4 days ago · Yasuke is a character introduced in the upcoming 2025 action role-playing game Assassin's Creed Shadows.A former African slave, he arrives in Japan as the bodyguard of Catholic Jesuit missionaries. Upon meeting Oda Nobunaga, the ruler takes Yasuke into his service and has him trained to be a samurai. [9]

Yasuke is a historical figure who will star as one of the two protagonists of the 2024 video game Assassin's Creed: Shadows. He is being portrayed by the Zimbabwean actor Tongayi Chirisa. ↑ In the Shinchō Kōki, a chronicle of Oda Nobunaga, Yasuke was described as being roughly 26 years old when he met the warlord in 1581.

May 15, 2024 · This is Yasuke, Japan’s first Black samurai, and the first real historical person to be a playable protagonist in an Assassin’s Creed game.

Jul 23, 2024 · Developers behind Assassin’s Creed Shadows, the upcoming Assassin’s Creed set in Feudal Japan, released a statement on Tuesday that addressed blowback to the game, which seems to be...

Oct 1, 2024 · Yasuke is one of two playable characters in Assassin’s Creed Shadows and that’s not changing. On September 29, 2024, Tom Henderson, the founder of Insider Gaming and a notable informant on...

Oct 1, 2024 · Assassin's Creed Shadows will not, cannot, and should not change its story despite the delay. Shadows will use the delays for bug fixes, polishes, and possibly tweaking some gameplay elements - and should not cater to the loudest critics

Sep 17, 2024 · One of two playable protagonists in “Shadows” is Yasuke, a real historical figure and African man who rose from his servitude to Portuguese Jesuits to become the first foreign samurai in Japan’s history. Yasuke’s story is full of drama and novelty, yet some “Assassin’s Creed” fans questioned Yasuke’s inclusion.

Sep 11, 2024 · It is the game’s other protagonist, a Black samurai named Yasuke. Some gamers erupted over his appearance, convinced that the franchise, known for its immersive recreations of the past, had “gone...

Jan 27, 2025 · With Assassin's Creed Shadows just around the corner, the hot topic right now is one I thought had already been established: Yasuke is not an assassin, which means he gets no fancy assassin tools ...

May 17, 2024 · That's the case with Yasuke, one of Assassin's Creed Shadows' two new protagonists, who employs a more forthright assault-based approach compared to Naoe, Ubisoft's other lead, who acts as...