Ever since Assassin's Creed Shadows was announced, there have been debates surrounding Yasuke's position as a samurai. Japanese historian ... "woke" for having a black protagonist, one of the ...

a Samurai of African decent and the first playable Assassin's Creed character based on a historical person. Yasuke was the first African to appear in Japanese historical records, and stayed in the ...

IGN sits down with the actors who portrayed Yasuke and Naoe in Assassin's Creed Shadows, Tongayi Chirisa and MASUMI. IGN host Akeem Lawanson talks through their journey, joining the Assassin's Creed ...