Quite a few shinobi in Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto employ bladed weapons in tandem with their practice of ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu. This school of shinobi combat arts, also known as bukijutsu, can be further subdivided into additional classes based on the nature of the weapons involved. Among them, numerous ninja have displayed a preference for swords, as practitioners of kenjutsu.