Who Is Usagi Yojimbo? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Usagi Yojimbo is a Creator-Owned comic book character, the alter ego of Miyamoto Usagi, with over 520 comic issue appearances. A Samurai Rabbit. He was named the 92nd best comic book character by IGN.

Who is Usagi Yojimbo?

Origin Usagi grew up in a small village in the Northern Province. Usagi's father, Magistrate Miyamoto , was the head of the village. Very little is told of Usagi's life before he leaves for training. Creation Miyamoto Usagi was created by Stan Sakai , and was inspired by the legendary samurai Miyamoto Musashi. This makes his name, Miyamoto Usagi, a simple pun--"Usagi" simply means "rabbit" in Japanese. Yojimbo means "bodyguard", and is not part of his name. Usagi is a Ronin, or masterless samurai, and walks the warrior's path having adventures in a feudal period Japan populated by anthropomorphic animals. Usagi has been loosely tied into the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe since the 1980s resulting in a number of crossovers in both series.

Key facts

Usagi Yojimbo is of animal origin and first appeared in "The Goblin of Adachigahara". The character is published by Creator-Owned. With 520 recorded issue appearances, Usagi Yojimbo ranks among the most featured characters in comics.