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It includes fictional ninja that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Fictional kunoichi , female ninja or practitioners of ninjutsu ( ninpo ). During the feudal period of Japan, ninjas were used as killers, spies and messengers.
Kunoichi (Japanese: くノ一, also くのいち or クノイチ) is a Japanese cant term for "woman" (女, onna). [1] [2] In popular culture, it is often used for female ninja or practitioner of ninjutsu (ninpo).
Fictional female ninja (47 P) N. Naruto characters (2 C, 20 P) V. Ninja characters in video games (35 P) Pages in category "Fictional ninja"
The following is a list of female action heroes and villains who appear in action films, television shows, comic books, and video games and who are "thrust into a series of challenges requiring physical feats, extended fights, extensive stunts and frenetic chases."
Fictional female ninja (47 P) S. Female superheroes (9 C, 50 P) Female supervillains (3 C, 22 P) Pages in category "Fictional female warriors"
In addition to video games, several game-development companies use "ninja" in their name: Ninja Studio, Ninja Theory, Ninjaforce, NinjaKiwi, and Team Ninja. In massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), "ninja", "loot ninja" or "ninja looter" pejoratively describes a player who has stolen something from another player.
Onna-musha (女武者) is a term referring to female warriors in pre-modern Japan, [1] [2] who were members of the bushi class. They were trained in the use of weapons to protect their household, family, and honour in times of war; [ 3 ] [ 4 ] many of them fought in battle alongside samurai men.
Mochizuki's name became popular after a two-page article about her was published in a 1991 special issue of the magazine History Reader (歴史読本) titled Extraordinary Special Issue: All the Definitive Types of Ninja (臨時増刊号『決定版「忍者」の全て』). This article said that she was an upper ninja (上忍); according to ...