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Of the two characters of the term, yóu (遊) literally means to "wander", "travel" or "move around", and xiá (俠) means someone with power who helps others in need. The term refers to the way these solitary men travelled the land using physical force or political influence to right the wrongs done to the common people by the powers that be, often judged by their personal codes of chivalry.
Depictions of ninja in anime and manga, infiltration agents, mercenaries, or guerrilla warfare and later bodyguard experts in feudal Japan. They were often employed in siege, espionage missions, and military deception.
The word "ninja" in kanji script. Ninja is the on'yomi (Early Middle Chinese–influenced) reading of the two kanji "忍者". In the native kun'yomi reading, it is pronounced shinobi, a shortened form of shinobi-no-mono (忍びの者).
The name Lulong means "Green Dragon" in Chinese. Beast Ninja Macumba (獣忍 マクンバ, Jūnin Makunba, 7, 25 & 49): A ninja employed by a guerrilla group from Kenya. In Episode 7, he becomes involved a smuggling operation with Japan's Miyamura Commercial Affairs, trading the furs of animals he has poached for weapons.
Skye / Quake (from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) (Chinese and European descent) Smasher from Dynamo 5; Traci Thirteen (Chinese and European descent) Thunder and Lightning (Vietnamese and European descent) Colleen Wing (Japanese and European descent) Damian Wayne, son of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul, (Chinese, Arab and European descent)
Kunoichi (Japanese: くノ一, also くのいち or クノイチ) is a Japanese term for "woman" (女, onna). [1] [2] In popular culture, it is often used for female ninja or practitioner of ninjutsu (ninpo).
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In addition to video games, several game-development companies use "ninja" in their name: Ninja Studio, Ninja Theory, Ninjaforce, NinjaKiwi, and Team Ninja. In massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), "ninja", "loot ninja" or "ninja looter" pejoratively describes a player who has stolen something from another player.