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...
Production Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound: www.epidemicsound.com
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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
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
Oda Nobunaga upon seeing a black dude: YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
more like YUUUUUUUUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH
Me my gang pull up
😂🤣😂🤣
Im dying🤣
@@iModMyWorld4U good sh*t...
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
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?
Oda Nobunaga: This man is huge and his skin is dark! What is your name?
Young man: *Uvuvuevuevue Enyetuenwuevue Ugwemubwem Ossas*
Oda Nobunaga: ...Yasuke!
Yesnog05 a man of culture i see
Lmao
Imagine he made a sword teaching style based on his name
"Why do you feel the need of naming me?"
U win sir...lmao
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
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.
Oda Nobunaga was a great man, he not only wanted to unify Japan, he wanted Japan to be a prosperous and modern country, he did not discriminate against people because of their race or religion, he judged a person by their abilities.
I mean as lofty as his goals were, let's not pretend he was a good person. There's a reason he was called the Demon King of the Sixth Hell.
@@MantraMan2077 people must be judged in their historical context
@@MantraMan2077
Late to the party, but that name was part of the plan. Young, inexperienced warriors would most likely give up and surrender to someone who's name is literally the Devil. It's a psychology thing.
@Chad Thaddeus burn
@Chad Thaddeus it is because the ikko ikki buddhists were very connected to buddhism and you couldn't convince them other wise.
the only way you could have stopped them was slaying them to the ground until they vanished.
nobunaga wasn't a great man, but i respect his views and goals and i wish he will be more presented in movies and other documentaries as he has an interesting and talented personality
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.
"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......
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)
It’s sad that we will not see Chadwick play this historic role.
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!
Legend has it he founded the village hidden in the clouds
tru tru😎😎
and became the first Raikage
*CZcams 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.
That man literally lived a unique, heroes story that could only be imagined
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.
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
Damn, I thought Chadwick was preparing for this role when I saw some of his pictures a while back. R.I.P Legend
Where?
he was supposed to fill that role
Yasuke: *speaks little japanese
Oda: i already love this guy
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.
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
You know you're a badass when history is so impacted by you that 600 years later they make cartoons and CZcams 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
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.
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
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.
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 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
This guy's life story would make an incredible Netflix series.
They're making an anime on Netflix about him actually
@@ESFDragxnFistGamer 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
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.
i m from mozambique, i never hear that history, thank you
I live in Mozambique too
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!!!
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.
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.
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.
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
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 !
Why is this the first time I'm hearing of Yasuke. He's so incredibly interesting and mysterious!
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
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!
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...
Yasuke: I'm black
Nobunaga: Impossible
Nobunaga was the bravest and most honorable man that I had met.
Ur alive
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
Hesse Friedermanns Doing what white people have ALWAYS done to history I see.
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.
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
I am guessing this is the basis for the movie Chadwick Boseman was supposed to star in...R.I.P. 🙏
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
>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!
I love how Nobunaga Oda literally tried to white-wash Yasuke.
I'm from Mozambique, and it's weird to think that my country has had a samurai
It's not confirmed he was from there it just states he was from somewhere in South Africa
@@ImsoLuckii7 yeah, I know. Some say he probably was from South Sudan, others that he was from Kenia.
😅
@@blackerpanther3329 Yes, He was an Afro-Samurai
Who knows i say Mozambique because it was a portuguese colony
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
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*
"DRAW YA BLADE AND CATCH DIS FADE!"
Don't be lame
@@DreadedLad88 watcha mean?
@@blazecraze3652 yo a fellow Calebcity fan wassup dawg
@@blazecraze3652 when he cuts his enemies they should say "MY ORGANS! MY VITAL ORGANS!"
Afro Samurai, one if my favorite anime totally makes sense now. That was pretty cool.
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
"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.
Didn’t know Coryxkenshin lived back then, we need him to see this after he returns from his disappearance again?
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.
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.
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!
I'm mozambican and for me yasuke it's a legend.
The movie would have been amazing. RIP Chadwick Boseman.
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
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.
Imma be honest I wished he just lived the rest of his life in japan as a ronin
Ubisoft, it's now time for an Assassin's Creed set in feudal Japan.
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?
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
chadwick boseman wouldve killed this role R.I.P king 🙏🏽😭
I hope Michael B. Jordan decides to take the mantle and with good writing it would be amazing
Chadwick was too short and Michael B is not dark enough. Should be interesting who they get though!
How about Michael Jai White or maybe Lance Reddick, i feel like Yasuke would've been older during his Samurai days?!
Please Hollywood do not fuck this up!🖤🖤🖤
50cent
How quickly we forget that Denzel Washington's son, John David, is a thing. He's got the height, the physicality (if the trailers from Tenet are any indication), he's got the right skin tone, has an intimidating look/presence and he's got a good measure of his father's acting chops. Also, given that Denzel Washington himself sponsored Chadwick's acting education out of his own pocket, it seems only fitting that John David Washington have his name thrown into the hat for the short list to lead a Yasuke film........assuming that Hollywood is even still keen on doing it.
@@melcody5042 That's trivial it's about who can bring the role to life. Chadwick was a true thespian and he really was for the culture. He would have played this role like no other
No European had ever treated a black man this way..
Much respect to Japanese.
It wasn't a common thing in Japan hes the only one known
@@lupifi9922 sad that you don't know your own peoples history. You sold each other as slaves to the Spanish, Portuguese and other Europeans.
The japanese had a system called romusha during their occupation of indonesia.
Its basically slavery of the native indonesians.
Learn history then talk.
Black men weren't the only slaves.
stop the bs dont talk about Europe as a whole its a continent with different cultures and countries for example Peter the great of Russia (emperor of Russia) had a adopted son called Abram Petrovich who was an black African and Peter gived importance to his education he even get his own military unit etc not to mention he was an influental intellect in Russian society for example he convinced Aleksandr Suvorov's father to let Suvorov go to military school thus he became one of Russia's greatest general Suvorov's mentor
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. 😂
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 czcams.com/video/qipZEhakVpQ/video.html
Thank you so much for translating this video !
It's crazy watching this over and seeing how some of this was adapted into the anime
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 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.
Thank you for making this video. As a Black history buff this is one of my favorite stories. I’m often left searching for history channels that include me in history. A lot on YT have some uncomfortable word choices when it comes to describing Black folks, too. Thank you, again
POV: You are here after watching Yasuke on Netflix.
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
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😁
Imagine being so legendary you get an anime adaptation based on your real life experiences
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*
When Afro Samurai was actually legit and you thought it was just some crazy anime stuff.
I always learned something new from this channel
The artwork is OUTSTANDING in this video! Bravo
I'm Japanese.
respect for yasuke.
he has Samurai spirits
@@Rat_Milk_Enthusiast That's right
Nobunaga sought his own harm before being killed by Mitsuhide.
Yasuke cut the head of Nobunaga.
It is for not letting Mitsuhide give a battle result.
Yasuke got the head of Nobunaga and passed it to his brother nobutada.
This is the last of his story
@@Rat_Milk_Enthusiast fucking cringe
Sumerian im an eskimo.. respect to the walrus and polar bear... true strength is one being impervious to freezing his nutts off
でも坂上田村麻呂が黒人だって言ってる奴らは馬鹿馬鹿しいでしょ？
@@CardboardAnimal The bozo thinks it's ok to joke about one of humanity's worst atrocities. One that may have been innevitable, but a horrible, horrible one nonetheless. Worst of all, one that still has consequences today in the form of the Hibakusha "Bomb survivors". He doesn't deserve the attention you give him. Just let him be the moron he is and leave it at that. You're wasting time you could be using for far better things.
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
FBI Black Weeb then
No the first weeb is Lafcadio Hearn
@@SirContent oof
Its called art
Amazing story - thankyou for posting.
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
There is a story that Nobunaga intended to give Yasuke a castle. But he died from an unlucky betrayal.
If Nobunaga was alive, he could have been bigger in Japan.
That woulda been so amazing, Bro!
Imagine if Nobunga gave an African Warrior that helped him his own Castle!
The course slave history in coulda gone quite differently given how certain events can have huge butterfly effects on time.
BTW could you tell me this particular story your talking about?
Seido.
We have never seen that kind of story in Japan since all the Yasuke's record we have are just 3 short sentences only.
Could you show us the original source of your story because I have no problem to read the original record since Japanese is my first language.
@@quad9936 著者 村上直次郎（訳）のイエズス会日本年報（上）という本に記述があるみたいですよ。
@@quad9936 It's written in the Jesuit Annual Report of Japan.
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.
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
They even made a anime of Yasuke
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.
I'm Japanese. He is one of my favorite samurai!
JudahBenLevi whatever the fuck you are smoking, you need to stop right now
JudahBenLevi stfu
@@potatoeskimos I can smell you all the way from here
@neigh thats all you could think about
@JudahBenLevi lol dude don't embarrass us like that
Yasuke, originally a black slave and a missionary, caught the eye of Oda Nobunaga big time. According to the "Nobunaga-ko Ki" (Chronicles of Nobunaga), Yasuke got his own crib and a katana. Even in the "Kachuu Nikki" (Family Loyalty Diary), Yasuke isn't treated like your typical slave or indentured servant; he's documented as a stipendiary, almost like a legit warrior.
And get this, the letters from missionaries like Frois spill the tea on Yasuke too. Back then, being a stipendiary was like becoming a knight in Europe - talk about a glow-up from slave to knight!
Nobunaga was planning to hook Yasuke up with a castle once he unified Japan. That's some noble status right there, like being a "duke" or "earl" in Europe. Imagine, in an era when black folks were usually stuck in slavery, if this had happened, we might've seen Nobunaga and Yasuke in history textbooks worldwide as the dynamic duo - the lord and his noble black sidekick!😅
He was the first outsider to be a samurai
@@Angelo-yr1en Wasn't a samurai. He didn't even get a last name, which is mandatory for samurai. He carried Oda's weapons, an arms bearer. Chosen for his rare skin color because Oda wanted to show off his rare shiny Pokemon of a servant. If blacks were common in Japan, Oda wouldn't have looked at him twice.
@@WalnutWarrior7 Ooh somebody’s toxic that a black guy was a samurai nah bro if blacks were common in Japan oda would’ve replace his army with them cuz their genetic freaks
@@WalnutWarrior7 nah he was a samurai ur just mad that he’s black 😂🤣
@@Angelo-yr1en Got nothing against blacks. Just don't want fiction getting passed off as history. Every source we have points to him being just an arms bearer. There is no record of him ever being in a single fight. And they didn't even give him a last name, which is mandatory for samurais. You're the one living in fantasy land. Show me source for your claims. Most of the sources you will find will disprove you, so I imagine this google search will be depressing to you.
Just happy Netflix has coming anime about Yasuke