Known as Yasuke, the man was a warrior who reached the rank of samurai under the rule of Oda Nobunaga - a powerful 16th Century Japanese feudal lord who was the first of the three unifiers of Japan.

Thanks to Oda's editor, who revealed a lot of his unpublished works recently, fans now know that the prototypes for Zoro and Sanji are actually Samurai and Knights. Samurai and Knights differ from ...

Now that you’ve read about Oda Nobunaga, learn about the Onna-Bugeisha, Japan’s fierce female samurai. Next, discover the story Miyamoto Musashi, the Edo-era samurai famous for fighting with a ...