 Banzuiin Chōbei

Banzuiin Chōbei (1622–1657)(幡随院長兵衛) was a historical street tough of Japan's Edo period who, according to later fictionalized portrayals of his life in literature and drama, fought against injustices, and to protect the common people from the abuses of the samurai aristocracy.Born in Karatsu as Tsukamoto Itarō (塚本伊太郎), he established himself in the Asakusa district of Edo, where he led of a band of "machi-yakko" and founded an employment agency for rōnin.