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Hanzō served [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] loyally and well. He is commonly depicted as such in [[manga]] and novel fiction. Hanzō was born a ninja [[vassal]] of the [[Matsudaira]] (later [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]]) clan; he would later earn the nickname {{nihongo|''[[Oni]]-Hanzō''|鬼半蔵||"Devil Hanzō"}} because of the ferocity he displayed in battle. His nickname distinguishes him from another Tokugawa samurai, [[Watanabe Moritsuna|Watanabe Hanzō]], called {{nihongo|''Yari-Hanzō''|槍半蔵||"Spear Hanzō"}}.