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The major varieties of shuriken are the bō shuriken (棒手裏剣, stick shuriken) and the hira shuriken (平手裏剣, flat shuriken) or shaken (車剣, wheel shuriken, also read as kurumaken). Shuriken functioned as supplementary weapons to the sword or to other weapons in a samurai's arsenal, although they often had an important tactical ...
Shurikenjutsu (手裏剣術) is a general term describing the traditional Japanese martial arts of throwing shuriken, which are small, hand-held weapons used primarily by the Samurai in feudal Japan, such as metal spikes bō shuriken, circular plates of metal known as hira shuriken, and knives ().
Mengu, various types of lacquered metal and or leather facial armour designed in a way that the top heavy helmet kabuto could be tied and secured to them by various metal posts. Mengu had throat guards yodare-kake made from several rows of iron or leather plates or kusari (chain armour) sewn to a cloth backing, suspended from the bottom edge.
The Otomonin (オトモ忍, Companion Ninja) are mecha created by Yoshitaka using alien technology that are normally hidden in the city until they are summoned by the Ninningers via their Ninja Ichibantou in conjunction with a corresponding Otomonin Shuriken (オトモ忍シュリケン). The Ninningers later create their secondary Otomonin ...
Wood, metal, fish skin, silk [citation needed] The ninjatō ( 忍者刀 ) , ninjaken ( 忍者剣 ) , or shinobigatana ( 忍刀 ) , [ 2 ] is alleged to be the preferred weapon of the shinobi of feudal Japan , described in one 21st-century portrayal as carried on the person's back, specifically horizontally at a height of around that of the ...
It was the seventh installment in Toei's Metal Hero Series franchise of live-action superhero shows and the last of the Showa era. The series centers around a young ninja master named Toha Yamaji, who must face numerous ninja masters from different parts of the world by donning a special armor to become his alter-ego Jiraiya.
Toei Superheroes are superhero shows produced by Toei Company, a company that has done the largest number of live-action tokusatsu superhero shows in Japan.Many of the Toei Superheroes were featured in the video special Toei 100 Great Hero Super Fight (東映100大ヒーロー スーパーファイト) released on July 21, 1986.
A kusarigama (Japanese: 鎖鎌, lit. "chain-sickle") is a traditional Japanese weapon that consists of a kama (the Japanese equivalent of a sickle or billhook) on a kusari-fundo – a type of metal chain (kusari) with a heavy iron weight (fundo) at the end. The kusarigama is said to have been developed during the Muromachi period.