Yamato Takeru - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

• Yamato Takeru is featured as a starring character in the popular 90s cult hit anime Garzey's Wing as Yamato Takeru no Mikoto. Yamato Takeru no Mikoto is a beloved hero of Lord Holy Warrior Chris and helps him with his Yamato Takeru no Mikoto Shrine to find Garzey's Wing.
• The story of Yamato Takeru was turned into a live action movie loosely based on this prince. However, the movie was a fantasy/sci-fi movie about magic, monsters, love, and mecha. Just like the legend he was famous for being a warrior and also given the title "Yamatotakeru," but the main focus of the plot was to defeat the Yamata no Orochi.
• Yamato Takeru was also featured as an anime series about a human boy living amongst human-like aliens and acquired a powerful robot with a sword.
• The third volume of Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix series features a somewhat de-mythologized version of Yamato Takeru as its protagonist, but aside from his adventure in Kumaso, the book's story bears little resemblance to the original legend.
• In the video game Persona 4, Naoto Shirogane's ultimate Persona is Yamato Takeru.
• One of the feats of Yamato Takeru was recounted in a volume, "Grasscutter" of Stan Sakai's graphic novel series, Usagi Yojimbo, as well as the legend of how Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi was transferred to the Atsuta Shrine.
• The second book of Noriko Ogiwara's The Jade Trilogy, "Mirror Sword and Shadow Prince," is a retelling of Yamato Takeru's legend. The novel follows Oguna, a.k.a. Prince Ousu, one of the two main protagonists.
• In the anime and manga Eyeshield 21, the real Eyeshield 21 is Yamato Takeru, the running back of the Teikoku Alexanders.