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  2. Ninja - Wikipedia

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    The image of the ninja entered popular culture in the Edo period, when folktales and plays about ninja were conceived. Stories about the ninja are usually based on historical figures. For instance, many similar tales exist about a daimyō challenging a ninja to prove his worth, usually by stealing his pillow or weapon while he slept. [134]

  3. Ninjas in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    The 1998 East Java ninja scare was an outbreak of mass hysteria in East Java, Indonesia, in which the local population believed they were being targeted by sorcerers known as ninja, who were blamed for mysterious killings of religious leaders by assassins dressed in black. As many as 150-300 “sorcerers” were killed between February and ...

  4. Ninjatō - Wikipedia

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    Despite the disputed historical existence of the ninjato, [12] Hayes claims to describe it in detail, and suggests that the typical description of the ninjatō could be due to ninja having to forge their own blades from slabs of steel or iron with the cutting edge being ground on a stone, with straight blades being easier to form than the much ...

  5. List of real-life superheroes - Wikipedia

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    In Russia, there have also been attempts to create their own real superheroes. In March 2011, the first Russian superhero, nicknamed the "Chelyabinsk Ninja" (Челябинский Ниндзя), appeared in Chelyabinsk. [88] [89] However, nothing more was known about this superhero and there were no new news or rumors about him.

  6. Ninjutsu - Wikipedia

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    The Illustrated Ninja Handbook: Hidden Techniques of Ninjutsu. Tokyo–Rutland, Vt.–Singapore: Tuttle, 2014. Callos, Tom. "Notable American Martial Artists", Black Belt Magazine, May 2007, pp. 72–73. DiMarzio, Daniel. A Story of Life, Fate, and Finding the Lost Art of Koka Ninjutsu in Japan, 2008. ISBN 978-1-4357-1208-9

  7. 'American Ninja Warrior' crowns its first-ever couples champions

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    DiGangi has been competing on Ninja Warrior since 2012, and Labreck began in 2016 and has now hit more buzzers than any other female competitor. They met on the show in her first year and were ...

  8. Popular Twitch streamer Ninja gets ‘low taper fade’ haircut ...

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    Who is Ninja? Ninja, 32, whose real name is Richard Blevins, is a streamer, YouTuber and professional gamer in Chicago.His fame is attributed to him playing Fortnite Battle Royale in late 2017 ...

  9. Hattori Hanzō - Wikipedia

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    Hattori Hanzō (服部 半蔵, c. 1542 [1] – January 2, 1597) or Second Hanzō, nicknamed Oni no Hanzō (鬼の半蔵, Demon Hanzō), [2] was a famous samurai of the Sengoku era, who served the Tokugawa clan as a general, credited with saving the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu and then helping him to become the ruler of united Japan.