Ecchan are each portrayed as being direct descendants of Sarutobi Sasuke. The very name Sasuke has become something of a default ninja name or moniker. For example, the sports entertainment show known in the other countries as Ninja Warrior is titled Sasuke in the original Japanese version, while Great Sasuke is stage name of the Japanese professional wrestler Masanori Murakawa. Various ninja characters by the name of either Sasuke or Sarutobi appear in the anime series Gin Tama, Haō Taikei Ryū Knight, Ninja Nonsense and Ranma ½ (Sasuke Sarugakure), the video games Captain Commando, Ehrgeiz, Joy Mech Fight (as a ninja robot), Shall We Date?: Ninja Love (as a romance option for the player character), Gotcha Force, Kessen (as a female ninja), Ninja Master's: Haō Ninpō Chō (where he is the protagonist), Samurai Warriors and Suikoden II, in the Ganbare Goemon video game series (as another robot ninja), and in the trading card game Yu-Gi-Oh!. His legacy is also almost omnipresent in the manga and anime franchise Naruto in which the father of a major supporting character, Hiruzen Sarutobi, is named Sasuke Sarutobi, hence making him the grandfather of Asume Sarutobi (Hiruzen's son) and the great-grandfather of Konohamaru (Asuma's nephew). One of the main characters is named Sasuke Uchiha; it is mentioned that Uchiha Sasuke was named after Sarutobi Sasuke in hopes that he would become a great shinobi just like Sarutobi. References External links Sarutobi Sasuke – Vintage Ninja Fictional feral children Fictional Japanese people Fictional ninja Fictional orphans Fictional secret agents and spies Japanese folklore Japanese superheroes