Black Samurai

 

They say samurai were only Japanese… but history says otherwise.

In 1579, a towering African man stepped off a ship in Japan. The locals had never seen anything like him—he stood over 6 feet tall, strong, dark-skinned, and spoke multiple languages. At first, they thought he was a god.

His name was Yasuke.

He was brought to Japan by Jesuit missionaries, but he didn’t stay a servant for long. He caught the attention of Oda Nobunaga, one of the most powerful warlords in Japan. Nobunaga was so impressed by Yasuke’s strength, intelligence, and presence that he made him a samurai—a title reserved for the elite.

Yasuke was given a katana, his own home, and even served alongside Nobunaga in battle. He fought bravely, commanding troops and standing shoulder to shoulder with Japan’s most elite warriors.

Yes, there was a Black samurai in 16th-century Japan.

And it’s not fiction. It’s history.

Photo is clearly AI. Of course there's no pictures of him from the 1500s