Joe Mushashi (ジョー・ムサシ Jō Musashi) is the original Shinobi and recurring hero in the first five games within the Shinobi series and became a hidden costume for Shinobi (2002). He, as Hotsuma did, belonged to a branch of the Oboro called the Oboro School of Ninjutsu. He was skilled in the art of Ninjutsu and throwing shuriken and he used a sword called Hazy-Moon.