Yasuke: Story of the African Samurai in Japan
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In our new animated historical documentary we will tell the story of the first foreign samurai in Japan, the man from Africa, they called Yasuke. He traveled to Japan with the Portuguese missionaries and played an interesting role in the Sengoku Jidai period and in the life of the daimyo Oda Nobunaga.
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Sources:
Lamers, J. P. (2000). Japonius Tyrannus: The Japanese Warlord Oda Nobunaga Reconsidered. Hotei Publishing.
Nyugen-Okwo, L. (2017, March 28). The Incredible Legend of the First Black Samurai. Retrieved from Ozy:
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Xavier, F. (n.d.). Letter from Japan, to the Society of Jesus in Europe, 1552 . Retrieved from Fordham University Sourcebook: sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1...
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Kings and Generals I’m quite surprised there was an African Samurai. I will be more surprised if The was a Korean Warlord in Japan!
Seeing a lot of dog whistle racism in your comments section. All these people using variations of 'We Wuz Kangs n Sheet' are using an meme from reddit and 4chan about black people claiming to have been royalty before being enslaved in the Americas.
Some think that they are being clever by just posting the word 'WE' or other smal I'll snippets of the phrase.
And it's sad that they are this triggered by an interesting moment in history, but also using the same tired phrase to express themselves publicly.
Great upload as always! This made my day!
@@justcallmeSheriff We Wuz Kangs n Sheet
Helping you is literally winning
This would make for an incredible interesting film if done correctly
Chadwick from black panther is going to play him in a movie well that has been talks about it.
I vote shaq to play yasuke
Didn't Know Azerrz Watches History Videos
Azzerz! I’m thinking idris alba could
@@datgreedymouse6860 nah bro, Kevin Garnett
Can you imagine? This man fought while reading subtitles.
😂😂🤣
dude😂😂
This need more likes
lamar-san had access to dubbed version, but he enjoyed the original
I'm dead xD
who's here because of the AC shadows trailer? love how suddenly everyone became an expert in japanese history
Exactly, they’re all just looking for excuses for attention
@@simplecapt yeah suddenly they all knew more than people who make a living studying this things
Cool...!!!
I'm here after the trailer and this video popped up in my feed
Me lol
Looks like everyone is learning history this week 😂
Every A-hole who wants drama lost their shyte when AC Shadows Trailer came out. Man I learnt about this back in Highschool my History Prof was hyped about this long ago.
@@Lohengrin88folks are upset and confused that Ubisoft completely overlooked having a Japanese male represent the Samurai in the game in favor of a murky historical figure who happened to fit their DEI requirements.
@@themindakviking Man, I just hope the game is good. I honestly liked Mirage.
@Lohengrin88 hey, that's up to you my friend. If you decide to play it, I truly hope you find it enjoyable. I, however, will not be playing it. It's too tainted at this point and it sounds like it may be another Sweet Baby project.
I'll pick up Ghost of Tsushima and Rise of the Ronin instead.
@@themindakviking play ghost of tsushima, or neoh, or sekiro or Rise of the Ronin, or... There are plenty of games with japanese samurais it's not wrong to do something diffrent except if your racist then it explains everything.
Oda Nobunaga upon seeing a black dude: YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
more like YUUUUUUUUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH
Me my gang pull up
😂🤣😂🤣
Im dying🤣
@@iModMyWorld4U good sh*t...
So.... Were just ignoring the fact that he learnt japanese without any apps?
🤣
I think he learned on duolingo because his family is dead
It's easier to learn when surrounded by native speakers
He binged watch anime on his spare times
@@Joshua-hz3cl just like a baby who learn to talk
Is amazing how almost no one had any issue with Yasuke until AC Shadows.
I was thinking the same thing! Drives me nuts. Some people really get offended over silly things. Yasuke's story is an unique one.
@@Develpup The problem is that Yazuke is a very interesting character but he is not the best historical figure to represent a samurai. He was under Nobunagas service no more than an year. Its not probable that he would be trained as samurais in such a short period. He was probably a good fighter, but its unlikely he would fight like the japanese did. Theres no record of him given a samurai armor and if that was the case, he wouldnt be using dreadlocks, he would be using a chonmage. This is not Yazuke, this is afro samurai. He is more in line with a fictionalized manga character than with an actual historical figure.
When ra€ist get a hold of somthing they like to change history to suit them
@@gastonmedici1029 Why does suddenly historic accuracy is suddenly extremely relevant for an assassin's creed game? Yasuke was a real person. He was also featured in numerous japanese manga/anime/works and their authors took creative liberties to tell their stories with him in mind. Why can't Ubisoft do the same without people whining? Nobody ever complained about historical accuracy with all the outlandish things that happen in these games. I've read the silliest takes from overnight history appointed experts who tried their best to downplay Yasuke's story, as if that justifies Ubisoft having the right to tell their story how they want it.
@@Eliik better question is why can’t ubisoft use a Japanese samurai to represent Japanese history instead of jumping on the bandwagon of black protagonist is a must nowadays? Why can’t they use an African nation like Mali to have a black main character?
And the notion that assassins Creed isn’t historically accurate is moot doesn’t mean because it’s a little bit of historically accurate in some aspects means it has to be an accurate in all aspects.
who would've thought a 5 year old video would suddenly become trending?
It’s an epic story they should be making movies about this guy
@@Angelo-yr1en They're trying to make a movie about Yasuke with Chadwick Boseman as Yasuke. But well, you know what happened...
@@Player-gv5lp absolute shame. I bet he'd have been amazing in it
@@Angelo-yr1eni think its great idea also for Malik Amber the African king in heart of India from slave ti the king its amazing story also should have movie for it
@@Player-gv5lp RIP black panther
This was supposed to be Chadwick Boseman's next project. RIP
W H A T
Brian O would have been another great movie!!😢
WHAT
Bro you legit just hurt my feelings
@The Thunderer! That is retarded logic you know nothing of language or translation
Me: African samurai wtf
Narrator: The portugese empire-
Me: of course
Lol
Actually, it probably had more to do with the Moorish empire. At that period in history, Spain and Portugal still had small native African populations, remnants from the Moorish period that had just ended. Many of the Moorish descendants were shipped out of the country and used as sailors and colonial servants after the Iberian inquisitions. Yasuke was no doubt one of those Moors commissioned into the Portugese navy. Hence why he was fluent in both Portugese and Japanese.
@@sammylong3704 but the Portuguese shipped him out right
@@niteryder2995 Yes and he was Portuguese himself.
@@sammylong3704 so your comment was pointless since it did have a lot to do with the portugese empire
Yasuke: *speaks little japanese
Oda: i already love this guy
He saw great potential for a warrior
You know you're a badass when history is so impacted by you that 600 years later they make cartoons and TH-cam videos about you. RIP to the Legend Yasuke.
@@hulking_presence how
@@hulking_presence and russian to...without Abram gannibal grandfather of alexander pushkin
@@mosalah8551 ?!
@@maxmchean5203 what he say
Its not that he was bad ass. Its that it was extremely unusual to see a foreign Samurai. This is why there was also William Anjin who was a White samurai who is also remembered in Japanese history
Legend has it he founded the village hidden in the clouds
tru tru😎😎
and became the first Raikage
*TH-cam cloud. Such a cloud which did form a tumultuous storm. Dissipating and raining into a Digitalocean.*
@@Muhammad-sx7wr huh?
@@sanchochingon3194 It's either you get it out you don't.
"You see those samurai from Hammerfell? They're got curved katanas. CURVED. KATANAS."
Steinn Bjorn Haha I see what u did there 😏
You damn right
OW OW OW !
STOP THAT!
lmfao, you lad
Absolute Mad lad.. Kudos to your creativity.. I hope bethesda actually implements this in elder scrolls 6 and we get to see Hammerfell and Red guard samurai
Next in @Kings and General , Today we will talk about Rouroni Kenshin , the man who was called "Himura Battosai" the legendary manslayer. But his real name was not senpai like in the anime, but his masters name was indeed hiko sejiro, and yes he was taught the hidden mitsurugi style, although his original upbringings has lot of controversies we will go with the most concrete information we possibly can get, As the story goes......
oh no here comes all the assassins creed fans
Ou até mesmo um fã de Assassin's Creed português 😅 mas na verdade mal posso esperar pelo jogo gostava muito que houvesse alguma representação portuguesa lá pelo menos os jesuítas
@@nixtrostrike isso seria legal
Now that Yasuke is getting his own anime, this will be the first step of seeing him being portrayed in any media.
The anime was dog shit terrible writing good concept.
agree It would better this story Immortalized as a sabaton song instead
@@chewy7062 i was expecting more but dude its trash af lol
Yeah the anime was disappointing
"Guys! I have brilliant idea for our Black Samurai Anime set in Medieval Japan!"
"What!?"
"Giant fucking robots, and Russian Wer-Bears!"
“Yasuke’s traces disappear after reuniting with the Portuguese Jesuits.”
Ubisoft: Write that down. This could be our new Ezio.
dont give a slacking ubisoft worker idea
facts. murky history is their new thing and I would bet he would have a female option too
Catholic African Samurai. What a trip.
@@Aodhan_Raith He wasn't Samurai at all.
By our old tradition, slaves/servants had no last name. That's why Yasuke also had the first name only.
@@user-hs2dt1bk2d Huh, never thought of that.
Akechi Mitsuhide's army: *Storms Nobunaga's temple.*
Yasuke: *YOU PICKED THE WRONG HOUSE, FOOL.*
SURPRISE MOTHERFUCKERS!
Yasuke be making all the Ass-higaru go "YAMETE".
Bruuhhhhh
@@Friedermanns whatever boy 🙄
I pity the fool!
From a slave boy born into such harsh conditions in Africa... to one of the closest retainar of the most powerful man in Japan at the time, accepted into the strongest clan. Such a fantastic story.
Considering how African slavery worked, it's highly unlikely he was born into slavery. One of or both of his parents likely became slaves sometime after his birth.
@@afroartist1086 or maybe he was kidnapped many children were kidnapped and forced into slavery
@sakurakou2009 Also unlikely. Contrary to popular belief, only really a handful of Sub-Saharan African kingdoms and tribes actively raided for slaves. The majority of slaves were actually gained through capturing of enemy troops during warfare and punishment for criminals as well as those working off debt. If he was born into slavery, his parents were likely already slaves.
Even though they accepted him into their clan but never gave him their surname and kept calling him Yasuke only as like he was just one of their slaves? I really want to know what kind of weird clan he belonged to.
@@warhistorywareconomy6917 oda clan, the most powerful clan at the time, also nobody knew his name, probably because they couldnt pronounce it or maybe he himself didnt know his name, so they just called him yasuke,another theory is that hes part of yao people from mozambique, and they named him yao-suke (suke is japanese male suffix)
Yasuke: I'm black
Nobunaga: Impossible
Impossibru*
This guy's life story would make an incredible Netflix series.
They're making an anime on Netflix about him actually
@@ESFDragxnFistEntertainment what they gonna call it
Netflix make him gay
Please hell no!
I'd be interested in seeing a video about Baibars the East Asian Turkic man who conquered and ruled Egypt
@@canozturk8157 Netflix already redeemed themselves long time ago so no worries
RIP to the man that was suppose to play Yasuke in a movie. Chadwick Boseman
What????
@@thunderlordaeron134 chadwick was supposed to play yasuke in a upcoming movie but it was canceled due to his death
At least we got a Netflix anime with Lakeith Stanfield, right
@@starmancrusader mate, it was wasted potential. In my opinion, the anime version was wasted. I thought it was gonna be historically accurate, I didn't expect robots and magic
@@randomyoutubecomment7404 feels like afro samurai 2.0
afro samurai does have robots and super natural
i agreed the anime should have gone with realistic historical based
why robot tho?
Chadwick Boseman would have been perfect for this role.
This was going to be his next project for real but... u know hes long gone
I don't think he'd fit. The man was supposed to be so tall and big. Not exactly Chadwick. Maybe mah man Shaq O'Neil will fit better
@@eelchiong6709 maybe RZA could fit the role...
I think the Lesson here is, No matter what time period/ Skin color you have, A good friend is a good friend until the very end.
The first foreigner to become a samurai I think he and that English man are the only outsiders to become a samurai
Yasuke:black skinned
Emperor:im gonna start his whole career
Oda Nobunaga isn't actually an Emperor he's a daimyo imagine it like a chieftain of a certain clan a Shogun is more closer to Emperor tho
Japan was balkanized at that time, stood independently fighting each other. Oda Nobunaga is a Daimyo, which is head of one of those clans, but said to be the most powerful Daimyo. Emperor in Japan did exist aside from that, but didn't really had any commanding power over Japan. Any Daimyo could have killed the Emperor, but his pedigree is such a sacred figure in Japan, like Jesus, every Daimyo was so loyal and faithful that led no thoughts of even touching him.
@@iamsomebody6267 Though if the emperor would become too bothersome for the person controlling him, it wasn't uncommon to make them abdicate and replace them with someone who'd be easier to control/manipulate.
"but I'm not a rapper"
At that point in history ( the sengoku Jidai) the emperor was only a figurehead and the Shogunat6had the really power I Japan.
When the doctor says that you're 0.05 Japanese
I guess im also allowed a n word pass
When the doctor says you are native
LOL!
I don't even recognize the label Japanese. These were Chinese people sent to that island. Whenever someone says I am Japanese. I think so you are a Chinese traitor?
@@leostrazsa5440 Exactly, they're Chinese traitors. I'm pretty sure all Japanese people are thousands of years old. They certainly aren't very distant descendants of those people with absolutely no connection or responsibility for their actions. Stop trying to be clever. You're actually just obnoxious.
Nobunaga was the bravest and most honorable man that I had met.
Ur alive
Only man in Japan to saw great potential for a warrior and made Yaskue the first foreigner to become a samurai
It’s crazy that no one argued about Yusuke’s accuracy until AC shadows lmao.
he was a bagge carrier, not samurai, has always been portrayed that way in japanese history so of course people freak out when ubisoft made him the big deal when he was a nobody
AC protagonists are all "nobodies". That's the concept of the whole series. If Yasuke was a massive historical figure then he could not be an AC protagonist.
Ok random Guy who became japanese historia Yesterday. And I should trust you over expert right?@@jamesfranko1568
@@jamesfranko1568 the video your commenting on doesnt even agree with you lol. He was one of Nobonagas most trusted men and thought for his lord and his son surviving against larger numbers on both times, all this from a former slave no less! Id love to hear what youve achieved with your life that you can be so dissmissive of others achievements. Talking out of both sides of your neck about historical accuracy, you dont give a shit.
Big facts 💯 they just now knowing who Yusuke was. The first foreigner Samurai.👍🏾🤴🏾🙌🏾
Yasuke: A Netflix Original Series.
I agree with you.
Starring Terry Crews
@Deborah Meltrozo Not really. Just watch Japanese dramas and its the other way around - when they depict Yasuke. Ashi Girl shows that.
Directed by Spike Lee
Right? Instead of black washing Fucking Troy. Even though there was a back character there the equal Achillies. Heres a good story to adapt with a black lead.
Why isnt this in black history.
This actually peaked my interest.
Because no one bothers to research anything other than Martin Luther King and slavery
@@joshoowa1315
Huh, good point I've seen the same old' so many times, it's BHM is tacky to me.
Joshua Troupe history lessons in school rooms ain’t gonna change. They like to stick to the troupe of “black history”. But don’t go further from when slavery started to the peak end.
@@ki7966
That's exactly why I don't concern myself, with BLM.
everyone thinks they were only slaves and this is Japanese history ?
Instead of seeing Yasuke out of fear Odunaba saw an opportunity for both him and bro bro to win.
Who came here after the anime announcement?
Of course
Name?
THEY HAVE AN ANIME FOR THIS YOOOOOO
Yup plus kings and generals legit 👌🏾
@@adhamzayed911 the name is Yasuke it comes out later this month
when Nobunaga committed seppuku and his men were captured by Mitsuhide's troops, Yasuke's life was spared on the grounds that he "wasn't a human", this was one of those rare cases when racism saved a black man's life.
Yeah, I was shocked they spared him since him being "not human" as he said would be a reason enough to kill him.
Deathcoldan edgy
@@deadmeme902 or rather, racist
ggg hh nah he’s just trying to get a reaction. Don’t give it to him
@@Ronniepmr I assume the distance of time has rendered this up to interpretation. That said, it sounds xenophobic either way.
Yasuke: *I’m black*
Lord: So u have chosen an honourable life
This is so wholesome
that not always true
JOE MUMA it applies for this
@@DamianTheLightskin I know but not all da time
@@joemuma3920 it is always true for this.
I had no idea that a black man who was a slave would somehow become a Samurai Warrior in Japan. Amazing!
No,to become a samurai you need to born from a samurai clan
@@Superfawwaz Before you answer no I think you should read his story.
@@Superfawwaz But Hideyoshi….
neither would I
you dont have to have a samurai blood to become a samurai you must, have the swordsmanship of a samurai and the courage and determination of a samurai
Visited Fukuoka, and Sasebo Japan last year and that’s where I first stumbled across the mythological tale of Yasuke. It’s hidden deep in folklore but the older generations there have heard of it. I was completely amazed. Hopefully this will be made into a movie soon!!!
I wish they made a game based on this
Afro samurai
Go watch afro samurai on Netflix or hulu that shit bomb
He is one of the enemy boss in Nioh, fighting against William Adams, another foreign Samurai.
A game where you only get to follow a man around and be his servant.
there's a game based on the samurai era. Samurai warriors or warriors orochi
Haruto: YASUKE!!!!!
YASUKE: HARUTO!!!!!
*And thus this begins one of the most grueling battles in Feudal Japan*
PetrifiedScrub lol
Nani!?
😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I see that a lot of people haven't read the African Presence in Early Europe and Asia and America and Sex and Race Volume 1,2,3 . You must learn ! Also the so-called European isn't the true European . I was surprised to see that they have all of these Black Statues and Black Images of on the Royal family crest . Black and Brown Royalty and Nobles of Early Europe . They don't teach this knowledge in public schools . They need to !
Coming here from NETFLIX Yasuke series, and finding out about MOZAMBIQUE origins is amazing, since i am from Mozambique and also I am MAKUA. That's FREAKING AWESSOME!!!! Thanks for this Wonderful story. XO
POV: You are here after watching Yasuke on Netflix.
Yasuke: I'm Black
Emperor: We are gonna make you the MJ of Samurai's before the NBA makes there move.
Daimyo (regional warlord), not emperor.
The emperor hung out in kyoto and had almost nothing to do with anything really.
Fyi
DrYnroh dude was just chilling ? While war lords ran rampant fighting clan after clan ?
@@emanuelgonzalez1975
Yes. Exactly. He was "retired" essentially. Warlords fought over control of the capital to use him as a figurehead and tool to "legitimize" their rule.
Lol
the first import player in kendo tournament, respect
He had the power of god, anime AND the n word on his side, dear god.
He can beat Ultra Instinct Shaggy
Van Maul maybe when shaggy is at 2% remember in ep 1000 of Scooby doo beach house shaggy stated if he went over 2% the universe would be destroyed and in ep 3869, he did that
my ninja- denzel voice
StraightHairline3 the only thing that could rival him was Crab with a knife, but even then shaggy will gain power to shatter his shell.
@@arkinyte13 crab with a knife is too powerful even for shaggy! Have you not seen scooby doo episode 4071? Shaggy got pinched in the butt by crab *WITHOUT* the knife! People thought he died! Yes he defeated it but in the post credit scene the crab got it's shell back and grabbed the knifeA
Yasuke comes to Netflix in the form of an anime! April 29th🙏🏽💯
Well.... It was garbage
@@513MRSHADOW513 or was it not what you wanted? I personally liked it but I understand why some didn’t
@@poeticc2780 It's too short and feels too rushed
It was dogshit.
Who's here cause of AC Shadows?
Count me in 😂
I’m not, this actually got on my feed for no reason but I am fairly excited for Assassin’s Creed Shadows
Me, cuz everyone thinks they are now Japan experts.
>Downloads M&B
>Downloads Gekokujo
>Randomize character
Kek good one
i love you for this one
Harlaus: Reeeeeee
Max Herman lmao
Harlaus:Wait that's illegal!
Mitsu hide : We must send him back to the Christians
Yasuke: ah shit, here we go again.
A Z he got skills now though. He can escape the Christian monks
@@revonz its not the same fight in 1vs1 than a battle. and we dont know if he was a warrior in t past
Man these gta memes r rad
Kyoto street for life man family
@@revonz Tom Cruise did it in less than 2 hours!!
This video's gonna pop off again isnt it
hopefully
@@KingsandGenerals fingies crossed 🤞🏽
@@KingsandGenerals But now people will be more critical to it.
@@Zodroo_Tint You mean dipshits who just learnt of Yasuke coping about him and pretending they know everything about him?
@@WELSHGAMER99😂😂pretty accurate
Oda Nobunaga cheers to you Sir for having the foresite of how to piss off "anti woke" folk hundreds of yrs in advance of the new AC Shadows game 🤣
Oda Nobunaga was a paid actor.
Didn't y'all get mad over some stuff for a game like Hogwarts legacy or stellar blade or GOT being made by white devs? Y'all both "anti woke and woke" or whatever you guys are called always get mad 😂
I've never played any of those games but the ppl upset over Eve looking good in Stellar Blade is a non issue for me I could care less nor do I give a damn who dev GOT
@@cgiii2440 okay? Still the same group that got mad over it and even Hogwarts legacy lmao
@@maverick9357 I'm not part of any group I'm kinda confused about the assassin's creed gripe...the black character in the game is based off an actual historical figure so 🤔
Ghost of Tsushima 2: The Black Ghost
🤔
That would be a dream come true
@@tdilla4606 please, nigguh, no
As long as its not woke af, I'll play it
Make him and Jin fought in three kingdoms
His entire history sounds like a good video game
What interesting is that they put him in nioh a samurai game
@@9773an He's also in Nobunaga's Ambition.
True
Exactly I hope they do something like a assassins creed type game for him
It should be Ghost of Tsushima's spiritual successor
Didn’t know Coryxkenshin lived back then, we need him to see this after he returns from his disappearance again?
This video will explode this year because of Assassin's Creed Shadows ❤
I think I just saw you from other video, u said yasuke was not a samurai
@@Djeafskie nope! I didn't even knew about him before the game Trailer. I just can't wait to see his story in the game. African Samurai, what a great story 😍
Possibly the most interesting piece of history I've ever heard.
Right. This is first ive heard about this. Now i wanna kno more
How about most Japanese citizenship in the fetal area where dark skin???
@@justnoticed_that7295 fetal area lmao
@@gleo2107 - Be nice... of course he/she meant "era."
@@nialcc Feudal Era*
I smell new a new Assassins Creed iteration coming up.
They'll probably use Yasuke's existence to justify making half of Uesugi Clan black. Where there's one, there a thousand of 'em.
Oh shit that would actually be pretty cool
@@5h0rgunn45 hmmm someone played Sengoku Rance
Deathcoldan why, that would be awesome
@@icantcomeupwithagoodusername
No it wouldn't. It would probably sell horribly, especially in Japan where they are notoriously racist against black people, even their prime ministers.
Who’s here after all the racists came out of the woodwork for the next Assassins Creed game?
@casual_user4388 there are literally two playable characters in the game and you can play as a Japanese woman. There are also games that have Asian male protagonists set in Japan before. You are overreacting.
@casual_user4388 the dude is literally is known in Japan as tales in Japan and statues over there and here you are talking about glorified fiction 😂😂
@casual_user4388 my god you people. You never cried when he was in samurai warriors or nioh. There is literally a female Japanese woman in the game how do you miss that? Who said I was fanboying?
Better yet don't bother me about this because we're just going to enter a pointless argument.
I love how the most loud about this historical figure are the Europeans. How about you people study up on your own history such as Zoophilia 😂
@@spider2598the same group that complains about Yasuke also complains about women protagonists (unless hyper sexualized). This game pits the 2 protagonist types they hate the most, women and black people. Just wait till AC Hexe drops and you’ll see the same bunch crying about how there isn’t a male protagonist
Imagine being six feet tall at that time. The man must have been a giant.
Historical "fish out of water" stories are the most fascinating part of history to me, so when I learned about an African who became a Samurai I HAD to write about it. Enjoy guys :)
A redguard who chose the Akaviri ways... Well well
@UCVCQhFe26__8b2rjLrJmICQ Or ask the portoguese priests about it
The Obsidian Samurai, great choice for a vid
Are you writing a novel on it?
This is most interesting. I have never heard about a REAL black Samurai until today!
Two things you’re missing historically are that He was being used as a bodyguard by the missionary, as it was common for missionaries of the time to purchase mercenaries or athletic slaves as guards, especially if venturing into feudal Japan. Second, the Japanese were fascinated by His skin color because older pictures of Buddha depicted Him with very dark skin, and since most of Japan was Buddhist there was an obvious likeness to their supreme teacher in Him, and yes He was a large athletic Man that probably towered over most of them.
Wow I definitely didn't read this before I wrote my spill. So now, I'm repetitive.
Yeah, except the dark skin difference between Asiatic cultures and Pacific Islanders are vastly different from East Africa. But, nice try.
@@barrettwissell9708
Oh and of course the average Japanese person obviously understood all the minutiae and phenotypic differences between East Africans and Pacific Islanders and South Asians, in their skin tone to be specific?
You have only said something in order to say nothing.
For your information East Africans have participated in many historic battles of the past the Trojan war to name one. Look up Memnon the great an Ethiopian King. Somali coastal cities for example are nearly 3,000 years old some of them and the Somali people have been using sacrificial zinc on the rain-guard their swords going hundreds of years now.
I thought I should answer your bias; rather than your statement non-statement.
@Lemon Boy Maya Canada, maxaa jira?
@Lemon Boy Yasuke wasnt the first black Japanese warrior.
At a certain point in time, everyone living anywhere on planet Earth was a black[sic] person.
Blacks[sic] have been in existence for over a million years now, they relocated to Asia and populated the continent.
Similar to the inhabitants of all the other continents, Asia's native Japenese was initially black[sic] people that travelled and had made their way there from within the Africa continent, and they existed in Japan and all the other Asian countries for thousands upon thousands of years until the current stock of Asians and Japenese appear later around 100 - 200 thousands years ago.
Imagine being bought like cattle and taken away from your family and home, expecting to work fields the rest of your life, but then get traded to a bunch of men in robes, and then a strange people accept you as some sort of demi-god. Then a short man in a more colorful robe gives you money and land and trains you as a warrior.
What a rollercoaster of a life.
Interesting that nobody seems to have a problem with accepting facts before AC Shadows.
The video is not based on facts but some facts and then lots of speculation and fantasy
black russian,african ruler of India,and now black samurai.......such gems are hidden from today's history lesson
Its sad that for such a long time History only meant, european or ehite history..
@@tablon6948 yes
Of course bro. Lol. you know why.
hollywood would never make this movie black panther was fictional, there are plenty of stories about black men rising and ruling in Asian, Europe and the middle east they would never show a black man having influence over another ethnicity
@@tablon6948 that comment is so fucking dump...
"You aren't a man! Merely an imitation!" cried the enemy general. "You must be sent to the Catholics to be rid of!"
*the Catholics, upon seeing Yasuke*
"Yooooooo how've you been bro?"
Yasuke: after a year of serving the Oda clan it was time to go home.
Some say that this traitorous general actually had sympathy for Yasuke and only said these things so that he'd be sent away and his life would be spared.
I love this story
Yasuke: Ah shit .. here we go again
And so the Portuguese set off again for the Eastern coast of Africa with Yasuke now a changed man. As the ship approached Yasuke saw a familiar town. His child hood home from where he set out on his journey, a perfect place to end it he thought.
Before his death Chadwick Boseman was cast as yasuke in MGM picture, but sadly that movie never happened
They are now making a new one
Why is this the first time I'm hearing of Yasuke. He's so incredibly interesting and mysterious!
Chadwick was going to play him, rip king gone way too soon
Wait its a movie?!
@@theepufferfish7918 it was probably in the very early stages of production. i wouldn't be surprised if a movie was made from this
Yes. I was looking forward to that movie with him In it.
@@monniek972 he died thou
@@user-we5gv1bh9d thank you for reminding us. R.I.P.
I really appreciate this new art style. Nice break from the intense battles.
Thanks! :)
@Aleksa Petrovic that was Cogito series
It's real life afro samori!
Thank you so much for translating this video !
Anyone here from the upcoming anime that Mappa is making titled: Yasuke?
Just saw the trailer today, im excited to watch it
Hell yea
Netflix/anime
Imagine becoming the tallest man in an entire country out of absolutely nowhere.
Benkei and Keiji we’re taller look them up
@@armorwolf7934 were they around the same time as him?
The following Sengoku Jidai samurai were taller than Yasuke (182cm).
Kato Kiyomasa 190cm, Toudou Takatora 190cm, Toyotomi Hideyori 197cm, Saito Yoshitatsu 195cm,
Yajima Mitsuyasu 209cm, Huuma Kotarou 216cm, Magara Juuzaemon Naotaka 220cm, Miura Yoshioki 227cm.
HollyNihon I just realized that yasuke was like 5’10, which i guess for Japan at this time is pretty tall, but like imagine if it was a member of one of those African tribes who have people that are like 7 feet tall
@@HollyNihon Where you catch these numbers?
Bruh probably got killed by the Portuguese. Ain't no way I spend a year as a Samurai, rolling with Nobunaga and then go back to "Yessa Massa."
I'd be a whole problem.
Koldraiyne DownSkayle I’m Japanese my friend, the Portuguese did some dreadful stuff back then...
I don't want the bible no mo, gimme a Katana lol
@@smitha775 back then wasn't too long ago for some of us
Koldraiyne DownSkayle 😂😂😂 you
fo sho RIGHT IT WOULD BE WHOLE NEW WORLD 🌎
You had to have African blood to be a samurai to open your third eye.there lying.blacks created kunfu also
How DARE this black Japanese samurai be based on a black Japanese samurai?! 😢
Sending this to all these people saying his wikipedia article got edited to fit some woke agenda. 5 fucking years ago, take that haters
This video has many historical inaccuracies tho
@@inksword6029 at least they are not inaccuracies made specifically for ac shadows, which ones though?
@@Antimonium the only things that are historically verifiable is that he was tall and strong, he was given a short sword and made a warrior, but not a samurai, he did not know japanese and didnt learn, after his masters death theres no more info of him
@@inksword6029 the short sword is the most important weapon for the samurai though, they used plenty of other weapons but always kept one as a symbol of their status. I could argue that’s what makes a samurai, espaecially in the eyes of someone like oda nobunaga
@@Antimonium the requirements to be a samurai depend on the time period of japan, he wasnt a samurai by definition during his life, there is no historical evidence these are all rumors and misinterpretations based on a legend
Chadwick Boseman will be playing Yasuke in an upcoming movie.
Two Guys and A Few Good Men I already see Afrocentrists say things like “learn your history WE were the first samurai!”
@@sid300e In the meantime Yasuke wasn't even Samurai. First non-asian Samurai was William Adams, that had actual respect from Shogun, wife, land and official descendants.
immdev no the first non-Asian samurai was Tom Cruise.
@@sid300e you white washers wuz definitely godz of Egypt, n japaniz samurai. Soon you'll say you wuz Africans b4 black people lol
I saw some white guy already popping up on CNN and losing his mind saying that this history is made up and then went on to make the usual we wuz kangs comment. 😂
the japanese assassins creed story should be about yasuke
@Alvaro CAro either about him or make him a character you can interact with although guys next AC is set in vikings age :( if they take out the RPG style i'd play it
It's Japanese, an African can't represent Japan
@@NeGoPoS yes but it's very interesting, I believe even japanese people will like it
@@nadimsarieddine9835 that's funny because the Japanese find black people unpleasant
@@NeGoPoS What's ur point? The whole world has hated Hebrews since the beginning of time yet we're still here... The black man created all culture. All we need is for nature to respect us. All we have to do is watch how nature treats the modern day man in each region/nation and if they can't handle the sun, then those people are not the original *natural* natives of whatever specific land; simple.. All nations were formed by the original brown man("black" people/Hebrews are actually different shades of brown)! "Black" people are your creators! My people are god's erased from history. The world had better hope we never rediscover ourselves and unlock our suppressed powers! Shit it takes an whole task force to detain 1 Hebrew female teen. So what do "white" people really know about our history they want us to so badly forget for their sake of survival?
It's crazy watching this over and seeing how some of this was adapted into the anime
Just stopped by here after the yasuke anime announcement
You've been hearted
Samurai Jack a Japanese went to Africa to train
Jesus it actually happened in reverse
Samurai Jack was also voiced by a Black Guy.
@@KyoushaPumpItUp th-cam.com/video/qipZEhakVpQ/w-d-xo.html
About 400years ago,Nobunaga Oda already thought that the Black Lives Matter.
@@Pain-lv5it I hate to tell you this but you should see how China treats black people because its absolutely awful.
Even Japan, South Korea and Taiwan (The most forward thinking Asian nations) treat black people a lot worse than Western white majority countries. And I say this as someone who loves and has lived in Asia for years, and is married to a Japanese person.
Asians in the west are also starting to be grouped in with white people because they're so successful. They're being discriminated against in universities because they "Do too well" and there is talk of discriminating against them in the tech industry for the same reason :(
I hope in the future all the racists on the far right and far left will grow up and we can all get along. The human race can do so much but we waste so much time on such stupid things.
@@Cha4k ik that in these times they don't treat us fairly but before slavery us black people were trading with asians but right now white and asian people tske advantage of our lives to much and us black people should stop thos racism war by showing them the pain that mine and your ancestors felt for 400 years
@@Pain-lv5it This is the exception, not the rule.
The reason why asian treat black people differently cuz it rare to see black people walking around in asian street you know? Unlike some of white people, they live with black people still treat them like shit
pat mat good to hear😁
With new Assassin’s Creed game announced, this video is more relevant than ever! So many people are completely unfamiliar with his story : )
Yes sirrrrr 💯
Anybody here after watching the new trailer for Assassin’s Creed Shadows? ❤😂
Yup
When Afro Samurai was actually legit and you thought it was just some crazy anime stuff.
Why isn't there a movie about this, its soo fascinating!!!
They are making one!
@@KingsandGenerals who's the actor
@@shadowking5609 Boseman
their is a movie black samurai .
Yeh Tom cruise played him
man i freaking love this story
and there is still so many mysteries this sounds so much like a fictional story but it actually happened
Pops up this on my recommendation after the assassins creed shadows controversy.
The first weeb, *spectacular.*
He actually wasn't. The first "weebs" were the many Chinese people who were part of the clans in Japan. The first recorded westerners in Japan were Europeans, two of them which were either Spaniards or Portuguese
No the first weeb is Lafcadio Hearn
@@SirContent oof
Its called art
The Dark weeb
It's so interesting to imagine how he adopted the customs and traditions of the Europeans, only to change them for those of Japan and the samurai code. It's very inspiring how commited he was to the life he made there, as he went looking for his lord's son, to serve him after the former had died
Boshido
@@zadh bushido is a lie
Imagine if the world was different and he was allowed to practice his own culture - instead of being forced to learn anothers.
@@GMAV3RICK ok
@@GMAV3RICK Wouldn't that just have made him one of the millions of tribesmen in Africa? Much less memorable for sure.
Came here after watching the AC shadows trailer.
I'm so mad the anime chose to have magic and mecha instead of adapting Yasuke's story.
they did it's normal if you talking about afro it's not meant for historical accuracy
When someone takes you from slavery to wealth. How hard would you fight for him?
I am willing to die
when a japenese lord at those time praising you for your integrity, you know you're legit there.
Till death 4 sure
I thought they were gonna say he killed every solider hat was attacking the temple
I'd give my life by commiting Seppuku.
The amount of respect this dude got just for being black in Japan was unreal. If only the Europeans would have treated africans so honorably...
First slave owner in America was a black guy named Antony Johnson.
Vlad Ivanov what clown history are you learning? He was an indentured servant and became a free man in the 1640s. Are you telling me that no one before him ever owned slaves, when slavery was a used practice back then? Where did you learn any of the shit you just posted? Just curious.
@@vladivanov5500 idiots like you will crawl online and start teaching false news because you have no education .
Hey man my people sold themselves for the glory. I still don’t get it now tbh
@@carbonmoxylc4442 You just looked at his wiki page and read the part about him having been an indentured servant, didn't you?
Didn't read up to the part that said "He *attained great wealth* after completing his term as an indentured servant, and has been referred to as *"'the black patriarch' of the first community of Negro property owners in America"*?
Now granted, you can nitpick the details, and there may have been others before him, but legally speaking he was America's first legally sanctioned slave owner.
Perhaps you'll trust the words of Snopes. Look up Anthony Johnson + Snopes.
I also highly recommend the book White Cargo Book by Don Jordan and Michael J Walsh.
Amazing story - thankyou for posting.
Just happy Netflix has coming anime about Yasuke
It all started with a boy with an yellow hair from the desert hidden in the sand, the african boy named Taruto. His childhood friend, Yasuke had been abducted by the tribe leader and sent to the japanese lord known as Urochimaru
Lol thats really creative
Warren Machini He literally just described the naruto plot
Hahhhahahahaha
"An yellow" good grammar
Did the yellow haired boy have a beast with 9 tails within him
His physique and skin color was admired instead of feared
His name Yasuke was still pretty much just "that black guy" So they werent that imaginative on that part
Jebu911 No it's not.
we have only few sentences about him on our record. About his skin color, about the seller and the buyer and about why his Japanese was terrible. That's all.
Then why Black Americans keep saying all the source of this story come our historical records??
most of this story is nonsense.
First of all, They don't even know what Samurai is.
Samurai was a title given from your blood line. Not a rank that someone can give you or takes back.
@@quad9936 That's complete nonsense. Toyotomi Hideyoshi was a peasant before Oda Nobunaga hired him as a samurai. After Hideyoshi conquered all of japan, he commanded the 刀狩令, which banned peasants and monks using katanas.
It is from this point that samurais are titled from bloodline.
At the time of Yasuke, pretty much everyone could be a samurai.
@@user-ph8jc6wx2h Nonsese?
Really?
OK. Let’s check which history is nonsense.
In many Japanese history books, Hideyoshi was recorded as a 足軽. 足軽 was obviously a rank of Samurai(A very very low rank though), especially by the term of 尾張's tradition. Just because people called him a peasant or very low class person at the time, it didn’t mean he wasn’t in a Samurai class at all. Exactly same situation of that foreigners also often say “How 石田三成 or 藤堂高虎 were samurai class?!” since they misunderstand about the title, Samurai.
So the real nonsense is your _” At the time of Yasuke, pretty much everyone could be a samurai.”_
First of all,
In the 信長公記, his name was recorded as “弥助”. This means he was just one of Nobunaga's many servants, not a samurai at all until he was gone from Japan.
Imagine being so legendary you get an anime adaptation based on your real life experiences
This is definitely a piece of history worth recognition during Black History Month
It doesn't matter he wasn't born into the samurai class, Yasuke was a true samurai. *Respect*
Kurt Rustle if he was given and allowed to wear katana, then he most definitely was samurai
@Kurt Rustle have you read all the japanese records of Yasuke? Just courious.
Kurt Rustle stupid inbred cavemen incel
Kurt Rustle you’re a insecure piece of shit they even said most of the facts are lost on him and here goes your autistic ass making assumptions you’re sources are as legit as the video. I hate you incel with a passion no one will miss you scum
@@impacc4182 *savage*
This is one of the best videos of yours I've ever seen. The artwork is stunning and the story is fascinating. Really great work!
Thank you, my friend!
Thanks! :)
Agreed
Finally, someone white who appreciates this fascinating story of history without all these stupid nword jokes.
The artwork is OUTSTANDING in this video! Bravo