Every Story We've Told

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The Warlord Who Conquered an Entire Island — Then Destroyed His Own Family

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The Real Reason Taira no Kiyomori's Empire Collapsed in Just Four Years

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The Samurai Who Wore 'Love' Into Battle — And Started a War With a Letter

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The Master Swordsman Who Became the Shogun's Secret Spy Chief

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The Outcast Who Built Japan's Most Feared Army: Ii Naomasa and the Red Devils

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Why Kusunoki Masashige Fought a Battle He Knew Was Already Lost

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Why Mori Motonari Lured 20,000 Enemies Onto a Sacred Island

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Why Shimazu Yoshihiro Charged Into 80,000 Enemies — And Survived

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The Strategist Who Could Have Ruled Japan — And Chose Not To

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The Samurai Who Fought 100 Battles and Never Bled — Honda Tadakatsu | EP029

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The Real Reason Japan Tried to Erase Its Greatest Female Warrior — Tomoe Gozen | EP028

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The Real Ninja Who Saved Japan's Future Shogun — Hattori Hanzo | EP027

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The Man Who Stole Japan From Its Emperor — And Built 700 Years of Samurai Rule | EP026

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Why Japan's Two Greatest Generals Refused to Finish Each Other | EP025

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Why Ishida Mitsunari Started a War He Knew He Would Lose | EP024

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Why Akechi Mitsuhide Really Betrayed Nobunaga — Japan's Greatest Mystery | EP023

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The Real Reason Sasaki Kojiro Had to Lose to Miyamoto Musashi | EP022

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Why Japan's God of War Refused to Conquer Japan | EP021

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The Ninja Squad That Never Existed — Yet Made a Samurai Immortal | EP020

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The Exiled Rebel Who Became Japan's Last True Samurai | EP019

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The Warlord Who Sacrificed His Own Father at 17 — Date Masamune

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Why Yoshitsune's Military Genius Made Him Too Dangerous to Live

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The Warlord Who Waited 50 Years to Rule Japan

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The Last Castle: How Japan's Greatest Dynasty Fell in One Summer

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Why Japan's Greatest Cavalry Charged Straight Into 3,000 Guns

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Why Miyamoto Musashi's Final Weapon Was a Brush, Not a Sword

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13 Days: How One General Turned His Lord's Murder Into a Dynasty

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The 'Demon King' Who Shattered Medieval Japan — And Vanished Without a Trace

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The Day One Samurai Destroyed Japan's Most Powerful Sword School — Alone

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The Warrior Who Lost Everything — And Became Japan's Greatest Samurai

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Why Japan's Greatest Hero Declared War on the Revolution He Created

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The One-Eyed Dragon Who Conquered Japan at 20 — Then Lost It All

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Japan's Greatest Warrior Was Destroyed By His Own Brother | Minamoto no Yoshitsune

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The Sandal-Bearer Who Became Ruler of Japan: Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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The Battle That Decided Japan's Fate | Sekigahara 1600

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The Boy Hostage Who Became Japan's Shogun | Tokugawa Ieyasu

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The Night Japan's Most Powerful Warlord Was Betrayed: The Honnoji Incident

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The Deadliest Duel in Japanese History: Musashi vs Kojiro