RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Yasuke

1530 - Today

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Yasuke (Japanese: 弥助 / 弥介; pronounced [jasɯ̥ke]) was a samurai of African origin who served Oda Nobunaga between 1581 and 1582, during the Sengoku period, until Nobunaga's death. According to historical accounts, Yasuke first arrived in Japan in the service of Italian Jesuit Alessandro Valignano. Nobunaga summoned him out of a desire to see a black man. Subsequently, Nobunaga took him into his service and gave him the name Yasuke. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yasuke is the 483rd most popular religious figure (up from 579th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Mozambique and the most popular Mozambican Religious Figure.

Yasuke was a samurai who traveled to Japan in the 1500s. He was the first foreigner to ever live in Japan, and he became a samurai for the warlord Oda Nobunaga. He is most famous for being the first foreigner to ever live in Japan.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Yasuke ranks 483 out of 3,187. Before him are Mary of Egypt, Isaac of Nineveh, Januarius, Gregory Palamas, Amenhotep I, and Pope Agapetus II. After him are Luis Antonio Tagle, Saint Apollonia, Gad, Saint Florian, Pope John IV, and Pope Agapetus I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1530, Yasuke ranks 3. Before him are Ivan the Terrible, and Jean Bodin. After him are Grace O'Malley, Étienne de La Boétie, Jean Nicot, Uesugi Kenshin, Louis, Prince of Condé, Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Anastasia Romanovna, Ruy López de Segura, and Jan Kochanowski.

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In Mozambique

Among people born in Mozambique, Yasuke ranks 2 out of 38. Before him are Eusébio (1942). After him are Samora Machel (1933), Carlos Queiroz (1953), Joaquim Chissano (1939), Filipe Nyusi (1959), Afric Simone (1956), Graça Machel (1945), Armando Guebuza (1943), Mário Coluna (1935), Paulo Fonseca (1973), and Júlio Duarte Langa (1927).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Mozambique

Among religious figures born in Mozambique, Yasuke ranks 1. After him are Júlio Duarte Langa (1927), and Alexandre José Maria dos Santos (1924).

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