History UsefulNotes / MiyamotoMusashi

** ''Samurai III - Showdown at Ganryu Island''.

** While he doesn't appear in person, this incarnation of Musashi is heavily implied to be [[CanonWelding connected to]] a different Creator/{{Square|Enix}} series: ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault''. The sequel, ''VideoGame/BravelySecond'', allows players to obtain a staff named "Musashi's Oar." The weapon's description says that Musashi hails from [[{{Wutai}} Wa]] (an ancient island nation that vanished centuries ago; note that Wa is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wa_(Japan) an old name for Japan]]), with the final sentence of the entry reading as follows: "No record remains of his death, but it is said that '''he was summoned to be a hero for another world'''." Make of that what you will.

* ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors 2'' and ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi'' (a crossover with the ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' franchise). Appropriately, here he was specifically chosen to be ''THE'' premiere swordsman of the games he appeared in and true to form, he is universally considered the best in the game for that weapon. His moveset homages the notes he writes about form and technique in his book with little flash and very direct motions save for a leaping strike and his jump attack.

* ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' -- Haohmaru is a direct ShoutOut to Musashi, just like Ukyō Tachibana is one to Kojiro.

* ''Ryu Ga Gotoku Kenzan'' aka ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}} Kenzan''. [[NoExportForYou Not that the game left Japan]].

* In ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', a GenderFlip version of Musashi is a Saber class Servant (voiced by Creator/AyaneSakura). Interestingly, she's from an alternate universe, as when she meets the Servant versions of her contemporaries, she becomes upset and comments that they are completely different from the ones she knows. She's also boy-crazy and occasionally gets annoyed whenever she meets a Servant who has been GenderFlip into a girl, commenting that in her home universe, they were a boy she could potentially date. "Occasionally" because Musashi [[BiTheWay also likes the ladies]] (fun fact: in Japanese the idiom "wielding two swords", as she literally does, is comparable to "swinging both ways" in English). Being a youthful adult, she represents the "drifting ronin" aspect of Musashi's life, as despite being a master duelist she's often in the red when it comes to food or money (and quickly blows whatever money she does earn on udon and alcohol). Her swordsmanship is described as an embodiment of "Zero" because it is meant to give the battle one outcome so her opponent has a zero percent chance of victory. [[spoiler:Parts of the Shimousa chapter shows that world's Musashi waiting in a cave to have his fight against Kojirou while thinking about his past, having been reduced to a terminally ill old man. After Kojirou comes to assure him that he was a great swordsman and that he already had a battle with the female Musashi, he is able to pass on in peace.]] She later has a LiteralSplitPersonality where the competitive side of her splits off to become Tenma Musashi and the rest becomes a Berserker class Servant. This Berserker is crazy in that she claims her name is Miyamoto Iori (Musashi's adopted son) and that she is American. She wears a swimsuit and later a FlagBikini / SamuraiCowboy combo, and wields firearms as well as swords.

* ''Unmatched in Dreams and Reality'', [[TheMusical a biographical musical]] by the Theatre/TakarazukaRevue, starring Tamaki Ryou as Musashi and Miya Rurika as Kojiro.

* ''Franchise/{{Onimusha}} Blade Warriors''

* ''VideoGame/TheBattleCats'' has two units based on him. The first, Miyamoku Musashi, takes inspiration from him as evidenced by his name and his [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/battle-cats/images/e/e2/Awakened_Musashi.png/revision/latest?cb=20180921131651 appearance in his True Form]] (referencing his DualWielding). The second is the game’s [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/battle-cats/images/8/8a/Miyamoto_Musashi.png/revision/latest?cb=20181220130434 depiction]] [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/battle-cats/images/8/8a/Miyamoto_Musashi.png/revision/latest?cb=20181220130434 of]] him with DualWielding right of the bat.

* In ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', a GenderFlip version of Musashi is a Saber class Servant (voiced by Creator/AyaneSakura). Interestingly, she's from an alternate universe, as when she meets the Servant versions of her contemporaries, she becomes upset and comments that they are completely different from the ones she knows. She's also boy-crazy and occasionally gets annoyed whenever she meets a Servant who has been GenderFlip into a girl, commenting that in her home universe, they were a boy she could potentially date. "Occasionally" because Musashi [[BiTheWay also likes the ladies]] (fun fact: in Japanese the idiom "wielding two swords", as she literally does, is comparable to "swinging both ways" in English). Being a youthful adult, she represents the "drifting ronin" aspect of Musashi's life, as despite being a master duelist she's often in the red when it comes to food or money (and quickly blows whatever money she does earn on udon and alcohol). Her swordsmanship is described as an embodiment of zero because it is meant to give the battle one outcome so her opponent has a zero percent chance of victory. [[spoiler:Parts of the Shimousa chapter shows that world's Musashi waiting in a cave to have his fight against Kojirou while thinking about his past, having been reduced to a terminally ill old man. After Kojirou comes to assure him that he was a great swordsman and that he already had a battle with the female Musashi, he is able to pass on in peace.]] She later has a LiteralSplitPersonality where the competitive side of her splits off to become Tenma Musashi and the rest becomes a Berserker class Servant. This Berserker is crazy in that she claims her name is Miyamoto Iori (Musashi's adopted son) and that she is American. She wears a swimsuit and later a FlagBikini / SamuraiCowboy combo, and wields firearms as well as swords.

* In ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', a GenderFlip version of Musashi is a Saber class Servant (voiced by Creator/AyaneSakura). Interestingly, she's from an alternate universe, as when she meets the Servant versions of her contemporaries, she becomes upset and comments that they are completely different from the ones she knows. She's also boy-crazy and gets occasionally gets annoyed whenever she meets a Servant who has been GenderFlip into a girl, commenting that in her home universe, they were a boy she could potentially date. "Occasionally" because Musashi [[BiTheWay also likes the ladies]] (fun fact: in Japanese the idiom "wielding two swords", as she literally does, is comparable to "swinging both ways" in English). Being a youthful adult, she represents the "drifting ronin" aspect of Musashi's life, as despite being a master duelist she's often in the red when it comes to food or money (and quickly blows whatever money she does earn on udon and alcohol). [[spoiler:Parts of the Shimousa chapter shows that world's Musashi waiting in a cave to have his fight against Kojirou while thinking about his past, having been reduced to a terminally ill old man. After Kojirou comes to assure him that he was a great swordsman and that he already had a battle with the female Musashi, he is able to pass on in peace.]] She later has a LiteralSplitPersonality where the competitive side of her splits off to become Tenma Musashi and the rest becomes a Berserker class Servant. This Berserker is crazy in that she claims her name is Miyamoto Iori (Musashi's adopted son) and that she is American. She wears a swimsuit and later a FlagBikini / SamuraiCowboy combo, and wields firearms as well as swords.

* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Machine_%28novel_series%29 Time Machine 3: Sword of the Samurai]]'', a [[{{Gamebooks}} choose your own adventure]]-style book with Musashi as the main character.

* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Machine_%28novel_series%29 Time Machine 3: Sword of the Samurai]]'', a [[ChooseYourOwnAdventure choose your own adventure]]-style book with Musashi as the main character.

* In ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', a GenderFlip version of Musashi is a Saber class Servant (voiced by Creator/AyaneSakura). Interestingly, she's from an alternate universe, as when she meets the Servant versions of her contemporaries, she becomes upset and comments that they are completely different from the ones she knows. She's also boy-crazy and gets occasionally gets annoyed whenever she meets a Servant who has been GenderFlip into a girl, commenting that in her home universe, they were a boy she could potentially date. "Occasionally" because Musashi [[BiTheWay also likes the ladies]] (fun fact: in Japanese the idiom "wielding two swords", as she literally does, is comparable to "swinging both ways" in English). Being a youthful adult, she represents the "drifting ronin" aspect of Musashi's life, as despite being a master duelist she's often in the red when it comes to food or money (and quickly blows whatever money she does earn on udon and alcohol). [[spoiler:Parts of the Shimousa chapter shows that world's Musashi waiting in a cave to have his fight against Kojirou while thinking about his past, having been reduced to a terminally ill old man. After Kojirou comes to ensure that he was a great swordsman and that he already had a battle with the female Musashi, he is able to pass on in peace.]]

* In ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', a GenderFlip version of Musashi is a Saber class Servant (voiced by Creator/AyaneSakura). Interestingly, she's from an alternate universe, as when she meets the Servant versions of her contemporaries, she becomes upset and comments that they are completely different from the ones she knows. She's also boy-crazy and gets occasionally gets annoyed whenever she meets a Servant who has been GenderFlip into a girl, commenting that in her home universe, they were a boy she could potentially date. "Occasionally" because Musashi [[BiTheWay also likes the ladies]]. Being a youthful adult, she represents the "drifting ronin" aspect of Musashi's life, as despite being a master duelist she's often in the red when it comes to food or money (and quickly blows whatever money she does earn on udon and alcohol). [[spoiler:Parts of the Shimousa chapter shows that world's Musashi waiting in a cave to have his fight against Kojirou while thinking about his past, having been reduced to a terminally ill old man. After Kojirou comes to ensure that he was a great swordsman and that he already had a battle with the female Musashi, he is able to pass on in peace.]]

* In ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', a GenderFlip version of Musashi is a Saber class Servant (voiced by Creator/AyaneSakura). Interestingly, she's from an alternate universe, as when she meets the Servant versions of her contemporaries, she becomes upset and comments that they are completely different from the ones she knows. She's also boy-crazy and gets occasionally gets annoyed whenever she meets a Servant who has been GenderFlip into a girl, commenting that in her home universe, they were a boy she could potentially date. "Occasionally" because Musashi [[BiTheWay also likes the ladies]]. Being a youthful adult, she represents the "drifting ronin" aspect of Musashi's life, as despite being a master duelist she's often in the red when it comes to food or money (and quickly blows whatever money she does earn on udon and alcohol). [[spoiler:Eventually, when time traveling, the party runs into the main universe's Musashi, when he was an elderly man dying of cancer. After being assured by several people, including the Servant version of Sasaki Kojiro, that he will be remembered for generations as a great swordsman, he passes away peacefully.]]

* In ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', a GenderFlip version of Musashi is a Saber class Servant (voiced by Creator/AyaneSakura). Interestingly, she seems to be from an alternate universe, as when she meets the Servant versions of her contemporaries, she becomes upset and comments that they are completely different from the ones she knows. She's also boy-crazy and gets annoyed whenever she meets a Servant who has been GenderFlip into a girl, commenting that in her home universe, they were a boy she could potentially date. Being a youthful adult, she represents the "drifting ronin" aspect of Musashi's life, as despite being a master duelist she's often in the red when it comes to food or money (and quickly blows whatever money she does earn on udon and alcohol). [[spoiler:Eventually, when time traveling, the party runs into the main universe's Musashi, when he was an elderly man dying of cancer. After being assured by several people, including the Servant version of Sasaki Kojiro, that he will be remembered for generations as a great swordsman, he passes away peacefully.]]

* In ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'', the second form that Takeru gains is based on Musashi. In this form, Takeru wields two swords

** ''Samurai II - Duel at Ichijoji Temple''.

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* ''VideoGame/TheLastBlade'' features a zombified version of Musashi (Musashi Akatsuki, which roughly translates to "The Risen Musashi") as a sub-boss, reanimated by BigBad Shinnosuke Kagami and [[AntiVillain forced to serve as his bodyguard]].
** Here, he's voiced by Franky Nakamura.

* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' -- Referenced in one episode.

* ''Film/MusashiDreamOfTheLastSamurai''

* A late-game side mission in ''VideoGame/{{Nioh}}'' (which shares continuity with the aforementioned ''Ninja Gaiden'') called "Master of the Twin Blades" sees a [[YoungFutureFamousPeople still green]] Musashi stranded after [[UsefulNotes/SengokuPeriod The Battle of Sekigahara]], facing off with scores of {{yokai}} until William arrives at the behest of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashikaga_Yoshiteru Ashikaga Yoshiteru]] to back the kid up. While he introduces himself to William as Musashi after they're in the clear, the [[MartialArtsHeadband headband]] he presents as a token of thanks is known as "Takezo's Headband" in reference to the name he went by in his youth.

*** That version by the way, is voiced by Creator/RicaMatsumoto.

* ''VideoGame/TheLastBlade'' features a zombified version of Musashi as a sub-boss.

* ''Webcomic/HarkAVagrant'' gives us a [[http://harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=40 slightly different take]] on his battle with Kojiro. Fairly accurate, actually, apart from omitting the whole "sharpening the boat oar into a bokken" thing. Essentially, he beat Kojiro in the head with a heavy piece of wood with a wedged end - kind of like the equivalent of whacking him with a baseball bat.

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* A highly fictionalised Musashi is the centre of two novels by David Kirk, ''Literature/ChildOfVengeance'' and ''Literature/SwordOfHonour'', set before and after the Battle of Sekigahara respectively.

* In ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', a GenderFlip version of Musashi is a Saber class Servant (voiced by Creator/AyaneSakura). Interestingly, she seems to be from an alternate universe, as when she meets the Servant versions of her contemporaries, she becomes upset and comments that they are completely different from the ones she knows. Being a youthful adult, she represents the "drifting ronin" aspect of Musashi's life, as despite being a master duelist she's often in the red when it comes to food or money (and quickly blows whatever money she does earn on udon and alcohol). [[spoiler:Eventually, when time traveling, the party runs into the main universe's Musashi, when he was an elderly man dying of cancer. After being assured by several people, including the Servant version of Sasaki Kojiro, that he will be remembered for generations as a great swordsman, he passes away peacefully.]]

[[folder:Music and Sound Effects]]

* "Sun And Steel" -- A song by popular British HeavyMetal band Music/IronMaiden about Musashi's life.

* ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors 2'' and ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi'' (a crossover with the ''VideoGame/Dynasty Warriors'' franchise). Appropriately, here he was specifically chosen to be ''THE'' premiere swordsman of the games he appeared in and true to form, he is universally considered the best in the game for that weapon. His moveset homages the notes he writes about form and technique in his book with little flash and very direct motions save for a leaping strike and his jump attack.