Leaks and rumors have suggested that the long-awaited Assassin's Creed Red will star an African samurai called Yasuke, which would mark the first instance of the series featuring a real historical figure as a playable protagonist. Many of the same sources alleging the inclusion of Yasuke have also pointed to a secondary protagonist in Assassin's Creed Red, a woman named Naoe Fujibayashi, though this rumored character is not based on a real-world figure.