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Flag of Japan.

Japan map

Map of Japan.

Japan (kanji: 日本 Nippon or Nihon, and formally 日本 Nipponkoku or Nihonkoku) is a constitutional monarchy located on a group of islands outside the Asian mainland on the planet Earth. Its primary language is called Japanese.

In TMNT[]

Japan is the origin of a multitude of characters in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise including Splinter, the Shredder, Hamato Yoshi, Yukio Mashimi, Karai, the Ancient One, Kenshin, Lord Norinaga, and Mitsu.

TMNT Adventures[]

In the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures comics, the Ninja Turtles visit Japan, where they befriend Ninjara.

1987 TV series[]

The 1987 TV series features time travel to feudal Japan in the 1993 episode "The Legend of Koji".

1993 film[]

The 1993 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III features the Ninja Turtles travelling back in time to feudal Japan.

2003 TV series[]

Japan

The Ninja Tribunal and their Acolytes friends travel to Japan to practice in the 2003 TV series.

In the 2003 TV series, Japan plays a more important role during the series' fifth season. It is the home of the Ninja Tribunal, where they keep a monastery called Lap of the Gods. They recruit the Ninja Turtles and four other human fighters to train there and combat the reincarnation of the Tengu Shredder.

2007 film[]

In the prequel comic book of the 2007 film TMNT, Leonardo visits Japan during his international pilgrimage, being tested by Hamato Yoshi's trainer.[1]

2012 TV series[]

In the 2012 TV series, the Ninja Turtles unintentionally travel back in time to Japan in "Tale of the Yokai" and witness some of Oroku Saki, Hamato Yoshi, Tang Shen, and Hamato Miwa's past prior to Shen's death and Yoshi and Saki's definitive establishment as archenemies.

Rise of the TMNT[]

In the 2018 animated series, Japan was invaded by the Krang a millennium ago to initiate their global subjugation, but the Krang were banished to a prison dimension before they could succeed. The Shredder and the Foot Clan nearly wiped out all of Japan in the 1500s through their terrorism before being forced back and the Kuroi Yōroi being split into many pieces across the globe.

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