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	[[File:ACSH DB Katana.png\|thumb\|200px\|A katana and its sheath]]		[[File:ACSH DB Katana.png\|thumb\|200px\|A katana and its sheath]]
	A '''katana''' is a moderately-curved [[Japan]]ese [[Sword\|longsword]] that was historically used by [[samurai]].		A '''''katana''''' is a moderately-curved [[Japan]]ese [[Sword\|longsword]] that was historically used by [[samurai]].

	==Description==		==Description==

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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Iga ~~no Monogatari~~]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]''

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imported>Gener4l Cl4ank4 at 20:05, 21 June 2025

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	In the {{wiki\|Edo period}}, the legendary ''[[rōnin]]'' [[Miyamoto Musashi]] used his personal katana known as the [[Musashi Masamune]] to rack up an unprecedented 61 duel win streak against his opponents. After his death, the Masamune was kept as a family heirloom for the Saigo Clan until the [[Boshin War]].<ref name="ACF">''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu]]''</ref>		In the {{wiki\|Edo period}}, the legendary ''[[rōnin]]'' [[Miyamoto Musashi]] used his personal katana known as the [[Musashi Masamune]] to rack up an unprecedented 61 duel win streak against his opponents. After his death, the Masamune was kept as a family heirloom for the Saigo Clan until the [[Boshin War]].<ref name="ACF">''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu]]''</ref>

	As an East Asian weapon, the katana was exceedingly rare in other parts of the world. Nevertheless, some western [[Assassins]] managed to acquire the weapon during their lifetimes, such as the [[British Brotherhood of Assassins\|British Assassin]] [[Edward Kenway]], who ~~was given~~ a ~~pair of katanas by the~~ [[~~China\|Chinese~~]] ~~businesswoman~~ [[~~Lee Huiyin~~]] ~~to replace his original swords,~~<ref name="FT 12">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 12\|Episode 12]]</ref> ~~which had been~~ broken in a duel against the [[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order\|Japanese Templar]] [[Shimazu Saito]].<ref name="FT 11">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 11\|Episode 11]]</ref>		As an East Asian weapon, the katana was exceedingly rare in other parts of the world. Nevertheless, some western [[Assassins]] managed to acquire the weapon during their lifetimes, such as the [[British Brotherhood of Assassins\|British Assassin]] [[Edward Kenway]], who picked up one from a [[Shimazu clan]] [[ninja]] he killed in [[Macau]] in 1725.<ref name="FT 8">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 8\|Episode 8]]</ref> However, this katana was later broken during a duel against the [[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order\|Japanese Templar]] [[Shimazu Saito]],<ref name="FT 11">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 11\|Episode 11]]</ref> forcing Edward to replace it with a new pair of swords gifted by [[Lee Huiyin\|Madam Lee]].<ref name="FT 12">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 12\|Episode 12]]</ref>

	During the [[French Revolution]], the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins\|French Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] also managed to come across a katana being sold on the black market in [[Paris]] and purchased it for himself.<ref name="ACU" />		During the [[French Revolution]], the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins\|French Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] also managed to come across a katana being sold on the black market in [[Paris]] and purchased it for himself.<ref name="ACU" />
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	ACM Hattori Masanari 1.png\|The Assassin [[Hattori Masanari]] training with a katana		ACM Hattori Masanari 1.png\|The Assassin [[Hattori Masanari]] training with a katana
	ACShadows Promotional Screenshot 15.jpg\|[[Yasuke]] unsheathing his katana		ACShadows Promotional Screenshot 15.jpg\|[[Yasuke]] unsheathing his katana
			ACFT - Edward with a katana.png\|Edward Kenway wielding a katana
			ACFT - Saito facing the ninja.png\|Shimazu Saito wielding two katanas
	ACRogue Katana.png\|An Animus mod of a katana and wakizashi set		ACRogue Katana.png\|An Animus mod of a katana and wakizashi set
	ACBoV Kiyoshi render.png\|Kiyoshi Takakura wielding a katana		ACBoV Kiyoshi render.png\|Kiyoshi Takakura wielding a katana

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	Centuries later in 2014, while reliving the [[Genetic memory\|genetic memories]] of the [[Templars\|Templar]] [[Shay Cormac]] through the [[Helix]], an [[Abstergo Entertainment]] [[Numbskull\|research analyst]] [[Animus mod\|hacked]] the [[Animus]] to grant themselves a virtual katana and an accompanying ''wakizashi''.<ref name="ACRG" /> A few years later, the rogue Abstergo employee and Animus engineer [[Layla Hassan]] would do something similar during her session reliving the memories of the [[Medjay]] [[Bayek]] of [[Siwa]] with her Portable Animus HR-8.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>		Centuries later in 2014, while reliving the [[Genetic memory\|genetic memories]] of the [[Templars\|Templar]] [[Shay Cormac]] through the [[Helix]], an [[Abstergo Entertainment]] [[Numbskull\|research analyst]] [[Animus mod\|hacked]] the [[Animus]] to grant themselves a virtual katana and an accompanying ''wakizashi''.<ref name="ACRG" /> A few years later, the rogue Abstergo employee and Animus engineer [[Layla Hassan]] would do something similar during her session reliving the memories of the [[Medjay]] [[Bayek]] of [[Siwa]] with her Portable Animus HR-8.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>

	The katana still remains a weapon of the Japanese Brotherhood to the [[modern times\|present day]]; [[Kiyoshi Takakura]] regularly wields one,<ref name="Rattling Cages">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[Surveillance#Rattling Cages\|Surveillance: "Rattling Cages"]]</ref> such as in 2017 when he and fellow Assassin [[Arend Schut-Cunningham]] raided an Abstergo Entertainment campus in [[Montreal]] in the hopes of kidnapping the Animus specialist [[Felix Oladele]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 3\|Issue #3]]</ref>		The katana still remains a weapon of the Japanese Brotherhood to the [[modern times\|present day]]; [[Kiyoshi Takakura]] regularly wields one,<ref name="Rattling Cages">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[Surveillance#Rattling Cages\|Surveillance: "Rattling Cages"]]</ref> such as in 2017 when he and fellow Assassin [[Arend Schut-Cunningham]] raided an Abstergo Entertainment campus in [[Montreal]] in the hopes of kidnapping the Animus specialist [[Felix Oladele]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 3\|Issue #3]]</ref> Members of the [[Abyss Walkers]], an elite sub-division of Abstergo's task force [[Sigma Team]], also typically wield katanas in combat.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 104\|Episode 104]]</ref>

	==Weapon statistics==		==Weapon statistics==

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	Centuries later in 2014, while reliving the [[Genetic memory\|genetic memories]] of the [[Templars\|Templar]] [[Shay Cormac]] through the [[Helix]], an [[Abstergo Entertainment]] [[Numbskull\|research analyst]] [[Animus mod\|hacked]] the [[Animus]] to grant themselves a virtual katana and an accompanying ''wakizashi''.<ref name="ACRG" /> A few years later, the rogue Abstergo employee and Animus engineer [[Layla Hassan]] would do something similar during her session reliving the memories of the [[Medjay]] [[Bayek]] of [[Siwa]] with her Portable Animus HR-8.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>		Centuries later in 2014, while reliving the [[Genetic memory\|genetic memories]] of the [[Templars\|Templar]] [[Shay Cormac]] through the [[Helix]], an [[Abstergo Entertainment]] [[Numbskull\|research analyst]] [[Animus mod\|hacked]] the [[Animus]] to grant themselves a virtual katana and an accompanying ''wakizashi''.<ref name="ACRG" /> A few years later, the rogue Abstergo employee and Animus engineer [[Layla Hassan]] would do something similar during her session reliving the memories of the [[Medjay]] [[Bayek]] of [[Siwa]] with her Portable Animus HR-8.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>

	The katana still remains a weapon of the Japanese Brotherhood to the [[modern times\|present day]]; [[Kiyoshi Takakura]] regularly wields one,<ref name="Rattling Cages">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[Surveillance#Rattling Cages\|Surveillance: "Rattling Cages"]]</ref> such as in 2017 when he and fellow Assassin [[Arend Schut-Cunningham]] raided ~~the~~ Abstergo Entertainment campus in [[Montreal]] in the hopes of kidnapping Animus specialist [[Felix Oladele]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 3\|Issue #03]]</ref>		The katana still remains a weapon of the Japanese Brotherhood to the [[modern times\|present day]]; [[Kiyoshi Takakura]] regularly wields one,<ref name="Rattling Cages">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[Surveillance#Rattling Cages\|Surveillance: "Rattling Cages"]]</ref> such as in 2017 when he and fellow Assassin [[Arend Schut-Cunningham]] raided an Abstergo Entertainment campus in [[Montreal]] in the hopes of kidnapping the Animus specialist [[Felix Oladele]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 3\|Issue #3]]</ref>

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	In Japanese, ''katana'' (刀) is a term ascribed to any single-edged sword with a curved blade, roughly analogous to the English word ''saber'' and can be applied to sabers of other cultural origins. The katana appears as a weapon in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''.		In Japanese, ''katana'' (刀) is a term ascribed to any single-edged sword with a curved blade, roughly analogous to the English word ''saber'' and can be applied to sabers of other cultural origins. The katana appears as a weapon in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''.

	In the former, it is unlocked as a Uplay reward and necessarily paired with a ''wakizashi'' because the player character, Shay Cormac, normally dual wields with a parrying dagger in the off-hand. The name of the weapon in the game is simply "Katana" and the sword in the off-hand is never identified as a ''wakizashi''; it is merely a smaller sword sharing an identical model, but it is too short to be a katana. The in-game description for the weapon also specifies that it is only an Animus modification. This is in contrast to its appearance in ''Unity'', where it is one of the most powerful weapons that ~~can be purchased by~~ the main character of Arno Dorian. However, Arno retains his usual fencing animations when using the katana which is improper form for the weapon.		In the former, it is unlocked as a Uplay reward and necessarily paired with a ''wakizashi'' because the player character, Shay Cormac, normally dual wields with a parrying dagger in the off-hand. The name of the weapon in the game is simply "Katana" and the sword in the off-hand is never identified as a ''wakizashi''; it is merely a smaller sword sharing an identical model, but it is too short to be a katana. The in-game description for the weapon also specifies that it is only an Animus modification. This is in contrast to its appearance in ''Unity'', where it is one of the most powerful weapons that the main character of Arno Dorian can purchase. However, Arno retains his usual fencing animations when using the katana which is improper form for the weapon.

	The katana is also available in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' via the ''For Honor Pack'', a [[~~Downloadable~~ content\|~~DLC~~]] which provides players with weapons based on ''{{Wiki\|For Honor}}'', another video game developed by [[Ubisoft]]. This katana, the [[Ippei Blade]], is anachronistic for the setting of Ptolemaic Egypt.		The katana is also available in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' via the ''For Honor Pack'', a [[Assassin's Creed: Origins downloadable content\|downloadable]] gear pack which provides players with weapons based on ''{{Wiki\|For Honor}}'', another video game developed by [[Ubisoft]]. This katana, the [[Ippei Blade]], is anachronistic for the setting of Ptolemaic Egypt.

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	ACM Hattori Masanari 1.png\|The Assassin [[Hattori Masanari]] training with a katana		ACM Hattori Masanari 1.png\|The Assassin [[Hattori Masanari]] training with a katana
	ACShadows Promotional Screenshot 15.jpg\|[[Yasuke]] unsheathing his katana		ACShadows Promotional Screenshot 15.jpg\|[[Yasuke]] unsheathing his katana
	ACRogue Katana.png\|A katana and wakizashi ~~acquired through an Animus mod~~		ACRogue Katana.png\|An Animus mod of a katana and wakizashi set
	ACBoV Kiyoshi render.png\|Kiyoshi Takakura wielding a katana		ACBoV Kiyoshi render.png\|Kiyoshi Takakura wielding a katana
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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Iga no Monogatari]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Iga no Monogatari]]''
			*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]''

	==References==		==References==

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	In the {{wiki\|Edo period}}, the legendary ''[[rōnin]]'' [[Miyamoto Musashi]] used his personal katana known as the [[Musashi Masamune]] to rack up an unprecedented 61 duel win streak against his opponents. After his death, the Masamune was kept as a family heirloom for the Saigo Clan until the [[Boshin War]].<ref name="ACF">''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu]]''</ref>		In the {{wiki\|Edo period}}, the legendary ''[[rōnin]]'' [[Miyamoto Musashi]] used his personal katana known as the [[Musashi Masamune]] to rack up an unprecedented 61 duel win streak against his opponents. After his death, the Masamune was kept as a family heirloom for the Saigo Clan until the [[Boshin War]].<ref name="ACF">''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu]]''</ref>

	As an East Asian weapon, the katana was exceedingly rare in other parts of the world. Nevertheless, some western [[Assassins]] managed to acquire the weapon during their lifetimes, such as the [[British Brotherhood of Assassins\|British Assassin]] [[Edward Kenway]], who ~~was given~~ a ~~pair of katanas by the~~ [[~~China\|Chinese~~]] ~~businesswoman~~ [[~~Lee Huiyin~~]] ~~to replace his original swords,~~<ref name="FT 12">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 12\|Episode 12]]</ref> ~~which had been~~ broken in a duel against the [[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order\|Japanese Templar]] [[Shimazu Saito]].<ref name="FT 11">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 11\|Episode 11]]</ref>		As an East Asian weapon, the katana was exceedingly rare in other parts of the world. Nevertheless, some western [[Assassins]] managed to acquire the weapon during their lifetimes, such as the [[British Brotherhood of Assassins\|British Assassin]] [[Edward Kenway]], who picked up one from a [[Shimazu clan]] [[ninja]] he killed in [[Macau]] in 1725.<ref name="FT 8">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 8\|Episode 8]]</ref> However, this katana was later broken during a duel against the [[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order\|Japanese Templar]] [[Shimazu Saito]],<ref name="FT 11">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 11\|Episode 11]]</ref> forcing Edward to replace it with a new pair of swords gifted by [[Lee Huiyin\|Madam Lee]].<ref name="FT 12">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 12\|Episode 12]]</ref>

	During the [[French Revolution]], the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins\|French Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] also managed to come across a katana being sold on the black market in [[Paris]] and purchased it for himself.<ref name="ACU" />		During the [[French Revolution]], the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins\|French Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] also managed to come across a katana being sold on the black market in [[Paris]] and purchased it for himself.<ref name="ACU" />
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	ACM Hattori Masanari 1.png\|The Assassin [[Hattori Masanari]] training with a katana		ACM Hattori Masanari 1.png\|The Assassin [[Hattori Masanari]] training with a katana
	ACShadows Promotional Screenshot 15.jpg\|[[Yasuke]] unsheathing his katana		ACShadows Promotional Screenshot 15.jpg\|[[Yasuke]] unsheathing his katana
			ACFT - Edward with a katana.png\|Edward Kenway wielding a katana
			ACFT - Saito facing the ninja.png\|Shimazu Saito wielding two katanas
	ACRogue Katana.png\|An Animus mod of a katana and wakizashi set		ACRogue Katana.png\|An Animus mod of a katana and wakizashi set
	ACBoV Kiyoshi render.png\|Kiyoshi Takakura wielding a katana		ACBoV Kiyoshi render.png\|Kiyoshi Takakura wielding a katana