History UsefulNotes / AmakusaShiro

* In ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'', Ange's bodyguard Juuza Amakusa is named after him in keeping with the ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming.

According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, Shirō was the son of former Konishi clan retainer Masuda Jinbei (益田 甚兵衛?)... though according to some sources, he may have been the illegitimate son of Toyotomi Hideyori. He was born in modern-day Kami-Amakusa, Kumamoto in a Catholic family. At age 15, the boy was charismatic enough was known to his followers as "heaven's messenger." Miraculous powers were attributed to him, like [[HealingHands healing]] and being able to walk on water.

A rebel soldier, Yamada Uemonsaku, betrayed Shiro and notified the Shogunate of the truth that rebel food supplies were becoming strained. The Shogunate forces performed a final assault, taking Hara Castle in the process. The Shogunate forces massacred almost 40,000 rebels, [[KickTheDog including women and children.]] Yamada, who previously betrayed his fellow rebels, was the only recorded survivor.

* ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'' has him under the false name of [[spoiler: Shirou Kotomine]]. While he is nominally an antagonist he's also a WellIntentionedExtremist [[spoiler:whose goal is to bring salvation to humanity through the use of the Holy Grail. His methods, however, are far from innocent and he's perfectly willing to manipulate and kill just about anyone who stands in his way]]. He can also be summoned as a Ruler-class Servant in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder''.

According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, Shirō was the son of former Konishi clan retainer Masuda Jinbei (益田 甚兵衛?)... though according to some sources, he may have been [[HeroicBastard the illegitimate son of Toyotomi Hideyori.]] He was born in modern-day Kami-Amakusa, Kumamoto in a Catholic family. At age 15, the boy was charismatic enough was known to his followers as "heaven's messenger." Miraculous powers were attributed to him, like [[HealingHands healing]] and being able to walk on water.

* ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'' has him under the false name of [[spoiler: Shirou Kotomine]]. While he is nominally an antagonist he's also a WellIntentionedExtremist [[spoiler:whose goal is to bring salvation to humanity through the use of the Holy Grail. His methods, however, are far from innocent and he's perfectly willing to manipulate and kill just about anyone who stands in his way]].

* ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'' has him under the false name of [[spoiler: Shirou Kotomine]]. While he is nominally an antagonist he's also a WellIntentionedExtremist [[spoiler:whose goal is to bring salvation to humanity through the use of the Holy Grail]].

According to TheOtherWiki, Shirō was the son of former Konishi clan retainer Masuda Jinbei (益田 甚兵衛?)... though according to some sources, he may have been [[HeroicBastard the illegitimate son of Toyotomi Hideyori.]] He was born in modern-day Kami-Amakusa, Kumamoto in a Catholic family. At age 15, the boy was charismatic enough was known to his followers as "heaven's messenger." Miraculous powers were attributed to him, like [[HealingHands healing]] and being able to walk on water.

17-year-old Shiro was executed in the aftermath of the fall, [[DeadGuyOnDisplay his head being displayed on a pike in Nagasaki for an extended period of time afterward as a warning to any other potential Christian rebels.]] His FamousLastWords were: [[{{Revenge}} "I shall return after 100 years and take my revenge!"]] Even now, many {{Japanese Christian}}s consider Shiro as a saint, but the Roman Catholic Church has not officially listed him as such.

* In the Shimabara arc of ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', the ReligiousBruiser Shougo Mutou sought to become an {{expy}} of Amakusa and used his image to gather an army of {{Japanese Christian}}s.

* ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'' has him under the false name of [[spoiler: Shiro Kotomine.]] While he is nominally an antagonist he appears to be a WellIntentionedExtremist.

[[caption-width-right:350:Amakusa Shirou as painted by Takato Yamamoto.]]

In media, Shirō [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade tends to be portrayed as]] a [[DudeLooksLikeALady girlish-looking]] FallenHero who [[BreakTheCutie endures sould-breaking hardships]] while fighting for his fellow Christians's freedom. He often ends up being BackFromTheDead ''and'' having a FaithHeelTurn after said breaking process, but sometimes [[RedemptionEqualsDeath is able to regain his faith in people as he dies]].

Amakusa Shirō (天草 四郎?, 1621? – April 12, 1638) also known as Amakusa Shirō Tokisada (天草四郎時貞?) was the teenage leader of the Shimabara Rebellion. With time, he as become a staple of Japanese culture - specifically, of the JidaiGeki-based fiction.

* Played by KenjiSawada in ''Film/SamuraiReincarnation''.

When he had enough of all the repression against Christians ''and'' peasants in the Shimabara area, Shiro led the defense of Hara Castle and defeated the strongest of the Shogunate attackers in a series of coordinated defensive surges. But, because the rebel force had no logistical support, their morale was seriously weakened in the following days. Shiro displayed posters in the castle in an attempt to enhance the morale of rebel force, saying "Now, those who accompany me in being besieged in this castle, will be my friends unto the next world."

* ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'' has him under the false name of [[spoiler: Shiro Kotomine.]]

* Played by KenjiSawada in SamuraiResurrection.

* Played by KenjiSawada in Film/SamuraiResurrection.

* In ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'', Ange's bodyguard Juuza Amakusa is named after him in keeping with the ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming.

When he had enough of all the repression against Christians ''and'' peasants in the Shimabaｒa area, Shiro led the defense of Hara Castle and defeated the strongest of the Shogunate attackers in a series of coordinated defensive surges. But, because the rebel force had no logistical support, their morale was seriously weakened in the following days. Shiro displayed posters in the castle in an attempt to enhance the morale of rebel force, saying "Now, those who accompany me in being besieged in this castle, will be my friends unto the next world."

When he had enough of all the repression against Christians ''and'' peasants in the Shimabaea area, Shiro led the defense of Hara Castle and defeated the strongest of the Shogunate attackers in a series of coordinated defensive surges. But, because the rebel force had no logistical support, their morale was seriously weakened in the following days. Shiro displayed posters in the castle in an attempt to enhance the morale of rebel force, saying "Now, those who accompany me in being besieged in this castle, will be my friends unto the next world."

In media, Shirō [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade tends to be portrayed as]] a [[DudeLooksLikeALady girlish-looking]] FallenHero who [[BreakTheCutie endured terrible hardships]] while fighting for his fellow Christians's freedom. He often ends up being BackFromTheDead ''and'' having a FaithHeelTurn after said breaking process, but sometimes [[RedemptionEqualsDeath is able to regain his faith in people as he dies]].

* ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'' has him under the false name of [[spoiler: Shiro Kotomine]]
* In the {{josei}} manga ''Manga/{{Amakusa 1637}}'', a {{Bifauxnen}} ActionGirl named Natsuki Hayama must become the BodyDouble of Shirou as she and her friends are thrown via TimeTravel into the Shimabara rebellion that he once led. Later we learn that [[spoiler: Shiro was never executed but was instead made into the slave of the mentally unstable time traveler Naozumi "Kotaka" Yatsuka, one of Natsuki's friends, who sees him as a stand-in for her. Despite Naozumi's abuse of him, Shirou treats him kindly and tries to reason with him instead, in hopes to make him an ally of the oppressed Christians and help him be redeemed. But when Naozumi realises how Shirou is getting under his skin, he react with fright and strangles him to death. Sirou's last words are of affection and forgiveness towards Naozumi: "Yatsuka-sama... may God's blessing be with you...!".]]
* In ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'', one of the main antagonists is a ''very'' embittered Amakusa. Having crossed the DespairEventHorizon before dying, he made a DealWithTheDevil and became an EvilSorceror as well as the first game's BigBad SNKBoss. [[spoiler: After his defeat, however, the deal was FAR more complicated as he developed a case of SplitPersonality: half of him was still a villain, the other wanted to become TheAtoner.]]

* Main/FateApocrypha has him under the false name of [[spoiler: Shiro Kotomine]]
* In the {{josei}} manga Manga/{{Amakusa 1637}}, a {{Bifauxnen}} ActionGirl named Natsuki Hayama must become the BodyDouble of Shirou as she and her friends are thrown via TimeTravel into the Shimabara rebellion that he once led. Later we learn that [[spoiler: Shiro was never executed but was instead made into the slave of the mentally unstable time traveler Naozumi "Kotaka" Yatsuka, one of Natsuki's friends, who sees him as a stand-in for her. Despite Naozumi's abuse of him, Shirou treats him kindly and tries to reason with him instead, in hopes to make him an ally of the oppressed Christians and help him be redeemed. But when Naozumi realises how Shirou is getting under his skin, he react with fright and strangles him to death. Sirou's last words are of affection and forgiveness towards Naozumi: "Yatsuka-sama... may God's blessing be with you...!".]]
* In SamuraiShodown, one of the main antagonists is a ''very'' embittered Amakusa. Having crossed the DespairEventHorizon before dying, he made a DealWithTheDevil and became an EvilSorceror as well as the first game's BigBad SNKBoss. [[spoiler: After his defeat, however, the deal was FAR more complicated as he developed a case of SplitPersonality: half of him was still a villain, the other wanted to become TheAtoner.]]
* In the Shimabara arc of RurouniKenshin, the ReligiousBruiser Shougo Mutou sought to become an {{expy}} of Amakusa and used his image to gather an army of {{Japanese Christian}}s.

According to TheOtherWiki, Shirō was the son of former Konishi clan retainer Masuda Jinbei (益田 甚兵衛?)... though according to some sources, he may have been [[HeroicBastard the illegitimate son of Toyotomi Hideyori.]] He was born in modern-day Kami-Amakusa, Kumamoto in a Catholic family. At age 15, the boy was charismatic enough was known to his followers as "heaven's messenger." Miraculous powers were attributed to him, like [[HalingHands healing]] and being able to walk on water.

When he had enough of all the repression against Christians ''and'' peasants in the Shimabaea area, Shiro led the defence of Hara Castle and defeated the strongest of the Shogunate attackers in a series of coordinated defensive surges. But, because the rebel force had no logistical support, their morale was seriously weakened in the following days. Shiro displayed posters in the castle in an attempt to enhance the morale of rebel force, saying "Now, those who accompany me in being besieged in this castle, will be my friends unto the next world."

In media, Shirō tends to be portrayed as a [[DudeLooksLikeALady girlish-looking]] TragicHero who [[BreakTheCutie endured terrible hardships]] while fighting for his fellow Christians's freedom. He often ends up being BackFromTheDead ''an'' having a FaithHeelTurn after said breaking process, but sometimes [[RedemptionEqualsDeath is able to regain his faith in people as he dies]].

* Main/FateApocrypha features a character named Shiro [[spoiler: Kotomine.]]

Amakusa Shirō (天草 四郎?, 1621? – April 12, 1638) also known as Amakusa Shirō Tokisada (天草四郎時貞?) was the teenage leader of the Shimabara Rebellion. With time, he as become a staple of Japanese culture.

* In SamuraiShodown, one of the main antagonists is a ''very'' embittered Amakusa. Having crossed the DespairEventHorizon before dying, he made a DealWithTheDevil and became an EvilSoreceror as well as the first game's BigBad SNKBoss. [[spoiler: After his defeat, however, the deal was FAR more complicated as he developed a case of SplitPersonality: half of him was still a villain, the other wanted to become TheAtoner.]]