# Yasuke

> An African man who became a samurai in feudal Japan — not legend, documented fact. For one year he carried a sword in the service of Oda Nobunaga, the warlord who was unifying the country, until the night his lord died by betrayal.

*16th-century African retainer of Oda Nobunaga*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/yasuke

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1555
- **Status:** unknown
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Yasuke arrived in Japan in 1581 with Italian Jesuit Alessandro Valignano. Nobunaga, curious to see a black man, summoned him — then kept him. The warlord gave him a name, a sword, a house, and a stipend: the markers of samurai rank. Yasuke stayed at Nobunaga's side through 1582, fighting at the Honnō-ji Incident when assassins struck and through the death of Nobunaga's son Oda Nobutada. After the bloodshed, he was returned to the Jesuits. No record survives of what came next.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 60.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 6.9 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 23.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 24.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #174

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Religious Figure, #Religion, #Japan, #Asia, #Early Modern Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q609006)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Yasuke)
- [Yasuke](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke)
- [Yasuke](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke)
- [Jasuke](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasuke)
- [Yasuke](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke)
- [Yasuke](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke)
- [Yasuke](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke)
- [یاسوکه](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%87)
- [Yasuke](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke)
- [Yasuke](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke)
- [Yasuke](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke)
- [Յասուկե](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%85%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AF%D5%A5)
- [Yasuke](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke)
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- [弥助](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%A5%E5%8A%A9)
- [Yasuke](https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke)
- [იასუკე](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A3%E1%83%99%E1%83%94)
- [야스케](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%BC%EC%8A%A4%EC%BC%80)
- [Jasukė](https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasuk%C4%97)
- [Yasuke](https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke)
- [Yasuke](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke)
- [Yasuke](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke)
- [Ясукэ](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%8D)
- [ياسوكي](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%83%D9%8A)
- [Yasuke](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke)

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