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EPISODE 101
The Castle That Outlived Him by 266 Years: Kato Kiyomasa
EPISODE 100
The Man Who Opened Japan Knowing It Would Kill Him
EPISODE 099
The Demon King's Only Weakness: Oda Nobunaga and the Boy Who Died Beside Him
EPISODE 098
The Sickly Genius Who Planned Every Battle From His Deathbed: Takenaka Hanbee
EPISODE 097
The General Who Burned His Castle Rather Than Surrender: Shibata Katsuie's Last Stand
EPISODE 096
The Warlord Who Won Every War, Then Spent 16 Years Making War Impossible
EPISODE 095
The Ninja Whose Name Outlived Five Different Men
EPISODE 094
The Undefeated General Hideyoshi Feared: Tachibana Muneshige
EPISODE 093
The Samurai Who Never Fought a Battle — and Wrote the Book on Bushido: Yamamoto Tsunetomo
EPISODE 092
The Heir Who Had to Prove He Wasn't a Fraud: Uesugi Kagekatsu
EPISODE 091
The Heir Who Never Had a Chance: Toyotomi Hideyori's Last Days
EPISODE 090
The Teenage Prophet Who Led 37,000 Rebels Against the Shogun
EPISODE 089
The Young Minister Who Broke 250 Years of Secrecy When the Black Ships Came
EPISODE 088
The Samurai Who Saved a City of a Million Without Drawing His Sword
EPISODE 087
The Man Who Ended the Age of the Samurai — And Was Killed For It
EPISODE 086
The Christian Noblewoman Who Ordered Her Own Death to Escape Capture
EPISODE 085
The Last Shogun Who Abandoned His Army and Fled in the Night
EPISODE 084
The Monk Who Drowned So Japan's Last Samurai Could Live
EPISODE 083
The Son Who Lost His Father's Empire: Takeda Katsuyori After Nagashino
EPISODE 082
The Undefeated Archer Who Bankrupted Himself to Reward His Men
EPISODE 081
The Teacher Executed for Treason Who Secretly Built Modern Japan
EPISODE 080
The Shipwrecked Sailor Who Became Japan's First Western Samurai
EPISODE 079
The Samurai Who Sailed to Rome and Came Home to Nothing
EPISODE 078
2,000 Men. 10 Days. One Reason: To Buy His Best Friend Time to Win Japan.
EPISODE 077
The Traitor Who Ruled Japan for 200 Years
EPISODE 076
The Farmer Who Became Kyoto's Most Feared Swordsman — And Was Executed as a Traitor
EPISODE 075
The One-Eyed Strategist Who Charged to His Death to Pay for His Own Mistake
EPISODE 074
The Blind Dying General Who Fought a Battle He Knew Was Already Lost
EPISODE 073
The Samurai Who Declared Himself Emperor of Japan and Ruled for 60 Days
EPISODE 072
The Farmer's Son Who Died Defending a Country That Lasted 5 Months
EPISODE 071
The Admiral Who Wore Two Suits of Armor So He Would Never Float
EPISODE 070
The Teenage General Who Betrayed His Own Side and Decided Japan's Fate
EPISODE 069
The Nun Who Ruled Japan After Both Her Sons Were Murdered
EPISODE 068
The Failed Assassin Who United Japan's Bitterest Enemies
EPISODE 067
The Suicide Ritual That Was Never About Honor
EPISODE 066
The Warrior Code Japan Invented After the Wars Were Over
EPISODE 065
The Day 46,000 Soldiers Tried to Kill Every Ninja in Japan
EPISODE 064
The Spies Who Won Japan's Wars Without Ever Drawing a Sword
EPISODE 063
The Ninja: Separating Myth from History
EPISODE 062
The 47 Ronin: Japan's Most Famous Act of Loyalty
EPISODE 061
From Criminal to Japan's Second Most Powerful Man: Maeda Toshiie's Redemption
EPISODE 060
The Tea Master Ordered to Die: Sen no Rikyu and Hideyoshi's Fatal Rivalry
EPISODE 059
The Battle That Ended an Era: The Final Destruction of the Taira Clan
EPISODE 058
The War That Created the Samurai Class: Japan's Genpei War Explained
EPISODE 057
He Sent One Letter. Japan's Greatest Battle Followed: Naoe Kanetsugu's Defiance
EPISODE 056
He Taught the Shogun Swordsmanship. His Real Weapon Wasn't a Blade: Yagyu Munenori
EPISODE 055
He Sent His Son Away. Then He Marched to His Death: Kusunoki Masashige
EPISODE 054
The Warlord Who Beat 20,000 Men With Only His Mind: Mori Motonari
EPISODE 053
Why Japan's Greatest Warlords Could Never Break the Shimazu Clan
EPISODE 052
Why Hideyoshi Feared His Own Greatest General: Kuroda Kanbei
EPISODE 051
The Samurai Who Never Lost a Battle: The Real Honda Tadakatsu
EPISODE 050
The Real Hattori Hanzo: The Night He Saved Japan's Future Shogun
EPISODE 049
The First Shogun's Darkest Act: Why Yoritomo Destroyed His Own Brother
EPISODE 048
The Cavalry That Terrified All of Japan: Takeda Shingen's Mounted Shock Troops
EPISODE 047
The Tiger's Last Secret: How Did Takeda Shingen Really Die?
EPISODE 046
Was Uesugi Kenshin Assassinated? Japan's Greatest Unsolved Mystery
EPISODE 045
Why Japan's Greatest Swordsman Became an Artist
EPISODE 044
Why Akechi Mitsuhide's Perfect Coup Collapsed in 13 Days
EPISODE 043
Why Did a Japanese Warlord Send His Samurai to Meet the Pope?
EPISODE 042
Why Toyotomi Hideyoshi Sent 160,000 Samurai to Die in Korea
EPISODE 041
The Warlord Who Burned a Sacred Mountain — With Everyone On It
EPISODE 040
The Exiled Killer Who Became Japan's Richest Samurai Lord
EPISODE 039
The Seven-Year-Old Girl Who Inherited a Samurai Army — And Went to War
EPISODE 038
The Warlord Who Conquered an Entire Island — Then Destroyed His Own Family
EPISODE 037
The Real Reason Taira no Kiyomori's Empire Collapsed in Just Four Years
EPISODE 036
The Samurai Who Wore 'Love' Into Battle — And Started a War With a Letter
EPISODE 035
The Master Swordsman Who Became the Shogun's Secret Spy Chief
EPISODE 034
The Outcast Who Built Japan's Most Feared Army: Ii Naomasa and the Red Devils
EPISODE 033
Why Kusunoki Masashige Fought a Battle He Knew Was Already Lost
EPISODE 032
Why Mori Motonari Lured 20,000 Enemies Onto a Sacred Island
EPISODE 031
Why Shimazu Yoshihiro Charged Into 80,000 Enemies — And Survived
EPISODE 030
The Strategist Who Could Have Ruled Japan — And Chose Not To
EPISODE 029
The Samurai Who Fought 100 Battles and Never Bled — Honda Tadakatsu | EP029
EPISODE 028
The Real Reason Japan Tried to Erase Its Greatest Female Warrior — Tomoe Gozen | EP028
EPISODE 027
The Real Ninja Who Saved Japan's Future Shogun — Hattori Hanzo | EP027
EPISODE 026
The Man Who Stole Japan From Its Emperor — And Built 700 Years of Samurai Rule | EP026
EPISODE 025
Why Japan's Two Greatest Generals Refused to Finish Each Other | EP025
EPISODE 024
Why Ishida Mitsunari Started a War He Knew He Would Lose | EP024
EPISODE 023
The Loyal General Who Destroyed His Lord in One Night | Akechi Mitsuhide
EPISODE 022
The Real Reason Sasaki Kojiro Had to Lose to Miyamoto Musashi | EP022
EPISODE 021
Why Japan's God of War Refused to Conquer Japan | EP021
EPISODE 020
The Ninja Squad That Never Existed — Yet Made a Samurai Immortal | EP020
EPISODE 019
The Exiled Rebel Who Became Japan's Last True Samurai | EP019
EPISODE 018
The Warlord Who Sacrificed His Own Father at 17 — Date Masamune
EPISODE 017
Why Yoshitsune's Military Genius Made Him Too Dangerous to Live
EPISODE 016
The Warlord Who Waited 50 Years to Rule Japan
EPISODE 015
The Last Castle: How Japan's Greatest Dynasty Fell in One Summer
EPISODE 014
Why Japan's Greatest Cavalry Charged Straight Into 3,000 Guns
EPISODE 013
Why Miyamoto Musashi's Final Weapon Was a Brush, Not a Sword
EPISODE 012
13 Days: How One General Turned His Lord's Murder Into a Dynasty
EPISODE 011
The 'Demon King' Who Shattered Medieval Japan — And Vanished Without a Trace
EPISODE 010
The Day One Samurai Destroyed Japan's Most Powerful Sword School — Alone
EPISODE 009
The Warrior Who Lost Everything — And Became Japan's Greatest Samurai
EPISODE 008
Why Japan's Greatest Hero Declared War on the Revolution He Created
EPISODE 007
The One-Eyed Dragon Who Conquered Japan at 20 — Then Lost It All
EPISODE 006
The Hero Who Won Every Battle — And Lost His Own Family | Minamoto no Yoshitsune
EPISODE 005
The Sandal-Bearer Who Became Ruler of Japan: Toyotomi Hideyoshi
EPISODE 004
The Battle That Decided Japan's Fate | Sekigahara 1600
EPISODE 003
The Boy Hostage Who Became Japan's Shogun | Tokugawa Ieyasu
EPISODE 002
The Night Japan's Most Powerful Warlord Was Betrayed: The Honnoji Incident
EPISODE 001
The Deadliest Duel in Japanese History: Musashi vs Kojiro