Japan have access to Noblewomen, who are archers. These are wives and daughters of prominent warlords and warriors and they are armed with a yumi, one of the most powerful bows in the game, as well as trained to such consummate perfection in the way of kyudo, the art of archery. All other archer units normally tend to be outranged by towers, but Japanese noblewomen are of such spirit and status that their arrows are capable of outranging towers themselves.