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Yasuke (弥助) Voiced by: Jun Soejima [7] (Japanese); Lakeith Stanfield (English) Once a servant of Jesuits named Eusebio Ibrahimo Baloi and originally of Yao descent, he was named Yasuke upon becoming a samurai under Oda Nobunaga, after which his skill and honor earned much of his Lord's favor, despite the discrimination for his skin and distrust for his foreign origin.
Yasuke is the first known African to appear in Japanese historical records. Much of what is known about him is found in fragmentary accounts in the letters of the Jesuit missionary Luís Fróis, Ōta Gyūichi's Shinchō Kōki (信長公記, Nobunaga Official Chronicle), Matsudaira Ietada's Matsudaira Ietada Nikki (松平家忠日記, Matsudaira Ietada Diary), Jean Crasset's Histoire de l ...
Alan Smithee, name used by film directors who wish to disown a project. Andreas Karavis, nonexistent Greek poet. Araki Yasusada, fake Hiroshima survivor and author; B. Traven, adventure novelist. Borat Sagdiyev, a fictitious Kazakhstani journalist created by Sacha Baron Cohen, see also Ali G and Brüno Gehard.
In the eroge Sengoku Rance, Oda Nobunaga Kazunosuke's deceased wife's name is "Kichou", other popular name of Nouhime. She appears alongside Oda Nobunaga in the manga Sengoku Strays . She is a playable character in Pokémon Conquest ( Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition in Japan ), with her partner Pokémon being Misdreavus and Mismagius .
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(Reuters) -Four men were convicted in Spain on Sunday in connection with the homophobic murder of a 24-year-old nursing assistant that sparked protests in cities across Spain and abroad.
Wallpaper Engine is an application for Windows with a companion app on Android [3] which allows users to use and create animated and interactive wallpapers, similar to the defunct Windows DreamScene. Wallpapers are shared through the Steam Workshop functionality as user-created downloadable content .
Dr. John Boyle murdered his wife, Noreen Boyle, on Dec. 31, 1989. Authorities found the Ohio woman's body on Jan. 25, 1990, under the basement floor of John's new home in Pennsylvania.