Bushido (comics)

Bushido
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Titans Annual #1 (2000)
Created by	Geoff Johns ; Ben Raab
In-story information
Alter ego	Ryuku Orsono
Team affiliations	Titans L.A. ; Black Lantern Corps
Abilities	Highly trained swordsman. He also carries weapons imbued with the soul of the warriors who wielded it that guide him in battle.

Last updated March 17, 2019

Bushido is a fictional character, a DC Comics superhero who was a short-lived member of the Teen Titans.

DC Comics, Inc. is an American comic book publisher. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. since 1967. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, and produces material featuring numerous culturally iconic heroic characters including: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Nightwing, Green Arrow, Aquaman, Hawkman, Cyborg and Supergirl.

A superhero is a type of heroic stock character, usually possessing supernatural or superhuman powers, who is dedicated to fighting the evil of their universe, protecting the public, and usually battling supervillains. A female superhero is sometimes called a superheroine, although the word superhero is also commonly used for females. Superhero fiction is the genre of fiction that is centered on such characters, especially in American comic book and films since the 1930s.

The Teen Titans, also known as the New Teen Titans or simply the Titans, are a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, often in an eponymous monthly series. As the group's name suggests, its members are teenage superheroes, many of whom have acted as sidekicks to DC's premiere superheroes in the Justice League. First appearing in 1964 in The Brave and the Bold #54, the team was founded by Kid Flash, Robin, and Aqualad (Garth), with the team adopting the name Teen Titans in issue 60 following the addition of Wonder Girl to its ranks.

Publication history

Bushido appears in Titans Annual #1 (2000) and was created by Geoff Johns and Ben Raab.

Geoffrey Johns is an American comic book writer, screenwriter and film and television producer. He served as the President and Chief Creative Officer (CCO) of DC Entertainment from 2016 to 2018, after his initial appointment as CCO in 2010. Some of his most notable work has used the DC Comics characters Green Lantern, Aquaman, Flash, and Superman.

Benjamin Raab is an American comic book writer and editor. He has written stories for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, WildStorm, Moonstone Books, Malibu Comics, Harris Publications and Ludovico Technique LLC.

Fictional character biography

Ryuku Orsono is a Japanese teenager who becomes a bushidōka upon his mother's death, which fulfills a long family line of honorary heroes. He first encountered the Teen Titans in Titans Annual #1, when they come to Japan in order to free their team member Beast Boy from the possession of the demon Tengu. Bushido uses his mystical sword to sever the head of Beast Boy; the magical sword drives out Tengu without harming Logan.

Japanese people are a nation and an ethnic group that is native to Japan and makes up 98.5% of the total population of the country. Worldwide, approximately 129 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 125 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live outside Japan are referred to as nikkeijin(日系人), the Japanese diaspora. The term ethnic Japanese is often used to refer to Japanese people, as well as to more specific ethnic groups in some contexts, such as Yamato people and Ryukyuan people. Japanese are one of the largest ethnic groups in the world.

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Bushido joins an improvised Titans group in battling the rampaging Superboy-Prime. The battle ends up outside of Keystone City. After Pantha and Baby Wildebeest are killed, Bushido attacks Prime and is blasted in half by Prime's heat vision. This battle is also covered in more detail in the Titans own series.^[1]^[2]

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During the events of Blackest Night , Bushido is reanimated as a member of the Black Lantern Corps along with the other heroes killed by Superboy-Prime and head for Earth Prime to torment him. Superboy-Prime destroys them by using the black ring cycling through the power set of emotions resulting in a burst of colored energy that destroys Black Lanterns.^[3]

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Powers and abilities

Bushido is skilled in the martial arts, especially in swordsmanship. His primary weapons are the naginata and the jitte, as well as the hachiwara and the shuriken. Each weapon is imbued with the soul of the warrior who wielded it, and these spirits guide Ryuko in battle.^[4]

In other media

Television

Bushido appears in Season 5 episode of the animated television series Teen Titans voiced by Dee Bradley Baker. He is portrayed as a silent young samurai. In "Calling All Titans," Bushido meets Robin during a fight with ninjas and becomes an honorary Titan. His only power appears to be his superior sword-fighting skills. Shortly after joining the Titans, Bushido is ambushed by Katarou. Although extremely skilled, he is unable to defeat Katarou and is flash-frozen with many other Titans. When Más frees Menos, they are able to unfreeze all of the Titans. Bushido then joins the fight and cuts Atlas' left leg off as well as kicking Katarou square in the face.

Miscellaneous

Bushido appears in comic book spinoff Teen Titans Go! in issue #34, where his origin is told.

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References

↑ Teen Titans #32 (March 2006)
↑ Infinite Crisis #4 (March 2006)
↑ Adventure Comics (vol. 2) #'s 4-5
↑ Titans Annual #1.

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[1] Teen Titans #32 (March 2006)

[2] Infinite Crisis #4 (March 2006)

[3] Adventure Comics (vol. 2) #'s 4-5

[4] Titans Annual #1.