The General Knight Rider thread.

[Nerys Myk]

Yeah, that falls under the Japanese part of the cultural turducken. But it's definitely part of the stereotype, yes. (American media assumes all Japanese people are ninjas, and Japanese media assumes all Americans are cowboys.)

Isn't there an actual make of motorcycle called the Ninja?

Must be a Ninja Cowboy out there somewhere.

 

[Christopher]

Must be a Ninja Cowboy out there somewhere.

Jiraiya

For the ninja Metal Hero who guest stars in Ninninger, see Toha Yamaji. Jiraiya (ジライヤ, Jiraiya) is NinjaBlack (ニンジャブラック, Ninja Burakku) of the Kakurangers. He is a descendant of Jiraiya from the Warring States Era. Jiraiya is a Japanese-American ninja from Los Angeles trained by his guardian...

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Kinji Takigawa

Kinji Takigawa (キンジ・タキガワ, Kinji Takigawa) is Star Ninger (スターニンジャー, Sutā Ninjā), the Sixth Ranger of the Ninningers. Kinji Takigawa was born in America, to a family of Yokai Hunters, living with his father Junji and older brother Reiji. When he was still young, they were killed by the Western...

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[JD]

There is a Shaolin Cowboy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaolin_Cowboy

 

[Skipper]

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Loved the Morriconesque soundtrack bit!

 

[Christopher]

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Loved the Morriconesque soundtrack bit!

Why is that titled "kenichi smith"? That's Kane Kosugi as Jiraiya/NinjaBlack from Kakuranger. Although he did play a character named Kenichi Kai in the American direct-to-video series Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero.

He also played an evil Kamen Rider in a 2022 movie, making him the first of the three actors who've played transforming characters onscreen in all three franchises (four if you count Johnny Yong Bosch's voice roles), and is the only one to have appeared in a Godzilla movie as well.