Jin Sakai

Lord Jin Sakai is the protagonist of Ghost of Tsushima. Jin grew up on Tsushima Island. Growing up in the ruling class of samurai, he was raised in a strict, disciplined environment, trained by his father and uncle to become a samurai. When his father died while Jin was still an adolescent, his uncle, Lord Shimura, jito (the title for a feudal land steward appointed by the shogunate of Japan) of Tsushima island, took Jin as his ward and continued to train Jin in the way of the samurai. When the Mongols invaded Tsushima in 1274, they killed a majority of the samurai, killed or enslaved many ...