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I learned about Yasuke from playing "Sekiro." There's a black samurai/ronin that you can interact with. I thought nothing of it, but others postulated that it might be a reference to Yasuke. I was fascinated to learn about his journey.

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Nioh has an even more obvious reference with the "Obsidian Samurai":

https://nioh.fandom.com/wiki/Obsidian_Samurai

PS: the player character in Nioh is also a "Foreign Samurai", William Adams: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Adams_(sailor,_born_15...

Good point! I forgot about those ones. Also a really fun game.

Jinzaemon is not black (that's who you meant right?):

https://sekiroshadowsdietwice.wiki.fextralife.com/Jinzaemon+...

From the wiki though: > (Japanese Default Language version) He has a Westernized Japanese accent, it may be a tribute to Yasuke (African Samurai) in 1579.

Erm, ok, that's a weird reach the wiki is making. You can see closeups of his face right beneath that sentence.

Yes that's who I'm referring to. On my first playthrough I didn't think he was black, but after having it pointed out I think it's likely he's a reference to Yasuke. Either way, this is how I learned about it.

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