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This article lists non-Japanese people who were [[ninja]], or similar [[covert agents]] influenced by ninja.
== Foreign-born ninja in Japan ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="background:#cccccc"
! Birthplace
! Original name
! Ninjutsu style
! Year of arrival in Japan
! Name in Japan
! style="width:5.5em;"| Lord
! Occupation and achievements in Japan
|-
|[[File:Coat of Arms of Joseon Korea.png|22px]] [[Kilju County|Kilju]], [[Joseon]]<ref name="toujin"></ref><br/>(now )
|([[Kanji]]:李達越)<ref name="seizou">,734-735頁</ref>
|unknown
|[[1587]]<ref name="toujin"/>
|[[Kawasaki Seizō]]<ref name="seizou"/>
|[[Nabeshima Naoshige]]<ref name="seizou"/><ref name="toujin"/>
|His [[courtesy name]] was 宗歓. During the Imjin war, he was active from behind as a Japanese [[spy]].<ref name="seizou"/>As reward, he was allowed to wear swords and given saraly by Naoshige.<ref>『唐人町の由来』碑</ref>Later he became a merchant, and built a town in [[Saga]] now called Toujinchō.<ref name="toujin"/>
|-
|[[Ming Dynasty|Ming]]<ref name="Benkei"></ref>
|unknown
|Taisha-ryu
|Before 1635<ref name=Benkei/>
|[[Denrinbō Raikei]]<br/>伝林坊頼慶<ref name=Benkei/>
|[[Sagara Yorifusa]]→<br/>[[Sagara Yorihiro]] <ref name=Benkei/>
|He was the disciple of renown swordmaster [[Marume Nagayoshi]]. Later he became [[yamabushi]] and established ninja corps called Ura-Taisha<ref name=Benkei/><ref name=Benkei2></ref>
|}
== Foreign agents who could have been influenced by ninjutsu practitoners ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="background:#cccccc"
! Allegiance
! Agents
! Ninjutsu style
! Notes
|-
|[[File:Flag of the State of Burma (1943–1945).svg|22px]][[State of Burma]](now )
|[[Burma National Army|Burma Independent Army]]
|[[Kōga-ryū]]
|In [[1941]], thirty Burmese independent activists supported by [[Japanese empire]] received [[military training]] by special intelligence unit called . Minami Kikan was mainly composed of the graduates of [[Nakano School]] where [[Fujita Seiko]], "The last ninja" taught Kōga-ryū ninjutsu in the early days of the school. Among the Burmese, four men([[Ne Win]], Yan Naing, Zeya, and [[Kyaw Zaw]]) were chosen to specialize in field command, sabotage and guerrilla warfare possibly including the method of ninja.<ref></ref><ref></ref>
|-
|
|[[File:Mossad seal.svg|18px]][[Mossad]]
|rowspan=5|[[Togakure-ryu]]
|rowspan=5|[[Masaaki Hatsumi|Hatsumi Masaaki]], the founder of the [[Bujinkan|Bujinkan Organization]] and the 34th [[Togakure-ryū]] [[Sōke|Soke]], stated that he had given ninjutsu instruction in many secret agents from various countries.<ref></ref> Hatsumi was the student of [[Toshitsugu Takamatsu|Takamastu Toshitsugu]] who has been called "The Last Shinobi".<ref></ref><ref></ref>
|-
|
|[[File:Naval Jack of the Netherlands.svg|18px]][[Royal Netherlands Navy]]
|-
|rowspan=2|
|[[File:Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency.svg|18px]][[Central Intelligence Agency]]
|-
|[[File:Uk-sas.svg|14px]][[Special Air Service]]
|-
|
|[[File:Seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.svg|18px]][[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]
|}
== Foreign agents named "Ninja" which had nothing with Japanese ninja==
* [[Ninja (militia)|Ninja]]() - The [[militia]] formed by Congo politician [[Bernard Kolélas]] in the early 1990s.
* Ninja of [[Indonesian National Armed Forces]]() - Indonesian squads which oppressed independence movement of [[East Timor]].<ref></ref>
* Ninja of [[Special Intervention Group]]() - Algerian special force which was active during [[Air France Flight 8969|hijack of Air France Flight 8969]].
== See also ==
* [[List of foreign-born samurai in Japan]]
== References ==
[[Category:Expatriates in Japan|*]]
[[Category:Ninja|*]]
[[Category:Ninjutsu practitioners by nationality|*]
== Foreign-born ninja in Japan ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="background:#cccccc"
! Birthplace
! Original name
! Ninjutsu style
! Year of arrival in Japan
! Name in Japan
! style="width:5.5em;"| Lord
! Occupation and achievements in Japan
|-
|[[File:Coat of Arms of Joseon Korea.png|22px]] [[Kilju County|Kilju]], [[Joseon]]<ref name="toujin"></ref><br/>(now )
|([[Kanji]]:李達越)<ref name="seizou">,734-735頁</ref>
|unknown
|[[1587]]<ref name="toujin"/>
|[[Kawasaki Seizō]]<ref name="seizou"/>
|[[Nabeshima Naoshige]]<ref name="seizou"/><ref name="toujin"/>
|His [[courtesy name]] was 宗歓. During the Imjin war, he was active from behind as a Japanese [[spy]].<ref name="seizou"/>As reward, he was allowed to wear swords and given saraly by Naoshige.<ref>『唐人町の由来』碑</ref>Later he became a merchant, and built a town in [[Saga]] now called Toujinchō.<ref name="toujin"/>
|-
|[[Ming Dynasty|Ming]]<ref name="Benkei"></ref>
|unknown
|Taisha-ryu
|Before 1635<ref name=Benkei/>
|[[Denrinbō Raikei]]<br/>伝林坊頼慶<ref name=Benkei/>
|[[Sagara Yorifusa]]→<br/>[[Sagara Yorihiro]] <ref name=Benkei/>
|He was the disciple of renown swordmaster [[Marume Nagayoshi]]. Later he became [[yamabushi]] and established ninja corps called Ura-Taisha<ref name=Benkei/><ref name=Benkei2></ref>
|}
== Foreign agents who could have been influenced by ninjutsu practitoners ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="background:#cccccc"
! Allegiance
! Agents
! Ninjutsu style
! Notes
|-
|[[File:Flag of the State of Burma (1943–1945).svg|22px]][[State of Burma]](now )
|[[Burma National Army|Burma Independent Army]]
|[[Kōga-ryū]]
|In [[1941]], thirty Burmese independent activists supported by [[Japanese empire]] received [[military training]] by special intelligence unit called . Minami Kikan was mainly composed of the graduates of [[Nakano School]] where [[Fujita Seiko]], "The last ninja" taught Kōga-ryū ninjutsu in the early days of the school. Among the Burmese, four men([[Ne Win]], Yan Naing, Zeya, and [[Kyaw Zaw]]) were chosen to specialize in field command, sabotage and guerrilla warfare possibly including the method of ninja.<ref></ref><ref></ref>
|-
|
|[[File:Mossad seal.svg|18px]][[Mossad]]
|rowspan=5|[[Togakure-ryu]]
|rowspan=5|[[Masaaki Hatsumi|Hatsumi Masaaki]], the founder of the [[Bujinkan|Bujinkan Organization]] and the 34th [[Togakure-ryū]] [[Sōke|Soke]], stated that he had given ninjutsu instruction in many secret agents from various countries.<ref></ref> Hatsumi was the student of [[Toshitsugu Takamatsu|Takamastu Toshitsugu]] who has been called "The Last Shinobi".<ref></ref><ref></ref>
|-
|
|[[File:Naval Jack of the Netherlands.svg|18px]][[Royal Netherlands Navy]]
|-
|rowspan=2|
|[[File:Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency.svg|18px]][[Central Intelligence Agency]]
|-
|[[File:Uk-sas.svg|14px]][[Special Air Service]]
|-
|
|[[File:Seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.svg|18px]][[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]
|}
== Foreign agents named "Ninja" which had nothing with Japanese ninja==
* [[Ninja (militia)|Ninja]]() - The [[militia]] formed by Congo politician [[Bernard Kolélas]] in the early 1990s.
* Ninja of [[Indonesian National Armed Forces]]() - Indonesian squads which oppressed independence movement of [[East Timor]].<ref></ref>
* Ninja of [[Special Intervention Group]]() - Algerian special force which was active during [[Air France Flight 8969|hijack of Air France Flight 8969]].
== See also ==
* [[List of foreign-born samurai in Japan]]
== References ==
[[Category:Expatriates in Japan|*]]
[[Category:Ninja|*]]
[[Category:Ninjutsu practitioners by nationality|*]
April 20, 2019 at 11:39PM
