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    Sasaki Kojirō (佐々木 小次郎, also known as Ganryū Kojirō; c. 1585 – April 13, 1612) was a Japanese swordsman who may have lived during the Azuchi–Momoyama...
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  • Kurumada, Fuma no Kojiro, Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi are main characters. An Anime version of Fuma no Kojiro was released in 1992. Kojirō appears as...
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  • footballer Kōjirō Matsumoto (松本 孝次郎, 1870–1932), Japanese educationist Kojiro Nakamura (中村 廣治郎), Japanese scholar of Islam Sasaki Kojirō (Ganryu Kojiro, c. 1585–1612)...
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  • a student of Toda Seigen and teacher to Itō Ittōsai (possibly also Sasaki Kojirō). Kanemaki Jisai is a featured character within the Japanese manga series...
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    amongst the Sasaki clan is none other than Sasaki Kojiro, the famous swordsman and rival of Miyamoto Musashi. The favorite technique of Kojiro was his "Tsubame...
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  • swordsman Miyamoto Musashi on Ganryū-jima island against Sasaki Kojirō, who is also known as Sasaki Ganryū, hence the reasons for the abbreviated name of...
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    circumstances, Musashi was challenged to a duel by a swordsman named Sasaki Kojirō. Musashi agreed to the challenge, and it was scheduled for them to fight...
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    challenged to fight by the supremely confident and skillful Sasaki Kojiro. Miyamoto agrees to fight Sasaki in a year's time but rejects the Shogun's patronage...
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  • famous swordsman Sasaki Kojirō. However, it is not truly known if such information is true, with some rather believing that Kojirō was trained by one...
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  • typically has a large, bulbous nose, but he is not the same character. Kojiro Sasaki is based on and named after the Japanese swordsman. He is known for...
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  • one or two bokken. According to the story, he agreed to a duel with Sasaki Kojiro, in the early morning on Ganryūjima, a tiny sandbar between Kyushu and...
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  • legendary animosity between Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojirō, with Cloud and Sephiroth being Musashi and Kojirō respectively. Sephiroth's look was defined...
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  • kettô Shimpei Matsuoka Umetsugu Inoue Miyamoto Musashi: Nitôryû kaigen Sasaki Kojiro Tomu Uchida Gyangu Chûshingura Unknown Shigehiro Ozawa Kyôkatsu Unknown...
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  • technique of the legendary Japanese swordsman Sasaki Kojirō. It was an overhead katana (or, in Sasaki's case, a nodachi) stroke that was performed so...
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  • Sanada Masayuki Sanada Nobuyuki Sanada Yukimura See also Sanada clan Sasaki Kojirō Sassa Narimasa Sasuke Sarutobi Serizawa Kamo Shibata Katsuie Shima Sakon...
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  • The second of the 13 Valkyrie sisters. She performed a Völundr with Kojiro Sasaki in round 3, turning into the "Monohoshizao", an ōdachi. Due to Hrist's...
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  • Voiced by: Akio Otsuka (Japanese); Alain Mesa (English) Kojiro Sasaki (佐々木小次郎, Sasaki Kojirō) Voiced by: Toshihiko Seki (Japanese); Greg Chun (English)...
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    Kaneie (Tetsujin) 青木城衛門金家 (鉄人) Sasaki Ganryu佐々木岩流 (In Kodan (old Japanese storytelling), well known as Sasaki Kojiro) Chiba Shusaku Narimasa 千葉周作成政 Momoi...
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  • by a platoon of soldiers led by Sasaki Kojirō, who bests them in combat. Nevertheless, the pair manage to escape Sasaki and Marume. Many days later, Miyamoto...
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  • Musashi battles and meets his rival, Kojiro (a reference to the historical battle between Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojirō). Two video games were released...
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    high level of sophistication. For example, in the late 16th century: Sasaki Kojirō was able to defeat several enemies with an iron fan Takeda Shingen held...
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  • upon controlling the Thunder Orb. Voiced by: Jūrōta Kosugi Kojiro Sasaki (佐々木 小次郎, Sasaki Kojirō) has been dead for a long time, having been defeated, killed...
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  • to the Shogun. He faces Sasaki Kojiro and gives up when realizing that he is now too old to fight people as skilled as Kojiro. He then withdraws from...
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  • their appearance. The character, Kojiro, was based on the Japanese swordsman, Kojiro Sasaki. Both Musashi and Kojiro shared a lengthy account of rivalry...
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    maki (1957) Sasaki Kojiro (1957) - Sasaki Kojiro Kaidan Banchō sara-yashiki (1957) Mito kōmon (1957) Sasaki Kojiro Kohen (1957) - Sasaki Kojiro Ninkyō Shimizu-minato...
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  • grants a bonus to damage when using dual katanas. Musashi's rival, Sasaki Kojiro, can also be fought in the mission "Ganryu". In Live A Live, Ode Iou...
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    had them named after historical rival swordsmen Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojirō, respectively. The killing of Jesse James was depicted on the CBS radio...
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    Jesse James; their Japanese names Musashi and Kojirō refer to the samurai Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro. In the English dubbed anime, Jessie was initially...
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  • Japanese sprinter Kizen Sasaki (佐々木 喜善, 1886–1933), Japanese folklorist Koji Sasaki (佐々木 康治, born 1936), Japanese footballer Sasaki Kojirō (佐々木 小次郎, c. 1585...
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  • and leading up to his climactic duel with Sasaki Kojiro on Ganryujima (Ganryu or Funa Island). Kojiro's cruelty contrasts with Musashi's reflective...
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