shuriken

A shuriken, commonly known as "throwing stars", is a traditional Japanese concealed weapon that was generally for throwing, and sometimes stabbing or slashing.

They are sharpened hand-held blades made from a variety of everyday items such as needles, nails, and knives, as well as coins, washers, and other flat plates of metal. Though it is commonly depicted in popular culture as a multiple bladed (usually three or four) throwing weapon with a hole in the middle as a holding point.

This weapon is commonly used by ninjas.

See also

• boomerang
• dart
• kunai
• List of Weapons
• Wikipedia

The following tags are aliased to this tag: ninja_star and throwing_stars (learn more).

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The following tags implicate this tag: fuuma_shuriken and holding_shuriken (learn more).