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Ninja is the on'yomi ( Early Middle Chinese–influenced) the two kanji "忍者". In the native kun'yomi reading, it is pronounced shinobi, a shortened form of shinobi-no-mono (忍びの者). [7] The word shinobi appears in the written record as far back as the late 8th century in poems in the Man'yōshū.
Shinobi Life. Shinobi Life ( Japanese: シノビライフ, Hepburn: Shinobi Raifu) is a Japanese romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Shoko Conami. It was serialized in Princess magazine from July 2006 to March 2012. The individual chapters were collected and published in thirteen tankōbon volumes by Akita Shoten.
Shinobi is a 3D action-adventure video game developed by Overworks and published by Sega as part of the Shinobi series. It was released for the PlayStation 2 console on November 12, 2002, in North America; December 5 in Japan; and May 15, 2003, in Europe. The game stars the master ninja Hotsuma, leader of the Oboro clan, who wields Akujiki, a ...
Ninjutsu (忍術), sometimes used interchangeably with the modern term ninpō (忍法), [1] is the martial art strategy and tactics of unconventional warfare, guerrilla warfare, insurgency tactics and espionage purportedly practised by the ninja. [2] [page needed] Ninjutsu was a separate discipline in some traditional Japanese schools, which ...
Shinobi [a] is a series of hack-and-slash games created by Sega. The ninja ( shinobi) Joe Musashi is the protagonist of the original series of games ( Shinobi to Shinobi III ). [3] The first Shinobi was released in 1987 as an arcade video game. Along with Alex Kidd and Sonic the Hedgehog, Joe Musashi has long been one of Sega's flagship ...
A life-size 160-centimetre (5.2-foot) dakimakura "love pillow" was bundled by Microsoft with the 5,000-unit "Kasumi-chan Blue" limited edition batch of the Xbox consoles sold in Japan with a matching Xbox Controller; a bed sheet of Kasumi and Ayane was offered as part of the Deluxe Edition of Dead or Alive 6 in Japan.
Oniwaban. Tokugawa Yoshimune. The Oniwaban (御庭番) or niwaban (庭番) was a group of government-employed undercover agents ( onmitsu ), established by the 8th Tokugawa shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshimune (1684–1751). They were under the direct command of the shōgun and were in charge of undercover intelligence operations. In actuality, their ...
Nightshade, released in Japan as Kunoichi (くのいち, lit. "female ninja") and stylized in all regions with the kanji 忍 behind the title, is an action video game for the PlayStation 2 (PS2), developed by Overworks [3] and published by Sega in 2003. It is the eleventh game in the Shinobi series and follows the exploits of a female ninja ...