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Yasuke
Honor has a new name.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
LaKeith Stanfield
Yasuke (voice)
6 eps
Maya Tanida
Saki (voice)
6 eps
Takehiro Hira
Oda Nobunaga (voice)
6 eps
Julie Marcus
Nikita (voice)
6 eps
Ming-Na Wen
Natsumaru (voice)
6 eps
Noshir Dalal
Mitsuhide (voice)
6 eps
Dia Frampton
Ishikawa (voice)
6 eps
Paul Nakauchi
Morisuke (voice)
6 eps
Darren Criss
Haruto (voice)
6 eps
William-Christopher Stephens
Achoja (voice)
6 eps
Dan Donohue
Giovanni / Abraham (voice)
3 eps
Ian Chen
Ichiro (voice)
3 eps
Gwendoline Yeo
Ichika (voice)
2 eps
Emily Woo Zeller
Kurosawa (voice)
1 eps
Amy Hill
Daimyo (voice)
3 eps
Keone Young
Wardock Chief (voice)
1 eps
Michael Sinterniklaas
Iga General / Nobukatsu (voice)
1 eps
Johnny Yong Bosch
Ranmaru (voice)
1 eps
Greg Chun
Gyuichi (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Yasuke actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Yasuke reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A peaceful boatman once known as the Black Samurai is pulled back into conflict when he takes a little girl with mysterious powers under his wing.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E04
A Long Road
Back in the village, Saki asks Yasuke to bring her to Doctor Morisuke — and she won’t take no for an answer. But there are new enemies in pursuit.
- Directed by LeSean Thomas, Hiroyuki Kambe
- Written by Alex Larsen
S01E03
Mortal Sins
Abraham sends Haruto and Nikita out to find Saki, who uses her growing powers to fight back. Under torture, Yasuke has a flashback to a betrayal.
- Directed by Kunihiro Mori, LeSean Thomas
- Written by Alex Larsen
S01E05
Pain & Blood
While Morisuke protects Saki from the Daimyo’s attack on the Astral Plane, Yasuke confronts the masked Dark General, who reveals their true identity.
- Directed by LeSean Thomas, Kazuya Iwata
- Written by Nick Jones Jr.
S01E01
Ronin
When her young daughter is stricken by a mysterious malady, Ichika asks Yasuke to bring them upriver to a special doctor, but Yasuke refuses.
- Directed by LeSean Thomas, Takeru Sato
- Written by Nick Jones Jr.
S01E06
Balance
While Morisuke and his men create a protective shield around the temple, Yasuke and Saki face off with the Daimyo in Azuchi Castle.
- Directed by LeSean Thomas, Takeru Sato
- Written by Alex Larsen
S01E02
The Old Way
Back in 1581, Yasuke and Natsumaru have become trusted warriors serving Nobunaga. In the present day, the mercenaries catch up to Yasuke and attack.
- Directed by Yasufumi Soejima, LeSean Thomas
- Written by Nick Jones Jr.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E01
Ronin
- Directed by LeSean Thomas, Takeru Sato
- Written by Nick Jones Jr.
S01E02
The Old Way
- Directed by Yasufumi Soejima, LeSean Thomas
- Written by Nick Jones Jr.
S01E03
Mortal Sins
- Directed by Kunihiro Mori, LeSean Thomas
- Written by Alex Larsen
S01E04
A Long Road
- Directed by LeSean Thomas, Hiroyuki Kambe
- Written by Alex Larsen
S01E05
Pain & Blood
- Directed by LeSean Thomas, Kazuya Iwata
- Written by Nick Jones Jr.
S01E06
Balance
- Directed by LeSean Thomas, Takeru Sato
- Written by Alex Larsen
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
LeSean Thomas
Showrunner
- Photo unavailable
Colin Stark
Executive producer
Flying Lotus
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Dylan Thomas
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Monica Alexander
Executive producer
LaKeith Stanfield
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Alex Larsen
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Nick Jones Jr.
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Colin StarkExecutive Producer
- LeSean ThomasExecutive Producer
- Flying LotusExecutive Producer
- Matthew ShattuckProducer
- Dylan ThomasExecutive Producer
- Monica AlexanderExecutive Producer
Writing
- Alex LarsenWriter
- Nick Jones Jr.Writer
Direction
- Yasufumi SoejimaDirector
- Kunihiro MoriDirector
- LeSean ThomasDirector
- Takeru SatoDirector
- Hiroyuki KambeDirector
- Kazuya IwataDirector
Music
- Flying LotusOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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