Samurais

The equivalent and counterpart of the knights in various medieval literature and/or fiction, are warriors/soldiers of Japan that hold the leadership of a clan of ninjas. In many stories featuring anime, manga, a diffrent animated fiction or video games that includes Samurais in its plot and storyline, these warriors like their medieval counterparts are honor-bound warriors that are loyal to who ever leads them and follow the honorable path of Bushido, the Asian code equivalent to the Medieval code known as Chivalry.