History Main / EverythingsbetterWithSamurai

* The UsefulNotes/NeoGeo BeatEmUp ''Burning Fight'' has a BossBattle with a samurai named Nitou Ryuji, who wields a katana in each hand.

* The French series ''Chroniques de la Lune Noire'' (''ComicBook/BlackMoonChronicles'') has the character of Murata, a samurai in an otherwise western fantasy setting. Since it is based on an old ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]]'' campaign, you can blame the ''Oriental Adventures'' on this.
%%* Creator/FrankMiller loves this trope.
* ''ComicBook/TheTick'' comics have Paul the Samurai, despite all the other heroes being over the top cape and cowl style. His primary role is to be there to recommend that he and anybody associated with him commits seppuku at the slightest failure.

* Hondo City Judges in ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' are deliberately modelled on samurai; their equivalent of the Chief Judge is even referred to as the Shogun.
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' introduced Bushido, a young warrior with... well, powers of the samurai, apparently. He was among the fatalities in ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''.
* Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}}'s original [[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders Outsiders]] team had fairly standard-issue superheroes... and [[Characters/BatmanAndTheOutsiders Katana]], a steely-eyed female samurai.
* [[Characters/WolverineRoguesGallery Silver Samurai]]
* ''Franchise/TheTransformers'' G1 has Bludgeon, a Decepticon whose Pretender shell (in Marvel's run) and actual body (in IDW's) is modeled to look like samurai armor with a kabuto helmet and skull-like face. He's always depicted as fighting with a giant katana using the Cybertronian martial art Metallikato even though his action figure came with a gun. Also prone to calling his opponent [[YouFool "Fool!"]]

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Contra}} Neo Contra]]'' has Jaguar, an alien samurai.

* In the ''Manga/OnePiece'' world, "samurai" is the name given to warriors from Wa-no-Kuni (a FantasyCounterpartCulture island to feudal Japan). The first one to appear is Ryuma, and later "Foxfire" Kin'emon and "Evening Shower" Kanjuro.
** Zoro is reminiscent of one.

* Masamunya [[Anime/NyanpireTheAnimation from The Gothic World of Nyanpire]] is a cat and also a Samurai and carries a sharp sword. [[HoYay He has a secret crush on Nyanpire but is too shy to admit it to him.]] [[http://www.animate-onlineshop.jp/resize_image.php?image=05111025_4fac6a730d45d.jpg However even though he's a samurai, he barely uses his sword besides being threatening.]]

* Bandai released the Tamashii Nations Movie Realization figure line, which portrays movie characters in a feudal Japan aesthetic. It begins with ''Franchise/StarWars'' characters such as Boba Fett, Darth Vader and the Stormtroopers. Later on, the line extended to comic book characters such as Franchise/SpiderMan.

* Kamui of ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart'', who fulfills the {{Moe}} samurai-girl quota of the WidgetSeries.

* The penultimate boss of ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' is Hakumen, a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Cyborg Zombie Samurai]].

* Every installment of the ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven'' series so far has had at least one minigame featuring a character known as the Wandering Samurai, whose levels involve defending a village from {{tengu}}, attacking demons that appear from a portal, and [[MundaneMadeAwesome slicing watermelons.]]
** He also makes a guest appearance in one of the Gamer Microgames in ''[[VideoGame/WarioWare Game & Wario]]'', where he apparently found work at a fish processing factory.

* In ''Manga/FairyTail'', Erza Scarlet occasionally goes into a samurai get-up (albeit a [[BareYourMidriff revealing]] one).

* Smile.dk seems to love this trope. Firstly used in the debut single "Butterfly", it was later [[ForcedMeme referenced]] [[SongofSongTitles in]] songs like "Doki Doki", "A Geisha's Dream", "Doo-Be-Di-Boy".

* Creator/FrankMiller loves this trope.

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* From ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'', there is Simon who is a samurai themed knight in an otherwise Myth/KingArthur based manga.

* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'''s four main characters all are Samurai prentices.

* Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}}'s original [[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders Outsiders]] team had fairly standard-issue superheroes... and ComicBook/{{Katana}}, a steely-eyed female samurai.

* Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}}'s original [[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders Outsiders]] team had fairly standard-issue superheroes... and [[Characters/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Katana]], a steely-eyed female samurai.