History UsefulNotes / YagyuJubei

Meet [[Yagyū Jūbei https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yagyu_Jubei_Mitsuyoshi Mitsuyoshi (柳生十兵衞三厳 1607 – April 12, 1650)]], [[FolkHero who may be quite possibly the most romanticized and speculated-about samurai in history]]. Also susceptible to InconsistentSpelling via his name's kana being written as either "Juubei" or "Juubee"; his surname just has an extended "u" vowel (as "Yagyuu").

Meet Yagyū Jūbei [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yagyu_Jubei_Mitsuyoshi Mitsuyoshi (柳生十兵衞三厳 1607 – April 12, 1650)]], [[FolkHero who may be quite possibly the most romanticized and speculated-about samurai in history]]. Also susceptible to InconsistentSpelling via his name's kana being written as either "Juubei" or "Juubee"; his surname just has an extended "u" vowel (as "Yagyuu").

Meet Yagyū Jūbei [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yagyu_Jubei_Mitsuyoshi Mitsuyoshi (柳生十兵衞三厳 1607 – April 12, 1650).]] [[FolkHero Quite possibly the most romanticized and speculated-about samurai in history]]. Also susceptible to InconsistentSpelling via his name's kana being written as either "Juubei" or "Juubee"; his surname just has an extended "u" vowel (as "Yagyuu").

At that point, however, is the first of several record lapses on Jubei. The next time any information about him is recorded is when he is 24, at which point he is considered the greatest swordsman of the famous Yagyu clan, but is summarily dismissed from the court at Edo with no reason or explanation given. Indeed, it is argued about whether he was dismissed by the shogun, perhaps for being [[DefectorFromDecadence too gruff and honest for politics at court]], or whether he decided himself to leave on a [[WalkingTheEarth warrior's pilgrimage]]. There is also debate about if this was a [[DeepCoverAgent cover story]] for Jubei so he could work as a spy on behalf of the Shogunate.

Generally considered one of the greatest swordsmen of all time despite living in an era of relative peace, a WarriorPoet, a protector of the weak and upholder of the samurai code, and consistently portrayed as such in the many, many movies (Sonny Chiba alone probably played him a dozen different times in various movies and TV series), manga, and other stories about him. These are often far from historical (often they are closer to what we would consider outright fantasy, frequently involving Jubei fighting demons and would be conquerors of Japan), and include many details with little or no basis in fact, including Jubei being depicted as a wandering {{ronin}}, a {{ninja}} (or at least incorporating ninja philosophy/skills), having an EyepatchOfPower (although portraits from his own time show him with two eyes, the eyepatch legend has become so intertwined with the legends about Jubei that it is the default look for him, complete with multiple explanations about how he lost the eye -- the most popular being that his father accidentally struck him in the eye with a wooden sword when training a very young Jubei), just to start. One of the more interesting wrinkles is that his father is almost always an antagonist to him (Yagyu Munenori, Jubei's father, is probably the victim of {{Flanderization}}, since unlike his son he was a skilled politician as well as a swordsman, and this often means that depictions of him turn him into an EvilChancellor, an EvilCounterpart to Jubei, or just a {{Jerkass}} villain).

* The manga ''Samurai Legend'' incorporates many of the familiar Jubei myths in its portrayal of him. Here Jubei works as a {{ninja}}-like secret agent of the shogun, gains the EyepatchOfPower from a wound suffered as an adult, (and subsequently [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badass]]), and is a skilled WarriorPoet who attempts, among other things, to develop techniques that would allow him to defeat skilled opponents but without those opponents being killed or seriously harmed. [[spoiler: Although he is actually successful in this, it's also his undoing when he fights an enemy willing to die to insure taking Jubei down.]]

* A red-headed, GenderFlipped reincarnation of Jubei is a main character in ''Literature/SamuraiGirls''.
* In ''Manga/{{Gate 7}}'', a GenderFlipped reincarnation of Jubei works as right-hand woman for one of the villains.

* In the live action movie ''Shogun's Samurai'', two brothers clash for the title of shogun after their father suddenly dies. The Yagyu clan backs the older but less liked brother Iemitsu because Yagyu Munenori, has a fatherly interest in him. Jubei is a key part in this, loyally fighting in both battles and committing assassinations for Iemitsu's cause. [[spoiler:Until he learns that his father ordered the destruction of a ninja clan which Jubei had studied with and included many of his best friends in order to cover up the immoral schemes Munenori undertook in the conflict.]]

* The ''VideoGame/{{Onimusha}}'' game series has a character named Jubei Yagyu in the [[VideoGame/Onimusha2SamuraisDestiny second game]]. While this would actually be his grandfather by the era, this is {{Handwave}}d by saying that all leaders of the Yagyu clan receive the name Jubei. In a later game, his granddaughter also gets that title). In the [[VideoGame/OnimushaDawnOfDreams fourth game]] Munenori is turned into a villain to play the EvilCounterpart role.
** So if the Jubei in ''Onimusha 4'' is the current Jubei, and her grandfather is the grandfather of ''the'' Jubei, is this a GenderFlip? Or is both she and her brother called Jubei?
*** Due to statements made in game and the analysis that she practices Seigo-ryu, an Iai style which was added to the Owari-Yagyu Shinkage-ryu, she is the cousin of ''the'' Yagyu Jubei Mitsuyoshi, the man whom this trope is about. The time Onimusha 4 is set in is 1597, our Jubei won't be born for another four or five years.
* ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' has had Yagyuu Jubei as one of the playable characters ever since the first game, as a middle-aged samurai who fights with his ''[[DualWielding daisho]]''. Here he's depicted as an agent of the Tokugawa regime who happens to be an associate of another historical Japanese figure, the ninja UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo. [[AllThereInTheManual According to his bio]], the person he respected the most is Yagyu Munenori, which means although he doesn't appear on screen, SNK certainly averts the usual treatment of Munenori as a bastard. In terms of gameplay, they have been gags where he's compared to Geese Howard of ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' fame due to similar projectile and 3-way counter attacks in their movesets.

Meet Yagyū Jūbei [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yagyu_Jubei_Mitsuyoshi Mitsuyoshi (柳生十兵衞三厳 1607 – April 12, 1650).]] [[FolkHero Quite possibly the most romanticized and speculated-about samurai in history]]. Also susceptible to SpellMyNameWithAnS via his name's kana being written as either "Juubei" or "Juubee"; his surname just has an extended "u" vowel (as "Yagyuu").

** Shirou Kotomine in ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'' is said to possess the katana Miike Tenta Mitsuyo, which once belonged to Mitsuyoshi. Considering that [[spoiler:he's actually UsefulNotes/AmakusaShiro Tokisada, timeline-wise it makes sense, but Mitsuyoshi is amongst the Shogunate supporters, thus it's unclear how Amakusa nabbed the sword of his enemy.]]

* While this may not be the same Jubei, in ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', there's a mega powerful cat swordsman who wields an eyepatch with the name Jubei. According to the past, he also went by the name Mitsuyoshi. Voiced by Creator/MasakiTerasoma ((Creator/KirkThornton in English)).

* While this may not be the same Jubei, in ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', there's a mega powerful cat swordsman who wields an eyepatch with the name Jubei. According to the past, he also went by the name Mitsuyoshi. Voiced by Creator/MasakiTerasoma.

* A red-headed, GenderFlipped reincarnation of Jubei is a main character in ''LightNovel/SamuraiGirls''.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Onimusha}}'' game series has a character named Jubei Yagyu in the [[VideoGame/Onimusha2SamuraisDestiny second game]]. While this would actually be his grandfather by the era, this is [[{{Handwave}} Handwaved]] by saying that all leaders of the Yagyu clan receive the name Jubei. In a later game, his granddaughter also gets that title). In the [[VideoGame/OnimushaDawnOfDreams fourth game]] Munenori is turned into a villain to play the EvilCounterpart role.

* ''VideoGame/{{Double Dragon}} III'' features a ninja named Ranzou Yagyu, who is implied to be a descendant of him in the Japanese Famicom version.

Not much about his life is known as solid fact. Both Jubei's father and grandfather had been great masters of swordsmanship. His grandfather was the founder of the Yagyu Shinkage school, which still exists today, and famous tales tell of him defeating armed samurai while barehanded and nearly 70 years old. His father was the personal swordsmanship tutor to three shoguns and was once said to have singlehandedly cut down seven assassins who attempted to slay the shogun at a battle. Jubei inherited their skill. By the age of 9 he was already showing signs of being a prodigy and was occasionally filling in for his father in the role of teaching swordsmanship to the Tokugawa shoguns.

Meet Yagyū Jūbei [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yagyu_Jubei_Mitsuyoshi Mitsuyoshi (1607 – April 12, 1650).]] [[FolkHero Quite possibly the most romanticized and speculated-about samurai in history]]. Also susceptible to SpellMyNameWithAnS via his name's kana being written as either "Juubei" or "Juubee"; his surname just has an extended "u" vowel (as "Yagyuu").

* A red-headed, GenderFlipped reincarnation of Jubei is a main character in ''LightNovel/HyakkaRyouranSamuraiGirls''.

** Yagyu Munenori became a Saber-class Servant in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', as an old MasterSwordsman voiced by Creator/KazuhiroYamaji. He first appeared during the demo quest of UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi before appearing as one of the antagonists in the third ''Epic of Remnant'' scenario. Once the scenario is finished, he'll be available to be summoned. His earlier story appearances might allude to the usual practices of vilifying Munenori while giving Musashi the HistoricalHeroUpgrade (supported with how the scenario was supposedly a shout out to the aforementioned ''Makai Tenshô'', that even Musashi gets an eyepatch like Mitsuyoshi in the middle of scenario), but overall Munenori just considered [[GenderFlip her]] a WorthyOpponent, his normal self is a CoolOldGuy that can DetectEvil when he's near one; such as [[SerialKiller Gilles de Rais]], [[NunTooHoly Kiara Sesshouin]] or [[BitchInSheepsClothing Christopher Columbus]]. Also uniquely, he's mostly spelled/referred as one of his less-used name: Yagyu Tajima-no-kami, based on the area he governed (It more or less meant 'Ruler of Tajima').

* Yagyu Munenori is set to appear in ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors Chronicles 2nd''. And happily averting his usual HistoricalVillainUpgrade treatment, Munenori is pretty much a laid-back, but just and honorable sword-instructor for the Tokugawa side. In ''4'', he did, however, start out as an ally of Matsunaga Hisahide, the villain of Sengoku era, but by the end of it, sticks with Tokugawa. Potrayed by Hiromu Miyazaki, and wields a giant tachi that he literally swats enemies with while it's still holstered, only drawing it when he uses his more powerful attacks. Also has both a wind and a tengu motif when it comes to his symbolism.

* Although the main character of ''Anime/NinjaScroll'' is named Kibigami Jubei, WordOfGod is that it is a very obvious tribute to Yagyu Jubei.

** Yagyu Munenori became a Saber-class Servant in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', as an old MasterSwordsman voiced by Creator/KazuhiroYamaji. He first appeared during the demo quest of UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi before appearing as one of the antagonists in the third ''Epic of Remnant'' scenario. Once the scenario is finished, he'll be available to be summoned. His earlier story appearances might allude to the usual practices of vilifying Munenori while giving Musashi the HistoricalHeroUpgrade (supported with how the scenario was supposedly a shout out to the aforementioned ''Makai Tenshô'', that even Musashi gets an eyepatch like Mitsuyoshi in the middle of scenario), but overall Munenori just considered [[GenderFlip her]] a WorthyOpponent, his normal self is a CoolOldGuy that can DetectEvil when he's near one; such as [[SerialKiller Gilles de Rais]], [[NunTooHoly Kiara Sesshouin]] or [[BitchInSheepsClothing Christopher Columbus]]. Also uniquely, he's mostly spelled/referred as one of his less-used name: Yagyu Tajima-no-kami.

* The ''Franchise/{{Onimusha}}'' game series has a character named Jubei Yagyu in the [[VideoGame/Onimusha2SamuraisDestiny second game]]. While this would actually be his grandfather by the era, this is [[{{Handwave}} Handwaved]] by saying that all leaders of the Yagyu clan receive the name Jubei. In a later game, his granddaughter also gets that title). In the [[VideoGame/OnimushaDawnOfDreams fourth game]] Munenori is turned into a villain to play the EvilCounterpart role.

** Yagyu Munenori became a Saber-class Servant in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', as an old MasterSwordsman voiced by Creator/KazuhiroYamaji. He first appeared during the demo quest of UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi before appearing as one of the antagonists in the third ''Epic of Remnant'' scenario. Once the scenario is finished, he'll be available to be summoned. His earlier story appearances might allude to the usual practices of vilifying Munenori while giving Musashi the HistoricalHeroUpgrade (supported with how the scenario was supposedly a shout out to the aforementioned ''Makai Tenshô'', that even Musashi gets an eyepatch like Mitsuyoshi in the middle of scenario), but overall Munenori just considered [[GenderFlip her]] a WorthyOpponent, his normal self is a CoolOldGuy that can DetectEvil when he's near one; such as [[SerialKiller Gilles de Rais]], [[NunTooHoly Kiara Sesshouin]] or [[BitchInSheepsClothing Christopher Columbus]]

** Yagyu Munenori became a Saber-class Servant in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', as an old MasterSwordsman voiced by Creator/KazuhiroYamaji. He first appeared during the demo quest of UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi before appearing as one of the antagonists in the third ''Epic of Remnant'' scenario. Once the scenario is finished, he'll be available to be summoned. His earlier story appearances might allude to the usual practices of vilifying Munenori while giving Musashi the HistoricalHeroUpgrade (supported with how the scenario was supposedly a shout out to the aforementioned ''Makai Tenshô''), but overall Munenori just considered [[GenderFlip her]] a WorthyOpponent, his normal self is a CoolOldGuy that can DetectEvil when he's near one; such as [[SerialKiller Gilles de Rais]], [[NunTooHoly Kiara Sesshouin]] or [[BitchInSheepsClothing Christopher Columbus]]

** Yagyu Munenori became a Saber-class Servant in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', as an old MasterSwordsman voiced by Creator/KazuhiroYamaji. He first appeared during the demo quest of UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi before appearing as one of the antagonists in the third ''Epic of Remnant'' scenario. Once the scenario is finished, he'll be available to be summoned. His earlier story appearances might allude to the usual practices of vilifying Munenori while giving Musashi the HistoricalHeroUpgrade, but overall Munenori just considered [[GenderFlip her]] a WorthyOpponent, his normal self is a CoolOldGuy that can DetectEvil when he's near one; such as [[SerialKiller Gilles de Rais]], [[NunTooHoly Kiara Sesshouin]] or [[BitchInSheepsClothing Christopher Columbus]]

** In the Koha-Ace gag manga, whenever hypothetical Servant UsefulNotes/TokugawIeyasu assumed the Saber class, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/0/00/Tokugawaclasses.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150818014133 he would take the guise of Jubei (most likely Mitsuyoshi, due to the eyepatch).]]

* Yagyu Munenori is a Saber-class Servant in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', debuting in the third ''Epic of Remnant'' scenario. While he played an antagonist role in that scenario, if the scenario is finished, he'll be summonable as a playable Servant. Jubei himself is alluded in ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'', where Shirou Kotomine possesses the katana Miike Tenta Mitsuyo what used to belong to him. Additionally, within the ''Koha-Ace'' gag mangas, if Servant UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu assumed the Saber class, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/0/00/Tokugawaclasses.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150818014133 he would take the guise of Jubei (most likely Mitsuyoshi, due to the eyepatch).]] Voiced by Creator/KazuhiroYamaji.

* Yagyu Munenori is a Saber-class Servant in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', debuting in the third ''Epic of Remnant'' scenario. While he played an antagonist role in that scenario, if the scenario is finished, he'll be summonable as a playable Servant. Jubei himself is alluded in ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'', where Shirou Kotomine possesses the katana Miike Tenta Mitsuyo what used to belong to him. Additionally, within the ''Koha-Ace'' gag mangas, if Servant UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu assumed the Saber class, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/0/00/Tokugawaclasses.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150818014133 he would take the guise of Jubei (most likely Mitsuyoshi, due to the eyepatch).]]

** Older games had the veteran Creator/KiyoshiKobayashi portray him, until the most recent game had him voiced by [[Creator/ToruOkawa Tou'ru Ookawa]] [[TheOtherDarrin instead]].

* While this may not be the same Jubei, in ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', there's a mega powerful cat swordsman who wields an eyepatch with the name Jubei. According to the past, he also went by the name Mitsuyoshi.

* Yagyu Munenori is set to appear in ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors Chronicles 2nd''. And happily averting his usual HistoricalVillainUpgrade treatment, Munenori is pretty much a laid back, but just and honorable sword-instructor for the Tokugawa side. In ''4'', he did, however, start out as an ally of Matsunaga Hisahide, the villain of Sengoku era, but by the end of it, sticks with Tokugawa.