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2 unusual facts about ninja


Be Like Water

; Two Hooded-Ninjas: Companions of the Ghost in his Nether-world domain.

Ninja: Shadow of a Tear

In the middle of the fight, Goro wraps his barbed wire manriki around Casey's neck, but Casey uses his strength to free himself and throw Goro to the ground before decapitating him.


Afro Samurai: Resurrection

American actor Samuel L. Jackson returns as the voice for Afro and Ninja-Ninja, while this time he is joined by Lucy Liu, who voices Afro's enemy Sio.

American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt

The film, shot in South Africa (not mentioned on the credits), was the first in the American Ninja series to feature a lead actor other than Michael Dudikoff (playing Joe Armstrong in the first two American Ninja movies as well as in American Ninja 4: The Annihilation together with David Bradley's character Sean Davidson); Bradley was cast after Kurt McKinney turned down the offer.

Billy Cranston

He is the Blue Ranger and Blue Ninja Ranger in the series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, portrayed by actor David Yost.

Bruce Baron

He starred in several Asian movies, playing over a dozen lead roles in Hong Kong and Manila productions, including among others, in Godfrey Ho's "Ninja" features and Filipino low-budget action films for producer K.Y. Lim, such as Fireback, directed by Teddy Page.

Cheerleader Ninjas

So the cheerleaders turn to their arch social enemies, the computer geeks, to help them learn Ninja abilities and defeat the evil Catholic Girls, Stephen and the mysterious Mr. X.

Conan Lee

Lee is best known for his roles in cult kung fu/ninja hybrid movie Ninja in the Dragon's Den, alongside popular Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada, and the crime/comedy buddy cop film Tiger on the Beat with Chow Yun-fat.

Crang

Krang, a villain in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series

Foot Clan

In the first and second movies, the Foot Clan is a group of ninja thieves and assassins founded by the Shredder in Japan, but later stationed in New York.

Fūma Kotarō

He is featured in the manga series Nabari no Ou (where he appears as the shape-shifting leader of the Fūma ninja village and an ally of the protagonist), and also makes an appearance in the light novel series Mirage of Blaze (during the story arc involving the Hōjō clan), the manga series Yaiba (revived by Onimaru), the manga and anime series Samurai Deeper Kyo (as Sarutobi Sasuke's childhood friend and rival) and Karasu Tengu Kabuto.

Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Dōchū

The MSX2 version has the option to be played in turns by two players, with the second player playing as a ninja named Nezumi Kozō, which is the basis of Goemon's sidekick Ebisumaru.

Gotcha Force

Each version is based on a different tribe: Alpha - Ninja; Beta - Knuckle/Gun (Beta uses Knuckle, Beta II uses guns, Beta III uses grappling claws); Gamma - Knight; Delta - Girl; Zeta - Musha; Theta/Iota - Nurse (Iota uses a flamethrower); Lambda - Angel; Mu - Air; Nu - Tank; Sigma - Wing; Omega - Machine; Chi - Tank.

Joel Veitch

In January 2007, Veitch reached a settlement with Coca-Cola after they used music and video very similar to 7 Seconds of Love's song 'Ninja' on one of their adverts in Argentina without permission.

Kakashi Hatake

Kakashi Hatake is introduced as the leader in charge of Team 7, a new ninja team team including Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno.

Kazuo Sakurada

While there, he joined Gary Hart's J-Tex Corporation stable consisting of Terry Funk, Dick Slater, Buzz Sawyer, and The Great Muta (previously Super Black Ninja).

Kiku-ichimonji

In Final Fantasy IV and Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced, "Kiku-ichimonji" is a type of sword used by Edge, the ninja.

Konami Krazy Racers

Ebisumaru - A character from the Legend of the Mystical Ninja series.

Meettheboss

Covering eight channels, including Leadership, Sales, Innovation, Technology, Marketing, Strategy, Human Capital and Governance, the channel features a mixture of one-on-one interviews with Fortune 500 CEOs, business leaders and entrepreneurs, talking-heads programmes and a Meet The Ninja leadership training portal.

Naruto: Rise of a Ninja

Naruto: Rise of a Ninja is a 2007 Xbox 360-exclusive video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal, making it the first Naruto game to be developed by a non-Japanese company.

Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword

Ninja Gaiden series director Tomonobu Itagaki has stated that he decided to make the game for the Nintendo DS because of the originality that the platform allows, which he feels is the most important aspect of a handheld platform, and also to create a challenge for himself.

Ninja Hayate

Like earlier laserdisc games such as Don Bluth's Dragon's Lair, Ninja Hayate contains traps and creatures that requires players to dodge or attack them at specific moments, by watching for the warning buzzer (like Dragon's Lair) in addition to flashing objects (e.g. arrows, buttons, light, etc.).

Ninja High School

Ninja High School (also known as NHS) is a comic book series created, written, and illustrated by Ben Dunn, and currently published by Antarctic Press.

Ninja III: The Domination

Ninja III: The Domination is the third film in a series of Ninja films, the first being Enter the Ninja, and the second being Revenge of the Ninja, which are not directly related to one another in terms of storyline.

Ninja Jump

Ninja Jump has OpenFeint integration and prompts the player when they first launch the game whether they wish to post their highscore to the online leaderboards, and to participate in other OpenFeint online features.

Ninja miner

An episode of the Animal Planet series River Monsters filmed in Mongolia mentioned ninja miners; a local guide mentioning that ninjas will aggressively defend their claims from intruders.

Ninja Rabbits

Home of the Underdogs considers Ninja Rabbits to be horrendous due to bad controls, very easy gameplay, drab background palletes, and slow animations.

Ninja the Mission Force

#"Ninja Virus" (March 14, 2012), uses footage from The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

#"Space Ninja in Space" (March 21, 2012), uses footage from Star Odyssey

Rumble Roses

In 2012, FHM included Benikage among the nine "sexiest ninja babes in games" and compared her to Jade Lopez.

Shadow Fury

Markov, Forster and Hillier, and creates a clone that is the perfect killing machine, Takeru (Funaki), a killer ninja clone.

Shoo Rayner

These series have very different themes: the "Dark Claw" books are a spoof of Star Wars and other such science-fiction stories, starring cats and rodents; the "Rex Files" (a take-off on the television series The X-Files) feature a duo of canine sleuths named Rex and Franky who investigate various terrifying paranormal events; and the "Ginger Ninja" books are about a pawball-mad kitten named Ginger who faces typical elementary-school problems such as bullies.

Steve Lavigne

The team of Lavigne Brown produced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles art for Burger King, Pez, Konami, New Line Cinema, Colorforms, and Playmates Toys among many others.

Super Fighter

Onimaru: This cybernetically-enhanced older man is the perfect combination of Vega and Dhalsim is a descendant of the Iga ninja group, and had his face disfigured in a mission.

Sushi-X

Making his first appearance in the eighth issue of EGM, the character went on to create a legacy based on his ninja garb, self-proclaimed love for fighting games—particularly Street Fighter II, disdain for all things Game Boy-related, and characteristically tough reviews for casual genres.

Switchover Media

The tip of GXT programs include: game shows such as Japanese and American Ninja Warrior, and sports entertainment programs such as American Gladiators and WWE.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan, released as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan in Europe, and simply Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in Japan, is a 1990 Game Boy game by Konami.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist, released in Europe as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist and in Japan as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Return of the Shredder is a side-scrolling beat 'em up based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) franchise, and was also the first TMNT game released for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

The Dagger of Kamui

As he is the leader of a ninja clan, he uses many body doubles in order to avoid being killed himself.

Toka

Tokka and Rahzar - characters in the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" universe

Tom Waller

Waller has also served as producer on three feature titles for the US studio Millennium Films; The Prince and Me 4: The Elephant Adventure (2010), Elephant White (2011) directed by Prachya Pinkaew starring Djimon Hounsou and Kevin Bacon, as well as Ninja 2 (2013) directed by Isaac Florentine.

Triinu Kivilaan

Kivilaan would eventually leave Vanilla Ninja in December 2005, with the other three members (Lenna Kuurmaa, Katrin Siska and Piret Järvis) deciding to continue as a trio.

Turban Cowboy

Peter is invigorated by their jump and keeps up skydiving despite Lois' concern, even as his jumps usually result in accidents like falling on Meg at dinner, falling on a ninja that killed a woman, and falling on the castle of the Pig King from Angry Birds with only one pig left alive.

Uniontown Ninja

The day after the initial burglaries, a video appeared on YouTube with a man purporting to be the Uniontown Ninja, appropriately dressed as such, demanding that police cease their investigation and demanding a case of Milwaukee's Best.

White Ninja

Keiji Mutoh (b. 1962), Japanese professional wrestler who used the name White Ninja

Tommy Oliver, character from the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers who had the power of the White Ninja Ranger


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