Sanada Ten Braves


The Sanada Ten Braves are a legendary group of ninja that assisted the warlord Sanada Yukimura during the Warring States era of Japan; that is, the late Sengoku period and its immediate aftermath, also known as the Azuchi–Momoyama and the early Edo periods.
The Sanada story first became well known through Sanada Sandaiki, a novel published in the late Edo period. Later Tatsukawa Bunko published two novels in the Taishō period Sarutobi Sasuke and The Sanada Ten Braves.

Ten Braves

Of the Ten, Sarutobi Sasuke and Kirigakure Saizō are the only two that appear frequently in popular depiction. Outside of works that specifically deal with the Ten Braves, appearance of all ten members is relatively rare, and even then some members are frequently more-or-less generic filler characters.
Sometimes modern day depictions have their genders change as well. In Tai Kato's 1963 jidaigeki musical film, Brave Records of the Sanada Clan, Kirigakure is a woman. There are hints that say Anayama Kosuke could be a female, and Miyoshi brothers were nyuudou monks.

Video game

Sanada Ten Braves is a Japanese role-playing game released for the Famicom in 1988.

''BRAVE10''

In the BRAVE10 manga by Kairi Shimotsuki, some members are replaced. Sanada Yukimura plans to create a unit with a number matching the number of fingers he has.
In Samurai Warriors 2, some of the ten are portrayed as bodyguards. They are Sarutobi Sasuke, Kirigakure Saizō, Mochizuki Rokurō, Anayama Kosuke, Kakei Jūzō, Miyoshi Seikai and Miyoshi Isa.
In the series as a whole, Yukimura is constantly in the companionship of the character "Kunoichi," who is exactly as her name implies. For all intents and purposes she's something of a representative for the legendary group overall. The 3rd and 4th entries into the series did away with special bodyguards, and the Braves henceforth appear as generic officer NPC's who are always present in any campaign where Yukimura takes part.
In, Sarutobi Sasuke appears as a playable character under the name of "Sasuke".

In the ''Sengoku BASARA'' series

In Sengoku BASARA, Sarutobi Sasuke is portrayed as a loyal ninja serving the Takeda Clan. In the Sengoku BASARA anime second season, Sengoku BASARA Two, three unnamed ninja who wear outfits with the Takeda crest similar to Sasuke's were seen in some episodes, possibly referring to the other members of the Brave Ten.

In ''Samurai Deeper Kyo''

In the manga and anime series Samurai Deeper Kyo, they're introduced as the loyal servants who serve Sanada Yukimura.
The Sanada Ten Brave appear as enemies in the Defiant Honor downloadable content for the 2017 action role-playing game, Nioh. In missions set during the Siege of Osaka, William ‘Anjin’ Adams confronts and defeats the braves before facing Sanada Yukimura himself.