Laughing Man

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They call me many things: Murderer. Cutthroat. Thief. But you may call me Laughing Man.

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The Laughing Man (died 1582) was a Japanese rōnin and participant in kabukimono culture located in Harima.

Biography[]

As a kabukimono, the Laughing Man was one of the multiple rōnin who attacked the communities across the provinces of Izumi Settsu and Harima. Alongside the Corrupt Blade and the Peacock, he was one of three elite kabukimono. However, the priest Shin'nyo of the Nishinomiya Shrine conversed with the Kakushiba ikki member Fujibayashi Naoe and enlisted her help to take down the kabukimono.^[1]

By 1582, the Laughing Man was known for his insatiable hunger for power and recruited any rōnin willing to follow his campaign. Yet, Naoe soon found and assassinated the Laughing Man before retrieving a trinket, the Flight of the Ubagabi, from his personal effects.^[1]

Behind the scenes[]

The Laughing Man is a character in Assassin's Creed: Shadows, serving as one of eight targets in the memory "The Kabukimono". After eliminating all other kabukimono, the player is given a choice how to approach the Laughing Man, the Corrupt Blade, and the Peacock when posting a reply to their recruitment message on a board at the Nishinomiya Shrine. Depending on this choice, Naoe will either kill the Laughing Man at the Blackstone Cascades or assassinate him alongside the other two elite kabukimono at a small outpost in southern Harima.

Appearances[]

Assassin's Creed: Shadows

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Assassin's Creed: Shadows – The Kabukimono

Assassin's Creed: Shadows

Characters

Assassins	Dan • Heiji • Ibuki • Junjiro • Monta • Fujibayashi Naoe • Oni-yuri • Rokkaku Katsuhime • Sen no Rikyū • Shido • Shinobu • Tomiko • Yagoro • Yagyū Munetoshi • Yasuke • Yaya \| Alvaro Catarribera • Fubuki • Fujibayashi Nagato • Hattori Hanzō • Kaede • Kishi • Momochi Sandayu • Sanjo • Sumire • Tsubasa • Tsuyu • Yu-no-shin

Templars	Alessandro Valignano • Duarte de Melo • Hosokawa Tama • Kimura Kei • Nuno Caro

Shinbakufu	Akechi Kagemitsu • Akechi Mitsuhide • Ashikaga Yoshiaki • Bessho Harumasa • Ido Yoshihiro • Ise Sadaoki • Joken Hokkyo • Oichi • Takeda Motoaki • Ukita Naoie • Wada Koretake • Yaita Wakasa

Minor targets	The Betrayers (Fujichika Nakayama • Endo Tomoyasu • Itakura Shigezo • Masatoshi Nakahara • Sato Genta • Sato Katsubei • Usami Yoshiko) • The Butterfly Collectors (Gamemaker • Kacho • Mucho • Richo • Shucho) • The Corrupt Daikan (Endo Riku • Gamo Morinari • Ise Asuka • Isshiki Mansaku • Izumi Bunzo • Okudaira Toshizo) • Genzaburo's Soldiers (Akane • Genzaburo • Seiji • Shin-no-suke • Yasokichi) • The Godai Shinobi (Kaji • Akira • Azai Jukei • Kazumi • Rokkaku Yoshimitsu) • The Hunters of Kyonyo (Inumaru • Kamakichi • Shishi-o • Toro • Tsuchi-Gumo) • The Iron Hand Guild (Ginroku • Kanta • Kin-no-suke • Tamao • The Iron Hand) • The Kabukimono (Big Sueki • Chief Cuckoo • Corrupt Blade • Ember • Ghost General • Grave Dancer • Laughing Man • Peacock) • Kurai Eikyou (The Akiyama Agent • The Blacksmith Agent • The Katsuragi Agent • The Tsutsui Agent • The Messenger) • Nobutsuna's Students (Asari Nobutane • Hozoin In'ei • Marume Nagayoshi • Nagano Saemon • Sanada Masatoyo • Yagyū Munetoshi • Yuki no Kata) • The Pirate Alliance (Kage • Little Kappa • Lopo Cruz • Oni-yuri • Sen) • The Silver Smugglers (Enju • Fernam Moreno • Takeru • Mai • Nycollaao de Castel Branco • Shinji • Yoshisada) • The Twisted Tree (Takahashi Goro • Takahashi Ichi-Hime • Takahashi Inoshichi • Takahashi Jiro • Takahashi Saburo • Takahashi Shiro • Takahashi Taro) • The Winter Raiders (Akumu • Hayate • Sobei • Jinbei • Yasha) • The Yamabushi Imposters (The Clifftop Yamabushi • The Forest Yamabushi • The Mountain Yamabushi • The Pathway Yamabushi • The Pond Yamabushi • The River Yamabushi • The Shadow Yamabushi • The Valley Yamabushi • The Village Yamabushi) • The Yokai (Ao Andon • Daitengu • Kappa (Kappa Taku • Kappa Rei) • Makuwauri no Bakemono • Oshiroi Babā • Suika no Bakemono • Taka Nyudo • Yuki-onna)

Others	Animus EGO user • Ego • The Guide \| Akechi Mitsuyoshi • Aoi • Aoki Ujimasa • Asajiro • Bessho Nagaharu • Luís Fróis • Fujita Juro • Furuta Tanji • Fuyu • Gamo Yoshimitsu • Gennojo • Genpaku • Hatakeyama Yoshimasa • Hori Hidemasa • Hosokawa Fujitaka • Imai Sōkun • Imai Sōkyū • Ise Sadatame • Ishikawa Goemon • Kanō Eitoku • Kamiizumi Nobutsuna • Kennyo • Konishi Yukinaga • Kuma • Kumebe Ujiie • Kuroda Yoshitaka • Kyonyo • Mamushi • Matsu • Mayu • Mitsumune • Mori Ranmaru • Murakami Norimasa • Nagoya Yagaro • Nakamura Tadashige • Nene • Niwa Nagahide • Norimune • Oda Nobukatsu • Oda Nobunaga • Ōta Gyūichi • Otama • Rin • Samemaru • Satoko • Shibata Katsuie • Shindo Hiroshii • Shin'nyo • Shōtei • Sorin • Suzu • Tetsuo • Tokubei • Tokugawa Ieyasu • Tatsugoro • Tomita Nobutaka • Toyotomi Hideyoshi • Ukita Hideie • Ujimasa • Yakichi • Yamamoto Masakatsu

Factions

Assassins (Kakushiba ikki) • Templars (Abstergo Industries | Japanese Rite • Portuguese Rite • Roman Rite) • Shinbakufu • Japanese clans (Akechi • Fukui • Niwa • Oda • Rokkaku • Takahashi • Takeda • Tokugawa • Toyotomi • Tsutsui • Ukita) • Japanese confederations (Iga ikki • Ikkō-ikki • Koga ikki) • Japanese subcultures (Kabukimono • Rōnin • Samurai • Shinobi • Sōhei • Yamabushi) • Minor factions (The Butterfly Collector • Godai Shinobi • The Iron Hand Guild • Kurai Eikyou • The Pirate Alliance • The Winter Raiders) • Portuguese Empire • Jesuits

Locations

Japan (Harima (Aga • Himeji • Miki) • Iga (Hijiyama • Ichinomiya) • Kii (Saika) • Ōmi (Azuchi • Kameyama • Nagahama) • Izumi Settsu (Amagasaki • Katano • Nakayama Peak • Sakai • Osaka • Takatsuki) • Tamba (Fukuchiyama • Yakami) • Wakasa (Obama • Tsuruga) • Yamashiro (Arashiyama • Kyoto • Misuno • Yamazaki) • Yamato (Asuka • Katsuragi • Koriyama • Takatori • Yoshino))

Events

Sengoku period (Tenshō Iga War • Honnō-ji incident • Battle of Yamazaki)

Terms and concepts

Animus (Anomalies • Database • Genetic memory • Hub • Memories • Rifts) • Crafting • Kakurega • Activities (Hidden Trails • Horse Archery • Kata • Kofun • Kuji-kiri) • Collectibles (Kamon • Tea sets • Sumi-e • Kano Paintings) • Imperial Regalia • Skills (Assassination • Eagle Vision • Freerunning • Eavesdropping • Leap of Faith) • Wardrobe (Naoe • Yasuke)

Weapons and tools

Blunt weapons (Kanabō) • Bow • Firearms (Teppō) • Grappling hook • Hidden Blade • Kusarigama • Polearms (Naginata • Yari) • Shinobi Tools (Kunai • Bells • Nightingale floor • Shuriken • Smoke bombs) • Short blades (Tantō) • Swords (Katana)

DLC

Thrown to the Dogs • Story Drops • Claws of Awaji