. Drawing on the Bansenshukai, the Hojo Godaiki, and commonly accepted accounts, this guide explains who each person was and what they did.
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Fuma Kotaro
Four-fanged giant and leader of 200 rappa
Fuma Kotaro was the leader of 200 rappa, or ninja, said to have served the Hojo clan in the Kanto region of eastern Japan during the Warring States era. He appears…
Appears in 2 episodes: Episode 3, Episode 4Fujibayashi Yasutake
Compiler of the ninja manual Bansenshukai
Fujibayashi Yasutake was a man of Iga in the early Edo period who compiled the ninja manual Bansenshukai. Said to descend from the Fujibayashi family of Iga, he…
Appears in 4 episodes: Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4Ashikaga Yoshihisa
Ninth Muromachi shogun, who died at the Magari camp
Ashikaga Yoshihisa was the ninth shogun of Japan's Muromachi shogunate. The son of the eighth shogun, Ashikaga Yoshimasa, and Hino Tomiko, he became shogun as a child.…
Appears in 1 episode: Episode 1Rokkaku Takayori
Omi governor who defied the shogun from the mountains
Rokkaku Takayori was the military governor of Omi Province (present-day Shiga Prefecture) from the late Muromachi period into the Warring States era, and head of the…
Appears in 1 episode: Episode 1Hojo Ujinao
Fifth head of the Hojo clan, master of the Fuma
Hojo Ujinao was the fifth head of the Odawara Hojo clan, which ruled the Kanto region of eastern Japan during the Warring States era. In the Hojo Godaiki he appears as…
Appears in 2 episodes: Episode 3, Episode 4Takeda Katsuyori
Takeda clan lord struck by Fuma's night raids
Takeda Katsuyori was a Warring States lord of Kai Province (present-day Yamanashi Prefecture) and the head of the Takeda clan, succeeding Takeda Shingen. He suffered a…
Appears in 2 episodes: Episode 3, Episode 4Fuma's Rappa Band (Four Companies) The Rappa of Fuma
Fuma's 200 followers, split into four companies
Fuma's Rappa Band was the group of 200 men who, according to the Hojo Godaiki, were retained by the Hojo clan and worked under Fuma. Rappa is a word for ninja, said to…
Appears in 2 episodes: Episode 3, Episode 4