Osaka

He who increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow.

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Osaka (大阪) is the third largest city by population in Japan and a major financial center. The city is located in the Kansai region of Japan and serves as the capital of the Osaka Prefecture.

History[]

Sengoku period[]

In 1582, the city was visited by the kunoichi Fujibayashi Naoe, who uncovered and dismantled a child-abduction ring led by a woman named Kacho.^[1]

Modern times[]

In September 2012, Osaka was home to a cell of Assassins, who were pursued by agents of Abstergo Industries^[2] until December 2013, when they were taken out by a faction of the Yakuza^[3] known as the Onmoraki-Gumi.^[4] Saeko Mochizuki became the cell's new Mentor and took control of the Onmoraki-Gumi, using the gang to blend the Assassins into the city.^[5]

An Abstergo facility was also located in the vicinity of Osaka as of December 2013,^[6] which shared its functions with the offices in Kobe.^[7]

In 2023, Noa Kim traveled to Osaka to save Shimazu Sei from the Abstergo Genetic Research Lab in the city. Infiltrating the laboratory with the help of a team of Assassins and the DedSec hacker group, Noa found and rescued Sei, who had been forcefully used as an Animus test subject by Abstergo to uncover the location of a Piece of Eden.^[8] Noa, Sei, and the Assassins then escaped from the Research Lab by leaping from the building and landing on an air cushion deployed by Nathan Zhang and his men, who were disguised as firefighters. With their mission accomplished, the group drove away from the laboratory and returned to the Zhawang Corporation's headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia.^[9]

Gallery[]

Appearances[]

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (mentioned only)
Assassin's Creed: Initiates (first appearance)
Assassin's Creed film (promotional material only)
Assassin's Creed: Shadows
Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple

References[]

↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – The Butterfly Collector
↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Email: "Status"
↑ Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Surveillance: "Osaka He Youkoso"
↑ Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Surveillance: "The Safety of Information"
↑ Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Surveillance: "The Osaka Brotherhood"
↑ Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Surveillance: "A New Kind of War"
↑ Abstergo.com
↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 113
↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 114

Assassin's Creed: Initiates

Characters

Assassins	Gavin Banks • Emmanuel Barraza • Stephanie Chiu • Eric Cooper • Rebecca Crane • Harlan Cunningham • Susan Drayton • Shaun Hastings • Emmett Leary • Adriano Maestranzi • Desmond Miles • William Miles • Saeko Mochizuki • Akaki Ninidze • Nodar Ninidze • Kiyoshi Takakura • Galina Voronina \| Guillaume Beylier • Georges Biassou • Dutty Boukman • Jeannot Bullet • Eseosa • Toussaint Louverture • Jean-François Papillon • Ratonhnhaké:ton

Templars	Juhani Otso Berg • Daniel Cross • Laetitia England • Ctibor Hašek • Erica Nichols • Nancy Nilop • Alan Rikkin • Theodore Rizzo • Damian Saravakos • Lucy Stillman • Sung • Warren Vidic \| Jean-Louis Villatte

Isu	Juno • Minerva

Others	Jennifer Tam • Philippe Chartrand \| Charles Leclerc • Jean-Jacques Dessalines

Factions

Assassins (American Brotherhood • Italian Brotherhood • Australian Brotherhood • Canadian Brotherhood • Japanese Brotherhood / Onmoraki-Gumi • Russian Brotherhood • Georgian Brotherhood | Saint-Domingue Brotherhood) • Templars (Abstergo Industries • Abstergo Entertainment • Sigma Team) • Erudito • First Civilization • Initiates

Locations

Terms and concepts

Animus • Assassination targets • Avatars • Badges • Bleeding Effect • Eagle Vision • Eseosa's Codex • Guards • Missions • Pieces of Eden (Apple of Eden) • Project Siren

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

Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple

Characters

Assassins	Nathan Zhang • Noa Kim's father \| Desmond Miles \| Ratonhnhaké:ton \| Adéwalé • Edward Kenway • Liu Qing • Xiao Han • Xue Yan \| Mary Read \| Ezio Auditore da Firenze \| Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad \| Adam • Eve

Templars	Mitsuko Nakamura • Shimazu Sei \| Haytham Kenway \| Alan Jacob • John Young • Shimazu Saito

Zhawang Corporation	Claire Zhang • Nathan Zhang • Noa Kim's father \| Edward Kenway • John Young • Mustafa • Shimazu Saito • Xialun Qing (Wukong) • Yun Pyeong-Gyu • Zhang

Isu	Aita • Juno

Others	Chicago fixer • Noa Kim • Yuki \| Badarud-Din I • Fuma Sukuna • Hendrik • Jan van Aert • Jennifer Scott • Jeong • Lee Huiyin • Mad monk • Nagamasa • Rajah • Sun • Tessa Kenway \| Bartholomew Roberts • Caroline Scott-Kenway • Fernando Manuel de Bustillo Bustamante y Rueda \| Ferdinand Magellan • Lapu-Lapu • Rajah Humabon