Yasuke, Nobunaga's African giant

**exodus86** · March 20, 2011, 09:26 AM

Hi people, I decided to make an account because I like this game.

I was wondering what your thoughts would be on the following link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke

A little excerpt from the page:

The "Lord Nobunaga Chronicle" (信長公記 Shinchōkōki) has a description of Yasuke's first meeting with Nobunaga. "On the 23rd of the 2nd month [March 23, 1581], a black page (黒坊主 "kuro-bōzu") came from the Christian countries. He looked about 26 [24 or 25 by Western count] or 27 years old; his entire body was black like that of an ox. The man was healthy and good-looking. Moreover, his strength was greater than that of 10 men."

Sometimes it is said that at his first meeting with Nobunaga, Nobunaga tried to have the color scrubbed off. His height is said to have been 6 shaku 2 sun (6 ft. 2 in., or 188 cm.); if so, his tall stature would have been very imposing to the Japanese of the day.

In June 1582, Nobunaga was attacked and killed in Honnō-ji in Kyoto by the army of Akechi Mitsuhide. Yasuke was also there at the time. Immediately after Nobunaga's death, Yasuke went to the lodging of Nobunaga's heir Oda Nobutada and withdrew with him to Nijô Castle. When that too was attacked by Akechi, Yasuke fought alongside the Nobutada forces for a long time. Finally he surrendered his sword to Akechi's men. They asked Akechi himself what to do with him. Akechi said that the black man was a beast and did not know anything, and furthermore, he was not Japanese, so they should not kill him but take him to the church [in Kyoto] of the Visitor from India, so they did, much to the relief of the Jesuits there who had worried about him. There is no information about him after that.

Wouldn't it be cool to a have special unit consisting of Yasuke and his private retainers?

Nobunaga treated Yasuke with such great favor that people in Azuchi even said he would probably be made a 'tono' (lord). This did not happen, however.

**Grouchio** · March 20, 2011, 09:28 AM

He could look like Samuel Jackson!

**exodus86** · March 20, 2011, 09:32 AM

OOOOoohh snap.

"Enough is enough! I have had it with these m*th*r

*ng ninja's in this m*th*r

*ng country!"

**Darth_Revan** · March 20, 2011, 09:36 AM

lmaooo they should make a movie on this and have Samuel L. Jackson star in it!!

, great piece of info though, did not know that

+rep

**exodus86** · March 20, 2011, 10:01 AM

It would be one piece of DLC that I would seriously buy. It could be a nice little campaign in which Yasuke escapes the clutches of Akechi Mitsuhide and joins up with some feral mountain ninja clan to take revenge on the Akechi's. Would be a nice little what-if piece to explore.

Can we give CA suggestions somewhere?

**Erwin Rommel** · March 20, 2011, 10:34 AM

How about..............elephants

**Crazyeyesreaper** · March 20, 2011, 03:59 PM

i would prefer an event as the Oda that has the man given to you as a General, that makes far more sense, maybe have him portrayed much like Keiji Maeda from Samurai Warriors etc. Big huge and a badass, and of course you get him from an event at a particular time during the campaign,