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	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==
	The ''Sanzoku Ippa'' is the name of the main enemy faction featured in ''[[Claws of Awaji]]'', the [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows downloadable content\|downloadable]] expansion for the 2025 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'', though its members never refer to themselves as such either through in-universe [[Notes from Naoe and Yasuke's travels\|notes]] or in conversation with each other. Instead, it originates from the Awaji locals' derisive name for their oppressors.		The ''Sanzoku Ippa'' is the name of the main enemy faction featured in ''[[Claws of Awaji]]'', the [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows downloadable content\|downloadable]] expansion for the 2025 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'', though its members never refer to themselves as such either through in-universe [[Notes from Naoe and Yasuke's travels\|notes]] or in conversation with each other. Instead, it originates from the Awaji locals' derisive name for their oppressors. The compound name is derived from the word [[wikt:山賊\|山賊]] (''sanzoku'', "bandit"), which uses the ''{{Wiki\|kan-on}}'' reading of the {{Wiki\|Mora (linguistics)\|mora}} [[wikt:山#Japanese\|山]] (''san'', "mountain") paired with the ''{{Wiki\|go-on}}'' reading of [[wikt:賊#Japanese\|賊]] (''zoku'', "thief"), and the word 一派 (''–ippa''),<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://jisho.org/word/一派\|title=Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary\|author=Ahlström et al.\|date=2009\|publisher=''Jisho''\|accessdate=16 December 2025}}</ref> which uses the ''{{Wiki\|kun'yomi}}'' reading of [[wikt:一#Japanese\|一]] (''hi'', "one") paired with [[wikt:派#Japanese\|派]] (''–ha'', "group, school of thought").

	The compound name is derived from the ~~words~~ [[wikt:山賊\|山賊]] (''sanzoku'', "bandit"), which uses the ''{{Wiki\|kan-on}}'' reading of the {{Wiki\|Mora (linguistics)\|mora}} [[wikt:山#Japanese\|山]] (''san'', "mountain") paired with the ''{{Wiki\|go-on}}'' reading of [[wikt:賊#Japanese\|賊]] (''zoku'', "thief"), and the word 一派 (''–ippa''),<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://jisho.org/word/一派\|title=Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary\|author=Ahlström et al.\|date=2009\|publisher=''Jisho''\|accessdate=16 December 2025}}</ref> which uses the ''{{Wiki\|kun'yomi}}'' reading of [[wikt:一#Japanese\|一]] (''hi'', "one") paired with [[wikt:派#Japanese\|派]] (''–ha'', "group, school of thought").

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	***Ishida Shota		***[[Ishida Shota]]
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	***Suganuma Tenma		***[[Suganuma Tenma]]
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	The Sanzoku Ippa as a concept began in 1582, when the Japanese Templar [[Kimura Kei]] entrusted his surviving daughter Yukari with training the ''[[Saisesha]]'', a group of loyal ''[[rōnin]]'' which he intended to use as a personal army in a coup against the [[Portuguese Rite of the Templar Order\|Portuguese Templars]] [[Nuno Caro]] and [[Duarte de Melo]], his [[Templars\|Templar]] benefactors. Kei disagreed with Caro and de Melo's plans to influence Japanese politics as a means of controlling the masses, and felt that the Templars' [[New World Order\|cause]] would be better carried out by himself. While Yukari showed prowess and ambition in training the regiment, one of Kei's subordinates tasked with covertly observing her warned him that she may have had other plans with the ''Saisesha'' beneath her veneer of familial loyalty.<ref name="Fighting for the Cause">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows'' – [[Fighting for the Cause]]</ref>		The Sanzoku Ippa as a concept began in 1582, when the Japanese Templar [[Kimura Kei]] entrusted his surviving daughter Yukari with training the ''[[Saisesha]]'', a group of loyal ''[[rōnin]]'' which he intended to use as a personal army in a coup against the [[Portuguese Rite of the Templar Order\|Portuguese Templars]] [[Nuno Caro]] and [[Duarte de Melo]], his [[Templars\|Templar]] benefactors. Kei disagreed with Caro and de Melo's plans to influence Japanese politics as a means of controlling the masses, and felt that the Templars' [[New World Order\|cause]] would be better carried out by himself. While Yukari showed prowess and ambition in training the regiment, one of Kei's subordinates tasked with covertly observing her warned him that she may have had other plans with the ''Saisesha'' beneath her veneer of familial loyalty.<ref name="Fighting for the Cause">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows'' – [[Fighting for the Cause]]</ref>

	After [[Oda Nobunaga]]'s retainer [[Yasuke]] slew Kei<ref name="Fighting for the Cause"/> for his affiliation with de Melo,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows'' – [[The Path He Walks]]</ref> Yukari fled to Awaji,<ref name="Database Yukari"/> where she courted its governing ''[[daimyō]]'' before usurping control when he was called away.<ref name="The Reunion">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[The Reunion]]</ref> Thereafter, she began assembling her group to exploit the island's residents for her own ends,<ref name="Database Yukari"/> using her experience in training Kei's army to ensure a strict chain of command was followed. Positioning herself at the group's head, she commanded the bandits through a ''[[wikt:大将\|taishō]]'' (大将, lit. "general") triumvirate comprised of her aggrieved bodyguard [[Imagawa Tomeji]] as her enforcer,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Database: Imagawa Tomeji]]</ref> the disguise adept [[Yasuhira]] as her spymaster,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Database: Yasuhira]]</ref> and [[Nowaki]], ~~a Templar~~ orphan ~~whom~~ she raised to be a fanatically-loyal ambusher.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Database: Nowaki]]</ref>		After [[Oda Nobunaga]]'s retainer [[Yasuke]] slew Kei<ref name="Fighting for the Cause"/> for his affiliation with de Melo,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows'' – [[The Path He Walks]]</ref> Yukari fled to Awaji,<ref name="Database Yukari"/> where she courted its governing ''[[daimyō]]'' before usurping control when he was called away.<ref name="The Reunion">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[The Reunion]]</ref> Thereafter, she began assembling her group to exploit the island's residents for her own ends,<ref name="Database Yukari"/> using her experience in training Kei's army to ensure a strict chain of command was followed. Positioning herself at the group's head, she commanded the bandits through a ''[[wikt:大将\|taishō]]'' (大将, lit. "general") triumvirate comprised of her aggrieved bodyguard [[Imagawa Tomeji]] as her enforcer,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Database: Imagawa Tomeji]]</ref> the disguise adept [[Yasuhira]] as her spymaster,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Database: Yasuhira]]</ref> and [[Nowaki]], an orphan she raised to be a fanatically-loyal ambusher.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Database: Nowaki]]</ref>

	When she heard rumors that a stranger had visited the island to find and hide the [[Imperial Regalia of Japan\|Imperial Regalia]]'s legendary [[sword]] ''{{Wiki\|Kusanagi no Tsurugi}}'', Yukari captured the interloper and learned her quarry was the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins\|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] member [[Fujibayashi Tsuyu]]. Believing that recovering the sword would help her climb higher in the Templar ranks, Yukari kept Tsuyu imprisoned for years, repeatedly [[Interrogation\|interrogating]]<ref name="Database Yukari"/> and torturing her for the sword's location.<ref name="DatabaseTsuyu">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Database: Fujibayashi Tsuyu]]</ref>		When she heard rumors that a stranger had visited the island to find and hide the [[Imperial Regalia of Japan\|Imperial Regalia]]'s legendary [[sword]] ''{{Wiki\|Kusanagi no Tsurugi}}'', Yukari captured the interloper and learned her quarry was the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins\|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] member [[Fujibayashi Tsuyu]]. Believing that recovering the sword would help her climb higher in the Templar ranks, Yukari kept Tsuyu imprisoned for years, repeatedly [[Interrogation\|interrogating]]<ref name="Database Yukari"/> and torturing her for the sword's location.<ref name="DatabaseTsuyu">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Database: Fujibayashi Tsuyu]]</ref>

	~~Some time after~~, the [[Assassins\|Assassin]] [[Hattori Hanzō]] found a lead on Tsuyu's possible location through a puppet play that was touring [[Izumi Settsu]] and had his contact [[Konatsu]] forward the information to Tsuyu's daughter [[Fujibayashi Naoe\|Naoe]],<ref name="The Puppet Show>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[The Puppet Show]]</ref> fulfilling an earlier promise he had made to her.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows'' – [[The Meaning of the Blade]]</ref> Naoe promptly sailed to Awaji and learned that the Sanzoku Ippa were keeping Tsuyu locked up in [[Sumoto Castle]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[A Shinobi on Awaji]]</ref> However, in her eagerness to find her mother, she failed to consider that Yukari had intentionally "leaked" the information to bait her in a trap ~~and meant~~ to blackmail Tsuyu into revealing the sword's hiding place by threatening her daughter's life.<ref name="The Reunion"/>		In 1585, the [[Assassins\|Assassin]] [[Hattori Hanzō]] found a lead on Tsuyu's possible location through a puppet play that was touring [[Izumi Settsu]], and had his contact [[Konatsu]] forward the information to Tsuyu's daughter [[Fujibayashi Naoe\|Naoe]],<ref name="The Puppet Show>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[The Puppet Show]]</ref> fulfilling an earlier promise he had made to her.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows'' – [[The Meaning of the Blade]]</ref> Naoe promptly sailed to Awaji and learned that the Sanzoku Ippa were keeping Tsuyu locked up in [[Sumoto Castle]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[A Shinobi on Awaji]]</ref> However, in her eagerness to find her mother, she failed to consider that Yukari had intentionally "leaked" the information to bait her in a trap, hoping to blackmail Tsuyu into revealing the sword's hiding place by threatening her daughter's life.<ref name="The Reunion"/>

	When Naoe did not return, Konatsu contacted Yasuke, who likewise sailed over<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Not Alone in this World]]</ref> and proved instrumental in freeing the Fujibayashi women from captivity.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Prison Break (Shadows)\|Prison Break]]</ref> With more help from Hanzō and Konatsu, and supplemented by Tsuyu's knowledge of the island and its people, Naoe and Yasuke worked together to kill Yukari's ''taishō'',<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[A Garrison to Dismantle]]</ref><ref name="A Snake in the Shrine">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[A Snake in the Shrine]]</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Turning the Tables (Shadows)\|Turning the Tables]]</ref> eliminate the bandits' assorted captains,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Dismantling One by One]]</ref> incapacitate the majority of her forces with a strong sedative,<ref name="The Bad Sleep Well"/> and sabotage the weapons stocks of those left unaffected,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Silencing the Teppo]]</ref> before confronting and killing Yukari herself.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[The Final Assault]]</ref> Despite the group's leadership being eliminated, it did not sway the remaining pockets of members, who wandered the land and persisted in threatening the locals until Naoe and Yasuke tracked them down and killed them, finally eradicating the group.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[All That We Leave Behind]]</ref>		When Naoe did not return, Konatsu contacted Yasuke, who likewise sailed over<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Not Alone in this World]]</ref> and proved instrumental in freeing the Fujibayashi women from captivity.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Prison Break (Shadows)\|Prison Break]]</ref> With more help from Hanzō and Konatsu, and supplemented by Tsuyu's knowledge of the island and its people, Naoe and Yasuke worked together to kill Yukari's ''taishō'',<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[A Garrison to Dismantle]]</ref><ref name="A Snake in the Shrine">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[A Snake in the Shrine]]</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Turning the Tables (Shadows)\|Turning the Tables]]</ref> eliminate the bandits' assorted captains,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Dismantling One by One]]</ref> incapacitate the majority of her forces with a strong sedative,<ref name="The Bad Sleep Well"/> and sabotage the weapons stocks of those left unaffected,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Silencing the Teppo]]</ref> before confronting and killing Yukari herself.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[The Final Assault]]</ref> Despite the group's leadership being eliminated, it did not sway the remaining pockets of members, who wandered the land and persisted in threatening the locals until Naoe and Yasuke tracked them down and killed them, finally eradicating the group.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[All That We Leave Behind]]</ref>
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	***~~Osagawa~~ Masakichi		***[[Ogasawara Masakichi]]
	***Shimazu Masujiro		***Shimazu Masujiro
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	When she heard rumors that a stranger had visited the island to find and hide the [[Imperial Regalia of Japan\|Imperial Regalia]]'s legendary [[sword]] ''{{Wiki\|Kusanagi no Tsurugi}}'', Yukari captured the interloper and learned her quarry was the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins\|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] member [[Fujibayashi Tsuyu]]. Believing that recovering the sword would help her climb higher in the Templar ranks, Yukari kept Tsuyu imprisoned for years, repeatedly [[Interrogation\|interrogating]]<ref name="Database Yukari"/> and torturing her for the sword's location.<ref name="DatabaseTsuyu">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Database: Fujibayashi Tsuyu]]</ref>		When she heard rumors that a stranger had visited the island to find and hide the [[Imperial Regalia of Japan\|Imperial Regalia]]'s legendary [[sword]] ''{{Wiki\|Kusanagi no Tsurugi}}'', Yukari captured the interloper and learned her quarry was the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins\|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] member [[Fujibayashi Tsuyu]]. Believing that recovering the sword would help her climb higher in the Templar ranks, Yukari kept Tsuyu imprisoned for years, repeatedly [[Interrogation\|interrogating]]<ref name="Database Yukari"/> and torturing her for the sword's location.<ref name="DatabaseTsuyu">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Database: Fujibayashi Tsuyu]]</ref>

	Some time after, the [[Assassins\|Assassin]] [[Hattori Hanzō]] found a lead on Tsuyu's possible location through a puppet play that was touring [[Izumi Settsu]] and had his contact [[Konatsu]] forward the information to Tsuyu's daughter [[Fujibayashi Naoe\|Naoe]],<ref name="The Puppet Show>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[The Puppet Show]]</ref> fulfilling an earlier promise he had made to her.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows'' – [[The Meaning of the Blade]]</ref> Naoe promptly sailed to Awaji and learned that the Sanzoku Ippa were keeping Tsuyu locked up in [[Sumoto Castle]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[A Shinobi on Awaji]]</ref> However, in her eagerness to find her mother, she failed to consider that Yukari had intentionally "leaked" the information to bait her in a trap and meant to blackmail Tsuyu into revealing the sword's hiding place by threatening her daughter's life.<ref name="~~TheReunion~~"/>		Some time after, the [[Assassins\|Assassin]] [[Hattori Hanzō]] found a lead on Tsuyu's possible location through a puppet play that was touring [[Izumi Settsu]] and had his contact [[Konatsu]] forward the information to Tsuyu's daughter [[Fujibayashi Naoe\|Naoe]],<ref name="The Puppet Show>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[The Puppet Show]]</ref> fulfilling an earlier promise he had made to her.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows'' – [[The Meaning of the Blade]]</ref> Naoe promptly sailed to Awaji and learned that the Sanzoku Ippa were keeping Tsuyu locked up in [[Sumoto Castle]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[A Shinobi on Awaji]]</ref> However, in her eagerness to find her mother, she failed to consider that Yukari had intentionally "leaked" the information to bait her in a trap and meant to blackmail Tsuyu into revealing the sword's hiding place by threatening her daughter's life.<ref name="The Reunion"/>

	When Naoe did not return, Konatsu contacted Yasuke, who likewise sailed over<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Not Alone in this World]]</ref> and proved instrumental in freeing the Fujibayashi women from captivity.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Prison Break (Shadows)\|Prison Break]]</ref> With more help from Hanzō and Konatsu, and supplemented by Tsuyu's knowledge of the island and its people, Naoe and Yasuke worked together to kill Yukari's ''taishō'',<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[A Garrison to Dismantle]]</ref><ref name="A Snake in the Shrine">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[A Snake in the Shrine]]</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Turning the Tables (Shadows)\|Turning the Tables]]</ref> eliminate the bandits' assorted captains,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Dismantling One by One]]</ref> incapacitate the majority of her forces with a strong sedative,<ref name="The Bad Sleep Well"/> and sabotage the weapons stocks of those left unaffected,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Silencing the Teppo]]</ref> before confronting and killing Yukari herself.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[The Final Assault]]</ref> Despite the group's leadership being eliminated, it did not sway the remaining pockets of members, who wandered the land and persisted in threatening the locals until Naoe and Yasuke tracked them down and killed them, finally eradicating the group.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[All That We Leave Behind]]</ref>		When Naoe did not return, Konatsu contacted Yasuke, who likewise sailed over<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Not Alone in this World]]</ref> and proved instrumental in freeing the Fujibayashi women from captivity.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Prison Break (Shadows)\|Prison Break]]</ref> With more help from Hanzō and Konatsu, and supplemented by Tsuyu's knowledge of the island and its people, Naoe and Yasuke worked together to kill Yukari's ''taishō'',<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[A Garrison to Dismantle]]</ref><ref name="A Snake in the Shrine">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[A Snake in the Shrine]]</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Turning the Tables (Shadows)\|Turning the Tables]]</ref> eliminate the bandits' assorted captains,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Dismantling One by One]]</ref> incapacitate the majority of her forces with a strong sedative,<ref name="The Bad Sleep Well"/> and sabotage the weapons stocks of those left unaffected,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Silencing the Teppo]]</ref> before confronting and killing Yukari herself.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[The Final Assault]]</ref> Despite the group's leadership being eliminated, it did not sway the remaining pockets of members, who wandered the land and persisted in threatening the locals until Naoe and Yasuke tracked them down and killed them, finally eradicating the group.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[All That We Leave Behind]]</ref>

	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==
	The Sanzoku Ippa is the name of an enemy faction in ''[[Claws of Awaji]]'', the [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows downloadable content\|downloadable]] expansion for the 2025 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'', though its members never refer to themselves as such either through in-universe [[Notes from Naoe and Yasuke's travels\|notes]] or in conversation with each other. ~~Its etymology derives~~ from the word [[wikt:山賊\|山賊]] (''sanzoku'', "bandit") and the compound word 一派 (''–ippa''),<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://jisho.org/word/一派\|title=Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary\|author=Ahlström et al.\|date=2009\|publisher=''Jisho''\|accessdate=16 December 2025}}</ref> which is comprised of the {{Wiki\|Mora (linguistics)\|mora}} [[wikt:一\|一]] (''hi'', "one"), with its ''{{Wiki\|kun'yomi}}''{{cite\|16 Dec 2025}} reading denoting it as a singular entity rather than in the plural tense, and [[wikt:派\|派]] (''–ha'', "group, school of thought").		The Sanzoku Ippa is the name of the main enemy faction featured in ''[[Claws of Awaji]]'', the [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows downloadable content\|downloadable]] expansion for the 2025 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'', though its members never refer to themselves as such either through in-universe [[Notes from Naoe and Yasuke's travels\|notes]] or in conversation with each other. The group's name is derived from the word [[wikt:山賊\|山賊]] (''sanzoku'', "bandit") and the compound word 一派 (''–ippa''),<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://jisho.org/word/一派\|title=Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary\|author=Ahlström et al.\|date=2009\|publisher=''Jisho''\|accessdate=16 December 2025}}</ref> which is comprised of the {{Wiki\|Mora (linguistics)\|mora}} [[wikt:一\|一]] (''hi'', "one"), with its ''{{Wiki\|kun'yomi}}''{{cite\|16 Dec 2025}} reading denoting it as a singular entity rather than in the plural tense, and [[wikt:派\|派]] (''–ha'', "group, school of thought").

	==Members==		==Members==

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	The '''''Sanzoku Ippa''''' (山賊一派, lit. "[[bandit]] group") was the {{Wiki\|Endonym and exonym\|exonym}} given to a short-lived [[Japan]]ese brigand collective<ref name="~~TheBadSleepWell~~">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]] – [[Claws of Awaji]]'' – [[The Bad Sleep Well]]</ref> led by the [[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order\|Japanese Templar]] [[Kimura Yukari]]<ref name="~~DatabaseYukari~~">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Database: Kimura Yukari]]</ref> that regularly harassed and extorted [[civilian]]s on [[Awaji]].<ref name="~~TheBadSleepWell~~"/>		The '''''Sanzoku Ippa''''' (山賊一派, lit. "[[bandit]] group") was the {{Wiki\|Endonym and exonym\|exonym}} given to a short-lived [[Japan]]ese brigand collective<ref name="The Bad Sleep Well">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]] – [[Claws of Awaji]]'' – [[The Bad Sleep Well]]</ref> led by the [[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order\|Japanese Templar]] [[Kimura Yukari]]<ref name="Database Yukari">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Database: Kimura Yukari]]</ref> that regularly harassed and extorted [[civilian]]s on [[Awaji]].<ref name="The Bad Sleep Well"/>

	==History==		==History==
	The Sanzoku Ippa as a concept began in 1582, when the Japanese Templar [[Kimura Kei]] entrusted his surviving daughter Yukari with training the ''[[Saisesha]]'', a group of loyal ''[[rōnin]]'' which he intended to use as a personal army in a coup against the [[Portuguese Rite of the Templar Order\|Portuguese Templars]] [[Nuno Caro]] and [[Duarte de Melo]], his [[Templars\|Templar]] benefactors ~~whose~~ [[New World Order\|cause]] ~~he felt was~~ better carried out by himself ~~instead of through their interference in Japanese politics~~. While Yukari showed prowess and ambition in training the regiment, one of Kei's subordinates tasked with covertly observing her warned him that she may have had other plans with ~~them~~ beneath her veneer of familial loyalty.<ref name="~~FightingForTheCause~~">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows'' – [[Fighting for the Cause]]</ref>		The Sanzoku Ippa as a concept began in 1582, when the Japanese Templar [[Kimura Kei]] entrusted his surviving daughter Yukari with training the ''[[Saisesha]]'', a group of loyal ''[[rōnin]]'' which he intended to use as a personal army in a coup against the [[Portuguese Rite of the Templar Order\|Portuguese Templars]] [[Nuno Caro]] and [[Duarte de Melo]], his [[Templars\|Templar]] benefactors. Kei disagreed with Caro and de Melo's plans to influence Japanese politics as a means of controlling the masses, and felt that the Templars' [[New World Order\|cause]] would be better carried out by himself. While Yukari showed prowess and ambition in training the regiment, one of Kei's subordinates tasked with covertly observing her warned him that she may have had other plans with the ''Saisesha'' beneath her veneer of familial loyalty.<ref name="Fighting for the Cause">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows'' – [[Fighting for the Cause]]</ref>

	After [[Oda Nobunaga]]'s retainer [[Yasuke]] slew Kei<ref name="~~FightingForTheCause~~"/> for ~~affiliating~~ with~~, and to seek revenge on, his former [[Slavery\|slaver]]~~ de Melo,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows'' – [[The Path He Walks]]</ref> Yukari fled to Awaji,<ref name="~~DatabaseYukari~~"/> where she courted its governing ''[[daimyō]]'' before usurping control when he was called away.<ref name="~~TheReunion~~">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[The Reunion]]</ref> Thereafter, she began assembling her group to exploit the island's residents for her own ends,<ref name="~~DatabaseYukari~~"/> using her experience in training Kei's army to ensure a strict chain of command was followed. Positioning herself at the group's head, she commanded the bandits through a ''[[wikt:大将\|taishō]]'' (大将, lit. "general") triumvirate comprised of her aggrieved bodyguard [[Imagawa Tomeji]] as her enforcer,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Database: Imagawa Tomeji]]</ref> the disguise adept [[Yasuhira]] as her spymaster,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Database: Yasuhira]]</ref> and [[Nowaki]], a Templar orphan whom she raised to be a fanatically-loyal ambusher.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Database: Nowaki]]</ref>		After [[Oda Nobunaga]]'s retainer [[Yasuke]] slew Kei<ref name="Fighting for the Cause"/> for his affiliation with de Melo,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows'' – [[The Path He Walks]]</ref> Yukari fled to Awaji,<ref name="Database Yukari"/> where she courted its governing ''[[daimyō]]'' before usurping control when he was called away.<ref name="The Reunion">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[The Reunion]]</ref> Thereafter, she began assembling her group to exploit the island's residents for her own ends,<ref name="Database Yukari"/> using her experience in training Kei's army to ensure a strict chain of command was followed. Positioning herself at the group's head, she commanded the bandits through a ''[[wikt:大将\|taishō]]'' (大将, lit. "general") triumvirate comprised of her aggrieved bodyguard [[Imagawa Tomeji]] as her enforcer,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Database: Imagawa Tomeji]]</ref> the disguise adept [[Yasuhira]] as her spymaster,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Database: Yasuhira]]</ref> and [[Nowaki]], a Templar orphan whom she raised to be a fanatically-loyal ambusher.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Database: Nowaki]]</ref>

	When she heard rumors that a stranger had visited the island to find and hide the [[Imperial Regalia of Japan\|Imperial Regalia]]'s legendary [[sword]] ''{{Wiki\|Kusanagi no Tsurugi}}'', Yukari captured the interloper and learned her quarry was the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins\|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] member [[Fujibayashi Tsuyu]]. Believing that recovering the sword would help her climb higher in the Templar ranks, Yukari kept Tsuyu imprisoned for years, repeatedly [[Interrogation\|interrogating]]<ref name="~~DatabaseYukari~~"/> and torturing her for the sword's location.<ref name="DatabaseTsuyu">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Database: Fujibayashi Tsuyu]]</ref>		When she heard rumors that a stranger had visited the island to find and hide the [[Imperial Regalia of Japan\|Imperial Regalia]]'s legendary [[sword]] ''{{Wiki\|Kusanagi no Tsurugi}}'', Yukari captured the interloper and learned her quarry was the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins\|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] member [[Fujibayashi Tsuyu]]. Believing that recovering the sword would help her climb higher in the Templar ranks, Yukari kept Tsuyu imprisoned for years, repeatedly [[Interrogation\|interrogating]]<ref name="Database Yukari"/> and torturing her for the sword's location.<ref name="DatabaseTsuyu">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Database: Fujibayashi Tsuyu]]</ref>

	Some time after, the [[Assassins\|Assassin]] [[Hattori Hanzō]] found a lead on Tsuyu's possible location through a puppet play that was touring [[Izumi Settsu]] and had his contact [[Konatsu]] forward the information to Tsuyu's daughter [[Fujibayashi Naoe\|Naoe]],<ref name="~~ThePuppetShow~~>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[The Puppet Show]]</ref> fulfilling an earlier promise he had made to her.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows'' – [[The Meaning of the Blade]]</ref> Naoe promptly sailed to Awaji and learned that the Sanzoku Ippa were keeping Tsuyu locked up in [[Sumoto Castle]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[A Shinobi on Awaji]]</ref> However, in her eagerness to find her mother, she failed to consider that Yukari had intentionally "leaked" the information to bait her in a trap and meant to blackmail Tsuyu into revealing the sword's hiding place by threatening her daughter's life.<ref name="TheReunion"~~>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[The Reunion]]<~~/~~ref~~>		Some time after, the [[Assassins\|Assassin]] [[Hattori Hanzō]] found a lead on Tsuyu's possible location through a puppet play that was touring [[Izumi Settsu]] and had his contact [[Konatsu]] forward the information to Tsuyu's daughter [[Fujibayashi Naoe\|Naoe]],<ref name="The Puppet Show>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[The Puppet Show]]</ref> fulfilling an earlier promise he had made to her.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows'' – [[The Meaning of the Blade]]</ref> Naoe promptly sailed to Awaji and learned that the Sanzoku Ippa were keeping Tsuyu locked up in [[Sumoto Castle]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[A Shinobi on Awaji]]</ref> However, in her eagerness to find her mother, she failed to consider that Yukari had intentionally "leaked" the information to bait her in a trap and meant to blackmail Tsuyu into revealing the sword's hiding place by threatening her daughter's life.<ref name="TheReunion"/>

	When Naoe did not return, Konatsu contacted Yasuke, who likewise sailed over<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Not Alone in this World]]</ref> and proved instrumental in freeing the Fujibayashi women from captivity.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Prison Break (Shadows)\|Prison Break]]</ref> With more help from Hanzō and Konatsu, and supplemented by Tsuyu's knowledge of the island and its ~~peoples~~, Naoe and Yasuke worked together to kill Yukari's ''taishō'',<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[A Garrison to Dismantle]]</ref><ref name="~~ASnakeInTheShrine~~">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[A Snake in the Shrine]]</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Turning the Tables (Shadows)\|Turning the Tables]]</ref> eliminate the bandits' assorted captains,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Dismantling One by One]]</ref> incapacitate the majority of her forces with a strong sedative,<ref name="~~TheBadSleepWell~~"/> and sabotage the weapons stocks of those left unaffected<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Silencing the Teppo]]</ref> before ~~finding~~ and killing Yukari.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[The Final Assault]]</ref> Despite the group's leadership being eliminated, it did not sway the remaining pockets of members, who wandered the land and persisted in threatening the locals until Naoe and Yasuke tracked them down and killed them, finally eradicating the group.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[All That We Leave Behind]]</ref>		When Naoe did not return, Konatsu contacted Yasuke, who likewise sailed over<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Not Alone in this World]]</ref> and proved instrumental in freeing the Fujibayashi women from captivity.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Prison Break (Shadows)\|Prison Break]]</ref> With more help from Hanzō and Konatsu, and supplemented by Tsuyu's knowledge of the island and its people, Naoe and Yasuke worked together to kill Yukari's ''taishō'',<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[A Garrison to Dismantle]]</ref><ref name="A Snake in the Shrine">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[A Snake in the Shrine]]</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Turning the Tables (Shadows)\|Turning the Tables]]</ref> eliminate the bandits' assorted captains,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Dismantling One by One]]</ref> incapacitate the majority of her forces with a strong sedative,<ref name="The Bad Sleep Well"/> and sabotage the weapons stocks of those left unaffected,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[Silencing the Teppo]]</ref> before confronting and killing Yukari herself.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[The Final Assault]]</ref> Despite the group's leadership being eliminated, it did not sway the remaining pockets of members, who wandered the land and persisted in threatening the locals until Naoe and Yasuke tracked them down and killed them, finally eradicating the group.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Claws of Awaji'' – [[All That We Leave Behind]]</ref>

	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==
	The Sanzoku Ippa is the name of an enemy faction in ''[[Claws of Awaji]]'', the [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows downloadable content\|downloadable]] expansion to the 2025 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'', though its members never refer to themselves as such either through in-universe [[Notes from Naoe and Yasuke's travels\|notes]] or in conversation with each other. Its etymology derives from the word [[wikt:山賊\|山賊]] (''sanzoku'', "bandit") and the compound word 一派 (''–ippa''),<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://jisho.org/word/一派\|title=Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary\|author=Ahlström et al.\|date=2009\|publisher=''Jisho''\|accessdate=16 December 2025}}</ref> which is comprised of the {{Wiki\|Mora (linguistics)\|mora}} [[wikt:一\|一]] (''hi'', "one"), with its ''{{Wiki\|kun'yomi}}''{{cite\|16 Dec 2025}} reading denoting it as a singular entity rather than in the plural tense, and [[wikt:派\|派]] (''–ha'', "group, school of thought").		The Sanzoku Ippa is the name of an enemy faction in ''[[Claws of Awaji]]'', the [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows downloadable content\|downloadable]] expansion for the 2025 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'', though its members never refer to themselves as such either through in-universe [[Notes from Naoe and Yasuke's travels\|notes]] or in conversation with each other. Its etymology derives from the word [[wikt:山賊\|山賊]] (''sanzoku'', "bandit") and the compound word 一派 (''–ippa''),<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://jisho.org/word/一派\|title=Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary\|author=Ahlström et al.\|date=2009\|publisher=''Jisho''\|accessdate=16 December 2025}}</ref> which is comprised of the {{Wiki\|Mora (linguistics)\|mora}} [[wikt:一\|一]] (''hi'', "one"), with its ''{{Wiki\|kun'yomi}}''{{cite\|16 Dec 2025}} reading denoting it as a singular entity rather than in the plural tense, and [[wikt:派\|派]] (''–ha'', "group, school of thought").

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